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In 1828, William Smith, Jr., built a small store on the corner of Main and Buffalo streets, where the First National bank now stands and traded a short time.
Rufus C. Eaton & Otis Butterworth formed a partnership and commenced trading in 1830 on Mechanic street, to be soon after followed by Moses and Asa Sanders, John Van Pelt, Pliny and Theodore Smith and Manly Colton. In 1834, Henry Bigelow sold goods here.
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NAMES OF MERCHANTS AND TRADERS.
M. L. Badgely came to Springville in 1835 and was engaged in the mercantile business many years. These have been suc- ceeded by the following :
Elisha Mack, S. & E. C. Pool, O. C. Morton, Badgely & God- dard, Rufus C. Eaton, Butterworth & Fox, Smith & Richmond, C. Osgood, McCall, Long, Spencer & Nash, Eaton & Blake, Spencer & Blake, J. G. Blake, Abbott Frye, Robbins & Cronk- hite, Levi Wells, E. N. Brooks, Flemings & Baily, Jewett & Cochran, Gardner Brand, Halliday & Shephard, George Drul- lard, Asahel Field, J. H. Ashman, John F. Sibley. Edwin Wright, Edward Godard, D. C. Bloomfield, Philetus Allen, Chester Spencer, Charles House, Joseph Tanner, John Hedges & Son, Vosburg & Son, Clinton Hammond, Daniel Nash, Lake & Tabor, Taber Brothers, A. R. Taber, Richmond & Griswold, Richmond & Holman, Richmond & McMillen, Richmond & Shaw, Cyrus Griswold, James F. Crandall, G. W. Canfield, Frank Thurber, Stanbro Brothers, George E. Bensley, Jacob Widing, J. Chaffee & Son, Kilburn & Parmenter, Frederick Clarke. William Weber, Agard & Co., O. S. Ward, G. W. Spaulding, C. J. Lowe, C. J. Lowe & Co., Horace Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Thomas Fowler, Mrs. Fowler, C. C. Smith, Jr., Perrin Sampson, Graves & Shaw, Walter Fox, Tanner & Bensley, Nichols & Gardinier, Eaton & Hall, M. L. Hall, W. H. Freeman, Holland & Prior, Frank Clark, J. O. Churchill, Rust Brothers, John Ballou, Ferrin & Guardinier, Ferrin & Jones, Joseph Capron, Judson Wiltsec, Reed & Stanbro, John Reed, Reed & Holman, Holman & Mayo, Smith & Chandler, Mr. Weinberg, Albro & Freeman, R. J. Albro.
BLACKSMITHS.
Elijah Brigo, Abel Holman, Lothrop Beebe, Reuben Holman, Elijah Richardson, Jonathan Townsend, Suel Townsend, Joel Holman, Hiram McMillen, Mr. Hawkins, Esdel F. Wright. C. G. F. T. Goss, William Hull, Stoel Collins, Mr. Bunnel, (William K. Blasdell, Henry Blasdell and William Holmes were edge-tool makers, Mr. Curtis was a scythe maker, and Mr. Bur- nam and Constant Trevitt were auger makers), John Robinson, Levi Ballou, Ebenezer Darling, George Shultus, Jr., Albert Oyer, George Kopp, Stoel Collins, Jr., E. Burlinbach, Sylvester Fitch,
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BLACKSMITHS, WAGONMAKERS, ETC.
Calvin Turner, Henry Pease, Orson Pease, Charles Holden, John McAleese, Harrison Cobleigh, Phon Cook, Mr. Gwin. A. Preston, Henry Fyke, Charles Conrad, Mike Pendergrass, Mr. Powers, Nathan Humphry, John Hull, Spencer Fay, John Morrison, Levant Stanbro, Mike Carmody, Hugh McAleese, Nicholas Weaver, Victor Rider, John Miller, George Neff, Henry Benthusen, Richard Blaisdell, Edwin Smith, Charley Fraiser, William Morrison, John Twichell, Peter Shontz,
WAGONMAKERS.
Joel White, Frederic White, Pat McCauly, Mr. Bristol, Martin Aspland, Edson Perkins, Philo and Edward Herington, Joel Cobleigh, Hiram Cobleigh, Henry Watson, Eleazer Weeden, Jehiel Past, William McMillen (a brother of Hiram made the first buggy made in Springville), Mr. Swain, P. Trube, Fred Rider, Morris Freeman, William Woodbury, B. A. Fay. M. Cornwall, J. Fuller, Nick Brass.
HARNESSMAKERS.
O. D. Tibbitts, Robert Bidleman, Johnson Bensley . L. B. Towsley. William Darrow, H. T. Wadsworth, Abner Chase, Windsor Chase, George Kingman, Ray Green, Miles Hayes, C. Van Valkenburgh, John and Buel Blakely, J. D. Blakely, Frank Gaylord, C. R. Wadsworth, Philip Newback, Alonzo Blake, Clark Ferren, A. W. Blackmar, Henry Bay, James Thomas, Charles Ballou, H. N. Shreider, Sylvester Bamhart, William Joslyn, James Blake, Frederick Williams.
SHOEMAKERS.
Ira Eddy, Jacob Rushmore, Levinus Cornwall, Stephen Al- bro, Towsley and Tuttle, Jacob Frank, Kingsbury and Hove- land, George C. Graham, C. C. McClure, John Loomis, Noah Townsend, Enoch Sinclair, Benjamin VanName, John Reed, P. L. Tyler, Nathan Shaw, Christian Huffstader, Mr. Bibbins, L .. E. B. McClure, William Watkins, Perrin Sampson, Peter Huffstader, R. E. Huffstader, Samuel Wheeler, Seth Wheeler, John McEwen, William Pierce, George McClure, Seth W. Godard. Julius McClure, C. C. McClure, Jr., Henry Welling, William Stone, H. O. Tuckerman, John Groin, H. H. Harris, Tryon Smith, Benjamin Bartlett, Philander L. Myers, Abner
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SHOEMAKERS, BUTCHERS, TAILORS, ETC.
Pettitt, Gorham Newcome, William Brown, S. B. Layton, C. C. Smith, Henry McEwen, Amanzo Reed, Henry Wilcox, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cady, Austin Graham, E. N. Frye, Mr. Gedney, Christopher Beardsley Wiltsee.
BUTCHERS.
Amos Melvin, Pamenter & Kilburn, Freman Baily, Barmen- ter & Andrews, Edwin Wright, Hamper & Sweet, William Beagle, Damon Dodge. Dodge & Pamenter, Clinton Hammond, Hedges & Crandall, Windsor King & Son, J. D. Blakely, Thomas Davis, Jacob Widrig, Widrid & Palmer, Palmer & Smith, Calvin Smith, J'r., Philetas Widrig. Norman Crandall, Mayo & Cox, A. J. Blakely, Nicholas & Foster, William Schlacter, Nicholas Rassel, Spencer Widrig, Matthew Pitts, J. Morrison, Ezra Vasburg, George Hibeck, Horton & Wandall.
TAILORS.
Mr. Thompson, Mr. Botsford, Thomas Nicholson, Jeremiah Schallen, David Bensley, Mrs. Mahlem, tailoress, Sylves- ter B. Peck, Samuel Shaw, B. B. Mason, L. B. Hibbard, C. Vandenburgh, P. Fitzgerald. Jonathan Bloomfield, Constant Graves, Eugene Graves, John Dodge, Daman Dodge, E. L. Norris, T. B. Norris, Mr. McCormick, Henry Jerns. Peter Hein, T. G. Murphy, Hiram Beardsley.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
Charles Wells, Eliakim Rhodes, Charles C. Wells, William Chapin, Whitman Stone, Cary Clemens, Ben Eaton, Orren Lewis, James Flemming, Stillman Andrews, Joseph D. Evans, Abial J. Vary, Thomas Vary, Robert G. Flint, George Mat- thewson, Frederick Matthewson, Ephraim T. Briggs, William Field, Camden C. Lake, Volney Belden, J. G. Blake, William McMillin, Marcus McMillin, Dexter Rhodes, Cyrus Rhodes, James Curtis, Stephen Hooker, Marvin Field, Charles Field, Manly Field, Abijah Sibley, Levi Wells, Wesley Demon, . Erastus Lake, Mike Brass, Tracy J. Russell, Asa R. Trevitt, James Drury, Edward Churchill, Ambrose Upson, Lyman Shepard, Comfort Knapp, Chester Loveridge. Gifford Pierce, Joshua Steele, Alva Dutton, Hiram Donalson, O. D. Curtis, E. Briggs, Chester Holt. Joiner and cabinet makers: Benjamin Knight and Caleb Knight.
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TINSMITHS, MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, ETC.
TINSMITHS.
Hodge Brothers, Perigrin Eaton, Judson Eaton, Benjamin F. Joslin, Thomas Spencer, David Bloomfield, J. Chaffee & Son, Ferren & Guardinier, Ferrin & Jones, W. D. Jones, D. W. Bensley. W. D. Jones, Albert Pierce.
MILLWRIGHTS.
Jarvis Bloomfield, James Tyrer, L. M. Kellogg, Mr. Good- sell, George Walker, Benjamin F. Joslin, L. G. Ford, James Titus, Morris Williams.
MACHINISTS.
Mr. Marshall, C. J. Shuttleworth, Homer Bloomfield, Wal- lace McMaster, Theodore Baker, Milton Young.
GUNSMITHS.
H. M. Waite, Alva King, Wm. French George E. Crandall, Nathan Shaw, A. Goodell, Welcome Sprague, Langdon Steelc.
JEWELERS.
Abial Vary, George E. Crandall. George Gliddon, William Nash, William Weber, O. S. Ward, James Weber, Weber & Holland, H. P. Spaulding.
COOPERS.
Icabod Brown, Samuel Cooper, Lewis Childs, John Peabody, Sylvester Peabody, Emery Sampson, Alanson Wheeler, Isaac Childs, Mr. Titus, Gates Brothers, James Fay, Alford Shippy, Mr. Pratt. Chester Wheeler.
CABINETMAKERS.
Wales Emmons, Otis Butterworth, Wales Butterworth, Wal- ter Wadworth, Mr. Holt, M. L. Arnold, P. G. Eaton, Daniel Shaw, Shaw & Brothers, William Sherman, E. Rundall, Major Wells, William Barclay, Mr. Rider, M. W. Douglass, S. B. Gaylord, Joel Norton, Robert Shultus, Philip Herbold, Her bold & Prior, L. D. Chandler, Hiram Thomas.
CHAIRMAKERS.
Lemuel Twichel, Richard Wadsworth, Benjamin Nelson, Jonathan Nelson, Mr. Hill, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Gates, James Boyles.
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BUSINESS MEN IN CONCORD AT PRESENT.
Among the business and professional citizens of Concord in 1883, are the following :
CLERGYMEN.
Rev. W. A. Robinson, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church ; Rev. Mr. Williams, Pastor of the Methodist Church; Rev. A. F. Bryant, Pastor of the Free Baptist Church of Springville and East Concord ; Rev. Mr. Owen, Pastor of the Baptist Church ; Rev. Mr. Fromholzer, Pastor of the Catholic Church ; Rev. Mr. Baker, Pastor of the Free Baptist Church of Morton's corners: Rev. Mr. Jackson, Pastor of the M. E. Church at Morton's corners and Rev. Mr. Weiderman, Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Morton's corners.
LAWYERS.
Hon. C. C. Severance, W. H. Tichnor, Frank Chase, A. E. Scott, D. J. Wilcox, Lowell M. Cummings and Scott Cum- mings.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr. George G. Stanbro, Dr. W. H. Jackson, Dr. W. E. Long, Dr. M. M. Sperry and Dr. I. C. Blakeley, Nichols' corners ; Dr. T. Calkins, Woodwards Hollow.
HOTELS.
Leland House, E. S. Pierce, Proprietor; Forest Hotel, T. K. Davis, Proprietor ; Farmers' Hotel, Theodore Trew, Proprietor; American Hotel, Peter Neno, Proprietor ; Delavan House, Webster Norton, Proprietor; Miller's Hotel, Henry Saltzer, Proprietor.
BANKS.
First National Bank of Springville-Cash capital paid in, $50,000. Wm. O. Leland, President ; H. G. Leland, Vice-Pres- ident ; E. O. Leland. Cashier. Directors-Hon. C. C. Sever- rance, Almond D. Conger, Joseph Demmon, Wm. O. Leland, Geo. W. Oyer, Wm. Z. Lincoln, E. O. Leland, Morris L. Hall, H. G. Leland.
Farmers' Bank of Springville-Capital stock, $30,000. S. R. Smith, President; B. Chafee, Vice-President ; F. O. Smith, Cashier. Directors-S. R. Smith, B. Chafee, J. D. Larabee, A. D. Jones.
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DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS. &C.
MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS AND TRADESMEN,
l'. Herbold, manufacturer and dealer in furniture and under- taker.
1 .. D. Chandler, dealer in furniture and undertaker.
C. J. Shuttleworth, furnace, machine shop, saw-mill and builder.
W. G. Rawson, mill owner and farmer.
Burt Chafee, mill owner and farmer.
E. L. Hoopes, miller and dealer in floor and feed.
S. R. Smith, manufacturer and farmer.
JEWELERS AND WATCH MAKERS.
George E. and Nelson Crandall, H. P. Spaulding and E. II. Engel.
MERCHANTS AND TRADERS.
S. B. and N. K. Thomson, Beebe and Myers, dry goods, groceries and general store : C. M. Hadley, J. D. Blakeley, R. W. Tanner. A. F. Rust, E. A. Scott, groceries and provisions : J. O. Churchill, groceries and provisions and dealer in dry goods : William Briggs and J. S Tarbox, general store in Mor- ton's Corners, Maltby and Parmenter general store in Wood- ward's Hollow : Byron Walters, general store in East Concord.
DRUGGISTS, &C.
Frank Prior, L. B. Nichols and E. C. Smith, drugs, medicines. paints and oils.
HARDWARE AND TINWARE.
Allen and Weber, A. D. Jones, D. W. Jones, ind J. Wheeler. BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS.
A. L. Holman and J. W. Reed.
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURES.
W. Stone, J. W. Reed, Anthony Leiser. A. L. Holman, C. C. McClure and George McClure.
CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS.
Harris Cohen, Peter Hein and Henry Jerns-Tailor.
MILLINERS.
Mrs. O. Smith, Mrs. L. M. Cummings, Mrs. George Myers, fancy store, Miss Clara Wheeler and Mrs. L. D. Hemstreet.
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PAINTERS, PRINTERS AND BLACKSMITHS.
DRESS-MAKERS.
Mrs. S. Sweet, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. H. Palmer, Mrs. R. M. Tichnor, Mrs. Ostrander, Mrs. A. E. Torrey.
PAINTERS.
Thomas B. Prior, James Prior, Marshal Kingsley, Peter B. Prior, Levi Prior, Fred Childs, Robert Yates, Byron Bristol, David Hernden, Lemuel Parker, William Frye, Nicholas Deet, Frank Spaulding, John Pratt, Lyman Covel, Morris Barnett.
MASONS.
S. Swertz, M. Colin, Charles Colin, Frank Thurber & Sons. Dell Pinney, Mr. Quigley, Gidcon Matthewson, Mr. Doane.
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.
W. W. Blakeley, job printer and proprietor of Journal and Herald, Melvin & Myers, job printers and proprietors of Local Vores, Nelson Thurber, printer, Charley Briel, printer, William Lowe, printer, William Frye, printer.
TANNERS.
Jay Borden, proprietor of Springville Tannery, Patrick Flan- igan and Mr. Philips, tanners.
WOOD AND COAL.
F. O. Smith, coal and wood dealer.
BUTCHERS AND DEALERS IN MEATS.
Nicholas Rassel, Spencer Widrig and Cook Brothers.
WAGON-MAKERS.
Victor Collard, Matthew Metzler and Mr. Bassett, Peter Collard.
BLACKSMITHS.
Frank Weismantel, Peter Weismantel, Samuel Wheeler, Jr .. Jacob Wenzel, Charles Thurber, William Frase, Henry Krepps. John Fink and George Beaumont.
HARNESS-MAKERS AND CARRIAGE-TRIMMERS.
C. R. Wadsworth, Clark Ferrin, S. H. Barnhart. A. Thillen. Henry Bay.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, HALLS, ETC.
DENTISTS.
Carlos Waite and AN. L. Vaughn.
DAGUERREOTYPERS.
S. E. Spaulding and Miss Ann H. Pierce. LIVERY-STABLE KEEPERS. E. S. & J. Pierce and E. D. Bement. RESTAURANT.
M. D. Scoby.
WOOL CARDING.
Harvey Spaulding.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HIALLS.
Opera House, Presbyterian, Methodist, Free Baptist, Baptist and Catholic churches, Griffith Institute, Masonic Hall and the E. A. U. Hall. Free Baptist, Methodist and Lutheran churches at Morton's Corners, and Free Baptist church at East Concord.
MILLWRIGHTS.
L. M. Kellogg, Jesse Frye, James B. Titus, Benjamin Joslyn and Morris Williams.
MACHINISTS.
C. J. Shuttleworth and Wallace McMaster.
CABINET MAKERS AND SASH, DOOR AND BLIND MAKERS.
John Demuth, Anson J. Fleming, Campbell Hugel and Lewis Goodbread.
BARBERS.
E. D. Bement, George Bentley and Herbert Ferrin. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
Thomas Lincoln, William McMillen, Joseph Fleming, Wil- liam Blackmar, Benjamin Joslyn, Ebenezer S. Cady, J. L. Steele, Ransom Davis, Morris Williams, William Joslyn, D. O. Bab- cock, Carlos Cox, A. J. Moon, Peter Zimmer, James Titus, Frank Spaulding, George B. Clark, Rudolph Rust, Ward Ferren, Waldo Morton, William Widrig, Hiram Lafferty, James Rey- nolds, David Griffith, George Wood, Theron Green, Albert Davis, Cypher Haas, George Norton, Met. Lincoln, Charles
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" FIDDLER'S GREEN."
Lafferty. Arthur Churchill, Alfred Churchill, Will Stanbro, O. D. Curtis, Will Griffith, Mr. Shaw, Perry Scott, Tom Wil- liams, Mr. Grace, Lee Rider, Gottlieb Krantz, James Cranston, Mr. Huyck, Edward Beaver.
"FIDDLER'S GREEN."
It has been a query, even among those te the " Manor born." when or by whom this name of "Fiddler's Green " was first given. But it has now become a pretty well established fact, from the testimony of persons now living, and who lived here at that time, that the name was applied as early as 1815 or 1816. And it is also equally as well ascertained by the testimony of the same old settlers that the person who first applied the name was David Stickney, who then kept a log tavern where the Opera House now stands, and adjoining the "Green."
The plot of ground where the park now is, in early times was larger, smoother and much more beautiful than it is at present and was at first called "The Green." The theory that there were several fiddlers living adjoining or near there at the time the name was given is not sustained by evidence. It is true that at one time there were several fiddlers living in the vicinity, but it was many years after it had received its title; but the following are well established facts :-
First-That David Leroy came here about 1812.
Second-That he was a famous and inveterate fiddler.
Third-That he lived a few rods north of the present park, and adjoining the " Green."
Fourth-That his house was the favorite resort of other fiddlers who frequently came some distance to practice with and learn of him, and that the sound of his fiddle almost nightly floated out upon the evening air, and all the villagers listened to its rich melody. From these facts we have become satisfied after duc investigation, that from David Leroy and the music of his and other fiddles at his house, the " Green " by which he lived took the name of "Fiddler's Green," and that there were no other fiddlers living there at that time.
From this the little village took the same name, and for many years it was known as " Fiddler's Green " from New England to the Far West. Fifty and sixty years ago the name Spring- ville was seldom applied to the village, and it was only on
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MAIL ROUTES AND POST OFFICES.
special occasions and when one wished to be very precise in his language that the full name " Fiddler's Green " was used, but among the surrounding farming community the name almost universally applied was the "Green." If you went to a neigh- bour's house and enquired of the wife where her husband was, the answer would be he has gone to the "Green." If you called at another house and asked the children if their father was at home, the answer might be no, he has gone to the "Green." And even to-day the name of the " Green " remains indelibly stamped upon the minds of some of our venerable men and women whose first and earliest recollections of the place was the little hamlet that nestled in the midst of nature's richest verdure around that spot, and this impression remains to-day on their minds, and they speak of it as the " Green " and call it by no other name.
In early times the " Green " was used as a parade ground by the military companies that trained in Springville. Sometimes caravans and other traveling shows exhibited there. Some- times exciting games of base ball were played there. In the memorable political campaign of 1840 a log cabin was erected on the south-west corner of the "Green," and a large political mass-meeting was held there on that Fourth of July. In 1880, at the Semi-Centennial celebration of the opening of the Spring- ville Academy, the large company present on that occasion took dinner from tables erected on the "Green."
MAILS, MAIL ROUTES AND POST OFFICES.
The first post-offices established in this county were at Buf- falo and Clarence. There were no post-offices or mail-routes in the south towns before the war of 1812-15.
The earliest method adopted by the settlers for communi- cating with their friends cast was by watching their oppor- tunity and sending letters by some one who might have occasion to return to the section of country they came from. And their friends east would send letters whenever they knew of any person coming from that part of the country here, and such person sometimes brought a dozen or more letters and they would be distributed to the owners who sometimes lived many miles apart. At one time a man by the name of Wm. Earl
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POSTMASTERS AT SPRINGVILLE.
was employed by the settlers to go to Buffalo once a week to carry the mail and bring that of the settlers and distribute it to whom it belonged. At first the country extending for twenty- five miles north and south and thirty-five east and west, was all included in the one town of Willink, and a letter addressed to a person in Willink might never reach its destination, there- fore they were addressed to persons in the township and range in which they lived. In this way they could be distributed with measurable accuracy.
In the Spring of 1820, a new mail-route was established, running from Buffalo to Olean, with three new offices in this county : one at Hamburg, formerly called Smith's mills; one at Boston, formerly known as Torrey's corners, and one at Springville, Ralph Shepard was the first post-master at Ham- burg, Erastus Torry at Boston, and Rufus C. Eaton at Spring- cille, who held the office nine years. Since that time the post-masters at Springville have been-
In 1828, Elisha Mack, under Andrew Jackson, two terms, Martin Van Buren, one.
In 1840, Samuel Lake, under Harrison and part of Tyler's administration.
In 1842, Dr. Hubbard, under part of Tyler's and part of Polk's.
In 1846, Major Blasdell, under Polk's administration.
In 1848, Morgan 1 .. Badgley, under Taylor and Fillmore.
In 1852, Camden C. Lake, under Pierce.
In 1856. Camden C. Lake, under Buchanan.
In 1860, Perrin Sampson, under Lincoln.
In 1864, Perrin Sampson, under Lincoln and part of John- son's.
In 1866, Luther Killom, under Johnson.
In 1868, Carlos Emmons, under Grant.
In 1872, Carlos Emmons, under part of Grant's 2d term.
In 1872, T. B. Norris, under part of Grant's 2d term.
In 1876, T. B. Norris, under Hayes.
In 1880, T. B. Norris, under Garfield, who i., post-master at the present time.
About fifty years ago a post-office was established on Towns- end Hill, with Amaziah Ashman as postmaster. At the present
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COMMISSION OF THE FIRST POSTMASTER.
time there are four post-offices in the town of Concord -- Spring- ville, Morton's Corners, Woodward's Hollow and East Concord. At first the mail was carried over Townsend Hill to Boston and on to Buffalo ; then it was carried down the east branch of Eighteen-mile creek to Boston, then to Buffalo. And it has been carried past East Concord and through Colden to Buffalo. It is now carried on the cars from Springville to Sardinia and to Buffalo ; and also through Boston to Buffalo.
In early times there was a mail from the East carried through Springville, Zoar, and on West. Afterwards there was a mail from Pike through Springville, Morton's Corners, Collin's Center, and on West. At the present time there is a mail route from Collin's Center, through Morton's Corners, Wood- ward's Hollow, New Oregon, &c. There is a mail route from Springville to Cattaraugus Station. There is also a mail route from Springville to Ashford Station.
COMMISSION OF THE FIRST POST-MASTER IN SPRINGVILLE.
"Return J. Meigs, Jr., Post-master General of the United States of America.
TO ALL who shall see these presents, greeting :
" KNOW YE, that confiding in the Integrity, Ability and Punctuality of Rufus C. Eaton, Esq., I do appoint him a Post- master, and authorize him to execute the duties of that Office at Springville, Niagara County, and State of New York, according to the laws of the United States, and such Regula- tions conformable thereto as he shall receive from me.
To HOLD the said office of Post-master, with all the Powers. Privileges and Emoluments to the same belonging, during the pleasure of the Post-master General of the United States for the time being.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of my Office to be affixed at Washington City, the thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and twenty, and of the independence of the United States the forty-fourth.
Registered 19th day of July, 1820.
R. J. MEIGS.
THOS. ARBUCKLE, Clerk.
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NAMES OF OWNERS OF FARMS IN 1845.
A list of the owners of farms and farming lands in the town of Concord in 1845 :
TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX.
LOTS.
25. Calvin Blake, L. C. Vaughan, James Vaughan, Epenetus Vaughan.
26. W. W. Cornwell, Asa Wells, J. N. Yates, H. Freeman, J. Mayo.
27. John Gardinier, J. Bloodgood, Wm. Smith, Archibald Griffith.
28. Jared Davis, John Vaughn, Wm. Smith.
29. H. J. Vosburg, Abram Gardinier, Wm. Olin, G. Newcomb.
30. W'm. Foot, Levi Finch, James Wood, Joseph Coteral, John Coteral.
31. James Wood, R. Foote, R. Matthewson, John Philips.
32. R. Foote, Sam. Hains, Mrs. Beaver, R. Matthewson.
33 Asa Wells, Healy Freeman, Charles Wells, Mr. Kilburn.
34. James Bloodgood, J. N. Yates, Vincent Cole, Weston Waite, Moses Griswold.
35. Archibald Griffith, M. Wample, S. Gardner, J. Mayo, C. Smith. J. Wilson.
36. J. & A. South, Wm. Smith, E. Cram, L. Killom, J. Haynes, 1. Needham.
37. H. Stanbro, W'm. Baker, Henry Vosburg. B. Graff, C. Vaughan, David Clark, Levi Finch.
38. J. Griffith, Louis Wheelock, H. Griffith, R. Drake, Bela Graves, C. Killom.
39. R. Foote, John Treat, P. A. Sprague, S. P. Field. Bela Graves.
40. Abner Wilson, B. Crump, P. A. Sprague.
41. Josiah Graves, Ashley Holland, Gardner Stanbro, Seley Squires.
42. Seley Squires, J. C. Cranston, Justin Miner, Hiram Mayo, D. Sweet, J. McMillen.
43. L. Davis. E. Mayo, James Curtis, J. Mayo, P. Stanbro, C. Smith.
44. A. Cranston, Wm Smith, Jr., Wm. Smith, S. A. Jocey, P. Stanbro, C. Stanbro.
15. Wm. Smith, Win. Smith, Jr., Patrick Hogan, Ephraim Needham.
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EARLY FARM OWNERS IN TOWN OF CONCORD.
46. Philip Potter, P. Osgood, Josiah Canfield, Mr. Flint, C. A. Wilson.
47. Wheeler Drake, (non-resident).
48. Samuel Abbott, Alonzo Cross.
49. Mrs. Reynolds, Varney Ingalls.
50 E. E. Williams, Daniel Tice. Peter Bradley, Zimri Ingalls, Caleb Ingalls.
51. James Flemings, Ephraim T. Briggs, Amos Stanbro.
52. Philip Ferrin, Nathan Godard, Benjamin South, Isaac Knox.
53. Albert Shippy, Ephraim A. Briggs, Stary King, C. Need- ham, E. Godard.
54. K. Martin, Jr., Mr. Mason, A. Martin, J. Agard, Orrin Sibley.
55. Orrin Sibley, Sylvester Abbott, Harrison Calkins.
56. Henry Smith, Wm Calkins, C. Abbott, S. Abbott. D. Lewis.
57. Carlos Emmons, V. Ingalls, Allan Drake, Alanson Wheeler.
58. J. House, Orley Perkins, Benjamin Wheeler, Sen.
59. Benjamin Fay, Ebenezer Blake.
60. Noah Townsend, Constant Trevett, Philip Ferrin, Mr. Ste- phenson.
61. Orrin Baker, Jonathan Canfield, Orvil Canfield.
62. Wm. Field, Almon Perkins, Joshua Agard, H. E. Potter. 63. Benjamin Sibley, Joshua Agard, Abijah Sibley.
64. Moses Leonard, Oliver Dutton, O. Wells, J. Bartley, Mr. Curran, Mr. Calkins, E. Twichell.
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