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St. Paul's church, Episcopal, of Owego, was organized February 10, 1834, and the earliest services were held in the lecture-room of the Presbyterian church, on the east side of Court street, near the academy building. However, in 1839, a frame edifice was built
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in Main street, south side, near Academy street, and was then regarded as one of the most attractive structures of its kind in the village. The new church at the northwest corner of Main and Liberty streets was built during the year 1894, and was conse- crated January 25, 1895. The edifice cost $12,800.
The rectors of St. Paul's, in succession, have been as follows : Isaac Swart, 1840-41 ; Alfred Louderback, 1841-44; George Wat- son, 1844-54 : James Rankine, 1854-61; Morrelle Fowler, 1861-63 ; George D. Johnson, 1863-66; Thomas W. Street, 1866-68, and James H. Kidder, from August 1, 1868, to the present time.
The church numbers 120 communicating members, and about 50 regular attendants at the Sunday school.
The Congregational church of Owego, as now constituted, was formed in February, 1850, although Congregationalism in the village and town dates back in its history to the early years of the century. Indeed, previous to 1831 the Presbyterian church was Congregational in all respects, while nearly all of its pastors be- fore 1870 were allied to the Congregational form of government. The "Independent Congregational Society" was duly organized at the court house August 1, 1850, and February 3, 1852, the church edifice in Park street was dedicated. The building. however, was burned December 3, 1877, and in its place was erected the present brick edifice. Rev. Samuel Corylus Wilcox was the founder in fact of the reorganized society in 1849, and he became the first pastor of the church. The complete succession of pastors and acting pastors is as follows :
Samuel C. Wilcox, 1850-53; Corbin Kidder, 1853-54; William Henry Corning, 1854-57 ; Win. Alvin Bartlett, 1857-58; Samuel Mclellan Gould, 1858-59 ; Moses Coit Tyler, 1859-60 ; Wm. W. Paige, 1860-61 ; Charles Hall Everest, 1862-64; Charles A. H. Bulkley, 1865-67 ; James Chaplin Beecher, 1867-71; Dwight Whitney Marsh, 1871-76 ; Wm. C. Scofield, 1877-80 ; Rufus Un- derwood, 1880 ; Miles G. Bullock, 1881-86; Olin R. Howe, 1887-88; D. W. Teller, 1888-93 ; Charles M. Bartholmew, the present pas- tor, came to the church January 1, 1894.
The present membership is 220, and in the Sunday school are 120 pupils. The superintendent is James M. Hastings.
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St. Patrick's church, Roman Catholic, of Owego, was organized as a parish about the year 1850, although that honored pioneer priest, Father James F. Hourigan, late of St. Patrick's in Bing- hamton, conducted services and said masses in the village as early as 1839. Fathers O'Reilly and Sheridan also said masses in the vicinity in later years, the place of meeting being David Connelly's dwelling in Paige street. Father Sheridan began collecting a fund for a church house, and an edifice was finally built, in 1850, by his successor, Father McManus. He was the first resident priest. Father Burns followed, and in 1860 established the parochial school now known as the convent, in charge of the Sisters of Mercy. The convent was instituted in 1865. The new church edifice was erected in 1888-9.
St. Patrick's parish contains 175 Catholic families. The priests in charge have been as follows: James F. Hourigan, Father O'Reilly, Father Sheridan, Father McManus, Francis Burns, Father Corning, Francis Clark, James Rogers, John O'Mara, Thomas D. Johnson, and Martin Ryan who came to the parish in October, 1893.
The African Methodist Episcopal Bethel church of Owego was organized in 1843 by Elder Spicer. The first regular pastor was Joshua Johnson. The church house of the society in Fox street, was formerly the Presbyterian lecture room, and was removed from Temple street to its prèsent location. This church now has 35 members, and about 25 attendants at Sunday school. The suc- cession of pastors cannot now be obtained, but during the last twelve years these ministers have served in that capacity, viz : T. T. B. Reed, L. M. Beckett, Horace Talbert, R. H. Shirley, L. B. Langford, J. H. Bean, Charles W. Mossell, and James J. Moore, the latter the present pastor, whose service began in June, 1895.
MASONIC .- On the evening of August 27, 1804, several master masons met at the house of Titus Chapman, in Owego village, and organized a lodge by the election of these officers : Mason Wattles, W. M .; Joshua Ferris, S. W .; John Murphy, J. W.
On the following day a petition was drawn for presentation to the grand lodge, requesting a dispensation to issue authorizing the petitioners "to hold a regular lodge in the village of Owego or its
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vicinity." The petitioners were the three officers mentioned, also Henry Steward, Joel Smith, Lemuel Brown, Silas Clapp, Daniel Davis, Eleazer Dana, Asa Goodrich, Richard Ellis, T. O. Draper, Ephraim Wood, Elnathan Gregory, David McQuigg, John McQuigg, Jr., David Pixley, and Stephen Mack. As the new lodge would encroach upon the territorial jurisdiction of the lodges at Newtown and Chenango Point, it was necessary to obtain consent from each of those bodies before the dispensation could be granted, and it was not until June 24, 1806, that Friendship Lodge, No. 140, F. & A. M. was created by the grand lodge of the state. The first meeting was held August 7, 1806, at the house of Titus Chapman, at which time officers were elected as follows :
Mason Wattles, W. M. . Eleazer Dana, Sec.
Joshua Ferris, S. W.
Noah Goodrich, S. D.
John Murphy, J. W.
Lemuel Brown, Treas.
Daniel Davis, J. D. Richard Ellis, Tiler.
The lodge continued in active operation until the period of the Morgan abduction and alleged tragie death, and then, in the early part of the year 1827, in common with nearly all the masonic bodies of the state, was compelled to suspend. But after the ex- citement of the period had passed away Friendship lodge was among the first to apply to the grand lodge for recognition and admission ; and in June, 1849, a new dispensation was granted and active lodge work began August 7 of the same year. The old name was retained but the number was changed to 153.
The succession of past masters in the original lodge was as follows :
1804-7-Mason Wattles.
1818-Warner Hatch.
1808-9-Joshua Ferris. 1819-20-David Fleming.
1810-John Murphy. 1821-Jesse McQuigg.
1811-12-Noah Goodrich. 1822-Jacob McCormick.
1813-Daniel Davis. 1823-Stephen B. Leonard.
1814-17-Jedediah Fay.
1824-27-Dr. Joel S. Paige.
The succession of past masters of Friendship lodge No. 153, F. & A. M., has been as follows :
1849-50-E. S. Madan. 1864-A. D. Buck. 1869-C. M. LaMonte.
1851-59-Stephen B. Lconard. 1865-Chas. S. Carmichael. 1870-E. W. Seymour.
1860-62-Chas. W. Warren. 1866-E. W. Seymour. 1871-Wm. H. Maynard.
1863-H. P. Johnson. 1867-68 -- James Bishop. 1872-Jos. S. De Witt.
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1873-B. J. Davis. 1881-Jas. II. Coppins. 1887-88-B. J. Davis.
1874-A. II. Gould. 1882-Foster N. Mabee. 1889-Edward Fitzgerald.
1875-G. V. Woughter. 1883-J. A. Goodrich. 1890-91-Clayton S. Scott.
1876-James HI. Coppins. 1884-Geo. W. Buffum. 1892-93-F. A. Darrow.
1877-78-Richard M. Billings. 1885-A. B. Belcher.
1894-95-Otis S. Beach.
1879-B. J. Davis. 1886- Chas. E. Vickery. 1896-Frank A. Darrow.
1880-Wm. H. Maynard.
Ahwaga Lodge No. 587, F. & A. M., was instituted under dis- pensation in July, 1865, and a charter was granted June 19, 1866, to John B. Stanbrough, Watson L. Hoskins, and Royal A. Allen. The succession of past masters has been as follows :
1865-67-J. B. Stanbrough. 1876-77-N. A. Steevens. 1868-R. A. Allen. 1878-J. B. Stanbrough. 1887-N. A Steevens.
1884-86 -Jas. E. Manning.
1869-70-S. S. Fairehild. 1879-A. S. Parmelee. 1888-James Fisher.
1871-72-G. F. Benton. 1880-J. B. Stanbrough. 1889-Jas. E. Manning.
1873-N. A. Steevens. 1881-82-N. A. Steevens. 1890-91-N. A. Steevens.
1874-75-G. F. Benton. 1883-Peter J. Robinson. 1892-93-O. B. Glezen.
1894-Norton A. Steevens. 1895-96-Frank H. Warner.
New Jerusalem Chapter, No. 47, Royal Arch Masons. The orig- inal warrant for this chapter was granted February 7, 1816, to John R. Drake, Lemuel Brown, and Jedediah Fay, but the records of its history through all the years down to 1852 are lost and un- known. In the year last mentioned the organization was revived, and from that until the present time has progressed and grown without interruption. From 1852 to 1896 the past high priests of New Jerusalem chapter have been as follows :
1852-53-E. S. Madan. 1873-Geo. F. Benton. 1885-87-F. N. Mabee.
1854-56-J. Ripley. 1874-Chas. S. Carmichael. 1888-A. D. Ellis.
1857-59-G. S. Leonard. 1875-77-B. J. Davis. 1889-B. J. Davis.
1860-J. S. DeWitt. 1878-Alonzo D. Buek. 1890-92-Horace F. Booth.
1861-68-G. S. Leonard. 1879-80-Dr. C. R. Heaton. 1893-N. A. Steevens.
1869-J. B. Judd. 1881-H. Frank Booth. 1894-95-C. S. Scott. 1870-72-Dr.J. B. Stanbrough 1882-84-Minor D. Watkins. 1896-Frank H. Warner.
Owego Council, No. 30, Royal and Select Masters, was instituted in 1867, and chartered April 2, of that year, with charter members as follows : R. A. Allen, D. E. Comstock, J. B. Stanbrough, J. S. Houk, C. M. Haywood, J. B. Judd, H. A. Brooks, A. D. Ellis, A. R. Cole, H. P. Crane, E. J. Miller, Isaac Leech, J. S. De Witt, Geo. F. Benton, and L. M. Worden.
Centennial Chapter, No. 100, O. E. S., was organized in 1876. Owego Lodge, No. 204, I. O. O. F., was organized February 6,
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1846, and was in existence among the fraternal institutions of Owego until the latter part of 1855 or '56, when it dissolved and surrendered its charter. The charter members were Dr. S. Church- ill, C. J. Manning, F. C. Steele, B. C. Whiting, E. J. Johnson, C. P. Avery, W. H. Bell, E. S. Sweet, C. Platt, A. Munger, Lyman Truman, and J. C. Dean. During the period of its existence, the past grands of the lodge were as follows :
In 1846 four " grands " were elected-B. C. Whiting in Febru- ary ; C. J. Manning in April ; S. Churchill in July, and C. P. Avery in October. In subsequent years elections were held in January and July.
1817 § C. F. Manning. ¿ Alanson Munger. 1850
S W. H. Bell. G. II. Smith.
1853 5 C. H. Sweet. ? Wm. Smyth.
1848 5 E. S. Sweet. W. H. Bell.
1851 5 J. C. Hubbard. N. W. Davis. 1854 1849 Charles Platt. W. F. Warner.
1852 J B. C. Lefler. R. W. Hibbard.
C. S. Carmichael. ¿ James Hill.
Tioga Lodge, No. 355, I. O. O. F., was organized and instituted October 28, 1872, with twelve charter members, viz. : Wm. Ira, G. Newell, N. Hyde, C. M. Haywood, B. D. Tuthill, H. B. Beers, H. A. Brooks, G. White, O. B. Hyde, O. L. Newell, and E. L. Lyons. From its organization to the present time the past grands have been as follows :
1872 G. N. Newell. 1873 G. Newell.
1881 5 A. Carter.
G. C. Raymond. 1889 O. M. Carlson. G. C. Raymond. C. M. Haywood. 5 L. T. Goodrich.
1874 - S II. W. Smith. 1882 J. S. Goodrich.
1883 W. F. Briggs.
/ E. P. Storms.
6 L. T. Rising.
1892 3 Chas. S. Vickery. J. T. Jackson.
1893 Egbert Hammond.
M. K. Upham.
1878 5 G. W. Storms. ¿ E. W. Williams. 1886 ¿ R. H. Robertson, § C. D. Mericle. 1894 S Albert S. Lee. N. Haster.
1879 II. L. Rathburn.
1887 5 D. Romine.
W. L. Stuart.
1895 § George Welch. 7 Chas. La Grange.
188 F. W. Newell. 1888 W. W. Duren.
5 C. D. Mericle.
1896
John H. Field. ¿ M. H. Robison.
A. Carter.
Edgar Hammond.
1890 Wm. Powell. D. Romine.
1875 2 0. L. Newell. ( O. B. Hyde.
1876 ¿ T. Holder. 5 J. Frank.
1884 J. T. Goodrich. S W. H. Thomas.
1891 S Wm. W. Andross. ( F. J. Beers.
1877 L. T. Rising.
1885 L. T. Rising.
5 F. W. Newell.
BUSINESS INTERESTS .- Previous to the devastating fire of Sep- tember, 1849, the mercantile portion of the village was an accu- mulation of franie buildings, mainly one and one-half and two stories in height, and few indeed were of larger proportions. Then,
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as now, Owego was the geographical centre of a vast and fertile agricultural region, and here were market facilities not common to the villages of the Susquehanna valley. The business and man- ufacturing enterprises kept even pace with growth in other direc- tions, and it was only when Elmira, on the west, and Binghamton on the east, became chartered cities with increased facilities for mercantile business and manufactures that the county seat of old Tioga suffered a decline. However, after the great fire the busi- ness part of the village was quickly and substantially rebuilt ; and in place of the old row of separated and primitive frame stores which formerly lined Front street on the south side is now a solid continuous block of three-storied brick buildings extending from the bridge to the truck building, a distance of two full city blocks. On the north side of the same thoroughfare, also in Lake street, and indeed within the entire limits of the burned district, the old stores were replaced, to a very large extent with attractive and substantial brick buildings, and to-day Owego enjoys a noticeable exemption from the undesirable "frame rows" which detract from the worth of many inland villages.
It has been said, and apparently with much truth, that Owego to-day has far more stores and mercantile houses than the neces- sities of trade demand ; and also that in the village is a noticeable and unfortunate lack of manufacturing industries. Be this as it may, the statement may truthfully be made that in Owego are comparatively few unoccupied stores, and all mercantile enterpri- ses appear to be well established on a secure commercial basis. When compared with other villages under like conditions, failures and business disasters have been few indeed. On the other hand the inhabitants have never sought to make this the seat of exten- sive manufacturing enterprises, but at all times during the history both of village and town, factories have been in operation sufficient in number and magnitude to employ the natural working element of local population ; and taken all in all, the industries of the present day are in fair proportion with other like business invest- ments. Let us note them briefly. The Dean tannery in the north part of the village is one of the old industries, having been estab- lished many years ago (about 1825) and was best known as the
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Parmenter tannery. In 1860 it passed into the hands of Alanson Powers Dean, and in 1870 Horatio Nelson Dean became partner with his brother in its management. In 1872, H. N. Dean and his son, Ransom B. Dean, became owners, and by some member of the family the business has ever since been conducted.
The King Harness Company, one of the important industries of Owego, was incorporated February 1, 1896, with a capital of $40,000, but going back to the foundation of the business, it may be said that in 1832 Jolin W. L'Amoureux started a custom harness shop in the village, and was afterward connected with that manufacture until his death in 1880, a period of nearly half a century. Charles W. L'Amoureux succeeded his father, but soon afterward the busi- ness was sold to the firm of King & Co., comprising Rev. W. H. King, W. A. King, and George A. King. This was in 1881, but after a year the business was closed out and the firm then occupied a three-storied building in Lake street, employing 75 men from 1883 to 1887 in the manufacture of harness on a large scale. In 1887 the firm erected the large building now occupied by the com- pany and again increased the facilities for manufacture. W. A. King retired from the firm in 1888, and George A. King conducted the business until the company was incorporated in 1896. The officers are as follows : Geo. A. King, president ; M. W. Conklin, vice-president ; J. C. Beard, secretary ; Geo. A. King, treasurer. Sporer, Carlson & Berry, manufacturers of pianos and general music dealers, is the style of one of the substantial enterprises of Owego. The business was begun by E. Hosford, in May, 1857. Two years later Norton & Co. conducted the business, and in the latter part of 1861 a firm was organized, comprising H. Norton, F. Sporer, and O. M. Carlson. Mr. Berry afterward acquired an interest in the business and the present partnership was formed.
The Champion Wagon Company, now one of the leading indus- tries of the village, is the outgrowth of the business started in 1874 by the firm of Johnson & Gere, occupying the building of the still older Bristol Iron Works. In 1875 the firm of Johnson, Gere & Truman succeeded to the business, and in 1883 Gere, Truman, Platt & Co. superseded the firm last mentioned. The firm, in addition to the manufacture of wagons, also made grain drills,
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from which fact the plant became known as the "drill works." . However, in 1888, the buildings and contents were destroyed by fire, after which the Champion Wagon company was formed and began business in McMaster street. In the works are employed 125 men, and between 4,000 and 5,000 wagons are manufactured each year. In addition, the company manufactures the Owego grain drill. The officers of the company are J. C. Dwelle prest. ; W. S. Truman, vice-prest. ; Theo. D. Gere, treas. and mg'r., and F. L. Ringrose, sec'y.
The old firm of Moore & Ross, manufacturers of carriages, wagons and sleighs, began business in Owego April 1, 1859.
The present carriage manufacturing firm of Raymond & Emery was established in 1885, when David H. Emery bought George Raymond's interest in the still older firm of Raymond Bros.
James E. Jones's wood-working establishment in Owego was started in 1883 by Mr. Jones in partnership with B. C. Springsteen. After about two years Mr. Jones succeeded to the business.
The Standard Butter Company (Thompson & Truman, proprie- tors) was established in the spring of 1888 by A. Chase Thompson, and has grown to be one of the most important industries of either village or county. In fact this concern is one of the largest butter manufactories of the world, and in quality its output is unsur- passed. Here is made annually about 3,000,000 pounds of superior butter to supply forty principal hotels and thirty cafes in New York city. In various parts of this county, and others adjoining, are forty separators, from which the unfinished butter product is sent to Owego for complete manufacture.
The Owego Bridge Company was established in 1892 by Ellery, Frank, Henry, L. S., and Ray Colby. E. R. Booth becanie one of the company soon afterward, and the Henry Colby interest was sold to T. H. Reddish. The company was incorporated, after several months of operation as a partnership, with a capital of $50,000. Although this is one of the youngest industries of the village it is nevertheless one of the most substantial of them all. In 1893 the company constructed the large bridge across the Sus- quehanna, at a total cost of about $100,000. They are now put- ting in place at Mt. Morris the longest single span highway truss
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bridge in this state. It is 360 feet in length. The present officers of the company are Ellery Colby, president; E. R. Booth, vice- president ; Ray Colby, secretary, and Frank Colby, treasurer.
In 1889, Dr. Eli Sweet invented, but has never fully patented, a flexible file. an article in universal use among dentists, and else- where as well, the like and equal of which was never before or since put on the market. Dr. Sweet, himself a practical dentist, began the manufacture of this file in Hornellsville in 1890, but one year later removed to Owego and started a factory in North avenue. The Owego File Works, as now known, make a general variety of flexible files. The firm style of the owners is Perry, May & Ferguson.
The Owego Gas Light company was originally organized March 23, 1856, and included among its stockholders Wm. F. Warner, W. H. Bell, Printice Ransom, A. P. Storrs, Orin and S. S. Tru- man, F. E. Platt, John Danforth, L. N. Chamberlain and T. I. Chatfield. The company's capital was $40,000, authorized in 1869 to be raised to $60,000. However in more recent years the per- sonnel of the company has materially changed, and two-thirds of the stock is now owned by foreign capitalists. In the village are about seven miles of main pipes, and about three hundred taps. The resident officers are A. P. Storrs, president, and George A. King, secretary and treasurer.
The Owego water supply system was constructed in 1879 by the Wiley Construction company of Philadelphia, and the entire cost of the plant with all appurtenances was approximately $140,000. Through the village streets are about fourteen miles of water mains, supplying 576 taps. The number of fire hydrants is 69. The plant is now owned by R. D. Wood & Co., of Philadelphia ; local superintendent, George Y. Robinson. The works were put in operation in 1881.
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CHAPTER XX.
THE TOWN OF BARTON.
I N the southwest corner of Tioga county, with the Pennsylva- nia state line on the south, and Chemung line on the west, is one of the most important civil divisions of the county, known by the name of Barton, but why so named and called in the erecting act, or by the early settlers, is a question never satisfactorily answered in local annals. This is not an important question in Barton history, and the present writer feels disposed to accept the theory advanced by the most recent chronicler of local events. However, it is a well known and conceded fact that during the twenty-five years next following the close of the revo- lution all names which were distinctively English were very ob- noxious to the victorious Americans, and there was a marked tendency on the part of legislative authority, and of the settlers in general, to repudiate all things strictly English and to accept only that which would not suggest any complimentary allusion to the mother country ; but as to what may have been the spirit which actuated the power that named this town Barton cannot be told. This much is true : It was a good name, worthily bestowed, and the town now so called is one of the very best in this old and his- toric shire.
The, physical features and characteristics of Barton are not strikingly dissimilar to those of other towns ; the same general rolling condition of the land surface prevails, but unlike others, Barton has the two grand waterways, the Susquehanna and Che- mung rivers, the one on the southeast and the other on the south- west border. Then, too, Cayuta and Ellis creeks have their courses alınost wholly within the town, affording facilities for perfect drainage not enjoyed by all the civil divisions of the county. In the valleys of the streams are some of the most fertile and pro- ductive farming lands in the entire region, and while the high- lands are at elevations varying from 400 to 600 feet above the
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river bottoms they are nevertheless tillable to their very tops and yield profitably in return to the proper efforts of the husbandman.
In the early history of the region the Susquehanna and Che- mung rivers were far more important thoroughfares of travel and trade than during the last half century. Indeed, the earliest set- tlers in the locality came through the valley of the streams to reach their places of future abode, and if we may go back still further, and into the early history of the state, there will be found associated with this particular region many of the most interest- ing and striking events which marked the advance of civilized white settlement in this part of the country. During the early and long continued French and English wars, these valleys were much used by the savages, though the contests between the contending powers were waged far away from this immediate vicinity. Still further back, about the middle of the seventeenth century, and for a long time previous thereto. this point in the valley of the rivers was debatable territory and lay between the possessions of the Iroquois on the north and the Delawares on the south.
The Indian history of the whole region is so fully recorded in the early chapters of this work that hardly more than a passing allusion to that occupancy seems necessary, but in view of the fact that so many persons have erroneous impressions and belief regarding that history, and particularly in regard to local tradi- tions, we feel justified in making a brief special mention of the subject in this chapter ; and if our statements have the effect of shattering some of the traditionary idols which have been built up around "Spanish Hill," the reader will attribute the motive to a desire for truth rather than a wish to destroy favorite illusions.
The most careful students of Indianology have determined that the Iroquois confederacy was formed soon after the year 1400, and that for almost a century afterward they were devoted to strength- ening the bond of union and increasing its power. The conquest over the other powerful Indian nations by the Iroquois was not begun until the early years of the seventeenth century had passed, and the conquest of the Delawares by the confederated nations- the Iroquois-was not made previous to 1640, and between that year and 1655. From this we discover how impossible it would
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