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USA > New York > Tioga County > History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York > Part 99
USA > New York > Tompkins County > History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler counties, New York > Part 99
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This portion of the town was not settled until 1815, when Lanstaff Compton first commeneed the aggressive work against the primitive forest and on the side of civilization. Nathan Botsford, Diedrich Shaffer, and others came in soon after.
FATAL EPIDEMICS.
In the spring of 1841 an epidemic in the form of scarlet fever made its appearance in Millport, and proved fatal to a large number of children. This continued through the summer, but as cold weather came on, it passed by the children and attacked the youths in form of putrid sore throat, and proved nearly as fatal as it had among younger children.
In the summer of 1842 another epidemie made its ap- pearance in the form of erysipelatous inflammation, and was confined mostly to women in middle life ; and in a few weeks Millport was bereft of several of its most respected and valuable inhabitants.
But the mortality caused by these epidemies was trifling compared with the ravages of cholera, which made its appearance in the summer of 1849, and began soon after the opening of the new earth in the excavations for laying the track for the Chemung Railroad.
The disease appeared about the first of July among the laborers on the road, who were principally from Europe, and who, having been landed at Staten Island, were passed directly through to this place.
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ASHER R. FROST.
Mr. Frost was the third son of 'Jonathan and Elizabeth Laura Frost. He was born Nov. 29, 1818, in the old town of Catharine, then Tioga, but now Schuyler Co., N. Y. The family consisted of eight ehildren, namely : Thomas Sherwood, Zalmon Burr,* Elizabeth Angeline, Asher Ruggles, Eleanor Jane, Laura Rachel,* George Jonathan, and Franeis Asbury.
His father when a young man, in company with his grand- father, Joseph Frost, moved from Reading, Fairfield Co., Conn., in 1803, and settled in Catharine. They were among the first settlers in the then far western wild, and by their perseverance and industry soon made themselves comfortable homes.
His father, Jonathan, was not only a pioneer in the wilder- ness, but also a pioneer Methodist, one of eight members organized into the first class in Johnson Settlement, one of the first in this seetion of country. His house was a welcome home for the early preachers. He lived a just and exemplary life, and died respected by all.
Mr. Frost is deseended from Revolutionary stoek. His grandfather, Joseph Frost, was a soldier of the Revolution, and he inherits a share of the sturdy virtues of the old heroes who defended the rights of the people to secure and enjoy the benefits of self-government.
Mr. Frost grew up on the farm, and enjoyed no advantages of early education, save the common sehool. At nineteen years of age he left home to learn the trade of a millwright, which he successfully accomplished and followed for several years.
He was married to Sally Maria MeCarty, daughter of Charles MeCarty, May 20, 1847, who is a most estimable woman. One son was born to them,-Willis Holister Frost,- a bright, manly boy, loved and esteemed by all, and of whom
not alone his parents but all his acquaintances had high hopes of his future. He entered Cornell University at its opening, pursued his studies successfully for the first year, but soon after entering upon the second year was strieken down with typhoid fever, and died November 14, 1869, in the twenty-first year of his age. The loss of this son, on whom all their hopes were eentered, was a most erushing afflietion to the parents.
Mr. Frost purchased the farm on which he now resides in 1853, and has devoted himself to its eulture, to the elevation of the farmer, and the advancement of agriculture.
He has been 'honored by his fellow-citizens, who have elected him five times to the office of supervisor of the town · of Veteran. He was supervisor during a portion of the time of the war of the Rebellion, when large amounts of money passed through his hands; and from that time down to these days of erimination and reerimination there never was a breath of suspicion raised against him for not properly ap- propriating every dollar which came into his hands.
He has been for years an active worker in the temperanee reform, and strong in his eonvietions that the sale of intoxiea- ting liquors should be prohibited by law. Among the agencies which he has availed himself of to earry forward this reform has been his eonneetion and work with the Independent Order of Good Templars. He has been for three successive years eleeted by the Grand Lodge of the State a member of the finance committee of the Board of Managers.
He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over forty years, and always oeeupying some responsible station therein. For many years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Sunday-sehool in Millport. He is highly esteemed in his social relations, and is a man of untarnished moral character, who will leave the world better for having lived in it.
* Deceased.
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MRS. H. CRANDELL.
HENRY CRANDELL.
Henry Crandell was born in the town of Schettacoke, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Sept. 22, 1795. He is a son of Eber Crandell, who was a native of the town of Cold Spring, Dutchess Co., N. Y., having been born there in the year 1755, the latter's father having lived and died there. His father, James Crandell, was of English ancestry, settling on Long Island before the dawn of the seventeenth century. Eber Crandell, above mentioned, removed from Schettacoke to Argyle, Washington Co., this State, when Henry was an infant, and settled there as a farmer ; twelve years thereafter removing to Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he remained a few years and then sold his farm and came to the town of Ulysses, now in Tompkins County, and from thenee to that part of Catha- rine now included in Veteran, about 1832, and there remained until his death, which occurred while on a visit to Ann Arbor, Mich., when upwards of cighty years of age.
Henry Crandell at an early day served a seven years' apprenticeship to the carpenter and joiner trade, which he has followed, in connection with agricultural pursuits, most of his life.
On the 18th of October, 1816, he was married to Eliza, daughter of Colonel Charles Hill, of Madison Co., N. Y., the result of this union having been five children, viz. : Charles, Humphrey, Diana, Susan, and Amos Wilson, the latter alone surviving, the third and fourth named having died in infancy. Mr. Crandell removed from Ulysses to Veteran with his family in the year 1827, having been induced to emigrate by the prospect of the construction of the Chemung Canal, the progress of which he had been watching for some three years. While in Ulysses he, in company with his brother, purchased a mill property for $6000, paying one-half
down and mortgaging the property for the balance. A freshet washed away the dam and carried with it most of the mill stock, in consequence of which the mortgage was fore- closed, leaving Mr. Crandell $500 in debt. By persevering industry and the strictest economy he paid this all up in five ycars ; and that, too, while working at one dollar a day, he in the mean while supporting his family.
Politically, he came on the stage in old Whig time, and on the formation of the Republican party hie adopted their plat- form, and has ever stood firm to its principles. He has held the various town offices from supervisor down. He has never affiliated with any religious denomination, although he has been associated more particularly with the Society of Friends, of which his wife was an exemplary member, and widely known as " Aunt Eliza." She was a most estimable lady, of fine education, a good discourser, and of great social wortlı. She died in 1867, in the sixty-eighth year of her age, and fifty-first of her marriage. Mr. Crandell is now in his eighty-fourth year, and resides with his son, Amos W. HIc is well preserved, and possesses all his faculties, his eyesight alone being somewhat impaired. The writer of this sketch found him in the field husking corn in the fall of 1878.
Among the public works with which he was identified mechanically were the New York Central Railroad from Rochester to Auburn, the Chemung Canal, and the Northern Central Railway (formerly the Chemung Railroad), from Watkins to Elmira.
The life and character of the gentleman of whom we have written presents many incidents and traits worthy to be followed, and offers a bright example of what a good citizen ought to be.
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The disease proved very fatal to this elass of people, and in six or seven weeks a very large number had died on the line of the Chemung Railroad, most of these deaths occur- ring in the town of Veteran, in the village of Millport and vicinity, but the true number was never aeeuratcly known .*
The disease created such an alarm that some families left the place, and some who stayed actually died from fear.
The disease was not wholly confined to the foreign popu- lation, but spread among the citizens and carried off some of the best inhabitants. Such was its violenee that many died in three or four hours from the first attack, and several persons were found, who were evidently taken alone when walking the streets at night, dead by the wayside in the morning. We have known healthy men go to their work at seven o'clock, to be brought back to their lodgings and dic before noon. The last drowsy thought on retiring for the night was the inquiry, " Shall we again see the light of day ?" The weather was very hot and dry, the thermome- ter standing most of the time during the continuance of the epidemic from 80 to 98. The atmosphere presented a peculiar red, hazy appearance, and all felt its debilitating influence.
THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1857
proved very disastrous to the valley of the Catharine Creek, from the damage of which it has never fully recovered. Rain had been steadily but almost continuously falling for several days, until the earth was completely saturated with water. On the morning of the 17th of June the rain began to increase, and continued till about three o'clock. Previous to this time, orders had been passed along the line to turn the water out from the eanal into the creek. Between three and four o'clock the fulfillment of this order was commeneed, beginning at the summit, which so in. creased the volume of water already there, that it swooped down the valley like an avalanche, sweeping before it all the mill-dams that lay in its way on the stream. And such was its volume when it reached Millport that it appeared like a wall of water five or six feet high, rapidly advancing and spreading from hill to hill on either side. Houses, barns, and other buildings were swept away. As night eame on terror and consternation seized the people, who for a time saw no means to escape but to the hills. At this time, the deafening roar of the waters, the crash of falling buildings, the creaking of timbers as they were hurled down the stream, added to the deep darkness and profound gloom of night, rendered it a scene difficult to describe, but never to be forgotten.
VETERAN IN THE REBELLION.
Dr. H. Seaman says, "The history of this town would be quite incomplete were we to omit to mention the great
drama of the age,-the slaveholders' rebellion,-and the connection of its people therewith. The spirit of the early anti-slavery movements in this town was never suffered to die out, but kept before the people until they were thor- oughly grounded in their love of liberty and their hatred of slavery, that when the struggle came almost every man was ready to sustain the government in maintaining its own existence and giving freedom to all; and the citizens of this town may ever reflect with pride on the fact that on the first call for 300,000 men this was the first town in the county to fill its quota, and thereby acquired the honorable title of the ' Banner Town,' and it will be the lasting glory of Veteran that during that long struggle she never faltered but filled every quota on call, and thus contributed her full share to sustain the government and erush the slaveholders' rebellion."
CIVIL HISTORY.
This town was formed from Catharinestown April 16, 1823, while that town was in Tioga County. The records of this town were destroyed by fire in 1850, and little can be obtained prior to that time.
The following is a list of supervisors, town clerks, and justiees of the peace, as correctly as ean be aseertaincd :
SUPERVISORS.
1836. Asahel Ilewlett.
1857. Moses Cole.
1837. Henry Crandall.
1858. A. F. Babcock.
1838. Solomon Bennett.
1859-61. A. R. Frost.
1839-40. Jeremiah B. Moore.
1862-64. Eli A. Owen.
1841-42. Alhert T. Babcock. 1865. Uriah Hall.
1843. Sylvester Sexton. 1866. A. R. Frost.
1844. Charles Hewlett. 1867. Peter A. Miller.
1845-46. S. Bennett. 1868-69. Alonzo Banks.
1847. Ezra Mallett. 1870-71. Elliott Mecker.
1848. William H. Phillips.
1872. Hezekiah R. Thomas.
1849. E. Mallett.
1873-74. Lorenzo W. Bailey.
1851-52. Degrand N. Bedient.
1875. Alexander W. MeKey.
1853. Franklin Hulett.
1876. Charles Brown.
1854. Burr B. Parsons.
1877. Lorenzo W. Bailey.
1855. Stoddard C. Westlake.
1878. Samuel R. Page.
1856. Abijah Fisk.
TOWN CLERKS.
1851. Joseph C. Stoll.
1861-66. John Denson.
1852-53. Gabriol L. Smith.
1867. S. R. Pago.
1854. Theodore V. Vellar. 1868. John Denson.
1855. Luther P. Lyon.
1869-76. Charles C. Coston.
1856. Dana White.
1877. Dexter White.
1857-59. Henry Hall.
1878. A. T. Kingsley.
1860. Uriah Hall.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Thoodore V. Willen.
Moses Cole.
Evans P. Carr.
Robert Hosie.
Reuben B. Nowhall.
Henry II. Worden.
Volney Sawyer.
De Witt C. Crawford.
William P. Chattle.
John C. Fanton.
John Shaffer. William Burrell.
S. R. Page.
Il. H. Worden.
Curtis Miles.
John W. Dillmore.
Bela B. Crane.
Moses Cole.
Moses Cole.
George Mckinney.
Isaac V. Thompson.
Charles T. Hill.
James MeMillen.
J. W. Dillmoro.
William H. Bauks.
In 1876, upon the recommendation of the President of the United States, a committee of seven of the oldest in-
# When the cholera broke out thoro was a sanitary committee ap- pointed, consisting of Emery Rosobrook, W. II. Philips, John Denson, and C. C. Coston, who spent their time in carrying ont sanitary meas- ures and caring for the sick.
This committee also kept as accurato a rocord as they could obtain of tho daily number of deaths. Two of this committee are now living, Mr. John Denson and C. C. Coston, who say that tho avorage daily deaths for three weeks when tho diseaso was most violent were 18, which amount to 378 deaths. This estimate is prohably below tho whole numher who died during the epidomuio.
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habitants of the town were appointed to gather information relative to the early settlement of the town. Dr. Henry Seaman was chosen chairman, on whom the work princi- pally devolved. From his researches the history of Veteran is principally compiled.
We are also indebted to Peter Compton, A. L. Botsford, C. C. Coston, Ransom Latton, and others.
MILITARY RECORD.
Anson Aihart, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G ; enl. 1863; disch. 1865. Jolin W. Adamy, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. Charles Ahgear, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G; enl. 1861. Lemuel M. Andrus, 194th N. Y. Inf., Co. G; enl. March, 1865; disch. 1865. Lorin A. Andrus, artificer, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G ; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
Wesley Antes, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G; enl. 1862.
Beach Beardsley, 107tlı N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1862; wounded at Antietam, and died.
Edgar Baker, 194th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. 1864.
E. S. Blanchard, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861 ; disch. 1862.
Appolas Bryant, 50th N. Y. Eng .; disch. March 11, 1862.
Daniel S. Butts, 14th N. Y. H. Art .; enl. 1863.
Eugene Banks, 3d N. Y. Inf., Co. K ; en1. 1861; disch. 1863.
George Banks, 27th N. Y. Inf., Co. G ; en1. 1861; disch. 1863.
David Blanchard, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862 ; disch. 1864 ; died near Petersburg. Charles A. Benson, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. M ; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Alonzo Brown, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Charles A. Brown, enl. 1863 ; disch. 1865 ; only drafted man from the town. Abram J. Bovee, enl. 1862 ; disch. 1865.
Joseph Byrom, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Willis Brewer, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
William Bamir, enl. 1864.
Lyman Boughton, substitute; enl. 1864.
James Bank, substitute; enl. 1864.
Joseph Becker, enl. 1864.
Henry Brown, 23d N. Y. Inf. ; enl. 1861; disch. 1862; killed at Antietam. William Brown, enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Samuel Blanchard, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862. Summers Banks, 50tl N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Samuel A. Bennet, capt., 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. Oscar Bentley, enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Hugh Berry, enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
David Blanchard, 50th N. Y. Eng. ; enl. 1863; died at Poplar Grove Church, 1865.
Charles C. Coston, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
George M. Coston, 50thı N. Y. Eng., Co. G; en1. 1861 ; disch. 1864. Charles A. Cotton, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861; disch. Jan. 9, 1862. David Campbell, enl. 1864.
John Campbell, artificer, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861; disch. 1862. Wm. E. Campbell, artificer, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861 ; dischi. 1864. Judson Campbell, 14th N. Y. Art .; enl. 1863.
Wm. S. Carr, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. B; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Jolın M. Carr, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
John Cummins, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
Orville C. Churchill, substitute ; enl. 1864.
William Coulter, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. Michael Camody, substitute; enl. 1864.
John M. Carpenter, 89th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1861 ; disch. 1865; re-enl. member of "Forlorn Hope," Fredericksburg. Lewis Campbell, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861.
Ransford Chapman, enl. 1862.
John C. Crawford, enl. 1864.
Charles Crandall.
Leonard Champion, substitute; enl. 1864.
Rufus Calkins, 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. G ; enl. 1862.
Charles Couch, died in Salisbury prison.
James Campbell.
Wilson Curtis, 89th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1861; lost.
Charles David, disch, 1864.
Albert J. Disbrow, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
Bennett J. Denson, lieut., 3d N. Y. L. Art., Co. B; enl. 1862; disch. 1864 ; pro. to 16th N. Y. Art.
Merrill Denson, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861; died July 15, 1862, at Harrison's Landing, Va.
Garrit S. Davis, substitute ; enl. 1864. James Daily, 141st N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1862. George W. Downing, 141st N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1862.
Levi F. Dodge, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861; disch. Jan. 26, 1863.
Wm. Dalrymple, 24th Cav., Co. D; enl. 1863; disch. 1864; killed near Peters- burg, Va.
Thos. H. Dalrymple, 24th Cav., Co. D; enl. 1863; disch. 1865. Samuel Dean, en1. 1862.
Timothy Dean, 23d N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1861; disch. 1863. John Dean, enl. 1864.
Richard M. Dillmore, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865. Thomas C. Dillmore, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865. Henry L. Decker, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
Monroe C. Dayton, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Marens Dayton, 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862; wounded at Antietam, and died.
ITorace Dumond, enl. 1864.
Wilson Dean, 89th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. 1864; lost in battle.
Elijalı H. Everitt, sergt., 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
Charles D. Egbert, 89th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1861 ; disch. 1864.
Orin B. Egbert, 89th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1862.
John D. Egbert, 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1862 ; lost an arm at Antietam.
Chauncey Fitch, substitute; 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865. David Faulkner, enl. 1863.
Frank Frost, lieut., 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862 ; disch. 1865.
John Fulford, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Peter French, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
William Falon, 194th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. 1864.
Nathaniel Finch, 107th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1862; died in service at Frederick City, 1862.
Robert S. Goodman, 50th N. Y. Inf., Co. G ; enl. 1863.
Ernest L. Green, substitute ; 194th N. Y. Inf ; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Gilbert Green, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
John Gunn, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G ; enl. 1863; disch. 1864 ; died at Washington.
John S. Greenly, enl. 1864.
Timothy Gustin, substitute ; enl. 1864.
Orrin Greenly.
Abijah Hathaway, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Aranthus Hyatt, enl. 1863.
Bradley Hanes, substitute; 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Charles Hollenback, eul. 1864.
Charles T. Hill, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865. Egbert Haney, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl 1862; disch. 1865.
Fred. Holden, 194th N. Y. Inf., Co. A ; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Edwin Holden, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1864; disch."1865.
Edward Hall, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G ; enl. 1864 ; disch. 1865.
John Halpin, 5.th N. Y. Eng., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. Frank Hathaway, enl. 1864.
Gordon Harrington, enl. 1864. Geo. W. Hummer, 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862.
George Huxton; enl. 1862.
Jacob Hinman, 24th N. Y. Cav., Co. D; enl. 1863; disch. 1865. Schuyler Hall, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. B; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
James M. Henderson ; enl. 1862.
Wm. Hurley, substitute; enl. 1864.
Chauncey Hollenback, enl. 1864.
John W. Howard, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862 ; disch. 1865.
Nathan Hill, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch, 1864.
Reuben Howard, 14th N. Y. H. Art .; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Richard Hultz, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. H; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. Stewart Hamilton, 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862; disch. 1863.
Paul C. Hough, 24th Cav .; enl. 1863; disch. 1864; died near City Poiut, Va. Norman F. Hoyt, enl. 1863.
Win. Hellan, Ist N. Y. Vet. Cav., Co. H; enl. 1863; disch. Aug. 1865. Wm. Hillerman.
Rawson B. Hultz, 27th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1861; re-enl .; shot by sharpshooter at Winchester, Va., 1865.
William Henry. Eli Ingram, substitute ; enl. 1864.
John C. Ingalls, sergt., 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1865.
De Witt Johnson, artificer, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1864; died in Washington.
John A. Jackson ; enl. 1863.
Lorenzo Jones, lieut .- col., 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1864; disch. 1865.
Lewis Johnson, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Burr Keeler, 50th N. Y. Eng. ; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Charles Knott, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. B; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
Charles M. Knapp, substitute ; enl. 1864.
Jerome Kendall, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. H; enl. 1863; disch. 1865. Isaac Kelly, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. Simon U. Kase, substitute; enl. 1864.
Malon Kerrick, substitute; enl. 1864.
John King.
Charles Lyman, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
David Lattin, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Daniel Ladew, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1861; disch. 1864.
George W. Lovell, artificer, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1862; disch. 1865. George Lefler.
Joseph Lattin, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. G ; enl. 1863; disch. 1865.
James Lewis, 50th N. Y. Eng .; enl. 1865 ; disch. 1865. Harris Lattin, 50th N. Y. Eng. ; enl. 1865.
Henry Lovell, 50th N. Y. Eng., Co. H; enl. 1865. Hiram Locke, 107th N. Y. Inf., Co. D ; enl. 1862.
Horace Lattin, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Lyndal Lewis, 194th N. Y. Inf .; enl. 1865; disch. 1865.
Salmon S. Lovell, enl. 1861; died in hospital at Hilton Head, 1864.
REUBEN TIFFT.
One of the oldest living residents of the town of Veteran is Reuben Tifft. He was born in the town of Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 7, 1810, and eame to Veteran, then in Tioga County, in the spring of 1830, driving the whole distance with an ox-team ! His father, David Tifft, was a native of Rhode Island, born July 3, 1788; his mother, Charlotte Smith, being a native of Connecticut. The latter died in Rensselaer County about the year 1846, and after her demise David married Emily Elwell and removed to Veteran, Chemung Co., where he died in 1856. After his death Mrs. Tifft returned to Rensselaer County.
Reuben Tifft was married January 7, 1830, to Sally Turner, of Veteran. To them were born Charlotte K., Feb. 16, 1831, married Norman B. Wood, and living in the town of Veteran ; John B. and David E. (twins), born Nov. 10, 1832; John married Betsey E. Briggs, and resides in Veteran ; David married Margaret Dufur, and lives in Erin ; Reuben, Jr., born Feb. 19, 1835, married Emeline R. Crane, and resides in Horseheads, N. Y .; Wil- liam M., born Sept. 19, 1837, and died Feb. 27, 1851 ; Sally M., born May 27, 1840, died in infaney ; Chloe A., born Mareh 13, 1843, married John Kays, and resides in Newfield, Tompkins Co. ; Lucretia S., born Jan. 6, 1846, married Ezra M. Howell, and lives in Veteran ; Harvey M., born July 29, 1854,
married Emma Anthony, and resides with his father on the home farm.
Mrs. Sally Tifft died Oct. 20, 1864, aged fifty- three years. Mr. Tifft married for his second wife Lueretia M. Coleman, May 6, 1867. She is a native of Chemung County, being born in Veteran, June 27, 1838. The children by this marriage are Grant L., born Dee. 6, 1868; Ulysses D., born July 15, 1871, died July 8, 1872 ; Wilson D., born Aug. 23, 1873.
Mr. Tifft is a veteran resident of the town in which he resides, of which he has been a continuous resident for forty-eight years. It was a wilderness when he first established himself there, and laid the founda- tions for his home by erecting a log house (a very primitive affair) and clearing a farm of some ninety- six acres, not far from his present location. To his original purehase have been made additions until he has now a goodly aereage. The old log house, in which he passed the first years of his pioneer life, was removed many years ago, and in its place is a fine farm-house, surrounded by good barns, etc. A fine view of his home, as it appears at present, may be seen among the illustrations of the town of Veteran. Mr. Tifft has always followed the voeation of a farmer, and is still hale and hearty, works his farm, and proposes to die "in the harness." He is well known and much esteemed in the section where he has lived for nearly a half-eentury.
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