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USA > New York > Tioga County > History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York > Part 28
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days; transported to Salisbury, remained four months, then taken to Macon, remained four months, and exchanged ; re-enlisted in same regi- ment and company Sept. 25, 1863.
Lansing Bunnell, private; must. Oet. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner at United States Ford, on the Rappahannock ; sent to Richmond, and ex- changed.
Watson Stebbins, private; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years; dicd in hospital front wounds.
Rufus Shipman, private; must. Oct. 10, 1861, three years.
Edward Rose, artifieer ; minst. Oet. 10, 1861, three years; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, and exchanged.
Gro. W. Bingham, private ; must. Nov. 4, 1861, three years; promoted to corp. Nov. 1, 1862; at battles of Brandy Station, Middlebury, Gettysburg, Shep- herdstown, Culpepper, Sulphur Springs, Bristoe Station, Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Ilarbor, Bottom's Bridge, Trevillian Station, and Wel- don Railroad.
Win. Smith Miller; must. December, 1861, three years; in battle of Sulphur Springs; re-enlisted and promoted to corporal.
Isaac Minnich, private; mustered.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Enos T Van Marter, private ; 15th Cav .; must. Sept. 25, 1863, three years; in battle of Winchester.
Franklin N. Manly, private, Co. II, 26th Iuf. ; minst. May 21, 1861, three years ; in battles of Cedar Mountain, Bull Run ; wounded at Bull Run, Ang. 30, 1862.
Iliram B. Brewster, private, Co. A, 33d Inf .; minst. June 20, 1861, two years; died at Washington, July 27, 1861.
Chas. Mott, private, Co. I, 14th Heavy Art. ; must. in April, 1864, three years ; promoted to sergeant.
Wm. Rose, private, Co. I, 14th Heavy Art .; must. April, 1864, three years ; died Aug. 6, 1:64.
De Witt Carner, private, 14th Heavy Art. ; died.
Acklison Vanderlep, private, 14th Heavy Art. ; died at Port Richmond, while there with his regiment.
Edward Vanderlep, Co. I, 14th Ileavy Art ; must. April, 1864, three years. Ilenry T. Lane, private, 20th Independent Bat. ; must. 1861, two years. Ilorace Dailey, private, 20th Independent Bat. ; must. 1861, two years. Sylvanus HIedges, private, 26th Independent Bat. ; minst. 1861, two years.
Iloraee Miller, private, 20th Independent Bat .; must. 1861, two years; re- enlisted 50th Engineers.
- Briuk, 20th Independent Bat. ; must. 1861, two years.
Alonzo C. Ketchum, private, Battery B, 15th Lt. Art .; must. Oct. 17, 1861, thre years; in battle of Gettysburg ; killed at Reams' Station, Aug. 21, 1864. John lloover, private, 20th Lt. Art .; must. Dee. 27, 1862, three years; in the New York riot.
Joseph C. Van Altar, private, 3d N. Y. Inf., Co II .; must. April, 1861, three years ; in battle of Big Bethel ; re-eul'd Dec. 29, 1861, in 5th N. Y. Cav., Co. G, three years ; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Ilarbor, North Anna; wounded in foot.
Chester M. Taylor, private, 3d Iuf., Co. HI ; must. April 24, 1861, three years ; re- enl. in 21st N. Y. Cav., Co. B, Aug. 1863.
Sylvester N. Iless, private, Co. H, 3d Inf. ; must. May 14, 1864, three years ; pro. to corp., Co. II, Ang. 1862; re-enl. Feb. 8, 1864, private, 5th II. Art., Co. D, three years ; in battles of Big Bethel, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Win- chester.
23D REGIMENT-Company C.
Hiram R. Smith, private ; must. May 22, 1861, two years.
Philander F. Burlingame, private; must. May 22, 1861, two years ; in battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Bull Run, and Fredericksburg; wonuded at Sonthe Mountain.
Wm. MeCutchin, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Ilenry J. Miller, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years; appointed corp. in June, 1862.
Robert N. Manners, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years; app. corp. in June, 1862.
George B. Morgan, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Wm. Il. Morgan, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Win. II. Overton, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Stephen W. Olmstead, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years; app. corp. June 15, 1862.
lliramı Payne, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years ; app, sergt. Aug. 1, 1861. George l'arker, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years ; wounded at Rappa- hannock Station by piece of shell, Aug. 21, 1862; re-enl. in the 10th N. Y. Cav. for three years, Jan. 26, 1863.
George Stranss, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Orlando Elwell, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years; must, out of service. Le Roy Edgecomb, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years ; finger shot off while on picket.
John Stranss, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Jonas Swain, private; inust. May 16, 1861, two years. Win. II. Sliter, must. May 16, 1861; re-enl. iu N. Y. Cavalry. Charles H. Barden, must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Seely Brink, must. May 16, 1861, two years ; app. corp. Aug. 1, 1861.
Willam N. Boll, must. Blay 16, 1861, two years; app. corp. Ang. 1, 1861 ; pro. to sergt.
Win. D. Crans, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years ; app. corp. Feb. 15, 1862. James Curren, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Thompson Delany, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Chauncey Farley, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Wm. A. Galloway, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
James Green, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Eugene Goetchins, must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Philip Hedges, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years; app. corp. Sept. 28, 1862; in battles of Bull Run, Antietam, and South Mountain.
W'm. Ilowitt, private ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Charles G. Ilowitt, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Edward M. Jackson, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
HIcury Mead, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Company E.
George II. Powers, capt. ; ree'd eom. May 6, 1861, two years.
John II. Pierce, 1st lieut .; rec'd. com. May 6, 1861, two years,
Ilugh J. Baldwin, 2d heut. ; rec'd. com. May 6, 1861, two years ; pro. to 1st lieut. April 2, 1862.
Daniel 11. Sharp, 1st sergt .; app. May 6, 1861, two years.
Samuel W. Kelly, app. May 6, 1861, two years; pro. to Ist sergt. June 1, 1862 ; wounded in back and face at Petersburg, Dec. 13, 1862; died at Phila., I'a., Jan. 15, 1863.
Charles W. Brower, 3d sergt .; app. May 6, 1861, two years; pro. to 1st sergt. Jau. 15, 1863.
Forest II. Paine, 4th sergt. ; app. May 6, 1861, two years.
Alfred B. Ilicks, 2d corp .; app. May 6, 1861, two years.
Charles Mouroc, 3d corp. ; app. May 6, 1861, two years; died Sept. 29, of fever contracted ou picket duty.
Richard Andrews, pr. vate; must. May 16, 1861, two years ; in battles of second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Harrison C. Brown, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
George W. Brown, private; must. May 15, 1861, two years; in battle's of Au- tietam and second Bull Run.
Joseph V. Bogart, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years; in battles of Fred- ericksburg, and must. out of serviec at expiration of term.
James W. Bogart, must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Warren W. Tanvery, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Ilenry K. Woodward, must. May 16, 1861, two years; in battles of South Monutain, Antietam, and second Bull Run.
Charles Whittlesey, must. May 16, 1861, two years; in battles of second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Josiah S. Wright, drummer; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Joseph Lyons, private; must. May 16, 1861, two years; taken prisoner at Bull Run, August 30, and exchanged.
Joseph W. Knapp, fifer ; must. May 16, 1861, two years.
Theodore Morgan, private; enl. Sept. 21, 1861, two years.
Thaddeus Woodward, private ; must. May 16, 18GI, two years ; in battles of sec- ond Bull Run and South Mountain.
50TH ENGINEERS-Company L.
Francis Carey, private ; must. Sept. 2, 1864, one year; in battles before Rich- mond, Petersburg, and at surrender of Gen. Lee.
Company E.
John II. Peterson, private ; must. Feb. 13, 1864, three years.
Ilenry Phelps, Jr., private; must. Sept. 1, 1861, three years; re-eul. Dec. 20, 1863.
64TH REGIMENT-Company II.
Charles R. Forsyth, private ; must. Nov. 4, 1861, three years.
Owen Abey, private; mist. Nov. 4, 1861, three years ; in battles of Fredericks- burg, Chaucellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg ; pro. to corp. Nov. 24, 1862 ; pro. to sergt. July 1, 1863.
69TH REGIMENT-Company K.
Caleb Brewster, private ; must. March 29, 1864, three years.
75TH REGIMENT.
IIenry Evenden, private, Co. E ; must. Sept. 18, 1861, three years ; in battles of Port IIudson, Camp Bislaud; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864, in 75th N. Y. Inf., Co. F.
John Evenden, private, Co. F; must. Nov. 26, 1861, three years; in battles Camp Bisland, Port Hudson, and Libertyville.
10911 REGIMENT-Company I.
Dr. Wm. E. Johnson, 1st asst. surg. of the regiment.
Z. G. Gordon, eapt. ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; pro. to maj. ; must. out of servlee in 1865.
John S. Ilopkins. Ist Heut. ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years.
Calvin A. Casey, 4th sergt .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; traus. to V. R. C. Rudolph Schott, Ist corp .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; killed nt Spottsyl- vania, May 12, 1864.
George R. Ilarris, 3d eorp .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must, out of ser- vice in 1865.
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Wm. T. Bowman, 4th corp .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; died Dec. 1863, at Mason Island, Va.
Georgo W. Albertson, 8th corp .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years.
James W. Harrich, mus. ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of service in 1865.
Coleman Danford, mus .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years.
David Lindsay, wag .; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of service in 1865.
Stephen M. Beckhorn, private; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years.
Charles Brown, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of service in 1865.
William Carew, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; re-enl. in 6th II. Art .; wounded.
Geo. M. Decker, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; trans. to V. R. C.
Thomas K. Dibble, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; in battle at Petersburg.
Wm. D. Duryea, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; died in tho service. Joseph Ebner, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; must, ont of servico
in 1865; in battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Peters- burg.
Woodward J. Eighmey, private; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years ; must, out of service in 1865.
John Goodwin, private; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years ; died at Beltsville, Mil., of typhoid fever, Nov. 28, 1862.
Jolin P. Green, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.
Wm. H. Goodwin, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must out of ser- vice in 1865.
Edward Green, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; trans. to Vet. Res. - Corps.
Almeron D. Hazard, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; died in the service.
John Hyott, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years.
Matthias II. Hollenbeck, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of service in 1865.
Edward Kriger, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of service in 1865.
Henry S. Lewis, privato; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of service in 1865.
James E. Mandevill, private ; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of service in 1865.
Jolin A. Moore, private; inst. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of service in 1865.
John Peterson, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; wounded in leg in a skirmish ; must. out of service in 1865.
Jairus Peterson, private; inust. Ang. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of ser- vice in 1865.
Frederick H. Rood, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of ser- vice in 1865.
Edward A. Soper, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must. out of ser- vice in 1865.
Jefferson B. Sliter, private ; must. Aug 27, 1862, three years; pro. to 1st sergt. May 1, 1865; wounded in shoulder in front of Petersburg, Juno 17, 1864 ; in battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Gaines' Farm, Bethesda Church, North Anna, and Petersburg, June 17, 1864, and April, 1865; must. out of service in 1865.
William S. Smith, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.
Johu R. Stevens, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of ser- vice in 1865.
Wesley Shafer, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; wounded iu the arm in the battle of the Wilderness.
George M. Springer, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; pro. to corp. Feb. 1, 1865 ; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg; must. out of service in 1865.
David O. Springer, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; must, out of ser- vice in 1865.
Daniel W. Thurston, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; must. ont of service in 1865.
Ambrose P. Vincent, private ; innst. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; killed at Spottsylvania, Va.
Peter Van Attar, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; wounded in hand, June 17, 1864; in battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, and Petersburg.
Nathan V. Weller, private ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of ser- vice in 1865.
Ilenry Whittaker, private; must. Ang. 27, 1862, three years; must. out of ser- vice in 1865.
Thomas N. York, private; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; killed at Spottsyl- vauia, Va.
Alvalı York, private; must. Dec. 1863, three years; must. out of service in 1865.
Charles Linsay, private ; must. 1863, three years ; re-enl. in regular army.
Edward Rood, private; must. 1863, three years; re-enl. in cavalry in the regu-
lar service, and was in the West under General Custer, and was killed at the Custer massacre.
Calvin Vincent, private; must, 1863, three years; must. out of service in 1865.
John Morgan, private ; must. 1863, three years ; wounded in the arm.
Frederick S. Morgan, private ; must. 1863, three years ; wounded through the face at Spottsylvania ; must, out of service in 1865.
Oscar B. Schaffee, private; must. Aug. 27, 18GI, three years.
Company C.
Warren R. Southwick, privato; must. Aug. 27, 1861, three years.
111TH INFANTRY.
Robert Evenden, Jr., private, Co. K ; must. Aug. 1862, three years; in battles of Bolivar Heights, Gettysburg, Wilderness.
Charles II. Quick, private, Co. F, 120th Inf .; must. Aug. 31, 1861, one year; in battle of IIatcher's Run ; lost an arm June 5, 1865.
Lewis Brock, private, Co. F, 120th Inf. ; must. Aug. 21, 1864, one year ; in bat- tles of Petersburg, Hatcher's Run, and at Lee's surrender.
Wm. W. Edgarton, private, Co. H, 107th Inf .; inust. July 7, 1862. three years; in battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Buzzard's Roost, Daltou.
137TH REGIMENT.
Albert C. Southwick, private, Co. C; must. Sept. 25, 1862, three years; wounded at Charlestown, Va., Nov. 1, 1862.
Ira A. Middaugh, private, Co. H; must. Sept. 25, 1862, three years; in battles of Chancellorsville, Resaca, Atlanta, Peach-Tree Creek, Lookout Moun- tain, Wauhatchie; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 5, 1863.
Abram Middaugh, musician, Co. H; must. 1862, three years; in battle at Ston9 River.
147TH REGIMENT.
Erastus B. Foote, private, Co. F; must. July 14, 1863, three years ; in all the prin- cipal battles with the Army of the Potomac, from Sept. 1863, until the close of the war.
Lutheran Kelly, private, Co. G ; must. Ang. 4, 1863, three years ; taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness, and seut to Andersonville prison, and exchanged Feb. 28, 1865.
Gilbert E. Foute, private, Co. F; must. Sept. 1, 1863, three years; in battles of Wilderness, and wounded at Spottsylvania in left arm, which was ampu- tated May 12, 1864.
Abram Thomas Andre, private, Co. E ; must. July, 1863, three years ; in battles of Mine Run, Bristoe Station, and Wilderness.
Silas Case, private, Co. F ; must. July, 1863, three years ; in battle of Mine Run. Geo. D. Wilkinson, private, Co. K ; must. July 14, 1863, three years ; lost a leg in front of Petersburg.
Daniel Shapp, private, Co. K ; must. July 14, 1863, three years ; died at Culpep- per, Va.
John Steven, private, Co. K; must. July 14, 1863, three years.
Charles Springer, private, Co. K ; must. July 14, 1863, three years; killed at Spottsylvania.
179TH REGIMENT-Company K.
Henry Case, private ; must. Sept. 15, 1864, one year.
161ST REGIMENT-Company D.
David Elias Case, private; must. March, 1864, three years ; still in service. Horace Hubbard, private ; must. Sept. 19, 1864, three years.
Orlando Hollenbech, private; must. March, 1864, three years; in battle of Pleasant Hill ; died at home from chronic diarrhoea, contracted while in service.
Win. H. Corey, private ; must. March 8, 1864, three years; in battles of Mans- field, Sabine Cross-Roads ; supposed to be killed.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
ISAAC L. RAYMOND
was born in the town of Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., March 2, 1815. His father, Isaac R., was a native of Lex- ington, where the ever-memorable battle was fought which opened the Revolutionary struggle for American independ- ence, and where his grandfather, John Raymond, a cap- tain of militia, was shot by the English at the very begin- ning of the engagement. His father was less than one year old at this time, and during his minority was cared for by his uncle, Thomas Tilestone, of Boston. He was married and lost his wife before leaving the Eastern States, and sub- sequently removed to Washington County. His general
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business was a hatter, but he for many years kept a hotel. He came to the town of Nichols, Tioga Co., in the year 1821, and eight years later settled in the town of Barton, where he kept a public-house. Ile was again married, his wife's name being Rebecca Livermore, by whom he had seven children,-Mrs. Samuel Mills (deceased), Mrs. Wm. Hanna, Isaac L., Mrs. Benjamin Folsom (deceased), of Adrian, Mich., John T. (deceased), Mrs. Rev. Franklin Barnes, of Grand Rapids, Mich., William (deceased), and Augusta.
The father died in 1854; the mother died Sept. 24, 1874.
Isaac L. Raymond, during his earlier life, has been en- gaged largely in manufacturing lumber and rafting to vari- ous marts on the Susquehanna River, and also in farming, and has, since the war of 1861, given his attention mostly to the latter occupation,-now owning the farm where the first house was erected in the Susquehanna Valley, by John Hanna. A view of his farm may be seen on another page of this work. Many years ago he was a captain in the State militia, but resigned, preferring the activity of a busi- ness life umnixed by any official position. In the political circle he has been connected with the Whig and Demo- cratie parties, although not active. He has been a resident of the town of Barton for some forty years, and has done his part in all the public enterprises for good in his town ; and, although not a member of any church, he has been a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ellistown for many years The family of Raymond is of English deseent. In the year 1838 (November) he married Eliza, daughter of John and Naney Swartwood, of Barton. Her father died when she was quite young; was an early settler of the town. She was born in 1814. Their children are Rebecca, Mrs. Charles Wilkinson, Mrs. George Walker, and Mrs. Morgan Manning. Mrs. Raymond is of Scotch descent on the maternal side, and German on the paternal side.
CHAPTER XXV. BARTON-(Continued).
WAVERLY.
THE village of Waverly is situated in the southwest corner of the county, on the east bank of the Chemung River. In the rapidity of its development and general growth from a hamlet of a few houses to its present state of business importance and financial prosperity, is offered the best specimen of what the energy and enterprise of man can accomplish when aided by the grand auxiliary to comunereial success,-the establishment of perfeet railroad communication. To follow, step by step, the progress of the village, from the time when its site was a fertile and pro- duetive agricultural location, when the plain upon which it is built was ofttimes covered with the products of hus- bandry, and the only thing approximating the present hum of its busy population was the sound of the reaper as the luxuriant harvests were garnered, the result of the farmer's toil and care, is our aim in the subjoined brief history of the thriving village of Waverly.
Prior to 1849-50, the period of the completion of the Erie Railroad, the present site of the village was utilized almost exclusively for agricultural purposes. William F. Warner, Esq., in his series of articles on the history of this section of country, states that " within a period of thirty years forty-five acres of land running through the heart of the village were sold for $1000." Among the early settlers and principal owners of the village plat were Charles H. and William W. Shepard, grandsons of John Shepard, an emuigrant from Connecticut, who, after his mar- riage with a daughter of Obadiah Gore, a distinguished pioneer of Bradford Co., Pa., settled at Milltown, a short distance below the south line of the town of Barton, in 1790-92. He was a resident of Tioga Point as early as 1787-88.
Owen Spaulding, with his brother Amos P., came here in 1831 ; Joseph E. and Gilbert II. Hallet, in 1832; Cap- tain Benjamin H. Davis, in 1837. Between 1837 and 1850 came Richard A. Elmer and Howard and R. A. Elmer, Jr., his sons ; H. M. and William E. Moore, F. H. Baldwin, original publisher of the Advocate, Jacob Reel, and others. The name of the village was suggested by J. E. Hallet, and as there was no other post-office by that name in the State at that time it was adopted.
The first frame house erected on the present site of the village was the one built by Deacon Ephraim Strong, about 1810, near where the old academy building now stands.
The first brick house was erected by Dr. Clute in 1843. . It is now occupied by Alpheus H. Tozer.
The first store was kept by Alva Jarvis, who commeneed business in the spring of 1841. The following fall G. H. Hallet entered the mercantile business here.
The first manufacturing establishment was a foundry built by Hallet and Price in 1842. It stood on the northwest corner of Chemung and Waverly Streets.
The first hotel was opened by Isane Shepard, about 1825. It stood on the site of the present residence of his son, Charles H. Shepard. The Courtney House was built by William Peck in 1849-50, and is the pioneer hotel of the place.
The first mill was the steam grist-mill erected by Van Duzer, Hallet & Marsh in 1866. It was destroyed by fire Feb. 8, 1870, by which calamity the owners lost about $20,000 over and above their insurance.
The first school in the village was taught by Deacon Ephraim Strong. The next was the Waverly Seminary, taught by Miss Lois S. Wells. Among the early scholars were Misses S. J. and Josephine IIallet, Pryall, Allen, Beekman, and Yetman.
The first church edifice erceted within the present eor- porate limits of the village was the Presbyterian, in 1849.
The first justice of the peace in the village was Peter Wentz, Esq., who performed the official duty of swearing in the first officers of the corporation.
The first lawyer, who was a regularly admitted practi- tioner, was George Beebe.
The first physician was R. O. Crandall, M.D., who commeneed the practice of medicine here about 1840. After marrying he removed to Illinois, where he now re- sides.
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The first fire company was old Neptune, No. 1, started by the exertions of J. E. Hallet and others, who purchased the hand-engine* by individual checks, prior to the action of the village trustees, who afterwards voted the full amount, which was paid.
VILLAGE INCORPORATION.
Application to incorporate Waverly as a village was made on the 12th of December, 1853, and the question was put to a vote of the citizens on the 18th of January following, which resulted in 114 votes for and 44 votes against. The first election for village officers was held on the 27th of March, 1854, at which the following officers were elected, viz. :
Francis HI. Baldwin, William Gibson, Hiram M. Moore, Peter Dunning, and Alva Jarvis, Trustees ; Squire Whita- ker, John L. Sawyer, and B. H. Davis, Assessors; William P. Owen, Collector; Owen Spaulding, Treasurer; P. V. Bennett, Clerk ; Morris B. Royall, Absalom Bowman, and W. A. Brooks, Street Commissioners ; David E. Howell, Poundmaster.
The names of those who have held the position of pres- ident of the village, from its incorporation to the present, are as follows :
Alva Jarvis, William Manners, James Aplin, Moses Sawyer, D. O. Hancock, John L. Sawyer, James Aplin, John S. Sheafe, H. D. V. Pratt, all of whom were ap- pointed by the Board of Trustees. In 1864 the office was made elective, and Lewis W. Mullock was chosen president. His successors have been George W. Sheafe, William Pol- leys, Richard D. Van Duzer. During Mr. Van Duzer's term, on the 26th of November, 1868, all the trustees re- signed over the question of the " Broad Street Canal," as the proposed gutter on that street was sarcastically named. Some of the trustces were of the opinion that a broad street should have a deep ditch on cither side of it, while others thought differently ; hence a general resignation, and the village was allowed to run itself until the next election.
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