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Meyer, Alphonse J., 476; J. A. M., 480; John M., 613
Meyerhoffer, Peter, 611
Meyers, Daniel, 401: Fred G., 533; J. F .. 830; Philip G., 486
Michael, Christian, and son Philip, 495; Henry. 560
Mickle, Herbert. Dr., 748, 785
Middaugh, Martin, early settler at Buf- falo, 121 Middleditch, Matthew, 276 507 Middleton, John, Dr., 749 Milburn, John G., 844
Mile Strip, the State, laid out in lots, 171 and note
Mileham, J. N., 483
Miles, Peter E., 646; Samuel, 581
Militia, the, in 1818, 261 ; officers appoint- ed in the, in 1812, 187
Mill Grove, 491
Millar, Henry B., 499, 503: T. & T. S .. 503
Miller, Abraham, 300; Abraham Dr .. 726, 753; A. J., 578; Benjamin, 399, 495-497, 639; Charles F., 478: Charles G., 560, 831; Christian, 600; Edward B., 495: Emanuel D., 495; Frederick. 154, 160, 172 and note, 184. 259. 645: George B .. 483; G. P., & Co., 578: Henry, 459. 572; Henry B., 459, 479. 480, 613; Herman, 588: Jacob. Dr .. 751: James, 276, 410, 477. 507; James, Col., 247, 252, 253; John, Dr .. 805; John A., Dr., 778, 484; John G .. Dr., 542, 744; John H., 538; Joseph B., 560. 831; Lewis D .. 495: Nicholas J .. 460; Peter P., 482; R. E., Dr .. 748: Robert H., 579; R. S. 571: Samuel, 180. 565: Thomas, 578; William, Dr., 604; W. B .. 805; William P., Capt., 298: William T., 474; W. V., Dr., 744
Millerman, John, 162
Millersport, 520
Milliner, F. H., Dr., 751
Millis, John, 526
Mills, George H., 593; John T., 343. 539; Robert, 480, 481; R. S., 583: William, 288, 303, 317, 458, 582, 646: William I., 481 ; & Anderson, 532
Milring, E. A., Dr., 749
Miner. Julius F., 737, 739, 742, 744, 745. 758-762. 771. 792, 793; W. W .. Dr., 743, 762
Ministers, foreign, from Erie county. 453 Minkle, John, 604 Minor, Asa, 642
Misner, Peter, 596
Missert, Jacob, 488
Mitchell, John, Dr., 728
Mix, Ebenezer, Jacob, 355; Joel, 570
Mixer, Sylvester F., Dr., 477. 728. 729. 731, 732, 741. 742, 744, 753, 755. 757
Moddesit, Welton M., Rev., 396
Moehlau, Ferdinand G., Dr., 750
Moeser. Wilhelm, 624
Moffat, Parley, 558
Mohring, John C., 460
Moll, Michael, 527 Monahan, Bernard, Dr .. 738
Monchow, Gustavus C., 577, 578
Money, scarcity of, before 1812, 182
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Monroe, Allen, 561; Henry, 603
Montcalm, Marquis de, 79-83, 84, 85, 86, 87,90,100
Montcalm's apprehensions and warnings, 86, 87: gloomy prophecy, 1759, 91
Montgomery, Alva, 552; George W., Rev., 858; Henry, 484: James, 583; Robert, 483: W. A. D., Dr., 747; Will- iam White, Rev., 838
Moody, Mary Blair, Dr., 796; Mary J., Dr., 744
Mook, Philip, 570, 572
Moon, Asher, 582; Nathan, 602
Mooney, James, 418, 476
Moore, A. C., 853; E. M., Dr., 771; Gif- ford J., 501 ; Henry, and son Henry F., 501; Jeremiah. 501 ; Reuben, 538; Wel- come, 162, 602; William, 475
Moores, William P., 481
"Moral Society," the, of Buffalo, 173, 174 Moran, Martin, 413 note
Morey, Andrew C., Dr., 738; Benjamin, 578: Benjamin H., 490, 831: Evan A., 831; Evan H., 490; Homer, 567. 569; Jerome B., 566: John F., 566, 569; Na- than, 567, 569; Norris, 389; Vinal L., 566
Morgan. David, 556; Lodowick, Major, 250; William, affair of, 294; William J., 436, 456
Morganstern, Daniel, 413 note
Morris, David J., 546, 547; George, 179, 526; Gouverneur, 267, 268; Horton, Dr., 543: Lorenzo, 783; Robert, Pur- chase, the, 11; Sidney, R., Dr., 721
Morrison, D. A., Dr., 748; James, 161 Morrow, Caspian, R., Dr., 506, 743 Morse, Charles E., 390; David R., 483; Henry, 481. 482; Milton, 334, 347, 510 Morton, Alanson, Elijah and Jeremiah, 277; A. P., 536; O. C., 532; Wendall, 536: William G. T., Dr., 741 Morton's Corners, 536
Moseley, George T., Dr., 785, 805: Will- iam A., 322, 454, 457, 458, 466, 467, 476, 681, 689, 700 Moshel, Henry, 399
Mosher, C. L., Dr., 805, John, 551 ; Will- iam, 535, 639 Moshier, Gideon, 153; Hezekiah, 499 Moss, R. E., Dr., 749 Mossman, James, 583
Moulton, James M., 272; John, 366; John F., 370 note: Warren, 595
Mountpleasant, sr., Captain, statement of, relative to the Holland Company's surveyors, 132
Moyer, John, 350
Muffitt, Horatio P., 510, 512
Mugridge, Edward C., 529: Joseph, 528 Mulford, Henry J., Dr., 749, 785 Mulhall, Thomas, 600
Mullett, James, 476, 681, 704; John, 168, 183
Mumbach, William. 543
Munch. Frederick, 596; Nicholas, 596
Munger, Fowler, 577, 578; Riley, 145. 516, 570
Munn, Asa, 493
Munro, Josiah G., 844
Munson, H. N., Dr., 725: Jesse, 514
Munter. David, 583
Murbach, John. 607
Murder, first, in Buffalo, of John Hewitt. 138; of James Burba. 688; of John Love by the three Thayers, 288, 692 Murder trial, first in the county, 688; of the Three Thayers, 692, 693: of "Tom- my Jinning " (Indian), 689-691
Murphy, E. J., Dr., 748, 778, 779; John C., 832; John W., 459
Murray, H. B., Dr., 600, 742; John C., 585; Peter, 508, 509; William D., Dr., 394, 600, 741, 795
Myer, Albert J., Gen., 455, 776, 795: Charles, 376; Edward J., Dr., 750, 785 Myers, Michael, 604; R. S., Dr., 519, 740, 743, 749
Mynter, Herman, Dr., 743, 778, 784, 785, 787, 789, 793
Naber, Joseph, jr., 589 Nagel, Alexander G., 514
Nash, Daniel, 533, Moses, 582; Samuel. Dr., 532
Nassoy, Eugene, 488 Natural gas as fuel, 437
Nauert, Henry, 481; Heinrich. 624
Neal, Alfred H., 483; Robert, 570
Nedham, Oliver, 532; O). H., Dr., 733
Neidhardt, Karl, 626
Nelson. Richard W., Dr., 735, 738; Will- iam S., 561;
Nesbitt, George W., Dr., 741
Nettleton, Daniel, 351, 577
Neutral Nation, Kaw Kwahs, the, 24
Neuter Nation, the, as descr.bed in the Jesuit Relations, 44
"New Amsterdam," survey of the vil- lage of, 138
New Oregon, 589
Newell, Hiram, 459, 599; William A., Dr., 735
News, Springville, the, 830; Tonawanda, the, 830
"Newsboys' and Bootblacks' Home," 842
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Newspaper, first in the county, 182, 183- 185: second, in Buffalo, 256
Newspapers and periodicals, trade, 828; defunct, 825-827; German and Polish, 825; in 1815, 461 ; in 1818, 462; in 1827, 464: 1828. 465; medical. 828; Polish, Buffalo, 429; of Akron, 584, 832; of Al- den. 490, 831; of Amherst, 832; of An- gola, 552, 832 ; of Aurora, 338, 504, 829; of Depew, 574, 832; of Erie county, influence of. 812; of Hamburg, 560, 831; of Holland, 567. 83 !: of Lancas- ter, 572, 831: of Marilla, 578, 831; of Sardinia, 593, 832: of Springville, 533, 829; of Tonawanda. 600, 830; of Will- iamsville, 496
Newstead, erection of. as Erie, 286: first settlers of, 136; gazetteer of, 579-586; land sales in, 143: list of supervisors of. 580; progress of, 340, 341; schools of, 662; settlers in, in 1802, 138; 145, 151, 156, 162, 176. 580-582
Newman. Amos, 583: E. J., 580, 583; Enos, 583; George G .. 482; Henry L., 584; James M., Dr., 477, 732-739, 755- 757. 782; Leroy, 583; William C., 584: William H. H., 405 note, 410
Newton, Harvey H., 580, 582, 583: J. R .. 550; J. S., 556 : Obadiah, 160, 538; Reu- ben, 160, 538, 562
Niagara county. erection of, 15, 157; first officers of, 158: pititable conditon of. in September, 1812, 198; population of. in 1810, 168
Niagara County Agricultural Society, 272; Medical Society in 1811, 184
Niagara, establishment of port at, 57-59; frontier, peace on (1764-75). 106: the, in 1812, 196, 197: Police District, 413: reoccupation of by the French, 64
Nice, John. 417, 459, 556, 596, 696; & Hickey, 600
Nichell, C. F. A., Dr., 741: Henry, Dr., 738, 742, 744. 745, 758, 759
Nichol, C. F. A., Dr., 760
Nichols. Asher P., 417, 455, 457. 476, 681. 697, 706, 783; Austin W., Dr., 735, 757; David. 337, 500; George W .. 524: John, Dr., 741; L. B., 532; Merritt, 483, 484; Reuben, 278, 591
Nicholson, John, 390 Niemand, C., Dr., 747
Niles, H., 363 note: & Crandall, 533
Noah, Mordecai M., and his Grand Island scheme, 287, 555, 556 Noble, Major. 153
Nolte, William, 495
Nolton, H. G., 370 note
Norris, John, 389; Theodore B., 534 North, Charles. 852; C. J., Mrs .. 805: Olive, Miss, 560; William, 268 North Boston, 509
North Collins, erection of, 377; gazetteer of, 586-590: in 1815-20. 278; list of sup- ervisors of, 590 ; progress in. 349 ; schools of. 661; settlers in. 179. 586; village. 587
North Evans, 553
Northrup, Eli B., 547, 549: Lewis, 546. 547; Stephen, 547
Norton, Anson, 566; Charles B., 172: Charles D., 405, 476, 681, 683. 707. David, 275; Ebenezer F., 258, 269, 295. 454, 458, 464, 700; Eugene, 604, 605: E. D., 603; E. H., Dr., 748; F .. Dr .. 582; Joshua, 542; M. B., Dr .. 734 Nott, Edward S., 560; Ezra, 161, 261 590:
S. E. S. H., Dr., 560, 733, 745, 747 Noyes, Samuel, Dr., 588
Numan, John F ., 392 Nunan, James E., 436
Nutting, Abner, 275
Nuwer, John, 570
"Oak openings," 23
Oatman, David C., 552-554, 685, 832; Ly- man, 459, 550, 552-554
('Bail, Henry (Cornplanter). 215
Oberdrifter, Edward, 608
O'Brian, James, 476, 479. 480: John. 459
O'Brien, E. C. W .. Dr., 477. 749. 750. 762. 784: John P., 481: J. W., 535; Jules, 459
()'Connell, M. J., Dr., 749 O'Connor, Joseph, 820, 824
()'Day, Daniel, 437. 438 note
Odell, Darius, 511: D. H., 512
Odojewski, John, 428
Oehm, Englehart, 570, 573
Oehmig. Robert. 476
Ogden Company, effects of the sale of land to the, 337
Ogden Company's purchase of Indian reservation lands, 17, 18; second pur- chase of reservation lands, 19, 20
Ogden Purchase, completion of the. 35? O'Grady, Thomas, 480
O'Hara. A. T .. Dr., 751
Old Settlers' Festival, 835 and note Olin, Matthew R .. 592; William, 50S
Olmstead, Charles G., 293, 683, 687, 688. 700; Frederick Law, 418; Nathaniel R., Dr., 721
Onondagas, ezpedition against the, in 1779, 112
Ontario county, erection of, 119
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Orchard Park. 539 Orcott, Daniel H., Dr., 721 Ordner, John, 889, 497 Oriskany, battle of, 111 Orpheus, the Buffalo, 624
Orr, Abner, 566, 569; Alvin, 277; A. M., 566, 567; Charles A., 459, 569, 683 ; George, 482; Robert, 277, 566
Orton, Charles S., 600; S. G., Mrs., 834 Osborn, A. C., Dr., 568, 605; Elias, 186, 257, 261, 458, 463, 499, 500; Frank, Dr., 605; Morris, 557; Stephen, 346, 458, 459, 522, 582, 684
Orborne, Harrison. 840, 582; Lemuel. 156, 581, 585: Mitchell, 340, 582; Nehe- miah, Dr., 796, 803
Osgood, D. R., 572; Thaddeus, Rev., 164
Osthues, Henry, Dr., 751, 786, 787 Ostrander, Amasa K., 559; Peter, 579 Oswald. J. N., 574
Oswego, capture and destruction of, by Montcalm, 80-82; establishment of a fort at, by the English, 65; importance of the post at, 73
Otis, Calvin N., 393 Otto, Charles, 578; Jacob S., 286 Ovens. W. S., 482; Overstocks, Peter, 200 Owen, Jerome P., 438 note
Packard, S. S., 600 Packwood, W. J., Dr., 744 Paddock. Julia, Miss. 387 Page, A., Miss, 642; David, 642 Paige, Wilkenson W .. 380
Paine, Edward, 261, 324, 499, 501, 637; Ira, 155 500; Nehemiah, 531 ; Timothy, 499; Persons & Co., 502: Walter, 155, 500
Palmer, Asa, 177; Everard, 480; Innis, B., 187; George, 362, 380, 381, 382 and note, 834 note: George S., Dr., 748: Job. 155, 186, 507, 550; John. first ho- tel-keeper in Buffalo, 122. 138; Joseph, 587; Joseph R., 643; Rufus C. 362, 383 Palmerton, Durand A., 529; Henry, 17º, 525; Joseph A., 526: Joshua, 179, 52." "Panic meeting," in 1837, 321 Pankow, Charles G .. 476, 484 Parcell, Isaac, Dr., 340, 582
Pardee, Charles W., Mrs., 782, 787 ; Clark, 582
Park. Harrison, 478, 479; Roswell, Dr., 747, 749, 764, 766, 771, 775, 785. 789, 793
Parker, Charles G., 518: Harrison, 542, 543; Homer, 345; H. G., 588; Jared, 112
. Dr., 314, 518, 639; J., 363 note, 570; Lyman, 518; L. P. L .. Dr., 582, 741; Orlando K., Dr., 518, 638, 734, 740, 742; Perry G .. 709: Stephen, 277, 565; T. W., Dr., 742; Washburn, 490; W., Dr .. 570; William W., 600; Zerah, 351, 577;
-, Dr., first physician in Holland, 340; & Harrington, 583
Parkhill, James S., 557 Parkhurst, George, Mrs., 787 Parkinson, William H., 525
Parks, Perry, 560
Parmalee, Joel, 145, 569, 582; Theodore N., 816, 821
Parmely, Lemuel, 180, 508. 545
Parmenter, Elijah, 531; John, Dr., 748, 750, 774, 775, 785, 787
Parsell, Isaac, Dr., 730-732
Parsons, Comfort, . 605; Galusha. 572; Gideon, 186, 531; James W., 481, 482: Johnson, 572; Lorenzo, 535, 639; Ly- man, 183; Samuel V., 484, 505
Partridge & Son, 588
Pask, William, Dr., 748
Patch, Oliver, 275, 344, 604; Stephen, 275, 344, 603, 604; Stephen W., 275: Thompson, 275
Patchen, Aaron D., 365, 370, 769; Almus T .. 482: Talcott, 276, 508
Patchın (Boston Center), 508
Patridge, George W., 484, 485
"Patriot war," the, 329-333
Pattengill, Oliver, 155, 190, 499
Patterson, A. C., Rev., 852; George T., 490, 493 Patteson, R. E., Dr., 749
Pattison, George W .. Dr., 742 Patton, John K., 460, 595, 600
Paul, Abijah, 274, 500; Adam, 274, 338, 506; David, 500, 566; Frederick. 511; James W .. 500: Jonathan, 566; Peter.
406 note, 842; Zoroaster, Dr., 340, 567 Pauley, Nicholas, and son Nicholas, 560 Pavement (hamlet), 575
Paxon, James E., 583; William. 345, 542; William L., 583
Paxson, Abraham, 541; James, 178, 179, 537, 541
Payne. Garret W .. 596; L. S., Col., 597 Peabody, Frank, 536; Joseph, Dr., 732 Peacock, William, description of Buffalo in 1799 by, 128; 138, 270 and note, 297 Peck, John, 186; Joseph, 547; Nelson, Dr., 726
Peckham, Pardon, 160, 569 ; Philip, Capt., 570; Thomas Nye, 569
Peek, Christopher, 499, 549; John S., 542 Peevers, Benjamin A., 460
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Pemberton, William, 542 Penfold, Henry J., 552, 832
Pennell, Emma, Mrs., 583; Ezra, Dr., 583 Pentelow, John, 575
Perigo, Elijah, 531
Perkins, Frank R., 476, 682; Spencer L., 538 Perley, F. M., 560, 831 Perrine, C. O., 600
Perry, Almon, 491 ; Edgar H , 571 ; J. H., Dr., 751; Miles, 479; Oliver H., Com., 211, 212, 219-222; William J., 491; Winslow, 150, 558
Persch, Henry C., 481
Persons, A. E., Dr , 748, 749, 786; Byron D., 504; Charles, 483; Charles P., 339, 502, 637, 684; Gideon, jr., 187: H. C., & Son, 503; Harry H., 501; Henry H., 458, 499, 504; Henry Z., 499, 502, 504; L. F., & Co., 503; Robert, 274, 300, 324, 366, 500, 502, 637
Peters, George, 495; James W., 550; ]. A., Dr., 388, 740, 741, 758, 759. 794: Nathan, 144, 537; Samuel G., 482; Stephen, 179, 525; Theodore C., 475, 476, 681, 814 Peters's Corners, 491
Peterson, Frederick, Dr., 745, 764; Stephen, 525
Pettifoggers, 688, 689
Pettingill, Hıram, 352, 545
Pettit, John A., Dr., 743
Pfanner Brothers, 600
Pfeifer, George F., 480, 612, 626
Pfeil, John, 483
Pfohl, E. N., Dr., 749; Jacob H., 481 Phanner, Frederick, 596
Phelps, Darwin, 502, 637; George E .. 572; Isaac, 458; Isaac, jr., 260, 462, 466, 499, 500; Israel. 187; Israel, jr., 186; Ledyard R., 338; Medyard R., 501; Orson, 777; William C., Dr., 741-745. 761. 764, 774, 785; Zerah. 135, 144, 146; & Gorham Purchase, the, 9-11
Phillips, J. H., 595, 596; William A., 413 note
Physicians, women, 796-800 Pickard, Charles, 519 Pickens, William, 587
Pierce, Aaron, 606, 607, Arnold, 606, 607 ; Arnold, & Son, 563; Caleb, 273, 558; Charles S., 477, 479; George, 607; George M., 557, 560, 561; George N., 842; H. W., 478; Jerome, 805: John, 413 note, 481, 482; Loren, 314, 315, 474; O. C., 560, 563; Pardon, 178, 186, 538, 558; Ray V., 454, 457; W. M., 497
Pierson, Andrew T., 389; Daniel, 501 Pike, Isaiah, 531; James. 531 : Stafford, 604; Uriah D., 531; Zebulon. Gen., 211
Pingrey, Elbert, 533 Pinner, James A., 600
Pitass, John, Rev., 428 and note
Pitcher, Leman H., 526; Milton H., 593
Pitkin, John T., Dr., 748
Pitt, William H., Dr., 778
Pittz, Philip, 514
Pletscher, George, 608
Plimpton, Leman K., 478
Plumb, Joseph H., 399, 459, 525; Ralph. 349, 458, 525, 527, 584
Plumley, A. S., 479, 480
Pohl, Gustave, Dr., 748, 751, 787
Pohlman, Julius, Dr., 748, 763, 775
Politics as affected by the Erie Canal. 268; during the Auti Masonic crusade. 295, 296; just before the war of 1812. 185-187; in 1812, 194; in 1818, 260: in 1836, 322: 361 Political parties, changes in. 452
Pollard, Benjamin F., 604; Captain, 215, 243
Pollitt, William, 591 Polish immigrants, 427-490
Pomeroy. C. R., Rev., 535, 639; Ralph M., 169, 207-209, 240: Robert, 382, 475 Pompelly, H., 381
Pond, Loren, 497
Pontiac's war, 108-105; 553
Pool, S. & E. C., 532
Poole, Cyrus O., 476, 681 ; Rushmore, 325. S. N., Dr., 522 Pope, Thomas, 521 Popple, William, 528
Population, slow increase in after the fi- nancial crisis of 1836-37, 356; 361. 373. 374, 419, 420, 446
Porter, Archibald. 351, 576, 578; August- us, 125. 130, 131, 136, 158, 164, 257. 297. 456, 680, 686; Barton & Co .. 173: George W., 572; James S. 456, 748, 750; John. 563; Moses, Col., 204, 206, 208, 22 ?: Peter B., Maj., 185, 164, 204-206, 212. 215, 216, 217, 219, 221. 222, 240, 242-253. 268, 269, 278, 281, 282, 296, 453-456, 45$, 460, 464, 646; Sanford : 180, 565
Porterville, 578
Post, Abram, 583; E. R., Dr .. 572
Postmaster-general from Erie county. 453
Post-offices, new, 285, 286. 303
Potter, Allen. 344, 417. 456. 588. 540. 658. 696; Bina A., Dr., 148; Cephas L., 540: E. B., Dr., 743; Frank Hamilton, Dr.,
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745, 747, 764, 779, 793; George S., 488; Heman B., 171, 174, 241, 242, 258, 269, 272, 298, 304, 365, 382, 474, 645, 683, 689, 693, 699, 781, 834 note; H. Evans, 532; Irving W., Dr., 750, 751; Isaac, 554; Jacob. 537. 540, 557; John, 559; Joseph, 559: Joshua, 538; Julius H., Dr .. 747, 750; Levi, 459, 539, 540; Milton G., Dr. 741, 742, 778; Nathan- iel, 537; Reuben, 588; Reuben, and sons Joseph and Reuben, 559; Samuel, Dr., 572, 741; Theodore, 508, 532: William Warren, Dr., 392. 745, 747, 750, 764, 765. 775, 785, 793, 794, 828
Pouchot, Captain, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 90, 92-99
Pound, James, 179; John E., 784; Will- iam, 276, 507
Powell, Captain. 115, 118, 120; F. H .. Dr., 749; Frederick W., 583; Joseph, 600
Powers, Asahel, 143, 581; James, 186; Thomas J., 660
Pratt, Benjamin W., 287; Byron, 660; F. M., 480: Gorham F., Dr., 724, 726- 728 784, 738. 742, 753, 754; Hiram, 231, 298, 325, 474. 475. 531, 834; Jacob, 582; John C., 337, 499, 502; J. C., jr., 637; Lucius H., 383. 478: Luther, 531; Ly- man, 345, 542, 543. 545; Pascal P., 287, 381, 417, 418, 657, 690; Peter, 145, 516, 569; Samuel, Capt., and the Indians, 36, 37; arrival of, at Buffalo, 148 and note, 144, 644, 645; Samuel, jr., 163, 164, 684; Samuel F., 369, 478, 657, 834; Samuel F., Mrs., 834; William A., 606; William H., Dr .. 345, 459, 543, 545, 719, 721, 726: & Bond, 503
Prattham, 594
Preiss, Frederick, Dr., 750
Prenatt, A., 482, 483 Prendergast. Martin, 257 Prentice, Judson, 502
Presby, Otis F., 475
Prescott, William C., 479
President of the U. S. from Erie county, 452
Price, Albert, 522 Pride, J. B., 490, 493, 727-729, 732
Prideaux, John, Gen., 92, 93; death of, 94 Prince, Alpheus, Dr., 459, 582, 638, 748, John, 477
Pringle, Charles. Dr., 719, 721
Prior, Frank. 532; James, 583
Proctor. Thomas, Col., mission of, to the western Indians, 120, 121; 130
Propeller, the first, in Buffalo harbor, 360
Property Line, the, 7 Prosser, Erastus S., 457
Protection, village of, 568
Proudfoot, W. P., Dr., 721 Providence Retreat, the, 784, 839 Provident Loan Association, the, 846 Prudden. Samuel S., Dr., 730 Pryor, John H., Dr., 745. 750, 784
Public improvements in 1821-25, 287, 288;
school in Buffalo, important relic relat- ing to the, 644
Pugeot, George, 410
Purcell, Robert, 353, 519
Purdy, S., 362
Pussikofer, G., Dr., 784
Putnam, Harvey W., 456; Jesse, 531; James O., 453, 457, 767, 782, 783, 844; James Wright, Dr., 745, 766, 784, 785, 789; Richard, 538
Pytz, A. S., 542
Quakers in East Hamburg, 154 Quebec, expedition against, 91 Queen Anne's war, 63
Quigley, James E., Rev., 368 and note
Radcliffe, Misses (young ladies seminary), 642
Radford. George Kent, 418
Railroad building after the Rebellion, 407, 408; extension, 1870-80, 419, 421, 422; first, in the county. 318: grade crossings, abolition of, in Buffalo, 436; strikes, 431-433
Railroads, building of, 356; first steps towards building. 303; list of, center- ing at Buffalo, 422 note; organization and construction of, 378, 379; project- ed, 324
Ramsperger, S. J., 485, 486
Rand, Benjamin L .. 601; George F., 601 Randall, Lillian C .. Dr., 150; Nelson, 478 Rankin, Sylvester, Dr., 738, 795 Rano. Charles N., 485
Ransom, Asa, 124, 127 and note; com- missioned first justice of the peace in Erie county, 136; 144, 145, 151, 156, 158, 226, 499, 516, 556, 684; Asa, jr., 516; David, 369 note; Elias, 138, 151, 160, 272, 474, 494, 516, 645; Henry B., first white child born in Erie county, 128: Harry B., Col., 332; 459, 556; Le- vant, 556; Warren G., 534
Rapen, Samuel, 514
Rathbone, J. Henry, Dr., 739; Philan- der, 559, 561, 563
Rathbun. Benjamin, 298, 320, 321 and note, 474; C. F., 542; Charles S., 542, 545; James, 508
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Rathburn, C. S., 545
Rawson, Daniel, 186, 687
Ray, Thomas S., 484, 485
Raymond, Charles H .. Dr., 325, 477, 726- 729, 731; E. R., 551; Irad, 550; Ly- man R., Dr., 552
Raynor, Alonzo, 477; Augustus, 459; John, 571
Rea, Alexander, 259
Read. Edwin M., 584; 832; Lawrence, 274, 505
Real estate, activity in, 425-427 ; specula- tion in 1834-36, 318-321
Rechtenwalt, Peter, 410, 479, 480, 482 Record. Angola, the, 832
Red Jacket, opposition of, to the sale of reservation lands, 17. 18; 36-38, 120, 138, 192, 193; opposition of, to mis- sionaries to the Indians, 174; 193, 240, 243, 690, 691
Redfield, J., and Merrill C., 545
Reed, Charles, 571; Isaac, 162, 602; Israel, 500; John, 533; Nelson 606, 607; Samuel S., 538
Reese, Chester, 587; David, 152 and note, 183, 186
Reeve. John, 550
Regan, Matthew F., Dr., 397
Regents of the University from Erie county, 456
Rehm, George J., 479
Reichert, Charles, 548; L. P., 482
Reid, John, 494, 532
Reiman, Stephen, 842
Reinecke, Fred, 613; & Zesch. 613
Reinheimer, George, 482, 483
Reisch, Peter, and son John, 514
Reist, Daniel, Elias and Jacob, 496; John, 352, 494, 496, 497; Marvin L., 572, 832
Reister, Ferdinand J., 406 note
Religious organizations from 1815 to 1820, 262. 263
Remington, George L., 685
Renner, W. Scott, Dr., 748, 764, 785, 787, 789 Republican, Buffalo, the, 817
Republication party, organization of the, 471
Reserve (hamlet), 608
Retel, M., Dr., 749
Review, Holland, the, 832
Revolution, close of the, 116
Revolutionary war, causes leading to the. 108; results of, 117
Reynolds, A., 369 note: C. H., Dr., 753; Charles J., Dr., 750; David S., 413; George E., 532; Herbert A., 529;
James, 273, 538; N. G., 338, 502: & Caldwell, 523
Rhebaum, George, 824
Rhodes, Anthony, Daniel, and Peter. Rev., 517
Rice, Alfred, 591; Charles S., 565; D. Clark, 438 note: Elihu, 180, 187. 239. 261, 591, 592, 640; Israel. 565: Lloyd, 502, 638; Victor M., 456, 459, 649; William S .. 649, 660
Rich, Andrew J., 781; C. B., 459, 582: F. M., Dr., 748: Gaius B., 358, 365. 383, 384 note, 767; Isaac, 566; Israel. 340
Richards. Arba, Dr., 724: Charles B., Dr., 735; C. W .. 560; Jesse I .. Dr .. 738
Richardson, Alanson, 536; Alfred, 533; Amos, 350; A. E., 543; Elijah, 536; Increase, 180, 565; Harvey W., 501. 504; James H., Dr., 718: Jeremiah, 536; John, 570; William, 384, 394. 485 Richmond, Alonzo, 363 note; Anna, Miss, 179, 531. 639; Dean, 328 note, 382; Frederick, 187, 239, 261, 277, 532, 592, 640; George, 530, 534; George and sons George and Frederick, 160, 590; Jacob, 535; James M., 532; Jewett M., 363 note and note, 486, 487. 805 Rickert, John, 553
Rider, Charles M., 592; James, 459, 592. 593: Jerome, 591; Horace, 180, 591 Riebling, Martin, 624
Riegle, William, 353, 519
Riehl, Walter J., Dr., 149
Riesterer Martin, 596, 601; Martin & Son. 599
Rifle, H. A., 594
Riley, Aaron, Gen .. 324, 459, 500-502, 506, 637; Adam, 366; Bennett, Gen .. 455; Dayton. 565; Dennis, 239; James. and sons, James, Joseph, John O. and Philip D., 565: John O., 566, 569; Joseph, 324, 338, 353, 501, 502, 546, 548; J. & J. O., 502; Philip D., 399. 567-569
Rinebolt, Alsace, 596
Rinewalt, Adam, 495: Adam L., 495- 497, 831, 832
Ring, Charles A., Dr., 744, 750; Will- iam, Dr., 399, 734, 735, 737-743. 756. 758, 759, 765, 784 ; William G., Dr .. 748 Ripley, Eleazer W., 240; General, 242- 253
Risins, J. H., 600
Ritman, John, 561
Rittman, Mathias, and son Abram, 559 Ritten, J., 560
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Road, Middle, or Big Tree, opening of, 141; the State, opening of, 126 Roads and bridges, 287, 288
Roads, effort to improve, in 1811, 184; first. 126, 127; improvement of, 335; plank, 365-367; 1815-17, 259
Robbins, Walter G., 438 note; William, early blacksmith in Buffalo, 126, 144; W. E .. Dr., 748. 785
Robert, John O. G., 487
Roberts, Elijah, 475; Elijah J., 815; James A., 455, 459; John, 277, 510; Leander J., 521, 523; Paul, 478, 479, 595
Robie, John E., Rev .. 388, 824
Robinson, Amos, 350; Daniel, 145, 516, 569; Erasmus D., 478; James, 596; William, Dr., 740; William E .. 821
Robley, Charles C., 593
Rochester, Delancey, Dr., 748, 764, 766, 785, 789; Nathaniel Mrs., 787; Thomas F., Dr., 658, 735-787, 744, 757-759, 761- 763, 772 782, 842: William B., 297
Rochevot, George, 437, 482; Henry, 484 Rockwood, Amos, 508; Ebenezer A., 842 Rodenbach, C., 369 note, 480; Louis, sr., 485
Roeller, George P., 542 Roesch, Louis, 485
Rogers, Albert S., Dr., 742; Bradley D., 484; B. F., Dr., 748; Caleb, 145, 494, 496, 639: Eugene B., 497; E. H., 596; Fill- more, 589; Franklin, 392; G. A., Dr., 738; Henry W., 370 and note, 371 note, 392, 395, 405, 683, 694, 706: James, 484; John, 580; John C., 489, 491; Rich- ard, 596: S. G., Dr., 768; Sherman S., 417, 457, 472, 487, 697, 842, 844; Thomas J., 476; William F., Col., 387, 417, 418, 454, 475, 477; William J., 595, 600; William H., Rev., 535, 639; W. W., Rev., 535; Wilson, 459, 590
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