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Officials, 409-Chemung bridge 411 -- Fire De- C partment, 411 -Iron Works, 411, 413, 413- Principal fires, 413-Old Exchange burned, Cabot township. 454 415 Growth of town, 415-Titles, 416- Camptown 59 Town in 1842, 416-Old stone mill, 417- Canal. 217 Old stage drivers, 417-Taverns, 417-Asit Canton township .. 4422 was in 1850, 418-First school, 418-First Recollections, Horace Spalding, 443-Ezra ferry, 418-Physicians, 418-Fulling mill, Spalding's ledger, 414-Spalding's house burned, 448- First schools, 448-Arrests under intrusion law, 449. 419-Postoffice, 419-First National Bank, 419-Union Bridge Co., 419-Schools, 420- Old Academy, 420, 423, 424-Foundry, 424 Canton borough .. Officials, 45 -Business concerns, 451, 452- 450 -Sheridan's Iron Works, 425-Furniture Company, 425-Mattress Factory, 425-Car Schools, water-works, tannery, mills, 451 -Union Agricultural Society, 452-Farm- er's Institute, 452. & Coach Co., 425-Planing mill, 425-Flex- ible file, 425-Smull's Tannery, 426-Butter Package Factory, 426-Morley's Gristmill, Cannibals Captives. Carr, Robert. .83, 84, 88, 100, 102. 108 28 426-Town in 1861, 426-Present hotels, 426 -Business concerns, 426 -- Cemetery, 427- Whisky Insurrection, 427. Cash books balanced by war. 180 Sayre borough. 427 Centreville. 483
Ground purchased, 427-Railroad shops, 428 -Arbor Association, 428-Water-works, 429
-Fire board, 429-Railroad division, 429- Borough incorporated: first officers, 429- Cavuta Wheel & Foundry Co., 429-Rapid growth of place, 429-Schools 430.
South Waverly 430
Called Factoryville, 430-John Shepard, founder, 430-On State line, 431-Incorpo- rated, 431-Official, 431-Gas and electric lights, 431-Two Herdic lines, 431-Popula- tion, 431.
Attorneys.
317 to 324
Austinville
459
B
Ballibay
484
Barclay coal mines.
432
Barclay postoffice
432
Bartram. John.
42
Bascom, Henry B.
435
Battle in Bradford county, 102-Battle of Wyoming, 88.
Bennett, Thomas . 100
Bentley Creek 483
Biddle, Nicholas. 217
492
Big Pond ..
149
Bird's-eye view of county, 1813
Blacksnake and Mrs. Ballard 435
Blossburg mountain 23
Boroughs, number of.
384
Boston Tea Party.
280
Bowman, Jacob ..
59
Boy, ye olden time
62, 63, 67,
153
Bradford county ..
191
Called Ontario, 191-Justices' districts, 192 -Obstacles encountered, 199- Trustees, 200-Townships, when formed, 201.
Brave escape from Indians.
100, 101
Burlington borough
441
Butler, John
88
Butler, Zebulon
122
58
Chilloway, Job.
59
Chubbuck, Aaron
177
"Circuit riders"
318
Civilization advances under difficulties 47
Claverack
189
Coal
24, 452
Cold plague.
436
Collectors, 1815 187
Columbia Cross Roads.
459
Compromise act of 1799.
143
Connecticut people.
.54, 127
Allen, Nathaniel
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Civilizing Indians.
28
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HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY.
PAGE.
Coolbangh, Moses 193
County seat contention 201
Located, 202 - Organized, 203 - Topog- raphy, 129 -County Poor Farm, 441- Where people lived, 203-Retrospective, 203.
Courtship, fifteen minutes 169
Churches .. .. 351
Baptist, Troy, 351 - Presbyterians, 351- Methodists, 352-Of East Troy and Colum- bia Cross Roads, 352-Episcopal Church, Troy, 352- Disciples, 352 - Universalists, 312-Catholics, 352-St. John's, 352 -- Meth- odists, Canton, 353 - Baptists - Seventh Day Adventists of Alba, 353-Disciples, 353 -Methodist, East Troy, 353- Free Will, 353-Disciples, Granville, 353 -- Free Will, West Granville, 354- Baptist, 354-Wes- leyan Methodist, 354 -Universalist, 354- Baptist, of Wells and Columbia, 354 - Methodist, Judson Hill, 354 - Baptist, Springfield, 354- Universalists, Spring- field, 354-Methodist, Leona, 355-Method- ist, Big Pond, 355- Methodist, Burling- ton, 355-Protestant Methodist, 355-Evan- gelical, 355 - Methodist, Canton, 355- Presbyteriaus, 356-Disciple, 356-Baptist, 356-Presbyterians, Orwell, 356-Brothers and Sisters disciplined, 357-Churches. Towanda, 358-Presbyterians, 358-Meth- odist, 358-Christ Church, 358-Catholic, 359-Baptist, 360-Universalist, 360-Afri- can M. E., 360-Episcopaliau, 361-Method- ist, 361-Presbyterian, 361-Catholic, 361- Baptist, 361 - Episcopal, 361 - Methodist, 362-Evangelical, 362-Wysox Church, 362 -At Smithfield, 362 - At Orwell, 362- Keen Summit Church, 363-Baptist, 363- Catholic, 363-Methodist, 363- Presbyte- rian, 363- Methodist, 363-Methodist, 364- Methodist, Lo Raysville, 364 - Methodist, Rome. 364-Methodist, Orwell, 364-Pres- byterian, Terrytown, 364-Second Presby- terian, Wysox, 364-Reformed Presbyte- rian, 364 - Ballibay congregation, 365- Herrick Church, 365-Monroeton Presby- terian Church, 365-Stevensville Church, 365-Barclay Church, 365-Rome Church, 365-Church of Orwell and Warren, 365- Ridge Road Church, 365-Church of Wells and Columbia, 365-Presbyterian of Or- well, 366-Methodist, Ulster, 366-Method- ist, East Troy, 366-Methodist, Liberty Corners, 366-Methodist, Albany, 366- Methodist, Wilmot, 366-Lutheran, 366- Universalist. 366.
D
Death, violent, Benjamin Martin 181
Decree of Trenton. 120
Dennison, Col. Nathan 89
"Divine rulers". 57
Door of Six Nations 29 Hartley, Col 8],
Dorrance, Col.
87
Dow, Lorenzo. 436
Douglas and Lincoln. 297
Drainage 22
Durell, Stephen, and Durell Creek
391
Dutch
E
Early settlers
53, 433
East Smithfield. 489
Economic subjects. 182
Education .264, 340 to 351
Elections in 1813. .152, 284, 287, 988 First, 291, 448-General elections, 297.
Election districts 194, 197
Elevations 24
Elliott, Joseph. 102
Evans, Lewis.
42
Evergreen .
389
F PAGE.
Fall Creek, hamlet. 432
Farms in county 19
Farmers' Institute. 452
Fassett
490
Federalist party
284,
288
Federal Republicans.
. .
150
Female suffrage 198
First-white man, 42-settler, 54, 433-On Susquehanna, 58-White child, 87-Real Democracy, 119-Paper, 148-Prayer meet- ing, 433-Political meeting, 149-Axc fac- tory, 179- Gerrymander, 193.
Fitch, Lemuel ... 58
Five Nations 28
Flower, Maj. Zephon 108
Foot of Plane 432
Fort Sullivan. 99
"Forty" settlers. 117
Fox, Rudolph.
Fox, Elizabeth.
54, 83, 84,
87
Franklin, Col. John .. 89, 90, 100, 102, 110, 134,
137, 138, 284, 395, 400
Franklin township.
459
Burr Ridgeway's recollections of, 459.
Franklindale ..
460
Fricdenhütten
44
"Free press" 253
G
Gas.
24
Gaylord, Justus 287
Geology 20, 21
Giddings, Joshua R 418
Gillett
490
Gleaning's from early papers
148 to 189
Goddard, Ezra and Luther, killed 438
Good versus splendid government .. 258 Goodrich, E. O'Meara. 316
Gordon, Samuel
83
Gore, Samuel
.101, 103, 104, 107, 108
Government, best form of.
258, 290
Granteer, Jacob. 449
Granville Centre 463
Granville Summit. 463
Graydon.
432
Granville township
460
First arrivals, schools, first born, 461- Draft in 1812, 462-Mails and postoffice, 462
Grover
449
H
Hagan, Betsey
437
Half-share rights 134, 144, 198
Hamilton, Alexander. 282
Hammond, Libens, captured. 100
Hancock, Isaac. 59
Happy Valley
59
Harrison, W. H., and Tammany Hall. 261
Death of President ..
289
Hartford Convention. 179, 254
" Have I one son left ? "
108
Herrick township
463
Named for Judge Herrick, 463-First
settlers, 463-Ballibay settlement, 464- Hon. George Landon, 464.
53
Hibbardtown ..
389
Hicks, Edward
58
History, advance in.
47
Hollenback, Mathias 397
Homicide, 158-Dalton killed Hurlbut, 220.
Hooker, A. S. (" Wirt Arland ") ..
110
Hoover, Casper.
59
I
Immigrants
48
First arrivals, 49-Compared to Napoleon,
49-Remarkable people, 51.
90
Eminent people
302
Indians
27 to 39
Barbarities, 32-Paths, 32-" Root hog or die," 33-Iroquois, 29,
87
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INDEX.
Infant industries.
Ingersoll a captive 83
Intellectual progress 249
Intrusion law 140
Irou. 25
J
Jackson and Clay 293
Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce 319
Jefferson, Thomas 253
Jenkins, Col. John
.287, 394
Joliet
34
K
Kinney, H. L
₹18
Kinney, Simon ... 183, 317
L
Laddshurg
389
Land disputes. 283
Landon, Hon. George 464
Laporte, Bartholomew 288
Law, study of
320
Law of averages.
249
Leather breeches
63
Leona
492
LeRaysville
482
Le Roy township
465
First settlers, 465 -On south side Towanda, 466.
LeRoy village
466
Letts, Catharine (Mrs. Cole). 110
Liberty, blessed 252
Liberty Corners 471
Lincoln and Douglas
297
Lincoln and Trumbull, episode.
297
Litchfield township 467
Local history. 249
Log cabin
69 to
79
Lord, John. 58.
59
Lott, Leonard
59
Luther's Mills
441
M
Mckean, Samuel 437
Mckean, Thomas. 287
Macedonia 393
Madison'a message 261
Mail rontea.
207,
208
Manors, Stoke and Sunbury. 117
Manufactures 19, 270
Marquette
34
Mason and Dixon's line 283
Mason expelled 172 132
Meade, Justice David
Means, William
Mercur, Chief Justice.
" Middle British Colonies '
Middletown. 483
Milan 540
Mill creek 407
Milltown
394
Village ....
394
Minequa springs. 450
Missionaries and traders 39,
560
Monroe struggling for county seat
201
Monroe township.
468
Early settlers. 468 to 470 -Liberty Corners, 471-Northrup Hollow, 471-Weston, 471- Masontown, 471 - Greenwood, 471-Tan- nery, 471.
Monroe borough. 472
Moore's Hill. 540
Moravian .. 560
Morrow, Judge P. D. 310
492
Mount Pisgah
N
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Negro suffrage
199
Slaves, 288, 435-" Cesar," 448.
Newspapers, first here ..
148 to 189
Then and now
.254, 257
Preas chapter
330 to 340
New Albany.
389
O
Officials.
.284, 271 to 280
Oil.
25
Old church
435
Old map
4%
Ontario, first county name
191
Act creating county, 191. Orwell .. .197, 477
Orwell township. 473 Called " Mount Zion," 473-Early settlers, 474, 477-Church organized, 477-Making rails to get marriage license, 477-Orwell Hill, 478-Allis Hellow, 478.
Overton township
478
Overton village
479
Overton, first name of Towanda.
202
P
Paine Ialand
398
Painter, Philip
59
Palatines.
53,
54
Pawling, Henry
59
Pennamites and Yankees ..
.. 81, 114, 119 to
129
Pennsylvania and Maryland line.
283
Petitions for new county.
199
Pike township ... 479 Indian trail, 479-Josiah Bosworth, 479 -- " Half-Way House," 479 - Soldiers, War, 1812, 479 -- Welsh Settlement, 481-Welsh church, 481-Stevensville, 481-The Pha- lanx, 481-LeRaysville, 482.
Pioneers, character of.
.41,
44
Persecutions in the Old World.
41
Politics. . .. 149, 170, 171, 172, 173 A "Merino ticket," 174, 250, 257-Begin- ning of, 280-Talk of disbanding the States, 281-Jefferson and Hamilton, 282- Constitution formed, 282 - Founding a democracy, 282 - First meetings, 284 - Early leadera, 287-Abolition party, 288- County Democratic, 288 -" Hunker " and "Free-seiler," 289 - Labor party, 289- "Tylerized," 289 - Party platform, 290- Farmers' Alliance, 290-Anti-Masonic, 293 -Jackson and Clay, 293-Presidential elec- tion 1888, 300-Election 1890, 298.
Poor Farm ...
441
"Poor Richard's " philosophy.
253
Population.
19, 383
Postage in 1816.
188
Postmasters, early ...
207
Postoffices in county
.212 to 214
Potatoes
384
Q
Queen Esther
30, 83,
91
R
Railroads- Lehigh Valley, 218 -- Barclay, 218-Sullivan and State Line, 219- Southern Central, 219 -G. I. and S., 219-Northern Central, 219 Miles of road in the county, 384. Religion, old time 262
Return after Revolution.
Revolution
61
79
- War meeting 178', 8 -Effects of, 25'.
Ridgebury township
482
Centreville, 483-Bentley Creek, 483-Mid- dletown, 483.
R dgeway, Burr.
.101, 167, 183, 257, 315, 459
Rivers, Chemung and Susquehanna.
399
Roads, first.
207,210, 441
Napoleon, sympathy for.
178
Nations, rise and fall of
34
Rogers, Jonah.
100
Navigating the Susquehanna, ..
. . 108, 109, 110
149, 159, 201 305 42
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HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY.
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Rome township
483
Bumptown Rome borough
484
485
Royalty and fetich.
47,57,
Rummerfield. Anthony.
58, 59
Rummerfield village. 393, 495
Russia and its miserables
250
S
Satterlee, Col.
109, 193, 400
Schools. .340 to 851
Primitive schools, 340-Master Root, Ben- dict Satterlee, Thomas Wigton, Uriah
64 Terry, David Lake, Eliphalet Mason, Terrytown. 496 Theodosia Wells, Mr. Brevost, Clarissa "The Day We Celebrate " 164 Woodruff, early teachers, 341 - Free The " old man " and hopeful heirs schools established, first county superin- The Seventeen Townships Tioga Point 394 190 tendents, 341 - Academies, 345 - School property, 348-Scholars by towns and bor- Tioga township 193 Tobacco 384 oughs, 318-Teachers, expenses, etc., 351 -Teachers' Association, 351. 433
59 Secords, John, James and Cyrus. Seeley, Samuel .. 392
"Seventeen townships" 111
First and Second P-nnamite and Yankee Wars, 111 to 148-Decree of Trenton, 120 -Confirming Act, 124-Half-share rights, 124,144-Sketch of Franklin, 138-Confirm- ing Act failed, 138-Act repealed, 139- Intrusion law, 140-Litigated, 140.
Shawnees, 30
Shuefelt, Peter 54
Shepard, John 407
Sheshequin township. 485
Meaning of name, 485-Col. Spalding, Judge Obadiah Gore, 486-Franklin Blue Stone Co., 487.
Sheshequin village 487
Simple annals of the poor 44
Simpson, Thomas 148
Six Nations. 92
Slocum, Frances 108
Smithfield township 488
East Smithfield 489
Snedekerville 459
Societies ... 369
Masons : Rural Amity, No. 70, 369-Union Lodge, No. 108, 370-Royal Arch Chapter, No. 161, 371-Northern Commandery, No. 16, 371-Mt. Moriah Lodge, 371-Trojan Lodge. 372-Canton Commandery, 372- Canton Lodge, 372-Evergreen Lodge, 372 -Roman Lodge, 372-Smithfield Lodge, 372-LeRay Lodge, 373-Sisterhood O.I.H., 373-Royal Arcanum, 373-Asa Packer Lodge, 373-R. of L., 373-B. of L. F., 363 -Alumni, 374-Pomona Grange, 374- Golden Cycle, 374-Union Agricultural, 374-K. of P., 374-K. of H., 374-I.O.O.F., 374, 375, 376, 377-G. A. R., 378, 379, 380, 381 -Sons of Veterans, 379-Iron Hall, 379- K. of H., 379-Mystic Lodge, 379-P.O.S.A., 380-Building and Loan, 380-Band, 380 U. V. Legion, 380-S. of V., 381-Hull's Battery, 382.
South Creek township
490
Gillett. 490
Fassett .. 490
Spalding, Simon 69, 193
Spanish Hill
407
Springfield township 491
Mount Pisgah, Springfield, Leona, Big Pond .. 492
Stalford, J. B ..
29
Standing Stone, survey
58
Standing Stone township 495
A historical rock, 595- Settlement aban-
doved, 595-Rummerfield, 590-Standing Stone, 595.
State road 211
Statesmanship 291
Statistics 382
Stevens, Ira 401
Stevensville. 481 Treason
Stokes township
Sullivan's expedition, 91-Centennial of, 99. Sullivan Fort. 395
267
Susquehanna Company
.58, 283
Susquehanna river 23
Declared highway 208
Sylvania 459
T
Taxables
382
Teeter, Conrad. 212
Terry township 496
Tomjack
Tories
82
Township organization 498
497
Towanda township. Claverack, 497-Township named, 499- Pioneers, 499, 500-Settling the Towanda hills, 501.
Towanda borough .. .502,520
(Naming the town, 168, 69, 202)-Early set- tlers, 502-William Means, 503-Old red tay- ern, 503-Some of the first in Towanda, 505 -Bridge, 524-Fire Department, 525 -- Tow- anda Gas Co., 525-Electric Light Co., 526 -Water-works, 526-Towanda Bank, 52ri- First National Bank, 527-Citizens National Bank, 527-Towanda library, 527-Hum- phrey B os. & Tracy's factory, 527-Day- ton's mill, 527-Hale's planing mill, 528- Humphrey Manufacturing Co., 528-Nail works, 528-Foundry, 528-Furniture fac- tory, 528-Toy factory, 528-Business con- cerns classified, 531.
Towanda monutain 23, 39
Townships-
Albany. 388
Armenia.
389
Asylum
Athens 691
Barclay 394
432
Burlington 432
Canton 442
Columbia
453
Franklin
459
Granville 460
Herrick 463
LeRoy. 465
Litchfield
467
Monroe.
468
Orwell.
478
Overton
479
Pike
472
Ridgebury
483 485
Sheshequin
483
South Creek ..
Springfield 490
491
Standiog Stone
495
Towandas, Two
497
Troy.
532
Tuscarora
539
Ulster 541
Warren. 544
Wells
546 551
Wilmot
552
Windham
556
Wyalusing.
559
Wysox. 576
189
Tozer, Col. Julius 109, 401
Trade with England
260, 261 263
Rome
Smithfield. 488
Terry . 496
West Burlington
Townships, Four
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Troy township. 532
Io 1803, 532-Old ruins, 532-Samuel Rotk-
well, 532-First mills, 532-First schools, 533 Troy borough ... 534
First house, 533-Horse racing in the streets, 534-Bird's-eye view of, 534-Bor- ough officials, 535-Pierce's recollections, 535-Dr. Almerin Herrick, 535-Early trade, 536-As it was in 1827, 536-Fire company, 536-Tanneries, 536-Schools, 536 -- Farmers' club, 538.
Turnpike, old Berwick 207,211
Tuscarora township 539
Originally Spring Hill, 539-Samp-mill, 539 -First burial, 540-" Toad smashers," 541. "Two whole families lost " 183
U
Ulster township ..
541
Originally Sheshequin,541-Early Settlers, 542-Old graveyard, 543-First mill, 543- Milan, 540 -- Moore's Hill, 540-Ulster vil- lage, 540.
Upson, Asa, killed by Indians.
100
V
Vaccine, first in county 436
Valleys. . 190
Van Campen, Moses 100
Van Valkenbergs 58
W
Walker, Z. F.
108
" Walking purchases " 43
War-
People driven off, 60-Three companies, 82-War meeting, 81-Committee of Safe- ty, 81, 82-War 1812, 181, 253, 221-Mexican War, 221-War cloud in '97, 220-Hollen- back's recruits, 220.
Civil War, 221 -County responds to Presi- deot's call, 222-First Bull Run, 223-War meeting, 223 -Number furnished by county, 224-County's fallen heroes, 227- Meeting in Towanda, 227-Three compa- nies, 227-Sixth Reserves, 228-Gettysburg monument, 230-Twelfth Reserves, 231- Fiftieth regiment, 231-Fifty-second, 238 -- Seventh cavalry, 238-One Hundred and Sixth, 238-Eleventh cavalry, 238-One Hundred and Thirty-second, 239-One Huodred and Thirty-seventh, 239-One Hundred and Forty-first, 239-Call for 300,000 men, 240-Rapid recruiting, 240, 241, 242. 243, 244-Seventy-seventh cavalry, 244-One Hundred and Seventy-first, 244 -Two Hundred and Seventh, 247-Emer- gency men, 247-Governor's supplement- al call, 247-Summary of county's doings, 247, 248-Bounty raised, 248-Survivors, 249. [See biographies of Gen. Madill and Col. Edward Overton.]
Welles, Charles F .. 160
Wolles, Roswell 287
Welles, Guy.
149
Warren township. 544
Martell settlement, 544-" Old Clearing," 544-Bowen Hellow, 544-Going to mill, 545-First birth, 545-Taxables in 1804, 545 -Church, 546-South Warren, 546-Wsr- ren Centre, 546-West Warren, 546.
Wells township 546
Named for Henry Wells, 546-"Priest" Smith, 546-First death, 549 -School, 550 - Revolu- tionary patriots and 1812 soldiers, 550.
West Burlington. 551
West Burlington village. 65]
Westmoreland county erected 120,
189
Westmoreland town. 119
Westover, Cynthia M. 342
Wbig party. 288
Whigs and Tories.
81
Wiles, G. H ... 29
Wilmot, David. 289, 302
Wilmot township.
552
Named for David Wilmot, 552-First set- tler, 552-Ingham's purchase, 554-School- house and burying-ground, 555 - First school, 555.
Wilson, Irad. 389
Windbam township. 556
Draft in War 1812, 556- Shoemaker's mill, 658-First sawmill, 558 - Raftiog, 558- Going to mill, 558.
Windham. 559
Windham Centre 559
Windham Summit. 559
Wyalusing.
29, 54, 58, 59, 88, 193
Wyalusing township. 559 Change, 559 - Friedenshutten, 559, 561- Curious river, 559-Vaughan Hill, 559- David Zeisberger, 560-Browntown, 560- Judge Stalford, 561-Zeisberger's journal, 562-Exodus, 563-Town surveyed, 563- Henry Powling's purchase, 564-Memorial stone, 564-First whites, 565-Tragedy at Kingsley's, 565- First tavern, 565-Five stills, 565- First church, 565-Return of settlers, 567-Election in 1806, 567-Elliott's escape from capture, 567-Fleeds, 568- Bridge at Camptown, 570-Mills, 571-Pop- ulation in 1795, 571-Roads, 571-Taxables, 1795, 572-Fairbanks settlement, 572-Holl- enback's store, 573-First justice, 573- Camptown, 574-Churches, 574-Homet's ferry, 574-Merryall, 575.
Wyalusing borough, 575-Incorporated, 575 -Officials, 575-Creamery, 576-Industries, 576.
Wyoming battle
88, 91
"Wyoming bed "
108
Wysox township ..
576
Early mention, 193-Was to be "New Baltimore," 202-First settlers, 576, 577 First school-house, 578-Pond Hill, 577 -- Myersburg, 578.
Welles, James 58 Wysox village. 578
PART II.
A.
Abbott, Wallace D. 581
Abell, Amaziah A. 581
Abell, Lois A ... 582
Abell, Preserved T. 582
Abrams, David ... 582
Ackley, Demmon. 583
Ackley, J. B. 584
Alden, Hon. John 584
Alden, Philo E .. 588
Alleo, Darwin N. 589
Allen, Ezra. 589
Allen, Henry H. 590
Allen, John .. 591
Allen, J. A. 591
Allen, Robert B.
593
Allen, S. O .. 592
Allen, William., 593
Alliger, Cornelius W. 594
Alliger, Elijah
593
Allis, Charles H.
594
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Allis, Edwin I.
594
Biles, Peter A.
636
Allis, George R
595
Bishop, Alonzo A ..
636
Allis, H. C ..
596
Bishop, Joseph W.
637
Allis, I. M ..
596
Bixby, Mrs. Clara.
637
Allis, N. H
597
Bixby, G. M
€37
Allyn, Jacob S ..
597
Black, Mrs. Elizabeth.
639
Allyn, Thomas B.
597
Black, Harrison
638
Alvord, Stephen W.
598
Black, John.
639
Anderson, Jeremiah ..
598
Black, John H.
639
Andress, L. J ..
599
Black, N. A ..
640
Andrews, W. H.
600
Andrews, W. W.
600
Blackwell, John
641
Angier, G. M ..
4. 601
Angle, Eleazer J.
602
Angle, Philip C ...
601
Blauvelt, Charles D
643
Antisdel, William
603
Bliss, Liston.
643
Arey, Henry W
603
Arey, James L ..
603
Bloom, Carpenter J
645
Armstrong, A.
604
Bohlaier, John J
645 646 646
Armstrong, William E
605
Arnold, Corington T.
605
Arnold, Henry C.
606
Arnold, Senaca L.
606
Bostwick, John
Arnout, Levi G.
607 607
Atwood, Frederick G
608
Atwood, George N.
609
Atwood, Rollin C.
609
Avery, Cyrus
610
Ayer, O. F.
611
Ayres, Enoch J
611
Ayres, Jacob J.
612
Ayres, M. P.
612
Ayres, Mrs. R
1086
Ayres, Shelly.
613
Bowen, Brainerd.
Bowen, George A.
Bowen, George W
Bowen. Richard T
Bowen, Zachary T
Bowman, Frank A
Boyce, Joseph G
660
Bailey, Rodolphus D.
614
Baker, William F.
615
Baker, William W
616 616
Baldwin, William F
616
Brennan, Patrick F
662 663
Ballard, Charles H.
618
Brink, George W.
663 663 664
Ballard, Shepard H
619
Brown, B. F
666
Brown, Charles J
666
Brown, Charles L
667
Barker, Perley N., M. D
621
Brown, Clark M.
667
Barnes, George.
621
Brown, D. K.
668
Barnes, Ulyssus.
622
Brown, D. S.
669
Barnes, William
623
Brown, Edward H.
669
Barrett, Henry.
623
Brown, F. S.
Barrowcliff, Washington I
623
Brown, Ira A.
Bartch, Jacob J
624
Brown, James R
Bartlett, Henry Arthur
6:24
Brown, John H.
Baxter, Uriah D ..
6:5
Brown, J. H.
Beaman, John W.
625
Brown, Mrs. Lydia A
Beardsley, Chas. I.
626
Brown, L. O.
Beck, Cyrus
626
Brown, Oscar M ..
674 675 676 676
Beidleman, Joseph B.
628
Brown, Rockwell & Co
669
Bennett, James
629
Bruster, G. C ...
Bennett, W. A.
629
Bryant, James
679
Berry, Woodard
Buck, Samuel W.
679
Besley, William W.
632 Buffington, Rufus C
680
Bessey, Francis E.
632
Bull, Hiram E 681
Best, Jerome E. 633 Bull, Joseph. 681
Biles, Charles ...
635
Bullard, C. W. 681
Biles, John A.
633
Bullock, C. E. (Canton township) .
682
B
Bailey, George W 614
Bailey, Mrs. Marian. 614
Bailey, Newton J 614
Bailey, Robert. 615
Boyd, J. W
Boyle, Francis
Bradbury, Daniel
Bradford, Daniel.
Baldwin, Vine H.
Brainard, Spencer S
Ball, Jacob L ...
617
Ball, Joseph A.
618
Brink, Mrs. G. W
Ballard, Lert J ..
619
Bronson, Samuel N
Ballentine, Rev. Georgc.
620
Barhour, James D.
620
Beardsley, George G.
626
Brown, Morris C.
Becker, Joseph
627
Brown, R. +
Beebe, Abner M ..
627
Brown, T. F.
Beidleman, George M.
628
Brown, Ulysses F.
Benjamin, Alonzo E.
628
Brundage, John L.
676 677 678
Bensley, John G.
630
Berry, Alvin L.
630
Buck, Perley H ..
679
Besley, John ..
631 631
Budd, Loudon
646 647 647 650 647 650 652 651 651 653 654 654 655 655 656 656 657 658 658 659 659
Bostwick, Wm
Atwood, Elmer J.
Bostwick, Zechariah
Bosworth, E. E.
Bosworth, J. Alonzo
Bosworth, James W
Bosworth, Jasper P
Bosworth, Lewis A
Bothwell, James L.
Boughton, Lyman C.
Bonrne, Danvers
Bowen, Anson H.
644
Armstrong, George B ..
604
Boland, Daniel F
Boland, Patrick
Bonney, O. M.
Bostwick, Arthur
Blackman, George W
640
Blackwell, Thos. 642
Blair, A. Stryker. 642
Blocher, Jacob F.
660 661 662 662
Brink, T. W
670 670 670 671 672 670 673 674
Buchanan, Abram
679
1313
INDEX.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Bullock. C. E. (Springfield township) 682
Codding, John W
727
Bullock, G. E ..
. 683
Codding & Wheaton.
724
Bullock, William A 683
Cogswell, Bela ..
727
Bunyan, Geo. L. 684
Cole, Chas. C.
729
Burch, Marous E. 685
Cole, C. H., M. D.
729
Cole, David W
730
Cole, Wm. F.
781
Cole, J. H ...
731
Cole, William W
732
Coleman, Henry H
732
Coleman, Mrs. Irene
733
Coleman, Leroy.
733
Collius, Daniel J. 733
733
Colony Bros.
734
Colt, Dr. Samuel Fisher
734
Comerford, Rev. Thomas J.
736
Califf, Rev. Stephen A
690
Camp, Charles O
691
Camp, Geo. S 691
Conklin, Sophia L.
737
Conklin, William H
737
Campbell, A. J ...
692
Campbell, Chauncy C.
693 694
Cook, Willard
738
Campbell, D. V ..
695
Cook, Zeri ..
739
Campbell, H. C.
695
Coolhaugh, Chester J.
739
Campbell, Jesse W.
694
Coolbaugh, Eustis A.
740
Campbell, Joseph
695
Coolhaugh, Jefferson L.
741
Campbell, Josephus.
695
Cooley, Rodney H ..
741
Coons, G. M.
741
Cooper, Cort,
742
Cantield, Clarence W
696
Cooper, Joseph F
743
Canfield, Daniel C
697
Corbin, Alfred B
744 744
Carey, John H
698
Corhin, J. T
745
Carl & Pierce
.1064
Cornell, Alvah M.
745
Carmody, John.
699
Correll, James W.
746 746
Carrier, Charles W., M. D
699
Cory. John H.
747
Case, Frank P
700
Covell, Albert ...
747
Case, Hiram A.
Covert, George L.
748 .
Case, H. L .
Cowell, Edward M 749
Cox, George H. 749
749 750
Chaffee, D. W
703
Craig, Samuel W
751
Chaffee, Ephraim
704
Crandal, Armenia 751
751
Crandall, George A.
752
Chaffec, W. B.
705
Chamberlain, Byron A.
706
Cranmer, Ashhel L .. 753
Cranmer, Chester W
753 754
Chamberlain, Samuel
Crum, Harrison.
755
Chandler, H. I ..
Cuffman, George. 755
Culp, Rulandus F56
Culver, Lafayette J. 756
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