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9th N. Y. Cavalry 24th N. Y. Battery 4th N. Y. Artillery
24th N. Y. Battery
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27th N. Y. Infantry
Sth N. Y. Vols. 24th N. Y. Battery Regiment unknown
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*Hare, John
86th N. Y. Vol.
*Hathaway, Charles *Hershey. Andrew H. Higgins, Frank Hildum, James Hill, Wm.
*Horsford, Wm. F. Humphrey, E. D. *Hunt, Charles H. *Hunt, George S. *Hunt, Merritt
Hurlburt, E. T. M.
Jeffres, C. (Capt.)
*. Johnson, George B. Jones, Samuel Keeney, Anson
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*Lee, Abram Lee, Jay E. (Capt.) *Lent, Abram
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#Mahannay, Barton
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Mahannay, Win.
Marvin, Connor
24th N. Y. Battery
Marvin, Patrick
24th N. Y. Battery
#Marean, C. A.
Mateson, Wm. H.
Matteson, Henry *Meade, G.
24th N. Y. Battery
*McCrink, James *MeCrink, John McGuire, John
24th N. Y. Battery 1st N. Y. Dragoons 24th N. Y. Battery
Merrill, J. W.
24th N. Y. Battery
Metzger, Michael
17th N. Y. Infantry
*Miner, J. Gile
24th N. Y. Battery 136th N. Y. Vols.
Newcomb, L.
24th N. Y. Battery
#Newton, R. J.
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Noonen, Wm.
136th N. Y. Vols.
Page, Harry C.
24th N. Y. Battery 1st N. Y. Dragoons
*Parkins, John
#Perkins, J. W. Pinney, Frank H.
24th N. Y. Battery 1st N. Y. Dragoons 1st N. Y. Cavalry 89th N. Y. Vols.
*Piper, A. *Piper, George W.
24th N. Y. Battery
Post, J. Mort. (Capt.)
Post, Lucius H. (Lieut.)
17th N. Y. Infantry
Post, Thomas E.
*Pratt, Philander
3rd N. Y. Artillery 24th N. Y. Battery Regt. Unknown
Quinn, John Rathbone, Sydney S.
24th N. Y. Battery 24th N. Y. Battery 1st N. Y. Dragoons
Reynolds, Theodore
Reynolds, Wm.
1st N. Y. Dragoons
Richards, Albert
24th N. Y. Battery
24th N. Y. Battery 4th Artillery 8th N. Y. Heavy Art.
24th N. Y. Battery
#MeNinch, -
Morgan, Elias
Pettes, Fred W. (Capt.)
#Pettibone, Levi
24th N. Y. Battery 3rd N. Y. Cavalry
*Rawson, Porter D.
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Richards, Elias
24th N. Y. Battery
#Richardson, Orlando
24th N. Y. Battery
Robinson, Adolphus
1st N. Y. Dragoons
Robinson, John P. (Col.)
1st N. Y. Dragoons
Robinson, Zeb C.
*Rood, James
3rd N. Y. Cavalry Regt. Unknown
#Rood, LeGrande D. 24th N. Y. Battery
*Safford, Pembroke J. 24th N. Y. Battery
Salisbury. M. S. #Senter, Lucius Seeley. Wm. Seymour, Jared
Sherman, Seymour $Shirley, Phares Simmons, A. S. (2nd Lieut.)
21st N. Y. Vols. 89th N. Y. Vols. Regiment unknown
Ist N. Y. Dragoons 30th N. Y. Vols. 24th N. Y. Battery $9th N. Y. Vols
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*Simmons, James B. B.
*Simmons, Phineas A. *Smith, Mason C. Jr. Smith, Edward
1st N. Y. Dragoons 1st N. Y. Dragoons 24th N. Y. Battery
1st N. Y. Dragoons
Smith, James Smith, Jay
1st N. Y. Dragoons 1st N. Y. Dragoons
Smith, Nicholas
Sterling, Charles H.
Stoddard, Samuel
Stover, George
Strong, Lorenzo
Summy, David
27th N. Y. Infantry
Sullivan, Patrick
Summy, Mort
136th N. Y. Vols. Musician Musician
Sweet, Charles
Tadder, David
Tallman, Benj. H.
104th N. Y. Infantry 27th N. Y. Infantry 9th N. Y. Cavalry
Thompson, Benj.
27th N. Y. Infantry
*Tilton, Henry
24th N. Y. Battery
#Welch, Edward
24th N. Y. Battery
Welch, Peter
1st N. Y. Dragoons
Weller, J. H.
24th N. Y. Battery
Westbrook, George
104th N. Y. Infantry 104th N. Y. Infantry 27th N. Y. Infantry 1st N. Y. Dragoons
Westbrook, Nehemiah
Westlake, Charles G.
*Williams, Oliver
24th N. Y. Battery 8th N. Y. Heavy Artillery
Williamson, James Wilson, John A.
1st N. Y. Dragoons 9th N. Y. Cavalry
Witter, Volney
Wolcott, Orson
104th N. Y. Infantry
*Wood, Emmett
24th N. Y. Battery
Young, Harry, (colored)
31st N. Y. Vols.
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CHAPTER XV
The Press of Perry, Representing Religious and Anti-Slavery as Well as Local Interests-Cemeteries-Banking Institutions and Their Founders.
The "Genesee Recorder" was established in 1834 and was continued for two years. George M. Schipper was the pub- lisher. As this was the first newspaper to be published in the Town of Perry, we feel that a brief description would be ap- propriate.
A copy of the "Genesee Recorder," dated August 8th, 1834, shows a sheet which is a little more than half the size of the present local papers and contains five columns to the page. This copy is the first number of the first volume, and the first line under the head says : "Devoted to News, Politics, Agricult- ure, Arts, Manufactures, Science, Literature, Morality and Amusement, by G. M. Schipper." Really, a very extensive field of labor for a sheet of its size. The price of the paper was $2.00 a year in advance; $2.50 if not paid within six months ; or $3.00 if delayed until the expiration of the year. The first page of this sheet is filled with miscellaneous reading; the fourth page has three columns of political matter, mainly se- lected articles pitching into Gen. Jackson, and two columns of agricultural reading. The second page is filled with political articles from the Albany Journal and foreign news. The third page contains the prospectus of the "Genesee Recorder" and an article of about a column explaining its political purposes. The only matter in the paper than can be regarded as "locals" is a notice of the marriage of Mr. Luther A. Conklin and Miss Mary Ann Howard of Castile, and the death of Miss Mary Smith of this village. There is about half a column of village advertisements, from which one learned that Armitage &
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Faulkner were keeping a general store and dealt in dry goods, groceries, hardware, wines and liquors, maple syrup, and a lit- tle of everything handy to have in the house. Sherman & Skid- more conducted the Perry Hotel ; J. King kept a boot and shoe store; and A. Bunnell shod horses-a very sorry show of busi- ness ads when compared with those of the present day.
The "American Citizen" was established in Warsaw in 1836 by J. A. Hadley. After one year it was purchased by Jo- siah Andrews and moved to Perry, where it was published by Messrs. Mitchell and Lewis. This paper was the official organ of the Genesee County Anti-Slavery Society. Its subscription rate was $2.50 a year in advance. Mr. Lewis soon dropped out of the firm and was succeeded by Ansel Warren. In January, 1841, the publication was removed to Rochester.
The "Register, " a campaign paper, was published in Perry for one or two years, beginning Jan. 1st, 1840. Isaac N. Stod- dard and John H. Bailey were the proprietors.
The "Perry Democrat," published by Peter Lawrence. began its existence on Jan. 1st, 1841. Mr. Lawrence conducted the paper until 1848, at which time it was sold to C. C. Britt, who continued it until 1853.
The "Watch Tower," a Baptist publication, was printed at the office of The American Citizen during 1839; Ansel Warren, editor.
The "Ariel," another religious paper, noted for its sar- casm and caustic comment on local affairs, was published in Perry by "An Association of Nice Young Men, semi-occasion- ally," during the year 1841.
The "Western New Yorker" was established in Perry in January, 1841, by J. H. Bailey. A few months later it was sold to Messrs. Barlow & Woodward, who moved it to Warsaw. where it is still being published.
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The "Countryman," a Liberal Party publication, was es- tablished in Perry in 1843 by N. S. Woodward. Soon afterward it was purchased by Daniel S. Curtis, who changed its name to ".The Impartial Countryman" and continued it until August, 1846, when it passed into the hands of Ansel Warren, who again changed its name to "The Free Citizen" and issued the paper until August, 1847.
The "Sunday School Visitor" was published monthly at the office of The Countryman by D. S. Curtis. It was begun in May, 1844.
The "Christian Investigator" was published at the office of The Free Citizen for one year and was edited by Wm. Good- ell.
The "Wyoming Advertiser" was published in Perry dur- ing one year by Horace Wilcox, beginning Dec. 22d, 1853.
The "Wyoming Times" was begun in Perry in May, 1855, by T. S. Gillett. The office was destroyed by fire in 1856, but the paper's publication was resumed soon afterward. It was discontinued, however, in 1863. During the last two years of its existence it was published by Benjamin F. Page.
The "Silver Lake Sun" was established in Perry on Dec. 1st, 1865, by George A. Sanders. As the town had been without a paper for more than two years, it was received with great favor by the citizens. The Sun was published by Mr. Sanders until 1872, at which time it passed into the hands of J. S. Van- Alstyne, who had control of it for a short time, after which it reverted to Mr. Sanders, who continued it until 1877.
The "Perry Star" was published here for a short time, be- ginning in March, 1874, by George A. Sanders.
The "Wyoming County Herald" was established in June, 1877, by Lewis E. Chapin, who came to Perry from Livonia. He purchased the business and printing material of Mr. Sand-
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ers. In 1878 Mr. Chapin changed the name of the paper to The - Herald. George C. King purchased the business on July 1st, 1881. On May 1st, 1892, Frank B. Smith bought out Mr. King, and the following year purchased the Perry Weekly News of Asa Countryman, consolidating the two papers under the name of the Perry Herald and News. Mr. Smith later changed the name to The Perry Herald and continued its publication until Sept. 1st, 1912, when he sold the business to Mr. Guy Comfort, its present owner and publisher. During the last year of Mr. Smith's ownership the paper was issued semi-weekly as the Perry Semi-Weekly Herald.
During the proprietorship of The Herald by Lewis E. Chapin a daily edition was printed for a few weeks each Sum- mer, while the Silver Lake Temperance Assembly was in session. At that time Mead & Stearns were in charge of the temperance assembly, which drew large crowds to the lake. It was first con- ducted on the then Saxton grounds in a large enclosure resembl- ing a cheese box in appearance. After a few seasons that proved too small to accommodate the crowds and they removed to the present Pioneer grounds, where a covered auditorium was erected, surrounded during the season by many campers in tents and cottages. A daily was also published one year by the Perry Press, but neither was a financial success.
Two years, during the summer season of Silver Lake Chautauqua Assembly, when that institution was in its most flourishing condition, Frank B. Smith, then editor of the Perry Herald and News, published a daily newspaper with a measure of success. -
The "Perry Press," published by E. D. Deming of the At- tica News, was established here in 1883, the paper being issued for some time from the Attica News office. Later, Mr. Deming brought printing machinery here and opened a local office in
PERRY RECORD OFFICE BUILDING.
One of the oldest buildings in the Village of Perry. Erected some time between 1820 and 1830. Stood for many years on the corner of Main and Lake streets. Removed to its present location on the east side of Main street and remodeled in May, 1902. Its foundations are still in perfect condition.
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charge of E. C. Tanger. It was not a financial success and was discontinued after publication less than two years. .
The "Perry Weekly News" was established on Sept. 9th, 1885. by John F. Gates, a retired Universalist minister, who purchased the material of the defunct Nunda Herald and re- moved it to this place. In 1888 he took his foreman, C. G. Clarke, into partnership, under the firm name of Gates & Clarke, which continued until May, 1889, when Mr. Clarke re- tired and removed to Akron, N. Y. Mr. Gates continued the business until failing health compelled his retirement and it was sold in 1892 to Rev. Asa Countryman, who sold it the fol- lowing year to Frank B. Smith, who consolidated it with the Perry Herald.
The "Perry Record" was established on Jan. 24th, 1894, by C. G. Clarke, who returned from Akron, N. Y., to his old home. That was the year generally known as the "Cleveland panic" time, when free soup houses were opened in many cities to feed thousands who were in destitute circumstances, when wheat was selling for 50 cents a bushel, and when "Coxey's Army" was organized by hundreds of unemployed men who marched to Washington to demand that the Government should take action to provide them with work. Twenty years, later, Carl Read Clarke, eldest son of the proprietor, became associ- ated in the management of the business under the firm name of C. G. Clarke & Son, the present publishers.
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CEMETERIES
About the year 1819, Ebenezer. Selden and Dr. Otis Higgins purchased a portion of Lot No. 29 from Rev. Wm. Wiles, which included the old cemetery from which a few bodies were re- cently removed in excavating for the new Public Library, and presented it to the village to be used as a cemetery. At the time of its presentation there were several graves there. It or- iginally extended across Main street and included a strip of ground on the opposite side, between the Presbyterian and Bap- tist churches. A number of the pioneers of Perry were buried in this plot. In 1833 the ground had become nearly filled with graves, and in that year a voluntary association was formed and plans were made for a new cemetery. On October 3d of that year. the organization, through its trustees-Elnathan Lacy, Wm. Dolbeer and Willard Chapin-purchased one and three-fourths acres of land from Calvin P. Bailey and Samuel Hatch. There was one grave in this plot prior to its sale to the association. Elisha Barnes having been buried there on July 28th. 1833. In 1857 additional land was purchased through the association's representative. Win. Dolbeer. A later associa- tion, which took over the cemetery property, was formed in 1876 with David Andrus. G. B. Olin, Mrs. Ann Keeney, Mrs. R.T. Tuttle, Mrs. C. P. Andrus and E. G. Matthews as incorporators. This was known as "The Hope Cemetery Association." In 1877 another addition was made, and the whole includes about five acres. In December. 1908, the lots in Hope Cemetery being nearly all sold. the Association purchased from Lewis Crane and II. D. Tinkham some 23 acres of land lying on the east bank of Silver Lake outlet. some little distance below the Perry Knit- ting Mills and extending back to the lower end of Handley street. The services of a landscape gardner were secured and the grounds were made attractive by following his suggestions so far as possible. This plot is known as "Hope Cemetery An-
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nex." The first burial in the new plot was the body of John Strickland, a former business man of the village. The addition was purchased by the Association's representatives, W. P. And- rus and W. L. Chapin.
About the year 1824 the cemetery at West Perry was laid out by a voluntary association, of which Dan Diekerson, Arad Stillwell and Nathaniel Otis were elected trustees. One acre of land was purchased from Charles Jewett, which was enclosed and divided into lots. For many years it was neglected and un- kempt, but in 1914 a spirit of pride prompted a new organization by residents of West Perry and under the leadership of A. C. Stowell, the grounds were improved and beautified, and the sightly location on an eminenec overlooking Silver Lake is well kept and a credit to those who took the matter in charge.
The first burial in the cemetery at Perry Center was the body of Charles, son of Peter and Abigail Atwood, who died on Nov. 29th, 1813. A few other burials were made in this eem- etery prior to the organization of an association. The original association at the Center was organized in 1818 with Samuel Howard, Orrin Sheldon and Phicol M. Ward as trustees. These men purchased half an acre of Lemuel Blackmer for $40, and the plot has since been enlarged considerably. The original lots were one square rod in dimension and sold for 50 cents each. Improvements were made from time to time by volun- tary contributions. A later association was formed in October, 1885, with B. A. Nevins, F. C. Benedict, C. C. Watrous, Mrs. Andrew Sheldon, Mrs. C. W. Butler and Mrs. Sarah Alton as trustees. This was known as "The Prospect Hill Cemetery As- sociation."' Soon after the reorganization was effected, the As- sociation, through its trustees, purchased adjoining land from Mrs. Alton. This is known as "The Phillips Addition."
In the Fall of 1885, two and one-half aeres of land were purchased by St. Joseph's (Catholic) Church Society of the
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late J. W. Chamberlain, on the west side of the road leading to Silver Lake from Macomber's corners, about three-quarters of a mile from the village. The cemetery occupies an enclosure on a hill a short distance north of the lake.
BANKING INSTITUTIONS
During many years after the settlement of the town, what little banking business was necessary was done at Canandaigua. and later at Geneseo and Batavia, especially at the Bank of Genesee at Batavia. The first banking institution in Perry, of which the writer has any record, was the Silver Lake Bank of Genesee, and we cannot state positively whether the business ever opened for the transaction of business. or not. The only documents that we have been able to find with reference to the matter is a certified copy of the articles of association of the Silver Lake Bank of Genesee, which appears to have been filed on Dec. 31st, 1838, by Archibald Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State. The articles of association were executed by Rufus HI. Smith, Mosely Stoddard, Calvin P. Bailey. Samuel Hatch and . Josiah Andrews, all of them residents of Perry, Genesee County, who subscribed for 200 shares each. The shares had a par value of $100. If the institution ever opened for business, it was out of existence before the organization of the Banking Department, which was first organized by statute in the year 1851.
The First National Bank, formerly known as "Smith's Bank," was organized in 1855 as a State Bank, with a capital of $50.000, by Rufus H. Smith, president : and Anson D. Smith. his son, cashier. Upon the death of R. H. Smith in 1858, A. D. Smith became president, and Charles W. Hendee, cashier. Inx 1862 Henry N. Page became cashier. A. D. Smith died in 1866, and his widow became sole proprietor of the bank. Mr. Henry N .. Page then assumed entire charge of its business affairs. Ins
Born 1823
HENRY N. PAGE
Died 1894
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1865, after the passage of the National Banking Act, which placed a tax of 10 per cent. on the currency of all state banks, the State charter was surrendered and the business was con- tinned under the same title as a private bank until March 2d. 1891, at which time it was reorganized, a charter taken out, and it became The First National Bank of Perry, with the following named officers: President, Henry N. Page: Vice-President, Frank HI. Wyckoff: Cashier. W. D. Page: Assistant Cashier. George K. Page. The Board of Directors included, in addition to the above named gentlemen, Willis H. Tuttle of Canan- daigua.
Boyhood portrait of Willis H. Tuttle of Perry, with his favorite horse and a friend of his youth, Walter Gillespie of Perry.
The original bank building was erected by Judge Smith, and the old vault was then considered burglar proof, no inside safe being used. Later on, a Herring safe was added, which was afterward wrecked by a gang of professional burglars,
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under the leadership of the notorious Ned Lyon, although no funds were secured by them. Two other attempts had been made, but in neither was access gained to the vault. In the
INTERIOR OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK
great fire of 1891, part of the cornice was burned from the old building, and in the following year the store now occupied by
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Baker & Roberts' Pharmacy was built, and a second story was added to the bank building, making the present block as it now stands.
Owing to the increase in business and the demand for bet- ter facilities, the bank has installed a Herring-Hall-Marvin vault and safe deposit box equipment. This is of the latest im- proved fire-and-burglar-proof construction. Installing the vault necessitated the building of a new directors' room at the rear. The present officers are: W. D. Page, President ; George K. Page, Vice-President and Cashier.
THE CITIZENS BANK OF PERRY, N. Y.
This institution was organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on March 8th, 1888, with a capi-
THE CITIZENS BANK OF PERRY, N. Y.
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tal of $35,000 and the following named citizens as stockholders : Milo H. Olin, George Tomlinson, Clarence M. Smith, Lewis A. Macomber, Wm. H. Hawley, Sr., Robert R. Dow, P. E. Bolton. Parris Olin, George W. Grieve, Mary J. Olin, M. S. Nobles, By- ron A. Nevins, George L. Cone, S. A. Hatch, John S. Garrison.
The organization of the institution by local residents was prompted by the news learned of the proposed location of a new bank in Perry by outsiders who believed that the town of- fered a field for two banking institutions. Clarence M. Smith
LEWIS A. MACOMBER
GEORGE M. TRABER
and the late Milo H. Olin were prime movers in the organiza- tion, which was effected promptly after the news above re- ferred to was learned, and the parties who contemplated opening a bank here organized a banking institution in the Village of
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Avon, Livingston County. The store in the Olin Block, on the corner of Lake and Main streets, was secured as a place of bus- iness and was used as such until 1909, when their present splen- did quarters were completed and ready for occupancy. The new bank building is one of the finest of its kind in the State, out- side of the large cities, and cost with its equipment, about $36,000.
A short time after its incorporation as a State Bank, the capital stock was increased to $50,000. In its 27 years of exist- ence, the bank had but 15 directors, viz : M. H. Olin, L. A. Ma- comber, George L. Cone. George Tomlinson, B. A. Nevins, R. R. Dow, J. C. Windsor, J. S. Garrison, Win. W. Grieve, George W. Grieve, George M. Traber, Will W. Grieve, Walter T. Olin, C. M. Smith and J. N. Wyckoff. M. H. Olin served as president of the bank until his death in 1907, when he was succeeded by Lewis A. Macomber. Upon the death of Mr. Macomber in 1915, George M. Traber was elected president. In its history the bank has had but one cashier, Clarence M. Smith, who contin- nes to serve in that capacity, and to whom a considerable meas- ure of credit is due for the growth of the bank's business. Lloyd P. Benediet has served the bank as assistant cashier for a period of 20 years. The present stockholders are: Clara M. Bolton, M. HI. Baker, R. H. Cone. J. S. Garrison, J. F. Grieve, Will W. Grieve. Wm. W. Grieve, George W. Grieve, Carrie D. Green, estate of Wm. H. Hawley, Jr., S. A. Hatch, Celia A. Lewis, estate of L. A. Macomber, Byron A. Nevins, Mary J. Olin, Walter T. Olin, estate of H. N. Parker, J. M. Rood, Emma W. Slack, Abram Reese. C. M. Smith. L. P. Benedict, Tomlinson & Son, George M. Traber, Mary E. Wyckoff, James N. Wyckoff.
CHAPTER XVI
Highways, Bridges, Etc .- Maps Showing Growth of Village Since Early Days-Expenditures for Macadamizing Village Streets and Highways,
One of the first-if not the first-roads opened through the present Town of Perry was the Geneseo, or "Big Tree Road," which led from Geneseo to Buffalo and crossed this town near the middle. This road became the main avenue west. The Allegany Road, which intersected the Geneseo Road near Moscow and led to Olean, crossed the southeast end of the town.
The Allegany Road was laid out in 1806, was six rods wide and became the main road south. The original Allegany Road veered several rods west beginning at a point about a mile south of the village and evidently connected with the present Leicester street, known in early days as the "Leicester Road." The road was altered to its present position about the year 1816 by Ziba Hurd and two others, who were the road commis- sioners of Perry at that time.
The old "Buffalo Road," as it was called, was the first east and west road. This was opened across the north part of the town at an early period, but was not worked and never became a thoroughfare, owing to the impractical ravines which it crossed.
A road was laid out in 1812 or 1813 from Perry Village north to the villages of Perry Center, LaGrange, Covington Center and Pavilion, to LeRoy. It was over these four roads that the first settlers came into the town and the regions in their vicinity were first settled,
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The writer has found it impossible to ascertain the exact dates when the early village streets were laid out. However, Leicester, Water, Short, Center, Lake and Main streets are probably the oldest of the village streets. Main street was laid out in 1813 and, at the time of its formation, intersected on the south end a road which at that period ran from the upper dam southeast.
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