History of the Genesee country (western New York) comprising the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates, Volume II, Part 65

Author: Doty, Lockwood R. (Lockwood Richard), 1858- editor
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Chicago, S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 824


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Rochester, schools for colored chil- dren 723


Rochester, schools, cooking 724


Rochester, schools, evening. 725 Rochester, schools, factory 725


Rochester, schools, first Catholic 720


Rochester, Spanish-American war 757


Rochester, street railways 812


Rochester Symphony Orchestra 734, 735


Rochester Times-Union 839


Rochester, kindergartens


724


Rochester, pioneer era 663


Rochester, schools, manual training. 724


Rochester, schools, private 724


Rochester, schools, vocational 725


Rochester, settlement, character of 663


Rochester, telegraph


816


Rochester, telephones 816


Rochester Theological Seminary 726


Rochester, Washington Junior High School 725


Rochester, water supply 810


Rochester, West High School 725


Rochester, in World war 757


Rochester Junction, Indian town site at 180


Rochesterville, laid out 680


Rochesterville, incorporation as vil-


lage


688, 805


Rodman, Samuel


1035


Rood, Simeon L ._ 1365


Rosewarne, Dr. John 605


Royalton


1164


Rushford Spectator


1053


Rushford, Town of


1053


Rush, Town of


635


Russell, Samuel M.


1057


S


St. Agnes R. C. Church of Avon 952


St. Ambrose Church, Rochester 795 St. Andrew's Church, Rochester 795 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Rochester 775


St. Anthony of Padua Church, Roch- ester 794


St. Augustine's Church, Rochester 794


St. Bernard's Seminary


727


St. Boniface R. C. Church, Rochester 793 St. Bridget's R. C. Church, Rochester 792 St. Columbia R. C. Church of Cale- donia 953


St. Francis Xavier Church, Rochester 794 St. George's R. C. Church, Rochester 795 St. John's Episcopal Church of Mount Morris 956


St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester 796


St. John the Evangelist's Church, Rochester 795


St. Joseph's R. C. Church, Rochester 792


St. Lucy's Church, Rochester. 795


St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Roch- ester 772


St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester 798


St. Michael's R. C. Church at La- vonia Center 955


St. Michael's R. C. Church, Rochester 793 St. Mark's and St. John's Episcopal Church, Rochester 775


St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Hunt's Hollow 959


St. Mary's Hospital


859


St. Mary's R. C. Church in Geneseo_ 965 St. Mary's R. C. Church, Rochester 792 St. Monica's R. C. Church, Rochester 794 St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, Dansville 958


St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Roch- ester 773


St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester 797 St. Patrick's R. C. Church, Rochester 791 St. Peter's Presbyterian Church,


1460


INDEX


Rochester 768


St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal


Church, Dansville 958


St. Stanislaus Church, Rochester


794


St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,


Rochester


776


St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Roch- ester 776


St. William's R. C. Church in Conesus 954


Sabin, Dr. Orange


1056


Sackett's Harbor, action at 480


Sacred Heart Church, Flour City


Park


795


Salamanca, Town of 1198


Salem Evangelical Church, Roch-


ester


798


Salt industry, beginning of


989


Samson, W. H., "Big Tree Treaty" by 405


Sanborn, Village of 1156


Sandusky, name 289


Sanford, Ephraim 1035


Savannah, Town of


1330


Schools, see Counties.


Scio, churches of


1042


Scio, Town of 1041


Schuyler, Capt. John 189


Schuyler County 1359


Schuyler County, archeological lo- calities 138


Schuyler County, Indian place names 312


Schuyler County, judges 1365


Schuyler County Medical Society 1366


Scott, James


883


Scott, Gen. Rufus 1058


Scott, Winfield


463


Scottsville, Village of


637


Scranton, Hamlet


692


Second Baptist Church at Hartford_ 952 Second National Bank, Elmira 1430


Second Presbyterian Church of Geneseo 963


Second Presbyterian Church of Mount Morris 957


Security Trust Company 835


Selden, Henry R. 705


Selden, Samuel L. 702


Seneca artifacts


140


Seneca Castle


136, 249


Seneca Indian Oil Spring


1061


Seneca Lake


1248


Seneca Legend of Creation


Seneca, name 1251


308, 313


Seneca Nation


861


Seneca Nation, adjustment after 1800 228


Seneca Nation, agriculture of 205


Seneca Nation, assimilation with whites 262


Seneca Nation, at beginning of eight- eenth century 223


Seneca Nation, attack English at Devil's Hole 241


Seneca Nation, bark lodges of 206


Seneca Nation, belief in fairies 212


Seneca Nation, belief in ghosts 216


Seneca Nation, ceremonial associa- tions 199


Seneca Nation, change of economic life 221


Seneca Nation, children of 209


Seneca Nation, civil chiefs 195


Seneca Nation, condition in 1925 282


Seneca Nation, cruelties of.


261


Seneca Nation, dances of


200


Seneca Nation, early towns 168


Seneca Nation, early variation of


name


167


Seneca Nation, festivals 217


Seneca Nation, games of 200


Seneca Nation, Ganarqua-Canandai- gua group 171


Seneca Nation, home of. 164


Seneca Nation, Honeoye-Genesee group 168


Seneca Nation, humor in 201


Seneca Nation, industry of 218


Seneca Nation, massacre under Brit- ish orders 254


Seneca Nation, population of 345


Seneca Nation, question of English or French affiliation 224


Seneca Nation, religion of 210


Seneca Nation, reservations 2.5


Seneca Nation, rise of


167


Seneca Nation, two groups of 168


Seneca Nation, war chiefs 195


Seneca Nation, women of 209


Senecas, clans of 192


Senecas, in their own home land. 191


Senecas, two divisions of


191


Seneca, Town of. 567


Seward, Sarah T.


719


Seymour, McNeil


979


Sharp Shins


866


Shawnee, name 308


Shea, John Gilmoury


Sheffer, Peter


618


Shelby, Town of 1355


Sheldon, Town of


1217


Shepherd, Dr. George W.


984


Sholl, Dr. Philip


984


Shongo, name 286


Sibley, Mark H. 594


Sill, Dr. Jonathan P.


983, 984


Silver Heels, murder of


Simcoe scare


Simmons, Dr. Elnathan W.


606


Sing Sing Creek, name


294


Skiff, Joshua


1036


Smith, James C. 598


Smith, Joseph W.


980


Smith, Dr. Reuben H. 1056


Smith, Silas O. 695


Smith, Willard H. 980


Smith, William H.


598


Smyth, Alexander 475


Sodus, name 315


Sodus, Town of 1318


Somerset, Town of


1164,


1175


Sonontouan


180


Sonyea, care of epileptics


988


Sonyea, name


304


South Avenue Baptist Church, Roch-


ester


780


South Bristol, Town of


567


966


245


383


1461


INDEX


South Congregational Church, Roch- ester 788


South Hill 138


Southport, Town of. 1439


South Valley, Town of. 1202


Spanish-American War, Rochester


in 757


Sparta, Town of 938


Spencer, John C. 597


Spencer-Ripley M. E., Rochester 787


Spencer, Maj. William H. 937


Spencerport, Village of


631


Springfield Farm 1279


Springwater Enterprise 1012


Springwater's early churches. 960


Springwater State Bank 1000


Springwater, Town of 921


Squakie Hill


863


Squakie, name


304


Squakie Hill reservation


275


Squawkie, name


304


Squawkie Hill site


131


Squier. E. G .. archaeological writings 123


Stafford, Town of 1128


State Bank of Avon 1000


State Bank of Belmont 1041


State Bank of Bolivar 1055


State Bank of Fillmore 1052


State Bank of Rushford. 1053


State Fish Hatchery, Caledonia. 902


Stella Niagara Seminary. 1176


Steuben County 1223


Steuben County, Indian place names 313


Steuben County, newspapers 1236


Stewart, Alexander N., bank 1001


Stewart Bank of York


1001


Stone, Enos 692


Stoddard, Robert W. 602


Stone Slinger, The 1259


Straight-back. Chief 865


Strong, Dr. Dyer


1056


Strong, Elisha 691


Strong, Mrs. Henry A.


730


Sullivan Expedition __ 258, 317, 343, 867


Sullivan Expedition, attempts to di- vert 328


Sullivan Expedition, make-up of


command 327


Sullivan Expedition, Newtown battle 330 Sullivan Expedition, plan of cam-


paign 327


Sullivan Expedition, results of 337


Sullivan


Expedition,


return


to


Pennsylvania


336


Sunreme


Court


justices,


Monroe


County


706


Surrogates of Livingston County


974-975


Surrogates of Monroe County 709


Susquehannock tribe


158


Sweden, Town of 635


T


Tall Chief 865


Taverns in Genesee Country. 397


Taylor's Discovery Well, Triangle No. 1 1064


Taylor, Henry W.


598


Taylor, Joseph 1057


Teller, Sen. Henry M. 1058


Terry, Dr. William H. 983


Thames, battle of the


492


Third Presbyterian Church, Roches- ter 767


Thirteenth N. Y. Vol. Inf. 1022


Thirty-third N. Y. Vol. Inf.


1022


Thomas, Dr. William


1056


Thompson Memorial Hospital 609


Thompson, Mrs. Frederick


546


Thornton, Lewis H., article on oil


and gas


1059


Thurston, Town of. 1235


Ticonderoga, Indian battle at.


156


Tioga County


1425


Todd Company


853


Tonawanda, name


301


Tonawanda reservation 275


Tonti


184


Totiakton 130,


168


Tozier, Dr. Joseph


984


Traders National Bank 830


Transportation in Livingston County 969 Treaty of Big Tree (See Big Tree Treaty).


Treaty of Buffalo Creek 276


Treaty of Canandaigua in 1794 271 Treaty of Canandaigua, text of 376


Treaty of Fort Stanwix


243, 266


Trinity Episcopal Church, Roches- ter 774


Trinity


Evangelical


Lutheran


Church, Rochester


797


Trinity Presbyterian Church, Roch- ester 771


Troup, Robert 383


Troupe, Colonel 1291


Troupsburg, Town of


1235


Truth


1009


Truth-Teller


Tryon, John


621


Tryon, Salmon 621


Tuesday Musicale


735


Tunegawant, name


289


Tunesassa, name


290


Tuscarora, name


308


Tuscaroras


230, 1236


Twenty-seventh N. Y. Vol. Inf.


1022


Tyler, Dr. Royal.


984


Tyrone, Town of


1365


U


Union Citizen 1008


"Union Company" 1347


Union National Bank of Friendship_1051


Union Trust Company. 835


Unitarian Church in Rochester 800


United Presbyterian Church, Roches- ter 772


United Presbyterian Church of York 961


Universalist Society, Nunda


961


"Universal


Friend,”


see Jemima


Wilkinson.


Universalists of Rochester 800 University Bank, Alfred 1047


University of Rochester


728


University of Rochester, future plans 732:


1005


1462


INDEX


University of Rochester School of


Medicine and Dentistry 732


Upper Falls of Genesee, appearance in 1801 676


Urbana, Town of


1236


V


Valley City Register


1006


Valley Gem, The 1008


Van Campen, Moses 965, 1034, 1035


Vanderlip, John A.


980


Van Epps, John Baptist


189


Van Etten, Town of


1443


Van Wickle, Evart.


1035, 1057


Velder, Doctor


985


Veteran, Town of


1444


Victor, Town of


567


Viele, Arnout Cornelisse


189


Village Chronicle, first newspaper in


Dansville


1004


Vine Valley aboriginal site


137


W


Wadsworth, Maj. Charles F. 1029


Wadsworth, Capt. Craig W., account


of father's death


932,


1029


Wadsworth Guards


1017


Wadsworth, James 871


Wadsworth, Gen. James S.


931, 935, 1023, 1028, 1029


Wadsworth, James W. 936, 1029


Wadsworth, Sen. James W., Jr.


936, 1029


Wadsworth, Col. Jeremiah


411


Wadsworth, Maj .- Gen. William.


468, 871, 1029


Walthers, Frederick 398


Walworth, Town of 1332


Wanaka, name 296


Wanetta, name


313


Ward, Charles, paper on salt


990


Ward, Town of


1043


War of 1812. 455


War of 1812, effect of on the Genesee Country 512


War of 1812, Livingston County in 1015


War of 1812, naval encounter at mouth of Genesee 493, 741


War of 1812, naval engagement off Plattsburg Bay 533


War of 1812, naval forces. 464


War of 1812, Rochester in 741


War of 1812, surrender of Americans at Queenstown 471


War of 1812, Yeo lands at mouth of Genesee 482


War of 1812, end of


536


Warren's Corners 1157


Warsaw, Town of 1217


Washington, George, attitude toward Iroquois 324


Water Trails 112


Watkins. Village of 1363


Watts, Ebenezer 700


Wayland. Town of 1236


Wayne County 1311


Wayne, Gen. Anthony 386


Wayne County, archaeological local- ities 136


Wayne County, Indian place names 314 Wayne County newspapers 1336


Wyoming County, few aboriginal re- mains 129


Weathersfield, Town of 1219


Weigel, Dr. Louis A. 857


Webster, Town of 636


Wells, Dr. Cyrus


983


Wellsville, erection of town


1036


Wellsville, first banks


1038


Wellsville, first buildings


1037


Wellsville, first lawyers


1038


Wellsville, first physicians


1038


Wellsville, first school


1037


Wellsville, first settlers


1036


Wellsville, first town meeting


1036


Wellsville, incorporation of


1037


Wellsville, naming of


1037


Wellsville Reporter


1039


Warner, William E. 705


West Almond, Town of. 1042


West Bloomfield, Town of


569


Western New Yorker 1004


Westminster Presbyterian Church,


Rochester


768


West Avenue M. E., Rochester. 786


West Seneca, name, 296


West Sparta, Town of


922


West Union, Town of


1236


Wheatfield, Town of


1165


Wheeler, Town of 1236


Whitbeck, Dr. John F. 857


Whiteman Paper Mills 993


Whitesville, Village of


Whiting, Bowen 1046


601


Wiard Plow Company


1133


Wiard, Thomas, Sr.


991


Wilkenson, Gen. James


398, 463


Wilkinson, Jemima


433, 449, 450, 451, 1417


Williamsburg, site of 928


Williamson, Capt. Charles


379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 386, 1274, 1311 Williamson, Charles, "Description of Genesee Country" 118


Williamson, Town of 1327


Williams, Dr. William A. 605


William Tall Chief 865


Willing, Town of


1044


Willson, Jared 598


Wilson, James 1036


Wine making, Dansville 993


Wirt, Town of


1054


Wiscoy, name 286


Wiscoy, Village of


1052


Wisner, Reuben P. 978


Wolcott, Dr. Augustus


Wolcott, Town of


983


Wolf, Rabbi Horace J. 802


Women of Seneca Nation 209


Wood, Harvey J. 979 Wood. James 976


Woodhull, Town of 1236


Woodruff, Joseph 1036


Woodruff Paper Co.


993


Wood-Spirits, The


1257


1326


INDEX


1463


Woodworth, Charles W. 1058


Worden, C. A. & Son 995


World War, Rochester in 757


Wygant, Milo H. 1058


Wynkoop, Maj. William


1422


Wyoming County


1207


Wyoming County, Indian place


names


315


Wyoming, name


315


Wyoming, Village of


1214


Wyoming, massacre at


254


Y


Yale, Dr. Asahel


985


Yates County


1417


Yates County, archaeological locali- ties


136


Yates County, Indian place names 316


Yates County, towns of. 1419


Yates, Town of 1355


Yeo, Sir James 482


Yeo, Sir James, letter describing Genesee river naval encounter 493


York, early settlers of 926


York, naval action before 479


York, Town of


925


Yorkshire, Town of 1201


Young Enterprise, The 1009


Young, John 976


Youngstown, Village of 1162


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