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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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