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John Hadstead was born in Greenbush, N. Y., in 1812. His father was killed in battle in the War of 1812. In 1813 his grandfather took him on his back to Seneca county, and in 1814 they went to Ontario county. In 1818, his mother, who had married a second husband, came to Murray, and in 1826 Mr. Hadstead came to Gaines. In 1836 he married Susan Knapp of that town. In 1837 they removed to a place a mile southwest from Kuckville, and in 1838 to a place half a mile east from Fairhaven. Thence in 1840 they removed to Ridgeway, and in the same year to a farm a mile south from Two Bridges. In 1886 he removed to Carlton Station, where he died.
John Barry was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1792. In 1810 he married Eve Failing, and in 1822 they removed to Yates, about a mile and a half east from Lyndonville. His father and five brothers had already settled in that town. In 1832 he removed to lot 4, section 12, in Carlton, two miles west from the mouth of Johnson's Creek. In 1838 he removed to Indiana, where he died in 1876. Of his ten chil- dren only Andrew Barry is a resident of Carlton. He was born in Montgomery county in 1811, and came to Orleans county with his father. His wife was Jane Barnum, a native of Cayuga county. They were married in 1834. They reared to adult age eight children.
Chester and Alfred Bidwell were early settlers on section I, lot 2, near East Carlton, where both died some years since.
James Armstrong, an early settler came from the eastern part of this State. His brothers, John and Robert, came with him or soon after- ward, and located a mile south of East Carlton. James died in 1883. Robert lives in Albion. John died in Carlton many years since.
Giles Slater, a native of Massachusetts, came to Carlton at an early
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day, and settled half a mile east from Kuckville, where he died and where his daughter, Mrs. George Beckwith, now resides.
Squire I. Eccleston, a native of Connecticut, removed from that State to Chenango county, N. Y., and thence to Seneca county. In an early day he came to Murray and thence to Carlton, where he located on lot I, section 2, where he died.
Franklin H. Eccleston, son of Squire I., was born in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1800. He removed with his father's family to Seneca county, to Murray, and to Carlton ; and after his father's death he became the sole owner of the farm where they settled. In 1889 he removed to East Carlton village where he died in 1890. His wife was Theodosia Mans- field, a native of Vermont. They reared to adult age three children, of whom Marion M. Eccleston, of East Carlton, is the only survivor.
Richard Huff came from Seneca county, N. Y., to Carlton early in the present century and settled at East Carlton, where he died many years since. Stephen Huff, a son, was born in 1816, and came to Carlton with his father. His wife was Amy Ketchum, who resides at East Carlton. Mr. Huff died in 1883. His daughter, Mrs. Hervey Blood, resides in Carlton.
Everett Gray was born in New Jersey in 1808. In 1822 he came to Carlton with his mother's family, and located a mile south from East Carlton. His wife, to whom he was married in 1832, was Elizabeth McConley. She died in 1860, and in 1862 he married Mrs. Hannah Furell. They had five children.
Asa Simpson was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1791. He re- moved to Cayuga county, and thence in 1822 to Carlton, settling three- fourths of a mile southwest from Two Bridges. Ten years later he re- moved to a place just west of Two Bridges, now occupied by his son, J. C. Simpson. He died there in 1868. Mr. Simpson's wife was Minerva Fish, of Cayuga county. She died in Carlton in 1858.
James Hutchinson was born in Pennsylvania in 1794. In 1823 he removed to Barre, in Orleans county. After several changes of resi- dence he settled in Waterport, where he died in 1867, and where his son, Andrew Hutchinson, now resides.
Harmon C. Beardsley was born in Connecticut in 1804. When a lad he removed with his father, Levi Beardsley, to Wayne county,
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where he remained till 1826, when he came to Carlton and settled on lot 4, section 4, in the southeast part of the town, where he died in 1871. His wife was Cynthia Batcheller, a native of Vermont. They were married in 1828, and they reared three children, of whom H. S. Beardsley is the postmaster and a merchant at Sawyer.
Levi A. Beardsley was born in Connecticut in 1806. When quite young he removed with his father's family to Wayne county, N. Y. He was afterward adopted by William Reed, of Carlton, in which town he passed the balance of his life. He died in 1878. His wife was Sally C. Hickey, of Niagara county. Of his six children two reside in Carlton : W. H., a farmer, and S. W., a merchant at East Carlton.
Jacob Wood was born in 1776. In 1826 he removed from Otsego county, N. Y., to Carlton, and located on lot 4, section 4, a mile south from Sawyer. Thence he removed to a farm, half a mile west from Sawyer, where he died in 1842. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Griffin, was born in 1778, and died in 1868. Their son, Will- iam Wood, who was born in 1814, succeeded his father on the place, and died there in 1883. His wife was Mary Ann Burg, a native of Vermont.
Jerry Clark was born in Wayne county, N. Y., in 1802. He came to Carlton in 1826 and settled on lots 7, 9, and I I, near the mouth of John - son's Creek. which his father, Oliver Clark, had purchased in 1805, but had not occupied. In 1827 he married Mary Ann Miles, a native of England. She died in 1830, and in 1832 he married her sister, Priscilla Miles. Mr. Clark is still living. He had two children: Hiram, now living on the old place, and Mary P., who died in 1873. Mr. Clark's wives were the daughters of Anthony Miles.
William B. Clark was born in Massachusetts in 1790. When a young man he removed to Rensselaer county, N. Y., where he married Try- phosa Childs, a native of Massachusetts. In 1830 they removed to Genesee county, and in 1834 to Carlton. They located about three- fourths of a mile west from the mouth of Johnson's Creek, on the lake road, and remained there till their death. He died in 1860, and she about ten years later. Of their eleven children five located in the im- mediate vicinity of the place where they settled ; Alonzo, William Freeman, Abel R., and Lura. Of these all except Abel R. were born prior to their settlement in Cariton.
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Oliver Dutcher was born in Montgomery county, N Y., in 1814. In 1828 he came with his father to Yates, and soon afterward to Carl- ton, and settled between the west line of the town and Waterport, a mile north from Kenyonville. His wife was Harriet M. Handy of Yates, and they reared eight children.
John Curtis was born in New Hampshire in 1808. In 1816 he re- moved with his father's family to Monroe county. In 1826 he came to Carlton and located on lot I, section 5. He remained there till his death, in 1885, and his son, W. R. Curtis, resides on the farm where he settled. His father died soon after they came here, and the care of his mother and eight brothers and sisters devolved on him. He was three times married : first to Miss B. Schofield, second to Caroline Fredon, and lastly to Hannah Fredon, who (as Mrs. Cornsforth), is still living. From Mr. Curtis the place Curtis Corners, now Sawyer, took its name. George Curtis, a brother of John, came to Carlton at the same time. After a few years he removed to Ohio, where he died.
Arnold Comstock was born in Smithfield, R. I., October 4, 1807. When he was eight years old, his father with his family moved to Cayuga county, N. Y. Here in 1838 he married Phebe Allen, and in 1841 they came to Orleans county, settling on a farm two miles south of Curtis Corners (now Sawyer) and continued to live here until his death which occurred in 1879. They raised a family of five children, four girls and one boy. He was a good citizen and noted for his ster- ling integrity and honesty. His widow and three children still survive him ; the son, Arnold A. Comstock, now owns and occupies the old homestead.
Jesse Strickland was a native of New York, born in 1789. In 1835 he removed to Carlton and located half a mile north from Kenyonville, where he died in 1865. His wife was Clarissa Durgee. She died in 1864. They had ten children. Charles Strickland, one of the sons, resides on the old homestead.
Robert Rackham was born in Norfolk county, England, in 1810. He came to America in 1836, and to Carlton in 1839. He settled in Waterport where he died in 1874. His wife was Mary Ann Timm, a native of England, born in 1805. She died at Waterport in 1889. Their children are Mrs. Mary Murdock, of Gaines, and Joshua, Joseph, and James Rackham of Carlton.
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Jonathan Murray was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1790, In his boy- hood he learned from his father the trade of a ship builder. Quite early in life he became a seaman, and at the age of twenty-four he was made captain of a vessel sailing from New York. He continued in command of different vessels during a period of ten years. In 1824 he abandoned the sea, went to Jefferson county, N. Y., and followed farm- ing till 1840. He then went to the upper landing of the Genesee River, four miles from its mouth, and engaged in ship building, which he continued till 1847, when he removed to the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek, where he passed the remainder of his life. He died in 1874. At Oak Orchard harbor he, in company with his sons Dexter and Ho- ratio C., engaged in the business of ship building. They built some ten or twelve vessels. At the time he came to this place there was a small hotel here. This he purchased and rebuilt and enlarged, kept it dur- ing many years, and was succeeded in it by his son, Horatio C. His wife was Emily C. Comstock, a native of Massachusetts. Four chil- dren lived to maturity : Charles, who was drowned in Lake Ontario in 1837 ; Dexter, deceased ; Horatio C., now of Point Breeze ; and Catherine, who died in 1873. Mrs. Murray died in 1872.
Ezekiel McKennan was born in Ireland in 1800 He came to America and settled in Herkimer county, N. Y , and in 1840 removed to Carlton. He located in Waterport where he died in 1888. His son, Dr. Hugh McKennan, was a practitioner at Lyndonville. The late Dr. William McKennan, of Albion, was a nephew of Ezekiel.
Amos L. June a native of Connecticut, was born in 1824, and in 1848 he removed to Waterport. He married, in 1852, Debby Ann Palmer. She died in 1874, and in 1875 he married Jane McKennan. The chil- dren of Mr. June are Dr. Fred L., of Waterport, and Genevieve.
Many other pioneer settlers and representative citizens of Carlton are noticed at length on subsequent pages of this volume, whose sketches can be found by reference to the index.
In 1800 a deserter from Fort Niagara was drowned while trying to cross Johnson's creek. This was the first death in Carlton. The second was that of Elijah Brown. The first birth was of twins, in 1806, chil- dren of James Walsworth. Judge Thomas says: "At their birth no physician or person of her own sex was present with the mother." The
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first preaching in the town was by a Rev. Mr. Steele, a Methodist clergy- man from Canada, about 1810. Elder Simeon Dutcher, a Baptist, came to Carlton in 1817, and was the only preacher in the town for several years. During the anti-Masonic excitement Mr. Dutcher, who was a Freemason, was called on by his brethren in the church to renounce Masonry. He refused and was expelled from the church. He was esteemed highly by all who knew him. He died in 1860.
The first schoolmaster in Carlton was Peleg Helms, who taught in the winter of 1810-II. The first merchant was George Kuck, in 1816. The first physician, after Fitch Chamberlain, was Dr. Richard W. Gates who removed to Barre, and thence to Yates. He was a prominent citi- zen. He was the first supervisor of Carlton of which there is any record, and in 1841 represented Orleans county in the State Legislature.
It has already been said that Rachel Lovewell planted the first apple tree. Elijah Brown planted the first orchard near Two Bridges. The second was planted in 1809, by Matthew Dunham, jr.
The first framed barn in Carlton and probably the first in Orleans county, was built by Moses Root, prior to the erection of Dunham's saw mill. The boards for this barn were brought from Canada, as was all the sawed lumber used in Carlton before the advent of saw mills.
Reuben Root had a sail boat of a few tons burthen which he used for freight and passengers between here and Canada, and much of the lum- ber used by the early settlers was brought hither by him.
A complete record of all the boats and vessels constructed at the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek would seem to indicate that that point was once an important ship building place. This industry, now a thing of the past, began in 1848, when the flat bottomed schooner New World assumed tangible shape on the stays. This vessel was launched the fol- lowing year, and under Capt. Dexter J. Murray plied the lake for sev- eral years between here and Oswego. The Conroy, a pleasure yacht, in 1851, and the Bloomer, a 65-ton schooner, in 1852, followed, the latter being commanded by Capt. H. S. Selheimer. In 1855 a side- wheel pleasure steamer and Happy Jack, a trading schooner, were built followed in 1859 by the schooner Sweet Home. The May Queen, a swift sailing yacht, was constructed in 1860, and in 1865 the schooner H. M. Ballou was built. The latter was subsequently commanded by
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Capt. H. C. Murray. The next year the Red White and Blue, a pleas . ure yacht, and in 1874 the schooners Alice and May were erected. Capt. H. C. Murray, with his father and brother, or alone, was inter- ested in the building of all these vessels. Among the boats which have been owned in part or in whole by parties living here may be mentioned the schooners Star of Sodus, Decatur, Eugene, and Susan Sribel, all of which were employed in the carrying trade. The first named was pur- chased by a stock company of farmers in 1847.
The mouth of Oak Orchard Creek being a harbor of refuge a num- ber of vessels have at one time or another been disabled or wrecked in the immediate vicinity, and of these are remembered the schooners Forest, Missouri, Paul Jones, Jane Leslie, Clipper. C. Pollet, Thompson, William S. Malcolm, Perseverance, and Lord Nelson ; the brigs Matilda Taylor, St. Lawrence, and Lafayette Cook, and the steamers Cuba, Lady of the Lake, and Young America.
During the War of the Rebellion the town of Carlton sent to the front 175 of her brave sons to defend the nation's cause. On the battlefields, in the hospitals, or in the terrible prison pens of the South they did their whole duty nobly and fearlessly. In a previous chapter an account is given of the several regiments from Orleans county. The patriotic men who went from this town are as follows :
James M. Armstrong 14th H. Art.
George W. Armstrong.
Charles W. Armstrong, 151st Inf.
John Henry Bragg, 151st Inf.
Edgar F. Austin, 8th H. Art.
George W. Beardsley, 22d Inf.
Edward Acherson, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Reuben Cash Brown, 17th Bat.
Francis A. Avery, 8th H. Art.
Henry Acherson, 17th Ind. Bat.
Uriah T. Applin, 151st Inf.
Briggs Applin, 27th Inf.
John C. Barry, Ind. Sharpshooters.
Sherman E. Bunnell, 4th Art.
Jerome Canright, 151st Inf.
Silas G. Boughton, 108th Inf.
William R. Curtiss, 8th H. Art.
Henry B. Barman. James Bowen, 27th Inf.
Frederick Curtiss, 14th H. Art. Joseph Cook, 27th Inf. Walter Conklin, 14th H. Art.
Cory don C. Brownell, 8th H. Art.
George Newton Billings, 8th H. Art.
George Page Beam, 8th Cav.
Wesley Blanchard, 147th Inf.
Owen Blanchard.
John Gray Bragg, 8th H. Art.
Francis F. Brown, 28th Inf.
James Brown, 129th Inf. William S. Bragg, 129th Inf.
David C. Aldrich, 151st Inf.
Barten Aldrich, 151st Inf.
Mathew Conklin, 151st Inf.
Francis Curtiss, 14th H. Art.
John Francis Curtiss, 14th H. Art.
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Jeremiah S. Corbin, 8th H. Art. James Washington Capwell, Ind. Sharp- shooters. Oliver Clark, 8th H. Art. James Polk Collins, 105th Inf. James P. Collins, 94th Inf. Moses Collins, 151st Inf.
Nathan J. Cornell, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Royal E. Cochrane, 8th H. Art.
S. Robert Q. Cochrane, 2d Mounted Rifles. Alexander Crawford, 2d Mounted Rifles. Mahlen Center, 151st Inf. . Ransom H. Cole, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Charles Day, 151st Inf.
Christopher C. Drake, 8th H. Art. William Edwin Dunn, 4th H. Art. John Daly. Russel Dunham, 8th H. Art. Walter Doty, 8th Cav.
Leonard Hunt, 8th H. Art. Franklin Hummel, 8th H. Art. Joshua M. Hotelling, 8th H. Art. Harley S. Hobbs, 151st Inf. Delos Howe, Ind. Sharpshooters. James A. Henry, 129th Inf. Joseph Hiscock, 151st Inf. Ira Webbs, 27th Inf .; 2d Mounted Rifles. Charles Jerome, 8th Cav.
Hiram Jerome 8th Cav.
Eugene H. Jacobs, 4th H. Art.
Alanson Kimball, 17th Bat.
Henry Kimball, 3d Cav.
Edson Kimball, 8th H. Art.
Albert E. Kingman, 14th H. Art.
Royce Kelly. Ind. Sharpshooters.
George Kelly, Ind. Sharpshooters.
Joseph S. Keeler, 151st Inf.
Daniel C. Lebaron, 8th H. Art.
Samuel Lewis.
Nathan H. Lattin, 8th H. Art.
Darwin Littlefield, 151st Inf.
Demers Le Barr, 4th H, Art.
Patrick Langton, 8th H. Art.
Edwin R. Fuller, 8th H. Art. Philo Fuller, 3d Cav. Josephus Fuller, 8th H. Art. George W. Fuller, 17th Bat.
Otis Macomber 76th Inf. William Morrow, 3d Cav.
Thomas McCabe, 14th H. Art.
Charles W. Miller, 14th H. Art.
John Morrow, 14th H. Art.
Charles Marst, 4th H. Art.
John E. McCarthy, Ind. Sharpshooters. John McKenchy, 3d Cav. William McGuire, 3d Cav.
Stephen Moore, 17th Ind. Bat.
George E. Moore, 8th H. Art.
William G. Moore, 8th H. Art. Charles McComber, 23d Inf. Eben Morehouse, 8th H. Art. Ethan Murin, 8th H. Art. William H. Morrison, 3d Cav.
Frederick McOmber, 8th H. Art.
George Moore, 2d Mounted Rifles. T. Jefferson McNeil, 129th Inf. Lyman William Northrup, 12th Bat.
Joseph Elson, 8th Cav.
Harrison Eckler, 8th H. Art.
Charles Ferdon, 28th Inf.
Washington Furness, 12th Inf.
George Follett, 8th H. Art.
Daniel G. Fuller, 4th Art.
D. E. Fisher, 3d Cav.
John H. Ferdun, 14th H. Art. John Griswold, 8th H. Art. John Gassin 12th Inf. Fenimore C. Gallet, 8th Cav.
Andrew Grover, 17th Ind. Bat, Peter Goodrich, 28th Inf.
John Bentley Hall, 27th Inf .; 14th H. Art. Matthew Hamilton, 14th H. Art.
George Cassius Henry, 14th H. Art. Harrison Henry, 27th Inf. John Henry Handy, Ind. Sharpshooters. Valentine Hummel, 2d Mounted Rifles. Charles Hummel, 2d Mounted Rifles. Alvin G. Hunt, 27th Inf .; 22d Cav.
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Jonathan A. Oakley, 3d Cav. George Washington Phillips, 151st Inf. John Grover Potter, 14th H. Art. Ira Poole, Ind. Sharpshooters. Daniel Poole, Ind. Sharpshoeters.
Reuben W. Pierce, 151st Inf.
Reuben Plummer, 151st Inf.
Samuel Sprinzett Thorne, 151st Inf.
William Pendergrass, Ind. Sharpshooters. James Palmer, 151st Inf. Alfred H. Parkinson, 4th Art.
Arthur H. Prescott, 8th H. Art.
James P. Ryan, 8th H. Art. Ira L. Rollins, 8th H. Art Ambrosall Reed, 76th Inf. George W. Root, 8th H. Art. William Moses Root, 151st Inf.
Cassius M. Richmond, Ist Mounted Rifles. B. W. Richmond, Ist Mounted Rifles.
Edward G. Rorabach, 129th Inf.
Milton Robbins, 151st. Inf. Charles Henry Robinson, 14th H. Art.
Thomas Smith, 115th Inf.
Volney Job Shipman, Ind Sharpshooters. Warren Shingler, 8th H. Art.
Hiram Sackett, 27th Inf. John Sargent, 4th Mich. Inf.
William Monroe Smith, 8th H. Art.
William Eugene Stevens, 8th H. Art. Samuel Shingler, 12th Bat.
Alonzo F. Salisbury, 151st Inf. Elmer Senter, 2d Mounted Rifles. Frederick Thomas, 151st Inf. Jerome B. Terrill, 8th H. Art. Arctus Terrill, 4th H. Art. Henry Fitch Tomblin, 151st Inf.
Julius Thurston, Ind Sharpshooters. Charles Tripp, 4th Art. Henry Lorenzo Van Dusen 8th H. Art. John M. Van Camp, 2d Mounted Rifles. Benjamin F. West, 151st Inf.
Frank E. Willett, 8th Cav. George H. Wilson, 151st Inf. Horatio S. Wilson, 14th Inf.
Jeremiah Winter, 151st Inf. James Winter, 8th H. Art. George Winter, 8th H. Art. Valentine A. Wilson, 151st Inf.
Alfred A. Welch, 8th H. Art.
Charles E. Woodruff, 2d Mounted Rifles.
John C. Wilson, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Leonard Wells, 129th Inf. Martin Wells, 12th Bat. John C. Wood, 129th Inf. George Webster, 129th Inf.
Edwin L. Wage, 151 Inf., capt. 120th U. S. C. Inf.
According to statistics of 1893 the town of Carlton has real estate assessed at $1,148, 106 ; personal property, $55,575 ; it raised that year by taxation a total of $9,484 79, the rate being .00748233. The town debt and interest was $1,120. There are four corporations doing business within the town whose real estate in 1893 was assessed as fol- lows: Oak Orchard on the Lake Company, $25,000 ; Carlton and Albion Telephone Company, $270; Western Union Telegraph Company, $438.75 ; Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Com- pany (N. Y. C. & H. R. R. Co. lessee), $100,530,
The town officers elected in 1894 are: Supervisor, Wm. N. Dean ; B. A. Bamber, town clerk ; C. M. Hard, B. F. Van Camp, A. D. Reed, assessors ; H. B. Wilson, collector; Hiram Jerome, highway commis-
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sioner ; W. N. Dean, R. W. Harris, William Kenyon, Isaac N. Stebbins, justices of the peace.
WATERPORT .- This is the largest business place in Carlton, is pleasantly situated at the junction of Otter and Oak Orchard Creeks, and contains a post-office, two general stores, a hardware store, a drug store, a notion store, one hotel and livery, a jewelry shop, two black- smiths, a meat market, a harness shop, one cooperage, a foundry and agricultural implement manufactory, a warehouse and coal yard, one grist mill, a saw mill, one church, a union school (of which Prof. A. W. Behrend is principal), a physician, and a population of about 250. The present postmaster, Albert M. Ives, was appointed September 11, 1893 ; he succeeded R. W. Harris. The station on the R., W. & O. Railroad is located on the opposite side of Oak Orchard Creek about half a mile north. The flouring mill of Woods & Lum, situated near the railroad, was built by Robert Rackham, who finally sold it to Nelson Clark. Upon the death of the latter it became the property of his sons, Lyman and Oliver Clark, who sold it to A. W. Woods and George F. Lum in the spring of 1889. The mill is run by water power and has a capacity of 100 barrels of flour every twenty-four hours.
The Waterport Agricultural Works were established in 1873 by Robinson & Wilder. P. D. Anderson subsequently acquired the inter- est of Mr. Wilder and a year afterward became sole owner. In 1886 he sold the business to D. D. Bromley, who, on January 1, 1894, took his son in as a partner, under the firm name of D. D. Bromley & Son. They do general foundry work and manufacture all kinds of agricul- tural implements.
CARLTON (locally and perhaps better known as Two Bridges)-Is located at the junction of Marsh Creek with Oak Orchard, a mile south from Lake Ontario. It contains a post-office, one general store, a hotel and livery, two blacksmiths, one carpenter shop, a public hall, a dry house, one physician, and two churches. The postmaster is James J. Waldron, who succeeded B. D. Fowler February 23, 1894.
KUCKVILLE-So named in honor of Rev. George Kuck, is a post village on Johnson's Creek in the northwest corner of the town, con- taining two stores, a blacksmith shop, and an M. E. Church. The post- master here, Frank A. Warner, was appointed in November, 1893.
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KENYONVILLE .- This hamlet was named from Barber Kenyon, who first settled there and built a grist mill and saw mill. Pleasantly situated on Oak Orchard Creek in the southwest corner of the town, it contains a post-office, one store, a blacksmith and wagon shop, a grist mill, a saw mill, and a union church edifice. B. Aldrich, the present postmas- ter, has held the position since his appointment during Cleveland's first administration. At an early day the place boasted a carding mill. Zebulon Barnum at one time also made wooden plows and carried on the dual business of tailoring and blacksmithing near the village.
SAWYER was formerly known as Curtis's Corners, from John Cur- tis, one of the earliest settlers there. It is a small hamlet, having a store, a blacksmith shop, and a few houses. May 28, 1888, a post- office was established there with H. S. Beardsley as postmaster, who still holds the position. It was named Sawyer from Hon. John G. Sawyer, a member of Congress at that time.
EAST CARLTON post-office was formerly at Martin's Corners, where the East Carlton Baptist Church is located. When the railroad was built through Carlton this post-office was removed to East Carlton Station, three-fourths of a mile south from Martin's Corners. The vil- lage contains two general stores, a blacksmith shop, a warehouse, a cooperage, a livery stable, one physician, and a dealer in agricultural implements, etc. The dwellings and other buildings there present a very neat and tasty appearance, and considerable pride is manifest in their appearance. The present postmaster is Charles A. Weaver, who succeeded S. W. Beardsley.
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