Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 49

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084

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The north part, 100 acres, of lot 37 was sold by article to David E. Randall April 11, 1818. April 28 and 29 it was articled in two parcels of 50 acres each to Thomas Wood and Cyrus Stewart, and the whole was deeded to Jacob Finch January 6, 1834. The north middle part, 50 acres, of lot 37 was articled to John Lee April 11, 1818, and deeded to Nathan Stewart March 21, 1821. The south middle part, 60 acres, of lot 37 was sold by article to Charles Lee June 22, 1818, and was transferred to Alpheus Nash, jr., December 27, 1830. The south part, 150} acres, of lot 37 was taken up by John Rose October 11, 1820. Fifty and one-half acres of this were transferred to Alpheus Nash December 3, 1830. One hundred acres of this north part were trans- ferred to Nathaniel Brooks December 29, 1830. The whole was deeded to Allen P. Robinson November 17, 1832.

Fifty acres of the south middle part of lot 38 were articled to John Lee April 11, 1818, and deeded to Cyrus Holt October 7, 1833. The middle part, 50 acres, was taken up by Spencer Pebbles April 6, 1824, transferred to Charles Mix January 24, 1834, and deeded to George Mix January 1, 1839. The north part, 38 acres, of lot 38 was articled to William Prout September 7, 1818. It was transferred to Stephen Brown January 4, 1828, and deeded to Elisha Brown February 15, 1833. One hundred acres of the north part were sold by article to John Lewis May 31, 1819, and again articled to Ephraim Hicks, jr., December 5, 1829. The tract was deeded to him September 17, 1832. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 38 was taken up by Eber Call December 5, 1818, and articled to George Tubbs March 5, 1828. It was deeded to Daniel Eldred Febru- ary 3, 1834. The middle part of lot 38 was sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828.

The west part, 100 acres, of lot 39 was taken up by Elisha Smith September 17, 1816, and was deeded to him July 14, 1823. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 39 was taken up by Calvin Smith September 17, 1816, and was deeded to him September 14 1824. The east part, 148 acres, of lot 39 was articled to Harry Blackman October 7, 1816, and was deeded to Chester Harding May 29, 1823.

See Albion for lot 40.

The north part, 100 acres, of lot 41 was sold by deed to William Martin April 7, 1826 The north middle part, 50 acres, of lot 41 was articled to Nathan B. Bathrick October

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18, 1826, and transferred to William Martin, jr., December 17, 1833. It was deeded to him October 10, 1837. The middle part, 50 acres, of lot 41 was taken up by Almon Bathwick October 18, 1826. It was articled to Deliverance Morehouse November, 1834, and was deeded to Asa Parker February 1, 1838. The south middle part, 70 acres, of lot 41 was taken up by Nathan Bennett December 18, 1826. It was articled to Deliverance Morehouse January 6. 1834, and deeded to Joseph Willett December 1, 1837. The south part, 85 acres, of lot 41 was sold to Charles E. Dudley, as was also the whole of lot 42, January 26, 1828.

The southeast part, 67 acres, of lot 43 was articled to Park White February 22, 1827, and with the southwest part, 50 acres, of the same lot was sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828. The north part, 50 acres, of lot 43 was taken up by John Rose December 6, 1822. It was deeded to Blakeley Burns February 9, 1833. The north middle part, 50 acres, of lot 43 was sold by article to John Waldron February, 21, 1823, and was deeded to him June 23, 1824. The middle part, 50 acres, of lot 43 was articled to Joseph Corey February 11, 1824, and was deeded to John B. Lee Septem- ber 1, 1834. The south middle part, 50 acres, of lot 43 was taken up by Aaron Sted- man February 11, 1825, and deeded to Parke White November 13, 1833.

The middle part, 50 acres, of lot 44 was articled to Charles Howard June 8, 1822, and transferred to Robert McNeil, jr., February 21, 1833. It was deeded to him October 11, 1833. The north middle part, 60 acres, of lot 44 was sold by article to John Lee February 9, 1822, and articled to Robert McNeil January 3, 1831, and was deeded to him November 20, 1832. Seventy acres of the south middle part of lot 44 were taken up by Loammi Robinson November 28, 1822, and transferred to Guilford McNeal De- cember 31, 1830. The tract was deeded to Israel C. Wait November 25, 1833. Seventy-eight acres of the south middle part of lot 44 were articled to Edmund Waldron February 21, 1823, and the article was renewed to Chauncey Stacy December 27, 1830. This land was deeded to Mr. Stacy April 21, 1833. The north part, 60 acres, of lot 44 was articled to John Rose August 27, 1821, and transferred to Solomon Curtis De- cember 3, 1830. It was deeded to him June 1, 1834. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 44 was sold by article to Asa Spencer May 8, 1822, and deeded to Thomas Green No- vember 20, 1827.

The south middle part, 50 acres, of lot 45 was taken up Amos Porter January 24, 1820. It was articled to Thomas Campbell October 27, 1830, and deeded to Alvin Munger June 1, 1834. The south part, 100 acres, of lot 45 was articled to Joshua Rathera January 24, 1820. Fifty acres of this were transferred to Silas McNeal October 27, 1830, and to Philander Munger January 6, 1834. This portion was deeded in equal parcels to Hannah Morse and Samuel Benedict February 3, and March 9, 1838. Fifty acres of this south part were transferred to Nathan Stuart November 10, 1830, and deeded to him June 1, 1834. The middle part, 133 acres, of lot 45 was taken up by John Rose January 24, 1820, and articled to Elisha and Amasa Sheldon November 10, 1829. They received their deed December 31, 1832. The north part, 50 acres, of lot 45 was articled to Joseph Wheat January 24, 1820. It was again articled to John Patrick December 27, 1830, and deeded to Alfred J. Ross, June 1, 1834.

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The south part, 100 acres, of lot 46 was sold by article to Daniel Fellows June 1, 1817, and again articled to Whitman Nash March 25, 1829. It was deeded to him November 20, 1832. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 46 was taken up by Jonathan Kingsbury April 11, 1818. Twenty-five acres of this were transferred to Sally Fidelia Walter October 10, 1826. The same was deeded as follows: 88 acres to Chauncey Fellows February 15, 1833, and 12 acres to Clesson Smith November 13, 1833. The northeast part, 100 acres, of lot 46 was articled to Caleb Lamb December 1, 1818. It was deeded as follows: 50 acres to Horace Tripp November 15, 1833, and 25 acres each to Chauncey and to Harry Fellows on the same day. The northwest part, 79g acres, of lot 46 was taken up by Eleazer Wood December 1, 1818, and deeded, with 12 acres more to Clesson Smith November 13, 1833.

The whole of lot 47, 382 acres, was taken up May 18, 1816, by John Lee, and was deeded : 182 acres to Jolin Lee May 26, 1823, 50 acres to Ora Lee, 48 acres to Dency Godard, and 100 acres to Charles Lee May 5, 1824.

For lot 48, see Albion.

Lot 49 and the south part of lot 50 were sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828.

The north part of lot 50, 100 acres, was articled to Andrew Palmer December 15, 1824, and transferred to Samuel Wyman July 24, 1834. It was deeded to John B. Lee September 1, 1834. The south middle part, 100 acres, of lot 50 sold by article to Cheney Hutchins, June 5, 1823. It was deeded to Simeon Babcock January 6, 1834. The north middle part, 60 acres, of lot 50 was taken up by Theodorus Olden May 28, 1823. It was articled to John Grinell November 9, 1830, to Thomas Wells February 19, 1834, and deeded to Winsor C. Campbell July 13, 1837.

The west middle part of lot 51 was taken up by Peleg Palmer April 13, 1822. De- cember 3, 1830, 50 acres, of this were articled to Jera Crane, to whom they were deeded December 2, 1831. On the same day 50 acres were articled to Calvin Campbell, to whom they were deeded November 12, 1836. June 23, 1832, 50 acres of the same were articled to Dobson Crane and were deeded to Henry J. Babcock October 31, 1833. The east part, 60 acres, of lot 51 was taken up by Rufus Hancock November 12, 1825. With a part of lot 43 it was deeded to Blakely Burns February 9, 1833. The east middle part, 74 acres, of lot 51 was articled to Stephen Tucker, November 30, 1827, and, with 50 acres more, sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828. The west part, 30 acres, of lot 51 was sold to Calvin Campbell with a part of lot 59, March 26, 1829.

Fifty acres of lot 52 were taken up by Asahel Buck, jr., June 3, 1822, were trans- ferred to Leander Wood November 26, 1830, and deeded to Eleazer Ide June 1, 1834. Ransom Thomas took up 50 acres of lot 52 January 4, 1823. The land was transferred to Leander Wood May 24, 1828, and deeded to Eleazer Ide June 1, 1834. The west part of lot 52, 50 acres, was articled to William Cornwall December 31, 1822, and trans- ferred to John Edwards December 28, 1830. It was deeded to Guy W. Loomis Janu- ary 18, 1834. Sixty acres of lot 52 were articled to Benjamin Rogers January 4, 1822; were transferred to Squire Burns November 1, 1831, and deeded to Joseph W. and Ed- ward Ransom September 15, 1837. Fifty acres of lot 52 were articled to William

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Cornwall December 31, 1822, were transferred to Joshua Palmer January 1, 1831, and deeded to James Welden December 3, 1833. Fifty acres of lot 52 were taken up by Blakely Burns February 11, 1824, and deeded to Hiram Brown February 15, 1833. The east 49 acres of lot 52 were taken up by Blakeley Burns October 11, 1827, and sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828.

The west part, 109 acres, of lot 53 was sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828. Phineas S. Needham took up 50 acres of lot 55 July 12, 1822. The parcel was trans- ferred to Azra Parker December 28, 1830. This land was deeded to Dennis Kingsley November 23, 1833. Timothy Clark purchased by article 60 acres of lot 53 November 19, 1822. This land was deeded to John McAllister January 23, 1833. The east part, 60 acres, of lot 53 was articled to Amaziah Pardee May 8, 1820; was again articled to Alpheus Bishop December 28, 1830, and was deeded to Clark Hall November 23, 1833. The east middle part of lot 53, 50 acres, was articled to Daniel Wright December 20, 1821. It was transferred to Briggs Hall December 30, 1830, and deeded to Clark Hall November 33, 1833.

The north part, 100 acres, of lot 54 was taken up by Hiram Kingsbury May 29, 1820, and was deeded to Cyrus Stewart March 4, 1828. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 54 was articled to Arza Parker October 30, 1825, to John Cooper January 24, 1834, and was deeded to him November 21, 1837. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 54 was articled to Roderick and Jared Stocking November 23, 1819. Fifty acres of this was trans- ferred to Oliver N. Russell December 8, 1827, and deeded to him October 17, 1835. Fifty acres of the same were articled to Joseph Baiker December 8, 1827, and were deeded to him December 3, 1833. The south middle part, 75 acres, of lot 54 was taken up by William Hunt October 25, 1825. It was articled to Cyrus Stewart December 19, 1833, and to William Willits December 19, 1837. It was deeded to Joseph Barker De- cember 28, 1835. William Hunt took up 50 acres of lot 54 October 26, 1825. This land was transferred to Joseph Barker October 19, 1833, and was deeded to William Willitts December 19, 1837.

The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 55 was articled to Ansel Dinsmore November 18, 1816. It was divided and transferred in parcels, and was deeded as follows: 19 acres to Joseph Sanderson December 19, 1833 ; 27 acres to Ebenezer M. Bush February 10, 1834; 22 acres to Elbe Sibley May 19, 1834 ; and 3 acres to Azel Shepard Novem- ber 5, 1837. The east part, 100 acres, of lot 55 was articled to Nathan Sherwood No- vember 11, 1816. The article was renewed to Calvin E. Phelps April 11, 1825, and the land was deeded to Elisha Smith November 20, 1827. The west part, 182 acres, of lot 55 was taken up by Samuel Goodrich March 15, 1817. It was divided, transferred and deeded as follows: 82 acres to Cyrus Stewart March 5, 1828; and 100 acres to Joseph W. Hopkins September 28, 1832.

See Albion for lot 56.

Lot 57 and the north part of lot 58 were sold to Charles E. Dudley January 26, 1828.

The southeast part, 60 acres, of lot 58 was articled to John Grinell May 28, 1823. It was transferred to Winsor Campbell December 30, 1830, and deeded to Reuben E. Smith June 26, 1834. The southwest part, 60 acres, of lot 58, was articled to John Grinell May 28, 1823. February 24, 1831, it was transferred to Major Grinell, to whom it was deeded November 11, 1833.

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The northwest part, 54 acres, of lot 59 was taken up by Reily M. Tinkham February 22, 1822, it was articled to John R. Foster December 28, 1830; to James Fyfe January 9, 1834, and was deeded with other land, to Jerra Crane June 18, 1835. The south- west part, 54 acres, of lot 59 was taken up by Alanson Tinkham February 22, 1822, and was deeded to him February 18, 1829. The southeast part of lot 59, with the west part of lot 51, 100 acres, was articled to Calvin Campbell February 22, 1822, and was deeded to him March 26, 1829. The middle portion of the west part, 54 acres of lot 59, was articled to John Grinell February 22, 1822, and was deeded to him March 2, 1827. The northeast part, 50 acres, of lot 59, was articled to Samuel Fassett July 20, 1821, and was deeded to Jerra Crane March 23, 1824.

The east part, 100 acres, of lot 60 was taken up by Joseph Cory December 26, 1822. This part was divided and subdivided and transferred, and was finally deeded as follows 75 acres with 25 acres of lot 61, to Stephen B. Cleveland February 14, 1834, and 25 acres to Jerra Crane June 18, 1835. The west middle part, 60 acres, of lot 60 was articled to Job S. Comstock July 19, 1821. It was again articled to Jonathan Joslin December 29, 1830, and was deeded to Francis Nash, October 29, 1833. The east middle part, 60 acres, of lot 60 was taken up by Lyman Peare July 19, 1821, and articled January 17, 1837, to Samuel Miller, to whom it was deeded December 17, 1833, The west part of lot 60, 61 acres, was sold by article to Solomon Cole November 15. 1821, and articled to Simeon Kingsbury February 7, 1831. It was deeded to him Feb- ruary 12, 1834.

The middle part, 50 acres, of lot 61, was articled to Elisha Green January 24, 1830, and was deeded to Jairus Lawrence. The north part, 100 acres, of lot 61 was purchased by Calvin Weed April 14, 1817. Fifty acres of this part were articled to Nehemiah Finch December 21, 1817, and, with the south part of lot 62, was deeded to William N. Gage December 17, 1833. Fifty acres were deeded to Horace Lindsley March 12, 1833. The south middle part, 55 acres, of lot 61 was articled to Joseph Haight September 11, 1824. It was deeded to Imuther Porter December 28, 1837. The south part, 50 acres, of lot 61 was taken up by Jerra Crane February 1, 1825. It was deeded in two parcels : To Peter Palmer 25 acres July 11, 1836, and 25 acres to Stephen B. Cleveland February 14, 1834.

The north part, 100 acres, of lot 62 was articled to Cyrus Johnson, April 8, 1816. It was deeded to Timothy Johnson September 7, 1826. The middle part, 100 acres, of lot 62 was taken up by Nicholas Wetherbee November 16, 1816, and the article was renewed February 9, 1825, to Benjamin Smith, who received his deed December 24, 1827. The south part, 91 acres, of lot 62 was articled to Isaac P. Wood March 31, 1817, and the article was renewed to William N. Gage November 11, 1826. He received a deed for this and a part of lot 61 December 17, 1833.

The north part, 140 acres, of lot 63 was articled to Levi Wells May 29, 1816. June 19, 1824, 40 acres were articled to Chester Wells, to whom they were deeded June 26, 1834. June 19, 1824, 50 acres of the same were articled to Reuben Haight, and trans- ferred to James Robson December 14, 1830. They were deeded to Nicholas Wetherbee April 1, 1835. July 19, 50 acres of this same north part were articled to Daniel Battery, and deeded to Horace Hopkins September 28, 1832. Harry Wood took the

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south part, 154 acres, of lot 63 March 21, 1817. He received his deed March 21, 1825. For lot 64 see Albion.

The first actual settlers in Barre came to the town in 1816. Prior to that date the Holland Land Company had caused the Oak Orchard road to be cut through over an old Indian trail, but it had become so overgrown with underbrush that it was almost impassable. Nevertheless it was the route by which the early settlers came in to locate their lands. This thoroughfare was laid out four rods wide. The Lee road was opened in 1817, and from then till 1820 most of the important roads in town were rendered what was then termed passable. They generally pursued serpentine courses, and over wet or swampy places were improved with corduroy crossings. The early settlers were poor but industrious, and the lenient policy of the Holland Land Company enabled them to buy land, clear it, and make for themselves and their families excellent farms and comfortable homes. Pioneer life and primi- tive conditions here were not unlike those of neighboring localities. The rude log cabin, without floor or window or chimney, warmed only by- an improvised fireplace, protected the settler's family until means could be obtained with which to improve it or to replace it with a frame dwelling. Sickness, scarcity of food, and other causes only served to band the early inhabitants more closely together. Resolute, persever- ing, hardy and courageous, the majority of them remained and labored, reared families and transformed the wilderness into productive fields and beautiful homes.

From the foregoing account of original and subsequent purchases from the Holland Land Company, the first actual settlers on the lands purchased cannot with certainty be determined. In a large majority of cases the purchasers settled on their lands. In many instances they soon became discouraged, sold their improvements, assigned their articles, which assignments were not always recorded, and left or took other lands with which they were better pleased ; and some purchasers, who had made only small payments, never occupied their lands or paid interest, but allowed their articles to lapse. A portion of lot 5, at Barre Center, was articled to a man named Parmaly, an assistant of the com- pany's surveyors, in 1810. What became of Mr. Parmaly was not known, though it was rumored that he was killed in the war of 1812. The land reverted, and was sold to John Raymond.

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The first actual settler in Barre was Stephen Paine. He was born in 1776 in Scituate, R. I., and removed thence to Richfield, N. Y., thence to Ontario county, and from there to Barre in the autumn of 1815. He took an article for a part of a lot 39, range I, and February 21, 1816, he came with his family, consisting of his wife (whose maiden name was Sally Auger), and ten children. They arrived atBooth's tavern on the Ridge on the evening of February 25. The next morning the father and his son Angell came on foot by way of the Oak Orchard road to Matti- son's tavern, three fourths of a mile north from Benton's Corners, arriving at about noon. In the afternoon they cleaned out a rude log house which had been used by Oliver Benton during the winter as a shed or stable for cattle. It stood on the east side of Oak Orchard road a short distance south from the Poorhouse road. The rest of the family, with their few household goods, arrived late in the after- noon, and they passed their first night and their first few weeks there, feeding their small stock of cattle and sheep on browse. In this time they built a small log house on lot 7, range 2, for Alexander Ward, who came soon after him and took up land there. This was the first log house erected in the town. They soon built a house on their own farm and lived there, making improvements for six years when they sold out to John Bradner, and removed to another farm on lot 8, range 2, which the father and son had bought together. In 1833 Mr. Paine sold his interest in this to his son Angell, and died in Cattaraugus county in 1849.

Angell Paine was born in Richfield, N. Y., in 1802. In 1826 he married Lucinda Holland, and they had six children. He still resides on the farm which he and his father purchased in 1823. He is the oldest pioneer in this part of Orleans county, and one of the oldest in Western New York. He remembers that once when he was " search- ing for the cows he came to the house of a Mr. Kelly, who was familiarly known as 'Noggin' Kelly, because he sometimes made wooden dishes or bowls. Noggin had gone to hunt for provisions and had not yet returned. The family invited Paine to dinner and he found they had nothing to eat but leeks and salt !"

John W. Holland came to Orleans county in the fall of 1816 and chopped ten acres on lot 8, range 2, two and a half miles south from

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Albion village. A man named Bonesteel had taken an article for a part of lot 40, range I, in Barre, and upon it had erected a log house. These Mr. Holland then purchased, and in the spring of 1816 George W. Holland cleared some three acres, which he planted to corn and potatoes. In February, 1817, his father and the family took possession of the farm.

Jotham Holt was born in Homer, Cortland county, N. Y., in 1790. He was married to Olive Hix of the same county about 1811, and in 1816 they moved with three children to Benton's Corners, south from Albion. They came with oxen and sled, bringing such articles of utility as they could conveniently carry. He cut his way to the land which he purchased-lot 31, range 2-and built thereon a pole house, such as one man alone could construct. The floor was made of split plank, and the time required for building the house was four weeks. During this time his wife and her children remained at the house of Oliver Benton, and kept house for him. While they were there Mr. Benton went east, married, and returned with his wife. Mr. Holt cleared land and sowed wheat, for which he paid three dollars per bushel ; but for the crop which he raised he only received thirty-one cents per bushel in Rochester. He exchanged twelve bushels at Gaines for a barrel of salt. Mr. Holt remained on his land till 1831, when he sold it to his brother James, who occupied it till his death, in 1848. Jotham Holt finally went to Calhoun county, Mich., where he died.

Orange Starr was born in Vermont in 1767. After the death of his father he lived with an inn-keeper in Danbury, whose tavern was the only building saved when the Hessians burned the town. He married Hannah Northrup, of Vermont, and in 1815, with their seven children, they came as far west as Ontario county, N. Y. Here, their provisions being exhausted, the family for three days subsisted on beech nuts. Mr. Starr came to South Barre in 1816 and located 100 acres on lots 27 and 28, and the next summer he brought his family hither. Among them were his sons Floyd and James, who lived at or near Barre Cen- ter until their deaths.

Judge John Lee was born in Barre, Mass., June 25, 1763. Emi- grating early to Madison county, N. Y., he came thence fourteen years later (in 1816) to Barre, and at the organization of this town in 1818 he

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gave it the name of his place of nativity. He took up a piece of land at a point since known as Lee's Settlement and returned home, but his sons, Charles and Ora, came on, cleared up several acres, and built a log house, into which the father moved his family in February, 1817. Judge Lee was always a prominent citizen, being especially conspicuous in laying out roads, building school houses, and inducing settlers to come and stay. He was appointed a judge of the old court of Com- mon Pleas, and died in October, 1832. His daughter Sally (afterward Mrs. Andrew Stevens), who died in Knowlesville in 1828, taught the first school in Lee's Settlement in 1818-19 in a log house in which the family of a Mr. Pierce then resided. His son Charles was always a prominent citizen and a long time justice of the peace. Ora Lee is said to have cut the first tree on the Oak Orchard road in Barre and Mill - ville. He rose to the rank of brigadier-general in the State militia, and shortly after coming here he purchased of the Holland Land Company a large number of outstanding contracts against the settlers and con- veyed the lands represented by these articles to the grantees as they were paid for. Subsequently he was a dry goods merchant in Albion, but soon left this business and engaged in buying and selling flour and grain and in manufacturing flour.

Ithamar Hibard was of Scotch descent. At the beginning of the present century he resided in Schroon, Essex county, N. Y., whence he removed to Brandon, Vt., and thence in 1816 to the present town of Albion, one mile west from the village. Sixteen years later he came to Barre Center, where he died in 1853. He was a prominent and in- fluential citizen, and was one of the original members of the first Con- gregational Church in the town. He was the coroner at the inquest of the only murder in town, which occurred in 1828. His sons were : Zenas F. and Royal Hebard, both of whom grew old and died in this town. His daughter was the first wife of J. D. Buckland. Roscoe Z. Hebard, son of Zenas F., resides a mile west of Barre Center, and George, son of Royal, is a successful business man in New York city.

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Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Part 49

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Signor, Isaac S., ed
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1084