Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York (Volume 1), Part 97

Author: Truman C. White
Publication date: 1898
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Clair, John, 534


Clapp, Almon M., Capt., 332, 333, 453, 459, 504, 814, 821, 829; George, 570, 571; H. H., 821 ; Lewis, 570


Clarence, erection of town of, 158; first town meeting in, 160; first town officers of, 517; gazetteer of, 512-520; land sales in, 143; liquor licenses in, in 1808, 160; list of supervisors of, 517; prog- ress in, 353; schools of. 662; settlers in, 1801 and 1802, 137, 138, 145, 151, 156, 162, 176, 516, 517; village (Clarence Hollow), 518


Clarence Center, 519


Clark, Amos, 155, 602; Benjamin, 160, 569; Charles A .. 391; Charles P., Dr., 750; Edward, Dr .. 477, 745, 748-751; Elam, 340, 547: Elisha, 177; Elon, 567; Ezra, 351, 577; Frederick, 533; F. L., 600; George, 278; George, & Co., 591; Grosvenor, 366; Harvey, 570; Henry, 178; Herbert F., 528; Hiram, 570; Hor- ace, 317, 351, 354, 366, 458, 576, 592. 593, 684, 750; James, 350, 351, 547, 570; Jasper N., 539; John, 459, 557; J. W., 304, 475, 477; Joseph, 570; Lyman, 286; 340, 567. 590; Lucius 1., 532; L. B., 505; Myron H., 460. 559; Philip, 552; ·Seth, 410, 481; Simeon, 276, 346, 541, 109


543; Simeon T., Dr., 778. 779; Stephen, 477; Stephen C., 504; Sylvester, Dr. 719; Thomas, 151, 828 note, 481, 516; Thomas B., Dr., 719; Timothy T., 529; W. B., 594; Willis G., 532


Clarke, Archibald S., 151, 156, 158, 162, 184, 187, 257, 261, 287, 454, 456-458, 461-463, 518, 581. 682, 684, 687, 731; Carl G .. 832; Charles, 573, 781 ; Charles E., 657; Cyrus, 363 note: J. B., 815; Rev. Dr., 405; Walter, 405


Clarksburg, 543


Clary, Joseph, 300, 304, 314, 458, 474. 475, 681, 689, 702


Clemens, Cary, 531 ; Charles A., Dr., 751 ; John, 531 ; Samuel L., 821


Clement, Stephen M., 658


Clements, C., 511


Cleveland, Grover, 414, 452, 455, 472. 473, 475, 658, 684; Jedediah, 178, 531; William, 574


Clicker, John. 519


Clifford, Calvin, 687; Timothy, 549


Clinton, Dewitt, 268, 282, 284, 285; George, 364 note, 460; George De Witt, 359; George W., 365, 395, 405, 417, 456, 475, 676. 697. 707, 763, 767, 781, 838; H. P., Dr., 388, 479, 480; James, Gen., 112; Thomas R., 475, 477


Clor. Michael, 479


Clothier, William P., Dr., 749


Clough. Benjamin, 239; Benjamin I., 187,558


Coakley, John B., 487, 745, 751, 764


Coal traffic, the, 421, 422


Coats Giles K., 362


Coatsworth, Caleb, 350


Cobb, C., Rollin, Dr., 600: Nehemiah,


Rev., 548; Perez, 507, 508; Zenas, 546 Coburn, Theodore, 292, 475


Cochran, Samuel, 161, 187, 348. 531, 533, 535


Cochrane, A. G. C., 325


Cokerell, William, 491


Coe, Bela D., 304, 474, 475; Clifford, S. A., 486-488; Thomas, 494


Coffin, William, 370


Cofran, William, 582


Cogswell, G., 607


Cohen. Bernard, Dr., 748; J. L., 533


Coit. Benjamin B., Dr .. 726; Frank S., 584; George, 170 and note, 270, 288, 292, 370; Gordon C., 834


Colburn, C. J., 523; Edwin M., Dr., 727; John C., 536; Orlin J .. 524


Colby, Ezekiel, 161. 565; Harvey, 180, 565; Jefferson, 565; Jesse, 605; Jona- than, 161; Nathan, 565


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"Cold summer,' the, 257


Colden, gazetteer of, 521-524; in 1815-20, 276; list of supervisors of, 523; prog- ress in, 346; schools of, 662; settlers in, 178, 521; village, 522


Cole. George, 476: Hiram, 344; John, 274, 603, 605; John, Dr., 740; John P., Dr., 788; Miles, 605; Sidney W., Dr., 731; T., 581; William, 547


Colegrove, Bela H., Dr., 278, 354, 459, 480, 591, 592, 720, 722; James B., Dr., 738


Coleman, John, 456 Colie, Samuel D., 480, 481


Collier, C. W., Dr., 740


Collignon, Frank. 482, 483


Collingwood, William D., 485, 486


Collins, first town offiers of, 524: gazet- teer of, 524-529; in 1815-20, 278: list of supervisors of, 525; progress in, 348, 349; schools of, 662; settlers in, 179, 225, 226, 529


Collins and North Collins, settlers in, · 161 ; first births in, 179


Collins, Cattaraugus Reservation in, 526 Collins, Center, 528


Collins Farm Hospital, 805


Collins, A. N., Dr .. 750; George S., 278, 354, 591, 592; John, 547; Thomas, 278, 354, 483, 484, 591


Colt, Judah, 131


Colton, A. J., Dr., 750; Manly, 348, 477, 532, 534, 684; & Badgely, 532


Coltrin, Asa, Dr., 168, 184; William, 150, 186, 537, 558


Colvin, Amos,and sons, 144, 537; Charles, 588; Henry, 588; Luther, 239; Poltis, 559; Sanford G., 186; Stephen, 145, 494 Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo, 814-817 " Commission of the Peace " in 1814, 687 Commissioners of the State Board of Charities from Erie county, 456


Common school system, outline of the act establishing the, 632


"Community of Inspiration," the, 606


Comptrollers from Erie county, 455; of Buffalo, 477


Comstock, Charles A., 478


Conant, George, 502, 637


Concord, gazetter of, 530-536; in 1815-20, 277; list of supervisors of, 532; prog- ress in, 347; setlers in, 178, 180, 530, 531: (post-office), 536


Condon, Israel, Dr., 529, 349 Cone, Henry, 409


Congar, Horace M., Dr., 729, 733-735, 731-740, 753-756, 758-760


Congdon, Benjamin C., Dr., 719, 721,


722; Charles E., Dr., 748, 751: Israel. Dr., 721; J. M., 777


Conger. A. F., 527; Anson G., 459, 525: Moses L., 526


Congressional districts, changes in, 453 Conkey, David S., Dr., 494, 496


Conklin, Miss (infant school), 643


Conley, Walter H., Dr., 783


Conly, Philip, 577; William R., 366 Conners, William J .. 824 and note Constantine, J. W .. 560, 831


Constitution of 1821, officers under the,


586; of 1846, changes made by the, in the election of officers, 367, 467


Constitutional Convention of 1867.


changes effected by, 414


Convention opposed to the extension of slavery. at Buffalo, 468, 469


Cook, Albert E., 608; Eli, 384 and note. 386, 475, 476, 681, 694, 706; Ephraim. 649; Ezekiel, 239, 274, 538; E. G., Dr .. 804; E. W., Col., 534; George W., 592, 593; Ira S., 591; John, 180, 591; Jona- than, 591; Joseph T .. Dr., 805; Lean- der, 277, 565, 566; M. B., Dr .. 748; Peter, and son Norn.an, 526; P. G., 360 note; Raphael. 169; Simson. Dr .. 600; Sylvanus, 531; William, 155, 507. 550; William W., 390


Cooley, Elijah, 599


Coon, Ebenezer, 595; John, 187; Joseph. 496


Cooper, Arthur, 568; C. M., 677: Joseph. 180, 565; Lafayette, 570; Paige E .. 565: Samuel, 161, 180, 186, 531, 565


Cooper's Mills, 568


Copeland, David, Rev., 535, 639


Corbin, David, 180, 550; Dewitt C., 499: Joslyn M., 522


Corliss, Mitchell, 568; Samuel. 568 Cornell, Cyrus, 524


Cornplanter, 120; Half Town and Great Tree, compliments of, to Washington, 117


Cornwall, Levinus W., Dr., 493, 605: Ly- man, 337, 499, 500


Cornwell, Benjamin, Dr .. 748; E. J .. 593; Francis E., 710; Hiram D., 591. 592; William C., 438 note; W. W., 354. 593


Coshway, R. M., Mrs., 600


Cothran, George W., 681


Cott, George F., Dr., 749, 750


Cotter, Timothy. 482, 483


Cottier, Robert, 395


Cotton, Rowland, 144, 146, 154. 159, 186


Coughlin, Cornelius, 460; John J., 487


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Council of Appointment, member of, from Erie county, 456


Counties, erection of, in 1808, 157; orig- inal ten, in New York, 1 County and City Building, the, 699-698 County clerks, 684; officers, first, of Ni- agara county, 158; seat, location of, in 1808, 157; establishment of the, 686; treasurers, 460


Courier, Buffalo, 818-820, 824


Court, Circuit, 677; County, 679-681 ; the first, held in the county, 686, 687; for Correction of Errors and Appeals, 671 ; Municipal, of Buffalo, 681; of Ad- miralty, 670; of Appeals, 678; of Chan- cery, 670; of Common Pleas, colonial, 669, 672, 677, 687; of Oyer and Termin- er, 670; of Sessions, 677 ; Recorder's, 675; Superior, 675-677; Supreme, 672-674, justices from Erie county, 674: Surro- gate's, 682; system under Dutch rule, 665-669


Courts before the Revolution, 669-671; financial side of the. 685, 686; under English domination, 669-672


Court house and jail. completion of, in 1810, 168; the first, 159, 694; the second, 695; the third, 696 Courter, Ralph, 413, 477


Courtney, Maurice, 397


Coventry, Charles B., 390, 767, 771; Wal- ter B., Dr., 782


Covey, Lorenzo D., 340, 459, 580, 582, 583; M., 607; & Wheeler, 585 Cowles, Alvin, Dr., 721


Cox, Elisha, 569


Cramer, John W., Capt., 596


Crandall, G. A., 566; James F., 533; Luke, 179, 525; Merritt, 597; William L., 818


Crane, L. D., Dr., 582; O. P., Dr., 582 Crary, L. P., publisher first city direc- tory, 806; Leonard P., 474


Crawford, Alonzo, 519; A. H., Dr., 742; Samuel M., Dr., 726


Crego, Floyd S., Dr., 645, 747, 748, 764, 779, 784, 785 Cressy, E. H., Mrs., 834


Creswell, John A., 823 Cretsenger, George, and son George, 494 Creveling. J. P., Dr., 747 Criqui, William, 519


Crittenden, 491


Crocker, Andrew, 278; Charles, 523; James, 488, 705, 834; James, Mrs., 834: Samuel, 591; Thomas B., 593, 832 Crockett, M. A., Dr., 749, 751, 785 Cromwell, William, 278, 538


Cronin, Patrick, Rev., 825


Cronk, James, 176, 261, 272, 287, 517, 581, 684, 687


Cronyn, John, Dr., 418, 789, 740, 742-744, 751, 760, 761, 763, 764, 777, 784, 785; J. L. C. Dr., 744, 777


Crook, Asa, 568; Micah B., 289, 500; Si- mon, 500; William, 566


Crooker, James F., 456, 476, 649, 660; Michael, 607


Croop, H. H., 584


Crosby, Clark F., 593; Morton, 591, 592 Cross, E. T., 489; George, 497


Crout, L. F., 498


Crow, John, 134, 142, 144


Crowder, Jacob, 480, 481


Crowe, Thomas M., Dr., 748


Crowell, Anna Fiske, Dr., 799


Crowley, John L., 459


Crown, A. H., 600


Cruice, Daniel. 459, 482


Crump, Benjamin, 521; Robert G., 524 Cuddeback, William H., 476, 682


Cully, David, 136, 581


Culver, Noah, 531


Cummings, F. H., 578: Harlow, 582; Henry P., 584; Hezekiah, 340, 580, 582, 584; John, 143, 144, 154, 478, 557; Lowell M., 533; Palmer, 584; Scott, 533; Uriah, 584; William M., 580, 582 Cummings Akron Cement Works, 584 Cunningham, Henry S., 518; John, 595 Curran, Hiram A., 508, 660; William, 508 Currier, Abner, 156, 261, 535, 640; Chauncey G., 567; William B., 460, 522, 524; & Bolender, 522


Curry, Francis F., 476 Curtenius, John L., 710


Curtin, Thomas, 413 note


Curtis, Charles G., 369 note: Luther, 179. 531; R. J., Dr., 740; Sylvester, 565: William, 571


Curtiss, A. M., Dr. 551, 805; Peter, 477, 478, 834


Cushing, Frank S., 572


Custom house, effort to remove the, from Buffalo to Black Rock, 164-166; re- moval of, to Black Rock, 171


Cutler, Asher, 567; Caleb, and son Will- iam C., 277, 565, 591 ; Ezekiel, 535, 639: G. W., Dr., 748, 853


Cutting, Harmon S., 413, 459, 475, 476, 681 Cwiklinski, Frank, 488


Dabolt, George H., 532 Dagenais, Alphonse, Dr., 742, 764, 766 Daggett, Byron H., Dr., 477, 741, 749, 761, 779, 785


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Dahl, Peter 600 Dailey, Morrill T., 583 Daily Journal, Buffalo, 814, 815 Dain, Thomas, 200 Dake, John, 340, 568


Daley, Martin, 292


Dalrymple, Hattie, Miss, 560


Dalton, John C., jr., Dr., 734, 771, 810


Damainville, Lucien, Dr., 794


Dambach, John, Dr., 743


Dana, Daniel H., 288


Danaby. Michael, 483


Dandy, James H., 394


Danforth, E., 660: Frederick L., 842; William. Dr., 551


Daniels, Charles, 438 note, 455, 674; Clayton, M., Dr., 745, 763, 777; Lyman A., 483, 484


Dann, Edward S., 410, 499, 480,


Danser, E. G., Dr .. 749 Darbee & Peek, 503 Darby, Chester, 500; James G., 501 ; Jed- ediah, 274, 500; John C., 274, 500


Darcy, Charles, 373, 684


Darling, Russell, 177, 500


Darmstadter, William, 488


Darrow, Edward S., 500; Elijah, 500; Henry P., 506; Noyes, 477


Dart, Allen K .. 557, 560; Clark, 557; Horace, 561 ; Joseph, 358, 359 and note, 657; Moses, 178, 559


Davidson, Augustus R., Dr., 744, 747, 749, 762, 763, 777, 778, 793: H. C., 593 Davies, Henry E , 474


Davis, Albert, 545; Augustine, 832; Gar- ritt, 128; George A., 456, 458, 570; Isaac. 163; J., 607; James, 546; James C., 545; Jarvis, 479; Lewis L., Dr., 508; Nathaniel P., 565;Thaddeus, 456; William, 302, 582, 677; William H., 501


Davy, John, 484-486


Daw, Henry, 363 note


Dawes, Julius, 406 note


Daws, William, 482


Day, Benjamin F., 565; Charles, 524; David F., 459, 461. 476, 658, 682; David M., 305, 477, 814, 815; Ebenezer, 853; Elijah, 600; Elijah Van Rensselaer 597; Rodney, 351, 576


Dayton, Charles L., Dr., 477, 482, 735, 740, 757; Herbert. 493; John, 276, 541; Lewis P., Dr., 418, 459, 475, 477, 479- 481, 684, 733, 738, 739, 741


Dean, Stephen, Dr., 722


Dearborn, Henry, Gen., 197, 211, 212, 214 Debus, Philip, 843


Decker, Joel, 342, 606; Smith. 505 Deckhart, Henry, 350


Dee, M. J., 823 Deeter, Daniel, 521 De Glopper, Peter, 556


De Graff. James H., 595, 596


De Haas, Carl, 613


De la Barre's administration, failure of. 55, 56


Delaney, William E., 475


Delano. Jonathan, 341. 582, 583


De la Rochefoucauld-Liaincourt, exper- ience of, at Buffalo's first tavern, 122 Dellenbaugh, Frederick, Dr., 382, 477- 479, 612


Delong, James, 478


Delzer, William, 572


Denhiser, George, 589


Denio, Isaac, 162, 581


Denison, Misses (seminary), 643


Denner, George, 484, 485


Dennis, J. W., 482, 483


Dennison, Daniel, 351; Dudley, 377 Ellery E., 777


De Nonville's administration, and inva- sion of the Seneca country, 57


Densmore, Eliphalet, 514; Jay, 830


Dental Practitioner and Advertiser, the. 829


Denton. L. A., Dr., 750; Mary I .. Dr .. 750; Robert, 338 note


Depew, 515, 574, 575


De Puy. W. R., 533, 830


Derby, 553


Deshay. William, 138, 142. 581


Deshler, John D., 397; John G., 459


Deuel, Ira, 607; Isaac, 557: James H .. 540; William T .. 607


Deuel's Corners, 539


Devening, Daniel, 479; Daniel, jr., 459, 480; Daniel, Dr., 731, 738


Devil's Hole, tragedy at the, 102, 103 (note)


Devlin, John, 406 note


Dewey, Norman B., 570; Orville S., 391 ; Truman, 459


De Witt, Simeon, 268


De Young,


. Dr., 571


Diamond, Abraham, 510. 511


Dibble, Ebenezer, 535; Hezekiah, 180, 550; Orange J., 550, 553. 554


Dick, Joseph B., 501; William, 600


Dickenherr. Martin, 842


Dickman, Charles, 483 Dickerman. Isaac, 339. 565; Marcellus L., 565, 566; Perry D., 566, 567, 569 Dickey, Benjamin, 482, 483 Dickinson, Robert, 491


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Diedrich, Christian, 600; Henry, 600


Diehl, Alfred E., Dr., 750, 785, 789; Con- rad, Dr., 475, 651, 741, 760, 761, 764, 782, 784, 786, 788 Diethorn, George, 530


Dietrich Brothers, 504, 829, & O'Brien, 563


Dietzer, John, 482


Dilcher, Henry, 482; Jacob, 438 note


Dillingham. D. A., 590; Gurney O., 660 Dimond, Elias, 603


Dingens, Joseph A,, 406 note


Discoveries of the Western Continent accidental, 41


District attorneys, 683


District Nursing Association, 848 Ditto, John A., 476 Doane, Betsey, 640


Dodge, Alvin. 154, 596, 645; E. C., 490, 831; Henry W., 497; Jonathan W., 570; J. Wayne, 496: Leonard, 495


Dods, A. W., Dr., 805


Dole, Benjamin, 480; Franklin, 542, 545; Jacob, 607; John A., 350; Linus, 542 Dolph, Aaron, 151, 581


Domedian, Jacob, 613 Donaldson, John A., 485, 486


Doney, Henry, 186


Donohue, Cornelius, 460


Doolittle, Calvin, 155, 239, 507; Leland, 390


Dorland, E. T., Dr., 742, 744, 748; P. S., Dr., 739


Dormer, James H., 844


Dorsheimer, Philip, 395, 456; William, 405, 417, 418, 455, 472


Dorst, John V., 559


Dorr, E. P., 363 note, 392, 405 note, 480; L. B., Dr., 749; Samuel G., Dr., 743 Dossert, John, 623


Doty, Charles B., 484


Douglass, A. J .. 375 ; Benjamin, 187, 531 ; Christopher, 531; W. A., 534


Dowd, J. Henry, Dr., 751


Dowlman, William, Dr., 749


Downey, Thomas, 582


Doyle, Thomas M., 485; John, 482, 483; Peter C., 364 note


Drake, Jacob, 178, 531: John, 156, 531; John J., 494, 750; Lyman, 531 ; Marcus M., 483 note, 475, 476, 483-485; Otis S., 391


Drescher, C. P., 483


Dresser, Amelia F., Dr., 751


Drew. C. H., 601. 830; J., 643; William H., 387, 388


Driggs, Roswell, 355, 597; Roswell W .. 597; Urial, 355, 597, 600


Drullard, George, 373, 533


Dubois, George M., 542; James B., 479- 481


Dudley, Gideon, 142, 150, 180, 187, 550, 558; Glen G., 600; John P., Dr., 782, 768; Joseph P., 784; Lieutenant, 211; Wesley C., 660


Duehrfeldt, Frederic and Gustav, 624 Duer, John, 186


Dummett, Andrew, 148


Dunbar, Charles F., 805; Robert, 359


Dunham, Elijah, 178, 531; F. E. & Co., 582; Jacob, 581; Robert, 581; Sydney A., Dr., 749


Dunn, Abram M., 495; John, 149


Dunnett & Co., 583


Dunning. Isaac, Dr., 721


Durbin, E. J., 574, 575


Durboraw, Thomas, 517, 518


Durfee, Philo, 362, 363 note


Durham, Jacob, 143


Durick, James, 477, 853


Duringer, Apollos, 514: Joseph, 513, 514 Durkee, Charles R., 460, 684; Edward J., Dr., 721 ; Ziba, 493


Durnet, Andrew, 516


Durr, Abram, 487; Adam, 486


Dustin, John, 565; Timothy, 180, 550, 565 Dutch aggressiveness in the fur trade, 45; claims in the new world, bases of, 42: institutions, laws and customs, the basis of our present systems (note), 45 Dutton, Oliver, 508


Dwight, Theodore, on "oak openings," 2; Timothy, Rev., Buffalo in 1804 pic- tured by. 146-148


Dwinell, J. W., 818


Dwyer, T. F., Dr., 748, 751


Dykstra, John G., 570


Eadie, A. B., Dr., 805 Eagan, Henry P., 583


Eames. Edward, 364 note


Earl, Benjamin, 161, 177, 603; Isaac, 342, 606; John 'T., 574, 832; J. W., 535, 639; Orson, 551, 554; Rufus, 145; Taber, 145, 352, 353, 499, 545, 546; W. C., Dr., 743


East Aurora, Upper and Lower Villages of, 888, 501-505; Clarence, 520, Con- cord, 536; Eden, 543; Elma. 548; Evans (Jerusalem), 553; Holland, 568; Lancaster, 575; Seneca, 608


East Hamburg, erection of, 377; first town officers of, 540; gazetteer of, 537- 540; land sales in, 143; list of super- visors of, 540; Quakers in, 154 schools of, 662; settlers in, 150, 177, 178, 537, 538


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Eastman, Sandford, Dr., 477, 784, 785, 737-742, 756-761, 773, 774, 782, 838 Easton, Francis, 180


Eaton, Augustin, 292; John B., 391; P. G., 348 532, 534; Rufus, 178, 180, 187,


. 531, 532, 534: Rufus C., 277, 531-534, 640; Samuel, 143, 507; Sylvester, 531; & Blake, 532; & Butterworth, 532; & Hall, 532


Ebbs, Alfred, 578


Ebenezer, Society, the, 376, 377, 606, 608 Ebersole. J. H . 518


Eckerson, Irving D., 584, 660


Eddy Aaron, 144, 537; Brace G., 489; David. 144, 151, 155, 186, 237, 273, 537. 538, 557. 687; Frank E .. 594; George W., & Co., 560; Jacob, 150, 537; Mary, 144, 155, 499, 521, 637; S. W., 535; Thomas, 268; Dr., 741


Eden, first town officers of, 544; gazetteer of, 540-545; in 1815-20, 275, progress


in, 345; schools of, 663; settlers in, 161, 179, 541, 542


Eden Center, 542


Eden Valley, 543


Edmonds, H. M., 600; J. J., Dr., 734


Edsall, Samuel, 143, 183, 187, 581


Edson, H. H. & J. P., 491; John, 491


Education under the Dutch and English rule, 629, 630


Edwards, G. A., & Co., 503; William, 605 Eels, Charles, 491


Efner, Elijah, D., 292, 382, 474


Egberton, Lawson, 145


Eggert, Aaron W., 495, 496; Christian M., 597; Oliver J., 684


Eggertsville, 498


Eggleston, Alanson, 143; Alonzo, 569 Eichel, Robert, 625


Einsfield, J. P., 482, 483


Eisbein, C. D., Dr., 744


Eldred, Almon, 517; H. B., 517


Eldridge, Adoniram, 187; George, 577; Solomon, 186


Elections, synopses of, from 1812 to 1896, 461-473


Elevator system, the, 358, 359 and note Ellas, Francis, 478


Ellicott, 539; Benjamin. 128, 261, 454, 462, 463, 494; Joseph, 13, 124, 126, 127, 128; appointment as local sales agent for the Holland company, and his resi- dence at Asa Ransom's 135; 136; dis- appointment of, at slow sales of lands, 137: statement regarding the site of Buffalo, 139 (note); fears the rivalry of Black Rock 140; 144, 192, 263, 268, 286, 516, 580


Ellicott's Creek Slack Water Navigation Company, 355


Elliott, August G., 532; J. B., Lieut .. brilliant exploit of, 198, 199; Jesse D .. Capt., 220; John, 484


Ellis, George W., 535


Ellison, I. S., 613


Ellsworth, Frank W., 566, 567; Henry. 156; Isaac B., 566


Elwood, Henry S., Dr., 742; & Venner, 560


Elma, erection of, 384; first town officers of, 549; gazetteer of, 545-549; list of supervisors of, 549; progress in, 352; settlers of, 545-547; village, 546, 547 Elma Center, 547


Elmendorf, Henry L., 328 note


Ely, Calvin, 570; E. Selden, 513, 514: Ezra, 570; Israel N., 850, 459, 513, 514, 570; Israel, and sons Judah, Israel N ..


E. Sterling and E. Selden, 335; Noyes.


570; Selden, 570; William S., Dr., 747 Emerdofer, George, 520


Emerson, A. J., 593; Henry P., 649 and note, 660; Nathaniel, 141, 145. 499 Emery, Edward K., 460, 681


Emigration westward after the Revo- lution, 118


Emmons, Carlos, Dr., 348, 457, 458. 467.


533-535, 722, 726-729; Wales, 533, 688 Emory, sr., Josiah, 500


Emslie, Peter, 410, 476


Endres, Matthias, 460


Engel, George. 533


English capture of Manhattan and its consequences, 45; claims in the new world, basis of. 42; plans for the cam- paign of 1759, 91 : William, 547


Enos, Benjamin, 186, 338, 500, 558; Laur- ens, 410


Enquirer. Buffalo, the. 823


Ensign, Charles, 328 note; Elisha, 159. 186; Zerah, 143, 149, 516


Enterprise, Lancaster, the. 832


Epidemic in 1812, 209


"Era of prosperity," the, 361


Erb, Abram, 639; Albert E., Dr., 750 Erdmann, Diedrich, 391


Erie Canal, celebration of the completion of, 285; construction of, begun, 2×4: inception and construction of, 267, 268; struggle over the western terminus of the, 268; success of. 293 and note


Erie county, aboriginal occupants of the territory of, 23; boundaries of, 1; con- dition of, at the date of its formation. 336; condition of. general, at the close of the war of 1812, 256. 257; con-


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flicting claims of New York and Mass- achusetts to territory of, 8; erection of, 280; first combat involving white men in, 105 and note, 106; first newspapers in, 183-185; first railroad in, 318; ge- ology of, 4; genesis of, 1; immigration to, 317; importance of the period be- tween 1815 and 1821 to, 272; Indian rights and treaties relating to, 6-11; "oak openings' in, 2, 3: officers in the national government from, 452-455; of- ficers in the State government from, 455-460; population of, 285; population of. 1825 to the present, 446; sovereign- ty and occupants of, 6: streams of, 5; summary of educational institutions in. outside of Buffalo, 659, 660; topography of, 3: uneventful period in, betweeu 1821 and 1832. 293


Erie County Almshouse, the, 300 and note : Homoeopathic Medical Society, 802; Hospital, 784, 785


Erie Preserving Company, 511


Erie the old town of, 15, 16: first town meeting in the town of, 149; oblitera- tion of, 158.


Fries, extinction of, by the Iroquois, 23 Ernest, C. E., Dr., 749; J. Glen, Dr., 751 Ernst, Godfrey, 460 Escherich, Michael, 350


Esenschied, Adam. 561


Eshleman, Jacob, 517, 518; John, 353, 517, 519


Esser, John. 483. 484


Esslinger, Charles, 478


Estabrook, John. 488; Mehitable, 489; Nathaniel, 488; Seth, 272, 489


Estee, Silas, 179, 541, 545


Estes, W. H. 512


European claimants, three, for the West- ern Continent, 40


Eustaphieve, Alexis E., 388


Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Orphan Asylum, 840


Evans, gazetteer of, 549-554; in 1815-20, 275; list of supervisors of, 554; pleas- ure resorts in, 551; progress in, 345; schools of. 661; settlers in, 154, 161, 180, 550, 551 Evans Center. 551


Evans, Daniel E., 275, 296-298, 320, 494; Edward, 601; Edwin T., 418, 844; Hen- ry B., 495; J. C., 362; John R., 476, 479; Lewis, 477; Lewis M., 482; Schwinger & Co., 601


Evening News, Buffalo, the, 823


Evening Telegraph Buffalo, the, 823 Everson, William, 598


Ewell, Dexter, 493; E. H., 493; E. W., Dr., 572; Frederic S., 493; Joseph, 685; Joseph E., 493 Express, Buffalo, the, 820-822


Faber, George, 515 Fackler, Samuel, 156, 494


Fairbanks, Joshua, Lewiston, 131; Will- ard, 352, 545; Wilham, Dr., 574


Fales, Henry, 291 Faling David R., 596; Jeremiah, 596


Falk, Jacob M., 748


Fanner, Charles P., Dr., 738


Fanning. Rufus, 597


Fargo. Francis F., 475: Hannah. 841; James F., 805: Jerome F., 841; Will- iam G., 395, 475, 783, 820; William G., Mrs., 400 Farmer, William, 483


Farmer's Brother, 36-39, 215-216


Farnham, 511


Farnham, J., 607; Leroy, 511, 607, 684; Thomas, 657, 834


Farnsworth, A. D., 490; Thomas, 342, 489, 490


Farquhar, Johu M., 455


Farrington. Burt E., 565; Dascomb, Dr .. 568; Edward, Dr., 568; Ezra, 569; Ja- cob, 161, 565


Farthing, James, 607


Farwell, Eldridge, 513


Faude, Louis W., 487


Faulkner, Morgan L., 477


Fay. Benjamin, 180, 261. 531; Josiah, 179, 531


Faxon, Charles, 817, 818; Henry W., 820: James, 817


Fechter, Louis, 487


Federspiel, George, 560; & Eckhardt, 560


Feldmann, Anton, 612; Charles L., 476, 682; Henry, Rev., 842


Felegmacher, Joseph, Dr., 732


Fell, George E., Dr., 745, 765


Felton, Charles E., 392, 480; H., 607; John, 145, 581; Levi, 137, 149, 160, 516 Fenian fiasco, the, 411, 412


Fenner, Seth, 397, 459 499


Fenno, Moses, 176, 186, 488


Fenton, E. G., 588


Ferner, James A .. 490


Ferrand, Henry L., 608


Ferrin, A. W .. 533, 829


Ferris, Peter J., 410, 438 note, 483, 842; Zebulon, 459, 683


Ferry, the old Black Rock, extract from Charles B. Norton concerning, 172, 173 Feyler, Ernest, 511


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Fidelity Trust and Guaranty Company, Buffalo, 438 note


Fidinger, H., 519; John, 518


Fiegle, Augustus, 519: Conrad, 527; George, and son John B., 494; John B., 495; Louis, 527


Field, Asahel, 533; F. H., Dr., 751; George S., 438 note, 476; Henry, 389; Jesse, 572; Pliny A., 186


Fields, Asa, 186; Samuel H., 417, 697; Samuel J., 476; Solomon, 186, 531 Fillmore, Calvin, Col., 160, 261, 274, 324, 458, 500. 501, 637; Glezen, Rev .. 160, 162, 257, 262. 263, 517. 688; Millard, 295, 301, 317 322, 338. 365, 382, 387, 405, 452, 454, 455, 458, 464-471, 502, 637, 646, 767, 768; Nathaniel, 338; Simeon, 286, 517; Hall & Haven, 694; & John- son, 542


Financial crash of 1836-37, 321. 322; crisis of 1857 and its causes, 384; mat- ters after the Rebellion, 406; panic of 1873. the, 415


Finnerty, J. J., Dr., 751


Finney, Cyrus, 351, 576




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