History of Wyoming County, N.Y., with Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents, Part 44

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St. Helena, once a place of some note, lying on the west

bank of Genesee river, is no:v only a small hamlet of twelve or fifteen houses.

Gardeau, once occupied by Mary Jemison (whose event- ful history is given in Chapter III) and several Indian fam- ilies, has been changed into a series of pleasant and fruitful farms.

During the last fifty years the population of Castile has ranged as indicated in the following figures from the Legis- lative "red book ": 1830, 2,259: 1835, 2,536; 1840, 2,828; 1845, 2,526; 1850, 2,446; 1855, 2,343; 1860, 2,323; 1865, 2,081; 1870, 2,186; 1875, 2,274.

SUPERVISORS.

The following is a list of supervisors of the town of Cas- tile since its organization, with the years for which they were respectively elected:

Ziba Hurd, 1821-23 : James Thompson, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1829, 1833 : Rosell X. Curtis. 1826; Charles Tallman, 1828; Clark Sanford, 1880, 1881, 1840, 1841 ; Ste- pben D. Tabor, 1886-39, 1845-47 : John Calkins, 1842; Freeman Sanford. 1848; Joseph Wildman, 1844 : Alonzo B. Rose, 1848; George B. Chase, 1849-51, 1834 ; William H. Conklin. 1862 ; Mosely Stoddard, 1854 ; Samuel L. Chapin, 1847-60; George F. Pierce, 1861, 1862; William R. Fitch, 1863, 1864; Davis W. Smith. 1863; Socrates N. Hopkins. 1865. 1867, 1873, 1874; Lester B. Crego. 1808-12; James F. Abbott, 1575; Edward A. Pierce, 1876-19;

PATRIOTS OF 1861-65.

From the records of the Soldiers' Monument Association we learn that the men named in the following lists enlisted in the defence of the Union during the Rebellion. The first date given is that of enlistment. These men were private soldiers where not otherwise specified.

Ist N. Y. Dragoons .- Marous A. Atwell. Aug. 4, 1802. Lenao Baker, corporal, Aug. 6, 1802. George W. Burr, Aug. 6, 1868. George C. Beiden, Aug. 6, 1802. Thomas J. Burr, second lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1802. Nelson Belden. Andrew Chapman, Sept. 8, 1864. Henry L. Cummings, Aug. 8, 1802. William H. Campbell, sergeant, Moh. 1, 1865. R. M. Carpenter, Aug. 6, 1861. George W. Curtis, Aug. 7. 1802. Andrew Calvin, Aug. 7, 1802. Jobn Duggan, sergeant, Feb. 24. 1864. Simeon E. Feloh, corporal, Aug. 6, 1862. Martin Getchell. Aug. 6, 1802. William Gray. Willard Greene, Aug. 7. 1862; died May 8, 1084. Jobn Hare, corporal, Aug. 6, 1802; died May 7, 1861. D. Harrington, Aug. 3. 1802. F. E. Howard, sergeant. Aug. 6, 1868. George Johnson, Aug. 7. 1803. Robert Kershaw. Aug. 6, 1862. Charles Law. Lawrence B. Leddick, Aug. 2. 1888: died May 31. 1884. Daniel Leddick. Aug. 6, 1802. Eugene D. Lord, Sept. 27, 1864. Darius W. Luther, corporal, Aug. 6, 1802. William .S. Luther, seo- ond lieutenant. Aug. 6, 1802. Henry Clay Lyons, Sept., 1864. Darius Maddi- son, sergeant. Aug. 6, 1802. Robert Mead. Frank C. Needham, bugler. Aug. 6, 1868. Jobn Perkins, corporal. Aug. 6. 1802 : died Dec. 7, 1864. Jobn P. Rob- inson, major, Aug. 5, 1808. James E. Rood, Feb. 12, 1884 ; died Sept. 10, 1834. Reuben Salsbury. Edwin W. Slocum, Aug. 7, 180%; died Oct. 29, 1868. Ben- jamin C. Smith, corporal, Aug. 6. 1802. Lyman G. Simons, Aug. 7, 1868. Ansel B. Smith, corporal. Aug. 4, 1808. William J. Sheldon, Aug. 7. 1803. Albert W. Tallman, sergeant, Aug. 2, 1802. James L. Wade, bugler, Aug. 2, 1808. William H. Wing, Aug. 6. 1808.

End N. Y. Mounted Rifles .- Albert G. Borden, Mch., 1868. George C. Bab- cock. Hiram E. Booth. John Fingall. Thomas Gibbons. Nicholas Hannab. Thomas Hannah. Francis Hardin. Jonathan Johnson. Jobn Lee. Alex- ander Mead. Edwin Mosler. P. MoManiman. Exra Patterson. George G. Pierce, 1883; died July, 1874 Andrew Trayer.

180th N. Y. Infantry .- Milton Burknap, Aug. 25, 1868. George Capin. R. G. Dudley. William R. Dudley ; died May 16, 1804. - French, Aug., 1803 ; died in March, 1808. Elias C. Hoyt. John Lester. Benjamin F. Pood. James D. Smith, corporal, Apr. 27, 1861. Herbert W. Stocking. Franklin Tallman. George Telford. Eugene Wilson, Aug., 1802.

Sth IN. Y. Infantry .- J. McDuffy. Atwood Preston. Simon Ray. Charles Book. William E. Smith. Elias Smith. J. L. Smith. Harmon Stannard.

Auth N. Y. Battery .- Leonard Andrews, Oct. 18, 1862. Charles Bulkey. Feb. 15, 1864. Josiah Fernan. Henry Patterson. Josiah Perrin. George W. Piper. Myron Powell. Joseph B. Smith, 1802. Emmet G. Wood.

104h N. Y. Infantry .- Ezra Billings, 1861. Earle L. Gitobell. Charles Hall. James L. Quackenbush. George Westbrook, Nov. 30, 1061. Hiram L. Wing. sergeant. Charles Wing.

Oh N. Y. Carairy .- Frank S. Barnes. Edwin C. Barlow, 1861. Lamberton Doolittle. Walter Farman. Hela Post.

Lst Mounted Rifes .- Frank Higgins, Aug. 16. 1802. John Keeton, Aug. 16. 1802. Emerson E. Rogers. Nathan H. Sherwood.

&th N. Y. Heavy Artillery .- Ellas Burt. Dec. 1, 1863 ; died Jan. 90, 1864. Charles Scribner, Dec. 18, 1863. William Scribner, Dec. 28, 1883.

Miscellaneous .- Samuel Andrus, Aug., 1861. William H. Borman, Alst N. Y. infantry. A. Boughton, corporal, 80th N. Y. Infantry, Nov. 30, 1861 ; died July 5, 199 !. Horace Brownell. Nichols Baird. James Buck. Ira Burt.

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MRS. S. D.TABER.

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RESIDENCE OF S. D.TABER, DECEASED, CASTILE, N. Y.

MRS. F. M. TABER.

RESIDENCE OF F. M.TABER, CASTILE, N. Y.

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JOHN A. THOMSON.

John A. Thomson was born October 19th, 1824, in the town of Grove, Allegany county, N. Y. He engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of Oramel Griffin, in the town of Rushford, in the same county, on the 5th of October, 1839, and remained in his employ until January, 1845. He then went to Centerville and bought a dairy farm in company with his brother, A. D. Thomson. In 1848 he bought his brother's interest. June 19th, 1849, he married Jane A., daughter of Rev. Salmon Wheat. In March, 1852, he leased his farm and stock and bought a store and ashery in Centerville village in company with the brother above named. In 1856 he was appointed postmaster. In 1857 he began buying butter and cheese and shipping to New York. At this time he sold his interest in the store to his brother. The latter sold out in 1858, and our subject repaired and stocked the store and took in as a partner Mr. M. D. Hanks. In 1860 he bought out Hanks, and in 1861 the store and contents were burned, involving a clear loss of $3,000. On the day of the fire Mr. Thomson took one of his ashery teams and drove to Warsaw, where he bought a stock of dry goods from Augustus Frank; then hired a small store and commenced selling goods the next day. He immediately increased his stock and built a double store, filling one part with dry goods and groceries and the other with drugs; bought of Peter Cole the other dry goods store in the town

and took a partner. He next traded one-half of the store and goods to J. Couch for a farm and two hundred sheep; exchanged the sheep for cows and rented the farm and stock. In 1863 he removed to Castile, bought a house and lot, including a frog pond, at the railroad station; filled up the pond and built a store and storehouse; filled the store with dry goods and groceries; manufactured clothing and continued dealing heavily in butter, cheese and wool. Sep- tember 17th, 1870, the store was burned, causing a loss, over insurance, of $4,000. Mr. Thomson rebuilt and stocked it on a larger scale, and in 1877 traded it for four cheese fac- tories, and he has bought and built eight other factories. On the 28th of June, 1877, his wife died, aged fifty-one; they had two sons. In .1878 Mr. Thomson made and bought about thirty thousand boxes of cheese, amounting to over $200,000; and in 1879 made and bought about twenty- five thousand boxes, amounting to $150,000. October 20th, 1879, he married Bell Broughton, of Covington. He still lives in Castile, prosecuting business with the same restless energy and activity indicated in the foregoing sketch; but confining himself at present to making and buying cheese and shipping to New York. In all his remarkable business career his rule has been to press forward, keep up good spirits and never say " can't."

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George Cady, Eith N. Y. infantry, 1881. George Crowley, Jan., 1802. Heury Gibbins, 10th N. Y. infantry. John Gregg, 1861. George W. Greene, 1861. William Hamlin. Mark Hurd, 1882. Esra Higgins, 1802. William Hill, 89th N. Y. infantry. Heary Johnson. Samuel Judd. Imac Kidney. Philander Merithen, 1881. El Nichols, 1882. Edward A. Pierce, 7th Mass. volunteers, May 15, 1861. Wesley Porter. John Piper. George G. Rathbun, 5th N. Y. cavalry. Jacob K. Smith, &d Conn. infantry, May, 1861. Franklin Steel. Chester 8. Smith, surgeon, U. S. navy, 1861. Benjamin Tallman. Walter Tallman, sergeant, 4th N. Y. heavy artillery. Matthew Valmer.

CASTILE VILLAGE.

The first effectual blow the white man ever struck within the limits of the present corporation, to banish the desola- tion of the primeval wilderness, was given by Ziba Hurd, on the premises now owned and occupied by G. A. Davis. It was done on the 19th day of July, 1816. That blow, with its numerous repetitions, leveled and destroyed the forests, converting the places they had hitherto occupied in . to, first, luxuriant and fruitful fields, and then village lots that were one after another changed into comfortable and happy homes.

The first building ever erected in the village was on the lot where Dr. Smith now resides. It was of logs, and a shanty at that-the roof all on one side. The next was a framed house, built but a short time after the log shanty and by the same man, but on the site now occupied by the residence of G. A. Davis.

In 1816 Ziba Hurd articled four hundred acres of the Cotringer tract of John Gregg, Esq., of Canandaigua. It was the first purchase ever made of any part of the site of the present village of Castile. The timber was generally beech and maple, along the creek some hemlock, on parts of the site some very heavy pines. The land cleared by Mr. Hurd in 1816 included the site, garden and orchard of the present residence of G. A. Davis. In the following winter he went to Vermont, and on his return, early in the spring, brought with him two yoke of oxen, two cows, two potash kettles, one double wagon and several hundred yards of "fulled cloth." He built the log shanty above re- ferred to, near where Dr. Smith now lives, and the frame house before mentioned on ground nearly opposite.

In 1817, with the help of Gunnel Stanard, Mr. Hurd cleared twenty acres of land, adjoining and north of the three or four acres cleared the year before; built an ash- ery where Norman Calkins's dwelling-house now is, and began manufacturing potash, the only article the pioneers had to depend ot for cash.

In this year Jacob Kellogg articled fifty acres of land where his son Asahel now lives, and commenced clearing it. He built a log house for himself and family, and a log shanty for his shop, he being a blacksmith.

In the autumn of 1817 Sylvester Derby and family moved to the place. Derby was a mason, and occupied Hurd's shanty. In this year also a clearing was commenced on the Jonathan Gilbert place, where Mrs. Crawford now lives. It included some three acres where the buildings are. Daniel W. Bannister built a saw-mill on ground now in the upper and west part of the Hopkins mill pond. Timothy Bannis- ter built a double log house opposite the present "Christian"

church. Ziba Hurd was made one of the three road com- missioners of the then town of Perry.

J. Gilbert and family joined the settlement early in the spring of 1818. During that year Hurd completed a saw- mill on the lot now owned and occupied by D. Pickett, Esq .; Tilly Gilbert came and setted in the village; Hurd and J. Gilbert built the cloth-dressing works, and the former built a barn near where J. D. Lane's ice-house now stands (the barn is now owned and occupied by F. C. Spellman as a joiner's shop and lumber-house); Hurd and the other com- missioners of the town of Perry straightened the Allegany road between Castile village and the present town of Perry; J. Gilbert built the west part of the upright of the house where old Mrs. Davison now lives; Elisha Hurlburd joined the settlement and worked for Ziba Hurd, and Nathan Whitman and Joshua Smith came; Elihu Burr commenced building a grist-mill where the Hopkins mill now is, and built a log house near the Hopkins mill, and Ziba Hurd harvested over four hundred bushels of the real Genesee wheat, which he could sell for either six quarts of whiskey, or twenty-five cents in cash, per bushel.

The events of 1819 were as follows: Ziba Hurd and J. Gil- bert added a carding machine to their cloth-dressing works. E. Burr completed the mill began the year before. School district No. 1 (village) built its firs: school-house, on the site now occupied by Mrs. Moshier. Rev. William True, of Covington, organized the first religious society in the village of Castile (the "Christian " church). T. Gilbert com- menced building a framed house on the grounds where the Cure now stands.

In 1820 T. Gilbert built a framed house where J. W. True now resides, and T. Bannister converted his log house into a tavern. Laban G. Wheeler started the first store ever in Castile village, in a part of the Bannister tavern; and it is said he transported all the goods from Perry on his back. The brothers David and Heman Merwin located this year in Castile village, and David Merwin built a log house on grounds now included in Miss Greene's lawn. He and George Burr built a distillery just below the said lawn.

February 27th, 1821, the town of Castile was set off from Perry; Z. Hurd was elected the first supervisor, and T. Gil- bert the first town clerk. J. Gilbert and Woodruff erected the first store building, on the lot where Mrs. Crawford's yellow house stands, and Sylvester Derby completed the building started by T. Gilbert two years before, and used it as a public house.

In 1822 J. Gilbert built a store on the lot next southwest of Dr. Wright's present residence, and Dyer Walker a framed house on the lot where Dr. Smith resides, which forms the present wing to the upright. H. Merwin com- menced building what is now the back part of the house where Mrs. Bowman lives; and he also built an ashery a few roads below Pond's grocery. Lucas Janes built a house and tannery on the grounds originally occupied by Ziba Hurd's ashery; and Isaac Pratt built the saw-mill now owned and worked by Chapman & Son.

In 1823 Lyman Hurd built a framed house on the lot now occupied by the residence of G. F. Lucas, Esq .- the house that J. B. Howard owns, and F. H. Smith occupies. In 1824 the clothing works, nearly opposite the Cure, were burned.

One of the most noteworthy figures in the earlier history

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of the town was Gershom Welles, M. D., a son of Israel Wyatt and Eunice Lord Welles. He was born in Colches- ter, Conn., on the 8th of May, 1803, and was graduated in medicine at Yale College about 1826. After practicing a short time at Geneseo he came to Castile. "Dr. Welles, of Castile," soon earned a wide reputation, extending even as far south as Pennsylvania. He accumulated by his profes- sion what in his day was called a fortune, and yet a large percentage of all he booked he never collected. The writer remembers the doctor burning a bundle of some $4,000 of the paper of poor patients, concluding it would embarrass them more to pay than it would himself to give. He was a pioneer and most earnest laborer in the temperance and anti- slavery enterprises. The doctor's ride was what the physi- cians in those days called a hard one, being crossed by the deep chasm of the Genesee river. It was not only hard but extensive, and his work never ceasing. He knew no va- cations. The territory over which he rode, and the con- stancy of his practice, made an old man of him before his years called for it; they prematurely wore him out, and he died a little before the completion of his fifty-fifth year, on the 9th of April, 1858, missed and mourned by all who knew him.

The growth of the village from 1824 to 1830 was quite rapid. From 1830 to 1840 it was perhaps somewhat less rapid, and yet it included two new and very respectable pub- lic houses, three church edifices and many other substantial improvements. It was during the next decade that some of the best family residences were built. From 1850 to 1864 the growth of the place was remarkably slow, notwithstand- ing the fact that the branch of the Erie Railroad connect- ing Buffalo and Hornellsville had been built and put in operation as early as the summer of 1852, and made to pass only a little to the southwest of what had hitherto been the village site. The growth, however, that was realized during the period last named was mostly in the neighborhood of the depot.

In 1864 Miss Greene took charge of the Cure, which had been for some years under the supervision of her father, and so organized and managed it that it soon infused new life and energy into the whole village. The growth of the place from about the time the war closed up to the present has been quite rapid and uniform. The Cure is really the distinguishing feature of the place. It brings in and dis- tributes that which is essential to its financial health and prosperity.

The village was incorporated June 19th, 1877, with a pop- ulation of 869; and at its first election, July 21st, 1877, the following officers were chosen: H. W. Smith, president; John N. Hoagland, Allen D. Thomson and Walter Shay, trus- tees.

The village at the present time contains twenty shops for the various departments of mechanical skill and labor; six mills for grinding, flouring, sawing and cider making; seventeen stores for dry goods, groceries, drugs and medicines, hard- ware, boots and shoes, hats and caps, ready made clothing, ready made carriages, musical instruments and furniture; four factories-cheese, cheese box, shingle and vinegar; an apple dryer, a marble and granite factory, a photograph gal- lery, a union school-house (graded school), a printing office, a bank, four boarding houses, two public houses, four churches, two parsonages, one lawyer's office, five doctors'

offices, two meat markets, three milliners' shops, two liveries, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two apple houses, agricul- tural works, and

"THE CURE."

In the year 1849 the hotel built and occupied by John D. Landon was fitted up as a hydropathic institution, by Mr. J. Greene. Since his death, in 1864, it has been continued by his daughter. " The Cure " is designed for ladies and chil- dren, accommodates about twenty-eightinvalids, and is usu- ally full at all seasons of the year. The institution is now under the charge of Cordelia A. Greene, M. D., assisted by Caroline Stevens, M. D. These ladies are graduates from two of our best medical colleges. The system of practice pursued is the choice of that which is well attested as best, not only in the hydropathic, but in all the other methods of medical practice. Although the institution itself will ac- commodate only about twenty or thirty invalids, yet by aid of boarding and public houses the number is often increased to forty or fifty, and even above the latter figure.

THE CASTILIAN.

In February, 1873, the Castilian was started at Castile by A. Gaines, by whom it was published until 1877, when Frank B. Smith bought a half interest. In 1878 Mr. Gaines again assumed entire control, and he is the present editor and pro- prietor.

THE CASTILE BAPTIST CHURCH.

The nucleus of the Baptist church was formed at the house of Gaius Blowers, on the 28th of April, 1817, when seven male and ten female members of Baptist churches united in the formation of a religious conference. Their names were Joseph Porter, Gaius Blowers, James A. Craw- ford, James Hale, Charles P. Hyde, Samuel King, Otis Wood, Mehitable Porter, Betsey Blowers, Polly Wiseman, Sally Munger, Lydia Wood, Clarissa Wood, Jerusha Porter, Eunice Hyde, Clarissa Crawford and Polly Hale.

On the 25th of June following these persons were recog- nized as a regular Baptist church, by a council of delegates from the first and second churches of Middlebury and those of Orangeville, Nunda and Warsaw. Joseph Porter was chosen deacon. Elder Joseph Case was chairman of the council, and preached to the church half the time for two years.

The country was sparsely settled, and the members of the church were necessarily scattered over a wide range, travel- ing on foot or with ox teams to the log dwelling house or barn appointed for worship, frequently a distance of six or eight miles. The hearers when assembled had ears to hear, and received the Word gladly, and the little church pros- pered.

In 1818 four were received by baptism and six by letter, including by letter from Saratoga church James Reed, who was chosen a leader in the social meetings. In 1819 five were received by baptism and five by letter. Jacob Mabie was received by letter from the Baptist church in Delhi, Delaware county, N. Y., and appointed deacon. In 1820 nine were received by baptism and seventeen by letter. In 1821 two were received by baptism and ten by letter, and James Reed was licensed to preach, and Charles Tallman was appointed deacon. In 1822 twenty-five were received

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by baptism and seven by letter. In 1823 two were received by baptism and twenty-eight by letter. A large immigration in these years brought many additions to the church by letters from other churches. In 1824 two were received by baptism and eighteen by letter.

In 1825 Elder James Reed, who had previously been or- dained a minister at Friendship, Allegany county, N. Y., returned to Castile and was chosen pastor of the church.

Five were received by baptism in 1825, and twelve by letter, and in 1826 twenty-six by baptism and fourteen by letter; in 1827 five by baptism and seven by letter. This year Amasa Belden and Daniel Herrington were chosen deacons, and fifty-six members were dismissed to help con- stitute the Baptist church in Pike, and seven to constitute the Baptist church in Gainesville.

In 1828 a tract society was formed in the church, and res- olutions adopted advising the members not to have any connection with masonic lodges.

In 1829 an extensive revival of religion prevailed; forty- five were received by baptism; twelve by letter; in December of this year Hosea Fuller, who had been licensed to preach, was ordained.

In 1830 twenty-five were received by baptism, four by let- ter. Up to this date the church was spread over three or four towns, with two regular places of meeting; one at the head of Silver lake in Castile, at the school-house near Dea- con Charles Tallman's, and the other at Portage (now Gen- esee Falls), at the school-house near Anson Bigelow's, there being at this date no other place of meeting except a dwell- ing house or barn. The church now having at both places of meeting large congregations, and also having in its mem- bership two very useful and efficient ordained preachers (James Reed, living in Gainesville, near Portage, and Hosea Fuller, living in Castile, near Deacon Tallman's), it was unanimously agreed to divide, and Elder Reed was chosen pastor of the Portage church, and Elder Fuller of the Cas- tile church. During their separate existence of about four years ordinary prosperity attended each church, with acces- sions to each body, but no extensive revivals in either.

Near the close of 1834, the congregations becoming too large for the school-houses, and Castile village, nearly mid- way between the two places of meeting, becoming a center of business, the two bodies cordially agreed to form one, with Elder James Reed as pastor. A building lot was purchased in Castile village, and a meeting-house erected and dedicat- ed in 1835, at a cost of about $2,000.

In 1836 thirty were baptized into the church and seventeen added by letter, and in 1838, 1839, 1840 and 1843 extensive revivals occurred and further additions were made. In 1839 Calvin Needham was elected deacon. In 1840 strong anti- slavery resolutions were adopted, and Elias West was ap- pointed a deacon. In 1843 John Lewen was chosen deacon. During this year about thirty members were dismissed to form a Baptist church at Genesee Falls. During the suc- ceeding seven years of the church's history up to the resig- nation of Elder Reed, in 1850, after a very successful and prosperous pastorate of over twenty-five years, the church enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity and harmony.

From 1851 Elder L. W. Olney was pastor until January, 1853. during which time twenty-eight were added by bap- tism and thirty-two by letter. In July, 1853, Elder P. R. Palmer became pastor, but remained only eight months.

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History of Wyoming County, N.Y., with Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents, Part 44

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: F.W. Beers & Co. Number of Pages:

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: F.W. Beers & Co.
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