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Female Charitable Society, the, 167
Fenn, Albert O., 186 Charles H., 96 Fenner, E. B., Mrs., 169 Edward S., 217 Field, Joseph, 126, 141
Filon, Michael, 126, 160
Finucane, Thomas W., 189
Fire alarm telegraph of Rochester, 130 department, beginnings of Roches- ter, 124 department of Rochester, 129
Fires, notable, in Rochester, 101
Firemen's Benevolent association, 130
Fish, Henry L., 126, 166 James M., 126 Josiah, 70, 104
Fisher, George W., 165 Jacob, 100 William, 148
Fisk, W. H. H .. Dr., 229
Fitch, Charles E., 114
Fitzhugh, William, Col., 105
Fitz Simmons, Charles, 98-100, 102
Fleckenstein, George V., sketch of, 481 Valentine, 109, 127 Floods, disastrous, 148 Foote, Homer, 95 Israel, Rev. Dr., 172 Nathaniel 219; sketch of, 452
Forbes, George W., 175
Force, George B., 96 Isaiah F., 97 Ford, Charles P., 185
Forsyth, George D., 217 Daniel W., sketch of, 470 Fort des Sables, erection of, by the French, 26 Fowler, William J., 115 Fox sisters, the, 147 et seq.
"Frankfort," 111
Free Academy, Rochester, 137
Frémin, Father, 17-19
French and English jealousy, 21 claims to Iroquois territory, 21 visitors, noted, 67 Charles D., Rev., 169 Porter M .. 219 Friederich & Sons, 88
Fritzsche, Frank, 189 Frost, Edward A., 218
Frost, Sarah, Mrs., 168 Fuller, Jerome, 80, 206, 216 E. P., 96 Fulton, Levi S., 88, 89
Galvin, John, 97 Gannagaro, 23
Gannett, William C., Rev., 165, 181
Garbutt, John, 77
Gardiner, Addison, sketch of, 207
Gardner, C. B., Rev. Dr., 180 Richard, 189
Garland, 259
Garlock, James S., sketch of, 463
Garnier, Father, 18, 19
Garrard, Jephthah, 99
Gates, churches of, 267 first settlers of, 262 population of, 264
schools of, 268 town officers of, 265
Gay, Horace, 217
Genesee valley canal, 85 club, the, 182
Genzmer, G. A., Rev., 176, 182
Geology of Monroe county, 192 et seq.
Gibbard, Isaac, 89
Gibbons, Washington, 127
Gibbs, Everett O., sketch of, 477 Orrin E., Dr., 217, 233
Gibson, Law S., 127 Gilbert, E. S., 95 Jasper W., 127, 217
Gildersleeve, William, Dr., 223 Gillette, Berkley, Dr., 223 Willis K., sketch of, 476
Gilmore, J. H., 175
Gleason, Sheppard, 95
Gleeson, William, Rev., 181
Godley, William, 100
Goff, H. H., 89
Goodwin, William F., 101
Gordon, John H., 164
Gorham, Nathaniel, 42
Gosnell, James, Rev., 181
Goss, Ephraim, 80, 206, 218 Gould, E. P., 95 Jacob, 81, 126 Seward F., 101
Graebe, William, 96
Graham, Hosmer, Dr., 224 James S., 95, 100 M. E., Dr., 230 Grand Army of the Republic, 102 Granger, Eli, 70 Zadock, 68 Grant, R. C., Dr., 230
Grantsynn, William S., 97, 98 Graves, William, 218
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Gray, Abijah C., 98. Greece, churches of, 275 first settlers of, 270 population of, 273 schools of, 278 town officers of, 273 Green, Charles A., 250 James D., Rev., 118 Nursery company, 250 Seth, 154 Greene, C. H., Dr., 229 Greenhalgh, Wentworth, 8 Greenleaf, Halbert S., 80 H. S., Mrs., 177 Gregory, David, Dr., 223 Isaac M., 115 John, 99 Gregg, Henry W., 127, 166, 219 Greig, Sherman, 99 Grosvenor, O. D., 91 Guernsey, James A., 206
Hadley, Alfred B., 97 Hahnemann Hospital, 232 Hahnemannian Society, Rochester, 229
Haight, Fletcher M., 112 Hale, William B., 219
Halsey, William L., Mrs., 172 Hall, Elizabeth P., 165 John, 92 Theodore F., 97 Halstead, Reuben H., 97 Hamilton, Adelbert, 175 E. F., 95 John B., 80 Lewis, 97 T. B , 127 Hamlin Center, 287 churches of, 288 first settlers of, 284 minor villages in, 288 population of, 288 schools of, 289 town officers of, 287
Handsome Lake, 6 Hanford's Landing, 69 Hannan, John W., 218 Harford, Charles, 106 Hargather, M. J., Rev., 181 Harlan, Richard D., Rev., 180 Harmon, Benjamin F., 97 Ezekiel, Dr., 223 Harrar, George E., Dr., 224 Harris, Albert H., 219 Benjamin F., 95 Edward, 186 George B., 127 George H., 9, 160 James, 80
Harris, Joseph, 159 Joseph S., 96 Hart, E. Kirke, 80 E. P., Rev., 90, 181 George, 218 Roswell, 80 Hartman, Ernst, Rev., 181
Haskell, Aretas, 77 Haven, Albert R., 114
Havens, James S., 219 Hawks, Haywood, 182, 186 Thomas, 126 Hawley, Jesse, 81, 83 Hayden, Charles J., 126 John C., 189 Hayes, A. W., Rev., 181
Hays, David, sketch of, 454 Hebard, Charles W., 115 Henry S., 109, 155
Hebing, Henry, 81 Hedding, M. E., Rev., 181
Hedges, Job C., 95, 101, 102
Helmkamp, J. F. W., Rev., 181
Hencher, William, 67
Henckell, Emil, Rev., 181
Hendrick, Thomas A., Rev., 173, 181
Hennepin, Father, 20 Henrietta, churches of, 297 first settlers of, 291 population of, 294 schools of, 298 town officers of, 293
Henry, John D., Dr., 224 Hermance, Alexander C., Dr., 230 S. George, Dr., 230 Herriman, Wallace J., Dr., 227
Heveron, John J., 189
Hickey, Thomas, Rev., 181 High school, the old, 137 Hildreth, Samuel, 71
Hill, Charles E., 95 Charles J., 120, 124, 126, 218 David Jayne, 175, 179 David L., 114 Henry M., sketch of, 483
Hills, Isaac, 89, 126, 230
Hinckley. Watson S., 206
Hines, W. J., 95
Historical Society, Rochester, 180
Hoard, Volney A., Dr., 230 Hobbie, I. S., 178
Hodge, John, 87 Hodgson, Thomas C., 218
Hoekstra Jacob A., 115, 189 Hogoboom, H. S., 96 Holbrook, Daniel, 178
Holland Land company, the, 49 Holley, Myron, 145 Hollister, Monroe M., 97
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Holmes, Elias B., 80, 206 Holton Janna, Dr., 223
Home for the Friendless, Rochester, 171 of Industry. Rochester, 172 Homœopathic Medical Society of Monroe County, 228 list of officers and members of, 229 Hone, Frank J., sketch of, 463 Honeoye Falls, 309 et seq. churches of, 312 "Times," 312 Hooker, Bertha, 173 Hopkins, Caleb, 81 Edith, 173 John Hampden, sketch of, 456 J. H., Mrs., 172 1
Hospital, Hahnemann, 232 Rochester City, 230 Rochester Homoeopathic, 232 St. Mary's, 231 Hospitals, Rochester, 171
Houck, George H., 81
House, Elisha, Rev., 117
Hovey, B. L., Dr., 226
Howard, Eugene H., Dr., 91, 227 S. P., 97 William R., Dr , 227
Howe, John B., 116 Hoyt, David, 186 Henry B., 97 & Porter, 113 Hubbard, W. C., Rev., 87, 180 Hubbell, Walter S., 219; sketch of, 454
Hughes, Michael, 136
Hulett, Pierson B., 216; sketch of, 449
Humane Society, the, Rochester, 173
Humphrey, George H., 173; sketch of, 455 Harvey, 216; sketch of, 444 . Hunn, Joseph S., 219 Hunt, Daniel T., 109, 115, 179 Huntington, Andrew, Dr., 224 H. F., 187 H. F., Mrs., 171 Hurd, E. H., Dr., 157, 228
Husband, Thomas H., 286
Huson, Calvin, 217
Hutchinson, F. B., 97
Hutchins, Stephen C., 114
Hutchison, James, 95 Hutton, A. S., Rev. Dr., 163 Hyland, jr., George, 95
Imo, Peter, 98 Indian nomenclature. 10 et seq.
title, extinguishment of, by Phelps & Gorham, 44 traditions, 2 Indians, fraud practiced upon, by Phelps and others, 45 et seq.
Industrial School, Rochester 170 Infantry, Thirteenth, the, 94
Twenty-fifth, the, 95 Twenty-sixth, the, 95
Twenty-seventh, the, 95
Twenty-eighth, the, 96
Thirty-third, the, 96 Eighty-ninth, the, 96
One Hundred and Fifth, the, 96
One Hundred and Eighth, the, 96
One Hundred and Fortieth, the, 97 One Hundred and Fifty-first, 98 :
Infants' Summer Hospital, Rochester. 171 Ingersoll, J. M., 184
Inhabitants, the earliest, 1
Irondequoit, first settlers of, 300 population of, 303
schools of, 304 town officers of, 30?
Iroquois architecture, 8
attitude of the, during the Revolu- tion, 29 et seq.
cession of lands to the English in 1701, 25
claus of the, 2 coming of the, 2
confederacy, population of the, 13
line of descent, 4
the "new religion " of the, 6
policy towards the contending na- tions, 22 religious beliefs of the, 5
rights of women among the, 4
territory, French and English claims to, 21 territory occupied by the, 14 trails, 9
treatment of captives by the, 13
tribal divisions of the, 3
victories of the, 12
Jack, Lewis H., sketch of, 467 Jails, 86
James, Thomas, Rev., 157 William, Rev., 118
Jayne, Frank A., 189
Jemison, Mary, 58-61 Jennings, Gilbert S., 95 John S., 100 P. W., 127
Jerome, Lawrence R., 114 Leonard W., 114
Jesuit missions, establishment of, 16 Relations," the, 16 Jewell, John O., 97 Jewett, Gibbons, 77 Simeon B., 206. 217; sketch of, 445 Jewish temple, dedication of, 161 Johnson, Elisha, 109, 112, 126, 140, 143
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Johnston, W. W .. Dr., 230 Jones, C. A., 141 Jonas, Dr., 226 Reuben D., 115, 178 William Martin, sketch of, 474a Jordan, Thomas, 95 Joy, Walter S., 99 Judges and attorneys, 442 et seq. Judson, Alfred, 127 Silas, 77
Kalbfleisch, E. A., 189 Karnes, Abram, 126 Katz, A. J., 185 Kearney, Patrick, 230
Keeler, Charles A., sketch of, 467 Rufus, 126 Keenan, Edward Arthur, sketch of, 478 Kelly, Claude, Rev., 181 James H., 81 Patrick, Rev., 118
Kelsey, Alexander, Dr., 223
Kempshall, Thomas, 80, 126
Kendrick, Asahel C., 175 Ryland, 175 Kennedy, John B., 97
Kidd, William, 79
Kiernan, J. P., Rev., 181
Kimball, William S., 166, 185 King, Gideon, 68 Mary B. Allen, Mrs., 160 Moses, 132 King's Landing, 69 Kingsley, H. A., 92
Kinnie, E. O., 101
Kinney, John F., 217, 219
Kirby, Micajah W., 80
Kirkland, Samuel, Rev., 30
Kirkpatrick, D. M., Rev., 182
Kislingbury, F. F., Lieut., 150
Klein, Charles P., 97 Knickerbocker, Derrick, Dr., 223
Knox, James H., 97 Koenig, O., Rev., 181 Kuborn, Mathias, Rev., 181 Kuichling, Emil, 187 Sarah H., 89 Kurtz, W. L., 116
Lacy, John T .. 218 La grippe, 155, 156 Lake navigation, 82 et seq. Lamb, George W., sketch of, 478 Land claims, conflicting, 36 et seq. sales, early, on the site of Rochester, 107 et seq. transfers of, from Oliver Phelps to Chapin and Allan, 53 et seq. Landsberg, Max, Rev. Dr., 170, 179, 182
Lane, George H., 114 Laney, C. C., 187 Lange, John, Rev., 181 Langworthy, A. J., 127 H. H., Dr., 148, 154, 226, 227 Harvey P., 126 Lyman B., 81, 92 Lanigan, George T., 115 Lantern works fire, the, 153
La Salle, visit of, to the Senecas, 20
Lathrop, W. E., 126
Latta, Samuel, 81 Lattimore, S. A., 90, 175, 179
Lawrence, H. E., 175
Lawrenzis, Dietrich, Rev., 181
Leary, J. J., Rev., 181
Le Boutillier, G. T., Rev., 181
Lee, Samuel D., 115
Leeper, Joseph M., 97
" Lessees," the, 40, 44
Lester, Ralph, 230 Robert J., 98 Lewis, George, Dr., 228 George W., 94, 99 Merton E, 126, 188; sketch of, 466
Leyden, Maurice, 99, 218
Lindsay, Peter, Rev., 180
Literary clubs of Rochester, 184
Little, Charles, 189 David, Dr., 94, 95, 226, 227 Elijah, 77 Julia, 170 Seelye W., Dr., 169
Livingston, James K., 81, 121, 136, 218 Locke, A. J., 67
Loder, Edwin A., 100
Lodge, Clarence V., 91
Lomb, Henry, 89, 95, 177
Long House, the council of the, 3
Loomas, Joseph, Dr., 223
Loomis, Isaac, 163
Lord, Frank N., 127
Jarvis, 80 M. L., Dr., 91, 98
Lowe, Samuel H., 115
Luckey, Joseph L., 117
Ludolph, Andrew, sketch of, 479
Lusk, John, 235
Lusks, settlement of the, 63, 64
Lutes, John, 126
Lynch, J. R., Rev., 181
Lynn, John D., 216, 219
McAlpine, B. R., 178
McCallum, D. C., 89, 148
McClintock, J. Y., 185, 189 McConnell, A. B., 101 D. W., 101 McCormick, Patrick, Rev., 118
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McCort, James H., Dr., 226 McElhinney, J. M., Rev., 180
McGarry, Edward, 145
McGlachlin, Ambrose, 126
McGonegal, George E., 91
McGraw, Hugh, 97
Mckay, L., 226
Mckinnon, W. R., 95
McKnight, William, 79
McLeod, Alexander H., 97
McMahon, John, 102
McMannis, James T., 127
McMullen, John, 127 Patrick A,, 97
McNab, Anson Stuart, sketch of, 459 McNaughton, Daniel. 179 Donald, 80, 160; sketch of, 485 Henry D., 218
McPhail, Percy R., 186
McQuaid, Bernard J., Rev. Dr., 181
McSweeney, Edward, 189
McVean, Alexander, 80
Mc Whorter, Alexander, 88
Mabbett, Alonzo L., 178, 218
Machin, Charles, 97
Mack, Albert G., 101 Daniel, 111, 124 Isaac F., 178
Macomber, Francis A., 160, 214 F. S., 189, 219
Maginnis. J. S., Dr., 176
Mail service, early, 71
Maine, Henry C., 114
Makk, Edward H., Dr., 116
Malcolm, James, 127, 189
Mandeville, Lucius M., 127
Mann, Abram S., 189 Alexander, 114 N. M., Rev., 173
Marble, Daniel, Dr., 224
Markell, William L., 99 Marks, John, 95
Marsh, Darius A., sketch of, 465 Ednor A., sketch of, 468
Marshall, E. F., 126 E. G., 95, 101, 102 Martin, Edward, 95 John W., 81 Martindale, John H., 102 Marvin, George, Dr., 223
Massachusetts, a conspiracy to defraud, 49 et seq.
and New York, contention between, 36 et seq. and New York, settlement of conflict- ing claims of, 39 Mastick, John, 206 Mathews, M. M., Dr., 228, 229 Vincent, Gen., 91, 119, 126, 217
Maude, John, extract from the journal of, 69
Maurer, Edward W., sketch of, 472
Maxwell, Hugh, Col., 46
Meade, Winslow M., 189
Medbery, Joseph, 112 J., & Co., 113 Medical science, dawnings of, 221 Society, Monroe County, 223 list of officers and members of, 227 list of presidents of, 225 list of present members of, 225 Society, Rochester, 226
Mendon Center, 314 churches of, 313 first settlers of, 306
schools of, 314 town officers of, 308 village, 313 Menzie, George L., 98 Herbert J., sketch of, 481
Mercer, William L., 186
Merrill, Henry P., 101
Messmer George, 189
Mexican war, the, 145
Meyer, August, 97
Michaels, Henry, 162 Joseph, 183
Millard, J. W., Rev., 181 Nelson, Rev. Dr., 180
Miller, C. H. H., Dr., 226 Joseph, Rev., 181 Samuel, 80 W. J., Rev., 181
Mills, the Allan, 104 the first, 52, 54 " Mill-Yard " tract, the, 44 et seq.
Missions among the Senecas, 18 et seq. Jesuit, establishment of, 16
Mitchell, W. G., 186
Mix, John, 99 Simon H., 99
Mixer, A. H., 91, 175
Monroe Academy at Henrietta, 296
Monroe County Agricultural society, 92 almshouse, 90 assessed valuation and taxes of, 92 bar, 205, 490 Bible society, 91
evolution of, 76 et seq.
first church in, 70
first county buildings of, 78
first deed recorded in, 81
first events in, 64
first general election in, 70
first mail service in, 71 first recorded deed in, 62 first school in, 70
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Monroe, first town meeting in, 70 first white inhabitant of, 52 in the Rebellion, 93 et seq. insane poor asylum, 91 " Mail," the, 371 Medical society, 223 list of present members of, 225 list of present officers of, 226 list of presidents of, 225 meeting of the first bord of supervis- ors of, 77 organization of the courts of, 205 Penitentiary, 88 population of, 79 representatives in Congress from, 80 Sharpshooters, 98 State senators from, 80 " Monroe Republican," the, 113 Montgomery, Harvey, 120 H. F., Dr., 226 W. R., 127 Moore, Caleb, 100, 218 E. M., Dr., 179, 180, 187, 226, 227, 230 D. D. T., 126, 159 Richard M., Dr., 189 S. W. D., 126 Morey, George P., Dr., 227 John E., 113, 184 W. C., 175, 179
Morgan abduction, the, 121 et seq. Co., the D. S., 417 John S., 154, 216 Lewis H., 80 William H., Dr., 223, 224
Morris, Charles E., 81 David Z., 139 Robert, 48-50 Thomas, 70 Morrison, William F., 127
Morrow, J. I., Dr., 224
Morse, Adolphus, Mrs., 168 Ezekiel, 77 Moseley, J. B., 186 Moses, Schuyler, 154 Moss, George, 114, 185 George, Mrs., 171, 173
Moulson, T. G., Mrs., 172 Moulthrop, S. P., 189 Mudge, Alfred G., 217 Mühlhauser, John, Rev., 182 Mullen, Isaac V., 95
Mulligan, Edward W., Dr., 227 F. W., Mrs., 169 Mumford, 440 churches of, 440 George E., 159, 172, 179 George H., 101 George H., Mrs., 172 00
Mumford, W. W .. 172 Munger, George E., 80 George G., 216 Munn. Henry C, 189 Henry C., Mrs., 172
Murphy, John M., 189; sketch of, 450 Timothy, Rev., 181 Murray, W. E., Rev., 182
Naphtha explosion disaster, the, 152 Nash, Chauncey, 127 John C., 126, 218 " National Republican," the, 114 Nellis, James H., 100
Neville, Thomas J., 189
Newspapers of Rochester, 112 et seq.
Newton, Martin S. 217
New York and Massachusetts, contention between, 36 et seq. and Massachusetts, settlement of conflicting claims of, 39 Genesee Land company, the, 40
Niagara Genesee company. the, 44
Nichols, James, Rev., 96, 136
Nicum, John, Rev. Dr., 176, 181
Nichols, Sarah J., Mrs., 136, 177
Nolte, Adolph, 94, 116
Nomenclature, Indian, 10 et seq.
Norman, Alfred, Dr., 230
Northampton, the town of, 70
Northfield, organization of the district of, 69 North Chili, 250 Greece, 275 Hamlin, 288 Parma, 342 Rush, 400
Norton, Henry P., 217 Nathaniel, 70 Notabaert, Alphonse, Rev., 181
Noyes, Milton, 178
Oaks, George, 98 Oakes, George J., Dr., 227 Oberholzer, F. C., Rev., 181 O'Brien, John Charles, sketch of, 455 O'Connor, Joseph, 114, 115 Ogden Center 324 churches of, 329 first settlers of, 318 schools of, 332 town officers of, 323 Samuel B., 104 William L., 99 O'Grady, James M. E., 219 O'Hare, James F., Rev., 181 T. A., Dr., 227 Oliver, William, 218 Olmstead, Jeremiah, 106
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O'Loughlin, C., Rev., 181 Onderdonk, H. U., Rev., 117
One-hundred-acre tract, the, 103 et seq. Oothout, John W., 168
O'Reilly, Bernard, Rev., 169 Henry, 109, 113, 143; sketch of, 151, 210 O'Rorke, Patrick H., 97 Orphan Asylum, Jewish, 170 Asylum, Rochester, the, 168 asylums, Roman Catholic, 169 Osburn, Nehemiah, 159 Osgood, Howard, 179 Otis, Elwell S., 97, 102 Ira L., 185
Paine, Cyrus F., 179 Nicholas E., 109, 126, 217 O. Sprague, 97 Palmer, Charles H., 185 O. H., 96, 102 Peter, 165 William H., 99
Pancost, Edwin, 175
Pardee, Charles S., 218
Parker, George T., 166 Jane March, Mrs., 180 Joel, Rev. Dr., 118 Parkhurst, F. S., Rev., 181
Parks of Rochester, 186 Parma Center, 346
Corners, 347 churches of, 344, 346, 349 first settlers of, 335
Institute, 348
schools of, 350 town officers of, 341
Parsons, Cornelius R., 80, 126 E. Bloss, 99 Ezra M., 218 George W., 127 Thomas, 80, 81
Partridge, Samuel S., 95
Pascalar, Fridolin, Rev., 181
Patch, Sam, 124
Pathological Society, Rochester, 227
Patriot war, the, 144 et seq. Patterson, Henry, Dr., 223 John E., 80 John T., 218 Josiah M., 114 Thomas J., 80
Paviour, Robert S., 174
Peck, Everard, 111, 143, 169 Everard, Mrs., 167, 169 Everard, & Co., 112 G. W., Rev. Dr., 181
Harriet Prindle, Mrs., 163 William F., 115, 168, 177, 179, 180
Peepels, H. C., Rev., 181 Peer, G. W., Dr., 228, 229 Pellett, S. S., 144 Penfield Academy, 355 Center and East Penfield, 356 churches of, 356 first settlers of, 352
town officers of, 354
population of, 354
schools of, 358 village, 355 Penitentiary, Monroe County, 88
Perinton, first settlers of, 360 town officers of, 360 topography of, 364 Perkins, Erickson, 182, 183
George H., 109 Gilman, 183
Gilman H., 90, 179, 180, 182, 186
Gilman H., Mrs., 170
Gilman N., 186
J. H., Rev., 181 William, 79
Perrin, Darius, 109, 162, 218
Perrine, D. M., 101
Pfäfflin, Herman, 116
Phelps, Oliver, 47
Ôliver, survey of the site of Roches- ter by, 43
& Gorham, first sales of land by, in Monroe county, 62 et seq.
& Gorham purchase, the, 42 remarkable error in the survey of, 46 reversion of, 47 sale of, to Robert Morris, 48
Phinney, H. K., 175, 180
Physicians, early facilities for, 222
Pierce, Francis E., 96, 97, 102 Horace G., sketch of, 458 Samuel C., 99
Pierron, Father, 19
Pitkin, William, 89, 91, 126, 183, 230
Pitts, Edmund L., 80
Pittsford, churches of 383 first settlers of, 377 population of 380 schools of 385 town officers of, 379 village, 380 Platt, Ward, Rev., 181
Plumb, William T., 189; sketch of, 477
Pomeroy, C. R., 138 Enos, 91, 120, 206, 217
Pond, Charles F., 90 Elias, 81, 218 Nathan P., 99 Pope, Edmund M., 99, 102 Population of the Iroquois confederacy, 13
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Porter, Mary S., Mrs., 172 Samuel, 97 Samuel D., Mrs., 169, 171
Posselt, Otto, Rev., 182 Post, Amy, Mrs., 154
Postmaster, the first, at Rochester, 108
Pastmasters of Rochester, 109
Potter, Marion Craig, Dr., 226
Pouchot, Captain, memoir 28 Powers, Charles J., 94, 96, 97, 102, 186, 218 Pratt, Abner, 217 A., Dr., 226 Prentice, Alexander, Mrs., 173 Preston, Albert W., 95 B. I., Dr., 227 E. S., Dr., 229 Price, Peter, 77 Prideaux's expedition against the French fort at Niagara, 28 Prisoners, treatment of, by the Iroquois, 31 Prizer, Edward, 174 Public schools, Rochester, 177
Pultney estate, the, 48 et seq.
Pulver, Theodore S., 127
Purcell, Pierre, 114 William, 113, 114 Purchase, the Phelps & Gorham, 42 Putnam, Earl B., sketch of, 478 Israel H., 99
Quinby, Isaac F., Gen., 94, 102, 157, 175
Raffeix, Father, 19
Railroad, Auburn & Rochester, 141
Carthage, 143 facilities of Rochester, 188 Genesee Valley, 142 New York Central, 141 Tonawanda, 140 Raines, George, 80, 87, 217 Thomas, 216, 219: sketch of, 448
Randall, Theophilus, Dr., 223
Rauber, Frederic, Rev., 181
Rawson, George W., 213, 216
Raymond, Edward A., 217 John H., 175 W. H., 97 Rebasz, Charles B., 177 Rebellion, Monroe county in the, 93 et seq.
Redderoth, August, Rev., 176
Redfern, Frederick, Rev., 181
Redman, Henry S., 102 Redmond, Owen, 166 Regenbogen, Hubert, Rev., 181 Reid, Eliza M., Mrs., 166 Religious beliefs of the Iroquois, 5 Remington, Frederic, Dr., 226
Remington, Harvey F., sketch of, 471 Representatives in Congress, 80 Revolution, the close of the, 34 Rew, Francis S., 115, 127 Reynolds, Abelard, 108 Abelard, Mrs., 152 Gilbert H., 100 John A., Col., 100, 102, 109, 158
Library, the, Rochester, 178
Linus H., 229 Mortimer F., 159, 178, 179 William H., 101 Richardson, H. F., 97 John F., 175 J. M., 95 Samuel, 126
Richmond, Henry E., 97, 218
Rider, C. E., Dr., 226, 227
Ridge Road Creamery Company, 258
Ridley, Benjamin, 97
Riga Academy, 391 churches of, 390 first settlers of, 387 schools of, 394 town officers of, 390
Riggs, H. C., Rev. Dr., 182
Riley, Ashbel W., 153 George S., 178
River navigation, 85
Roads, early, 71 Roberts, Benson H., Rev., 251 Robinson, E. G., Dr., 176 Jane H., Mrs., 168 Otis H., 175 O. H., Mrs., 179
Roby, S. B., Mrs., 169
Rochefoucault-Liancourt's "Travels," extracts from, 66 et seq. Rochester "American," the, 114 amusements in, 132 et seq. Bar Association, 218 bar, roll of the, 487 banks of, 185 et seq. beginnings of settlement at, 105 et seq. Catholic schools in, 136
celebration of fiftieth birthday of, 149 cemeteries of, 139 et seq. Chamber of Commerce, 184
changes in the charter of, 128
churches of, 180 et seq. city clerks of, 127
city government, 188 et seq.
City Hospital, 230 city treasurers of, 126
Club, the, 183
clubs of, 182 et seq.
"Daily Advertiser," the, 113 " Daily Chronicle," the, 115
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Rochester " Daily Courier," the, 113
" Daily Democrat," the, 114 " Daily Times," the, 116 " Daily Union," the, 113
" Democrat and Chronicle," the, 114 early bridges at, 109
early burying-grounds in, 138 et seq. early schools in, 134 et seq.
events of semi-centennial year of, 150
"Evening Express," the, 115
events of 1885 in, 150; events of 1886 in, 151; events of 1887 in, 152 ; events of 1888 in, 152; events of 1889 in, 154;events of 1890 in, 155; events of 1891 in, 156 ; events of 1892 in, 158; events of 1893 in, 159; events of 1895 in, 163
expenses of, 189 extension of the boundaries of, 128
Female academy, 136
fire department, 129
first board of aldermen of, 125
first birth on the site of, 107
first city officers of, 126
first directory issued in, 123
first events of the second year of settlement, 111
first log cabin at, 108 first postmaster of, 108
"Gazette," the, 112, 113
Hahnemannian Society, 229
Homœopathic Hospital, 232
incorporation of, as a city, 125 "knockings," the, 148 et seq. mayors of, 126 Medical Society, 226
"Mercury," the, 113 miscellaneous statistics of, 190 "Morning Herald," the, 115 Municipal Court, 204 notable fires in, 131 newspapers of, 112 et seq. parks, 186
Pathological Society, 227 list of officers and members of, 227
population of, 112
"Post-Express," the, 115 postmasters of, 109
Printing Company, 114
private schools in, 137 public schools, 177
railroad facilities of, 188
"Republican," the, 113 sewers and water system of, 190 statistics of, at time of incorporation of, 125
"Sunday Morning Herald," the, 117
"Sunday Times," the, 116
Rochester, "Sunday Tribune," the, 117 "Sunday Truth," the, 117 "Telegraph," the, 113 village, division of, into wards, 123 village fire department, 124 "Volksblatt," the, 116 water works, 149 Rochester, C. L., Miss, 168 Henry E., 92, 154
Jane E., 91, 180 John H., 172, 180, 186, 187
Montgomery, 94
Nathaniel, Col., 76, 77, 105, 120, 218 Thomas H., 126, 169, 230 William B., 80, 119
Rochesterville, incorporation of the vil- lage of, 111
president of the village of, 112
Rodenbeck, Adolph J., 189; sketch of 457
Roe, Charles, sketch of, 460 John O., Dr., 227
Rollings, Henry, Rev., 181
Root, J. S., Rev., 180
Rose, Eben, Prof., 177
Rosenthal, J. W., 183
Rosin, Abraham, Rev., 182
Ross. E B., Dr., 230 Lewis P., 177, 185
Rossiter, Nathaniel, 112
Rowell, Nathaniel, Dr., 223
Rowland F. S., Rev., 181
Rowley, William C,, 178, 206, 216 W. C., Mrs., 168, 172
Royce, Phineas, Dr., 224 Rush, churches of, 400 first settlers of, 395 population of, 398 schools of, 401 town officers of, 399
Ruppert, V. J., 482
Sage, William N., 175, 218
St. John, Charles M., 126 St. Mary's Hospital, 231
Samson, William H., 115, 184
Sampson, Ashley, 206, 216
Sankey, J. P., Rev. Dr., 91, 180
Saxe, Asa, Rev. Dr., 163, 182 Sayles, Emma L., Dr., 230
Schermerhorn, Abram M., 80, 120, 121 126, 140 Schmidt, Julius, Dr., 227, 230
Schoffel, Francis A., 94, 95, 218
Schoen, John C., 98 Schofield, Samuel, 79
Schooley, Richard H., 127
Schools, early, in Rochester, 134 et seq private in Rochester, 137
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INDEX.
Schroth, John U., 189 Scott, James, Dr., 223 Scottsville, 437 churches of, 439 Scoville, David, 169
Scrantom, Edwin, 113 Elbert, W., 126 Hamlet, 108 Hamlet D., 126
Sedgwick, Theodore, 126
Selden, Henry Rogers, 200, 207; sketch of, 210 Samuel Lee, 178, 207; sketch of, 209, 211 Samuel L., Mrs., 171
Selye, Lewis, 79, 80
Seneca and Mohawk atrocities 31 traditions, 2
Senecas, Denonville's invasion of the, 22 et seq. La Salle's visit to the, 20 present locations of the, 51
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