Genesee echoes : the upper gorge and falls area from the early days of the pioneers, Part 9

Author: Anderson, Mildred Lee Hills, 1902-
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Castile, New York : [publisher not identified]
Number of Pages: 146


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early days he was sometimes asked to read the sermon at a re- ligious service, but his hand would tremble very much. After- ward, he would say, "Dom fool, afraid to read before a few of my neighbors!" The softening of the word "damn" was a habi- tual peculiarity of the Colonel.


An Indian trail from the lower valley of the Genesee to Wis- coy and Caneadea passed the house of Colonial Williams. Josiah Barbour, an early resident, related that he had seen the Indians and squaws on horseback, riding single file, laughing, shouting, and whooping, sometimes a line a half mile long.


CHAPTER XVI


A GREAT BENEFACTOR-


WILLIAM PRYOR LETCHWORTH


WILLIAM PRYOR LETCHWORTH was born May 26, 1823, in Brownville, N.Y., son of Josiah and Ann Hance Letchworth. His ancestry could be traced back to England and Robert Letch- worth, who was a Quaker. The first family that came to America arrived in 1766 and settled in Philadelphia.


Early in life William Letchworth entered upon a mercantile career, first in Auburn, N.Y., and later as a member of Pratt & Letchworth Company in Buffalo in the business of importing and manufacturing saddlery hardware. Never of rugged health, he spent much time in travel, going abroad for a year in 1856- 57. He was one of eight children and never married.


One day in the late 1850's he was looking for a place for re- tirement when he came upon the high wooden bridge at Portage and beheld the grand view of the valley. He strolled down to the river, stopping at the sawmill at the Middle Falls, where he learned from the foreman that material from the near-by forests was becoming scarce and the many people owning land there might be willing to sell.


Mr. Letchworth lost his heart to the wild beauty of the Glen and the possibilities he saw there. He did not wish to buy any of the land unless he could acquire all of that around the Upper and Middle Falls. It was not until February, 1859, that he was able to purchase the place he desired. The earlier owner had built a log cabin on the plateau as his first home and later a large frame house. This was opened as a tavern to accommodate travellers who wished to spend some time at the Falls. Mr. Letchworth re- modeled the house into a very comfortable home which years later was enlarged for the Inn.


Mr. Letchworth could not have found a more peaceful spot.


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Buying up sufficient land enabled him to surround himself with the kind of beauty he loved best. As a child, I can remember walking through his lovely gardens and out on the lawn where he kept pens of pheasants. Visitors were always welcome and they were many during the summer months. I recall Mr. Letch- worth as a white-haired man in his eighties, riding about his es- tate accompanied by his nurse. We often met him on our way to and from school. He always had a cheery "hello" for everyone. At Christmas time in the little school, there was always fruit and a gift for every scholar from Mr. Letchworth. He believed in lasting gifts, and many an adult now prizes a silver spoon with the recipient's initials engraved on the handle. He took an interest in the schools as soon as he settled in the community, offering prizes in the Portageville and Castile Union schools for good work in nearly all subjects. He was trustee of the local school in 1870, and, as stated in Chapter VIII, he was instru- mental in building the very fine little country schoolhouse where I attended school, as did my father before me. He provided many books for the schools, also.


When Mr. Letchworth first acquired land at the Middle Falls, he purchased it from William C. Beach, Perry Jones, Thomas W. Olcott, Anthony Davis, Andrew W. Cole, George Wheeler, John J. Olcott, Michael Smith and Wallace Wood. (Later purchases are given in Chapter IV.)


The mill at the Falls had been burned in 1858, but many other' buildings were there and the lattice bridge was still standing. It, however, went down in 1864. The Genesee Valley Canal was in use on the east side of the river and many small shanties had been built along the bank for use of the men who worked on the canal. Mr. Letchworth endeavored to improve the view from his home by setting out a number of trees along the banks. What he wished to accomplish was expressed in his own words as he ad- dressed a gathering of editors and friends who had adjourned to his home following an inspection tour of the new iron bridge and a dinner at the Cascade House on July 17, 1875. Toasts had been offered and his words are given as they were reported by the Buffalo Courier:


"Judging from the complimentary allusions referring to my- self, to which I have just listened, I am led to believe, gentlemen,


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that either through misapprehension on your part or out of your own generous impulses you are disposed to accord me more credit than I deserve for the slight courtesy I have extended you. Learning a few days hence from a member of your fraternity that you designed visiting Portage for the purpose of examining the engineering work now being carried on here by the Erie Railroad Company, under the charge of Mr. Morrison, it occurred to me that I might lend increased interest to your excursion by placing my carriages at your disposal for a trip to the Lower Falls, a locality that I regard as possessing rare attraction, and which is comparatively but little known. It gives me great pleas- ure to meet you here. Our sympathies naturally go out towards those having similar tastes to our own. That there is a similarity in this instance is evidenced by the fact that you are here today, and that you express yourself as satisfied with the expenditure of time. I am fond of the beautiful in nature. I think its study serves to elevate and enlarge our moral faculties. You are the educators of the public taste, and in the fact that you are drawn towards the beautiful here, I find cause for gratification.


"It is now sixteen years since I came one spring day upon that high bridge which has recently been burned down. Before I had walked entirely across it, for the first time, and had looked upon the wild and picturesque scenery which this little valley presents, I perceived its capabilities and determined that, if I could get a foothold within its borders, my lot should be cast here. The Glen at that time presented a very different appearance from what it does at present. There were unsightly objects in the form of ruinous buildings, wrecks of abandoned enterprises and bare points that had been stripped of their foliage and were looking forlorn enough. In every direction the eye encountered some- thing that shocked the esthetic sense. But I saw that nature was endeavoring to recover herself and I was charmed with the in- finite variety of delicate beauties which she had brought so close together-which seemed to invite me to a study of her yet un- comprehended attractions, just as the white hand of your fair friends holds out to you a charming book, saying 'read.'


"In what I have done here, my object has been to aid nature in her struggling effort, and in doing so as it were, humor her in all her fanciful moods. The eight or nine thousand forest trees


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which I have planted up and down the river in this locality, are nearly all indigenous to this soil and have been planted just as the winds of heaven might have cast the seed. In the disposition of them I have endeavored to bring out pleasing contrasts of color and throw lines of grace about outlines otherwise hard. This you may see in many a creeping vine that so fondly throws its floating sprays in the summer air like the fluttering handker- chief of a parting friend waving a loving good-bye. That little group of white birches, with soft foliage, standing just below, and in front of that mass of dark green pine, upon the hillside, looking like white angels that might have just emerged from the dark green of Eden, is not one of the accidents of nature. I have seen elsewhere the combination and learned this happy truth from her.


"There is another reason, gentlemen, why I take pleasure in meeting you on this occasion and being permitted to share in this friendly social intercourse with you today. It is because it gives me an opportunity to acknowledge, however imperfectly, the obligations which I feel myself under to your fraternity. In the humble work in which I have been engaged at various periods of my life, and especially during the last few years in which my efforts have been diverted to what I thought would relieve hu- man suffering, I have found the press of both political parties ready to aid me. I have never sought its co-operation in aught that related to humanitarian needs but that power 'mightier than the sword' has been exercised generally with most effective results. It is to me a source of unspeakable satisfaction that in our enlightened and liberal press, there is a human yet stern power always ready to vindicate the helpless, speak for the mute, watch for the blind, and guard from harmful ills the human bark floating in life's rough sea bereft of the guide of reason. This inspires me with hope for the world's future and with a nobler conception of our common humanity. "Tis this that makes me say out of a grateful sentiment that whoever he may be that shall chance to stray into this retired valley, be he editor-in-chief or the humblest worker on his staff, he will ever find a ready welcome at my door and a place at my hearth."


After that meeting, the whole group took a trip to the Lower Falls, which they found delightful. (I believe the Lower Falls


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area had been a recent purchase of Mr. Letchworth's at that time.) They also visited the Council House and grounds on a plateau above Glen Iris.


Mr. Letchworth kept the farms occupied by tenants and car- ried on farming as usual. He had a fine herd of Jersey and Swiss cattle of which he was very proud. They were kept at the Chest- nut Lawn farm. Most of them wore bells imported from Swit- zerland-of all sizes and each size sounding a different note. They made sweet music as the cows came from pasture. From his European tour, Mr. Letchworth had brought back plans for a Swiss-type home. One such building still stands as the home of the Letchworth Park superintendent. Another was erected near the Middle Falls and in 1898 was moved to the Council House grounds as the home of the caretaker there.


Mr. Letchworth greatly enjoyed his lovely home and wel- comed his many friends to share it with him. Some relative was always present as gracious hostess. He retired fully from business life in 1873 and turned to his chief pleasure, works of charity and benevolence. He served several years as president of the State Board of Charities. His work for the insane, epileptics, un- derprivileged children and reforms of various kinds was known all over the state. In the Genesee region, the State School at In- dustry and Craig Colony at Sonyea are living memorials to his interest in the unfortunate. Many honors were bestowed upon him during his long life.


He continued to plan improvements and carry them out until his death, December 1, 1910. He left this life quietly and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. His request was that he be placed in a stone sarcophagus similar to the one used for Mary Jemison, the stone to be from the Blue Stone Quarry near Portageville. He requested a plain slab be placed on his grave, preferably from Table Rock at Lower Falls. Instead, a slab of the same quality was secured from the river bed above the Mid- dle Falls. It bears the inscription:


William Pryor Letchworth Born, Fifth Month 26, 1823 Died, Twelfth Month 1, 1910


So he left the Glen he loved, certain that it would be preserved


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for a state park and that the beautiful Falls would not again be turned to commercial use. At Glen Iris much remains as in days gone by, except the home atmosphere given by his hospitality. One can sit in his library, but feel the loss of the one who filled the shelves with choice books, or stroll on the wide lawn but miss the host who made it possible.


Glen Iris, a name beautiful enough to match the beauty of the place itself, is a place of quiet retirement from the busy world of today and each year sees more visitors coming to enjoy its beauty.


The rumblings of a dam to be built for power purposes had worried Mr. Letchworth and he tried for years to prevent reali- zation of the project, and to find a way to preserve the beauty of the Falls. On February 14, 1903, he suffered a stroke which left its paralyzing effect upon the remaining years of his life. He finally decided to deed his property to the state of New York, retaining life use and tenancy with right to further improve it, and suggesting that at his death the American Scenic and His- toric Preservation Society have the management and control of it. It consisted of about one thousand acres in the town of Gene- see Falls, Wyoming County, and the town of Portage, Livingston County, to be used as a state park. The gift was accepted by the state in January, 1907, and the name of Letchworth Park was given to the estate.


PARK IMPROVEMENTS


After the death of Mr. Letchworth, plans were made to start a forest arboretum under the direction of Charles M. Dow. The first planting was made in May 1912 when thousands of species of the timber trees of the world were planted in the soil to which they were best adapted. Those of ornamental value were also used. A large nursery was started in the field by the schoolhouse. Between 131,000 and 150,000 trees were planted. The woods were sown with wild flower seeds to replace the flowers no longer present in their native haunts.


New trails were made along the banks to the points of interest and lookouts cleared to permit a better view of the beauty of the valley. The Council grounds were graded and cleared with


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some rearrangement done. Plans were under way for a new mu- seum which had been Mr. Letchworth's wish before his death. The site selected was about where the barn had stood at the foot of the bank below the Council House grounds. The cornerstone was laid November 9, 1912. In the center of it was placed a copper casket eighteen inches deep, two feet long and one foot wide. In the casket the following articles were placed: Life of Mary Jemison, the White Woman of the Genesee (whose grave is in a prominent spot at Glen Iris, as the southerly portion of the park is known); biography of William Pryor Letchworth, donor of the estate; surveys and estimates for the construction of a storage dam across the Genesee River just south of the park; a book of poems from the pens of a number of well-known writers, entitled Voices of the Glen and donated to Mr. Letch- worth some time before his death; a number of photographs of the Genesee River, the glen and park, and also a number of other papers.


The museum was completed early in 1913. The contents of the other museum were moved to the new location and over the years many new exhibits have been added. Glen Iris was opened to the public and has become a famous summer resort for those who love the quiet beauties of nature.


Talk of a dam still continued and in the early 1920's the pow- er companies started buying up the land along the river from the Lower Falls to Mount Morris. Many of the farmers were allowed to stay for years but some had to move out immediately where the state wanted the land to expand the park. This took in the areas of Big Bend, Gardeau Flats, Smoky Hollow, and Gibsonville.


However, when the federal government finally decided to construct a flood-control dam at the High Banks above Mount Morris, all property rights previously held by power companies were acquired. The federal government, in turn, released a large area along the river to New York State for extension of Letch- worth State Park. Now the park extends on both sides of the river from Portageville to Mount Morris, a distance of seventeen miles. It covers thirteen thousand acres.


The dam has been finished, but the beauty of the Falls was preserved by the foresight of one who loved the beauties of


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nature. When the boulder at Inspiration Point was unveiled, these words were upon it:


God wrought for us this scene beyond compare But one man's loving hand protected it And gave it to his fellow-men to share


The Indians no longer roam the valley except as tourists and visitors to the summer pageant, in which they have a part, as they did in the life of the famous Mary, whom they loved. To the rugged pioneers who conquered the wilderness, and the gen- erous heart of Mr. Letchworth, we owe the beauty spot known as the "Grand Canyon of the East."


INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES (Soldiers' names in Chapter XIV are not included )


In general, married women are listed twice-under the maiden name and under the husband's family name with maiden name in parenthesis.


Abbott,


.14


Brooks, (General) Micah


.70, 87, 88, 89


Achilles,


89


Brooks, Micah Wooster 88


Agar, Sam .50


11


Brooks, Polly 87


Allen, Arthur


9


Brooks, Wooster 48


Allen, Harriett (Jones)


9


Broughton, Dr. L. C. 30


10


Allen, Oscar


9


Allen, William P.


9


Ames, Barbara (Davis)


11


Ames, Otis


40


Anderson, John .57


Buckheister, .29


Andrews, John .45


Burgess, Joel .22, 23


Andrus, Adrian


45


Burlingame, Mrs. Earl 57,58


Andrus, Grove


40, 45


Burns, Francis 42


Austin, Ezra


41


Burse, Kale 76


Ayrault, Delia (Williams) 91


Bush, Eli 24


Ayrault, Morris


91


Butler, Thomas


41


Bacon, Mary M. .40


Bacon, Walter .41


Bacon, Wilder .41


Carney, Frank 46


Bailey, Justice 12


Cazenove, Theophilus 7


Baker, Betsey .72


Chaffee, Marshall 50 .


Chandler, Abijah 41


Charlevoix, Father


4


Barnes, John W. 41,42


Chase, Arthur 46, 49, 57


Barnum, Victor P. 58


Chase, Mrs. Harry A. 76


Bartlett, Dr. Charles


73


Beach, Aaron W.


.25


Beach, William 25,94


Beardsley,


47


Beardsley, Orson


56


Beeman, Lyman .40


Clark, Otto .57,58


Clark, Reuben 41


Clemens, Joshua 40


Clinton, Governor 31


Clute, Jellis 70, 88


Coffin, Ben


57


Billings, Joseph


66, 67


Billings, Rosetta


.66


Bishop, Daniel 42


Bishop, Wheeler 41


Black, Johnny 50


Blakeslee, Leon .56


41


Cook, Philomon L.


41


Bolton, Charles


.54


Botsford, James


23


Botsford, N.


41


Brandes, 89


Brant, Joseph 28


Brewster, Adelia (Jones) 9,24


24, 41


Brooks, Benedict


.87


Brooks, Catharine


.88


Brooks, Charity .87


.88


Brooks, Cornelia


88


Brooks, David .87


Brooks, Rev. David 87


Brooks, Elizabeth (Chattim) .88


Brooks, Elizabeth (Doolittle) 87


Brooks, Laura 87. 88


Davis, Gideon 10


Brooks, Lorenzo H.


Brooks, Marcia 88 .


Davis, Helen


Brooks, Mary {Hall) 88


Davis, Isaac 11


47


Daley,


59


Davis, Anthony .11, 24, 25, 38, 41, 94


Davis, Barbara 11


Davis, Charles 11


Davis. Edwin R. 11, 25, 42


Davis, Frank 11


.41


Corn Planter 6, 28


Corser, Bliss


23


Corser, Hannah


23


Crandall, Claude


.65


Crawford, Grace (Jones) .10


Curtis, Rosel M. 55


Behrms, - .89


Bennett, Charles 46


Besse, Philip .62


Billings, Albert 67


Billings, Eunice 66, 67


Coffin, M. J. 41


Cole, Andrew W. 25, 94


Cole, Postmaster 29


Cole, Thomas .38


Colquhoun, Patrick 5


Cook, L. T. . 41


Blaney, Michael


Chase, John . 46, 47, 49, 61


Chase, Marian 46, 61


Chattim, Elizabeth 88


Choate, I. W. 41


Clark, Jacob 45


Calendar, Dewey L. .40


Carey, Martin


68


Bubendorff, Joseph 25,42


Buck, Mary S.


38, 39


Buck, Professor .38


Allen, John


41 .


Brown, Grace (Jones)


Brown, Homer .10


Aikins, Susan H.


Brooks, Patty .87


Davis, George 24


Davis, Harriett 24


101


Brewster, Isaac


Daley,


Brooks, Clarissa


Cook, Westly


Baker, Christopher 40


Barbour, Josiah .92


Davis, Jacob 11 11 Frier, Matthew 41


Davis, James


Davis, Jennie ( Kohler) 11


Davis, Job 10, 41


Fuller, Julia (Williams) 91


Fuller, Willis H. 91


Gage, Allen 40


Galton, Tom 49


Gardner, Burdette 9


Gardner, Dan 9


9


Gardner, Sarah (Jones)


9


Garrison, -


45


Garrison, Abram


40


Garrison, Clark


49


Garrison, Rebecca


46


Gayton, Samuel


56,57


George 111


1


George, Carley


57


Gibbons, Thomas


63


Gibson, Henry B. 70, 88


Gifford, Charles 30


Gontol, Russell


72


Gorham, Nathaniel 1


Gorser (see Corser)


Graham, James 41


Green, Mrs. Nancy 72


Green, Torrence


10, 42


Greene, Cordelia A. 13


Gregory, Amos


. 41


Greig, John


25, 89


Griffith, Nathan 41


Haas, Lillian 10


Hall, Deacon Abel 88


Hall, A. 10, 41


Hall, Albert


. 41


Hall, Clarissa ( Brooks) 88


Hall, George .24


Hall, Mary


88


Hall, Olive U. 24


Harrington, Alta 57


.57


Harrington, Lou


57


Harvey, Russell A. 42


Hazell, Thomas 25


Hiokatoo


69,71


Holloway, Sylvia


10


Hopkins, Arthur .58,60


Hornby, John


.5, 36, 89


Hovey, John


61


Hubbard,


90


Hunt, Horace


32


Hunt, Mary


91


Hunt, Sanford


33


Hunt, Governor Washington 13


Indian Allen (Ebenezer)


75


·Ingersoll, William


73


Ingham, Joseph 41


James |


1


Jamieson, James 29, 30


Jemison, Betsey .69


Jemison, Jacob 71


Jemison, Jane


.69


Jemison, Jesse


.62, 69


Jemison, John


62, 69, 72


Jemison, Mary


3, 4, 28, 62, 66, 68,


69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 88, 97, 99


Jemison, Nancy


.28, 69


Jemison, Polly


69,72


Jemison, Thomas 69, 7.1


Jenkins, Amaziah


.10, 24, 41


Jenkins, John A.


25


Jenkins, Polly


25


Johannes,


89


Johnson, Elisha


33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41


Johnson, Mary A.


37


Joncaire,


4


Jones, Adelia


9, 24


Foote, Fred


57


Jones, Annie L. ( Warden-)


.10


Fox, George


41


Fuller, Hiram 41


Davis. John 10


11


Davis, Kathryn (Kohler) 11


Davis, Laura 11


Davis, Lucina Ann (Eddy)


11


Davis, Lydia (Fancher) 24


Davis, Mae .11


Davis, Martha


11


Davis, Mary


10


Davis, Mary E.


11


Davis, Maryette (Pond)


11


Davis, Merritt


11, 25, 41, 42


Davis, Merritt E.


11


Davis, Nancy


24


Davis, Nancy ( Shaw)


11


Davis, Nathan Jr.


. 10, 11, 41


Davis, Nathan Sr.


10


Davis, Nathan III


11


Davis, Norman


11


Davis, Norman E.


11


10


Davis, Perry


10


Davis, Ruth


11


Davis, Sarah


11


Davis, Susan


11


Davis, William


11


Davis, William T.


.11, 14, 24, 34, 41


DeGolyer, C. S.


56, 59


Deh-ge-wa-nus


69


DeMocker, Carlotta


46, 58


Denton, Ezra F.


42


De Puy, Earle


24


DePuy, Perry 24, 40


Devinney, George


57


Devoe, Alma 91


Devoe, Henry .91


Devoe, Isaac 91


Devoe, Colonel Jacob


91


Divers, Allen 72


12


Dixon, Nathan 12


Doan, Delos 47


Doolittle, Elizabeth 87


Doty, Silas


40


Dow, Charles 98


Duke of York 1


Duryea, Albert


46


Earl, Pardon


11, 14


Earl, Rosetta A. (Jones) 11


Ebner, Earl 11


Eddy, - 62


Eddy, Lucina Ann


11


Ellicott, Joseph 7,87


88


Elwell,


60


Elwell, Arthur


60


Emory, Genevieve 10


45


Eveland, Harmon


72


Everett, Arthur 62


Everingham, Henry 62, 63


Ewell,


64, 65


Fancher, Asel


10, 24, 41


Fancher, Lydia 24


Fancher, Urania 24


Farmer's Brother 6


Father Charlevoix


4


Fields, John


12


.Fields, Samuel


12


Fields, Seth 12


Fillmore, Millard 9


Pillmore, Nathaniel 9 Finch, Myron 42


Fisher, Josiah 45


Fluker, Jennie L. 66,67


Foote, Ed


57


102


Hill; David 45


Harrington, George


Dixon, Joseph


Davis, Pardon


Gardner, Ida


Davis, Maria 1,24


Davis, Kathryn


Ellwanger, Cornelia ( Brooks)


Engle, M. L.


Jones, Bert 10


Jones, B. N. D.


40


DeMocker)


46, 58


Jones, Cassandra 9


Jones, Dyer


9,40


Little Billy


6


Jones, Eben


9


Little, Will


57


Jones, Esther


10


Lockwood,


72


Loder, President


13


Lovell, Joseph .24


Madison, Frances 9


Madison, John


9


Madison, Nancy Watts 9


Mallory, Horace .40


Marsh, Charles


57


Marsh, Ed


.73


Marsh, Fred 56,57


Marsh, Milton 57


Marsh, Tom


.56, 57,61,73


.57


Martin,


Marvin, Moses .88


McCarthy, Stephen .42


McCormic, Rev. Mr. .57


41


McDermott, Michael


41


McDuffie, Harry M.


54


McFarline, Joseph


45


McHerron,


57


McHerron, James


48,88


Mckay,


12,90


88


McNair, William P


45


Jones, Ray


. 10


Jones, Reuben


9, 10, 24, 40


Jones, Rosetta A.


11


Jones, Sally Ann ( Moseman) 9,24, 25


Jones, Sarah


9


Mineke,


.89


Jones, Sarah (Tylor) 9,24


Jones, Senath


9


Jones, Sylvia (Holloway) 10


Jones, Warden


10


Jones, Zilphia


Joninedah


26


Kellogg, Arthur


.51


Kellogg, Harry P.


48, 88


Kendall, Emory


68


Kenney, Eleazer 41


Kenrick, Edward


.45


Kerr, Colonel Simcoe


28


King, Abraham


42


King George III


1


King James I 1


Kirkpatrick, William A. 32


Knowlton, Captain Benjamin 24, 40


Knowiton, John


40


Knowlton, Lucy


24


Knowlton, Ursula


24


Kohler, Jennie


11


Kohler, Kathryn


11


Kullman, 1st Lt. Joseph W. 52


La Houtan, Baron 2


Larkham, A.


42


Larkham, Lvman .57


Lawrence, Ezekial 45


Lee, Harvey


.43, 44


Lee, Henry


. 44


Lefoy, John


40, 45, 55


Leggett, Philander


41


Lester, Arthur


73


Lester, Betsey ( Baker) 72


Lester, Edith .73


Lester, John A.


72


·Lester, Mrs.


72


Letchworth, Ann Hance 93


Letchworth, Josiah 25, 93


Letchworth, Robert .93


Letchworth, William Pryor


1, 2, 11, 13,


21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38,


42, 77, 93 , 94, 97, 98, 99, 100


Lewis,


46


Lincoln, Abraham


.42


Pitcher, John


. 41


6


Morrison,


47


Morrison, David


25


Moseman, Sally Ann 9, 24, 25


Moses, Helen (Davis) 11


Mosier, Josiah 40


Mumford, .12, 37, 90


Mumford, Mary A. (Johnson) 37


Murray, -


76


Mussen, Billy


57


Newville, Ernest


46,49


Newville, Inez


.46


Noyes, Russell


.40


O'Bail, Solomon


.28


Ogden,


.76


Olcott, John J. .25, 94


Olcott, Thomas W. 12, 25, 94


Oliphant,


76


Olmsted, James R. .72


O'Reilly, Marcia ( Brooks)


88


Orsburn, Harry


58


Orsburn, John


57, 61


Orsburn, Orlo


57,58


Palmer, Alvah


.21, 22, 23, 24, 40


Palmer, Chester .41


Palmer, Edmund 25, 40


Palmer, Merab 23


Palmer, Truman


.21, 23, 40


Parmalee, Dr.


90


·Partridge, N. B. 41


Pattison, Charlotte (Williams) 91


Pattison, Edward


91


Percival, Emily


76


Percival, John


.76


Phelps, Gideon


58


1


Phelps, Oliver


Phelps, Phyletus


58


Pierce, George


65


Piper, Herman


54, 59, 60, 61


Piper, Mrs. Herman (Belle)


57,59


.12


Jones, John H.


32


Jones, Laurie Louise


10 10


Jones, Lillian ( Haas)


Jones, Mary E. ( Davis)


11, 25


Jones, Meldon Burton


10


Jones, Meldon Evero


10 11


Jones, Merritt


Jones, Milan 9, 10, 11, 34, 41


Jones, Minor 10,40 Jones, Mrs. 65 . 10


Jones, Perry


. 9, 11, 24, 25, 40, 94


Merithew, Hiram 58


Merwin, 22 37


Minard, John S.


27


Mona-sha-sha .26


Moore, James H. Jr.


54


·Morris, Robert


5, 6


Morris, Thomas


McNair, Hugh


Jones, Paul Evero


4


Jones, Ira 10


Jones, Irene (Wood)


10 9


Jones, Jeanette


Jones, Jim


51


Jones, Hazel 10


Jones, Horatio


Jones, Frances ( Madison) 9


Jones, Genevieve (Emory ) 10


Jones, George W.


11


Jones, Grace ( Mrs. Homer Brown) 10


Jones, Grace ( Mrs. George Crawford) .10


Lindsay, Mrs. William ( Carlotta


Little Beard


3, 6


Jones, Evero


9,10


Jones, Frances .10


Jones, Harriett


9


Marsh, Mrs.


McDermott, Martin


Mills, Hiram P.


103


Podlesney, Esther (Jones) 10


Tallman, Mrs. Charles


58


Pond, Lester 41 Taylor, Maria 91


Pond, Marcus 41


Teeple, George 57,61


Templeton,


57


Tice, Frances


73


Toms, Benjamin


41


Torrey, Lyman S. .54


Tuttle, Ace


.57


Tylor, Sarah 9,24


Van Arsdale, Charles 74


Van Arsdale, James H. III 73


Van Campen, Major Moses .27, 28, 42


Van Hoesen,


58


Van Sickle, R. 72


Wadsworth, General James S. 29


Waite, Blanche 62


Waite, Frank J. 62


Waite, Ida 62


Waite, Ruth .24


Walker, Ed. Jr. 46


Walker, Ed Sr. 46 .


Walker, George 73 .


Walker, Wellington 49 .


. . Wallace, Edward .58


Wallace, Graydon .58 .


Richardson, Sheriff


29


Ritchie, Mrs. Robert (Frances Jones)


10


Robinson, Mrs. Tom


50


Rolph, M. 9


Rolph, Sarah (Smith) 9


Rolph, Steven 22


Rose, Jonathan 40


Washington, General


3


Weed, Perry .


54


Welch, Kathryn (Davis) 11


Wellfinger, 59


Wesson, Cliny 45


41


West, Porter


41


Satterlee, J. B. 48


Scott, James 45


Seaton, Joel 27


Seward, William H. 38


59


Wheeler, Benjamin 10, 12, 22


Shanks, John 27


Shaw, Nancy


11


She-nin-jee 69


Shores, George 46, 49


Shores, Rebecca (Garrison) 46


Willard, Alvarius


25,40


Willey, Horace


41, 42


Silverheels, Alfred 29,30


Silverheels, Tommy


29 Williams, Anna C. .91


Williams, Chapin C. 91


Williams, Cherles


.91


Williams, Charles L.


91


Smith, Clinton


9


Smith, Fred


9


Smith, G. W.


41


Smith, Joshua


55


Smith, Levi


41


Smith, Lewis


46


Smith, Michael


25, 40


94


Smith, N. .


41


Smith, Peter


41


Smith, Senath (Jones)


9


Smith, Seth


12


Smith, William 41


Starr, 58


Stocking, Charles 41


Stocking, Josiah 45


Strauch, Leura (Davis) 11


Wood, Irene


10


Wood, Isaac


41


Wood, Laure


.58


Wood, Wallaca


25, 94


Wright, Mrs. Asher


70, 71


Wright, Hannah


40


York, Duke of 1


Young, Jared


51


Sutherlend, George 62,63


Sutherland, Margeret Bredt 73


Swanay, Daniel


.41


Zorn,


Zollman,


.


57


Wilson, Celeb


Wilson, George


45


Wisner, Mercus L.


54


Wood, Eerl


.58


Streeter, John .61


Strong, Charles 72


Strong, Elijah 72


Sturtevant, Cynthia (Post) 65


Sturtevant, Noch


65


63,


64


Sullivan, General


3, 60


Sutharlend, Frenk M. .62


9


Williams, Richard .68


Williams, Dr. William


.89


Wilson, -


.40


Wilson, Thomas


.91


Williams, Delia


91


Williams, Ella


91


Williams, ( Colonel) George


.12, 25, 35,


38, 45, 47, 52, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92


Williams, George


Williams, Henry


25, 43, 45, 91 91 91


Williams, Julia


Williams, Mery ( Hunt ) 91


.58


Wilcox, Stuart


.73


Shores, William 47


Williams, Alma (Devoe)


25, 91


Sims, David . 41


Slaight, Bergen 10


Slaight, Jeanette (Jones) 9


West, Elias


Westbrook, Nehemiah 72


Westbrook, Simeon K. .72


Whalen, John 40, 41


Whaley, Robert 62


Seymour, Clinton


54


Rice, Ida (Gardner)


9


Wallace, Lucy A. .54


Wallis, William 45


Ward, George 41


Ward, Sebetiah 12


Warden, Annie L. 10


Warner, Mathew 88


Rossman, George 40


Rugg, Lyman 40


Slaight, John 9


Smith, - 12, 90


Sager, Miles 47


47


Raquet, Sheldon


.47


Red Jacket .


. 5, 23, 68


42 41


Price, Henry


Price, Lafayette 40


Proper, George 41


Pulteney, Sir William


5


Quigley,


42


Rappalee, Laura


.50


.57


Powers, Alice


Prentice, Hosea


.41


Preston, P. P.


Porter, Augustus 7


Porter, General Peter B. .89


Post, Bela


62


Post, Cynthia


.65


Pond, Maryatte 11


Pond, Norman


42


Pond, Seva


1,40


Raquet, George


Reutch,


89


Reynolds, Elisha


Wheeler, George 25, 94 .57


Whitcher,


White, Alice


Williams, Charlotte


.


Smith, Sarah


45


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