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The following officers of the lodge were on the same even- ing installed: David Kirkpatrick, N. G .; C. J. Gardner, V. G .; L. B. Stanley, recording secretary; W. N. Barrows, P. secretary; A. T. Godfrey, treasurer; I. O. Williams, warder; G. B. Smith, conductor; R. McCaw, O. G .; E. Fay, I. G .; J. H. Loomis, R. S. N. G .; J. Godfrey, L. S. N. G .; H. Mat- teson, L. S. V. G.
The meetings of the lodge are held in Odd Fellows' Hall, on Market street, on Tuesday evening of each week.
Since the institution of this lodge it has been the parent of two other lodges, viz., one at Varysburgh, in this county, and one at Darien, in Genesee county.
The following persons have served as noble grand of Cit- izens' Lodge: David Kirkpatrick, C. J. Gardner, I. O. Wil- liams, G. B. Smith, J. G. Dorrance, L. B. Stanley, H. Shilling, L. Chaddock, O. A. Clough, M. T. Hills and R. McCaw.
The following named persons were the officers for 1879: W. McNaught, N. G .; A. A. Ford, V. G .; B. Slater, record- ing secretary; I. O. Williams, P. secretary; J. G. Dorrance, treasurer; B. T. Ellison, warder; I. H. Toms, conductor; Lewis Chaddock, chaplain; G. B. Smith, R. S. N. G .; J. Q. Bradt, L. S. N. G .; J. V. Williams, R. S. V. G ; J. D. Evans, L. S. V. G .; George Goodwin, R. S. S .; Samuel Conklin, R. .McCaw, O. G .; M. T. Hills, I. G.
The present membership numbers 67.
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.
Attica Lodge, No. 7, A. O. U. W .- The Ancient Order of United Workmen was established in the village of Attica by the institution of Pioneer Lodge, No. 7, October 30th, 1873, by W. H. Comstock, D. S. M. W. of Northeast, Pennsylvania, with the following officers and members, viz .: L. B. Stanley, P. M. W .; Joseph Wilson, M. W .; John E. Neff, G. F .; John Rodgers, O .; Purdy Rodgers, G .; N. S. Salisbury, receiver; L. C. Squires, recorder; Charles Toms, I. W .; Dr. F. R. Barross, medical examiner, together with W. F. Sanborn and Thomas J. Noblett. The name of the lodge was subse- quently changed from Pioneer to Attica. The regular meet- ings of the lodge are held on alternate Monday evenings, in D. O. H. Hall. This lodge has lost two members by death
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since its institution, viz., Joseph Wilson and Purdy Rodgers The officers for 1879 were: H. C. Webb, P. M. W .; Charles Morganstern, M. W .; Jacob Welker, G. F .; George Fauth, O .; L. C. Streby, recorder; J. G. Bostwick, F .; C. W. Krauss, receiver; J. Fowler, G .; J. Baur, I. W .; H. Hart, O. W .; Dr. W. B. Gifford, medical examiner.
At present the lodge has a membership of fifty-eight.
D. O. H.
Ewigkeit Lodge, No. 336, D. O. H. was organized by authority of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, March 16th, 1874, with the following as the original mem- bers and officers: Philip Brecheisen, E. B .; Peter Schmidt, G. B .; William Ballsmith, U. B .; Frederick C. Ballsmith, Sekr .; C. W. Krauss, Schatzm .; A. Krauss, R. G. O. B .; Frederick Morganstern, L. G. O. B .; Jacob Dietrich, R. G. U. B .; Christian Harder, L. G. U. B .; Carl Morgan- stern, F .; Mathaeus Balduf, A .; Michael Baker, I. W .; Carl Sangbush, A. W. This society is an insurance association, similar to the United Workmen. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month, in Bostwick Hall, Market street. The present membership numbers thirty.
The officers for 1879 were as follows: Edward Volchens, E. B .; Paul Weber, O. B .; Christian Schroeder, U. B .; F. C. Ballsmith, Sekr .; Jacob Dietrich, R. F .; Charles W. Krauss, Schatzm .; Carl Morganstern, R. G. O. B .; John George, L. G. O. B .; Lewis Schroeder, R. G. U. B .; William Sangbush, L. G. U. B .; Theodore Weinholz, A .; Carl Sang- bush, F .; Joseph Weber, I. W .; John Lang, A. W.
JEFFERSON'S SILVER CORNET BAND.
The Jefferson Cornet Band was organized October 14th, 1876, with eighteen members, viz .: I. E. Jefferson, S. B. Benham, Frank Benham, J. E. Noblett, Michael Baker, Edwin Tanner, John Williams, Philip Balduf, H. T. Bramer, L. Shadbolt, Frank Roberts, Cassius Munger, John Sals- bury, Frank Thomas, H. M. Norton, P. Lorish, Frederick Hagan, S. Ryckert. The regular meetings of the band are held on Friday evening of each week, in Music Hall, over Doty's store, on Market street. Their instruments are the most improved, costing the band association over $800. The officers of the band are as follows: Leader, E. S. Benham; musical director, I. E. Jefferson; president and financial agent, I. E. Jefferson; treasurer, L. Shadbolt; secretary, J. E. Noblett.
EMPIRE ORDER OF MUTUAL AID.
Wyoming Lodge, No. 1 .- This lodge was instituted April roth, 1878, by George Sanborn, with the following charter members: H. C. Webb, W. F. Sanborn, O. H. Hopkins, William Balduf, J. G. Bostwick, George Fauth, C. Dauber, J. Welker, Otto Spann, Julius Post, M. D., C. Morganstern, J. F. Lorentz, I. H. Toms and A. Krauss.
At the first election the following. officers were chosen: I. H. Toms, P .; O. H. Hopkins, V. P .; William Balduf, R. S .; Jacob Welker, F. S .; C. Morganstern, T .; J. F. Lorentz, conductor; George Fauth, I. G .; C. Dauber, O. G .; H. C. Webb, chaplain:
This lodge was originally instituted as Wyoming Lodge,
No. 114, I. O. W. M., and chartered by the Grand Lodge of the State of Pennsylvania. July 10th, 1878, the Grand Lodge of this State was instituted, and December 11th, 1878, this State was set off from Pennsylvania, paying the assessments for deaths in this State, and the name of the order changed to Empire Order of Mutual Aid. Wyoming became lodge number t of the new order. The lodge has twenty members, no deaths having occurred in it since its organization. The following were the officers for 1879: L. C. Stuby, P .; Charles Morganstern, V. P .; William Balduf, R. S .; Ira H. Toms, F. S .; George Fauth, T .; J. Welker, chaplain; C. Dauber, I. and O. G .; T. Eastman, conductor.
CATHOLIC MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
The C. M. B. A. of Attica was instituted April 9th, 1879. The following is the list of original and present officers of the association, as well as of charter members: President, V. Decot; first vice-president, J. J. Cummings; second, T. Cole; marshal, Dennis McMahon; guard, Patrick Slattrey; recording secretary, Thomas Fitzgerald; assistant secretary, B. Kieley; financial secretary, George B. Smith; treasurer, P. Hanifen; directors-Thomas Cole, Dennis and Daniel McMahon, J. J. Cummings, Timothy O'Neal; business com- mittee-Patrick Murray, James Fitzgerald, Patrick Shehan; financial and auditing committee-J. McMahon, B. Kieley and P. Slattrey.
The meetings of the association are held on Wednesday evening of each week in Volcken's Hall, on Main street.
ATTICA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WYOMING HOSE COMPANY NO. I.
This company was organized under the general laws as an independent volunteer company, with a charter dated July 26th, 1878, at which time the organization was fully com- pleted, with the following officers and members: F. C. Ste- vens, president; H. C. Walton, vice-president; C. T. Mc- Cord, secretary; L. C. Stuby, treasurer; J. R. Whitlock, foreman; J. E. Chase, first assistant; A. F.' Blauvelt, sec- ond assistant; Richard Carrick and Michael Darby, pipe- men; William .Smith, first assistant; A. H. Hills, second assistant; M. T. Hills, C. Whitman, Charles J. Morganstern, Byron H. Backus, John V. Barross. C. E. Toms, Patrick Daly, William G. Colton, J. C. Williams and Charles Mc- Carthy, privates; F. C. Stevens, L. C. Stuby and C. T. Mc- Cord were the trustees from July 26th, 1878, until January Ist, 1879.
The company was fully equipped for service, being fur- nished with a hose cart and nine hundred feet of hose, cost- ing $1,160. The company is very finely uniformed, and its parlors on Market street fitted up in a style of elegance equal to any outside the large cities, with all the conven- iences necessary for such an organization. The hose house is on the corner of Main and Water streets. The present number of members is 22.
The officers for 1879 were as follows: President, F. C. Ste- vens; vice-president, H. C. Walton; secretary, C. T. Mc- Cord; financial secretary, George Goodwin; treasurer, L. C. Stuby; foreman, J. R. Whitlock; first assistant, J. E. Chase; second assistant, D. A. Dennison: pipemen, Richard Car-
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rick and Michael Darby; first and second assistant pipemen, William Smith and A. H. Hills; trustees-one year, William G. Cotton; two years, M. T. Hills; three years, C. Whit- man.
RESCUE ENGINE COMPANY NO. I.
This company was organized March 6th,. 1878, with the following named members: E. P. Foss, John G. Herzog, Earl Fay, John Corry, V. Decot, J. F. Lorentz, John Scott, Michael Dauber, G. Wolf, A. G. Krauss, Frederick Balduf, Jacob Dietrich, John Timm, George Mentz, jr., H. P. Gard- ner, Adam Walter, George Snyder, Bartel Weaver, John J. Cummings, Jacob Algeir, jr., Charles Sinclair, Jacob Taylor, Philip Balduf, R. R. Rykert, James Ryan, John M. Leary, John M. Brecheisen, Jacob Hamling, John Torpy, Thomas Isaacs, W. W. Reynolds, E. Volchens, Paul Glor, Frederick Hagan, Michael Baker, James Weaver, George Goodwin and H. Snyder.
The following were the officers elected at the organiza- tion of the company: President, E. S. Foss; vice-president, John J. Cummings; secretary, John G. Herzog; treasurer, Jacob Algeir, jr .; foreman, Earl Fay; Ist assistant foreman, Charles Sinclair; and assistant foreman, John Corry.
This is a volunteer company, fully uniformed and equip- ped for service. Its "machine " was made by Rumsey, of Seneca Falls, and cost $600. The engine house is on Water street.
The number of members is forty, and the officers are: Foreman, Earl Fay; rst assistant foreman, John Corry; and assistant foreman, E. Volchens; president, E. S. Foss; vice- president, V. Decot; treasurer, J. Algeir, jr .; secretary, A. G. Krauss.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
This company was organized September 13th, 1877, and on the 20th of the same month a constitution and by-laws were adopted.
The original members were: Samuel Daly, F. D. Pryor, William Parker, B. F. Ellison, Carl Ganter, J. G. Bostwick, I. Whiteson, H. T. Bramer, T. D. Jones, M. J. Balliette, Lewis Benedict, T. R. Andrews, J. E. Noblett, E. B. Wallis, Harry Hall, J. E. Briggs, Paul Ganter, Otto Spann, A. E. Bishop, A. McClellan, John Williams, T. Fitzgerald, A. A. Ford, J. B. Reed, J. D. Evans.
The first officers were: Harry Hall, foreman; T. D. Jones, first assistant foreman; M. J. Balliette, second as- sistant .foreman; Lewis Benedict, president; T. R. Andrews, vice-president; F. D. Pryor, second vice-president; B. F. Ellison, secretary; J. G. Bostwick, treasurer; T. D. Jones, T. R. Andrews and Lewis Benedict, trustees.
This is a volunteer company. Their apparatus has the latest improvements, and cost $650. The carriage-house and parlors of the company are on the corner of Main and Water streets. The number of members is 34. The officers last elected are: Foreman, T. D. Jones; first assistant fore- man, J. E. Noblett; second assistant foreman, M. J. Balliette; president, E. B. Skinner; first vice-president, Frank Ellison; second vice-president, William Parker; secretary, V. E. Peckham; financial secretary, J. G. Bostwick; treasurer, J.V. Williams; trustees-Dr. A. S. Cheeseman, T. R. Andrews, Lewis Benedict.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
MRS. NEWTON H. ADAMS was born in Bennington September 14th, 1848. and married Dr. Newton H. Adams, a surgeon in the U. S. navy, then of North Java, October 17th. 1800.
ELBRIDGE AUSTIN was born in Attica in 1837. He has always been a far- mer. In 1868 be rented his father's farm, and in 1800 that where he now lives, and bought it in 1883. He was married in 1868 to Bertha, daughter of David and Roxy Filkins, of Attica, who died in 1878. In 1877 be married Kit- tie, daughter of Isaac Phelps, of Le Roy, Genesee county.
BENJAMIN F. BARNETT was born in Kendall, Orleans county, in 1833. In 1867 be married Sylvia Doty, of Attios, of which pisce be has been a rest- dent since 1840. He is a farmer and an extensive breeder of merino sheep.
VOLNEY C. BARROS was born in Lynden, N. Y., in 1811. His father, Cal- vin Barross, was a native of Massachusetts. He came to Genesee county in 1806, settling at Bushville, where be carded the first wool and dressed the first flax on the Holland Purchase. Xr. Barross learned the clothier's trade. and worked at it till 1846, when he engaged in the milling business at Lyo- den. In 1866 be came to Attics, and continued the same occupation. He married Elvira Richards, daughter of the first judge of Wyoming county ; she died in 1868. Mr. Barroes's present wife was Ann, daughter of William Look, of Attio.
CHARLES L. BEMAN was born at Attica February 10th, 1837. He enlisted August 20th, 1861, in Company C, Ist regiment California cavalry volunteers, and served until discharged on the Rio Grande, in New Mexico, September 7th, 1834. He was long a well known railroad man ; is now a farmer.
JOHN BELDEN WAS born in Alexander, N. Y., in 1819, and came to Attics in 1860, establishing himself in the lumber and coal business in 1861, under the firm name of J. Belden & Co. Previous to that time be was in the gro- cery trade. He has served as U. S. deputy assessor. His father, Kellogg Belden, was a native of Connecticut. His mother's maiden name was Mo- Nell.
How. C. B. BENEDICT was born in Action in 1828. He was Ave years a member of the county board of supervisors; was elected to the tóth Con- gress in 1874 : wasa member of the Democratic State committee in 1876, and was a Presidential elector on the Democratic tioket 'in 1876. He read law. and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1800 be engaged in the banking bus- iness, in which be continues. His son Lewis was made a member of the firm of C. B. Benedict & Son in 1874.
GEORGE BENHAM was born July 2th, 1811, in Cheshire, Corin., and came to Attics in September, 1815. He is a well known farmer, and has served as assessor and commissioner of highways. He was married November 19th, 1840, to Elizs Ann Bentley, of Attion, and October 12th, 1878, to Ellen H. Spink, of Orangeville.
A. E. BISKOP was born in 1860 in Warsaw, and came from there to Attics in 1875. December 1st of that year he established the Attica News. His father, Benjamin Bishop, a native of New Hampshire, was a settler at War- www in 1824. His mother, whose maiden name was Lydia Wakedeld, was a native of the county.
J. Q. BRADT was born in Genesee county in 1847. He began the practice of dentistry in Buffalo, where for seven years. be was a manufacturer of dental materials. In 1877 be established himself in his profession at Attics. His father, Isaac Bradt, and his mother, formerly Miss Booker, were both natives of Schenectady.
EPHRAIM BRAINARD Was born February 9th, 1818, at Attico. He is a farmer, and has served as justice of the peace, and sobool commissioner and superintendent. He married Sophia Wright, of Middlebury, February 19th, 1809.
JASPER J. BRAINARD was born in Attion November Eist, 1888. He was married January 29th, 1806, to Marion M. Page, of Middlebury. He is a farmer and an extensive breeder of American merino sheep.
PHILIP BRECHEISEN WAS born March 90th, 1886, in Lembooh Unter Bienes (tben France), Germany, and came to Attics in 1847, where be is proprietor of a grocery and crockery store. April 17th, 18:6, he married Barbara Baker, of Sbeldon.
BUTUS BRIGGS was born in Tivoli, Columbia county, December 19th, 1830. October 3d, 1844, be entered the U. 8. marine corps, and was discharged Oo- tober &d, 1848. He had previously served from June 5th, 1899, to June 5th, 1844, in the 2nd U. S. dragoons. In 1849 be married Caroline Stevens, of Attica. He is a carpenter and joiner by trade.
JOSEPH H. BUTTON, son of Joseph and Salina Button, was born in Sbel- don February 14th, 1848, and .came to Attica in 1849. Joseph Button was born in Montague, Mass., April 30th, 1896, and died in Attion, N. Y., May 6th, 1878, aged seventy-three years. His early life was spent in the New England cotton factories, wbere his parents found employment. After his marriage with Selina Adams, April 28d, 1896, be came to western New York and set- tied in Sheldon. Soon afterward his parents with their entire family fol- lowed, and found bomes in the vicinity. For the last thirty years of his life his bome was in Attics. Salina Adams Button was born in the town of
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Brookfield, Mass .. November 28d, 1808, and died in Attion, N. Y., October 26th, 1878, aged nearly sixty-nine years. She was descended from Puritan stook, and was one of the Adams family that gave to the United States two Preel- dents. Mr. and Mrs. Button were married at Brookfeld, Mass., April Med.
4. 8. CHEESEMAN was born in Bbelby, N. Y., in 1830. He learned dentistry with Dr. Homer Belding, of Medina, and began to practice in 1800 at Best Aurora, Brie county. He removed to Angola, and from there to Attics in 1828. He married Mies Emily Edwards, of Aurora. His father, John Cheese- man. was a native of Sobobarie county. His mother's maiden name was Sherwood.
Mas. Mosas P. COGSWELL was born in Buffalo October 14th, 1880, and was married to her deceased husband, then of Brookport, N. Y., October 14th, 1826, and came to Attics in 1994. Mr. Cogswell was killed in the Ashtabula disaster, Decorn ber 29th, 1878.
PATIENCE COLLINS was born at Exeter, Otsego county, September 28th, 1806, and married Lewis Collins, of Middlebury, June 17th, 1880. 8be came to Attion in 1857, and is engaged in farming.
HIRAM COOLEY was born in Paris; Oneida county, October 20th, 1808, and came from there to Attion February 28th, 1811. Mr. Cooley is a farmer : be was one of the directors of the Buffalo & New York City Railroad, and aoted as a commissioner in settling for the right of way for that road. His first wife, Mrs. E. A. Cooley, was born September 4th, 1811. and died May 18th, 1816. Mrs. Amy H. Housford, who became his second wife, was born Febru- ary 18th, 1815, and died November 11th, 1878.
ORIN DAVIL, BEN., proprietor and physician of Davis's Health Institute. Attica, was born in York, Livingston county. June 26th, 1828, and was mar- Fried August 18th, 1848, to Mies Ruth Edson Goddard, of Mt. Morris, Living- ston county. He was formerly editor of the Eclectic Medical and Surgical Journal, Roobester, N. Y., and professor in the Central Medical College at' that pisce. He came to Attion in 1864.
VAL DECOT was born in Lorraine, France, and was married May 28th, 1878, to Annie E. Clark, of Batavia, Genesee county. He came October 2nd, 1878. from Huntsville, Alabama, to Attica, where be is engaged in business as a merobant tallor.
D. A. DENISON was born at Dodge's Creek, N. Y., in 1860. He came to At- tica from Cattaraugus county in 1877, and took charge of the Argus, after- ward purchasing the interest of the former proprietor. His father, William A. Denison, was a native of Erie county, as was his mother, whose maiden name was Hioks. Mr. Denteon married Miss Emma D. King, a native of Attics.
JAMES G. DORRANCE was born in Attica in 1844, and has since resided there. The drug business of Dorrance & Son was established by Gardner Dorrance in 1848. when he came to Wyoming county. James G. Dorrance was ad- mitted to the arm in 1889. Mr. Dorrance, son., who wasa native of Windsor, Mass., died in Attios in 1874. His wife, whose maiden name was Lee, was a native of Connecticut.
BENJAMIN F. DOTT was born in Bennington, Genesse county, May 17th, 1826, and married Louise Innes, of Batavia, in 1868. He is a clothier.
GEORGE 8. DREW was born November 28th, 1881, at Ossipee. N. H., and came to Attios, where he is well known as a coal dealer, from Wakedold, N. Y., in 1880. December Bist, 1848, be married Eveleen A. Churchill, of Attic.
A. G. BLLINWOOD, M. D., was born July Ist, 1884, at Clinton, Oneida county. He entered the medical college at Geneva, N. Y., in 1847, and the Buffalo Medical College in 1848, graduating from that institution the mme year. March 18th, 1865, be married Alotta Maria Bass, of Randolph, Mass., and came from Pembroke to Attion in 1808.
MOULTON G. FARKHAM Was born August 20th, 1819, at Attics. His father, of the same name, was a native of Shaftesbury, Vt., one of the carly set- tiers at Attics. His mother was formerly of Canton, Conn., and ber maiden name was Humpbries. Mr. Farnbam is extensively engaged in brewing. November 7th, 1861, be married Jeanie M. Foster, of Antwerp, N. Y.
R. H. FARNHAM, a brother of the above named, and like him a brewer (their bustness having been established in 1878), was also born in Attica, in 1867. He served as justice of the peace in 1866-68.
MICHAEL FREY, Borist, was born 'September 29th, 1881, in Baden, Ger- many, his native town being Doggengan. He married Kate Kromer, of Koppel, Baden, February 17th, 1865, and came to Attics from Connectiout in 1866.
GROBOR FULLINGTON was born in Fulton, Sobobarie county, April 28d, 1856. He callsted in the " band of pioneers." the 101th regiment, 28th brig- ade, N. Y. Infantry. September 1st. 1845, but was not called into active ser- vice during the Mexican war. He is a farmer and carpenter and joiner. March 9th. 1861, he married Deborah M. Jillson, of Attic, where be bas re- sided since December 7th of the previous year. Jeremiah and Lydia Jillson, parents of Mrs. Fullington, were born in Albany county, May And, 1804, and April 2nd, 1808, respectively, and died February 2nd, 1872, and April 11th, 1001.
ADOLPHAS GARDNER, son of Adolphes and Mebitable Gardner, was born In Attion, February 13th, 1887 ; lived at home until be was twenty ; boated on the Brie Canal 1849-48; went to Callforais in 1834, and remained there twenty years, mining and driving stage, and returned to Attics in 1873 and purobesed the farm where he lives.
HENRY P. GARDINER, deputy sheriff of Wyoming county, was born August 18cb, Les1. in this town, and married Cora A. Perry, of Linden, N. Y. Decemn- ber 4th, 1872.
FREDERICK GLOR WAS born December 6th, 1843, at Orangeville, and came to Attios in 1800, where he has been engaged as a carpenter and joiner. De- cember aist, 1833, be married Caroline Broadbrooks, of Attich. Doth are members of the German Lutheran church.
EVAN G. GRIFFITH Was born November 4th, 1826, in Steuben, Onoida county, and came to Attion March Ist, 1850. August 4th, 1802, be enlisted in Company C, Ist N. Y. Dragoons, under Captain Taylor, and served untü discharged, July 14th, 1886. March 20th, 1806, he married Harriet C. Smith, of Attios. He is a farmer.
CARL GAUTIER was born in Burrentahl, Germany, September &d, 1848, and came to America with his parents in 1850. After remaining in New York ex months they removed to Bennington, and from there to Attion in 1851. Mr. Andrew Ganter, father of Carl, is dead. The latter is engaged in the boot and sboe trade. January 7th. 1819, he married Joanna R. Bbes, of Attics.
JACOB HARNLING was born June 2tod, 1810, in Bavaria, and was married June 14th, 1800, to Hostna Elecarish, of Wisenburg, France, who died July Oth, 1868. He came to America, and in 1800 purobased a mill at Varysburg, which was carried away by a flood in 1861. He subsequently removed to Attion, where be is a botel keeper.
MARTIN T. HTrinawas born in Buffalo in 1848. He came to Attics in 1866. He is a well known photographer.
OLIVER HODGES, EsQ., who died on the 19th day of June, 1878, came as early as 1806, in company with his parents, when he was only seven years old, to the town of Attics. His father, Elipbalet Hodges, located on the farm where his grandson, Garey, Dow resides, and the land has always remained in the title of his father since the decease of his grandparents. When Oliver Hodges came to this town there were only a few pioneer settlers, wbe bad raised three or four log cabins. Hardly any clearings bad been made, nor any better roads laid out than footpaths through the woods, between the settlers' dwellings. He seststed in olearing the land to which he was beir, became accustomed to hard labor, and identified himself with the growth and business prosperity of the town. When eleven years of age be carried the mail regularly between Attics and Batavia, making the journey on horseback,'sometimes requiring his borse to leap over the trees that had fallen across his pathway. He was at home on horseback from childhood. In the days when men were arrested and imprisoned for debt be was con- stable and collector of this town, and his duties, if not always ploneant, were at least full of excitement. His business Habits were such that be was ro- peatedly appointed deputy sheriff of Genesee county when this part of Wyoming belonged to Genesse. The older inhabitants can recollect the capture of the'notorious counterfeiter Law,'of his being brought to trial and the murderous assault be made in the court room upon an accomplice, Toplift, wbo tustifed against him. It is believed be would have accomplished ble purpose if bo had not been forofbly prevented. Mr. Hodges and Rue Nelson walked from Brierfeld, Mass .. to Attion in eight days, a pretty good illustration of the active habits of the young men in those times. Afterward Mr. Hodges need to draw dry goods and groceries from Albany to Attion for $3.96 per hundred. He took a reasonable amount of interest in town politics, and was a Whig until the organisation of the Republican party. He we's considered a man of excellent judgment. a good citisen, a kind neighbor and pleasant in his social relations.
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