Craft Masonry in Ontario, Seneca and Yates Counties, New York
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- Milo Lodge No. 108, Penn Yan, New York
- Joshua Lee. 1811. Benjamin Shaw. 1812. Thomas Lee, Jr.
- Andrew F. Oliver.
- Dr. Joshua Lee
- Andrew F. Oliver
- ----- John J. Comstock
- Dr. William Cornwell, Jr.
- ----- COL. THOMAS LEE, Jr.
- General Abner WOODWORTH
- Samuel L. Bigelow . 1847. Samuel L. Bigelow. 1848. Andrew F. Oliver . 1849. Charles G. Judd. 1850. John L. Lewis, Jr
- Samuel L(iscomb). Bigelow
- John L. Lewis [Sr.]
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/7504.htmCaleb Fairchild, b,: 31 Jan 1795, Morristown, NJ; d. 18 Apr 1877, Waterloo NY; m. 5 Sep 1821 in Waterloo. NY. Aurelia Maltby, b. 4 Jul 1801 in Hatfield, MA; d. 10 Dec 1898 in Waterloo, NY. He worked from 1820 to 1870 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Waterloo. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM06051.html Isaac Rosa came from the Town of Greene with the first settlers around 1817 as a master mechanic, and built the first house in Waterloo and built the Waterloo Flouring and Grist Mill for Reuben Swift & Co. and was employed to run them. He was also the first Master of the Masonic lodge the same year the missionary society was founded. From the History of Chenango County by James H. Smith (1880) and http://www.elight126.com/History.html : In 1796, Isaac ROSA settled on the east of the river, on the farm later owned by David BAIRD, about two miles above Greene. He subsequently kept a public house, at Genegantslet, where most of the public business of the vicinity was done (and in which village the Masons met until 1816; they then moved their meeting place to Greene). He was elected the second Supervisor of the town, in 1799, and was re-elected for five years. He was a man of marked character in the early settlement of the town. He was also the first Master under Dispensation, 1 Oct 1811, of Eastern Light Lodge No. 208 (chartered .2 Sep 1812; revived as No. 126 on 3 Jun 1857).
Deacon Isaac Rosa, wife, and seven children came in 1817 to Waterloo. Old, he was yet active and enterprising. Having superintended the building of the mills, he was employed to run them. The door in the front of the mill was in two parts. The pigs, attracted by feed, would crowd into the front door, which the deacon would close; then opening a back door, some fifteen feet above the water, he ran them out, and they shot, much surprised, into the water below. Deacon Rosa was employed to put up the frame of the old Presbyterian meeting-house. Messrs. Fairchild, Bacon, and Maltby went to see the frame, and found the plates on and supports placed in the basement for the heavy beams. The roof-timbers were being hauled up with a gin-pole and tackle by a score of men, and the studs beneath bent with the pressure. Suddenly, with a crash, the whole frame fell, and seven or eight men lay under and among the ruins. Deacon Rosa was badly hurt and rendered a cripple for life. . . Orrin R. Farnsworth got off with a fractured skull, was trepanned, and lived several years. ----- The third mill was built by County Judge Luther F. Stevens, sometime about 1823 http://books.google.com/books?id=24hLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq=%22junius+lodge+291%22&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false page 198. Junius Lodge was organized in 1817: the warrant is dated June 5, 1817, and is signed by Dewitt Clinton, Grand Master; Martin Hoffman, Deputy Grand Master; Cadwallader D. Colden, Senior Grand Warden ; Elishia Gilbert, Junior Grand Warden, and Elias Hicks, Grand Secretary. The officers named in the warrant are: Isaac Rosa, Master: Luther F. Stevens, Senior Warden; Joseph Pixley, Junior Warden. As the minutes of the Lodge are not intact, it is impossible to give a complete record of its doings; it is known that it met regularly until December 1826, after that time but little is known concerning its affairs; in all probability it ceased to meet owing to the (Morgan) excited conditions which at that time existed. It was not until the later part of the year 1839 that an attempt was made to revive the Lodge. On 27 Dec 1839, a meeting was held at the house of Daniel Kern, when an election for officers occurred. At this time O(rrin). R. Farnsworth was elected Master, Julius C. STRONG, Senior Warden, and Harvey S. Lisk, Junior Warden.
Children: i. Sarah Eliza Strong b. 12 Aug 1826, m. William Strong Brooks of Schenectady, NY. ii. William Augustus Strong b. 03 Oct 1828. iii. Elwyn Traver Strong b. 04 Jun 1831; d. 14 Feb 1858; a coppersmith in Waterloo, NY; m. 12 Jun 1853, Sarah Delpbine Mewhon, d. Jan 1860. 2 children. iv. Jane Electa Strong b. 25 Jul 1833, resided unmarried in Joliet, IL. v. Llewellyn Walworth Strong b. 21 Dec 1835, a hardware merchant in Joliet, IL. vi. Helen A. Strong b. 20 Jan 1818 [1838?], d. 14 Oct 1840. vii. Lavinia Sigourney Strong b. 26 Mar1840, m. 19 Dec 1867, George H. Johnson of Waterloo, NY, son of Ira Johnson and Sarah Ann Inslee: a Railroad Conductor: lived at Joliet, IL. The Grand Lodge register contains the following concerning this event: "Reorganized by L. Kelly, Grand Visitor, 27 Dec 1839, by order of the Grand Lodge." The register also contains the following statement: "Made no returns after revival, consequently the warrant was declared forfeited and recalled in Jun 1843, and after considerable difficulty obtained by Bro. Luther Kelly in Aug 1844, and delivered by him to the Grand Secretary. No books, papers or other property." Occasional meetings were held for several months after its revival; the last recorded meeting was April 16, 1840. From this date Masonry as an organized body ceased to exist in Waterloo. But the old members were restless without a Masonic home; they felt disheartened, but still had courage enough to hope for better times. Informal discussions took place, until finally they determined to apply for a dispensation and once more resume their labors. On 31 Jul 1845, a dispensation was obtained, and once more these veterans gathered about the altar, when the great light was opened never to be again closed. The officers named in the dispensation and warrant were: Caleb Fairchild, Master; Julius C. Strong, Senior Warden; Horace F. Gustin, Junior Warden. The first meetings of Seneca Lodge No. 113, chartered 12 Jul 1846, were held in the same room formerly used by the old Lodge.
The Waterloo House, which stood on Main street, the northeast corner, facing court house square, was erected in 1817. It was built by Ab. Failing, the first landlord. This was a three-story building with the main entrance in the center of the west side overlooking the square. A ball room and Masonic lodge room occupied the upper floor. It was the Waterloo House until a man named Madison took it and gave it his name. ------ Yates County Lodges Milo Lodge No. 108, Penn Yan, New York http://www.osydistrict.org/Histories.html Freemasonry in the Penn Yan area dates back to 1810. The first Lodge was Vernon Lodge No. 190, named after Mount Vernon or after the Town of Vernon. The town in Ontario County was set off from the Town of Jerusalem by an act of legislature in 1803, and included the later Towns of Benton, Milo and Torrey. The Town of Vernon later became Town of Snell, after Senator Snell. In 1810 the name was changed to Benton, and has remained as such. The Town of Milo was set off from Benton in 1818, and the Town of Torrey from Milo in 1851. It should be noted that Vernon Lodge was constituted 13 years prior to the time when Yates County was set off from Ontario, and 23 years before the incorporation of the village of Penn Yan. From 1810 to 1830 the Masons met in several places, such as Lee's Tavern, on the Pre- Emption Rd., the home of Asa Cole, Morris Sheppard's "upper room," and the Court House. The last recorded meeting of Vernon Lodge was held December 27, 1830. Masonry remained dormant throughout the "Morgan period" in Yates County until 1845, when on August 12 Penn Yan Lodge (Under Dispensation) held its first meeting. Penn Yan Lodge held 10 meetings and raised 15 Masons. For some reason, never clearly understood, this Dispensation was with- drawn, and in 1846 a new one was issued to Milo Lodge No. 108. The first meeting of Milo Lodge was held on April 15, 1846, and on June 6 a Charter was granted. John L. Lewis was the first Mason raised in Milo Lodge, and under his leadership Milo Lodge took an active part in the 1848 amendment of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. He served as Grand Master for four years. By his efforts the two Grand Lodges in the State of New York were brought together, and Masonry was strengthened. Grand Master Lewis furnished many of the plans for the construction of the beautiful Masonic Temple in New York City. He served as the head of all the Grand Lodge bodies of Masonry. He received his 33rd Degree in both the Northern and Southern Jurisdictions, and was elected Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of 33rd Degree Masons of America. Later, Lewis was nominated by the Grand Lodge of England, Scotland and Wales to represent them in the U.S. WARRANT: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June 8: intact. Name or number has never been changed. It was organized in the early part of 1846; a dispensation was granted April 9, 1846, and on April 15th, the first meeting was held. The officers named in the dispensation and warrant were: Samuel L. Bigelow, Master. Hiram Depew, Senior Warden. Elisha H. Huntington, Junior Warden. Previous to the advent of Milo Lodge, another Lodge named Penn Yan had been working under a dispensation granted July 16. 1845. For reasons not clearly understood the dispensation was revoked by M.'.W.'. JOHN D. WILLARD, January 11, 1846. This dispensation named as officers: Samuel L. Bigelow, Master. Elijah Higley, Senior Warden. Elisha H. Huntington, Junior Warden. Immediately after this action was taken by the Grand Master, another petition was presented, asking for another dispensation under the name of Milo, which was issued, and on June 4, 1846, the Committee on Warrants made a report to the Grand Lodge, then in session, in which the committee recommended favorable action on the application for a warrant. The following extract from this report throws some light upon the existing situation so far as it relates to Penn Yan Lodge: "On the application of the brethren of Penn Yan, now working under dispensation, it appears before your committee that on a former day the M.'. W.'. Grand Master did grant a dispensation empowering certain brethren of Penn Yan to organize themselves into a Masonic body and proceed to labor: that after such organization certain facts were presented to the consideration of the Grand Master, exhibiting a state of things entirely at war with the harmony which should exist in a well-regulated Lodge; that with the facts before him, the M.'.W.'. Grand Master saw fit to revoke and annul the dispensation granted by him and, instead thereof, to issue a dispensation to a portion of the body working under the former authority, which present body are known and distinguished as Milo Lodge, No. ——. This Lodge now asks that a charter may be granted to them and that the jewels, funds and other property which may have belonged to the other body, working under the former dispensation, be quietly put in their possession. Your committee recommend that the charter be filled with the names of such officers us they may select and that their petition be granted." The recommendation was adopted, and two days after, the warrant was issued. The Lodge has enjoyed an uninterrupted existence ever since. The first initiate in the Lodge was JOHN L. LEWIS, JR., who received the first degree May 1, 1846, and was raised on the 22d of the same month. No sketch of Milo Lodge would he complete without extended reference to this distinguished man and illustrious Mason. He was born in Yates County, NY, July 17, 1813: he studied law and was admitted to the bar when but twenty-two years of age; two years later he was appointed District Attorney, holding this office eleven years, when he was elected County Judge. He became active in Masonic work immediately after receiving his degrees; serving first as Secretary of his Lodge. He was elected Senior Warden in 1848; served as Master in 1850-51-52. In 1850 he was Junior Grand Deacon; in 1854 he was elected Deputy Grand Master, re-elected in 1855, and was Grand Master in 1836-57-58-59. For over thirty-five years he was an earnest and wise counselor in the deliberations of the Grand Lodge. He died at Penn Yan, NY, June 11, 1889. M.'.W.'. JOHN W. VROOMAN, in his address to the Grand Lodge, June 3, 1890, said concerning his Masonic career: "I Fraternally call your attention to a published history of the Masonic labor and service of JOHN L. LEWIS. You will find it in the printed transactions of this Grand Body from the year 1850 to the year 1888. Would you see his Masonic Memorial? Look at our present Constitution, Statutes, Code of Procedure and Rules of Order. "Would you read one of the Master Masonic orations of this or any other age? Turn to the one he delivered at the dedication of this building. "Would you possess a fund of general Masonic information? Study his addresses and his arguments. "His work was well done. It was all done. Let his own language conclude this brief tribute: ' When my labors are over I seek no higher praise than the simple, but expressive eulogy inscribed upon the tomb of one of earth's lowly but faithful ones, 'He hath done what he could." A granite shaft, erected by his brethren, marks his resting place in the cemetery at Penn Yan. It was dedicated by the Grand Master October 25, 1902. As a considerable number of the charter members of Milo Lodge had been members of Vernon Lodge, No. 190 (now extinct), which was organized in 1810, it is proper that some mention should be made of the old Lodge. The first recorded meeting was held May 8, 1810; its last recorded meeting was held December 27, 1830. This Lodge led an active career from its organization, and undoubtedly it shared the fate of so many that were forced to succumb to the effect of the anti-Masonic crusade. In this case, added to the trouble, was the loss of its entire property by fire. It was warranted March 7, 1810. The minutes of the Lodge from May 8, 1810, to May 16, 1826, are still in existence and are intact. The old warrant was destroyed in the fire. At a session of the Grand Lodge in June, 1827, the Committee on Warrants reported: "That the doings of the M.'.W.'. Grand Master in granting a dispensation to Vernon Lodge, No. 190, for the continuation of their labors (their original warrant having been burned), ought to be confirmed, and that a new warrant be granted in the names of the present officers free of expense, and that they retain their former rank." There is no record to show that a new warrant was issued. The original petition, asking for a warrant, is dated Snell, January 27, 1810, and is signed by the following: Benjamin Shaw. Robert Patterson. Reuben Weed. Thomas Lee, Jr. James Schofield. Joseph Havens. Joshua Lee. Stephen Havens. Harry Smith. Samuel Lawrence. John Hobart. It recommended as officers: Joshua Lee, Master. Benjamin Shaw, Senior Warden. Thomas Lee, Jr., Junior Warden. The by-laws adopted by the Lodge March 24, 1812, contain some interesting features. The following are excerpts: "Art. 6. Any member wishing to loan from the treasury a sum of money, not exceeding the sum of twenty-five dollars, must apply in open Lodge, and, if said application be granted, must give a good respectable member as security and pay the same in three months with lawful interest. "Art. 8. No spirituous liquors are allowed to be taken into the Lodge room unless by unanimous consent of the Lodge. "Art. 10. It shall be the duty of each member should he see or hear any brother that is a member of this Lodge conducting himself improperly or out of character, to reprimand him, and should that not have the desired effect, to report him to the Lodge, there to be dealt with as they shall direct." MASTERS OF VERNON LODGE, No. 190. 1810. Joshua Lee. 1811. Benjamin Shaw. 1812. Thomas Lee, Jr. 1813. Benjamin Shaw. 1814. Joshua Lee. 1815. Joshua Lee. 1810. Benjamin Shaw. 1817. Benjamin Shaw. 1818. Joshua Lee. 1819. Benjamin Shaw. 1820. Joshua Lee. 1821. John Powell. 1822. John Powell. 1823. Joshua Lee. 1824. Benjamin Shaw. 1825. Joshua Lee. 1826. Andrew F. Oliver. 1827. Andrew F. Oliver. 1828. Cornelius Masten. 1829. Samuel Lawrence. 1830. Samuel Lawrence.
At last meeting, December 27, 1830, ERENEZER BROWN was elected Master. The old Lodge had upon its rolls the names of many who wore prominent as: MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE. Dr. Joshua Lee, Surgeon US Army, 1812. Assemblyman, Congressman. Ebenezer Brown, Sheriff, Yates County. Avery Smith, Col. U. S. A., 1812, Assemblyman. Thomas Lee, Jr., Col. U. S. A., 1812. Aaron Remer, Capt. US Army, 1812, Assemblyman. John Powell, Clerk Board of Supervisors. Abner Woodworth, Capt. US Army, 1812, County Clerk. Andrew F. Oliver, Surrogate, Yates County. William M. Oliver, Judge. Court of Common Pleas. Cornelius Masten, Judge, Court of Common Pleas. Dr. William Cornwell, Surgeon US Army, 1812. Samuel Lawrence, Assemblyman. Milo Lodge has participated in a number of public ceremonials. It was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica, May 21,1891, and at the dedication of the same, October 5, 1892. Ebenezer Brown http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=browniv&id=I5563 b. 1 May 1797 in Norwich, Windsor, VT; d. 7 Dec 1852 in Goshen, IN; son of Martin BROWN b. 5 Oct 1761 in Bolton, Tolland, CT, and Sarah HAMMOND b. 21 Apr 1765; m. ca 1820 Hannah SHAY b: in Italy, Yates, NY. Sheriff of Yates County and Post Master of Penn Yan for six years. Children
In an article written for the Goshen Democrat in 1895, Mrs. Chauncey S. Hascall told many interesting things about Goshen and vicinity in the years of her early residence in this county. When her father, Ebenezer Brown came here in 1834, the town was only three years old. They located a mile and a half northeast of Goshen, on what was for many years known as the Yeoman farm. Their nearest neighbors were the residents of Goshen. The Brown family came from Yates county, NY, traveling by wagon to Buffalo, from Buffalo to Detroit by water and from Detroit to Goshen by wagon. They were two weeks on their way. A part of her article is so interesting that it seems a pity to abbreviate it, so that part is reproduced here. “The Methodists had a strong foothold here as in most new countries and the barn like structure they used many years for their church services witnessed many stirring, old fashioned revivals. There was no underpinning to the house and the meetings were often disturbed by animals which made their sleeping quarters there. The men sat on one side of the house and the women on the other. “The first time I saw Mrs. Robinson, sister of Mrs. John Irwin, she was riding to church on the horse behind her husband who was the circuit preacher at that time. I think they came in from the Jackson homestead. “Socially there were no dividing lines. Every man was as good as his neighbor, if not a little better. Log rollings, barn raisings and quilting bees were the chief entertainments. All the women in the neighborhood, an area of two or three square miles, assisted in getting up the big dinners for the men’s gatherings, thus combining pleasure with business in a way peculiar to new countries. John Hull’s dancing parties divided the social interests with the churches for some years. The late William Thomas, L. G. Harris, Abijah Hubbell, the Hascall’s, E. M. Chamberlain and wife and Mrs. J. P. Hawks are all that are left of the band that once tripped the light fantastic toe to the music of Hull’s violin in the old dancing room a Cook’s tavern. I remember seeing Mrs. J. P. Hawks (sister of Mrs. Hascall) starting for one of these parties on a horse behind her escort. That primitive fashion went out of date, as the new comers brought in buggies and other light vehicles which took the place of ‘prairie schooners’ and ‘riding double’ for pleasure excursions. “The first wedding of note was that of I. M. Chamberlain to Miss Phoebe Hascall in 1838. All the ‘youth and beauty’ of Goshen graced the occasion. A Rev. Mr. Brown preformed the wedding ceremony. “The first ‘society event’ of the town was Mr. Barnes large house warming party, some time near 1850. A number of South Bend people were there, among them Schuyler Colfax. “As the town increased in population and wealth, large residences were built and society began to ‘put on airs’ dividend itself into ‘circles’, issued its mandates and with its city charter, put on metropolitan customs.” http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/sketches/jerusalembiosa-l.htm Hon. Everett Brown, son of J. Warren and Rosalia BROWN, was born in Italy, NY, on 19 Oct 1850, but came to Jerusalem with his parents when a child, where he attended school in his early years, going afterward to Penn Yan to attend the academy. His occupation has been that of a farmer and a fruit grower. In politics he is Republican, having been very prominent in his town, county and State. Mr. BROWN was presidential elector at Albany, NY, in 1888 and was elected representative to the Assembly of New York in 1890, and again in 1891. He is a member of Milo Lodge, F&AM, and Minnesetah Lodge, No. 234, L. of P., of Penn Yan. 25 Dec 1870, he married Mary E. CAIRNES, of Jerusalem, NY, and their children are Nellie May and Rosalia. -----__John_J._Comstock'>----- John J. Comstock, son of Israel and Jane (SUTTON) COMSTOCK, was born 30 Jul 1826 in Jerusalem, NY and was educated in Penn Yan Academy, and has been a farmer in this town ever since. He has been a Republican ever since the party was organized, and has been commissioner of highways for three terms and in 1887 was elected justice of the peace and still holds that office. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the oldest members of the Milo Lodge, F&AM, at Penn Yan, NY. He married Mary Elizabeth, d/o Robert and Susan (WAGNER) MILLER of Pultney, NY. Their children are: Robert I., b. 15 Mar 1855; John A. b. 28 Mar 1858; George B., b. 26 Mar 1862; and Wilber F., b. 21 Nov 1863. Dr. William Cornwell, Jr. h  ttp://pyhistory.org/People/per_wmc.htm
A few families always seem to have an influence on an area far out of proportion to their numbers, and the Cornwells were definitely one of this select group. All the Yates County Cornwells were descended from William Cornwell Sr., a native of Dublin who emigrated to America with his widowed mother in 1765. His father was a Captain in the British Army, who fell at Fort Ticonderoga in the war with France. William was 15 years old when he arrived in New York; he and his mother supported themselves making and selling lace. In 1774 William married Hannah Finch in Connecticut, and soon afterward moved to Delaware County. The war of the Revolution drove most of the settlers back east to avoid trouble with the Indians. He was captured with some of his neighbors by the Indians, managed to free himself and killed all the sleeping band of captors with their own weapons. Cornwell and his family fled to Schoharie and withstood the long seige there; then he joined the army and was again captured and again escaped. William and Hannah managed to raise a large family during all this excitement, returned to Delaware County at the end of the war and bought a farm; and then in 1816 followed their son William Jr. to the Genesee Country, where they settled in the town of Jerusalem a couple of miles west of Penn Yan. William Jr. was his parents' third son and sixth child, born in 1787. Four daughters were younger. All of the family spent at least some time in Yates County. Young William was, however, the first; he came west in 1809 to practice medicine, married Sarah Chidsey in 1817 and lived successively in the two houses he built on the east side of Main Street. Though always called "Dr. Cornwell," he doesn't seem to have practiced medicine for very long. He entered politics, serving as deputy sheriff of Ontario County for some years; and was elected Colonel of the "Penn Yan Regiment" of Militia, the old 103rd infantry regiment. He represented Ontario County in the Assembly in 1820-21, and in December of the year 1820 began a clerkship with his neighbor William M. Oliver, an attorney licensed to practice before the state Supreme Court. At this time there were seven lawyers in what would become Yates County, six of them in Penn Yan: Oliver, Cornelius Masten, A.P. Vosburgh, Benjamin Dey, John Willey and William Shattuck. Cornwell read law with Oliver, and then with Evert VanBuren, and was licensed as an attorney in 1829. He was a successful lawyer in Penn Yan for many years, until his death in 1846 at the age of 60. Sarah Cornwell lived in the house he had built for her until her death in 1866. William Jr. and Sarah Chidsey Cornwell's children were: i. Achsa Ann, m. Justus S. Glover, a lawyer who was his father-in-law's partner for some time. The two practiced law in a small building at what is now 309 Main Street. Glover and his wife moved to Michigan in 1864, where he died two years later. His body was brought back to Penn Yan for burial. ii. Emily S., m. George Allen of Michigan, and died there. iii. William A., m. Oriana Bailey, the daughter of a San Francisco judge, which is where the couple lived. He was another lawyer, a writer, and secretary to the Governor and later to the California Senate. iv. Henry B. a member of Scott's army in Mexico and was mortally wounded at the battle for Chapultepec. v. Elizabeth never married, and continued to live in her parents' and later her brother's home. vi. Samuel C. died in 1841, at the age of 11. vii. Caroline m. John D. Wolcott, Penn Yan lawyer and newspaper editor. viii. George R. m. Catharine, d/o Dr. James Heermans. He remained in his father's house and became a successful merchant. The Cornwell Building and Cornwell's Opera House in downtown Penn Yan were named for him. ix. Frances H. d. 1856, age 19.
Lee was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837), after which he resumed the practice of his profession. He was unsuccessful for election to the U.S. Senate in 1839. He died in Penn Yan, NY, in 1842 and was interred in Lake View Cemetery. http://books.google.com/books?id=KEtkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&dq=%22joshua+lee%22+%22penn+yan%22&source=bl&ots=u4T3D0zMes&sig=lbyBYfwSRdXqo1sgSCqG2SDICgs&hl=en&ei=3pJ2S6KFC4fClAfI8_2hDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22joshua%20lee%22%20%22penn%20yan%22&f=false page 234. S DR. JOSHUA LEE, b. at Hudson, NY, 4 May 1783, was a physician and surgeon, was licensed to practice at the age of 21, by Jared Coffin, judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Columbia co., NY. He took a high rank and was especially eminent as a skillful surgeon (m. 2 Mar 1809, Sophia Phillips, eldest daughter of Col. Perley Phillips of Geneva. She was b. 29 Nov 1790. Dr. Joshua Lee was one of the most popular men of his day in Yates co., NY, and had a wide and extended practice there. In 1811 he was commissioned by Gov. Tompkins surgeon of Col. Avery Smith's 103d regiment of infantry, and served in that capacity in the war of 1812, being present at the battle of Queenstown, and one of the first to cross the river in the discharge of his duty. In 1817 he was elected to the Legislature, defeating his brother, Col. Thomas Lee, Jr., who was an opposing candidate. During that session he voted for the act abolishing slavery in the State of New York, in the passage of which act he was especially zealous and materially aided in securing its passage, which was effected by only two majority. In 1833 he was again elected to the Assembly without opposition and .was chairman of the Medical committee. In 1834 he was elected to the 23d Congress of the U. S., from the district embracing Yates and Steuben counties. In 1839 he was the Democratic candidate for senator in the old 8th district and received a flattering vote. He was the first Master of Vernon Lodge of Masons, organized in 1809, and continued as its Master about ten years. He died Dec. 29, 1842, in his 60th year, and his wife died in 1853, aged 62. Their children were: i. Mary Jane, b. 17 Nov 1810; m. Dr. Lewis A. Birdsail i. Charles, b. 02 Aug 1813; m. Mary M., dau. of Ambrose Hall of Palmyra, N. Y., in 1835. He was supervisor of Milo in 1847, sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate 1852-3 and one of the original trustees of the People's College. iii. Pearly Phillips, b. 08 Mar 1819, d. 25 Mar1819. iv. Ann Jeannette, b. 15 Aug 1821 v. George, b. 10 Feb 1830. ----- COL. THOMAS LEE, Jr., b. 20 Dec 1774; m. Asenath, daughter of Jacob Winants. Jacob Winants' wife was Rebecca Tallmadge, who was the aunt of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, US senator from NY 1833 to 1844, and governor of Wisconsin. Col. Thomas Lee, Jr., was a prominent citizen, large land-owner and had a largely extended business, he was supervisor of the town of Milo, NY, in 1792. In 1816 he was member of Assembly, representing Ontario co., removed to Michigan in 1822, and was a member of the first Constitutional Convention of Michigan. He was a colonel commanding a regiment in the war of 1812. He and his wife d. in Michigan, well advanced in years. They had seven children -----
In 1835 he became First Judge of Yates County (a title, not an indication of chronology) and served a single five-year term. He was known ever afterward as "Judge Masten." Interestingly, he is the only County Judge whose portrait could not be found to hang in the Court House a century and a half later. Masten speculated rather heavily in wild lands in Warren County, PA; later, when oil was discovered there, a great many men became rich and no doubt an equal number went broke. All his lands in Penn Yan were sold in 1843 to pay his debts, but he evidently recovered enough of his fortune to continue to live in some of the best houses in Penn Yan. He died in 1850, age 63. Children: i. Henry b. 1813, Kinderhook; d. 1864; m. Rebecca Marten of Troy in 1845. They settled in Penn Yan and he began the practice of law but died only a few months after their marriage, without issue. His wife remarried and with her second husband went to what is now West Virginia. The husband, David Newton, was a newspaper editor in Charles Town and strongly advocated abolition there. Rebecca survived him. They had one son, Masten Newton. ii. Peter, b. 1815, Kinderhook; m. Jane Bentley, a judge's daughter from Chautauqua County. They went to live in Woodhull, Steuben County. Two of their sons were soldiers during the Civil War, as was Peter Masten himself. iii. Elizabeth A b. Aug 1818; m. Adna Sawyer, settled in Rock Stream and then in Dundee; two children who survived infancy. iv. Abraham V., b. 1820; m. Calista Beard of Milo; settled in Penn Yan where he was a saddler and harness-maker. 6 children. v. Cornelius C., b. 1823; m. Ursula Schofield of Penn Yan, and lived there. He was a gas-fitter and plumber. vi. John B., b. 1825; never married, volunteering for the Mexican War and was killed at Chihuahua in 1848. vii. James, b. 1827; m. Nancy Manning of White's Corners, Potter, PA; studied medicine with Andrew F. Oliver of Penn Yan, and practiced at Medfield in Tioga Co., Pa. They had four children.
Aaron REMER, born in Somerset county, New Jersey, married Phoebe, daughter of Lawrence TOWNSEND in 1804. They located, for a time, at the Lawrence Mills, on the outlet, then embracing a distillery, carding machine and cloth dressing, in which he was interested. Subsequently they settled on a farm now owned by Thomas GRISTOCK, on the Penn Yan and Dresden road and adjoining what became and is still known as his homestead farm, where he died, and his son, William T. REMER, now resides. He was also interested in building the Mosher Mills. In accordance with the custom of his German ancestors, and indeed with many of the present families of New Jersey, Aaron learned a tread, and served his apprenticeship as a shoemaker in the city of New York. After coming to this country he directed his mind and energies to other pursuits, soon attained the ownership of land and pursued the avocation of a farmer. He was early inclined to politics and being an active and energetic, soon made his influence felt. Associating with such men as Elijah SPENCER, the LAWRENCES and others of that day, then young men, he became conspicuous as a leader. His first associations were with the Federal party like most of his family. But the War of 1812 aroused his patriotic spirit, and he proceeded to the front as Captain of a Company of Calvary, organized in Benton. This company did three months of stirring service near the close of the war. From that time he was identified with the Democratic party, and adhered to it till 1840, when he espoused the cause of Gen. HARRISON, the Whig candidate for President. He was one of the five members of Assembly that represented Ontario county, in the session of 1822, and one of the six, of the following year, when Richard HOGARTH of Seneca, and Philetus SWIFT of Phelps, were also members. During that session he succeeded in procuring the organization of Yates county. He was also honored with the first election to the Assembly from the new county. Again in 1831 and 1832, he filled the same position, making five terms that he served as Member of Assembly. In obtaining the construction of the Crooked Lake Canal, and the Charter of the Yates County Bank, he was largely instrumental. In 1832 (March 2), a special committee of the Assembly was appointed to examine and put before the Committee of the whole House, such bills as in their judgment should receive the consideration of the House, as of the greatest public importance. This committee consisted of nine of the leading members and Aaron REMER was its Chairman. With public men and leading citizens he held an extensive correspondence, and was for a long time, sole agent of Henry TREMPER, a wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, owning extensive tracts of land in Ontario county. Mr. TREMPER had an early interest in the operations of the Lessee Company. In 1831, “Peter GANSEVORT, James STEVENSON and John WEBB, of Albany, Charles L. LIVINGSTON, Mordecai MYERS and James MONROE, of the city of New York, and Aaron REMER of Yates county,” were associated in the purchase and sale of the village plot of Little Falls, Herkimer county. Mr. REMER was largely interested and furnished the principal means for the purchase of the Wagener Mill and the village property in Penn Yan. Among his personal correspondents were such men as Mordecai M. NOAH and William M. OLVER. In all his business relations he was prompt, active, generous and reliable, and he accumulated a fine estate. He was regarded as a man of tried fidelity, social and politically, was affable and kind, made friends easily and kept them. It followed that he was a popular and influential citizen. He died in 1841 of consumption, at the age of 61years, and his decease was regarded as a public calamity. His wife died in Dec 1867, at the age of 83 years. Both were buried at City Hill. Their children were Lawrence T., Ann, Phebe, Mary, Jane, William T. and Sarah. Lawrence T. married Sarah SEARS, of Penn Yan, and was for some time a merchant at Dresden. Subsequently he occupied a farm near the homestead, and finally moved to St. Clair, Michigan, where he resides, a farmer. His wife died leaving one child, Phebe J., and he married a second wife, Sarah J. GAGE of St. Clair. They had two daughters, Frances E. and Anna F. Ann was unmarried and resided on the homestead. Phebe married Ray G. WALT, a lawyer, who settled on a place in Milo, know as the VOSBINDER farm where both died leaving three children: Aaron B., Mary E. and Francis E. Aaron B was accidental drowned in Keuka Lake in 1854. Mary E. married John FISH of Kentucky, and resided at Moorsville, Missouri. Francis E. was unmarried. Mary married Bradley SHEARMAN. They lived on a farm in Benton, where she died. Mary, their only surviving child, was the wife of Charles H. REMER, a merchant of Dresden. Jane and Sarah died single. William T., born in 1822, married Mary H., daughter of Anthony TRIMMER Jr., of Benton. They reside on and own a portion of the homestead, on lot 46. He has erected a fine mansion of greatly improved the premises, making his home one of the most desirable country residences in the county. He is an intelligent and progressive farmer, and his wife is a genial and efficient helpmate. In all public affairs he has been active and prominent and has held various public stations: was Sheriff one term, having been elected in 1858, and Provost Marshal of the 25th Congressional District from April 1863 till the close of the war, and is now (1870) Member of Assembly. They have three sons: Melville W., William A. and George A. -----
http://books.google.com/books?id=ATnaYsTHIvsC&pg=PA538&lpg=PA538&dq=%22avery+smith%22+%22penn+yan%22&source=bl&ots=TtKsZQZwCT&sig=5djZBjnfpqN3w2jZMJqp-yAr8wQ&hl=en&ei=7Jl2S6vHBMKzlAegu4GiDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22avery%20smith%22%20%22penn%20yan%22&f=false page 538. Col. Avery Smith, and his father (Richard), were natives of Connecticut, the latter a follower of Jemima Wilkinson, the Quakeress, and with others accompanied her to Yates County, NY, settling in New Jerusalem. He took up a tract of land and resided there until his death, carrying on farming. He put up the first gristmill in that county. Avery was reared in his native State, whence he removed to Yates County, NY, where he lived many years. He spent his last days with a daughter near Geneva, but his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Penn Yan. He obtained his military title as leader of a regiment in the War of 1812, and at home was a man prominent in local affairs, and at one time a member of the State Legislature. His wife was Lament Wagner, whose people removed from Pennsylvania at an early day, and were among the earliest pioneers of Yates County, NY. http://books.google.com/books?id=hDUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA759&dq=%22avery+smith%22&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22avery%20smith%22&f=false page 126. When about fourteen years of age, Avery suddenly left the homestead in Connecticut, and unknown to the family, found his way to the home of his father, who, on his application for work, hired him without knowing him to be his own son. He soon influenced the other members of the family to join the father, and after ten years of separation, they were thenceforward residents here. A fine property, consisting of mills, tannery and real estate, inherited from wealthy ancestors, was disposed of when they came here. Avery married Lament Wagener, the daughter of David Wagener, some years his junior. He settled at the mill, and from that time had chief charge of the property, consisting of the mills and about two hundred acres of land adjoining. The father lived in. the same log house he first built, nearly forty years. Both parents resided with the son at the time of their decease, his house being on the hill just above and south of the mills. Richard Smith died in 1836, at the age of ninety, and his wife died in 1838, at the ago of 84. In 1818 Avery Smith sold the mill property to James Lee, and took up his residence on the opposite farm, known as the Griffin B. Hazard place. Avery Smith held the rank of Colonel in the War of 1812, and served with the 103d Regiment, under General Hugh Brady, through the war. Joshua Lee was Surgeon of this regiment, and Jeremiah B. Andrews an attendant. In 1826, Avery Smith re-presented Yates county in the Assembly, and he was always a prominent and influential citizen. He had twelve children. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/benton/bentonbios3.htm Benjamin Shaw married Margaret Powell, sister of John POWELL of Dutchess county, at Sheshequin, and came to this county in 1805. They located first on the farm now owned by Caleb HAZEN where he worked as a blacksmith, and subsequently purchased the place known as the GRISWOLD farm, between the South Centre road and Flat street, where he died in 1827, leaving three children and his widow, who died in 1866. Their children were Orrin, Eliza M. and Stephen P. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/sketches/jerusalembiosm-w.htm Henry Rose Sill, son of Samuel and Susan (ROSE) SILL, was born in Geneva, NY. His mother died when he was four years of age, and his uncle, Henry ROSE, of this town, adopted and educated him at Geneva, NY. Mr. SILL then returned and remained on the farm with his uncle until Mr. ROSE died. Mr. SILL now owns the old homestead, which is one of the finest farms in Jerusalem and is stocked with fine graded horses and cattle. He is a Republican, was elected supervisor two terms, 1889 & 1890, and has always taken an active part in the affairs of the town. He is a member of Milo Lodge F&AM, of Penn Yan, NY. 5 May 1880, he married Mary Ida, daughter of Charles STEBBINS, of Branchport, NY, and their children are Henry Rose, Elizabeth Nelson and Mary Cornelia. Mr. SILL and his family are members of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Branchport, NY. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/friendbios.htm <  General Abner WOODWORTH - One of the most noted families among the earlier residents of Benton, was that of the WOODWORTHS. They were from Connecticut, and people of sterling worth. Abner WOODWORTH, the grandfather of the late General Abner WOODWORTH, and two of his sons and two of his daughters, became citizens of Benton. The prominent place they filled in their days is alluded to in its proper place. Molly was the wife of Levi BENTON Sr., and Hannah, of Gideon WOLCOTT Sr. Dyer WOODWORTH was a very useful man in the Barden neighborhood, and Elisha WOODWORTH’s family cleared the farm of John MERRIFIELD, on Flat street. They were widely connected with the leading families of Benton. Polly, the oldest daughter, was the wife of Dr. Calvin FARGO, whom she outlived over half a century. She died in 1878, upwards of ninety-six years old, the last of her father’s family. General Abner WOODWORTH reached the age of eighty-three, though during a few of his last years was confined to his him by paralysis on one side of his body. He was long a prominent and popular citizen, and genial in his manners and a man of genuine kindness of heart. In the later period of his life he resided in Penn Yan. His military title was derived from an organization of 1812, kept up to secure the claims of that class of the public defenders form the State. In that work General WOODWORTH devoted several of the later years of his active life. As a representative of the country he is well chosen. Few men in his day were equally well known of all the people of the county, and there were very few toward whom there was such universal good will and kindly feeling. His portrait will recall very vividly to many citizens an epoch that is receding into the past. It is by the liberality of our fellow citizens, Samuel S. ELLSWORTH, that General WOODWORTH’S portrait is numbered among the illustrations of this book. He was the last of his name, and the last of the male line of his family in the county.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/sketches/potterbiom-w.htm George G. Wyman, son of Samuel and Betsey R. (WALTERMAN) WYMAN, a descendant of the eighth generation from Roger WILLIAMS of Rhode Island, was born in Potter, 9 Aug 1806. He was educated at the common schools of the day, and he still owns the farm upon which he was born. In politics he has always been Republican, and has taken a active interest in the affairs of his native town. He has been supervisor four years and assessor twelve years. He is a member of Milo Lodge at Penn Yan, F&AM, and he and his family are members of the M. E. Church. 20 Oct 1831, Mr. WYMAN married Caroline, daughter of Samuel ROSS, of Mansfield, CT, and they had twelve children: Adelia S., who married Edwin J. HERMANS, of Potter, NY; Benjamin W., who married Rachel CRAWFORD of Penn Yan, NY; Benjamin W., who married Rachel CRAWFORD of Penn Yan, NY; Harriet R. (deceased), married F. C. HOBART of Potter, NY; Elizabeth R., married Frank TILFORD, of Ontario Co., NY; Sarah G. (deceased); Emily L., an artist who teaches at Wilbraham, Mass; Alice A. (deceased); Ella E., married J. B. TRACY, of Schuyler County, NY; Edward S. (deceased) who married Lizzie BORDWELL, of Potter, NY; Susan C., who married John VOORHEES, of Potter, NY; Flora A., who married Martin FOSTER, of this town; and Henry B., who married Mary ANDERSON, of Milo, NY and resides on the homestead. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. John N. Macomb, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master. George H. Sheppard, District Deputy Grand Master. Edson Potter, District Deputy Grand Master. Edward H. Hopkins, Grand Steward. Note: see appendix for a short history of Jerusalem Encampment, KT, written by John N. Macomb, Jr. GRAND OFFICERS IN AFFILIATED BODIES. Darius A. Ogden was Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter. R. A. M.
S. M. Charles G. Judd was Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery, K. T. MASTERS.
1852. John L. Lewis, Jr. 1853. Alfred Reed. 1854. Niram Bigelow. 1855. Niram Bigelow. 1856. Niram Bigelow. 1857. Niram Bigelow. 1858. James Burns. 1859. James Burns. 1860. James Burns. 1861. Darius Baker. 1862. Darius Baker. 1863. Darius Baker. 1864- John L. Lewis. 1865. Darius Baker. 1866. Charles S. Eastman. 1867. Charles S. Eastman. 1868. Charles S. Eastman. 1869. Enoch W. Ross. 1870. Darius Baker. 1871. Wm. A. Mclntyre. 1872. George Beebe. 1873. George Beebe. 1874. Franklin E. Smith.
1876. Wilson W. Quackenbush. 1877. Wilson W. Quackenbush. 1878. Franklin E. Smith. 1879. John N. Macomb Jr. 1880. John N. Macomb Jr. 1881. J. Henry Smith. 1882. J. Henry Smith. 1883. James Cairns. 1884. James Cairns. 1885. Andrew B. Horton. 1886. Andrew B. Horton. 1887. Edward H. Hopkins. 1888. Edward H. Hopkins. 1889. Milton M. Rose. 1890. John T. Knox. 1891. John T. Knox. 1892. Silas Kinne. 1893. Horatio W. Perkins. 1894. William M. Beebe. 1895. William M. Beebe. 1896. George S. Sheppard. 1897. George S. Sheppard. 1898. Clarence H. Knapp. 1899. Bert S. Hopkins. 1900. Bert S. Hopkins. 1901. Edward D. Rose. 1902. Orville F. Randolph. 1903. Edson Potter. 1904. Jerry M. Thompson. 1905. Oliver J. Townsend. 1906. Sam Fybush. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/fam/fam07244.html Darius Baker, b. 1818, Milo, Yates, NY; d. 22 May 1872, Torrey, Yates, NY; son of Gilbert Baker and Margaret Comer; m. Waity Eldred, d/o of Beriah Eldred and Sarah Mathews. http://books.google.com/books?id=lcEKiggzDaEC&pg=PA392&lpg=PA392&dq=%22Niram+Bigelow%22+%22Penn+yan%22&source=bl&ots=1iVOjPFFpc&sig=eLwiLFPSzxGm6zomsN-PJwCLqwE&hl=en&ei=AmN3S5rFC8zS8AaU3uDzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Niram%20Bigelow%22%20%22Penn%20yan%22&f=false page 392. Niram Bigelow, son of Samuel Liscomb and Catherine (Van Gorden) Bigelow (see next biography), was born in Reading, NY, 16 Sep 1814; d. 11 Jun 1907; m. 19 Jan1837, Corrinne Stanford; b. in Oriskany, NY, 22 Oct 1819; d. in Milo, NY, 25 Dec1880. Res. at Penn Yan, NY. He served as District Deputy Grand Master of the Fifteenth Masonic District. Children (b. in Milo, NY): Samel, b. 25 Oct 1887 in Jerusalem, NY; d. 2 Jun 1856. Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1889; d. 15Jul 1848. Stanford, b. 23 Dec 1841; killed at Petersburg, Va., 25 Dec 1865. Francis Harris, b. 05 Apr 1844; d.23 Jul 1887in San Francisco, CA; m. 6 Jun 1869, Mary Duane. Corrinna, b. 11 Jun 1846; m. 19 Jun 1866, Alpha O. Dunning; res. Torrey, Yates, NY. John Winfield, b. 30 Apr 1849; res. Milo. Clinton Stanford, b. 17 Apr 1852; m. 5 Dec 1872, Flora E. May; res. San Francisco, CA. Rose Stanford, b. 18 Jul 1855; res. Milo. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeybios1.htm Note: see also Reading Lode No. 123 of which Samuel was a member. Samuel L(iscomb). Bigelow, born in Whitehall, NY, in 1797, was a carpenter. His wife was Catharine VAN GORDEN, born in 1795, in New Paltz, NY. They were married in Bennett’s Settlement in 1814. Her father was a pioneer in Bennett’s Settlement, residing on the MC KNIGHT’S location. Samuel L. BIGELOW and wife commenced their married life in Eddytown. He built and lived in all the houses from the store, now occupied by Mr. MILLSPAUGH, around to and including the Isaac P. SEYMOUR residence. He moved in 1832 to the hollow where the Friend’s Mill was originally erected and lived there nearly 20 years. He built ten locks in that vicinity on the Crooked Lake Canal (which ran between Dresden and Penn Yan). He also owned and operated the mill property there. About 1848 he moved to Michigan where his wife died in 1865 at aged 70 years, and he in 1867 at the same age. He was a man of no small degree of enterprise. Their children were Niram (see preceding biography), Levi, Decatur, Eliza, James, Samuel L., Abraham and Julia. Niram born in 1814, married Corinne, daughter of John R. STANFORD in 1837. They reside near the old mill, where his father resided many years. Their children have been Samuel L., Stanford, Francis, Corinne, John W., Clinton and Rose S. Samuel L. died in 1856 at aged 19 years. Stanford born in 1841, was a Union soldier of the 14th NY Heavy Artillery, and was killed before Petersburg, in 1865. Francis, born in 1844, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1863, was on the blockading ship, Brittania off Wilmington, NC, for 13 months. He is now a clerk in the U.S. Express office in San Francisco. Corinne married Alpha O. DUNNING, and lives in Torrey. Their children are Frank, Lillie V, and Rose F. The others are with their parents. Levi, son of Samuel L. BIGELOW Sr., married Lucy, daughter of Ira FISHER. They live in Chicago and have four children. The remaining children of Samuel L. BIGELOW Sr. reside in Michigan. Samuel L. BIGELOW Jr., is a Methodist clergyman at Sumner, Michigan. John L. Lewis, Jr. http://pyhistory.org/People/per_jll.htm It's difficult now to go back in time and understand how a really outstanding teacher can influence an entire community for generations, but it must be admitted that this was true in the case of the remarkable John L. Lewis [Sr.], known almost universally as "Master Lewis." He was born in 1779 in Wethersfield near New Haven in Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1796, his father having been a tutor there. John Lewis died just as his son was about to enter the college, in 1792. Almost immediately after graduation the younger Lewis set out for the Genesee Country in pursuit of his guardian, who had disappeared with the avails of his father's estate. Young John failed in his immediate purpose, and when he finally reached the disreputable settlement on the site of Geneva, he sold his horse and took a position there as clerk to Richard M. Williams, who kept an Indian trading store. Lewis learned the language of the Seneca people and remained on friendly terms with them as long as they frequented the frontier settlements where he spent the rest of his life. He returned in 1798 to New Haven and took up the study of medicine, which he had prepared for in his undergraduate course at Yale. At just that time the United States was engaged in an undeclared war with France, and Lewis quit school to enlist in the army at the age of 19. His friends apparently brought some influence to bear, and he was appointed paymaster. Stationed at Scotch Plains, New Jersey, he met and became friends with Samuel Harpending, whom he met again 40 years later at Dundee. The men became very close friends and maintained their friendship as long as they both lived. When the war was over in 1799, Lewis decided that he didn't want to be a doctor after all, and returned to Geneva. He began his teaching career there in that year. In 1802 he taught a school at Benton Center, his first in what is now Yates County. He came to Penn Yan in 1815 and taught there two years in the decrepit old school house that stood on the west side of Main Street near where the Academy was later built. He taught all over the neighborhood, in Benton, Penn Yan, Hopeton, town of Seneca, in the Gore. In 1822 he was offered a job as tutor in Geneva College at the unheard-of salary of $600 a year; he was promised a Professorship of Languages as soon as the College was well-established, as he knew Latin and Greek. He turned down this offer, however, taking a district school in what is now Starkey. He went from there to Lodi on the east side of Seneca Lake, then returned to Benton and remained there about ten years, in and near the village of Dresden. He went to Dundee in 1836, served as Justice of the Peace and taught there about five years, then returned to Benton and taught at Bellona. He stayed there until the death of his wife in 1859, and then yielded to the wishes of his family and retired. He served as Postmaster there, however, and taught some more classes, and finally spent his last years with his sons in Penn Yan and Watkins. He died at the latter place in 1863, at the age of 84. He began to keep a meteorological journal in 1805 and kept it up daily until about 1860, recording not only the weather and atmospheric events but of his general life and times. Richard H. Williams, the son of his old trading-post partner, said this was "perhaps the most full and perfect of the kind ever kept by any individual in this part of the country." He also, interestingly, praised Lewis's small and beautiful handwriting, a talent inherited by his son John L. Lewis Jr. Williams, writing in 1869, went on, "This journal expanded into voluminous proportions until it embraced some twelve or fifteen quarto ledger-sized volumes and covers not only atmospheric and general history, but is filled with observations and notes on the vegetable and animal kingdom; embellished with drawings and colored representations of many curious, new and interesting subjects, and indeed contains a representation in life, colors and size, of much of the floral and forest production and life of the age and action, embracing even foliage and trunk in miniature." He was called on by many local families to inscribe their families in the section between the testaments of their old (and huge) Bibles. He was a good enough surveyor to practice this art in a small way, and was familiar with the sciences, arts and literature. Lewis and his wife, born Laura Brown at Norwich, Vermont, had seven children: i. Amelia H., b. 1806; m. Samuel F. Curtis at Penn Yan in 1829 and died within just a few months. ii. Edwin W., b. 1809; m. Relief, the daughter of Penn Yan cabinet-maker Amasa Holden. She died and he remarried and moved to Watkins, where he practiced medicine for many years. iii. Caroline S., b. 1811; m. George F. Livermore of Dresden and removed to Michigan, where he practiced law.
v. Mary D., b. 1816; m. David Fraser of Dundee. She died without bearing children. vi. Martin B., b. 1820; m. Emma H., granddaughter of Richard M. Williams; later moved to Minnesota. vii. Sarah E. http://pyhistory.org/People/per_afo.htm Yüklə 0,87 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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