Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, Part 117

Author: Hakes, Harlo, 1823- ed; Aldrich, Lewis Cass. cn
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1180


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had four children: Mary E., Irving W., Charles A., and Ada C. Mr. Shaut has been collector of the town.


Eveland, Daniel, was born April 28, 1837. His father, Jacob Eveland, was born in Pennsylvania, June 14, 1805, and died in June, 1887. In his early day he was known as a river man, pilot on barges, rafts, etc., which business he followed for ten years, after which he bought a farm on Oak Hill and moved there about 1832. In Pennsylvania he married Sophia Kreidler, who was born January 4, 1810, by whom he had nine children: William, Susan Phelps, Peter, Catherine Allen, Daniel, Wes- ley, Harry, Robert P., and Henry N. Daniel Eveland has always followed farming, and he and his wife now own 380 acres of land. In Rogersville, in 1874, he built a beautiful and commodious house, where he now resides. He was town clerk of Dansville in 1876, and has held the office of commissioner of highways for four years, which office he still holds. In Dansville, N. Y., in December, 1858, he married Lydia Ann Bowers, by whom he had three children: Lizzie, who was born June 28, 1860, and married Leroy Kingsley, and they have one child, Verna B., who was born October 26, 1883; Frank U., who was born October 20. 1866, and married Ida May Hartman; and Irwin B., who was born October 29, 1879.


Shaver, Lorenzo, was born October 12, 1849. His grandfather, Peter Shaver, was born at Camillus, N. Y., and died in March, 1882, aged eighty-eight years. He set- tled in East Wayland about 1819, where there were but two neighbors near, Dr. Warren Patchin on the place where Lorenzo now resides, and the Hesses. In 1816 Peter married Eunice Tryon, who was born in Camillus, N. Y., in 1796, by whom he had four sons: Truman, Porter, Stephen, and Enoch, who died in 1880, aged fifty- one years. Stephen Shaver, father of Lorenzo, married Julana Shoots, born in Wayland, in 1828, by whom he had eleven children: Lorenzo, born October 12, 1849; Henry, born in 1850; Parsons, born in 1851; Hosea, born in 1853; Martha Hunt, born in 1855; Electa Rowley, born in 1857; Freeman, bornin 1859; Jonah , born in 1862; Deborah Cole, born in 1867; Bert, born in 1872 He was a blacksmith by trade. Lorenzo Shaver was educated in the district schools of East Wayland, after which he engaged in farming and fruit growing, which business he still follows. He is a member of Wayland Lodge No. 176, I. O. O. F. At Wayland, N. Y., in 1872, he married Eliza, daughter of Foster Weld, born in Cohocton, January 17, 1851, and died in 1883. They had eight children: Viola, born June 5, 1877; Dale, born July 21, 1879; and Alta, born July 1, 1881. Mr. Shaver married for his second wife, Louisa Hurzeler, born at Wayland, May 22, 1860, by whom he has one daughter, Pearl E., born November 12, 1888.


Haag, Nicholas, was born in Avon, N. Y., November 9, 1856, son of Matthias Haag, a native of Germany, who came to America about 1855 and settled at Avon, where he was in the employ of the Erie Railroad Co. as section foreman until 1861, when he came to Cohocton and in 1874 purchased a farm west of the village, where he lived until his death, which occurred in March, 1894. He was a prosperous farmer and a prominent member of St. Pius R. C. church of Cohocton. He married Catherine Geiger, by whom he had one son, Nicholas, who is a successful farmer, a strong Democrat, and a member of St. Pius R. C. church. He married Margaret, daughter of Peter Shults, deceased, of Cohocton.


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Manning, Stanley, was born in Ithaca, Tompkins county, February 23, 1832. John Manning, his father, was a native of Connecticut, and was among the first settlers in the town of Ithaca, and married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Brow of Tompkins county, by whom he had six children: Daniel, Lydia, Richard, Elizabeth, Van, and Stanley. Stanley Manning was educated in the district schools of Ithaca, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns a farm of 125 acres. He married Clara, daughter of Daniel Williams, by whom he had five children: Andrew, Anna, Sidney J., Oliver, and Edith. Mr. Manning has been assessor for three years, is a member of the M. E. church, and in politics is a Democrat.


Goodrich, Franklin N., was born in Pulteney, N. Y., May 8, 1857. Alonzo Good- rich, father of Franklin N., was born in Naples, Ontario county, N. Y., in 1831. He was a carpenter, wagonmaker, and vineyardist, and came to Pulteney about 1852, where he died in 1888. He married Rachel, daughter of Peter McConnell, of Pulte- ney, by whom he had three children: Gertrude, George E., and Franklin N. His wife died in 1872. Franklin N. Goodrich was educated in the common school, and at sixteen years of age he found employment in a basket factory, and when twenty years of age, engaged as clerk in a general store, where he remained until 1887, when he purchased the store and continued the business. In 1888 he erected the fine two- story double brick store, 50 x 120 feet; in one-half of this building he carries on an extensive general merchandise business, in the other part a hardware business is carried on, and the upper portion comprises two large halls, and is leased by the Grand Army Post and Odd Fellows Lodge; he is a member and treasurer of the latter order. In addition to his mercantile business he owns and conducts two large vineyards. In 1880 he married Eugenie S., daughter of Dwight Godfrey, of Pulte- ney, by whom he had three children: Dwight, Grace, and Margaret.


Eveland, Isaac, was born in Wayne, N. Y., May 13, 1848, son of Abel and Matilda (Houck) Eveland, he a native of New Jersey, and she of Wayne, N. Y. In early life Abel Eveland took to the study of law, and has made the practice of law and specu- lating his life work. He has spent a number of years in the West where he now owns considerable property. He now resides at Bradford, N. Y. Isaac Eveland was reared in the village of Bradford. He learned the carpenter's trade when young, which business he followed until 1875, when he bought the farm he now owns and where he has since resided. In 1875 he married Carrie, daughter of James and Eunice Loree of Tyrone. Mr. Eveland is a Democrat in politics, and has been col- lector and justice of the peace, and is now road commissioner. He is a member of Jersey Lodge.


Rubright, C. A., was born in Meilhousen, Prussia, May 14, 1842, and came to America in 1845, locating in Maryland, where his father died on April 8, 1850. In the year 1857 he learned the bricklayer's trade. On December 5, 1865, he was mar- ried to Amelia C. Transue of Easton, Pa., whose grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. They have three children, Carrie M., William C., and Dorman R. Mr. Rubright is at the present time president of the Corning Brick and Terra Cotta Co., and commander of the W. W. Hayt Post, No. 276, Corning. He enlisted in the United States service July 12, 1861, as private in Co. F, 106th Pa. Vol. Inft. to serve three years: re-enlisted on the field in the same company and regiment, wasassigned


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to Gibbons's Division, Second Corps, and participated in the following battles: York- town, Va., April 5 to May 4, 1862; Fair Oaks, May 31 to June 1; Gaines Mills, June 27; Malvern Hill, July 1; Antietam, Md., September 17; Fredericksburg, Va., De- cember 11 to 15; Chancellorsville, May 1 to 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1 to 3; Mine Run, November 26; Petersburg, June 22, 1864. He was home on veteran's furlough during the Wilderness campaign, and rejoined his regiment in front of Cold Harbor. At Petersburg, June 22, 1864, he was wounded by a gunshot in the left leg and also taken prisoner ; was at Andersonville prison, where he was confined until honorably discharged June 7, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.


Lieders, O. F., was born in Berlin, Germany, October 31, 1859. His father, Lud- - wig Lieders, was born in Germany, and died in New York city, in 1876, aged fifty- three years. He emigrated to this country in 1871. His wife Maria, was also born in Germany, and died in New York city in 1877. They had five children: Otto Frederick, as above; Julia, who was born in Berlin, in 1861, wife of John Wittoke, and resides in Detroit, Mich; Emma, who was born in Berlin, in 1862, and resides in Detroit, Mich .; Carl, who was born in London, in 1864, deceased; and Hugo, who was born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1866, and resides in Detroit, Mich. Otto Fred- erick Lieders conducted the hotel known as the Piersons House, at East Aurora, N. Y., one year, after which he became proprietor of the Bryant House, of Wayland from April 1, 1888, to April 1, 1892, and from July 15, 1891, to April, 1895, he con- ducted the Warner House, at Cohocton, N. Y. At that date he returned to Way- land and assumed the proprietorship of the Bryant House. At Wayland, N. Y., May 3, 1885, he married Helena Wolff, born at Savona, N. Y., September 5, 1855, by whom he had four children: Otto, born June 3, 1886; Carl, born September 21, 1887; Julia, born June 3, 1889; and Emma, born November 10, 1891.


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Addison Advertiser, 230 Hill, 307 Record, 231 Addison, town of, 39


first officers of, 41 first settlers of, 40 population of, 42 present officers of, 42 schools of, 44 supervisors of, 41 village of, 303 incorporation of, 305 schools of, 306 Allison, William, 111 Anti-rent convention, list of delegates to the, 28 Arkport, 120, 307 Atlanta, 308 Aulls, William and Thomas, 164 Avoca Advance, 231


Avoca, town of, 44 first officers of, 47 first settlers of, 45 population of, 48 present officers of, 47 schools of, 49 supervisors of, 47 village of, 309


Baker, Samuel, Capt., 66 Baldwin, John, 223 Bank, First National, of Corning, 275 Bar of Steuben county, 214 present, of Steuben, 225 Barnes, Washington, 220 Bartles, Frederick, 171 Philip, 63 Bath Gazette and Genesee Advertiser, 228


Plaindealer, 230 1


Bath, town of, 49 first officers of, 55 first settlers of, 51 justices of the peace of, 56


Bath, population of, 60 present officers of, 57 schools of, 61 settlement of, 49 supervisors of, 56 town clerks of, 56 village of, 243 agricullural society, 251 banks of, 258 centennial celebration, 254


Davenport Home at, 253


fire department, 248 incorporation of, 247 manufactures of, 257 schools of, 249 Soldiers' Home at, 252 view of, in 1804, 245 water works, 249


Bemis, Horace, 224


Benham, William, 150


Bennett, Solomon, 118


Benton, Daniel L., 224


Berry, Charles H., 222


Biven, Joseph, 82


Blake, Dominick Theophilus, 218


Bonham, William E., 220


Bonny, Luke, 154 Bradford, town of, 63 first officers of, 64 first settlers of, 63 population of, 65 present officers of, 65 schools of, 65 supervisors of, 65 village, 311 Brakley, Abraham, 213 George B., 215 Brookins, Benjamin, 111 Brotzman, sr., Nicholas, 130 Brown, Elisha, 118 F. B. & Son, 233 Llewelyn H., 236 Brundage, Abraham, Capt., 187 R. L., 223


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Buchanan, William, 44 Buena Vista, 311 Bunnell, A. H., 235 Burns, 311


Calkins, Frederick, 87


Cameron, Charles, 49


Cameron Mills, 312


Cameron, town of, 66


Dansville, 364


East Troupsburg, 363


Hartsville, 363


Hornby, 377


Howard, 364


village, 312 Campbell, Robert, Rev., 70 jr., Robert, 219 Campbell, town of, 70


first officers of, 72


first settlers of, 71


population of, 72


present officers of, 72 schools of, 73 supervisors of, 72 village, 313


Canal appraiser, 34 commissioner, 34 Canisteo Academy, 314 Tidings, 231 Times, 231 Valley Times, 234 Canisteo, town of, 73


first officers of, 76


first settlers of, 74


hamlets of, 77


population of, 75 present officers of, 76


schools of, 78 supervisors of, 76 villages in, 77 village of, 313


business of, 316 incorporation of, 315 public improvements of, 315 secret societies of, 317


Catawba, 322 Caton, town of, 79 first officers of, 80 first settlers of, 79 population of, 80 present officers of, 80 schools of, 81 supervisors of, 81 village, 318 Champlain, Samuel de, 5. Chatfield, Andrew G., 222 Church, Advent Christian, Fremont, 259 African Methodist Episcopal Zion, Bath, 373


Church, Baptist, Addison, 374 Bath, 372 Bradford, 365 Cameron, 360


Campbell, 361


Canisteo, 358


Caton, 361 Corning, 278


first settlers of, 66 population of, 68 present officers of, 69 schools of, 69 supervisors of, 68


Jasper, 355 Lindley, 378


Painted Post, 377


Prattsburg, 369


South Bradford, 365


Towlesville, 364


Troupsburg, 363


Urbana, 367


Wayne, 365 Catholic, Cameron, 360 Cameron Mills, 378 Campbell, 361 Prattsburg, 370


Christ Episcopal, Corning, 277


Christ Protestant Episcopal, Hor- nellsville, 293


Christian, Cameron, 360 Greenwood, 357 Ingleside, 370 Wayland, 362


Clinton, Thurston, 362


Congregational, Corning, 278


East Avenue Methodist Episcopal Hornellsville, 291


Evangelical Lutheran, Avoca, 375 Fremont Center, 359 Zion, Cohocton, 376


First Baptist, Hornellsville, 294


First Presbyterian, Hornellsville, 291


Free Baptist, Woodhull, 357 Free Methodist, Atlanta, 376 Caton, 361 Corning, 278 Lindley, 378 Freewill Baptist, Troupsburg, 363 Tuscarora, 378 German Evangelical, Wayland, 362 German Lutheran, Corning, 278 Hartshorn Presbyterian, Hornells- ville, 292 Independent, Lindley, 378 Methodist Episcopal, Addison, 374 Avoca, 375 Bath, 371 Cameron, 359 Campbell, 361


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Church, Methodist, Canisteo, 358 Caton, 360 Cohocton, 375 Corning, 277 Dansville, 364 Fremont, 359 Greenwood, 357 Hartsville, 363 Hornby, 377 Howard, 365 Jasper, 356 Lindley, 378


Painted Post, 377


Prattsburg, 369


Rathbone, 378


Rexville, 357


South Bradford, 365 Thurston, 361


Troupsburg, 363 Tuscarora, 378 Urbana, 367


Wayland, 362


Wayne, 365


Wheeler, 368 Woodhull, 356


Methodist Protestant, Arkport, 354 of the Redeemer, Protestant Episco- pal, Addison, 374


of the Sacred Heart, Catholic, 362


Park Methodist Episcopal, Hornells- ville, 290 Presbyterian, Addison, 373 Arkport, 354 Bath, 370


Cameron, 359


Campbell, 361


Canisteo, 358


Caton, 360 Cohocton, 375


Corning, 276


Hammondsport, 367


Hornby, 377


Howard, 364


Jasper, 355 Painted Post, 377 Prattsburg, 368 Wayne, 365


Wheeler, 367


Woodhull, 356


St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal, 366


St. Ann's Catholic, Hornellsville, 292 St. Catherine's Catholic, Addison, 374 St. Gabriel's Catholic, Hammonds- port, 367 St. James' , Episcopal, Hammonds- port, 366


St. Joachim's Catholic, Canisteo, 359


Church, St. John's Protestant Episcopal, Wayne, 365 St. Joseph's Catholic, Wayland, 364 St. Mary's Catholic, Bath, 372 Corning, 278 Rexville, 327 St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Hornellsville, 294


St. Paul's German Lutheran, Cohoc- ton, 376


St. Peter's Catholic, Cohocton, 476


St. Peter's German Lutheran, Per- kinsville, 362


St. Thomas's Protestant Episcopal, Bath, 371


Seventh Day Baptist, Hartsville, 363 South Side Baptist, Hornellsville, 294 South Side Methodist Episcopal, Hor- nellsville, 291 Union Baptist, Woodhull, 356 Universalist, Cohocton, 376 . Dansville, 364 Greenwood, 357 Wesleyan Methodist, Buena Vista, 365 Dyke, 377 Fremont, 359 North Cohocton, 376 West Jasper, 356


Cleland, Jonas, Capt., 187 Cohocton Index, 232


Cohocton, town of 82


first officers of, 84 first settlers of, 82


population of, 86 present officers of, 84 schools of, 87 supervisors of, 84 Valley Times, 232 village of, 318 Columbia Wine Company, the, 327 Controversy between New York and


Massachusetts, 21


Cook, John, 221 Constant, 258


Cooper, George D., 213, 216


Cooper's Plains, 320


Corning Company, the, 260 Corning, city of, 259 banks of, 274 Board of Trade, 274


Brick and Terra Cotta Works of, 272 churches of, 276 court house of, 276 early development of, 262 glass industry at, 270 incorporation of, 267


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Corning, city of, iron works at, 273 manufactures of, 270 officers of, 268 schools of, 268 secret societies of, 278 Southern Tier Mills at, 273 water works, 270 village incorporation of, 265 Democrat, 233 Glass Works." the, 271 Iron Works," 273 Journal, 232 Corning, town of, 87 first settlers of, 89 population of, 91 present officers of, 92 schools of, 93 supervisors of, 92 Coryell, Vincent Matthews, 221 Cotton, Henry G., 222 County clerks, 37 divisions, 30 judges, 36 organizations, 1 treasurers, 38


Court Chancery, 209 Common Pleas, 212 County, 210 houses, 32 of Appeals, 206 Supreme, 207 Supreme, general terms of the, 208 Surrogate's, 212


Courts, evolution of the, 205 Steuben county, 213


Craig, Andrew, 157


Crosby, Benjamin, 118


Cruger, Daniel, Gen., 217 Curtis, 321 Cuyler, William Howe, 217


Daily Press, Hornellsville, 236 Dansville, town of, 94 first officers of, 96 first settlers of, 95 present officers of, 97 schools of, 98 supervisors of, 97


Davenport Home for Female Orphan Children, 253 Dennis, Rodney, 224 De Wolf, T. S., 233 District attorneys, 38 Donahe, Perry S., 220, 228 Dunn, William, 213 Dyke, 321


Early discoveries, 3


East Troupsburg, 321 Edwards, George C., 219 Erwin, Arthur, Col., 99 Erwin, town of, 98


first officers of, 102 first settlers of, 100 population of, 103 present officers of, 102 supervisors of, 102 village, 321


Fairman, Charles G., 229


Faulkner, Daniel P., 94


Fay, Frank A., 231


Ferenbaugh, 321


Ferris, Alfred P., 220


Franklin Academy, 339


Freeman, 321


Fremont, town of, 104


first officers of, 105


first settlers of, 104


hamlets in, 107 population of, 106


present officers of, 105 schools of, 106 supervisors of, 105


French and English rivalry, 6 influence, growth of, 11 power, extinction of, 13 Fulkerson, William M., 143


Gang Mills, 322


Gaylord, Asa, Major, 187


Germania Wine Cellars, the, 327


Gibbs, Anson, 221


Gibson's Landing, 322


Glass works at Corning, 270


Goodhue Lake, 322 Goodhue, Bert, 236


Grants, conflicting, 5


Graves, George R., 222


Green, Phones, 66 Greenhow, W. H., 234 Greenwood, town of, 107 first officers of, 108 first settlers of, 108 population of, 110 present officers of, 109 supervisors of, 109


village, 323


Hadley, Richard, 66 William, 150 Haight, Samuel S., 217 Hakes, Harlo, 224 Hale, John K., 223 Hammond, Samuel H., 219 Hammondsport, 323


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Hammondsport, business of, 328 incorporation of, 325 schools of, 328 wine industry at, 326 Hammondsport Herald, 236


Hammondsport Wine Company, the, 327


Harding, Oliver, 119


Harmonyville (Pulteney P. O.), 329 Harrison, Cuthbert, 219 Hart, Charles N., 112


Hartford Convention, the, 22 Hartsville, town of, 110 first officers of, 112 first settlers of, 111 population of, 112 present officers of, 113 schools of, 113 supervisors of, 113 Hartsville Center (Purdy Creek P. O.), 329


Haskinville, 330


Haverling Union Free school, 250


Hawkes & Co., T. G., 272


Hawley, William M., 223 Heermans, Harry, 268


Herridon, Isaac C., 222 Herron, Joseph, 222 Highup, 330 Hoare & Co., J., 272 Homeopathic Medical Society, Steuben County, 241 Hood, John, Capt., 113 Hooker, Richard, 82 Hornby, town of, 114 first officers of, 115 first settlers of, 114 population of, 115 present officers of, 116 schools of, 117 supervisors of, 116 village, 330 Hornell, George, 120 Hornell Library, the, 296 Hornellsville Academy of Medicine, 242 Hornellsville, city of, 280 banks of, 295 churches of, 289 early growth of, 281 Forty-seventh Separate Co., N. G. S. N. Y., of, 297 government of, 285 Hornell Library at, 296 hotels of, 300 incorporation of, 285 lighting companies, 298 manufactures of, 298 St. James Mercy Hospital at, 286


Hornellsville, city of, schools of, 288 secret societies of, 301 Steuben Sanitarium Association at, 297 water works, 297 Co-operative Loan and Savings Association, 297 Hornellsville Medical and Surgical Asso- ciation, 242 Hornellsville, town of, 118 first officers of, 122 first settlers of, 118 justices of the peace of, 124 population of, 123 present officers of, 125 supervisors of, 123 town clerks of, 124 Hornellsville Tribune, 234 village incorporation of. 284


Hough, E. H., 235 Houghton, jr., Amory, 271 Howard, town of, 126 first officers of, 128 first settlers of, 126 population of, 128 schools of, 129 supervisors of, 128 village, 331 Howell, Edward, 217 William, 219 Howe's Sons, P. C., 236 Hull, Henry H., 229


Indian occupation, evidences of, 19 Ingleside, 331 Iroquois confederacy, 7 Irvine, William, 222


Jamison, John, Capt., 118 Jasper, town of, 130 first officers of, 132 first settlers of, 131 population of, 133 present officers of, 133 supervisors of, 133 village, 331 Jesuits, the, 9 Johnson, Daniel, 182 Sir William, 15 Thomas A., 214 Jury districts, 33 Justices of the Supreme Court, 36


Kanona, 333 Kersey, William, 213, 228 Keuka, 333


Leland, Ziba A., 217


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Lieutenant-Governor, 34 Lindley, town of, 134 first officers of, 138 first settlers of, 136 population of, 139 present officers of, 138 schools of, 139 supervisors of, 138 village, 333 Lindsley, Eleazer, Col., 135, 213


Longwell, Azariah, 222 Lynn, 333


McCall, A. Ellas, 230 Ansel J., 50, 221, 228


McConnell Company, the, 298


McMaster, David, 218 Guy H., 220


Masten, Joseph G., 219


Matthews, Vincent. 218


Maxwell, Hugh, Col., 25


Maynard, John, 222


Medical science, evolution of, 237 Association, Southern Tier Homeo. pathic, 242 Society, Steuben County, 239


Members of assembly, 35


Middlebrook, George N., 222


Missionaries, early, 12


Mitchellsville, 333


Morris, Robert, 26 Mowers, C. B., 231


Nash, Asa and Uriah, 114 Neil's Creek, 333


Newell, H. B., 236


Newspaper, the first, 228


New York and Genesee Land Company, 22 Niagara Genesee Land Company, 22 North Cohocton, 334 North Urbana, 334


Olmstead, Abraham V., 175 Osnicup, James N., 231


Painted Post, 333 " Painted Post," the, 19


Park, R. C., 236 Patterson, Ephraim and Ichabod, 87


Payne, Alvin F., 222


Perkinsville, 337 Phelps, Oliver, 23, 24 Phelps and Gorham Purchase, the, 23 Platt, Henry N., 224 Pleasant Valley Wine Company, the, 327 Port Glen Wine Company, 328 Pratt, George W., Dr., 232


Pratt, Harry H., 233 Joel, Capt., 140 Prattsburg News, 236


Prattsburg, town of, 140 first settlers of, 141


population of, 143 present officers of, 143


schools of, 144 supervisors of, 143 village, 337 Presho, 341


Presidential electors, 34


Proctor, Clarence C., 231


Pulteney and Hornby titles, the, 27


Pulteney, town of, 145 first officers of, 147


first settlers of, 146 population of, 149


present officers of, 147


schools of, 149 1


supervisors, 147


Rathbone, town of, 150 first officers of, 150


first settlers of, 150


population of, 150


present officers of, 150


schools of, 151 supervisors of, 150


Rathboneville, 341


Rathbun, Job B., 104


Read, L. H., 219


Reed, James, Capt., 188


Regiment, Twenty-third, 191 Thirty-fourth, 192 Thirty-fifth, 193


Seventy-eighth, 193


Eighty-sixth, 194


One Hundredth, 196


One Hundred and Second, 197


One Hundred and Seventh, 197


One Hundred and Forty-first, 199


One Hundred and Sixty-first, 200


One Hundred and Seventy-fifth, 201


One Hundred and Seventy-ninth, 202


One Hundred and Eighty-eighth, 202


One Hundred and Eighty-ninth, 202 First Artillery, 204 Fourth, Heavy Artillery, 204


First Veteran, Cavalry, 203 Second Veteran, Cavalry, 203 Sixth Cavalry, 203 Twenty-second Cavalry, 203


Second, Mounted Rifles, 203 Representatives in Congress, 34


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Revolution, after the, 20 Revolution, events preceding the, 15 the Indians in the, 16 Rexville, 342 Reynolds, Thomas J., 223 Rhodes, William C., 228 Rice, Samuel, 40


Risingville, 343 Roberts, Amos, 231 Robinson, Anson, 107 Rochester, William B., 217 Rogers, Henry W., 219 Rogersville, 343 Academy, 343 Root, William, 141 Ross, Stephen, 213 Rowley, Isaac, 79 Jonathan, 188 Ruggles, William B., 220


Rumsey, David, 215 William, 215


St. James Mercy Hospital, 286 Sanford, James, Capt., 187 Saturday Herald, Hornellsville, 235 Savona, 344 Review, 230 School commissioners, 38 Shannon, William E., 188 2


Shapley, John P., 222 Shattuck. S D., 232 Sheriffs, 37 Sherwood, Henry, 222 Silsbee, George C., 231 Simpson, Andrew, 157 Smead, Benjamin, Capt., 228 Soldiers' Home, New York State, 252 Sonora, 345 South Addison, 346 Bradford, 346 Howard, 346 Pulteney, or Bluffport, 346 Troupsburg, 346 Southern Steuben Republican, 236 Tier Homeopathic Medical Associ- ation, 242 Spencer, Ebenezer, 157 George T., 222 State senators, 34 Stephens, Alexander H., 107 Uriah, 118 Mills, 346 Stephenses, the, 74 . Steuben and Allegany Patriot, 228 Steuben, Baron, 31 Steuben county civil list, 34 creation of, 2 first officers of, 32 mmm


Steuben County Homeopathic Medical Society, 241


in the war of 1812, 187 in the war of the Rebellion, 190 Medical Society, 239 organization of, 32 population of, 189 poorhouse, 33 press of, 226 the Indians in, 18


Courier, 229


Democrat, 229 Farmers' Advocate, 228 Messenger, 229 Sanitarium Association, the, 297


Stevens, James H., 224


Strong, Schuyler, 217


Sullivan's expedition, 17


Thomson, Charles H., 221 Thornton, Presley, Major, 58 Thurston, town of, 153


first officers of, 155 first settlers of, 154 population of, 155 present officers of, 155 schools of, 156 supervisors of, 155 village, 347 Towlesville, 347


Tripp, V. L. & R. M., 232 Troup, Robert, Col., 30 Troupsburg, town of, 156 first officers of, 158 first settlers of, 157 population of, 159 schools of, 160 supervisors of, 158 village, 347 Tuscarora, town of, 160 first officers of, 163 first settlers of, 161 population of, 163 present officers of, 163 schools of, 163 supervisors of, 163 Tuttle, Russell M., 235




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