History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 27

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 present officers of the lodge are as follows : Rev. J. C. Brainard, County Chief Templar; Sylva Caldwell, County

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Vice-Templar; J. C. Johnson, County Sec .; Mrs. Maggie Newell, Assistant Sec .; Mrs. A. S. Hooker, Fin. Sec. ; Walton Livermore, Treas. ; Rev. A. D. Alexander, Chap- lain ; Kelsey Wiltse, Marshal ; Hattie Smith, Deputy Mar- shal ; Addie Walling, Inside Guard; Frank Tripp. Outside Guard; Luella Perry, Right- Hand Supporter ; Emma Will- sey, Left-Hand Supporter ; William L. Forsyth, Lodge Deputy ; Frank W. Newell, Past Worthy Chief Templar.

A LODGE OF PROTECTION, OR KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR,

was instituted at Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., September 2, 1878, by Deputy Supreme Protector C. M. Haywood, of Owego, assisted by Deputy Supreme Protector J. R. Kit- tredge, of Towanda, Pa.

The following-named members were elected to the offices set opposite their names for the term ending Dec. 31, 1878 : C. M. Haywood, Past Protector; F. G. Newell, Pro- tector ; Mrs. H. S. Haywood, Vice-Protector ; J. J. Van Kleeck, Sec. ; Mrs. J. J. Van Clecck, Fin. Sec .; Mrs. M. A. Houk, Treas. ; Daniel Tripp, Chaplain ; Mrs. Ella E. Newell, Guide; Mrs. Mary E. Lamb, Guardian ; J. S. Houk, Sentinel ; Dr. C. R. Heaton, Med. Examiner.

Trustees : C. M. Haywood, J. S. Houk, and J. J. Van Kleeck.

The members adopted the name Diamond as the name of their lodge, the name being suggested by Sister Hay- wood.

It was decided to hold meetings upon the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, at half-past seven o'clock, at Odd-Fellows' Hall, Haywood's Block.

The lodge enters upon its career with a membership of thirty. There can be no question as to its career being one of eminent success, for those thirty charter members are persons of the best standing in the community.

CHAPTER XXIV.

BARTON.

THE territory embraced within the boundaries of this township, especially the southwest portion, has a history interwoven with that of Chemung County, this State, and of Bradford County, Pa., of the most interesting character. As the gateway of the Cayuta Valley from the north, the Chemung from the west, and the Susquehanna on the cast and south, it was a point of great importance to the abori- gines, and wars of extermination occurred among them for its possession. According to Prof. John S. Clark, when, in 1615, Champlain, with his French and Algonquin Indians, made a hostile incursion into Central New York to attack a stronghold of the Five Nations, he formed an alliance with a tribe of 800 warriors, called Carantouans, who occu- pied a fortified town on a hill between two rivers, near Tioga Point. The allied forces did not act in conjunction, and the expedition failed. The Carantouans were finally conquered by the Five Nations about 1650, and were either

driven away or incorporated within that powerful Confed- eracy. The Cayugas, one of the Five Nations, subsequently occupied this territory, where they remained until driven out by General Sullivan, in his memorable campaign of 1779. The soldiers of General Sullivan's command were amazed and delighted to find such a fertile region in the wilderness, and returning after the war was ended, became the pioneers of the valley.

TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL, WATER-COURSES, ETC.

The town of Barton is the southwest-corner town of the county, and contains 32,686 acres, of which about 28,000 acres are improved. The surface is generally lilly, though a small portion of level land lies along the southern border. The highlands on the west rise abruptly from the valley of Cayuta Creek, and are divided into two ridges by the val- ley of Ellis Creek. Their summits are broad and rolling, and to some extent covered with forests. The principal water-courses are the Cayuta, Ellis, and Buttson Creeks. They flow in a southerly direction, and empty into the Sus- quehanna, which forms the south part of the east border, and divides this town from Nichols. The Chemung River forms a very small portion of the west border in the south part.

The soil is a rich alluvium in the valleys, and a sandy and gravelly loam upon the hills. A sulphur spring is found on Ellis Creek, near the centre of the town. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits, stock-raising and dairying being the specialties.

The business centres are Waverly, Factoryville, Barton, Barton Centre, North Barton, Bingham's Mills, aud Halsey Valley.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The first families to settle in Barton were those of Eben- ezer Ellis, Sr., and Stephen Mills. Mr. Ellis was from Wyoming, and first located on the Samuel Walker farm, in the town of Nichols. He remained there about four years, and then in the year 1791 disposing of his possession removed to Barton, and settled near the mouth of Ellis Creek, on the farm now owned by Isaac Raymond. About the same time, Mr. Mills, who had also first located iu Nichols, changed his residence to Barton, and settled down upon the farm now owned by William T. Ellis (a grandson of the pioneer). Mr. Mills was a soldier of the Revolu- tionary war. At about this time Benjamin Aikens settled where the village of Barton now stands. He owned a tract of 900 acres, of which Gilbert Smith afterwards became the purchaser. Another early settler in the town was Ezekiel Williams, upon what has since been known as the Williams lot.

John Hanna, a Scotchman by birth, and a soldier of the Revolutionary war, was an early settler in this town, coming from Wyoming with his family in 1794. He was univer- sally respected, became the possessor of a large landed es- tate, and lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and four years. Three of his children,-Mrs. Margaret Hill, aged cighty years ; Mr. George Hanna, aged seventy-eight years ; Mrs. Martha Wilkinson, aged seventy-four years,- aud many other descendants, are still living on the lands once owned by him.

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James Swartwood, Samuel Ellis (a brother of Ebenezer), and Luke Saunders, a soldier of the Revolutionary struggle, settled here in 1795.

In 1803, William Bensley came from Smithfield, Wayne Co., Pa., and settled near the site of Barton village. His son, Deacon Daniel Bensley, now in his eighty-first year, with mind unimpaired by his great age, still resides there. Among the earliest pioneers upon Cayuta Creek were Charles Bingham, Layton Newell, Lyon C. Hedges, Philip Crause, Justus Lyons, John Manhart, and a family by the name of Reed, all of whom were residents prior to 1800. About this time Silas Woolcott settled near Ellis Creek, and George W. Buttson at Barton, at which place he built a saw-mill upon the small stream which now bears his name.

Gilbert Smith, after his removal from Nichols, became a permanent resident at Barton, and his name is intimately associated with the early history of the town by the trans- action of business connected with extensive land agencies. He was the first supervisor of the town, respected by all, and lived to be nearly ninety years of age. Josiah Crocker, from Lee, Berkshire Co:, Mass., located at Factoryville in 1808, and built a fulling-mill on Cayuta Creek, near the State line.

John Hyatt, a Revolutionary soldier, came from West- chester Co., N. Y., and settled in Barton village in 1810. Seven years later he removed to Talmage Hill, and until his death resided on the premises now owned by James E. Harding. He lived to the age of ninety-one years. His widow, Mrs. Rachel Hyatt (a second wife), now resides in South Waverly, aged seventy-six years. She is in the enjoy- ment of good health, and receives a pension as the widow of a soldier of the Revolution.

James Hanna settled in Factoryville in the year 1816, and is now seventy-eight years of age. He was a man of nerve and of purpose, a true type of the pioneer hunters and trappers who settled in this valley. The stories told of his individual prowess in the many encounters with the savage animals of the forest would fill a voluine.

Eliphalet Bardon, Benajah Mundy, Samuel Mundy, Peter Barnes, Peter Hoffman, and Selah Payne were also early settlers near Barton village.

Among the early and prominent business men of the town were Isaae Shepard, John Barker, Jonathan B. Stewart, Jerry Adams, Luther Stone, Elias and George Walker, Amos P. Spaulding, and Alanson B. Shaw.

INITIAL EVENTS.

Ebenezer Ellis built the first house and the first framed barn in the town, and also harvested the first crops. The old brick church in Factoryville, now occupied by the Old- School Baptist Society, was the first brick building erected. Elias Walker built the first tavern. The post-office was established at Factoryville in 1812, and Isaac Shepard was the first postmaster. Deacon Ephraim Strong was the first teacher we hear mentioned. He was a gentleman of culture, and, in addition to teaching his own large family, taught the children of his neighbors in his own house. The Emery Chapel (Methodist Episcopal) at Ellistown was the

first. church edifice erected. Ebenezer and Samuel Ellis built the first saw-mill. It was located on Ellis Creek. George Walker, Sr., erected the first grist-mill, in 1800, on the Cayuta Creek, Factoryville. Josiah Crocker and John Shepard built a fulling-mill on Cayuta Creek, near the State line, in 1808, and Isaac and Job Shepard erected a woolen- mill near by it, in 1810.

Alexander Ellis (son of Ebenezer Ellis, the pioneer) was the first white child born in the town. Dr. Prentice, from Connecticut, was the first physician, William Giles the first lawyer, and Rev. Valentine Cook the first preacher ..

CIVIL HISTORY.

Barton was formed from Tioga, March 23, 1824. As regards the origin of its name, we have been unable to learn, with any degree of certainty, how it originated.

Mr. Daniel Bensley, of Barton village, says that the town received its name from Eliphalet Bardon, who was one of the first commissioners of common schools. But how the difference in spelling is to be accounted for we will not attempt to explain.

Again, Mr. Isaac Shepard, an active business man, and a most worthy citizen of Factoryville during the first half of the present century, is authority for the following version. Soon after this town was set off from Tioga, a meeting of citizens was held to give their new town a name, and to transact such other business as might be deemed necessary. Many names were proposed, but none being received with favor by the majority, it was at last decided that each voter present should write a name on a slip of paper. These, when all prepared, were to be dropped into a hat, thoroughly mixed, and the winning tieket drawn out by a designated person, properly blindfolded. Among those present was a young man who had a mother-in-law whom he admired, as most young married men do. He traced out her family name in bold, legible characters, and, as he dropped it in the hat, remarked that he would " give the old woman a chance anyhow." His was the lucky ticket. The town received a name, and the old lady's became historic.

FIRST TOWN-MEETING.

At a town-meeting held at the house of Gilbert Smith, on the 27th day of April, 1824, for the purpose of electing town officers, the following persons were elected : Gilbert Smith, Supervisor; John Crotsley, Town Clerk ; Jonathan Barnes, A. H. Schuyler, and William Hanna, Assessors ; William Crause, Frederick Parker, and John Giltner, Com- missioners of Highways; John Parker, Constable and Col- lector; John Hanna, Jr., and Seelcy Finch, Overseers of the Poor ; Gilbert Smith, Eliphalet Bardon, and Nathaniel Potter, Commissioners of Common Schools ; James Birch, Ely Foster, Joseph Talmage, Samuel Mills, and Jonathan Barnes, Inspectors of Schools ; George W. Johnson, Abra- ham Smith, and Joseph Talmage, Fence-Viewers; John Hyatt and Joel Sawyer, Poundmasters.

The following is a list of those holding the offices of Supervisor, Town Clerk, and Justice of the Peace since the town was organized :

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Eliza Raymond

RESIDENCE OF ISAAC L. RAYMOND, TOWN OF RARTON TIOGA CON Y

LITH. BY L. H. EVERTS, PHILADELPHIA.

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SUPERVISORS.

1824-25. Gilbort Smith.

1826. John Cratsley.

1827. William Ellis.

1857. George 11. Fairchild.

1828. John Cratsley.

1858. J. L. Sawyer.

1829. Gilbert Smith.

1859-61. Silas Fordham.

1830. William Ellis.

1831-32. Franklin Talmage.

1833. Daniel Mills.

1834. Alexander 1I. Schuyler.

1835-37. Samuel Mills.

1838-39. Washington Smith.

1872. Julian F. Dewitt.

1840-41. Samuel Mills.

1873. Levi Westfall.

1842-45. Rouben S. Smith.

1874-77. 0. 11. Perry Kinney.

1846- 51. Samuel Mills.

1852. Henry S. Davis.

TOWN CLERKS.

1824. John Crotsley.

1825. Nathaniel Potter.

1859. Ilenry S. Davis. 1860-61. 11orace C. Hubbert.

1826-28. Joel Sawyer.

1862. A. G. Allen.

1829-30. Samuel Ellis.

1863. Wilbur F. Finch.

1830. Alexander Ellis.

1864. Ozias Shipman.

1831-34. Charles Van Horn.

1865-67. Gurdon G. Manning.

1868. Wilbur F. Finch.

1836. Inman Walling.

1869. Benjamin W. Bonnell.

1837. Seymour Wright.

1870. John E. Pembleton.

1838. Arthur Yates.

1871. John R. Murray.

1839-40. Alex. 11. Schnyler.

1872-73. Benj. W. Bonnell.

1841-42. Wm. H. Thomas.

1874. John R. Murray.

1843-49. Alex. 11. Schuyler.

1875-76. Peter P. Gallagher.

1850-57. Silas Fordham.

1877-78. Frank J. Campbell.

1858. II. W. Longwell.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1830. Gilbert Smith.

1855. Thomas Yates.

Jonathan Barnes.

1856. Seymour Wright.

Alexander Ellis.

1857. Hyram Painc.

1831. Abel Sawyer.

1858. Horace C. Hubbert.

1833. Alexander Ellis.

1859. Nicholas Shoemaker. Stephen McKinney.

1834. Inman Walling. Washington Smith.

1861. Alvah James.

1835. Joel Sawyer.

1862. Horace C. Ilubbert.

1836. Washington Smith.

1863-64. Samuel M. Newland.

1837. Arthur Yates.

1864. Thomas Yates.

Alexander Ellis.

1865. Lewis W. Mulock.

1838. Arthur Yates.

1866. James Aplin.

1839. Jonathan Barnes.

1867. Thomas Yates.

1840. Inman Walling.

1868. Samuel M. Newland.

1841. Joel Sawyer.

1869. Oliver B. Corwin.

1842. Thomas Yates.

1870. Newton Kinney. Lewis W. Mulock.

Seymour Wright.

1843. Nicholas Shoemaker.

1871. Levi Westfall.

1844. Amos Moore.

1872. Dewitt Dwyer.

1845. Joel Sawyer.

1873. Lewis W. Mnlock.

1846. Thomas Yates.

1874. Coe Mulock.

1847. Jacob Newkirk.

1848. Lyman Wright.

1875. John T. Osborn.

1876. William E. Casey.

1850. Peter Wontz.

George II. Graff.

1851. Jacob Newkirk.

1852. Soymour Wright.

William F. Warner.

1878. J. W. Hollenback.

VILLAGES. FACTORYVILLE

received its name from the woolen-, saw-, and grist-mills erected there in the early part of the century. It is one mile east of Waverly, and a station on the Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad. It contains one church (Baptist), two grocery-stores, two hotels, two tanneries, one grist-mill, one

saw-mill, one paper-mill. one plaster-mill, two blacksmith- shops, one harness-shop, two wagon-shops, two shoe-shops, one meat-market, and about 500 inhabitants. The village is pleasantly located, but its prosperity departed when the Erie Railway caused Waverly to spring up on its western border. A few years more, and it will be within the cor- porate limits of its younger sister.

BARTON

is situated near the southeast corner of the town, on the north bank of the Susquehanna River. It is a station on the Erie Railway and the Southern Central Railroad. It contains one church (Methodist Episcopal), one school, one hotel, three stores, three blacksmith-shops, one wagon- shop, two shoe-shops, one harness-shop, a post-office, and about 250 inhabitants.

BARTON CENTRE,

located in the eentre of the town, has one school, one grist- mill, a saw-mill, and about 60 inhabitants.

NORTH BARTON

is situated in the north part of the town, near the head- waters of Ellis Creek. It contains one church (Union) and one school.

BINGHAM'S MILLS,

on Cayuta Creek, a little north of the eentre, on the west border, is a station on the Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad. It contains one grist-mill, one saw-mill, three stores, two blacksmith-shops, one wagon-shop, one shoe- shop, about twenty dwelling-houses, and 100 inhabitants.

SCHOOLS.

In educational matters the people of Barton have ever taken a lively interest. At first we see a little floek gath- ered at the house of Deaeon Strong. Then, as the settle- ments increased in numbers, the log school-houses became a necessity. These, in their turn, have given place to the more pretentious framed buildings which we find in every little hamlet and village, and at nearly every cross-roads. In a word, the citizens have kept pace with other sections, as the following statisties, taken from the report of the school commissioner for the year ending Sept. 30, 1877, will show :

Number of school districts

licensed teachers employed, males .. 14

females. 38

children of school age ..... in attendance. 1549

1797

weeks taught volumes in library .. 792

Value of volumes in library .. $1,179.00

" school-houses and sites. 7,945.00

4,042.56

Received from State school fund .. by tax 7,748.86

Whole amount received.

19.262.38

Expended for teachers' wages. 10,452.93

Whole amount expended for all purposes. 18,912.27

These statistics include the schools of Waverly.

CHURCHES.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

of Barton City was organized in the first years of the present century (about 1805), at the house of Peter

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1849. Joel Sawyer.

1874. Henry Hopkins.

1877. John R. Murray.

1853. Ilorace C. Ilubbert.

1853-55. Samuel Mills. 1856. Charles 11. Shepard.

1862-64. Harden D. V. Pratt. 1865-68. John L. Sawyer. 1869. Silas Fordham.

1870. Gurdon G. Manning.

1871. Dewitt C. Atwater.

1878. W. 1I. Allen.

1835. Franklin Talmage.

Franklin Tallmage.

1860. Nicholas Shoemaker.

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Barnes. Benjamin Aikens, Peter Barnes and his wife, Gilbert Smith, his sister Betsey Smith, and Samuel Mundy were among the earliest members. Peter Hoffman, Selah Payne, and Daniel Bensley joined soon after. For many years the society was supplied by circuit preachers, who, traveling long distances, were able to hold meetings but onee in four weeks. Rev. Timothy Lee and Rev. Horace Agard are mentioned as among the earliest cireuit preachers. Benjamin Aikens was the first local preacher. The society held the first camp-meeting in the county at Smithboro', in the year 1807, and their regular meetings were held in private houses, the woods, and the school-house, until 1836, when the present church edifice was completed, costing $1100. It has sittings for about 400 persons. Rev. William H. Pearne was the first resident pastor, and Rev. Luther Peck is the present one. The society numbers 150 at the present time.

THE CHEMUNG OLD-SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH,

located in Factoryville, was organized Jan. 7, 1846, with nine members, named as follows: Moses Slawson, David Proudfoot, Henry Rowland, Nathan Cary, Mary Carey, Fanny Carey, Betsey A. Slawson, Mary Slawson, and Sarah Rowland. They met for worship in the houses of members and in the school-house until the year 1864, when the briek church erected by the New-School Baptist Society (about 1830) was purchased by them at a cost of $1100. The church will seat about 250 people. The society has 37 members. Rev. Silas H. Durand, present pastor.

THE NORTHI BARTON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI was organized with eighteen members in 1869. The church edifice was erected in 1870, at a cost of $1500. The first pastor was Rev. William H. Gavitt. They have no resi- dent pastor at the present time.

TIIE TIOGA AND BARTON BAPTIST CHURCHI,

located near Halsey Valley, was organized with nine mem- bers, Feb. 20, 1796, by a delegation consisting of a portion of its own original members and of the members of the Baptist Church at Chemung, appointed for that purpose. It was organized as the Baptist Church of New Bedford, but the name of Tioga was afterwards substituted for that of New Bedford, and in 1847 the name was again changed to that it now bears, to correspond with its location. The first pastor was Rev. David Jayne. The society worshiped in dwellings and school-houses until 1848, when the church edifice was erected. It has since been repaired and altera- tions made, and has sittings for about 300 people. There are 50 members.

They have no regular pastor at the present time.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

The Erie Railway extends through the town near the south border, passing through Barton, Factoryville, and Waverly. The Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad runs near the west line, following the valley of Cayuta Creek, and passing Bingham Mills and Factoryville, conneets with the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

The Southern Central Railroad, entering the town at the southeast corner, runs near the track of the Erie Rail- way to a point a little east of Factoryville, when it turns south into Pennsylvania. These roads, crossing each other at right angles, afford a ready transit to passengers and freight to all points.

MILITARY RECORD.

5TH REGIMENT NEW YORK CAVALRY.

John T. McNeal, privatc, Co. D; must. Jan. 4, 1864, three years; in battles of Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Ilarbor, Reams' Station, Winchester, and Shepherdstown.

Simeon A. Hutchings, private, Co. B; must. Feb. 8, 1864, three years; in battles of Wilderness and North Anna; taken prisoner May 25, 1864 : died in Andersonville pr'son, July 10, 1864.

Freeman W. Van Altar, private, Co. G; must. Feb. 3, 1864, three years; in battles of Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Reams' Station, Win- chester, Ashland.

Orange L. Southwick, private, Co. G ; must. Nov. 1861, three years; re-enl. in battle of Cedar Creek.

George W. Middaugh, private, Co. G; must. Oct. 25, 1861, three years.

Abram H. Hulett, private, Co. G; must December, 1863, three years; in battles of Wilderness, Ashland Station, Milford Station, and Catlett Station.

Willis E. Wilbur, private, Co. B; must. Dec. 29, 1863, three years ; in battles of Wilderness and Cold Harbor; killed in a skirmish at Mattapony Church, May 18, 1864; dicd at Harewood Hospital, July 6, 1864.

Win. W. Van Marter, private, Co. D ; must. Dec. 29, 1863, three years ; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Ashland Station, Old Church, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, and Mount Jackson.

Alfred A. Van Marter, private, Co. D; must. Dec. 29, 1863, three years; in battles of Wilderness, Milford Station; taken prisoner at Ashland Station, Va. ; died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 9, 1864.

Benjamin A. Hulett, private, Co. G ; must. Dec. 29, 1863, three years; in battles of Wilderness, Milford Station ; killed near Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. Schuyler F. Smith, private, Co. G; must. Feb. 15, 1864, three years ; in battle of Wilderness ; taken prisoner at Ashby Station; exch'd Nov. 19, 1864.

5THI HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Theophilus Hulett, private, Co. D ; must. March 12, 1864, three years ; in battles of Piedmont and Lynchburg.

Franklin R. Taylor, private, Co. D ; must. March 12, 1864, three years.

6TH HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Jason H. Soper, private; must. Dec. 24, 1864, three years; died with chronic diarrhea, in Virginia, March 8, 1865.

Christopher Hodges, private, Co. H; must Jan. 5, 1864, three years; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg.

Robert T. Shipman, private, Co. B; must. Jan. 4, 1864, three years ; in battles of Wilderness and Cold Harbor.

Cornelius H. Lane, private; must. Dec. 1863, three years; wounded in hand at Cedar Creek.

Wm. C. Moore, private ; must. Dec. 1863, three years.

John Minnick, private.

10TH NEW YORK CAVALRY-Company H.

Wm. Peck, capt .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years.

Benj. W. Bunnell, sergt .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner Dec. 12, 1862, at battle of Chancellorsville ; sent to Richmond ; in Libby prison thirty-one days; while being transported to Salisbury made his escape from the train with five others ; sprained his ankle, and lay in a tohacco- shed three weeks; cared for by negroes, and after getting within ten miles of our lines, was retaken at Ashville and sent to Anderson ville, and was there nineteen months.

Geo. Wynkoop, sergt .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; escaped with Bunnell, and retaken, and died in Andersonville prison.

Chas. Pratt, sergt. ; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years ; killed at Dinwiddie Court- House, in April, 1865.

John Watkins, commissary-sergt .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years ; taken pris- oner at United States Ford, on the Rappahannock ; sent to Richmond and exchanged.

Wm. Guthrie, corp .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner at United States Ford, on the Rappahannock ; sent to Richmond, and exchanged.

Lewis Swain, corp .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner at United States Ford, on the Rappahannock ; sent to Richmond, and exchanged. Henry Kelly, sergt .; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; died in the army.

Edmund Stebbins, must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; died from the effects of a gunshot wound.

Joseph Brealey, private; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner at Brandy Station ; sent to Richmond, and exchanged.

Wm. P. Lindsay, bugler; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner at Dumfries Court-House, Dec. 12, 1862; sent to Libby prison thirty-one

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History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York, Part 27

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