History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 154

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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Besides the positions before named held by Judge Rood, he has been in official position of one kind or another, in the town, village, or county, from the day of his majority to the present time. His own advantages for an education were meagre, but no firmer friend or more liberal advocate has the cause of education had in the county than he. He has been for some years a trustee of Cook's Academy, and for a portion of the time one of the executive committee of the board of trustees of that institution.

Of his four sons, Edwin is deceased, dying in the very prime of his life, and the brightest promise of his intellect. An only daughter also survives.

JOHN J. VAN ALLEN .- The leading lawyer . of the Schuyler County bar is John J. Van Allen. Heis a native of Allegany Co., N. Y., and was educated at the Angelica Academy, and the . Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, N. Y. At the completion of his studies he commenced the study of the law in the office of Diven, Hathaway & Woods, of

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Ehnira. He was admitted to the bar in July, 1851, and during the same month located in Watkins, where he has since remained. Mr. Van Allen was the first distriet at- torney appointed for Schuyler County ; he rose rapidly in his profession, and soon became the recognized leader of the bar in his county, which position he has since retained. It may be well enough to remark in this connection that JEREMIAH MCGUIRE, ex-Speaker of the Assembly, now a resident of Elmira, N. Y., was previously to his removal to Elmira a resident of Havana, and was considered the peer of Van Allen as an attorney. They were the leaders of the bar, and while the Schuyler County bar will compare favorably with that of any interior county in the State, the place left vacant by the removal of Mr. McGuire has not been filled. We have placed these two in one sketch, in justice to both. Both are men of excellent judgment, and are elose reasoning lawyers. While they stand deservedly high as counselors, their strength lies chiefly in their ability as advocates. They are pre-eminently jury lawyers, and as such have won enviable reputations. Politically, they are both Democrats. Mr. Van Allen particularly is an uncom- promising Democrat, and a fearless and able exponent of the Jeffersonian principles of that great party.

HON. GEORGE G. FREER Was born in Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1809. He was one of a family of twelve children, all of whom grew up. George had a liberal education.

In 1826 he left home for Ithaca, where he studied law with Samuel Love. The young student made rapid prog- ress, and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one, as soon as the rules of the court would permit. His first occupation, however, was as a teacher, which calling he pursued for a number of terms.

As a lawyer his standing was very ereditable.

In August, 1851, he came to Watkins ; he was retained to defend the will and estate of Dr. Samuel Watkins, who died May 1, 1851.

Feb. 11, 1852, he married Mrs. Dr. Watkins, to whom the doctor had willed a great part of his large estate, and at the time of her death, Oct. 1, 1853, he became principal legatee by virtue of her last will and testament. He was married to his second wife, who survives him, Jan. 7, 1862, and leaves to her guardianship and care three interesting children.

When the present charter of the village of Watkins went into operation, in 1861, Mr. Freer was elected one of the trustees, and became president of the board, which position he held a number of years. In 1863 he was elected supervisor of the town of Dix ; in 1869 was elected judge and surrogate of the county of Schuyler. As a sur- rogate he had few superiors ; but his health failed and life closed before the term ended. He has done mueh to ad- vanee the interests of the village,-in addition to his in- strumentality in making Watkins the county-seat,-and fostered every judicious publie improvement. He built the Opera-House Block, and aided the erection of the Lakeview Hotel; he was connected with the Schuyler County Bank for many years, either as president or director ; he was the founder of the "First National Bank of Watkins ;" and Glenwood Cemetery, the publie sehools, sidewalks, and

many other progressive features are eloquent in his gener- osity. IIe was free from bigotry or prejudice ; was for many years a prominent vestryman of St. James' Episcopal Church, and contributed liberally to its support. He was an able advocate and counselor. He died April 17, 1878, and was buried with Masonic honors ; he was a member of Jefferson Lodge, No. 332, F. A. M., of this village. The pall-bearers were Hon. Hiram Gray, Hon. Ariel S. Thurs- ton, Hon. Thomas S. Spaulding, Elmira ; Hon. S. L. Rood, General Daniel Jackson, T. H. Abbey, Watkins ; and Hon. Sylvester B. Shearer, Ilavana.

JUDGE GEORGE C. SHEARER received his rudimentary education at the common schools of his native county (Saratoga), and subsequently attended the academic schools of Auburn and Stillwater. He studied law with Kirkland & Seymour, and was admitted to the bar of the Court of Chancery in 1847. He began practice at Waterford, and came to Watkins in 1855, where he opened an office, and has since continued to practice his profession in that village. In 1861 he was elected county judge for fonr years, having previously been a justice of the peace.

JUDGE BENJAMIN W. WOODWARD is a native of Schuyler County, and received his primary education in its public schools. He subsequently entered Hobart Col- lege, from which he was honorably graduated in 1862. He studied law in the office of Diven, Hathaway & Woods, and was afterwards graduated from the Law School at Al- bany. In July, 1865, he began the practice of his profession at Watkins, and still continues one of its most successful legal practitioners. In 1866 he was elected to the office of county judge for four years, and in that position ably sustained the reputation he had previously acquired for able discrimination and judicial acumen.

JUDGE OLIVER P. HURD is a native of this county. Ile received his literary education at Ovid Seminary and at Genesee College. He read law with John J. Van Allen. He was admitted to practice in 1864, but for the ensuing year he served as a clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. He began to practice law in 1865, and is a good general practitioner. In 1867 he was elected district attorney, and is now (1878) serving as county judge, to which position he was elected in 1876.

HON. HULL FANTON is pre-eminently a self-made man. After attending the public schools, and one term at the Ehnira Academy, he entered the law-office of Hon. Jere- miah McGuire, when the latter resided at Ilavana. In March, 1857, he was admitted to the bar, and has since practiced his profession, particularly as a counselor. He was appointed Register in Bankruptcy for the Northern Judicial District of New York, which position he still occupies, ex officio, sinee Sept. 1, 1878, at which time the repeal of the Bankrupt Law went into effect as regards new applications. Mr. Fanton has given very general satisfaction in that responsible office. In 1868 he was elected President of the Havana National Bank, and has since been re-elected to the same office each successive year.

Among the members of the bar who were residents of what is now Sehuyler County prior to its organization, and who were admitted to practice in the courts of the State of

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New York previous to the formation of the county, were Artemas Fay, Hiram W. Jackson, Edward Quin (in whose office United States Senator Kernan read law), John Mor- gan, C. G. Judd (now practicing in Yates County), Sylves- ter Hazen, Gilbert Hurd, F. W. Ritter, Charles J. Baskin (still in practice at Watkins), George E. Quin, D. C. Woodcock, Marcus Crawford, George G. Freer,* Milton P. Leonard, William H. Gibbs (still in practice at Wat- kins), John J. Van Allen,* D. J. Sunderlin,and J. B. Wilkins.

The subjoined list contains the names of those who have been members of the Schuyler County bar, from 1855 to 1878 inclusive, together with dates of their admission to the same, or the year in which they tried their first case in the Schuyler County courts respectively :

Daniel Jamison. First case in 1855. Removed to Michigan.

M. M. Mead. First ease in 1855. Resides at Havana.

B. Franklin. First case in 1855. Removed.

John W. Brown. First case in 1856. Removed.

John W. Osborn. First ease in 1856. Resides at Mecklenburg. P. Finnegan. First ease in 1856. Deceased.

F. Fisk. First ease in 1856.

J. F. Babbitt. First case in 1856. Removed.

First ease in 1857. Re- Henry C. Van Duzer, cx-district attorney.

sides at Weston, in the town of Tyrone.

T. Bodine. First ease in 1857.

Hull Fanton. First case in 1857. Resides at Havana.

C. H. Everts. First ease in 1859. Resides at Watkins.

J. B. White. First ease in 1859. Resides at Elmira. George C. Shearer. First case in 1859. Resides at Watkins.

B. F. Marriott. First case in 1859. Deceased.

C. H. Cooper. First ease in 1859. Deceased. S. Wood. First ease in 1859.

C. J. Haring. First case in 1859. Deceased.

S. C. Keeler. First case in 1860. Resides at Havana.

S. L. Rood. First case in 1861. Resides at Watkins.

H. S. Hudson. First ease in 1861. Out of practice. O. P. Harris. First ease in 1861.

II. M. Hillerman. First case in 1862. Out of practice. E. M. W. Nye. First case in 1862. Out of practice. Daniel Bcael. First ease in 1862. Resides at Watkins.

W. C. Hazleton. First ease in 1862.

M. J. Sunderlin. First ease in 1862. Resides at Watkins.

Wm. H. Burton. First case in 1862.

Lewis H. Jackson. First case in 1863.

W. W. Niles. First ease in 1863.

R. H. Marriott. First ease in 1863. Deccased.

J. C. Brodrick. First ease in 1853. Resides at Havana.

C. B. Berry. First ease in 1864.

M. T. Seely. First case in 1864. Removed.

James Spieer. First case in 1864. Removed.

L. J. Wilkin. First case in 1864. Removed.

Oliver P. Hurd, county judge. First ease in 1864. Resides at Wat- kins.

M. Brown. First ease in 1864. Removed.

C. W. Everts. First easc in 1865.

Warren Barnum. First case in 1865. Resides at Watkins.

John H. Woodward. First ease in 1866.

Benj. W. Woodward. First ease in 1866. Resides at Watkins. A. G. Everts, Jr. First ease in 1868. Resides at Watkins.

George G. Gardner. First ease in 1868. Removed to Wisconsin. Is now a county judge.

W. L. Norton. First case in 1868. Resides at Watkins.

Charles M. Woodward. First ease in 1869. Resides at Watkins.

Charles H. Fletcher. First easc in 1871. Resides at Watkins. Elected district attorney in 1874.

L. M. Conklin. First ease in 1874. Resides at Havana.

W. F. Bishop. First case in 1874. Resides at Watkins.

Charles W. Davis, present district atttorney. First ease in 1874. Re- sides at Watkins.

Henry K. Hause. First ease in 1875. Resides at Watkins.

Harry S. Kellogg. First ease in 1875.

John M. Roe. First ease in 1875. Resides at Watkins.

Ambrose C. Pike. First ease in 1876. Resides at Watkins. Washington Robertson. First case in 1877. Resides at Havana. Fred. H. Freer. First ease in 1877. Resides at New York. W. Irving Van Allen. First ease in 1877. Resides at Watkins. Wilber F. Osborn. First ease in 1877. Resides at Mecklenburg.

PRESENT (1878) MEMBERS OF THE SCHUYLER COUNTY

BAR.

L. M. Conklin, Havana.

Hull Fanton, Havana. Samuel C. Kceler, Havana.

M. M. Mead, Havana. Washington Robertson, Havana.

J. C. Brodrick, Havana. Daniel Beach, Watkins. Warren Barnum, Watkins. Clark J. Baskin, Watkins. W. F. Bishop, Watkins.

Charles W. Davis, Watkins. Charles F. Everts, Watkins.

A. G. Everts, Jr., Watkins.

C. II. Fletcher, Watkins.

Wm. II. Gibbs, Watkins.

Oliver P. IIurd, Watkins. Henry K. Hause, Watkins. W. L. Norton, Watkins.

Ambrose C. Pike, Watkins. Simcon L. Rood, Watkins. John M. Roe, Watkins. George C. Shearer, Watkins. M. J. Sunderlin, Watkins. John J. Van Allen, Watkins. Benj. W. Woodward, Watkins. Charles M. Woodward, Watkins. John W. Osborn, Mceklenburg. Wilber F. Osborn, Mecklenburg. Henry C. Van Duser, Tyrone.

CHAPTER LXXIX.

THE PRESS.

THE assertion has been made, and we believe successfully maintained, that the " Independent press is the principal corner-stone in the fabric of American civil and political civility." The press, in its true and normal comprehension, is to become more and more emphatically the most spon- taneous utterance of the human spirit, with its manifold thoughts, impressions, feelings, faculties, and passions. Her mission is to dissolve prejudices, to disentangle the truth, elucidate if not solve daily social, political, and ad- ministrative problems, defend the oppressed, the poor, bring to daylight abuses, discuss with conscientious independence the acts, not only of those to whom society in any way intrusts the regulation of its affairs, but even of private individuals when their actions bear upon the community at large.

The first newspaper published at Watkins was the Che- mung Democrat, which was moved from Horseheads to Havana in the year 1840, and thence to Jefferson (now Watkins) in 1842. Its name was soon after changed to the Democratic Citizen, and it was issued by J. I. Hendryx (subsequently of the Otsego Republican) until the year 1850. On the 15th of June of that year, the Independent Freeman was started by W. B. Slawson & Co. In 1851 it was changed to the Jefferson Eagle, and continued under its new name but a few months. A literary paper known as the Corona Borealis was published for a time during the last-named year, and shortly a paper was printed known as the Family Visitor, by Bishop & Martin, which was soon discontinued. In June, 1854, the Watkins Republican was established by J. K. Averill (the name of the village having

* See sketeh, ante.

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been changed from Jefferson to Watkins, April 8, 1852), and by him eondueted for one year, when it passed into the hands of S. M. Taylor, for many years past the editor and proprietor of the Ellenville (Ulster County) Journal, who managed it for one year. In June, 1856, it was transferred to the possession and control of M. Ells, a native of Nor- walk, Conn., who had resided in Elmira from 1849 to 1856, and came from the last-named city to take charge of the paper in the interests of Watkins as the proper location, many thought, for the county-seat of the then newly-creeted county of Sehuyler. He conducted the paper successfully until 1863, through a seven years' war of unexampled bitter- ness and strife between the northern and southern sections of the county, a condition of things which has now happily passed away and wellnigh forgotten.

In 1858, S. M. Taylor started a paper called the Schuyler County Press, which, however, was continued but a short time, and was then merged in the Republican.

In 1860, Azro C. Lambert, now connected with the Mil- lerton (Pa.) Advocate, started The Son of Temperance, which acquired quite a circulation outside as well as within the county, and was published about two years, when it was discontinued, and most of its material united with that of the Republican office. The Watkins Republican was sold by Mr. Ells, in May, 1863, to George D. A. Bridgman (now of the Ontario County Journal, published at Canan- daigua), who changed its name to the Schuyler County Union, and continued to conduct it as a Democratic paper for about a year, when he sold it to Levi M. Gano, who had previously been connected with the Olean Times. Mr. Gano took possession January 21, 1864, and changed the name of the paper to the Watkins Express, and made it Republican in polities, and has been its editor, proprietor, and publisher from that date to the present time, a period of fifteen years, having had no associates except during the year 1877, when Johnson Brigham, now of the Hornell Daily and Weekly Times, was associate editor, and had an interest in the business.

The Schuyler County Democrat was established in 1865, by an association of Democrats, at the head of which was George J. Magee, as a Democratic organ, and placed in charge of S. C. Clizbc. He conducted it about fifteen months, when it was transferred to the editorial control of M. Ells, who conducted it for one year (1867), during which Watkins was made the county-scat. At the end of that time it was sold to Wm. H. Baldwin, who was for a few months associated with John B. Look, formerly of the Havana Journal. Its name was changed to the Watkins Democrat in 1876. Like the Express, it has bceome well established, and these two papers may be regarded as the final outgrowth of all the newspapers (from twelve to fifteen in number) started in Watkins during the past thirty-six years.

In the year 1865, and shortly after the Schuyler County Democrat was placed under the editorial management of Mr. Ells, its former editor, S. C. Clizbe, started the Wat- kins Independent, which was continued a year or two, when it was abandoned, and the material moved out of the county.

About the year 1873 a small weekly paper, known as the Schuyler County Times, was started by Thomas & Gates

(L. G. Thomas editor), who continued it for about six months, when it suspended, and was the last paper attempted in Watkins.

The Havana Journal was established by Waldo M. Potter, in September, 1849, by whom it was published until the autumn of 1851. It was then published by J. Wesley Smith until 1853, when the establishment passed into the hands of John B. Look, who conducted it until the spring of 1864, when E. A. Hotchkiss purchased an interest, and it was continued about six months, under the firm-name of Look & Hotehkiss. A. E. Fay then purchased the interest of Hotehkiss, and continued to publish the paper with Mr. Look until the fall of 1865. In September, 1865, Hon. Charles Cook purchased the establishment, and remained its editor and proprietor until his death, in October, 1866. The Journal was then issued by the heirs of Mr. Cook until February, 1867, when it passed into the hands of its present publisher, A. G. Ball. The Journal is Republican in polities, and an able exponent of the prineiples of that party. It is also a first-class local paper, and justly merits its pres- ent popularity.

The Havana Enterprise was started in May, 1872, by W. H. Page. It is now issued as the Havana Democrat.

CHAPTER LXXX.

EDUCATIONAL* AND RELIGIOUS.

THE following exhibit shows the condition of the eom- mon schools of this county :

CATHARINE.

Number of districts, 14; number of teachers, 27-11 males and 16 females ; number of children, 507 ; scholars, 474; weeks taught, 3633 ; value of sehool-houses and sites, $5473.

CAYUTA.

Districts, 10; teachers employed, 8-3 males and 5 fe- males ; number of children, 143; scholars, 113; weeks taught, 120 ; value of school-houses and sites, $2450.

DIX.

Districts, 15 ; teachers, 39-10 males and 29 females ; number of children, 1358; scholars, 1094; weeks taught, 403; value of school-houses and sites, $23,960.

HECTOR.

Districts, 42; teachers, 69-26 males and 43 females ; number of children, 1456; number of scholars, 1226; weeks taught, 1109}; value of school-houses and sites, $17,765.

MONTOUR.

Districts, 7; teachers employed, 10-5 males and 5 fe- males; number of children, 523; scholars, 419; weeks taught, 218; value of school-houses and sites, $4900.

* For school statistics in detail, sce town histories.

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ORANGE.

Districts, 18; teachers, 29-10 males and 19 females ; number of children, 598; scholars, 531; weeks taught, 430 ; value of school-houses and sites, $6430.

READING.

Districts, 8; teachers, 15-7 males and 8 females ; num- ber of children, 327; scholars, 303; weeks taught, 222 ; value of school-houses and sites, $3360.

TYRONE.

Districts, 17; teachers, 32-12 males and 20 females ; number of children, 576; scholars, 451; weeks taught, 472} ; value of school-houses and sites, $5640.

RELIGIOUS.

The following summary exhibits the financial and numer- ical strength of the various denominations in Schuyler County, compiled from the census of 1875 :

African Methodist Episcopal .- One organization ; 1 church edifice, valued at $1200, with a seating capacity of 200; membership, 22; annual salary paid clergy, $200.

Baptist .- Sixteen organizations ; 16 church edifices, valued at $87,200, with a seating capacity of 5375 ; value of other church property, $10,900; membership, 1774; annual salaries paid clergy, $7300.

Christian Connection .- One organization ; 1 church ed- ifice, valued at $800, with a seating capacity of 900; mem- bership, 157 ; annual salary paid clergy, $1050.

Friends .- Two organizations ; 2 church edifices, valucd at $1800, with a seating capacity of 400; membership, 40 ; salaries paid clergy, no record.

Methodist Episcopal .- Sixteen organizations ; 16 church edifices, valued at $84,300, with a scating capacity of 5169; value of real estate, $17,400; annual salaries paid clergy, $8660.

Presbyterian .- Nine organizations; 9 church edifices, valued at $78,000, with a seating capacity of 304; valuc of other real estate, $21,000; membership, 702; annual salaries paid clergy, $6500.

Protestant Episcopal .- Three organizations ; 3 church edifices, valued at $32,000, with seating capacity of 950; value of other real estate, $6000 ; membership, 291; an- nual salaries paid clergy, $2800.

Roman Catholic .- One organization ; 1 church edifice, valued at $15,000, with a seating capacity of 500; value of other church property, $4000; annual salary paid clergy, no record.

Union .- Two organizations ; 2 church edifices, valued at $2500, with a seating capacity of 450; membership, no record ; annual salary paid clergy, $150.

Universalist .- One organization ; 1 church edifice, valued at $1000, with a seating capacity of 400.

Wesleyan Methodist .- Two organizations ; 2 church ed- ifices, valued at $3600, with a seating capacity of 600; membership, 108; annual salary paid clergy, $500.

CHAPTER LXXXI.

SOCIETIES.

The Schuyler County Medical Society-The Homoeopathic Medical Society-Schuyler County Agricultural Society-Catharine Valley Agricultural Society-Bible Society-Teachers' Association.

THE SCHUYLER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

THIS society was organized at the Montour House, in Havana, Dec. 29, 1857, the following persons being present : Drs. J. W. Thompson, Nelson Winton, N. Nivison, S. B. H. Nichols, E. B. Wager, G. D. Bailey, and Thomas Shannon.

Dr. Nivison was chosen temporary chairman, and Dr. Shannon temporary secretary.

Dr. J. W. Thompson offered a resolution to adopt the by-laws and code of medical ethics of the State Medical Society, subject to all necessary alterations and amendments, he being elected chairman of a committee to correct and amend the same, and to report at its semi-annual meeting in July, 1858.

The first permanent officers elected werc as follows : President, Nelson Winton ; Vice-President, J. W. Thomp- son ; Secretary, Thomas Shannon ; Treasurer, S. B. H. Nichols ; Censors, Nelson Nivison, G. D. Bailey, and E. B. Wager.

The following is a list of the presidents of the society from its organization to the present time, viz. :

1857-1860. Nelson Winton. 1871. G. D. Benley.

1860-61. J. W. Thompson. 1872. J. B. Ames.

1862. N. Nivison. 1873. M. L. Bennett.

1863. Thomas L. Nichols.

1874. C. T. Bliss.

1864. D. M. Agard.

1875. S. B. H. Nichols.

1865-67. Wm. H. Fish.

1876. G. O. Smith.

1867-68. D. W. Birge.

1877. L. T. White.

1869-1870. A. R. Barton. 1878. John A. Northup.

The following is a list of members, with date of admis- sion, viz. :

1857. J. W. Thompson. 1868. A. R. Barton.

Nelson Winton. J. G. Chambers.

S. B. H. Nichols. O. B. Sherwood.

E. B. Wager.

1868. M. L. Bennett.

N. Nivison.

1869. C. T. Bliss.

G. D. Bailey.

W. H. Fish.

Thomas Shannon. E. S. Mumford.

1859. R. Bell.

1870. Schuyler Lott.

Z. F. Chase.

1871. L. T. White.

Win. II. Fish.

Wm. H. Beach.

T. L. Nichols.

1873. J. C. Starkey.

Lyman Huey.

James A. Hall.

L. M. Nichols.

John Northup.

H. L. Seaman.

G. P. Reynolds.

J. H. Mead.

1874. B. T. Smelzer.

D. M. Agard.

Wm. Hust.

1860. M. Mills, U. S. A. J. L. Goff. Enos Canfield. 1875. J. Franklin Barnes.

1861. Gidcon O. Smith.

1877. C. H. Davis.

1862. M. L. Havens.

J. Henry Budd.

1863. D. W. Birge. John Hedden.

H. G. Pope. John Boyce.

E. Brown.

1878. Geo. Lalor.

1867. Geo. M. Beard.

J. H. Glass.

The following are the present officers, viz. : President, John A. Northup; Vice-President, B. T. Smelzer ; Secre- tary, J. Henry Budd ; Treasurer, M. L. Bennett; Censors,'

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M. L. Bennett, H. B. S. Nichols, B. T. Smelzer, G. O. Smith, and John Boyce.

SCHUYLER COUNTY HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY.

"The homoeopathic branch of the medical profession has never acknowledged any as regular physicians except those who have received a medical degree or license from some institution authorized by law to confer such a degree or license."

Thus, in the State of New York, homeopathie physi- cians were legally qualified to demand and retain member- ship in the county medical societies, but because of the intolerance and persecution of the so-called allopathie physicians they were compelled to apply to the Legislature for relief. Therefore the Legislature, during the session of 1857, passed an act incorporating homoeopathic medical societies under the general law, passed April 10, 1813.

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History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 154

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