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When Buffalo was burned, Eaton has the credit of running home in three hours, and alarming the settlers along the route, with the cry that the Indians were coming and they must leave. Arriving at home he hastened to Captain Nott's. The Captain had gone to Rushford. Eaton took the Captain's ox- team and sled, the Captain's wife, his own wife and three or four small children, and started toward Rushford. Others fol- lowed. When near Rowley's mills, Arcade, they met Captain Nott on his return, who inquired what it all meant. Eaton related his story but the Captain was incredulous as to the danger. " Well," said Eaton, " What are you going to do ? ',
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" I shall take my family and go home, you can do what you like with yours." About, face, was the order, and the first night of the fugitives was spent at home. For a day or two families from beyond Holland, came hurrying to escape, but soon the alarm passed away and they returned to their homes.
Eaton, the stalwart carpenter, turned his place over to Dea- con John Colby, in 1815 or 1816, and moved on to Hemlock Hill, one mile east of Sardinia village. His grown-up children are: Jehial, Elihu, Curtis, John P., Roswell, Jane, Emily and Harriet.
Deacon Colby was a strong-built man, a good marksman and skillful hunter,
He once shot a buck on Nichols' flats, not a half mile from the corners ; the deer fell, the Deacon ran up to cut his throat when the deer rose and put in a remonstrance with hoofs and horns, and tore every vestige of clothing from the Deacon before he could cut the deer's throat. After that encounter he always re-loaded his rifle before approaching a fallen deer.
NOTES.
Major Rice and Giles Briggs were the first settlers on the corners. The Major said repeatedly that there were but three families in what is now Sardinia, when he and Briggs arrived, viz: The Richmond family, Sumner Warren's and Henry Godfrey's. Eaton, in company with Benjamin Wilson and Daniel Hall, came into town in 1810, before purchasing.
In the Fall of 1832 or 1833, Jacob Wilson, the son of Lewis Wilson, a boy about ten years of age, had his skull broken in and his brains kicked out by a horse that he had just taken the halter from and was picked up for dead. Dr. Colgrove took out several pieces of skull from the brain and worked out the loose brain, and healed up the wound. The boy lived to be a man and moved west. This occurred on the farm now owned by John Weatherlow. Elisha Pomeroy was the victim of a similar accident and the doctor was equally successful in his treatment of the case.
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BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND MANUFAC- TURING PLACES OF SARDINIA.
The first place opened for public patronage in the Town of Sardinia was the tavern of George Richmond, Sr., on the Cat- taraugus creek in 1809. Giles Briggs opened a tavern the next year at Rice's Corners, and in 1821 he kept a tavern near Col- grove's Corners. It was at this tavern that the first town meet- ing in Sardinia was held, in 1821. John and Jeremiah Wilcox kept tavern in 1815, on the Cattaraugus creek, three quarters of a mile cast of " Hakes' bridge" Joseph Rice kept tavern at an early day near Rice's Corners." It was widely known as the " Cherry tavern," on account of numerous cherry trees growing near by. Norman Bond also kept a tavern at an early day on lot ten on the middle road. Parley Crosby kept a tavern on the Cattaraugus Creek road, some two miles and a half west and south-west of Sardinia village, called the "Sar- dinia Valley house ;" for that time, it was quite imposing, be- ing a frame building, two stories high, and finished with a coat of white paint ; the old building still stands, a silent memento of departed days.
At quite an early day a second tavern was opened on the old Richmond homestead farm at the foot of the hill, and it was occupied by different ones and run for several years. The original log tavern built by George Richmond, did not stand on the site of the hotel that is still standing ; that was built by his son George, but its location was near the banks of the creek, on the old State road leading from Buffalo to Olean.
Some of the most interesting reminiscences of early days in Sardinia might be related in connection with these primitive log taverns.
In 1824 a hotel was built on the present site of Andrews' hotel, by Chauncey Hastings. From that time and for many years the little Hamlet was known as "Hastings." He con- ducted it for a time and then was succeeded by his son, C. J. Hastings, and then it was rented to Stephen Holmes, to be succeeded by Royal Green. Then the property was transferred by sale to Roderick Simons, who for a time rented it to George Goodspeed : then Nelson Twist became the owner. The next
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proprietor was Delias Childs, who sold it to George Andrews, the present proprietor in' 1869. In 1881 Mr. Andrews enlarged and remodeled it, and made it one of the finest hostelries out- side of Buffalo.
GRIST MILLS.
For many years after the first settlement of this town, Sar- dinia was without a grist mill, and the pioneers had to trans- port their grists either to Yorkshire or Arcade. The first grist mill was built by the Cornwell brothers about - It was sold to Charles Long about 1858. Long conducted it some eleven years and then sold out to Nicholas Bolander, who ran it about the same length of time and then transferred it to two of his sons.
Another mill was built in the town ; its location was on the little brook that runs through the old Richmond farm on the Cattaraugus flats.
SAW MILLS.
The first saw mill in the town was built by Sumner Warren, about 1812. It stood a little above the present site, now occu- pied by Simons' mill. In 1813 this mill was transferred to Abel Abbey.
Another mill was built about 1828 on the same stream, about half a mile above by a man by the name of Bosworth.
Another mill was built at a very early day in the western portion of the town by Elder Stephen Pratt. Its location was on the head waters of the Cazenovia creek, a short distance above Charles Spencer's steam mill on the same stream.
A saw mill was also run in connection with the grist mill on the Richmond place.
Horace Rider built a mill on the same stream on which the pioneer mill stood. Its location was near the residence of James Hopkins.
Dr. Colgrove and Josiah Andrews built a mill just north of Colgrove Corners, near the road leading north.
Two .nills were located on the " Reynolds brook " at quite an early day ; one stood just above and the other, some dis- tan ce below the present road where it crosses the stream.
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MERCHANTS AND TRADERS.
A few of the early pioneers brought some dry goods to the settlement, such as cloth, etc., from the east that were sold out to their neighbors, though they did not make a business as dealers. Horace and Dudley Clark came in the fall of 1816; sold goods some about 1817. Built a distillery and an ashery, and in a year or two they failed in business. Chancy Hast- ings was the first regular merchant. He came from Aurora, bringing a small stock of goods, in 1822. He was a single man and commenced business in the dwelling house of Willis Cornwell, where he boarded.
In 1824, he built a tavern and store, which he run in connec- tion for several years.
The store now occupied by M. W. Lancton was built by Horace Bailey in 1845. The store now occupied by George W. Cook was built by Chancy Hastings in 1852,
At Colgrove's Corners, Dr. B. H. Colgrove opened the first store. He was succeeded in the following order, viz : Monroe & Jackson, Steats & Monroe, Needham & Cook, Ray Briggs, M. R. Loveland, H. Bailey, S. Holmes, J. Andrews, S. Holmes and J. Andrews.
The tannery was first built by Willis W. Cornwell.
About fifty years ago James Colwell carried on a foundry for a short time.
The woolen factory was built about 1840 by Nelson Nourse ; he sold out soon after to Gleason & Loveland, who enlarged it as it now is. About 1867, they sold to Messrs. William Pollet, James Rider & George Andrews. They were succeeded by William Pollett, followed by John O. Riley, the present pro- prietor.
The carriage shop at the " Upper Corners " was built by A. J. Adams in 1843.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF SARDINIA FOR 1883.
HOTELS.
George Andrews, at Sardinia Village ; John Russell, at Pro- tection ; H. C. Tanner, at Protection ; Hiram Savage, at Chafee.
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PHYSICIANS.
M. Pitcher, D. Severeign, J. Schwab.
MERCHANTS.
George W. Cook, dry goods and groceries; M. W. Lankton, dry goods and groceries; W. B. Andrews, groceries ; O. P. Goodspeed, groceries ; George Mills, drugs and groceries ; Judson Andrews, groceries ; Arnold Emerson, hardware ; E. M. Sherman, general store at Chafee : Hinks & Woodworth, gen- eral store at Protection ; M. W. Lankton, furniture.
MILLINERS.
Miss E. Norris, Miss Cynthia Olin.
MANUFACTORIES AND MILLS.
John O. Riley, woolen factory : George P. Martin, tannery : Julian Simons, saw-mill and bending works ; S. D. Kingsly, carding works and tub factory ; A. J. Adams, carriage factory ; George Strong, carriage factory : S. R. Smith & Co., six cheese factories : Julian Simons, cheese factory ; B. Ferrington, can- ning factory at Protection ; N. Bolander, grist mill ; Charles Spencer, steam saw-mill ; - - Bement, steam saw-mill : John Goodemote, saw-mill.
BLACKSMITHS.
A. J. McArthur, Henry Stokes, W. Robinson, James Mulvey, at Chaffee, Fitzpatrick Brothers, Prattham.
SALOONS.
Hopkins & Holmes, billiard saloon ; E. Goodrich, saloon.
In reviewing the old town book of Sardinia of an early date. we find a few records that may be of interest to the present generation. In 1822, the town voted to pay a bounty of $5 on every full-grown wolf and one dollar and fifty cents on every whelp caught and killed within the bounds of the town ; and it was then resolved that yoked hogs should be free com- moners, and the same year it was voted to pay Giles Briggs for
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four gallons of whisky, for the use of said town. Now this paragraph needs explanations for we would not have the reader suppose that the Town of Sardinia was addicted to its cups in its youth. It was the custom when a new road was to be opened to make a " road bee," and invite them far and near, and the whisky was handed around as a tonic to the road build- ers. In 1828, the bounty on wolves was raised to Sio for every full-grown wolf caught and killed within the bounds of said town, provided the wolf killed " was brought bodily, hide and hair, before the Supervisor of said town."
For the first few years after the town was organized the town meetings were held at the house of Giles Briggs. Said house was located on the Welcome Andrews place, just west of Col- grove's Corners. In 1828, it was voted that the next annual town meeting should be held at the house of Chancy Hast- ings. In 1839 and 1840, the place of holding said meetings was changed to the house of Joseph Rice. In 1841 and 1842 it was again changed to the house of Norman Bond on the middle road. Then in 1843 to the house of Erastus Wright ; 1844, at the house of Rufus Wilkes; 1845, at the old Sardinia Valley House, on the creek kept by Pearly Crosby. Since that time, or for nearly forty years, the place of holding the town meeting has been at Sardinia village.
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The Andrews Family.
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CHAPTER XXH.
FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE TOWN OF SARDINIA.
Josiah Andrews.
Josiah Andrews was born in Coventry, R. I., July 8, 1786. He was a son of George and Ruth Vaughn Andrews. In 1824, he came to the town of Sardinia, which was ever afterwards his home. He was a man of energy and perseverance, and at one time one of the largest land owners and heaviest tax-payers in the town. He reared a family of eleven children, nine sons and two daughters-all living and all respected for their sterling qualities. The nine sons are all residents of Sardinia. Mr. Andrews lived to span over ninety years, dying Nov. 21, 1876. His venerable widow reached nearly the same age, dying May 17, 1883, aged ninety years. The names of their children are :
Charlotte, Welcome, Warren B., Pardon, Reuben, Rebecca, Alfred. Thomas, George, Judson and James B. Rebecca mar- ried A. Bunce, and lives in Versailles. Charlotte married and lives in Illinois.
Welcome Andrews.
Welcome Andrews, son of Josiah Andrews was born April 1, 1816, in Coventry, R. I., and came to Sardinia with his parents in 1824. He has been twice married : First to Esther Hopkins, who was born April 8, 1822, and died June 21, 1843. His second wife was Patience Weber, who was born Jan. 12, 1826. Mr. Andrews was elected Supervisor of Sardinia for the years 1863, '64, '65, 68 and '69. He also served as Captain of a militia company in the old training days. By occupation he is a farmer.
FAMILY RECORD.
May, born May 26, 1845. Ruth, born Nov. 5, 1851 ; died Jan. 30, 1876. Esther A. born April 17, 1854: died July 16,
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1875. Amy H., born Dec. 9, 1856. Olney W., born Dec. 21, 1857 ; married Libbie Steele in 1881 ; lives in Sardinia and is a farmer. Charles B., born Nov. 9, 1861. Joshua, born Aug. 26, 1863. Robert R., April 10, 1865. Welcome, Jr., Nov. 13, 1867.
Warren B. Andrews.
Warren B. Andrews was born in Coventry, R. I., June 19, 1819, came to Sardinia in 1824. His occupation is that of farmer and merchant. When a young man, he taught school several terms. He was married, March 19, 1848, to Louise Nichols, who was born in Sardinia, Dec. 27, 1823. They have had three children :
Harriet E., born June 13, 1849 ; married Frank P. Churchill, June 7, 1868 ; died in Buffalo, Sept. 23, 1872. Laura Ann, born Aug. 6, 1852 ; died Nov. 17, 1866. Lottie, born March 28, 1862.
Renben Andrews.
Mr. Andrews was born in Coventry, Kent county, R. I., March 12, 1824. The same year, his father, Josiah Andrews, moved with his family to Sardinia. Mr. Andrews has always been a resident of Sardinia. Is a farmer. Was married in 1855, to Julia Olin. They have no children.
Pardon Andrews.
Pardon Andrews, son of Josiah and Amy Andrews, was born in Rhode Island, October, 1822. When two years old, his parents removed to the Town of Sardinia, where he has since resided, being engaged in farming. May 27, 1849, he married Eliza Wilkes, daughter of John and Abigail Wilkes, of Sar- dinia. Their children are as follows :
Florence A., born July 15. 1853, and died May 31, 1873. James, born April 13, 1855 ; married Gertrude Conant, and re- sides in Holland, Erie county, N. Y. Minnie E., born Oct. 14, 1862, and married May 31, 1882, to Henry Bolender, and lives in Yorkshire, N. Y.
Alfred Andrews.
Alfred Andrews was born at Sardinia, March 9, 1827. Oct. 19, 1851, he married Octavia Briggs, who was born in Sardinia, Jan. 25, 1830. They have three children :
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Alice O., born July 10, 1854. Ida A., born Nov. 27, 1862, died Dec. 1, 1862. Judson W., born Feb. 5, 1863.
Mr. Andrews is a prosperous farmer, and lives in the Town of Sardinia.
Thomas Andrews.
Mr. Andrews was born Aug. 1. 1828, in Sardinia, where he has always resided ; occupation, farming. He was married in 1852 to Emma Olin, daughter of Matthew R. Olin. Mrs. An- drews died Aug. 4, 1869, aged forty years. Mr. Andrews has no children.
George Andrews.
George Andrews was born in Sardinia, Dec. 4, 1829. His occupation has been that of farmer and hotel keeper ; he also formerly dealt in stock considerably for a number of years ; he took possession of the old Hastings hotel at Sardinia vil- lage June 23, 1869. He kept it till 1881, when he rebuilt and greatly enlarged and beautified and changed the appearance of the old hotel. He has several times held town offices and rep- resented the town of Sardinia on the Board of Supervisors in 1873 and 1874.
Mr. Andrews was married June 22, 1851, to Electa Rider, who was born March 8, 1832. They have two sons :
Robert J., born in Sardinia April 25, 1853; married in 1878 to Ella Briggs, and resides at Audubon, Minn. Edmond, born Feb. 24, 1862 ; married Clara Briggs.
Judson Andrews
Mr. Andrews, son of Josiah Andrews, was born in Sardinia, where he has always been a resident, His occupation has been farming and mercantile pursuits ; he is at present engaged in trade at the " Upper Corners," Sardinia.
Mr. Andrews served three years in the late Rebellion. He enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York volunteers. By general orders from the war depart- ment he was transferred in September, 1863, to the Veteran Reserve Corps, where he was Corporal. He received his dis- charge at Fortress Monroe Sept. 2, 1865.
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James B. Andrews.
James B. Andrews was born in Sardinia, N. Y. He has al ways been a farmer and a resident of his native town. He purchased his present farm, known as the Colgrove place, May 3, 1879. He was married May 19, 1861. to Cordelia Casey, who was born Feb. 6, 1841, in Sheldon, N. Y. They have one child :
Maud, born Nov. 23, 1866 ; lives in Sardinia.
Since the above was written Mrs. Andrews has died ; her death occurred Feb. 27, 1883 ; her age was forty-two years.
Robert Andrews.
Robert Andrews, brother of Josiah Andrews, was born Nov. 26, 1782, in Rhode Island ; came to Sardinia in 1824. In about three years he returned to Rhode Island. Married Eunice Weber and returned to Sardinia where he lived until his death at seventy-five years of age. His wife died Oct. 30, 1867, aged sixty-nine years.
Mr. Andrews was a farmer and owned the farm now owned by his nephew, Welcome Andrews. They had no children.
Robert J. Andrews.
Robert J. Andrews, son of George Andrews, was born in Sardinia, April 24, 1852. He attended school at Arcade and Aurora and in 1869 he went to Audubon, Minn., where he en- gaged in farming and teaching. He was married in Decem er 1878 to Ella Briggs. They have one son.
David Bigelow.
An old and respected pioneer who died in Sardinia August, 1839. Was born in the ever-to-be-remembered year " 1776," on June 6th. At an early day he came to the Town of Avon, Liv- ingston county, N. Y., and in 1817 he removed with his family to the Town of Sardinia where the remainder of his life was passed in clearing up and helping to make the Town of Sar- dinia what it is to-day. He settled on lot forty-seven and improved a large farm which to-day is in possession of a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Carney. Mr. Bigelow was a soldier on the lines in the war of 1812 and 1815, participated in many of
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the eventful and thrilling scenes and was an eye-witness to the burning of Buffalo. Soon after attaining the years of manhood he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Cone, born in Con- necticut in 1781, who bore him nine children, viz :
Sally, born in 1799, died, 1801 ; George, born Sept. 30, 1801 ; Eliza, born March, 1804, married Isaac Calkins in 1820 and died in Aurora in 1870. Maria, born June 30, 1806 and lives in Mayville. Lucy, born Feb. 10, 1809, married in 1840 to Stephen Carney, who was killed by the falling of a tree. April 29, 1866. Mrs. Carney lives with a son on the old home- stead first taken by her father of the Holland Company. Electa, born Nov. 14, 1811, married Morgan Jillson and died in Ma- chias in 1860. Saxton, born Jan. 3, 1814, married Mary Pratt, who died in 1867 : second, to a lady in Chicago. Mr. Bigelow died in 1871. For many years he followed the lakes and rose to the command of a vessel. At the time of his death he was connected with the Chicago Water Works. Helon, born May 6, 1817, married Harriet Woods and died in Sardinia in 1865. Reynolds, born May 5, 1822, married Harriet Darling and lives in Nebraska. Mr. Bigelow, the father, died in Sardinia Aug, 18, 1839. Mrs. Bigelow survived him many years. dying May 2, 1857.
George Bigelow,
Son of David, was born in Connecticut Sept. 30, 1801, and was married to Miss Martha Titus Aug. 13, 1826. She was born March 16, 1809, in Vermont and is still living in Sardinia, Mr. Bigelow was a man of marked individual character: he was prominent in all town affairs ; took an active interest in agri- culture and was a very successful business man, devoting a great portion of his life to mercantile pursuits. For several years he represented his town upon the Board of Supervisors.
Family record : Maria A., born Feb. 21, 1827; married Ira A. Cook and lives in Sardinia. Elvira, born Sept. 20, 1828; married in 1850 to Clinton Colgrove ; died at Fredonia in 1881. Helen C., born Dec. 16, 1834: married Alfred Gill; died Oct. 25, 1854. Anna Mary, born May 24, 1837 ; married A. Blake and lives in Olean. David Martin, born March 7, 1840; died June 6, 1842. Elizabeth Olive, born Nov. 22, 1843 ; married Henry C. Shed ; diedd April 26, 1873. Charles Clifford, born
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Oct. 28, 1847. Alice A., born Sept. 17, 1850 ; married Julian Simons. Mr. George Bigelow died April 28, 1875.
Baker Family.
Samuel Baker, grandfather of David M. Baker, was born May 16, 1730, in the Town of North Yarmouth, Cumberland county, Me. He was married Dec. 8, 1756, to Eleanor Blan- chard, who was born Jan. 16, 1737. They had nine children.
Col. Samuel Baker, Jr., father of David M., was a soldier of the Revolution, and received for his services a pension and seventy-five acres of land in Yarmouth, Me., his native place. He added to this by purchasing adjoining land : enough to make a farm of two hundred acres, which he occupied till his death, Aug. 13, 1826. He was married July 30, 1789, to Mary Mason, who was born Aug. 23, 1769, and died June 26, 1857. Colonel Baker's brother Amasa was also a soldier of the Revo- lution, being a captain of a light infantry company. Colonel Baker had a family of thirteen children.
David M. Baker, son of Colonel Samuel Baker, was born at Yarmouth, Me. Married in 1820, to Miranda N. Dupy, of Greenwich, Washington county, N. Y. He moved his family to Cattaraugus county in 1843, to Springville in 1846, and to Sardinia in 1859; in 1863, he settled on the west part of lot eleven, township seven, range six, a farm of two hundred acres, which he now occupies.
Mr. Baker and three of his sons served three years in the Union Army during the Rebellion, and although in many battles, not one of them was wounded or even marked.
David M. Baker's family record : John M., married Jan. 20, 1868, Laura Smith; resides in New York City. Joshua D., resides in Arizona. Mary, married to William White, July 4, 1871 : resides in Zoar. Maurice married Sarah Sibley, June 28. 1871 ; resides in East Concord. D. A., married De Etta Whee- lock, March 26, 1866 ; resides in Nebraska. Russell married Ro_ sella Vosburg, March 4, 1875 ; resides in Bradford, Pa. Jennie married Almar White, March 4, 1875 ; resides in Zoar. Samuel resides in Sardinia. Henry died in Arizona, in 1877. Allen died an infant. Frank married Eva France, Jan. 3, 1881 ; re- sides in Sardinia. Ella married Henry M. France March 20, 1879.
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Joshua D. Baker.
Joshua D. Baker served as a soldier in the One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment three years during the late Rebellion. He was in several battles and was a Sergeant when he came home. He went to Texas and then to Arizona. He returned in the Winter of 1880-81, and bought a farm of two hundred acres in Sardinia for his parents and the family, on which they now reside. He then returned to Arizona, where he now is.
Willard Brink.
Mr. Brink's father, Anthony Brink, was born in New Jersey, June 5, 1812. He married Sophrona Aldrich, who was born in 1814, in what is now Wayne county, N. Y .; Town of Arcadia. They came from Orleans county to Aurora, Erie county, in 1847 or '48, and to Colden in 1857, where Mr. Brink died in 1869. Mrs. Brink is now living.
Their children were: Isaiah died young. William married Harriet Crump : lives in Colden. Willard. Luraine married Davis Greene ; lives in Aurora. Clark married Sarah Savage ; lives in Sardinia. Mary married Peter Zimmer ; lives in Spring- ville. Orrin ; Austin. Eliza married George Gregson. Myron married Ella Gould. Carrie married Charles Olin. Anna mar- ried George Odell.
Willard Brink was born Aug. 13, 1840, in Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. He was married in 1863, in Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., to Alberteen Miller. They have one daughter, Cora.
Mr. Brink enlisted April 25, 1861, in company I, Seventeenth New York volunteers ; mustered out of service June 10, 1863. He participated in the battles of the Peninsular campaign up to the close of his service-First Bull Run, Seven Pines, etc.
Mr. Brink has been a resident of Sardinia since 1866, and has served as Commissioner of Highways and Collector in that town.
Jefferson L. Childs.
Jefferson L. Childs, son of Samuel and Olin Childs, was born Jan. 7, 1849, in the Town of Sardinia, where he has always
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resided, being engaged in buying cattle. Oct. 22, 1868, he mar- ried Malinda Odell. He has a family of three children, viz .:
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