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R. C. Hoff, the father of Hubbard Hoff, became a merchant here in 1834. The first saw mill on Red Creek was erected by Jacob Snyder
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in 1814; this was carried away in a freshet March 17, 1820; another was built in 1826, and has given place to the present one, owned by William Camp. Mr. Snyder erected the first grist mill on the same stream in 1816, which was subsequently occupied by G. M. Wood. A tannery was built here about 1820 by a Mr. Hale. M. and W. G. Wood also operated a tannery for many years; their old building is now used for a fruit evaporator. The present owners of the two grist mills are Wal- lace Benedict and Homer Campbell.
In 1852 the village was incorporated with an area of one square mile. In the spring of 1874 the records were burned, and the earliest officers obtainable are those elected in 1876, when William O. Wood became president and A. T. Delling clerk. The presidents since then are :
S. II. Hamlin, 1877-78,
James Keesler, 1879,
S. II. Hamlin, 1880,
J. P. Jones, 1881,
B. H. Benedict, 1882,
J. D. Frost, 1883, Abram Harris, 1884-85, G. M. Coplin, 1886-87,
E. Becker, 1888; William II. Milliman, 1889,
Abram Harris, 1890,
C. O. Peterson, 1891,
George D. Barber, 1892,
Patrick Keegon, 1893,
Charles Longyear, 1894.
The officers for 1894 are: Charles Longyear, president; George Long- year, Daniel MeMullen, Jacob D. Covert, George W. Flint, trustees; John S. Smith, clerk; George Robertson, Parson Cooper, George D. Barber, assessors; Amasa Quivey, collector; Patrick Malone, treasurer ; Daniel D. Becker, police justice; Amasa Q. Milliman, police constable ; James Hedges, street commissioner.
William O. Wood established the first banking business in Red Creek and continued it about four years, being succeeded by his son, G. W. He soon gave way to a younger brother and A. M. Green as Wood & Green, who finally discontinued the business. In the fall of 1884 Becker & Hall purchased Wood & Green's safe, etc., and started a private banking establishment, which they still carry on in connection with a large general store.
In the spring of 1874 the business portion of the village was almost entirely devastated by fire. In September, 1878, the stave, saw, and heading mill of James Van Voorhees & Co. was burned, with a loss of $7,000. February 28, 1881, the post-office building and stores were con- sumed, causing a loss of some $16,000. In March, 1891, fire destroyed the brick block on the site on which II. C. Van Alstine is now ( August, 1894) building a handsome structure.
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Red Creek village now contains three general stores, two drug stores, a meat market, two hotels, three liveries, a newspaper and printing of- fice, one furniture and undertaking establishment, one jeweler, five blacksmith and two wagon shops, two milliners, a photograph gallery, one grocery, two lawyers, three physicians, a veterinary surgeon, two warehouses, one lumber and two coal yards, a harness shop, a flour and feed store, two grist mills, a cooperage, a hardware store, saw mill, several fruit evaporators, four churches, the Union Seminary, district school, and about 500 inhabitants. The postmaster is William M. Milliman.
North Wolcott is a small hamlet on the east side of Little Red Creek in the northern part of the town. Minott Mitchell purchased for spec- ulation 3,000 acres, including lots 20, 21, 39, and 40, and in 1836 he built a saw mill on the creek on lot 39. About 1841 Winslow Dodge erected another, and in 1842 John Dow put up a third, which subse- quently became known as the Casterline mill. The first steam saw mill was built by Fowler & Conner in 1864. In 1844 Hiram Blanchard opened a blacksmith shop and about 1865 George Delemater built a store. In 1873 the post-office was established with Nathaniel J. Field as postmaster, who held the office for nineteen years, being succeeded by the present incumbent, D. J. Kyle. Mr. Field became a merchant here about 1873. The first frame house in the locality was built by a Mr. Hill in 1837.
FURNACE VILLAGE, one mile north of Wolcott, contains a saw mill, bed-spring manufactory, and a few houses. A blast furnace was built here about 1823 by Andrew Chapin and conducted under the firm name of Chapin & Parks. They soon abandoned the iron ore bed near by and secured ore from the Red Creek ore bed north of that village. The business was continued until Chapin's death, when the property passed to their former employees, Hendrick & Seymour, who were succeeded by Hendrick & Leavenworth. The furnace has long since been dis- continued.
The First Presbyterian church of Wolcott was founded July 18, 1813, by Revs. Charles Mosier and Henry Axtell, with twenty-three mem- bers, and September ? the society was legally organized "at the school house near Obadiah Adams " by the election of these trustees: Lam- bert Woodruff, Josiah Upson, Jarvis Mudge, Noah Seymour, Jonathan Melvin, and John Wade. Adonijah Church was the first clerk, and the corporation certificate was filed before Judge Jesse Southwick, of
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Seneca county, January 18, 1814. 'The first pastor was Rev. Daniel S. Buttrick; he received an annual salary of $200 and remained about two years. The second pastor was Rev. William Clark. For twelve years meetings were held alternately at the Adams and Cobble Hill school houses. An attempt was made to build a church by subscrip- tion, but without avail, and the result was the erection of one at South Huron and another in the village of Wolcott. The latter was built where Dr. E. H. Draper's residence now stands in 1826, but re- mained unfinished inside until 1832. The first trustees of this church were Alanson Melvin, Abijah Moore, Elisha Plank, John Woodruff, Andrew Chapin, and Merritt Candy; the first pastor was Rev. Nathaniel Merrill. The society had twelve members. In 1852 during the pastorate of Rev. Thomas Wright, a new edifice was built on the site of Newberry & Burton's store; Rev. Mr. Wright preached the last sermon February 11, 1883. The corner stone of the third and present brick structure was laid by the pastor, Rev. William A. Rice, July 6, 1882. It was dedicated free from debt February 15, 1883, and cost complete $16,814, The present pastor, Rev. H. B. Stevenson, as- sumed charge in October, 1889. The society has about 275 members.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Wolcott .- Preaching by circuit riders commenced in this section at a very early date. It was known as the Sodus circuit, and the first quarterly meeting was held at the barn of Daniel Roe on October 9, 1813. The first class in Wolcott was formed in 1833 with these members: L. Millington, leader, Lovina Millington, Nathan and Jerusha Pierce, and a Mrs. Southwick. In 1838 a church was built. This was replaced by the present edifice, the corner stone of which was laid June 29, 1872. It is of brick, was dedi- cated in 1873, and cost about $12,000. The society has about 290 members under the pastoral care of Rev. J. C. B. Moyer. The first preacher located on the original circuit was Rev. Truman Gillett.
The First Baptist church of Wolcott was incorporated June 2, 1835, with twenty-four constitutent members. The first pastor was Rev. Isaac Bucklin, and among his successors have been: Revs. Hiller, D. D. Chittendon, II. P. Stillwell, Barrel, Wadhams, C. A. Skinner, Peter Irving, Garret, Smith, O. P. Meeks, A. HI. Stearns, A. R. Bab- cock, J. J. Hammer, Wm. Furgeson, C. E. Christian, and Abner Mor- rill, the present pastor: The first church was a wood structure which stood on the site of the present handsome edifice. The latter was built in 1880 and dedicated March 4, 1881, by Rev. R. E. Burton. It is of
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brick and cost complete $6,282. The society has about eighty mem- bers.
The Methodist Protestant Church of Wolcott was organized by Rev. Ira Hogan, the first pastor, in 1855, with seven members: Alanson Millington (leader), Henry S. Cornwell (steward), Mrs. H. S. Corn- well, Henry S. Nichols, John and Aurelia Cook, and Walter Paddock. Services were held in a stone church that had been erected by a de- funct Universalist society until 1863, when their present edifice was built at a cost of $3,300; it was consecrated by Rev. James Smith. The present membership is about thirty-five, and the pastor is Rev. Mr. McChesney.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Red Creek .- Of this society the record is as follows: "Red Creek, formerly the eastern part of Rose circuit, was constituted by the appointment of the Rev. Royal Hough- ton, of the Black River annual conference, preacher in charge, at their session held in Syracuse, commencing the 19th day of July, 1843. The society of the station was organized at a meeting of official members held at the church at Red Creek on Saturday, August 12, 1843, and is as follows, viz. : Royal Houghton, preacher in charge; Abiram Skeel and Abel Lyon, local preachers; Aurelius Dykeman, exhorter; Amos Snyder, Harvey Douglass, William G. Brown, John W. Miller, and Anthony Prior, stewards; William G. Brown, recording secretary." Eleven classes were formed, with a membership of ninety-eight. The class leaders were Amos Snyder, Benjamin Jenkins, John Quereau, James Cosgrove, Harvey Douglass, Henry Madan, John Ford, John McArthur, William G. Brown, Silas Nichols, and Jesse Viele. Among the pastors succeeding Rev. Mr. Houghton were Revs. John W: Coope, P. S. Bennett, M. H. Gaylord, D. W. Roney, E. Wheeler, H. Kinsley, John Slee, R. N. Barber, Isaac Turney; B. Alden, George C. Wood, S. B. Crosier, R. Redhead, and C. N. Damen. The society has a neat edifice and also owns a parsonage. They have a membership of about 150. Rev. D. B. Kellogg is pastor.
The Presbyterian Church of Red Creek was regularly organized May 13, 1818, by Rev. William Clark with these members: George B. and Luke T. Brinkerhoff, William Wood, Ebenezer Nale, Samuel Van Fleet, Martin and Saffarine Courtright, John Turner, Jane and Netty Brinker- hoff, Catharine Wood, Hannah Courtright, and Richard Van Fleet. The first officers were: G. B. Brinkerhoff, Luke T. Brinkerhoff, and William Wood, elders; Ebenezer Nale, deacon. The first session was
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held September 12, at the house of George B. Brinkerhoff and Daniel B. Wheeler was received as a member and baptized; thirteen persons also joined by letter. The first church edifice was erected in 1838, and the first meeting in it was held February 2, 1839. The society owns a parsonage, which they built, and has a membership of sixty-five. The present pastor is Rev. A. Nelson.
The Baptist Church of Red Creek was organized in 1841, with about thirty members. The first trustees were William O. Wood, Abram Teachout, and Daniel Dutcher, and meetings were held in the school house several years. About 1847 a church edifice, thirty-two by fifty- six feet, was erected, and subsequently a parsonage was secured. Among the earlier pastors were Revs. J. S. Everingham, Kinney, Amasa Curtis, Ira Bennett, and Ira Dudley. The society has about forty-five members under the pastoral charge of Rev. J. M. Shotwell, whose wife is superintendent of the Sunday school.
St. Thomas's Roman Catholic Church of Red Creek was built in 1875 at a cost of $3,000, the corner stone being laid by Rt. Rev. Bishop McQuaid on October 26, of that year. It is a frame structure and stands on Main street near the depot. The first pastor was Rev. Father King; the present one in charge is Father Ruby, who resides in Cato, Cayuga county. ¿ The parish has about sixty families.
The Methodist Protestant Church of North Wolcott was built in 1863, the first pastor being Rev. Philip Swift. The first meetings of the society, which was organized about 1838, were held in " the shanty " and afterward in the school house. The church subsequently passed to the control of an M. E. society, but later returned again to the Metho- dist Protestants. There are now about 100 worshipers and Rev. W. HI. Church is pastor and superintendent of the Sunday school.
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CHAPTTER XX.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSON.
Williamson was set off from the town of Sodus on February 20, 1802, and until the organization of Wayne county in 1823 comprised a part of the county of Ontario. It was originally known as township No. 14, and its formation included also within its limits the present towns of Marion, Walworth, and Ontario. Ontario (including Walworth) was set off March 27, 1802, and Marion on April 18, 1825, leaving William- son with its present assessed area of 20,256 acres. It is nearly six miles square, and was named from Capt. Charles Williamson, the first agent of the Pultney estate. Originally the town was divided into three tracts, viz. : The Pultney estate, comprising the north, west, and south- west portions, the Hornby tract, the southeast portion, and the Hudson the east part. . The land sold for ten shillings an acre.
Situated on the northern border of Wayne county, west of the cen- ter, this township is bounded on the east by Sodus, on the south by Marion, on the west by Ontario, and on the north by Lake Ontario. From about the center of the town northward, the surface is generally level, sloping toward the lake; on the south it is broken by low ridges. The soil is an alluvial formation. In the northern part it is mainly a sandy loam while in the south it consists largely of clay. Salmon Creek, emptying into the lake at Pultneyville, Mink Creek, in the east- ern part of the town, and a small brook west of these, with a few tribu- taries, afford excellent drainage.
The town is mainly devoted to agricultural pursuits, and in point of productiveness is one of the best in Wayne county. The raising of grain, which formed the chief product in earlier days, has largely been superseded by mixed farming. Large apple orchards, set out a gen- eration ago, still bear abundantly, while pears, peaches, quinces, grapes, etc., are cultivated with considerable profit. During the last decade the growing of raspberries has developed extensively, the acre- age in 1893 being estimated at over 600. The fruit industry has brought into existence numerous evaporators or dry houses, scarcely a farm of any size being without one.
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In several parts of the town iron ore has been produced in paying quantities, but the business of digging it has never been prosecuted to any extent. From the present farm of John P. Bennett, his father, Dr. Josiah Bennett, once took $200 worth of bog ore.
The first thoroughfare in Williamson was the Sodus road running from Geneva via Palmyra and Marion to Sodus Point. It crossed the southeast corner of the town, passed through East Williamson village, and was opened by Capt. Williamson in 1794. The second highway was a road leading through Marion and Williamson villages to Pultney- ville, over the old Indian trail or " post road," and was later known in this town as Jersey street from the fact that many of the settlers along its lines came from New Jersey. The ridge road, running east and west through Williamson, was opened at a later date. Most of the highways were surveyed between 1800 and 1820. Moses Still and Abraham Pratt were road commissioners in the first named year.
Until the completion of the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad (now the R. W. and O.) in 1876 the only means of transportation and travel were by stage or by water from Pultneyville; the advent of this route gave to the town a commercial importance that it has ever since maintained, and opened for its products the best markets of the world. To aid in the construction of this railroad the town was bonded for $60,000. These bonds are practically all paid off, and to-day Williamson enjoys the distinction of being the first town along the route to extinguish the indebtedness incurred for this purpose, the credit for which is mainly due its veteran supervisor, Hon. John P. Bennett.
The first town meeting convened at the dwelling of Timothy Smith in Marion village in March, 1803, when Daniel Douglass, David Hard- ing, Leonard Aldrich, and Henry Lovell were elected assessors; Leonard Aldrich and Stephen Bushnell, commissioners of highways. The tax levy this year was $145 and the wolf bounty aggregated $52.
March 6, 1804, the second town meeting was held at the residence of Daniel Powell in Marion and these officers were chosen: Luke Phelps, supervisor; Daniel Douglass, town clerk; Micajah Harding, Samuel Millett, Samuel O. Caldwell, assessors; Abraham Pratt, constable and collector; S. O. Caldwell and Micajah Harding, overseers of the poor; Jonathan Hill, Henry Lovell, William B. Cogswell, highway commis- sioners; Micajah Harding and Moses Blakesley, fence viewers; Moses Blakesley, pound keeper. Five dollars were voted for every wolf
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killed, four dollars for each bear's head taken, and fifty dollars were to be raised by tax for the destruction of noxious animals in the town.
The following license was issued to John Fuller, June 1, 1807:
A. D. 1807 .- Be it known that we, the commissioners of excise of the town of Williamson, in the county of Ontario, have licensed, and in pursuance of the statute provided in such case do hereby license and permit John Fuller, of the town of Wil- liamson, distiller, to sell by retail any strong or spirituous liquors under five gallons, provided the same be not drank in his house, outhouse, yard, or garden, from the date of these presents until the first Thursday in May next. Given under our hands and seals this first day of June.
CALEB LYON. PARDON DERFEE, WILLIAM ROGERS, Executive Committee.
The name of the first supervisor (1803) cannot be ascertained, and it will also be noticed that the first town meeting was held more than a year after the town was organized. The supervisors since 1804 have been :
Luke Phelps, 1804-6. Caleb Lyon, 1807. Luke Phelps, 1808. Jacob Hallett, 1809-11. S. H. Caldwell, 1812-16. David Eddy, 1817-1820. Russell Whipple, 1821-22. Freoman Hart, 1823. Russell Whipple, 1824-34.
Daniel Grandin, 1845. John Cottrell, 1846-48. William Stautenburg, 1849.
Hiram Gallup, 1850-51.
Hayden W. Curtis, 1852. John S. Todd, 1853.
Henry W. Brownell, 1854. Elias Cady, 1855. William H. Rogers, 1856-59.
Daniel Poppino, 1835-36. John Borrodaile, 1837-38. William Johnson, 1839-40. Jedediah Allen, 1841-44.
Benjamin J. Hance, 1860-74. Washington S. Throop, 1875-78. John P. Bennett, 1879 to 1894 in- clusive.
Town officers for 1894 are: John P. Bennett, supervisor; Frank S. Wilder, town clerk; II. N. Burr, J. A. French, Samuel Lyon, Amasa Cady, justices of the peace; Joseph Hanby, Amos F. Selby, Charles S. Adams, assessors; William A. Coutant, collector; Charles B. Hoag- land, highway commissioner; John J. Lucknor, overseer of the poor
In 1858 there were in Williamson 14,996 acres of improved land, real estate valued at $69,632, 2,552 inhabitants, 495 dwellings, 529 families, 128 frecholders, fourteen school districts, and 791 school children. Agri- cultural statistics, 1858: 991 horses, 1,238 working oxen and calves, 1,037 cows, 7,509 sheep, 1,519 swine, 8,803 bushels winter wheat, 93, - 127 bushels spring wheat, 2,943 tons of hay, 13,835 bushels potatoes,
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32, 702 bushels apples, 91,822 pounds butter, 36, 175 pounds of cheese, and 845 yards domestic cloths.
The assessed valuation of real estate in the town in 1893 was $694, - 849 (equalized, 664,079); value of village and mill property, $196,925, (equalized $167,445); value of personal property, $115,900; total as- sessed valuation, $1,092, 292, (equalized $1,032,012). Schedule of taxes for 1893: Contingent fund, $751.65; poor fund, $500; roads and bridges, $250; schools, $944.24; county tax, $2, 259.19; State tax, $1,244.94 ; insane tax, $321, 17; dog tax $119. Total tax levied, $6,625.41 ; rate per cent, .0060656. The town had a population in 1890 of 2,650, and in 1893 polled 603 votes. In August, 1890, it was redistricted into three election districts; in July, 1891, it was again formed into two election districts.
Settlements were commenced at Pultneyville and Williamson villages following the year 1804. The pioneers were a sturdy class of New Englanders, and as the town filled up they imparted to the community sterling characteristics, which are largely traceable to their descendants and the present inhabitants. By toil, frugality and hardships they cleared off the dense forests, transformed the wilderness into produc- tive farms, and built for themselves and their successors pleasant homes, substantial churches, good schools, thriving villages.
The first white settler in Williamson was "Yankee Bill" Waters, who squatted in 1804 at " Appleblossom Point," on the lake shore, a place that took its name from a few apple trees which he planted. By sailors it was known as "Apple-boom Point" from its resemblance to the boom of a vessel. A hunter living only for the sake of mere living, he remained a few years and suddenly and mysteriously disappeared forever.
It was about 1806 that the first permanent settlers came into town, but accurate data concerning them are deplorably lacking. In fact it is almost impossible to name and locate any comers prior to 1807, in which year Amasa Gibbs, John Sheffield, James S. Seeley, Gardner and Joe! Calhoun, Andrew Stewart, and William Rogers came in. Mr. Gibbs bought 300 acres of lots 61 and 62, which upon his death parsed to his heirs. Seeley located on fifty acres west of Williamson village, and a few years aftewards moved west. Joel Calhoun settled on lot 61 on the Ridge, and his brother Gardner located on lot ?5. Reuben, a grand son of Joel, now resides in town. Andrew Stewart came with his wife and twelve children. A native of Scotland, he first settled in Herki-
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mer county, whence he moved here and located on lot 3. He finally sold to Major William Rogers, an Englishman, who had settled at the Corners. Major Rogers served in the war of 1812, and until 1816 kept hotel here. Some years afterwards he moved to Palmyra, but returned and died in Williamson village. His children, Sophia, Lucy, Harriet, William, jr., and Franklin, survived him. His grandson, George F., lives in town. Major Rogers was very active in inducing his country- men to locate in Williamson.
In 1806 J. W. Hallett was appointed deputy land agent for this town and for his services was given 1,000 acres on the lake shore, includ- ing the site of Pultneyville. He built a log house in that year on a lot recently occupied by Mrs. Samuel Cuyler. He settled in Macedon in 1824. Capt. Samuel Throop located on the site of Pultneyville in 1806, removing thence from Farmington. He navigated Lake Ontario until 1819, when he was drowned from the schooner Nancy while entering Sodus Bay during a gale. . He was originally from Connecticut, was a paymaster in the war of 1812, and sailed the first vessel owned at Pult- neyville.
Jeremiah Selby, a millwright from Connecticut, settled at Pultney- ville soon after 1806 and built there the first saw and grist mill in the town. His sons, Jared, Dyer, and Brainard went west. A grandson, Joseph Church, born in Palmyra, came to live with him when thirteen years old. He was a carpenter here many years.
Matthew Martin settled on the first lot west of Hallett's reservation, which his grandson, Evelyn Cornwall, afterwards owned. Martin was a Pennsylvanian. He was one of the earliest settlers of this town and brought with him the first sheep, cattle and horses. He also planted the first corn and sowed the first wheat in Williamson.
Elder Fairbanks was presented with 100 acres of land by the Pultney estate on condition that he would come here and preach the gospel two years. He came in 1810 and located on his lot in the northeast corner of the town, and thus became the pioneer minister. Upon similar con- ditions Rev. George D. Phelps, an Episcopal clergyman, received a lot and settled just west of Fairbanks. He held two slaves who were emancipated by the law abolishing slavery in this State. From 1813 he continued to preach until a few years before his death. In 1810 William Holling settled the lot next west and John Abel located on the Hallett reservation.
In 1808 Aaron Pratt settled on the northwest lot in the town, where
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he died, and which was long owned by his descendants. The father of Egbert B. Grandin located on the second farm west of Hallett's reser- vation. Egbert B. Grandin was once the editor of the Wayne Sentinel and the publisher of the "Book of Mormon."
On Jersey street the first settlers were a Mr. Conk, who located on the farm afterwards purchased by William Shipman; John Mason, who was drowned at Pultneyville, and who was the father of Charles and Joseph Mason; David Fish and Luther Bristol, who moved west; Joseph Lewis; Thomas Cooper, who died on his homestead; Stephen Fish, who came with his children, David, Isaac, Zolovid, Thomas, Perus, Stephen, jr., Harriet, Charity and Phoebe (Mrs. Stephen Ger- rolds), in 1811; Lyman Seymour, who died in Sodus; Jacob Wilber; Joseph Landin; John White; Silas Nash; Nathan Arnold; Abraham Peer, father of Mrs. Remington Kinyon; Benjamin Waters, who died and was buried on his farm; John Lambert, who went west; Ebenezer Seymour, who sold to Enos Sanford; and Josiah Wilber, James Web- ster, Daniel Hart, Andrew Stewart, William and Joseph Johnson, Timothy Culver and Whitford Hatch.
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