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Samuel Tappan was one of the most unique characters the town ever claimed as a citizen. Born in 1781 in Saco, Me., of Quaker parentage, he was bound out to the tailor's trade, but disliking this he was appren- ticed to a shoemaker in Massachusetts, from whom he finally purchased his freedom. He began teaching school in 1803 and for several years supplied the poet's corner in a local newspaper. In 1811 he removed to Pittstown, N.Y., and was soon made an ensign in the 18th Regiment of militia, and was transferred to the 23d Regiment after war was de- clared in 1812. In May, 1813, he was ordered to the Niagara frontier. He followed the fortunes of the war, taught school, participated in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, was promoted lieutenant, was wounded and received a pension. In 1823 he came to Ridgeway and taught school that winter, and after attempting to farm it he confessed he was a failure in that direction. In 1825 he settled in Yates Center and opened a tavern, the first public house in town, where in one year it is said he retailed fifty- three barrels of liquor. Up to 1829 he had taught school nineteen years. He was then appointed postmaster and held the office thirteen years. In 1832 he was made a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, holding that position five years, and in 1846 was elected town superintendent of schools. He was married four times and had nineteen children, of whom Mrs. Ann Lee resides in Lyndon-
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ville. He died February 8, 1868. He was a man of more than ordin- ary intellect, of strict integrity, keen, witty, but somewhat eccentric.
A Lyndonville pioneer, Henry M. Sinclear, died August 27, 1894. He was born at Essex, Vt., July 3, 1819; went to Lyndonville in 1835, and was married in April, 1843, to Maria Dunning. He acted as sales- man for Smith & Babcock, was a merchant at Yates Center and at Sandy Creek, this county ; removed to Belleville, Ohio, and engaged in banking and milling business, He was seventeen years business manager for John D. Rockfeller at Cleveland, Ohio. His wife and one daughter survive him.
Reuben Root was born in Cooperstown, Otsego county, N. Y., in 1792 with his father's family. He removed to Big Sodus Bay in 1801 or 1802 and to Carlton in 1804. In 1814 he and his father were or- dered to Buffalo for service in the army. There they volunteerd to go under General Foster and assist in taking the batteries that were be- sieging Fort Erie. The batteries were taken with some 500 prisoners. In 1814 he took an article for the land on which he ever afterward lived, on lot I, section 3, range 3. He worked a farm in Canada in the summer of 1815 and during each season of navigation for five years thereafter he sailed as captain of a vessel on Lake Ontario. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Hastings of Toronto, and in 1820 they removed to their farm, where they afterward resided. Two of their sons served in the Union Army in the Civil War.
Horace O. Goold was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1800. In 1818 he went to Bloomfield, N. Y., worked on a farm one summer, taught school the next winter. and came to Carlton in the spring of 1819, locating about two miles west of the head of Stillwater. He afterward said : " During the first season we were sometimes rather short of food, espe- cially meat, but some of the boys would often kill some wild animals and we were not very particular about what name it bore, as hunger had driven us to esteem nothing unclean, but to receive it with thank- fulness." His wife, to whom he was married in 1820, was Laurinda Fuller of Carlton They removed to Lyndonville, where both died in 1865.
Henry McNeal was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., in 1792, mar- ried Lucy Sternberg in 1814, and came to Yates in 1817. He was captain of the first militia company of Yates.
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Jeremiah Miller was a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., born in 1810. When a youth he removed to Onondaga county, N. Y., where he was married to Phebe Spaulding. They came to Yates at an early day and located on the lake shore, northwest from Yates Center. In 1833 they removed to a place which they purchased on lot 10, north- west from the Center, and remained there till their deaths. He died in 1851, she in 1870.
Josiah Terry was a native of Shaftsbury, Vt., born in 1787. In 1817 he came to Yates and commenced the life of a farmer here. The first summer he raised some corn and potatoes by planting among the logs, and in the fall raised some wheat. He used to tell of carrying a bushel of wheat half a dozen miles to Dunham's mills in Carlton, guided by marked trees, there being no road. He was the pioneer school teacher in the town in 1819. He was at one time a magistrate.
Russell Sill was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1803. In 1823 he came with his brother, Elijah Sill, to Barre, where he was married to Delilah Wirt of that town. In 1832 they removed to Yates and settled three and one-half miles east from Lyndonville, where he died in 1879. His son, John W. Sill, resides near where his father located in Yates. His daughter, Mrs. Mary Grimes, lives in Lyndonville.
Nehemiah Spaulding was a resident of Connecticut, removed thence to Broome county, N. Y., where he reared his family. His sons William, Avery. Orange, Almond and Henry became residents of Yates, Orleans county. William and Orange came in 1819 and located on lot 12 in the fourth range. There they made some improvements, and in the spring of 1820 returned, erected a rude bark covered log shanty, and began life here. William A. Spaulding was born in 1796. His wife, who was Charity Williams, was born in 1797. They lived together seventy-one years and both died on the farm that was deeded to Mr. Spaulding by the Holland Purchase Company. Mrs. Spaulding died October 17, 1890, and Mr. Spaulding May 4, 1891. They were highly respected by all who knew them. He was chosen town assessor and served for many years. They had ten children : Avery, Orange, William, David, Erastus M., Maria, Emiline, Nancy, Francis, and Henry, of whom five are still living. Orange Spaulding, younger than William A., returned east after about four years, and married Mabel Smith of
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Cayuga county, N. Y. He subsequently came back to Yates where he passed the latter part of his life. Henry Spaulding was born in Scipio, N. Y., in 1809. In 1823 he came to Yates on foot and took up his residence with his brother W. A. In 1827 he purchased 100 acres of lot 18, two and one- half miles northwest from Lyndonville. His first wife was Sarah Williams. She died in 1874, and in 1884 he married Mrs Sarah E. Brown. He had one son, Albert Spaulding, who mar- ried Harriet, daughter of George Clark, of Yates. He still lives at Yates Center and owns the old homestead. Henry Spaulding died at Lydonville in 1891, soon after his brother Avery's death.
James Fuller, a native of New Hampshire, removed to Elba, Genesee county, with his family in 1816. Joel Fuller, a son of James, was born in New Hampshire in 1802, and came to Elba with his father's family. In 1829 he came to Yates and settled on lot 1, in the fourth range, south from Lydonville. He died on that place in 1860. His first wife, by whom he had three children, was Jane Field. She died in 1847, and in 1850 he married Johannah Boyce, by whom he had three sons. His second wife died in 1882.
Robert Kenyon, of Onondaga county, N. Y., was the father of Asa, Amasa, Samuel, Benjamin, Durham and Ruth Kenyon, all of whom came to Orleans county in 1822, and all settled in the northwest part of the town of Yates. All are dead, but many of their descendants are residents of the town or county still. Ruth Kenyon married William Ticknor, by whom she had six children. She afteward married Sylvanus Culver.
Arthur Waterbury, the grandfather of Arthur Waterbury, was an officer in the English army, and came to America during the Revolution. Arthur jr., was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., in 1809. In company with his brother Daniel he came to Yates prior to 1834, and settled on lot 14, west from Lyndonville, where he still resides. In 1835 he married Caroline M. Green of Rensselaer county. She died in 1886. Their children are George A. Waterbury, ex-postmaster and long justice of the peace at Lyndonville ; and Jefferson D. Waterbury, who resides on the old homestead. After a residence of four years in Yates, Daniel Waterbury sold his land here to Barton Waterbury, a younger brother, and returned to Rensselaer county. Barton is still a resident of Yates.
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Deacon Samuel Taylor came from New London, Connecticut, in 1826, took up the farm just north of Lyndonville, now owned by Daniel Clark. He sold the old homestead in 1849, purchased a small tract of land of Mr. Warren, just north of the village, now crossed by the R. & W. R. R. Here he resided until he died in 1856. His wife died in 1863. His son, Gordon B., lived on the same place until 1874. Samuel Taylor was ordained deacon of the Baptist Church of Yates in 1840, and was a faithful and consistent christian gentleman. He served his town as supervisor in 1842.
Samuel Warner was the town's first supervisor, and a practical car- penter. He located in Yates in 1817. The first tinsmith was probably J. P. Morehouse, who settled at the Center about 1820.
Lewis H. Loomis, who came to Lyndonville in 1865, started and still carries on the first hop yard in Yates. Abner Balcom established the first whisky distillery in town, and his old corn crib is now owned by Daniel Clark. Mrs. Harvey Clark is supposed to have planted the first apple and quince seeds in Yates in 1817. Soon after coming here she walked to the Ridge and paid a dollar for a pound of butter and a pound of pork. Prices were high owing to the scarcity caused by the cold summer of 1816.
Among the physicians of the town, besides the two previously men- tioned, were Drs. Shaw, E. R. Armstrong, Carl Poegler, J. H. Chamberlain, the two Averys, Hugh McKennan, John D. Warren, F. R. Garlock, Daniel Fuller, Martin Gilbert, Van Allen, B. F Eggleston, and Eckerman. The present practitioners are Charles E. Fairman, A. M., M. D., and David S. Fraser, M. D.
Extended mention of many other prominent families of the town is made in subsequent pages of this volume, reference to them being found in the index.
The first town meeting in Yates was held at the house of Comfort Joy February 1I, 1823, when these officers were chosen: Samuel Warner, supervisor; Luther St. John, town clerk; Josiah Perry, John H. Tyler, James Clement, assessors ; Chauncey Beecher, John Shewer, Richard Barry, commissioners of highways; Comfort Joy, collector ; Alfred Ingraham, Lemuel Downs, overseers of the poor ; John Rose, Samuel Taylor, Jackson Blood, commissioners of common schools ; Dr.
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Elisha Bowen, Luther St. John, John H. Tyler, inspectors of common schools ; Comfort Joy, Ira Moore constables.
In 1830 there were 4,219 acres of improved land in the town assessed at $82,691. On October 29, 1864, at a special town meeting, $12,- 491.85 was authorized to pay soldiers' bounties. In the great struggle for the preservation of the Union this town was among the foremost in patriotic endeavor to aid the government. Two hundred volunteers went out to the fields of battle, whose names were as follows:
Albert Ayer, 3d Cav.
Wellington Beecher, 4th Art. Henry A. Cox, 28th Inf.
Orson D. Angle, 8th Art.
Francis H. Ashly, 8th Art.
Lafayette Chaffee, 28th Inf.
Samuel Ashly, jr., 8th Art.
Charles H. Clark, 28th Inf.
George N. Aber, 8th Art.
Nahum W. Cady, 28th 1nf.
Henry Allen, 17th Bat.
John S. Cornwell, 28th Inf.
Silas E. Allen, 8th Art.
James Cook, 28th Inf.
Daniel G. Aber, Ist Art.
James K. Coleman, 3d Cav.
Wesley A. Aber, Ist Art.
William E. Church, 3d Cav.
Jacob Bishop, 27th Inf.
George W. Culver, 49th Inf.
Eugene E. Burton, 49th Inf.
Lorenzo Cook, 8th Art.
Henry Bruning, 3d Cav.
Albert O. Conde, 17th Bat.
Henry Beecher, 8th Art.
Edward Coon, 17th Bat.
Eugene L. Babcock, 8th Art.
John Cook, 17th Bat.
Lucius M. Barry, 8th Art.
Michael Collins, 17th Bat.
Henry A. Botsford 8th Art.
George Coleman, 17th Bat.
John J. Bathrick, 8th Art.
Orange S. Church, 17th Bat.
Ovid W. Barney, 8th Art.
Joseph Cornwell, 151st Inf.
Charles Bowers, 8th Art.
George J. Clark, Ist Art. Grosvenor D. Church, Ist Art.
Fayette Bowers, 8th Art.
Jerry B. Church, Ist Art.
William E. Church, Ist Art.
Henry Culver, 90th Inf.
Almond B. Cady, 151st Inf.
John Coon.
Samuel B. Densmore, 8th Art.
Benjamin H. Dewer. 8th Art.
Erastus Dugan, 8th Art.
George T. Dorrance, 17th Bat.
Lewis M. Davis.
Miner D. Beecher, Ist Art.
Milton F. Barry, 1st Art.
Charles F. Bennett, Ist Art.
Elisha F. Barnum, 4th Art.
Henry A. Farwell, 8th Art.
James Fisk, 8th Art. Adin Fellows, 8th Art.
Lewis Fellows, 17th Bat.
Frank R. Burton, 8th Art. Charles Broad, 8th Art. Wesley F. Barry, 8th Art. Martin R. Barry, 8th Art. Albert Beales, 151st Inf.
Edwin J. Barber, 17th Bat.
Reuben H. Boyce, 17th Bat.
Martin Broombecker, 1st Art.
Lester Burton, Ist Art. Theodore F. Barry, Ist Art.
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Martin E. Gilbert, 28th Inf. Perry Gilbert, 28th Inf.
Alexander Gardner, 3d Cav. David Gardner, 3d Cav. Simeon B. Gilbert, 49th Inf. Robert M. Glearing, 8th Art.
Wallace M. Greeley, 151st Inf.
Marion H. Greeley, 151st Inf.
Olin Goold, 17th Bat.
John McLane, 17th Bat.
Isaac Green, 4th Art. John Garity, I51st Inf.
Charles Goodrich, 28th Inf.
Luther Hayner, 28th Inf.
Louis Hayner, 28th Inf.
Alexander McGuire, 3d Cav.
Isaac Harris, 27th Inf.
Laton Harris, 8th Art.
John Newton, 8th Art. Harmon L. Ogden, 8th Art. Haller Phipany, 3d Cav.
Robert Haywood, 8th Art.
John Heland, jr, 8th Art.
Chauncey N. Parker, Ist Art.
David G. Henion, 17th Bat.
Edward W. Phillips, 8th Art.
William Henion, 17th Bat.
Owen H. Parker, 8th Art.
George Henion, 17th Bat.
Charles E. Henion, 17th Bat.
Marcus Hickey, 1st Art ..
Jacob Haylett.
John Paul, 17th Bat. Archibald Paul, 17th Bat.
William Johnson, 27th Inf. John Jacobs, 17th Bat.
Michael Post, 17th Bat.
Ashley Johnson, Ist Art.
Clarence A. Johnson, Ist Art.
John G. Parker, 108th Inf.
Arthur H. Prescott, 8th Art.
William H. Powles, 151st Inf.
Robert Paul, 17th Bat.
Abial P. Randall, 8th Art.
Godfrey Rehwaldt, 8th Art.
Christian Rehwaldt, 8th Art.
Samuel N. Raymer, 8th Art.
John Risch, 8th Art.
Thomas Lawrence, 49th Inf.
Charles H. Lewis, 8th Art.
George Ramshaw, 8th Art.
Reuben Lodes, 8th Art. William Lodes, Ist Art.
John Robinson. Orson P. Southworth, 28th Inf.
Robert B. Lewis, Ist Art.
Walter M. Lewis, Ist Art.
Daniel Stockwell, 28th Inf.
Orial R. Southworth, 28th Inf.
Robert Mortimer, 20th Inf. Edgar Malin, 8th Art.
George Mann, 8th Art. Edgar D. Miller, 8th Art. Henry Morehouse, 8th Art.
Francis Martin, 8th Art. Wilbur F. McEwin, 8th Art. George R. McEwin, 8th Art.
John Martin, 8th Art. Thomas Marsham, 17th Bat.
Owen McCullum, 17th Bat.
Patrick Mahar, 151st Inf.
James Monroe, 13th Art. John McGuire, jr., 3d Cav.
Carroll Phipany, 8th Art.
Charles F. Patterson, 8th Art.
William Monroe Peaslee, 151st Inf.
Leroy Kenyon, 28th Inf.
John Keeler, 28th Inf. Durham Kenyon, 8th Art.
Charles W. Kenyon, 8th Art.
Martin Kerwin, 17th Bat.
William H. Lusk, 20th Inf.
Delos Lewis, 28th Inf. Chauncey Lum, 28th Inf.
Joel E. Rix, 8th Art.
Burrie L. Swift, 28th Inf.
Benjamin Simmons, 3d Cav.
William Place, 13th Art.
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E. M. Spaulding, 8th Art.
George G. Thayer, 8th Art.
Newton W. Salisbury, 8th Art.
Winfield Tripp, 8th Art.
George W. Turrell, 8th Art.
John D. Sperbeck, 8th Art. Charles Stock, 8th Art.
William Thompson, Ist Art.
John Simpson, 8th Art.
Orville Taylor, 8th Art.
Henry Stock, 8th Art.
P. Church Tucker, U. S. Navy.
Jacob Stedley, 8th Art.
Jasper Warner, 4th Art.
Miles W. Stockwell, 151st Inf.
Jay Whalen, 8th Art.
John Simons, 17th Bat.
James R. Warner, Ist Art.
Michael Sutton, 151st Inf.
Edward J. Williams, 8th Art.
Wilber Sawyer, Ist Art.
Thomas Walpole, Ist Art.
Nelson W. Salisbury, 1st Art.
Anthony Welch, 17th Bat.
A. J. Shurgour, 97th Inf.
Fernando J. Wickham, 8th Art.
Charles Smith.
Charles Winegar, 8th Art.
Sylvester Tripp, 28th Inf.
John A. Waterbury, 8th Art.
Judson Thomas, 8th Art.
Patsy Welsh, 8th Art.
William Torpy, 8th Art.
Elijah Williams, 8th Art.
Joseph Turner, 8th Art.
Stephen Williams, 8th Art.
Herbert A. Taylor, 8th Art.
C. F. Wallenberg, 8th Art.
In aid of building the railroad the town was bonded for $100,000, An attempt was made to repudiate payment of the bonds, but it failed, and the costs brought the total indebtedness to about $135,000. This sum has been reduced annually and the indebtedness is now about $84,000.
The supervisors of this town have been as follows :
Samuel Warner, 1823-26; Grindal Davis, 1827; John H. Tyler, 1828-30 and 1832-37; Luther St. John. 1831; John L. Lewis, 1838, 1840-41, 1843 and 1845; Asahel Johnson, 1839, and 1850-51; Samuel Taylor, 1842; Daniel Starr, 1844 and 1846; Dr. Horace Phipany, 1847-48; Reuben Hungerford, 1849; John J. Sawyer, 1852; John Gates, 1853; Charles Lum, 1854-55; David I. Henion, 1856-57, and 1873; Daniel Clark, 1858, 1861; Chauncey H. Lum, 1859-60; Tunis H. Coe, 1852-63; George Clark, 1864-65; Jonathan A. Johnson, 1866-68 ; Henry Spaulding, 1869-70; C. Jack- son Blood, 1871-72; Walter F. Parmalee, 1874; H. F. Blood, 1875-76; Henry M. Hard, 1877-80 ; George Handy, 1881; John P. Levey. 1882-83, and 1887-88 ; Uriel Timmerman, 1884; C. F. Barry, 1885-86; Almonde B. Millis, 1889-91; Myron L. Parker, 1892-93; George H. Rolffe, 1894.
The first post route in the town was a direct line by blazed trees from Ridgeway to Yates Center. Many of the highways were long made passable by " corduroy," and frequently the ends of the old logs
James P. Thorn, 8th Cav.
De Witt C. Wickham, 8th Art.
Noalı Shepardson, 23d Bat.
Alonzo Weed, 17th Bat.
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are still visible. The earliest of the present roads is known as the " Angling road," west of Lyndonville. The first road in the town was an old Indian trail which started from Ridgeway Corners and ran north- easterly, striking Johnson's Creek about two miles below Lyndonville, following down that stream a short distance and running thence to the lake.
The first grist mill in the town was built by Scoville & Irons in 1821, and stood on the bank of Johnson's Creek near Parsons's bridge below Lyndonville. This long ago disappeared. The present mill in Lyndon- ville, the only one in town, was built by Samuel Tappan, Richard Barry, Stephen W. Mudgett, and others in 1856. The present owner is Martin S. Rice.
The first saw mill in Yates was built by Gardner & Irons on the opposite side of the creek from Scoville & Irons's grist mill. Later another was built near the site of these two, and all were operated by water from the same dam. Orren Austin also had an early saw mill on what was recently the Stephen Clark farm. Comfort Johnson built another in 1840, which was burned down, and rebuilt by C. J. Blood. Another was erected near the old brick kiln by Augustus Brown, and still another was situated on the Griffen place; two more were in ex- istence in the northwest part of the town.
The first foundry was built by John Van Brocklin where William Gray's establishment now stands. Mr. Van Brocklin's successors were Laurin and Nathan Martin.
Brick making was formerly quite an important industry here. A brick yard was conducted for some time in the rear of Arthur H. Phipany's dwelling in Lyndonville, and another was situated below the old fulling mill. The last one in the town was owned by Stephen B. Johnson.
The officers of the town of Yates for 1894 are as follows : Supervisor, George H. Rolffe; assessors, Daniel C. Kenyon, Walter E. Parmalee, George H. Petrie; collector, Charles Day.
The following corporations have property in this town which is taxed : The R. W. & O. Railroad Company, assessed value of real estate, $107,120 ; amount of tax, $1,459.83. The Western Union Telegraph Co., value of real estate, $633.60; amount of tax, $8.46. Bell Tele-
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phone Co., value of real estate, $137.50; amount of tax, $1.87. The The assessed value of all real estate in the town is $967,205. Assessed value of personal property, $46,855. The rate per cent. in Yates is .013628. The town paid $250 for support of poor in 1893, and $8,200 principal and interest on railroad bonds. The town audits for 1893 were $1,666.37, the claims being $1,680.07.
YATES CENTER .- Yates Center (Yates Post office) was the earliest trading point in town. At one time it was a place of great activity and considerable business importance. Moore & Hughes opened a store in 1824, and Samuel Tappan a tavern in 1825. John Mead once had a large wagon shop, the building still standing. The last hotel in the place was kept by Henry D. Southworth, and was burned down.
Peter Saxe, a brother of the Vermont poet, John G. Saxe, became a merchant here at quite an early day and was largely instrumental in establishing Yates Academy. He was the leading spirit of the town and was well known throughout Western New York as a wide awake business man. People had confidence in his ability and co- operated with him in all of his enterprises. He did a large business and was liberal and full of public spirit. Among the first merchants and firms were: Nathan Martin, Walingford & Co., Peter Saxe, Saxe & Wood- man, Marvin & Charles Bennett, Mr. Clute, John Morehouse, Pitts & Ambler, Anselmo Kenney, Mead & Pitts. Later Chesebrough & Stevenson, Andrew J. Cummings, Cummings & Densmore, Mr. Brinin- stool, Seymour Hurd, Eli Clark, S. E. Hagedorn, Charles Daniels, Charles Harris and Stephen Coe.
Various branches of business were conducted here : two carriage fac- tories, conducted by John Mead and George S. Haines ; the chair fac- tory of Thomas Greene, a cabinet shop, a turning shop, a planing and siding mill, three shoe shops, two carpenter shops, two blacksmith shops and a cooper shop. Among the blacksmiths were : Isaiah Lewis, Bartlett Halsey, Walter Smith and John Devenshire ; shoemakers, Sey- mour Hurd, Benjamin Eastman ; carpenters, Henry Barry and Edwin Barber. Fire broke out in the boiler room of Thomas Greene's plan- ing mill, July 23, 1852, and destroyed a large part of the village. The building where the fire started. owned by Abram C. Greene, south part of which he occupied as furniture warerooms and undertaking and
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cabinet shop, the Baptist parsonage and barn, turning shop of Wood- bridge Barber and John Mead's carriage factory and blacksmith shop were all destroyed.
These were all rebuilt and business continued as before excepting the planing and siding business.
The following were the physicians: Dr. Wood, Hervey Blood, sr., Peter Brown, Herbert Clark, Van Allan, Dr. Eccleston and Martin Gilbert.
In this village is located the first and only Baptist church in town. A cemetery was opened at an early day and is still in use. The first postmaster was Warren Hughes, and the present official is Stephen A. Coe. The business of the place now consists of two general stores, a grocery, a butcher shop, a blacksmith shop, a dry house and a shoe shop.
LYNDONVILLE .- This is a post village and station on the R. W. & O. Railroad, with a population of about 600. It was originally known as Lyndon, deriving the name from Lyndon, Vt .; but when application was made for a post-office the authorities added the " ville " to dis- tinguish it from another " Linden " in the State. The first postmaster was Samuel Tappan, who had been appointed to that position at Yates Center, but upon the larger volume of business being diverted to Lyn- donville, he transferred the office to this place. The first store was opened by Laurin and Nathan Martin, two cousins, who came here in 1830. Laurin Martin was long conspicuous in educational matters and an active member of the Baptist Church. He died here July 5, 1880
Among other merchants who followed the Martins were Smith & Babcock, Royal Chamberlain, Merritt Hard, and James O. Stokes, jr. The first hatter was Samuel Clark, whose shop is now a part of Mrs. Dutcher's dwelling.
Peter G. Klock, about 1830, built a carding and cloth dressing mill a little below the bridge. It was operated by water power and in 1835 was sold to H. C. Soule. Later it was converted into a shingle mill and finally toppled over into the creek. The first wagonmaker was Samuel C. Sinclair, and the first tailor was John Kaiser. John Page was the first cooper.
The first bridge across Johnson's Creek at this point was erected
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of logs about 1818, and spanned the stream a little east of the present one.
The first school house was of brick and is now occupied by Arthur H. Phippany for a dwelling. It was also the first brick building in town. The first framed house in the village was erected in 1825 where William Gray now lives. It was removed and still stands in use as a tenement. The first harnessmaker was Henry Carpenter, and the first tavern-keeper a Mr. Hunt. The latter had his house on the same site and it is now a part of the present hotel.
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