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Added to the foregoing the following are known to have been in business prior to 1845: W. Kenyon, O. H. Allerton, E. B. Doane & Co., Gray, Bill & Co., A. G. Danieldson, A. T. & H. Blackmar, J. S. Crosby, D. B. Blakely, J. G. Soverhill, A. Anson, Willis Brownell (blacksmith), Dr. C. S. Button, Dr. E. H. Rockwood, and Dr. Philip
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1. Jones. The first brick building was erected by Esbon Blackmar in 1836 and finally became the residence of Orrin Blackmar. The first brick block was built about the same time by Eleazer Mighells and John Church. About 1847 the park was graded and planted to shade trees.
March 9, 1824, a library was organized "at Barnes's Hotel " with James P. Bartle, Joseph A. Miller, Richard P. William, John S. Keep, Cyrus S. Button, Artemus Doane, and Joseph Miller, as trustees. A respectable collection of books was secured and circulated for several years, and when the society dissolved they were transferred to the Union school library.
At East Newark there were two tanneries, long since abandoned, and a shoe shop and tannery formerly operated by Brown, Doolittle & Baldwin. Gibson & Jessup had an agricultural machine shop that was burned in 1837 and rebuilt. Their specialty was threshing machines. Of the earlier merchants were Jesse Owen & Co., L. L. Rose & Co., and L. N. Straw. The locks on the canal at this point early gave the place the name of Lockville. Grorge H. Price has a dry dock there.
The opening of the New York Central Railroad, with a station on the northernmost limits of Newark village, nearly a mile from the busi- ness center, developed settlement in that locality and led to several business interests. Hotels were erected by Gideon Lewis and Thomas Langdon and a third is kept by Sylvester Sandford. A feed mill was built in 1890 by C. A. Stebbins and is now operated by the Reeves Milling Company, of which J. Dupha Reeves is general manager. The firm also operate a flouring mill a mile northeast of the station on the site of the pioneer mill erected by Mr. Reeves's grandfather, Paul Reeves. The latter sold out in 1814, built a mill in Williamson, and died there. Stores are kept by J. A. Sanford and P. G. Lewis, a warehouse by C. H. Perkins & Co., and a large vinegar establishment by the Duffy, Mountfort & Greene Cider Company. The depot here was burned in January, 1894, and rebuilt.
James P. Bartle was the first postmaster in Newark, and had his office on the corner of Main and Canal streets. His successors were Dr. Williams, E. T. Grant, Theodore Menson, Daniel Rusk, R. Lord, Iliram Clark, Elias W. Ford, Joel HI. Prescott, Clark Phillips, W. L. Willett, A. D. Smith, W. H. Nicholoy, and Mitchell Chadwick, the present incumbent. March 15, 1893, a free delivery system was estab- lished, and is the only one in Wayne county. Two mail carriers are
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employed. The posmaster at Arcadia (East Newark) is William II. Sprague, who succeeded John Dillenbeck. It is said that the estab- lishment of the Arcadia office was due to the representation that an "unpassable hill " existed between that part of the village and Newark post-office.
Among the several handsome brick or stone blocks in Newark are the Stever block, erected in 1875; the Blackmar and Herrick blocks, built in 1848; the Frey block, in 1827; the Stuerwald block, in 1883; the Sherman Opera House and block, which was formally opened in November, 1885; and the Brewer block, erected in 1893.
Newark village was incorporated July 21, 1853, but the first election was not held until January 24, 1854, at the Newark Hotel, then kept by Andrew Vanderhoof, at which seventy-seven votes were polled and the following officers chosen; John P. Sahlor, James W. Perrington, James D. Ford, John Daggett, and George H. Middleton, trustees; Stephen Culver, clerk; Fletcher Williams, treasurer; Henry Lusk, collector; David Lamereaux, Charles Ten Brook, and Albert F. Cressey, assessors; John Haight, Hiram Betts, and Samuel R. Tracy, street commission- ers. The first charter election was held March 8, 1854, and the follow- ' ing were elected: John Daggett, George H. Middleton, John P. Sahlor, James D. Ford, and Jesse Owen, trustees; Stephen Culver, clerk; Fletcher Williams, treasurer; Peter, Kipp, collector; David Lamereaux, Jolon Taylor, and E. Darwin Smith, assessors; John Haight, Benjamin F. Wright, and Thomas Palmer street commission- ers; Willis Brownell and Lawrence Hackett, poundmasters. The village was divided into three wards and street districts, and March 23, 1855, . suitable ordinances were adopted. In 1868 a lock-up was built, in 1887 the corporate limits were enlarged, and in 1893 a number of sewers were constructed as an extension of the system. The presidents of the village have been :
John Daggett, 1854-56, II. L. Mundy, 1857, Joel II. Prescott, 1858, Durfee A. Sherman, 1859, James G. Granger, 1860. I. K. Chipps, 1861, John W. Benton, 1862-63,
A. O. Lamereaux, 1864, John S. Cronise, 1865-66, Meade Allerton, 1867, A. C. Bartle, 1868,
Harrison Van Auken, 1869. Oliver Crothers, 1870,
Charles W. Stuart, 1871, Richard H. Palmer, 1872,
Jacob Lusk, 1873,
David F. Wilcox, 1874, Oliver Crothers, 1875, John E. Stuart, 1876,
David F. Wilcox, 1877-78, Charles S. White, 1879, Charles W. Stuart, 1880,
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Wilbur F. Nutten, 1881,
James II. Miller, 1882.
Frederick M. Allerton, 1883,
Henry J. Peirson, 1884,
Emor E. Burleigh, 1885, John Stuerwald, 1886,
Moses F. Hamm, 1887,
Newell E. Landon, 1888,
Hanson A. Gardner, 1889-91.
Thomas Whittleton, 1892,
Augustus A. Young, 1893, John E. Stuart, 1894.
The village officers for 1894 are: John E. Stuart, president; William T. Peirson, Nathaniel Cook, J. B. McDermott, Alois Seigrist, William HI. Kelley, and C. A. Tator, trustees; E. Fred Cowles, clerk ; P. R. Sleight, treasurer; M. W. Plass, collector; H. R. Drake, Thomas K. Langdon and A. H. Vanderbilt, assessors; George Wright and William J. Lawrence, street commissioners; Henry L. Rupert, attorney; Will- iam Jenkins, chief of police.
August 8, 1835, twenty men were appointed to form a fire company and man the fire engine owned by the town, but nine of these declined to serve, and on September 14 nine more were chosen. June 1, 1859, Newark Engine Company No. 1 was organized with fifty members, and with these officers: Clark Mason, foreman; Ira Pratt, assistant foreman; Joel H. Prescott, treasurer; A. I. Bristol, secretary; Arcadia Fire Company, No. 2, was formed at the same date with William E. Olds, foreman; William G. Daggett, assistant foreman; Myron Owen, secretary; T. F. Horton, treasurer; and forty-three firemen. John Matteson was appointed fire warden .. March 29, 1859, two fire engines had been purchased at a cost of $350 each, and Messrs. Sherman and Kemper were appointed a committee to purchase hose, hooks, and ladders as accompanying apparatus. The village appropriated $300 for engine houses and E. T. Grant and Morton Kemper were appointed a building committee; they obtained a five years' lease of Ganargwa Hall. June 17, 1862, a hook and ladder company was formed with thirty members and with Gideon L. Bennett as foreman. In 1862 and 1863 incendiary fires endangered property to such an extent that the village offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of the criminals. July 2, 1879, two Babcock extinguishers were purchased for $650, and in 1886 Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, was organized with fourteen members. In January, 1888, the N. Y. C. Hook and Ladder Company was formed.
In 1864 Joel II. Prescott was chief engineer of the fire department with James D. Ford and John L. Mills as assistants. Among Mr. Prescott's successors have been Charles II. Perkins in 1868, John S. Cronise in 1872, Edwin K. Burns in 1874, J. Stuerwald in 1875, M. J.
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Flynn in 1888, Thomas J. Jenkins in 1889, E. M. Hooper in 1890, Will- iam T. Peirson in 1891, and E. B. Elliot in 1892. The present chief is P. E. Nellis; George Crater, first assistant; William G. Schufelt, sec- ond assistant. The department now consists of Protective Extin- guisher Company No. 1, Deluge Hose Company No. 1, Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, and New York Central Hose Company No. 1.
January 22, 1886, the first steps were inaugurated to construct a vil- lage water supply system, but the matter was held in abeyance until April 18, 1887, when a franchise was granted an out of town company, which erected a stand pipe on Asylum hill and placed the present works in operation in January, 1888. April 18, 1887, a franchise was also granted to construct and maintain an electric light plant, but this was subsequently revoked and another granted to the Newark Electric Light and Power Company, Ltd., on December 21. May 23, 1889, a permanent contract was signed for the maintenance of forty are street lamps, which number has since been increased to fifty-two. H. A. Gardner is the local superintendent of both concerns.
The First National Bank of Newark is derived from the old Bank of Newark, an individual enterprise, originating at Palmyra as the Palmyra Bank. It was moved to Newark by Fletcher Williams, the veteran banker, and with himself as president, and Lambert MeCain as cashier, business was commenced in the store of Rockwell Stone, north of the canal. The building now in use, on the west side of Main, street, was leased for a time, and on expiration of the lease was purchased The bank was organized in March, 1864, with the following Board of Direc- tors: Fletcher Williams, A. Ford Williams, Joseph A. Miller, Eliab T. Grant, jr., Samuel S. Morley, and Anna D. Williams. Fletcher Williams was chosen president and has ever since served in that capacity. A. Ford Williams was cashier till June 6, 1865, when he was succeeded by E. T. Grant, jr., who resigned April 1, 1869, and was followed by Byron Thomas. Mr. Thomas subsequently resigned and was in turn succeeded by E. T. Grant, the present cashier. Mrs. Sarah II. Williams is vice- president and Miss Lillian Eggleston is assistant cashier. The capital is $50,000. The present directors are: Fletcher Williams, Mrs. Sarah II. Williams, Joel HI. Prescott, Byron Thomas and E. T. Grant.
Peirson & Perkins's private bank was started by S. S. Peirson, and E. P. Soverhill in October, 1866. In December, 1867, the latter sold his interest to Henry R. Peirson and five years later C. HI. Perkins relin-
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quished his law practice and bought out the last named partners. Besides a general banking business the firm deals extensively in produce, etc.
Vary & Sleight started their private bank in 1887 and have occupied the present quarters since 1892.
The New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women .- The history of the Custodial Asylum dates from 1878, when, as a result of the efforts of the State Board of Charities " to establish a custodial institution for unteachable idiots and feeble-minded persons," the Leg- islature made provisions to open a department for feeble-minded gins and young women, under the direction and control of the Trustees of the New York Asylum for Idiots at Syracuse. The institution was opened September 3, 1878, as a branch of the New York Asylum for Idiots, with two inmates, the late C. C. Warner as superintendent, and his wife as matron. The sum of $18,000 was appropriated for the pur- pose, and before November a building had been rented and twenty-seven inmates received. This building forms the middle one of the present group facing the north, and was originally built for a theological insti- tute. In 1881 the usefulness of the asylum had become so marked and well recognized by State and county officials that a committee was ap- pointed, consisting of the comptroller, superintendent of public instruc- tion, and trustees of the Idiot Asylum, to determine whether the prop- erty should be purchased or the lease continued. They recommended that the institution be permanently established. In 1884 Hon. S. S. Peirson and in 1885 Hon. E. K. Burnham represented the district in the Assembly, and it is due to their untiring efforts that a bill was passed May 14, 1885, incorporating and permanently establishing the New York State Custodial Asylum at its present commanding location in the village of Newark. Ever since the institution was first projected Mr. Burnham has been one of its most ardent supporters and benefactors.
The first board of trustees appointed by Governor David B. Hill consisted of Hon. David Decker, of Elmira; Rev. M. S. Hard, then of Canandaigua; Darwin Colvin, M. D., of Clyde; Mrs. Lucy W. Butler, of Syracuse: Mrs. Lucien Yeomans, of Walworth; Mrs. E. C. Perkins, of Newark; Charles G. Pomeroy, M. D., of Newark; S. N. Gallup, of Macedon ; and S. S. Peirson, of Newark.
The new board met at the asylum June 5, 1885, and organized with S. S. Peirson, president; Rev. M. S. Hard, secretary; and S. N. Gallup, treasurer. C. C. Warner and his wife were retained as superintendent
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and matron. They resigned in March, 1886, and were succeeded by Mr. and Mrs. W. Landon Willett, who gave place to the present effi- cient incumbents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Winspear, July 5, 1893. Mrs. Yeomans declined the appointment as trustee and Mrs. Helen B. Case, of Rochester, was appointed to the position. In 1887 Dr. Pomeroy died and his place was filled by Hon. E. K. Burnham, In 1886 the east dormitory and boiler house were erected and steam fixtures put in the main and east buildings. In 1888 the laundry was built, and in 1889 the west dormitory was completed. Charles Schuman & Co. were the contractors and builders of all these structures and S. N. Keener the architect, except the laundry. The chapel was finished and dedi- cated June 10, 1890, at which time there were 310 inmates. The hos- pital building, conveniently and pleasantly located at a little distance from the principal group, was completed and occupied February 15, 1893, and the Legislature of that year appropriated $45,000 for main- tenance, $10,000 for the erection of a cottage dormitory (the foundation of which has been laid), and $3,000 for the disposal of sewerage. The location of the Custodial Asylum is one of the most sightly and healthful in Western New York. It commands an extensive view of the surrounding country. The grounds, comprising a little more than forty acres, are beautifully laid out under the supervision of C. H. Perkins, and are planted with trees, shrubs, and flowers. They also contain a well cultivated garden, which furnishes many of the vege- tables used in the institution, and connected with the latter is a pro- ductive greenhouse. Throughout, the buildings are well furnished, comfortably heated and ventilated, and serupulously clean. Most of the work and the making of wearing apparel are performed by the inmates.
According to the last annual report of the trustees, transmitted to the Legislature January 17, 1894, the entire property of the Custodial Asylum was valued at $154, 445.99. The daily average population during the year ending September 30, 1893, was 340; on that date the whole number of inmates was 326; cost of maintenance, $46, 475. 72. The present officers are as follows: Trustees,
Darwin Colvin, M.D., Clyde, Mrs. Eliza C. Perkins, Newark, Hon. E, K. Burnham, Newark, Hon. Silas S. Peirson, Newark, Mrs. Lucy . W. Butler, Syracuse,
Silas N. Gallup, Macedon, Hon. Charles MeLouth, Palmyra, Mrs. Gertrude A. Moss, Rochester, Hon. Daniel Candee, Syracuse.
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Officers of the Board,-Hon. Silas S. Peirson, president; Hon. E. K. Burnham, secretary ; Mrs. Eliza C. Perkins, treasurer.
Executive Committee .-- Dr. Darwin Colvin, Hon. S. S. Peirson, Mrs, E. C. Perkins, Hon. E. K. Burnham, Hon. Charles McLouth.
Resident Officers .- C. W. Winspear, superintendent; Mrs. Gertrude E. Winspear, matron ; M. Alice Brownell, M. D., physician; Miss Kate J. Rahill, assistant matron ; Miss Alice M. Burnett, teacher; Miss Gertrude Hoxie and Miss Amelia Sauter, supervisors.
The Wayne County Preserving Company was founded by Ezra A. . . Edgett in 1856. Mr. Edgett was born in Freehold, N. Y., November 1, 1828, and moved with his parents in 1835 to Camden, N. Y., where he married Harriet Marvin in 1856, when he came to Newark, where he died in January, 1889. He was the pioneer in the canning business in the State, and was very successful. The works were burned in 1872, but were rebuilt and are owned by Mrs. Edgett and Hon. E. K. Burn- ham. Besides this there are in the village the Reed Manufacturing Company, capitalized at $30,000; the foundry and machine shop of Thomas L. Hamer; the lumber and planing establishment of C. Conk- lin and Stephen N. Keener and D. I. Garrison ( Keener & Garrison) ; the nurseries of Charles W. Stuart & Co. (started in 1852), and Jackson & Peirson; the granite and marble works of Lynn Brothers, and others.
The population of Newark village in 1844 was about 1,800; in 1858 it numbered 2,042; in 1875 about 3,000; in 1880, 2, 150; and in 1890, 2,824. It is one of the most progressive villages of Western New York, and in many respects ranks foremost among those of Wayne county. A spirit of enterprise and social advancement is manifest on every hand, while the many attractive residences, handsome blocks, excellent churches and schools, and flourishing industries attest general activity and substantial prosperity.
FAIRVILLE is a post village north of the center of the town, five miles from Newark and about a mile northwest from the station of the same name on the Sodus Point & Southern Railroad. The original owner of the site was Joseph P. Crandall, who built and opened a tavern there many years ago. ITis son was a physician, and an earlier practitioner was Dr. Nicholas. James Bennett operated a tannery for some time, and G. E. Robinson carly kept a store, while P. Fleck had a wagon shop. The place contains two churches, a school house, one or two stores, a hotel, blacksmith shop, mint still, and about 160 inhabitants. The postmaster is Henry Brier.
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Railroad in the northeast corner of the town. The postmaster is John MeNamara, who succeeded C. S. Schufeldt.
MARBLETOWN is a rural hamlet in the southeast part of Arcadia, on Trout Run, and formerly contained a church, which was moved to Newark.
HYDEVH.LE, a small settlement lying northwest of Newark, is chiefly noted as the birthplace of what became the Rochester rappings and spiritualism, as heretofore mentioned. It is now merely a cluster of houses.
CHURCHES .- The present town of Arcadia originally comprised a part of the old Seneca Circuit of Methodism, which dates back to 1796, but the first ministers that traversed our limits probably came in 1801, their names being James and Josiah Wilkinson. Smith Weeks and John Billings were the circuit riders of 1802-3, and Roger Benton (the black- smith) and Sylvester Hill performed these duties in 1804-5. In 1805 Mr. Benton's health failed and in 1806 he settled permanently in Newark, in which year the Lyons circuit was formed and his house became and continued a regular appointment until 1815, when the first M. E. church in town was erected on his farm on the site of the present Newark cemetery, the frame being raised October 1, of that year, under the circuit pastorship of Rev. Daniel Barnes. The edifice was dedicated June 22, 1816, and the builders were: Roger Benton, Jeremiah Lusk, the families of Luce and Stansell, Ezra Lambright, Henry Cronise, and Messrs. Winters and Aldrich. The structure was used for about twelve years, when it was converted into a dwelling and a second building erected near the center of the village, among its builders being Roger Benton, John L, Kipp, Joseph Miller, Henry Cronise, Minor Trowbridge, L. Bostwick, William Stansell, Pinkham Crommett, and Oliver Morley. In 1854, under the pastorship of Rev. J. K. Tuttle, the nucleus of the present church was built on Main street and dedicated. At this time Henry Cronise, Peter P. Kechor, Oliver Morley, John W. Benton, and L. J. Benton were trustees. The edifice was remodeled and rededicated February 1, 1888, by Charles N. Sims, D. D., LL. D., chancellor of Syracuse University. The first parsonage was built on Mr. Benton's farm in 1824. The society now has about 375 members under the pas- toral charge of Rev. J. E. Allen.
The First Presbyterian Church, of Newark, was constituted at the village school house on the 20th of April, 1825, by Revs. Francis Pomeroy and H. P. Strong, with sixty-three numbers, of whom thirty-
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seven were from the Presbyterian Church at East Palmyra. Peter Cook and John G. Kanouse were the first elders. In November, 1826, the first pastor, Rev. Alfred Campbell, was installed and served until September, 1828, when Rev. Peter Kanouse took charge. Among his successors prior to 1850 were Revs. James Boyle, Henry Snyder, J. K. Ware, George W. Elliott, David Cushing, and G. R. H. Shumway (for twenty-five years). The present pastor, Rev. A. Parke Burgess, D. D., assumed charge in March, 1874. The first church edifice, a wooden structure, was erected on the site of the present building in 1822, and to extinguish the indebtedness incurred by its construction Elder Pliny Foster mortgaged his farm for $500. In 1852 this edifice was replaced by another foundation, on which new walls were slowly reared until June, 1853, when a conflagration reduced them to ashes. Rebuilding was immediately commenced and the present structure was completed at a cost of about $18,000, the basement being first occupied January 1, 1854. In 1875 it was enlarged at an expense of $12,000. A Sunday school was organized by members of this denomination in Newark as early as 1814. The society has about 450 members.
The Christian Church of Newark was organized at Marbletown in 1834, and reorganized June 4, 1836, from which date until 1845, Elders E. M. Galloway and Benjamin. Bailey served as pastors. They were followed by Revs. J. C. Burgdurf, S. D. Burdzell, A. S. Langdon, W. T. Canton, G. H. Hibbard, J. C. Burgdurf again, S. B. Bowdish, L. Coffin, Irving Bullock, O. T. Wyman, D. W. Moore, and the present incumbent, Rev. J. W. Wilson, who is also superintendent of the Sun- day school. The Marbletown society finally disbanded, and in 1864 their edifice was taken down and the material brought to Newark, where it was used in the construction of the German Methodist Church on Miller street. A new church society was organized in Newark vil- lage and a house of worship built on the south side of Miller street at a cost of about $5,000. The present membership numbers about seventy- five.
The Baptist Church of East Newark was organized as the Lockville Baptist Church in July, 1834, with twenty-four members. The first pastor was Rev. Moses Rowley. In 1836 a site was purchased, upon which a brick edifice was erected at a cost of $2,500. When the name of that part of Newark village became Arcadia the name of the church was changed to correspond, and in December, 1864, when many of its members united with a new society located at the more populous cen.
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ter, the first named title was adopted. The division left sixty-three members; in 1869 the number was eighty. The pastors succeeding Rev. Mr. Rowley were Revs. John Dudley, R. P. Lamb, Joseph Spoor, David Bellamy, L. O. Grinnell, William Roney, Sidney Wilder, and Joseph B. Vrooman, under whom the division occurred. The society eventually went down and the property was sold to the Dutch Reform Church.
The First Universalist Society of Newark was organized August ?, 1837, with forty-nine members. The same year a brick edifice was erected at a cost of $5,000. The church was legally organized in May, 1842, by D. K. Lee, with twenty-one members, and the house of wor- ship was used until January, 1871, when it was sold. That year the present structure was built at an expense of $15,000, and dedicated March 13, 1872, the first pastor officiating being Rev. George B. Stock- ing. The pastors of the old church were Revs. Kneeland Townsend, Henry Roberts, D. K. Lee, E. W. Locke, J. J. Austin, D. C. Tomlin- son, C. A. Skinner, S. L. Rorapaugh, A. Kelsey, R. Fiske, L. C. Brown, C. Fleuhrer, and W. B. Randolph. The society has about sixty members under the pastoral care of Rev. James P. Curtis.
The Reformed Dutch Church of East Newark was organized prior to 1844, at which time Rev. William Turner was pastor, and in which year it numbered thirty members. The society finally weakened and disbanded, but a few years since was reorganized under the same name as a missionary field belonging to the Classis of Rochester and in charge of the Board of Missions of the Reformed Dutch Church of America. The old brick Baptist Church was purchased, and in it both English and Holland services are held regularly. Rev. Jacob Dyk is pastor-elect. The society has about 100 members.
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