History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 138

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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Benj. Taylor, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; nuist. Oet. 1861; disch. at expiration of term of service.

Cicero Teeter, sergt., 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; diseh. Jan. 1862.

L. E. Teeter, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; disch. at expiration of term of service.

W. N. Tueker, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; disch. 1862, for disability.

E. H. Tecter, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; diseh. 1862, for disability.

M. Topping, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oet. 1861, three years.

Geo. R. Thompson, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years ; killed in battle of second Bull Run.

Charles Tarbell, private, 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Aug. 1862, three years; disch. for disability, Aug. 24, 1864.

Silas B. Tarbell, private, 109th Inf., Co. F ; mnst. Ang. 1862, three years; disch. at elose of the war.

Lewis Teeter, private, 9th H. Art., Co. F; must. Feb. 1864, three years; disch. April, 1864.

Benj. Terter, private, 9th HI. Art., Co. F; must. Feb. 1864, three years.

W. O. Tiffany, private, 9th H. Art., Co. F; nost. June, 1864, three years.

Harrison Tecter, private, 6th H. Art. ; nist. Sept. 1864, three years.

Eli Telyea, private, 10th Cav. ; must. Oet. 1861, three years ; disch. when term of service expired.

Doctor Tarbell, capt., 33d Inf .; must. May, 1861, two years; was eom. sub. U. S. Vols. ; prisoner of war from Sept. 1864, to Feb. 1865.

Fred. Tiffany, private, 23d Inf; must. May, 1861, two years ; died of disease at Washington, D. C., Dec. 12, 1861.

M. Telyea, private, 10th Cav .; must. Aug. 1862, three years; died of disease, at City Point, Va., Aug. 17, 1864.

Elias R. Weaver, Ist lieut., 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oet. 1861, three years; re- signed July, 1863.

Asher Wileox, wagoner, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; disch. Dee. 5, 1862.

Orlin Wright, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; disch. Aug., 1864.

Nathan Woodmancy, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; disch. June, 1864; re-enl. in 9th H. Art.

W. A. Wood, private, 76th Iuf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years ; killed at second Bull Run, Ang. 27, 1862.

John L: Wood, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; after- wards enl. in another regiment.

Ilenry D. Weaver, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oet. 1861, three years; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.

A. Wyeoff, private, 76th Inf., Co. C: must. Oet. 1861, three years; disch. Nov. 1864.

C. S. Weber, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; must. Oct. 1861, three years; disch. Dec. 1862.

John A. White, private, 76th Inf., Co. C; inst. Oct. 1861, three years; died of typhoid fever, July 18, 1862.

J. Woodlmry, corp., 109th Inf., Co. F; must. Ang. 1862, three years; killed before Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, while in command of his company. John W. White, teamster, 109th Inf., Co. F; minst. Ang. 1862, three years; disch. June, 1865.

W. Willoughby, major, 137th Inf .; must. Ang. 1862, three years; woundod at Chancellorsville ; disch. Oct. 1863, for disability.

J. Wanzer, private, 137th Inf., Co. K ; must. Ang. 1862, three years; died at Arlington Ileights, of wounds received in battle.

Anson Wait, corp., 137th Iuf., Co. K ; must. Aug. 1862, three years ; disch. 1863, for disability.

Peter R. Wright, private, 137th Inf., Co. K; must. Ang. 1862, three years; dlisch. Oct. 29, 1862.

Benj. Wanzer, private, 137th Inf., Co. K ; umst. Ang. 1862, three years.

M. B. Williams, private, 137th Inf., Co. K; mnst. Ang. 1862, three years; wounded at battle of Peach-Tree Creck, Ga , July 20, 1864 ; diseli. at the close of the war.

James Wanzer, private, 137th Inf., Co. K ; must. Ang. 1862, three years.

Gilbert Wood, private, 137th Inf., Co. K ; must. Ang. 1862, three years; disch. March 15, 1863, for disability.

M. II. Webster, sergt., 6th Cav. ; minst. Sept. 1863, three years; disch. at the close of the war.

Harrison Wehster, private, 6th Cav .; inst. Sept. 1863, three years.

John Wakely, sergt., 2d Cuv .; must. Aug. 1863, three years; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.

Seneca Wright, private, 185th Inf .; must. Sept. 1864, three yoars.

There are no remarks to show in what commands the following named sol- diers served or what became of them. They received from $625 to $900 each bonnty money, and were mustered into the service in 1864. Were mostly non- residents.

Isaae Aiken, D. B. Bessemer, Alex. Bothwell, Charles L. Brown, D. Brinsmade, J. C. Becker, Jnre Becker, Z. T. Brown, John Bower, J. N. Fuller, Win. F. Gillon, Wm. Gillmer, Geo. Ilyde, E. E. Ilastings, Hugh Hastings, H. B. Hyde, Geo. W. Hicks, D. L. Ilaring, Geo. E. Ilyde, John B. Hamlin, Matthew Hoose, B. II. Havens, B. F. Hermance, La F. Cronce, Chas. Close, G. Coffin, Newel Corbin, John Creachton, I. E. Clark, John Clapper, Enos Cooper, George Cook, S. O. Conner, Morris Cary, James Calhoun, James Carr, Constanee Demall, Robt. Downey, L. Demarest, Cyrus Duren, Geo. Dnnn, James Duffey, Daniel Eldridge, John Fox, Gershaw Fox, Standish Fox, Charles Fox, Joseph Fox, Levi Fuller, M. Fairchild, Francis Fair- field, Henry Fisher, Richard T. Holt, Geo. Ilartman, Milo Ilowell (sea- man), Oliver Johns, Barney Kane, Patrick Kultry, John Kenedy, John Kenny, Bernard Kelly, Isaac H. Leonard, Thos. Laey, Henry J. Learn, W. MeKinney, Cranson Mix, C. Mandeville, Donald MeDonald, A. Mos- ser, James Milty, Daniel Myers, Milo Merrill, Chester Mckinney, John II. MeKinney, Ira Murphy, C. A. Melvin, J. MeCormick, Geo. Munch, M. McGowen, Davis Martin, Daniel MeCarty, Angust Muller, Barton Per Lee, Ezra Phipps. Asa Puist, Samme Parsons, Patrick Prendergast, Moses Reeves, Ira Ryerson, Samnel R. Robertson, Richard Roach, John E. Runny, Henry Richter, John W. Ryder, D. E. Signor, B. R. Shaw, B. Smith, L. M. Shores, Joseph Smith, James A. Smith, W. R. Sonthwick, Jolin Shipman, H. Starr, Hans Schmidt, Geo. Smith, - Sehrwarzenberg, John B. Spalcher, John Stirling, Wm. Taylor, O. C. Taylor, William N. Tncker, W. H. Smarx, Matthew Wolf, Wilhe Walthers. Total number, 385.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ELIJAII A. KINNE.

This veteran pioneer is a man of remarkable activity and vigor for one on whose head have fallen the snows of eighty-six winters. He was born at Plainfield, Windham Co., Conn., Feb. 27, 1792. His father, Nathan Kinne,

ELIJAH A. KINNE.

was a soldier in the Revolution ; moved to Sullivan Co., N. Y., in 1799. Elijah remained with his grandfather, at Plainfield, till he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Sullivan County, in 1812. Soon after the commence- ment of the war he was employed by government to drive team, and was at Buffalo when that city was burned, in 1813. In 1814 he was drafted, and went to Brooklyn Heights, under Captain Gale, where he remained until the close of the war, when he returned to Sullivan County,

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and engaged in lumbering. Soon after that he bought onc hundred acres of land, made a small improvement, built a house, and was married to Miss Rhoda M. Abbott, in 1819, where they resided until 1832, when they mnoved to Madi- son County, bought a farm, lived there six years, sold out, spent some tinie in De Witt, Onondaga Co., and came to Groton City in 1853, where he has since resided.

This venerable couple have been the parents of four children,-two sons and two daughters.

Cyrus C. was born Sept. 7, 1820 ; was a locomotive en- ginecr on the New York Central Railroad for twenty-three years ; died Jan. 14, 1878, at Rochester, leaving a widow and three children. Second child was Maria M .; married Stephen Squares. She died Jan. 29, 1857, leaving a son and daughter; the former was in the army, and died at Vieksburg. Third child was Luey A., who died Oct. 18, 1845, in her sixteenth year. Fourth child was Charles W., born Jan. 17, 1834, died May 10, 1877, at Cortland, N. Y. ; was of the firm of Kinne & Fitzgerald, inventors and manufacturers of the celebrated Cortland platform- spring wagon.

After a long and industrious life this aged pioncer and his wife find themselves enjoying a comfortable home, and the esteem of all who know them.

JAMES MCLACHLAN

was born in Annfield, Argyleshire, Scotland, July 20, 1802. He was the fourth son of Duncan MeLachlan, who was married to Janet Morrison. Of his three brothers none are now living. Archibald died in Jamaica, Duncan died on a voyage from Newfoundland to Hamburg, and the other at Rothsay, Scotland. He also had four sisters, two of whom are now living in Scotland,-Mrs. Mary Morrison and Mrs. Janet MeGregor,-and one-Mrs. Isabella Mclachlan- is now living in Southwold, Canada. Mrs. Diana White died July 22, 1874. While a small boy and yet wearing the Highland kilt, he was employed as herdsboy on the heathery hills of Scotland. After his father's death in 1814, he was bound out, at the age of twelve, to serve an apprenticeship of three years at the weaver's trade. At this he continued to work, taking care of and supporting his mother until her death, in 1840. In February, 1839, he was married to Jean Mckellar, daughter of John and Mary (Stewart) Mckellar, of Kilfinen, Seotland, who came to this country in 1841, and shortly after settled in Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y. Her father was a sueeessful farmer, having secured to himself a fine farm before his death, in 1851. Her mother died in 1870. Her brothers, Archibald and John McKellar, are now living in Groton, N. Y. She has three sisters,-Mrs. Peter Lamont, of Virgil; Mrs. Alexander Stewart, of Cortland; Miss Catherine Mckellar, of Groton; and Mary, the inother of the late Mary (Carr) McGibben, who died in 1839.

After their marriage they were engaged in farming until July 4, 1855, when they bade adieu to their friends and native land, and with six small children took passage for America in the " Dirigo," under Captain Young. Ou the 16th of August, after a voyage of six weeks, they landed at Castle Garden, N. Y. Their objective point was Groton,

N. Y., where the mother and family of Mrs. McLachlan were then living. They reached Ithaca on the evening of the following day,-strangers in a strange land. In the following spring he purchased and took possession of the farm of one hundred and seventeen aeres in Groton, N. Y., on which he now lives. By the most frugal habits and ceaseless industry he has paid for and so improved and beautified this farm that to-day, as will be seen from the cut elsewhere in this work, it is one of the most attractive rural homes in Tompkins County. Of his four sons, John was graduated from Hamilton College in the elass of '70, and from Auburn Theological Seminary in the class of '73. In May, 1873, he was married to Miss Hattie Robinson, a direct descendant of the " Mayflower" Robin- son. He has since becn settled as pastor over the Presby- terian Church at Pleasantville, Penna. James, the second son, was graduated from Hamilton College in the class of '78. In November, 1877, while yet a student in college, he was elected by the Republican party to the offiec of school commissioner of the second district of Tompkins County. Duncan was married in August, 1877, to Miss Hannah Hill, of Dryden, N. Y., and is at home with his father. Archibald C., the youngest son, is a student in Hamilton College, in his sophomore year.

Of the four daughters, Janet was married to James White, of Cortland, N. Y., in January, 1866. Mary was married to Frank Sears, of Cortland, in January, 1868. Catherine was married to William Otis Tiffany, of Groton, in December, 1874. Euphemia J., the youngest daughter, is at home with her parents.

Mr. McLachlan has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for forty-five years, and was an elder in that church while living in Scotland. His life has always been typical of the Scotch Presbyterians. Sterling integrity and a strong desire for fair play mark all his dealings with his fellow-men. He has always been a hearty supporter of our American educational system, doing all in his power to ex- tend its advantages to all. He was in full sympathy with the Whig party in Seotland, and a warm supporter of the principles of the Republican party in this country.

CHAPTER LXXII.

LANSING.

THIS town lies on the east bank of Cayuga Lake, and in the north part of the county. Rolling uplands, which lie about 500 feet above the lake, form the principal surface. Perpendicular ledges, rising from 20 to 75 fect, border the lake in many places, and in other parts the land forms a continuous slope from the top of the bluffs to the water's edge. The soil is mostly a fertile gravelly loam, better adapted to raising grain than grass. Salmon Creek is the principal stream. It rises in Cayuga County, and enters the town from the north and flows through its eentre. About a mile and a half from the lake the valley narrows to a ravine, whose sides are steep declivities, from 50 to 150 feet in height, and covered with a dense and irregular

BIRTH PLACE IN SCOTL

FIRST HOME IN AMERICA.

JAMES MCLACHLAN.

MRS. JAMES MCLACHLAN.

PRESENT HOME OF JAMES MCLACHLAN, GROTON, TOMPKINS COUNTY, N. Y.

LITH. BY L. H. EVERTS, PHILADA.

PHOTO BY WM,FREAR.

PHOTO. BY WM. FREAR.

MRS. JOHN F. BURDICK

JOHN F. BURDICK, M. D.

RESIDENCE OF J.F. BURDICK, M. D. LANSING, TOMPKINS COUNTY, N . Y.

LITH BY L H EVERTS PHI! .

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growth of trees and underbrush. On the east side of the ereek the land rises in a gradual slope and extends to the eastward, comparatively level, covered with fertile farms, and dotted with woodlands, which still retain their primi- tive wildness. On the west the land rises from the bed of the valley, forming what is known as the " Ridge," the east side of which, together with the west side of the valley, being designated by the inhabitants as the " East and West Hill." The tributaries of Salmon Creek are Gulf, Townley, and Hedden Creeks. The last two empty into Salmon Creek near Ludlowville. On the Townley Creek are the Indian Falls, three in number, within a short distance of each other, two of which are about forty feet in height, the third being sixty feet. These falls are noted for their beauty, in common with the caseades in this region. On Hedden Creek is the beautiful Buttermilk Falls, so ealled from the whiteness of its rapid, foaming waters.

There are many easeades on the various streams which empty into the lake, the most prominent of which is one on the stream which runs past the summer home of Mr. Edward S. Esty, of Ithaea, and is one hundred and fifty feet in height. Another, on Koplin's Gulf, or Goodwin's Creek, is about three rods below the bridge that spans the stream on the Lake Road, and has a fall of about seventy- five feet.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

The year 1791 seems to have been a year in which sev- eral pioneers, in their search for land and homes, seleeted the territory that now comprises this town as the seene of their future labors and rewards.

" Through the deep wilderness where searce the sun Can cast his darts, along the winding path The pioneer is treading. In his grasp Is his keen axe, that wondrous instrument That, like the talisman, transforms Deserts to fields and cities. He has left The home in which his early years were passed, And led by hope, and full of restless strength, Has plunged within the forest, there to plant His destiny."

In March of this year, Silas Ludlow and Henry, his brother, and Thomas, Henry's son, with their families, eame into this town, drawing their effects in a hand-sled from Ithaca, on the ice of Cayuga Lake. Landing at the mouth of Salmon Creek, and following up the ravine, they reached the fall where Ludlowville now is, and perceiving its advantages for mill purposes,

" Beside the rapid stream they rear their log-built eabın."

They bought Military Lot 75 for sixty dollars. Henry built his first house where Charles G. Benjamin now lives. They were active, energetie men in the pioneer work, and they and their descendants were among the first men in the town, Jehiel Ludlow having been member of Assembly, sheriff, and justice of the peaee. They have nearly all passed away, several of the family having moved West.

Samuel Baker and Solomon Hyatt, who were brothers- in-law, passed through this town from Westchester County, to look at lot No. 54, when on their way to Canada. Re- turning the same season to Somerstown, Westchester Co.,

Baker bought of John Adams, for six shillings per acre, lot No. 54, which Adams had previously bought of Wm. Wheeler, a soldier, who had it for his military serviees. His discharge was given as title to the land, and is signed by George Washington, in 1783. It is now in the hands of S. J. Baker, of Newfield, who is a grandson.

In the spring of 1792, Baker hired a man by the name of Hopkins to go and assist him in clearing a portion of this land. Arriving at their destination, they built a log house twelve feet square, roofing it with bark, where Lewis H. Murray's house now stands, a few rods south of the Lansingville store. In the fall of that year he exchanged lots with a man who eame there and claimed to own an ad- joining lot, which Baker preferred to his own, and Oct. 13, 1792, as per date of deed, they exchanged lots, and Baker expected to remove his family in the spring of 1793, as soon as the river should open to Albany. In the spring he embarked, with his wife and two children, on a sloop at Peekskill, for the head-waters of the Hudson, on his way to Milton (now Lansing). On arriving at Lunnenburg, on the Hudson, he found his title worthless. He then landed at that place and opened a blacksmith-shop, as he was a blacksmith, and worked there one year, and laid up one hundred pounds sterling. Learning that the lot he origin- ally bought had been sold to Jealous Yates, of Albany, he repurchased one hundred acres of it, and onee more em- barked for his new home. Leaving the sloop at Troy, they took a bateau and proceeded up the Mohawk to Schoharie Creek, and Oneida Lake to Seneea River, and up Cayuga Lake to Himrod's Point, on the east side of the lake. In Baker's absenee, some time in 1793, Mr. Himrod had made a settlement on the point, and Ebenezer Haskins, one mile east on the hill, where Lake Ridge now is. Baker hired a yoke of oxen of Haskins to move his family and goods, and he was obliged to eut his way through from there to his settlement, when he took possession of his clearing and log house, and built a blacksmith-shop, where the lane now is, near the road on the old homestead where William Baker, a grandson, now resides. After he had been there a year or two, Jealous Yates, with a friend, eame out to see the country, as he still owned about 500 aeres of land there. They started out with guns and horns to view the land, expecting soon to return ; but when night eame on, they were still out. Baker took his horn and gun, and went ont to find them, blowing his horn as he went. After some time he heard Bates' horn, and upon reaching them found that they had been lost, and were tired and hungry. At this time Mr. Baker bought another hundred aeres, with the refusal of the four hundred remaining, which he finally purchased in 1801.

Mr. Baker at one time owned about 1200 acres. He was the first supervisor of the town of Milton. He had nine children. James HI., the eldest, became a pioneer Meth- odist preacher in the north part of Pennsylvania. Hyatt died at Lansingville in the summer of 1878. Albert is still living at Lansingville. William Baker, a graudson, is living on the old homestead. Sallie, a daughter, was born Sept. 25, 1805, the same day the Presbyterian church was raised. Stephen J. Baker, a grandson, lives at Newfield, from whose articles, published in 1876, many of these facts

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are obtained. Captain Benajah Strong came to this place with his son Salmon first in the spring of 1791, and pur- chased 2000 acres of land on both sides of Salmon Creek. They commenced chopping one and a quarter miles east of Lansingville, on lot 63, where Albert Slocum's house now stands, on Salmon Creek Flats. He gave his boys each a large farm, and they settled in the town. Joel and Daniel Bacon married Thankful and Anna Strong, daughters of Benajah, and settled in the northeast part of the town. He dicd at the age of ninety-six years, and was buried in the family burying-ground, on the homestead of Simeon Strong, his youngest son, where Mrs. J. W. Pratt, Sim- eon's daughter, now lives. Captain Benajah Strong was born in 1740, was six feet two inehes in height, enlisted in the French war, was a captain of a volunteer company of soldiers in the Revolutionary war, and was present at the burning of Danbury, Conn. He removed to Athens, Greene Co., N. Y., about 1782, where he bought the con- fiscated property of a Tory offieer, and the rights and privi- leges of a ferry between Athens and Hudson. He re- moved afterwards to Great Bend, and after some years went to Geneseo, where he worked one year, thenee to Ithaca, and lived there two years, and from thence to this place, where he remained until his death in 1836. He was a member of the Baptist Church. His son Benajah was eaptain in the war of 1812; was a member and deaeon in the Baptist Church.

John Bowker came from Ulster Co., N. Y., by the way of Owego and Ithaca, stopping at the famous Indian spring on the Renwick property, north of Fall Creek, in 1791, and settled where his son James Bowker now lives, near North Lansing. He was the first justice of the peace, and was supervisor and constable of the town of Milton. Joseph and Noah Bowker, brothers of John, eame in 1792. Joseph lived where Jesse Jacob resides. John had twelve children, and all lived to raise large families ; and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1855, when he had reached the age of eighty-four years, he was the father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to one hundred and thirty children. Andrew Myers, in 1792, came down the lake with his wife and two children, and landed at the point which has ever since been known as " Myers' Point." The large grist-mill was built by his sons in about 1835. His grandsons are still living here,-one at Ludlow- ville, the other at the Point. Moses and Nicholas Depew settled at the mouth of Salmon Creek some time in the year 1792; but little is known of them.

Ephraim Bloom was of German deseent, and came into the town from Pennsylvania in the fall of 1791 and took up lot 91, and built a large cabin where Lewis Bloom's house now stands. Two Indians wintercd with him, and he often remarked afterwards that he never enjoyed him- self better than that winter. In the spring of 1792 he went back to Eastern Pennsylvania and brought his family, consisting of his wife, two sons, and five danghters, out to his cabin. He lived here the remainder of his days, and dicd Nov. 17, 1828, aged one hundred years and four days. His wife, Elizabeth, was at her death one hundred and four years and four days old. His two sons, Henry and Abram, remained here and settled. He was in the French war,

and served three years in the armory at Easton in the Rev- olutionary war; was with Anthony Wayne part of the time, was in the battle of Germantown, and after the close of the war several years became a pioneer in this Statc.

These brothers came from a place called Short Hills, N. J., about nine miles from Newark. They moved first into the valley of the Susquehanna, about seven miles up the river from Wilkesbarre, lived there four years, when they moved to their new home in the lake country. They were obliged to cut much of their way through the woods, and were nine days coming about one hundred miles ; the mother and children generally riding in the wagon drawn by oxen. They drove their cattle through with them, and every morn- ing before starting they would milk the cows and put the milk in the churn, and at night would find the butter all nieely gathered by the jolting of the wagon over the rough ground.

When they came to the head of the lake they found where Ithaea now stands only a few log houses. Here Mrs. Townley and the children embarked in a little boat with the household goods, while the men drove the cattle along an Indian trail the remaining nine miles of the way. Having reached the end of their journey, Dec. 18, 1792, their first aim was to cut down some of the tall trees which covered the ground thiekly for miles and miles on every side, and build a little eabin to shelter them from the rain and snow, moving into it on Christmas-day.

This was their home for two or three years until they were able to build a larger and better one. It stood in the south orchard, on the spot where the old Romanite tree now stands. When settled in their cabin, Charles left his brother and his family in the wilderness and returned to tlie Sus- quehanna. Having no hay or grain, the cattle lived on " browse" of maple-, basswood-, or elm-trees, felled purposely for them, and upon which they not only thrived but fatted. In that day the axe and the gun were constant companions of the settler, who not infrequently returned from his small clearing with a supply of venison or bear-steak for his waiting family.

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History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 138

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