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first grist mill. At the village of Corfu, for years known as Long's Corners, were Dr. David Long and his son. Doctor Long was the first physician in the town. In 1812 Jonas Kinne built a two-story house and opened a tavern. The village was incorpo- rated in the spring of 1868. Natural gas was discovered in Pem- broke in 1895. The first well was drilled about a quarter of a mile north of Corfu by the Corfu Gas Company, of which George W. Archer, of Rochester, was president. During the next twelve months five additional wells were sunk and the company began to supply gas to the adjacent towns. The Bank of Corfu was organ- ized in 1908.
The village of Pembroke was first known as Richville, for G. B. Rich, a prominent business man of Batavia. East Pembroke grew up with the building of the railroad. North Pembroke and Indian Falls are other villages.
The town of Stafford was erected March 24, 1820, from parts of Le Roy and Batavia. Stafford claims to be the first town in the Holland Purchase to be permanently settled. James Brisbane came in 1798 and opened his Transit store where the little village of Stafford now stands. Le Roy was settled before that, but was not in the Holland Purchase. The name Transit was changed to Stafford in 1841. Frederick Walther opened a tavern there in 1800. Other early settlers were: William Rumsey, who came from Vermont; Nathan Marvin, John Debow, Jonathan Bemis and Worthy L. Churchill. Rumsey was engaged as a surveyor under Ellicott, held a commission as colonel in the militia, and in 1808 was elected to assembly. Jonathan Bemis opened a tavern in 1804.
On November 1, 1800, Joseph Ellicott was appointed local agent for the Holland Land Company, with instructions to open an office for the sale of lands at some point easily accessible to prospective settlers. On February 17, 1801, he wrote to Richard M. Stoddard at Canandaigua : "I expect to make my establishment at or near the bend of Tonnewanta, and there let the Genesee Road fork, one to be directed to Buffalo and the other to Queenstown, and place my office in the fork looking eastward."
Mr. Ellicott's ambition was to make his land office the nucleus of a village, which should become the county seat of a new county. It was his original intention to name the place Bustiville, or
OLD ARSENAL
Located junction W. Main Street and Lewiston Road, Batavia. Built during war of 1812-Torn down 1871.
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VIEW OF BATAVIA IN 1840
White building in center is original courthouse of Genesee County, built in 1800 afterwards known as Ellicott Hall. Wooden Railroad from Rochester to Batavia in fore- ground.
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Bustia, in honor of Paul Busti, general agent of the Holland Land Company. But Mr. Busti demurred and suggested Ellicottstown as a more appropriate name. Not caring to honor himself in this way, Mr. Ellicott announced that the village should be called Tonnewanta. This name was not entirely satisfactory and on November 7, 1801, he wrote to Mr. Busti: "In regard to the name of this place, it heretofore was called the Bend, from the circum- stance of the Bend of the creek, and is generally known by that name, but I have Baptized it by the name of Batavia."
Having selected the location for his land office and the name of the proposed village, Mr. Ellicott's next step was to build a dam to supply water power for a sawmill. The mill was placed in operation about the middle of December, 1801, and was kept in constant use turning out lumber for the houses of the pioneers. It was torn down about 1822. The land office, a two-story log structure, was completed about the same time as the sawmill. It was occupied as a boarding house by some of the employees of the Holland Company until the spring of 1802, when Mr. Ellicott removed his headquarters from Ransom's Tavern at Pine Grove and took possession.
The old records show that on January 1, 1802, Stephen Rus- sell bought a lot in Batavia. This is the first recorded sale, though the first house in the village had been erected in the spring of 1801 by Abel Rowe, who opened a tavern. It was a log building and for a long time was known as "Rowe's Hotel." The first frame building was erected by Isaac Sutherland in the spring of 1802. As soon as it was completed, he and Samuel F. Geer built another frame house, which they intended to use as a carpenter shop. Instead, they rented it to James Brisbane, who arrived with a stock of goods about the middle of May and wanted a place to open his store. He was the first merchant in Batavia.
By the act of March 30, 1802, Batavia was designated as the county seat of Genesee County. During the following nine months nearly forty lots were sold and most of the purchasers immediately began the erection of houses. Among these were Dr. David McCracken, the first physician in the village, and James Cochrane, who later established the first bell foundry. On July 21, 1802, James Brisbane was commissioned postmaster by Gideon Granger, then postmaster-general. As there was a post-
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office in Greene County called Batavia, the one at "the Bend" was given the name of Genesee Court House. Mr. Brisbane kept the office in his store. The mail was carried once in two weeks, on horseback or on foot, over a route extending from Canandaigua via Batavia and Lewiston to Fort Niagara.
Batavia was incorporated as a village by a special act of the legislature April 23, 1823. At the election on June 3, 1823, Daniel H. Chandler, Simeon Cummings, Silas Finch and Nathan Follett were chosen trustees; Trumbull Cary, treasurer; and Parley Paine, collector. Mr. Chandler was later chosen president of the board. Oliver G. Adams was the first clerk appointed; Silas Finch and Nathan Follett, assessors; Simeon Cummings, superintendent of streets and sidewalks; Robert P. Betts, pound- keeper.
The Bank of Genesee at Batavia was first incorporated in 1829 with a capital of $100,000. In 1851 it was reorganized as a state bank, and in March, 1865, it became a national bank. In 1885 the charter was renewed until June, 1888, when the bank was reorganized as a state bank. The original bank building at the corner of Main and Bank streets was later used by the Batavia Club. The bank moved to its present quarters in September, 1887. The first president of this institution was Trumbull Cary and the first cashier was William M. Vermilye.
The Exchange Bank of Genesee was organized at Alexander in 1838, and soon afterward moved to Batavia; it was closed in 1858. The Farmers and Mechanics Bank was established No- vember 1, 1838, and existed until 1851.
The Farmers Bank of Batavia was organized in 1856 by Leonidas Doty as the Farmers Bank of Attica, and was moved to Batavia in 1860; the name was changed to the present style in 1862, and became one of the most popular banks of western New York. Business was continued until 1911.
The First National Bank of Batavia was organized March 21, 1864, with a capital of $50,000; the first president was R. H. Farnham and the first cashier C. H. Monell.
The Genesee County Bank was organized April 4, 1879, with S. Masse as the first president, and William E. Merriman, cash- ier. At the end of the year 1884 the national charter was given up and the institution reorganized as a state bank. On Janu-
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ary 14, 1890, the bank went into voluntary liquidation and its business closed.
The Bank of Batavia was incorporated July 11, 1876, with a capital of $50,000; Jerome Rowan was president and William F. Merriman cashier.
The location of the State School for the Blind at Batavia was brought about by legislative enactment of 1865. The people of the village purchased a tract of ground and presented it to the state for the purpose. A committee finally selected the Batavia site and offer over competing villages, building construction was started in 1866, and the school was opened September 2, 1868, with Dr. Asa Lord as the first superintendent.
The Wiard Plow Company, which was established at East Avon, Livingston County, in 1804, was moved to Batavia in 1874. A site for the factory had been donated to the company by the village. The company was reorganized that year and continues today as one of the oldest manufacturing concerns of western New York.
The E. N. Rowell Company was established in 1881. The Johnston Harvester Company. which started at Brockport, moved to Batavia in 1882, after fire had destroyed the old plant.
The Richmond Memorial Library of Batavia was erected in 1887 by Mrs. Mary E. Richmond as a memorial to her son, Dean Richmond, Jr., who died in 1885.
The village of Batavia received its city charter January 1, 1915. when six city wards were created. The first mayor of the city was Harvey J. Burkhart.
The early church records of Genesee County are brief and scattering; it will be impossible, therefore, to give much detailed information aside from the dates of organization of the principal churches.
In 1824 a Free Will Baptist Church was organized in the town of Alabama by Elder Whitcomb; a Mr. Bingham also had charge of a Baptist mission on the Tonawanda Indian Reserva- tion in 1825. The Presbyterians of Alabama organized a mission in 1870, and in 1888 the Methodist Episcopal Church was estab- lished in the town.
In the town of Alexander, religious services were held as early as 1805 by a Presbyterian preacher named Burton, and in 1807 a church was organized. The Methodist Episcopal Church of Alex-
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ander was established in 1827. The First Universalist Church was started in 1833, with Rev. J. S. Flagler as the first pastor.
The Congregational Church of Bergen was organized at the house of John Ward, on January 25, 1808, by Rev. John Lindsley. The first regular pastor was Rev. Allen Hollister. This society claims to be the oldest religious organization in Genesee County. It soon became a Presbyterian Church. The First Methodist Church of Bergen was organized April 5, 1831, though a society of this denomination had existed previously. About 1850, Father McGowan started a Catholic mission in Bergen, which gradually developed into a parish. The first resident priest was Father O'Reilly, who came to Bergen in 1886. Rev. E. L. Wilson organ- ized an Episcopal mission in Bergen in June, 1872.
The oldest church in the town of Bethany is the Free Will Baptist of West Bethany, established in 1809 by Rev. Nathaniel Brown. Methodist Episcopal services were first held in 1810. On June 17, 1817, a Congregational Church was organized at East Bethany by John Bliss, a missionary. Rev. Reuben Hard was the first pastor. It was changed to Presbyterian in 1824. The Bap- tist Church of Bethany Center was organized May 7, 1820. Rev. John Blain was the first pastor. Zion Protestant Episcopal Church of Bethany was established in 1826. The Second Presby- terian Church of Bethany, located at the Center, was organized October 20, 1829, and the first pastor was Rev. W. Whiting.
The first church in the town of Byron was organized by the Baptists of Byron Center in 1810, with Rev. Benjamin M. Parks as pastor. The Free Will Baptist Church of North Byron was organized by Brown and Jenks in 1820. As early as 1809, Rev. Royal Phelps, a Presbyterian missionary from Cayuga County, conducted religious services in Byron. The First Congregational Church of the town was established by Rev. Herman Halsey in 1818, and in 1845 was changed to Presbyterian, having moved to the village in 1823. The Methodist Episcopal Church of Byron had a brief existence in the early days. The Second Methodist Episcopal Church, located at South Byron, was organized Sep- tember 26, 1842, with Rev. Alva Wright as the first pastor. A Mr. Voegele, a Lutheran minister of Le Roy, began holding serv- ices at Byron in 1855, and on May 5, 1887, the German Evangel- ical Lutheran Church was established. Rev. Louis Gross was the
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first pastor. The Roman Catholic Church of South Byron was established chiefly through the efforts of Father Kean, from Bergen.
The first religious organization in the town of Darien was the Congregational Church at King's Corners, which was organized in May, 1829, with Rev. Hugh Wallace as pastor. The First Metho- dist Episcopal Church was established March 9, 1823, but did not long survive. In 1841 another Methodist organization was effected by Rev. J. W. Vaughn.
The oldest church in the town of Elba is the Methodist Epis- copal of East Elba, which began about 1813, and was regularly organized the next year with Rev. Marmaduke Pierce as pastor. Among the early settlers were a number of Friends, or Quakers. In 1820 forty-eight families of this sect organized a church. On October 8, 1822, the Congregational Church of Elba was formed under the pastoral charge of Rev. Solomon Hibbard. The Metho- dist Protestant Church of Elba was established in 1833, and Rev. Isaac Fister was the first pastor.
On February 7, 1812, the First Presbyterian Church of Le Roy was organized, though services had been held at intervals for more than ten years. Rev. David Fuller was the first pastor. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church was organized at Le Roy in 1817 by Rev. Samuel Johnson. As early as 1806, Elder Peck, a Baptist missionary, held services in the Ganson schoolhouse. A little later Hinds Chamberlain's barn was fitted up as a tempo- rary house of worship. On June 25, 1818, the First Baptist Church was formally organized, with Rev. Ames Lampson as the first pastor. The Methodist Episcopal Church of Le Roy was organized in September, 1828. The Universalist Church was established in 1831, and was reorganized in 1858. Through the efforts of Father Dillon, the priest at Batavia, the St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of Le Roy was organized in 1849. A German Lutheran Church was established at Le Roy in March, 1895.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakfield was organized in 1832. On December 10, 1833, the Presbyterian Church was organized, and St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church dates from 1858. A German Methodist Church was started in 1886 and a German Lutheran Church in 1891, but both have gone out
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of existence. St. Cecelia's Roman Catholic congregation was organized in recent years with Father Bartowski as priest.
The First Baptist Church of Pavilion was organized in 1816 by Rev. Leonard Anson. On October 10, 1831, the Universalist Church was established with Rev. L. L. Sadler as the first pastor. Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church was established at Union Corners in 1832, through the efforts of Rev. Hiram May. The society disbanded in 1876.
The Methodist Protestant Church of Corfu was organized in 1845, by Rev. A. C. Paine. It later became a Methodist Episcopal Church. The First Christian Church of North Pembroke was organized June 30, 1849, by Rev. Joseph Weeks. The Baptist Church of East Pembroke was organized in 1826 as the Baptist Church of Batavia and Pembroke. Rev. Amos Lampson was the first pastor. In May, 1876, Rev. Jay Cooke held the first Prot- estant Episcopal services in Corfu, as a missionary from the St. James Church at Batavia. A parish was organized a little later under the name of All Souls Church. At Indian Falls an Evan- gelical Society was organized in 1865; a Free Will Baptist Church in 1869. The Presbyterian Church of Pembroke was instituted in December, 1854; St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church of East Pem- broke was established in 1868, and in 1898, Father F. L. Burns, priest at this church, founded the parish at Corfu.
As early as 1810, religious services were held in the town of Stafford by Rev. William Green, which resulted in the organiza- tion of the First Baptist Church in 1814. The Christian Church at Morganville was organized in October, 1816, by Rev. Joseph Badger. Rev. Hubbard Thompson was the first pastor. In 1821 a Congregational Church was organized. On February 16, 1823, St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church was organized. Ten years later a reorganization was effected as Trinity Parish, with Rev. John P. Robinson as the first pastor.
The First Presbyterian Church of Batavia was organized at the Center schoolhouse September 19, 1809, by Rev. Royal Phelps, one of the pioneer missionaries of the time. The charter members were: Silas Chapin, David Anderson, Ezekiel Fox, Solomon Kingsley, Mrs. Esther Kingsley, Patience Kingsley, Eleanor Smith, Elizabeth Mathers, Mrs. Esther Kellogg, Elizabeth Peck, Huldah Wright and Mrs. Polly Branard. The first communion
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service was held in Jesse Rumsey's barn, September 24, 1809. Meetings were held in divers places, and for several years in the court house. The first church building was completed in 1824 at the corner of Main Street and Jefferson Avenue. In 1856 the present church was finished. In 1818 the society was changed from Congregational to Presbyterian. During the first eight years the society had a number of itinerant pastors, but Rev. Ephraim Chapin was the first resident pastor in 1817.
The First Baptist Church of Batavia was organized in 1834, and its first house of worship was on Jackson Street. The present church was occupied in 1890.
On June 6, 1815, at the court house, occurred the organization meeting of the St. James Protestant Episcopal Church of Batavia. This followed a series of meetings held by Rev. Alanson W. Wel- ton. The first rector, in 1822, was Rev. Levi S. Ives. The pres- ent church was built in 1908.
In the early '40s the few Catholics of Batavia and vicinity were visited by Father Gannon, also Fathers Bernard and Wil- liam O'Reilly, mass usually being said in private homes. In 1849 a sufficient number of Catholics resided in the village to warrant steps being taken toward the erection of a church. Father Edward Dillon had been appointed resident priest in this year. A building was soon afterward bought on Jackson Street. The pres- ent site was bought in 1862 and a church built in 1864. For many years the Batavia convent was the mother house of the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in the Buffalo Diocese. This was the be- ginning of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Batavia. In 1905 the parish of St. Mary's was erected, and the first priest was Father Robert E. Walsh. The church building was completed in 1907.
The Batavia Times is one of the oldest newspapers in western New York, having celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in the year 1918, by the publication of a centennial edition on March 30th of that year. The Times was established in 1818 by Oran C. Follett as a Democratic sheet. It was first issued on February 13, 1818. The founder sold it to his brother, Frederick Follett, in 1825, and five years later it was bought by a syndicate. C. S. Hurley obtained the paper in 1853; three years later the plant was closed and sold at auction. Eventually a consolidation
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of different publications resulted in the renewal of the paper un- der the name of The Spirit of the Times, and it was issued by Henry Todd from 1860 to 1886, then leased to his son, Charles E. Todd, and A. H. Thomas. In a year the latter became sole owner, and in 1889 admitted Joseph F. Hall into partnership. In 1894 the paper was bought by E. Kirby Calkins and David D. Lent. In September, 1900, it was changed from a weekly to a tri-weekly, in which form it continued until November, 1902, when it was issued as a daily. It reverted to the weekly form in November, 1903. Chester C. Platt succeeded Mr. Lent as editor in August, 1902, and remained as managing editor until 1917, when Albert F. Kleps took up the editorial reins.
The Daily News, published at Batavia, was founded June 25, 1878, as a morning paper; it is now published by Griswold & McWain, A. J. McWain being editor. The founders of the paper were M. D. and S. P. Mix. It is Republican and the only daily in Batavia; it has retained its original title throughout its success- ful career.
The Genesee County Farm Bureau Monthly was established in 1918.
The Corfu Enterprise, a weekly, was started May 19, 1898, by A. A. Bloomfield & Son. The Oakfield Optimist, also a weekly, was established in 1911. The Le Roy Gazette-News was begun in 1826 by J. O. Balch. This paper has had a long list of owners.
On the 18th of April, 1861, three days after news of the bom- bardment of Fort Sumter had reached Batavia, the county officials received information that Genesee County's quota under Lincoln's first call for troops would be 500 men. Excitement was at its height, and public meetings were held in the principal villages of the county. On the 20th, at Concert Hall in Batavia, a large meeting was called and forty-eight men were recruited. On the 29th the first company in the county was completed under com- mand of Capt. Augustus I. Root, and became a part of the 12th New York Volunteer Infantry. A second company under Capt. James R. Mitchell and a third under Capt. William L. Cowan were soon afterward formed. Company K, of the 12th, was the first Genesee County outfit to participate in actual fighting, as well as being the first recruited in the county. This occurred on July 18, 1861, at Bull Run Creek, in a skirmish preceding the
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battle of Bull Run. Captain Root afterwards became colonel of the 15th New York Cavalry and died on the field near the close of the war. Genesee had a large number of men in the 28th New York Volunteer Infantry, also a company in the 14th New York Volunteer Militia. Other regiments which included men from this county were : 14th New York Volunteer Infantry, 100th New York Volunteer Infantry, 105th New York Volunteer Infantry, 129th Regiment of New York Veterans, 15th New York Cavalry, 22d New York Independent Battery, 25th Independent Battery of Light Artillery, 49th New York Volunteer Infantry, 104th New York Volunteer Infantry, and numerous companies and regi- ments credited to other states.
The first judge of Genesee County was Joseph Ellicott, ap- pointed in 1803. Ellicott was a surveyor, not a judge, and he resigned shortly after his appointment. He was succeeded by Ezra Platt, and then, until 1847, the successive judges were: John H. Jones, Isaac Wilson, John Z. Ross, William H. Tisdale, William Mitchell, Phineas L. Tracy and Edgar C. Dibble. During the same period the surrogates had been: Jeremiah R. Munson, Richard Smith, Andrew A. Ellicott, Ebenezer Mix, Harvey Put- nam, Timothy Fitch, and Samuel Willett. Since 1847 the offices of county judge and surrogate have been together. Horace U. Soper was the first to hold the joint offices.
Among the prominent early lawyers of Le Roy were Jacob Bartow, who studied with Aaron Burr; Alfred F. and Charles Bartow, sons of the first named; Seth M. Gates, Charles Danforth, Samuel Skinner, Perrin M. Smith and Augustus P. Hascall. Albert Smith was a well known early Batavia lawyer, as was Daniel B. Brown. Levi Rumsey held a high position; so did Ethan B. Allen. David H. Chandler is deserving of mention with the leaders of the early bar. George W. Lay won a reputation as a pleader. Isaac A. Verplanck was one of the ablest lawyers of western New York. Elijah Hurty was a lawyer of great promise, but died young. Seth Wakeman and William G. Byran formed one of the most notable partnerships of the early county. Col. James M. Willett had a notable reputation as soldier as well as lawyer. Martin F. Robertson practiced in Batavia. Benjamin Pringle held a number of judicial positions and was a popular lawyer. Heman J. Redfield practiced at Le Roy and held a number of
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places of public trust. Gen. John H. Martindale, while he prac- ticed mostly in Rochester, was identified with Genesee County. Lucius N. Bangs had an excellent record before the bar and on the bench. Other prominent and successful lawyers who have practiced in Genesee County were: Henry L. Glowacki, Randolph Ballard, Thomas P. Heddon, Myron H. Peck, Hiram W. Hascall, William R. Crofoot, C. Fitch Bissell, Walter H. Smith, Frederick S. Randall, William C. Watson, George Bowen, Benjamin F. Hawes, William F. Huyck, David Dean Lent, Frank S. Wood, Arthur E. Clark, W. Harris Day, Fred H. Dunham, Edward A. Washburn, Sidney A. Sherwin, Herbert P. Woodward, Myron H. Peck, Jr., Henry F. Tarbox, Martin Brown, William E. Prentice, William E. Webster, Nathan A. Woodward, Edward C. Walker, Hobart B. Cone, William Tyrrell, Louis B. Lane, Bayard J. Sted- man, Fred A. Lewis, William Henry Watson, George W. Watson, Frank L. Crane, Frank W. Ballard, Frank E. Lawson, Frank J. Robinson, James A. Le Seur, David J. Bissell, and John R. Olmsted.
The pioneer physician of Batavia was Dr. David McCracken, who came in 1801. He moved to Rochester in 1818. The next doctor in the village was Joseph Alvord, who came in 1802. He was killed during the attack on Lewiston. Dr. Asa McCracken was an early physician, also Dr. Ephraim Brown, who came in 1809. Drs. John Z. Ross, Orris Crosby, Charles S. Rumsey, and Winter Hewitt located in Batavia before 1816. Dr. John Cotes was one of the most prominent physicians of the early Batavia, also Dr. James Avery Billings. Others of the day were Drs. Gil- bert B. Champlin, Samuel Z. Ross, Amos Towne, C. Bradford, H. Thomas, E. A. Bigelow, Charles E. Ford, Richard Dibble and L. B. Cotes, Jonathan Hurlburt, William H. Webster, Truman H. Woodruff, Eleazer Bingham, Elihu Lee, J. V. C. Teller, Zebulon Metcalf, E. H. Rokewood, S. P. Choate, C. V. N. Lent, E. Farn- ham, A. F. Dodge and Holton Ganson.
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