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Little was done in the banking line until June 1, 1872, when Edward Evans established a private bank, which passed to Evans, Schwinger & Co. on May 1, 1877. This was succeeded by the State Bank of Tona- wanda, which was organized May 1, 1883, with a capital of $100,000, and with James H. De Graff, president; Edward Evans, vice-president; Benjamin L. Rand, cashier. The German American Bank commenced business August 6, 1888, with a capital of $35,000, which was increased in June, 1889, to $100,000, and in January, 1891, to $200,000. The founder of this bank was Martin Riesterer. The First National Bank was organized March 27, 1893, with a capital of $100,000, and with George F. Rand, president; Alexander C. Campbell, vice-president, and Henry P. Smith, cashier.
The Tonawanda Gas Light Company, incorporated September 29, 1884, with a capital of $60,000, supplies both places. An electric light system was inaugurated by the Tonawanda and Wheatfield Electric Light Company in 1890. An excellent sewerage system was constructed in 1890-91, and since then several streets have been paved. The Tona- wanda City Water Works Company, which was incorporated with a capital of $50,000 in 1885, established a plant in both villages, and in 1894 sold out to the present city of North Tonawanda. A new armory was erected in Tonawanda for the 25th Separate Company, N. G. N. Y., and formally opened February 22, 1897.
Methodism in Tonawanda dates from 1816, when John Foster preached the first sermon at the house of Robert Simson. In 1830 A. H. Tracy donated a lot on South Canal street on which a union church was built. In 1842 a society was organized in North Tonawanda. St. Francis Roman Catholic church was founded in 1850 by Rev. Francis Uhlrich, who, in 1862, caused the erection of a stone edifice. A paro- chial school house was built in 1883. The First Presbyterian church was organized May 29, 1852, and erected a brick edifice adjoining the park. The Church of Christ (Disciples) was organized March 27, 1853; their edifice was built in 1855 and remodeled in 1882. The First Free
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Methodist church was formed in 1860, with fifteen members, and a building erected in 1887. Salem German United Evangelical Protestant church, organized about 1855, built its first edifice in 1857; its present church was completed in 1889; a school house was erected in 1884. This is the largest religious body in town, having upwards of 250 fami- lies. The German Immanuel Lutheran church was built in 1869; this was converted into a school house and a new church was erected in 1878. The Evangelical Association congregation, organized in 1869, built an edifice in 1873. The German Baptist church was formed in December, 1872, and erected a building in 1875-76.
Kenmore is a residence suburb of Buffalo lying just north of the city line in Tonawanda. It contains a park, several fine streets and a num- ber of handsome dwellings, and is connected with Buffalo and Tona- wanda with electric cars. St. Paul's Roman Catholic church was com- menced in 1897.
In the town there are also Laing's Park, Oakland Homestead, Fair- mount, etc., all of which are platted and designed as residence sub- urbs.
TOWN OF WALES.
The town of Wales was formed from the territory of Willink on April 15, 1818, comprising township 9, range 5, of the Holland Company sur- vey, with nominal jurisdiction over the Indian lands opposite that town- ship to the center of the Buffalo Creek Reservation. The town has an area of thirty-six square miles, or 22,600 acres. It is situated on the east line of Erie county, with Aurora on the west, Holland on the south and Marilla on the north. The central branch of the Buffalo Creek (com- monly called Big Buffalo Creek) flows northwesterly across the town. Hunter's Creek flows northerly nearly across the town and empties into Buffalo Creek. Cazenove Creek flows across the southwest corner. The Big Buffalo Creek is bordered by a broad and fertile valley, while a narrower one extends along Hunter's Creek. The greater part of the remainder of the town is high land with gravelly and clayey soil.
The territory of Wales received its first settlers in 1806 in the per- sons of William and Ethan Allen, Amos Clark and William Hoyt. In 1807 Jacob Turner, Nathan Moon and Charles and Alexander Mckay came in. In 1808 Ebenezer and John Holmes, brothers, set- tled on Holmes Hill, where their descendants are still found. Silas Hunter also settled in the town in that year. In 1809 Peleg Havens, Welcome Moore and Isaac Reed were among the newcomers. James
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Wood settled in Wood's Hollow (or Wales Hollow, now Wales village), and Samuel Searls settled where the widow of Thomas Hill now re- sides.
In 1810 Jacob Turner built the first frame house. Alvin Burt, Will- iam A. Burt (his son) and Benjamin Earl were in the town as early as 1810. Isaac Hall settled in 1811 at Hall's Hollow, and with his brother Eli built mills that year, and in the next year built a tavern. Varnum Kenyon, William Carpenter, Nathan M. Mann, Lyman Blackmar and Eli Weed, jr., came in about the same time, the latter locating on Weed's Hill, where his descendants still live.
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Dr. Ira G. Watson settled in 1812 a little north of South Wales and in the same year William Burt opened the first store. John Russell bought a large tract of land in 1813 in the southwest part, on the site of South Wales. In 1815 he sold a part to Aaron Warner; Henry Mon- roe was another purchaser from him. In 1816 Mr. Warner built the Osborn House, which is still standing but not in use as a public house. In 1815 John Cole settled where Lyman Wood lives, and in 1817 Isaac Wightman became a resident. Ira Hall settled in the town in 1818 and established a tannery and shoe shop near his brother's mills. Ste- phen Patch and his three sons also settled that year. Jacob Turner built a grist mill before 1818 at Wood's Hollow. Distilleries were numer- ous in early years, seven being at one time in operation on Buffalo Creek within this town. Other early and prominent settlers were John Cadugan, Frank N. Smith, Thomas Hill, Harry A. Stevens, Chandler Barber, Charles N. Brayton, Orlo Grover, Joseph Charles, James Chal- mers, Elias Dimond, Harding W. Hall, Martin J. and George Keem, S. R. Hall, Samuel Gail, J. W. Waters, Welcome Moore, E. D. Nor- ton, Thomas Stokes, Dennis Sullivan and John Weaver.
The first post-office in this town was opened in 1821 with the name Wales; it was in the store of William A. Burt at Hall's Hollow (now Wales Center). A few years later when James Wood was made post- master, he took the office to Wood's Hollow (now Wales). Another office was established in 1826 at South Wales.
A hotel was built in 1835 a mile west of Hall's Hollow. This has been known as the old Pochel tavern and is still kept open. Mortimer Stevens had a small store near the hotel and in 1843 obtained a post- office there called Wales Center, in which he was the first postmaster; it was removed to Hall's Hollow in 1850.
Numerous saw mills were built in early years along the streams, but
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most of them have disappeared with the forest. There is one in oper- ation at South Wales, and one at Wales Center, with a few portable mills. The character of the agricultural products has changed in com- paratively recent years. Grain growing has largely given place to cheese and butter making. A cheese factory is in operation at Wales and one at South Wales. There is also a butter factory at Wales Cen- ter and the dairy products of the town have an excellent reputation.
Wales Center .- This a small village situated in the northern part of the town. Besides the saw and grist mills here, which are still in existence, a carding mill was built about 1816 and an early distillery, both of which have disappeared. Among the merchants of the past were Jonathan Hall (about 1830), Ethan Allen (1852), Almon Klapp Turner Fuller (about 1844), Stafford Pike, Silas Wright Searls, El- bridge Kent (since 1870), Willard Stevens (1850-60), Benjamin F. Pollard and Eugene Norton.
The hotel of the village was built in 1816 by Isaac Hall and passed through several ownerships to Michael Myers; it was burned in 1882, and rebuit by Mr. Myers; it is now owned by his widow.
The first physician was Dr. Gilbert McBeth, who settled here in 1842; Dr. John McBeth, his brother, came in 1843, and is still a resi- dent, but retired from practice. Other physicians have been Drs. Asa Warren, William Miller, Bradley Goodyear, Gilbert Bridgeman, Charles Hill, J. G. Rowe, M. B. Searls (now of Aurora). There are now in the place three general stores, a hotel, a creamery, and saw and grist mill.
A Baptist church was organized about sixty years ago, and an M. E. church a little earlier. Services were held in school houses and private dwellings until 1846 when a church was erected in which both denomi- nations worshiped.
Wales Village .- This village, situated in the eastern part of the town, has been known as Wood's Hollow and as Wales Hollow. The early grist mill here was owned by various persons at different periods, and in 1846 was set on fire by Elias Brooks, who was imprisoned for the crime. Oliver Patch built the present mill in 1850; it is not now in operation. Early merchants were Warren & Wood, Stephen and Oliver Patch and John Minkle. There are at present two general stores. Jesse Westcott built the first hotel in 1826; it passed through various hands and is still kept. The first physician was a Dr. Richards, about 1832; he was succeeded by Dr. James Ives.
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A Methodist church was organized in 1831 and a house of worship built three years later. A Free Methodist society was organized about 1862.
A Union graded school was inaugurated here in 1896 and a fine two- story frame school house erected that year. It has two departments and two teachers.
South Wales .- This is a small hamlet in the southwest part of the town; it has two general stores. Aaron Warner was the first merchant and kept the first tavern about 1816. There is no hotel in the place at the present time. Past merchants were Clark Warner, Abijah McCall, A. M. Chamberlain, Greenman Smith, Jesse Colby, Lewis L. Butler and William Edwards. Samuel Spooner built a grist mill in 1817-18, and in 1819 Gideon Baker established a tannery; they were on the creek near the Aurora line.
Dr. Ira G. Watson practiced here from 1812 until his death. Other physicians are Dr. Levinus W. Cornwall, A. C. Osborn and his brother, Frank Osborn. A saw mill is in operation here. A Congregational church was organized in 1841 and a house of worship built soon after- wards.
The first town meeting was held in the spring of 1818 at the house of Daniel Rowley, and the following officers elected:
John Cole, supervisor; William A. Burt, town clerk; Charles Blackmar, Henry Morrow and Jared Scott, commissioners of highways; Ethan Allen, Daniel C. Crane and David Hamilton, assessors; Ebenezer Holmes and Jared Scott, poormasters; William Blackmar, collector; William Blackmar and William Hoyt, constables; Ira G. Watson, Timothy Shaw and Calvin Clifford, commissioners of schools; Nathan M. Mann, Isaac Howe and Jesse Durand, inspectors of schools.
The supervisors of Wales, with their years of service, have been as follows:
John Cole, 1818; Ebenezer Holmes, 1819-26; Niles Cole, 1827-29; Moses McArthur, 1830-31; Nathan M. Mann, 1832-37; Elon Virgil, 1838-40; Ira G. Watson, 1841; Elon Virgil, 1842; Isaac Brayton, 1843-44; David S. Warner, 1845-47; James Wood, 1848- 51; Charles A. Sill, 1852-53; David S. Warner, 1854; Harry A. Stevens, 1855-56; Comfort Parsons, 1857; Jared Tiffany, 1858-59; John McBeth, 1860-61; A. G. White, 1862; Clark Hudson, 1863-64; Alonzo Havens, 1865-69; Turner Fuller, 1870; Ed- ward Leigh, 1871; Charles N. Brayton, 1872-76; Eugene Norton, 1877-80; Frank Osborn, 1881-82; Sylvester R. Hall, 1883: Martin Keem, 1884; Charles N. Brayton, 1885-91; A. G. White, 1892; L. T. Hill, 1893-94; James Allen, 1895-97.
TOWN OF WEST SENECA.
This town was formed from Cheektowaga and Hamburg on the 16th of October, 1851, with the name Seneca, which was changed in the
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spring of 1852 to West Seneca. It lies wholly within the old Buffalo Creek Indian Reservation, which was not opened to white settlement until 1842, when it was sold to the Ogden Land Company. It is bounded on the north by Buffalo and Cheektowaga, on the east by Elma, on the south by East Hamburg and Hamburg, and on the west by Lake Erie and the city of Buffalo. It contains 17,564 acres. The soil is generally a gravelly loam. The surface is level or gently undulating, and is drained by Big Buffalo Creek in the northern part, Cazenove Creek in the central part, and Smokes Creek in the southwestern part. The principal industry is farming and the raising of garden truck for the Buffalo market.
The first town clerk was Morgan L. Whitney. The following are the names of the supervisors of West Seneca, with their years of ser- vice :
Levi Ballou, 1852; Erasmus Briggs, 1853-55: Levi Ballou, 1856; Aaron Pierce, 1857-58; John G. Langner, 1859-61; Nelson Reed, 1862; Richard Caldwell, 1863-64; Charles A. James, 1865-66; Aaron Pierce, 1867-70; Nelson Reed, 1871-73; Victor Irr, 1874-76; William A. Pratt, 1877-80; Henry Kirkover, 1881-83; Arnold Pierce, 1884; Ferdinand Kappler, 1885-86; Charles Schoepflin, 1887-97.
The Indians continued to occupy this territory until about 1844, when they all moved to the Cattaraugus and Allegany Reservations. Many of them had good farms, notably George Jimeson, who was lo- cated on Cazenove Creek. Near him was an Indian council house, while another stood near the city line. Thomas Jimeson had a tavern on the Aurora road inside the city limits. For a few years after 1811 Jabez B. Hyde taught school in this town, and about 1826 Reuben Sackett was permitted to build a frame hotel on the East Hamburg road; this was long known as " the old Sackett stand." In 1829 a mis- sion church was erected north of Cazenove Creek, near the city limits, and remained in charge of Rev. Asher Wright until the removal of the Indians. Among other white people who were permitted to reside on or close to the reservation were Artemas Baker, Peter Beal, Joel Decker, Isaac Earl, George Hopper and John Wells.
About 1843 the Ogden Company sold 5,000 acres of land, and soon afterward 2,622 acres more, lying in the northern and central parts of this town and in the western part of Elma, to three agents who came from Germany as representatives of a religious sect called "The Com- munity of Inspiration." Their tract and settlements here were known as "Ebenezer." These immigrants, numbering about 2,000 persons, mostly from Prussia and Hesse, arrived in 1844 aud 1845 and estab-
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lished the villages of Lower Ebenezer, Middle Ebenezer and Upper Ebenezer. They also built a saw mill, tannery, grist mill and several houses on Cazenove Creek south of Lower Ebenezer, and a mill and factory on Buffalo Creek, calling the latter place New Ebenezer. The chief of this community was Charles Meyer. Various causes finally led them to seek a home elsewhere, and by 1864 the last member of the community had removed to their new tract in Iowa. Their lands here were mainly purchased by Germans; the mills on Cazenove Creek and sixty acres of land were sold to John Saxe for $10,000; the woolen fac- tory at Middle Ebenezer, now Gardenville, was bought by John Schoepflin & Son, who converted it into an establishment for the man- ufacture of horse powers, cider mills, etc. ; the factory at East Eben- ezer was burned.'
Hotel-keeping seems to have been a leading business in the early history of the town. Besides the tavern of Reuben Sackett there were two or three at the junction of the Aurora and East Hamburg roads, where Jesse Westcott, William T. Deuel and others flourished; one on the Abbott road kept by B. D. Hoag, and another, "The House that Jack Built," erected and kept by Robert I. Jackson.
Among the early settlers of the town were:
Richard Caldwell, Samuel Wasson, Arnold Pierce, Victor Irr, Jacob Dole, George Pierce, Willam P. Stambach, Thomas Scott, William Chase, Peter Logan, A. C. Hoag, James Farthing, John Sutton, W. F. Adams, John Stamp, James Kennedy, John Shuttleworth, Michael Crooker, James Whaley, Samuel Stoddard, John Hoerner, Edward Madden, Andrew Leonard, T. Humphreyville, E. Salisbury, L. Farnham, J. Farnham, Aaron Pierce, G. Cogswell, B. White, Nelson Reed, H. Hoag, I. Hoag, D. Baird, H. Felton, J. Bedford, G. Starkweather, Levi Ballou, Morgan L. Whitney. Ira Deuel, H. Frederich, Dr. F. Jost, Erasmus Briggs, W. Tyrer, C. Stephan, E. Madden, William Schudt, J. Davis, J. King, C. White, J. Wirth, M. Covey, J. Rose, P. Metzger, William T. Deuel, Lewis Steelbinger, John Murbach, Adam Koch, Nicholas Steelwheuer.
The Holy Cross Cemetery, situated near the city line, contains 123 acres, and was opened in 1854; a white granite chapel was erected in 1894.
Gardenville, formerly Middle Ebenezer, is situated on Buffalo Creek, in the north center of the town. The factory of John Schoepflin & Son is now owned by Charles F. Schoepflin, who also has a furniture factory and a grist mill there. He is also president and manager of the Buffalo, Gardenville and Ebenezer Electric Railroad, which was built
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between these points in 1896. Among the merchants, past and present, are:
George P. Trier, Trier & Ferrand, Henri L. Ferrand, Frederick Fritz, William Gorenflo, Philip Snyder, Frederick Kellner, Valentine Leibig and Isaac Gerber. George P. Trier was postmaster here many years; he was followed by Frederick Fritz, Edward Oberdrifter and Charles F. Schoepflin.
A graded school building was erected in 1896; Albert E. Cook has been the principal since 1895. The Fourteen Holy Helpers Roman Catholic church was built about 1864 and rebuilt in 1883-84. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church was organized in 1864 and an edifice erected in 1869. Each church maintains a large parochial school. Besides these churches and schools the village contains three stores, a bakery, several hotels, a grist mill, one furniture factory, and an agri- cultural implement manufactory.
Ebenezer is situated near the east center of the town, about a mile south of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad, on which is a station of the same name. A tract of land near the station has been platted and named Greymont. Here also is a foundry built by the Buffalo Drop Forge Company about 1894 and the gas and water meter and bicycle factory established by F. C. Gilfillan about 1893. Ebenezer Village, or Lower Ebeneser, is a small hamlet containing the harness shop of George Pletscher, the store of Charles Wendling, a cider mill, two blacksmith shops, two wagon shops, a graded school, two churches and the Old People's Home of the New York Conference of the Evan- gelical Association, which was established there in 1896. Among former merchants were Nicholas Steelwheuer, Frederick Wendling, Frederick Wendling, jr., and Edward Wendling. Frederick Wendling, sr., was postmaster for many years; the present incumbent is John Metzger. The Evangelical Association church was organized by Rev. Miller in 1860 and the edifice erected in 1865. The German Reformed church was organized in October, 1863; their church was built in 1872.
Reserve is a postal hamlet located in the south part of the town. It was originally known as Schudt's Corners, from William Schudt, a long time merchant and postmaster, who was succeeded in business by his widow. John Roth is another merchant there. The place contains two stores, a few shops and two churches. The Evangelical Lutheran church was organized January 28, 1850. St. Peter's German Evangel- ical church was formed in 1852.
Fast Seneca is a small hamlet in the eastern part of the town, con-
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taining a German Lutheran church, while a little south of there is a German Evangelical church.
Blossom, formerly called Upper Ebenezer, lies on the town line be- tween West Seneca and Elma, and contains a store, two churches, etc.
New Ebenezer, situated east of Gardenville, is merely a rural hamlet.
South Buffalo, or Winchester, is a small village on the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad adjoining the city line. Here, at the sulphur springs, was established the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Home for boys in 1874. It was burned and rebuilt in 1876, and in 1897 a new structure was erected at a cost of $40,000. Excepting this the place is mainly a residence district.
West Seneca, or Limestone Hill, is situated just south of the city of Buffalo, in this town, and is a post-office and station on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, the Erie, the Lake Shore and the Nickel Plate Railroads. It is also connected with Blasdell and Woodlawn Beach by an electric line and with the city by the trolley cars. St. John's Protectory was established here by Bishop Timon in 1864, when it was incorporated as the Society for the Protection of Roman Catholic Children of the City of Buffalo. The first superintendent was Rev. Father Hines, who was succeeded in 1882 by Rev. Nelson H. Baker. St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum, which was organized in Buffalo in 1849, found a permanent home here in 1872; it has been in charge of Sister Elizabeth Wheeler since 1879. The place also contains a Roman Catholic church and parochial school, a store, etc.
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE GERMANS OF ERIE COUNTY.
Extent of German Population-Characteristics of the Germans-Cause of Emigra- tion-Statistics of Immigration-The First Immigrants-German Settlers Outside of Buffalo-The German Press-Amalgamation of Different German Elements-Ger- man Religious Organizations-German Musical Societies-Schools and Educational Institutions-The German Young Men's Association-Benevolent Institutions.
There are at the present time in the city of Buffalo not less than 60,000 naturalized German citizens. If to these is added the num- ber of their immediate descendants who were born here, the figures will exceed 155,000, or more than one-third of the entire popula- tion of the city. In many of the surrounding towns of Erie county the German element is also very large and influential, as the reader will learn further on. It is a well known fact that of all the nationali- ties represented in past immigration to this country, none surpasses the Germans in the essential qualities of good citizenship. Industry, frugality, sobriety and honesty are among the prominent characteris- tics of this nation which have always given them a warm welcome on this side of the Atlantic and which have been cultivated and broadened under the influences of our free government, our institutions and our customs. The Germans are a nation of workers, persevering, me- thodical and conservative, and every branch of industry and trade has felt the impress of their persistent diligence. Nearly all of them are by nature and habit frugal and prudent and a large majority own their homes in the city and country. In political and social life their influence is powerful and, as a rule, is exerted for the public welfare.
It was their unsatisfactory condition in their own country, and the attraction of profitable traffic in this, that called across the ocean the early Dutch immigrants who aided in the colonization of Manhattan Island and the valley of the upper Hudson River. From there they spread westward along the Mohawk and into the Schoharie region, and later into Pennsylvania. Their honorable participation in the Ameri- can war for independence has already been chronicled, in which as
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well as in our later conflicts they and their descendants exhibited patriotism and devotion to their adopted country. The stimulant to later emigration from Southern Germany - Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt-was found in the devastating French wars and subsequent despotic and extravagant rule by petty tyrants, which drove thousands of the German peasantry into exile. Prussia and Northern Germany were also under early despotic rule, but the circumstances of the people were mitigated to such an extent that they were reasonably contented with their situation; for this reason emigra- tion from that region began at a somewhat later date.
It was about the beginning of the second decade of the present cent- ury when the first stray wanderers of this nationality found a home in Erie county. In 1821 only 2,200 Germans came over to America, and up to 1830 there was only one year in which the number reached 15,000. In 1832 the number was 24,000; in 1837 it was 33,000, but in 1843 it fell to 23,000. In 1844 Germany sent over in round numbers 44, 000 emigrants; in 1845, 67,000; in 1848-9, the years of the Revolution, from 80,000 to 90,000; and in 1850 something more than 113,000. It is esti- mated that up to that time these immigrants brought into the country capital to the value of $80,000,000. Immigration from all sources was materially checked by the war of the Rebellion, and in recent years, so far as Germany is concerned, it has fallen into comparative insignifi- cance.
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