History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 131

Author: Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) cn; Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Ensign
Number of Pages: 1112

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THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF VARNA.

This society was formed Jan. 5, 1842, at the school-house in the village of Varna. At this same meeting, Hoffman Steenburg, William Cobb, Robert C. Hunt, Benjamin Daven- port, George Emmons, John Munson, and Isaae Seaman were elected trustees. At the next regular meeting it was resolved to build a church, and that a subscription-paper should be circulated generally among all the people of the

neighborhood, asking their assistance to aid in its construc- tion. The church was begun in 1842 and completed the next year, costing about $1500. It was repaired in 1874 at a cost of $400. Number of sittings in the church, 400. Present value of church and parsonage, $6500. Present membership, 76. Number of scholars in Sunday-school, 40; George E. Underwood, Superintendent. At the session of the Oneida Conferenee held in Owego, 1848, it took the name of the Varna charge, and Rev. W. H. Miller became the first pastor. He has been followed in the order named by Reverends A. H. Hamilton, D. Lamkin, L. G. Weaver, J. W. Steele, Elias Hoxsie, David Davis, G. W. Smith, A. Ensign, Sylvester Minier, L. R. Grant, E. House, D. W. Sherman, L. T. Hawkins, E. A. Peck, and R. L. Stillwell, the present pastor.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI OF WEST DRYDEN.

A elass was formed here in 1811 by Rev. George Dens- more, and was composed of seven persons as follows : Samuel Fox and wife, David Case and wife, Selden Andrus and wife, and one other, whose name is not known. The first mectings were held in the house of Samuel Fox. After a time a large school-house was built at what was then known as " Fox's Corners," which answered the double purpose of a school- and meeting-house. The preaching was supplied by cireuit preachers, among whom were Reverends Sehuyler Hose, Isaac Puffer, James Kelsey, William Cameron, Ward White, Sylvester Minier, and others. The church edifice was built in 1832, on a lot donated years previously by Samuel Fox. It cost $2200, and has sittings for 300 peo- ple. The first trustecs were Lemuel Sperry, Thomas George, and William George. The membership at the time the church was dedicated was about 70. The pastors of the society sinee 1845 have been Reverends W. N. Pearne, D. Lamkin, D. Cobb, A. Cross, W. N. Cobb, S. Minier, E. Hoxsie, J. M. Searles, F. Recd, R. C. Fox, I. B. Hyde, F. M. Warner, J. V. Benham, A. M. Lake, L. R. Pendle, W. E. York, and E. D. Thurston, present pastor.

Number of members at the present time, 80 ; number of seholars in Sunday-school, 70 ; Superintendent of Sunday- school, Andrew Baker ; value of the church and parsonage, $2500.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI OF FREEVILLE.

A society was formed here at an early day, but no ree- ordy ean be obtained. It was reorganized in 1876, and the present membership is 26; number of scholars in Sunday- school elasses, 60; E. Chapman, Superintendent. The church edifiee was erceted in 1848, and has sittings for about 300 people. A parsonage was built the present year, eosting $1500; Rev. William M. Benger is the present pastor.

THIE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MCLEAN VILLAGE

was erceted in 1851, eosting $1000. It will seat 200 peo- ple. A society was formed here at the house of Michael O'Byrne, in 1841, and among those who were the first members in building up the church and society were Michael O'Byrne, John Keenan, Patrick Corcoran, Mathew O'Byrne, James Walpole, Patrick Donnelly, Thomas Kean,

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and Patrick Kean. Michael O'Byrne gave the lot on which the church is built. It stands on lot No. 9, town of Dry- den. Rev. Father McManus, of Groton village, is the pastor.

In Rumsey's Companion, a newspaper published by H. D. Rumsey, in Dryden village, during the years 1856 and 1857, we find the following description of a queer re- ligious sect who invaded the quiet precincts of the town in 1818. We copy verbatim from letters written " By the old man in the clouds" :

" As it has been some time since my last letter was written to you, I shall skip over a time, to give you a sketch of a very curious kind of religious people that came into Dryden about the year 1818. Such a religion most of my readers of the present day have probably never heard. They numbered some fifty persons, men, women, children, and all. They styled themselves ' Pilgrims,' and came here from Vermont, where, it would seem, their pilgrimage was neither of the right kind, or destined to be of long duration, so they made their way to Dryden.

"Like most other fanatics they were possessed of a prophet, in whom all their confidence and belief was centered. When they moved in they had several wagons, some of which were drawn by four horses. One team carried the large tent, beneath which the eutire family were housed in all kinds of weather. The name of their prophet was Thaddeus Cummius, a very stout, healthy, and well-pro- portioned man, with sandy hair, and was about thirty-five years of age. The name of the woman he brought as his wife was called Lucy. A priest also accompanied the prophet, whose name was Jo- seph Ball. There were also some two or three brothers by the name of Slack ; the rest of the company was made up of the off-scourings of wretched humanity.

" When the prophet and his followers had arrived near the residence of David Foot, they pitched their tent and rested overnight, but I believe moved the next day into the then woods on the lands now owned by the widow Stickles, where they remained a week, when they again moved up on the north bank of Fall Creek, just back of Jo- seph McGraw's saw-mill, and near the present residence of Mr. Jacob Updike. Here this siugular people remained for full six weeks, practicing all kinds of deviltry upou themselves and the people iu the neighborhood. They had no beds, but slept in nests of straw, each sex in common with the other, they having no belief in, or regard for, the marriage ceremony. They did not believe in beds, chairs, or tables. They stood up to eat, and sucked food through a goose-qnill, and could not be prevailed upon to eat in any other way.

" They wore large white cloths upon their backs, which, as they said, were marks for the devil to shoot at. Their antipathy against the devil was very great, and every morning carly they might be heard howl- ing and yelling like a parcel of wolves for two miles around, driving the devil out of their camp. This class of pilgrims, as they styled themselves, was a hard-working and robust people, and by paying great defereuce to their mode of worship, drew into their circle many who had been respectable inhabitants. Some sold their farms and other effects, and put their money into the general fund for the diffu- sion of their religion, and to support such as had or might join them without money. Very many were drawn into their circle from this town, but more from Lansing. A Mrs. Fronk was induced to leave her husband in the latter place, and join this degraded set. He get- ting wind of the fact, obtained a warrant aud arrested the Prophet Cummins, and attempted to take him in charge; but he being, as we have said before, a heavy man and rather obstinate, would not walk to justice. The next thing to be done was to carry him, and this the eonstable did, after ducking the prophet in the mud a few times, as far as the tivern, which was then kept by Thomas Southworth, in the house now owned by Samuel Rowland. While this was going on, the brother of the woman took her back to Lansing, and the consta- ble and Mr. Fronk decided to let the prophet go for a bad job. These people hung around some six weeks, during which time the men worked out by the day. Some of them were employed iu various ways upon the farm by Thomas Lewis, William T. and Abraham Tauner also made them useful in cutting wood. When the pilgrims left Dryden they made their way to an island in the Mississippi River, to which some people that are still living followed them

from this place. They remained there until they nearly starved, when the old prophet, after having stolen pretty much all of their effects, called his followers together, stuek his cane deep in the ground, and told them that he was about to leave, but when the cane had budded and blossomed he should return to them again. He never returned, and the 'pilgrims' were compelled by starvation to disperse. Some .of them returned to their homes in Dryden, and some of them are living here still."

CEMETERIES.

In the Green Hill and Willow Glen Cemeteries, lying respectively one-half and two miles west of Dryden village, we find many elaborate and costly monuments. The grounds are incorporated, well arranged, and neatly kept. The cem- etery at Etna village is also pleasantly located, and good taste shown in its ornamentation and arrangement. The Robertson Cemetery, on the hill-side between Etna and Varna, is, we believe, the oldest place of interment in the town.

THE DRYDEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

was formed in the spring of 1856, and the following-named officers were elected : Elias W. Cady, President ; Jeremiah Snyder, Vice-President ; David P. Goodhue, Treasurer ; Otis E. Wood, Secretary. The affairs of the society have been well conducted, and unusual success has attended all its annual exhibitions.

The grounds are located on Main Street, in the eastern part of the village, and contain eighteen acres. The presi- dents of the society since its formation to the present time, so far as we have been able to learn them, are as follows : Elias W. Cady, 1856; Smith Robertson, 1857; John P. Hart, 1858-59; Alviras Snyder, 1860; Peter B. Snyder, 1861; Charles Givens, 1862; C. Bartholomew, 1867; Luther Griswold, 1868; Robert Purvis, 1869; A. B. La- mont, 1870 ; Charles Cady, 1871; Lemi Grover, 1872-73; Ralph W. Barnum, 1874; O. W. Wheeler, 1875; G. M. Lupton, 1876-77.

THE DRYDEN AND GROTON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY

was incorporated and began business in May, 1860. The business of the company has been ably managed. It has the confidence of its patrons. Its rates are lower than those of any other company, and all losses promptly paid. Prop- erty to the amount of $1,500,000 is insured in the towns of Dryden and Groton by this company at the present time. The first officers were Freeman Stebbins, President ; John H. Houtz, Treasurer ; Walker Marsh, Secretary. The pres- ident, treasurer, secretary, and Ebenezer McArthur, Joseph Snyder, and Leonard Griswold, Directors.

The present officers are Jacob Albright, President ; Walker Marsh, Secretary; John H. Houtz, Treasurer. The president, treasurer, secretary, and John M. Smith and Wm. F. Decondres, directors for the town of Dryden ; John B. Hart, John McKellar, and John G. Cobb, directors for Groton.

ETNA GRANGE, NO. 387,

was instituted in April, 1875, with 25 charter members, and elected the following officers: A. L. Tyler, Master ; Wm. Hanford, Overseer; G. E. Hanford, Secretary. The present officers are G. E. Hanford, Master; J. W. Web- ster, Overseer; A. L. Tyier, Lecturer; Cyrus Knapp, Sec-

HON. ELIAS W. CADY.

MRS. ELIAS W. CADY.

HON. ELIAS W. CADY.

Hon. Elias W. Cady, of Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., was born in Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1792. His father, Oliver Cady, was a grandson of Dr. Aaron Cady, who emigrated from Liverpool, England, in 1740, to Say- brook, Conn. His mother was Rebecca Smith, who was a daughter of Thomas Smith, whose father was a resident of Long Island, N. Y., and was driven from his farm by the British during the Revolutionary war, after which Thomas became one of General Washington's body-guard. The subject of this sketch purchased the farm upon which he still resides in March, 1816, and settled on it in February, 1817.

Dryden was then a part of Cayuga County, but became a part of Tompkins County, which was organized during the same month. Mr. Cady married Mehetabel Branchall, daughter of Edmund Branehall and Mehetabel Barlow, his wife, September, 1814. Mrs. Cady was born at Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1793. Her father was a descendant of Joshua Branchall, who emigrated from Port- land, England, in 1712, to Plymouth, Mass. Mr. Cady's first purchase of land contained ninety acres, and he has added to it from time to time until his farm now contains about six hundred acres. The original purchase was mostly heavily timbered at that time. By his and Mrs. Cady's great force of character, energy, industry, and economy the whole estate has been cleared of the timber and most of the stumps, and put in a state of high culture, and he has long been one of the wealthiest eitizens of his town.

His sons and daughters who grew to manhood and womanhood were Oliver B. Cady, who owns and resides upon a large and valuable farm some two and a half miles distant from his father ; John E., died at about the age of twenty-five years; Charles, owns and resides upon a valuable farm adjoining the homestead, and is extensively engaged in purchasing and shipping produce; Sarah E., the eldest daughter, married Henry Wilson, and died in 1871; Rebecca A., married J. W. Dwight ; Harriet S., married Isaac P. Ferguson ; Mary E., still resides with her father, and has managed the affairs of the household since Mrs. Cady's death, which occurred in 1866. Mr. Cady has perhaps done as much to improve and elevate all of the farming and business interests of his adopted town as any citizen who ever resided in it. He has been an active and hearty supporter of all important public enterprises. He contributed seven thousand dollars towards building the Southern Central Railroad after he was seventy-five years of age. He is a man of coneeded ability and rare good judgment, which have enabled him to make the best selec- tions of stock, sheep, implements, machinery, and seeds for his large farm, and to adopt early the wisest and most suc- cessful means of doing everything which he has had to do. He has ever been widely known as a man of the strictest integrity. He has held several important town offices, including that of supervisor for several terms; and he was a member of the State Legislature during the years 1850 and 1857, in all of which positions he acquitted himself creditably, and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

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retary. The grange has 50 members at the present time, and meets every Saturday evening at Grange Hall, village of Etna.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

The Central and Southern Division of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which was completed in 1850, euts aeross the extreme southwest corner. It has no station in Dryden.

The Southern Central Railroad enters the town near the southeast eorner, and passing Dryden Lake, runs in a general northwest eourse (passing Dryden village) until it reaches Freeville ; here it turns in a direction nearly due north, leaving the town on the north border. This road was completed in 1869. Voluntary subseriptions to the amount of $200,000 were subseribed by the citizens of the town to aid in its construction. Of this large amount there was collected probably about $175,000.

The Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad, which was completed through this town in 1871, enters the town east of the eentre, on the north border, and following down the valley of Fall Creek, passing Malloryville, Freeville, Etna, and Varna, leaves the town south of the centre, on the west border.

The Oswego and New York, or " Midland," Railroad enters the town north of the centre, on the west border, and running a northeasterly direction, passes Freeville and Malloryville, leaving the town east of the eentre, on the north border. It was completed in 1872.

These roads all converging at Freeville, which is situated just northwest of the centre of the town, afford the citizens of Dryden ample facilities for passenger travel, and the shipment of freight to all points,-north, east, south, and west.

MILITARY HISTORY.

Patriotism, love of liberty, and devotion to principles, have ever been the characteristics of our people. The de- seendants of the Revolutionary sires who settled this " mil- itary traet" have proven themselves worthy of their aneestry in the hour of their country's direst need. When, during the war of 1812-14, a eall was made upon the hardy yeo- manry here in the wilderness to march to "the defense of the lines," we saw Captains Peleg and John Ellis gathering into their ranks nearly every able-bodied citizen and hasten to the front, where they remained as long as their services were required.

Again, when the hydra-headed monster, Rebellion, sought to overwhelm and ingulf in ruin all our social, moral, and political institutions, and the voice of our loved chief was heard calling for strong arms and fearless hearts to save the nation's life, how nobly did old Dryden respond is shown when we find that Captains Brown, Haekett, Bartholomew, Marvin, George, Evans, and Truesdale, Ad- jutant Carpenter, and Lieutenants Spear, Root, Moffatt, Mead, Hemingway, Kennedy, N. J. and D. P. Griswold, Burgess, and Barton led into the field a battalion of 333 brave men,-men who faltered not when the hour of trial eame.

The town paid in bounties to soldiers $90,000, and put into the field 351 men, a roster of their names being here- with appended.

In compiling the history of Dryden we have become indebted to many people for mueli valuable information and many courtesies, and in this manner we desire to re- turn our sineere thanks to Messrs. David J. Baker, Win. H. Goodwin, Jr., George E. Goodrich, A. M. Ford, Peter Mineah, Jackson Jameson, H. D. Rumsey, Elias W. Cady, Anson Stickles, Ebenezer MeArthur, Paul Ewers, Thos. R. Weed, John S. Barber, Elihu Hildebrant, Wm. Hanford, Mr. Rhodes, Jacob Primrose, Dr. Beach, Dr. Simonds, Jacob Lumbard, Alviras Snyder, Wm. Snyder, Wm. Sherwood, Rev. R. L. Stillwell, Warren D. Ellis, Mott J. Robertson, Thomas Robertson, Walker Marsh, Geo. K. Houtz, John White, Harrison Marvin, Rev. E. D. Thurston, Rev. David Keppel, John C. Lacy, Rev. Anson G. Chester, Daniel Bartholomew, Luther Griswold, H. W. Sears, Mr. Gardner, postmaster, Otis E. Wood, Michael O'Byrne, and Rev. Wm. M. Benger for the same.

MILITARY RECORD.

Chadiah Arnold, private, 143d Inf .; disch. with regiment.

Timothy Allen, private, 15th Art., Co. F; must. March 27, 1864, three years ; disch. at the close of the war.

Jolin D. Arnold, private; non-resident; recruited from Pennsylvania.

Seneca S. Arnold, private ; non-resident ; recruited from Pennsylvania.

A. S. Arnold, private ; non-resident ; recruited from Pennsylvania.

C. S. Arnold, non-resident ; recruited from Pennsylvania.

Wm. Baldwin, private, 142d Inf., Co. I; must. Oct. 8, 1862, three years; disch. at the close of the war.

Geo. Bellington, private, 143d Inf., Co. I ; must. Oct. 8, 1862, three years ; disch. for disability, April 10, 1863.

Newton Brigham, private, 143d Inf .; must. Oct. 8, 1862, three years; disch. for disability.

Gabriel B. Ballard, private, 143d Inf., Co. I; must. Oct. 8, 1862, three years; disch. at the close of the war.

Peter Bessy, private, 143d Inf., Co. I; must. Oct. 8, 1862, three years ; died at Nashville, Tenn., 1864.

Thos. J. Burch, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years; disch. at New York ; no more record.

Sylvester H. Brown, capt., 32d Inf. ; two years ; killed at City Point, Va. ; buried at Dryden.

Norman G. Bartholomew, capt., 76th Inf., Co. F; must. Nov. 24, 1861, three years; killed at the battle of the Wilderness; buried at Etna.

Varnum Burton, private, 32d Inf., Co. E; must. June 2, 1861, two years; disch. expiration term of service.

Orin W. Burton, private, 76th Inf., Co. F; must. Dec. 1, 1861, three years ; d'sch. at the close of the war ; was taken prisoner at Wilderness ; at Anderson- ville seven months.

Clinton D. Bouton, corp., 76th Inf., Co. F; must. Oct. 5, 1861, three years; disch. expiration of term.

Theodore Buchanan, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; three years; disch. expiration of term.

Ambrose L. Bull, private, 109th Inf., Co. F ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; wounded at battle of Spottsylvania ; disch. at the close of the war.

John E. Bergen, lieut., 109th Inf., Co. I; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; disch. from regiment; promoted to lieutenant in U. S. C. Inf.

D. Webster Bartlett, private, 109th Inf., Co. F ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; disch. for disability, Dec. 1862.

Andrew J. Barber, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; died from wounds received at Spottsylvania, May, 1864.

James C. Bull, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years ; died of disease, Feb. 27, 1865.

D. Webster Barton, 2d lient., 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years ; killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

Orson C. Brown, private, 143d Inf., Co. I; must. Ang. 16, 1862, three years ; takeu ill ; received $100 bounty.

D. O. Bishop, private, 21st Cav., Co. E; must. Fcb. 24, 1864, three years ; disch. at Denver, Colorado, July 8, 1866.

Edwin Baker, private, 21st Cav., Co. E; minst. Feb. 20, 1863, three years ; disch. July, 1865, at Elmira.

John E. Bull, private, 15th Cav., Co. I; minst. June, 1864, three years ; disch. at Louisville, Ky., Ang. 1865.

James HI. Burton, private, 15th Cuv., Co. I; must. Feb, 21, 1864, three years ; disch. at Louisville, Ky., Ang. 1865.

Orin F. Brown, private, 21st Cav., Co. M ; must. Dec. 1863, three years; disch. at Denver, Colorado, June 10, 1866.

Varnum Burton, corp., 15th Cav., Co. I; must. Feb. 1>64, three years; disch. at close of war; served two terms; prisoner; was in fifteen battles.

Moses Brown, private, 179th Inf .; must. Sept. 1864, three years ; died of disease, at Petersburg, Va.

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- Brigham, three years; non-resident; recruited from Pennsylvania. Alphonso Bosworth, three years; non-resident ; recruited from Pennsylvania. Otis A. Bates, sergt., 143d Inf., Co. I ; must. Oct. 8, 1862, three years ; disch. at close of the war.

H. E. Bloom, private, 15th Art., Co. F; must. Feb. 21, 1864, three years ; died of disease, in Clarysville, Md., June 15, 1864.

Erastus Bachelder, private, 127th Inf., Co. A ; must. Aug. 15, 1862, three years ; disch, at close of the war.

IIubert Carpenter, adjutant, 76th Inf., Co. F; must. Dec. 1861, three years; wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1865; wounded and taken prisoner, May 6, 1864; died May 7, 1864.

Alonzo W. Clark, private, 320 Inf., Co. E; must. June 2, 1861, two years; died of disease at N. Y. City, June 12, 1861.

James 0. Cook, private, 64th Inf., Co. E; must. Sept. 26, 1861, three years ; disch. at Falmonth, Va., Dec. 1, 1862, for disability.

James J. Card, private, 76th Inf., Co. F; three years; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.

Wm. Casey, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; disch. for disability, July 3, 1863.

Nathaniel Conklin, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; disch. at close of the war.

Chester Card, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years; taken prisoner, May 12, 1864; died at Andersonville, Ga.

Oliver P. Carmer, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years : taken prisoner at Spottsylvania; survived Andersouvillc.

Franklin Casar, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years.

Amos Chambers, private, 137th Inf., must. Aug. 1862, three years; disch. at Mound City, Ill., March 4, 1865.

Enos Cook, private, 143d Inf., Co. I; must. Oct. 8, 186?, three years; died of disease at Chattanooga, Dec. 18, 1863.

Robt. Cole, private, 143d Inf., Co. I, three years; disch. for disability.

James W. Copely, private, 143d Inf., Co. I, three years; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.

Jacob C. Clark, private; died before muster.

James O. Cook, corp., 21st Cav., Co. M; must. Feb. 14, 1864, three years; disch. at Denver City, Col., July 9, 1866.

Thos. J. Carmer, three years.

Wm. Cornelins, private, 15th Cav., Co. I; must. Feb. 9, 1864, three years; disch. at Louisville, Ky., at the close of the war.

Peter Carr, blacksmith, 15th Cav., Co. I; must. Feb. 2, 1864, three years.

Martin Cremer, private, 15th Cav., Co. F; must. Feb. 2, 1864, three years; disch. at expiration of term of service.

Win. D. Chaffee, private, three years; non-resident, recruited from Penna. S. A. Chaffee, private, three years; non-resident, recruited from Pennsylvania. Nathaniel B. Chaffee, private, three years; non-resident, recruited from Penna. Benj. Chaffee, private, three years; non-resident, recruited from Pennsylvania. Merritt Chirispell, private, three years; non-resident, recruited from Peuna. Charles R. Casterline, private, three years; non-resident, recruited from Penna. Michael Cramer, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Dec., 1861, three years; dischi. for disability, Dec. 1862.

Henry Cliff, orderly sergt., 76th Inf., Co. F; must. Sept. 1861, three years; pro. to lieut., 1863; lost a leg at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.

E. Chapman, private, 137th Inf., Co. K ; must. Sept. 24, 1863, three years ; disch. at the close of the war.

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History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 131

Author: Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) cn; Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Ensign Number of Pages: 1112

Author: Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) cn; Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Ensign
Number of Pages: 1112