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1501 -- "Seneca" Allan appeared in Rochesterville. Raining to be a descendant of Ebenezer Allan aud the owner of certain land's within the village Nuits; he died. before his claim could be prosecuted. ------ Monroe county created ont of part of Genesre and Ontario counties. -- The first canal aqueduct built by William Patton ; rost. $5.000. ---- Monroe County POPA Sxiety Bombe: Bs custom of giving Bid -- to those who were unable to buy was the bestman of the American Bible Society scheme .--- The site of the present City Hospital selected as a burying
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ground, the property being received from Roswell Hart, in exchange for the first burial ground .--- Thomas Rochester and Harvey Montgomery erect- ed a mill with three ruin of stone .--- First county court held .--- First canal boat left the village. Charles J. Hill bailt the first brick build- ing in Rochester on South Fitzhugh street .- - 1 .1. Ward owned the first insurance office. -- - Monroe County Medical Society organized.
1822 -- Rochesterville dropped the " ville" and be- came Rochester .---- The County Court House com- Basin for Little Falls, on the canal. - The first jail built by Daniel Loomis .-- The Society of Friends erected a house for public worship, and the Method- ist4 did likewise. -- The Rochester Female Charit- able Society founded.
1823-First meeting in favor of nominating John Quincy Adams for the Presidency heid in Roch- ester; the Rochester Telegraph was the first to place his name at the head of its columns .--- Meeting : hell at the Mansion House to afford aid to the Greeks; $1.500 raised in the county .--- First cattle show and fair held in Monroe county. ---. St. Pat- rick's Roman Catholic Church built .---- Samuel Carrier threw himself over the Lower Falls.
1824-The Bank of Rochester incorporated. being the first one chartered outside of New York city .- Aristarebus Champion, Josiah Bissell. jr., and A. W. Riley formed a company to establish a line of six- day stages, in opposition to Sunday travel; the undertaking was not a success .--- Water let into the Erie canal: cannon planted at intervals along the line, were fired in regular succession, covering the news from Buffalo to New York in Us hours; in November Governor Clinton passed through here with a fistilla of caual boats: reception accorded him at the oll aqueluet by citizens of Rochester on the canal-boat Young Lion of the West. ----- St. Luke's Church erected. --- The First Presbyterian Society's new church finished; it occupied the pres- ent site of the City Hall.
1825 .- A Virginian named Tousey brought some tomato seed to Rochester and after growing the new vegetable here for the first time, invited a muunber of guests (Thurlow Weed among others) to partake of the dish at Christopher's Tavern. - Lafayette visited the village, coming from the West on a packet: the village and surrounding towns gave the illustrious Frenchman a grand ovation ---- The old museum building on Exchange street preted. -- First dramatic performaner given in the " Circus " on Exchange street, which had been turned into a theater and was opened with " The Mountaineers, or Love and Madness." November !. ---- The question whether the village should ap- ply for a charter as a city first agitated. -- Second Presbyterian, afterwards known as the Brick church, founded .-- Village census (taken in Febru- ary : 4.21: State ensusit ken in August 5.23
1826-The disseating Methodists built a meeting- house .-- The Rochester Daily Identiar. the first daily paper between Albany and the Pacific Ocean. established -- The village census showed a popula- tion of 7.069 .- - On May 15th, "the theater, opposite the Mansion House, was opened ; Edaund Kean first played there Judy 14th, in the "iron Chest;" and Thomas Hamblin followed as Rolle. Ronen and William Tell .--- Sept. 12 abduction of William Morgan, a former resident of Rochester. from the jail at Canandaigua; three of the abductors pleaded guilty and the fourth was con- vieted. -- The first village directory published .- Franklin Institute, first important literary asso- ciation, organized -- Samuel Works chosen first Chief of the fire department. ---- The first Court street bridge built .- - Monroe Commandery, K. T., organized. - . - Elias Shelmire's mill erected.
1897- Timothy Childs pominated for Member of Assembly for Rochester by the Monroe County Convention of anti-Masons and elveted by a major- ity of 1.7th- - Oct. 2. a corpse discovered in the beach of carlton, orhan- county, dentitel as tto Moty in by His wife. the investigating com- n.itto- ant the corner's av. -- - Time body ex- Imtard and identified as that of Timothy Munroe, of !
Canada, by his widow .- The Daily Advertiser credited Thurlow Weed with saying the corpse was "a good ruough Morgan till after election." Mr. Weed repudiated the phrase, claiming that what he did say was, "That is a good enough Morgan for us until you bring back the one you have carried off." -The Third Presbyterian Society founded: also, St. Ianis ipiscopat .- Publication of the hoches- ter Craftsman commenced. -- First inspection of the Fire Department. --- First insurance on public buildings effected. --- Thomas M. Rathbun killed at
pleted .---- The first boat load of flour left Hill's : the burning of Peck's paper mill. December 21, be-
ing the first fireman fatally injured .--- 1 big mill built by Messrs. Beach, Kempshall and Kennedy.
1828-Great numbers of clergymen and others re- nonneed the Masonic order .----- Julius Catlin, a young artist, drowned white sketebing the lower falls .--- Warham Whitney constructed a strap and bucket elevator for carrying wheat into a warehouse near Brown street: probably the first grain elevator in America ----- Reynolds' Arcade erected .--- The first public temperance meeting held in Rochester .---- Orthodox Friends Society organized .--- The old Brick Church erected .--- The Rochester Balance published .-- George H. Hill amused large audiences at this Rochester Cireus
with his Down-East Yankee impersonations .-- Amount of assessed real and personal property in the village. $1.707,815.
1830-All Masonic institutions. in Rochester and the surrounding country surrendered their charters and ceased to exist. -- Sam Patch. after having successfully pinaged our Trenton Falls ut Pater. son. N. J., au ! baff the height of Ningara Falls, ro- peated the performance at Genesee Falls, Novem. ber 8th, in company with a tame bear; ou the 13th of the same month he again essayed the feat, from a seaffoll twenty-five feet higher than the falls and was killed in the attempt .-- Law library founded by Chancellor Walworth .-- Rochester Athenamim organized .--- The erection of Grace (afterwards St. Paul's) Episcopal Church, begun. ---- Bank of Monroe incorporated .----- Eagle tavern built.
1830-The mangled body of Sam Patch found at the mouth of the river and buried in the cemetery at Charlotte .--- Joseph Smith visited the Rochester Telegraph office and tried to make arrangements for the printing of the "Book of Mormon." the golden plates of which he professed to have dis- covered in the woods near Palmyra, after receiving directions concerning them in a vision: Thurlow Weed looked upon him as crazy or a very shallow impostor and declined to become the publisher. (E. B. Grandin, of Palmyra, printed the book the same year .- St. Paul's elinrcb finished and consecrated.
"The last wild wolf in the country killed near Iroulegnoit. after being hunted five days by nearly 100 persens from Rochester .-. - Henry O'Reilly first denounced Mormonism in the Rochester Republican A committer appointed to bring the subject of high schools before the Legislature, -- William .A. Reynolds established the first seed house .----- St. Patrick's church rebuilt .-- The old Rochester theater on State street turned into a livery stable.
1831-Colonel Nathaniel Rochester died, May 31. -The first cargo of wheat brought from Ohio to Rochester .--- Monroe Horticultinal Society organ- ized, Oct. S .---- Incorporation of the Rochester Canal and Railroad Company, commonly known as the Rochester and Carthage Railroad Company .--- Samuel L. Selden elected the flust judge of Connmnou Pleas of Monroe .-- leformed Presbyterian So- ciety formed .--- Rochester Savings Bank incor- porated.
1-32- The first year of the cholera in this locality ; 118 died during the summer, rights of the number being placed in their coffins by Ashbel W. Riley. nearly always unaided and aloue; he was a member of the Board of Health formed that year .--- The Rochester & Tonawanda Railroad Company char. tered First Presbyterian free Church Organ- innl. - Rochester Seminary organizel
1533- Fifty four more deaths from the cholera. --- A charity school established by the Society of St. Luke's Church for the free education of poor
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children --- The Rochester & Carthage (the first) railroad finished; horses furnished the motive power .--- Frederick Starr and Joseph Halsey, fire- nien. were granted the first exemption papers.
1831-Rochester incorporated as a city. -- The Common Coaneii and Supervisors elected June 2d. Jonathan Child elected Mayer by the Whigs in contaon Connell. Juce bih; the took the oath of office the next day): grand celebra- tion bell on Brown's Island, between Brown's race and the river, where 3.000 people made merry .-- Sidney Smitli elected first Police Justice .--- The old market destroyed by fire .- Main street bridge rebuilt .- Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 organized .---- Organization of St. Mary's Roman Catholic, Second Baptist. German Lutheran Zion's, and Abyssiman colored church societies .--- Rochester Daily Democra! established. ---- Name of Second Presbyterian Church changed to Brick Church. -- The river steamboat Genesre. capable of carrying 300 passengers, built and run from the rapids to Geneseo for several seasons. ---- Rochester contained 1.200 houses, besides pub- lie buildings, 12 churches. court-house, jail, market. two banks and a museum; assessed valuation of property (real and personal, $2.553.211.
1×35-MayorChild resigned,owing to the fact that he was opposed to granting licenses for the sale of intox- ieating liquors and the Common Council in favor of the same --- General Jacob Gould elected Mayor. --- A great flood did vast damage to hay and coro as well as to goods in cellars on Buffalo street; the new bridge at the lower falls was swept away. Rochester Academy of Sacred Music organized. City bonodaries extended. -- Colonel Thonias Mea- cham, of Sandy Creek, Oswego county. tendered as a gift to Rochester a mammoth cheese, which was sold: the amount realized by competition for it. $1,237.89. formed the beginning of the Meacham fund for widow, and orphaus of firemen, and for disabled firemen .-- Thomas Emerson and Jacob Graves built the Crescent milis ou
South Water street .- St. Joseph's German Catholic Church Society fondled. -- Third Presby- terian Church built: also the First Methodist Church on the corner of Buffalo aud Fitzhugh streets
1836-The city paid $53-6 for fifty- four acres of land for a cemetery, which was named Mount Hope by the late Lyman B. Langworthy. --- The first Andrews street bridge built .-- A Frenebman named Lauriatt made the first balloon ascension .-- Mayor Gould re-elected. ---- Mechan- les' Literary Association organized. - The first locomotive arrived by canal. -- -- Rochester Musical Society organized, B. C. Brown director. - Central Presbyterian Church Society founded .-- Pioneer Ride Company organized about this year : they sub- sequently fought the famous (bloodlessi battle of Tod-Waddle, in which they captured a solitary darkey.
1837 - A financial crisis caused much suffering. Suppression by Gen. Scott of the Navy Island raid, in which persons from Rochester had joined: Wit- liam Lyon MeKenzie, the leader the Canadian So- called rebellion, loused for a time in the Blue Eagle in this city .-- William Lyman killed by Oe- tavins Barron. (et. 23this being the first murder in Rochester. -- The Rochester Orphan Asyhim or- ganized under the name " Female Association for the Relief of Orphan and Destitute Children. " --- Erection of the new market house on Mason mhow Fronti street, bagno. --- Asbury M. E. Church soci- ety founded .--- City Bank built .-- Distinction In- tween Allermen and Assistant Allermen abol- ished.
1838. - Murder number two occurred May 4, whou Austin Squiers shot and killed his wife. --- Barron hanged June 95. -- >quiers hanzed November 20. - The first foundry started by William H. Cheney .- Henry O'Reilly published his Sketches of Rochester, with Incidental Notices of Western New York .- .The Auchester And Slavery Society formed- New jan erected -- Conver Valley Canal com. pleten1. ----- First person buried in Mount Hope: Pem- etery dedicated October 31 --- Miss Mary B. Men's seminary opened on the present sie of the Warner
building .--- The Rochester Union Grays and Roeh- ester City Oadets (afterwards Light Guards) formel out of the Pioneer Ritles.
1:3)-The Liberal party formed under the leader- ship of Myron Holly .- The Rochester Freeman established. -- Famous (hoodiess) battle of Lyel! .Bridge fought bwtweep Be Cadets rnd. Union Grays for a bass drumt.
1840-A Semi-centennial celebration commemor- ating the settlement of Western New York was hell. March 16. -- The Reformed Presbyterian Church Society founded. ---- First car-load of freight left on the Rochester and Auburn Railroad; depot of the road built here; first time table published Septem- ber 8 .--- George R. Benjamin and John Faton, fire- men, killed at the burning of the Curtis building .-- Western New York Agricultural Society organized. -- German Grenadiers organized.
1841-The remains of patriot soldiers, a detach ment of Sullivan's army, massaered by the Indians and Tories, exhumed in Livingston county and buried in Mount Hope, with imposing ceremonies. --- Myron Holly, one of the founders of the Liberty party, died .--. Elijah F. Smith, first Mayor elected by the people. -- Board of Education organized, with Levi A. Ward, President, and I. F. Mack, Su- perintendent .--- The public schools organized un- der the new system, with 34 teachers and 2.300 pupils .- First Unitarian Church Society organ- ized .-- Genesee Lodge, I. O. O. F., (the first Odd Fellows lodge in Rochester) instituted .- Ellwang- er & Barry engaged in the nursery business. --- The first brewery established by Daniel Warren.
1848-Jesse Hawley, a resident of Rochester vil- lage and the original projector of the overland route of the Erie caual, died at Cambria Niagara county .---- A duel fought on Pinnacle hill; one man lurt: names not given .--- The new aqueduct fin- ished at a cost of 5600.000. ----- The Rochester & Tou- awanda Railroad completed to Attica. --- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church founded. --- Teoronto Lodge. Monroe Rebecca Degree Lodge, and Mount Hope Encampment (all l. O. O. F. instituted .- Thomas Merecer opened the first daguerreotype gallery.
1843-Mass meetings held in favor of Irish free- dom and the repeal of her union with England. --- John Quincy Adams visited Rochester July 27 .--- Masorry revived in this city .--- St. Peter's and Paul's Roman Catholic Church. Our Lady of Victory (French) Roman Catholic Church, and Berith Kodesh temple founded .--- Firemen's lot purchased in Mount Hope.
1844-Joseph Marsh came to Rochester in the spring and started a weekly paper, The Voice of Truth, devoted to Millerism: the new faith made many converts: on Deteber 25th the Millerites Fath- ered in Tallman's Hall to await the end of the world! : a rabble gathered outside and the police bad to interfere .-- First telegraph office opened in Rochester by the New York. Albany and Buttalo Telegraph company -- Daily American established. The census showed a population of 23.553- an increase of 3,35s in three years. - --- Death of Levi W. Sibley, a pioneer. ---- - Three hundred and ten new buildings erected during the year.
1815-Convention of the Western New York Anti- Slavery Society, February 5, 6 and 1. ----- An "anti- gambling " society organized May 21 .-- -- Jomm (. Chumasero issned the first novel, "The Mysteries of Rochester:" William Beach publisher .---- Trinity Episcopal Church founded .. - Rochester City Lodge. 1. O. O. F., instituted.
1546-The printers of Western New York hell their first festival and celebrated Franklin's birthday in grand style. - Rev Ashhet Ballwin, the oldest ordained Episcopal minister in the Cited States, died in this city. --- - Western House of Refugees iablished. -- - Jonathan Child brought the first coal to Rochester for use in furnaces and foundries. --- First Universalist Church tonoded. --- Valley Lodge, I. A. M., instituted
1sff-Captain Willer organized a company for service in the Mexican war. --- the society of Pioneers organized, with Enos Stoue as President. -- The mortality for the year was tif, a death rate
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JONATHAN CHILD.
Jonathan Child, the first Mayor of Rochester, was born in 1785, in Vermont. He was of pure New England parentage and of Puritan lineage. His ancestors turned their backs upon English intolerance in 1630, landed in Roxbury, Mass., and settled at Woodstock, in the north- eastern corner of Connecticut. Colonel Jonathan Child, his grandfather, and eight sons, Green Mountain boys, enlisted as patriot soldiers in the Revolutionary War and took part in the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, in Pennsylvania and at Lake Champlain. The grandson, Jonathan Child, the subject of this sketch, served his country during the war of 1912, with a commission of Major, and was present at the battle of Fort Erie. Mr. Child, on leaving his New England home, went to Utica and taught school, and thence moving to West Bloomfield, Ontario county, engaged in mercantile business. He afterward moved to Perrry, Wyoming county, and then to Charlotte. He was elected Member of Assembly twice from Ontario county, in 1816 and 1817. He married a daughter of Colonel Rochester in ISIS, and came to Rochester to live in 1820. Here he was a merchant and contractor, and among other enterprises in which he was engaged he built the locks in the Erie Canal at Lockport. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fra- ternity. He beld no publie office in Monroe county until elected by the Common Council as Mayor. He was elected as a Whig. His administration of municipal affairs was distinguished by great personal integrity and firmness. He was reappointed in 1535 for one year from that date, but the Common Council boing Democratie in 1535, he resigned his office, principally be- canse he was unwilling to sign as many licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors as the Council desired. After retiring from the Mayoralty, he held no publie position except that of Superin- tendent of the Poor for a single term. He died in 1560. He was a man of fine presence, of cour- ternuts manners, and of the most upright character.
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of more than 2% per cent .-- The new railroad bridge of the Auburn & Rochester railroad built across the river .-. City Hospital incorporated. ----- St. Paul's Church burned. --- John D. Fox and two of his daughters. Margaret and Kate, who had moved into the house of Michael Werkman. at Hedsville. Wayne county, hegau to hear mysteri- ons noises.
1818 --- Kate Fox. March 31, answered the rappings at Hydesville and established her alleged commu- nication with the spirit world: considerable excite- ment ensning in the neighborhood over the " spook business." Mrs. Fish. another daughter, brought the family to Rochester and they occupied a house on Troup street, where the noises, henceforth known to the world as "Rochester Rappings." continued: Isaac Post. Amy Post. R. D. JJones. John E. Robinson and George Willits formed the first Spiritualistic . organization .-- Porter P. Pierep. a young woolen manufacturer, mysteriously murdered : bis body found in the river: the murderer never discovered .--- Abi- gail Bush presided in this city over the second Woman's Rights Convention in the State. - The office of Superintendent of Schools made elective. --- Monroe Commandery revived .- The present St. Paul's church erected. --- The Rochester gas company organized and works built; the first gas consumer was C. A. Jones -- United Presbyterian church. First Reformed church and Immaculate Conception church, founded .-- "Rochester Rap- pings " first publicly explained at Corinthian Hall. November 11th .-- The City Mills, beitig over loaded with grain, fell.
1849 -- The cholera re-appeared; about 100 deaths occurred. --- Dr. Hardenbrook acquitted of the charge of murdering Thomas Noft .- - Fanny Kem- ble gave readings .-- Home for the Friendless founded. - Mayor's court abolished .-- German M. E. church founded .--- About this time the 5th Rezi- mient (militia was founded.
1850-University of Rochester founded .- Buffalo && Rochester Railroad Company organized. ---- Mon. roe County Savings Bank incorporated. - Roches- ter Driving Park established .- - The Lockport & Niagara Falls Railroad extended to Rochester. - General Ebenezer S. Beach a pioneer milier, and John T. Tallman, another early settler, died. - Hamlet Serantom died .-- The cornerstone of the Court House laid. June 20th .- - General observance of the death of President Taylor .-- Powers's "Greek Slave" exhibited here. --- Daily Ihruld established: its name was changed to the Daily Times; it collapsed in a few months .-- Younandio Lodge, F. A. M .. and Monroe District Grand Com- mittee. I. O O. F .. instituted. -. Population, 36,501, an increase of 11.206 in five years.
1551-President Fillinore visited the city May 20th) with three members of his Cabinet: a public demonstration in honor of the visitors took place. ---- Daniel Webster addressed a large crowd from the southend of the Arcade gallery. May 24h. Jenny Lind sang at Corinthian Hell, July 201 and tth: the receipts for the second right. $2.501.41. she caused to be distributed among local charities .- Stephen A. Donglas delivered the address at the State fair; a civic festival held our evening during the fair was attended by ex-President Tyler, Goy- eruor Hunt. ex-Governor Marey. ex-Governor Mor- ton. of Massachusetts. Horace Greeley and others. -Chancellor Whittlesey died September 19th- Faros Stote, pioneer, died October 33 .-- - Lamario Texeira Pinto murdered' November 25. --- Matthew Brown, who came here in 1817, died December 25. --- The new Court-House finished : cost. $61.931.95 ; later additions. $10.000. -- Roswell Hart fir-1 in- produced coal for domestic-use. --- Rochester Then- logical Seminary founded .--- Rochester & Geneser Valley Railroad Company organized. --- German Baptist Church and Plymouth Congregational Church founded .--- Rochester Free Academy ogal. lished. -- formatde variety organized. --- Ham-
152 . The remains of Inaem T. Punto, missing since the previous November Found in a celler un the Lyell road ; February 6; Maurice Antonio cxe-
euted for the murder June 3 .--- The remains of Henry Clay passed through here, on the way to . Kentucky, July &; formal obsequjes bekl July 13, and a funeral procession " under the direction of the young men of Rochester, " July 3 .---- Returu of the cholera; nearly 700 cases: 480 to 413 deaths. ---- Me morial services on the death of Daniel webster helt at Corinthian Hall, November 28 .--- Work begun on the Rochester and Genese. Valley railroad. -- The city divided into ten wards .- Rochester & Char- lotte railroad company organized .--- First train from Rochester to Niagara Falls June 30. -- North Street M. E. church. Evangelical Reformed church and Frank street M. E. Church founded, --- Scott's band organized .--- Second depot (afterwards that of the Central-Hudson road) finished ---- Monroe Rebekah Degree Lodge. I. O. O. F. (the first ladies' lodge), instituted .--- Rochester Beobachter estab- lished.
1833-Four girls burned to death in the Rochester House fire, April 29th .-- The New York Cen- tral and Hudson River Railroad Company formed May 17th, by the merging of the Tonawanda, Rochester and Anburn, the Niagara Falls. Lockport and Rochester, Rochester and Charlotte, and the Rochester and Syracuse railroads. ------ Office of Chief of Police created and Addy Van Slyck elected .-- Cornhill M. E Church. Alexander M. E. Church and St. Peter's Presbyterian Church founded. --- Francis Gretter, aged about 13 years, fatally stabbed Paul Satterlee, same age: sen- fenced to the House of Reforwami of ape:4- The Setunshisses formed a protective noiou .-- -- Silas Hfall. pioneer, died. -- The Association for Juvelile Reform organized .-- Corner-stone of Plymouth Church laid, September 8th, and that of St. Mary's September 18th .--- Rochester Medical society organized .-- Rochester TollsMatt estab- lished.
1834-Everard Peck, pioneer. died .--- Mysterious disappearance of Emma Moore, aged thirty-seven; $1,000 reward offered .-- Mænnerchor organized. -- Blossom House destroyed by fire; loss. $150.000. - St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church founded.
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