History of Wyoming County, N.Y., with Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents, Part 63

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DAVID VANDERHAYDEN Was born in Sobenectady. April 21st, 1800. Ooto- ber 12th. 188, be married Eve Van Ees, of Middlebury, who died September 18th. 1869, and by whom be had eight children. September 23d, 1800, be mar- ried the widow of Charles Van Epps. of Saratoga. N. Y. (who died September 2th, 1854, and to whom Mrs. Vanderhayden was married December 15th, 1890). Mrs. Vanderbayden's maiden name wus Betsy Wilson. By ber Arst husband she had seven children, four of whom are Living. Her great-grand- father was a cooper, and worked at his trade after be was ninety years old. He died aged ninety-elgbt.

EBENEZER WEBSTER, who has circumnavigated the globe, was born in Dryden, Tompkins county, December 20th, 1884, and caine from there to Middlebury in 1840 or 1841. He was for a time a member of the crew of a wbaling vessel. In less hazardous occupation be has been a farmer and teacher, and has served the town as superintendent of common sobools. as justice of the peace two terms and part of a third, and as supervisor three terms. He married Miss Lucinda Higgins, of Middlebury, July 6th, 1848. Both are members of the Baptist church, and have contributed to the up- building of society, and bave assisted in building sobool-bouses and churches. Henry Higgins, father of Mrs. Webster, was born in Otsego county, in 1801, and came to Wyoming county in 1817. He was justice of the pesce four years, assessor twelve or thirteen years, and for a time school onmmissioner. He also served as captain of militia. His wife wue. born in Pompey, N. Y., December 24th, 1807, and died November Ed. 18. They were the oldest members of the Free-Will Baptist church of Dale. Con- stant Webster, Mr. Webster's father, came to Orangeville in 1687. and was highway commissioner.

ROLLIN R. WEBSTER was born in South Warsaw. December 30th. 183%. December 24th, 1846, be married Miss Laura Baker. of Warsaw, by wbom be bad seven children, four of whom are living. In April, 1809, be came to Middlebury, where be is a farmer and the owner of one hundred and fifty sores. He has been overseer of the poor six years, and is a member of and has been class leader in the Methodist church. His father. William Webster. was born in Vermont, May 4th, 1787, and came to Warsaw in 1800; and during his residence there be filled every office within the gift of his townemen. His mother, formerly Charlotte Phelps, was born in Connecticut, April 28th, 1796. His uncle, Elizur Webster, was judge of Genesee county. Joba Baker and wife, Mrs. Webster's parents, were born in Vermont, and came to this county in 1883. Mrs. Baker's maiden name was Ruth Doan.

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THE TOWN OF ORANGEVILLE.

HE first individual titles to lands lying in the present town of Orangeville were granted by the Holland Land Company, in 1803. In that year the following persons " took up " land, lo- cated principally in the eastern part of the town, the articles being issued in the order named: Elnathan Finch, James Sayer, John Place, Joseph Ethridge, Christopher Sly, Benjamin Sly and Benjamin Spencer. In the following year the only purchases made were by Solo- mon West and John Ames. In 1805 the number of s :les increased to fourteen, the purchasers being: Seth Sherman, jr., Lemuel Chase, Seth Sherwood, Adial Sherwood, Ebene- zer Tyrrill, James Coates, Samuel Wilson, Enos Smith, John Wilcox, James Duncan, Gideon Sly, Noah Willis, Elisha Doty and John Grover. During 1806 articles were taken by Aaron Kinsman, Silas Beckwith, Isaac Gardner, Truman Lewis, John Grover, Stephen King, Seth Sherwood, Jacob Howe, Reuben Morse, Ahaz Allen, Shubael Atkins, Lyman Cady and Levi Atkins.

The foregoing is a complete list of those who had taken articles to land in this town previous to January Ist, 1807, two of whom, John Grover and Seth Sherwood made two purchases of land each.

The following record of early deeds of land in this town is from the books of the Holland Land Company:

James Sayer, 1806, part of lot 14; Daniel Kelly, 1807, part of lot 18; Adial Bberwood, 1809, part of lot 21; Joshua Mitchell, 1809, part of lot 40; Daniel Tupper, 1810, part of lot 7; Nathaniel Tupper, 1810, part of lot 10; John Grover, 1810, part of lot 29; Ephraim Durfee, 1810, part of lot &; Samuel Ward. 1812, part of lot 14; Peter White. 1812, part of lot 50; Rial J. MerryDeld. 1813. part of lot 18; Adial Sherwood. 1818, lot 22; A masa Smith, 1618, part of lot #9; Jobb Grover, 1814, part of lot 87; Jerry Merrell, 1814, part of lot 87; James Coats, 1814, part of lot @2; Elizur Webster, 1815, lot 9; Elizabeth Merryfield, 1815, part of lot 21: Ryal J. Merryfield.1815, part of lot 21; Lemuel Chase, 1816, part of lot 28: Anson Sherwood, 1815, part of lot 30; Noah and Harvey Mer- rill, 1815, part of lot 38; Truman Lewis, 1816, part of lot 28; Reuben Stone, 1816, part of lot 28; Silas Grover. 1816, part of lot 29; 8. Wheeler and W. Farmer, 1816, part of lot 80; Jobn Tilton, 1817, part of lot 26; Jotham Butler. 1817. part of lot 26; Ephraim Durfee, 1817, part of lot &; Alanson Curtiss. 1817. Jot 45; Peter White, 1818. part of lot 58; Jobn 8. Cowden. 1818, part of Jot 54; J. D. M. Collins, 1819. part of lot 7; Joseph Duncan, 1819, part of lot 7; Oliver Lee, 1819, part of lot 28; Jeremiah Butler, 1820, part of lot 10; Elisur Webster. 1821, part of lot 1; William R. Bartlett, 1822, part of lot 16; Phineas Butler. 1822, part of lot 9; Jerry Merrell, 1823, part of lot 29; Joshua Mitobell, 1822, parts of lots 31 and &2; Phineas Butler. 1824. part of lot & George A. Johnson, 18%, part of lot 61; Jane Ferguson, 1827, part of lot 8: Giles Benson, 1827, part of lot 2; John Head, 187, part of lot 17; Jeremiah Butler, 1828, part of lot 10; Calvin Baptist church, 1828, part of lot 20; Phineas Butler, 1829, part of lot 2; Jonathan and Joseph Head, 1829, part of lot 18.

John Duncan and James Sayer, relatives by marriage, were the pioneer settlers of the town. They were immed- iately followed by Elisha Doty and Lemuel Chase. Duncan came. with his family from Orange county, N. Y., and lo- cated on the south part of lot 13 in the winter or spring of 1805, cutting his way through to his land as best he could;

a few years later he removed from the town. Elisha Doty settled the same spring on lot 12, nearly opposite Mr. Dun- can. Each of these pioneers owned a small amount of stock, which browsed in the woods during the summer months, and was hunted and driven home evenings, generally by the women. Mrs. Duncan once in search of the cows lost her way, and had to pass a restless and perilous night in the forest.

James Sayer was born in the town of Warwick, Orange county, N. Y., November 26th, 1768. He took an article to a tract of land on lot 14 in 1803, and in the first months of 1805 came from Ontario county, bringing his family with him, and permanently located on the southwest corner of the lot, where he carved out a home, planted the first or- chard, and continued to reside most of the time until his death, January 29th, 1843. His first wife was Abigail Duncan, of Dutchess county, to whom he was married sev- eral years previous to locating in Orangeville. She died in 1807. For his second wife he married Mrs. Rebecca Adair. His son, Benjamin Sayer, was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., May 22nd, 1799, and came to Orangeville with the fam- ily in 1805, where his entire after life was spent. He died September 29th, 1847.

Adial Sherwood and his brother, Seth Sherwood, came from Cayuga county and secured articles to unusually large tracts of land in 1805. The former located on lot 22. After several years he removed westward, and became the founder of the "Sherwood tavern stand." a few miles east of Buffalo. He was married in Orangeville in 1809, to a Miss Wood, a native of Maryland. Seth Sherwood also left the town.

Silas Merrifield emigrated from Massachusetts to Cayuga county, N. Y., in 1805, and to Orangeville in 1806. He subsequently bought and located on lot 21-three hun- dred and sixty acres. He was married in 1808 to Eliz- abeth Peacock, a native of Maryland, and died in February, 1814. The farm continued in the possession of his family, and is now occupied by his son, William Merri- field.

Truman Lewis, born November 5th, 1784, in Farmington, Conn., set out for Oneida county, N. Y., in 1806, on foot, with an ax, a little bundle of clothing and a pillow. He came to Orangeville, ar. i located on part of lot 28. Here he won an enviable competence. He represented Genesee county in the Legislature in 1835and 1836, and was appointed the first treasurer of Wyoming county. He was an ensign in the war of 1812. He was one of the founders and supporters of the Presbyterian church of Orangeville. He lived on the farm of his own making most of the time until his death, which occurred September 15th, 1865.

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HISTORY OF WYOMING COUNTY, NEW YORK.

A large and enterprising family named Merrell located near the center of the town from 1807 to 1811. Noah Mer- rell, the father, was born in Litchfield county, Conn., in 1758, and was married in 1780 to Hepsey Pettibone, of Norfolk, Conn. They reared a family of nine children, all born in Connecticut. In 1802 Mr. Merrell emigrated to Addison county, Vt .; thence to Westmoreland, Oneida county, N. Y., in 1804; and in October, 1811, he came to Orangeville, and took up sixty acres on lot 38. Here he spent the remainder of his life, dying August 26th, 1839. His wife died February 9th, 1840. Mr. Merrell was a sol- dier in the Revolution under General Poor, volunteering at the age of sixteen. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and participated in several. engagements.

Noah Merrell, jr., his eldest son, was born February 24th, 1781. He settled on lot 37, in Orangeville, in 1810. He was a shoemaker and tanner, and tanned the first leather in this town in 1811. His first tannery consisted of rude vats out of door and covered with bark. He subsequently built and operated one on the north part of lot 29. He engaged in the mercantile business about 1817, at Orangeville Center. He was the first supervisor of the town. In 1835 he sold out here and removed to Ohio, where he died.

Jeremiah Merrell, the third son of Noah, was born May 30th, 1785, and came to Orangeville from Oneida county in February, 1811, settling on the northeast corner of lot 37. About 1816 he built a frame tavern at Orangeville Center, of which he was many years proprietor. He was the first postmaster there, which office he held nearly thirty years. He continued a resident of this place until his death.

Harvey Merrell, the fourth son, was born July 28th, 1789. He came from Oneida county to Orangeville in October, 1809, and subdued and improved a tract on lot 38. He as- sisted in making the first road from Warsaw to Orangeville Center. On February 13th, 1816, he was married to Mary Hoxsie, of Rensselaer county, N. Y. She died October 22nd, 1878. They had nine children, all born on the homestead. Mr. Merrell died here June 19th, 1879.

Ephraim Durfee was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, June 12th, 1785, and in 1801 removed with his parents to Broadalbin, Fulton county, N. Y. There he remained until 1810, when he married Polly Clawson, of that county, and immediately emigrated to Orangeville. He bought lot 34 (three hundred and sixty acres) and spent his life on the place. He died January 15th, 1879. He had nine children, all of whom were cradled in an ordinary sap trough. Mr." Durfee gave to most of his children well arranged farms in the vicinity of his own house. He was an exemplary mem- ber of the Society of Friends for over sixty years, and an in- dustrious and respected citizen.

John S. Cowdin, born in Fitchburg, Mass., in 1785, em- igrated thence to Orangeville in February, 1811, purchasing a tarm on lot 54, upon which a log house had been built and a small clearing made. Here he lived until his death in 1861. His brother, Putnam Cowdin, was born in 1783, and in the spring of 1811 located on lot 46. In 1851 he removed to Strykersville, where he died in 1857. Craig Cowdin was born in Fitchburg, Mass., in 1781. He came to Orangeville in 1813, and lived on lot 38 until his death, in 1847.

John Tilton was born in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., De- cember 20th, 1785. In 1787 his father, Cornelius Tilton, removed to Kennebec county, Me., where John remained

until twenty-one years of age, when he came to New York, staying in Albany county one season. In 1811 he came to Orangeville and bought a farm of one hundred and fifty acres on lot 26. He was first married in 1814 to Elizabeth Butler, of Washington county; afterward (October 22nd, 1824) to Amarilla Doty, of Orangeville, who was born in Scipio, Cayuga county, N. Y., February 11th, 1801, and died in Orangeville June 5th, 1862. Mr. Tilton was a sergeant in the war of 1812. He lived where he first settled until his death, November 3d, 1868.

Jonathan Coburn was born in Connecticut, in 1785. He came with his family from Vermont to Essex county, N. Y., in 1805, and thence to Orangeville in July, 1812. He bought part of lot 52, and cut his own road through the forest from the Orangeville Centre road to his land, upon which he set- tled and where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in August, 1830.

Simeon Morse was born in Guilford, Conn., in October, 1781. When he was nine years old his parents removed to Greene county, N. Y., where he was married to Catharine Norton in February, 1801. In February, 1814, he removed to Orangeville and settled on lot 42, where he died in July, 1867. His wife died in July, 1849, aged sixty-three.

Reuben Stone was born in Hancock, Berkshire county, Mass., January 26th, 1790. In 1808 he removed with his parents to Greene county, N.Y., thence to Livingston county, and in 1813 to Orangeville, where he bought one hundred acres on lot 28 from the Holland Land Company. He was married in 1815 to Almira, a daughter of Noah Merrell. She died December 22nd, 1831, and in 1832 he married Mrs. Julia Dunham, of Orangeville, a native of Connecticut. Mr. Stone was an orderly sergeant in the war of 1812. He lived on his first farm until his death, April 11th, 1869. His father, Russell Stone, was born in Guilford, Conn., January 26th, 1759. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was wounded in the hand at the battle of Stillwater.

Phineas Butler, with a large family of grown up children, became an early settler in the southern part of the town. His resident descendants are probably more numerous at the present time than those of any other pioneer family. Mr. Butler was born of English parents, in Maine, in April, 1760, and was married to Chloe Hammond, of the same State, also of English descent. He removed to Washington county, N. Y., thence to Orangeville in 1815, and settled on sixty acres on lot 19, where he remained until his death in August, 1836. His wife died in the spring of 1822. They reared eight children, all of whom came to Orangeville at an early day. Their names were Ansel, Obadiah, Jeduthun, Elizabeth, Phear, Benjamin, Chloe and Anna. Jeduthun Butler was born in Maine, October 15th, 1786. He was married to Ruth Benson, of Washington county, in 1812, and in 1814 settled on lot 26 in Orangeville, buying at first eighty acres. His first wife died September 29th, 1818, and he was married in November, 1819, to Martha Freeman, of Saratoga county, who died in February, 1858. Mr. Butler lived in the town until his death, May 25th, 1853. Jeremiah Butler settled on lot 10 in 1815. He was born in Maine in October, 1755, and was married to Hannah Robinson, a native of the same State, who died in Orangeville in 1845. He died in the spring of 1850.

John Head was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., Novem-

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MR. O. TILTON

RESIDENCE of OBADIAH TILTON, TOWN of ORANGEVILLE,

MRS. O. TILTON

LEWIS J . MORGAN

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EPHRAIM DURFEE.

MRS. POLLY DURFEE.

BURDEN PURFEE

RESIDENCE OF M! BURDEN DURFEE, TOWN OF ORANGEVILLE.

ELIJAH SMITH.

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MRS. OLIVE SMITH.

HOMESTEAD OF EPHRAIM DURFEE - BUILT ABOUT 1820. RES.OF CHAUNCEY WOLCOTT, TOWN OF ORANGEVILLE.

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THE SETTLEMENT OF ORANGEVILLE-FIRST EVENTS.

ber 13th, 1795, and came to Orangeville in the spring of 1816, locating on lot 18. About 1827 he sold out here and removed to Madison county, where, in 1832, he was elected to the Assembly. He returned to Orangeville, and in 1839 was elected member of Assembly from Genesee county. He also held several offices of trust and responsibility in his town and county. He was married November 30th, 1819, to Ruth Head, of Little Compton, R. I., where she was born February 10th, 1796. She died in Orangeville May 2nd, 1877. Mr. Head died at his residence in Orangeville Sep- tember 17th, 1864. His only surviving child, Mrs. E. M. Benson, now owns and occupies the homestead.

Artemus Benson was born in Easton, Washington county, N. Y., November 30th, 1789. He came to Orangeville in 1814, and bought and cleared one hundred acres on lot to. In 1840 he sold to John Head, and removed to a farm on lot 2, residing there until his death, August 20th. 1859. He was first married to Lydia Bassett, of Washington county, who died in 1823, leaving two children. In 1 825 he married Har- riet Vary, of Dutchess county, N. Y., who still resides on the homestead. Two of Mr. Benson's brothers, Giles and Elihu Benson, came from Washington county to Orangeville about the same time with him, the former locating on lot 2 and the latter on lot 18. Giles remained where he first settled until 1840, when he returned to his early home in Washington county, where he died in 1844. Elihu lived in this county till his death, in 1878.

Seth Porter came from Colbrook, Conn., to Orangeville in 1807, and settled on lot 28. He lived in the town until his death. .

Levi Johnson was among the first to settle at Johnsons- burg. He was born in Connecticut, in 1766. About the year 1806 he removed with his family to Madison county, N. Y., and in March, 1819, to Orangeville, locating at what is now Johnsonsburg. He first bought thirty acres of .land on the east side of Tonawanda creek, upon which a man named Martin had begun building a saw-mill. This mill Mr. John- son finished, and the same year built a grist-mill at the same place. He continued an active and useful resident of the place until his death, March 6th, 1833. He had four sons- Levi, jr., Harvey, James and George-all of whom except the eldest came to Orangeville with their father, became permanent residents at Johnsonsburg, and were during their lives among the leading business men of the place.

Levi Johnson, jr., was born in Connecticut, in 1795. He came in 1816 from Madison county to Johnsonsburg, where he remained two or three years, and then removed from the county.

Among the pioneers were Aaron Kinsman, on lot 38; Ebenezer Tyrrell, on lot 30; Lemuel Chase, John Grover, Joshua Mitchell, Asahel Ward, Paul Richards, Oliver Lee, Zoar Blackmer, Nicholas Reddish, Job Whiting, Israel Branch, Samuel Mehan, Jonathan Teil, William Buxton, Jacob Crossett, Robert Hopkins and Isaac Moore, all of whom located as early as 1811. There were in that year between forty and fifty families in the town.

Mrs. Dolly Moulton, although not a pioneer, was for many years a resident of the town, and at her death was undoubt- edly the oldest person who ever lived in Orangeville. She was born in Ashby, Mass., November and, 1780, and came to Attica in 1830, and from there to Orangeville in 1834- From 1842 until 1870 she resided in Genesee county, .when

she returned to Orangeville, and spent the remainder of her life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John L. Lewis, where she died May roth, 1879, in the ninety-ninth year of her age. She was three times married; her first two husbands were soldiers in the war of 1812. Her last marriage, to Royal Moulton, occurred in 1842. He died in 1870.

The only instance upon the Holland Purchase where an attempt was made to introduce slave labor occurred in this town. Joshua Mitchell and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wood, from Maryland, came to Orangeville about 1809, bringing with them ten slaves. Soon after their settlement here Adial Sherwood married another daughter of Mrs. Wood, and received a part of the slaves. Turner, in his history of the Holland Purchase, says that " in the end most of the slaves liberated themselves," and "one of the last of the lot was sold to William Keyes, of Batavia." One faithful old ser- vant, named George, remained with Mr. Mitchell until the death of the latter and the dissolution of the family.

INITIAL EVENTS IN ORANGEVILLE.

The first article to land in this town was taken by Elnathan . Finch, in the early part of 1803.

The first orchard was planted by James Sayer, on lot 14, in 1805.

The first child born was a son of Seth Sherwood, born in 1807.

The first death was that of Mrs. Abigail, wife of James Sayer, in 1807. She was buried on Mr. Sayer's farm, on lot 14.

The first marriage was that of Adial Sherwood and a Miss Wood, from Maryland, in 1809.

The first saw-mill was built in 1810, by Robert Hopkins on the west side of lot 47, on Stony brook.

The first inn was kept in a log building at Orangeville Center, by Isaac Moore, in 1811. The first frame hotel was built and kept by Jeremiah Merrell, in 1816, at the same place.

The first tannery was built on lot 30, by Spalding Wheeler and Captain William Tanner, in 1814.

The first frame barn was built by Silas Merrifield, on lot 21. Truman Lewis built one about the same time on lot 28. It is said that his neighbors for some distance drew their grain to his barn to thresh it on his barn floor with a flail.

The first store was kept by Silas Hubbard, at the center of the town, in 1824.

The first post-office was established as early as 1814, at the center of the town; Jeremiah Merrell was the first post- master.

Dr. Kelly was the first physician to locate in the town.

The first schools were taught by Miss Corinna Lewis, near the center of the town, and Miss Mary McKnight, on lot 21, each commencing May 1st, 1811. The former occupied a log building erected for religious meetings and day school purposes, on lot 37.

The first school-house was built at the Center, about 1817. The first grist-mill was built by Levi Johnson, on Tona- wanda creek, in 1819.

The first cider-mill was built by Isaac Boardman, on lot 21, about 1820.

The first distillery was built and operated by Benjamin Peck, on lot 4, in 1823. A second distillery was built by Alanson Center on the same lot, in 1831.

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HISTORY OF WYOMING COUNTY, NEW YORK.

TOWN ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS-STATISTICS.

Orangeville was created by act of Legislature February 14th, 1816. It was taken from Attica, and at that time in- cluded Wethersfield, which was set off in April, 1823. Its organization was completed at the first town meeting, held April and, 1816, "at the school-house near the house of John Grover, at which time Zoar Blackmer presided," and the following officers were elected: Noah Merrell, jr., super- visor; Zoar Blackmer, town clerk; James Sayer, John Gro- ver and Manasseh Grover, assessors; Jeremiah Merrell, con- stable and collector; Samuel Chase and Silas Grover, over- seers of the poor; James Coates, Ephraim Durfee and Nicholas Reddish, commissioners of highways; Miner Kelly, Oliver Lee and Luther Briggs, commissioners of common schools; James Kelly, James Richards and William Chase, inspectors of common schools; Peter White, Ephraim Dur- fee, Elijah Hammond and Samuel Nery, fence viewers; Reu- ben Stone and Daniel Wolcott, pound keepers; Alpha Rose, constable, and seventeen overseers of highways.

The following are complete lists of supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town, together with the years in which they served:

Supervisors .- Noab Merrell, jr., 1816, 1817: Truman Lewis, 1818-31, 1848, 1844; James Richards, 1822-26, 1828-80; Jeremiah Merrell, 1800: John Head, 1887, 1886, 1808, appointed to fill vacancy in 1844; Peter Richards, 1881. 1833; Paul Richards 1888, 1884, 1837, 1898; Lebenah Winobester, 1106, 1844. Harvey Case, 1841, 1848; Seth C. Grosvener, 1845; Lyman C. Babbitt, 1846, 1847; Peter White, 1848: Ephraim Wheeler, 1848; Thomas Buell, 1860, 1861; David Mo Wethey, 1808; Charles Richards, 1800, 1864, 1881; Harvey Stone, 1865: Alfred 8. Wilcox, 1866, 1894, 1806; Augustus Cowdin, 1837; James H. Webster, 1868, 1869. 1888, 1808; George Peck, 1800; Frank Lewis, 1806, 1837; John Hawley, 1800, 1800; Obadiah Tilton, 1870, 1871: Chauncey' Wolcott, 1872, 1818; Ephraim J. Johnson, 1874, 1815, 1876: Eugene Peck, 1877; David Hall, 1878, 1878.

Town Clerks .- Zoar Blackmer. 1816, 1818; Spaulding Wheeler. 1817, 1818; Lewis Blodgett, 1888, 1801; Joel J. Smith, 1888; Paul Richards, 1860, 1894, 1860, 1846; Luther Briggs, 1855, 1898; Charles Jemison, 1687-81, 1884, 1886, 1887-44; David Westworth, 1882, 1:8); Theodore 8. Barrett, 1844, 1847; Amass Barrett, jr., 1848, 1849; James Morse, appointed to fill vacancy in 1849; Alonso Hutobineon, 1860-58, 1868-60, 1872-76, 1878, 1878; John T. Lewis. 1864, 1866; W. D. Richardson, 1881, 1898; A. D. Hutobinson, 1887, 1877; Jobn Holly, 1884-67; Andrew J. Bayer, 1806-71.

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History of Wyoming County, N.Y., with Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents, Part 63

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