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In the Fall of 1819, when about eighteen years of age, I started to go to Vermont on foot. I went through in twelve days and it rained or snowed every day. On the 11th day of February, I started to return on foot with a pack of cloth weigh- ing forty-three and a half pounds on my back, and came through in ten days, being a distance of four hundred miles or more. I spent only three dollars and fifty cents on the route both ways, and did not beg anything either.
Mr. Conger is a very respectable and well-to-do farmer of North Collins. Physically, he is large, and has been a strong, athletic and powerful man.
Family Record : Moses married Miss Wood and lives in Collins. Joseph married Miss Foster and lives in Collins. Ansel F. married Miss Sisson, and lives in Gowanda. Noel married Miss Bartlett, and lives West. David married a daughter of Stephen Foster: lives in Collins. Sarah Ann mar- ried a Mr. Flowers, and lives in Versailles. Rachel married Henry W. Curtis and lives in Brant. Zubia married Oba- diah Edmonds and lives in Ripley. Betsy married Daniel C. Brown and lives in Collins. Helen married Mr. ----- , and lives on the old homestead with him.
Statement of Isaac Woodward.
Though my father settled in North Collins in ISUL, and was the first man ever married in that town. but being his third
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child, my recollections do not date back as far as some men who are still living and who might have written something more interesting than I can.
I was born in the year 1811, and my earliest recollections date back to the Summer of 1819. when I was first sent to school. My recollection is not clear enough to describe the old school-house, which was situated at the western terminus of the Cattaraugus or Genesee road, and was soon after pulled down to give room for quite a respectable frame house. The mode of punishing scholars at that time was somewhat peculiar and I must say in cases very cruel. I remember in my own case. for some slight offence. I was placed between two girls, which so frightened me that I set up such a hallowing that the teacher was glad to let me go back to my own seat (but I do not suppose that my " hollering " had anything to do with the naming of ". Woodward's Hollow ").
Our immediate neighborhood was settled mostly by Quakers -as sober, honest and industrious a people as ever lived. They all went to meeting twice a week, viz., on Sundays and Wednesdays, or as they called them the first and fourth days. for by their rules they were not allowed to speak the names of the days of the week: they frequently held sessions of two hours' duration without a word being spoken, as no one was permitted to speak in their meetings who was not moved upon by the spirit to do so. They never drank any of the ardent, but those not belonging to the Quakers always kept a jug of whiskey in the house with which to treat a neighbor or friend. and I have heard my father say that he would have been ashamed not to have had whiskey in his house to treat his minister when he called on him.
I have heard my father speak of his frequent encounters with bears when he first settled there, but they were pretty well thinned out before my remembrance. I never saw a live bear in the woods, but I remember having seen James and Luther Tyrer carry a bear they had just killed past my father's house. I do not know that I ever saw a wild wolf alive but I frequently heard them howl. One old wolf in particular was the pest of the neighborhood ; for one whole season she mated with a large dog belonging to my father. They ran together killing
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sheep, and when the dog came home at night the wolf would follow nearly to the house and make the night hideous with her howling. The dog was suffered to live for a long time. hoping by that means to capture the wolf, but he was finally hanged by my indignant grandmother. The wolf was after- wards caught in a trap by Samuel Tucker and the neighbor- hood again enjoyed a season of rest.
Though the west part of the town was settled before my re- membrance, the ca-tern portion was not much settled before the year 1830, and when it began to be settled in earnest that portion south of the Cattaraugus or Genesee road was called New Michigan, and that portion on the north was called New Oregon. New Oregon was settled mostly by Germans, and it was as great a sight for children at that time to see a lot of these men and women, dressed in their uncouth manner, with a bag of grain on their heads going to mill as it was to see a circus. They passed my father's house and some of them went as far as eight miles to Lawton's mill. in that primitive manner.
It is very common to hear old people speak of the hardships and privations of the early settlers, but as far back as my ex- perience goes and my recollection serves me, farmers and their wives enjoyed themselves better than they do now. They lived on what they raised : most every man's yard was filled with fowls, and eggs and chickens were no rarity on the poor- est man's table : pork was but poorly fattened and but few kept it the year round ; but sheep were plenty and cheap, and mutton was the poor man's meat through the Summer ; where now only the wealthiest can indulge in that luxury. Most everybody kept a few cows, making butter and cheese, which they ate at home, but dairymen now can scarce even afford to cat cheese.
People were more friendly and sociable with each other then than now, and on Winter evenings would yoke their oxen and such glorious sleigh rides we had-no snow-drifts then-and such glorious times we had at spelling-schools and bussing bees. Young people enjoyed themselves much better than they do in the ball-room to-day, and were I young again, I could think
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of no happier place on this earth than to be placed again far in the wilderness, with a few generous souls to keep me com- pany, surrounded by everything again as I was in my youth, with nothing left out but profanity and whiskey.
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CHAPTER XX.
FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE TOWN OF NORTH COLLINS.
The town of Shirley, now North Collins, was erected by the Board of Supervisors, Nov. 24, 1852. The first town meeting was held at the house of Henry W. Curtis, March 1, 1853. Lyman Clark, Edwin W. Godfrey and Charles C. Kirby were appointed to preside at this meeting. The next year the name of Shirley was changed to North Collins.
Nicholas Boardway.
Mr. Boardway was born in South Buffalo, Feb. 13, 1835, and came to North Collins when five years old, where he has since resided. He now owns and cultivates a farm of two hundred and three acres.
He was orderly sergeant of company G, -th Regiment, National Home Guards, and was a member at the time the regiment was disbanded. Mr. B. was married in 1858 to Kate Landman, who was born August 27, 1838. They have eight children, viz:
George N., born May 13, 1839. Michael H., born Feb. 15, 1861. Mary V., born Feb. 14, 1863. Joseph, born May 13, 1866. Hannah H., born Sept. 17, 1868. Albert B., born March 17, 1871. Emma M., born June 24 1875. Clarence F., born Dec. 18, 1879.
Nicholas Beaver.
Mr. Beaver was born March 3, 1824, in France. twenty-four miles from the city of Strasburg. When six years old he removed with his parents to Eden, Erie county N. Y. When twenty-three years of age he located on the Genesee Road, in the west part of Concord, where he lived until 1864, when he
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disposed of his farm and moved to his present farm in North Collins. He has been twice married, first in 1844, second in 1868. He has eleven children ; eight by his first wife and three by his second wife.
Mr. Beaver's paternal grandfather was a soldier of Napoleon, and was with him through his campaigns, from the burning of Moscow, to his final defeat at Waterloo. He died at the age of one hundred years.
George Barringer.
Mr. Barringer was born in the town of Wurtemburg, Ger_ many, Jan. 24, 1831. He came from there to Buffalo, Aug. 27. 1847, and worked at chairmaking in that city about fifteen months. He then removed to Shirly, in the town of North Collins and engaged in wagon making, which he followed at that place for twenty-six years, when he moved to North Col- lins village, where he still follows the same business.
He was married in 1854, to Emily A. Randall. They have had three children, viz :
Henrietta died in 1873. Ella E. died in 1868. Jennie, born June 5, 1872.
Mr. Barringer has a good war record. He enlisted Sept. 10. 1862, Company eight, first Regiment, New York State Sharp Shooters ; went into camp for the Winter at Washington and Arlington Heights. In the Spring of 1863, he took part in the siege of Suffolk under General Peck. In July of the same year he joined the Army of the Potomac at Waterford, Va., and during the following year he took part in the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, C. H., Laurel Hill, mine explosion at Petersburg and capture of Welden R. R., where he was taken prisoner, Aug. 19, 1864, and taken to Libby and Belle Isle prisons, but was paroled at the expiration of forty-nine days. He was then transferred to the hospital at Annapolis, Md., where he was discharged in June, 1865.
Lewis S. Clark.
Lewis S. Clark was born in Hamburg, Erie county, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1823, has resided in North Collins since 1836 and is a farmer. He was married July 4, 1848, to Louisa A. White, and has ten children :
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George A., Frank L., Mary, Charles, Albert, Henry. Harri- son, Emma, Ella and William Henry.
Mr. Clark's great grandfather, Henry Clark, came from Danby, Vt., in 1806, his grandfather, Nathan Clark, accompany- ing him. Each purchased of the Holland Company two hun- dred acres of land for which they paid $2.25 per acre. The Erie county fair grounds now occupy a portion of their pur- chase. They built three log cabins and returned to Vermont. In March, 1807, they came back with their families. Elisha Clark, another member of the family came with them. Henry Clark had a family of ten children. Nathan also had ten, one of whom, Samuel, the father of Lewis, was born in Danby, Vt., June 4, 1796, and died in North Collins 1870. He served in the war of 1812. He married Sylvia Foote, a native of Connecticut and a cousin of Henry Ward Beecher's mother. She was born in 1780 and died in 1852. She had three chil- dren :
Eliza Ann married Ansel W. Stickney. Lewis S. and Uri.
David Conger.
David Conger, son of Ruth and Enoch Conger, was born in Danby, Vt. He came to North Collins in June, 1817, where he died in 1823. He married Rachel Wilbur. Their children are as follows :
Marion, born in 1801, married James Ray and died in Min_ nesota in 1880. Noel, born June 30th, 1802, and has been twice married ; first, to Betsey Sherman, second, to Susan Ogden, and resides in North Collins. Sally, born in 1804, mar_ ried Stephen White and lives in California. Moses, born in 1806 and died when twelve years of age. Ann, born in 1.808, married Ansil Ford and reside in Michigan. George, born in 1810, married Eliza Hoag and lives in Michigan. Abram, born in 1812, married Anna Hunt and resides in North Collins. Stephen, born in 1813, married Adelia Eaton and died in North Collins in 1875.
Stephen W. Conger.
Mr. Conger was born in North Collins, March 12, 1847. His father's name was Stephen Conger. His mother's maiden name was Fidelia Eaton. He was married in 1866 to Mary E.
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Landon, daughter of Luther Landon. Mr. Conger has always resided in North Collins, is a successful farmer, an occupation which he has always followed.
Stephen Conger.
Mr. Conger was a son of David Conger. He was born in Tinmouth, Vt., Jan. 28, 1814, and came to North Collins with his father's family when five years old. When fifteen years old he went into the unbroken forest on lot eighteen, and carved out for himself a farm, experiencing during the time those incidents and hardships connected with early pioneer life. His brother, George, aged nineteen, and Abram, aged seventeen, took land adjoining at the same time. Mr. Conger lived upon the farm he transformed from the wilderness in his youth, until his death Jan. 25, 1877. He was married in 1834 to Fidelia Eaton, who was born Feb. 25, 1813, in Springville.
They had three children: Rachael, born June 24, 1838 ; Stephen W., mentioned elsewhere; Portia, born Sept. 8, 1850.
Dennis Dillingham.
Mr. Dillingham was born in North Collins Oct. 6, 1852. His father's name was James Dillingham and his mother's maiden name was Beulah Willet. Mr. Dillingham has always resided in North Collins and vicinity, except about six years spent in Michigan. He is a farmer by occupation and was married in 1871 to Ella Philbrick. He has two brothers, William a tobac- conist, living in Buffalo, and Gurney O., the present School Commissioner of the third district of Erie county.
Abram Foster.
Mr. Foster's grandfather, William Foster, came over from England during the Revolution as a captain in Burgoyne's army, and was taken prisoner at Saratoga. Mr. Foster was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept 3, 1816, and came from there to what is now North Collins in November, 1824, with his father, Warren Foster, who drove an ox team the entire dis- tance. Mr. Forter has always resided in North Collins and pur- sued the vocation of farming. He was married in 1839 to Amanda Sisson. Mr. Foster served in the capacity of coroner
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one term and from 1841 to '45, he held a commission from Governor Seward as captain of a rifle company, attached to the 96th Regiment of the state militia. He was also enrolling officer for the Town of North Collins during the draft in time of the Rebellion.
Benjamin Godfery.
Benjamin Godfery was born at Westport, Conn., in 1782. In about 1814, he came to Taylor Hollow, formerly called Angola and kept a grist mill for five years, after which he removed to a farm known as the Smith Sherman farm, where he was engaged in farming up to the time of his death, which took place in 1828. His widow survived him many years dying in 1869, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His children are as follows: George R., born in 1804, married Lydia Hudson and died in North Collins in 1843. Charles, born in 1806, married Polly Wells and resides in Nebraska. Mary Ann, born in 1808, married James Kerr and died in North Collins in 1833. Eleanor, born in 1811, married Elijah Kerr and died in 1833. She raised one daughter, who married Dr. John D. Arnold. Esther, born in 1813 and died young. Leander, born in 1815 and died in 1839. Edwin, born in 1820, married a Stratton and lives in North Collins.
Edwin W. Godfery.
Edwin W. Godfery was born in Angola, Erie county, N. Y. in 1820. When twelve years of age he entered the employ of Abner and John Sherman, with whom he remained until he was eighteen, receiving for his services $100 and a new suit of clothes. In 1842 he entered into partnership with John Sher- man, with whom he continued until 1865, after which he car- ried on business with other parties until 1872, when he was appointed Postmaster of North Collins, which office he now holds.
Mr. Godfery has for many years been one of the most useful and active men of North Collins, taking a deep interest in everything promotive of the welfare of the community. He has largely enjoyed the confidence of his fellow-citizens, having been called to represent his district in the Legislature in 1864,
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and we also find his name associated with many of the town offices of North Collins, he being Supervisor for six years and also filling various other town offices, all of which he filled with honor to himself and credit to his constituents. The names of his children are :
Theron, born Dec. 10, 1845, and resides in North Collins- George, March 23d, 1856, and died Sept. 16, 1856.
Enos S. Hibbard.
Enos S. Hibbard was born in North Collins, April 24, 1841. where he has ever since claimed residence. His father. Thomas S. Hibbard, was an old resident of North Collins, and died in 1881. His mother, Clarinda Southwick, was a daughter of Enos Southwick, Esq., of Gowanda.
Mr. Hibbard was married in 1867 to H. Josephine Hall, of Rochester, N. Y., who was born Aug. 14, 1846. They have six children, as follows :
Hoyt R., born March 30, 1871. Howard G., born March 19 .. 1873. Irene, born April 4, 1875. Clarinda, born July 3, 1876. Fred L., born Oct. 21, 1878. Edgar H., born Sept. 11, 1880,
Mr. Hibbard did his country good service during the Rebel- lion. He enlisted Sept. 24, 1861, in Company D, Tenth New York cavalry. He lay in camp at Gettysburg during the Win- ter of 1861-62. The first engagement he took part in was at Brandy's Station, June 9, 1863. He participated in the battles of Upperville, Gettysburg, Sheridan's raid (May 9th to 25th), Cold Harbor, Sheridan's raid to Travillion Station, June 7th to 28th, 1864, Lee's Mills, Boynton Plank Road, Spottsylvania Court House, mine explosion at Petersburg, and the final sur- render at Appomattox Court House. He was mustered out of service at Washington July 1, 1865. He was Commissary Ser- geant of his company.
Mr. Hibbard is and has been for three years past Secretary of the Republican County Committee. His residence at North Collins is undoubtedly the finest in his town.
Michael Hunter.
Michael Hunter, a native of France, was born in 1831, and came to North Collins in 1836, where he now resides. In
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June, 1852. he married Lydia Potter, daughter of Henry Pot- ter, who was born in New Bedford, Mass, and died in North Collins in 1845. Mr. Hunter is engaged in farming and hotel keeping, being proprietor of the North Collins House.
Mr. Hunter has possessed the confidence of his townsmen. and has from time to time been honored with various offices of trust and responsibility. He was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1872-73-74, and officiated as Justice of the peace for eight consecutive years, and also as Town Clerk for three years.
He attended school at Marshfield, where the school was taught by Dr. William A. Sibley, he being the only scholar of foreign birth in attendance at that time. His children are as follows :
Emmons, born Feb. 28, 1853; married in 1873 to Libbic Hussey. Millard, born Sept. 4, 1854 ; married in 1875 to Cora Rogers. Henry, born Aug. 19, 1856, and died April 8, 1859. William, born Oct. 25, 1858 Alice, born Nov. 26, 1860. Em- ma, born June 3, 1863. Harvey, born Aug. 2, 1872.
Henry Joslin.
Three brothers named Joslin came from England about two hundred years ago ; two of them settled in Boston, Mass., and the other, who was Mr. Joslin's ancestor, in Newport, R. I. He had seven sons and two daughters, and those seven sons each had seven sons and two daughters; each generation was named after the one preceding, so there were forty-nine sons and fourteen daughters having only nine names. One of those seven sons, named Henry, great-grandfather of Mr. Joslin, married and lived to be ninety years of age, and his wife 104. His seven sons were :
John, Henry and Thomas, who were ministers ; Thomas was also a lawyer, and was sent from East Greenwich, R. I., to the Legislature three times. Freeborn, a doctor. Benjamin, a farmer, who owned 1, 150 acres of land in White Creek, N. Y. Potter, also a farmer, and Clark.
Henry, grandfather of Mr. Joslin, was born at Exeter, R. I., in 1757, and died at Broad albin, now Fulton county, N. Y.,
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in 1813. He married Mary Tift, of Rhode Island, who died about 1834. They had three sons and two daughters, viz .:
J. T., a minister. Dutee and Henry, farmers, and Patty and Betsy.
Henry, father of Mr. Joslin, was born Jan. 28, 1788, in Hop- kinton, R. I. He came from what is now Fulton county, N. Y'., to what is now North Collins, in the Summer of 1817, and purchased two hundred and fifty acres of land on lot thirty, township seven, range eight. He moved his family the subse- quent Spring. He had a good education for those days and kept school. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1823, and held the office until his death, Dec. 23, 1827; he was also elected Supervisor in 1827. He married Ruth Jennings in 1810, who died in 1866, aged seventy-two years. They had five children :
Mary married Thomas Hendry ; resides in Canadea, N. Y. Cornelia married James Paxson ; resides at Richmond, Ill. Nancy married Whiting Howland, and died in 1843 in Wiscon- sin. Jane married James H. White ; resides at Port Allegany, Pa .; and
Henry, the subject of this sketch, who was born Nov. 25, 1819, in what is now North Collins, where he has resided most of the time since. He helped build the mills at Clarks- burg in 1839, and subsequently followed the occupation of car- penter fourteen years : now a farmer ; he has been Assessor of his town eleven years, and Justice of the Peace two terms ; he was married in 1846 to Emeline Clark. They have had six children, viz .:
Helen, born March 20, 1851 ; died July 13, 1852. Hortense Josephine, born June 20. 1854 ; married in 1874 to William L. Elderkin. George Henry, born Aug. 28, 1856. Ruth Geannic, born Dec. 31, 1858 ; married in 1881 to William Golm. Eugene Monroe, born Dec. 8, 1860; died Sept. 3, 1862. Mary Eme- line, born Aug. 10, 1866.
Charles C. Kirby.
Charles C. Kirby, of Shirley, North Collins, N. Y., was born in the Town of Scipio, Cayuga county, N. Y., May 29, 1823 His parents were from Dartmouth, Mass .; his father, Silas
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Kirby, who died in 1861 at the age of seventy-nine years, was of Scotch descent, and his mother, Deborah Crapo Kirby, who died in the year 1866 aged eighty years, was of English descent . In 1828, the family moved to Erie county, and settled in the Town of Collins (now North Collins), on lot forty-two, town- ship seven, range eight, and, in 1835, moved to the village now called Shirley, and engaged in the business of store and tavern- keeping.
In 1843, the subject of this sketch commenced for himself in the mercantile business at Shirley ; in 1845, was a partner with Lemuel M. White.
In 1846, he was married to Patience G. Sisson, daughter of Joseph Sisson. Have had four children : Alice Rebecca who died in 1855 : Charles Wentworth, Alice Jane and Carrie May. In 1847, was a partner with Paul H. White, and continued with him in the mercantile business until 1855. In 1845, was appointed and commissioned by Governor Wright, as Quartermaster of the One Hundred and Ninety-eighth regiment, N. Y. S. militia, and served in that capacity for four years. In 1849, was elected Justice of the Peace, held the office twenty-four years ; was elected Supervisor of North Collins in 1858, '59 and '60, and 75 and '77: has served as Town Clerk, Overseer of the Poor and Collector, and as School District Clerk for thirty-four years in succession, and now holds the office of Notary Public. In 1867, was appointed Postmaster at Shirley, and held the office for thirteen years.
In 1858, Mr. Kirby moved onto his farm and commenced farming, and has ever since continued in that business. In 1867, he built a cheese factory at Shirley, and engaged in the manufacture of cheese, after which he owned and occupied a number of factories in North Collins, Brant and Eden, and still continues the dairy and cheese-making business.
James Lenox.
Mr. Lenox's father, George Lenox, came to Collins from the North of Ireland, between 1825 and '30. He died in 1871.
Mr. Lenox was born in Collins, April 16, 1834; has always lived in Collins and North Collins; is a farmer and has been
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Assessor in North Collins six years. He lost two brothers in the late War :
William, a member of the Tenth New York Cavalry, com- pany D, was shot at Bristow Station, and George, who entered the service with an infantry regiment from Ohio, and was wounded and taken prisoner in Sherman's march to the sea; died of starvation in Libby prison.
Mr. Lenox was married, in 1854, to Ruth Washburne. They have three children :
Sarah, born Dec. 8, 1858 ; married Sumner Taylor ; resides in North Collins. Elwin, born Oct. 14, 1862. Francis, born Oct. 16, 1866.
E. H. Lawton.
Mr. Lawton was born in what is now North Collins, Jan. 31, 1829 ; has always been a resident of the town and engaged in farming, and for the past four or five years has been a mer- chant. He is also Postmaster and Station Agent at Lawton's Station. He is a son of John Lawton, an early pioneer of Collins, referred to in another part of this work.
Mr. Lawton was married in 1850 to Lydia M. Sisson, daugh- ter of W. M. Sisson. They have three children living, viz .:
Clarence F., born Sept. 9, 1853 ; married in 1881 to S. Ella Sperry. Edwin G., born Aug. 29, 1857 ; died July 17, 1864. Willie S., born May 29, 1860. Florence, born Jan. 3, 1866.
Nicholas Lawman.
Nicholas Lawman, son of Baltz and Margaret Lawman, a native of Prussia, was born Sept. 23, 1843, and came to America in 1850. In 1871, he married Frances Dengel, who was born in Buffalo, Nov. 26, 1854. After marriage he followed farm- ing for several years, but now runs a meat market at North Collins. Mr. Lawman is an active, industrious man, com- manding the respect of those with whom he associates. In 1872, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he held for eight years. His opportunities for an early education were very limited, but by applying himself diligently to study, he acquired a good practical education. When twenty-five years of age he attended school at Collins Center and Gowanda, after
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