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ABOUT JUJ,ERY

One Hundred and Four Pages of

Material Gathered From Here and There

1920 to 1948

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'Akin; David (son David#)' m. Deborah GrayAkin. David (son John*)Akin". -David _ .Akin; ,Elisha (son David#)m Elizabeth TrippAl!:i,n. Ella Mary (dau; John & Lucy Blowers) m. Royal EltonAldn. :Elton Liberty (son John & Lucy Blowers )Akin. Hannah (dau. Davidfl) in. James Birdsall.Akin., James (1) (son David") m. Patience HowardAkin. James 'Akin. JohIl*Akin; John (son David!!)Akin. John$ (Akin. Jonathan (son David#)Akin. Joseph

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Akin; MaryAkin. Mary (1 )Akin. Nina Bessie (dau. John$) m. Herbert C. Moore.T- 1-40-50Akin. Sarah (dau. David#) d. youngAldrich; Alice m. Alfred StilesAldrich. Gerald Charles Hale ..................•...•....•....Announcement. (Wm. - "Live forever" Bemus)Aldrich. MosesAl~rich. WilliamAllen. A'Allen. SarahA.m.erican Eagle.

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Babcock. Lorin 80Bacon. ~illiam 5-14Baker. William 58Baldwin. Erastus T. 1-24Baldwin. Frank m. May Beardsley .................•....... 1Baldwin. Henry 1Baldwin. Timothy D. 51Ballard. Gilbert 5Bandboxes. Westfield I 1831 25Bank at Ellery Center.. .. 38-82Bank Building. Chaut. Co., picture 10-17Barclay. Bert John 21-100Barclay. John Spencer 19-21-100Barnes & Son, Ellery Center. (Wm. L., & Eugene) 92Barnes.. Edward Eugene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 14

~ ..:'=-"B"",!!~, William L. 29Beardsley. Jennie w.o. Royal VanWert. T. 1Beardsley. May w. o. Frank Baldwin. T. 1Beart. Joseph 35-69Bedient. Chestina Ellen w.o.Will. F. Hale, T••........•.... 1Beer Garden. (Beart ) 60Belleview. 67Bemus. James 13Bemus Point 18Bender.. \Villiam .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 19Bemus Point Carnival. 1915 11Bemus. William "Live forever" m. Mary Prendergast. 2-18-20-31Bemus. Dr. William M. 14-~8 63Benedict. Dr. Odin 14-28-82Bennett. Henry S. 99Benson. Junius H. 65Bentley. Betsey w. o. Peter Silvernail.& dau. John Bentley. 75Bentley. Candace. dau. John Bentley & w.o. Warren Moon. 76Bentley. Desire dau. John Bentley. & w.o. James Miller 76Bentley. Gustavus Alexander T 1-58Bentley. John 76Bentley. Lorenzo 41Bentley. Rebecca 79Bentley. Solomon S. son of John & Thankful Clark Ben'ly39-4l-79-80Bentley. Valentine ..................•.........................• 83Biasline. James 19Bickford. Anna Delora w. o. Brownell Neaver. T 50Bicycle Path 23Birdsall. James m. Hannah Akin 15Bitely. lY'illiam H. 102Black Salts and Potash 45-50Blinn. George 11Bliss. George W. (Westfield) 25Bliss. Royal Elton m. Ella Mary Akin. 50


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Case. Reuben .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 4-34Case. The Bemus Point 1882 88Cassadaga Lake Free Association. "Lily Dale" 103Cemetery on Thomas Arnold Farm, Dutch Hollow. 31Cemetery. Driftwood. 48Cemetery. The First in County (Westfield) ..............•.. 44Cemetery. Fluvanna 48Cemetery. Lewis 61Cemetery. Percy Warner Farm, Dutch Hollow 31Centennial. Bemus Familt to Ellery 10Chace.. Rev.. James L.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 69Chadakoin Boat Club 28Chautauqua County Agricultural Society 57Chautauqua Born Slave, 1816. Chaut. Ts. 45Chautauqua County Temperance Society, Meeting 1831 25CHAUTAUQ.UE EAGLE. The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 5Cheese Factory, nest Ellery 29Cheney. Alfred Morelle, Sr. 19-21Cheney. Asa 34-48Cheney. Beecher 19-20Cheney .. Calvin .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34Cheney. Mrs. Catharine "Kate" Griffith, wo Asa. 19-21Cheney. John Calvin 19-21Cheney. Joshua "Jot." 34theney. Mark H. m. Frances Ingerson 47-50-68Cheney.. Spencer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34-56Cheney. Miss Martha 19-21Cheney. Morris Prendergast m Anna Weaver 19-21

tx' Church. Bemus Point .44Christmas Program. West Ellery 10·Church. Bemus Point, M. E. Dedicated 1898. . ..........••..••. 88Church. Denton, M. E. 1898. 92

-Church. Ellery Cemter Baptist 1896 68-69-92Church. Fluvanna Dedication 6.3Church. Jamestown. St. Luke's Episcopal 62Church. Pickard Street Dedication. . .......•..•.•.•..••.•• 68Church. Pickard Street Union Dedication 28Church. West Ellery Sold to 'Nakefield?P. VanWert '?- ~ ? 11Clark. Arvin 37-41-78-79-80-81Clark. Caleb (His daut. Harriet', m. Solomon Bentley) 41Clark. Calvin·N.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14Clark. Cynthia 37Clark. Floyd 26Clark. Frank Marvin owner Dog - StBernard. "Rover" 99Clark. Harrison 13Clark. James (Ellicott).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .... 58Clark. Lafayette 34Clark. Laura 38Clark. Martha 38Clark. Warren 82Clark. William Riley 29Clifton. 56-60Cloudburst in Ellery 10


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.'Lakewood (Lake View) 35Lamb. Aurilla T. 1832 85Lamb. Frank B. Westfield. 44Lambert~ Judge Lambert (Fredonia) 17Lamberton Postoffice, Town of Pomfret, 1891 . 17Land Division.. 185m' .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 78LaWrence. EffieT. 11Leach 50Lee. George 31Lee. James . 79-80-81Lee. John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .. 79-81-82-102Le's. William H. 102Lee. William'.' 79~80-81Lenhart. Dr. John Jordan 27~88-94-97Lesher. John n:-- m. Ariette Rice. 62Lester. Murray m. Abagail Akin ,daut of David# ..•..•••.. 15Letter. Wm. D. Bond toStepMn Williams, 1835 7Letter. Harriet Bentley to her father, Caleb Clark, 1816 41Letter. Jennie Toffee Green to Cornelia Irvin. 15Letter. ,Hon. Trumbull Cary & Co., 1836. 65Lems .. Tru.man J.. P.. 18'34 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 78Library. BemusPointl0Library. James Prendergast 53-54

'Lj,lyDale. (C.L.F.A.) 100Lineoln. David 32Listened to his own funeral oration •.. Martin Damon. .•...• 34Liv,iniston. James 79'-80-81-102Log Cabin 43..,.58Logging Bee . . •• Marvin Park 57


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'Ploss. Peter 73-74:point .Chautauqua Baptist Association • . . . . • . • • • . • •• ••• • • • • 89'-103Point Mahoning 59Point. Prendergast near Chautauqua. , ' 59Point Stc)ckholm 57"'31"Pompey" Dog owned by Commodore Truman Downs. 45P,oplar ~rees, Bemus Point.. .. "' 51Postoffice. Ellery ~enter 32Postoffice. Maple Springs 12Potting and Collaring . 1881 96Po~ell. Robert "Nigger Bob" Celorom. 91PoVie-rs .. Joseph 1!: _. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 .prather. John H 92Prenilergast. Alex Thompson. m. Mary Norton 62

'Prendergast. Judge James 18Prendergast. Mrs. MarY w.o. William Bemus (1) 18

. Prendergas,t Matthew "" "" "" O' .. "' .• '. • 45-59Prendergast Point --- near Chautauqua59Prendersast. William ' 58

Prinoe. Dr • Julius S.· 18Putnam. .' Corydon T. 50

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. tii;@§ of Postage -- 1838 30Reoipe for making matches -- 1843 76Reunion. ':Brownell' ' 11

. RetiIl1.olI.. ' Griffith Family 92I~~~.~on. Sc~:f~e1d Fam.i:ly •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ '. ~ • • 11~eUnl.-ops' of the Scofield Family. 31Revolution. War Claims 1832 . 39Rew ~~. ,Laura 26Rexford. Russell Dorr72-93


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Rex·ford. . Warner Shaw 19RhodEls. Iianiel 102Rhodes • Col. John 102RicEl.Jemiie· T. 1-Rice. Joseph •••. -•••••.••• ~ ~ •...•..•.••............••...•.•• 2'Rice •. ~ sowed on shore of Chautauqua Lake -- 1883. 95Road. Maple Springs 61RoadNotice --- 1834 82Romans. . Miss Nettie 35

·'Ross -~ "Elliott Kimball ••..••••.•••....•..•.......•••. _.•_.. 19-21"Rover" St. Bernard Dog ' ...Frank M. Clark. Jamestown, 1892 . 99

· R~al Templars of Temperance in Cha~tauqua County 77R. T. O. T. Ellery. Bullding Hall , 1879. 27-28-94Runyon. Benjamin J. 60R.F~'D. Dutch' Hollow ••••••.•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••._.. 27

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. School Tax. Belleview Dist. #5. 1868. 34School Tax.. District # 8, 1838. 81Schools. Commissioners of Common •.•. 1833•••••.•••• ; •••••• 80Scofield •. Carl W. Fluvanna. 11-17-64-91Scofield. Dr. Era: M. . 77SCOfield Family Reunions. 31.Scofield •. Raym.ond •• • • •• ••• • •• • • •• • ••••••••••••••• 0 ••• '. •• •• •• ~3Scofield. Reuben A. 13Scofield. William S. 10-13Seeley. George , 19-21"Self & Cattle" one day. 12


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. Seymour. James 13·S.eymour. Mark T. 53Shankland. < Palmer K. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • 36Sharpe,. ',A '. D. Jast. ' 99

, 'Shaw. Warner D 16-3U02. Sheldon. OrEn ' 50~,hepard. Elias (Bust i.) •••'. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 77Shepardson. Fleury K. . 19-21

- Shepardson. Irving J. 19-2,1Shepardson. Walter -88

-Sherman. Adelbert. (Busti) 58. ~Ji.erma;n~ ,'Daniel (Busti) ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••. 58

Sher'NinHouse. Hotel ,at Fluvanna. 27Sher-Nin. Samuel 102Shingle House. The 10Shingle Weaving '76~·h.:i.ppen. Rev. R RIO ••••••••••••••••• ,. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 10:3Shore Acres. 27Site For County Buildings •• at Clifton 56Silvernail. Peter m. Betsey Bentley 76Simmons. Alexander 85Sixmnons. Am.brose ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• _. • • •• 10'2Simmons. Anna Maria T. 1835 19 -8:5Simmons. Ephriam Hatch ' 19~21Simmons. George _ 14Simmons. Jonas 74-85-102Simm.ons. Marcus "Ma.rk" •••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••' ._••• 19':21siImilons ... Q.bed 103Simmons. Orvin. (the older) 19.,.21Siimnons. Walter 33Simmons,; Wa.:tter AmbrOSE!. ,... .' 19SiImIlons 0;' \Vl11iam •••••••••••• '•• '••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••:39-102Skell1e. Mrs 21Skinner,. LorenP.. ' J rSlave Borniri Chautauqua Township, 1816. ' 45Smiley. Ji.lvah 34~.~_~~Y'. :H;.dwln· R. • •••••• '••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.' ',_ ~4Smiley. Frank 1118-88-92Smiley. Georse W. ' : 103Sriiiley. James 34.Smiley. John 34Sml)..ey·. c'!oseph •.•••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••,._.' ••.•• .; •..••• 102Smiley. J, Wallace 103Smiley,. Simon 34Siniley. Simon, 2nd. 343.!J1.i1ey. lVilliam 102Sinith. Eli'za T. 1834. • ••.•••_.•.••••••.•••••.•••••.• '. ••• 85Sildth. Hiram L. 29Smith_. Lucy m. OrsonNewtonSal1sbury. T. 1 -50SnelL Albert 19

. Soldier's .Gr-aves Fluvanna Cemetery 102Soderholm. ,John T. 1-5'll-57Soule •. LaFrance T. +~50-76

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32.StedIiia:ri.·· Samuel ". . 32Stockholm. Point 5'7

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Ephriam Cowden.Joseph Rice •Thomas Parker.Joseph Wilcox.Luther Mason.

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Oliver Pickard. at Ellery Center. First in "Point" later oneeast ot highway.

Joe Phillips. at Phillips Mills. 1870. Called Phillips Mills locality

George Phillips ••• son ot above. later •

WIll. Bemus •••• On waht is now called Brown Creek. (the west branchof Bemus creek. 1809.

Loucks. On Dutch Hollow Creek. Lot 11/2/12.by water-power.

Joseph Furlow. "Brown Creek". near West Ellery. This mill was longin use.

Warren Haskin•••• On Bemus Creek. L/ 44/T3.R12/. 1860-78

Andrew Brown •• on Brown Creek. L/49. T3/ RU. 1890-1910.


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Adelbert B. Manley. 1875Charles M Johnson, Ellery Center. 1890Milton A. Hale.Allen Manley.Hugh Sample.Edwin F. Sample.Clarence 0 Carlson.Orry B. Heath.Elton L• .A1dD.Sylvester Newberry •


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Stephen Culver. Ellery Center.James Culver. son of above. At Ellery Center, and at Bemus Poim.Elijah Ensogn Hale. At Driftwood. 1840 -1884 •wm. Franklin Hale. his son. do.Milton A. Hale. son of Frank Hale, also. do.Reuben Case. near Belleview. 1867. Lot 24/T 2/ R 12.Pulaski ("Pliss") Case. same place.Geo. Washington Haviland & "Pliss" Case, at Ellery Center.Festus Jones... at Jones Corners. Lot 37/T 3/ R/ 12•


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G-e 3 0WILLIAM BEt.1US, having on the 11th day of JanuaryA.D. 1793, reoeived a SPIRIT, whioh fUlly satisfied himthat it was the prelude to his own immortality. andon the 15th of the same month, having seen about 30persons and oonversed with ONE who told him "the deatbof the body was the lost estate of man--- that the wholeworld was under delusion--that the death of the bodymight be regained by fUlfilling the law--that Godwould reveal to him from time to time the oourse heought to pursue, to fulfil that law-- and havingreoeived a revelation that there is no punishmentbeyond the grave, will be prepared to vindioate hisSENTIMENTS on the dootrine of the immortality of thebody, in a PUBLIC DISCOURSE to be delivered at the ~

Court House in Mayville, on Sunday the 13th day of """ 5June next, at 10 o'olock, A. M.

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ELLERY POST OFFICE

~ The name of the "Ellery" Postoffioe has been ohanged to"Ellery Centre." and that of ~nest Ellery" to "Ellery."

JAMESTO\\i'l JOURNAL. August 12, 1853.

'y ELLERY TO\\i'l OFFICERS, 1853.

Supervisor, William Voroe; Town Clerk, William Baoon;Justice of the Peaoe, Thomas D. ~allis; Assessor, M. A. Martin;Colleotor, Jonathan Parker; Highway Commissioners, J. A. Smith,S. Griff!th 2nd., J. Weaver; Overseers of Poor, Orrin Hale,R. C. Brown; Inspeotors of Election, Henry Coe, James Hale;Constables, Jonathan Parker, John Vandewark, Jr., James Culver,Chas. Wood, J. L. Newbury.

JAl.reTO''iN JOURNAL. February 18, 1853.

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ISRA3L RusH ;; was born in c:aD4d4, May 14, 1807. came to Ellery ,with parents when he was ~ baby.Hi~ f'ather died when IsraeLwasbetween 3 and f'our years old and he':i.w.s brought up by a man named~oyes, in North BllerY, miti],' he ~si4. At the age of' 16 he 1823began driving ,stage f'or· Gilbert Ballard. Stage want from· Jamastownto Mayville on one side 9f' the 1ake,one day. and returned oli theother side the next day. He stayed . on tlie Stage driving job witilthe spring of'1830. On April 4, 1830 he married.Elizabeth Russell,of'E11ery and they were the parents of'f'our issue:. John B; teWis H.,Rhoda E. and . • He died June 4,1888. ae'81/0/20.

WILLIAMH. FENTON, 1796 - 1891, ,

Fluvanna and Jamestown.

" . In his boyhood Mr. William H. Fenton acted as "fast uia,if" forthis. ,region -padd~ing,a C9.Jloe to ~yvil1e for 1e,tters ,andpa.:p.ers 'and always stopping at the residence of wm. Bemus at the "narrows"for a lunch of breal! anI! honey.• "

Ibid. At the age of 23 he was appointed a Justice of' the Peace,in which of'fiee he served 48 years.

Above is from obit. of: in the October 2, 1891 issueof the (Weekly) Jamestown Journal •

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Stephen Williams

Stockton Chautauque County

N. Y.

To be left atWest tavern

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Lieutenant Stephen Uilliams Sir by orders fromWilliam Saxton High Sheriff of the County of Chautauqueyou are hereby commanded to be and appear with yourrespective Company at l:ayville on the 15th day of thismonth at ? o'clock forenoon of that day Completely Armed \~

and Equipt according to Law for the purpose of being a ~~

part of the guard to attend the execution of J. Damond ",'you will parade near the jail get good music and keep U

them still until the square is formed keep your menstill and allow none in the company only such as is wellarmed, you must parade without any ceremonies as therewill be a great crowd and it will be very different from

parade days.

Fail not under the penalty of the LawGiven under my hand at Mayville the firstDay of May 1835.

William D. Bond.Col. 20?th Regtt.

NOTE: On behalf of Mrs. Mary Bennett Tefft, of Ellery andJamestown •••• I presented the original of this letter tothe Curator of the Chaut. Co. Historical Society. 1935.

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THE \'lILD RIDE OF• C. B. S. and 1:. C. N.

July 2nd, 1940.

8 mi east NappaneeInd. . ..••..• at 11:00'

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Gas 1.49At Tower Place.

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MISCELLANEOUS MB:MO

~ntauqu~County·-:.:::......-..-~- ..

~Samuel A. Brown, of Jamestown, wrote a brief History of ChautauquaCounty in 1843, whioh appeared in the Jamestown Journal, and laterin Book Form. In 1847 he delivered a Series of Leotures on theHistory of the Town of Ellioott, before the students of the Jamestown Aoademy and others. I have a typed oopy of the latter. obs.

I HEARSE, team, driver and footman. Nioe out of this, about three orfour pages from the BACK of Bound Vol. Chaut. Dem. at Pren. Lib.1888.

irEMMET BLY'S DOGS KILLED JOHN NEAR'S SHEEP -- item in Jamestown twioea week Journal ... 1/2/1894.

YCHAUT. CO. BANK BUILDING. Nioe out, in 10/9/1891 iss. Jast w. Jour.

"# CHRISTMAS PROGRA},~ at West Ellery in 12/28/1894. J 2w J.

X ANSWER to Vella Sessions Tupper's "SPRING IN OLD CHAUTAU~UE" is in4/13/1894. J 2w J.

J MAPLE SPRINGS - Promoted. 10/23/ J w J. Danny G. Wood & Smith'Franois, develOping it.

y. CLOUDBURST in Ellery. 8/24/1892. Most of bridges out, espeoially inWest part of Town.

XSTEAMERS Burned .•. Jamestown and Winona, on night of Oot. 21 - 22.1892.

~"STOUTS" of Corn .... 1892. "Made Beeswax." 1905.

I BUILDINGS ON LONG POINT being torn down (to build Ralph Preston House)F. W. Diary, 1/25/1908. 1O.~\MAlqOg-

;iGRIFFITH'S POINT railway Station - moved to Midway for use ... (Mpl Spr)F.W. Diary, 3/24/1907.

~CENTENNIAL. at Columbian Inn, Bemus Pt. Afternoon and evening,3/6/1906.

Y"THE SHINGLE HOUSE" (Just above Frank Warners) is part of the Old WID.S. Soofield Tavern •.•. and was moved there when Ed. Waterman built theNew House (site of the 1952 present Bainbridge Colby Home)The little house aoross the road from Frank Warner's (1952) was the"saloon uart" of the Soofield Tavern ••• and was moved there at the timethe "shingle House" was moved .••• Bought by Mrs.Emogene Wilbur (Henry)Flahaven •.• who lived next door .•• and SHE had it moved!

~DOCK DANCE at Bemus Point, 4/4/1908.

I )<LIBRARY at Bemus Point, built late in Ootober, 1910.


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7 JOHN HAYS sold his farm to Leighton A. Soule, October 7, 1910.

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'/' CROKINOLE PARTIES - FLINCH and GRAMAPHONE, 1904.

1 WEST ELLERY CHURCH - sold to Royal S. VanWert, 12/ll@for $225. Og ?Jt However .... it was not torn down until

)< BAYVIEW ICEHOUSE Burned 2/12/1918.

j.EMILY HORTON AUCTION. at Bemus Point.... 7/8/1924.

}("Set up Leech" 1907. "Baited Cows." 1901. "We Oiled Harnesses."

';'< NORMAL SCHOOL -'Fire at Fredonia. 12/14/1900.

-~.F.D. FIRST DAY OUT OF BEMUS POINT .• 12/15/1900-. George ThompsonCarrier on Route I, and Harry Seymour on Route 2. JFW diary.

-..(BENEFIT DANCE for Geo. Phillips at Columbian Inn, Bemus Point, Nov.16, 1900. His sawmill had burned.

j<BRYAN. William Jennings at Celoron --(AUditorium) October 30, 1900 •

)(GRAND HOTEL at Point Chautauqua, burned with all its contents .evening •. Fri. October 17, 1902.

yCONCRETE ROAD being built in front of J. Frank Warner's, 7/20/1916.

yCARNIVAL... at Bemus Point - August 19, 1916.

'0GEORGE DREW --- has started a ~rocery on the Lake Road near Greenhurst4/20/1897. J 2w J.

;tFRANK SMILEY bought the Nelson O. Fenton property at Ellery Center,and Fenton bought the John Simmons Place on Pancake Hill. Both willtale possession March I, 1889.

~\7HIT~RE Property- at Fluvanna, bought by Carl A. Scofield. 70 a.9/7/1888 Iss J w J.

XC.B.S. Aged six months - took second prize at Chautauqua County Fair,Jamestown, Sept. 3 - 4 - 5 - 6, 1888 ... which was 5.00

~ MgRDER .••• George W. Foster murdered Leroy Bogardus ... July, 1888.

~ SCOFIELD R~ION •.. the Third one ••. held at Geo. Blinn's, 8/15/1888 •

'/. BROWNELL REUNION ... the. was held Aug. 19, 1897 at \11m. O. Brownell'S.Account is on last pp Aug 24~iss. J 2w J.


J(POSTOFFICE ... at Maple Springs -- in Feb. 1892. JFW diary.

'yBUCKl'lHEAT CLUE •• was the neighbors around West Ellery and MapleSprings, who met on alternate Friday nights at the homes of themembers, during the Winter. All "carried" eats. Appears to havebeen during the winters of 1885-1886 and 1886 - 1887. About 60.

)tWATER-POl~Grist Mill was operated by Stephen Carpenter near WestEllery •• as late as 1903.

y. JAMES HEATH'S •• have left their Farm at Ellery Center. JF~'1.3/23/l892.

X DANCE in West Ellery Cheese Factory -- 3/23/1892. JFW.

>,SUGAR EAT ••. same place ••• later •

.r FAMILY AFFAIR ... Play at Bemus Pt .. by Fluvanna Players .. 4/17/1914.

~SCHOOL TEACHERS. Ellery •.. 1899. Miles C. Nichols. Henry Flahaven.

t "Horse got cast in stall." 1888.

;x. FROM DIARY - 1847 •...•• "B,y one day, self and cattle, drawin~ logs _75 cents. " "By one day, self and team horses, drawing dung,-75 cents."

JI:- "ROWAN" is second-growth of grass and clover in a meadow ..•• whichwas mowed, and fed green, to the cattle in the late summer.

~~~The "m" with the horizontal line drawn through it, appears"/~ t1 in many old pen-written papers ..• and was most certainly

used to represe~~e'Capitalletter "H", ... although the H was alsoused ~:;"'as: ?("~

~ The abbreviation for "said" used in legal papers.

~The flourish at the top of the "d" was in general use in the~ early 1800s.

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711/3

"l.Ules JonesYJames Bemus>Festus Jones711illiam Gifford/David BrownXDerrick Van Wort~~illiam S. Scofield

April 3, 1822 (Established)March 29, 1824August 20, 1825June 2, 1826November 10, 1827June 7, 1845August 16, 1845

The name of the Ellery office was changed to West Ellery, July 14, 1849.

yAlonzo Felton~Josiah M. Manly~hilip A. Strong

JUly 14, 1849December 11, 1851Nay 29, 1852

The name of this office changed back to Ellery, July 16, 1853.

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April 9, 1863April 18, 1864January 7, 1865 =-t' , -

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April 19, 1871~fuy 28, 1874November 2, 1875February 25, 1876March 15, 1881April 2, 1883June 28, 1889July 20, 1891October 3, 1892May 29, 1893May 6, 1897May 27, 1905January 29, 1915,11ay 16, 1921-July 29, 1921February 30, 1934June 28, 1934.

~1illiam S. Scofield)( Justus Brown)<' LIrs. Jane Copp

The name Ellery was changed to Bemus Point, April 9, 1863.

>!Jlrs. Jane CoppX Alonzo Felton)(Isaac G. Turner~Daniel H. Furlowy' Justus Brown'<James Merritt)<.Harrison ClarkxJerome Merritt~s. V. G. Merritt'X'James Seymour),iFred L. Mather~Alexander H. Winchester)(David Horton~ad G. Norton_\;<Mrs. Lena D. Haskin)(Reuben A. Scofield}Thomas P. ~~ttison

0George A, Phillips (acting))(George A. PhillipsYGerald Aldrich (Acting))(Gerald Aldrich.

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U. S. Post Office DepartmentOfficial record.


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POST1:ASTER

• )iStephen NewberryiOdin Benedict'(Hilliam Vorce)<Enos '.Iarreny',Hlliam Bacon)<Odin Benedict

DATE APPOINTED

February 8, 1826 (Established)~ay 24, 1828r.:arch 4, 1846September 16, 1846February 9, 1849r.:ay 11, 1849

The name of the Union Ellery office was changed to Ellery, 7-14-1849.

XOdin BenedictyLewis Shedd

July 14, 1849September 23, 1850

The name of this office was changed to ~est Ellery, July 14, 1853.

yJohn P. Turner July 14, 1853.

The name ~est Ellery was changed to Ellery CentEe, Dec. 29, 1853.

'VJohn P. Turner~Jeffery R. ThomasXLiscomb Weeks.xPeter C. \'Iorkman)(George Simmons/<Calvin W. Clark

•)(Charles Wood/ Charles G. ~aples

December 29, 1853September 2, 1854December 6, 1855June 15, 1857January 20, 1858LIarch 22, 1860l';arch 28, 1861December 17, 1862

The name of this office changed back to Ellery, February 2, 1865.

)(Charles G. I\laplesx Oscar Halex Stephen Culverxl:Iartin Youker~George \'i. Youkery. Oscar Hale)lEdward E. Barnesx: Lewis D. Van Rensselaer

February 2, 1865October 4, 1865July 20,1871'January 25, 1875February 16, 1886January II, 1892J'une 3, 1897l~pril 22, 1898

This office was discontinued December 31st, 1900. 1.lail was orderedsent to Bemus Point.

U. S. Post Office DepartmentOfficail Record.

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LETTER FROM JENNIE TOFFEY GREEN TO MRS. C.S.IRVIN.

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July 15, 1929.

Mrs. C. S. Irvin,

Dear Madam:

James Akin, Who married Patience Howard{ daughter of Edward aridPhebe Howard of Quaker Hill) seems, from my records, to.havehad·nine children, the seventh being Joseph, born 1761, mar.ried.E~se

Halloway, daughter of Col. Wm. Halloway - moved to Chautauqua Co.'

Else Halloway was a sister of my great grandmother - Polly Halloway.You have a D.A.R. ancestor iriCol. Wm. Halloway, I think.

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As it happens that I am President of the local (QuakerHill and Vicinity) Historical Society, as well as a D. A. R. yourletter was handed me for reply.

I do, not know of any reco;d, in Pawling of Revolutionary Soldiers:I think you would send to Washington 'for that - If. anyone ,~nyourvicinity has "New York in the Revolution" - you woilldbe able tci

'get some information from that. All iarge public libraries'havethis on their shelves for reference. C' .

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AKIN FAMILY

Mary Akin, a widow, came with her three sons, John, David and. James,and took up 200 acres of land, NeWport, H.I., 1675. Tradition saysthey came in their own,ship from Aberdeen,Scotland.

John Akin's oldest son, David Akin, married Sarah Allen and came toQuaker Hill 1741. with his children, some of whom were already married.

Children:

I Mary- m. Abraham Thomas~Johri - m. Margaret Hicks; Josiah - m. Judith Huddlestone '~ ~lisha - m. Elizabeth Tripp~/Abaga:il - m. Murray LestervSarah .,. d. young.1 ~nriah .,. m. James Birdsall

1<' '~' James.- m., Patience HowardDavid -m. Deborah GrayJohnathan - m. Lillias Ferriss.

I am also a direct descendant of John and Elisha. marked above; So many_of them were Quakers that there is not so much D.A.R. material as one '~.

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'Very truly yours,

Jennie Toffey Green.

This is-copied from a letterloaned me for that nurposebyCornelia S. (Nelsonj" Irving. ,

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EARLY REMINISCENCllS

Caleb Hazard Writes to " The Journal,"••• About Jamestown in its Early Days.

Ellery, Septl2, 189D

To the Editor of The Journal:

I have some recollections of Jamestown in old times thatmay interest your readers. I was where Jamestown now isin June 1818 and tended mill for Phineas Palmiter, also in 1819.The people were at work on the road between Fourth street , corner of what is now Main street, and the bridge, and I saw themplow the first furrow that was ever plowed as highway labor inJamestown'~J,~

o.ll.....\Mr. Fletcher had a printing office at the junction of Main

and Fourth streets on the east side of Main. I think it was thefirst printing office ever established in Jamestown. I recollectSamuel Winsor. I boarded at his father's house the season Iwas twenty years old, while John Hammond and I and another manmade and burned 200,000 brick. the first brick ever made withinthe present corporation of Jamestown except 200.000 the seasonbefore which the same John Hammond and myself made at the fishponds two miles above Jamestown. The death of Mr. Winsor Ilamented very much. 1S...,.......,.sL.

You must allow me to speak of~ few old settlers who havegone the way of all the living. W~ H. Fenton. Esq•• who servedthe people of Jamestown and vicinity forty-nine years in succesion as Justice of the Peace. Henry Martin, who was an old friendof mine, he served the people and his God through years of industry and usefulness. I knew most of the old men in Jamestown•••Robert Newland and I boarded with \7~ D. Shaw, when he first cameto Jamestown. I have done business with him ever since.

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I am past 84 years of age. and have lived in ~autauqua County 74 years. I have traveled about much in my business. Iwas a pilot on the Alleghany and Ohio. In the fall of 1838 Iwas in Jamestown and finished the joiner work on the secondsteamboat ever built on Chautauqua lake. I made the first patterns for castings ever made in Jamestown. After I was marriedI went to farming until about five years ago I quit the business.

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TWO NEW POSTOFFICES

FREDONIA CENSOR: Congressman Hooker has secured the estab~lishment of two new postofflcesin thls neighborhood. One inArkwright is named Griswold and ;rohIi C. Griswold is the post-master. It will be supplied by enendiJ;l.g the route thrOUghArkwright Center. The other new Po~t9ffice is at Milford in

'this town. There is already ~postoff1ce by that name in thisstate, so a new name had to be' selected. The office will becalled Lambert, after our, popular Supreme Court Judge. It willbe supplied bya carrier fram Fredonia.

Jamestown Weekly Journal. May 1, 1891.

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MISS. TOURGEES PICTURES ARE HIGHLY PRAISED

This is from the Twice-a-weekJamestown Journal, Feb. 6, 1891.

The P~iladelphia Times of January 30 says: ft Among the youngartists whose works in the Exhibition of the Academy of FineArts are highly praised is Miss Aimee' L.Tourgee, a daughterof Judge Tourgee of political and novel fame.

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PARTY AT CARL W. SCOFIELD'S

From the same paper as above.

On the 13 of February a party will be given at the h9sp~,tablehome of Carl'W. Scofiel~, FIU?anna, for the benefit of the UnionChurch of that place. There will be a fair, supper and danoing.Aspe~ial train will leave Jamest'oWn at e P. M. and- return at~ E. M. The fare for the round trip and the cost of the supperwiilbe fifty cents, dancing twenty-five cents. There are assurances of a very large attendance.

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NICE -CUT OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BANK BUILDING

As it appeared before the fir~ of 1861. In October 9, 1891 Issueof the Weekly Jamestown JoUrnal.

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Mr. Everton GreenAShvilleNew York

Deal' Sir:

\illl give you a few items regarding sawni1lls in Ellery, andand you can use what you choose in your paper:

WIn. Bemus was the first settler in· the 'fown of Ule.ry. Hiswife was Mary Prendergast. slster at ludge James Prendergast w!lOfounded lamestQWn. Although Bemus Point 1s named tor Mr. Bemus,he aett'led-·in 1806 on Bemus Oreek - halt a mile north at the present dlleS". In l80S he .built the flrst sawmill in Ellery on_ theWest 'Branch otBemus Oreek, in what is now looally called "BrownTown. "

In 1830 David and Joseph Louoksereoted a.sawmill on OutchHollow Oreek about two miles trom the Lake. Water turnished powertor the one upright saw during Its tifteen 18ars 01' operation.~ls mill stood on the farm. now- ownrd by Dr. Jul1usPrinoe, ourOounty Health Offioer.

About 1840 Henry uartln buil;.t a sa~ll'on a h1llside severalhundred tee't tram Dutoh Hollow Creek, and about ~ mil.e trom the Lake.This mill boasted 'two upright saws andpowsr was' turnlshed by a largedam and a half-mile long mill-raoe, a'large p!1rt of that raoe isstill to be seen. Hatoh Tracy and others ran this mill until thelate 18S0s. .

At this same ttme Nathan Wilmarth built a saWmIll on the ~a9tBranoh of Bamus Creek abOut three miles north and a little WEJst otEllery .center ~ This mill was later operated by Andrew Haskin .andothers until about ISBO. The· highway now orosses t~e little valleyon the old dam embankment.

Oliver Piokard operated a steam sawmill at Ellery Center tramthe mid 60s until the .early 90s. His mill ·was the Old Ellery Cen1;erBaptist Churoh with atewslleds added. Lightning.caused the destruotion at th1s mill. Another sawmill at ElleryCQnter was operatedby Frank Smiley and others' untll about 1910.

Cordially yours,


Jeremiah Sackett Griffith, Carrier.

( For descriprion of Route, see same for 1911 )

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George Seeley.John ~uincy Arnold.Mrs. Addie (Charles) Arnold.Mrs. Annette (Joseph) Phillips.David Arnold.James Bias line •Mrs. William Yost.Morris Prendergast Cheney.Clarence Pickard.Mra. Frances (Mark) Cheney.Howard L. Haviland.John C. Cheney.Miss Martha Cheney.Beecher Cheney.Mrs. Kate ( Asa) Cheney.~uincy Melvin Thompson.Charles Worden.Edwin A. Harvey.John Hedin.Miss Ophelia Griff~th.

Fred Haskin.Mrs Skellie.H L. Gibson.Alfred Morelle Cheney.Marcus Alexander Griffith.

-Ellis Monroe Heath.Ephriam Hatch Simmons.Carl Spaulding Harvey.

~ Irving Griffith.Mrs. Ida (Clarence) Thompson.George Drew.Warner Shaw Rexford.Smith Culver.Ray Brown.

~Edwin F. Sample.A C. Canfield.Clarence Oscar Harvey.

~ Martin Colby.John Joseph NilsOn.Anson Day Heath.Romantus Brown.Mark Simmons.

- Orry Benjamin Heath.~ Dudley Meousker.

Andrew Randall.William Bender.

Bogardus.Ches~er Cornell Peterson.El~iott Kimball Ross.

- Wilter Ambrose Simmons.Orvin Simmons.

Milton Alfred Hale.William Franklin Hale.Alexander Frederick Sampson.Marvin Emmett Bly.Albert Snell.Axel Carlson.John Barclay.Quincy Ormus Parker.Aaron Huron Parker.Charles Frederickson.

_Theodore Hallberg.Adelbert L. Dexter.G- R. Lundberg.H. Laverne Wilbur.James .Hosford.Nelson Orren Fenton.Willis W. Hubbart.Frank Furlow.Michael Edward Costello.A Sundquist.Axel Nelson.Arthur Haight.Irving J. Shepardson.

~Fleury K. Shepardson.Charles Johnson.

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This is the text of the article in the brochure prepared and presented by Miss Florence Griffith at the Centennial Celebration ofthe Settlement of the Griffith Family in Ellery •• held at the homeof Miss Ophelia Griffith, Thursday, June 21, 1906.

One hundred years have elapsed since Jeremiah Griffith set footon the ground at Griffiths Point. His ancestors, who originally camefrom Wales, located at Norwich, Conn., where he was born July 28, 1758.

Ylhen a young man he enlisted as a private in the Revolutionarywar in July, 1775, and for five months served under Capt. HezekiahBaldwin of Van Shaick, IJ. Y. He then re-en1isted in 1775 or 1776,under Capt. Beebe of Wooster, Conn., for six months; then again in1776 under Link Hanford of Clinton, N. Y., and in 1777 he on thenorthern frontier and endured great hardships in the winter campaignin Canada. He then served as a re-en1isted soldier in 1778 underCaptain Hamcrack of DuBois, N. Y. At the time of his applicationfor pension he was 68 years old and he made the trip from GriffithsPoint to Washington, D.C., on horseback.

In early life he removed to Rensselaer County, N. Y., where heremained until the year 1800, when he went to Madison county. Fiveyears later, in February, 1806, with his wife and six children andall his family possessions stowed away on a wood-shod sled, drawn byoxen, he took up his 1i~e of march for the west. At Batavia hisattention was called to Chautauqua lake. From there he proceededto Buffalo, and followed the shore of Lake Erie to Cattaraugus creekwhere only one white family resided. He then came to 1.:ayville, leaving his family there until he could look up a location for a permanent home. By the advice of William Bemus, who had made a settlement at J:3emus Point early in the same month, he was diracted to whatis now known as Griffiths. He was at once captivated by the beautyof its location and the tillage by the Indians induced him to makethis his home.

He returned to Mayville, started his family down the lake on theice, While he and two of the boys went by land with the oxen and thestock. After being lost on the ice in a blinding snow-storm andenduring many hardships, they all safely arrived at Griffiths PointSaturday, March 29, 1806, ~r. Bemus, with his men helping them toreach their destination. A log house was commenced Monday and completed in three days.

At this time not a blow of an axe had been struck between Griffiths and Vlarren, Pa., and Jamestown was an unknown wilderness.

Jeremiah was 48 years of age when he settled at Griffiths Point.The accompanying photograph is that of his son John, the other fivechildren being: Seth, Samuel, Polly, Jeremiah and Alexander, all ofWhom were married and had families. At the present date there are manydescendants pf this pioneer, all uniting to pay tribute to his memory.

June 21, 1906•••

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Marvin Emmett Bly.Q,uinoy Ormus Parker.Aaron Parker.John Barolay.Theodore Hallberg.Adelbert L. Dexter.Gr R. Lundberg.H. Laverne Wilbur.James Hosford.Nelson Orrin Fenton.Willis W. Hubbart.M iohael ~dward Costello.Axel Nelson.Arthur HaightIrving J. Shepardson.Fleury K. Shepardson.Charles Johnson ••••

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BEMUS POINT RURAL FREE DELIVERY

ROUTE 69

Lake Road, south to Fluvanna, Dutoh Hollow Road to ParkertsCorners, returning thru Underwood Cornere.

Jeremiah Saokett Griffith, Carrier

Elmer W. Winton.Bert J. Barolay.Mrs. Addie (Chas) Arnold.Mrs. Annette )Joseph) Phillips.David Arnold.Lawrence F Wakefield.Morris Prendergast Cheney.Mrs. Franoes (Mark) Cheney.A A Norton.John C. Cheney.Miss Martha Cheney.Beeoher Cheney.Mrs Kate (Asa) Cheney.Q,uinoy JiI. Thompson.Fred Penhollow.Edwin R. Harvey.J C Anderson.John Hedin.Miss Ophelia Griffith.Fred Haskin.Emmet A. Haskin.A. Morelle Cheney. MEMO. .• The Route of the Carrier, asMarous A. Griffith. given above is erroneous ••••••••••••Ellis M. Heath. From Warrents Corners, the oarrierEphriam Hatoh Simmons. turned south and went to the top ofCarl S. Harvey. Panoake Hill ..•. and returned, eto •••Miss Mary A. Griffith.Mrs. Ida (Clarenoe) Thompsom.George Drew.Smith Culver.Ray Brown.Edwin A. Sample.A C Canfield.Clarenoe O. Harvey.Martin Colby.John Joseph Wilson.Anson Day Heath.Mark Simmons.Emmett D. Pieroe/Dudley Meousker.Andrew Randall.

Dewey.Chester Cornell Peterson.Elliott Kimball Ross.Orvin Simmons.Milton. A. Hale.William F. Hale.Alex. F. Sampson.

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April 18, 1950

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK""8 STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

ALIIANY I

DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORYALBERT B. CORBY. STAft HISTO.LUI

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Mr Clayburr.e SampsonTovm Historian of ElleryB.F.D. 1Jamestovm, N. Y.

Dear I1r Sampson:

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Mr Bverett F. Neckers, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, of Mayville, N. Y., has just advised me of yourappointment as Town Historian of Ellery. May I extend myconf-ratulations. The Historian's opportunities to serve the community are numerous. ~ome of these are indicated in the pamphletwhich I am enclosing, entitled "The Local Historian of New Ycrk."I am also sending herewith several other items which I think youwill find of help and of interest. 1hey explain the work thatcan be done by the local historian.

Sincerely yours

ABC:ECR

~~~Albert B. core~

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"Received name many years ago onof quail there, and their being trapped..,

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Q,UAIL TRAP SCHOOL HOUSE •••account of the great numberby the school boys."

In item telling about Mrs. Frank Cady -- J.E.J., 5/17/1909.

BICYBLE PATH ••• In 1896 a bicycle path about three feet wide wasin operation along the East Lake Road from Jamestown to Bemus POint,paid for by the cyclists themselves at the rate of one dollar perhead, and the newspapers recorded the arrests and'fining of menwho drove ,mgons on the path in violation of existing traffic laws.There were thousands of bicycles in Jamestown at the time _Colui:lbia , Monarch, Fenton, Stearns, Ramlller, , and other makes ,andthe path was in use several years, until the bicycle craze began towane~ West Third Street, which had recently been paved, was thepopular rendezvoux for'the cyclists of a summer evening, andhundreds of them could be seen as they were pedaling back and forth,and a "bicycle built for two" was not an uncommon sight.

GREENHURST HOTEL •••. "Greenhurst, the crowning gem of fair Chautauqua's circle of summer Edens, opened its first season July 3,1890, as a result of the efforts of Mr •.AlJnet N. Broadhead , Mr.Charl,es Abbott, and l'..r. Eleazer Green. The office force was:

'Mr • Weld , Clerk, and Miss Fenton, Cashier."arend •••


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• ANNUAL ELLERY TOWN PICNICS

A NOTE: - The beginning of these Ellery Annual Picnics washeld at the home ot Chester Cf. peter~ ••• on the east sideof the Dutch Hollow Road, in >0* o.dc \'7 - 1904••• andwas a Political Pole Raising tor' ~ '\> '"1.'<' '.....(.....:.,R -There were several hundred people present, and the subject ofan Annual Town Meeting was then discussed and a committee wasappoi~ed to take the matter under advisement. cbs.

1 September 9. 1905. - At Midway Park.2 8, 1906.:3 7, 1907.4 5, 1908.5 4, 1909.6 3, 1910.7 2, 1911.8 7, 1912.9 6, 1913. 1111'-/ .10 August 29, 1914.·- q. ';) -11 September 4, 1915.12 2, 1916.13 1, 1917.14 1918.

• 15 1919.16 4, 1920.17 3, 1921.18 12, 1922.U 1, 1923.20 1924.21 1925.22 11, 1926.23 1927.24 1, 1928.25 June 21, 1929.

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THE Annual meeting o~ the Chautauque County TemperanceSociety will be held at the Baptist Meeting House, inthe town o~ Ellery, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of Januarynext, at 11 6'clock in the ~orenoon. Town Societies arerequested to send reports containing the names o~ thePresident and Secretary o~ their Society, the number.oftheir members, and the progress of the cause o~ Temperance in their town.

A. POTTER, Sec'y.

Dec. 7th, 1831-

FROM: "THE .AMERICAN EAGLE. VTestfield ,December 27, 1831.

STRAY STEER

STRAYED ~m the premises o~ Abram Hale, in the town o~Chautauque, some time since, a PALE RED STEER, with awhite ~ace, and red round his eyes. Said Steer was twoyears old -- had no arti~icial mark. Any person who willleave in~ormation Where he can be ~ound, either with saidHale, in Chautauque, or at this o~fice, shall be liberallyrewarded.

• West~ield, Nov. 14, 1831.

FROM: Same.

GEO. W. BLISS.

FRaU- the lot o~ the SUbscriber, on the ~irst of July,one yoke o~ BLACK and WHITE OXEN, ~our years old. Notlarge but well matched, three fourths BLACK perhaps.They were seen to go West. Whoever will give information o~ said cattle shall be handsomely rewarded.

West~ield, Sept. 27, 1831.A. RUMSEY.

FROll: Same. ,;,..'

BAND-BOXES

•ERS. NXWiCOMB, ~i11iner, has just received and o~fers ~or

sale, a handsome assortment of BAND BOXES, o~ varioussizes and prices.

West~ield, Dec. 27, 1831.

FROM: Same.


Song.Prayer.Deolamation.Reoitation.Deolamation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Song.Deolamation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Song.Deolamation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Reoitation,Instrumental

Musio.Song.Reoitation.Reoitation.Reoitation.Solo.

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CHRISTMAS AT WEST ELLERY

Bemus Point: Deo. 27. Christmas was observed at West Ellery ChurohMonday eve (24) and the following program was finely rendered:

Joy to the World. Congregation.~ev. Davison.Just Before Christmas, Karl Brewster.The Little Prayer. Flossie Mahanna.Old Saint Nioholas. Flpyd Clark.The Lovely Flowers. Winifred PenhollolV'Not Tired at Christmas. BunaBrown.Life of Christ. Izora Thompson and RevWho is It. . Sumner ·Cowden. (Davison .•When I'm a Woman. Mable Penhollow•.What Baby Has. Laura Rew•.Santa Claus and the Mouse. Alioe Aldrioh.~Let the Sun Shine In. Allan Carpenter.The Christmas Tree. Katie Hays.-Blest be the Name of the Lord Forever. Rev. Davison.Hear the Pennies Drop •...: Albert Penhollow...Annie and Willie's Prayer. Graoe Cothrell~Brains and Breeohes. Mertie Stone •.·M~ke's Prayer. Laura Hays.-Her Questions. Mary Cothrell.~.·

Mrs. Roy Hale. M'r's Roy line.Katie Hays. Flos~ie Mahanna, Floyd Clark, Lee Brewster.In Speaking of other people's faults. Graoe Cothrell. •The Dying Soldier. Laura Hays. -Mrs. Belle Brewster... The Legion Beautiful. Jesus My Saviour. Izora Thompson,~

with violin aooompaniment by Rev Davison ••••

Presentation of gifts ••••• Rev Davison.

Remarks by Rev. Davison.

Mr. Davison was given a oash present of $15,00. The tree was filledwith bea.utiful and costly presents. The ohuroh was deoorated withevergreen.

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•Ellery .....

~~llery Town Picnic. Midway Park. 9/9/1905.

)-Lenhart Cottage burns at Bemus Point. Oct. 9, 1891 •

George Drew started a grocery on the Lake Road near Greenhurst ••• l$97.

Dewittville Council. Royal Templars of Temperance, No. 109. 1893 •.

DITTO. Ellery Center. was Highland Council, No. 71. 1893.

Friday, }~rch 2, 1877 ••• last day of the winter term Of school at·Fluvanna. (Eliza Diary).

Feb. 29, 1884. 16 weeks winter term of school at Belleview closed.(Eliza Diary.)

Belleview School began ~~y 8, 1876. Under Miss Romans. (~liza Diary)

Shingle Mill at Fluvanna, 1891. Operated by Alfred Hale. E D.

Frank L. Griffith got his Hotel ready for boarders on 5/4/1875.(at Griffith's Point.) cbs. ~.D.

The men Went down and ..saw Fred Griffith's steamboat launched ••....5/6/1875. (Formal launching, 5/31/1875.) (Eliza Diary.)

1875. Frank Hale selling StUmp ¥achines. (his OiVll patent •. cbs) 3.D •

• '/ Jan. 2.1901. .. Free l~il Delivery started today. .( Caroline, Loucks Di)"

Jan. 8. 1907.

l,~y 25, 1903 .

.y Dec, 5, 1899.

Wellman IUY lost. '( Caroline Loucks Diary)

Mr. &. l~s. Frank Hale's gOlde~n~~CLD.

Anson Heath HOU3Sl burned. ~LD.' tiJJ,l.c.£e '? 3""...>.

Ellery Town Picnic. 9/8/1906. CLD ./

Sampson's Moved back from Ha~vard Place •. Wed. Dec. 12, 1906. CLD.

1885. Jack Pickard's Hotel in operation at Bemus Point. CLD.

1885. Sherwin's Hotel at Fluva~~a.. in o~eration. CLD.

1/16/1872. Steam Sawmill at Ellery Center .. in operation. C.L.D.o

Arnold Mill at Shore Acres in Operation 1/22/1872. C.L D.I

2/29/1864. Florence Maples taughj:;Summer Term of School in BelleviewDist. at. 18;'1 shillings a we'ek~ C. LD.

3/12/1864.. Last day wint~rterm of Fluvanna school. CLD.

1864. Chautauqua Lake fish (muscallonge) selling 10,: pound.'

Dog Tax in Ellery. began 2/1/1877.

XGolden Pheasant. Road House. near Greenhurst. burned Nov. 7 ,1937. :/ It was owned by genevieve Lindstrom and operated by her brother:' "tavern~


ELLERY" "

yFLUVANNA -- Brick school house was built in 1906. The first Janitorwas James Wetsel •••• Gust Carlson had been Janitor 31 years, inMarch, 1948.·

EQ.UITABLE AID UNION .•• No. 39. of Ellery.

DEDICATION .•• New'Union Church on PICKARD STREET•! . - -

:!<,NOV. 12, 1871I•;>< March 1, 1888.

burned.JACK PICKARD'S Chautauqua Lake House at BemIS POint,

yDUTCH HOLLOW FLOOD.... Saturday, July 9, 1904. the worst since 1865•.

>< ANSON HEATH HOME BURNED ••• ~ Tuesday morning, December 5, 1899. /This \~S in Dutch Hollow.

J FL13T ELI3RY TOim PICNIC '. was held on Chester Peterson's flat •..•Saturday, September 17, 1904•.. In form of a pOle-rais.ing •••••• \ I...!.JLovely day. Good attendance. Speech by Mark Cheney. ~ 1(. 2 '"i I..:;.::L-.

·--~~~GRIFFITH R1!....·U1UON •• held at Miss Ophelia ('~:i'iffiths, 6/16/1898;

\/BANK AT ELLERY CENTER ••• Planned by Dr. Odin Benedict, of Ellery •.~ was not one of deposit, but to discount bills. The head of

Benjamin Franklin is said to have been engraved on their bills.

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7 ALICE WILBUR --_. Taught school at Q.uail Trap... April, 1890.,

~ERNEST J. COVIDEN. Taught school in Ellery •. 1879 - 1880.

R. T.of T; Royal Templars of Temperance,. Ellery •

)<4/15/1889. .TAID:3TOW.i:~ BASE BALL CLUB .leased land at Griffiths Point.

/. SPRING· GROVE HOTJ:L BURNED... 3/17/1889. Dick Jones, Prop •.

~ GRE~nDJRSTHOTEL ., opened 6/29/1889.

)'\ CHADAKOIN BOAT CLUB•• Starte:l at Greenhurst, 6/24/1889 •

.}l'DE C)j:LORON ANNIVERSARY MEETING•• at Hotel Greenhurst. 7/23/1889.

)( ;:lENTR.u.rZED SCHOOL AT BE:NITJ3 POINT... Vote for it was taken there at/' the new school, November 16, 1937 •

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\ . Y 2nd ELLERT TO'NN PICNIC ••• Midway Park.. Sat. September 9, 1905•.

~ )9 ALFRED HALE. BEGAN T~CHING AT Fluvanna School at a dollar a day ••... Mon. Nov. 12, 1877. .

! STAGJ]l WAS RUNNING UP~ !toAD in 1885. (Eliza 'Hale 'a Diary)


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7 Report of West Ellery Cheese Factory, 1886.

Opened April 26 - Closed October 31. 9 49/100 pounds ofmilk, per pound of cheese. 98 16/100 cents per hundred lbsof milk. i~. L. Barnes, Prop. ~. R. Clark, Salesman.

·............................................................'T In 1886 Towerville had a Cheese Factory, a Store, and a

Blacksmith Shop.

·............................................................~i'S ZOO : A E Allen, as Supt of

the Long Point zoological gardens, purchased the large elephantWTip," second in size to "Bolivar," Forepaugh's Jumbo --- acamel and an elk, which will be placed in the garden as soon asit is completed. Mr. Allen will have lions, tigers, monkeys,snakes, birds and rare birds and animals from the tropics andthe remote parts of the earth, gathered together at this zoo.He will have merry-go-rounds, etc.

June 26, 1887.

·.......... ....................................................The Jamesto\m Sun - January 2, 1887.

The new officers of Ellery Lodge - Ancient Order of UnitedWOrkmen are: P.M.W., Erastus T. Baldwinj M.W. Asahe1 D. HalejForeman, Hiram L. Smithj Overseer, William B. Millerj Recorder,Oscar Halej Financier, Joseph E. Powersj Receiver, Francis E.Pennockj Trustee, Samuel Weaverj Representative to Grand Lodge,Oscar Halej Alternate, Francis E. Pennock.

·...............................................................,)< THE GREAT WOLF HUNT

In the Cassadaga Swamp: The first hunt was on Ootober 2,1824, some of the hunters believeing that some wolves had beenmissed, another hunt followed in about three weeks.

The third hunt was in May, 1825, and the fourth and lasthunt was held in June, 1828. pp 82 - 83 Young's History ofChautauqua County.

· .. ;J., THE ERIE CANAL was 28 feet wide at the bottomj forty feet

wide at the top and was four feet deep. Extends from Troy, on theHudson to Buffalo, a distance of 363 mi1esj a grade of approximately 700 feet is overcome by 81 locksj digging began in 1817and ~anal was finished in October 1825. Cost was $7, 600,000.


• RATES OF POSTAGE1838

On single letters, (or one piece of paper) not over 30 miles, 6 cents.Over 30, and not exceeding 80 miles • • • • . . • • 10 cents.Over 80 do. 150 • • • • • • • • Hi cents.Over 150 do. 400 • • • • • • 18 3/4 ctsOver 400 miles • • • • • • • • 25 cents •

Letters composed of two pieces of paper are charged with doublethe above rates, three pieces with treble, and four pieces withquadruple ditto}

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Ship letters, if delivered at the office where the vessel arrives,pay six cents postage; but if conveyed thence by post to any otherplace, only two cents in addition to the ordinary rates of postage ischarged.

NEWSPAPER POSTAGE

For each newspaper not carried out of the State where published,or if carried out of State, but not over, 100 miles, 1 cent. Over100 miles, and out of State, 1 1-2 cents.

MAGAZThTES AND PAMPHLETS

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100 miles,l 1-2 cts persheet.

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Size, are charged with half those rates. Eight pages quarto are ratedas one Sheet, and all other sizes in the same proportion.

From•• Steele's Western Almanack, 1838.


~ 1811 William Bemus built the' first gristmill in Ellery on th~ WestBranch of Bemus Creek••

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W~lliac Bemus built the first sawmill in Ellery on thebranch of Bemus Creek •

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\.'J,. 1832o Gristmills at Greenhurst .. built by Seth and SamuelGri~fith.

Operated later by Wm. B.·Griffith; Albert Griffith; George Lee;Clarence Thompson; and lastly by Loren P. Skinner ..• millburned 1921.

X 1832 .Thomas Wing built gristmill on :East Branch of Bemus creek .•.(between Ellery Center,and West Ellery.)

Y1850 EphriamHatch Tracy had.a water-powered sawmill on.1.0werDutch Hollow Creek (on land now owned by Orry Heath,1950.)

Y CAMP MEETDm GROUNDS (half way up Dutch Hollow) On top of hillin East woods on Will Hale Farm.

:7 Cemetery .• at top of hill arid 'across road from Thomas Arnold(Will Hale) farm. Burials mostly removed to Fluvanna cemetery.

'! Cemetery at top of hill behind Percy Warner's house •• (:1.950)(My father , Ale1ll. Sampson, plowed up that cemeterY in 1904••.•. :by order of Ben• IV. Hayward, then owner of the farm•• Clm; )

'v. SCOFIELD FAMILY REUNIONS:

Sept 14Aug 24Aug 15

Aug 12Aug 10Aug 9Aug 8Aug ?Aug 12

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1886l88?188818891890189118921893189418951896l89?18981899·190019011902·

March 16, l88? Heineman and Jones (Louis & Dick) bought Spring Grove.(Just east of Greenhurst... Hotel there. -) CBS.

May l3,188? ~''''·'VSoderholmand A, dohn Peterson -( of ;ramest6wn)bOU:ght~int Stockholm." .


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~ CELORON TREATER. built. 1897.

y In 1905 the JA1~STOi~q FIRE DEP.~TlmNT was allowed the following numberin the various Companies:Deluge. 27.Ellicott Hook & Ladder Co.' 32.Rescue Hose Co. 30.P~endergast Hose Co. 26.Eagle Hose Co. 30.Jeffords Hose Co. 31.Martyn Hose Co •. 32.Police. 21.

j BOAT STOPS ON ChautaulJ.ua Lake.Celoron; Greenhurst; Sheldon Hall; Lakewood ( two stops) Bemus Pt;'!ictoria; Hapl<e Springs; !Hdway Park; Point ChautaulJ.ua; l:,~YVille.

Sometimes Long Point.

;Y RED Stack Line .•• absorbs People's Line of Steamers; 12/15/1891.

X CENT~IAL .UTNlllERSA.'1.Y OF SETTLEMENT OF GRIFFITH FAMILY Dl ELL3RY.Held at the home of Hiss Ophelia Griffith. ThursdaY,June 21,1905. Florence Griffith distributed a brochure containimg apicture of John Griffith •• and a condensed history of the Griffithfamily. She gave one to each family. Officers elected toserve for 1907 were: Pres. W~s. Sarah Conic; V. Pres. HowellGriffith; Sec. George Phillips; Tres. Mrs~ Geo. Phillips.

) MAPLE GROVE SCHOOL. Dist. No.7. ,Is on a farm bought by Aaron Parkerfrom Franklin Griffith, an early settler. In 1871 Aaron Parkerdonated one acre, for the school. Burton l~ley and his sori,-Adelbert Manley, (both of Ellery) built the ~choolhouse in 1872.They boarded at lir. Aaron Parker's while building it. The OLDschool house stood on the northwest corner of the cross-roads atMaple Grove. Covered with narrow clapboards and painted 'red ••••I can remember when it was used as a hay-barn there. CBS.

,S AA-t..-...AI BURIALS IN. PLEASANTlJILLE CElillTERY.

Samuel Stedman, a soldier of 1776.Elijah LOOk, a soldier of 1775.SamUel Waterbury. a soldier of 1775.Stephen Washburn. a soldier of 1812.Nathan Parkhurst. A soldier of 1812.Israel Russel. a soldier of 1812.Joseph Green. a soldier of 1812.Jonathan Freeman, a soldier of 1812.John Miles. a soldier of 1812.

XEllery Center Postoffice. discontinued 12/31/1900. Lewis D. Van.~ensselaer was postmaster.

'. ,,j.duR.David Lincoln bought the Frank Hale Place (14 ceresl in 1925.

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School District No.5, Town of Ellery forTeacher's wages for the term of 16 weeks,~~rom the

4th day of May, to the 28th day of August, 1868.

(This is the Belleview District. C. B. S.) \

Names of Inhabitants Valuation Tax

Case. Reuben 250 .08Cheney. Joshua 3385 1.15Cheney. Spencer 2500 .85Cheney. Calvin 70 .03Cheney. ABa 5740 1.91Clark. LaFayette 2600 .87Griffith. Guy S. 300 .10Griffith. Nelson 4620 1.54Griffith. John 875 .29-Griffith. Martha & Ophelia 2800 .93Griffith. Alexander 2100 .70Hale. Elijah E. 1595 .53Hale. IVm. Franklin 430 .14Halladay. Amos H. 2630 .90Halladay. Norman 100 .03Halladay. Jennett 250 .08

• Rappole. John 1100 .37Rush. George W. 1160 .38Smiley. John 2180 .72Smiley. James 2220 .74Smiley. Edwin R. 350 .12Smiley. Simon 2825 .94Smiley. Simon 2nd 470 .16Smiley. Alvah 2015 .67lV1nsor. Henry M. 3700 1.23

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Listened to His Own Funeral Sermon.

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From the Cherry Creek News.

Mrs. Crissey, eighty-five years of age and mother of BankerE. B. Crissey, is authority for the statement that when Damon washung in ~yville 57 years ago, the Reverend Joseph Sawyer, a Baptist Minister, preached and Damon sat on his coffin and listenedto the sermon. The first man in Chautauqua-County and the lastin New York state to listen to his OlYn obsequies." The text was:Wffe that pursueth evil pursueth it to his awn death." Prov: 11-19.

Annette Parker scrap book.


• AMOS FERGUSON:

MEMO

" Amos" and "Bob."

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Among the gentlemen conspicuous on the platform when Robert G.Ingersoll spoke at Lake View (Lakewood) was the justly renownedAmos Ferguson. When questioned as to why a man of his strictorthodox views should be present at a meeting so confessedly infidel,Amos replied that "he wanted to get whar he could look Hell squar'in the eye." Being further interrogated tor his opinion of thespeaker, he replied: "Morally, Ingersoll is in that dug-out builtby the fellow who swung the club." MAR SB

Y ANNIVE.ElSARY OF GREAT JAMESTOWN FIRE. dated 1879.

Seventeen years ago ••• on Monday, October 8th, 1862, the largefire on East Second street, Jamestown, occurred, destroying betweenthirty and forty buildings, including one or two stores, the oldLoucks House, the Wesleyan church, and a number of buildings. Theloss was estimated at $25,000 and the insurance amounting to only$400. The weather, previous to the tire had been warm and dry, andthe buildings consumed were all built ot WOOd, they burned like tinder.

)< NAVIGATION NOTES /";(oJ,j:; \ ''::' -; .~

Commodore Henry Harley President of the Ch~utauqua Lake Navigation Co., accompanied by Captains Burrows and Srandin, visited~yville and other points on the lake Wednesday on business oonnectedwith the Line. Arrangements have been made by Commodore Harley forthe erection ot a telephone line from Jamestown to Mayville. Theline will be run on the east side of the Lake, with offices at Clifton,Fluvanna, Griffith's point, Bemus Point, Long Point, Maple Springs,Dewittville and Point Chautauqua, and will be supplied with Bell Tele-phones. The machinery for the new steamer J. A. BURCH is daily ex-pected from Lockport, where it has been made by the Pond Manufacturing Company. The engines, two in number, will have cJl~inders 14%,·16.The hull of the new steamer HARLEY is completed, and the boat will beready for launohing at an early date.

le. ELLERY CENTER.

Some years ago there was cut down on the Alfred Wood tarm nearEllery Center, a maple tree that made twenty-two cords of eighteen inchwood. The tree was tour and one-halt feet in diameter at the base.The first limb was sixty feet from the ground, and was over two feetthrough. The tree was of the variety known as "pin maple." ., ..'

'( BEMDS POINT. Sept. 1899.

•Ground has been broken for a cottage in the New Theology grounds

belonging to Miss Nettie Romans,.

~_TELEPHONE POLES. April 19, 1897 •

John Hedin and Fred Haskin have been getting out a large numberof telephone poles for the Long Distance telephone company, who paythem from $1.25 to $5 each.

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Family of Anson Heath Narrowly EscapedCremation Tuesday Morning - House Burned.

The home of Anso Heath, on the Dutch Hollow road near whereit leaves the lake road at Greenhurst, was burned to the groundTuesday morning. Mr. Heath and his family had a narrow escapefrom death and escaped in their night clothes. The fire is believed to have started from the kitchen stove. Mrs. Heath aroseat an early hour, lit the fire and went back to bed. Soon aftershe smelt smoke and found the house in flames. Mr. Heath recentlyhad his ankle broken and escaped with considerable difficulty,being forced to crawl on his hands and knees to the home of aneighbor (Mr. and l~s. Antone Yorker) across the road. His crutchesas well as all the other household effects, were burned.

Fire was Tues. Dec., 5, 1899.mah.sb. cbs.

LAKE PROPERTY SOLD

A Tract of 30 Acres Near Greenhurst Disposed of atAuction This Morning.

January 1896

A t~ct of about 30 acres of land on the north side of Chautauqua lake, between Fluvanna and Greenhurst, known as the JosephBeart tract and to many as the German Beer Garden, was sold at :J.auction today at the office of B. A. Barlow. The purchasers were

John F. Jones, Jay A. Butler, C. E. Weeks, Jr., James L. Weeksand Palmer K. Shankland. The price paid was $6,000 The tract hasa lake frontage of 1,500 feet, extending back to the lake road bywhich it is bounded on the north.

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ARISTOS CLUB'.February 21,

1896

Miss Jennie Sherwin entertained the Aristos Club Tuesdayevening. An interesting program was given. Choice refreshments were served and a pleasant time had by all present.

Fluvanna Items. Jast.paper.

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~KNOW ALL MB:N BY THESE PRESENTS that we, Cynthia Clark, thin

Clark and Solomon Bentley are held and f'irmly bound unto ThomasSanders of' the Town of Middlesex in the sum of' twenty eight dollarsto be paid to him or his heirs, executors, administrators orassigns. Sealed with our seals and dated this sixteenth day of'September A. D. 1819. ~

The condition of' the abov~ o9~tion is such that if theabove bounden Cynthia Clark & 4riin Clark shall execute untoThomas Sanders, his heirs or assigns a good and lawful warrantydeed of' three quarters of' an acre of land, be the same more orless, beg1nnirig at the South wes't corner Alexander Parkman'sland and thence running North along the line between the landsof the said Alexander & Thomas Sanders till it strikes the highway;Thence East two perches; Thence South to the lands of' the heirsof' Caleb Clark's North line; Thence West two perches to the placeof' beginning.

Then the above obligation to be void or else to remain infull f'orce and virtue.

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Cynthia Clark

Arvin Clarkhis x mark

Solomon S. Bentley.

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MEMO. BY C.B.S. Calvin Clark and his wif'e Cynthiaresided in the Town of' Middlesex, in the County of' Ontario, andin the State of' New York. I believe Solomon Bentley above washusband of' Harriet Clark, daughter of' Caleb Clark. I know that.Gaiten Clark and his wif'e Cynthia were parents of' Arvin Clark of'ElJ.ery • Betsey (Elizabeth) was name of wife ofArvin Clark. Arvin and Betsey were parents of' Laura Ann Clark,wife of Alexander Simmons of Ellery.... and perhaps o1iher issue.Arvin Clark. his mother Cynthia, and his wife are buried in theFluvanna Cemetery.

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN

I CALEB CLARK in the town ot Middlesex in the County orOntario and the State ot New York, being weak in body butof sound and perfeet mind and memory, do make and publishthis my last will and testament in manner anf torm following,(That is to say) I bequeath to my beloved wife Cynthiathe whole ot my Personal Estate to be enjoyed by her duringher life, Iexcepting one horse to my son Arvin and one cowand ten sheepland the whole of my land'after the decease otmy wite. One third I bequeath to her during her life. Ilikewise bequeath unto my two daughters Martha ?? and Lauratifty dollars each and one cow and five sheep to each ot themand all the household furniture after the death ot my wifeCynthia ••• and to my son Arvin all the tarming utensils whenhe becomes ot age.

I do hereby appoint my beloved wite Cynthia Sole ExecutDtxof ~i9s1D¥tlast will and testament hereby revoking alltormer wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand and seal The Eighteenth Day ot April in the yearot our Lord One Thousand eight hundred & eleven. Signed,sealed published and delivered by the within named CalebClark to be his last will and testament in the presence ofus who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses inpresence ot Testator.

Nathan Loomis.

Selden Williams.

Rowse Perry........CALEB CLARK. (seal)

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Administration or above estate granted to Cynthia Clarkat the Town ot Canandaigua in the County of Ontario , onthe fourth day of December 1817. By Stephen Phillips •••Surrogate •• • • • • • • • ............................


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WAR DEPARTMENT,

Revolutionar:Y Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the law

of the United States of the 7th of June 1832

William Simmons of the State of New York Who

was a private in the Revolutionar:Y War is

entitled to receive Twenty one dollars and ninety

nine cents per annum during his natural life,

Commencing on the 4thcday of March 1831 and

payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March

and 4th of September, in ever:Y year.--.

Given at the War

Office of the United States, this 17th day of

December one thousand eight hundred

and forty-four.

Wm. Wilkins

Secretar:Y of War.

Examined and

Countersigned I. L. Edwards,

Commissioner of Pensions.

No. 32.257

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e-Copy ot a Letter written by Nina Aiken, to her sister,L1llian Aldn: .

Ootober 8, 1886.

Sister Dearest:

It seems an age sinoe I have seeri you.

You will probably be disappointed when you find this is

simply from me you would so muoh rather it would be from

the other.

Well sister, I am enjoying myself finely here at school and

getting along with my studies swimmingly. Am in A Class in

everything and think I will pass in Geography, Spelling and

. Arithmetio. I have taken the Oak Hill School for this winter

$1.20 per day. It don't begin till after the holidays, so .1

oanto here all the tall term and half the winter as Elton will

lend me scrip. I study·every night till 9 and sometimes:lO.' '. ". . . ,. . .

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and one hour in the morning so you see I am sure to ~earn. I

am i~ the advanced class in Arithmetio, so that makes me extra

study as it all has to be done at home •

.~;rim1~~~;n~;0 Sherman. $10. per month and the colt kept.

Tell me about Miss Belle I hear she is siok, tru?

What· about .my dress. I wil~ oome down Sat if possible,. but dont

look for me but there is a dance at Ellery I guess the 27 Oot.

and ot course I would like it but dont work when you don~ feel

like it. Perhaps I oanpartly pay you some day for.the tlious

.ands otfavors. I may not oOme Sat but guess I will.· Good night,

it is nearly 10, kiss S~psoii and tell him hello for me.

Yours with muoh love. 9

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CBAUTAUQUB June II, 1816.

Honored father and mother I take this oppertunety to inform

you that I am well as common hoeping these few lines will find

you in same state of health I should wrote before only I have

been sick lately I want to see you all but Laura and Arvin must

come in the Fall if possible I received my pressents with

greate gladness we had been here about four weeks when I was

taken with the fever and ager I had four fits Sollomon and

Lorenzo is well at present the season is very cold and backward

our corn has been killed to the ground twice it snode the 6 day

•of June and froze so it killed pepers that was covered up with

a sheet and I do not expect to raise enny thing this year corn is

two dollars a bushel and wheat is fore dollars a bushel and hardly

eny to be got for that potatoes is one dollar per bushel uncle

J Moon and Augustus moon and the rest arived Safe they are all

well at present

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I expect that Sollomon will come downe next winter and I mean

to come with him if nothing hapens I want to come home and see

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you all Lorenzo has growd verry much you would not now him

John has been very sick about four weeks with a felon first come

on his hand and then fell into his arm he now a getting better

mother remembers her love to all inquireing friends my pen was

poor my ink was pail my love to you shall never fail So no more

at present as remain your affectionate Child.HARRIET BENTLEY

Letter to "Caleb Clark in town of Middlesex County of Ontario"i4 address on outside of letter sheet. CBS. 1947

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•JAMESTOWN: The Mecusker Larceny Suit. November 26, 1883•

Miss Inez Lord was born near Spring Creek or West Branch , inWarren County, Pa. Of unusuEI:J,lyattracti:ve personal appearance ,she was an accomplished singer, and made Uer home in Corry.

Jerom.eMecusker, born, in Gerry township, ~nd at one time aresident of Jamestown, married Miss Lord and they lived at Corry,when he ,~s' first employed as Conductor on the 'N. Y. P. &0. ry.,Later, while he held tha~position, they removed to Jamestown andboarded at the Jamestown House. Mrs. Mecusker sang for some timeat the Congregational church and,was ~¢~/~".I_~ an aocomp1ishedhorsewoman, being seenmuoh,on horseback in and about the village.

Early last fall they returned to Corry to live. The Mecuskerswere separated in Corry early this year. Soon after which Jerome

sold a chamber suite valued at $150 to his brother James'Mecuskerof Gerry Ts., but before James removed the property, Mrs Mecuskershipped it to her addre,ss in Buffalo ••.• where she, is employed inthe choir of one of the leading churches. MeanWhile, Jerome Mecuskerwent West, where he became a passemgerconductor ~ , the NorthernPacifio ~ai1road. '

James Mecusker sued 'Mrs., Inez Mecusker ..• she and lawyers cameto JamestoWn. Jerome Mecusker was ,brought back from the West ••••••a long squabble ensued and James Mecuskers ownership of the furniturevias affirmed. Jerome Mecu.sker slad that at the time of ' his 'beingsoirJmon~d to Jamestown' he did not know why, until he got here. Heasserts his innocence of any intention to make his former wife trouble.

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,·'atCorry,Pa.By. C.B~S. Januart, 1947. From artio1esin," Mary Atin Hill's Sorap Book•

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BAPrIST ORDINATION IN ELLERY

ELLERY:' Feb. 4, 1889. - Howard M.Fish was ordained to the inin",istry of the Ellery Baptist church, January 30. Rev. H. N. Cornish,was moderator of the meeting and 'Rev. J. C. Hankinson, clerk. The'servic,es were as follows: Sermon: DEiut. 1 - 38 ,by Rev. 'H. N.CcirIlish; Scripture 1essonand'prayerj Rev. J. H. Miller;, OrdainingJ'I'ay'er, Rev. C. S. Tinker, of Greenville, Pa.,; Laying on cif hands,Revs.',C.S.Tinker, W.W.Campbell and. J.C.Hankinson; Charge to Pastor,Rev.S. T. Dean; Charge 'to ChurCh, Rev. D. D. Lowell; Hand !,fFellowship, Rev., W. W. Campbell,of India. Benediction by 'thepastor... '

NOTE: The Date os this meeting was January 30, 1889 •.• as stated inthe text above ••• C.B.S. mah.sb.-


PAUL BUSTI.

~From the Jamestown Journal,Sept.17,1902. Copied from the Batavia News •

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The town of Busti, In Chautauqua County, took its name from PaulBusti of the Ho11an~ Land Col. which at one time owned all of WesternNew York.

W The following interesting letter regards the Philadelphiamaneiofi of Paul Busti, who was the American representative of theHolland Land Company, has been received by Hayor Buckhart from Dr.John B. Chapin. It may be of interest to you, but in this connectionI must say that thehouse and farm owned by Paul Busti, in the city ofPhi1ade1phia,Fa., is now the site and property of the Penna. Hospitalfor the insane.

The house stands in West Philadelphia, and built in 1794 andhas undergone but little change since the residence of l~. Busti. Ifyou have an Historical Society, and it would be of any special matterof interest, I will endeavor to procure a copy of the likeness ofPaul Busti, and of the house in which he resided in Philadelphia, andIn which I now live.

Dr. John B. Chapin, Physician in charge of the PennsylvaniaHospital for the Insane in Philadelphia, Penna •

..... . . .. .........................................SMALL BOATS ON LAKE

" In 1895, the Chautauqua. Lake Steamboat Company bOUght thetrim 11ttle steamers, wrndia" and "China," which had plied thewaters of the Chicago World's Fair lagoons two years earlier,and re-christened them the "Celoron" and "Greenhurst." Theyoperated on the lower lake, between Celoron, Greenhurst andLakewood, and were in frequent demand for private parties, beingespecially popular with members of J.H.S. graduating classes, whooften chartered them for leke outings.

Post-Journal.Nov. 1947.

.........................................................LOG CABm ON FAIR GROUNDS

WFire, on 1908, destroyed several of the buildings on theMarvin Park Fair Grounds •• The log cabi" there, built in 1886,for the old settler's reunion, held that summer at the fairgrounds ••• an event which attracted many old-time residentsfrom all parts of the county.

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• FIRST CEMETERY FOR SETTLERS' BURIaL IN CHAUTAUQUA COUN'!'Y.----------------------------------------------------------

Copy for information of C. B. Sampson.

December 13, 1940.

Mr. J. J. ThompsonCurator, Chautau~ua County Historical Society.Mayville, N. Y.

Dear John:

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For the purpose of~reeord, both with you as Curator and inmy files, I am furnishing the following information regarding thefirst cemetery for settlers' burial in Chautau~ua County. Thisinformation came through Miss Jennie Smith and Mrs. Grace RoyceMiller, both of Westfield, New York, and was procure~ through theefforts of Mr. Frank B. Lamb, a life member of our Society.

The cemetery was located on what is now the Leonard Franzfarm; the house on said farm being the third house north of WestMain Street on the westerly side of North Gale Street. Thecemetery was located on a knoll just west of the barn which nowstands on the premises. The information as to the cemetery washanded down by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clark and Dana Royce and JennieClark Royce, and by them to Grace Royce 1liller, their daughter.Jennie Clark Royce was the only daughter of Ralph Clark and hiswife, Lucinda Aubey Clark. Ralph Clark came from Clymer, N. Y.,and bought what is now the Franz farm, which was held in thefamily from the date of purchase to about forty years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clark reported that the knoll west of thebarn was formerly a vineyard, and their hired man reported to themthat the grapes on the knoll could not be cultivated and would notgrow on account of the ~t~ stones in the old cemetery. It mightbe possible to obtain from Grace Royce Miller additional information.

\¥hat I am passing on to you came from an interview tOday withJennie Smith, who is a niece of Jennie Clark Royce, and who wasnamed after Mrs Royce.

Very truly yours,

Arthur S. Tennant.

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•Dear Mr. Sampson:

Mr. Thompson and Mr. Tennant would like to haveyou look into this matter.

Copied thUS, from the originalcarbon copy, sent at at abovedate .•. By. C.B.S. Apr. 16, 1947.


•GONE BOME TO MARS

Death of " Commodore Downs," Chautauqua'sHermit Fisherman - An Eccentric Character

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For the past thirty years residents along Chautauqua Lakehave been familiar with the queer, ungainly figure, the shamblinggait, the sattered garb, and face furrowed by time and darkenedby exposure, "Commodore Downs," and who made his living by fishing; pitching his camp in the most lonely places on the shoresof the lake and leading the existence of a hermit. His onlycompanion was a dog who bore the appellation of Africa's famousGeneral "Pompey," and when his canine friend died ·a few yearssince the old man buried him with strange mortuary ceremonies,and seemed to feel deep sorrow at his loss.

Of his real history no one in this vicinity has positiveknowledge, but he had evidently seen better days, for hislanguage sometimes displayed an unexpected familiarity withthe writings of the best poets and most famous authors, andremnants of cultivated manners were sometimes apparent in hisactions and speech. His name, he said, Truman H. Downs, andthe sobriquet "Commodore" was entirely an honorary title.

He died at the Chautauqua County Poor Farm. CBS.

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A CHAUTAU9,UA BORN SLAVE

In the book of town records of the town of Chautauqua, nowin the Clerk's Office at Mayville, is the following record:

CERTIFICATE OF SLAVES BORN IN THE TOWN OFCHAUTAUQ.UA.

I, Matthew Prendergast, one of the judges in and for thecounty of Chautauqua, do certify that on the 16th day of February last past, was born unto me a blaok-boy slave by thename of Jonas.

Dated this 22nd day of Sept., 1816.

W:l'rliEW PRENDERGAST~

Received and recorded Sept. 22, 1816.

JOHN DEXTER, town clerk.

From: Chaut. Democrat, OctOber, 1894. M.A.H, S-B. CBS, 1/1947.


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EMERSON L. MILLEROf Westfield

Early Photographer )

Ems,rsonL. Miller, of ' Barcelona', 94 years old last February,( 1947.) the oldest resident of 'the Westfield area, died at Jast.General Hospital (October4,1947)iSui-V'ived bya daughter, Mrs.Gladys Gottschalk; of Barcelona.H1swife, Rose Marsh Miller, died15 yellrs ago. '., '

'Coming to Westfield ln1875, he. was a pioneer photographer inthis end,' of the State. Iri'l885 he bought a portable photographgallery in ,the form of a truck h8.uledby horses and up to 1896moved from village to village to carry on his business. Inthatyear his truck, was destroyed by fire at Waterford,Pa. Moving toBar~elona in l896,he was the first teacher, in the' Barcelon~ district school. Interment in Union Cemetery (Westfield).

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Portions of an article written about 1885, comparingliving condit1onsthen, to aprim1tive home ,in theChautauqua Frontier:. '. some sixty years previously.

"and it is only after wearisome days of traveling thru an·almost unbroken wilderness that the site for the pioneer's homeis ,finally reached.""slowtraveling with ox-sleiShs or horsesleds and the drove of sheep, cows and,pigs, so indispensible' ,for stocking the new farms.'" " The cavalcade must keep together,or be lost by the way." "Think of awakening in the night tofind tha.twolves were driving the sheep away; or that be!irs we~e

trying to force their way into·the pig.,pen, to be'frightened awayonly by a gun or fire brands.' "In the morning to count the' deer ','that have come down to the spring to drink." "Black salts; one ot.the fewcommodities for barter at thel0.Pids (Jamestown l ,while' "cooJ,ting'had to be watched' cont1ilually ,in order to put in the g\1m "tram the hemlock trees to prevent .its boiling over." ,"In· clearingland the stumps and logs not needed tor bullding,could be disposed'of by burning, and the lye obtaine,d by leaching the ashes, !f8.S, .boll~d .doWn, in a la,rge C,aul,d"ron, kettle, •• requiring cons,t~n,,t, ,~,t~Ch-., 'ing.", '''Or the boys could be tanning skins, or lladliag whip- .•lashes out 01' raWhide, or making spl1nt~brooms out 01' water beech,for both 01' which they could get a shilling at the neares,t.store."

,MEMO: For many, many years' my old neighbor, MRs Mari.Ann SmileyHills, (wite of Henry Hills.) made scrap'-books., 'ManY

, , " 'poems and obituaries,nonsense and pictures wertt "stuck"into. whatever book was at·hand ••• even the old writingbooka.· .

, Of espeCial, interest are the "memorials" andlo,~~ve~ts,,tak~n

from the current ne:-vspapers ••• and DATED. ~96{J;;;;/~

•Mary Ann Hill's Scrap-Book. Copd. By. CBS, January.' ,1947.


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'17AZ.t;RIAH INGERSON

NOTE:The following are exact copies of Documents in the possession of

Mrs. Frances Ingerson Cheney, of Ellery, and were copied by C.B.S."March 23, 1933.

"I hereby certify - That Azariah Ingerson belongsto the Rifle Company commanded by me andhas been in complete uniform from July 4th1824 until April 6th, 1829.

1VILLIAM D. BOND. Captain.

Mayville, July 5, 1830.

A CERTIFICATE to whom it may concern.

I certify that the bearer, Mr. Azariah Ingerson, has regularly enlistedinto my company of Riflemen, in the 207th regiment, 43 Brigade and 26thdivision of Infantry of the Militia of the State of New York and doesduty in the same, armed and equipped according to the law; and is thereforeentitled to an exemption from serving on any Jury in the State, Givenunder my hand this 6th day of May in the year 1829.

PHIN!I1AS ANNIS, Capt.

ET,T,ERY LODaE No. 109. A. O. U. W.

The final meeting of Ellery Lodge, No. 109, A. 0 • U. W.,was held Thursday, May 10, 1906. Word was received from theGrand Master Workman that the petition to revoke the oharterof the Lodge had been granted, and the Lodge fumiture wassold and its affairs were olosed. By the unanimous vote ofthe Lodge the tastefully tramed Charter was presented to theReoorder, Osoar Hale, as a reminder ot the oordial relationsbetween him and the members. He has hald the position ot Reoorder tor twenty-tour years. It is understood that only onemember of the Lodge will retain his membership in the Order.The Lodge was Instituted on Ootober 4th, 1877. There were buttwo death losses. Four ot the Oharter members retained theirmembership to its olose.

M.A. H. S.B. 1947.


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Tlm DRIFl'WOOD CEMlmmY

(On the Farm of Elijah Ensign Hale )

Proceedings ot the Chautauqua County Board ot Supervisors •

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.AN ACT to authorize the sale ot the lands of a certain cemetery in the town ot Ellery, and also remove therefrom all thebodies interred in said cemetery lot, to the cemetery lot of theCluvanna Cemetery Association.

Passed November 14th, 1878, by the Board of Supervisors otChautauqua coiounty by authority ot Chapter 482 ot the laws otNew York, passed June 5th 1875, a majority of all the memberselected to the Board voting in favor thereot, on the tiling otan application of the Supervisor, Town Clerk and Justices ot thePeace ot the town ot Ellery.

• THB BOARD OF SlJPERV ISORS OF CHAUTAU~UA COUNTY DO ENACT ASFOLLOWS:

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SECTION 1. The Supervisor of the town ot Ellery in saidcounty is hereby authorized to sell and convey the cemeterylot situated in said town of Ellery, and in the county otChautauqua, bounded and described as follows: All thatcertain piece or parcel ot land situated on Lot 17, Town 2,Range 12, bounded by a line beginning 19 rods south ot thecorner where the road leading trom Jamestown to Mayville andthe road runnimg from north to south, cross each other, thencesoutherly along said road 7 rods, thence easterly 6 rods, thencenortherly seven rods, thence westerly six rods to the place ofbeginning, containing twenty-one eightieths of an acre of land.

SECTION 2. The Supervisor of said town ot Ellery is herebyauthorized and empowered to remove from , or cause the removalot all bodies in the above descrobed cemetery lot, to the cemetery lot ot the Fluvanna Cemetery Assoeiation, provided the consent ot the proper authorities of the .said Fluvanna Cemetery Association is obtained, and subject to such rules and regulationsas the Fluvanna Cemetery Association have in foroe at the timeof such removal.

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Copy of Item printed in Jamestown Newspaper, June 11, 1906.

ONE mrnDRED YEARS AGO

Anniversary of Coming of Harry Ingerson to Chautaullue.

NORTH ELLERY, June 11: - The one hundredth anniversary of the coming if Harry Ingerson to this County occurred on June lOth. Of hischildren, six in number, only one is living, Harry Wilson Ingerson,now at Greenhurst with a grandson, Marion Ingerson. The older Harrycame from Hadley, Saratoga County, driving an ox team. He came toBarcelona, where his wife, wearied with her long ride, thinking itwould rest her to walk a While, she took an eight-months old childin her arms and walked the entire distance to Mayville, some/lightmiles, before her husband, with the ox team and a child of ~ years,azariah, by name, and their belongings caught up with them, Wherevershe stopped to rest, she and the child were so annoyed by moslluitoesand fleas that it seemed better to keep in motion. They settled onwhat is now the South part of Arion Mason's farm, about one andone-half miles south from Dewittville, or Tinkertown, as it was thencalled, and on the road leading East from the Lake Road. Coming solate in the season, and being obliged to do some clearing before hecould plant any crops, his corn did ~ot msture before the frost overtook it. It being so unripw it would neither grind, their breadstuff was made by hollowing out a hardwood stump for a mortar, andpoundingithe corn, which when mixed with salt and ba~ed, probably ona board before the fire, constituted their bread, or Johnny-cake.~any other hardships have been related which the people of this advanced age would hardly think they could endure at alL,t

The eight-months old child mentioned above, ~Vv7.·t i~:s:;"4k""!'!;,-GRatiai', of Fl1epY, ReB. Fl611cet ~~geISOIl. or $1$61*5'. ," ...,AACl/lllIV~"I'Jfl-tr'-'\ - \N"~jj '(I.' 'if' . ,," ()..Jv:> r.",,'.,·. '"Y'~ .7i;'AS. ,) ./.,-(.Il"'....,f 4' Nt •

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Minister of Unitarian Church and Teacher in Public SchoolsWere United in Marriage at 5 0' clock Monday Afternoon, Rev. Dr.James G. Townsend Performing the Ceremony. -- Wedding was of Simple Character. Rev. Walter Alexander Taylor, for 12 years theminister of the Unitarian church of Jamestown, and Miss Lucy EvaFuller, daut. of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Fuller, were united inmarriage at the Fuller residence, 41 College street, Monday afternoom at 5 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Dr. JamesG. Townsend. The wadding was marked by simplicity thruout and theonly guests ware Miss Jessie A. Fuller, sister of the bride; Mr.and Mrs. Floyd P. Alm;y; Mrs. Emma Y. Bootey and Edward R. Bootey.At the conclusion of the service a supper was served.

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BLACK SALTs AND POTASH

ONE of the few produots of the frontier whioh had a highoash value relative to its. bulk and whioh, therefore, might be T;T

transported to distant markets at a profit was orude potash, orblaok salts. Frequently the prooeeds from the sale of.. this .artiole formed the pioneer's·pn.lymoneYinoome and so made it possible for him to pay his taxes andpurohase store goods •... At first muoh of the ootintr'ywas oovered with heavy forest .•

. i .If· no sawmill were at hane1 to'produoe lumber the trees might beburned' and the ashes oonverted. into blaok salts. When used for'this purpose it was neoessaryto keep them dry until they Were

. put into a leaoh, or oontainer, through whioh water was allowed 'to percolate. The soluble substances were dissolved, forminglye, a solution of potassium carbonate· and other salts. ,This'liquid was colleoted at the bottom and,bolled down ,in an ironketkettle until the moisture was evaporated and orudepotash wasformed. This produot might contain more than 20'percent ofimpurities. In various forms it Was used in the'manufacture ofglass, soap, in bleaching, and for other purposes. The imPllrities~ould be reduced to two or three per cent by a refining process;it was then' called pearlash. About 20 bushels of ashes . were ,required to make 100 pouridsof potaSh, which might sell for fram2.50 to 6.00 or more.

Ashes from different kinds of trees varied considerably invalue 'NhEm used for this purpose. 'Probably those' obtalnedfrom 'the elm were best, with~beech, maple, birch and other hardwQodsnext. Soft woods, such as pine and hemlock, were of but'littlevalue.. As settlement advanced the timber, was .01ltt and',' by' 1850',the production of potash had: .csase'dOto be of much importanoe~

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TEACHERS IN ELLERY

Perry Brown; Frank Clark;, CorydolliPutnam; Jennie VanWert;Anna Delara Bickford , Mrs. Brownell weaver; , Mark Cheney; LucySmith, Mrs. Orson Sali~bury;JenniePickard; Celia Piokard:

'. Frank 'Hale; Chester Peterson; Chestina" Bedient, Mrs. Will Hale;Lll~ian Akin, Mrs. Alex Sampson; Ella Akin, Mrs Elton Bl~ss; '~Nin'a Akin, Mrs Bert Moore ; LaFrance Soule; LeightonA. Soule;AIiiiil D. Sampson; Ruth A. Hal~; Alfred Hale; George F. Hale;'·Ernest Parker; Laura Hays; Adelbert Manley; and the .firl3t ofthe Ellery Teachers was: Lazarus Cary... who is buried in theDewittville Cemetery. C.B.S/

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.-ANOTHER HOTEL l'U.l:tl.'l.IW.

""-"\r>'\ol., erv\ '\> f' 5 5JACK. PICKARD'S CHAUTAUQUA LAKl!: HOUSE AT BEMUS POINT.

Prey for the Flames - Ames's Grocery and the 011Garfield House Also Succumb - Losses and Insurance

About six o'clock this morning afire broke out in H.A••lUnes'sgroc~'at Bemus Point. The ;flames soon enveloped the building,comm ated to the old Garfield house adjoining, and then caughtthe Cll utauqua Lake House, and all three buildings were destroyed.The, loss is about $30,000 on which there is an insurance of morethan half that amount.

Between seven and :eight o'clock Chief EngineerCluney of theJamestown firedepartmant 'was called up and told there was afire atBemus Point and that help was needed. He 4lmmadiately gave ordersfor the Rescue's hand-engine to, betaken to the Chautauqu/i'Lakerailway station, where General Superintendent Jewett provided alocomotive and flat. car. The ,:engine and hose cart were loaded uponthe car, and about a score of 'men, with Chief Cluney, got aboard.Trainmaster Orr was in .charge of the special,and Cad Southwickpulled the throttle of loco. NO.4.: At one and three-quart~rs,min

utes past 8 0 'clock the train stllrted" and in 12 minutes Bemus Pointwas reached, a distance ,of te,n'a.nd:,five .sixths mi·les •. The 'fire apparatus was drawn tothl3J,.ake'oppoSite the blazing hotel and: ina fewminutes a powerful stream was' playing on the, fire. The chief and 'the firemen remained most'ofthe forenoon, wetting down the hea.psof coals and protecting surroUnding property.

H.,A. Ames was interviewed by'a JOURNAL reporter. He said thatat six o'clock he went into the woodshed back of his store, carry-ing a lighted lamp in his hand, and gathered an armful of wood Withwhich to start a fire in the stove.' Returning, in stooping ~o avoida clothesline, the lamp slipped from his crippled hand and f1311 tothe, floor. The flame from the. lamp communicated at once ~o, th~ waste,from an oil barrel, and in a moment the room was filledWlth flames.An alarm wa's given and all the residents of the Point were soon' outand an effort was, made to save the building in w~ichthl3 fire started,but in vain~ 'fhen the attention was called to the contents. Ames,it is alleged, would permit no goods to be removed from the store.A portion of his household effects on the second floor were removed.Alvah Norton .lived in the old Garfield house adjoining and, amajority of his household goods were saved, many of them in a, dam- .aged condition. There was no apparatus for extinguishing fires, andin spite 'of the labors of man who threw water from pails; the Chautauqua Lake House caught from the grocery and burned fiercely. 'By - .the time the firemen from Jamestown reached, the scene there werefew timbers standing. ,The fUrnituretlrom the hotel~ wasrElIllOY"e~, tothe ice ' but much of it was badly damaged. Carpets were laid on ~heroof of Bert Rappole' s hotel south of the Chautauqua Lake House , and we

. and wet down, resulting in saving the building. The hoi;el barn.wasalso by hard work saved ,from. destruction. The .tall poplar trees infront of the Chautauqua Lake. house on the shore of the lake.- Whichhave bel3n landmarks for fifty years or more, caught fire, butaf'J!erthe safety of the buildings in the vicinity of the '.hotel wa,s ,a,s,sured,the hose was turned upon the trees and they were saved. . -

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Another Hotel Burned.2

The bulldin~ in which was Ames's grocery was owned by AlonzoFelton, who had ~OO insurance with A. M. Harrington of Jamestown.Ames had $2,500 insurance on his store stock and household goods.Of this sum $200 was on the piano owned by Miss Nettie Ames, whichwas burned. The piano was insured with S.E.Milspaw, and the otherpolicies were issued by Horton Bros., all of Jamestown.

The old Garfield house belonged to the A. M. Lowry estate whichis in the hands of a receiver. Mr. Norton, the occupant, saved mostof his household goods.

The Chautauqua Lake house and the sitehad cost A. J. Pickard,$23,000 of wlich $1,200 was for the site. Last year, Mr. Pickard,after many years of hard labor, paid off the mortgage, and was incircumstanoes tp)his life and do less work. He feels badly brokenup by his loss,~s is quite natural. He thought this morning thathe had $13,000 insuranoe whioh was written with S.E. Milspaw, withthe exoeption of $1,250 whioh was written by E. E. Eddy & Co., ofthis oity. A great deal of sympathy is expressed for Mr. Piokardand his family, and the people of Bemus Point say they will standby him and help him in every possible way. All on the point workedlike heroes and the women, after doing all they oould to save theoontents of the buildings, made ooffee and served drink and eatablesto the men at work. Mr. Piokard threw open his oigar oase and allcould help themselves. The Jamestown firemen were reoeived withcheers and everything they asked for in the way of help and refreshments was granted wi~lingly.

There is a gooq.~f feeling at the point about Mr. Ames. He hada heavy insurance, ~d it is claimed that, at least, the alarm wasnot given as quickly as he might have sounded it. The insurance agentssay he will be given a ohanoe to explain before the insurance id paid.In his ~vn defense Mr. Ames says he gave the alarm as soon as thelamp fell from his hand, and did all he could to put out the fire.

There is also a good deal of feeling about the way the alarmwas given to Chief Cluney. Mr. Pickard says that he sent a telephonemessage to Jamestown for help as soon as the fire broke out at 6o'clock and all agree that if the engine had reaohed the point evenan hour after the beginning of the fire the Chautauqua Lake housecould have been saved, as it was separated by an alley from the grocery. The telephone people assert, in their defense that the alarmwas given as soon as received. However this may be, the engine did

not reaoh the fire until two hours after the flames broke out, andall the firemen could do was to prevent further spread of the destruotive element. The Chautauqua lake house was three stories high,and had a frontage on the lake of 150 feet, and the front toward the

common was 60 feet. There is little doubt but Mr. Pickard will rebuild,but today he oould not say what his oourse would be.

All concerned praise Supt. Jewett and the Ghautauqua Lake railway company for the promptness in making up a special train to andfrom the point, and the willingness displayed to render assistancein every possible way. The run to the Point was made, partJof thewaj, at the rate of a mile a minute. The exact insurance on A~. Pickard's property was $12,500 of which $11,250 was written by Milspawand $1,250 by Eddy. Mr. Pickard's many friends in Jamestown aredeeply sorry for his misfortune. He can get all the help he wantsin this city when he comes to rebuild.

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•PRENDERGAST LIBRARY.

Nov ember 1, 1889 •

The progress of the work on the Prendergast Library buildingis eagerly watched. In about three weeks the walls will be completed. The iron rafters for the copper roof are already beinghoisted into place and secured. Over the main entrance frontingon Fifth street the stones bearing the words "James PrendergastFree Library" have been set in place. A large force of men iskept constantly at work on this splendid structure.

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She-talk-away, She-talk-away. As the Indian Chief remarked of hissquaw. • •• and that is HON the name originated: Ho. hum!

There is a terrible suspicion that thestill haunts the shades of Chautauqua,of not ove~Rise speakers.

N.Y. Observer. 1889.

ghost of the old squawand bewutches the tongues

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ELLERY CENTER1900

L.D. VanRensselaer was in Ellery Center Store in 1900. ~ar~

T. Seymour was employed there.mah.sb.

JAMESTOWN STREET RAILWAY l""""

FEBRUARY 4, 1902 --

Siiney J. Heath, who has for several yearsbeen foreman at the Jamestown street railway station on Third street,has resigned his position and Austin A. Harvey, who has been assistant foreman has been appointed to the vacant position. Lawrence Hillshas been appointed assistant foreman ••• and entered upon his dutiesthis morning. rAre Heath's resignation took effect Friday evening,and foreman Harvey assumed charge of his new duties Sall.urday morning.

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MARCH 20, 19004,

The position of foreman of the JamestownStreet Railway Company made vacant by the advancement of Austin A.Harvey to superintendent, will be tendered to J. Lawrence Hills,the present assistant foreman. Mr. Hills has been in the employmentof the street railway company for the past eight years and hasproved himself a valuable man.

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4'¥ELLERY

•Brookside Benevolent Society

January 17, 1895 •

At the regular meeting of the Brookside BenevOlentsociety of Ellery Jan. 17, IIlrs. Milton Hale was re-electedpresident and Mrs. James Weaver secretary and treasurer. Amemorial of Mrs. Harriet Arnold was read. she was 82 years of ageat her death; and was one of the most honored and faithful membersof the society.

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EXCHANGE PROPERTIES

1889

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EIJ.ERY CENTER STORE••• Sept. 14, 1889.

Grant Cowden has opened his new store in this place and heannounces to the people of Ellery that he will keep a choice lineof grooeries. Grant is a dandy little fellow and deserves aliberal patronage.

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JAMES PRENDERGAST LIBRARY BUILDING

Jate of itlgty $j, 1889.

From Ellington Items:

Henry HamaD & Son have exchanged their saw and planingmill here with 1'11'1'1 T Goodenough & Son••••William~. of Ellery, for a farm ••• possession to be givenNov. 1. George HemaD will remain, acting as foreman of themill for Mr. Goodenough.

NOTS: There is a Memo among these records of the accident inthis mill vlhich cauded the death of "Jill. Goodenou~h Jr.

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Ellery Etchings.

Monday July 8, 1889 the trustees of the James Prendergastlibrary association held a meeting and let the contract for erecting the library building to Charles Berrick, of No. 127 Swan street,Buffalo, N. Y., the price being $55,374. At that figure the entirework is to be completed/ LOWEST BIDDER.

Among the bids were H. H. Edgerton & Co, Rochester, $55,883.and Ill: E. G. Lepii' of Jamestown, $60.825.

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Jack Pickard t s Hotel, Ames t Grocery, and the OldBen Garfield House.in Ashes.

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Jamestown,-- Early Thursday morning a message came fromBemus Point atating that the grocery store of H. A. Ames,near the Chautauqua Lake House was on fire, that the hotelwas in danger and requesting assistance from the fire department. Chief Cluney and about twenty men taking withthem an engine and hose cart, hastened to the ChautauquaLake depot where a special train was in readiness to convey them to the scene of the fire. ~e train was in chargeof trainmaster Orr and made the run of ten and one-halfmiles in 12 minutes, but when they arrived the large hotelwas a mass of ruins and ready to fall. However, the enginewas placed upon the lake and a stream of water was kept uponthe fire for several hours to prevent it from spreading.

How The Fire Started.

The fire started in the rear part of Mr. Ames t grocery. Mr.Ames says that he was carrying a lighted lamp and a handfulof kindling wood, and by some accident he dropped the lamp,the oil from which immediately took fire and communicated toother combustible matter, and spread with such rapidity thatit was impossible to save the building. The fire soon communicated to the old Garfield Hotel and the Chautauqua Lake House,both of which were destroyed. The old Garfield building wasoccupied by Alva Norton, and was in a dilapidated condition,and of not much value. It belonged to the A. M. Lowry property and was not insured. The grocery building was owned byAlonzo Felton and insured for $800. Mr. Ames' stock andhousehold goods were insured for $2,500, which was considereda plenty high figure.

The Chautauqua Lake House was a fine three-stor, building,150 feet fronting the lake by 60 feet fronting the road, and wasowmed and kept by Andrew Jackson Pickard. It was built about 16years ago by Alonzo Felton and had been enlarged since this by Mr.

Pickard, and was one of the most popular hotels in western N. Y,and its loss will be deplored by a great many people. There wasan insur~ce of $7,000 on the house and $5,000 on the furniture,some of which was saved. We have not learned whether Mr. Pickardhas decided to rebuild or not, but in all probability he will.

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•ELLERY C:3:NTER STORE

1903

DeForest Cowden is the junior member of the grocery firm ofCowden Brothers •• Grqnt Cowden is other partner.

1907 •• Grant and DeForest Cowden have purchased the store andstock of Clark Young at Dewittville and took possession today••••••April 17, 1907. Both. mah.sb.

RIGHT OF WAY •••• 'l'GCCHAUTAUq,UA LAKE RAILWAY

Mary A. Halladay, Lavinna Halladay, Nancy S. Camp and Wilson Campto Chautauqua Lake railroad ~o., land in Ellery. $375. Jun. I, 1887.

Spencer Cheney and Orlin Sheld~n. ditto••.Mark H., Francis & Spencer Cheney, ditto ••

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A STEEL HARNESS FOR HORSES

1885It is understood that JUdge Albion Winegar Tourgee has invented

and patented a harness for horses, which is composed entirely ofsteel. A man named Jennings, of New York, a skillful machinistis materializing the Judge's meohanical ideas at the JUdge's homeat Mayville.

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SITE FOR COUNTY BUILDINGS OFFERED

In Deoember, 1886.. John W. Johnson of the Johnson Ioe &Coal Co. or Jamestown, offered to give five aores of land atClifton as a site for the new county buildings. The location ison a hill east of the steamboat landing and is very sightly.Its distanoe from the corner of Main and Third streets is butslightly greater than from the Lake to the present court houseat Mayville •••• it is a Wut a step from the Clifton landing0' the Chautauqua Lake rai~road. ~. Johnson's offer is a liberalone ••• the land is worth at least $2,000.

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COTTAGE HOTEL

Bemus Point: Nov. 1886.

Albertus W. Rappole has opened his house at Bemus Point tothe public as the Cottage Hotel and as a fitting send off willgive an opening dance on Friday evening, Nov. 5. Good music andsupper will be furnished. Bill. $1.25 per oouple.

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POINT STOCKHOLM

May, 1887:-

JOhnT .S.oderholm, the' enterp~ising Main street grocer, anli .A. John, "Paterson, the hustling clothing merchant, half'" purchasedsix acres of land on ,the shore of Chautauqua Lake near Griffith's

, Point, \'I'hich they contemplate cut"tingup into lots. They will .clear. up' the new 'purchasean.dmake ita most delightful spotfor shade-seeking tourist,s.

The place has been christened Point Stockholm.mah.sb- •.

Charles T. Rush, to Soderholm & Peterson. $546. ibid.

THE LOG-HOUSE

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•"Wm.."Prendergast., 2nd, was ele,cted Pres, with the usual number·

of toWn superin_tendents;' He'nry Baker was made vice president for the., town ,of Ellicott. The first meeting of the new society Was inJamestown in 1844. Shortly thereafter Henry Baker was elected pres.,marshalled his forces and was successful in carrying the place ofthe fair meeting at Jamestown.,

Henry Baker .had a large tent made f'qr the society, which waserected. north' of Third street bet,,:,een Cherry and Washington, '.back' ofwhere Herby's' blacksmith shop now stands. The cattle present were

, herded on' Prendergast's meadoY"i' south of the outlet, that piece of. 'land which is now between 't he outlet and Allen street, Some of the

'cattle were placed in Baker's' yards and barns just west of the tent., It was estiIIiated at the time'that thP fair brought 3,000 people to

JamestoWn ;c and was judged a great success . ,S. A.Brown says of thIs 'fair of.' 1844; "The agricultural l'air

was held in Janiestovm 'this year and was well attended. Each memberpays one dollar a year .• e1;c, etc •••. Gilbert W. Hazeltine.· mah.sb.

Hotel

April 15, 1887; --- The new road house being erected by,LouisHeineman and .. Richard "Dic.k" Jones near the old German Gar:lensbetv~en Fluvanna and Griffith's Point, is almost oompleted, andby May 1, will be ready for occupants.

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THE LOG, CABIN

August • 1886;, ' .

.The Farmer's Log Cabin erected for the Fair Grounds, of whichhas been written ,is aacuratelyportrayed in the SUN today. Its size is24 x 18 feej;, one story and an attic high. The doors ~re hung on wood.en hinges and fastened by the historical. latch and striiig. There arethree windows in the lower. room and one ,in the upper•. The old fashioned fire place with its primItive: pole and kettle' chain 'Nitt liefoUnd there, In Short, it'is as near like the houses of fifty years'ago as could be made. '

The parties who donated ,their services and furnished logs for itits ere,ctien are:, Daniel Sherman, Lakewood; Gustavus Bentley, Fluv,ana;Alvin 3t'runk, Fluvanna; J. S. Palmer, IUlicott; Alonz0:Eralladay, James-town; James Clark",Ellicott; Edwin Douglas, Busti; R, M. Wise, Kiantone; :G. D. Glidden, Jamestqwn; Fordyce Cowing, Jamestown; H. N.Ayers ,BusH j Chas • Gifford, Busti;Albert Shearman, ~sti; WillWo04ford, Kiantone; •. The cabin will be filled with interestlng relicsof olden ,times many of which a:re over a century old. Through the kindness of . E. F. Dickinson" agent 'of hthe American expre,ss co., we havebeen furnished with alj,st9f'the relics which have already beenplaced with ~im for conveyance to the cabin, but owing to the crowded

'state'of our columns and the length ofnt the list ~ are unable topresent them today. Suffice it, that the. relics are many, rare andinteresting and it will pay one to go many miles to see them. Thecabin will be open for inspection every afternoon at four o'clockduring the fair.mah.~h.


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GOOD OLD NAMES

Sept. 1886.

EDITOR JOURNAL: I think a great mistake was made in changing,the name of Martha 's Vineyard to Point Mahoning. 'Nho made the change,and why was it made? A, few young men from Ohio cane to the lake oneor two seasons and camped'on these beautiful grounds; they were men,of taste and made a beautiful selection. The Griffiths and the Smileyssettled there as early as la09. They were among the foremost of ourearly oitizens, and is it not far better that tIie portion of thebeautiful lake, by the side of which 'they spent their lives, and left,as legacy to their children, should' comemmorate their memory?

As long ago as I can reoemberthe bay was call€ld Smiley's bay.And the land bordering it was formerly the farm of; Joseph Smiley, oneof the glorious old citizens. His bright axe cleared the heavYforest from that beautiful point. Smiley blood was shed at Black Rock'in 1812, and on the Chickahominy in 1862, for the country. They are

"all patriots and all Chautauquans. Let a ,little piece of Chautauqualake be a monument to them; Shall we not "write:i their names in water"Let the bay be called Smiley's Bay, and the point, Griffiths'Po,int,or what is, better, on account of the name of GrVfith being; tl,sedbelow, Griffith's Bay; and Smiley's Point, forever. Until the residents along that part of the lake settle this matter, let us allreturn to the old names, Smiley's Bay and Martha,'s V,ineyard,.~So sayI, so say all. Carried. . ,: '

Mr. Editor ••• Permit me once more to call attention to the namesof localities on our lake which if not attendedto~d rectified now,may in the future result in the total loss of the old names,-whichit should be our care to study and retain.

Prendergast's Point, threemiles"below, Fair Point (Chautauqua),has been so called ,ever since Matthew Prendergast took up ,his' resi-

, dence there in 1807. That name, should be alwaysretaine,dfor thatlocality. At an early day ,Charles Sammis settled~tthe foot ofthe lake opposite (to F1uvanna~ AS long. ago as lean· remember ,hisfarm was 'called Sammis place" EU!d ,the bay, Samm~s'sBay., Since,Sammis lived there many years ago, that farm has had ,s~veral,owners.

Su1't'ioa it to saY' that not long ago it was owned by Mr. Burtis, andthe 19.cation was called Burtis Point and Burtis Bay.-, ThiS Was allwellenough, but afterwar,ds, tl1e place was purchased ,by the late JamesPrendergast' and is now known as, Prendergast's Point. This I feel'will in the end lead to some' undesirable change ,of name¥ either 'ofthe ,point on the upper lake or of tliis. I woUld suggest' that the;ocation'opposite to Fluvanna be,Known as Prendergast Plac~, and,the bay as Prendergast Bay. Thus we shall retain the name at bothends of the lake; otherwise we may reasonably' expect a-c~ange of nameof one:· or the other,' as soon as the property changes he,nds. TwoPrendergast "points" on Chautauqua lake will ,be voted one too many.

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GOOD OLD NAMES

Editor Journal :,",,: Havingc cO!!lIllenoed I will finish what Ioonsider desirable to say about ohanges of names on the shore ofChautauqua lake. I will oommenoe at the outlet, at what is now known:as" Clifton. The late Solomon Jones Esq., was among the earliestsettlers of southern Chautauqua.' He came into the country in theSpring of 1810, before a tree had been out or a oabin built whereJamestoWn now stands. He bought the, farm now known as the Be~jamin

Jones farm on the Stillwater,madeanarrangement with Joseph,Akinto build him a log house, returned to Vermont, and was baok again atthe Stillwater on a cold, snpwy day in November. His eldest son,Elleck, then but ten years old; drOve one of the teams the wholedistanoe. In 1815 he bought, a: farm on the outlet on which a fewacres had been partially oleared'and a log house built. This looalityaoquired the name of Jone's Plaoe, and Jone's Landi~g, a name it oontinued to wear for over ,half a oentury. Half a dozen years laterwe find Solomon Jones keeping a tavern in what had then reoeived thename of Jamestown, and ElliokJones; arrived at years of manhood,married to Louisa Walkup, and living in the log house, intent,oncultivating a field of potatoes and a small patoh of oabbages andturnips, and keeping the wolf from the door both figuratively andliterally. While thus worthily engaged a young man one morningcalled upon Elliok and olaimed'shelter, food and raiment. This youngman was named Orsino E. Jones, our present highly respeoted townsman, now generally known as "Sine"'. It is not neoessary to add thesuffix of Jones. All know who is meant. There is'but one '"Sine" intown, and probably will never be another. It is quite unneoessaryto add the Jones. I think it would be far more,appropriate to speakof him as "Sine from Jone's,Landing."What right ,has that landing on-our outlet to be called Clifton~

A smart young man a few years ago oame and laid out a large sum ofmoney for 'others, in making, ponds.. for,r:aising trout and other,'fish.'He fanoied the name of Clifton and gave that name to his projectedfish ponds. The name is a "delighttul" one, "perfectly elegant."But why oall it Clifton? There, is no "oliff" there. For more than60 years' it was known as Jone's landing•• why not oallit JonesLanding now and for 60 years to oome? Jone's Landing ha,sa,foundation, it means something. Clifton, but no"oliftl" fish:ponds butno fish! Why not squeloh this unfortunate episo~e, and again sayJone's Landing?, '

There is a beautiful spot on the east side of the, la~ 1tist aboveFluvaima, ointaining two or three aores of dry laridout:!=iff 1'I7om,t he

lliainland by a swamp throughwhioh but a few years ago there was a goodroad. A Prussian Joseph Be~rt,gained possession of this place, builta house and kepp a beer-garden,' eto'., after a few years he went away ,but it still carries the name ,of Beer Garden and other unwholesomenames. ' Fifty years ago, and more; one of the adjoining farms wasowned by 'Benjamin Runyon, who oame'into the county in 1814. ~jlbining

this is antoher farm ••• that of HenrY Strunk, now owned by his sonGilbert Strunk.... Permit me to name that looality Strunk's Park.Or. if you do not like that, ohange it to Runyon's Park....aJ:iyway,let us now "squeloh" nOW and forever ,"beer garden," ,etc. '

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NOTE: For several years J. Frank Warner was the Bemus PointCorrespondent for the Jamestown Journal ••• The following items aretaken from the Journal .•• the dates are HIS datings of the correspondence he mailed to the Journal ••• cbs. 1950 •.• 1951.

June 9, 1892.:-

~IDses Aldrich launched his f.amous boat the GROVER C~VELAND,

at Maple Springs, June 8. This is one of the finest and most commodious boats on the lake. It", is got up in the very best of style,being repainted and refurnished throughout - having a capacity forcarrying 125 people. Pleasure seekers wanting a first class boatwill do well to address the owner. ~~

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The steamer WARVIN at 3ay View is receiving a new coat of paint.Season tickets are selling here on the MARVIN for 75 cents. (?)cbs •

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>< As the steamer MOHAWK lands here (at Bemus Point) the smilingcountenance of T. D. Baldwin, who has retired from active lakeservice, is missed by the people. (I think that must be Timothy D.Baldwin, of Bemus Point, ••• one time County Clerk at Mayville ••••c.b.s.)

May 5, 1892.:-

Grant Cowden of Ellery Center calls on the Lake Road peopleevery Tuesday with his grocery wagon that is filled with the verybest of all kinds of groceries. Mr. Cowden is a vary energeticyoung man and is meeting with good success.

September 21, 1892:-

Levi Carpenter is taking suhscriptions to build a fence aroundthe Lewis Cemetery.

August 7, 1892

~ The New Theology Grounds are being surveyed by Jones and W~nley.The grounds are to be laid out into building lots.

The new road from the Lake ~oad to W~ple Springs was begun inDecember 1891 and cumpleted in June, 1892.


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ST. LUKE'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

Jamestown, N. Y.

The new church is a memorial to Catherine M. Prendergast,daughter of Alexander Thompson and Mary Norton Prendergast, whodied at Marquette, Michigan, August 2, 1854, aged ten years andfour mOnths, was commenced by laying the first stone ect. 4,1892.

The cornerstone was laid in the absence of the bishop, Rt.Rev. A. Cleveland Coxe, D. D•• by Rev. Levi W. Norton, the firstrector of the parish, assisted by the present rector, the Rev.A Sidney Dealey, on the 29th of November 1892. lbe first serviceswere held in it on Thanksgiving Day, November 29. 1894.

The architecj; was (is) W. P. Wentworth of Boston, Mass.The contractors tor the building ware Messrs. Collingwood

&: Donaldson ot Buffalo. The decorator and maker of the altarand reredos, the pulpit, lectern and chancel rurniture is R.Geissler ot New York City. The side walls ot the church are 16feet high, the clere-story walls over the colums 30 feet high.The apex of the nave ceiling is 35 feet high, and that of thechancel is the same. mah.sb.

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THE OWNER OF CASSADAGA LAKE

Fredonia Censor. sep~ 1895.

George W. Patterson of Westfield gave us a pleasant call onMonday and in the oourse of conversation on the subject of waterworks stated that he is the owner of Cassadaga lakes. The title wasoriginally in the Holland land co." then passed to Wm. H. Saward&: Co •• from them to the late Gov. George W. Patterson, and trom himto his son, George W. Patterson, Jr. Not only Cassadaga lakes, buta~~ the lakes and swamps and lands in the county Which have never beenconveyed to anybody by the Holland land Co, or a successor to itstitle are now owned by Mr Patterson of Westtield. Part ot the landoccupied by the county buildings in Mayville was tound to belong toMr. Patterson and he recently oonveyed it to the county to make thetitle perfect.

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ELMHURST.

July 26, 1907: -- John D. Lesher owned a large amount ot laketront property and he developed the place ani gave the point its

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This article is copied entire from Y~ry Ann Hill's Scrap Book,The caption of the item was, unfortunately torn off. cbs. feb 1947 •

Elijah Ensign Hale of Ellery is aged 86 years, and withhis wife occupies a portion of a house near Driftwood on the eastside of the lake. He is one of the highly respected citizens ofthe town.IJf Ellery.

Monday night as the aged couple were about to retire a knockwas made on the outer door. It was opened and as a stranger, evidently a tramp, ente~ed Mr. Hale in some manner lost his balanceand fell to the floor breaking his hip. The lamp was upset by thefall and the escaping oil was set on fire. The stranger whippedoff his coat and began to thrash the fire, and while thus engagedMr. Hale's son William Frank Hale, who had been awakened by thecommotion, appeared and promptly kicked the tramp out of the house,supposing that he had assailed his father. The tramp and a companion who had remained outside stoned the house and demanded acoat in place of the one that had been scorched, until driven awayby the hired man • and afterwards they tried toget into the houses of two neighbors but were chased by watchfulwatchdogs ..

Dr. Wm. M. Bemus has charge of Mr. Hale and notwithstandingthe latter's advanced age he is likely to recover from his accident.

In his unusually long life Mr. Hale probably never spent amore exciting night.

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The follmving is trom Eliza Ann Hale's diary ••• (Eliza_~wa3 the \r.Lfe of Ensign Hale .•• above.) The date ~t happened was~onday evening, l~y 23, 1892. C.B.S. July 17, 1948.

~ A tramp came and knocked at our door at a quarter past ninetonight •• just as Ensign was ready to have his back bathed witharnica. He started for the bed and fell to the floor and knockingthe lamp with him, the oil caught fire on the carpet.' I let thetramp in, he put the fire out. "

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DEDICATION -~- NEW FLUVANNA CHURCH. (From Eliza Hale's Diary)

The ne\'1 Fluvanna Church was planned to be dedicated SundayJune 28, 1891. Elder \~n, went as inVited, for that purpose, 'some of the Trustees forbade it until the church was finishedand accepted. He had come down to the dedication of the chur~has invited. '

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New Fluvanna Church, Sunday, July 19, l89!.Elder wyman assisted. Elder Ellis tookfor his text, and applied it to the new


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•Political and Other Affairs in Ellery

It 'RaS rumored that ""artin VanBuren i'leeks , formerly of this place ;':~

would address the Democrats.of the Town of Ellery last Saturday' .evening. A few advocates of f~e trade who could be counted Onthe four fingers, gathered' together to hear Mr. Weeks but weregreatly disappointed. Refailed to appear. Where, 0, where willthe Democrats be at thacoming electio~? They won't be there.

DEMOCRATS LOCKED OUT.

The Doors of Ellery Church Closed Against Them.

ELLERY, Sept.8, 1888.

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Ren.ry A. Whittemore, of the' Fluvanna Rouse, ):laving d,isposedof his' hotel property, continues to operate it until Octoberl,188~. Consideration for the above p~9perty$i8,OOO ·CarlW.

. ~cofield has already commence~ operations in' ,the way of improvelIlentsand will greatly beautify 'the grounds, house and surroundings •

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FLUVANNA

C~.scofield , the "011 prince," has purchased the Whit~em:oiJ3h'ctel " .'property at Fluvanna, consisting of. 70 acres of land , whiCh he Will, "'put into elegant order to be used for his summer baronial home •• !.,. ,•.

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I would like to ask for a little of your val-uable space to refute an article which appeared in the Jamestown~orlV ~//JOURNAL in regard to the address to have been given by Mr. 'Vf"'B~- /'Weeks at this place.' The particulars of the affair are: The.town of Ellery is largely Republican and the TruStees of the churchare oft~at creed - two of themat'least, and when the evening camefor the. address' and people began to assemble, not as our JOURNALcorrespondent would'have it,'inhandsful, but in hundreds, theyfound the church door locked: against them.

The Saturday evening. before,the Republicans-had a meeting inthe same church and. there was" nO' one' to lock it against them.

Tha't is the kind of free ·trade ·.Republicans we have in this town •··No. I d,on't'want to sat tliat, forI think that the Repu1)licansof

this town who would dotthat could be coUnted on the fingers of onehand if half of·them were off. One .01' the trustees of the churchcame out in a fewdays'afterand said he locked the church. I.feellike saying, God pity tile man, forI don't think he ki:lew what hewas doing, locking the chur611 riot only against the Democrats hut hisfellow members of thecliurch and'agoodly number. of Republicans also •

.Yes, .Republican friends if you can make any votes by that kind oftreatment, you are welcome. And when the 6th of November comes youwill find a lot or us.

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( Trumbull Cary &: Co., being the new owners of' the Lands of'( the Holland Land ,CompallY, in Chautauque County.)

----------------At a meeting of' the ,inl:1abitants of' the town of' Ellery, held on

the ,23d,,4ay, of' february, 1.'~36. ,Solomon Wilbur was chosen Chairman,and F. W. Winchester,Secretary.'The,f'ollowing resolutions were

, unanimously: adopted, - ' , " , ' ,Resolved, That the will of' the people, when, deliberately and

,f'ully expressed, is the supreme law 'of' the land.Resolved, That while we 'respect the rights of' others, we also

have rights, which we 'are ,determined to defend.Resolved, That we have no fears of becoming vassals and serf's, ' •,

, to a monied aristocracy, so long as the people show the same f'earless'patriotism that they'have shown of, late.

Resolved, That we, hail' those enemies of' oppression who des- • 'troyedthe public nuisance inthls country, as the ,best, friends ofthe settlers, and we view allY person who may attempt to irijure themas an enemy.

Resolved,That whenever oppression becomes so intolerable thatthepeople·rlse in the majestyof.their strength for a redress of'grievences, tyrants may Yiellfearand tremble.

Resolved,' That we view ,the terms of the new: land company thathave yet, been of'f'ered to the settlers, as unjust and oppressive --and we will not accept oftheim.

Resolved, That we will accept on no terms but such as may beapprOved by a county meeting. '

, Resolved, That we believe the agents of, the 'Holland Land Companyhave raised the 'price of"the lands contrary to the orders, and without the knowledge of the original, owners, ,and have thereby'acoumulated prinoely fortunes for thell1l3elves.

Resolved. That we'cau1;ion ~very person againstpurchasing:thelands ~ooupied by ,a settler without f'irst making him satisfactorycompensation: - "a word to the wise." '

, Resolved. That any person who will not put shoulder to the wheelin defence of' the 3ui:l:t rights' or the settl.ers, be deemed an enem:vand unworthy of confidenoe., Resolved. That we approve of' the resolutions adopted by the

towns ot Charlotte and Gerry., On motion, Resolved, That We will not support any paper that

takes a decided stand against the settlers.Res9lved, That these'resolutions be published.

SOLOMON WILBUR, Ch'n.

F.W. Winchester, Seo'y.

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,I,BEMUS POINT R. F. D. ROUTES.

1900

Bemus Point, Dec. 13:- The R.F.D. from Bemus Point will startSaturday, Dec. 15,.. ROUTE 1 Will go north to VanWert's corners;east to Brown's Hill; thence back to VanWert's; north west to Longpoint; north to Benedict's; east to Rew's corners; north to Casselamn's corners; east to Hoyt's corners; west, back to Casselmand;North to Waterman's; east to Jone's; south to Miller's; west to~uail Trap school house; north to Haskin's corners; south, back to~uail Trap school house;. west to Brownell's corners; south to BemusPoint Postoffice. George Thompson, carrier. Length of route, 20 1/4miles.

ROUTE 2 Beginn~ng at postoffice at Bemus Point •• north eastto Ellery Center •. road to Towerville; north to Red Bird Cormers;west to Klock's corners; south to Sager's Corners; East to FrankDeans, and west back to Sager's; south to Slide schoolhouse; eastto Staple's Cornere, west, back to schoolhouse; South to ElleryCenter; aouth to Warren's Corners; west to Fuller's Corners; Southto Mark Cheney's; north west to Bemus Point Postoffice. Length ofroute 23 1/4 miles. Israel Haskin, assistant postmaster.

ELLERY CENTER STORE1906

Ellery, Feb. 5, - Cowden brothers have sold their store and·stock of general merchandise at Ellery Center to Junius E. BensonOf Jamestown. Mr. Benson comes here highly recommended and friendsbespeak for him a cordial welcome. Cowden brothers are among thebest of local citizens, honorable and upright in business relations

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About the usual hour cloth was spread for about 30 with a bountifuldinner.

FINAL MEETING OF ELLERY LODGE No. 109, A. O. U. W.

May 10, 1906.

The final meeting of Ellery Lodge No. 109, A.O.U.W., was heldThursday, 1~y 10. Word was received from the grand master workmanthat the petition to revoke the charter of the lodge had been granted and the lodge furniture was sold and its affairs closed. Bythe unanimous vote of the lodge the tastefully framed charter waspresented to the recorder, Oscar Hale, as a reminder of the cordialrelations existing between him and the members. He has held theposition of recorder for 24 years. It is understood that only Onemember of the lodge will retain his membership in the order. Thelodge was instituted October 4, 1877. There were but two deathlosses. Four of the charter members retained their membership toits close.

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HOTEL AT BELLE VIEW

Janua~ 25, 1884. The lumber for the new hotel to be built nearMarthas Vineyard next season is now nearly all drawn across thelake from Lakewood, where it was taken from the cars. A roadwayhas been plowed from Lakewood to Martha t s Vineyard through the snowon the frozen surface of the lake, and the high ridges on eitherside of the road can be seen for miles. It is expected that in afew days all the lumber will be on the ground and the work of erecting the building will commenoe as soon as weatherwill permit.

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Februa~1897. Belle View, one of the choicest pieces of real estateon the e ~s been purchased by Charles H. Gifford and William S.Ijifford from .I! rank E. Gifford t the pri ce paid be ong $8,000 There areabout three aores of land in the piece and the hotel is included.

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Arril 19, 1895, Alton E. Hazeltine has leased the hotel at BelleV ew and will conduct it durning the coming summer.

Same Frank Bucklin who had charge of this house dur-ing the last 2 years, will run his steamhoat, the GOLDIE, as aferry between the points around the lower end of the lake with headquarters at Celoron.

December, 1883. The site of the new hotel will be where the MahoningClub of Youngstown, 0., has oamped for several years, Just above Martha's Vineyard, on the east side of the lake. Three acres of land havebeen purchased and a right of way for a street from the land to theraod has been secured.

. The hotel will be a two story frame building, 36 x 90 feet onthe ground and will contain 12 rooms on the first f~oor and 18 on thesecond. The building will face up and down the lake and additionswill probably be made as they are needed. A pier for a steamboatland!ng will be oonstructed.

The oontraot for the lumber was let to Hartson Bros., of Randolph,and the contract for the construction of the building will be closedin a short time. It is proposed to have it completed by the middleof next May. Frank Griffith will probably be manager of the new hotel.

• Frank L. Griffith operated the Marthas' Vineyard"H'=o::::'te~l;--:a~t~B:-::e"l'"l"l'"l~evie,'l"•• , some time before 1887. He was operatingthe Belmont Cafe, Washington, D.C., on March 27, 1887. Sun.

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The Hotel at Belleview, or Point Mahoning at thisas the "l'ioodbine Cottage," and was operated by Mr. Ed.a Mr. \¥l1der, both of Bradford. They built a dock,the lake steamers made regular stops.


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AN APPRECIAl3I3 GIFT1896 •

JohnD, Lesher received today by American express two fine~eer (doe) from his friend John G. Uzzell of Snow Shoe, Center~ounty, Pa., where he has an extensive game and fish preserve.A few years ago Mr. Lesher sent Mr. Uzzell a quantity of Ch~utauqua lake trout. (bullheads) to stock a mountain stream andartificial lake in his preserve, and today the waters are teeming with this fine table fish. Mr. Uzzell demonstrates his appreciation by sending the deer. It goes without saying that Mr.Lesher is proud of his pets and has taken them to his five acrepark at Fluvanna, where he has a mate for them, a five-prongedbuck, as perfect an animal as can be found in the state.

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ELLERY BAPTIST CHURCH1896.

Rev. D. C. Edwards has resigned the pastorate of the ElleryBaptist church and will preach his closing sermon Sunday. Dec.20. Much regret is expressed in losing the talented preacher andbeautiful singer and the best wishes of the church and societywill follow him to new fields of labor.

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GRIFFITH FAMILY REUNIONJune 12, 1896

Held at Miss Ophelia Griffiths. She served a fish dinner.Pres; for remeinder etc. and next yr. Mark H. Cheney. V.P.Ella Griffith; Sec., George Phillips.

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The society known as the Busy Bees near Bemus Point, recentlyelected officers as follows: Pres., Mrs. Frank Cowden; V. Pres.,Mrs. Watson Ripley; Secy., Mrs Frank Warner; Treas., Mrs. HenryFlahaven. The society meets once in two weeks. The next meeting isto be held with Mrs. Watson Ripley, Thursday, May 29. Each memberhas the privelege of inViting one or two persons; funds to be usedfor the benefit of the Bemus Point Church.

From: J. Frank Warner' s Scrap Book.

DEDICATION OF PICKARD STREET CHURCH

Sunday, November 12, 1871 •••• Dedication of New Union ChurchPiokard Street. Ellery.


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1886.On October 27, 1868,' 'in a room, on the corner of Water street,

and Torbet alley, inMe~dvi11e, Fa., the first lodge of theA. O.of U. W~, '.was instituted by John Jordan Upchurch, thEtn a machinist

',' and draughstman, in the Atlantic &. Great i'iestern shOps in ,Me'adv1l1e.The name given to this mother lodge, of what has grown into an order"of grand proport ions, was Jeffe.rson lodge No.1, '

'!'he membership of this order .in ,Pennsylvania has reached 23,000,_while in the United States and. Ontario it has grown to 179,000. .

, Squire W. A. Dugan, recorder of Jefferson lodge 'has in his pos-session .the;rifirst charter, gavel, leather apron, gong, secret work,and constitution used in the order. mah.sb.

U. S, MAIL

Rural Mail Route No.5.1801

- ., The fifth Rural free delivery route was started from the James-

town postoffice Wednesday morning. It is known 'as the DutchHollow Route, and will· be carried by Ariel H. Wellman•. It" . runsalong the north side of the Lake to the residence of Edwin Harvey .near.Belle View, Thence to Sherman's :corners, to Fabius H. ,Lawton'scorners; :retrc-cC8.t-o Saerman' scorners, then to W'arren' sCorners,to .theiMapliH:Gr61le' school house: to George Smith's corners; to,Alvin Walker's, then to Maple Grove' Schoolhouse, and thence alongthe Dutch Hollo'" Road and back to Jamestown.

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ELLERY BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday'j&irch 1, '1896.

", S.unday. morning Rev • James L. Chace will preach his farewellsermon' whIch closes his three years, pastorate ,.1'1 th the FirstBaptist Church of Ellery.' ,

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SAMPSON - AIKEN -- At the residence of the bride's parents,in Ellery, N. Y., February 23, 1887, by Rev. F. N. Foster,Alexander F. Sampson of Ellicott and Lillian J. Aiken of Ellery.

The Sampson - Aiken Wedding

( Communicated,)

Wednesday evening, Feb. 23, at 7 p. m., at the home of thebrides parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Aiken, were united in holy matrimony by the Rev. F. N. Foster of Gerry, Alexander F. Sampson ofEllicott, and Lillian J. Aiken. There was a large number of guestswho offered hearty congratulations. The presents received wererich and useful, fully illustrating the taste and good judgment ofthe donors. Refreshments were served of a substantial and excellent quality. The evening, though boisterous without, affordedmuch of enjoyment within. At 9 p. m. a carriage conveyed brideand groom to the city to take the midnight train for a trip to theWest. They expect soon to return and settle for the present on thefarm of Albert Griffith near Fluvanna.

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Wome,/were made to teach men what courage, love and duty means.

Men were made to teach women what affection, faithfulness and honormeans.

MAPLE GROVE SCHOOL

Maple Grove School •••• District No.7, Ellery:

The school grounds were given to the district by Aaron Parker in1871 ••• and are an acre in extent. (Aaron Parker uurchased hisfarm from Franklin Griffith, an early settler of Ellery.) Theschoolhouse was built in 1872 by By Burton Manley and his sonAdelbert Manley, both of Ellery••• they boarded at Aaron Parker'sWhile building the sohool house.

The OLD SCHOOLHOUSE stood at the north-west corner of theoross-roads at Maple Grove ..• and was covered with clapboards •••and painted barn-red. I can remember when the old red school-house was used as a hay-barn. C.B.S •

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Bemus Point Centralized School •• Voted.

The vote for the Centralized School at Bemus Point was takenat the New School at Bemus Point, November 16, 1937.


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There is a handbill advertising this event ••• the text of':'which is cOlllIJ1ete •••• except, the bill bore a well'executedcut of a steamer. o.b.s.

"'!!he Steamer Colonel PhilUps will make a trip over Chautauqua"lake on Saturday, January 1, 1876~ LeaVing Mayville at 10:30 A..M.

Returning,' wil11eave Jamestown at 4:30P.M. Fare ,for the roundtrip only one dollar. 'On Monday the Phillips will leave Jamestownat '8:30 A.M., for the acoomodation of persons wishing to attendcourt. If not prevented by', ice, will make trips during .the week."

W. H. Whitne,y , Capt.

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MONROE '3 KING OF Ml!:TAIS CURE

Feb •. 26, 1892.,.' SUN.. ., ,

A, reporter of the Journal made 'a :short 09011, at the' institutionrecently established at BeDiusP6ilit for the oure of alooholism, theopium,morphine .and tObacco habits 'and neurasthenia, , bYl',the', 'Monroe Improved' Gold, Cure Company. The treatment is known, as'Monroe •s ',King 'of Metals Cure .***********~*-**********************Teh,in'stitution is uIid~r the personal charge of Dr. FrailkA.Monroeand Mrs. Dr. 3. Jean Monroe. The place was opened 'fo~ p!ltientsonly a few, weeks since. The propr~etors of the institution havea ple~snat room fitted uP. ,apart from, the regular headquarters. ~here

the patients gather to enjoy themselves in conversation, smoking. andsooial games at their. will. The patients, also have ,as much Ubertyin or about the premises as any 01assofboard3rswou1d desire. Thereis in attendance a lady physician 'of ,more thantwentyyears 'succe~~fUl

practiae will devote her ent,ire.,time to the, welfare, of ',the IlatroIis.

Address: Monroe's Improved Gdld Cure, Bemus Point, N.Y.The, company 'also has· an .office' in Jamestown, at 9 71est Third, street,second' floor, which is in oharge of, E. Milspaw.Or address •• Jamestown" N.Y.. '


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Destruction of the Griffith's Point HotelTuesday Morning - Probably the Work of an Incendiary,

Insurance $13,000. '.

The large hotel building at Griffith's Point, formerly knownas the Lake Shore House and oWned, by Col. Alfred Dunham, was destroyed by fire at an early hour q:'uesday morning. Thb was the first,and for many years the only'one, of the now popular Chautauqu Lakesummerresorts,and was erected by Frank L. ,Griffith. The firstbuilding erected was a small, two-story affair, which was twice'enlarged. The building destroyed was a large frame building, threestories in height with a two-story addition at the north end, con- 'taining the ,dining rooms. At the west end was the original building,connected with, and used as a part of the main building.

During, the winter ,the house had been in 'charge of 'a man namedSwanson, whose family ,consisted of, a, wife, two boys and a hired man.About three o'clock this morning Swanson was awakened by the noiseof breaking glass ,and crackling flames, and found the western por-,tion of the building on fire. He immediately aroused his two sonsand the man,who'had not been previously awakened, and they withdifficulty escaped from their room with their clothing. 'There' wasno wind stirring, and the building burned slowly, so tha,t it_Was,possible t'o'save the greater.p~rtion of the contents of the ,first

, floor of the main building. , The neighbors turned out and promptly; c' ',did what they could to save property. It was six o',clock befo~~'

before the roof fell in. The flames were plainly visible from thisvillage for a long time. Mayville?

As to the cause of the fire 'nothing can be definitely stated.There had been no fire in the, western end of the buildi,ng, wherethe conflagration started, for over'two months, and itisbelieved,from this and other reasons, that the fire was the result,of,anincendiary's efforts. ' '-"

The insurance amounts to $13,000. The barn, bowling-alleyand. dancing hall wereuninjured-; When Swanson first discOVeredtheffire half the building was in flames.

Daily Journal, Tuesday, Feb. I? l~<;SO MAH.SB~ '1947.

SPRING GROVE HOTEL.•• Run by "Dick Jones" was "dOwn the "HeinemanRoad.;. was there in Febrtiary, 1888.

BELA B~LORD died January 19. 1904.

JAMESTO'1lN HOUS]: BARN.. was purchased by Ralph Noble - from Russell 'D.Retfoi'd (that is, Rexford's share) •• and Noble took possessionFebruary 27, 1893. Will Aldrilich' worked for both oftnem. '

CHAUTAU9,UA LAKE HOUSE (at BemusPoin.t ••• "Jack" Pickard,Owner.), Burned ••• March 1, 1888. _ ' - ,

.HON. WALTER L. SESSIONS of Panama-Jamestown , assailed by Fr~k L.Griffith•• '. on Jamestown Street •••• February 18, 1890.

, (On account of Sessi on's a ttent1<>n.s to Griffith's wife.)


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TEl '3 IN!J~TTUR.E ;

l~de on the sixteenth day of November inthe Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-omeq

Between Pater Ploss of the town of EIHcott County of Chautauquaand State of New York of the first part and Stephen Towns ofthe town of Verona, Oneida County and State of New York of thesecond part. \~TI~SETE: That the party of the first partdoth bind himself his executors and administrators to transferhis .\rticle and all his ri~ht title, Property Claims, DemandsWhatsoever of sixty-three acres of land, it being the middle partof Lot No. 62 in the said township and 11 Range ... for the sumof two hundred and thirty dollars paid to him the party of thefirst nart by the first day of August 1832 and ~ive a ~ea8~R~ele

i?...."'~ ~at the same time under the -p...-d sum offifty dollars -------- .~~d the party of the second part doth bindhimself to pay unto the party of the first part the sum of TwoHundrej and thirty Dollars by the first day of August 1832 underthe '''?e.l"\~\... sum of fifty dollars •

.\nd the party of the first part doth resserve two thirds ofall the winter wheat on said land and also to work all the tillageland, find grass and seed and deliver over to the party of thesecond part one third by his doin~ one third of the labor at Harvesting.

•As witness our hands: .

Signed,sealed and deliveredin presence of ,-

vaTNESS :

P~::::R PLOSS.his J[ mark.STSPT-1EJIl TO:OO.

Ellicott April 30th 1832

Received of Edward Hollenbeck Two Hundred and thirty Dollarsfor Stephen Towns, being in full for all I was to have for myArticle of Land on Lot No. 62agreeable to Gontract. PETER PLOSS.

NOTE: The item follo,nng has no connection with the above. It isa "form" of "Discharge." C.B.S.

•May 15th 1851 THIS may certify that by special Contract made by

the parties herein named in said mortgage ------I therefore discharge them from said MOrtgage asit is fully and perfectly Satisfied.

E. Dunton.


Jf.t,Jil~ ~~ ~~ 8 I THIS INDENTURE:

•' , O'Ql ~, Made on the 24th day of April in the Year 'of

, ,\j -.:. our Lord One, Thousand Eight Hundred," and thirty-two BETWEEN.. c,,'

\ '!:l ~ Ebenezer Dunton of the Town, of Ellicott County of Chautauqua '&, ','',~'~'I." ~ ,Stat,e, of New, y,.ark of the, first, part and Jonas Simmons of the Town,",\, i ' I'l~ County and State aforementioned of the second part (WITNESSETH)~ ,,\},~ N' '" 'That, the said, Dunton, agrees, t,o hir,e to the said Simmons his son

, "', Alfred R. Dunton for the Term of five years Commencing on the~ , twenty-fifth day of th~ present month. The conditions of this

l' <; ~ ,the said boy as far as he can and to the' best of his knowledge and

~~i ',skill in the carp,enter trade... is tb school him three months in, ~. each' year for, two years,: arid for the remaining three years, two,~ ~~ ~ months in, each year. The said Simmons further agrees to pay for~ \::)1 the boys schooling '& , furthe,r agrees, to pay rhe sd. 'Dunton the~ ~ ~,~ sum of fifty dollars per ,year for hI,s services for, four last, years,~ ~'~'\."i ~& the sd. Dunton doth agree that a'llnecessary clothing, for sd.~ , ~~ boy shall be deducted from th~ sd. fifty dollars 'and sd. Simmons

"\1 , ()': ~. is to support sd. boy in sickness and health on his own expense."'1: \\~ Providing that the,sd.boy has an uncommon fittor sickpessthen9 ,\J'~ the,' sd • Dunton is to deduct one half of the bill of, exp~nse, from~ ~ his ,wages. and the sd. Simmons is to find tthe sd. bOY' time : for

~ ~trainings and other necessary time which is common for Prentices '

'\,~ " , to have .and,' expense money. And ,at the expiration of the'said time","t. (l\j. ,the sd. Simmons is to furnish the boy with a good and sufficient"

, "~ ~ sett' of carpenter tools and the sd Simmons is to clothe, the sci." " " , b'oy. first for his services ------ Providing the boy shouldbe'-, • ': come 'dissa:l;iS:Med and does not wish to s'tay the fulL time, th~e'n the

sd. Simmons" is to pay the ds; Dunton·for the' boys' services. in the, ', same proportion and the boy be discharged. "

Signed sealed:on the day and year above written in presentsof

ALBERT DUNTON.

EBR.Dunton.

Jonas Simmons •

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. I wonder 1f :A±-be-l't-1}UiftoIi-and-:A41'-l'ed.~•.-Dunttm-are-the_same-pers9B'?'???? Ilo c. B.S.

AGREEMENT BETVlEEN E. DUNTON &. J. SIMMONS JR."

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DUNTON.'jS

THIS INDENTURE made on the third day of March in year of our LordOne Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty six by & between JosephLoucks of the Town of Ellery County of Chautauque and State of NewYork of the first part and Ebenezer Dunton of the Town of EllicottCounty and State aforesaid of the second part (\~T.NESSETH) The sd.Joseph Loucks of the first part doth agree to let the said EbenezerDunton of the second part have the farm formerly owned by JohnBentley(Jr 1) now deceased to the halves for the term of one Year(that is to say) one half of all the hay one half of all the pasture, one half of all the grain, and one half of all the fruit thatgrows on sd. farm. And the sd. party of the first part doth reservethe House and House Lot now Enclosed by fence.

The Conditions of this Obligation is such that the party of the firstpart doth bind himself to build, repair and put in good order allthe fences on sd. farm, put a good roof on the old barn and repairit so as to secure the hay. Also to remove the fences on the middlelot formerly been planted and sowed in part ••• also to clear off andfit for the plow the remaining part of sd lot, supposed to be aboutten acres in all and enclose the same by a good and sufficient fence.Also to pay all taxes that the sd. farm may be taxed with----------

And the said party of the second part doth bind himself to plow,plant, hoe the piece of land that Solomon S. Bently planted lastyear. also plow plant with corn the piece of land called theburning ground lot and harvest the whole and put the same intothe corn house on sd. farm. Cut the grass on the corn house lot,old barn lot & orchard lot and secure the same in the above mentioned barn. Also to plow and subdue the above mentioned ten acresof land and soe the same in the fall with wheat in a workman likemanner -- and find one half of the seed wheat and one half of theseed corn and also to be at one half of all the expense in cuttingsecuring and threshing sd. ten acres of Wheat. -------------------

And the said party of the first part doth bind himself to furnishone half of the seed corn and one half of the seed wheat and to beat half of all the expenses in cutting securing and threshing theabove mentioned wheat ••• the wheat to be divided in the halfbushel, and the corn Either in the ear or when threshed .• the hayto be divided in the barn. -------------------~------------------The sd. party of the Second part is to enter into full and peace-able possession on the first day of April next and to continue thesame for one vear ------------------ -----------------------------. .'

We bind ourselves Each to the other for the faithful fullment ofthis Obligation under the penal sum of Fifty dollars. -------------

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•Signed Sealed in thepresentsof EBENEZER DUNTON.

JOSEPH LOUCKS

An Agreement between:


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Dunton.

Jamestown Feby. 2. 1835 -

WHEREAS Henrick Bonsteel on the 7th day of Feby 1829, did take anArticle from the Holland Land Company for one hundrea aores ofland, being the middle part of Lot four in the second townshipand twelfth Range, and whereas the said Henrick did on the sameday assign twenty five acres of said land being the South twentyfive aores, to John Bentley in the presenoe of William Peaoook andwhereas the said John Bentley is dead, leaving five heirs. NOWknow all men that we Peter Silvernail the husband of Betsey Bentleyone of said heirs, Warren Moon the husband of Candace Bentley, alsoone of the heirs, and James Miller the husband of Desire Bentlyalso being one of the heirs, in consideration of the sum of fifteendollars in hand to each of us paid, the reoeipt whereof we dohereby acknowledge, making forty five dollars in the whole, dohereby sell, assign & transfer unto Rebecca Bently the widow ofJohn Bently, give all our right and title to said twenty five acresof. land.

WITNESS our hands and seals the day and year above written.

PETER SILVERNAIL.WARREN MOON •JAMES MILLER•

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SEAI$D and Deliveredin presence ofSaml • A. Brown

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A Receipt to Make Matohes or Luoifers.

An ounce glue is disolved in warm watter; To this is addedfour ounces of fine pulverized chalk, and stirred untill itforms into a thick past. One ounce of phosphOrus is then added,and the whole are well incorporated together. Into this, theends of the matches -- Which have been previously ooated withsulpher and dried -- are dipped and then laid in rows on slipsof paper out wide enough to lap over the ends of the matohes.

DUNTON~'PAPERS ••••.••• 1843.

BRICK SCHOOLHOUSE AT FLUVANNA

Was built in 1906. LaFrance Soule had the contract for thecellar (foundation) wall ••• and his son "Fay" helped him. •

The first Janitor was James Wetsel.Gust Carlson was janitor for 31 years ••• in March 1948.The old wooden school house wes moved across the road (east)

and remodeled into a house ••• by Dick ]titchell •C.I"l..S


•THIS mDENTURE; made on the 6 day of April in the Year of

our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-three betweenEbenezer Dunton of the first part of the Town of Ellicott Countyof Chautauqua & State of New York. "~d Harmon Covey of the TownCounty and State aforesaid of the second part (~aTNESSETE) ------that the said party of the first part agrees to have his son

William T? P ? Dunton live with the party of the second part untilthe youth is age of sixteen years. And the party of the secondpart doth agree to clothe, vitu1e and support the boy in sicknessand in health and provide for him suitable clothes to go to Meetingand send him to school three months or more in a year and at theexpiration of sd. term the sd. Covey agrees to find the boy onegood hansome suit of extra clothing throughout ••• and give moneyand time to go to Trainings and other places of amusement as mutchas other boys have that work out, and finally doth agree to notabuse or misuse the boy but treat him as a son in all respects ---The Conditions of this Obligation is such that if the party ofthe second part doth perform in all points agreeable to this. contract and the boy is contented to stay, then this article remainsin full virtue ... otherwise it shall become void ----------------

There were several Councils of the Order in Chautauqua Countyand known as members of the Order.

The Permanent Organization was known as the •ASSOCIATION: OF ROYAL TEMPLARS OF TEMPERANCE OF SOOl'HEmJ CHAUTA~UA.

Grand Councilor •••••••.••••••••• Grand Vice-Councilor.

EBENEZER DUNTON.

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Signed sealed on the day and Year above writtenin the presents of

JOHN HOPKINS.HARHOl~ COVEY.

THE ROYAL TEMPL\RS OF TEMPERANCE.

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Pres.V.Pres.Sec.Treas.

A. D. Dewey.William Green.Dr. E. M. Scofield.M. Jerome Hollenbeck.

Refine H. Ripley.John Hale.Mrs. Weeden.Mrs. A. M. Brockway.Elias Shepard,Mrs. Whitney.Mrs. Amos Tompkins.W. H. Scott.

Sherman.Gerry.Jamestown.

Demttville.Ellery.Kennedy.Jamestown.Bustl.Frewsburg.Gerry.Sinclairville.

• COTTAGE HOTEL •••• Bert Rappo1e, Prop. Bemus Point, 1887.


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DUNTON. ,II,~,

TO all to whom these presents' shall come:

We, Ben jamin B. Dawley, and Peleg T. ,Dawley of the Town of ElleryCounty of Chautauque and State of New York of the first partand Wheelock and John C. Hoard of the Town, County and State aforesaid, do agree •••,. and have made choice of Henry Martin and ArvInClark on the par.t of the first nart ------- 'Jacob Peterson amdWilliam H. Atherly on the part of the second part ,----...;----------Touching and concerning the dividing of sixty-four acres of land,formerly owned by Samuel Ho~rd now owned by the parties abovementioned ---- And whereas for the putting an end to thE\! saiddifference and dispute they the,said parties by their mUtualconsent are reciprocally bound each to the other in the penalsum of Five Hundred Dollars Lawful money to stand, "to abide, performand' keen the award order'and final determination of us the said- \. '.. .Henry Martin, Arvin Clark" J~Y~?'Peterson arid Wil,liam H. AtherlyArbitrators indifferently'ch'osen oet'keen the above named parties,to' arbitrate and make e final decision. 'DATED April 9th 1850 'B.B. DawleySigned sealed and delivered in releg,DawleYspresence of :--- Wheelock Hoard

John C. Hoard.

AN ARTICLE OF AGREEMENT BETWEE!-TB,. B. Dawley, Peleg T. Dawley &:Wheelock Hoard, John C. Hoard.

THIS INDENTURE; (An Article of Agreement Between:)

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Made on the tw~nty-first day of February' in theYear of ,our, Lord one Thousand'Eight Hundred and thirty-four---Between Timothy McDowell -of the Town of Ellery County of Chautauqua and State of New'York of the first part--- and Ebenezer-,Dunton & David Strunk, of the Town of. Ellicott and Coimty,andState aforesaid, of the second part (witnesseth). '

,The party, of the first par.t doth, covenant and agree to andwith the party of the second. part to have his farm formerly calledthe Bonsteel farm upon shares for the term of one year from thefifteenth og March next. The sd,' party of the second part dothagree to plow the orchard lot, sow the same with oats, find all theseed, cut, ,se,cure, thre,sh ,and deliver to sd. 'party, of the firstpart one third -- and further doth agree to plow the lot above theorchard running to the woo~s, sow the same with wheat in the raIl,find one-half of the seed, cut and 'secure .one half of the, saidwheat and further doth agree to plow the old Barn Lot, sow with

, wheat in the fall cut and secure one half of sd. wheat and find onehalf of the seed ----- And the said party of the first'part dothbind himself to find one half of all the seed wheat 'that shall besowed on said farm, and be to one half of all the expens~ of cutting; securing and threshing sd. wheat, and further doth agree thatthe party of the second pqrt shall have the use of his dwellinghouse and garden spot •.• and the apples when gathered shall be eq-

,ually divided between the parties, EBENEZER DmTTO!'~

Signed sealed and delivered in DAVID STRUNKpresence ,of.. on the day and &year' abo've written' TIMOTHY !,~ DOWELL

, TRUM.AN L:!r.VIS ~ OV 1!1R•.•


And the party of the first ~art doth FVRTHER agree that he will •log, pick up and burn off, fit and prepare for the reception ofthe plow all of the above mentioned lots by the first day ofJune next. This is added since the signing.

E. DuntonTRImL~ L~:aS. David Strunk

Timothy McDowell

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SCHOOL DISTRICT No.8.(Ellery & Ellicott, )(Dated Harch 8th,1834)

WE whose names are here written feel anxious for the removal of the site in sd. District from John Lee South line tohis North Line which is near the center of said District.

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Names of ~ersons in Ellicott.

James Lee.Ebenezer Dunton.John Lee.Stephen A. Ferguson.Amos Ferguson.James Livingston.Adam Vandewarker.

Names of persons in Ellery:

Arvin Clark.Solomon 9. Bentley.Rebecka Bentley.Timothy McDowell.

Bonsteel.William Lee.William Atherly.John Vandewarker •James Ploes...."v

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BY the unanimous consent of sd. District.

Ebenezer DuntonTrustees.

James Lee.

WE Commissioners of Com. School for the Town of Ellicottdo hereby give our consent to the within mentioned site forsaid District School House.

DATED Warch 8, 1834.ELIAS HA.VENS

Com. of Com. School.R. F. Fenton

The consent of the Comm. of Com schools for removal of thesite.

Copied from original paper ••••From Ebenezer Dunton papers ••.•

By. C. B. Sampson.

June ~a. 194'7.


•DUNTON. 10

TO the honorable the Commissioners of Common Sehools for thetown of Ellicott:

The Petition of the freeholders Inhabitants of the town ofEllicott most respectfully sheweth -- that your petitionersbeg leave to represent to your Honorable body --That a meeting of the taxable Inhabitants of District No.5 has been heldat the school house in sd. District agreeable to specialnotice.

Whereupon it was Resolved that the sd. District be dividedbetween Lots Number Sixty one and Sixty two in the aforesaidTown and between Lot Numbers Five and Six in the adjoiningtown of Ellery. --- We further beg leave to represent to yourhonorable body --- that there are a number of Inhabitantsresiding between Lot Number 62xty two and the South line of Gerrywho are not known in any School Distriat. We therefore pray thatthe unknown part may be taken into the New District which wewish to have formed and to extend to the line of Lots betweenSeven and Eight in the town of Ellery --- And your Petitionershumbly pray that your Honorable body will appoint some convenient time to meet the Commissioners of the town of Elleryat the School house in sd. District for the purpose of answeringthis request, And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound will everpray &c.

Ellicott. Oct. 2nd, 1833.

•Petitionersof the old District

Ebenezer Dunton.James Lee.Stephen A. Fergusorn.John VanDerwarker.Arvin Clark.William H. Lee.Amos Ferguson.Solomon S. Bentley.Js. (James) Livingston.Adam Van Derwarker.WIn. H. Atherly.

Petitioners:of~the New District

Jno. M. Curtis.Reuben Ransom.Stephen M. Curtis.Stephen Lovms (Towns ?)Lorin Babcock.Ralph Munger.Edward Hollenbeck.David ·Strunk.

The Fo110,ving, on a paper fastened to backof the above •.

Jamestown, Oct 5th 1833.

We as Commissioners of Com. Schools have examined the petitionwithin mentioned. We are satisfied that the Petition shouldbe granted.

•ELIAS HAVEN •

R. F. FENTON.

Com. ofCom. schoolsfor the Townof Ellicott.


•DUNTON. t2

ROAD NOTICE

NOTICE: Is hereby given that the subscribers have madeapplication to the Commissioners of Highways of the Town ofEllicott -- To layout a highway in said Town, Commencing atthe Town Line Road near the School house and running East onthe Line of Lots between Ebenezer Dunton & John Lee until itstrikes an angle in the road now in use runnin~ through thelands of the said John Lee and intersects a road passing byWarren Clark's and Henry M. Platner's , and which highwaywill pass through the improved lands of said Dunton and Leeand that twelve free holders will meet at the school housenear said Lee on the 3rd day of lfuy next at 3 '0 clock inthe afternoon to examine the ground through which saidhighway is proposed to be laid.

Dated. Ellicott 1834. (Pan 'l"l"i t )

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ROAD NOTICE

TO THE HONOR..1.BLE THE COJ~rrSIONERSOF PUBLIC HIGHW'AY IN AND FOR THETOWN OF ELLICOTT ~~~:~ _

Your Petitioner Begs Leave to Represent that the Roadrunning from the Town Line Road East between John Lee andEbenezer Dunton when surveyed was supposed to be on the lineof the two lots. Agreement was made between the said John Leeand William Lee who then owned the lot that each one shouldgive half of the land for the Road. But on surveying tke lotsthe whole road falls on the said Dunton ---- the said Lee declines wholly finding or giving any land for the sd. road ••••Your Petitioner feeling desirous that your Honors would set Iitime to meet and alter said road or lay it on the line of thesd. lots ••• commencing at the Town Line road and run Eastuntil you come to the angle.

E. DUNTON. (pen ':;ritten.(rlO date.

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BANK AT ELL~ CENTER

At one time Dr. Odin l3lmedict, of Ellery formulated plansfor a Bank at Ellery Center. There is a letter extant in whichMr. Benedict ordered Bills on which B. Franklins' head wasengraved. This was not to be a Bank of Deposit ••• but one inwhich to discount bills.

C.13.S.


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DUNTON.

THIS llIDENTURE:made on the fourth day of Apri]. Eighteen

Hundred and forty-nine by and between Joseph Loucks of the Townof Ellery County of Chautauqua and State of New York of thefirst part and Valentine Bentley of the Town, County and Stateaforesaid (:ITTNESS3TH) The party of the first part doth agreeto let the said Valentine Bentley have the one third of the farm(that is the uses of the farm that belongs to my wife) for thesum of eighteen dollars a year so long as she remains my wife--- this instrument shall be void as soon as either myself or mywife is dead. It is further agreed that the sum of eighteen dollarsabove mentioned to be paid shall be paid in grain at the price set;'at wheat one dollar per bushel, Corn fifty cents per bushel, andOats at twenty cents per bushel, the said grain to be good merchantable grain and delivered on the farm now owned by the said Valentineby the first day of February ineach year. --------------------------

And the said Joseph Loucks doth further agree to relinquish all hisright and title claims dues and demands against the said premisesabove mentioned and the said Valentine Bentley is to take full andpeaceable possession to have and to hold the same to his own properuse forever.--------------------------------------------------------

The Conditions of this instrument is~such that if the said Valentinedoth well and truly payor cause thebeameiio be paid to the said

Joseph Loucks the sum above written in, each year, this instrumentshall remain in full force otherwise it shall be void.Signed sealed and delivered in presents of

Ebenezer Dunton. JOSEPH LOUCKS.

VALENTINE BENTLEY.

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An Agreement bat~een:

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Ebenezer Dunton bou~ht part of Lot 60, Range 11, Ellicott,Holl~nd Land Company •• August 8, l835.l00.:Acr bounded onby Lands of James Lee.

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;)DNTON

•EBENEZER DUNTON

Head Quarters, Sackets Harbor, Nov. 4th 1814.

Ebenezer Dunton a Corp1. in Capt. James llungers Company, in the Regiment of New York Militia commanded by Lt. Col. Slisha~ Farnham andBrigade commanded by Brigadier General J.N.M.Hurd, having entered theservice of the United States, the 9th day of Sept. last, and faithfullyperformed his duty, is hereby HONORABLY DISeHARGE~.

By order of Major GeneralNATHANIEL KING.

Commanding Militia at that post and vicinity.JARVIS K. PIKE, Aid de Camp.

•Ebenezer Dunton has been regu1er1y in1isted, is

uniformed and equiped as the law direc~s and requires in such case;and that he does now actually belong to an Independent Company ofArtillery, commanded by me in the town of Smithfield, county ofMadison and state of New York. B. H. Wilber, Capt.

Smithfield 10th Sept. 1817.

By Elisha Farnham, Esquire, Colonel of The 129 Regiment ofMilitia, in the State of New York -- To Ebenezer Dunton Greeting:

ELISHA FARNHAM.

Given under my hand and seal, this 5thone thousand eight hundred and fourteen

day of September

YOU being appointed as a 2 Corp. in Capt. James I~ungers

Company in my Regiment. By virtue of Authority to me given,reposing special trust in your Patriotism, Courage and good Conduct,I do authorise and empower you the said Ebenezer Dunton to act as a2 Corp. in said company. You are therefore carefully and diligentlyto do the duty of a 2 Corp. in siad company ,according to the rulesand discipline of the Militia, and the Laws of this State. -- Andyou are hereby required to pay due obedience to your Superior Officersand all Officers and 801diers under your command, are hereby directe~

to obey you as their a Corp. -------------------------------- forwhich this shall be your sufficient ~ARRANT•

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DDNTON85

May 5th 1843

rJr. Ebenezer Dunton. Sir:• ten dollars and the same shall behold against the trustees of theSOCIETY.

Please pay ~~. Scotendorsed of the note IFLU1TANNA ~LIGIOUS UNION

A.~ T. Simmons.

For Value Reoeived I promise to pay Ebenezer Dunton or bearer thesum of sixteen dollars or sixteen days works, to be paid when oalledfor •••••• his apprentioe boy, Alfred R. Dunton is to work with himat fifty oents per day.DATED ELLICOTT?Nov. 3rd 1832 ~ JON.!>S SIMMONS.

RECEI7ED of Ebenezer Dunton ninety-two cents in full of all demandsfor slip No. 44 in the first Baptist J~eting House in said Tovm ofFenner.

Dated Fenner 3rd of April 1825.JA!'ES tlTJNGER. Trustee.

AURILLA W.ffi.•RECEIVED of Ebenezer DuntonNo. 8th. Three dollar, &for teaohing sohool in sd.

Dated. EllicottNov. 2nd 1832.

one of theforty-fiveDistriot.

Trustees of Sohool Distriotoents in part of my wages

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ELLICOTT July 26~h 1834.

Received of Ebenezer Dunton one dollar and seventy-five centsto:vard my wages"1.f'Qr teaching School For Value qeoeived.

ELIZA SlCITH.

ELLICOTT Ootober 6th 1835

Reoeived of Ebenezer Dunton one of the Trustees od School DistriotNo. 8ta. Six Dollars in full for my wages.

A1'N MARIA SD.1HONS.


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mmRRAS Henriok Bonsteal on the 7th cia1/' or Feb1/' 1829. did taka anArticle from the Roll and Land OOJl1ll8D1" tor one huDdre6 aores otland. being the middle pan or 1.0\ tour in the seoond tOtmShipand twelftb Range. and t'Jha:reas the said HeDr10k cl1d on the samedB1/' assign twent1/' tive aores ot said land being the South twantytive aores. to lObn Bentle1/' in the presenoe ot l1Ul1am Peaoook andwhereas the said John Bentley is dead. leaving tive heirs. NOWknow all men that we Peter SUvernail the husband ot Betsey Bantleyone ot said heirs. Warren Moon the husband 01' Oandace Bentl.ey. alsoone of the heirs. and lames WJ.ler the husband 01' Des11"e Bentlyalso being one ot the heirs. in consideration ot the sum ot t1tteandollars in band to each of us paid. the :receipt whereof IJI8 dohereby acmourledge. maJdng torty tive dollars in the whole. dohereb7 sell. assl(J11 & transfer unto Rebecca Bently the widow 01'John Bently. 31ve all our r13ht and title to sald twenty five aoresof land.

rJJ:'nmss our hands and seals the day' and year above written.

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~'v 1.TUDGE L"'~ BUGBEE 0/

Death of a Prominent Citizen of Chautauqua County.

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Died at his home in South Stookton, 6 - 'I - 1'6'if'O - I3d ~".Q..A,His parents were among the earliest pioneer families. They settledin Stookton, upon the farm lately owned by the deoeased, In 1809.Mr. Bugbee was born there February 10, 1818. having attained athis death the allotted age of man, 70 years.

He was an able ind interesting writer of looal history andoontributed muoh valuable matter to Young's History of Chautauquaoounty, besides numerous historioal and biographioal sketohes andad,iresses to the oounty press, some of whioh have been read beforethe Chautauqua Sooiety of History and Natural Soienoe, of ~hioh hewas an offioer and member. He was several times honored with responsible pub1io offioe, and was Deputy U.S.Co1leotor for Chaut.Co.from-1874 to 1876. Deoeased at one time made his home in Jamestown, belngassooiated-witnH6rton Bros. Insuranoe agarioy.

He married Mary A. Flagg; of Stookton, who survives him•••••also 1-son, J~Eugene-Bugbee, Who, with the late Mrs. W. B.Horton, were their only ohi1dren.

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THE, YANKEE.

We have just, received a let~er from a worthy unit of the universal Yankee nation., He is ~etchedly smitten with the mania -Westward HolBut being a wClrking'man by nature, he is ~fraid thatwhen he gets into this land of milk and honey, he may have so 'littleto oooupy his time that he may get ,lazy. He therefore advertises usthat he ,is ooming soon, and bids us advertise our friends, the goodWes~ern publio, that he will be willing to fill a situation asoountry editor, oity haok soribbler, village sohoolmaster, itinerant,olergyman, phrenologioal leoturer, pedegogioal praotioioner,' journeyman, basket maker, trust oompanyolerk, member of the legislature,traot distributor, steamboat oaptain, undertaker andooffinmaker;assistant dyer and scourer, merohant's oounter-hopper, tin pedler;or in short, anything that will give full scope to his genius, --whiohit will be peroeived -- is universal, and not to be dishonorable, disreputable, or dis-make-a-living-able.

Vie promise our' friend, who isa first-rate fellow' ,by the way,and a man of talent, half a dozen' situations at least,' ,the moment hearrives •• ·TheseYankees - pushing, ,prying, singular, don't-eare-atall'asthey are; are yet the best strangers that oome among us.' Howsoon they piok up our odd bits. of ,snapping-turtle 'and alligator dia-leot, and put on our habits, and beoome one of usl .

. The effeots of New England enterprise and Yankee ingenuity arevisible in nearly every street in our oity. Who built that splendIddwelli~ghous~we see yonde~,whiohis suoh an ornament to the town?A Yankee;. Who gave the first impulse to the sYstem of.pu~l~o schools in·thewest? A Yankee. WhC) did the first book-publishing.hereto any extent? A Yankee. Who first started the notion cif ereotingthat magnifioent churoh? A Yankee. Who Was the arohiteot? A Yankee.\~O are'our/best dootors, la\~ers, sohool masters, Divines? Yankees:Yankees! Yankees l ' .

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ANCESTORS OF THE GRIFFITH, FAMILY; , Seth, born,.ir! .WaJ"es ab.out.1736,. Married. Polly Wesoot.t .atNew '9anaan, Conn., l75/? Sh~ wasborn'in Wales,'Maroh7;1740. Died Feb. 7, 1832, 91 years, 11 mo.

"old. Parents of 7 children.

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•ELLERY

" May 1897. Frank A. Smiley has purchased the store at Ellery Centerowned and formerly occupied by Grant Cowden and will immediately putin a stock of groceries.

A~ril 1897. Ground has been broken on Keeler Z. Cowden's land atlilery Center, and a two story building will be erected, the lowerstory to be used as a store, and the upper story will be used for aHall for Ellery Grange, 353.

Church Dedicated. New Edifice Occupied by the Methodists of BemusPoint. Sunday, february 13, 1898.At Bemus Point Sunday(date above) the fine new church built by theMethodist denomination was dedicated, there being a large attendanceboth morning and evening. Rev. Dr. E. B. Patterson (of Jamestown)preached the morning service at 10:30. After the sermon he statedthere still was a debt of $1,200 which it was desired to raise.Before the close of the morning service the whole amount was pledgedby the efforts of Dr. Patterson. (Also money for the bell).

This generous response speaks well for the people of Bemus Pointand vicinity and assures them of one of the handsomest and most commodious churches around the lake, free from debt. The total costwas baout $2,300. Sunday evening the formal dedication occurred~Rev. Dr. W. P. Graham, presiding elder of this district, preachingthe dedicatory sermon.

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•July 22. 1882. Dr. J. J. Lenhart moved into his new boarding houseSaturday. He has several summer boarders already, and by the firstof August expects to be able to announce "cot beds in the halls only".When his house is completed it will provide accomodations for eightyguests.

1883. Mr. Joseph Phillips of Bemus Point went to Buffalo:t~hTis~m~o~rn~rn~g~t~o join the propeller ROCHESTER, the largest vessel ofher kind on the Great Lakes. Mr. Phillips jas been angaged as engineer on the great lake propellers every summer since 1844. He isrecognized as a most skillful engineer and has his choice of propellers.

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DECEMBER 1883, Walter Shepardson. of Bemus Point. Sunday shotand kIlled a huge wild cat just back of his dwelling house. Thisis the fourth varmint of this kind that he has killed near his homein ten years.

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•THE BEMUS POINT CASE 1882. H.W. lUnch sued Harrison and·-Thank-ful Stone for the purpose of compelling them to remove their houseadjoining the ferry at Bemus Point, from the lake in front of hisproperty. Stone had the ferry franchise and built the house convenient thereto •• and was honest in so doing. Resul, was that no damageswere awarded Winch. and Stone was ordered to remove the buildingwithin six months of entry of final judgemnt and due notice givenhim. Really a case of building upon land with uncertain surveys,and erecting buildings to detrimant to adjoining property.tho notintentional.


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81THE BEMUS POINT FERRY' FRANCHISE

At Aloany Tuesday the Hon. Dana P. Horton, of Chautauqua,introduced a Dill allowing Albertus W. Rappole and his heirs,as the successor of William Mason, to continue the terry estaolished by Philip A. Strong, across Chautauqua lake from Bemuspoint to a point in the town of Harmony, and to have the exclusive right within two miles till April 1, 1886, and for ten yearsfrom that date. The said Rappols shall establish convenient landings. l~e County court of Chautauqua shall establish the ratesof ferriage. Forfeitures are established if the rates of ferriagein excess of these are asked, and penalties are laid upon anyone who runs an opposition ferry.

Jast.Paper. 1884. MAHSB.

A NEW COMER

Thomas Boak, formerly of Oakville, Canada, purchased the tarmof Austin Heath on the town line road last winter and has latelytaken possession of his property. He has brought with himtwenty-six head of thoroughbred Short Horn cattle and some thorough-ored Cotswold sheep. The farm sonsists of 225 acres. Mr. Boak's

neighbors have extended him a cordial welcome to their community.

Jast. Paper. March, 1884. MAHSB.

POINT CHAUTAUQUA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION'S FUNDS

On the 26th of August, 1882 the Jamestown Journal publishedan atricle to the effect that there was a deficit in the funds ofthis Association••• and intimated that Rev. J. H. Miller, of Mayville for three years past the Secretary of the Association •••was ~ilty of misappropriation of these funds to the amountof $8,000 to $lO,mm~ which he has applied to personal uses.There is small doubt that when the tinal report of the present investigation is mape to the board of directors it will show Mr. Millerto be an embezzler and unworthy of the place he has filled in theBaptist Church and the community at large.

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THE BIRTH OF OUR ORDER

• In eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,At Meadville, in the Keystone State,Our Order was born -- a noble one __From the abandoned Order, League of the Sun.

The first meeting was held in Schryock Hall,Although their number was very small,And to d. d. Upchurch the honor is due,For proposing our name, both ancient and new.

Amendments were offered by Barnes and Walker,To alter the name before making a oharter:And the name adopted there and then,Was" Ancient Order of United Workmen."

And our Order is destined to be second to noneother organization ubder the sun;And a safer insuranoe cannot beThan we offer in our beneficiary•

..A. W. Hendershot.

Buffalo, N. Y. May 13, 1878.

( Written for the United Workmen.)

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THE SECOND REUNION OF THE A. O. U. W. AT POINT CHAUTAUQUA,August 11, 1882.

The second Reunion of the A. O. U. W. of this section hasbeen a grand success, over 7,000 people were in attendance. 3i£carloads came trom Dunkirk, nine carloads from Titusville andCorry, and Cherry Creek sent over 400. The members of the PearlCity and damestown Lodges, accompanied by their friends, the partynumbering some 200, took passage on the steamer dAMESTOWN, theywere accompanied by the Fenton Guard' s bandm 12, pieces. The Excursion from Cherry Creek and other points on the N.Y.L.E.& W, ~,numbered between 400 and 500, and included a brass band. The partywas conveyed to Point Chautauqua on the d. A. Buroh. Addresses weremade by the Grand Master Workman of New York, -the Grand Recorder ofPennsylvania and others.

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THE BUNGALOW SOLD

In Mayor Green's office Friday Deputy Sheriff Bates sold ,atMortgage'Sale the property, at 'Fluvanna on Vhautauqua known as theBungalow, belonging to Ca:rlW. Scofield, to Mahlon C. Martin, ofFluvanna for the sum of$I?,300. '. This price was paidsubjeot toan encumbrance of $2,155. 66whioh virtually makes the purohaseprioe $20,455.66 The mortgage was foreolosed by HenryA.Whittemore, .who soldihe property to Mr. Soofield several yearsago. ·He had; previous to,thistlme, received from Mr. Scofield$5,000 ' . aIidfrom ,the proceeds of this sale wlll receive $16,319.

" The bidders on the property were A. N. Broadhead, of Jamestown,Mr. Martin andRob~rtP6well (called Nigger Bob) of Celoron, thelatter bidd~ns within'. 25'of the purchase price. '

M. C. MARTIN'S HOLDINGS OF LAND

Mahlon C. Martin's summer'home 'at Fluvanna, which is the admiration·of all who see it, has become the nucleus of one of thelargest and mostvaltia.ble holdings of land in Chautauqua county~By purchase, Mr. Martin has aoquirednearly 400 acres' of land,which is.all ,together with'theexoeptlon of one small.pieoe.'His latestpllrchase is the: Isaao Noble property (almost dirs_otlyaoross the ,road from the martin·house.obs.) on the lake shoreand this with his other holdings gives him over a fourth of amile on Chautauqua lake water front; Mr. Martin intends to pilethe shore and otherwise1mprClV'e' the' proPerty. He employs. severalmen the year around, is progressive and liberal, and his neighborsin Fluvanna regard themselves 'fortunate in haVing him for a memberof their oommunity. ' Mr. Martin's winter home is at.NewBrunswiok,New Jersey.

August 24, 1894. mahsb. From Jamestown newspaper.

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FINEST PLACE ON THE LAKE

The oaption refers to M. C. Martin's plaoe at Fluvanna. Hehas, 400 aores of land in~e body. Sinoe purchasing the' N,ollle ,property, on the lake front the buildings have been moved away.\¥he,D. ~. Martin oame into possession of the Whittemore propertyhe gegan imme~iately to remove the buildings and soon from hisresidenoe'hewlll have a view up and down the lake ~2bs~ru~tedby

struotures'of any kind. The .lake front has been 'piled arid filledfci~.a distanoe of a fourth of a mile. Mr. Martin is oreating a ,model oountry estate on the shore 'of Lake Chautauqua and ~s spendingmoney liberally in this enterprise • When his plans are fully. .oarried out he will no doubt have the finest plaoe on the lake.

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GRIFFITH FAMILY REUNION

, ' In 1873 the Griffith family -- descendants of Seth Griffithand Polly Wescott , both natlvesof Wales, held a reu.nj,oriatG:rifflth's Point" and every year since that time the family has hada meeting. The reunion this year (1895) was held Thursday, June13, at Pickard's Hotel,' Bemus Point.' Will F. Hille, President •••••New President... Mrs. Asa Cheney.,

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~G GRASS ISLAND

A New Lower Lake Resort Will Soon beAdded to the List.

A syndicate, with a dee~to Grass Island, a spot in thecenter of the ,lake midwaY betWeen ,Greenhurst, Lakewood and Celoron,made the first move toward filling in the island this week. It isthe intention to raise a portion'of the two acres stake~ out andmake'it suitable for building'purposes." From a foot to two 'feet ofnow cover it. lIhen the Work is complete~ the syndicate will builda summer house on the iSland" and' an effort will be made to make

, the place as beautiful as it is novel.A sailboat 20 feet long, with 200 feet of sail, is being used

to haul bouldres,for filling the island. The work will be pushedwhile the good weather lasts and the water is low.

It is not expectedtha1; the work will be 'finished this summerbut piles will be' driven iri the fall and furtherimprovemellts ma~e

next summer. John H. Prather of the,Chautauqua Buildlngand I,oanassociation acting as trustee of the deed, is at the head of themovement •

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,~ril '. 1897. 'FX:-ank A. SlIiiley has put a st~okcif' grqOerieS~ -Jmoat Ellery oenter~ to aooomooate the workmen in his, ate,aIil saw' mi,11 t¥-

'and anyone else wianing gooos in the grocery line.',' , ' '. ,~:,"' . " .

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',1 iliery Baptl"st church and the Baptist church at Dentons ,.in the town~ o~'stockton. He will prsach Dentons every Sunday at 11 a.m.,an~'

Ellery every Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 in the evening. (1898.)


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l3EMU3 POINT ROUTES

As in Effect September 15, 1902.

ROUTE 67: Beginning at the Bemus Point postoffice thecarrier (R D Rexford).will go northwest to J. E. Weaver Corner4 miles; East to J. Wilcox corner 1/2 mile; South to EugeneScofield COrner 7/8 mile; East to Will Manley corner 2 1/2miles; South east to Ellery postoffice corner 1 1/8 mile;South west to B. Brown corner 1 3/8 mile; West to R. VanWertcorner 1 1/8 mile; North to B. Casselman corner 3 miles;East to C. Dahlbeck corner 2 miles; South-east to Oscar Halecorner 3/4 mile; West to W. Haskin corner, 1 mile; South toB. Brown corner 2 1/4 miles; West and South to W. Bemus corner5/8 mile; West and South to postoffice 1 mile. Total length ofroute 22 1/8 miles; number of houses on route, 101; populationserved 424. (This was formerly Route 1) .Area covered 9 square miles.

Route 68: ~ginning at the postoffice the carrier ( R. A.Scofield) will go northeast to A. Tompkins corner 5 3/8 miles;West to R. Wilbur corner J, 1/2 miles; South to George Standishcorner 3/4 mile; West to .l!rancis Miller corner 5/8 mile; Northwest to W. Benedict residence, and retrace i~mile ; south toEllery postoffice corner; East to J. Anderso!i''borner 1 3/8 mile;East to F. Pickard residence, and retrace 1 1/4 mile; South toAlvin Walker corner 3/4 mile; West to the creek. and retrace 3/4mile; South west to Aaron Parker COrner 1 1/8 mile; North to W.McKenzie corner 1 1/2 miles; West to Ellery postoffice corner 5/8mile; South to Ira Shaver corner 1 3/8 miles; North west to W.Bemus corner 5/8 mile; South amd South west to Postoffioe 1 mile.Total length of route 21 1/2 miles; araa oovered 9 square miles;Number of houses on route 98; Population served 411. (This was

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ROUTE 69: (New Route, the carrier is to be appointed.)L~ /BeginnIng at the postoffice the carrier will go southeast to AaronHaskin corner 5 7/8 miles; Northwest to James Weaver corner 1 3/4miles; Northwest to Nicholas Arend residence, and retrace 1 1/2Mies; Northwest to Wm. Miller corner 7/8 mile; East to GeorgeYouker residence, and retraoe 3/4 mile; North west to Aaron Parkercorner 3/4 mile; West to Ira Shaver corner 7/8 mile; South toJ. Sherman corner 1/2 mile; South east to Fabius H. Lawton cornerand retraoe 2 miles; South to Edwin Harvey corner 1 1/8 mile;Northwest to W. Bemus corner 3 1/4 miles; West and southwest toPostoffice. Total length of route 20 1/4 miles; Area ooverednine square miles; Number of houses on route 95; Population served 399.

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KATIEH..~E3 TOOK L.WDANUM

Tried to End ·Life at. Riverside Hotel

Physician Saved Her Life.

Refused Lodging at the Hostlery.

Katie Hayes, a ~retty girl about. eighteen years of ~ge, attempted to end her life early last evening at the Riverside Hotel I bytaking laudanum•

.The girl 'nearly succeeded in her purpose and her life was savedonly by the prompt arrival of a physi~ian who gave her an emetic whichrelieved her stomach of the deadly drug before the poison had time toact.

Miss Hayes came to the Riverside Hotel early last eventng. Shehas often before called at the boatlanding. hostlery. Mr. Starkweather,the proprietor, was not in favor of having the girl as a guest for thereason that she was under age, determined to discourage her visits, and.instructed his mother, who looks after the renting of rooms. to refuselodgings to Miss Hayes in the future.

Accordingly when she came to the hotel last evening the girl wasinformed t~at she could not have a room. She appeared quite angry, butsaid little~ Turning, she walked, it is said. deliberately into thedining room and took the laudanum. The girl swallowad in all about anounce. A physician \V8S at once called and her life was: saved.

It is not known definitely what prompted ~~iss Hayes to attempt totake her own life. Apparently, the act was premeditated as there is noknown reason why otherwise the' girl would be carrying laudanumab6uton her person. .

It is said that despondency over a love affair was the direct cause.In this connection it is rumored that Miss Hayes thought much of a youngJamestown man who recently was mar'ried and since then she has been verydown hearted.. . The girl t s parents I f.{r. and Mrs. Ziel E. Hayes, live at58 west Tenth street. The young woman was very ill last evening andremained at the Riverside Hotel where she received every attention andcare. It is believed she will recover. .

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MORE ABOUT ELLERY CENTER:' ...

Ellery Grange occupied its new hall in the'last Saturday, with Flora's and Children '.S Day. '

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(Winter'of 1879 - 80 )

This winter of 1879 - 80 seems to revive the usually quietlittle village of Ellery: Center in building and repairs, singingsohools, oake lotteries and dano!'J,s.The. Rev. H. Thomas has chargeof the singing school here, numbering frOm thirty-five to fiftyscholars; also one at West· Ellery, with thirty names signed, with theprospect of as many more. '

In, the line of building, the Royal Templars of Temperanoe·havenow. in course of construction a fine hall. It will' be a two storybuilding, twe.nty-f()ur feet by sixty feet. The lower room is to beused for' a' Town hall. This is what the town has needed for a longtime. It will stand about sixty feet north of Dr. John JordanLenharts resid,ence, on the same sUe of the street. . .'"

The young folks seem to e;njoy the cake lotteries very much.The cakes are made sma.!l, a dime is put into every fifth c~ke. Thecakes are sold at five cents eaoh.' After the cakes have been sold~nd eaten, the· company are then treated to a short dance at fortyoElnt.s a number . (oouple ). Teh lottery is conducted by the Royal~emplars .of Temperanoe. The proceeds will go to furnish their newhall. Success to their enterprise.

We have an:. excellent school here this winter, taught by Mr~,Ernest Cowden, who has, during the previous summer, been pursuingthe stUdy of medicine with,Dr. J. J. Lenhart.

The building of the Good Tel!ll'Jar's Hall is let by the job to'a mechanic from Delanti(Stockton) Mr. James Spear•. He has itnearly ,oompleted. ,

. The 'winter has been very bad for the lumberman of thisvioinity, so far, but we look for mOre sleighing hereafter. 'Mr. OliverPickard's mill is running a 11ttle every day. . 'Q .,

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. July 9.1897: "KeeleI' Z. Cowden has put a stock ofgrocer~es~n his new,store at Ellery Center, making.the third store in theplace.

Same DateSmiley BuHdlng

'. FIRE'April ,1880 •

. About ten o'clock ~unday morning, the residence of Thoma~~old,on the Dutch Hollow road. in' the toWn of Ellery; was discovEired to beon fire,and1n a short'time with its oontents was entir!,ly destroyed.The .fire .·is.' suppo-sed to have originated in the ohimney. Loss em house$1,000; contents $500 •. Mr. Arnold had. an insurance with Mllspaw &~airbank, of $700 on the house and $200 on contents. '

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From the Buffalo SUNIlAY COURIER" lIT01llember 11, 1883:The below is only a portion •

. Twelve and a half bushels of wild rice seed have beenpurc~sed by subscriptions. from. different persons interested in

. hunting 'and will be sowed along the shores of Chautauqua. La~e . .this. af'ternoon. When the rice is groWn it will serve as a covert

·for wild water f'ow1~ It is believed that an increased number ofthe f'eathered tribe will be 'attrected to the lake bY' this ruse •.

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• POTTING and COLLARING

1861 To pot and collar are only different modes of preser-ving fish and meat for a longer time than they could be kept fresh;chiefly, in the instance of potting, by pounding the materials withseasoning, when dressed, and then putting small portions in looselycovered jars or pots; while collaring is done by slicing portionsof the meat or fish, and, when well seasoned, rolling it in roundpieces, to be eaten cold as savory dishes at breakfast or luncheon.In potting, take care to wait until the meat is cold; press the meatfirmly into the pots; but, before putting it there, drain the gravythoroughly from the meat, or the gravy will turn it sour; then coverwell with clarified butter, and tie over it oilskin or oiled paperto exclude the air. From Frank Leslie's Magazine.

To CLARIFY butter for potting,- Put the butter into a b4sinor boat, and set it in a stewpan with warm water in it, over thefire. As the butter melts, the milky parts will sink to the bottom,and the clear should be poured off upon the articles to be potted.After being used it will still serve for basting or for meat-pie crust •

ELLERY FARMER'S CLUB

LAST PASSENGER SERVICE RON ON J. 1'1. & N. IV.RAILROAD.

The Ellery Farmer's Club was organized March 11, 1880 at theresidence of Smith Brownell. Pres: Austin Wilbur; V.P. Mrs. C. M.Marsh; Sec. Joseph Wilcox; Treas. Simeon Brownell;

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Shingle weaving: is the old-fashioned name for making shingleby hand •••• shorter shingle were called shaved shingle •••• the longhand shaved shingle (four feet in length) were called "shakes." Theshingle were made by splitting slabs from pine blocks with a toolcalled a shingle • These slabs were then worked down toa similar thickness and then packed into "bunches •••• "weaving"referred to both the making (with a draw-shave) and to the packing.C.B.S.

Until 1914 road was known as J.C. &. L. E. Ry.; Then was renamed J. W. & N. 1'1.; Over-town waiting room was discontinued 1938.New Terminal Bldg. opened at boat-landing in 1942; Last passengertrip left Westfield 10:43 P.M., Sunday, Nov. 50, 1947. Motormanwas Arthur L. Selden. Car No. 301. Last suburban electric line inN. Y. State ••• ends use of electricity. Four 20-passenger Motor Buses,between Jamestown and Westfield bagan operating Monday, Dec. 1, 1947.Seven trolley cars were purchased in 1914.

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THE STEAMER: "NETTIE FOX," Later called the "CITY of JAMESTOWN."

Was built in 1875 by Charles Fox (whose residence is nOW the W,

•C.A. Hospital) She was a stern-wheeler, carrild 2,500 •••••••••••••Later she was christened "The (steamer) ICity of Jamestown." She burnedat(Jast1) at 2:00 , Monday Morning, Ootober 2 , 1892.

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X PICKED IN THE HEAD

Injuries Reoeived While Hunting Woodohucks

"R~ ~'4'A few days ago, Fred Culver, a thirteen-year old lad who lives

with Hartwell Hale of Ellery, was hunting woodchucks in company witha youth older than himself. They were attempting to dig an animalout of his burrow. Culver put his head to the mouth of the holeto look just as his oompanion gave a blow with the piok, theinstrument striking Culver just a little to the right of the oenterof the top of his skull. It was not thought at the time nor forseveral days, that the boy was seriously injured, but yesterdaysymptoms of imflammation of the brain appeared, and last night Dr.John Jordan Lenhart, the physician in charge of the case, sent torDr Waterhouse of this Village who trepanned the skull, and lett thepatient quite comfortable and with prospects ot rapidly recovering.

For nearly three weeks he lingered in ~reat suffering•••• he Died:

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National Bank of that city.',

From 1880 to 1890 Mr. Lord made seven and his son made

nine trips to Europe •••••• their first importation of Hols

tein cattle was in 1880.

Mr. Lord included French Coach and Percheron horses ,in

By: Clayburne B. Sampson.Dec.5,1948.

his importations

trotting horses.

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Bela B. Lord and son of Si~clai~ille reached Q.u~bec •••Canad~" the 19th of June 1883 after a pleasant passage fromHolland. Mr. Lord, Sr., called at the Journal office MoEday.He says that he brought over an, importation of'a hundred and fiveHolstein cattle purchased in North'~olland, Friesland and ' ,Groningen. In the lot there were sixty-six yearlings, seventeencows and 'Wlcmty-three oa1ves. The entire herd is valued at'$45~000. -- auotion sale, estimate.' One cow is worth '2,000.and the yearlings average $400. apiece. One cow has a swornre cord of ninety-nine pounds of,m11,k in one day, and a two Yearold heifer has a record for fifty-six pounds of milk in one day.Mr. Lord, Jr,., is in Q.uebec caring for the herd which will remain in quarantine until :the third cif September. Three Hollanders,who came over with the Lords', relllEl.in in Q.uebec to assist in. "caring for the cattle. This is Mr. Lord's fourth importationand he says it is his best. ' The herd will be'divided beforeleaving quarantine, one:1c:itto be sold in Canada and the other

,brought to Chautauqua County. Mr. Lord has shown great courage'and enterprise in his cat~le ventures and deserves to realizehandsomely on his investment. '

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GENERAL LAFAYETTE. AT. DUNKIRK

A writer or reminiscences in the Dunkirk Observer (in 1885)says of the visit of General laFayette to Chautauqua County in1825, while on his tour of .the country, as follows:

..He arrived in Fredonia from Westfield on June 4, 1825, at

two o'clock in the morning. There were with him, his son,George Washington LaFayette ~ and Messrs. LeVasseur and DeSyon.After listening to along tedious address , "they.sat down to an .entertainment prepared by Mr. Abell with great taste and elegance.Day began to dawn when he arose from the table; and the militaryescorted him to Dunkirk, where with the committee and severalmll1tary officers from this place ,he embarked upon the steam brigSUPERIOR, which agreeably to .a.n agreement, was ready to receive himon board and convey him to Buffalo. As the brig glided on, . a .salute of 24 gun was firelifrom the SUPERIOR in quick succession,

_Which was followed by another salutaof 24 guns from the~t11'f.fartillery onshore in handsome style. The procession accompanyingthe general from Fredonia to Dunkirk consisted of the military'and ladies and citizens. We were. highly gratified by the manner

'of his reception by the Buffalq committee on the pier at Dunkirk.The steam brig layoff a mile from shore and presented a fineappearance. Her salute, was in a style ,that would have been creditable to a ship of war; and with the' advantage 'of an echo from thesurrounding forest rolling back its reverberations; we scarcelyrecollect anything equal to it •. The morning was clear and tranquil,

'and everything in nature seemed to havebeeri carefully arrangedfor the purpose of contributing to'the interest of the occasion."

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A SIX-CENT VERDICT FOR A HORSE. 1886.

The civil case between Miss Ophelia Griffith and Henry S.BeI)llett of Ellery, which ~s been·b.efore Justice Yates for severaldays, Was finished Wednesday evening. ~. Bennett sued Miss .Griffith for damages to the amoUnt of $150. which he claimed hehad sustained by' the loss or a' horse which a bull belonging t6 MissGriffith had gored to death. The jury after being out a short'timebrought ~. a verdict of six-cents damages for the plaintiff,muchto the amusement of those persons in the court room.

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FRANK MARVIN CLARK'S DOG,"ROVER.~ ~ "'j-Y9,j."·

. "ROVER", the StBernard dog which used, to be about Frank MarvinClarks'drug store, was a yellow and· white, friendly fellow••••••Hehow8ver had a hatred for~O", A. D. Sharpes'StB~rnard ••• andafter the two dogs met in a "free for all" on we.st Third street."Rover" was sent to the ,Marvin D. Clark farm, in Ellicott.


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TROUBLE AT BEMUS POINT

The Brutal Conduct of a Husband TowardHis Wife.

Bemus Point, June 1. -- Our usually quiet hamlet has been stirred to its foundation by the scandalous conduct of one of the residents of this vicinity. Daisy lodge, occupied by R. S. VanWert andfamily, has been the scene of frequent quarrels for the past two orthree years the last of whioh culminated in a case of wife-beating.The cause of the quarrel was an old jaok knmfe. He, being unableto oontain his violent temper, siezed her by the ears, jammed herhead back and forth against the wall, struck her with his fist inthe eye, and finally turned her over his knee and spanked her. Insome instances corporal punishment works well and it seemed to inthis case for they are now living together like a pair of turtledoves. Such cases are usually considered disgraoeful. Other ser~ous

charges are laid at VanWert's door and he is in bad odor here atpresent. In mah.sb with 1885 items.

INJURED BY A HORSESeptember 1895

At Bemus Point Saturday morning John Barclay attempted tocatoh a spirited horse whioh was running in a field. His eightyear old son )Bert) acoompanied him into the field. Before thehorse was captured it ran over the boy, breaking the bones ofone leg and otherwise injuring him ser~ously.

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A BOY'S EYE OUTMay •••••• 1893

As the Result of Careless Handling of aBow and Arrow.

While playing with some companions Saturday Allie, the sevenyear-Old son of Everett E. Drayton og Washington street was shot inone eye with a shapp Pointed arrow from a bow in the hands of another·boy. The arrow pierced the ball of the eye destroying the sight.It was feared for a time that the other eye might be lost also, butis now thought that the uninjured one will be saved.

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HENRY A. WHITTEMORE1881

Is preparing to draw water from the Lake at Fluvanna for domestic purposes in his hotel, by the aid of a windmill Whioh is alreadyerected. He will also use the power developed by the mill to churn,and grind feed for his livestock.

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A Equal Rights and" Charity to All."

As Ellery does not wish to be behind in public enterprise andwould be one of the up-with-the-times towns of the county, June 8,1889, found "enough for a quorum" of her ladies assembled at theUniversalist church at Bemus Point for the purpose of organizing a"Political 3quality Club."

Mrs. Jennie B. VanWert acted as chairman and Anna B. Cheneysecretary. The following officers were elected: Mrs. As~ Cheney,President; b~s. Smith Brownell, Vice President; Miss Ophelia Griffith, 2nd Vice President; Mrs. Adelbert Sherman, 3rd Vice President;l~s. Belle Young, Treasurer; Mrs. Jennie B. VanWert, Secreta~; Mrs.Anna B. Cheney, Assistant Secretary. Remarks were made upon thebenefits to be derived from such organizations by Madames Brownell,VanWert and Winchester. The President read a selection on equalrights and keeping pace with our husbands. Mrs. Belle Yomng re~d

a fine selection. It was decided that the organization be giventhe name of Ellery Political Equality Club. Next meeting will beheld at same place, June 22, 1889.

Jennie B. VanWert, Secretary.Anna B. Cheney, Asst., Secretary.

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\"lORTHY ','lESLEY HOTCHKISSOf Ellery.

Ellery •• January, 1897:-Worthy Wesley Hotchkiss of Ellery is

six feet tWo-inches tall, fifteen years of age and weighs 402pounds. He is a son of Rev. George ~esley Hotchkiss, a minister of the United Brethren church.

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1885

The tall poles of the telephone opmpany at the ferry at BemusPoint were successfully raised Monday. They are 102 feet high.They support the wires at suah a height that any steamer on theLake can pass under. The wires form. a "loop" in the line runningfrom Jamestown to Mayville and connect Bemus Point with the line.The wires were gotten across the narrows by placing the colls Onthe ferry-boat and gradually uncoiling them. Whenever a steamercame along the wires were submerged until it passed.

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SOLDIERS GRAVES IN FLUVANNA CEMEI'ERY

WAR OF THE REVOLUTION:

Jacob Fenton.Joseph Loucks.Vlilliam lliartin.Col. John Rhodes.Jonas Simmons.William Simmons.'ilill1am Smiley.Josiah Manles.

V1AR OF 1812:

Ebenezer Dunton.Amos Ferguson.Jeremiah Griffith.Samuel Hoard.John Lee.William H. Lee.James Livingston.Henry Loucks.Stephen Uessenger •Joseph Smiley.William Smiley.Samuel Griffith.

CIVIL VIAR

William H. Bitely.Lewis Bragg.Alexander Bro\vn.William N. Calahan.Wilson Camp.Nelson O. Fenton.Nelson S. Frost.Charles Gregory.Addison Hollenbeck.Marvin Hull.Albert C. Jones.Arthur 0' Leary •Charles Moon.Charles D. Parker.Edmund H. Pease.Daniel Rhodes.Warner Shaw.Niles T. Vlarner.James S. Warner•Samuel Sherwin.Ambrose Simmons •

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'03Soldiers' Graves In Fluvanna Cemetery.

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Civil Har:

Obed Simmons.George ". Smiley.J. iiallace Smiley.Clark Turner.Gustavus Vetter.Vanness Walkup.Oliver Vandewark.Samuel Vlhicher.Anthony Yorker.

VIORLD WAR I:

Wendell Young.Spencer.

Herbert TI. Clark.John Kervin.

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CHAUTAUQUA LAKE HOUSE: "Jack Pickard, Prop." at Bemus Point,• burned March 1, 1888.

SPRING GROVE ON LAKE: "Horse Races on Lake, Ice ••• 1888.(Spring Grove Hotel was located on the east side of what now1935 ••• is called the WBSineman Road." cbs.

~;:u."'"'"RAVENSWOOD ••• was the OBemus Swmner Boarding House and Cottagesat Bayview, above Bemus Point •••• On June 28, 1890 "A BIBLE STUDYSOCIETY" was "staying" there.

THE BUSY BEES: Was a Ladies' Society at Bayview •••• 1890's.

July 22, 1888. Rev. R. R. Shippen preaohed at the New TheologyGrounds at Bemus Point.

August 14, 1887: "The L.S.N.T., assisted by Bemus Point Businessmen, have hired Everett Drayton to keep the strests about theAuditorium, etc., well sprinkled.

HedgerAme's Grooery ••• at Bemus Point, 1887.

POINT CHAUTAm}UA ASSOCIATION ( a corporation) Placed in the handsof a receiver, October 1, 1887.

•C. L. F. A. ---- Cassadaga Lake Free Assoclaticm _Lily Dale, held a Spiritualist Camp Meeting, July 201887. (from news item••• cbs.)

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EDITORIAL -- JAMESTO~~ JOURNAL, 1864.

On Thursday evening of lastweek A. J. Ferguson, wife andtwo daughters of Ellery, gavea concert of patriotic musicin rural style. The attendance being meager, the familyby request gave another concert Wednesday evening ofthis week. Jones 'lhall wascrowded. The family was introduced by A. M. Harrington andwere received with unboundedenthusiasm. We cannot refrainfrom an expression of displeasure and indignation atthe conduct of some rowdyboys. Their conduct was disgraceful and heathenish. Itis a pity we cannot have somepolice regulations to keepthe young miscreants inorder. They made so muchtrouble that the professorhad to kick the young rascalsoff the stage. The proceedsof the concert and sale ofsong books were $71.60, ofWhich halr goes to the soldiers' families.
