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from the formation of the town ( 1821) up to the present date :
1821.
Supervisor-John Lawton.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-Lemuel M. White, John Griffith, Luke Cr.n- dall, Jr.
Commissioners of Highways-Levi Woodward, John Law- ton, Arnold King
Collector-Luke Crandall, Jr.
IS22.
Supervisor-Henry Joslin.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-Levi Woodward, Stephen Hussey, John Griffith. Commissioners of Highways-John Lawton, Nathaniel King, Abram Gifford.
Collector-Luke Crandall, Jr.
1823.
Supervisor-Stephen White. Town Clerk-John Lawton.
Assessors-Nathaniel White, John Arnold, John Stancliff, Jr. Commissioners of Highways-Jonathan O. Irish, Horace Lan- don, Phineas Orr.
Collector-Luke Crandall, Jr.
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PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES.
1824.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-John Arnold, Soloman Dunham, Lemuel M. White.
Commissioners of Highways-John Lawton, Horace Lan- don, Enos Southwick.
Collector-Luke Crandall, Jr.
1825.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-John Arnold, Enos Southwick, Lemuel M. White.
Commissioners of Highways-John Lawton, Soloman Dun- ham, Horace Landon.
Collector-Luke Crandall, Jr.
1826.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-John Lawton, Horace Landon, Enos Southwick. Commissioners of Highways-John Lawton, Horace Lan- don, Soloman Dunham.
Collector-Asher Avery.
1827.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-John Arnold, Enos Southwick, John Stancliff, Jr.
Commissioners of Highways-John Lawton, Horace Lan- don, James Parkinson.
Collector-Asher Avery.
1828.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-John Arnold, John Stancliff, Jr., Enos Southwick. Commissioners of Highways-James Parkinson, Benjamin Hussey, Enos Southwick.
Collector-Asher Avery.
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PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES.
1829.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-Enos Southwick, John Arnold, John Stancliff.
Commissioners of Highways-John Lawton, Warren Tan- ner, Lemuel M. White.
Collector-Asher Avery.
1830.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors-John Arnold, Richard Rodgers, John Griffith.
Commissioners of Highways-Warren Tanner, John Lawton, Lemuel M. White.
Collector-Asher Avery.
1831.
The people failed to elect town officers in that year, and they were appointed by three Justices of the Peace :
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Stephen White.
Assessors - Benjamin W. Pratt, Isaac Allen, John Stan- cliff, Jr.
Commissioners of Highways-Samuel Rodgers, Lemuel M. White, Warren Tanner.
Collector-Asher Avery.
1832.
Supervisor-Nathaniel Knight.
Town Clerk-Zemri Howe.
Assessors-Richard Rodgers, John C. Adams, Isaac Allen.
Commissioners of Highways -- Jehial Hill, Samuel Rodgers, Warren Tanner.
Collector-Asher Avery.
Justices of the Peace-Lemuel M. White, John Stancliff, Jr.
1833.
Supervisor-Ralph Plumb. Town Clerk-Zemri Howe. Assessors-Stephen White, Nathaniel King, Isaac Allen.
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PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES.
Commissioners of Highways-Jehial Hill, Elisah Ward, John Lawton.
Collector-Asher Avery.
Justice of the Peace -- Horace Landon.
1834
Supervisor-Ralph Plumb.
Town Clerk-Zemri Howe.
Assessors-Stephen White, Nathaniel King, Isaac Allen.
Commissioners of Highways-Jehial Hill, Kendall Johnson, Elisah Ward.
Collector-Asher Avery.
1835, '36, '37. '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '49, '50.
SUPERVISORS.
Ralph Plumb. John L. Henry, 1844-45. Thomas Russell, 1846, '47, '48, '51. Samuel C. Adams, 1832, '53. James H. McMillen, 1854, '55. Benjamin W. Sherman, 1856. James H. Plumb, 1857, '58, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67. Anson G. Conger, 1859, 60, '77. E.W. Henry, 1861. Marcus Bartlett, 1862. Stephen T. White, 1868, '69, '70. Stephen A. Sisson, 1871, '72, '73. John H. White, 1874, '75. William A. Johnson, 1876, '73. C. C. Torrence, 1879, 'So, '81. William H. Parkinson, 1882. John T. Johnson, 1883.
TOWN CLERKS.
Zemri Howe, 1835, 37. Stephen White, 1836. Leman H. Pitcher, 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44. Thomas Russell, 1845. Benjamin W. Sherman, 1846, '47. E. W. Godfrey, 1848, '49, 50. George H. Hodges, 1851, '53, '54, '55. '58. Paul H. White, 1852. William W. Russell, 1856, '57. Henry S. Steb- bins, 1859. S. C. Warner, 1860, '61. Z. A. Bartlett, 1862, '64, '71, '73, '74. P. H. Perry, 1863. Joseph Mugridge, 1865, '66. Curtis I. Bates, 1867. L. H. De Wolf, 1868, '69. S. T. Knight, 1875, '76. '77. Plyn Holton, 1878, '79. A. W. Fish, 188o. M. B. Sherman, 1881, '82. David H. Davis, 1883.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Zimri Howe, 1835, '43, '55. John Sherman, 1836, '40. Humphry Smith, 1837. James Parkinson, 1838. Warren Tan- ner, 1841. Nathaniel Frank, 1842, '46. Isaac Potter, 1844.
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PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES.
Harvey Hicks, 1845. Leman H. Pitcher, 1845, '47, '51. Jen- nings Bowen. 1846, '48. Chas. C. Kirby, 1849. Benj. W. Sherman, 1850, '54. Lyman Clark, 1852. William Dickenson, 1850. Philip H. Perry, 1853, '62, '64. '65, '69, '74, '77. Anson Tanner, 1853, '57. John Wilber, 1853. Marcus Bartlett, 1856. E. W. Henry, 1857, '60, '64. Hiram Gibbons, 1858. S. W. Soule. 1859. John F. Allen, 1859. C. B. Parkinson, 1862, '67. Samuel C. Warner, 1863. Arnold Chase, 1866. W. W. Rus- sell, 1866, '67, '71. William Peacock, 1868, '72, '80. Edward Vail, 1873. Erastus Harris, 1874. L. Van Ostrand, 1875, 79- H. J. Brown, 187 6. 1. Knight, 1878. M. P. Kellogg 1881. H. A. Reynolds, 1878, '82.
COLLECTORS.
Asher Avery, 1835, '36. '37, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, 45, '46, '47. Platt Rogers, 1848, '49. David Roberts, 1850. Nor- man Reynolds, 1851, '52, '60. Ezra Bull, 1853, '54, '55, '56. Enoch Randall, 1857. George McMillen, 1858. Nathan F. King, 1859, '61. Arus Hall, 1862, '63. Rufus Washburn, 1864, 65. Benjamin Smith, 1866. Ransom G. King, 1867. Joseph A. Smith, 1868, '69. A. B. Pierce, 1870. Henry Statts, 1871. Adam Clark, 1872. James Matthews, 1873. J. G. Van Ostrand, 1874. Milton B. Sherman, :875, '76, '79, '80. Otis Wheeler, 1877. Edward E. White, 1878. Charles C. Clark, 1881. Lewis Soule, 1882.
ASSESSORS.
Stephen White, Nathaniel Knight, Isaac Allen, 1835. John Arnold, Isaac Allen, Lemuel M. White, 1836. Nathaniel Rich- mond, Enos Southwick, Nathaniel Knight, 1837. Nathaniel Richmond, Enos Southwick, Warren Tanner, 1838. Enos Southwick, William Herrick, John Stancliff, Nathaniel Rich- mond, 1839. Enos Southwick, Warren Tanner, Benjamin W. Sherman, Martial Judson, 1840. Enos Southwick, Martial Judson. B. W. Sherman, Warren Tanner, 1841. Enos South- wick, B. W. Sherman, Warren Tanner, Martial Judson, 1842. Constant Southwick, Enos Southwick, Warren Tanner, John Stancliff, 1843. Martial Judson, Constant Southwick, Warren Tanner, S. T. Munger, 1844. Enos Southwick, F. L. Knight Jennings Bowen, Horace Landon, 1845. Horace Landon,
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PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES.
Humphry Smith, Timothy Bigelow, 1846. Gideon Webster, 1847. Edwin P. Palmer, Giles Gifford, 1848. Giles Gifford, 1849. Samuel T. Munger, 1850. Francis L. Knight, 1851. Wilson Rodgers, 1852. Samuel T. Munger, Anson G. Conger, 1853. Norman Reynolds, Almon D. Conger, 1854. Almon D. Conger, 1855. Samuel T. Munger, 1856. Marcus Bartlett, 1857. Joseph Gifford, 1858. Samuel T. Munger, 1859. John E. Moss, 1860. Almon D. Conger, 1861. Joshua Allen, George Sisson, 1862, '63, Almon D. Conger, 1864. Joshua Allen, 1865. Stephen A. Sisson, 1866. Almon D. Conger, 1867. John H. White, 1868. E. R. Harris, 1869. Almon D. Conger, 1870. J. H. White, 1871. E. R. Harris, 1872. John H. Johnson, 1873. Joshua Allen, 1874. George Sission, 1875. John H. Johnson, 1876. John H. White, 1877. S. B. Wash- burn, 1878. J. H. Johnson, 1879. J. H. White, 1880. S. B. Washburn, 1881. Joshua Allen, Francis Brown, 1882.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
Jehial Hill, Darius Crandall, George Davold, 1835. Jehial Hill, George Davold, Darius Crandall, 1836. George Davold, Samuel Rodgers, Darius Crandall, 1837. Samuel Rodgers, Jehial Hill, George Southwick, 1838. Jehial Hill, Samuel Rodgers, Darius Crandall, 1839 Jehial Hill, C. B. Parkinson George Davold, 1840. C. B. Parkinson, George Davold, Gid- eon Webster, 1841. C. B. Parkinson, George Davold, Gideon Webster, 1842. Daniel P. Wing, John Jennings, Gideon Web- ster, 1843. Joseph Sisson, Smith Bartlett, Gideon Webster. 1844. J. H. McMillen, Enoch Randall, Joseph Sisson, 1845. Humphry White, Enoch Randall, John Vosburg, 1846. John Vosburg, 1847. Elisha Washburn, 1848. Aaron Parker, 1849. J. H. McMillen, 1850. Stukely Hudson, 1851. Rufus W. Stickney, 1852. Barnard Cook, David Roberts, 1853. (None elected in 1854.) Elisha Washburn, 1855, '56. Jeremy Bart- lett, 1857, '58. Stukely Hudson,;1859. James Mathews, 1860, '61. R. N. Moss, 1862. W. T. Popple, 1863. E. R. Harris, 1864, 65. R. W. Moss, 1866. C. B. Colburn, 1867. John E. Moss, 1868, '69. Seth F. Bartlett, 1870. J. E. Moss, 1871. Joseph H. Parmerton, 1872, '73. J. B. Andrews, 1874, '75.
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PERSONS ELECTED TO TOWN OFFICES
Charles Trunk, 1876. Daniel Wilber, 1877, '78. John Mathews, 1879. Jesse Frye, 1880, '81. Joseph H. Parmerton, 1882, '83.
LIST OF TOWN SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS IN COLLINS,. DATING FROM 1844.
1844-John F. Allen.
1845 -- Willson Rogers.
1846-John F. Allen. 1847-Samuel C. Adams.
1848 { Samuel C. Adams.
1849 S 1850 } Samuel C. Adams.
1851 )
1852 / . William A. Sibley.
1853 1
1854 1
1855 1 William A. Sibley.
1856-William A. Sibley.
SCHOOLS.
Our young people of the present time can but faintly pic- ture to themselves the contrast between our first district schools and those of the present day. Rude log buildings with bark roofs and puncheon floors, heated in Winter by a fire- place that occupied the entire end of the building, often con- stituted the " temple of knowledge " in pioneer times. Instead of our modern patent seats, benches rived from the trunk of some free-splitting ash or basswood were often used ; school books were scarce, the course of instruction very limited, and the methods of the pedagogue who presided meager and arbi- trary.
Among the early teachers in Collins were the following :
THOSE WHO TAUGHT FIFTY TO SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ..
Simon Waterman,
Leman H. Pitcher,
Otis Wheelock,
Jonathan O. Irish,
John Adams,
John C. Adams,
Joseph Woodward,
Stephen Parsells,
Betsey Knight,
Benjamin Waterman, Ruth Knight, Avery Knight,
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EARLY TEACHERS.
Marie Luthers,
Patience Parkinson,
Almond Lindsley,
Isaac Allen,
Elsler Pratt,
John Pratt.
Frank Bemont,
Diadama Vosburg,
Polly Russell,
Philander Havens,
Eliza Palmerton,
E. N. Frye.
THOSE WHO TAUGHT THIRTY-FIVE TO FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Caroline Beckwith,
Lydia McMillain,
Aurora Waterman,
Augustus Hanchett,
Eli Heath,
Edward Vail,
Sophronia Brewster.
Mrs. Barnum,
Isaac White.
Alanson Clark,
Elias Van Court,
Henry Reynolds,
Laura Rice,
Alonzo Pierce,
Lydia A. Sloan,
Wilder Fisher,
Aaron Fenton,
Matilda Fritz,
Philena Annis,
James Mathews,
S. W. Soule,
Jonathan Briggs,
Diadama Vosburg,
Charles Woodward,
Chester Howe,
Thibbet Soule,
Martha Nichols,
William S. Herrick,
Henry Reynolds,
FIRST RELIGIOUS MEETINGS AND CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS.
The first religious meetings in Collins, aside from the mis- sionary work of Father Taylor, were held at the house of Wil- liam King. Talcott Patchin, Richard and Sylvester Cary of Boston, Elder Bartlett of Zoar, preaching.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Collins Center, was organized about 1823, by the Rev. John Copeland forming a class in the school-house, on lot sixty-five. John Adams was leader. Among the members of the class were Mrs. John Adams, Nehemiah Heath and wife, Mr. Tabor and wife and a few others.
The present church edifice was built in 1834. Rev. William R. Babcock first preached in it.
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EARLY HISTORY OF "EAST DISTRICT."
EARLY HISTORY OF THE " EAST DISTRICT" OF COLLINS CENTER.
For the following we are indebted to Isaac W. Tanner, Esq., always a resident of the district and a pupil of the first schools :
In the Winter of 1823 and 1824 a school was kept in a log building standing near where the Free Methodist Church now stands. The teacher was Caroline Beckwith. The school the next Summer was taught hy Diadama Vosburg in a log-shop belonging to Stephen Wilber. The Winter school of 1825 and 1826 was taught by Almond Lindsley, in a log school-house situated at the corner of the road east of the Timothy Clark homestead. The school was kept here until the Winter of 1830 and 1831. After Lindsley the teachers were :
Mrs. Barnum, Elias Van Court, Sophrona Brewster, Avery Knight, Ruth Knight, Avery Knight, Statira Cross and Will- iam S. Herrick. The above names are in the order of their teaching.
In the Summer of 1830 a school-house was built where the present one now stands .* The first school taught in it was by Chester Howe, afterwards Judge of Cattaraugus county. The next Winter term was taught by Henry Reynolds. The next two Winter terms were taught by Arnold Mann. He was fol- lowed by Benjamin Stearns, Augustus Hanchet, Charles Wood- ward, Wilder Fisher and Tibbit Soule, uncle of Ex-Com. Soule.
COLLINS CENTER SCHOOL.
The first school was in the vicinity of Collins Center, was in a log-house built in 1811, by Nathan King or his sons. This house was located on lot forty-nine, near the Center and the school was taught by John King. The scholars from Stephen Wilber's were David, John, Paulina and Alma; from Nathan King's, Isaac, George, Angeline and Phila; from Benjamin Albee's there was Benjamin, Hannah and Enoch, and Isaac Aldrich from Lodi. The first school-house built at Collins Center expressly for school purposes was located somewhere about thirty rods north-east of Hodges' Corner. This was about 1817. It was made of logs and covered with boards and
*NOTE After the new school-house was built the names of only the Winter teachers are given.
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COLLINS CENTER SCHOOL.
slabs; a dutch fire-place, topped out with a stick chimney. The door was of rough boards with wooden hinges and wooden latch and a latch-string hanging outside. The benches were made of slabs with holes bored in for legs as you would construct a milk- ing-stool. Our desks were a little better, being boards planed and for their support pins were driven into the sides of the house at a suitable height, and when we wished to write we faced around to the wall where the light was shed from one small window on each side.
The next school was kept in a work-shop of Nathan King's. The next school after that was taught in a building built by my father for a blacksmith shop and occupied as such and afterwards changed to a work-shop. The next school was taught in a small framed building that stood by the four cor- ners. near Ezra Nichols', and was built by Stephen Wilber, Joshua Parmenter, Smith Bartlett and Augustus Smith. This house was moved up to the Center and is now occupied as a dwelling. The next school-house is the one that now stands in the corner between the two roads.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr. McDaniels was the first regular physician to practice medicine in Collins. He remained there but a short time and was succeeded by Dr. Harwood ; he to be followed by Dr. Congden, who died there in 1846. Dr. Alexander Bruce prac- ticed medicine there until a short time previous to his death and Dr. W. A. Sibley was located there for many years. Then Dr. Robinson and Dr. Henry. Dr. Letson and Dr. Harley Atwood are practicing medicine there at the present. Dr. Moses Blakeley (botanical), practiced there for several years at quite an early day. Dr. M. M. Sperry (alopathy), practiced medicine there in 1878 and 1879.
COLLINS CENTER.
MERCHANTS.
The first merchant who sold goods at Collins Center was Samuel Lake. He built a store here about 1830 ; he did not attend to the business himself, but he employed a man by the
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FIRST MERCHANTS OF COLLINS CENTER.
name of Harry Matthewson to conduct it for him. The front part of Bates & White's store is the building that he put up. He was also engaged in the ashery business here. He was suc- ceeded by Chancey Bigelow and his son Frank. They were succeeded by Cornelius Smith who afterwards sold out to Thomas Russell who was succeeded by his son William, who sold out to Bates & White. Benjamin Sherman was also in trade here at one time. A man by the name of Johnson once sold goods here also.
TANNERIES.
Smith Bartlett came from Danby, Vt., in 1815, and settled on lot fifty-eight and commenced tanning. He dug out large troughs such as were used for storing sap, and used them for tan vats. He finished off his leather in a log barn. He ground his bark in the following manner: He constructed a circular platform about twenty feet in diameter, with a rim around the outer edge, like an inverted cheese-box cover. He procured a large circular stone in the form of a grindstone, which was over six feet in diameter, and put a horizontal shaft through the center, and hitched a horse to a swivel on the outer end, while the other end was attached to an upright revolving shaft in the center of the platform; when the horse went around the stone rolled over the bark and crushed it by its weight. About 1828, after he got able, he built quite a good tannery on his place. In 1835, he moved to lot sixty-nine, and built a tan- nery there. His son, Allen Bartlett, run the tannery on lot sixty-nine for a while, and then he built a tannery of his own at Collins Center. He afterwards sold out to a Mr. DeWolf, and he sold to Popple & Harris.
MILLS IN COLLINS.
Jacob Taylor built mills at Taylor Hollow in 1812; Joseph Adams built a mill in Zoar, 1814; Stephen Lapham built a saw mill at Bagdad, in 1814; John Lawton built a mill in Lawton Hollow, in 1816; Turner Aldrich built a mill in Gowanda, in 1817 or '18; David Pound built a mill at what is called Tub Town, 1820; Job Sherman built a mill just below Pound's soon after ; David and John Wilber built a mill on
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THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
the Harris site, in 1824; James Parkinson built a saw mill at Collins Center, in 1835. This mill is a part and parcel of the present mill owned by the Balander Brothers, and has seen many transformations. It was once used as a carding machine and tannery, then again employed as a shingle and cider mill. C. B. Parkinson built a mill about one-half mile east of Collins Center, in or about 1840; S. C. Adams and Francis Knight built a mill on the Yaw brook, about 1837 ; Jesse Frye built a mill on the same stream about 1852 ; Jacob Rush built another mill on this brook about 1858 ; Joseph Doty built a steam saw mill west of Morton's Corners, about 1864 or '65 ; Ralph Plumb built a saw mill on the south branch of Clear Creek about 1840. A steam saw mill has been built this year (1883) by A. J. Setter, on the Yaw brook.
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
The Friends had a church organization in Collins and North Collins, at an early day, probably in 1813 or '14. They had a log meeting house just over the line in North Collins, on Na- thaniel Sisson's land, and then another about half a mile south- east of Bagdad. The meeting house on Augustus Smith's land was built about 1840.
The following list contains most of the names of the men and women, who were members of that church, to wit: Jona- than Southwick and wife, George Southwick, Abram Gifford and Lucy his wife, Rufus Gifford, Ezra Southwick and wife, Hugh McMillen and Lyda his wife, Benjamin Stowell and Hannah his wife, Stephen Sisson and wife, Perry Sisson and wife, Nathaniel Sisson and wife, Samuel Tucker and wife, Abram Tucker and Phebe his wife, John Strang and Elizabeth his wife, David Pound and family, Elisha Russell, Augustus Smith and Elizabeth his wife, William Sisson and Lydia his wife, Peter Potter and Rachel his wife, Isaac Allen and wife, Levi Tafft and wife, Jonathan Soule and Temperance his wife, Asa Lapman, Barnabus Robinson, Eli Lapham and Rachel his wife, Joshua Palmerton and Hannah his wife, Ezra Nichols and Sally his wife, Warren Tanner and Hannah his wife, Barak Smith and Mary his wife, Nathan Smith and Rachel his wife. Gilbert Smith and Lydia his wife, Addison
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COLLINS SOLDIER RECORD.
Smith and Mary Jane his wife, Asa Smith and Lydia his wife, Joseph Lapham and Ann his wife, Hadwin Arnold and wife, Turner Aldrich and wife, Isaac Wilber and wife, Oliver Keys and wife, Jacob Taylor, Mordica Sherman and wife, Henry Tucker and wife, Nehemiah Hull and wife, Powell Hallock, Benijah Hallock, Benjamin Boice and wife, Lewis Varney and wife, Lorenzo Mabbitt, Daniel Sisson and wife, George Sisson and wife, Royal Strang, Edwin Mabbitt and wife and mother Hannah, William Palmer, Stephen White and wife, William O'Brian and Ann his wife, Daniel Healy and wife, David Lap- ham, Abram Lapham, Nathan Cass, Ambrose Haight (Judge Haight's grandfather). David Corbin, Amherst Hopkins, Eliza- beth Foster, Rhoda Tarbox.
SOLDIER RECORD OF COLLINS.
Collins has just reason to be proud of the part her sons performed in the War of the Rebellion. One hundred and fif- teen enrolled their names for the service, twenty-six of whom were either killed in battle or died from other causes while in the service. Collins was represented in twelve different regi- ments. More than half of her soldiers were in the Sixty-fourth regiment New York State volunteers, Company A., and the Tenth New York cavalry. The Sixty-fourth regiment was under command of Col. Thomas J. Parker, of Gowanda, and was in all of the principal battles in which the Army of the Potomac participated. The Tenth New York cavalry also did gallant service in the field. The Excelsior Brigade saw constant service from Yorktown to Petersburg. The People's Ellsworth acted a prominent part in Vincent's brigade in occu- pying a position on Wolf hill at Gettysburg, and were in the other hard-fought battles of the army of the Potomac. Those who were members of the Second Mounted Rifles, the One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Eighty-seventh regiments, as well as those who were nearly or quite the sole representatives of their town in their regiments, acted no holi- day part in the great rebellion.
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COLLINS SOLDIER RECORD.
The following is a list of those who entered the service : SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY A.
NOTE .- A star indicates death in the service, and the person's name will be found at the close in a list of the dead.
Capt. Rufus Washburn, Jr., Lieut. William W. Russell,
*Harrison Clark,
*Foster B. Ross, Read F. Clark,
Henry L. Wilber, *Henry S. Young, *John G. Young, Benjamin H. Smith, Ezra Colburn,
Brev .- Maj. Arnold R. Chase, *Alexander Oglevie,
*George Palmer,
Capt. Peter Boardway,
James M. Wilcox.
Lieut. John Toepp.
Bethel W. Camp,
*William Burns,
Albert Cowdrey,
Daniel Allen.
John C. Hupfield.
Michael Boardway,
John Boardway.
*Andrew Reagles,
Maj. D. W. Hurdley,
*Lawrence Reagles,
John Hurdley,
James Walker,
* Jacob Saunders,
Lieut. William W. Roller,
Lewis W. Henry.
Orson McIntire.
Theodore Tyrer.
Charles L. Mair,
Ira B. Stewart.
James M. Clark,
Hudson Ainsley,
Hiram Henry.
Noah Twoguns ( Indian),
George Howard.
TENTH REGIMENT NEW YORK CAVALRY.
Joseph J. Mabbitt,
William Briggs,
Erastus Colburn,
John Matthews,
Joseph Matthews,
Daniel Warner,
George Rudd,
Charles Briggs.
Fred Tillinghast,
Lieut. William Potter.
Ledry Sherman.
Company .4.
*William H. Hathaway,
Ransom G. King,
John T. King, Edwin M. Page,
Sergt. Lewis A. Colburn.
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COLLINS SOLDIER RECORD.
Company B.
Corp. Frank W. Taylor, Lieut. Marion Smith, *Sergt. John W. Vail. Company D).
Lieut. James Matthews, *George B. Pratt, *Sergt. William S. Lenox, Caleb J. Randall. Company H. Daniel Auwater. Company L.
Eugene A. Colburn, Corp. David S. Morrell, Daniel Brown, *Kimball Persons, Lieut. Nelson Washburn.
SECOND REGIMENT MOUNTED RIFLES, COMPANY D.
Eugene Haliday, Robert Wilber,
Sergt. Edward M. Farnsworth, George F. Vail,
Orrin W. Sayles, *Wilber C. Perry,
Tibbits Soule,
Thomas Morrill,
Luzerne Clark, Sidney Barnhart,
Gilbert S. Southwick, Morenca J. Blakely,
Hiram Stage.
SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY (Excelsior Brigade), COMPANY E.
George W. Baily, Richard Lindsley, *James Wilber,
George F. Smith,
Charles J. Wilber,
*Frank Matthews,
Corp. Jesse Walker, Ensign Skinner.
FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT (People's Ellsworth) CO. ..
Lieut. Erastus L. Harris, John C. Robbins, *Oliver K. Irish, Frank Decker, George Persons.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS.
Capt. Geo. H. Hodges, Co. B, Corp. Millard F. Randall, Co. G. Franklin G. Hawkins, Co. G, George Pierce.
592
COLLINS' SOLDIER RECORD.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTY NEW VORK VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY F.
* Marshall Bickford,
Cassius Grannis,
*Oscar Ralph,
George Auwater,
*Franklin B. Stewart,
Joseph Doty,
*William Ferris, *Lieut. Charles Bowsky.
PROMISCUOUS.
Franklin Foster, 9th N. Y. Cav , Co. G.
Sergt. Edward J. Daggett, 21st Reg. Inf., Co. G.
*Casper Levack, 49th Reg. Inf., Co. B.
Noah Doty, Jr., 145th Reg. Inf., Co. A.
Corp. John J. Brown, 13th N. Y. Cav., Co. C.
Sergt. Jacob Levack, 49th Reg. Inf., Co. B.
Sergt. John Levack, 49th Reg. Inf., Co. B.
*John A. Wiesmantle, 49th Reg. Inf.
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