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THE ORATION.
seized the beloved parchment, and hurrying through the silence and darkness of the night, hid it in the oak tree that has become so renowned. For such a brave deed when the weak were struggling against the strong, and striving to maintain the immunities that belong to an intelligent people, his name deserves to be written upon the stone that will hold it up for generations to read and honor.
Capt. Jonathan Wadsworth, grandson of him who preserved the charter of Connecticut, volunteered to enter the service of his country when it struck for liberty and independence. It was on the day when the stroke of oppression brought from the flint of freedom a spark that kindled the fires of patriotism all through the land. It was in the third year of the Revolu- tion and at the memorable battle of Saratoga that this heroic soldier was killed, and mourned by all who knew him. He was one of the honored yeomanry, who was willing to sacrifice all he possessed and cherished, of a temporal character, for the free- dom of his country. His name should be held in grateful esteem by the generations of the present, and should be writ- ten in loving letters upon the monumental marble.
General Wadsworth, a worthy descendant who bequeathed the portion of his estate for the building of his cenotaph, was a man of great honor and integrity, of great purity and kindness. He was active and successful in the arena of business, left an unsullied record, and was respected and esteemed for manly virtue and noble character. He met with gratifying prosperity in his chosen vocation, and after extensive travel in foreign countries, he returned to this beautiful town, the cherished home of his youth, to spend the remainder of his days and then to lie down and sleep with his kindred. His feelings could have been expressed in the language of Goldsmith in his " Traveller."
I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. * * * * * And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew ; I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return-and die at home at last.
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THE ORATION.
General Wadsworth took the deepest interest in the teach- ing and spirit of the' Masonic Order. He was touched with the beauty and meaning of its ceremonies and symbols. The dash and glow of . the chivalry of the Middle Ages, with its high sense of honor and courtesy of courage and magnanimity, arrested his attention and summoned his interest. The courtly manner, the heroic spirit, the gallant bearing and the dashing bravery of the Templars with their banners and bugles, swung him to the highest degrees of Masonry. He was a prominent and respected Sir Knight, an active and esteemed member of Lake Erie Commandery ; and on account of his virtue and chivalry, and his generous benefaction to this ancient order, the Sir Knights will ever honor and cherish his name.
And here, amid these beautiful hills and attractive vales, let this monument stand to honor a family that have honored this, their country. This town, with its schools and churches, its thriving industries and cultured inhabitants, is known and loved in various sections of our country. No town with the dimen- sions and population of this has given to our country a greater number of influential citizens. Some of our best men, promi- nent and controlling, in all honorable vocations, esteemed for their ability and character were educated at your Springville Academy. The mightiest rivers of the continent take their rise from the small streams of the tranquil uplands and then enrich the sections of the country through which they flow.
But the hour admonishes us to close this ceremony, and we now unveil the monument. With its striking emblems and pictorial devices it will speak to the multitudes of the present and the generations of the future, of virtuous grace and de- parted worth. With its beauty and grandeur it will speak of patriotic devotion, and of eminence and influence in that an- cient order that has marched down through transforming cen- turies with its impressive ceremonies and righteous principles, carrying aloft its banners and symbols, and beckoning the per- iod when highborn chivalry shall characterize the deeds of men !
At fifteen minutes before two o'clock
THE MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED
in due form, the band at the time playing appropriate music.
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WADSWORTH MONUMENT.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT.
The monument stands thirty-one feet and six inches above the ground, and is a very handsome piece of work. It was manufactured by Messrs. Rose & Lautz of Buffalo, and is com- posed entirely of Maine granite, the price paid for it being $3,000. The first base is six feet ten inches square, and one foot nine inches high. Upon this rests the second base, five feet eight inches square, and one foot high, the word " Wads- worth " appearing upon one side in large raised letters. The third base is five feet two inches square by one foot three inches in height, and upon the ledge is a Knight Templar's chapeau and sword cut from the solid granite. Upon the third base rests the massive die. It is four feet square and four feet three inches high, the four sides or panels being highly pol- ished and representing Knight Templars' banners. Upon three of the panels are elaborate inscriptions, intaglio style, number- ing seven hundred letters. Upon the north side, beneath a double-headed eagle, representing the thirty-second degree in Masonry, are the following words :
"In memory of Gen. John B. Wadsworth, son of Richard, born in Buffalo, N. Y., 1823, Dec. 26. Died in Springville, 1877, Nov. 7. After extensive travels in the four quarters of the globe, he came to the home of his youth to die here and rest by the side of his parents. His respect for his ancestors incited him to provide for the erection of this family monu- ment."
Upon the west side, beneath a charter oak, the following words appear :
" Hon. William Wadsworth came from England 1632, settled in Hartford, Conn., 1636, and died there 1675. Captain Joseph Wadsworth, son of William. Preserved the Charter of Con- necticut in the historic oak, 1687, Oct. 31, and died 1729. Ser- geant Jonathan Wadsworth, son of Joseph, died 1739.'.
Beneath a bible, on the south side are these words :
"Captain Jonathan Wadsworth, Jr., son of Jonathan, was killed near Saratoga, 1777. Sept. 19. Henry Wadsworth, son of Jonathan, Jr., died 1821, Oct. 13. Richard Wadsworth, son of Henry, died 1861, April 1, aged 75 years. Ann McLean, wife of Richard Wadsworth, died 1859, Oct. 15, aged 72 years."
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WADSWORTH MONUMENT.
The massive appearance of the die is relieved by four polished columns at the corners cut in the solid block. The cap upon the die is moulded in gothic style and is very handsome. It is four feet nine inches square by four feet two inches high. The west face bears a charter oak ; the east the letter "W ;" the north a double-headed eagle, 320 ; and the south the Holy Bible, all beautifully carved in granite.
The base of the column is one foot in height and upon it stands the shaft which is twelve feet high and beautifully polished. It is round with a perfect taper and midway between the upper and lower cap are crossed battle-axes over a cross and triangle containing a trowel. Surmounting the shaft is a capi- tal two feet seven inches high. It is elegantly carved in the Corinthian style and is very handsome. The whole is over- topped by an ancient helmet two feet nine inches high and sets off the work in a splendid manner.
A provision of brother Wadsworth's will gave five hundred dollars to Springville Lodge, on condition that the officers agree to look after, and see that the lot and grounds on which the monument stands be kept in proper condition ; also that the conditions of the bequest be entered in the Lodge books and read in open Lodge at least once during the months of May, July and September, each and every year during the continu- ance of the Lodge. The legacy was accepted under the speci- fied conditions, and the Lodge resolved to carry out in good faith the same.
During the last decade several public festivals and lectures, under the auspices of the lodge, have served to give pleasure and instruction to its members and friends.
The preceding are the more salient points in the history of Springville Lodge, now in its thirtieth year. Meanwhile it has pursued the even tenor of its way, with its proper Masonic work, as indicated in part by the following list of names of those who have received Masonic light within its portals, or coming from sister lodges, have joined its brotherhood :
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SPRINGVILLE LODGE-MEMBERSHIP.
COMPLETE LIST OF MEMBERSHIP. *Present Members. +Dead.
*Alger, Oliver E.,
Allen, James,
Findlay, Alexander R.,
Aslıman, Alonzo A.,
*Fish, E. Lee Verne,
Ashman, Alonzo C.,
*Fuller, Albert,
+Ashman, Amaziah,
*Fuller, James D.,
*Baker, Theodore,
Frye, Jesse,
Bartlett, Benjamin F.,
Gardinier, Elias,
*Bigelow, Charles C.,
*Bigelow, Charles D.,
Gaylord, Manley,
*Blakeley, Walter W.,
*Goodell, Leighton M.,
*Goodemote, James,
+Bloomfield, Jarvis, *Briggs, Erasmus,
*Greene, George,
+Griffith, Archibald,
Briggs, George W.,
Briggs, William F.,
*Hadley, Alonzo E., *Hakes, Albert F.,
*Bryant, A. F .. Burke, Willis,
Hall, Morris L., Hammond, John D.,
*Bury, Martin,
*Chafee, Bertrand,
*Chandler, Murray L ..
*Childs, Isaac B.,
Clark, Byron S., *Clark, Charles F.,
Clark, Herbert F ..
Clark, John S.,
+Cobleigh, Joel.
*Cochran, Byron,
*Cohen, J. Lewis,
+Cole, Aaron, Collins, Stowell, Jr.,
"Cook, Alphonso W.,
*Crary, Frederick,
*Leland, Hewlitt G.,
*Louk, Dighton,
+May, Phineas,
+May, Elam,
*McIntosh, Sanford A.,
+McLin, Frank, McMillen, Clark S.,
Mills, H. Eugene,
*Moon, Arnold J .,
*Morton, Samuel A.,
*Engel, George, Fay, Benjamin A.,
+Jones S. Willard, Kellogg, Leonard M.,
+Kingman, George W.,
*Leland, Elmer O.,
*Crawford, Burt J.,
Crosby, Alden, *Davis, Bryant J., *Day, Clark D., *DePuy, William R.,
+Dutton, Alvah, Eaton, Henry,
Empson, Samuel D.,
Hawkins, George W.,
*Herbold, Philip, Hibbard, Gilbert C.,
*Holland, John B.,
+Hooker, Charles J., Hoover, William H.,
#Hufstader, Rufus E.,
*Jackson, William H.,
+Jewett, David B., *Jones, Avery D.,
*Ferrin. William A.,
Fields, Manly,
Ballou, Charles F.,
*Gardinier, Robert J.,
*Gardinier, Thomas,
Bloomfield, David C.,
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SPRINGVILLE LODGE-MEMBERSHIP.
Murphy, Lewis J., *Myers, John P., Nash, Daniel D., +Nichell, Charles F. A., Nichols, Charles H.,
*Nichols, Lawrence B., Nichols, Levi, Norris, Henry F.,
+Oyer, Albert, *Oyer, George W., *Oyer, Jacob, *Park, William,
*Pierce, George A., Pierce, William,
*Pingrey, Charles W ., *Pingrey, Harrison, +Potter, Joseph,
*Prill, John, *Prior, Frank, *Prior, James, Reed, George H.,
*Reed, John W., *Rice, Roswell D., Rice, William,
* Richardson, Preston C., *Richmond, James N., +Rockwell, Noah, +Rugg, Heman,
*Rumsey, Burt J., Russell, Humphrey,
* Rust, Adolph F., *Sampson, Perrin,
+Sanders, Lucius C.,
"Scoby, Marshall D., Sherman, Charles W., Sherman, George H., *Shuttleworth, Charles J., Skeele, Andrew L., Slaght, Edwin, Smith, David D., Smith, Orville,
+Smith, Pliny, *Spaulding, Frank P.,
*Spaulding, Harlan P., Spencer, Horace C., Stanbro, Almon W., *Stanbro, George G., Steele, Myron, Stowell, Charles,
*Taber, Asa R.,
+Thomson, Newton K.,
"Tillinghast, A. O.
Tobias, Philip,
+Torrey, A. Rodolphus,
*Trevitt, Alfred R.,
Trube, Peter,
Turner, Alfred,
*Twichell, Asa L., Tyrer, Adelbert,
+Tyrer, James,
+Upson, David R., Van Slyke, William H.,
*Vaughan, Alonzo L., Vaughan, Covel L.,
Vaughan, Julius,
*Vosburg, Isaac, *Wadsworth, Charles R., +Wadsworth, John B., Wadsworth, Morris, Waite, Weston W.,
*Warner, William H.,
+Watson, Charles, "Wells, John A., Wells, William,
*Wheeler, David,
*Wheeler, John S., +Whitcomb, Thomas J., *Wickham, Chauncey L., Widrig, William A.,
*Wilcox, David J., Wiltse, Alonzo,
*Wiltse, Ward B., *Wood, Charles H., Woodward, Philo,
*Wright, Edwin,
Yates, Robert J.
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SPRINGVILLE LODGE-ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
ELECTIVE
YEAR.
MASTER.
SENIOR WARDEN.
1854 ....
Alvah Dutton
Heman Rugg
1855 .. .
Alvah Dutton.
Heman Rugg
1856 .. .
Alvah Dutton
Joel Cobleigh
1857. . .
Alvah Dutton
Joel Cobleigh
1858 .. .
Joel Cobleigh
Pliny Smith .
1859. . Pliny Smith .
George G. Stanbro
1860.
Joel Cobleigh
Benjamin A. Fay
1861
.
Joel Cobleigh
Arnold J. Moon.
1862.
Benjamin A. Fay
Almon W. Stanbro
1863.
Benjamin A. Fay
Arnold J. Moon
1864.
Joel Cobleigh .
Arnold J. Moon.
1865. .
Almon W. Stanbro
Alonzo L. Vaughan
1866
Almon W. Stanbro
Orville Smith
1867
Joel Cobleigh .
Manly Gaylord
1868.
George G. Stanbro
Manly Gaylord
1869.
Almon W. Stanbro
Harlan P. Spaulding.
1870.
Harlan P. Spaulding.
Henry Eaton
1871.
Harlan P. Spaulding.
Henry Norris.
1872.
George G. Stanbro
Bertrand Chafee
1873.
Bertrand Chafee.
William Park
1874. . Bertrand Chafee.
Henry Norris.
1875
George G. Stanbro
Frank P. Spaulding
1876.
Frank P. Spaulding
Frank Prior.
1877
Henry F. Norris.
James N. Richmond
1878 Henry F. Norris.
James N. Richmond
1879.
James N. Richmond.
Avery D. Jones
1880
James N. Richmond.
Avery D. Jones.
1881.
Avery D. Jones
John S. Wheeler.
1882.
Avery D. Jones ..
Alonzo E. Hadley
1883.
Alonzo E. Hadley
William H. Jackson
1884.
Alonzo E. Hadley
William H. Jackson .
SPRINGVILLE LODGE-ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
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OFFICERS.
JUNIOR WARDEN.
TREASURER.
SECRETARY.
Joel Cobleigh
Amaziah Ashman .
Joel Cobleigh
Amaziah Ashman
Joseph Potter. Pliny Smith.
Benjamin F. Bartlett
Arnold J. Moon, .
Pliny Smith.
Arnold J. Moon ..
Lucius C. Saunders & Horace C. Spencer.
Pliny Smith.
George G. Stanbro.
Arnold J. Moon. .
D. C. Bloomfield.
Benjamin A. Fay ..
Arnold J. Moon .
Almon W. Stanbro.
Almon W. Stanbro.
Arnold J. Moon.
Pliny Smith.
Almon W. Stanbro ..
David C. Bloomfield .
Pliny Smith. Pliny Smith.
Isaac Vosburg
Joel Cobleigh
Pliny Smith. Pliny Smith.
Alonzo C. Ashman. .
Horace C. Spencer Arnold J. Moon
Pliny Smith.
Stoel Collins, Jr ..
Arnold J. Moon.
Pliny Smith.
Benjamin A. Fay.
Arnold J. Moon.
Pliny Smith.
Henry Eaton .
Arnold J. Moon
William Park
Arnold J. Moon
Pliny Smith. Pliny Smith.
Alonzo L. Vaughan .
Arnold J. Moon
Pliny Smith.
Alonzo E. Hadley. .
Arnold J. Moon
Pliny Smith.
Walter W. Blakeley.
Arnold J. Moon
Pliny Smith.
Frank P. Spaulding. .
Arnold J. Moon ʻ
Pliny Smith.
James Prior .
Hewlitt G. Leland .. Hewlitt G. Leland . .
WalterW. Blakeley.
Chas. R. Wadsworth
Hewlitt G. Leland . .
WalterW. Blakeley.
James N. Richmond. Isaac B. Childs.
Hewlitt G. Leland. .
Perrin Sampson.
Avery D. Jones
Perrin Sampson.
John W. Reed.
John S. Wheeler
Hewlitt G. Leland .. . Hewlitt G. Leland .. . Hewlitt G. Leland .. . Hewlitt G. Leland .. . Hewlitt G. Leland .. . Hewlitt G. Leland .. .
Weston W. Waite. Asa R. Taber. Asa R. Taber.
Rufus E. Hufstader. .
Asa R. Taber.
Asa R. Taber.
William H. Jackson .. Lawrence B. Nichols. Lawrence B. Nichols.
Hewlitt G. Leland ...
Asa R. Taber.
Isaac Vosburg
Arnold J. Moon
Isaac Vosburg
WalterW. Blakeley.
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CHAPTERS-ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
CHAPTERS.
SPRINGVILLE CHAPTER, NO. 118, R. A. M.
There once existed a chapter bearing this name, of which Job Bigelow, Archibald Griffith, Jarvis Bloomfield, and others were members, but nothing is definitely known of its work or history. It probably had but a short life ere the wave of anti- Masonry swept it out of existence. A seal, still preserved in the Bigelow family, attests the fact that it must have had a charter.
SPRINGVILLE CHAPTER, NO. 275, R. A. M.
In 1879, Bertrand Chafee, Henry Eaton, Lowell M. Cum- mings, George G. Stanbro, William H. Jackson, George W. Nichols, John M. Wiley, Dexter E. Folsom, John A. Bury, Ira C. Woodward, C. W. Bourne and Julius B. Woodward, who had been properly vouched for and recommended by Forestville Chapter, No. 136, petitioned the Grand High Priest for a dispensation to form a chapter to be holden at Springville, to be known and designated as Springville Chapter.
Bertrand Chafee was authorized and empowered to act as High Priest ; Ita C Woodward to act as King, and John M. Wiley to act as Scribe, by a dispensation dated May 14, 1879, and the chapter was organized June 24, 1879, by the Grand High Priest, David Fisher Day, the consecration being held at Masonic Hall.
Julius B. Woodward was appointed Treasurer; C. W. Bourne, Secretary ; George G. Stanbro, Captain of the Host ; William H. Jackson, Principal Sojourner; Lowell M. Cummings, Royal Arch Captain; Henry Eaton, Master of the Third Vail; Dex-
ELECTIVE
YEAR.
HIGH PRIEST.
KING
1879
Bertrand Chafee
Ira C. Woodward .
1880
Bertrand Chafee.
Ira C. Woodward .
1881
Bertrand Chafee.
Ira C. Woodward
1882.
George G. Stanbro
William H. Jackson
1883 . .
William N. Jackson
Avery D. Jones.
1884 ..
William N. Jackson
Avery D. Jones
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MEMBERS-ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
ter E. Folsom, Master of the Second Vail; John A. Bury, Master of the First Vail, and George W. Nichols, Tyler.
The next year, the Chapter received its " Warrant of Consti- tution," dated February 5th, 1880, and soon after its officers were publicly installed by the Grand High Priest, David F. Day, at the Opera House. The Chapter holds its stated con- vocations on the first and third Monday evenings of each month. Its candidates come from Springville, Arcade and Colden lodges :
MEMBERS.
t Died Sept. 3, 1883.
Baker, J. D.,
Jones, A. D., Masten, W. J.,
Bigelow, C. D.,
Moon, A. J.,
Bourne, C. W.,
Myers, J. P.,
Bryant, A F.,
Nichols, L. B.,
Buffum, S. W.,
Persons, W. F.,
Bury, J. A.,
Chafee, B.,
Prill, J., Prior, F.,
Clark, H. F.,
Reed, J. W.,
Cohen, J. L.,
Spaulding, F. P.,
Cornwell, I. A.,
Stanbro, G. G.,
Crawford, B. J.,
Tabor, A. R.,
Eaton, H.,
Twichell, A. L.,
Fuller, A.,
Twichell, W. E.,
Greene, G.,
Warner, W. H.,
Hakės, A. F.,
Wiley, J. M.,
Herbold, P.
Woodward, I. C.,
Hufstader, R. E.,
Woodward, J. B.
Jackson, W. H.,
OFFICERS.
SCRIBE.
TREASURER.
SECRETARY.
John M. Wiley
Julius B. Woodward . Julius B. Woodward .
John M. Wiley
Asa L. Twichell.
Charles W. Bourne. Charles W. Bourne. L. M. Cummings. L. M. Cummings.
Asa L. Twichell
John Prill
John W. Reed .
John Prill
L. M. Cummings.
Alonzo E. Hadley ...
John Prill
Asa R. Taber.
Cummings, L. M.,
+Thomson, N. K.,
Gilbert, S. T.,
Wadsworth, C. R.,
Hadley, A. E.,
John M. Wiley
Nichols, G. W.,
Blakeley, W. W.,
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EARLY EVENTS IN CONCORD AND COLLINS.
NOTES. CONCORD.
The first birth was that of Lucius Stone in 1809. The first death was that of Mrs. John Albro, in 1808. The first mar- riage was that of Obediah Brown to Miss Curtis in 1811. She was a sister of Mrs. Amaziah Ashman. Christopher Douglass, Esq., officiated. The first school was taught by Miss Anna Rich- mond in the Summer of 1810. The first lawyer was Thomas T. Sherwood. Hon. C. C. Severance practiced the profession of law the longest, and Dr. Carlos Emmons the profession of medicine the longest. Thomas Lincoln is the oldest archi- tect and builder, and has followed his calling the longest. Joel D. Holman followed the trade of blacksmith the longest, and George E. Crandall has worked the longest at the jeweler's trade. Jonathan Briggs is the veteran school teacher, having followed the calling nearly fifty years. Calvin Killium, of Waterville, has lived in this town longer than any other person now living. Daniel Shultus is the oldest person living in this town. Mrs. Ezekiel Adams is the oldest of the pioneers. E. N. Frye has milked the greatest number of cows and Jeremiah Richardson manufactured the most sugar.
COLLINS.
The first birth was that of a son of Aaron Lindsley in 1810. The first marriage was that of Stephen Peters and Sarah Par- menter in 1811. The first death was that of - Straight in 1812. John Hanford kept the first store in 1813 at Taylor Hollow. Ralph Plumb opened the first store in Gowanda and Samuel Lake the first one at Collins Center. The first school was taught in Zoar by Simeon Waterman in 1812. The first Postmaster in Zoar was Phineas Orr, his commission bore the date of 1820. Another postoffice was established at Taylor Hollow, 'but at what time the author cannot ascertain.
NORTH COLLINS.
The first birth was that of George Tucker in 1810. The first marriage was that of Levi Woodward and Hannah Southwick in 1812, and the first deaths, those of two girls, twin daughters of Stephen Sisson. Stephen Stancliff built the first mill in
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LOCAL NAMES OF SARDINIA. 969
1818. Stephen Tucker kept the first inn and Stephen Rose the first store, both in 1813. The first school was taught by Phebe Southwick in 1813.
NOTES .- LOCAL NAMES IN SARDINIA.
" Prattham" was named after Elder Stephen Pratt, who was the first settler there.
"Madison Corners" was named after Obediah Madison, one of the early settlers.
"Shepherd Hill," named after Capt. Samuel Shepherd, who located there at an early day.
" Rice's Corners," named after Major Rice, a veteran of the war of 1812, who located there.
" Protection." The origin of this name is somewhat obscure, but it is supposed to have originated from the fact that a hot el keeper placed the word " Protection" over his door as a sign, and the little hamlet has been known by this name ever since.
The first school taught in the south part of the town was by Anna Richmond, in her father's house, in 1812.
The first school taught in the east part of the town, was by Melinda Abbey, in 1814.
The first birth in town was that of Ray Briggs, in 1811, and the first death was a son of Henry Godfrey, in 1814. The first marriage was that of James Reynolds to Anna Richmond, in 1813. Dr. Prindle was the first physician. Dr. Colgrove prac- tised medicine the longest.
ELECTIONS IN EARLY TIMES.
In early days the towns were not divided into election dis- tricts, as they are at the present, but the time of holding each election was confined to three days, and the inspectors with ballot-boxes would go from one point to another and receive the ballots. In Concord the places of receiving the votes were in the Sibley settlement school-house in the forenoon of the first day. Then the board in the afternoon would adjourn the polls to the house of Isaiah Pike, from here the polls would be adjourned to some convenient place in the west part of the town for the forenoon of the following day, and from there it would be adjourned to the house of Jonathan Townsend in the
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LIST OF PRESIDENTS.
afternoon, from whence it would be adjourned to the village of Springville, where the polls would be kept open from morning until night of the third and last day. I remember that in this town Morris Fosdick, Wells Brooks, L. B. Tousley and C. C. Severance were in the habit of accompanying the Inspectors in their tour and looking after the interests of their parties, and trying to secure the rights of their respective candidates.
A LIST OF PRESIDENTS FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE FED- ERAL CONSTITUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME.
1789, George Washington. 1796, John Adams. 1 800, Thomas Jefferson. 1804, Thomas Jefferson. 1808, James Madison. 1812, James Madison. 1816, James Monroe. 1820, James Monroe. 1824, John Q. Adams. 1828, Andrew Jack- son. 1832, Andrew Jackson. 1836, Martin Van Buren. 1840, William Harrison, who died after serving one month and his place was filled by the Vice-President, John Tyler. 1844, James K. Polk. 1848, Zachary Taylor, who died in office and his term was completed by the Vice-President Millard Fill- more. 1852, Franklin Pierce. 1856, James Buchanan. 1860, Abraham Lincoln. 1864, Abraham Lincoln, who was assassin- ated, and Andrew Johnson finished his term. 1868, Ulysses S. Grant. 1872, Ulysses S. Grant. 1876, R. B. Hayes. 1880, James A. Garfield, who was assassinated, and his place filled by Chester A. Arthur, Vice-President.
LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK SINCE 1777 UP TO THE PRESENT DATE.
George Clinton from 1777 to 1795. John Jay, 1795 to 1801. George Clinton from 1801 to 1804. Morgan Lewis from 1804 to 1807. Daniel D. Tompkins from 1807 to March, 1817. John Taylor, Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor from March, 1817 to July, 1817. DeWitt Clinton from 1817 to January 1, 1823. Joseph C. Yates from 1823 to 1825. DeWVitt Clinton from 1825 to Feb. 11. 1828. Nathaniel Pitcher from Feb. 11, 1828, to Jan. 1, 1829. Martin Van Buren from Jan. I, 1829, to March 12, 1829. Enos T. Throop, Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Acting Governor from March 12, 1829 to Jan. 1, 1831. Enos T. Throop from 1831 to 1833. William L. Marcy from
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ERIE COUNTY'S CONGRESSMEN.
1833 to 1839. William H. Seward from 1839 to 1843. Will- iam C. Bouch from 1843 to 1845. Silas Wright from 1845 to 1847. John Young from 1847 to 1849. Hamilton Fish from 1849 to 1851. Washington Hunt fro.n 1851 to 1853. Horatio Seymour from 1853 to 1855. Myron H. Clark from 1855 to 1857. John A. King from 1857 to 1859. Edwin D. Morgan from 1859 to 1863. Horatio Seymour from 1863 to 1865. Reuben E. Fenton from 1865 to 1869. John T. Hoffman from 1869 to 1873. John A. Dix from 1873 to 1875. Samuel J. Tilden from 1875 to 1877. Lucius Robinson from 1877 to 1879. Alonzo B. Cornell from 1879 to 1882. Governor Cleve- land elected to fill the next term from 1882 to 1885.
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