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reflecting in his life the beauty and power of Christianity. He died at his residence on Niagara street March 13, 1874.
George D. Lamont was born in Orleans county, N. Y, in 1819, and was graduated from Yale College in 1837. In the following year he settled in Lockport and began the study of law in the office of J. L. Curtenius. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar, and his energy and ability soon brought him a good practice. His natural qualifications of earnestness in whatever he undertook, keenness of intellect, and breadth of judgment enabled him to take a position in the front rank of his pro- fession. Upon the organization of the Republican party he allied him- self with its interests and ever after upheld its doctrines and supported its candidates for office. His first public office was that of school com- missioner. In 1859 he was elected State senator to fill a vacancy for only thirty days, but in that brief time he found opportunity to dis- tinguish himself and gain a State reputation. In 1862, when President Lincoln created a provisional court for New Orleans, Judge Lamont received the appointment of United States district attorney to hold that court, with very broad jurisdiction. He held the position until the necessity of the court ceased to exist on account of the close of the war and returned to his home. In 1865 he was elected judge of Niagara county, but before the close of a year was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court in his judicial district to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Noah Davis, and in 1871 was elected to that high office for the full term of fourteen years.
Alfred Holmes was born in Berne, Albany county, N. Y., August 5, 1804, and at the time of his death was the oldest practitioner at the bar of the Eighth Judicial district of this State. After the death of his father, the widow and children settled in 1815 on a tract of land a little east of Lockport, where he remained with his brothers clearing and cultivating the farm until April, 1827, when he entered the law office of Elias Ran- som in Lockport as a student and clerk. Admitted to practice in 1832 he was taken as partner by Judge Ransom, and the firm became known as one of the most reputable and successful in the county. In his po- litical affiliations he was a Whig and later a Republican. He served as a master in chancery several years prior to the abolishment of the office in 1840. In 1841 he was elected district attorney, in which office he
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demonstrated his possession of many of the natural attributes that com- bine to make the successful attorney. In 1857 he was elected judge of the county and served two terms of four years each to the eminent sat- isfaction of the bar and the general good of the county. Only one of the great number of his decisions made during the eight years was re- versed by a higher court. A volume compiled by the secretary of state giving the results of indictments for violations of criminal law for one year in each county of this State, shows that Niagara led all others in the number of convictions in proportion to the number of indictments.
John L. Buck, father of John H. Buck, was long a respected member of the Niagara county bar. He was a native of Reading, Vt., and was born in 1801. After studying law he was admitted to practice in 1825. In 1851 he settled in Lockport, and by his natural and acquired qualifi- cations for his profession he soon gained a large practice. In 1853 he was elected district attorney and filled the office with distinction. He served as a member of the Board of Education twelve years and for sev- eral years was a United States commissioner. His death took place in 1880, while associated with his son, John H. Buck, in law practice.
Judge Silas Hopkins, the first to hold the office in Niagara county after Erie was set off, and at the time of his death the oldest living settler in the county, came westward with his father from New Jersey in 1787, driving cattle for sale. He came again on the same business in 1788 and in that year purchased a lot of furs which he carried back to the eastern markets. He settled in what is now the town of Porter in 1802. He served in the militia in the war of 1812 and held the post of colonel. He was successful as a farmer and administered the office of county judge with integrity and fair ability. His death took place on the home farm about seven miles east of Lewiston, August 26, 1862, at the age of ninety years. He left a son named Silas S., who was also a successful farmer and father of two sons, Willard,of Lewiston, and Silas.
Burt Van Horn, is a son of Judge James Van Horn and was born in the town of Newfane, Niagara county, October 28, 1823. His grand- father (also named James) was a native of New Jersey, where his son James was born in 1770. He settled in Newfane in 1815, was a black- smith, a farmer, and a miller ; he built the first grist mill, which has been described in earlier pages of this volume, and which was burned by the
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British in 1813. It stood on Eighteen-mile Creek on the site of the Lake Shore mills. He also built the first woolen mill in this county, When Niagara county was organized he was chosen as one of its judges and performed the duties of the office with intelligence and probity. His son, Burt Van Horn, is one of the prominent citizens of the county.
Cyrus E. Davis was born at Queenston Heights, August 29, 1827. In 1837 he removed with his father to Lewiston, finished his academic education there, and studied law in the office of S. B. Piper of that vil- lage. In 1847 he removed to Buffalo, entered the office of Dyer Till- inghast, and a year later was admitted to the bar. He practiced in Buffalo until 1857, when he removed to Niagara Falls and successfully followed his profession. While he was repeatedly brought forward as a candidate for public office, the strong Republican majority in the county and district almost always prevented the election of a Democrat, however worthy. He was nominated in 1859 for the office of district attorney of Niagara county ; in 1861 for member of assembly and again in 1862 and 1863. In 1870 he was nominated and elected, but the Court of Appeals in its construction of the new judiciary article of the constitution, decided that no vacancy existed at the time of election. In 1873 Judge Davis was prominently mentioned for the office of attorney general of the State and in the same year was again nominated for county judge. In 1874 he was supported by many leading journals throughout the State for the nomination for lieutenant-governor, but when the convention assembled and evinced its probable preference for a "liberal" candidate, Judge Davis withdrew his name. In 1878 he received the nomination for Congress and ran largely ahead of his ticket. In June, 1883, he received the appointment of county judge from Presi- dent Cleveland (then governor), and ably filled the position until Janu- ary 1, 1884. As a lawyer Judge Davis was an eloquent pleader, a close reasoner, and won many signal victories at the bar. His death took place December 8, 1891.
Sherburne B. Piper, who was a graduate of Dartmouth College, studied law and located for the practice of his profession at Lewiston. He was prominent at the bar, a leader in the Democratic party, and three times received the nomination for Congress ; he served a number of years as supervisor, was twice elected to the Legislature and once as district at-
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torney. He died at Lewiston in 1885 at the age of seventy-seven years. Charles H. Piper, sr., son of Jonathan Piper, was the first and oldest lawyer at Niagara Falls, and was born in Northwoods, N. H., April 2, 1824. He received his education in Lewiston Academy and studied law with his brother, and later in Lockport. He was admitted to practice in 1849 and in the following year settled as the first attorney in Niagara Falls. He married a daughter of Judge T. G. Hulett, and was father of Charles H. Piper, jr., a practicing attorney at the Falls.
It is a difficult as well as a delicate task to recall and relate the rec- ords of the many prominent lawyers who have. in times past been mem- bers of the bar of Niagara county, but who are now either deceased or have removed to other places and there continued and increased their enviable reputation. Sketches of some of them have already been given, but aside from these there have been many others whose records it would be most agreeable to recall. This we cannot do. We must content ourselves with giving their names. Among them there may be mentioned as at present living not now residing in the county, Hon. George C. Greene, Hon. George W. Cothran, John M. Chipman, Charles K. Robinson, Don A. Porter, Hon. Jacob A Driess, A. A. Boyce, Isaac C. Colton, Edward C. Graves, Frank M. Ashley, William J. Bulger, Elias Root, W. Byron Simson, Henry D. Scripture, Alfred S. Trude.
Among those who have deceased we recall the names of Luman H. Nichols, Henry K. Hopkins, Samuel Brown, Mark Hopkins, Samuel Wisner, Joseph Centre, Dewitt Chapin, Seth C. Hart, Andrew W. Brazee, William S. Farnell, John S. Williams, Charles Williams, De Forest Porter, Sherburne B. Piper, Horatio J. Stowe, Samuel De Veaux, Sparrow S. Sage, Joseph C. Morse, Elias Safford, Milton Seaman, Sul- livan Caverno, John B. Heroy, Freeman J. Fithian, Charles D. Metz, Frank A. Ransom, Robert H. Stevens, Albert Stevens, Homer H. Stewart, Alvin C. Bradley, John H. Buck, R. Hudson Bond, James F. Fitts, Lafayette Chaffee, Schuyler Reynolds, Sylvester Parsons, Volney Simson, Ben J. Hunting, S. Cady Murray.
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Sheriffs .- Sheriffs during the colonial period were appointed an- nually, in the month of October, unless otherwise provided. Under the
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first constitution they were appointed annually by the Council of Ap- pointment, and no person could hold the office more than four succes- sive years ; neither could a sheriff hold any other office, and he must be a freeholder in his county. Since the constitution of 1821 went into effect, sheriffs have been elected for three years, and are ineligible for the next succeeding term. The following persons have held this office in Niagara county :
Asa Ransom 1808; Samuel Pratt, jr., 1810; Asa Ransom, 1811; Nathaniel Sill, 1813; Cyrenius Chapin, (March 26) 1813; Asa Ransom, 1814; James Cronk, 1818; Al- mond H. Millard, 1821; Eli Bruce, 1825 (removed September 26, 1827, and new election ordered); John Phillips, 1827; Hiram McNeil, 1830; George Rynall, 1833; Tamerlane T. Roberts, 1836; Theodore Stone, 1839; James A. Cooper, 1842; Frank Spaulding, 1845; Alvah Hill, 1848; Elisha Clapp (appointed vice Hill de- ceased), 1851; Chester F. Shelley, 1854; Benjamin Farley, 1857; George Swain, 1860; James D. Ames, 1863; Alfred Ransom, 1866; Oscar E. Mann, 1869; Norman O. Allen, 1872; Joseph Batten, 1875; S. Clark Lewis, 1878; Thomas Stainthorpe, 1881; George W. Batten, 1884; Albert H. Pickard, 1887; Nathan D. Ensign, 1891; Patrick H. Tuohey, 1894; John F. Kinney, 1897.
CHAPTER XXIV.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN NIAGARA COUNTY AND OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
PREPARED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF JOHN FOOTE, M. D., BY EUGENE N. S. RINGUEBERG, M. D.
We who live in the midst of the conveniences of modern civilization can have but a faint and shadowy conception of the hardships and pri- vations endured by the early pioneers, and what hardihood, strength of character, and self- reliance, was required of those who went off by them- selves to literally, as well as figuratively, hew out their fortunes from the heart of the primeval forest ; with nothing to depend upon but a robust constitution and a reserve of indominatable courage and resolution ; with no human sound save the ringing echo of their axe cast back from some distant hillside, they had no friendly aid of a helping hand in time of need or of a physician in time of sickness.
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Following soon after came the pioneer physician whose practice ex- tended over wide ranges of wood and field, with here and there a settler's cabin, or commencing grouping of houses, which, if they exceeded a half dozen, acquired the dignity of being called settlements, and still farther apart, embryo villages. In those days nearly all of his calls were made on horseback, for most places were not easily accessible in any other way ; and often he would start out to go twenty, thirty, or even forty miles distant on some urgent call to relieve suffering, possibly to be gone several days from home before he had made his round ; stumbling over cordoroy roads, picking his way through trackless forest, fording streams and climbing up and down hill in the mean time, and partaking of whatever fare that might be offered at his stopping places.
And as to his remuneration in reward for his skill and the hardships undergone, we can only surmise as to that from the nature of many of the things which were current in lieu of money in those days, and his credits in his cash book-if he kept one-were probably as often for a portion of corn or some other product of the soil or for some staple fur, as for cash.
Of course should we choose to go further back still-back to the time before the advent of the earliest white pioneer-we would find as physi- cian here the Indian medicine man, with his masks and gourd rattles to frighten away the evil spirit or devil who was supposed to possess the body of the patient. But besides this they possessed some knowledge of simple herbs and rude surgery.
In regard to the Indian Medicine men and Indian knowledge of medicine, we find it recorded1 that one settler's family who were sick with the influenza were greatly relieved by Indians and squaws coming to their house and giving them an "Indian sweat," and that they dug holes in the earth, put in hot stones, poured water over them, and placed the patients under the influence of the steam by covering them over with blankets and giving them warm drinks.
Of the Indian doctors who practiced among the whites as well as Indians at a later date were Dr. Patterson ; and following him came Dr.
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Hewitt, a half breed, who attained considerable reputation for medical skill and was called to go long distances all over the country. Dr. Foote says of him that though he was not a regularly educated physician, that he had considerable knowledge of drugs, their properties and applica- tion.
The first settled physician of the Holland Purchase, of which Niag- ara county was a part, was Dr. McCracken, who located on what is known as McCracken's Flats, two miles west of Batavia (probably somewhere near 1800). Who was the first physician to settle within that territory which we now know as Niagara county we have been unable to determine; the earliest being probably somewhere along the frontier, Youngstown (Fort Niagara) or Lewiston. Before that time there were, of course, the military surgeons stationed at the fort from time to time, but their residence was merely a temporary one, depending upon the company to which they were attached. Of these Dr. Joseph West is of special note as having remained there from 1805 to 1814, and his family remained in the county after his death.
According to Reuben Wilson,1 of the town of Wilson, the pioneer of that place in 1810, the physicians of that section were Dr. Alvord and Dr. Smith, both of Lewiston. Dr. Alvord was killed three years later in the massacre at Lewiston by the British and Indians on December 19, 1813. He also notes that a school was organized in 1815 with Dr. Warner, a Scotchman, who was also a practicing physician, as teacher.
In Lockport the first physician of whom note is to be found was Dr. J. K. Skinner, of Lowertown, Lockport; the other early physicians were Drs. Isaac W. Smith, - Webb, Stephen W. Potter, Lloyd Smith, Martin Johnson, George W. Palmer and Henry Maxwell.
In Middleport Dr. Packard was the pioneer, followed a little later by Dr. Hurd.
Dr. David Dunn was the first physician at Slayton's Settlement in the town of Royalton.
NIAGARA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
At the annual meeting of June 1, 1852, Dr. Henry Maxwell was ap- pointed a committee to write a history of the Niagara County Medical
1 History of Holland Purchase by O. Turner,
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Society, to report at the next semi- annual meeting. Reported January 7, 1853.
The society was organized at Lewiston, in June, 1823, two years after the final division of the old county, under the name of the Niag- ara County Medical Society. Its organization at that time was due largely to the efforts of Almon H. Millard, esq., the then sheriff of the county, who conceived the idea of summoning all the physicians to convene at the holding of court on the first Tuesday in June of that year. Those persons at that time in response to the call were :
Willard Smith,
Lloyd Smith,
John Warner,
Darius Shaw,
William H. Reynale, Gideon Frisbee,
Myron Orton, Henry Maxwell, Stephen M. Potter, Martin Johnson, Alexander H. Butterfield, Edwin Arnold.
The election resulted as follows: Willard Smith, president; John Warner, vice-president ; Myron Orton, treasurer ; Darius Shaw, secre- tary ; Henry Maxwell, Martin Johnson, Stephen M. Potter, Lloyd Smith and W. H. Reynale, censors.
At first the annual meetings were to be held the first Tuesday in February, and the semi-annual the first Tuesday in June.
The next meetings till February 25 were held at Lewiston, and at that time they adjourned to meet at the court house in Lockport, which was then completed.
Dr. Willard Smith held the presidency till 1827, when Dr. Henry Maxwell was elected. The following named physicians presided over the meetings from that time till 1850:
Franklin Butterfield, Olcott, Josiah K. Skinner, Lockport,
Luke Woodworth, Johnson's Creek
David S. Fassett, Lockport,
Sherman McLean, Reynale's Basin,
B. L. Delano, Lockport,
Eli Hurd, Middleport,
John S. Shuler, Lockport,
Peter P. Murphy, Royalton,
Edwin Arnold,
Hugh Gillis, North Ridge,
William B. Gould.
In 1830 Dr. Henry Maxwell was sent as the first delegate to the
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New York State Medical Society. At that time there had been an in- crease of membership to thirty-three, as follows :
Edwin Arnold, Franklin Butterfield, Olcott, Alexander Butterfield, Olcott, Asa B. Brown, Hartland Corners, Abner Barnard, Edwin Cook, Shawnee, Asa Crane, Jonathan Chase, Lockport, Alexander R. Chase, Lockport, Jacob Chatterton, George W. Graves, Eli Hurd, Middleport, Robert Henderson,
B. Henderson, John A. Hyde, Benjamin Hardy,
Roswell Kimball, Henry Maxwell, Lockport, Myron Orton, Cambria, B. V. Peterson, Washington Ritter, T. Ross, Royalton, Luther S. Robbins, Josiah H. Skinner, Lockport, Isaac Southworth, Lockport, Benjamin Sayre, Lloyd Smith, Royalton, Isaac W. Smith, Lockport, Willard Smith, Lewiston, Darius Shaw, Cambria, Ambrose Thomas, John Warner.
Later, in 1831, the names appear of Abraham Hogeboom, Pekin ; John S. Shuler, Lockport; and Luther Cross.
The members not mentioned in the foregoing lists who became mem- bers between the years 1823 and 1850 were:
Peter P. Murphy, Royalton, William Henderson,
Cornelius Faling, Gasport, Timothy Johnson,
Charles Martin, George P. Palmer,
Milton W. Taylor, Royal Sharp, Lockport, Caleb Hill, Lockport, I. B. Barnes, W. H. Thomas, A. H. Mckenzie, Lockport, Nathan Way,
W. H. Henderson, Reynale's Basin, William B. Gould, Lockport, Charles H. Greene, Lockport, L. S. Robbins, John Campbell, O. Hill, Ambrose Thomas, William McCollum, Lockport, G. P. Eddy, Lewiston, G. W. Pope, John A. Hyde, Youngstown, Thomas G. Catlin, Youngstown, Almeron Hyde, Youngstown,
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M. M. Mills, C. H. Burgess, Ransomville, H. S. McChesney, Wilson, A. H. Taylor,
Jonathan Sayre, W. W. Van Buren, Pendleton, Alfred M. Leonard, Lockport, Electus Cole, Middleport, - Pratt, Isaac Kidder, Pekin,
Joseph M. Tefft,
George Mann, Olcott,
William Wilkins, A. Baker, William Wheeler, John A. Benjamin, Pendleton, William Holloway,
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- -Clark, George Conger, James C. May,
E. Parmelee, Cambria Center,
J. P. Kaynor, Pendleton, John Root.
The records of the Niagara County Medical Society were destroyed by fire November 7, 1850. Following are the names of subsequent members arranged chronologically :
Alfred M. Leonard, Lockport, June 3, 185 1. E. Cole, Middleport, January 4, 1853.
Martin S. Kittenger, Lockport, June 7, 1853.
J. H. Helmer, Lockport, Jan. 10, 1854. Eddinmueller, Lockport, June 6, 1854.
Peter Faling, Gasport, Jan. 2, 1855.
John Foote, Pekin,
Rexford Davison, Lockport, Jan. 2, 1885.
Charles Storck, Jan. 1, 1856.
Addison Niles,
C. C. Tyrrill, Niagara Falls, Jan. 6, 1857.
P. J. Kaner, Pendleton,
S. S. Thorne, Lockport, Jan. 5, 1858. William Greene, June I, “
A. S. Butler,
D. H. Murphy, Royalton, June 7, 1859.
A. M. Helmer, Lockport, George P. Murphy, Royalton, June 3, 1860.
M. F. Regan,
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Andrew R. Ferguson,
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Charles V. Watson, Jan. 1, 1861.
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No meetings of this society were held from the above date until Jan- uary 6, 1863, all of the officers having entered service in the war.
S. T. Clark, Lockport, Jan. 6, 1863.
William S. Babbitt,
D. W. Harrington, Jan. 2, 1866.
A. W. Tryon,
Daniel Winters, Pekin, June 4, 1867.
James T. Kinsler, Lockport,
J. A. Gillett, Youngstown,
C. N. Palmer, Lockport, June 4, 1867.
Lafayette Balcom, "
William S. Watson,
E. H. Elliott, Hartland Corners, Jan. 7, 1868.
A. D. Atwood, June, 1869.
J. B. Hartwell, Lockport, June, 1869.
A. H. Flood, Sanborn, Jan. 4, 1870.
H. McG. Wilson, Ransomville, Jan. 4, 1870.
W. Q. Huggins, Sanborn, June 7,
E. J. Barnum, Lockport,
Oscar T. Sherman, Hartland, June 6, 1871. Pyles, Pekin, June 6, 1871. - Hinman, Hartland, June 6, 1871.
J. W. Grosvenor, Lockport, June 6, 1871.
W. C. Earle, Pekin, September 5, 1871.
W. C. Raymond, Cambria, April, 1872.
C. W. Gould, Middleport,
E. A. Pyle, Pekin, June 4, 1872.
C. Turner, Hartland, Sept. 3, 1872. - Talbot, Jan. 7, 1873. J. M. Duff, Royalton, June 2, 1874. Wheeler, Somerset, Jan. 4, 1876. M. L. Lang, Susp. Bridge, June 5, 1877. Clinton A. Sage, Pekin, James R. McFadden, Olcott, " Walter T. Ransom, Lockport, June 5, 1877. H. A. Wilson, Johnson's Creek, " " " .
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John W. Carmon, Beach Ridge, June 5, 1877. Charles A. Reed, Wilson, - Cook,
George H. Saddleson, Newfane, “
Lane, Charlotteville,
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D. S. Campbell, Wilson, Jan. 7, 1878.
F. J. Baker, Youngstown, June 4, 1878.
H. C. Hill, Lockport,
J. W. Falkner, Youngstown, "
Francis W. Gallagher, Lockport, June 4, 1878. T. B. Cosford, Lockport, April 1, 1879.
F. A. Rice, Niagara Falls, June 3, 1878.
A. N. Moore, Rapids,
G. P. Richardson, Hartland, Sept. 2, 1879. Gardner Clark, Niagara Falls, - 66
Robert T. Paine, Lockport,
W. W. Bradley, Lockport, June 1, 1880.
Frank Brockway, Royalton, Sept. 7, 1880.
- - Paulding, April 1, 1881.
George P. Eddy, Lewiston, June 7, 1881. - Chamberlain, Lockport, June 6, 1882.
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W. C. Wood, Lockport, Sept. 5, 1882.
M. H. Cole, Newfane, June 5, 1883.
Samuel Long, Ransomville, June 5, 1883.
Walter McChesney, Barker P. O., June 5, 1883.
Earl G. Danser, Wilson, June 4, 1884.
John B. Hoyer, Middleport, " " " William B. Rice, Lockport, Jan. 6, 1885.
F. Gaskill, Wilson, June, 7, 1887.
C. M. Garlock, Middleport, June 7, 1887.
E. B. Manchester, Royalton, June 5, 1888. C. C. Schmidt, Tonawanda,
L. J. Hixson, La Salle, Jan. 8. 1889.
E. J. Foote, Lockport, April 2, 1889.
- Talbot, Susp. Bridge, Sept. 4, 1889.
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W. H. Hodson, Lockport, Jan. 7, 1890.
O. F. Durand, Lockport, John Ready, Lockport, June 3, 1890.
R. M. Elliot, Gasport,
Alfred Poole, Pekin,
E. N. S. Ringueberg, Lockport, June 2, 1891. Jacob E. Hellwig, Wheatfield, Jan. 5, 1891. E. A. Wollaber, Cambria, April 5, 1892.
W. H. Loomis, Lockport, June 7, 1892. W. P. Sawyer, Lockport, June 7, 1892.
H. H. Mayne, Lockport, June 6, 1893. F. A. Kittenger, Lockport, Jan. 2, 1894.
C. A. Ring, Johnson's Creek, " "
W. L. Bosserman, Ransomville, Jan 8, 1895.
M. H. Cole, Charlotteville, June 4, 1895. Allen T. Leonard, Tonawanda, Oct. 1, 1895.
F. T. Carmer, Rapids, Jan. 7. 1896.
J. W. Hartwell, Lockport, June, 1896. Alex. McNamara, Lockport, Sept. 16, 1896.
The following names appear in the records, but with no dates of joining :
A. H. Koon, H. B. Tabor, Wilson,
W. C. Earl, Pekin, A. G. Skinner, Youngstown.
Nathan Cove, Ransomville,
The Homeopathic Society of Niagara and Orleans counties was or- ganized in 1857 or 1858, and was continued till 1885 when it was dis- continued. The then members afterwards affiliated with the Homeopa- thic Society of Western New York Among the members were Drs. A. J. Evans, D. F. Bishop, Wm. B. Rice; Sarah Morris, of Lockport; F. L. Knapp, of Gasport; R. S. Bishop, of Medina.
Among other homeopaths in the county at present are Drs. Wilson M Petitt, W. S. Hurd, Fowler Watters, G. J. Petitt, Champlain F. Buck, of Lockport; John Hodge, Wm. Hodge, of Niagara Falls ; W. Levell Draper, of Wilson ; Scott, of Medina.
Complete records are unobtainable, as the transactions of the society are not to be found.
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