Historical Wyoming County April 1957 - Old Fulton History

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PEORIA CORNET BAND, ABOUT 1880
Arcade, New York
The year 1957 marks the 85th gathering of the Pioneers at Silver
Lake, August 1st. In the year l8j2, Jonathan Sleeper of Perry
suggested to Myron Locke that the Old Folks Picnic be held at Saxton's
Grove. Planks were thrown over logs for seats and that was
the first picnic.
The Association was incorporated in 1877 with the object of
collecting facts, preserving relics, holding reunions and establishing
a museum. Committees were appointed. In 1876, Bobert Grisewood,
a collector of relics,showed quite a display, among -them a chair and
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HISTORICAL WYOMING
April 1957
Published quarterly at Arcade,^New York,, under sponsorship of the
Wyoming County Board of Supervisors, by Harry S. Douglass, County
Historican; Robert W. McGowan, Associate Editor, and Students of
Arcade Central School Commercial Department.
PIONEER PICNICS (cont.)
tea pot owned by Mary Jemison, a cane and tomahawk owned by Horatio
Jones. A request for logs to build a log cabin was sent out with
a good response. Uriah Saxton gave the first log; on June 12, 1878
the cabin was raised by volunteers.The crowd that year was estimated
at 10,000 with 1,682 teams. About 1880, the Peoria Band was present
and played in front of the Log Cabin. This band won prizes in competition
against larger city bands. The members were as followsr
Jerome Gay Adelbert De Revere
John Piero James Noble
Charles Cromwell Jacob Fiero
Prank Tryon Milford Clute
Hugh Crawford Jack Shay
Thomas Gordon
Members who were absent when the above photo was taken were
Charles Rowe,David Milligan, Robert Gordon,John Given and a Mr. Poe.
Dick Wheelock drove the band wagon,The Peoria Cornet Band fligjdrap^
ed at the right rear, is now in the possession of the Covington Historical
Society. There are forty 'stars in its shield
About this same time, the Big Tree was brought to the Pioneer
Grounds. It had grown on the farm of Calvin Dutton on top of Burleigh
Hill west of Pavilion a little south of the Big Tree Road
which was named after it. It was estimated to be 1,000 years old;
was fifty feet in circumference., A hollow near the base was believed
to have been cut out by the Indians as s shelter while on the trail.
In I83LL, neighbors gathered at the Dutton farm for a house-raising
and itl persons stood in the hollow chamber part of it. Part of it
fell in 1857, measuring twelve feet in circumference. In 1875 the
tree fell during an electric storm, leaving a stump about ten feet
high. The Pioneer Association split the buttonwood into sections.
Many were decayed but the. remaining ones were brought to the Pioneer
Grounds where they were set up on a platform and bound together with
bands of iron. The present stump is only about half the original
size. About 195k, Dr. Mary.Greene had a new cement platform built.
The original shelter was. donated by the Wadsworth family of Geneseo.
My memory of Pioneer Day goes back to 1892, I remember going
to the Auditorium with my parents and hearing speaking and comic
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PIONEER PICNICS (cont.)
100 acres or more had one or more hired men, the wages about $18 to
$25 per month with board and room. If a man got $25 and a driving
horse kept, it was good. There were also many bicycles,
A farm boy who had a best girl must take her to Pioneer Picnic;
if not, he was all doneD There were fields full of horses and
carriages, one at Kettings on the corner, another south of that with
others inside the grounds0 The fees for hitching were 25$^ to 50^; if
oats and hay were furnished, it would be a little more0 There were
many horse jockeys present and much dealing was done. A horse jockey
from Nunda drove in with a thin old horse. You could count his ribs.
The jockey was intoxicated and made a great show. A lady called the
police department and Chief Butler from Perry arrived. After some
argument he arrested the jockey and shot the horse. Old horses who
were wihdbroke and heavy were often doctored up with arsenic;if they
were balky their shoulders might be rubbed with a Vrick to show they
had drawn hard in the collar. Some of the jockeys I remember were
Sam Orcutt, Merton Streeter and Mill Templeton.
There were all kinds of fakers on the grounds, the medicine
show, wild animal show, the painted ladies,the wild man from Borneo,
the snake charmer, souvenir salesman, fortune tellers and pickpockets.
Also, "Ma Jones," a shady character who was arrested every
Pioneer Day for selling spirits and keeping a disorderly establishment.
She would pay her fine and be back the next year, I remember
when I was about fifteen years old and had begun to think about
shaving I got a razor, brush, a cake of soap and a gold ring,all for
25f^i The ring turned brassy in three days and the only thing the
razor would cut was warm butter!
Then there were the more legitimate shows and stands like the
merry-go-round with the little steam engine for power,Mr. McWithey's
shooting gallery, Ed. Adams and Mrs. Adams kept a good eating stand,
and the old man who sold hickory canes. The man and his son who sold
whips for the Rochester Whip Co. attracted the crowd by telling tall
tales. Eight out of ten farmers had a bunch of whips, four or five
for a dollar. The salesman could beat the whips around a post and
they seemed to stand a lot of abuse. Many f armers stood around for
hours listening to his line of talk. I remember John Linsley from
around the Reservation who was always there. The son of the whip
salesman sold whips on the other side of the platform and told the
crowd what a "liar" the old man was.
Then, too,there were the dance halls and the skating rink. Herman
Piper ^rom St. Helena had melons to se^ljand there were the tintype
takers. There were the busses from Perry, the wagons with Silver
Lake Ice, Joe Henry's Boat Livery and v fishing bait. There never
vias any license to sell strong drink for years, ^ome s old Hop Soda,
a beer with a small oercent of alcohol. One remembers the excursion
trains from Buffalo, Rochester, Bradford, Pa. and Hornell, and the
steam boats that took passengers around the lake. ,J -he largest one
was Capt„ McCarrick's Shilo No. 2, then the Urania, the Robinson,

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April 1957
the Forest Queen, and the Prescott. Several Picnic days the Robeson
Cultery ball team and the Cuban Giants played on the hill above the
Assembly grounds. The Giants were a colored team, more or less professional
players. Pop Watson was a great favorite, also Barney
Burlein of Mt. Morris who played with the Robeson team. The Perry
Center Drum Corps played in front of the Log Cabin also; many of the
old Civil War tunes were played as there were still a goodly bunch
of veterans present in the '90's, such as the RudgersSaffordsthe
Kelleys and others; Claude Collier could blow a fife long and loud.
Dr. Mary Greene started in 1910 to give a chair to the oldest
lady present. A little later Mrs. Franc Blackmer joined with her to
give the chair to the oldest man present. After her death, her son
James L. Blackmer, continued the gift. He was also later vice-president
of the Association, a man who is much missed for his interest
and liberality to the Pione rs and the Village of Pike. The ladies
of those days wore large hats of the"Merry Widow" type,shirt waists,
and some wore sailor hats. The stylish young men wore derby hats and
swallow tail coats.
One of the regular attendants at the Picnic was George Aiolin, a
simple harmless little man who went about playing a harmonica.
George built windmills by the score. He would walk two miles to
Perry Center to have Windy Thurston make major adjustments. Thurston
was a blacksmith and George thought he was the only man in the
state who was an expert on windmills.
The year 1899, was the banner year for the Picnic when Governor
Theodore Roosevelt spoke there with a crowd of 25,000 on the
grounds, about 10,000 at the Assembly. After that attendance began
to fall off owing to automobiles and changing times.In 192I4.,Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. was the speaker, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt sooke
the following year, and in 1930, the Auditorium burned down.
Above was Pioneer Day in the Gay'90's as I remember it.
(Mr. Gayton of Warsaw now is President of the Pioneer Association
which will hold its annual meeting the first Thursday in August as
it has for more than eight decades.)

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Harry S. Dou^lass-
ALEXANEER TACKELS
1755--1842
Pioneer of Middlebury, 1812
Wyoming Village Cemetery
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Tho memory of Alexander Tackels is preserved in an ancient marble
slab in Wyoming Village Cemetery, which states that he died Aug.
7, lE3i|-2, aged 87 years. He had been resident of the town about
thirty-two years. Prom a descendant, Mrs. Marjorie S. Carmody, Le
Roy,has come the following data on his military and personal career.
He was born at Palmer, Mass., June 15, 1755» the son of William and
Jean Tackels, and grandson of Alexander, the immigrant. He volunteered
during the Lexington Alarms in the spring of 1775 and marched
from the town of Rowo, now so called, Massachusetts, where he then
resided, to Roxbury where he enlisted in Capt. Bodwell's Co., David
Brewer-' s Regt. of the Mass. Line or State troops for a term of eight
months. He was in Roxbury at the time of the battle at Bunker Hill,
exchanged shots with the British guard and did duty the rest of the
time in the vicinity of Boston. He was then discharged.
In the spring of 177&, he entered as a substitute for his
brother Hugh in Capt. Hamilton's Co., Col. Samuel Brewer's Regt. of
Massachusetts troops, marched to Ticonderoga where they were quartered
some time. Prom thence, he was detached into a company of 90
rangers tinder Capt. Ferguson, placed on board the lake fleet under
General Arnold and sailed down Lake Charnplain to a station on an
island where an action subsequently took place between the British
and American fleets. At the commencement of the naval engagement,
he and his group were on board one of the vessels and were in the
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fight almost the entire day. The vessel on which he fought was one
of the four only out of seventeen ships which finally drove their
way through the enemy fleet and succeeded in making good their retreat
to Ticonderoga. Tackels xvas then ill, sent home, having about
nine months leave from duty. About August 17, 1777> at the town of
Rowe, he again returned as a Private in Capt. Howard's Co., and Col.
Wells's Regt. of Mass. Militia. They marched to the North River to
the headquarters of General Gates's army, scouted, reconoitered,
skirmished, took some prisoners, arms, stores, etc. and aided in the
capture of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga. This last tour of duty
lasted between two and three months when he was honorably discharged,
his total Revolutionary career having been 19 months and
eight days in the three campaigns. For several years after 1777* he
aided in the war effort in the teaming service, transporting cannon,
ammunition and military stores. Like so many others, he met with
severe losses in the depreciation of the currency. Mr. Tackels, in
his pension application in 1632, stated that he resided in Rowe,
Mass. about five years after the War; was next at Bennington, Vt.,
about seven years; at Bridgewater, N.Y., around fifteen years; and
finally resided in Middlebury after 1812. Mr. & Mrs. Prank Hayden's
home occupies the site of his first log house.
Rescorn Tallman, Castile
Among the pioneer families of Castile were the Tallmans, one of
whose number, Rescom Tallman, had a Revolutionary record. He is
buried in Grace Cemetery, Castile Village, where an ancient double
slate stone commemorates the facts of his decease and that of his
wife. He died Nov. 13, 1832, aged 73 years, while his wife, Mercy,
died May 6, 1830, at the age of 71• Prom his home in Dartmouth,
Mass., he was enlisted, according to "Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
in the Revolution," as a Private in Capt. Joshua Wilbore's Co.,
Col. Ebenezer Francis'3 Regt. and was given a pay abstract for
travel allowance from camp to home, a distance of 65 mules and three
day's travel. This payment was allowed in Council, Nov. 29, 177&.
Within about a week, he was again ordered out with Capt. Benjamin
Willcox's Co.,which marched from Dartmouth to Howland r s Perry, R.I.,
at an alarm to repel the British forces that arrived at Newport,Dec.
7, 1776. He was allowed eight day's service. Mr. Tallman was pensioned
while resident of Castile, and DAR records state that he served
several enlistments, 177&-80, in Massachusetts. It is said his
wife was Mercy Gorham and among their children was a son, Charles,
born in 1786, who married Esther Mabie, probably of Delhi, N.Y. A
son of Charles and Esther was Benson, born in 1812 in Delaware
County, N.Y., who accompanied his parents to Castile in I8I7.Charles
become a deacon of the Baptist Church there in 1821, and held the
office of Supervisor and Justice of the Peace.
Gideon Thayer, Gainesville
In the long abandoned Thayer Cemetery, Town of Gainesville,
north of the village of Silver Springs, is the grave of Gideon
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Thayer, progenitor of one of the very oldest families in town. His
stone, now broken, revealed that he was 82 years old when he died
Feb. 20, I836. The inscription included the familiar epitaph:
"In early life in Freedom's cause
I fought to set my country free,
But now a slave to Nature's laws
That tyrant Death has con uered me."
Gideon Thayer, the son of Thomas Thayer 3rd, and Susannah Blake
Thayer, was born in Smithfield, R. I., to which his branch of the
family had moved from Massachusetts. He was married to Meribah
Wilcox of Smithfield, June 10, 1776, and removed to Mendon, Mass.
From there he served in the armies of the War for Independence, and
is said to have been among the first to receive a pension from the
government. His hatred of Tories was so intense and permanent, that
at the age of eighty he could hardly be restrained from caning a man
whom he suspected of having b'en one. After the close of the war,
he removed to Owego, H.Y., and afterwards to Lima, N.Y., where he
resided through his last yerrs. It is possible that he came to live
with his son, Willard, shortly after 1833, and died in Gainesville.
Willard Thayer articled the first land in 1 ; 06 on Lot 7 in
Gainesville. He was the eldest son of Gideon, born at Mendon, Mass.,
Mar. 1, 1784. He cleared a portion of the land, erected a log cabin
upon it, and returned to Owego, N. Y., to marry Phebe Harris,Feb. 9,
l809. The young couple then began housekeeping on this frontier.
Willard was Supervisor of Gainesville several terms; his second son
was General Linus Willard. Thayer, born in 1811, subsequently a prominent
lawyer and judge of Warsaw. Phebe Harris Thayer died March 12,
1817, aged 28, while Willard lived until March 23, 1862, aged 78
years. Both are buried on the old homestead cemetery with their
neighbors.
Other Veterans
Gardner Taber, who died Nov. 15, 1828, age 88 years,is interred
in the older portion of the cemetery at Perry Center. Nothing whatever
has come to light about his military record but his name is included
on the listing since many years ago a Mrs.Edith Taber Squires
came from out of town to see the grave of her ancestor and informed
the late Mr. B. B. Tweksbury that Mr. Taber was a soldier of the
Revolution. The visitor did not reveal any of the details nor her
place of residence.
Unsuccessful efforts have likewise been made to locate the
grave of Martin Terry, living in the Town of Sheldon in 18I|_0 with
one John Howe and on the pension list. The "Western New-Yorker" in
l8i|2 revealed that the veteran had celebrated his 100th birthday.
Buried in a private cemetery west of Varysburg on the former
Jeffrey F. Thomas farm of about 300 acres, is the body of Lodowick
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Thomas, who came to Sheldon in 1805 from Stephentown, Rensselaer
County, N. Y. He died here, June 6, 18I+8, aged 86 years. His name
appears on the 1833 pension list for service as a Private in the New
York Militia, and is carried on the 1835 and l8)|.0 records that are
available.
Rev. Conrad TenEyck
The Silver Springs Pioneer Cemetery, carefully ^reserved by the
Village, has a marble stone to the memory of the Rev. Conrad Ten-
Eyck, who died Sept. 30, l8l|5, aged 87 years. His name was first
placed on the pension roll of Cayuga County, N. Y. in 1833 for service
as a Private and Sergeant in the New Jersey Militia, his native
state. His wife was Elizabeth Thompson, and among their children
was a son, Conrad Jr. (1788-1826), who married Rebecca Thalimer
(1791-1876) and thev had a daughter, Elizabeth (1817-185D who married
Delos M. Keller (1815-1868).
It is assumed that the Rev. TenEyck came to Silver Springs,
then East Gainesville,as pastor of the East Gainesville Presbyterian
Church which probably met in private homes from a very early day.
Its first deacon was Daniel Kellogg, who died Oct. 21]., l833» aged 6l
years. His widow, Mary, married the Rev. TenEyck, but she preceded
him in death at the age of 62 years 11 months, Feb. 2, l8I|_2. She
and her first husband are buried near Route 19A south, of Silver
Springs.
.Elias Thomas , Wyoming
Wyoming Village Cemetery is also the place of interment of
Elias Thomas, a Vermont scout during the Revolution. Born in 17^7
at Middleboro, Mass., he subsequently moved to Woodstock, Vt., and
then in 1819 to Middlebury where he died soon thereafter, leaving a
widow and a son, Dr. Alden Thomas, head of a family of five sons and
six daughters. Elias's wife was Sylvia Thompson who died July 7>
1821+, aged 6I|_ years. She was buried beside him at a spot marked by
a large marble stone which states that he passed away Feb. 2l_(-, 1820,
aged 71+ years. Elias and Sylvia Thomas had a son, Elias Jr., a
daughter Polly (Mary), born 1785 and died in i860, who married in
1803 Phineas Stanton (1780-18142), a Major General of the State Militia,
hero of the War of 1812; another daughter, Persis, who married
Seth Gushing (be died in 1839), lived until Aug. 30, 1878. Persis
Thomas Cushing said her father's Revolutionary service was in Massachusetts,
and that he moved, to Vermont afterwards. This does not
agree with records placed in the DAR archives by a descendant.
Attica's Forest Hill Cemetery is the oresent resting place of
the remains of Amos Tolles, born in 17i(-3> who died in 1805 in the
Town of Bennington,where he had been one of the very first settlers.
His body was brought to Attica many years later.Born in Connecticut,
he served in the French & Indian War, and later served in the 17th
Regiment of the Albany County Militia during the Revolution. In
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Strykersville was buried Jacob Turner, born in 1757 > died in 1820,
whose service is said to have been with a New York unit during the
War of 1775. No other details are available although the grave was
marked by the Buffalo Chapter, DAR, many years ago but its location
is now lost.
Peter VanLiew of Gainesville
A second veteran in Silver Springs Pioneer Cemetery is a native
of New Jersey, Peter VanLiew, who died in that community in 1813.
The stone to his wife, Sytia (Cinthy), who died Nov. 17, 1833, aged
67 years,remains and the family is certain he was also buried beside
her. Mr. E. R. VanLiew, Upper Montclair, N. J., family historian,
says that Peter was the 9th or 10th child of Frederick VanLiew and
Maritje van der Bilt, born in New Jersey, Aug. 28, 1759; baptized
Sept. 17, 1759; and married to Sytie Wyckoff on Nov. 20, 1783, and
it is she whose stone remains. Peter was a Private in the Somerset
County Militia during the Revolution and at its conclusion moved
with two brothers to Scioio, N. Y. He came to Gainesville among the
very first settlers. According to research made by Lillian VanLiew
Mauger, a descendant of Peter, prior to 1910 Abraham VanLiew of Silver
Springs had a Bible with one entry: Peter VanLiew died at East
Gainesville, Sept. 7, l8l3> aged 57y 7m 8d. Apparently the one who
read the inscription or the Bible, read a "7" for a "Ij.", in the age.
Perry & Pike Soldiers
Prospect Cemetery, Perry Center, has a gleaming marble stone
which reads: "In Memory of Abraham Voorhees, who died April 23,
I8I4.I, aged 86 yrs." Beside him lies his wife, Elsey, who died April
11, I8I4.O, aged 8l years 5 months and three days. The 1833 Genesee
County pension list gives Mr.Voorhees service as that of Sergeant in
the New York Militia. Nothing further is known.
East Koy Cemetery, Pike, is the burial place of William Van
Slyke, born Feb. 26,1759, died Jan. 2, 1851, more than 92 years old.
His wife was Mareness Van Slyke,who died in 1823. The Genesee County
Pension list states his service as that of Private and Corporal in
the Connecticut Militia, while one DAR applicant stated that he served
as a Private in the 2nd Regt., Tryon County, New York Militia,
and further states that he was a native of Schoharie County where so
many Van Slykes resided. He did not come to Pike until late in life,
but from him are descended a numerous family. Mrs. Margery B. Yochem
in her "The Saga of the Van Slykes," published in this bulletin in
September 1951 > substantiates that his birth occured at Schoharie in
1759, and at the time of his enlistment in the Colonial Army was residing
at Canajoharie. He served as a Private and Corooral during
the years 1776 to late 178l,and engaged in the battles of Big Flats,
Oriskany, Sharon and Johnstown. In 1?80, he married Magadalene Marenas.
After her death, he married in 1825 Elizabeth Adair of Bergen,
N.Y. ; they came to this vicinity in 1831. William had five children:
John W. , Mary, Martinas, William and Peter, all of whom were born in
the Cherry Valley region. Most of William's children had families in
the East before they migrated to Pike, not all at the same time.
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Java Veterans
April 1957
No stone remains in Java Village Cemetery to James Ward who was
born in 1761+ and died July 24, 1824. Also, the DAR bronze marker
indicates only approximately the location of the grave, the marker
having been moved since originally placed fifty years a^o.
The Buffalo Chapter, DAR, at the same time marked the grave of
David Waters on Sept. 15, 1907 „ His military record is available
through the courtesy of the Chapter, ^e enlisted at Saratoga, N.Y.
Feb„l, 1776 and served until January 17 7 7 as a Private in Capt. Job
Wright's Co., Col. Van Schaick's Regt. of N.Y. Troops. From his
pension application in 1820, Mr. Waters stated that he and his wife,
Phoebe, aged 62 years, resided with their son-in-law, Amos Shepard
in Java. They had lived at Guilford, N.Y. for nine years,previously
in Holland, N.Y. He signed hi^ name by a mark because he was blind.
He died at Java Village, 0cto 5* 1834
A third grave at Java Village is that of Lieutenant Job Winslow
of Mayflower ancestry, born in 1754 at Dighton, Mass., the child of
Job Winslow and Elizabeth Richmond, a daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel
and Elizabeth Richmond. The parents were married Sept. 2, 1743* J ol3
served as a Private in the siege of Boston, as Corporal and Sergent
in 1777, and named a Second Lieutenant in 1781. At the close of the
War, in 1782, he married Mary Atwood,the mother of his six children,
namely Job Winslow, 3rd, born Aug. 1783; Polly Richmond, born 1786;
Eliza Fisher, born 1788; Sally Atwood, born 1790; Jeremiah, born
1792; and Nathaniel, born 1 7 96. The daughter, Sally, was married to
Henry Stevens, she dying in 1848 and her husband in l85l. Job and
his wife, Mary, were living at Bristol, N. v . where she died Feb. 12,
1826, and he had been pensioned since l8l8„ He removed to Java to
be with his children, and there he d-iod April 2,1839, aped 85 years.
His memory is perpetuated in the name, Job Winslow Chapter, D.A.R.,
Traverse City, Michigan, where descendants in the West remember his
patriotic services.
Benjamin Wariner
Born in Springfield, Mass., March 3, 1751 0. S. ,Benjamin Wariner
died in Bennington, May 8,1823 and was buried in the East Bennington
Cemetery.Nothing remains to mark his grave.He married Rachel Tolles,
born July 14, 1768. They resided at Pompey Hill, N.Y.,moved to Bennington,
where they spent the. remainder of their days. She died Nov.
18, 1825 0 Mr. Wariner received, a pension for his duty as a Private
in the Massachusetts Line. For origins of the family, consult Warriner
Family of New England Orgln by Edwin Wariner, published at Albany
by Joel Munsell Sons, 1899. Mr. Wariner'a birthdate would be
March 14, New Style.
Omri Warner, Strykersvllle
In the Strylcersville Pioneer Cemetery on Factory Road is to be
found a granite memorial to Omri Warner, who died Dec. 20,l84l, aged
79 years seven months and 19 days. He was a native of Snndesfield,
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Mass., where he was born May 1, 1 7 62, and was a Private in the Massachusetts
Continental Regiment, 1777-' ? 8, in Capt. Stone's Co. Col.
Brewer's Regt. He has been mentioned as a "Minute Man." He married
Prudence Hollister (1763-1822 )s and among their children was Levi
(179l;-l8]+9) who married in 1818, Hepsibah Dickinson (1799-1855).
Omri appears on the l8l8 Rutland, Vt. pension list and then transferred
to Erie County, Town of Wales, xvhere he died. Members of
his family continued to live in the Strykersville area over many
years. There Is a DAR bronze marker to him in the New Protestant
Cemetery, Strykersville, but it is said his remains were never removed
from the abandoned original ground, nor those of his wife. On
the same plot stand markers to a Charles Warner and to a daughter of
Hyman and Sally Warner.
Joseph Warren, Wethersfield
A veteran who saw several historic moments in the Revolution
lies buried in Hermitage Cemetery, where a marble shaft still commemorates
his life. Joseph Warren was born June 26, 1756, at Thompson,
Mass., and died at Hermitage, May 26, l81;9, aged 93 years, one
of the oldest veterans in the county. It is said he enlisted at the
age of twenty in the year 1 77 6 under Capt. Stephen Childs for one
year in the Massachusetts Lines. The next year, he reenlisted for
three years under Capt. John Draper in the 3rd Connecticut Regiment.
The Wyoming County Mirror (Aug. li)., I8I4.9) states that he was at the
battles of Bunker Hill, Crown Point, Princeton, Bennington, Stony
Point, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was also said to have
been with General Israel Putnam when he rode down the declivity at
the Horseneck. DAR membership records state only that he was at the
battles of Harlem Heights, Monmouth and in the Rhode Island Campaigns.
In 1778s he was discharged in consequence of a wound. He
became a pensioner in 1820. Mr. Warren married first Miss Elizabeth
Woodward (1758-1821) and second, Mrs. Hannah Groger, a widow of Hermitage.
No other graves are marked at Hermitage so there is no data
on the burial place of the wives.
Ira Wheeler, Reynolds Whaley
A lad of sixteen when he entered the Revolutionary Army, Ira
Wheeler of Castile lived to be almost a centenarian before his
death, Jan. 23, 1865, aged 99 years 11 months and 1+. days. A native
of Stanford, Dutchess County, N.Y., it is supposed his service was
with the New York troops. No monument remains to Mr. Wheeler, but
we were informed in 1953 by Mr. Dana Wheeler, Gainesville, that he
was buried in Grace Cemeter:/-, Castile Village, on the family plot
near the memorial to Dr. Cordelia A. Greene. The stone became
broken and before the family had a chance to repair it, the cemetery
sexton or someone else removed it.
Reynolds Whaley, born in 1761; at North Kingston, R.I., is said
to have enlisted as a fifer when but thirteen years old. His pension
application reveals that he first enlisted in March 1777, and
served at various times until October 1782^ amounting in all to
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A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
eight and a half months as Private in the Rhode Island troops under
Capts. Rathborn, Lawrence, Pearce, Spencer Taylor and Col. Tinley.
Family tradition says that he was at Valley Forge.
After- the Revolution, Mr. Whaley resided at North Kingston, at
Petersburgh, Renssaelaer Co.,N.Y., at Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N.Y.,
and in 1833, he stated he had resided in Attica for twenty-nine
years. His name appears on the 1833 tension lists, and the Federal
Comptroller's records show pension payments from Mar. L|_, 1835 to
Mar. i|, 1838. His name remained on the I8I4.O Federal census pension
list. It is known that he had a son, Alanson, who married Anna
Beardsley. Although a wide search has been made to ascertain his
place of burial in Attica, it has not been found. It is also revealed
that his wife was Elizabeth Odell, supposedly from Rhode
Island.
White, Wlllard, Wing
A New York veteran, and old settler of Orangeville, Peter White
died in that township, May 27, I8I4.5, when 8L|. years old. His widow,
Elizabeth, lived until March 23, 1851, aged 80 years. Both are
buried at Orangeville Center where their stones remain intact. Of
his military career, we have no details.
In the sixth Census of l81j.O, John Willard of Perry is listed as
a pensioner, aged 78 years. At the time of his death in that town,
Sept. 5, 18^5, his age was reported in the newspaper as 86 years and
mention is made of his being a Soldier of the Revolution. Nothing
else is known about him nor has his burial place been located.
A soldier of the 16th Regiment, Albany County Militia, Benjamin
E. Wing, later of Covington, was pensioned as early as 1833, when
his age is given as 78 years. Following his death, Feb. ll|, 1836,
then 80 years old, he was interred in Mountain Ash Cemetery, Covington,
where a stone still marks his grave.
The Wilson Family
A distinguished first family of West Middlebury, the Wilsons,
contributed two officers to the War for Independence. Elaborately
decorated old marbles mark the graves of Sergent Michael Wilson and
of his son, Capt. Ebenezer Wilson in the cemetery in that hamlet.
Michael Wilson, who died May 23, 1829, in the 98th year of his age
at Middlebury, was a native of Orwell, Vt. He entered the war as a
Private in the Company of Cant. Stephen Calkins under Col. Ebenezer
Allen's regiment in 1780, and the next year was a Sergeant in the
comnany of his son, Cant. Ebenezer, in Col. Ira Allen's regiment,
for a short tour. His wife was Martha Wilson.
Captain Ebenezer Wilson, also native to Orwell, Vt., had the
rank as stated above in Col. Ira Allen's regiment of Vermont Militia
in 1781. Details are lacking. His wife was Lydia Rowley, and they
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April 1957
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Page 77
were among the pioneers in Middlebury township, where he died Sept.
1, 1828, in the 7l+th year of his age, and years of the -Baptist
connection. Descendants of the family still reside in ' Wyoming
County 150 years after the arrival of these first generations.
Joshua Whitney, Pike
Elmwood Cemetery, Pike Village, is the burial place of Joshua
Whitney, who died Dec. 8, l8i|9, aged 90 years, and of his wife,
Electa Sartwell, who survived him until Jan. 22, l855> dying at the
age of 78 years. A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Whitney, known as
Joshua, Jr., served as Private in the Continentals of the Bay State,
and was first pensioned for such service in 1819 from Allegany Co.,
N.Y., then the location of the town of Pike. He was dropped in 1820,
but repensioned in 1832. It is said that he saw the surrender of
Burgoyne and was at the battles of Trenton and Monmouth. Whitney
arrived in Eagle in 1812, whether from his birthplace, Spencer,
Mass., is not known. Among his descendants was Washington W.
Whitney, Civil War soldier buried at Eagle. It is also a tradition
that other members of Joshua's family were in the Revolution.
William Whiting, Warsaw
In the pioneer section of Warsaw Village cemetery there remains
a marble slab to William Whiting, born at Hartford, Conn, in " , 1758s>
who died at Warsaw, March 22, I8I4.9, aged 90 years. The Wyoming
County Mirror, recording his death, stated that at the commencement
of the Revolution he lived in Connecticut, near Hartford. In 1776,
he went to New York in the militia company of Lt. George Kellogg and
Col. Chester. In April 1777> he enlisted for three years and served
under Capt. Elisha Kimball, Col. John Chandler and Col. Joseph Hoit.
He was in the battles of Germantown, Ft. Mifflin and Monmouth.
During 1781 and 1782, he was in the team service under Capt; John
Waters, Conductor of Teams.
After the Revolution, he removed with several children to Granville,
N.Y., then to Hampton and from there to Warsaw in 1821. He
was an honorable man and retained his faculties up to near the end
and the time of his death. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
His wife, the mother of his children, was Abigail Flower, who died
Aug. 25, 1832, aged 73 years. One of his sons, Nathan Whiting, and
a brother-in-law, Col. Chauncey Sheldon,were among the Americans who
joined the Canadian patriots in 1837» were captured and banished by
the British Government to Van Dieman's Land. They were pardoned and
returned to the United States some few years before the father's
death. DAR application papers state that Mr. Whiting saw three years
Revolutionary service as Private under Capt. Nehemiah Rice in Col.
Chandler's 8th Connecticut Regt. In I8l8, he apnlied for a pension
which was allowed. After his first wife's death, the old veteran
married three more times; his second wife, Lucinda Whiting, his
brother's widow, died Sept. 10, 1838, aged 67; his third was Mrs.
Phebe Rich, widow of Peter Rich, and his fourth, the widow of Lyman
Noble.
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Page 78 April 1957
BERZILLAI YATES
1757--1841
Founder of Yates
Se±tlement, Town
of Gainesville
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Ebenezer Witter, La Grange
Protected by a large pine tree, a weathered marble stone stands
in La Grange Cemetery, Town of Covington, to Ebenezer Witter, who
died March 1, 1838, aged 76 years. His birth occurred at Preston,
Conn., Oct. 19, 1761, and when but fourteen years old enlisted as a
waiter to his father, Capt. Ebenezer Witter, Col. Selden's regiment
of Connecticut. In March 1778, he again enlisted and served a year
as Private under Capt. William Whitney's Co., the regiment of Col.
Oliver Smith under General Sullivan in the Rhode Island expedition,
and was at the battle of Newport. The next spring, Mr. Witter began
a nine month's career as a Private aboard the Mass. man-of-war,
"Discovery," under Capt. Francis Brown. In October, off the coast of
France the vessel was in a severe battle with two British vessels,
and at the end of eight months he was discharged. At Bordeaux,
France, he,entered the French naval service and remained until the
end of hostilities. F or this extended military service, a pension
was granted, Sept. 21;, 1832, when he was 71 years old and a resident
of Scipio, Cayuga County, N.Y. He apparently came to La Grange a
year or so prior to his death.The family were members of the Baptist
Church.
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April 1957 Page 8 9
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)
Berzillai Yates
Travelers along Route 19, south of Rock Glen, may note a large
stone to the east of the highway across a pasture, and above it during
the slimmer months usually flies an American flag. Quaintly
carved, the stone reads:
Soldier of the Revolution
BERZILLAI YATES
died
Sept. 1, I8I4.I.
Aged 81; y' s
Native of Mendon, Worcester Co., Mass.
On the right is my mother
On the left my wife
We lived to good old age and now
rest in peace.
This is all that remains to the founder of Yates settlement,one
who carved out a homestead about the site where he is buried during
the very earliest days of Gainesville settlement. It is stated that
his home became a wayside tavern and a stage stop. Elizabeth Yates,
the mother, died Dec. 15, 1809, aged 96 years. She was, according
to the inscription, a native of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass. Mercy
Yates, wife of the Soldier, died Sept. 30, 1827, aged 71 years, a
native of Uxbridge, Worcester Co., Mass. At the foot of the grave of
the father sleeos the daughter, Bethiah, who married Daniel Thayer,
and died in 1852, when 60 years old. Around about rest some of their
old neighbors, but their stones have been scattered and broken and
the area is now a pasture.
Berzillai Yates received a pension for his services as a Private
in the Massachusetts Continentals. "Massachusetts Soldiers &
Sailors in the Revolution" credits him with the rank of Private in
Capt. Job Knap's Co., under Col.Job Cushing,having enlisted Aug. 17,
1777, joined the company Sept. 15, and discharged ^ov. 30, 1777, a
total of two months and 21; days. During this period he was with the
Northern Army and the payroll of Worcester Co. includes 10 days
travel time going home. A great-great granddaughter, Miss Ola J.
Kidney, Little Valley, some years ago stated he also saw service of
three months and five days as a Private in Capt. Edward Seagraves'
Co., under Col. Joseph Read, and after the 1777 service given above,
he was a Corporal In the 9th Co. under Col. Nathan Tyler.
(NOTE: A concluding article in the autumn is exoected to bring
some additional material on the careers of a few of the Soldiers of
the Revolution who have already appeared in this series. It is earnestly
hoped that readers who may have additions or corrections will
write us at any early date. Thank you.)

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April 1957
(Following are additional reminiscences of his boyhood days in North
Java by Mr, Lyon, now residing in Florida,,)
One of the best Halloween stories I ever heard came from outside
the county, from the little village of Leicester over in Livingston
Countyo it was related to me by George Rich who worked in
the Perry Knitting Mill and boarded with my aunt, Mrs0 Russell, so I
think it will pass for this publication,,
It seems that a farmer living at the edge of the village had an
old swell box cutter which he had repaired, painted and varnished,
ready for the coming winter season. It was too much of a temptation
for the boys. Back of one of the stores there was a barn with a
ridge roof and beside it a shed with a lean-to roof. It was no
trick to get the cutter on the shed roof and then to the ridge of
the barn. They intended to straddle the runners over the ridge, but
accidentally everyone let go of the cutter at the same time and the
vehicle slid down the opposite side of the roof. It never hit the
ground for beside the barn ran a railroad track and just at that
moment an eastbound freight was pulling through town. The cutter
landed in an open top car. No one in -Leicester ever heard of it
again.
The story has a sequel though I never heard it. But some poor
railroad station agent, in some mining town somewhere around Scranton,
Pa., must have had one heck of a job trying to find out where
that cutter came from.
One person who was known for his peculiar manners and oddity of
speech was Fletcher Royce. I worked with him one time during the
potato harvest back when spuds were pulled out of the soil with
hooks. At meal time, as soon as the men were seated at the table,
Fletcher would grab the pie plate, help himself to a generous slab
and pass it along. Of course the others waited until the heavier
part of the meal was partaken b u "t Fletcher made sure of having his
pie.
One time when he had been to Buffalo with a load of produce he
stopped on his way home at a neighbor's place for a little chat0
The neighbor asked him how he found the market, referring of course
to prices. Fletcher very casually replied, "Oh, I just drove along
Elk Street until I came to it,"
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April 1957 Page 8 9
OTHER TALES FROM NORTH JAVA (cont.)
One of Royce's neighbors was James Keenan, prominent Democrat,
supervisor and civic leader. One day while the two v; ; visiting,
Keenan said he thought someone was taking fuel from his wood pile,,
"That's bad," said Fletcher. "Now I wonder what I would do if I
thought someone was stealing my wood and I was curious who it wase
I might do this. I might bore a hole in a good sized chunk, fill
the h&le with gunpowder, put in a nicely fitting plug, then smear it
over with a little bit of mud. Now I am not advising you to do a
thing like that nor am I saying that _I would do it. I am merely
saying I might do it."
A short time after that another neighbor had an accident in his
home. His heating stove exploded.
Joe Herman at one time ran a grocery and meat market in North
Java. One morning as the bus was leaving for the morning train Joe
was standing in front of his store and the two or three passengers,
city bound, waved good-bye to him. Imagine their surprise when they
stepped off the train at Attica to see Joe Herman standing on the
station platform.
Of course this happened before the time of automobiles and
while the passengers were riding the mile and a half to the station
and v- :".]. they were waiting for the train, and while the & A. was
making its scheduled stops, Herman was treading his bicycle down the
creek toward Attica. And he arrived there first.
Halloween has always been a time for pranks. One incident, I
remember, happened on a presidential election year. I was quite a
small lad and so can not fix the date. But I remember the Liberty
Poles. The Democrats raised one in front of Mason & Crahan hardware
store. It was a beautiful straight stick of timber, sawed either
hexagonal or octagonal and painted. The Prohibition party put one
up beside Lester Alien's furniture store. It was not as nice as the
other but it was patriotically painted with three bands, one red,
one white and one blue. On the morning after Halloween both were
decorated. A wagon hung on the Prohibition pole and on the Democrat's
a beer keg.
Jim Keenan at one time a young man working for him, a
simple minded fellow who stutiu.. . .. It was the day when the first
automobiles were out and occasionally one was seen in North Java.
One went past Keenan's place one day, the first his boy had seen.
He stared at it in surprise, then began, "R-u-u-u-nawayl Ru-u-u-nawayl
Where in h..„s the h-h-h-h-orse?

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April 1957
Pioneer School Jeaeker
on Three
(Prom the annals of the Michigan State Pioneer Society, 1878,
condensed by Robert M. French, Pike Town Historian.)
Roccena Vaill Norris was born in Delaware County, N. Y., in
1798, the eldest child of J^mes Vaill and Helena Compton, who made
their home on the right bank of the Delaware River some distance
above what is now Deposit, N. Y. To attend school, she was taken
across the river in a canoe, where she was taught to sew and "mark"
samplers,which accomplishment constituted a greater part of a little
girls 1 education in those early days.
In 1806s her family moved to Deposit. There the schoolhouse was
also the "Meeting House." Male teachers were employed for the
winter terms, and spinsters for the summer terms. A geography with
maps was a thing unknown, and Webster's spelling book was just then
coming into use. Roccena was an avid reader and read "Don Quoxite"
before she was ten years old.
Her father, James Vaill, died in 1813, consequently her widowed
mother could hardly support the family during the war period
1812-15. Prices were high and times were hard. Cotton cloth was
seventy-five cents a yard, calico a dollar, tea two dollars a pound,
etc. The family then went to live with a sister of Mrs. Vaill; this
family lived in a large and roomy old cottage, which with its loom,
spinning wheel, quill wheel, hand cards, etc. must have been a busy
place. All the linen and Indeed everything which could be made at
home was manufactured by the women of the house.
In October I81I4. two sisters of Mr. Vaill came to visit them;
one of them, "Aunt Bert" (Priscilla who married Luther Burt -- a
pioneer family of Moscow, N. Y., and later of Pike where they died
about 1825) was anxious to take Roccena home with her, and urged
Mrs. Vaill to go "west", as they called Genesee County, telling her
she could support her family more easily there than in Deposit.
Finally, it was decided to send Roccena, then a girl of fifteen,
home with her aunts to "spy out the land," and the mother with' this
rest of the family would follow in the ensuing winter. So Roccena,
with her aunts, left Deposit early in November, and after a week's
journey in a lumber wagon reached the Town of Leicester where the
aunts lived.
Not long after the journey just mentioned,Roccena took another,
this time on horseback, to visit an aunt in Allegany Co. Near her
uncle's home, Indians were yet living on their own hunting grounds
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A PIONEER SCHOOL TEACHER ON THREE FRONTIERS (cont.)
(Gardeau and Caneadea), and a visit to their homes was one of the
standard amusements. In February 1815, the mother, Mrs. Vaill, with
the rest of the family,Grandma Compton, eighty-four years old, among
them, came to Genesee County, arriving the latter part of the month,
and went to housekeeping in a "shaky old log house."
In March, Roccena went to Pike to remain for a time with her
Uncle Cooley (Arunah, who lived in what is now the Davidson School
District); here the home life and society proved so much more
congenial to her that she persuaded her mother to remove there. Her
uncle made a "bee", and with the assistance of the neighbors, a good
log house was put up and covered in one day. The next day it was
completed except for a hearthstone which was soon after put in
place. After her mother arrived, Roccena opened a school, the first
in that part of town. It was held in a little plank schoolhouse
where the desks-such as they were-were fixed against the wall,having
wooden benches, without backs, in front.
Hardships of 1816
This year, 1816, was a hard one, the country had not begun to
recover from the effects of the War of 1812. Business was much
deranged, and all through the region known as the "Holland Purchase"
half starved Indians were wandering. The new settlers had to endure
one of the coldest years ever known in the country-frost and snow
with severe freezing in every summer month, and many families were
without bread or potatoes for weeks together. Roccena taught school
and boarded around,and had her dinner sent to herjoften it consisted
only of small new potatoes and green peas. She used to say that she
never saw so many sad and melancholy faces as those of the mothers
in these distressing times. It well might be so, when all they could
give their children to eat was sifted bran made into cakes with a
little milk, Mrs. Vaill however had good health and plenty of work,
while her children were old enough to assist her so they never
suffered for food, and were often able to help those who did. The
prospect must have often seemed dark enough even to her brave
spirit.
The family remained in Pike, Allegany Co., nearly four years,
during all of which time Roccena was teaching summers in the plank
schoolhouse, winters in larger outlying districts where she earned
the immense sum of a dollar and a half a week, and with her younger
sisters assisted the mother during the evenings in sewing and weaving.
The latter part of the year l8l8 the Uncle Cooley moved (with
members of another neighboring family) his family to Indiana (to
Little York), and Mrs. Vaill having no other relatives in the place,
went back among her own friends near Moscow, N. Y. Roccena accompanied
her part way, then went to Covington, Genesee County, boarding
with friends and attended a school kept by Rev. Jonathan Davis,
father of Dr. Davis (of Ypsilanti, Mich.), walking a mile and a half
each day in order to attend it. Here she remained until she had attained
a "tolerable" smattering of the study of Grammer.In the first
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A PIONEER SCHOOL TEACHER ON THREE FRONTIERS (cont.)
of May following she taught school in Covington Centre for a dollar
and a half a week, boarding round. She had about forty pupils of
all ages from six to twenty, and of all sorts and conditions.
She continued teaching until the end of November, after which
she was married to Mr. Mark Norris by Elder True, both of Covington,
on the 13th of January 1820 at her mother's home in Moscow In the
midst of a fierce two day snow storm. On the third day the couple
returned to Covington to their first home. A brief description of
the house which was ready for their reception may be of interest.
It was built of logs, the floor of white ash--carpets being an
undreamed of luxury--two windows containing twelve seven by nine
panes of glass to light the room, and a cupboard which stood in one
corner contained all their crockery and table furniture. The walls
were the round side of the logs hewn smooth and "chinked" nearly
even with plaster. The fireplace had a crane with hooks for hanging
kettles. There was the iron bake--kettle for baking,and a tin oven
to place before the fire for roasting. A ladder in one corner, by
which one ascended to the loft, contained a bed and other ,stores.
The furniture of this house consisted of one bed, one armchair, a
few common chairs and a small bookcase hung against the wall.
Mr. Norris was engaged in a small way in trade, and also owned
an ashery near their dwelling house for making pot and pearl ash.
Three months after their marriage, Mrs. Norris's mother and sister
came to live with them, and soon after came her aged grandmother.
In the spring, Mr. Norris put up an addition to the log house of
which part was used for a store, well stocked in the fall of 1822.
The following spring, the ashery burned down--this was before the
days of insurance. In the summer of 1822, Mr. Norris built a good
size frame store and visited New York and Albany for goods0
In the winter of I82J4. Mr. Norris was appointed post master by
Benedict Brooks, P.M., who lived two miles west of Covington Centre.
The postoffice was then thereafter kept in the center of the town.
In 182)4, Mr. Norris built a new house and vacated the log cabinc The
kitchen contained, Instead of a fireplace, a small cook stove, the
first Mrs. Norris had ever used. In September l82i|, Mr. Norris,
accompanied by Roccena,went East for goods via Owego, Chenango Point
and Deposit, where he left her and continued to New York. At her old
homej Roccena collected a quantity of flower seeds and"the next
summer the little garden at Covington Centre was beautiful with
flowers„
As a consequence of the bitter feelings of anti-Masonic
spasm in 1827, M r. Norris decided to p;o to Michigan to look for a
water power site near which he could make a home f5r his family.
Having purchased property in Ypsilanti which included the only frame
dwelling, he returned East. Buying a carding machine and a small
stock of goods, he shipped these, as well as his household goods,
by canal and lake boats to Michigan.
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April 1957 Page 8 9
A PIONEER SCHOOL TEACHER ON THREE FRONTIERS
The Norris family left Covington by stage for Buffalo at gA.M.,
June 9, 1828, arriving in Buffalo late that evening. The next morning
they engaged passage on a streamer in which they spent four days
and three nights on Lake Erie. However, the most arduous part of
the journey awaited them on the overland trip from Detroit to
Ypsilanti since roads were hardly worthy of the name. This journey
was completed on the eighth day. On this new frontier, Mrs, Norris
started a school in her home and endured the hardships of a pioneer
community. The Norris family assisted in the cultural and commercial
development of Ypsilanti and prospered with it so they had the means
to travel frequently.
In the summer of 1835, Mr. & Mrs. Norris went East to buy
goods. On their return, late in August, they had an interesting
stage ride from Warsaw to Buffalo. A crowded coach and the breaking
of a linch pin, soon after they started, were among the discomforts
of the trip. After numerous delays and breakages, they left Hamburg
for another attempt to reach Buffalo, 12 miles distant, but when
only three miles from the former place, a wheel gave way, being left
the length of the coach behind. A scene of confusion ensued but a
wagon loaded with oats, bound for Buffalo, opportunely made its
appearance and Mrs. Norris mounted it and rode the remaining eight
miles, while the rest proceeded as best they might,, When they were
within ten miles of Detroit,after a pleasant passage, the "Commodore
Perry" came alongside to take off passengers for Toledo; while they
were lashed together, the boiler of the Perry burst its cap off. Of
course a panic followed,and though the result proved less fatal than
was feared. Mrs. Norris had her hands and heart full in rendering
what assistance she could.
Mr. Norris died in 1862 and Roccena in 1876, concluding the
experience in three pioneer settlements.
(A search of the public records in the Town of Covington in
195> by Mrs. Imogene Moag, then Town Historian, revealed that Mark
Norris, husband of Roccena,was Town Clerk and commissioner of common
schools in l825>served as trustee of School District No. 6, in 1820,
being the successful bidder for wood for the school that year at
a cord; was clerk of the district in 1823» l82i|_-5, and trustee again
in 1826. One child of the couple was in school in 182?» Rev,
Jonathan E. Davis,who taught Roccena in l8l8, served school district
No. 7 in many capacities from I819-I838. The family names of Vaill
and Norris occur in many public records.)

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MILESTO
April 1957
Beginning in December 1956, the four-story building of the former
Warsaw Button Company on South Main street, Warsaw, was razed to
make way for a NuWay supermarket. Following the sale of the salt
plants in the Oatka Valley, the firm was organized to promote local
industry with a capital stock of $£0.,000. In continuous operation
until 19^1j the plant turned out buttons made from vegetable ivory
and during the last few years made nobs for radios.
Clarence R. Runals, Niagara Falls attorney and native of Arcade, was
elected president of the New York State Bar Association in January.
He attended the public school in his -native town and was graduated
from the University of Buffalo School of Laxv in 1815- Admitted to
the bar in 1916, he has been engaged in the legal profession at the
Falls for many years. He has held positions of trust in civic and
professional organizations.
Announcement was made last autumn of the publication of a novel,
"One Small Candle" by Mary Clare Linehan Mackinnon, formerly a teacher
of Engliah. In Warsaw High School in 19.19-1920. From the press
of Crown Publishers, the book Is the story of a family life and the
author is the wife of a member of the faculty of the University of
California at Berkley.
The community of Varysburg paid honor on Sept. 25^1956, to the halfcentury
of medical service of Dr. George A. McQuilkin, 76, who with
Mrs. McQuilkin celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary a week
earlier. Back in 1906 when the doctor first hung out his "shingle"
in front of the same residence he has today, he made his calls by
horse and buggy and sleigh or trudged on foot many miles through
drifted and muddy roads. He has served as health officer for nearly
fifty years and been active in establishing the local medical profession
with a community hospital. The recipient of many testimonials
and-gifts from a grateful community, the doctor modestly
accepted the honors with the sentiments, "I feel I have only done my
duty."
Castile's weekly, "The Castillian" was sold in November 1956 to Mr.
& Mrs. Robert Aldrich of Fillmore, publishers of the "Northern Allegany
Observer." The paper had been purchased in 1955 by Mr. &
Mrs. Gerald Keith from Mr. * Mrs. Merlin Pitt.
Walter L. Ahhe'r, graduate, of Warsaw High School, and head of the
science department of Lawrence High School, Long Island, has just
issued his fifth publication In a series of manuals in physics and
chemistry. His latest, a physics laboratory guide, is said to be
popular in schools throughout the country.
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April 1957 Page 8 9
MILESTONES (cont.)
A second Warsaw Landmark, the Gridley Hotel on North Main Street,
was vacated in February preparatory to razing to make way for a new
W. T. Grant store.
E. Perry Spink, born in Attica, was elected in December president of
the Liberty Bank of Buffalo. Now resident of Orchard Park,, Mr.
Spink began his career with the bank as a branch manager in 19214.,
rose to the office of credit manager in 193^4-, assistant vice-president
in 1939, a vice-president in 192k, and executive vice-president
ten years later. This is the bank's 75th year.
Warsaw Grange No. 1088, P. of H., observed the fiftieth anniversary
of its organization Jan. 8, 1957» Five of the six living charter
members were honored guests and the program featured an address by
Judge John S. Conable of Warsaw.
The Public Service Commission, Jan. 5, 1957, authorized the Pennsylvania
Railroad to discontinue service at its carload freight station
at Portageville, where s o such shipments had been made since 1953*
Announcement was made in February of the sale of the interest of the
late Read Clarke in the Perry Herald to Joseph W. Pasco, editor and
publisher of the weekly.
On Feb. 5th, a second county Grange, Hermitage No. 1086, commemorated
the $0th anniversary of its organization, Jan. 8, 1907, with
thirty-six charter members. Clayton B. Smith was the first Master.
Arthur Smith, the only Charter member present was awarded a pin. In
1921, the Hermitage group purchased its present hall.
In February, the Rochester Presbytery purchased the 230-acre "Hillside"
estate, Wyoming, from Raymond T. Jones, Buffalo lumber dealer,
for $60,000. The historic mansion, erected in 1851, became famed
while owned by Mrs. Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1873-1921)., who gathered
a sixmmer colony of noted artists, writers and musicians there.
From 1911+-17J a series of summer schools were conducted.
Miss Marian E. Russell, chemistry and physics teacher at Perry Central
School for about 30 years, was named in January the state's
outstanding science teacher by the New York State Science Teachers
Association during its meeting at Corning. A past president of bLe
association, director and secretary, a civic leader and contributions
to science education in the state were cited among her
achievements.
Mrs. Charlotte L. Smallwood, District Attorney of Wyoming County,
1950-52, was elected treasurer of the Women's New York State Bar
Association in February. She resides in Warsaw.
Robert A. Anderson,superintendent of the Wyoming Community Hospital,
Warsaw, has been appointed assistant director of the Sloan Institute
of Hospital Administration in Cornell's Graduate School of Business
Administration. Mr. Anderson took up his duties early last month.
(Continued on Page 88)

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MILESTONES (cont.)
April 1957
Voters of the Perry Central School approved a %00,000 bond issue
last month to construct a 12-room addition to the Central High
School building.
Following extensive flood damage to the right-of-way south of Attica
in January, the directors of the Arcade & Attica Railroad voted to
abandon the northerly 13 miles of the road and discontinue service
to Johnsonburg, Varysburg and Attica. If approved by the I.C.C. and
N.Y. State Public Service Commission, the line will continue to operate
about 15 miles of line with its northern terminus at North
Java station.
Steps have been inaugurated by agricultural groups in the country to
raise funds to erect a Farm and Home Center for the County wherein
will be quartered county farm units and conservation groups.
In the July 1953 issue of this bulletin, tombstone inscriptions
of the Hatch Cemetery, Warsaw, were printed. Since that date, some
additions have been received. Leander Cay, page 125>was born Dec..
9, 1827; died Nov. 30, 1905. He was the son of Daniel & Betsey,
and married Sarah L. in 1856. The B. F. Gay listed was Benjamin
Franklin Gay.
Mrs. Lawrence Jeffres, Covington Town Historian, has advised us
of the following additional burials for whom no record was then
available:
Moses Perkins (Purkins), l8ll - 1892. (Buried beside his
wife, Betsy Wilson Perkins (Purkins), d. March 29,
1851, 33y.
Samuel Wheat Perkins, 1809 - 1882.
Mary Densmore Perkins, wife of Samuel W., 1810 - 1879.
Sydney Smith Spring> 1838 - 1915.
Lillian Adell, wife Sydney S. Spring, i860 - 1930.
It will also be of interest to know that a map of the cemetery
is in existence,revealing the survey of the lots,which' are numbered
and the names of many of the owners listed. No break-down of indivduals
interred each lot Is available. t

April 1957 Page 8 9
N e c r o l o g y
Lloyd B. Wheeler, '71, school principal in Port Chester, N. Y. for
about forty years, died in that city, Aug. 18, 1956. A native of
Bliss, he was buried at Smith's Corners, Wethersfield.
Rev. Owen C. Baker, pastor of the Warsaw Methodist Church, 1916-192!+,
died at his home in Conesus, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1956, after a ministrial
career of fifty-eight years. He was for many years president of the
Genesee Conference Epworth League, and a member of the board of
trustees of the Silver Lake Institue and chairman of the Grounds
Committee.
At Margaretville, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1956, death came to William M.
Hankins, 3'7, principal of Fleischmanns High School for the past two
years. He was formerly teacher of English in the Attica Central
School from 191+9 to 1953°
A well known Perry business man, C. Frank Eaton, 82, died in Warsaw
Jan. 6, 1957, after a long illness. A native of Macedon, Michigan,
he came toPerryin 1905 andwas successively engaged in the hardware
business, in dry goods and automobiles, and since 1920 in the undertaking
field. He served several terms on the board of education, the
town board and held membership in many civic groups.
U. S. Commissioner Harry E.i Harding, '76, a resident of Snyder and
graduate of Pike Seminary, died Dec. 18, 1956. He prepared for a
legal career in Cornell, and since 1923 followed the profession in
Buffalo. First named U. S. Commissioner in 1929, he had held the
post continuously since. Burial was at Pike.
George H. Newbitt, 7k> Warsaw died suddenly, Jan. 29, 1957 at his
home. He was the donor of a site in Organgeville for a V. F. W.
camp and aided veterans in securing home sites.
Mayor of Attica, 1934-37, and trustee of the village many years,
Burt F. Disbrow, died in Batavia, Feb. 20, 195'7 at the age of 85. A
pharmacist, he began Attica's first telephone exchange in his. store
and subsequently became district manager of the N. Y. Telephone Coat
Batavia. He was clerk of the board of education 52 years, servea
as supervisor several terms and was a leader in civic affairs.
John C. Herzberger, 83, manager of Perry's Auditorium Theater for a
quartet 0 of a century, died in Florida Feb. 19. He began his career
in several New York productions and in vaudeville as a s inger before
coming to Perry in 1913«
Dr. Fred W„ Tanner, 69, a native of Kenmore, but resident of Warsaw
in his youth and graduate of Warsaw High School,died at Winter Park,
Fla., Feb. 21+. He attained international fame as a bacteriologist
and food technologist at the University of Illinois where he became
a member of the faculty in 1915« From 1925-49, he was head of the
university's department of bacteriology, was founder and editor of
Food Research, a journal of bacteriology, and was the author of more
than 150 publications in microbiology and public health. He had
maintained a summer liiome at Silver Lake for many years.
(continued on,page 90)

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NECROLOGY (con't)
April 1957
Fred W. Johantgn, 82, retired Perry businessman,.died March I;* , 1957 i
in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more than forty years he operated a men's
furnishings store and was the last survivor of the original board of
trustees of the Perry Public Library. A native of Dansville, he came
to Perry in 1900, and was active in public affairs. Burial at Fillmore,
No Y0
An Associated Press report from Washington revealed the death in
that city, March 11, 1957, of Malcolm S. McComb, economic consultant
to the Commerce Department. A native of Warsaw, he-was educated at
Phillips-Andover Academy and Columbia University. He has served in
a number of Federal posts including that of economic advisor to
General Lucius D. Clay when he was military governor of Berlin.
A retired Perry attorney, John F. Ryan, 86, died in that village,
March ll|_, 1957. A native of Nunda, he graduated from the University
of Buffalo and practiced in that city until 1921 when he became a
partner with the late L. A. Walker, Perry attorney. Subsequently,
he maintained his own legal offices. He was buried in Nunda.
"POOR CORKIE"
(The following newspaper item, date about l893,is from a scrapbook
owned by Mrs. Martha B. Rowe, Editor of the Wyoming Reporter.)
In the recent death of Corkie, a crow aged five years, adopted
in its infancy by Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Belknap of West Middlebury, the
people of that vicinity, expecially the children,lose an intelligent
and humorous friend and playmate. When the bird was two years old he
began speaking the English language and at the time "of'his' < death
(1893) he had become quite proficient in the use of many words, having
an especial aptitude for inserting by-words in a very "T orceable
manner.
"Mama" was his first plainly spoken word, so followed by hearty
"hello" with which he was wont to hail all persons passing the house.
When hungary, he would ask for food by saying "Poor Corkie" several
timeso He also often gave vent to his injured feelings by crying
with all the vigorousness of a whipped child. Like others, he had
his faults, the most decided being a kleptomanism.
On a zero night it was customary to let him in at the sitting
window. At the first peep of dawn however he would loudly "hello"
signifying his desire that someone should get up and let him out.
He was a daily attendant upon the district school and went home with
his girl, Miss Myra Quail ( now Mrs. Earl Ewell of Wyoming), for whom
he had formed a great liking, most every night.
It is strange to relate that he had never attempted to associate
with his fellow crows until the past two weeks when he was
quite intimate with two brothers who came and sat on a limb with him
as he "cawed" and 1, helloed" to them.
Whether these crows had anything to do with his death, it is
impossible to say but the thought is entertained that they poisoned
him because he would hot give up his domesticated life and roam with
them.

April 1957
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Page 8 9
Among the pioneer residents of Gainesville were Beverly Yates,
Kindal and Huldah Russ and Smith Barber. From Michigan is a request
for data on these persons, all residents in 1820 and I83O according
to the census records.
From New York is a request for information on the descendants of
Isaac Howe who lived at Castile during the early decades of the 19th
century.
In the Gainesville Pioneer Cemetery are buried John Andrews,who died
October 12, 1858, age 76 years, and a daughter, Melisa, who died
Jan. 20, 1859, at I4J4. years. A Wisconsin descendant writes that
members of the family migrated to that state in 1851+. We should like
to know if Sally, wife of John Andrews, is buried in the Pioneer
Cemetery, and of any descendants now living in this area. The
youngest child of John and Sally was Abigail, born about l835
Benjamin Knapp, a Revolutionary soldier who enlisted in Connecticut,
subsequently lived in Addison County, Vt., and is on the Sheldon
N. Y. 1810 Census. His son, Benjamin Fairchild Knapp, was born in
this region 1803, but the name of the mother is unknown. In l8ll,
Benjamin married for his secmd wife, Hannah Moses, widow of Zebulon
Moses, and lived in or near Lima, N. Y. Data on the burial place of
Benjamin and his first wife is desired by a descendant now living in
Miami, Florida.
Information is desired by a descendant at Lansing, Michigan, on the
parentage of Mary E. Bourdman, born at Perry, April 18, 1828. She
was married, Sept. 26, 181+1, to Gamaliel Edson Kendall in Orleans
County, No Y.
Has a reader any data on Joseph and Rebecca Hollister, parents of
Sarah Hollister Wnaley who died at Machias, N. Y. , Mar..l4', 1896?
All are believed to have been former residents of this county.
We have a second request for a copy of Beer's History of Wyoming
County. A nearby historical society wishes to add this to its
library.

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arsaw Village Pioneer Cemetery
(Continued from the January 1957 issue.)
CTJMMINGS Chauncey M., son Nathaniel & Lo vina Cummings,
d. Feb. 6, 1832, 25y 11m ll^d
Ephraim M. Cummings, d. Feb. 13, I83I4., 50y
Sarah, wife Ephraim, d. Oct. ill, 1819, 31y
CUTTING Martha L., dau. John & Lovina Cutting, d.. Aug. 20,
1829, 17 days
David F., son Jonas & Lovina, d. Feb. 11, l8k3, 3i|.y
(Killed in Pennsylvania by falling tree)
DAY Col. Elkanah Day, b . Feb. 3, 176I. Settled in Warsaw
1806. Died in Warsaw Jan. 23, 1813, the son of
David Day, born in Attleborough, Oct. 19, 1728.
(Military rank from State Militia.)
Polly, wife"Col. Elkanah, b. July 20, 1767, married
Inarch 17, 1788, died 1819. Daughter of John
McWhorter, born in Brookfield, Mass., who died
Jan.6, 1813, aped 7k years, and is buried nearby.
Children of Col. Elkanah & Polly Day:
Lydia, wife William Webster, Apr. 15, 1791-
Oct. ill, 1811
Bethia, wife D avid Fargo, Feb. 20, 1793-
May 11, l8lk. Buried nearby.
Artemas, Dec. 5, 179k-Oct. 12, 1823. (Not married)
David, Mar. 10, 1797-Nov. 29, 1857. (Died at Olean,
N.Y. and buried there.)
Hiram, Jan. 7, 1799-1820
Eliphalet, Sept. 28, l801-l82k
Isabel, Aug. 8, l803-l82k
John, Mar, 25, 1806-1827
Polly, wife John McElwain, Mar. 10, l8ll-Aug. 2k,
183k
Elkahan, April k, 1808-
Chloe, wife Newton Hawes, d. Mar. 26, 182k, 35y
(Imposing monument to the Day family erected by
Horace Hawes of San Francisco, a son of Chloe.)
DENFM0RE Eph., d. Nov. 9, l8k7,-J
, wife of Eph., d. July 13, 18(23?), _y
HHer stone broken; his worn off.)
DIBBLE Sally, wife Eli, d. Nov. 2k, 181l7, 50y
Chloe, dau. En .Sally, d. Sept. 10, l8k7, 25y
EDDY Josiah Eddy, d. July 3, 1827, 72y
Hannah, wife Josiah, d. May 7, l85l, 82y
ELDRIDGE Samuel S.,.June 26, l809-Jan. 23, 1892
Samantha B., wife, Mar. 28, l8l8-May 31, 1896

April 1957 Page 8 9
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
PARCISHA Sirmantha, wife William R. Fardisha, d„ April 15,
1833, 23rd yr.
And like the radiant setting sun
When she her course of duty run
She then shook off each earthly pain
And only died to live again,
FAHGO Palmer Fargo, Sept. 21, 1796-May 21, 1873. (Born at
Sandisfield, ^ass., son Nehemiah.)
Caroline W. (Scovel), wife Palmer, d. Nov. 26, 18Il9.
U.7y 9m 21ds
Mrs. Lurana Barber, wife Palmer, d. Aug. 18, l86l, 63y
Lovina, dau. Palmer ft Caroline, d. Feb. 28, 1827, ly 2m
Clarinda D., 2nd dau. Palmer ft Caroline, d. Jan. 10,
18L4, l^y 3m 21d
Romanzo, son Palmer & Caroline, d„ Aug. 18, 1856, 19y
Orinda 0., dau„ A.J. ft E.M. Fargo, d. May 16, 1856,
lly iim
Anson, son A.J. ft E.M. Fargo, d. July 26, 1856, ly 11m
Bethia Day, wife David Fargo, dau. Col. ^lkanah &
Pol 1 v, Feb. 20, 1793-May 11, l8ll^. (Mar. 1810)
Nehmiah Fargo, d. Oct. 13, 1828, 6l+y 9m 3d. (Born at
Bozra., Conn., Jan. 10, 1761;, married 1783 to Mary
Chapman; came to Warsaw from ^eneseo , N.Y. I80I4..)
He rests his body in the tomb
His soul on high with saints and angels blest
His Lord doth plorify. His hopes and faith
are fled and now in rapture sweet.
Mary, wife Wehemiah , d. Dec. 12, 1839, 7^4-Y 11m 25d
(Born Dec. 25, 1761+.)
Martha Fargo, daughter Nehemiah., and wife John H.
Reddish, d. Oct. 30, 1852, l?8y 10m
David Fargo, Oct. 31, 1786-May 16, 1855. (Born in
Montteille, Conn.| came I80I4. with father, Nehemiah.)
Daniel McWhorter, son David ft Bethia, Aug. 7, l8ll-
Feb. 10, l8ll+
Phebe Mason, 2nd wife David Fargo, April 19, 1792-
Jan. 21, 1850
Elisha, son David ft Phebe, Mar. 1, l820-Mar. 5, 1820
Emeline, dau. David ft Phebe, Feb. 10, 1827-
Feb. 2k3 1827
W. H. H. Fargo, July 7, 1832-May 10, 1886
Sgt. W. H. Fargo, 9th N.Y. Cav., (Mo date or age.)
Wadsworth F., son Silas ft Katherine Fargo, d. Oct.
6, 1823, infant
Irena A., dau. Silas ft Katherine, d. Apr. 3, 1831,
27th yr.
Farewell, my young companions
My Ood has called me home
You too a r^rey to death must fall
And come before His throne.

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FARNHAM
FARR
FISHER
FITCH
FOSTER
FRANK
GATES
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
April 1957
Daniel Rumsey Farnham, son George D. & Amelia D., d.
March 2l|, 1831, 11m 5d
Orton C., died ^pril 12, 1893, 3'7y
Myrta B., 1858 - 193^
John Fisher, d. Oct. 13, 1838, 69y
Betsey, wife John, d. Nov. 20, 1858, 82y
Betsey D. Fisher, d. Nov. 21, 1869, 68y
Armina, wife Samuel Fisher, d. Aug. 27, 1835, 25th.
Lucy S., wife John, d. Sept. 17, 1853, 38th
John VanSantwood, son J. P. & Anna Fisher, d. Sept.
20, 18I4.3, iy
Col. Jabtz Fitch, d. July 13, I82I4., 60y. Served in the
Navy during the REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Sudden the call that bade thee leave
The earthly house for one above
But Christ stood ready to receive
Thy soul to his arms of love.
Luther Foster, d. Nov. 16, I8I4.6, 7&y 2m 6d. (Born in
Southhampton, L. I., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1770; member
Warsaw Presbyterian Church.)
Ruth Hedges, wife Luther, d. Mar.7, i860, 92y 11m 8d
(Married Mr. Foster in 1791.)
Silas Howell Foster, oldest son Luther & Ruth, d.
Dec. 1, 18146, 53y. (Husband of Fanny Smith, father
of nine children. Father and sen died within two
weeks.)
Lemira Maria, wife Luther Foster, Jr., d. Mar. 22,
1835, 2l+y. lm l6d
Why weep for me dear friends
Why do those tear drops fall
He who on Christ depends
With joy obeys His call
At rest with Christ I now shall be
Through vast and long eternity.
Luther Foster Jr., d. Feb. 10, 187^, 66y 9ds
Galista, wife Luther Foster, Jr., d. Feb.7, 1895,
78y lm 21ds
Lemira Maria Foster d. July 27, I85I4., 17y 6m 21ds
Josiah Hedges Foster, d. May 10, I89J4., 52y 9m l8d
George H. Frank, son John & Huldah Frank, d. Sept.
21, I836, 25y. Parents lived at Granville, N. Y.
Deacon Seth Gates, d. Nov. 10, I8I4.7, 72y
Abigail, wife Seth, d. Mar. 28, 1851, 73y
Henry S., son G. G. & M. E. Gates, d. Sept, 17, l85l,
7 weeks

April 1957
GAY
GIBBS
GIBSON
GIDDINGS
GOGGINS
GLASIER
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
Florilla, dau. Ralph & Rachel Gay, d. Apr. 26, 1833,
6 mons
Sleep sweet babe thou, art blest
God called thee home, He knoweth best
Cordelia H., dau. Raloh. & Rachel, d. Jan. 9, 1823,
ly 10 m
Elisha R., son Ralph & Rachel, d. May 5, 1833,
3y 10m I5d
JulI I., dau. Russel & Erdine Gay, d. July 12, 1833,
15 mons. 12 ds.
Louisa, dau. David & Mary Gibbs, d. Nov. 15, 1835,
13y
But oh, how oft Thy wrath appears
And cuts off our expected years
Thy wrath makes our troubled dreams
We feel Thy power that strikes us down.
William Gibson, d. Oct. 21, i860, f&y
Clarinda P., wife William, d. May 23, 1891, 77y
Arabella Janette, dau. Wm. & Clarinda, d. Sept.
3, 18^9, 8y
Chloe Jane, da'i. Win. & Clarinda, d. Aug. 30, I8I4.9,
37
Nelson E., son Wm. & Clarinda, d. Dec. 23, 1855,
19y
Lora, dau. Wm. & Clarinda, d. Jan. 7, 1856, l8y
Sally, wife Simeon Gibson & daughter of Solomon &
Kizziah Morris, d. June 7, 1808, 25y
Niles Giddings, I766-I8I4.2. SOLDIER OF THE
REVOLUTION.
(Marked only with a bronze D.A.R. marker.)
(Naomi Hale, wife Niles, d. 1823; they were mar.
in 1810 and came to Warsaw East Hill that year.
He was native to Hartland, Conn.)
Ruth, wife James Goggins, d. April 27, 1836, 85y
Ruth Goggins, wife Eliiah Chamberlin, d. Oct. 20,
I8I4.9, 68y
Aurelia, dau. Simeon R. & Catherine, d. Jan. 29,
1850, 26y
Moses P., son (2nd) of Simeon & Cathy, d. Jan.
2, 1816, 9 mons
Moses P., son Simeon R. & Cathy, d. Jan. 22, I81I4.,
lith yr
"Cropt like a flower, withered in his bloom
though flattering life had promised years
to come."
(continued on page 96)
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HALL
HAMMOND
HANNAY
HARKNESS
HASKINS
HATCH
HAWES
HEBBARD
HILL
HINMAN
HITCHCOCK
HODGE
HOHENSTEIN
WARSAW VILLAGE PIONEER CEMETERY (cont.)
Nettie C. Hall, 1872 - 1903
(On same stone is Josephine Rowland, 1856 -
Lewis B. Hammond, 1866 - 19U5
Irma Keeney, wife, 1876 -
James Hannay, d. April 18, l85l, 88y
Abagail, wife James, d. March 6, l85l, 78y
Caroline Harkness, wife Rev. James T. Pettengill,
d. July 31, 1875, 62y
April 1957
Ruby, wife Morris Ha skins, d„ Mar. 18, 1%6, 22nd yr,
Stephen Hatch, d. July 29, l81j.8, 56y.
Thankful, wife Stephen, d. May 2, 1827, 26y lid
Hiram C., son S. T., d. Nov. 22, 1827, 7y
Lafayette, son S. & T., d. Nov. 20, 1825, 15 mons
Almira, dau. S. & T., d. Sept. 11, 1821, 6y
Caleb Hatch, d. June 15, l8Ij.O, 79y
Rumsey Hatch, My Husband, (Masonic emblem, but no
other data.)
Lydia Hawes Martin,dau. Newton h Chloe Day Hawes,
d. March 12, 1891, 72y
Henry Hebbard, d. March 21, 1820, 30y
Sally Palmer, widow Henry Hebbard & John Alverson,
d. Aug. 2k, 1869, 83y
H. E. Hebbard, Aug. 27, 1817
Esther Hill, Dec. 12, X83I+ - Feb. 1, 1897
Eliza Hinman, d. Dec. 27, l8i|0, lU^th yr
Mrs. Lucy Hinman, d, Nov. 8, I8I4.O, 78th yr
Calista A., dau. L. & M. Hitchcock, d. Sept. 21,
1819, iky
Levert Hitchock, d. June 19, I8I4.3, 5^4-y
Chloe, wife Levert, d. April 19, 1820, 2'7y
Plin, son Levert & Chloe, (date and age gone)
Deacon Ic habod Hodge, d. °ct. 18, 1857, 71y
Wei thy, wife Deacon Ichabod, d. June 6, l8/L|_7, 62y
(Member of the Baptist Church.)
Amelia, wife Charles Hohenstein, d. Nov. 21, 1896,
62y 5m 26d
Carl Hohenstein, d. May 1, 1901, 7ky lm 26d.
(To be continued in later issues.)