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The Weaver family was a long and prominent one in the town, and the first white male child born here was a son of George M. Weaver and grandson of George J. He was born January 15, 1787, and died in 1877 at the age of ninety years. In the "Annals" is found the fol- lowing account of an incident in which he was the principal figure :
In 1792 the first bridge was erected over the Mohawk between Utica and Deerfield. To insure more help it was raised on Sunday. George M. Weaver-son of George J. Weaver-and his wife, with their little son, . were on their way to the raising and when about half-way from the Corners to Utica, and some twenty or thirty rods above the present MacAdam road, their dog treed a bear. Mr. Weaver left his wife and son with the dog to keep the animal up the tree, while he returned for his gun. The peculiar barking of the dog had apprised the inhabitants of "Old Fort Schuy- ler " that valuable game was on foot, and a number of them arrived with their guns at about the same time that Mr. Weaver returned. Four or five shots were made in quick succession, and poor Bruin's life paid the forfeit for his temerity in approaching so near the site of an embryo city.
George M. Weaver was father of Hon. A. B. Weaver, a leading citizen and member of assembly. In the third generation was Jacob G. Weaver, another prominent citizen who was several times elected supervisor.
Nicholas Harter was a shoemaker, and Philip was a blacksmith. They owned adjoining farms ; Nicholas mingled shoemaking with farming, and died July 26, 1854, in his ninety-fourth year, leaving his son Richard on the homestead. Philip followed his trade and died about 1808.
Timothy Smith came in from Worcester, Mass., in March, 1800, and settled with his family on what became known as Smith's Hill. His family then consisted of his wife, four sons and a daughter. One of. his sons was Pratt Smith, who passed his life in the town and died
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in March, 1874, at the age of eighty-six. A son of Pratt Smith was Giles, who was long a prominent citizen, supervisor, etc.
The accompanying map shows that the town of Deerfield originally comprised a large part of Gage's patent, a small part of Cosby's Manor, most of the Sadaquahda patent, and part of Oriskany patent (see Chap- ter X) The town was organized under an act of Legislature dated March 15, 1798, which also erected the county of Oneida. From its original area was taken the town of Marcy on March 30, 1832, leaving Deerfield with its present area of 22,500 acres.
The first town meeting for Deerfield was held at the house of Ezra Payne, an early settler, April 3, 1798, where the following officers were elected, the list embracing a large number of prominent pioneers :
Supervisor, Dr. Francis Guiteau; town clerk, Isaac Brayton, jr .; justices of the peace, Abram Camp, James S. Kipp; assessors, Daniel Biddlecom, Ebenezer Stew- ard, Phineas Camp; commissioners of highways, William Hallock, Calvin Guiteau, Hazard Sherman; poormasters, Olney Pierce, Ezra Payne; constables, HIeli Foot, Win. Hallock, Samuel Wells; overseers of highways, Rev. Oded Eddy, Ezekiel Will- ington, Olney Pierce, Hazard Sherman, Joseph Tylor, John Warren, William Hal- lock, James Wilson, James Briggs, David Hadcock, Ebenezer Steward, John Jonson ; poundmasters, Hazard Sherman, Phineas Camp, Win. Hallock, Nicholas G. Weaver.
While these early settlements were being made and the simple gov- ernment of town affairs being established, settlers were coming rapidly into Whitestown, the bridge was built across the river to the site of Utica in 1792, roads were surveyed, and general progress was made. Calvin Guiteau was a pioneer and a surveyor, and many of the early roads were laid out by him; he came to the town about 1792, when his brother, Dr. Francis Guiteau, jr., also arrived. (See chapter on the Medical Pro- fession-XXIII.)
The first road laid out, according to the records of March 16, 1799, is described as follows :
Beginning at the place where . . of Utica road intersects the County Road, on the north side of the Mohawk River, and continuing on the line of lots 14 and 15, twenty chains beyond the Dwelling House of Eldred Edwards; to be two rods in width (that is one rod on each side of the line).
Calvin Guiteau, Hazard Sherman, and William Hallock were then road commissioners. Another road record May 10, 1799, was thus described :
Beginning near Hazard Sherman's house, on the line between Lots Nos. 14 and 15, as they now run; from thence Northerly until it intersects the back road. Said line is in the middle of the Road, and is four rods wide.
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Returning to early settlements it is found that Dr. Alexander Cov- entry, who settled in Utica in 1796, came over into Deerfield previous to 1804, retaining an office in Utica. He purchased a farm and divided his time between agriculture and his profession. (See Chapter XXIII.) His son, Robert Coventry, was born on the homestead in 1807 and passed a long life in this town.
Meanwhile settlement extended into the northern part of the town in the neighborhood of North Gage, many of the new comers being of Scotch ancestry. Among them were the families of John Smith, the Walkers, McKays, and a family named Blue, of whom Duncan Blue was the pioneer.
In 1798, when Dr. Francis Guiteau was supervisor, licenses were granted to the following persons: Jabez Stewart, James Fluskey ; in 1799 to Ezra Payne, Philip Harter, Isaac Brayton, jr., Hazard Sherman, and Guiteau & Pierce ; in 1800 to Bennett Rice, Isaac Brayton, jr., Philip Harter, and George Tisdale, all of whom were of course early settlers.
Jacob H. Schermerhorn, born in Rensselaer county, came in from Montgomery county before 1802 and purchased over 200 acres in the north part of the town but did not then remain. In 1803 his eldest son, Uriah, and a slave family named Jackson, came to the place, and in March, 1804, were followed by the father's family. The house after- wards occupied by his grandson, William Schermerhorn, was built by the pioncer in 1812, and was the first frame house in that part. Jacob H. Schermerhorn died May 8, 1813. Cornelius Schermerhorn, of North Gage, was his son, and another son was Daniel, who volunteered in the war of 1812. Jacob H. Schermerhorn built a saw mill on West Canada Creek in 1805, which was washed away two years later. In 1819 the sons, Daniel and Cornelius, built a tannery near North Gage and car- ried on shoemaking in connection, doing a prosperous business.
About the year 1807 the first school in this town was taught in a log building near J. H. Schermerhorn's place. Stuart Cummings was one of the very early teachers here. By an act of the Legislature passed April 5, 1810, commissioners were appointed to lay out a road from Deerfield to Boonville.
Iaaac Heatherington settled in Deerfield with his family about 1808,
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on the road from North Gage to Utica. He built an early saw mill on Nine- Mile Creek, on the site of the later mill of Amasa Salisbury ; the first mill was burned. Isaac was father of William Hetherington.
Joseph Cox settled in this town in 1809, coming from Schuyler, Her- kimer county. He was father of James Cox and died May 15, 1855. Peter Walker was the son of the pioneer in the north part of the town, named Alexander Walker, who located there in 1803.
In the town has been developed in recent years a very large dairy interest and there are now ten or twelve cheese factories, while large quantities of milk are sold in Utica. Gardening for the city trade is also a considerable industry. Among the leading farmers of the town, past and present, are Van R. Weaver (now sheriff of the county), Geo. B. Anderson, George H. Crossman, Frederick G. Weaver, A. B. Weaver, Earl Clapp, Giles Smith, Lewis B. Gillett, William W. Biddlecom, Isaac Buchanan, Stephen Northrup, John W. Smith, Thomas Burton, Lyman Marsh, Robert Coventry, and William M. Wells.
One of the earliest industries in this large agricultural town was the making of brick on the flats where grew up the little village of Deerfield Corners, and the business has continued down to the present time. This industry has been of immense advantage to the city of Utica, and has supplied a large part of the brick for that city. The clay is of ex- cellent quality and seven or eight yards have at times been in simulta- neous operation.
The settlement at the Corners increased in magnitude and the road between the place and Utica became nearly all built in. Stores and hotels were opened and considerable business carried on. The post-office was opened about 1855 with the name " Deerfield," and Joseph Oster, post- master. One of the long time merchants here was Henry W. Kasson, who started in business here as early as 1860 and was succeeded by his son, C. H. Kasson, the present merchant. Another store is kept by Jesse Anert. Union Hotel, one of the older public houses, is kept by Mrs. Katherine Anert, who succeeds her husband. The Washington Hotel is conducted by J. H. Huss. E. T. Hamert is a wagonmaker and John Hofmeister, blacksmith. The factory of the Utica Paper Novelty Company is located here and turns out a large quantity of paper pails, grocers' packages, etc. A steam saw mill two miles east of the Corners is operated by John Smith.
Frederick G. Heaur.
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The post-office at North Gage, with this name, was established about'1831, with Daniel Schermerhorn postmaster; he was soon suc- ceeded by Dr. Stephen F. Fenton. During the war Archibald C. Blue built and managed a cheese factory. here, the first in the town. In 1871 the North Gage cheese factory was started by a stock company. Later it passed to the Schermerhorn brothers, In early days, when travel was quite extensive in this direction, there were public houses and stores at this point.
Deerfield Corners was the home of the Second Baptist society organized in Oneida county, its formation being effected in 1798, and a church built soon afterward a little east of the Corners. Elder Oded Eddy was the first pastor, and continued twenty-four years. The frame church was built in 1812, and has been several times improved. In 1815 the cemetery adjoining the church was laid out on land given by Gen. John G. Weaver, whose wife was the first person buried there in 18II. In later years many Baptists have attended church in Utica but a society is maintained.
Episcopal services were begun in Deerfield about 1874 under a mission from Whitesboro, and a church was built seven years later. The society has kept its existence since.
St. Peter's Roman Catholic church was organized and its church built in 1872, under the pastorate of Rev. Father Eis.
The Union church (Presbyterian and Baptist) at North Gage, was built in 1830; the first Baptist pastor was Rev. David Pratt and the first Presbyterian, Rev. William Goodell.
The following list of supervisors of this town from the beginning con- tains the names of very many prominent citizens not already men- tioned :
1799-1800, Dr. Francis Guiteau; 1801-10, Isaac Brayton, jr. ; 1811, Calvin Guiteau ; 1812-18, Isaac Brayton ; 1819-23, Dr. Alexander Coventry ; 1824, John G. Weaver ; 1825, Amasa Rowe ; 1826-27, John D. Leland; 1828, Jacob Edic ; 1829-31, John D. Leland ; 1832, Amasa Rowe; 1833-40, Calvin Hall, jr. ; 1841, Ambrose Kasson ; 1842, Luther Leland; 1843-44, Jacob G. Weaver; 1845, Richard Harter; 1846-47, Jacob G. Weaver ; 1848, Luther Leland; 1849, John G. Webster; 1850-51, George F. Weaver; 1852, William D. Schermerhorn; 1853, John D. Leland; 1854-55, Calvin Hall; 1856-57, William H. Green ; 1858-59, William Haddon; 1860-61, George F. Weaver; 1862, John C. Blue; 1863, Luther Leland; 1864, tie vote,-no supervisor recorded; 1865, William McSor- ley ; 1866, no vote recorded; 1867, George F. Weaver; 1868, Job Sayre; 1869, no vote
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recorded ; 1870, Nicholas Hicks; 1871-72, Frederick G. Weaver; 1873-74, Malcolm A. Blue ; 1875, Nicholas H. Hicks ; 1876, Frederick G. Weaver; 1877, Giles Smith ; 1878-9, N. H. Hicks; 1880-84, Van R. Weaver; 1885-6, Archibald M. Blue; 1887-89, Alfred C. Shaw; 1890-91, N. H. Hicks; 1892-94, Van R. Weaver; 1895, John R. Donafield ; 1896, Charles J. Wood.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE TOWN OF FLORENCE.
Florence lies in the extreme northwest corner of Oneida county and has an area of 33,473 acres. It was wholly included in Scriba's patent as township No. 4 and a part of No. 3. The surface of the town is roll- ing and lies from 250 to 300 feet above the Rome level. Mad River flows southeasterly across the town and receives the waters of many small streams. The west branch of Fish Creek also finds a part of its source in the southwest part of the town. Considerable water power is developed by these streams. The soil in most parts of the town is light and stony and considerable parts are still covered with forest.
William Henderson, of New York city, purchased township No. 4 of the Scriba patent, and in order to promote settlement upon his tract he offered a bonus of fifty acres each to persons who would locate on his land and become permanent settlers. This offer was accepted by Amos Woodworth, John Spinning, and a man named Turner, and perhaps by others not now known. Mr. Woodworth located in the fall of 1801 about half a mile from the north line of the town. John Spinning set- tled about the same time on the old State road east of the site of Florence village, and both began improving their property.
Clark Crawford and his father, whose name is not now known, came into the town soon after the three pioneers, and were followed about the same time by Azariah Norton and Norman Waugh; all of these located in the south part of the town. Benoni Barlow, Ebenezer Bar- low. Ambrose Curtiss, Ephraim Wright, Joseph Olcott, and Benjamin Youngs settled very early in the Florence Hill neighborhood.
Nathan Thomson visited the town in 1801, but did not remain per-
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manently until his second visit, May 6, 1802, when he brought in his family and settled on the farm afterwards occupied by his son, Aaron H. Thomson. The father built a log house a little east of the later dwelling, and there opened a tavern which he kept many years and was succeeded by his son, just named. When Mr. Thomson first came to the town it is recorded that there was only one house between that of John W. Bloomfield, at Taberg in Annsville, and the one occupied by John Spinning, two miles east of Florence village, a distance of about twelve miles by the route then traveled.
Other settlers who came into Florence before the war of 1812 were Asa Jenkins, the first supervisor, Eliakim Simons, Samuel Stanford, Daniel Dye, James Angell, Amos Wilcox, Salem Town, Jonathan Mor- ton, Ansel Lovejoy, Imri Case, and others.
The town of Florence was set off from Camden under an act of the Legislature dated February 16, 1805. From its original area a small portion was taken off and annexed to Annsville in 1823, leaving it with its present dimensions. The act creating the town authorized the hold- ing of the first town meeting at the house of John Spinning, on the State road on the first Tuesday in April, 1805 ; but the records show that it was held on March 5, of that year. There the following officers were elected :
Supervisor, Asa Jenkins; town clerk, David Young; assessors, Benoni Barlow, Eliakim Simons, Daniel Dye ; collector, Joseph Olcott ; poormasters, Ephraim Wright ; Abraham Morton; commissioners of highways, Samuel Town, John Spinning, Eph- raim Wright; constables, Joseph Olcott, James Angell; fence viewers, Ansel Love- joy, Imri Case, Lemuel Spinning, Jonathan Morton; pathmasters, Azariah Orton. Jared Olcott, Norton Waugh, David Kellogg, Amos Wilcox, Salem Town, Asa Jen kins, Daniel Dye.
The first marriage ceremony performed in this town was that uniting Benjamin Wilcox and Betsey Waugh, in 1803. The first birth was a child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawford.
Job Dawley, father of Calvin, settled in town prior to the war of 1812, and located on the farm occupied in later years by Robert McFern, and near his son's late residence. Calvin Dawley went to Sackett's Harbor twice during the war, and passed a long life in town. A. C. Dawley is a son of Calvin.
Anthony Empey, sr., was an early settler, first on the Calvin Dawley
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place, coming about 1811-12. His son, Anthony, jr., laid out the little village of Empeyville, and the family built an early saw mill near by. Boardwine Dyer afterwards built a grist mill which ultimately passed out of use. Other early settlers were Hiram Fellows, John Cropper, Elijah Blake (a surveyor), and Abel Smith.
While these pioneers and their successors were clearing up their lands and building their homes, they did not neglect the educational and moral . welfare of the community. Schools were early established, but the records give almost no information regarding them. The number of districts into which the town had been divided in 1860 was eleven; this had been increased in 1878 to seventeen, three of which were joint dis- tricts. There are now in the town fourteen districts, with good school buildings.
Among other settlers in this town who have been prominent as farm- ers and otherwise are David Young, Benoni Barlow, and Charles Curtiss in the west part; Eliakim Simons in the north part; and others yet to be mentioned.
The first church society organized in Florence was the Congrega- tional, at Florence Hill, under date of December 16, 1816. There were only ten members at the first, but the society soon joined the Presby - tery, and by January, 1829, there were sixty-nine communicants. Gerrit Smith gave the church a site, a lot for a burial place and aided in the erection of the church building, which was begun in 1825 and finished two years later. From about 1835 the society declined in numbers and finally lost its separate identity.
A Methodist class was organized about 1815 on Florence Hill where a small society of that denomination still exists. Another class was formed about 1820 three miles below Florence village, which prospered a number of years ; while at about the same time a class was formed at the village, which was soon organized into a society and built its church in 1833. This society has ever since prospered. The church building has recently been improved.
Some of the prominent citizens of the town who came in at a later date than those already mentioned were Simon Davis, Charles Curtiss, Safford S. Delano, Varnum Dunton, Daniel G. Dorrance, John Downs, and others whose names appear in lists of officials and in Part III.
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The growth of Florence village began early and was fostered to some extent by Gerrit Smith, the Madison county philanthropist. He had built a blacksmith shop in 1822, and in the following year Thomas Evans, formerly of Peterboro (Madison county), and father of Horatio J. Evans, settled in the hamlet and began work at his trade of black- smithing in Mr. Smith's shop. Other mechanics were also induced by Mr Smith to settle here, as well as men of other avocations and profes- sions, and the little village seemed to have a bright prospect. Roger Maddock, a former Peterboro merchant, was among those sent by Smith; he bought out a small store which had been kept by a Mr. Norton, and at the same time acted as Mr. Smith's agent. Mr. Smith also purchased the grist mill at the village, which had been erected not long previous. The mill now here is run by Z. L. Tompkins. Ezra Graves established a tannery some time prior to 1828. He removed away soon afterward. Another tannery was started in 1832 by James S. T. Stranahan, through the agency of Mr. Smith. This tannery was burned and another was erected by Lewis Rider, which ultimately passed to Terrill Brothers, of Boston, and was burned about 1875, after doing a vast business for a number of years. Another tannery in the village was carried on by John Sliter, while W. W. Graves manufactured fine upper leather in his tannery, and operated the grist mill. It will be seen that the tanning interest has been by far the most important industry in Florence ; but with the disappearance of bark the business has greatly declined. It is now represented only by the Graves tannery, which is operated by H. A. Seymour, son-in-law of W. W. Graves. A saw mill is now situated a little above the village and is run by C. Wilmot.
A large hotel was built in 1825 by James Cleveland, founder of the village of Cleveland, Oswego county. This building was subsequently burned. There are now two hotels, the Grove Hotel, by Clark Brothers, and a comparatively new house, built and kept by John Riley. Rens- selaer Lament formerly kept a hotel here.
It is not known in just what year the post-office was established, but in 1823 it was located at the tavern of Asa Barnes, two miles above the village, and he was postmaster. It was removed to the village about 1830.
There has always been a small mercantile business at Florence village.
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Among the former merchants of the place were J. S T. Stranahan, Daniel G. Dorrance, whose son is now banker in Camden, Simon Davis, Junius A. Cowles. Stores are now kept by J. Orr, Daniel O'Mara, and John F. Clark.
This village, like many others in the county, is not so prosperous in a business sense as it was in former years, for reasons that are apparent. The town is fairly prosperous as an agricultural district, mixed crops being successfully cultivated by many progressive farmers. Dairying has received increasing attention in recent years, and there are now four cheese factories in the town.
The Baptist society of Florence village became connected with the Oneida Baptist Association in 1828, having been organized some years prior to that year. The society then had a membership of twenty-four ; this number had increased to sixty-four in 1835. The society built a church, and in 1833 opened a school for the education of young men, on the now popular plan of combining mental and manual labor and study. A large three story stone school building was erected in 1834; but neither the school nor the church was permanently prosperous The church declined and the building finally passed to a small Congregational society, previously mentioned. The school building was purchased by a Catholic society about 1845, was changed over for its new purpose and has ever since been used by that organization,
The post office at Empeyville is named East Florence, and was origin- ally located at the corners near the Thomson farm ; Charles B. Thom- son was probably the first postmaster. The office was removed to the little village in April, 1863. The business interests of this hamlet are small. The saw mill which has existed many years is run by James Keating, and A. C. Dawley and James Bonner are merchants.
The following are the supervisors of Florence from 1806 to 1896, in- clusive :
1806-7, Asa Jenkins; 1808, Samuel Stanford; 1809-13, Asa Jenkins; 1813 (special election), Samuel Stanford; 1814-23, Benoni Barlow; 1824-28, Calvin Dawley; 1829- 32, Amos Woodworth; 1833-34, Simon Davis; 1835-36, Charles Curtiss; 1837-38, Safford S. Delano; 1839-30, Amos Woodworth; 1841, Nathan Thomson; 1842, Var- num Dunton; 1843-44, Anthony Empey, jr. ; 1845-46, Daniel G. Dorrance; 1847, Watson Sammon; 1848-50, Aaron H. Thomson; 1851-52, John Downer, jr. ; 1853-54, Rensselaer Lament; 1855, Junius A. Cowles; 1856, Lewis Rider; 1857-58, Cornelius
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Simpkins; 1859, Aaron H. Thomson; 1860-61, Lewis Rider; 1862-63, Michael Mc- Laughlin; 1864-66, A. H. Thomson; 1867-68, A. D. Rider; 1869-70, Stoddard Love- land; 1871-77, Edward Fitzgerald; 1878-19, Humphrey Courtney; 1880-81, Edward Fitzgerald; 1882-83, Daniel O'Mara; 1884-85, Humphrey Courtney; 1886-87, John Daly; 1888-89, Aaron Clough; 1890-91-92, John F. Clark; 1893-94-95-96, William Clark.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE TOWN OF FLOYD.
The town of Floyd was erected from Steuben on March 4, 1796, when Western was also a part of Steuben. Floyd received its name in honor of Gen. William Floyd, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and a large land owner in this town and in Western. General Floyd settled in Western in 1803, and remained there until his death. He was instrumental in the development of this region and gave material aid to the early settlers. (See history of Western). The territory of Floyd was included largely in the southeast corner of Fonda's patent, while the southern portion and the eastern portion were in the Oriskany and Holland patents respectively. The town lies just east of the center, its southern limit touching the Mohawk at the junction of Nine- Mile Creek with the river ; tributaries of both these streams find their sources within this town. The surface consists of the Mohawk in- tervale in the south, a sandy plateau farther back, with the Floyd hills in the northern part. The soil is generally productive and many fine farms are seen in the town. A large number of the thrifty Welsh set- tled early in the northern part of Floyd and have aided materially in its development. In late years a considerable dairying interest has taken the place of earlier agricultural crops. The town has an area of 20,650 acres.
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