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The town of Andover was formed from Independence Janu- ary 21, 1824. A part of it was given back to Independence in the same year, and in 1855, a part of Wellsville was added. Nathaniel Dike, mentioned before, was the first settler. Others were Seth Baker, Joseph Baker, Joseph Woodruff, Reuben Castle, Barn- abas Eddy, Robert R. Boyd, Stephen Tanner, Belah Holiday, Levi Saunders and Solomon Pingrey. The first town meeting was. held at Luther Strong's house March 2, 1824; Thaddeus Baker, elected supervisor, headed the list of officers then chosen. The Presbyterian Church of Andover was organized July 14, 1824. The First Baptist Church was instituted in 1829, and the first Methodist class was held in 1833. A Seventh-day Baptist Church was established in 1871. St. John's Roman Catholic Church was. organized in 1852.
Andover village was settled in 1807 by Alpheus Baker. The Andover State Bank was incorporated January 1, 1894. B. C. Brundage was the first president; the present executive head of the bank is J. M. Brundage. The Burrows National Bank of Andover was organized in 1906; J. S. Phillips is president. The Andover News, a weekly independent sheet now issued by J. H. Buckus & Son, was first issued August 31, 1887, by Hamilton C. Norris and George L. Tucker.
The town of Independence was erected from Alfred, March
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16, 1821. Twice later it was subjected to loss of territory; An- dover was taken off in 1824, and a part of Willing in 1851. Luther Strong was the first supervisor. The first permanent settler was Oliver Babcock in 1818, although years before, in 1798, a squatter named John Cryder had lived on the creek that afterwards bore his name. John Teater and his sons, John and Peter, came in 1819.
The village of Whitesville is named after Samuel S. White, who settled on the site in 1819. The Whitesville News, issued weekly by Glenn J. Roberts, was first published by Fortner & Dexter in April, 1895. The First National Bank of Whitesville was organized in 1905; A. D. Howe is president.
The Seventh-day Baptist Church of Independence was estab- lished in 1834; the First Methodist Church in 1831; the First Baptist Church in 1838, and the First Universalist Society in 1844.
The town of Burns was formed from Ossian March 17, 1826. Ossian, which was formed from Angelica in 1808, was in Alle- gany County until annexed to Livingston County in 1856. The first settlement in Burns was made on the Canaseraga Creek in 1805 by Moses and Jeremiah Gregory, Samuel Rodman and John Gaddis. William Hopkins, Samuel Boylan, Thomas Quick, Elias Van Scoter, Elias and Daniel Abbott and William Carroll came in 1806. Nathaniel Summers, James Crooks, Mr. Fry, John Ryan, the Sladers, Wilsons and McCurdys, also the Car- penters and Whitneys, were others who settled early in the town.
The Canaseraga Times, a weekly independent newspaper published by Guy Chilson, was established in 1872 by H. C. Scott. W. H. Barnum and F. S. Miller were other early proprietors of this paper. The Canaseraga State Bank was established in 1891; W. C. Windsor is now president.
Trinity Episcopal Church in the town of Burns was organ- ized in 1857; the First Presbyterian Church of Canaseraga in 1872; the Methodist Episcopal Church was probably the first in the town; the First Baptist Church of Canaseraga was started in 1818; St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church about 1855; and the First Presbyterian Church of Burns in 1833.
The town of Alfred at first constituted the four southern
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townships of Steuben County, and was established in 1806. The first town meeting was held in April, 1808, at the house of Ben- jamin Van Campen; Joseph Karr was elected supervisor. Al- fred was originally six miles wide and twenty-seven miles long, but successive reductions from its territory to form other towns has left it in its present area. The first settlers of Alfred were principally Seventh-day Baptists. Clark Crandall, Nathan and Edward Greene were the first, in 1807, and settled in the north- east part. Luke Maxson, Sr., Maxson Greene, Luke Greene, Deacon George Stillman, William Saunders, David Satterlee, James C. Burdick, Richard Hull and Stephen Coon, Sr., were others. The first church organization of the Seventh-day Bap- tists in the town of Alfred occurred in 1812, and a "Second" church was established in 1831.
The village of Alfred was a very small hamlet by 1840, consisting of about twenty structures of various kinds. The first storekeeper was Ray Greene, who also owned an ashery. The first postoffice was established about 1848, with David C. Geene, postmaster. The Alfred Sun, published by F. A. Crumb, was started in 1883. The University Bank at Alfred was organ- ized in 1883. The village, incorporated in 1881, was at first known as Alfred Center, and the present title was not adopted until 1895.
Higher education may be said to have had its start in Alfred when, in 1834, Maxson Stillman established an evening school for the teaching of vocal music. Later the Alfred Academy came into existence, founded upon the select school opened in 1836 by Bethuel C. Church. James R. Irish was principal shortly after- ward; he was also pastor of the village church. William C. Kenyon was called from his studies at Union College to assist in the management of the academy. He proved very popular, and the academy was formally organized in 1843. During the second year of its existence the school was moved to a frame house in the village and, in the forties, grounds were secured in the south- eastern part of the village, where the Middle building, North hall, and South hall were constructed; a chapel was erected in 1852. The school grew constantly, until, on April 14th, 1858, Alfred University was organized, with William C. Kenyon as the first president.
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The town of Caneadea was erected March 11, 1808, and at first comprised the territory now in the towns of Caneadea, Bel- fast, Bolivar, Cuba, Clarksville, Friendship, Genesee, Rushford, New Hudson and Wirt. The first town meeting was held at the house of Jedediah Nobles April 5, 1808. It is believed that a Dutchman named Schoonover was the first settler in the town in 1800, east of the center. Ephraim Sanford, Zephaniah Huff and Timothy Hitchcock came in 1802. Other first settlers in these early years of the new century were James Rice, David Hitchcock, Arad Hitchcock, Jamez Caldwell, Noah Franklin, Asa Harris, Daniel Ingersoll, William Pinkerton, Samuel Burr, Daniel Dodge, Moses Stockwell and Eleazer Burbank.
The first religious services in Caneadea were held in 1804, by Rev. Ephraim Sanford on the site of Oramel. A Methodist Episcopal society was established in the town very early.
Houghton College, situated in Houghton, was founded in 1883, as Houghton Seminary by the Wesleyan Methodist Church, largely through the efforts of the Rev. Willard J. Houghton. His purpose was to found a school where a thorough education could be obtained, with emphasis placed upon the development of Christian education, and where the expenses would be so low that they would be within the reach of poor boys and girls. The preparatory school was first established, followed by other departments, so that at the present time the institution includes the college, the school of theology, the school of music, and the preparatory school. The college was chartered by the board of regents of New York State in April, 1923, and the first college class of twenty was graduated in June, 1925.
The town of Belfast was formed from Caneadea March 24, 1824, and was called Orrinsburgh. The first town meeting was held April 6th following, when David Hitchcock was elected supervisor. Settlement in the town was begun in 1803 by Ben- jamin, Elisha, Calvin and David Chamberlain, brothers, from Pennsylvania. Thaddeus Bennett, Nathaniel Reynolds, David Sanford, Jedediah Nobles, Benjamin Littleton, Abraham D. Hen- dern, Isaac Sanford, Marvin Harding, John Crawford and his sons, Benjamin, Lyndes, Harry and John, followed at intervals.
The village of Belfast owes its location to the flood of 1835. Before this a settlement had been started on the low flats north-
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east of the present village, but the high waters brought about a new location on the table land above. Henry Lyman was an early tavern keeper, and Robert Renwick had a store. The site was laid out by Charles Williams, who was employed by Judge Benjamin Chamberlain, the owner of nearly all the available land within the village.
The Bank of Belfast was organized March 25, 1882, with James M. Davis the first president; N. C. Saunders is now president.
The Belfast Blaze, an independent weekly edited by E. C. Bristol, was started in the village in 1899.
Rev. Ephraim Sanford conducted the first religious services in the town and formed the first Baptist Church, in 1807. The Methodist Episcopal Church had an early start in the town, as did St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Parish. Grace Episcopal Church began as a mission about 1885.
The town of Friendship, when erected, March 24, 1815, com- prised the territory now within the towns of Friendship, Cuba, Wirt, Clarksville, Bolivar and Genesee. Various tracts have been taken off to form these other towns. The first settlement was made within the bounds of the town by Samuel Wardell in 1807. Later settlers of prominence included Peter Frier, Henry Utter, Josiah and John Utter, Aaron Axtel and Benjamin Crabtree.
The village of Friendship began with a grist mill erected by Othello Church on the creek in 1815; Church was killed in 1823. Colonel Samuel King, land speculator, built a large tavern at what is now the corner of Main and Water streets in the vil- lage. Peter G. Chapman, Hollis Scott, Mr. Davidson, Stephen Smith, Damon Church, Orange Church, Smith Church and Rufus Scott also had much to do with the early growth of the village. The Union National Bank of Friendship, under the presidency of F. R. Utter, was organized in 1917. Friendship has had two other national banks: The First National was established in 1864, and was the first bank in the county organized under the national banking act; the Citizens National Bank was started in 1882.
The First Congregational Church of Friendship was organ- ized in 1835; the First Baptist Church in 1813; the Methodist
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Episcopal Church about 1820; the Universalist Church in 1854; and the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart about 1880. The Seventh-day Baptists of Nile organized in 1824.
The town of Hume was erected March 20, 1822, from Pike, and the first town meeting was held at the house of Gardner Cook. Some of the early settlers of Hume were: Roger Mills, Elisha Mills, Leonard Smith, Joshua Skiff, Moses Robinson, Edmund Skiff, Hubbard Fuller, Luther Couch and Aaron Robin- son. Sylvanus Hammond was the pioneer of the village of Hume about 1820. Ira Higbee, James Drake, General Elijah Part- ridge, and James Ingham were other early residents. James D. McKeen was the first merchant. The postoffice of Hume was established in 1826. Chauncey G. Ingham was the first post- master.
The village of Wiscoy, long called Mixville, is located on land originally owned by Ebenezer Mix, of Batavia, and was first settled, in 1828, by Lawrence Wilkes, a blacksmith.
The village of Fillmore was located at the mouth of Cold Creek until the state turned the channel of the stream in 1839- 1840. The first settlements here were made in 1836. John Whiting, Abraham Lapham, Abner Leet and Asgil S. Dudley were prominent among those who erected early mills and stores here. The first school was taught in the summer of 1841, by Mary Ann Ferguson.
The First Baptist Church of Hume was organized in 1835; the Universalist Church in 1842; the First Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1843; the First Methodist Episcopal Church in 1841; the Methodist Episcopal Church of Fillmore in 1889, and the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Fillmore about 1840.
The Northern Allegany Observer, a republican weekly now issued at Fillmore by Judson Howden & Son, began in 1880, when H. C. Scott printed the first number of the Home Enter- prise, at Hume. In March, 1882, the paper was moved to Fill- more, and in 1888 Judson Howden bought the plant and changed the name to the present form.
The State Bank of Fillmore was organized November 4, 1889, with William P. Brooks as president; C. E. Haines is now president.
The town of Centerville was created January 15, 1819.
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Early settlement of this town began about 1808, and among those who came during the first years were Joseph Maxson, Russell Trall, Thomas Clute, Strong Warner, David Gelatt and Samuel Webster. Maxson was probably the first in the wilderness. Jesse Bullock was the first supervisor of the town. The first church in the town was the Presbyterian of Centerville, organ- ized in 1824. The Methodist Episcopal Church was started in 1842, the Fairview Congregational Church in 1846, and the Wesleyan Church of Higginsville in the late forties.
The town of Rushford was first settled in 1809 by five brothers, James, Tarbell, William, John and Wilson Gordon, from Ver- mont. Charles Swift, Abraham J. Lyon, Amos Rose, Abel Bel- knap, Joshua Wilson and Joseph Young came before 1811. The town was erected March 8, 1816, and the first town meeting was held at the house of Levi Benjamin. The State Bank of the village of Rushford was organized in 1921; F. G. Gordon is the president. The Rushford Spectator, an independent weekly under the present editorship of Harlan H. Woods, was started in 1878 by Frank B. Smith. W. F. Benjamin was another early proprietor.
The town of Cuba was erected February 4, 1822, and orig- inally embraced what is now Cuba, Clarksville and Genesee. It was at first called Oil Creek. Turner states: "Four miles from Deacon Rawson's, toward Cuba, on Oil Creek, two settlers located soon after 1808, but the prominent settler in that vicinity was Colonel Samuel H. Morgan who located there in 1811 (others say as late as 1815), and became the founder of a public house that was widely known in all the early years." Other traditions have it that Salmon Abbott made the first settlement in the town in 1812. Andrew Hawley, John Bennett, Stephen Cole and two others named Hall and Frier came soon afterward. In 1816 General Calvin T. Chamberlain settled near the village and the next year built the first sawmill. James Strong purchased the land on the site of the village in 1817, and in 1820 Judge John Griffin acquired possession of this tract. The first school was taught in 1822 by David Row.
The Second Baptist Church of Cuba was formed January 18, 1834, as a division of the Friendship Church, and regularly organized February 15th following. The first Episcopal serv-
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ices were held in 1839, and the First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1844. The First Presbyterian Church was established in 1827. The Universalist Church was started about 1844, and the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Angels came into existence about the same time.
The village of Cuba was incorporated in the autumn of 1850, when there were about nine hundred people living there.
The First National Bank of Cuba had its origin in the Cuba Banking Company, which was formed in September, 1866, with A. W. Miner president. In January, 1876, the Cuba State Bank was formed from the above, and in January, 1880, it was suc- ceeded by the First National Bank, Elmer M. Bond president. H. P. Morgan is the president at this time.
M. J. Green & Company established the first banking busi- ness in Cuba in the early fifties, and in 1855 Mr. Green, with others organized The Cuba Bank. Ten years later the name was changed to the Cuba National Bank, with General C. T. Cham- berlain president. John C. Leggett is the president now.
The Cuba Patriot and Free Press, a republican weekly, is the successor of a number of papers in Cuba beginning in 1862.
The town of Wirt was formed from Bolivar and Friendship April 12, 1838. The first settlement was made in the north part of the town in 1812 by Benjamin Crabtree and Levi Abbott. Chauncey Axtell and Horace Ketchum came in 1814, Azel Buckley and Daniel Willard in 1815, Luther Austin in 1818, Alvan Richardson and Nathan Gilbert in 1819, James Smith in 1820, Simon Wightman, Reuben Whitney, Philip Applebee, Josiah Wheeler and Joseph Allen in 1821. The first religious services in the town were held by the Baptists in 1816, under Rev. Jonathan Post. The Seventh-day Baptist Church of Rich- burg was formed in 1827, and the Baptist Church in 1828. A Methodist class was started in the northeast part of the town in 1839.
The town of New Hudson was set off from Rushford April 10, 1825. It was first named Haight, for General Haight of Cuba, who promised the town one hundred acres of land, but afterward evaded the promise by conditions which caused the residents to change the name to New Hudson, in 1837. The first town meeting was held May 3, 1825, at the house of Orange
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Hart; James Swain was elected supervisor. The first settlers within the town were John Spencer and Joseph Patterson in the northwest part in 1817. Spencer Lyon came in 1820, and in 1821 James Davidson, John C. McKean and Jonas Eastwood settled in the south part. At the house of Jonas Eastwood the first religious meeting was held in 1831; Eastwood was a Meth- odist preacher. A society was organized in 1827. In 1822 a Presbyterian Church was formed.
The town of Genesee was set off from Cuba April 16, 1830. The first settler in the town was John Bell, who came to Ceres in 1817. The second settler was Newman Crabtree. Jabez Bur- dick, Roswell Streeter, Ezekiel Crandall and Joseph Wells also came into the town at an early day.
The town of Bolivar was erected from Friendship on Febru- ary 15, 1825, and the first town meeting was held at the store of Hollis B. Newton March 21st following. Asa Cowles headed the officers chosen, as supervisor. It is thought the first settle- ment of the town was made by Zephaniah Smith in 1816. He was not a permanent resident, but just a hunter and trapper. The first permanent white settler was Timothy Cowles, who came in 1819. Jonathan Hitchcock was the second. The first religious services of the town were held by a Methodist preacher, Austin Cowles, in 1820, and in 1828 the Bolivar church was organized. The State Bank of Bolivar was established May 31, 1882, with R. F. Burckman president. W. J. Hogan is now president. The Bolivar Breeze, Republican weekly, began publication in 1891.
The town of Clarksville was first settled in 1822 by Horatio G. Slayton. In 1824 came John Murray, and in 1827 James. McDougal and Jabez Lurvey. The town was erected in 1835.
The opening of the Civil war brought Allegany County citi- zens to the support of the Union with enthusiasm. The first contribution of the county to the fighting forces was Company B of the Twenty-third, recruited at Cuba by Captain M. M. Loyden. Another company from the county joined the Twenty- seventh regiment. Other regiments in which Allegany County was represented were: The 93d Infantry, 5th New York Cav- alry, 85th Infantry, 86th Infantry, 6th Cavalry, 12th Cavalry, 3d Ira Harris Guard, 2d Mounted Rifles, 1st Veteran Cavalry, 130th Infantry, 136th Infantry, 189th and 194th Infantry,
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179th, 184th, 160th, 104th, 188th, 78th, 81st, 154th and 161st Infantry, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 67th Pennsylvania Infan- try, 12th and 13th Wisconsin Regiments.
The first physician in Allegany County was Dr. Ebenezer Hyde, who settled at Belvidere in 1805 and practiced for over forty years. He died in 1858. About 1812 Dr. Dyer Strong settled in Rushford. In 1822 Dr. Gilbert B. Champlain settled in Cuba, and in 1823 Dr. Joseph Balcom started practice at Hume, followed shortly by Dr. Seth H. Pratt. Dr. Charles D. Robinson began practice about this time at Almond, and in 1825 Doctors Anthony Barney, Jonas Wellman and Richard Charles settled respectively in Independence, Bolivar and Angelica. In the middle twenties the original Allegany County Medical Society was formed. The second society of the name was estab- lished June 15, 1854. Dr. Richard Charles was the first presi- dent chosen.
The first physician in Amity was Dr. Ebenezer Hyde, men- tioned above. Captain Philip Church first prescribed for the sick in Angelica, although he was not a physician; Doctor Hyde acquired his "practice" when he came. A Doctor Ellis was the first to live in this town. One of the most notable of the early physicians in the county, Dr. Richard Charles, settled in Angelica in 1825. Dr. John Bowen Collins was the first physician in Alfred, in 1820. Dr. A. L. Dawson was the first in Almond, and in Belfast there were Doctors Davis and James D. Norton. Dr. William Thomas was the pioneer of his profession in Bolivar. Dr. Calvin Cass was the first physician in Centerville. Dr. Gil- bert B. Champlain settled in Cuba in 1822 and was the first prac- titioner in the town. The first physician in Friendship was Dr. Timothy Pease. Dr. Joseph Balcom was the first in Hume, and Dr. Reuben H. Smith the first in Granger Dr. Anthony Barney was probably the first in the town of Independence; Dr. Dyer Strong in Rushford; Dr. Calvin L. Allen in New Hudson; Dr. Ebenezer Hyde in Scio; Dr. Orange Sabin in West Almond. Dr. George B. Jones is mentioned elsewhere as the first in the town of Wellsville.
One of the notable institutions of the county is the Physicians Home at Caneadea, which cares for the old and infirm members of the medical profession, their wives and widows, of any recog-
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nized school of medicine in any state. The home is under the jurisdiction of the New York State Board of Charities, and is sponsored by the American Medical Association and the New York State Medical Society.
The first court of general sessions of the peace was held at the house of Evart Van Wickle in Angelica November 10, 1807. Moses Van Campen and Evart Van Wickle were judges, and the assistant justices were Joseph Taylor and William Higgins. All had been appointed by Governor Morgan Lewis. The formation of this court came as a vast relief to the residents of the county, as the long journey to Batavia or Canandaigua was no longer required. The grand jurors at this first session were: James Whiting (foreman), Reuben Riggs, George Otto, William Bar- ney, Timothy Hyde, John Irwin, William L. Heydon, Elice Pierce, William Wilson, Elisha Strong, Benjamin V. Pelt, John Higgins, Moses Johnson, Ransom Higgins, Benjamin Cham- bers, Christian Burns, Elish Chamberlain, Philo Ingraham, Nathaniel Reynolds, Ezra Bacon, Asahel Franklin, Sanders Rogers, John Freeman, Augustus d'Autremont. The only business of this term of court was to order a seal made for the county. At the next session, in June, 1808, the first case was tried in the county, and entered upon the records as "The People vs. Abraham Baker." The offense was not named.
The first surrogate of Allegany County in 1807 was Luke Goodspeed. The first county judge in 1847 was William G. Angel. Attendant upon the early courts of Allegany County were many lawyers of statewide reputation, and the old court house at Angelica was the scene of many legal battles between the leaders of the profession in western New York.
Judge John Collins came to Allegany in 1825. General Alex- ander S. Diven became a resident of Angelica, served as judge, district attorney, and was a member of Congress. He reached the rank of brigadier-general during the Civil war. William M. Hawley was an early lawyer of Almond. Samuel M. Russell was a prominent early member of the profession in Allegany. Marshall B. Champlain won high honors and resided at Cuba; he was attorney-general and member of assembly. William Pitt Angel, of Cuba, was district attorney for ten years. David J. Pulling practiced during the forties at Angelica and Hume. Al-
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bert P. Laning was well known over a wide section. Elias E. Harding engaged in practice at Hume for many years. James M. Curtiss engaged in banking and farming at Bolivar in addi- tion to the law. Milo H. Wygant was in the county for a num- ber of years. Colonel A. J. McNutt of Belmont had a brilliant military record, and after the war was for a time acting judge advocate general of the department of Washington. William Folwell Jones was a prominent advocate of Wellsville, and served as a member of assembly. Edward D. Loveridge practiced in Cuba, was elected to assembly, and was a bank president. Charles W. Woodworth was well known as a Rushford lawyer. Edgar W. Chamberlain had an office at Belmont and held a num- ber of public positions in the county. Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, a national political figure, was a native of Allegany County, studied law in this county and married here. David P. Richardson, an officer during the Rebellion, engaged in prac- tice at Angelica. Robert S. Armstrong was an attorney of Cuba. Daniel H. Holliday was an early lawyer at Canaseraga. Virgil A. Willard resided at Belmont, also Seth H. Tracy. Charles N. Flenagin practiced at Hume and was a member of assembly. General Rufus Scott, in addition to being a lawyer and an influ- ential politician, was the recipient of many military honors for his Civil war service, and was later an extensive operator in the Allegany oil field. Zenas H. Jones practiced for many years at Wellsville. The above are but a few of the many lawyers who practiced in Allegany County during the early days of settle- ment. It is manifestly impossible to present the facts concern- ing all of them, and it is practicable to mention only those prominent in the first generation of the profession in the county.
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