N^5»S:^5^1 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Cornell University Library F 129W35 D59 Directory of the Village 9,» Way.'SPiS i '^'^ olin 3 1924 028 826 738 Overs The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028826738 •Ii»l4 ^-DIRECTORY : OF THE : ILLAGEOF WAYLAND, N.Y. at the beginning of the twenth<:tii century, a. d. INCLUDING AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE VIL- LAGE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES ' TO THE PRESENT, BY CHARLES M. JERVIS. 1901. ^ ,, WAYLAND, N. Y. PRESS OF THE BREEZE, DANSVILLE, N. Y. DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. VILLAGE DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. JANUARY, 1 90 1. 15 B — Removals and business changes since the beginning o£ the year are not noted. The Wk denotes that the person has died since Jan. i. The dagger denotes that the person re- putside of the corporation limits, William E. b 16 Sullivan Baldwin, Lilly, Mrs. 45 Lincoln William, 1 h do Barnum, Belle, Mrs. b Steuben House Barnum, Cordie, 1 h 7 Pine *Margaret E. Mrs. do Murray, 1 b 49 N Main Newton, Mason b Steuben House Barth, Charles F. 1 h 28 S Main Susie J. Mrs. do BARTHOLOMEW, ALBERT, Mgr, Hatch, Otto & Co. h 8 Water Ann E. do Arthur, Carpenter b do Borden, 1 b do Delbert, Ex. Driver b do Mae, Mrs. do Bartz, Addie M. Mrs. 9 S Main Earl, do Nellie, do ' William, 1 h do :ms, Almond J. Rert'd, h 7 Fremont, "mma A., Mrs. 15 Hamilton. Floyd, Antique Furniture, Buffalo Hamilton. .BRAMS, GLEN D. Barber 21 N. Main h 15 Hamilton. Noble, S. Painter, b 7 Fremont. Lcker, Frank, 58 S. Main George do jjflattie do *'feusan L. Mrs. do I - William F,l.h. do \ckley, Sarah C. Mrs. 34 Lincoln ^dams, Charles B, Clerk G. S. Davis, b 39 N. Main Ella, Mrs. 20 E. Naples Jay W. 1. h. do Ames, Agnes M., 43 Lincoln Anna M. Mrs. do Ward C. Fireman, h do A.ris, Anne, Mrs. 36 E. Naples John do Michael 1 h do Michael, Jr. do (Armstrong, John 1 b 34 Lincoln Thomas, 1 h do ;Avery, Arch, 1 h 83 E. Naples JCelia, Mrs. do JC. Stillman, Farmer, roo Lack'a WERY, JOHN Livery, Bryant House, h 2 W. 'Naples tLucinda B. Mrs. 100 Lack'a B 3 ibcock. Minnie E. Mrs. wid. b 5 Cass Minnie E. Teacher, b do Jadeau, Walter, Tel. Operator P. S. & N. b Locke's Hotel iailey, George E. Farmer, h 125 Lack'a :|:Maud E. Mrs. do Iprissa, 14 Filmore Timothy A. Ret'd h 14 Filmore "%R, BERTRAM J. Dentist, Patchin ___, Block, h 26 W. Naples Louisa M. Mrs. do irjet L. do |RRITT H. Sewing Machines, h JWayland b 16 E Naples ifBeal, Frank, 1 b:i36 Lack'a ^:David W. 1 b do :;Hannah, Mrs. do IJohn G. 1 h do I Raymond G do Becker, Arthur E. 65 E. Naples David T. Truck Gardner do Esther E. do Florence E. do Karl E. do Lorena M. do Mary E. Mrs do Beeman, Eva M. Mrs, 39 Lack'a Harley R. 1 b 23 Lack'a Harvey, H. 39 Lack'a Helen F. Teacher, 23 Lack'a Iris E. 39 Lack'a Isabelle, Mrs. h 23 Lack'a Nina C. Stenographer, ;3 Lack'a Percy, 1 h 39 Lack'a Reitz F. 39 Lack'a Belman, Arthur F. 24 Lincoln Daisy J. 16 S Wayland George A. 1 h do Lilly M. Mrs, 24 Lincoln Susie E. Mrs. 16 S Wayland Thomas, 1 h 24^Lincoln Bennett, Albert G. Engineer h 37 S Wayland Alida B. Mrs. Dressmaking, 13 E Naples Angelina W. wid. h to Filmore Bertha B. Mrs. 37 S Wayland DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. THE First National Bank or WAYLAND, N. Y. Capital, - $50,000 William W. Clark, President, Martin KImmel, Vice President, John J. Morris, Cashier. DIRECTORS J. A. mil, A. L. Morley, Martin Kimmel, W. W. Clark, H. V. Pratt, Lola C. Jervis, B. C. Patchin, W. W. Capron, Jr. John J. Morris,. DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 5 Frank L. Bookkeeper lo Fillmore Guy B. 37 S Way land Homer L. 37 S Way land James G. Ret'd h 8 Filmore BENNfeTT, JOHN A. Mgr. Ferrin Bros, h 13 E. Naples. Lawrence B. Billing elk D. L. & W. b 10 Filmore Bevins, Sophia, Mrs. wid. 14 Filmore Bigelow, Helen W, Mrs. wid. b 14 S Main Bill, Amelia L. 52 W. Naples BILL, CHRISTIAN C. Lawyer 18 E. Naples, h 18 E. Naples. Clarence, 1 b 20 S Main Clyde, 3 Milliman Eva L. do Flora M. 52 W Naples George J. Farmer, h W. Naples )g,.r Harriet, Mrs. 3 Milliman Henry J. 1 h do ^ Lena M. 52 W. Naples ■6 Leonard J. 3 Milliman Louisa, Mrs. wid. h 3 Sullivan Blymehl, Christian, 1 h 2 S Main Katharine, Mrs. do Bowers, Grace M. 71 E. Naples Harriet R. Mrs. do Harry S, Clerk J. I. Sterner b 71 E Naples John, 1 h do BRANCH & SON, Lumber Yard and Planing Mill, Maple St, BRANCH, CLARENCE G. Mgr. Branch & Son, b 12 Lack'a ^Braunschweig, Erwin 118 Lack'a JGrant do IJacob, Jr. Farmer h do JNellie. Mrs. do |Roy do Brockway, Ruth, b 12 Lack'a Brown, Charles A. 1 h i Water Cora I. Mrs. 27 S Wayland Edith L. do Ernest M do Estella, Mrs. i Water James A. 27 S Wayland John, Painter, b 15 S Main John T. 1 h 27 S Wayland LeRoy D i Water BRYANT HOUSE, Hotel, 13 N. Main, Otto F. Leider, Prop. Bryant, Belle, 9 N. Scott Lydia Ann, Mrs. wid. h N. Scott Bunnell, Idella, 5 Lincoln Bush, Jane, Mrs. wid, h 7 S Main Button. Bertha, 32 E. Naples ifHenry H. 1 h 95 E. Naples tVioletta L. Mrs. do Campbell, Bernard, 31 E. Naples Clara, Mrs. 33 E. Naples Collins C. 1 h 31 E. Naples Edward J. do Ellen do Hugh do Karl D. Clk Morley, Carpenter and Co. b 31 E. Naples L. Reginald, 33 E. Naples Mary, Mrs. 31 E. Naples Mary B. do Mildred do William do ^rCanfield, Charles B. 1 b 84 Lack'a t Henry F. 1 h do Canute, George, 1 b 49 S Main Olin, 1 b do Capron, Charles A. Farmer, h 73 E. Naples Dessa L. Mrs. 49 E. Naples Emma T. Mrs. 15 W. Naples Eva E. Mrs. 73 E. Naples Lloyd G. 49 E. Naples Louis J. 1 h do Sallie W. Mrs. 8 S. Scott Sarah D. Mrs. wid. b 73 E. Naples Theodore J. 8 S Scott Wilbur W. Port Warden, i Broadway, N. Y. City, h T5 W. Naples CAPRON, WILEY W. Produce 59 N Main h 8 S. Scott Carpenter, Clara W. Mrs. 4 Sullivan Edwin A. Agr'l Impt's, h do CARPENTER, LUCIEN D. Merchant, Mor- ley, Carpenter & Co b 4 Sullivan Rosetta E. _ do Cay wood, Florence L. 11 S. Main James B. do Lilla E. B. Mrs. do William S. Bookkeeper Inc. Co. h 11 S Main CLARK & PRATT, Attorneys, 6 N Main William W. Clark, Henry V. Pratt Clark, Edna, 28 S Main Hattie M. Mrs. 20 Hamilton Margaret, 28 S Main William H. Clerk, First Nat'l Bank, b 20 Hamilton CLARK, WILLIAM W. Lawyer, Clark & Pratt, Dist. Att'y Pres. First Nat'l Bk. h 20 Hamilton Clayton, Edna H. 42 S Main Leo B. do Mary A. Mrs. do William B, 1 h do demons, Clark, 1 h 2 Lack'a Cora E. do Elizabeth M. Mrs. do Cochrane, Belle, Mrs. 5 N Scott Chester A. do Robert W. do William H 1 h do Cody, Frank D. Tinsmith, b Bryant House COHN & FRIEDMAN, Clothiers 6 N Main COHN, DAVID, Clothier Cohn & Friedman b Bryant House Cole. Florence R. Mrs. 21 Lack'a Oscar D. Fancier, h do COMMERCIAL HOUSE, Hotel, i E Naples N. Schu, Jr. Prop. Comstock, Mabel E. Teacher, b 18 S Wayland Conrad, Adam, Farmer, h 20 S Wayland *Damion J. 27 Fremont Conrad, Elizabeth, Mrs. 20 S. Wayland Francis V. 27 Fremont Kathefine Mrs. do . CONRAD, KATHERINE, MiUmery, Conrad Sisters, 25 N Main, b 11 N Scott CONRAD, PHILIP, Sewing Machines h 27 Fremont „t .. ■ CONRAD SISTERS, MiUmery, 25 N Mam Katherine Conrad, Yetta Conrad CONRAD. YETTA, Millinery, Conrad Sisters 25 N Main, b 11 N Scott DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. THE ST. JAMBS HOTEL N. MAIN STREET, Wfl\LAND, N. Y. MODERATE RATES, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. IN. LAST, Proprietor. ♦ ESTABLISHED ♦ l^ 1867 ♦ ♦ SUCCESSOR TO CAPROIS * rOWLER W. W. CAPRON, Jr. ♦ ♦ WHOLESALE DEALER IIS fARM PRODUCE. Potatoes a Specialty. t Warehouse and Head Office, North Main Street. ♦ I ♦ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Directory of wayland, n. y. )osta, Natalie, 1 b Holmes Hotel ^ostello, Michael, Ret'd, b 34 N Main :OXE, CHARLES J. Miller Wilcox & Co. h 44 E. Naples Marie M. Mrs. 44 E. Naples :Cutnmings, Merritt, 1 b 95 E. Naples ;;ure, George A. 1 h i^urtis, Albert D. Farmer, h 15 Lincoln Charles A. 1 h 29 S Wayland Cora M. Mrs. 26 Lack'a Frank H. 29 S Wayland Gordon M. 26 Lack'a :URTIS, GRANT M. Sec. Inc. Co. h 26 Lack Harris, Farmer, h 10 E Naples Lucien G. 29 S Wayland Lulu M. 10 E. Naples Mary C. Mrs. 15 Lincoln Max J. 29 S. Wayland Sarah A. Mrs. do Warren C. 26 Lack'a CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO. Lack'a Chas. A. Cyphers, Frank G. Patchin, Grant M. Curtis. ^CYPHERS, CHARLES A. Pres. Inc. Co. h 113 Lack'a ^Mildred 113 Lack'a JVinia L. Mrs. do Dalton, Betsy, Mrs. 14 Filmore Phoebe, do William, 1 h do Dapper, Alice, Stenographer, b 26 Lack'a Davis, Ann, Mrs. wid. h 22 S Wayland C. H. Delia, Mrs. 67 S Main Elwin N. Builder h do DAVIS, GRANT S. Grocer, 39 N. Main h 39 N. Main Kate, Mrs. wid. h 23 E. Naples Lyle, 67 S Main May L. Mrs. 39 N Main Muriel, 67 S Main Vivian do DEAN, BERT, Horse Dealer h 71 S Main Bertha M. Mrs. 36 Lincoln Bessie, 71 S Main Cecil R. 36 Lincoln Frank K, 71 S Maiii Joseph H. 36 Lincoln Julia, Mrs. 71 S Main DEAN, STANLEY L, Blacksmith, h 36 Lin- coln Susie, 71 S Main DE GRAW & GREEN, Lawyers, 11 N Main F. Allen DeGraw, Floyd G. Green DE GRAW, F. ALLEN, Lawyer, DeGraw & Green h 7 Mill Flora Mrs. do Deiter, Charles, 1 b 35 Washington Cora, b Bryant House Deitzel, Cora A. Mrs 16 E Naples DEITZEL, JACOB P. Furniture Dealer, Rauber & Deitzel, h Springwater Julian F. Turner, b 27 Hamilton Rhoda A. Mrs wid h do DEITZEL, WILLIAM H. Grocer 16 E Naples h 16 E Naples Willard H. do DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WEST- ERN RAILROAD, Lack'a K. Chas. Neill, Agent Dendlinger, Alezer F 1 h 10 Lack'a Ann M. Mrs. do Bertha B. do Edith A. do Maggie B. do M. Theresa do Denny, Bessie L. Stenographer, b 5 Lack'a William C. Exhibitor Inc. Co. b Bryant House Didas, Helen L. Mrs. 34 Washt'n John, 1 h do Lizzie, b St. James Hotel Peter. 1 b 34 Washington Dietsche, Maagaret, 26 Lack'a Dodge, Cora, IJressmaker, b 12 Lack'a William E. Exp. Messenger, D. L. & W. h Locke's Hotel Doolittle, Alice L. 39 Lincoln Emma, Mrs. do Grace M. do Gertie O. do William S. 1 h do Dorr, Anna, Mrs. 3 East ave. Dorothy, do DORR, JAMES C , M. D., 2 N Main h 3 East avenue Doyle, Effie, Mrs. b 36 Rosenkrans Frank, 1 b do DRAKEFORD, W. E. & CO., Monuments, 19 N Wayland, A Redsicker, Manager Dudley, Albert E. 25 Lincoln Bertie do Carl, 10 S. Wayland Ella M. Mrs. 25 Lincoln Grant S. 1 h do Luella, Mrs. 10 S Wayland DUDLEY, SIEGLE B. Flour and Feed, 42 N Main h lo S. Wayland Dunn, Bessie L. 26 Hamilton Harvey M. Painter, h do Zina, Mrs. do Dunne, Arthur, Clerk, Bryant House Ebersold, Gertrude, b 24 E Naples Engel, Alva J. 33 N Main Alexander, Real Estate, h 10 Lack'a Alexander, 33 N Main Barbara, Mrs. 31 Hamilton Celia A. 33 N Main Christina, Mrs. 22 E Naples Edward F. 33 N Main Elizabeth, Mrs. do Elizabeth, Mrs i Mill Elizabeth M. i Mill ENGEL, FRANK E. Prop. Steuben House 33 iN Main George, i Mill Gertie do Hattie do Jacob, Farmer, h 22 E Naples Joseph, Clerk, Cohn & Friedman, b i Mill Joseph P 31 Hamillpn Julia A. 33 N Main Mary, Mrs. 10 Lack'a Nicholas, 1, h i Mill Peter, Ret'd, 31 Hamilton Peter J Bookkeeper, W. W. Capron, Jr. b I Mill William P. 33 N Main ERIE RAILROAD, N Main, Daniel Tierney Agent DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. ^i^. m '•^5'*^S^"/:5"«S^"/S?'"/C^^?^?^^^?^?^?^?^?^^'^5'-^?'V ESTABLISHED 1883. C. H. VE INHART •••• i% J. F. VEI NHART 4 % WEINHART BROTHERS I ^ GROCERS AND FRUITERERS ^ A PERFECTLY APPOINTED LIVERY NORTH MAIN ST. WAYLAND, N. Y. 1 f I BRANCH 5: SON ♦ ♦ MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN LUMBER NA/ A Y L A N D, N. Y. I i EVERYTHING IN BUILDER'S \ MATERIALS. biRKCtORV OV WaVLand, N, Y. Esser, Gustina, 73 E Naples Henry, 1, h do Henry, Jr. do Johanna, Mrs. do Joseph do Peter do Eobert do William do Falvey, William, Blacksmith, S. L. Dean b 36 Lincoln FERRIN BROS., Produce, 43 N Main John A. Bennett, Manager FIDLER, ABRAM, Steuben, Cigar Co. b 6 Washington Finch, Clara, 63 S Main Cora do Frank 1, h do Marvin 1, h 13 Lincoln May, Mrs. do Minnie M. Mrs. 6j S Main Olie 1, b do Retta Mrs. 27 Lincoln Roy L. 13 Lincoln Wallace W. farmer 27 Lincoln |Fires, John 1, b 100 Lack'a FIRST NATIONAL BANK of WAYLAND, Cor Main and Naples Sts. W. W. Clark, Pres. John J. Morris Cashier Fisher, Mary J. Mrs, 28 Lack'a Sylvester C. 1, h do William G. 1, b S Wayland Clara T. typesetter. Register b 3 Park John 1, h 30 E Naples Joseph. Ret'd, h 3 Park Mai y, Mrs do Philip, Ret'd, h 33 S Wayland Retta, Mrs. 30 E Naples Sarah N. Mrs. 2 Ea^t ave. JHOLMES HO I'EL, 131 Lack'a, Wm. Holmes P;op Alfred 8 1, h ^5 Lack'a JAnna, Holmes Hotel, 131 Lack'a Betsy, Mrs 35 Lack'a |Cora L Mrs. Holmes Hotel, 131 Lack'a Edward A. 35 Lack'a IFannie M Holmes Holel. iji Lack'a Kredcrick R. 34 Lack'a Gracie D 35 Lack a JHarry, Holmes Hotel, 131 Latk'a John C. 1, h 34 Lack'a lohn C. Jr. 'do JKarl, Holmes Hotel, 131 Lacka Mahlon W. 34 Lack'a M. Dorothy, 35 Lack'a Sarah E. Mrs. 34 Lack'a S. Margaret, 35 Lack'a 12 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUILDING AND REPAIR- ING. ^ ^ ^ ^ .5» ^ CARRIAGE PAINTING. BICYCLE REPAIRING. ALL WORK SKILLFULLY EXECUTED AND GUAR- ANTEED. J' J. J. J. J, M. RYDER WASHINGTON STREET. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦J THB tHOME LAUNDRY! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ X \ ♦ ♦ 39 N. Main St., Wayland. Harry S. Peters, Prop'r. ♦ ♦ ♦ Particular attention given to Fine Work. Soft Fa- brics and Lace Curtains a specialty. Family Washings at Low Rates. ♦ ♦ ♦ I t ♦ ♦ Work Galled for and Delivered. ♦ t«« *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦'»♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ A. S. LOCKE. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT I 5 5 STRICTLY FIRST CLASS. GOOD SERVICE. PRICES MODERATE. STEAM HEAT. WARM MEALS ALL HOURS. N. MAIN STREET. WAYLAND. N. Y. mmmmmmmmhmmmmmmmmmmm DIRIXTORY OF WAYLAN'D, N. Y. '3 JVictor J. Holmes Hotel, 131 Lack'a JHOLMES, WILLIAM H. Prop. Holmes Hotel 131 Lack'a Holzer, Frank, Ret't, h 6 Lack'a Jacob, do Margaret A. Mrs. do HOME LAUNDRY, 34 N Main, Harry S. Peters, Prop. Honan, Daniel, 1 h 6 Pine Mary Mrs. do William L. 1, b do Hooper, Maud, b 26 W. Naples May, b Bryant House Hoover, Karl J Laundry, b 45 S Main Hoppough, Edith, 70 W Naples Emory W. 1, h > do Sarah H. Mrs. do Hower, George, 1, h 7 E Naples Louisa Mrs. do Mattie Mrs. do William K News Agent, b 7 E Naples Hubbard, Emeline K. 27 E. Naples Louise B. Mrs. do Luverne S 1, h do Hubbell, Clayton J. 34 S Main Idella, Mrs. do John K. 1, h do Hunt, Marvin, 1, b 42 S Main Hyde. Horace B. optician, i Lack'a Rachael A. Mrs. do J Jacobs, Allie, Mrs. 36 S Wayland Alonzo A. 1. h (2 N Main Carrie B. Mrs do ^Catherine R. 142 Lack'a JACOBS, EDWARD, Dray and Express, h 36 S Wayland JElmer J. Farmer, h 142 Lack'a Emily l'. M. 13 S Main lEmily M- Mrs 142 Lack'a Flora DeL. M. 13 S Main ; Howard H. 142 I^ack'a oseph P. Shoemaker, Geo. Nold, h 33 S Main Kate A. Mrs. 33 8 Main JMargaret D. Mrs. 142 Lack'a May E. Mrs 13 S Main Robert A. 1, h do Ruth M. 42 S Maiti JSilas DeL 1, b 142 Lack'a Theodore McK. 13 S Main Vola I 33 8 Main Janes, Addie E. Mrs. 12 Sullivan Castella M. do . Irving W. do J VNES, W. IRVING, REV. Pastor M. E. Church, h 12 Sullivan JERVIS, CHARLES M Pub. Wayland Di- rectory, h i6 W Naplts Lola Gray, Mrs. do John, Albert, Painter, 11 Hamilton John. Antilla A. do . Antonetta M. do Joseph, do Johnson, Alpha C. 65 E Naples Bessie, Mrs. 12 Mill Harvey E Truck Gardening 65 E Naples Henrietta, R. Mrs do Ida B. r2 Mill Lewis A. Carpenter, h 12 Mill L Elmer, do William, 1 h ig Wayland. Johnston, Augusta Mrs, 38 Rosenkrans Carey. 1 h. do Newell, Carpenter b do Jones, Benjamin F. Tinsmith, 54 S Main Benjamin F. Jr. do Gladys D. do Mary E. Mrs. do Robert N. do Jordan, Bert L. 1 h 65 S Main Jordan, Chauncey, Ret'd b do Lena C. Mrs. do K KARAGAN, MICHAEL G. Tailor 3 W Naples KAUSCH BROS. Grocers and Undertakers, 12 N Main, William F. Kausch, Val- entine Kausch, Jr. Karl D. 23 W Naples Lola M. do Mary S. Mrs. do KAUSCH, VALENTINE, JR. Grocer and Undertaker, Kausch Bros, h 23 W.Na- ples KAUSCH. WILLIAM F. Grocer and Under- taker, Kausch Bros, b 5 N Wayland Kelly, Addie L. Mrs. nS Main Jennie, do Laura, do Morris A. 1 h do Kerr, Belle E. Mrs. 12 Hamilton KESTER&SHWER, ii W Naples, Frank- lin J. Kester, Andrew C. Shaver KESTER, FRANKLIN J. Blacksmith, h 18 W Naples Gertrude M, Dressmaker, 17 Mill Katharine, Mrs. 18 W Naples Phoebe A Mrs 17 Mill Ruby C. Dressmaker, 17 Mill Tunis, Watchman, h do Kiel, B. Elizabeth, 37 Hamilton Caroline, Mrs, do Caroline M. do Edward J. do Ida L do KIEL, JOHN F. Foundry b 37 Hamilton Joseph C. Mill-hand b do J. William, Mill-hand b do Katheriiie E. do Verona do KIEL. W. FREDERICK, Sawmill h do Kiesel, Sophia, b Brvant House Kimball, Doras. 1 h 14 3 Scott Elizabeth O. Mrs. do Julia, do Lettie, do Nina, do Syd, 1 h 9 S Scott KIMMEL, M. & SON, Hardware, q-ii N Main, Martin Kimmel, John Kimmel tClara, Mrs 78 W Naples p lara A. do lElizabeth, do JHelen, do yacob J Clerk M. Kimmel and Son b 78 W Naples KIMMEL, JOHN, Hardware. Kimmel & Son Electric Lighting, Shaffer, Wolff & Co. 48 W. Naples. ^ DIRECTORY OP WAYLAND, N. Y. ■'ML\A/AYS ON TOP.' COHN 6L FRIEDMAN CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS NEXT TO P. O. NA/RYLAND. i 4 # I FERRIN BROTHERS (incorporated) S^I^ WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Grain and Potatoes •••• Waylan'd Office, ©y®?!® J°"^ ^- Bennett, Scott Building. /JS'^ig) Manager. ^^a# ^^^#^^ #^.^^^^^^^^^^^^^.^^ S. B. DUDLEY DEALER IN 1 LOUR m F'ee D SCOTT BUILDING N. MAIN STREET WAYLAND. N. Y. TELEPHONE DELIVERV Directory of wavland, n. y. IS IKatherine P. 78 W Naples Leo P. 48 W. Naples Mary, Mrs. do tKIMMEL, MARTIN, Hardware, M. Kimmel & Son h 78 W Naples Victor M. 48 W Naples King, Anna Mrs. 20 Fremont KING, JOHN M. Re\^. Pastor Evangelical Church, h 20 Fretaont Maud M. do Minnie M do Kingsley, L. Barton, Mrs. wid b 10 S Main Kinyon, Lovica, Mrs. wid b 3 Mill Kittle, Alice E. Mrs, 5 Lincoln Dora, Mrs. b do Harry H. Painter do Henry C. 1 b do Houghan B. 1 h do Klein, Caroline, 20 W Naples KLEIN, CHRISTIAN, Real Estate h 20 W Naples Elizabeth, Mrs. wid h 12 Freemont Elizabeth, 20 W Naples Gladys, 12 S Scott Henry, 1 h do Marien, Mrs. 20 W Naples Mary, Mrs. 12 S Scott Minnie K 20 W Naples William J. do Kline, John C. 1 b 49 S Main Kling, Albert, 1 h 29 S Wayland Kling, Adolph. 15 Pars Anna. Mrs do FranK, 1 h 35 Washington Grace, do Hattie, Mrs. do .(infant do Jacob, 1 h 15 Park Mabel, 12 Hamilton Mary, Mrs 29 S Wayland, Matilda, 15 Park KNAUEK, ERNEST, Shoemaker 6 S Main h 23 Rosenkrans Mary L. Mrs. do Knowles, Harriet E. Teacher, b 18 Sullivan Kramer, Edward N. J. 23 Fremont George J. Clerk, Snyder & Patchin, b 8 Mill Jacob, Ret'd, b 23 Fremont John A. Agr'l Imp'ts, h do Margaret R. Mrs. do Kuhn, Frederick S. 1, b 19 Lincoln John, 1, b do Katherine B. do Theckla, Mrs. wid. h do Kurtz, Elizabeth, Mrs. 10 Water John C. 1, h do Kutschke, Charles, Tinsmith, h 51 Washingt'n Josephine, Mrs. do Walter, do Ladendorf, Max H. 1. b 12 Lack'a La Fayette, Frances. 18 S Wayland LaFAYETTE, JOSEPHINE, Milliner, 18 S Wayland Martha A. Mrs. wid. h 18 S Wayland Lander, Alexander, Mason, b 20 Lincoln Frederick C. builder, h 10 .-> Scott Frederick J. Builder, h 20 Lincoln George W. carpenter b do Helen M. Mrs. 10 S Scott Mary, Mrs. 20 Lincoln Peter, b do Last, Anna, Mrs. St. James Hotel John, do LAST, NICHOLAS, Prop. St. James Hotel 26-28 N Main Nicholas, Jr. do La Terre, Allen A. barber, G D. Abrams,, h 23 Mill Allen P. do Harold A. 23 Mill Katherine, Mrs. do Wilfred J. do Leider, Adolph, Bryant House Emma, do Helen F. Mrs. do Julia, do Karl, do LEIDER, OTTO F. Prop. Bryant House 1-3 N Main LERCH, DOUGLASS Saloon, b 24 Hamilton Lewis, A. Lillian, 39 Hamilton Charles, 1, b 2 Filmorc Delia, Mrs. do Elizabeth, 22 Sullivan George G. Machmist, h 39 Hamilton Mary, Mrs. wid. b 22 Sullivan Mida N. Mrs. 39 Hamilton LOCKE'S HOTEL, 47 JN. Main, Albert S. Locke Prop. LOCKE, ALBERT S. Prop Locke's Hotel 47 N. Main Lena L Mrs. do Long Lulu, 20 Hamilton Loveland, Antice, 29 W Naples Florence, do Georgia, do Hattie, do LOVELAND, HENRY J. Carriages and Road Machines, h 29 W Naples Loren F. 1 h 16 N Scott Maud, Mrs. do May, 29 W Naples LOVELAND, NELLIE E. Mrs. Milliner, 29 W Naples Lowe, Bert D. 1 h 45 Lincoln Edith, Mrs. do George G. do M Mack, Beulah. 31 Lack'a Erwin A. 1 h do Harold, do Julia N. Mrs. do Magee, Carrie E. Mrs. i'5 Lack'a MAGEE, JOHN C, Coal Dealer, 2 W Main h 15 Lack'a Magoffin, Raphelia H o 24 E Naples MANGAN, MATTHEW M. Prop. New Way- land House, 49 N Main Ethel, Mrs, do Winifred, Mrs wid b do Marsh, Carrie A. Mrs. i3 Lincoln Salem A. Carpenter, h do Vera J. do t6 t)iRECtORV OF WaVLAND, N. Y. rRANK K. SMITH FINE GOODS ^ AND FRUITS A SPECIALTY GROCER TELEPHONE The Most Gom- plete Line of Staple Goods, DELIVERY ESTABLISHED IN 1882. No. 5 N. Main Si. Wayland, N. Y ^wm^w btR^CTORV 01^ WAYLANli), N. V. t; Marts, George W. Wells, Fargo Expressman, h 4 Pine Maud, Mrs. 43 E Naples Mattes, Florence, Mrs. ig S Main MATTES, GEORGE J. Manager Wayland Bottling Works, h 19 S Main Matteson, Edna A. 55 W Naples Edwin L. Processor Canning Factory, h 55 W Naples Edwin L. Jr. do Glendora R. do Inez C. Mrs. do James B. do Mary L. do Russel I. do Mattice, Aaron. Farm Seeds, h 21 W Naples Claud, do MATTICE, J. BERT, Harnessmaker, 32 N Main, b 21 W Naples Maud, Mrs. b do Nellie L. do Viola, Mrs. do McCabe, James C. 1 b 29 S Wayland Mclntyre, Belle, Mrs. 44 Rosenkrans David, 1 h do McKay, Daisy C. Stenographer, b 8 Mill McKenzie, Alice, Mrs. wid b 10 Filmore Roy B. Clerk, Chas Snyder, b do McPHEE, J. F. Dentist, h Dansville Mead, Agnes, 10 Sullivan ■ Alice C. do Daniel, Ret'd b do Daniel J. do Frances, do John G. Ret'd h do Kate, Mrs. do Means, Mary J. Mrs. wid b 12 Lincoln Mehlenbacher, Kate, Mrs. Dressmaker, b 12 Fremont jiKatherine B. 113 Lack'a MILLEN, T. & SONS, Mfgrs Portland Cem- ent, Lack'a, Thomas Millen, Duane Millen, Homer C. Millen Albert, Chemist, T. Millen & Sons, b Bryant House JMILLE^, DUANE, Cement, T. Millen & Sons, h Syracuse, N. Y. iiMILLEN, HOMER C. Cement, T. Millen & sons, h Syracuse, N. Y. Miller, Amy E. Mrs. 12 Lack'a Clarence A. Machinist, b 6 Mill E. Byrd, Machinist, h 12 Lack'a MiUiman, Julius F. 1 b 43 E Naples Lovinia, Mrs. wid h do Millington, E, Effie Mrs. 46 Lack'a Francis W. Bookkeeper, h do IMinor, Charles, 1 h m E Naples ^Margaret, Mrs. do Mitchell, Daniel M. Ret'd, h 25 Hamilton Mary A. Mrs. do Moon, Frederick, 1 b 12 Lack'a Moora, Harry G. 1 b 29 Hamilton Henry L. Constable, do Mary F. Mrs. Dressmaker do tMOOSE, M. FLETCHER, Veterinary, Bryant House Stable, h Springwater MORLEY, CARPENTER & CO. Dry Goods, 3 W Naples, Ray L. Morley, Lucien U. Carpenter, A. L. Morley MORLEY, ADDISON L. Merchant, 14 E Naples, h 29 E Naples Carry L. Mrs. do Fannie E, Mrs. 6 Sullivan Mae E. 29 E. Naples MORLEY, RAY L. Merchant, Morley, Car- penter & Co; h 6 Sullivan MORRIS, Elizabeth M. Mrs. 24 E Naples John A Bookkeeper, b do MORRIS, JOHN J. Cashier First National Bank, h 2^ E Naples MORRIS, JULIAN A. Insurance 5 N Main, h 8 Sullivan *Maxie E. Mrs. do IMorsch, Katherine, 120 Lack'a Munding, John, -Ret'd, h 17 W Naples Margaret, Mrs. do Munn, Bertha, 15 S Main Clare W. do Frank A. Painter, h do Hattie A. Mrs. do M. Ethel, do Mushrush, Carrie, Mrs. 17 N. Scott Frank G. Engineer, h do Reginald, do N Neill, Beulah, i8 Sullivan David C. Tel. Operator, h 30 S Main D. Stewart, Bookkeeper, 18 Sullivan Edith, Teacher, do Mary L. Mrs. do Phoebe A. Mrs. 30 S Main NEILL, R. CHARLES, Ag't D. L. & W. R. R. h 18 Sullivan Neis, Anna, 15 Hamilton Anna K. 21 Rosenkrans Frank, Builder, h 30 Rosenkrans Jacob A. Builder, h 21 Rosenkrans Joseph, Carpenter, b 30 Rosenkrans Lizzie, do Marie C. 21 Rosenkrans Mary, Mrs. 30 Rosenkrans Mary, E. Mrs. 21 Rosenkrans Theodore J. 30 Rosenkrans NEW WAYLAND HOUSE, 49 N Main, Mat- thew M. Mangan, Prop. Newell, Catherine, Mrs. Dressmaking, h 22 E Naples NEWELL, H. BOYINGTON, Editor and Publisher Union Advertiser, h 22 E Naples Julia E. do Newman, Aldice F. 43 Hamilton Frank E. Mason, h do Maria C. Mrs. do William, Ret'd, b do NEW YORK & PENNSYLVANIA TELE- PHONE Co. 2 N Main, Snyder & Pat- chin, Agts. :|;]SriLES, HARRY J. Editor and Publisher Wayland Advance, h Springwater Nold, Edward, 1 b 8 E Naples Frances E. Mrs. do NOLD, GEORGE, Shoe Dealer, 6 E Naples, h 8 E Naples Ida M. do Lena E. do Margaret C. do Northrup, Alice, Mrs. wid 15 Mill Elmer F. 1 b 39 Lack'a Nutt, Charles L. 1 b 3 Mill DIRECTORY OF" WAYLAND, N; Y. THE WAYLAND IRON WORKS JOHN F. KIEL MACHINIST I MILLWRIGHT MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF CASTINGS IN IRON AND BRASS Dealer in Engines, Boilers, Machinery, Steam Specialties, General Mill Sup- plies, Iron, Steel, Shafting, Engine and Cylinder Oils and Lubricating Grease. ...... All kinds of Machinery, Engines, Boilers and Bicycles Repaired by the best Skilled Mechanics. SECOND HAND MACHINERY ENGINES AND BOILERS BOUGHT AND SOLD JOHN F=. ICIEL DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 19 O'HARA BROTHERS, Coopers, M. J. O'Hara, J. P. O'Hara, J. W. O'Hara, Lack'a Camillus, N. Y. Olney, Benjamin, 22 Sullivan OLNEY, LEE B. Machinist, h 22 Sullivan Kate, Mrs. do Ostrander, Ebert, Farmer, h 13 S Main Eliza, Mrs. do William E. Carpenter b do Ott, Anthony, 1 h 20 Lack'a John, 1 h 25 S Main Margaret, Mrs. do Margaret, Mrs. 20 Lack'a Overpeck, Mary A. Mrs. wid h 38 N Main Owen, Samuel L. Ret'd, b 21 Hamilton Paige, Ella E. Mrs. 5 Lack, a E. Joseph, Mail Carrier, h 5 Lack'a PARDEE, AMOS J. Jeweller, 24 N Main, h 5 Cass Jane A. Mrs. 5 Cass Parsons, Albert E. Mason, h 13 N. Scott Anna E. Mrs. do Arthur D. 63 S Main Carrie E. 13 N Scott PARSONS, ERNEST D. Photographer, h 63 S Main Ethel, 63 S Main K.iteM. 13 N Scott Lorado. Mrs. 63 S Main Minnie A. Mrs. 25 N Main Olie M. 13 N Scott Raymond, 63 S Main PARSONS, WILLIAM. Bakery, 25 N Main h 25 N Main JPalchin, Cameron K. 120 Lack'a t Elizabeth C. Mrs. do JPATCHIN, FRANK G. Treas. Inc. Co. h 120 Lack'a JPatchin, Harriet H. 120 Lack'a Peabody, Arthur S. clerk, Steuben Drug Co. b 27 N Main Ella E. Mrs. 29 Fremont Eric G. do PEABODY, FRANK J. Steuben Drug Co. b 27 N Main PEABODY, GEORGE M,, M. D. Steuben Drug Co. h zg Fremont Helen M. do Hilda E. do Louise H. do Mary E. do Monica F. do Persons, Dorasy A. Mrs. 40 Lack'a Elmer E. do Hazel L. do PETERS, HARRY S. Prop. Home Laundry 34 N Main Nellie E. Mrs. 34 N Main Pfaff, Barbara, Mrs. wid. h 8 Washington Mary, music teacher, b do IPhilips, Alvin, 1, b 95 E Naples Edward, Tinsmith, b Bryant House Edward B. 29 S Wayland Hattie, Mrs. wid. h do Hazel M. do John E. do William, 1, b 34 1-2 S Main PIATT, ALVA A., M. D. h 10 S Main Eva J. Mrs. do Gussie F. do Pickell, Charles N. 1 his Lincoln Minnie J. Mrs. do JPierce, Adin G. Salesman, h 120 Lack'a JAmarilla S. Mrs. 122 Lack'a JE. Eudora, M. D. do JEudora, 120 Lack'a jEstella C. Mrs. do JPIERCE, HARRISON G. Produce, h 122 Lack'a JSeraph L. 120 Lack'a PITTSBURG, SHAWMUT & NORTHERN RA.ILROAD, Lack'a, R. Charles Neill Agt. Poor, Bert L. Farmer, 63 W Naples Hallie, do Minnie, Mrs. do Moses A. farmer, h do POSTOFFICE, 8 N Main, Peter H. Zimmer- man, Postmaster, George H. Stannar- ius. Deputy Potschke, Joseph, 1, b 36 E Naples JPotwora, Caroline. 49 Lack'a i Frank, do JJohn, 1, h do tMichael, 1, b do JNellie. Mrs. do Pratt, Amelia C. Mrs. 10 Hamilton PRATT. HENRY V. Lawyer, Clark & Pratt, h 10 Hamilton Pursel, Frank D. night watchman, h 14 Pine Grover W do jPURbEL, JAMES M. Jeweller. 10 N Main, h Springwaler Mary, Mrs. 14 Pine Putnam, Elmer E. 1 h 18 E Naples F Pearl, Mrs. do Ralph C. do Rauber, Anna M. Mrs. 22 Lincoln *Larrie, 11 Hamilton RAUBER & DEITZEL, Furniture, 23 E Naples, Jacob N. Rauber, Jacob F. Deitzel RAUBER & VOGT, Clothiers. 29 N Main, Chas J Rauber, George Vogt RAUBER, CHARLES J. Clothier, Rauber & Vogt, h 22 Lincoln Crescentia, Mrs. 11 Hamilton Elizabeth, Mrs. 15 E Naples Frank D. Clerk, C Gottschall & Son, b 11 Hamilton RAUBER, JACOB N. Hotel, Rauber & Deit- zel, Furniture, h 15 E Naples Lester J. Dancing Master, b 11 Hamilton Mary E. do Matthias, Ret'd, b Commercial House RAUBER, NICHOLAS Restaurant Section Foreman Erie R. R. h 1 1 Hamilton Ruth M. 22 Lincoln Walter, do 20 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. i i ii THE PATCHIN BLOCK DRUG STORE This Store has acquired a High . Reputation as Dispenser of . i Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines, Stationery, || Scliool Supplies, Wail Paper, Paints, Oils, &c. W. SNYDER LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE PAY STATION DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 21 Raufenbarth, Frank J. Butcher, h 8 Lack'a Julia, do Leo C. do Mary J. B do Matilda, Mrs. do Regina N. do Redmond, Charles L. 1 b 23 Lincoln James C. mason h do Rose Ida, Mrs. do Roy J. 1 b do REDSICKER, ANDREW, Manager W. E. Drakeford & Co. h 11 Lincoln Matilda M. Mrs. do Nettie C. do Reed, Carrie A Mrs. 15 S Main Elizabeth M. do REED, J. WELLS, M. A. Prin. Union School h 15 S Main Reynolds, Lydia J. Mrs wid b 3 St. John Richards, Amy C 53 Lincoln Charles H. Builder, h do Don P. do Emma A. do George F. do Homer C. do Mary E. Mrs. do Myrtle V. do Ritz, Clara A. 7 Lincoln Egbert G do Frank J. do John J 1 h do Julia K. do Lawrence G. do Lizzie, Mrs. do Minnie R. do Raymond O. do Rix, Edwin, Fireman, b 34 Hamilton Roberts, Fern B. 20 Sullivan Jessie M. Mrs. do Melvin L. do Robinson, Carrie, 65 S Main Claude A. 25 S Wayland Clyde W. do Cora B. Mrs. 65 S Main Frank N. Builder, h do Harold N. 41 S Wayland Jennie B. Mrs. do Lee H. do Leo, 25 S Wayland Mary S. Mrs. do Nellie do Stephen E. Builder, h 41 S Wayland ROBINSON, W. ADDISON, Livery, 19 S Wayland, h 25 S Wayland Rose, Harry B. Clerk, M. Wolf, b Locke's Hotel Rosenkrans, Helen M. Mrs wid h 36 W Naples Helen M 33 W Naples Hugh N. do John A. Auctioneer, h 12 S Main ROSENKRANS, LEE VERNE, Justice of the Peace, b 36 W Naples Maynard H. Painter, h 33 W Naples Merton J. Tel. Operator, b 36 W Naples Paul L. 33 W Naples Rose, Mrs. do Rowe, Beatrice E. 52 S Main Bessie V. Mrs. do Beulah A. do Frank B. Fireman, h do Harry H. do Rowell, Elizabeth, Mrs. 5 N Scott Shepard W. Ret'd, h do Rowley, Elmer E. Tel Operator b 13 Hamilton Grace A. Mrs. do William A. Miller, Wilcox & Co- h do Rumsey, Ida N. Mrs. b 36 E Naples Ryder, Ida, Mrs. 7 Washington RYDER, JOHN M. Carriage Builder, 11 Washington, h 7 Washington Salter, Austin H. h 2 Cass SALTER, ELLA. MRS. Milliner, 2 Cass Sams, Clare, 16 Hamilton Delia, Mrs. do George W. 1 h do George W, Jr. do Sands, Cora M. Mrs. 12 S Main George W. Tel. Operator, D. L. & W. R. R. h 12 S Main SAUERBIER, ALBERT, Resturant, 3 E Naples, h ig N Scott Anna B. Mrs. 8 N Scott Julia A. 19 N. Scott Mary Mrs. do M. Helene, do William A. Clerk, M. Kimmel & Son, h 8 N Scott Schmidt, Amanda, b Bryant House SCHMIDT, FREDERICK, Tailor 3 i N Main b 34 Hamilt .n Hattie, b do Joseph, 1 b Holmes Hotel Schmidtz, Frank J. 1 h 27 Fremont Frederick, 1 b St. James Hotel Joseph, lb do *Kittie, Mrs. 27 Fremont Raymond, do Schneider, Amelia W. Mrs. 41 Lack'a Amma A, do Frederick, do Louis F. 1 h do Matilda, do William, do *Schu, Avis Mrs. 49 Washington Edward J, g Lincoln Elizabeth, i N Wayland Eliza6eth J. do Essie, 49 Washington Frank J. 1 b 23 Lincoln Frederick G. g Lincoln Harold F. do John N. Mason, 4g Washington Lena, Mrs. 9 Lincoln Lester, do Margaret, Mrs. Commercial House Margaret, i N Wayland Nicholas, 1 h do SCHU, NICHOLAS. JR. Prop. Commercial House, I E Naples Peter H. 1 h 9 Lincoln Schubmehl, Marie L. 29 Lincoln Schumacher, Anna, 34 Hamilton Benjamin, Ret'd, b 3 Washington Gertie, 34 Hamilton Henry H. 1 h do Jacob F, 1 b 36 W Naples Lena, Mrs. 34 Hamilton Mary,, do 22 DIRPXTORY OF WaYLAKD, N. Y. • GLARK&PRAII • JLAW OrPIGBS: • WAYLAND, N. Y. • • W. W. Glarii, District Attorney • • n. V. Pratt J J James G. Dorr, M.D. j * Office Patchin Building * 2 Residence 2 Bast Ave. J ?T IS MY BUSINESS to sup- ply you with the Choicest Dry Goods and the Best Groceries at the lowest prices. And no one can enter my store and not be convinced that I have learned my le.sson, and pa.'^sed my examination in the school of experience. You can have the benefit. I am prepared to meet all your wants at the fairest pnce.s. Your.s, JOHN I. STKKNER. B. J. BAKER, D. D. S. • Dental Parlors? =^ t « F. Allen DeGraw I Attorney at Law Patchin Building. Wayland, N. Y. a Kimmel Building Wayland, N. Y DlRF.CTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 23 Schwan, Elizabeth G. Mrs. 12 Filmore Ella M do Frederick M. do Florence E 1 7 W Naples Herman F. 12 Filmore Jamts, do John J. do SCHWAN, LEWIS A. Tailor, h 12 Filmon; Margaret K do Schwingle, Annis S. 13 La'ck'a Emma C. 76 E Naples Emma M. 13 Lack'a Frederick, 1 h 12 Lack'a George J. 1 h 13 Lack'a Ida, 15 E Naples James C. 13 Lack'a John A. Farmer, 76 E. Naples Mary, Mrs. do Minnie, Mrs. 12 Lack'a SCOTT, BQRTON J. Blacksmith, h 12 Pine Grover C. do Lewie R. do Viola J. Mrs. do Shafer, Catharine, Mrs. wid h 21 Lincoln : Charles M, 94 E Naples :: Delia, do ::Elsie I Mrs. do George E. 1 h 8 Cass IGrace E. 94 E Naples IHerbert E. Farmer h 94 E Naples Isabella, Mrs. 8 Cass IJames G. Farmer, h 94 E Naples *John, 1 b Commercial House f. Martha, Mrs. wid h 94 E Naples SHAFFER & WOLFF. Lumber Yard and Planning-Mill, Clark St. J^cob Shaf- fer, Anthon Wolff Anna L. Mrs. 17 N. Scott Barbara, Mrs. 35 W Naples Frank J. Electrician, 17 N Scott Herman J. Barber, Chas. Henchen, b 19 Hamilton SHAFFER, JACOB, Lumber, Shaffer & Wolff, Electric Lighting, S. W. & Co. h 19 Hamilton John, Ret'd, h 35 W Naples Maryan, Mrs. 19 Hamilton Raymond H 17 N Scott William G. Musician, b 19 Hamilton SHAVER, ANDREW C. Blacksmith, Kes- ter & Shaver, h 18 Fremont Cora H. Mrs. b 28 E Naples Dale, I b do Daniel E. iB Fremont Fannie C. Mrs. do Mildred E. do Shaun, Alma F. Mrs. b 41 Lacic'a Frederick M. 1 b do Shelly. D. Benjamin, 1 h 11 Lack'a Delia, Mrs. do Harliman H. do Joseph B. do William R. do ISherman, Anna 99 E Napies |Edgar B. Farmer, h do {Eva, Mrs. do ^Frederick do jljennie, do Shoemaker, James K, 1 h 3 Washington Laura L. do Louis, Mrs. do Showalter, Horace, Cigarmaker, Steuben Cig- ar Co , b 6 Washington Showers, Delia,. Mrs. 67 E Naples Eunice, Mrs. do Frank E, Newsdealer, b do Frederick W. Tel, Operator, h 97 E Naples James E. Insurance, h do tShults, Alonzo J. Farmer, h 83 E Naples Gertrude, Mrs Dressmaking, b 7 S Main Sick, Katherine C. Mrs wid b 3 Sullivan Silbereisen, Leo, 1 b 2 Mill Simmons, .Melissa J. h 5 Water William H. 1 b do Simon, Caspar, Engineer, h 8 Filmore Eugene, do Katherine. do Mary A. Mrs. do Sisters of St. Joseph, 25 Fremont Christine, Fridolina, Lucilda, P3.ncrGti3. SKINNER, GEORGE M. M. D. b New Way- land House Hallie. 5 N Wayland Hattie, Mrs. do Smalt, Addie, Mrs 5 N Wayland Barbara, 17 Rosenkrans Bert A. Clerk, F. K. Smith, b 21 Lincoln Edward, 17 Rosenkrans Frank L. 1, h 5 N Wayland George, 1, h 17 Rosenkrans George J, " Herman, " Lina, May, 30 Lincoln Vera, 5 N vVayland Smelzer, Adelaide, 20 Lack'a Josephine, Mrs. do Quinton R, do William A. 1, h do William E. do Smith, Carrie H. Mrs. 4 Fremont Christian C. 1, h do Elmer T. 1, h 28 S Wayland SMITH, FRANK K., Grocer, 5 N Main, h 17 W Naples George E Ret'd, b 25 Hamilton Hattie, Mrs. 28 S Wayland Hazel A. do Ira H. do |Katie, 100 Lack'a Margaret, Mrs. 17 W Naples Snader, Clara, Mrs. 6 Washington Margaret, do SNADER, NEWTON, Steuben Cigar Co., h 6 Washington SNYDER & PATCHIN, Druggists, 2 N Main Martin W, Snyder, Bert C. Palchin Adice V. Mrs. ti Pine Anna M. 42 S Main SNYDER, CHARLES, Hardware, 10 N Main h II Pine Etta M. Mrs. 4 Lack'a Frank, I, b 42 S Maiu George, Tinsmith, b 2 Filmore Jane, Mrs. 42 S Main Lewis B. 1, h do SNYDER, MARTIN W. Druggist, Snyder Si Patchin h 4 Lack'a Reva M. 11 Pine 24 blRECtORV Of" WaVLAND, N. V. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ >I<***ii<***>I*M»I'iM«I'****'I'***'M»M'*'i!*|; W. F. KIEL SAW MILL m NEW MACHINERY LUMBER CONTRACT WORK A SPECIALTY PERFECT EQUIPMENT LATH SHINGLES ^ DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 25 Jorge, Gladys N. 41 S Main STURM, FREDERICK J. News and Cigar Harold J. do dealer, h 15 Rosenkrans Katherine M. Mrs. do Lewis C. do Walter A. ^° r^ ^t ,^ u c SWARTHOUT, CHARLES M. Harnessmaker William F. shoemaker, Geo. Nold, h 41 b j^ Main , . J^^''' „, ■ . , George E. do Dpain, Frances, 32 Washington John, 1, h do Julia, Mrs. do Spencer, Peter S. 1, b 10 Washington Squires, Charles, 1, h 3 Charles X Hervie, Mrs. do ,„ , _.,,^ t^ , , , „ »t , Lg^fj (Jq Teed, Gilbert, Ret d, h 30 E Naples Staley, a! Josephine, teacher, II S Scott |TEED, HARVEV J blacksmith, h Spring- Charles, 1, b do water Isaac W. policeman h do Tenbrooke, Aaron K. machinist, h 31 S Way- Lillian M. teacher do land Rebecca, Mrs do Hattie A. 31 S Wayland Stannarius, Anna M. 20 Hamilton J. LeRoy do Emma Mrs. wid. b 8 Mill Mary C. Mrs. do George H. Deputy Postmaster, b 32 S Thornton, Charles L. igth U. S. Inf., Co. B. Wayland b 15 Lack'a Ida L. 32 S Wayland *Tibbals, M. Elizabeth, Mrs. h 4 Pine John, 1, h do TIERNEY, DANIEL, Agt. Erie R. R. h 3 Louisa. Mrs. do Filmore Staub, Walter, 1 b Granger Place Irene 3 Filmore Stein. Doretta, 23 E Naples Katharine, Mrs. do George J. 1, h do Kittie a. do Ma°gartt K. Mrs. do TINKER, CHARLES C. Undertaker, h 9 Steinhardt, Mayola, W. Mrs. 13 W Naples „^^^^,^ , , , Urban H. operator and ticket agt, Erie R. J- Carroll 9 Lack a R h 13 W Naples busan S. Mrs do Stemler, Anna? 26 Fremont tTotten, Edith F. 91 E Naples Elvina, Mrs. 49 S Main STEMLER, JOHN B. Rev. Pastor Catholic Frederick, 1, h do Church, h 26 Fremont Grace C. i Sullivan Sterner, Arlo J. 8 Hamilton JJames H. farmer, 91 E Naples Hattie, Mrs. do Lena A. Mrs. 1 Sullivan STERNER, JOHN I. Merchant 4 N Main h do ?J^™'!; "^g,^ ^^% xt 1 Lester C do Mary E. Mrs. gi E Naples IStewart, Charles H. 95 E Naples Murray M. painter, h i Sullivan ^ tCoraB. Mrs. do tSyrena B. teacher, 91 E Naples !williamH.l,h do ^Ht^r M^ ^Sullivan '° STEUBEN CIGAR CO. 8 N Main, William Tourtlotte, Joseph, 1, h 20 Sullivan H. Foltz, Newton Snader, Abram Tyler, Clarence, 2 Filmore Fidler Floyd, do STEUBEN HOUSE, Hotel, 33 N Main, Frank William. 1, h do , Engel, Prop. ST. JAMES HOTEL, 26-28 N. Main, Nicholas Last, Prop. St. John, Albina, h 14 Lincoln C. A. Mrs. wid. b 2 Cass U Elizabeth, Mrs. wid. b 35 W Naples Stock, Dorr, 69 S Main Elizabeth, Mrs. do Mabel, do William H. 1, h do Stocking, George E. 1, h 34 Lack'a Nellie C. , ,^°. ^ a x Gertrude L Mrs. do Nettie A. Central telephone, Snyder & Struble, Edwin G. 11 Lack'a Patchin b 56 E Naples E. Mildred, do William H. clerk, b do F. Gilbert, 1, h do UNION ADVERTISER, Printing office, 15 S G. Claire, do Wavland, H. Boyington Newell, Prop Ida M Mrs do j .< = Sturm, Anna D. 15 Rosenkrans UNITED STATES EXPRESS CO., La^'a Elizabeth, Mrs. do Charles NeiU, Ag't. Uptown office f Franklin G. do Weinhart Bros. 18-20 N. Main Underham, Harry M. h 56 E Naples Irma, do Jennie C. do Jennie H. Mrs. do Nellie C. do Nettie A. Central telephone, £ 26 DIRECTORY OF WAVLANt), N. Y. G. D. A B R A M S BARBER SHOP Em BILLIARD PARLOR ''BIG 4'' AND "FANCY PATENT" WAYLANO MILLS. WILLCOX & COMPANY, (Incorporated) Flour and Feed. Exchange and Custom Grinding. MANVFACTVAERS Or THE CELEBRATED BRANDS ''Big Four" and ''Fancy Patent. » DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 27 VACUUM OIL CO , Milliman St., John L. Weinhart, Distributing Ag't. Van Liew, Bird L. n Sullivan Henry P. lecturer h do Martha E. Mrs. do Percy E. do VOGT, GEORGE, Clothier, Rauber & Vogt, b Springwater Nellie, b Bryant House JTheckla, Mrs. wid. b 78 Naples w Walker, AUie R. Mrs. wid h 28 E Naples John C. farmer, hi? Sullivan Mildred M. 28 E Naples Sarah V. Mrs. 17 Sullivan Wallace, George, 1, b 12 Lack'a Walling, George, 1, b 37 S Main G. Harmon, Ret'd, b do* Nina, Index clerk, b do Watkins, Lorenzo C. Ret'd, h 3 Mill Mary E. Mrs. do WAYLAND ADVANCE, Village office 6 S Main, Harry J Niles Prop. WAYLAND BOTTLING WORKS, N Scott, George Mattes, Manager WAYLAND CANNING FACTORY, Rosen- krans, Wesley R. Guile, Manager WAYLND DIME SAVINGS & LOAN ASSO- CIATION, 9 N- Main, George Nold, Pres. P. H. Zimmerman, Sec. WAYLAND FOUNDRY, Maple, John F. Kiehl, Prop. WAYLAND MILLS. Inc. Clark St. Walter D. Wilcox, Charles J. Coxe WAYLAND REGISTER, Printing office, 12 W Naples, Bert Goodrio, Prop. Weiermiller, Anna M. Mrs. 47 Washington Christian J. builder, h do Katheiine, do Ruth, do Weinhart, Agnes E. 3 Water Barbara, Mrs. do WEINHART BROS, Grocers and Livery, 18 20 N Main, Joseph F. Weinhart, Conrad H. Weinhart. Charles C. Clerk, Weinhart Bros, b 6 N Scott WEINHART, CONR \D H. Grocer, Wein- hart Bros, h 16 S Main Frank A. clerk, Weinhart Bros., b 5 N Scott Franklin A. 3 Water Helen O. Mrs. 16 S Main Ida B 6 N Scott John L Vacuum oil delivery, h 3 Water John U. Ret'd, h 14 S Main WEINHART, JOSEPH F. Grocer, Weinhart Bros, h 6 N Scott Lottie, 16 S Main Mary E. Mrs 6 N Scott William, 16 S Main Weld, Mary B. Mrs. 37 Lincoln Seeley A. 1, h do Wendel W. do WELLS, FARGO EXPRESS CO. N Main, Daniel Tierney Agt. Wenner, Anna, 12 Lincoln Charles, builder h do WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. Erie R R. Station, N Main, Urban H. Steinhart, Manager White, Alexander L. Photographer, h 5 St. John Estella, Mrs. do Whiteman, Esther A. 22 Fremont WHITEMAN, GEORGE E. President of Vil- lage, farmer, h do Ruth R. do Ursula A. Mrs. do ■ Wicks, Anna J. 31 Lincoln Delia C. Mrs. 33 Washington Ethel, do George, cooper, h 31 Lincoln Henry, cooper b do John, cooper h 33 Washington Catherine B. Mrs. 31 Lincoln Leona M. 33 Washington Oliver R. do *Wilber, Ira, Ret'd, 18 Filmore Lovica, Mrs. b 3 N Wayland Martha A. Mr.=. 18 Filmore Wilcox, Glen A. 2 Cass Minnie L. Mrs. do William H. do "'Willcox, De Forrest, Ret'd, b Rosencrans Mildred S. do Nellie A. Mrs. do Sylvia T. Mrs. b do WILLCOX, WALTER D. miller, W. D. Will- cox & Co. h do Wilson, Clifford, 7 Sullivan Ella E. do Emma, Mrs. do William F. 1, h do WOLF, MORRIS, clothier, 15 N Main, b Bryant House Ray, Mrs. b do Wolff, Anne, 33 Hamilton WOLFF, ANTHOV, lumber, Shaffer and Wolff, Electric Lighting, S. W. & Co. h 33 Hamilton Caroline, Mrs. do Frank F. 1, h 34 1-2 S Main Frederick W. bookkeeper, b 33 Hamilton Helen F. do John A engineer, b do Joseph, mill hand, b 33 Hamilton Mary A. Mrs. 34 1-2 S Main William, mill hand, b 33 Hamilton Wood, E. Josephine, b 22 S Wayland Lowman, C. b do- Woodard. Emma, 45 Washington J. Dora, mfg. extracts, h do May Mrs do Wright, Chauncey S. farmer h 37 S Main Ella K. Mrs . 3 Maple Leland H. J. do Mary S. Mrs. 37 S Main S. Grant, 1, h 3 Maple 28 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. A. J. PARDEE ESTABLISHED 1871 JEWELER. PRACTICAL WATCH REPAIRING. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FITTING GLASSES N. nain St., Wayiand. CHAS. HENCHEN B ARBER SHOP •••• Bank Building. Commercial House. All Modern Improvements. . . Unsurpassed Cafe. . . /V, Schu^ Jr, Proprietor^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ i M. F. noosE, t \ V ETERINARY... I •••• CALLS PROnPTLY ATTENDED. { BRYANT HOUSE 4 STABLES. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦t ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I X I STANLEY DEAN, I J PRACTICAL * I B LACKSMITH. . \ i •••• i OVERPECK X BUILDING WAYLAND: ♦ $♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 29 Y Viola M. 2\ Hamilton ifoGhem. Jacob, clerk, F. K. Smith, b 17 W YOUNG WALTER E. music store,, h 20 E Naples Naples fYohann, Clara, Springwater Highway tKatherine, do ; :Margaret, Mrs. do ::Martin, do ::Peter, farmer do 2 : Peter H. do . o w • ;:Sorilla, do Zeilbeer, Caroline, Mrs, wid. h 8 S Mam Young, Arthur F. 20 E Naples ZEILBEER. CHARLES F. Shoe dealer b do Catherine, Mrs. do Ella, teacher b do Emma Mrs do Zimmerman, Amelia, Mrs. ir N Scott Fay, bartender, D. Lerch, b 18. N Main Beatrice H. do George, Ret'd, h 24 Hamilton C. Edgar, 28 S Main George C 1, h 5 Sullivan Emanual N; 1 1 N Scott Gertrude B. Mrs. 24 W Naples Florence E. 23 Rosenkrans Helen A Mrs. 5 Sullivan Harold J. 11 N Scott YOUNG, JAMES E. mfgr, Green & Young h Madge M. do 18 N Main ZIMMERMAN, PETER H. Postmaster 11 N La Fayette. Ret'd h 24 W Naples Scott Lemuel. 1, h 20 E Naples Peter H. Jr. 11 N Scott Orrie. Mrs. 18 N Main Victor B. do S. Bronson, fireman, h 24 W Naples Wilhelmina H. do 30 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. I i The Old Reliable Shoe House ALWAYS NEW IN UP-TO-DATE STYLES OF THE BEST MAKES i The Greatest Shoe for Women on the American Market to-day is the Queen Quality "Lamode" "Lal)el]e." ^Wtfwvwywwwwwvyvkg For Gents. Emerson" and the W. L. Douglass I Makes. Shoemaking, Exaci Reprodiicticn o,' iliis Style Shoe. O MATTER what may be your taste in a shoe our variety is so large that we are sure to please you. Our line is complete, from the smallest child's to the largest woman's or man's, and at prices astonishingly low. My custom shop is equipped with the latest im- proved machinery, and only one in Rochester is equal to mine. No more nails in ladies' shoes. Sewed shoes, when tapped are sewed again while you wait. If GEO. NOLD'8 SHOE HOUSE ^ DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 31 BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF WAYLAND, N. Y. VILLAGE OFFICERS. President: — George E. Whiteman, 22 Fremont street. Trustees: — John J. Morris, 24 E Naples Ernest Kiiauer, 23 Rosenkrans George IVI. Peabody, 29 Fremont Frederick C. Lander, 10 S Scott Clerk: Nicholas Schu, Jr., i E Naples BOARD OF HEALTH. President, Christopher S. Folts, 6 Mill ; Secretary, Philip N. Conrad, 27 Fremont ; Registration Clerk, Jacob N. Rauber, 15 E Naples, Health Officer, Dr. George M. Skinner, 10 N Main POLICE Campbell, Collins C. ; Capron, Louis J. ; Glover, Harvey; Moora, Henry L. ; Pursel, Frank D.; Rosenkrans, Maynard H. ; Staley, IsTac ; Underham, Harry M. ; Wright, Chauncey. BOARD OF EDUCATION President, William W. Clark, 20 Hamilton Clerk, Peter H. Zimmerman, 1 1 N Scott Trustees, R. Charles Neill, 18 Sullivan; Mrs. Gertrude Shults, 7 S Main ; Wesley R. Guile, 28 W Naples. 32 DIRECTORY OP WAYLAND, N. Y. ZEILBEER'S FOOTWEAR Embraces every Good Point in Shoe Construction : STYLE, COMFORT, AND DURABILITY. Prices have always been consistent with quality. Cheapness of material has always been avoided. Satisfaction has always been guaranteed. Once a customer always a customer. Careful consideration of our patrons' needs, together with a per- sistent effort to please the shoewearing public is the combination that unlocks our successful career. C. F. ZEILBEER. H. J. NILES. THE WAYLAND ADVANCE. VOL. II, NO. VII._ WAYLAND, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, I901. ^i. pgR yEAR. OFFICE 6 SOUTH MAIN. DIRECTORY OF WAYLAnD, N. V. 33 FINANCIAL First National Bank of Wayland, corner Main and W Naples, capital ^50,000. Organized 1899. William W. Clark, President ; Martin Kimmel, Vice- president ; John J. Morris, cashier. Directors : — William W. Clark, John Hill, Martin Kimmel, John J. Morris, Mrs. L. G. J-rvis, Henry V. Pratt, Bert C. Patchin, Addison L. Morley, Wiley W. Capron. Wayland Dime Saving and Loan Association, 9 N Main. Organized 1887. Assets ^66,183. Members 200. George Nold President, A. L. Morley Vice- President, C. S. Folts, treasurer, Peter H. Zimmerman, secretary. Directors : — George Nold, C. S. Folts, John Walker, Sylvester Dodge, A. L. Morley, P. H. Zimmerman, John Kimmel, Peter Gessner. NEWSPAPERS Wayland Advance — Office 6 S Main, H. J. Niles, Editor and Publisher, weekly, Thursday. Subscription ^i. Established 1900. Wayland Register — Office 12 W Naples, Bert Goodno, Editor and Publisher, weekly, Wednesday. Subscription^!. Established 1888. Union Advertiser — Office 15 S Wayland. H. Boyington Newell, Editor and Pub- lisher. Weekly, Saturday. Subscription $\. Established 1877. RAILROADS Erie Railroad. Station N Main, Daniel Tierney, Agent. Trains depart : east, 7:45 a. m., ii:ii a. m, 6:53 p. m. West, 5:38 a, m, 9:00 a. m, 3:56 p. m., 7:3s p. m. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. Station Lack' a ave. R. Charles Neill, agent. Trains depart : east, 10:43 a. m., 6:45 p. m. West 4:40 a. m., 6:43 a. m., 3:23 p. m. Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad. Station Lack'a ave. R. Charles Neill, agent. Trains depart : 6:45 a. m., 10:45 a. m., 3:30 p. m. Trains arrive : 10:10 a. m., 2:15 p. m., 6:40 p. m. EXPRESS COMPANIES Wells, Fargo Express Company — Office Erie Railroad Station, N Main. Daniel Tierney, Agent, George W. Marts messenger. United States Express Company — Office D. L. & W. R. R. Station, Lack'a ave. Uptown office, Weinhart Bros., 18-20 N. Main, R. Charles Neill, agent. Weinhart Bros., messengers. TELEGRAPH Western Union Telegraph Co. — Office Erie R. R. Station, N Main, Urban H. Steinhardt, manager. TELEPHONE New York and Pennsylvania Telephone and Telegraph Co. Local and Long Distance. — Central pay office, Snyder & Patchin's 2 N Main Bell Telephone Co. of Buffalo, Long Distance. — Central pav office, Snyder & Pat- chin's 2 N Main. 34 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. t WAYLAND BAKERY X ♦ ♦ ♦ ^ WILLIAM PARSONS ♦ AND ICE CREAM PARLOR PROPRIETOR. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ All the leading periodicals, daily, weekly and monthly. At Sturm's. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A fine line of Fruits and Confec- tionery, always fresh. At Sturm's. at The largest stock of Cigars and Tobbaccos. At Sturm's. An immense assortment of Pipes and Smokers' Sundries. At Sturm's. F. S. STURM, ENGEL BLDG. ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« I BICYCLE REPftIRS My repair shop is equipped with machinery and tools that enable me to execute first-class work neatly, promptly _ and substantially. I also do Gun Repairing of all descriptions, including re- bcring, re stocking and choke boring for Nitro powder, on up-to-date principles. L B. OLNEY. LOUIS A. SCHWA N I ♦ MERCHANT TAILOR ♦ ♦ KIMMEL BUILDING. WAYLAND. DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 35 Agricultural Implements. Carpenter Edwin A. , \ Sullivan Kimmel, M. & Son, g-ii N Main Kramer, John A. 23 Fremont. Loveland, Henry J,, 7 W. Naples Rauber, Jacob N., 15 E Naples Snyder, Charles, 10 N Main Weinhart Bros 18-20 N Main Architect. Granger, Mark L., 4 N Main Auctioneers. Magee, John C, 2 N Main Rosenkrans, John A., 12 S Main Weiermiller, Christian J., 47 Washington Bakery. Parsons, William, 23-25 N Main Barbers Abrams, Glen D , 21 N Main Henchen, Charles, 3 S Main LaTerre, Allen A. 21 N Main Merrill, Elbert, 2t N Main Shaffer, Herman J,, 3 S Main Billiards. Abrams, Glen D. 21 N Main Blacksmiths. Curtis, Harris, 11 E Naples Dean, Stanley L., 36 N Main Falvey, William, 36 N Main Harter, Ertam Kester & Shaver, 11 W Naples, F. J. Kes- ter, A. C. Shaver Scott, Burton J., 42 N Main Teed, Harvey J., 24 S Main Bookkeepers. Bennett, Frank L., Elmira, N. Y. Bennett, Lawrence B., D. L. & W. Station Cay wood, William S., Incubator Co. Engel, Peter J., W. W. Capron, Jr. Fogal, Frank Guile, Lucile H., Canning Factory Millington, Fred'k. W., T. Millen&Sons Morris, John A., First National Bank Neill. .-^tewart D., Columbus, O. Wolff, Frederick W. Boots and Shoes. Davis Grant S., (S) 39 N Main Jacobs, Joseph P. (R) 6 E Naples Knauer, Ernest, (R) 6 S Main Morley, A. L., (S) 14 E Naples Nold, George, (R S) 6 E Naples Sorge. William F. (R) 6 E Naples Zeilbeer, Charles F. (S) 6 S Main (R — Repairing, S — Stock) Bottling Works. Mattes, George J. Mgr., N Scott Carpenters and Builders. Bartholomew, Arthur, 8 Water Folts, Christian J., 16 Washington Johnson, Lewis A., 12 Mill Johnston. Newell, 38 Rosenkrans Lander, Frederick C, 10 B Scott Lander, Frederick J., 20 Lincoln Lander, George W., do Neis, Frank, 30 Rosenkrans Neis, Jacob, 2 Rosenkrans Neis, Joseph, 30 Rosenkrans O^itrander, William E , 13 S Main Richards, Charles H., 53 Lincoln Robinson. Frank N.. 65 S Main Robinson. Stephen E , 41 S Wayland Weiermiller, Christian J., 47 Washington Wenner, Charles, 12 Lincoln Cigar and Newsdealer. Sturm, Frederick |., 31 N Main Clergymen. French, Rev. Mrs Ella J. 22 W Naples French, Rev. George J. do Janes, Rev. W. Irving, 12 Sullivan King, Rev. John M . 20 Fremont Stemler, Rev. John B.. 26 Fremont Clerks. Adams, Charles B., G. S. Davis, 39 N Main Bowers, Harry S , J. I. Sterner, 4 N Main Campbell, Karl D., Morley, Carpenter & Co., 3 W Naples Clark, William H., First Nat'l Bank, cor Main and W Naples Dunne, Arthur, Bryant House Engel, Joseph, Cohn & Friedman, 6 N Main Folts, Charles C, J. I. Sterner, 4 N Main Fox, John E., George Fox 4 S Main Gallagher, Charles A , Bryant House Hall, Daniel F. Bryant House Hastings, Edwin P , St. James -Hotel Hemmer John, Val. Hemmer, 16 N Main Hoffman, A. Frederick, A. L. Morley, 14 E Naples Kimmel, Jacob J., M. Kimmel & Son, 9-11 N Main Kramer, George J., Snyder & Patchin, 2 N Main McKenzie, Roy B., Chas. Snyder, 10 N Main Peabody, Arthur S., Steuben Drug Co., 27 N Main Rauber, Frank D., Gottschall & Son, 7 N Main Rose Harry B., M. Wolf. 15 N Main Sauerbier, Wm. A., M. Kimmel & Son, 9 II N Main Smalt, Bert A., F. K. Smith, 5 N Main Stannarius. George H., Post Office, 8 N Main Underham, Nettie A , Central Telephone, 2 N Main Walling, Nina, Incubator Co., Lack'a ave Weinhart, Charles C, Weinhart Bros, 18- 20 N Main Weinhart, Frank A., Weinhart Bros, 18- 20 N Main Weinhart, John L., Vacuum Oil Co., Miil- iman Yochem. Jacob, F K. Smith. 5 N Main Young, Fay, D Lerch, g W Naples Zimmerman, Victor B , Post Office, 8 N Main Clothing. Cohn & Friedman 6 N Main, David Cohn, . Friedman Rauber & Vogt, 29 N Main, Charles J Rauber, George Vogt Wolf, Morris, 15 N Main CuAi.. Hatch, Otto & Co., 55 N Main.Albert Bar- tholomew, Mgr. Magee, John C., 2 N Main OoOP RRS Wicks, George, Cement Works, Lack'a ava Wicks, Henry, do do Wicks, John, do do 36 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. m T H E POPULAR ^^o'*^ Largest Stock Fairest Prices R,& V. Best Quality Squarest Dealing Ready-to-wear Clothing Merchant Tailoring Hats and Caps Haberdashery RAUBER & VOGT Charles J. Rauber George Vogt WAYLAND, l\. Y. DiRKCTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 17 Dentist. Baker, Bertram J., D. D. S., 2 N'Main McPhee, J. F., D. D. S., 3 S Main Draying. Jacobs, Edward, 36 S Way land Dressmaking. Bennett, Mrs Alida B., 13 E Naples Dodge, Cora 12 Lack, a Green, Carrie, la Fremont Kester, The Hisses, 7 Mill, Ruby Kester, Gertrude Kestei^ Mehlenbacher, Mrs. Kate, 12 Freiiio'nt Moora, Mrs. Mary F., 2g Hamilton Newell, Mrs. Catherine, 22 E Naples Shults, Mrs Gertrude, 7 S Main Druggists. Snyder & Patchin, 2 N Main, Martin W. Snyder, Bert C. Patchin Steuben Drug Co., 27 N Main, Dr. George M, Peabody, Frank J. Peabody Dr¥ Goods. Gottschall, C. h Son, 7 N Main, Christian GottsChall, H. Alonaio Qotischall Morley, Carpenter & Co., 3 W Naples, Ray L Morley, Lucien D, Carpenter, A. L. Morley Sterner, John I., 4 N Main Electric Lighting. Shaffer, Wolff & Co., Milliman, Jacob, Shaffer, Anth'-n Wolff, John Kimmel Feed, Hay, Etc. Dudley, S, B ., 42 N Main Weinhart Bros, 18 20 N Main Foundry. Kiel, John F., Maple Furniture. Rauber & Deitzel, 23 E Naples, Jacob N. Rauber, Jacob F. Deitzel Groceries. Davis. Grant S , 39 N Main Deitzel, William H., 16 E Naples Fox, Frank, 133 Lack 'a Kausch Bros., 12 N Main, William F. Kausch, Valentine Kausch, Jr. Morley, A. L., 14 E Naples Rauber, Nicholas, 11 Hamilton Smiih, Frank K., 5 N Main Sterner, John [„ 4 N Main Weinhart Bros , 18-20 N Main Halls, . „ , ,, Music Hall, 35-37 N Mam, H. L. Moora, Mgr. Weinhart Opera House, 7 W Naples, Weinhart Bros., 18-20 N Main Hardwarb. Kimmel, M. & Son, g-u N Main Snyder, Charles, 10 N Main Harniss. Mattice, J Bert, 32 N Main j-lOlELS AND RkSTAURANTS. Engel Frank, 33 N Main, Steuben House H.jimes, William, 13I Lack'a, Holmes Hotel ' Last, Nicholas, 26-28 N Main, St. James Hotel Lieder. Otto F., 1-3 N Main. Bryant House Lerch, Douglas, 9 W Naples Locke, Albert S., 47 N M^i.n Jyocjke ^ IJpfel Mangan, Matthew .M., 49 N Main, New Wayland House Rauber, Jacob N., 15 E Naples, Rauber's Hotel Sauerbier, Albert, 3 E Naples Schud. Nicholas, Jr , i E Naples, Commer- cial House Tyler, Mrs. Rose C, 2 Filnfii;i¥e! Insuranck. Jervis. Charles M , 16 W Naples" Morris, Julian A., 5 N Main Schwan, Louis A., 5 E Naples Showers, James E., 67 E Naples Zimmerman, Peter H., 9 N Main JkwelKY. Pardee, Amos J , 24 N Main Pursel, James M., 10 N Main Laundry, Peters, Harry S., 39 N Main. Home Steam Laundry Lawyers. Bill, Christian C, 18 E Naples Clark & Pratt, 6 N Main, William W. Clark, Henry V. Pratt, William W. Clark, District Attorney DeGraw & Green, 11 N Main, F. Allen DeGraw, Floyd G. Green Liveries. Avery, John, 2 W Naples Robinson, W. Addison, tg S Wayland Weinhart Bros., 18-20 N Main, Joseph F. Weinhart, Conrad H. Weinhart Lumber. Branch & Son, Maple, George H. Branch, Clarence G. Branch Hatch, Otto & Co , 55 N Main, Albert Bartholomew, Mgr. Shaffer & Wolff, Clark, Jacob Shaffer, Anthon Wolff Machinist. Kiel, John F., Maple Olney, Lee B., 26 Sullivan Manufactories. Branch & Son, Maple, Building Material, George H. Branch, Clarence G. Branch Cyphers Incubator Co., Lack'a ave. Incu- bators, Charles A. Cyphers, Grant M. Curtis, Frank G. Patchin Green & Young, 36 N Main, Mop Wringers William H. Green, James E Young. Kiel, John F., Maple, Casting and Foun- dry , Kiel, W. Fred, Hamilton, Shingles and Sawing , , _ Millen, T. & Sons, Lack'a, Portland Ce- ment, Thomas Millen, Duane Millen, Homer C. Millen O'Hara Brothers, Lack'a, Barrels and Cooperage, M, J O'Hara, J, P. O Hara, J. W. O'Hara. Rosenkrans, Lee Verne, 5 Hamilton, Cider and Vinegar ,, , • , Shaffer & Wolff, Clark, Building Material, Jacob Shaffer, Anthon Wolff Snyder & Patchin, 2 N Main, Proprietary Medicines, Martin W. Snyder, Bert C. Patchin Steuben Cigar Co , 8 N Mam, Cigars, William H Foltz, Newton Snader, Abram Fidler 38 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. FOR PURE FOOD STUFFS Your attention is invited to my line of Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Your confidence is the first requisite in my business. It is to be gained only by giving you the best goods for your money. That's why I am so careful to excel in quality. It is flattering to have people pleased with my large line of WALLPAPER as they are personal selections — no "job lots," for my trade. CROCKERY and an extensive assortment of NOVELTIES completes a stock well worth a thrifty buy- er's notice. W. H. DEITZEL EAST NAPLES ST. JULIAN A. MORRIS GENERAL 1N8URACE AGENT. REPRESEMS Aetna Ins. Co., Of Hartford, Conn. Hartford Fire /us. Co., Of Hartford, Conn, Phoenix ins. Co., Of Hartford, Conn. Home ins. Co., Of New York City. Continental ins. Co., Of New York City. German Alliance ins. Co., Of New York City. Glens Falls ins. Co., Of Glens Falls, /V. Y. Fidelity & Casualty Accident ins. Co., Of Sew York City. United States Life ins. Co. Of New York City. Office 5 North Main Street, WAYLAND. N. Y. DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 39 Wayland Canning Factory, Rosenkrans, Canned Goods, Wesley R. Guile, Mgr. Edwin L. Matteson, Processor Willcox, W. D. & Co., Clark, Flour, Wal- ter D. Willcox, Charles J. Coxe Woodard, J. Dora, 45 Washington, Flavor- ing Extracts Meat Markets. Fox, George, 4 S Main Hemmer, Valentine, 16 N Main Merchant Tailors. Haas, Henry, 29 N Main, with Rauber & Vogt Karagan, Michael G., 3 W Naples Schmidt, FredericK, 32 W Main Schwan, Louis A., 5 E Naples Millinery. Lafayette, Josephine, 18 S Wayland Conrad Sisters, 25 N Main, Katherine Conrad, Yetta Conrad Loveland, Mrs. Nellie E , 29 W Naples Salter, Mrs. Ella, 2 Cass Monuments. Drakeford, W. E. & Co., 19 S Wayland, Andrew Redsicker-, Mgr. Music. Young, Walter E., 20 E Naples Oil. Vacuum Oil Co., Milliman Optician. Hyde, Prof. Horace B., i Lack'a Painters. Abrams, Noble S., 7 Fremont Barnum, Cordie, 7 Pine Brown, John, 15, S Main Dunn. Harvey W. 26 Hamilton Griswold, Loui^' W-. 136 Lack'a John, Albert, u' Hamilton Kittle, Harry H., 5 Lincoln Munn, Frank A., 15 S Main Rosenkrans, Maynard H., 33 W Naples Schu, Frank J., 23 E Naples Totten, Murray M., i Sullivan Young, James E., 18 N Main PHoTuGKAPHY. Parsons, Ernest D., 10 W Naples White, Alexander L., 5 St. John Ph\SICIANS AND SURGKONS. Dorr, Dr. James M , 2 N Main Peabody, Dr. George M., 27 N Main Piatt, Dr. Alva A,, 10 S Main Skinner, Dr. George M., 10 N Main Produce. Capron, Wiley W., 59 N Main Ferrin Bros., 42 N Main, John A. Bennett Mgr. Hatch, Otto & Co , 55 N Main, A. Bar- tholomew, Mgr. Pierce, Harrison G., 138 Lack'a Scott, Burton J., 42 N Main Sewing Machines. Baker, Merrit H., 12 S Wayland Conrad, Philip N., 27 Fremont Young, Walter E,, 20 E Naples Stenographers. Beeman, Nina C, Incubator Co. Dapper, Alice, do Denny, Bessie L. do McKay, Daisy C. do Telegraph Opbhators. Badeau. Walter, P. S. & N. R. R. Ford, John, D. L. & W. Marr, Patrick, Erie Rosenkrans, Merton J., Corning, N. Y. Rowley, Elmer E. Sands, George W., D L. & W. Showers, Frederick W. Steinhardt, Urban H., Erie Undektakeks. Kausch Bros., 12 N Main, William F. Kausch, Valentine Kausch, Jr. Tinker, Charles C, 9 Lack'a Vethrinary. Moose, Dr. M. Fletcher, 2 W Naples Wagon Makkrs Gross, Nicholas, 2 Lincoln Hann, Charles F., 20 N Scott Ryder, John M., 11 Washington 40 DIRECTORY OF WAYLAND-, N. Y. '.'****•*•*»• »*•*•*****»* .%*•*.*.*.*••*"•*•'* '•*»*»*»**s*»'»*»*»*»*. '•*•'•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*•*< '•"•*•*•*•*•'.'•*•'•'•■ ***«***»*»*»*»'**»**'»*»*»***t*»*i**"»*i*i*.*»'»*********i'**t*t*t*«*i'»***t***»*«'»*»*t**".*i ^P-^$' I85J. 1901. ^HE BRYANT HOUSE '1*1 \'I'*"' ^^W[^W^^% !V:|:V:| vtvX;! Noted for its XvXv :•:•:•:•:•:• High Standard of Excellence. !'.0.'.-.= %*!•!•!*!% t^^f^^W^ v.;.;.;.;. ?:?:?: °^^0 F. LIEDERS, P^O^'^' ;•!•:•:•!•;• -*—*-**-'*'**'^'i^'*'V'**V****T''*-'''-***'*'*«*«*«*****- *»'«'«***«%*«*.* ■*.*.'*'.*.*.*.*.* MR. JOHN HESS. A HISTORY : OF THE VILLAGE OF WAYLAND, N. Y. FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. BY CHARLES M. JERVIS. 1901. WAYLAND, N. Y. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Indian Occupation. Phelps and Gorham Purchase. Pulteney Title. CHAPTER II. Erection of Steuben County. Colonel Williamson, tlfforts at Settlement. CHAPTER III. First Settlements in Wayland. CHAPTER IV. Patchinsville. Early Families at Village. "Old Tilden." CHAPTER V. Organization of the Town. Building of the Railroad. Founding of the Village. Village before 1 860. Town Fair. -CHAPTER VI. Wayland in the Civil War. CHAPTER VII. i860 to 1870. CHAPTER VIII. Business Growth and Succe.ssion from 1870 to 1900 CHAPTER IX. Business Growth and Succession from 1870 to 1900 Continued. CHAPTER X. Events from 1870 to 1900. CHAPTER XL Churches and Societies. APPENDICPIS. A.— Population of the Town and Village. B —Financial Statistics of th-e Village. C. Spanish War Veterans. D. — Town Ofificeis. E.— Village Officers, F.— Poll List of 186 1. PREFACE. ?»0 COLLECT and preserve the annals of our village ; to record the facts and anecdotes in the lives of our predecessors, in whose strug- gle for existence and advancement is written a history not only of interest to ourselves, but of equal importance to the student of mankind with the devel- opment of any people of any age, is, the writer believes, an object that fe- quires no apology. To supplement this work with a "Di- rectory of the names of people resident in the village at the beginning of the century, and with pictures of the leading men and principal buildings, thereby photographing ourselves for the future, will, it is hoped, be an added value. What at the out-set seemed an easy task soon became one of many perplex- ities, as statements hitherto accepted as facts have in most instances been found unreliable, and a great deal of unex- pected research has been required to verify or correct former accounts. It may be said that where ever, in the following pages, occurs a positive state- ment of fact or date the reader may understand that the writer has secured evidence sufficient to warrant his asser- tion, — a claim made necessary by the carelessness of former authors. Contemporaneous subjects are always difficult of just treatment, and the writer has endeavored to be impartial in all instances, and not intrude the pleasant criticisms that he has often been tempted to make. That the method he has pursued in treating the subject will be open to criticism is not merely expected, but is cordialy invited, and suggestions of errors of omission and commission are particularly requested, to the end that, in time, the story of the builders of Wayland may be perfected for the ben- efit of posterity. The reader should keep in mind that our story closes with the nineteenth century, and business and other changes since January first have not been con- sidered. A name by name acknowledgement of the indebtedness that the writer feels is due for assistance and encourage- ment in the preparation of the work would be almost a repetition of the vil- lage directory, and he is, therefor, re- luctantly obliged to restrict personal mention to those who have contributed the articles on the several churches and organizations embraced in the final chapter, and to Mr. Henry V. Pratt and Mr. George H. Stannarius for their valued and painstaking assistance in revision. Wayland, N. Y., 27th June, 1901. | HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. CHAPTER I. INDIAN OCCUPATION. PHELPS AND GOR- HAM PURCHASE. PULTENEY TITLE. Little more than a century ago the territory now included in Steuben county was exclusively Indian domain, and no white man had ventured within its bounds. The rivers, larger than now, flowed through channels clogged with the driftwood of years, and the hills and. valleys were covered with heavy forests inhabited by a dense population of wild beasts and snakes. It was not a place with flats and glades for native villages, but with hills and glens, leaf- darkened avenues and primeval stillness, it was rather the ideal hunting ground for the stealthy red man. Now, red man and deer have vanished, forest and stream have shrunken, darkness and silence have yielded their sway before a civilization that with relentless tread is leading the onward march, and a cen- tury hence the record of this early time will read as fable. The Indians who occupied this part of the country at the time of its discov- ery were a remarkable people. They were brave, haughty and eloquent, — traits, which partially viewed, have acquired for them a title of nobleness, but they were also cunning, treacherous and cruel, and despite philanthropic sympathy, were thoroughly savage. The Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca tribes were bound together in a confederacy, or warfare league, and were called by themselves "Mingoes," or united people. The En- glish named them "Five Nations," and the French, "Iroquois." In 171 2 the Tuscaroras were admitted, making six nations. Their home was New York state, and from the Hudson to Lake Erie they called Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or the Long House, and no stranger was allowed to enter this territory without permission. The grand council house was on the banks of Onondaga lake, and the Onon- dagas were entrusted with its care and with attention to the sacred council fires, and were also entitled to the presiding officer. Each tribe had one representa- tive in the council, except the Senecas, who, from numerical preponderance, had two. The council had no power beyond the weight of its opinion, which must be unanimous, and which was really abso- lute. The Mohawks furnished the comman- der-in-chief of the warriors, of which there were about 2,500, aside from th^ levies made on subject tribes. The tribes of the confederacy were entirely independent, and could vote, or refuse to join in war without offense to their allies. When first visited by traders the glory of their rule was evidently on the wane, though they then held dominion over most of the tribes east of the Mississip- pi, and the fate of expatriation they had 46 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. so mercilessly dealt to their predecessors was in store for themselves. The "west door" to the Long House was guarded by the Senecas, who were thus the first known landlords of the village of Wayland. Concerning their origin and the people which they (dis- possessed the following tradition is pre- served in Seaver's Life of Mary Jemison; "The tradition of the Seneca Indians in regard to their origin is that they broke out of the earth from a large mountain at the head of Canandaigua lake and that mountain they still ven- erate as the place of their birth. Thence they derive their name "Ge nun-de- wah," or "great hill," and are called the great hill people, which is the true defi- nition of the word Seneca. The great hill at the head of Canandaigua lake, from whence they sprung, is called Ge- nun-de-wah, and has for a long time past been the place where the Indians of this tribe met in council to hold great talks ' and to offer up prayers to the Great Syiirit, on account of its having been their birthplace ; and also in con- sequence of the destruction of a Ser- pent at that place, in ancient time, in a most miraculous manner, which threat- ened the destruction of the whole of the Senecas, and barelv spared enouch to commence replenishing the earth The Indians say that the fort on the big hill, or Ge-nun-de-wah near the head of Canandaigua lake, was surrounded by a monstrous serpent, u hfjse head and tail came together at the gate A long time it lay there, confounding the peo- ple with its breath. At length they at- tempted to make their escape, — some with their homony blocks, and others with different implements of household furniture, and in marching out of the fort walked down the throat of the ser- pent. Two orphan children who' had es caped this general destruction, being left on this side of the fort, were informed by an oracle of the means by which they could get rid of their formidable enemy, — which was to take a small bow, and a poisoned arrow made of a kind of willow, and with that shoot the serpent under the scales. This they did, and the arrow proved effectual ; for, on its penetrating the skin, the serpent became sick, and, extending itself, rolled down the hill, breaking down all the timber that was in its way, and disgorging itself as it went. At every motion a human head was discharged and rolled down the hill into the lake, where they lie to this day m a petrified state, having the hard- ness and appearance of stones ; and the pagan Indians of the Senecas behevel that all the little snakes were made from the blood of the great serpent; after it rolled into the lake. To this day the Indians visit that sacred place to mourn the loss of their friends, and celebrate some rites that are peculiar to themselves. To the knowledge of the white people there has been no timber on the great hill since it was first dis- covered by them, though it lay appar- ently in a state of nature for a great number of years without cultivation. Stones the shape of Indians heads may be seen l>ing in the lake in great plenty, which are said to be the same that were deposited there at the death of the ser- pent. The Senecas have a tradition that previous to, and for some time after their oiigin at Ge-nun-de-wah the coun- try, especially about the lakes, was thickly inhabited by a race of civil, en- terprising and industrious people, who were totally destroyed by the great ser- pent, that afterward surrounded the great hill fort, and that they (the Sene-; cas) went into the possession of the im- provements that were left by this race. In thise days the Indians throughout the whole country — as the Senecas say — spoke one language ; but having be- come considerably numerous, the before mentioned great sei pent, by an unknown influence, confounded their language so that they could not understand each other, which was the cause of their di- vision into nations, as the Mohawks, MiStORY OF WAVLAND, M. V. K1 Dneidas etc. At that time, however, the Senecas retained the original lang- uage and continued to occupy their mother hill on which they . fortified themselves against their enemies and lived peacably, until, having offended the serpent, they were cut off as here- tofore remarked." At the close of the Revolution the tide of settlement which the war had temporarially checked again set in, and for the protection of the settlers, the governments of the United States and the state of New York took steps to treat with the natives for their lands. A company of speculators endeavored to forestall these efforts by securing in ad- vance leases of territory from the In- dians, and succeeded in obtaining from the Six Nations a lease for nine hundred and ninety-nine years to all their lands in New York state for twenty thousand dollars, and an annual rental of two thousand dollars, the Indians reserving fishing and hunting privileges. In face of strong oppostion represented by an active lobby, Gov. George Clinton was able to counteract this proceeding, and prevent the consumation of a scheme which it is said to have veiled, to annex the western end of this state to Canada and recover it to English rule. The charter granted to the Massa- chusetts Bay company by the English crown in 1691 included all lands be- tween Long Island Sound and the mouth of the Penobscot river, and from the At- lantic Ocean to to the Pacific, while the grant by Charles I to his son, Duke of York, in 1663 entended indefinitely westward from a line running north from the Atlantic Ocean to the Canada bor- der, and twenty miles east of the Hudson river. These conflicting boundaries :aused considerable friction between the colonies, and at one time almost resulted in a clash at arms. In 1 786 representa- tives of these two states met at Hart- ford, Conn., and made a compromise whereby Massachusetts relinquished to New York her claim to the "right and title of government, sovereignty and jurisdiction" to lands in this state, and New York ceded to her the pre-emp- tion right to all lands west of a line to be run due north from the eighty-second mile stone in the north boundary of Pennsylvania, excepting a narrow strip along the Niagara river. This pre-emp- tion line began at the south-east corner of Steuben county and ran to Sodus Bay, and the compromise placed the site of Wayland at the disposal of Mass- achusetts. Soon after this cession the Phelps and Gorham company purchased of Massa- chusetts all the lands thus acquired in Western New York, amounting to about six million acres, for which they were to pay three hundred thousand dollars in Massachusetts script, then worth about fifty cents on the dollar, and extinguish the Indian title. Oliver Phelps, one of the company, visited the Senecas, and after several days' parley with the chiefs at Buffalo Creek, succeeded in purchas- ing about two million six hundred thou- sand acres, the purchase price being five thousand dollars, and five hundred dollars annually thereafter forever. The described boundaries as taken from the old deed in the Land Office at Bath are: "Beginning on the boundary line of the state of Pennsylvania, in parallel 42° at a point 82 miles west from the north- east corner of Pennsylvania on the Del- aware river, as said line has been run and marked by the commissioners of the states of New York and Pennsyl- vania, and from said point, or place of 4§ HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. beginning, running west upon said line to a meridian which will pass through that corner or point of land made by the confluence of the Kanahasgueaicon (Canaseraga) creek with the waters of the Genisee river ; thence north along said meridian to the corner or point last mentioned ; thence northwardly along the waters of the said Genisee to a point two miles north of Kanawageras village, as called ; thence running in a direction due west, twelve miles ; thence in a direction northwardly, so as to be twelve miles distant from the most west- wardly bounds of said Genisee river, to the shore of the Ontario lake ; thence eastwardly along the shores of the said lake to a meridian which will pass through the first point, or place of be- ginning, aforementioned ; thence south along said meridian to the first point, or place of beginning aforementioned." This deed is signed by fifty-nine chiefs and warriors viz ; Mohawks 3 ; Oneidas 3 ; Onondagas 8 ; Cayugas 23 ; Senecas 22, and by seven squaws, or "governesses," for the Indians respected a dcv/er right of their wives in their real-estate, and it is attested by the bold signature of John Hancock, then gover- nor of Massachusetts. By the terms of this deed Wayland became the property! of the Phelps and Gorham company. Being unable to deal farther with the Indians the company surrendered the balance of the territory back to the; state of Massachusetts, which relievedl them of two-thirds of the contract price, and what they actually became possessed of cost them, aside from the annuity, about four cents per acre, which is doubtless all it was then worth. On Nov. 17, 1790, Phelps and Gor- ham sold their purchase, excepting tracts previously taken up by settlers, to Robert Morris, the former Secretary of the Continental Treasury, for thirty thou- sand pounds New York state currency. He in turn sold to Sir William Pulteney, of England, and others the following year. It is to the Pulteney estate that we trace the deeds of our homes. HISTORY OF WAVLANH CHAPTER 11. ERECTION OF STEUBEN COUNTY. COLO- NEL WILLIAMSON. EFFORTS AT SETTLEMENT. Western New York was simultaneous- ly invaded by the army of migration from two directions, New England's contingent coming by way of the Mo- hawk, and that from Pennsylvania by the Susquehanna and Chemung, and the first Indian traders, those heralds of advancing civilization, appeared the same year, 1786, at Onondaga and at Painted Post. The Hudson river country and Long Island had early been divided into coun- ties by the English, but at this time the territory west of Rome was almost terra incognita, and was called "Indian coun- try," and was included in the one town of Whitestown. To accommodate the scattered settlers elections were opened at Cayuga Ferry, adjourned to Onon- daga and then to Whitestown. At an early town meeting James Wadsworth, of Geneseo, the grandsire of Congress- man Wadsworth, was elected one of the pathmasters of this wilderness town ex- tending over half the state. In 1789 all that part of the state west of the old pre-emption line was organized as Ontario county, and seven years later, 1796, Steuben county was created, being the twenty-fourth county in the state in order of erection. At that time it had about one thousand inhabi- tants, and was divided into six towns : Bath, Dansville, Canisteo, Painted Post, Middletown and Fredericktown — the names of but three of which have en- N. Y. 49 dured. The town of Dansville con- tained the present towns of Dansville, Fremont, Wayland and parts of Cohoc- ton and Howard. A glance at the early maps — maps imperfectly drawn, and of a period when natural waterways were the only commercial avenues — shows that, ex- cepting the St. Lawrence and Great Lake system, the Susquehanna with the Chemung, the Canisteo and Conhocton rivers, navigable for hundreds of miles inland and penetrating to the very door of the Genesee country, famed for its fertility, and to the confines of the un- known west, with its boundless possibil- ities, was the route that would become the great continental highway, and a city built at its headwaters would grow opulent from tolls on limitless products seeking the world's markets. The dream of Colonel Williamson and his principals that the village of Bath was destined to become the entrepot of the great west, visionary as it seems to people familiar with railroads, was not without reason in their time. The effort and ability spent in launching the "boom" and hastening its development exhibited a genius unsurpassed in more recent times by the builders of our western towns. Sir William Pulteney and his company having purchased the Phelps and Gor- ham tract deeded it to Colonel Charles Williamson, who had become a natural- ized citizen of the United States (i) and held the estate in trust for the company until the laws permitted aliens to own real estate. Of Colonel. Williamson, Judge Mc- Master says in his History : (i) Colonel Williamson's oath with his naturalization papers was as follows: "I, Charles Williamson, gentleman, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, do say that I will support the Constitution of the United States. Charlks Williamson." "Done in open Court at Philadelphia, June 9, 1792. J. Yeates, Justice Supreme Court." ' so HISTORY OF WAVLAND, N. Y. "He was a man of spirit, energy and ability. Prepossessing in person, free and frank in manner, generous and friendly in disposition, he is remembered to this day as a "fine fellow" by the farmers who were once young pioneers, and opened his roads and hewed his forests. A keen follower of sports, a lover of the horse, the rifle and the hound, he was accounted a man by the rudest foresters. High-bred, intelHgent, of engaging address, and readily adapt- ing himself to the circumstances of all men, he was equally welcome to the cabin of the woodsman or the table of the Peer ; and whether discussing a horse race with Canisteo, a school pro- ject with Prattsburg, or the philosophy of over-shot wheels with Bartle's Hoi- low, he was entirely at home, and pro- nounced opinions which were listened to with respeqt. His hale, prompt, manly greeting won for him the good will of the settler, and gave him influ- ence at the occasional assembhes of the citizens. "He had a gallant and impetuous way of doing what was to be done. Where he was everything was kept stirring. The ordinary routine of a land agent's life had no charms for him. To sit in a drowsy office the live-long day, among quills and maps and ledgers, hearing complaints of failing crops, sickness and hard times, pestered with petitions for making new roads and mending bridges was unendurable. He must ride through the woods, talk with the settlers, awaken the aliens, show his lands to strangers, entertain gentlemen from abroad. ***** "He was dark of feature, tall, slender, and erect of figure. His habits were active, and he pleased the foresters by vaulting lightly to his saddle and scour- ing the roads at full gallop." Colonel Williamson arrived at Balti- more in 1 79 1, and after some time de- voted to interesting soiithern settlers in his scheme of development, set out the following winter for his new domain, travehng by way of the Hudson and Mohawk, thence by Indian trails to the Genesee country, and then back to Northumberland on. the Susquehanna at the mouth of the West Branch, where he made his first headquarters for colo- nization and improvements. The fol- lowing summer he built a wagon road over the rnountains — a seemingly impossible undertaking — co n n e c t i n g Northumberland with Dansville. This road, known in this locality as the "old Bath road," came up the Conhocton valley to North Cohocton, thence through the south-east corner of the town of Springwater, down the east hill, across the upper end of the valley and up west hill near where the cemetery is now. The exact date of the construc- tion of the road from North Cohocton, through Wayland, to Dansville cannot be determined. It was, however, of early date, and a "Wiiliamson" road, and was mainly for winter travel, being too wet in the summer. In 1802 John Frazer's maternal grandfather came over it with his family. He drove a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen with a horse as leader. Passing Bivins's where he was unable to procure feed, he tried to make Dansville, but was stalled at "four mile tree," — near the Yochem place. One of the party rode the horse to Dansville, and the next day brought assistance to the family who had camped there over night. Bath was selected by the management as the site of the "Babylon of the West,'' and every effort was made to attract settlers and artisans. Saw mills were started, houses built, roads opened, the rivers cleared of drift-Wood — the Con- hocton being declared navigable to HISTORY OF WAY LAND, twenty-two mile inn, or what is now North Cohocton — a race track was laid out where famous horses from the east and the south were entered, and a thea- ter opened with a company of actors from Philadelphia. But ten years of stupendous effort, aided by a prodigal use of money, could not make the stubborn glebe of Steuben compete with the fertile fields of the Genesee, and settlers were not attracted. The commerce with the west did not develop in a measure com- mensurate with the company's expecta- tions or expenses. Colonel Williamson was recalled and the dream of Bath's glory faded away. In a speech made in 185 i, William H. Seward, then United States Senator, referred to this air-castle as follows : "There is a town in the interior of the state, far away in what was lately known as the secluded part of it by name. * wih to speak N. Y. 51 It Bath Of this town I is a beautiful but val- ley and on the banks of the Conhoccon, a tributaiy of the Susquehanna. But those who know it well have remarked quiet one, situated in the delightful that it has a broad and magnificent plan imperfectly filled out. There are houses on corners, designating streets and avenues, without inhabitants. In short it was laid out for a great city, but has long since renounced all arhbitious pre- tentions. You do not know how this happened. Well, the state librarian can give you a, small duodecimo volume, published in the year 1800, containing an account of a journey performed by an English gentleman in the short space of six weeks, from the city of New York all the way to Niagara Falls. That traveler visited Bath, then in the day- spring of its growth, and he recorded of it that it was destined to be the greatest commercial metropolis of New York. The Hudson was only a short arm of the sea. It did not penetrate far enough to take a hold of the trade of the coun- try. Bath was to receive all of it that could be diverted from the channel of the St. Lawrence and the market of Quebec, and send it down through the Conhocton and Susquehanna to Chesa- peake Bay. Had that calculation been realized, Bath would have been a city like Albany, and New York would have been a city over which the President could have had but little ambition to preside." HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. CHAPTER HI. FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN WAYLAND. When Robert Morris made the sale of the Phelps and Gorham tract to the Pulteney company he was required to file a survey of the lands deeded. Though Mr. Phelps had made an effort in this direction the results were unsat- isfactory, and Mr. Morris, therefore, se- cured the services of Joseph and Benja- min EUicott, brothers, who had recently cipally on great lot number 92, which extends from the junction of Filmore| and Sullivan streets, near the cemetery, on the north, to the center of Mill street on the south, and from Granger Place east to the intersection of St. John and Naples streets on the west. The earliest record of settlement within the present limits of the town of Wayland is the sale of this entire lot. No. 92, to Christopher Zimmerman on March 27, 1807. Many histories have confused these early facts, some claiming BRYANT HOUSE AND PATCHIN completed the survey for the prospec- tive city of Washington. On this work they used a transit for the first time in this country, the instrument having just been invented in Germany, and they also developed the method, which has since been employed throughout the western states, of dividing the territory into ranges and townships, each town- ship to be, where ever possible, six miles square. By this system Wayland village is in Range V, Township VI, and prin- BLOCK CORNERS BEFORE I 883. prior settlements in other sections of the town, and all of them crediting this first purchase to Adam Zimmerman who subsequently acquired lands south of this tract. It is, therefore, worthy of special notice that the first land withiri' the town to attract settlement was the present site of the village, and that the first man in Wayland's chronology was Christopher and not Adam. Mr. Zimmerman had emigrated hithef from Pennsylvania, and was of the pro- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 53 /erbially thrifty Dutch stock of that state, his wife being a most valuable partner in business matters as well as home economies. He built his house about where the Bryant Hotel now stands, and set out the apple orchard which was removed to make room for the Bryant and Kimmel stores in 1883. Some years later he sold his land con- tract and moved to a farm near Carney Hollow. Circumstances suggest that at the time of his settlement here, though he may have been the monarch of all he surveyed and possessed of a large de- gree of the liberty for which the land had become famous, the social functions were restricted and life was devoid of the zest it has obtained since residents have been surrounded by faulty neigh- bors. Of neighbors, faulty or other- wise, there were Seth Knowles and his brother-in law^ who built a house near the head of Hemlock lake in 1807, and were the, first settlers in Springwater valley. At twenty-two mile inn (North Cohocton) was Bivin's Tavern. At Co- hocton, McMaster's History says : "In 1806 Levi Chamberlain, of Herkimer county, settled on the Davis farm, near Liberty Corners; His household con- sisted 'of a cow and a dog. All his property, besides his axe, was contained in a small pack. For his cow the ac- comodations were rather rude. When milking time arrived the settler resorted to the strange expedient of driving the beast "a straddle of a log" and milking into a notch cut with his axe. Into this he crumbled his bread and ate therefrom with a wooden spoon." Far- ther away toward the south were other settlers, and the town of Dansville — in- cluding almost one-sixth of the county — had polled as high as twenty-four votes at general election. That the settlers did not regard distances in the light in which they are viewed by a generation dependant upon trolley cars is illustrated by the statement that Mrs. Zimmerman frequently, after "doing up her work," walked to Bath by way of North Co- hocton (there was then no road to Co- hocton) for a day's visit and walked back in the evening. Daniel P. Faulkner was the first sup- ervisor of the town, elected in I799- He was familiarly known as "Captain Dan," and it is from him that Dansville takes its name. One of the first deeds recorded conveys to him the undivided three-fourths part of the norLh-west corner of Township VI, Range V, con- taining about six thousand acres, less seven hundred previously deeded to other persons. It is amusing to note that this deed is from Charles William- son, "gentleman," to Daniel Faulkner, "farmer," and that deeds following are from Daniel Faulkner, "gentleman," to the grantee as "farmer." The Bowles and Miller families came to the eastern part of the town, from what is now the town of Howard, about 1 808, though they had previously pros- pected their lands, and had reported discovering "thousands of acres of level land." They were permitted by the land office to stake out their purchases as they chose, which explains why the lines of their farms do not coincide with the lines of the survey. Mr. Bowen settled in 1 808 on the farm north of the village, now owned by Peter Yohan, and Mr. Hume came the same year. Thomas Begole took out the contract to his land west of the village in ' May 1809. He had come into this country 54 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. as a clerk for the Faulkners, which po- sition he held for several years. His house, which he conducted as a tavern, stood where Edward Kausch now lives. He had a post office established at his house, which was known locally as "Be- gole's," and his influence with the land agents secured the building of the cor- duroy road, portions of which may yet be seen, through the swamp now owned by Messrs. Millen, connecting his office with the postoffice at Patchin's Mills, from which the mail was also delivered man's house. The original Hicks house was of logs, the present building having replaced it. The wood-shed additioni to. the present structure was the third school building in the village, and was moved from the south-east corner of Naples and Lincoln streets to make place for the building now on that site, which was the fourth and last school house before the one now in use. The western half of the Zimmerman pur- chase passed to Constant Cook, then a resident of Cohocton, and who subse-P T ^ *. t- " T. MILLEN & SONS PORTLAND CEMENT FACTORY. by post-horses to the offices at Bowles' Corners, Shannon's-in Springwater-and Loon Lake. Mr. Begole died in 1854, and is buried beside his wife in the vil- lage cemetery. One son lived on the farm for a number of years, and another son, James H., settled in the village and became identified with its business. The year 18 10 brought Stephen Hicks, who purchased the east half of the Zimmerman tract, and lived on East Naples street opposite Mrs. A. Milli- qucntly, with the Hon. John Magee,K^ projected the Buffalo, Corning and New York railroad from Corning to Buffalo by way of Avon and Attica, which now forms the Rochester and Buffalo divis-' ions of the Erie. Mr. Cook came to Steuben from Warren, Herkimer county — the same town that had sent the Hess family hither — and he became one of the wealthiest men that this county has produced. This year, 18 10, was also the date of David Frazer's settlement ' • HISTORY OF WAYLAND, on the farm now occupied by his son, the late Dr John Frazer. About this time George Karacher bought the north half of great lot number 73, his land extending from Mill street to O. D. Cole's residence, and from Main street to the eastern side of the Little Lake. His daughter, Sal- lie, died in 18 16, and was interred in the old cemeteiy on Naples street at the corner of St. John street. Mr. Karacher died in 1822. One son, Solo- mon Karacher, was an early proprietor of the farm now owned by Andrew Granger, another son, Martin, lived on the farm now owned by Peter Yohan, his house being about opposite the home of A. B. Adams, and a third son, George, was a resident for many years. Prior to 1 8 1 6 the grandparents of George Marts were living in a house that stood on the farm afterward owned by Levi Rosen- krans, and near the location of the home of W. W. Clark. Daniel Marts was born there in that year, and "rocked in a sap trough while his mother cradled grain." In 1 8 1 1 the first school was organized. The building was of logs and stood near the county line road. Thomas Wilbur was the teacher, and the entire absence of birch in that neighborhood is testi- mony to the efficiency of his instruc- tion. Pupils came from Springwater valley and from a distance of miles in other directions. Captain Bowles being a student after he had married his wife, the exigencies of pioneer life having deprived him of an opportunity to be- come acquainted with the three "R's" in younger days. This first building was burned, and in 1824 the second school building stood on the present site of the cemetery and was presided over by Mary Ann Blake, a sister of N. Y. SS Blake of Dansville. John ■ Frazer is perhaps- the oldest living alurri- nus of this second school. Carver Har- rington, late of Springwater, was a teacher of this school during the later '2o's. The following extracts from the origi- nal records of the town have a curious appearance in a book that later tells of men sent to war to suppress such traffic : MANUMISSION FROM SLAVERY. "Know all men by these presents, I, Nathaniel Rochester, of the town of Dansville in the county of Steuben, and state of New York, have, and by these presents do, manumit and make frie from slavery, my negro slave named Benjamin, about sixteen years old, and my negro slave named Casandra, about fouiieen years old. In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-ninth day of January, 1811, "N. Rochester." (seal) The amount of the financial sacrifice in this humanitarian act of Mr. Roches- ter may be estimated from the following : SALE OF BLACK GIRL. "Know all men by these presents, that I, Ann Faulkner, of the town of Bath, in the county of Steuben, and state of New York, for and in consider- ation of the sum of twenty dollars, to me in hand paid by James Faulkner Junior of the same place, the receipt of which is hereby confessed and acknowl- edged, do transfer and set over all my right, title and interest and claim and demand of a little negro girl named Julia, born of my slave named Ann, in the month of September, one thousand eight hundred and eight, in the town of Geneseo, county of Ontario, and state as aforesaid, to the said James Faulkner, his heirs and assigns, to have and to hold for his own proper use, benefit and behoof the said James Faulkner to comply with the laws of the state of New York concerning children born of S6 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. slaves subsequent to the year of our Lord 1790. as witness my hand and seal. "Dated at Bath Nov. the ninth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. her ' "Anne x Faulkner." mark June 18, 1812, the town of Cohocton was formed from the town of Dansville, the division being the line that bounds the corporation on the west and crosses the highway between the lands of Moses Poor and Martin Kimmel, and Wayland- ers transferred their allegiance to the new town. At the first town-meeting, held ir April 18 1 3 at the house of Joseph Shat tuck, Jr., Samuel' Wells was chosen sup- ervisor, and it was voted that a bounty of five dollars be paid for each well scalp, and ten dollars for that of each panther. The price of wolves' scalps was afterwards raised to twenty dollars. In these early days wolves were a great pest, though the settlers entertained no fears of personal attacks from them. At the general election the following year sixty-four votes were cast, which in a measure indicates the size of the population. RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN J. MORRIS, Cor. E. Naples and Wayland Streets. Ml^tORV OF WAVLANb, N. V. CHAPTER IV. PATCHINSVILLE. LAGE. EARLY FAMILIES AT VIL- "OLD TILDEN." During the next few years the immi- gration to the territory within the pres- ent town increased, and included many of the families who, with their descend- ants have become important factors in the building and development of Way- land. In 1813 the Brownsons settled at Loon Lake, and the Patchin and Hess families came to Patchinsville in 18 14 and the years immediately following, The advent of these last two famiHes gave to that section of the town the vast preponderance of vigor and enter- prise, and for many succeeding years it was, and seemed destined to remain the business center. Waiter Patchin was born in Norwalk, Conn., July 24, 1764.' When a child his father moved to Balston, Sararoga county, and here, while a mere boy, he joined the Continental army and took part in the defense of the town • against the British and Indians. The town was burned and young Patchin was wounded by an Indian, but saved his life by swimming the river. He was afterwards pensioned by the government for the injury he received. Later he settled in Marcellus, Onondaga county, and in 1 8 14 moved to Patchinsville where he took up a large tract of land, on which he built a log house that stood nearly on the site of the house now occupied by the Hon. Gordon M. Patchin. He was twice, married, his first wife being the mother of two children, Loraine, and Dr. Warren Patchin, and Myron M. Patchin was the ninth of eleven children by the second marriage, and was born i1 in 1806. With these alone ■ this story is concerned. Walter Patchin died in 1854 at 90 years of age, and is buried in the East Wayland cemetery. When Walter Patchin moved to town he transported his goods with an ox team, and in coming down the East Patchin hill, over which the old road led, one of the oxen fell and broke his neck, — a most serious loss for a pioneer farmer. On enquiry of Benjamin Per- kins he learned of a settler near Dans- ville of whom an ox could be ha^, but Mr. Patchin was not prepared to pay just then, and being a stranger, was in a predicament from which Mr. Perkins relieved him by picking up a chip on which he scratched his initials, "B. P," and gave it to Mr. Patchin to hand to the setder, which he did and returned home with his bovine. This is the first recorded bank-check in the town. Dr. Warren Patchin, who was born at Balston in 1784, had graduated from Fairfield Seminary and had seen service in the war of 18 12- 14. He followed his father from Marcellus to the "far west," as this country was then known, and in 1816 settled on what is now the Marlette farm. He was the most noted practitioner of his period in this locality, his clientele extending over fifty miles of territory, and at a time when bridle-paths were the principal highways it was not an uncommon occurence for him to be obliged, if overtaken by night, to fasten his horse to a tree, and make himself as comfortable as possible until daylight permitted him to continue his journey. He was an active member of the Steu- ben Medical Society from its organiza- tion in 1 8 18, and was its first president, and held the same office in 1824 and in 1843 and 1844. He, however, found 58 HiStORV OF Way!. AND, N. V. time and energy aside from his profes- sional calls to devote to business mat- ters, and in 1820 built the Patchinsville saw- mill, which burned the following year, and in 1822 he erected the grist mill. The long-time famous Patchin's Mills hotel was built by him in 1824. It was his intention to make it of brick, which he endeavored to manufacture at home, but the clay was defi- cient and the bricks proved worthless, s o the wooden structure was erected I t stood where now is the house of John P Morsch, and was a typical country tavern. A long build- ing with small windows and large doors, scarcely two full storie> high and painted the universal red. The ground floor was devoted to public rooms and the loft to sleeping apartments and a large ball-room where the rustic youth brought their "sweet- hearts" to the "swell" dances of the time. It was the meeting place for business transactions and the resort of idlers. The first store of the town, opened by James Monier about 1826, was on the corner toward Perkinsville, and with the mills, the postoffice and the blacksmith shop there was a general "behold -how-great-is-Babylon" air to the neighborhood. There are those now living who recall the bustle when the stage-coach that connected Newtown (now Elmira) with Dansville and the west arrived. The post horses were changed ; the mails shifted ; the bugje sounded ; the whip cracked over the leaders, and off it rum- bled, the leathern springs creaking under its load of passengers, wearing wide- brimmed bea- ver hats and poke bonnets, and the "boot" filled with leather - cover- e d trunks, studded with brass nails, and with "band- boxes and bun- dles." It was the "sight" of the time, and folks brought; their children from miles around to see the rapid tran- sit of the era. Across the flats was the corduroy road built by Dr. Patchin, where logs three feet in diameter seemed afloat, and water splashed from between them under the burden of a heavy load. Dr. Patchin was the father of six children: Warren, 1 804-1879; Jabez, 1 806-1 825 ; Harriet, (Mrs. Warring) 1 808-1 86-; Ira, 1 81 2-1898 ; Cameron, 1 820-1 896; Minerva, (Mrs. John Young) 1 826-1900. He died in 1872. The tax-list of the town of Cohocton MR. MARTIN KIMMEL. HISTORY OF WAYLAND for the year 1829 shows Warren Patchm assessed on 409 acres of land valued at twelve dollars an acre, his taxes amount- ing to ;^i 5.65. This seems to be the highest farm valuation in the town for that year. At the time of his death he owned about 700 acres, which was pur- chased of the remaining heirs by his sons Warren and Dr. Cameron. There were four of the Hess brothers who settled on farms in the neighbor- hood of Patchinsville about 1818. All of them were the progenitors of large families. Demis (or Dennis) Hess re- moved here from Warren, Herkimer county in the year mentioned, and it is with two of his sons, John and Dr. Henry H. Hess, that the history of Wayland village is concerned. James Totten was another early set- tler at Patchinsville, coming there about the same time as the Hess families. He settled on the farm now occupied by Mr. Joseph Staub, and which was the home for many years of his son, James Totten, who died in 1900 at Seneca Falls. A story that deserves to be recorded of this early time is the "act of nullifi- cation" by the Patcnin's Mills postmaster. The rates of postage had remained un- changed from the organization of that office, and the postmaster had faithfully charged for a single letter — which was a letter on a single sh'iet of paper — six cents when it was to be sent not over thirty miles ; ten cents for less than eighty miles ; eighteen cents for less than 150 miles, and over 400 miles twenty-five cents, and double rates for double letters, and he had as faithfully decided that most places were over 400 miles from his office, if the mail went by the safest route, which of course it N. Y. 59 should, and which the proverb says is the longest. Then after writing "Paid 25" in the corner of the letter, he placed five cents to the credit of the govern- ment — if he chanced to have the change — and put twenty cents in his pocket, his patriotic desire being that people would write more letters so that he could work harder for his country, and incidentally, put more five-cent pieces to the credit of the government. March 3, 184S, Congress passed an act reducing the rates of postage to five cents for each half-ounce under 300 miles, and ten cents for over that dis- tance. The postmaster at Patchin's Mills had not been consulted in the matter, and no public hearing had been granted on the bill. He felt not merely injured by the wanton disrespect exhib- ited in not seeking his advice on so rad- ical a measure, but he insisted that it was a brutal infringement of his per- sonal rights, in that it reduced the emoluments of his office without the consent of the governed. Being a man of decision he slammed the door of his office and bolted it against the public in general, and the Congress of the United States in particular. After a few days of deliberation, however, he re-opened the office, having decided that it is better to suffer the ills we have than to permit the other candidate to do the suffering. Benjamin Perkins established his fam- ous saw-mill at Perkinsville about 1 8 1 2. The year 1 8 1 5 is given by every prev- ious history as the date of Mr. Perkins' settlement, but it is undoubtedly erron- eous. In the village cemetery is the headstone of "Bridget, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia Perkins, died July 14, 1 81 2, aged 3 mos. and 8 days." 6o HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Perkins may have been original settlers were able to pay for the Though Mr. here even earlier than this, the writer has taken the death of this infant daughter as evidence that he was a resident at that time, and thus antedates the settle- ments in the central and southern por- tions of the town. . At the time of Mrs. Perkins' death the family resided on the Dansville highway near the home of Mrs. Hemmer at the Perkinsville corner. The year following the building of the saw-mill, Abijah Fowler and Dugal homes that cost them such arduous labor. Moses Poor, Sr., purchased the farm now occupied by his grandson, Moses A. Poor, in 1817, receiving the first deed for land actually paid for in the town. He had emigrated from Ver- mont to Canada, and at the outbreak of the war of 181 2 he was compelled to leave that countiy, the Canadians being] much less tolerant toward the Yankees Cameron erected the Perkinsville flour ing mill. . In an attempt to trace the early occu- pants of the lands in the vicinity of Wayland village a difficulty is presented in the fact that most of the early settlers purchased their, homes on land con- tract3, which contracts were not record- ed as in the case of deeds, and they were frequently sold and re-sold, the land passing through several proprietors before there is a record of sale. It is a sad fact that proportionately few of the RESIDENCE OF MR. FRANCIS W. MILLINGTON, No. 46 Liickawaniiii Avenue. than the people of the mother country. Leaving all his property that could not be carried in a hasty flight, he came to Dansville, where he lived for several years before moving to Wayland. His son Moses, second, — there have 'been three by that name, — succeeded him in the proprietorship of the farm. Here he lived during three-fourths of the last . century, 181 7-1892, and was always esteemed by his neighbors as a man of the strictest integrity. His house and-' barns were of logs until thrift and pros- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 6i perity enabled him to replace them with more pretentious structures of sawed lumber. The eastern end of the barn now standing on Naples street is prob- ably the oldest building in the village, and the blacksmith shop across the way is of about the same date. This pioneer who had maintained a perennial assault on Nature's stronghold through so many years, driving the wilderness farther and farther in retreat, died in 1892 at the advanced age of 90 years. Samuel Taggart opened the first tavern in the village in 1824, the same year that the Patchinsville hotel was built. It stood on the north-east corner of Naples and Wayland streets. He embelished his revenues as "mine host" by doing cobbling work, but seems even then to have had difficulty in making both ends meet, and on one occasion he was obliged to lock himself in his shop for a number of days, receiving his meals through the window until he had earned money at his bench to .pay a judgment. Those were days of impris- onment for debt, but a man's house was his castle and, though the constable happened to be Mr. Taggert's son, he could not arrest him while he kept him^ self locked in his house. The proprie- torship of this tavern passed to John Coe, under whose regime it burned — about 1 842 — but was immediately re- placed by the building now standing. Mr. Coe was succeeded by a Frenchman named Franot ; he, by Benjamin Bur- rows, who sold to Henry H. Hess, whence it passed to Mrs. C. M. Jervis and its present owner, John J. Morris. William Rosenkrans came to Waj-land , from the town of Wheeler in 1833, and settled on the farm immediately north , of the corporation. He was a cousin of Levi Rosenkrans — father of Hamilton S. who came to the village three years later. Though "Uncle William" lived in Wayland until his death in 1886, none of his twelve children remained here or became identified with the village. The change in the Springwater highway, which had been about twenty rods west of its present location, was accomplished by Mr. Rosenkrans soon after his settle- ment. Levi DeWitt Rosenkrans, a brother of William, settled on the farm now occupied by Mrs. David Shafer about 1833. He was a school teacher as well as farmer. Another brother, James Rosenkrans, settled about the same time west of the village, living on the farm now owned by Mrs. Jervis, and near the home of Martin Kimmel. The date of Walter Wood's settle- ment is not certain. He was here in 1833, and had married Eliza, daughter of Mr. Taggart, the tavern keeper. He resided where Mrs. Isabelle Beeman lives, and owned that farm for many years ; it descended to his son-in-law, Henry L. Cooley. Main street origi- ginally extended across his farm about as at present, and he closed it because he did not approve of a neighbor's selection of a wife. It was re-opened a few years ago. Adin Parmenter was one of the ear- liest pioneers of northern Steuben. He came to Cohocton from Onondaga county in 1813, and to Wayland in 1833, building his log hou.se where is now the house owned by H. G. Pierce on the south side of the Lackawanna railroad. He was the father of fourteen children, but two of whom, Mrs. Myron M. Patchin and Mrs. H. G'. Pierce, now reside in Wayland. He died in 1877. In 1833 the village .consisted of the 62 HISTORY OF WAYLANb, N. Y homes of Walter Wood, Mrs. Beeman's house ; Thomas Hicks, opposite Mrs. Milliman's ; Elijah Hall, J. A. Schwin- gle's place ; Mrs. Rebecca Austin, about where the Methodist church stands ; the Underwood house, near the home of W. W. Clark ; Moses Poor in the old Poor house, where Emory W. Hoppaugh resides, and the Taggart tavern. In addition to the farmer's mentioned, were Alvin Pennel at the Ira Patchin place ; John Brown, S. E. The land adjoining the Poor farm on the west was taken up in the early days, , and passed by contract through several owners, coming into the possession of James Moore in the late '30's. Mr. Moore's house stood opposite the west- ern half of the grove, and an old resi- dent says that from Mrs. Moore's garden came the first pie-plant raised in this locality which "made better pies than we get now-a-days." He had migrated from New Hamp.shire, and had served RESIDENCE OF MRS. JANE BUSH No. 7 S. Main Street. Patchin's ; Mr. Boothe, H. G. Pierce's ; Ephraim Hall, George Bailey's ; Will- iam Hitchcock, opposite C. S. Avery's. Prior to 1 840 several families subse- quently prominent were added to the neighborhood. In 1836 Levi Rosen- krans settled on the farm since occupied by his son, Hamilton S. Rosenkrans, coming from Hammondsport. The Rosenkranses are scions of ancient stock, their ancestry dating from the earliest days of the colony. in the quota of that colony in the Rev- olutionary army, and was a pensioner. He died in 1841, and his was the first interment in the present village ceme- tery. His son, Chauncy Moore, .suc- ceeded to the estate, and by farther purchases increased his farm to almost four hundred acres. These purchases were paid by levying tribute on Nature at every turn, and it was not uncommon, after the day's work in the field, to slir the fire during most of the night in boil- History of Wayland, n. y. ing potash, which was hauled to Pittsford threat was made to call for sale. This it may be said was a quite common industry with the farmers of that time. He built a new house on the site where Martin Kimmel, Jr.'s, house now stands, and his home was a welcome stopping place for the itinerary clergy who came through the town, the latch-string being always out to men of the cloth regardless of creed. He died in 1 86 1, leaving one daughter, Mrs. Josiah Gray. Chauncey Bennett moved to the farm now owned by his son, John A. Bennett, at the Lackawanna crossing in 1839, coming from Patchinsville. He was a blacksmith by trade and erected a log shop near his house where he did a thriving business for many years. Hon. James G. and John A. Bennett are his only surviving children who live in Way- land. He died in 1881. In this portion of the town resided "Old Tilden," a character who was the bogy of the community. He lived alone in a hut, on what is now called Buffalo street, about where Joseph Hoff- man's house now stands. His occupa- tion was the manufacture of lamp-black. He was of a highly convivial nature, and frequently indulged to excess. At such times, which generally occurred on specially owlish nights, the exuberance of his spirit became uncontrollable, and he would build a terrific fire in the woods, lighting up the sky with lurid flames, and then intersperse wild songs with blood-curdhng shrieks and hair-raising yells that filled all the timid women with fear and made the children put their heads farther under the bed clothes. His sooty appearance and strange her- mit life gave the uncanny air necessary to make a child very cautious when the 63 Old Tilden." One day, however, a dapper young man, dressed in "boughten" clothes, and wearing a high silk hat — probably the first ever seen in Wayland — came and said that he was "Old Tilden's" nephew, and took him away with him. The old man never came back to scare the chil- dren. The young man afterward became Governor of the state, and almost President of the United States, and was Samuel J. Tilden. The life of the settlers in these early days that we have been viewing will be well-nigh incomprehen.sible to the peo- ple of the twenty-first century. We, of today, are near enough to the forests to be able to appreciate the pioneer sur- roundings of every age. We can re- thatch the old log house, fill again the crevices with mortar, scatter sand on the floor, start the fire in the great fire-place, and before its dream-inspiring blaze see again the crane and kettle, the turn-spit, the deal table, the cushioned settle and fool-pans, the flax and spinning wheels, and the drying herbs, bright peppers and golden corn festooned from the rcugh-hewn rafters. The tallow dip that lighted the way to a canopied and curtained bed, its downy heighth cov- ered with spreads in geometric patch- work is still in memory. To us the quiet housewife, with apron and cap, following in endless rounds from fire to dishes, and dishes to wheel, and wheel to needle ; the husband with his sun-to- sun routine of axe and plow and cradle and flail, are live beings, thrilled with like sorrows and joys, discouragements and hopes with ourselves. But after another hundred years of equal pace the spinning-wheel and flail, even now mute as Tara's harp, will 64 HIStORY OF WAYLAND, ^. V. be as the vessels and flints of the mound builders, and the pioneer and wife as the mummies of Egypt. The Western man, who through centuries has led the Way for civilization, always the same, in bold, restraintless might, whether Kelt or Greek, Slav or Roman, Saxon or Yankee, has circled the globe and his course is finished. Future scientists may discuss but not apprehend hinli'; future students may examine but not understand him, future peoples, may picture but not reproduce him. , He will live for them with axe transformed? to caduceus and covered wagon changed for talaria, his genius given to the con- quest of the world of commerce. MR. HAMILTON S. ROSENKRANS. HISTORY OF WAYLANt), N. Y. CHAPTER V. ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN. BUILDING OF THE RAILROAD. FOUNDING OF THE VILLAGE. VILLAGE BEFORE i860. TOWN FAIR. Most of the early settlers had come to Wayland by the Susquehanna route from the south and east, but the build- ing of the Genesee valley canal, with Dansville as a convenient port of entiy to northern Steuben, afforded a more 65 eign countries. Until the building of the railroad the canal also absorbed the greater part of the freight, though occa- sional loads of grain, were still drawn to Hammondsport for shipment. The extended boundaries of the town; the fact that in the earlier division, by some MnioYseen faux pas, the lines had been so drawn that the voters from above Patchinsville must go to Dans- ville, passing those from the northern end of the town on their way to the direct route to the older settled section of the east, and emigration began to come from that direction, the town attaining its greatest growth during this period. Outside of the corporation, Wayland has never equalled the population it attained at the end of the first decade after its erec- tion as a town. Sandy Hill and the southern portion of the town were par- ticularly b'enefited by this influx of settlers, many of whom came from for- RESIDENCE OF MR. MOSES A. POOR, No. 63 W. Naples Street. seaboard and the polls at Cohocton, and the rapid growth of this section in population induced the movement for a new town. Myron M. Patchin and John Hess may fairly be considered the "fathers" of Wayland, and it was mainly due to their efforts that a petition was signed and forwarded to Hon. William M. Hawley, at Albany, who was then state senator from this (26th) district, and who presented the necessary resolution to that body. 66 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. The name selected for the new town was "Millville," but there were already so many places in the state with names compounded of the word mill that it was not deemed advisable by the com- mittee to increase the list. A request was sent Mr. Hess to make another selection. The session of the legisla- ture was nearing its close, and delay would compel the measure to wait another year. Mr. Hess hastened to MR. JOSIAH GRAY. Mr. Patchin, on whom he threw the onus of choosing a name, when he modestly rejected the one proposed by Mr. Hess. In casting about for a sub- stitute, Mr. Patchin chanced to hum a favorite tune called "Wayland," which gave him the suggestion, and the town was so named, and not in honor of Dr. Francis Wayland of Moral Philos- ophy fame as has so often been stated. The resolution erecting the town was adopted on the last day of the legisla«| tive session, April 12, 1848. By its' provisions officers in either town, Dans-; ville or Cohocton, from which the new town was taken, and who resided in the territory thus set off, were to hold their respective offices until the expiration of the terms for which they had been chosen ; the civil list was to be com- pleted by a special election called at Warren Patchin's tavern on May 2, following, and there- after town-meetings were to be held on the same days with the other towns of the county. By these terms John Hess, who was then serving his fifth term as supervisor of Cohocton, became the first supervisor of Wayland, to which office he was elected at intervals six tirpes there- after. Myron M. Patchin, was serving his third term as justice of the peace, and held over in the new town, being re-elected until he had served twenty-one con- secutive years, — the longest continuous service that has been rendered the town. Amos Knowlton also held over as justice elected in Dansville. The first town meeting selected the follow- ing officers to complete the list : Chaun- cey Moore and Gardiner Pierce, justice^ Samuel W. Epiey, town clerk ; R. M. Patchin, David Poor and David Brown- son, assessors ; H. H. Hess, superinten- dent of schools ; Stephen C. Philips, Wesley Doughty and F E, Day, com- missioners of highways ; George Kara- cher, Gideon Moon and Joseph Fronk, constables ; John Hiiinhn, sealer of weights and measures. Wayland was thus started on its independent career with full power to breed statesmen and levy taxes on real-estate and dogs. • The development of steam, which was the most potent factor in the prog- ress of the "wonderful century" just closed, was to work an important trans- formation in Wayland and change its business center. The veiy year that had seen the opening of the Erie canal, the building of which produced results of such limitless material value to the state, gave birth to the germ that was eventually to relegate mule and tow-line to antiquity. In the year 1825 steam had been applied successfully to loco- motion in England. On July 4, 1828 the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in this country was begun. Charles Carrol of Carrolton, the only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, performed the cere- mony of breaking ground, at which time he said with prophetic sight, "I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to signing the Declaration of Independence, if even second to that." In 1831 the first steam railroad was operated in New York state, and twenty-one years later, April 1852, the Buffalo, Corning and New York railroad was opened from Corning to Wayland, and on July 4 a large excursion was brought here from Bath. The magnitude of the results attained from this application of steam is suggested if it is considered that when Colonel Williamson came to this coun- try, a little over one hundred years ago, London was the commercial center of the world, and a traveler from Wayland HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 67 might ordinarially have reached there after a three month's trip, but this com- pressed energy of steam has annihilated distances, and by its aid Yankee enter- prise has moved the capital of com- merce across the sea to New York, so that together they have brought the grandson of that Wayland traveler within ten hours of the business center of gravity. The grading and construction of the railroad had been in progress during the seasons of 1850 and 185 1, and had filled the village with a large force of laborers, mainly "poor exiles of Erin." The school was at that time in charge of David Waite of Cohocton, and was filled with their children. The con- tractor was a man named Sullivan, who resided in a house that stood on the street named for him, and about where Ray Morley's home is at present. Mr. Sullivan became involved in financial difficulties before his contract was com- pleted, and the -work was finished by John and Dr. H. H. He«s. It was largely through their influence that the railroad station was placed on its pres- ent site, instead of near the Buffalo street crossing, as at one time proposed. It is also said that the original intention was to run the road from Wayland to DansviUe and thence to Avon, instead of by the present route, but the Dans- viUe people, believing that the road would certainly come to their town, then the most important place in this section, refused to contribute, and the management avoided them. For some months before the comple- tion of the tracks northward, Wayland remained the terminus of the road. The turn-table was built, and there was a water-tank at the station with a pump 68 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. house on the Granger hill. An enor- mous wood yard east of the station sup- plied the old style locomotives with fuel. Henry L. Moora's first business in town was the loading and shipment of 35,000 cords of wood from this station. With their native business perception the Hess brothers foresaw that the vil- lage was destined to be the business centtr of the town. The original Zim- merman tract, great lot 92, though por- tions had been sold at different periods future city by Calvin E. Clark, a survey-) or whose inaccuracies in measurments and readings have bequeathed a vast amount of trouble to the present gen^ eration. Streets were laid out, and aside from the main thoroughfares, were so arranged that at the end of each a building was placed to prevent the ex- tention of the street and keep the vil- lage from running off the Hess domain. Right-angles at street corners seem to have been studiously avoided. The RESIDENCE OF MR. JULIAN A. MORRIS, No. 8 SuUlvaii Stretrt. had been brought together and, with the exception of a few small par- cels, was owned by Truman Tuttle. The Messrs. He.ss purchased of him the "Tuttle farm" in March 1852. The deed was made to John Hess singly, to facilitate future transfers, though the purchase was a partnership affair. In 1853 H. H. Hess purchased the adjoin- ing half of lot 73, formerly owned by George Karacher. In 1852 the ti-act was plotted for the nomenclature of the streets was derived from several sources. There was a Main street, of course, as at that time every respectable community must des- ignate on which avenue the business was transacted. The choice of the name Naples for a street that does not lead to our sister town of that name except by turning a corner, and cannot refer to the European city, in that no Italians have ever resided there, and neither does it overlook the sea, unless HISTORY OF WAYLAND the Little Lake possesses a suggestion of the Mediterranean, was an honor bestowed in gratuity. Wayland has a patriotic sound, but the patriotism is contracted by naming one end of the street Sullivan, after an Irish contractor, and at the other end the aboriginal Lackawanna suggests a street lined with "firewater" wigwams. Scott street pre- serves the name of an early Erie station agent, and Clark street is in memory of the Clark who bought hay. Water is N. Y. 69 The partners divided the Main street corners. Dr. Henry H. Hess taking the north side of Naples street, and John Hess the south side. Dr. Hess built the square, two-story, hip roof building that adorned the lot now covered by the Patchin block, and the old hotel with its double porch, supported by square posts, that ran across the front and down the Naples street side. This hotel was first conducted by Thomas Grover, since of Springwater. Isaac FIRST NATIONAL Cor. Main and the name of a street especially dry. Pine is the .title of an avenue devoid of cones and needles. When meaningless names were exhausted the progenitors of the town rewarded statesmen whom the people had refused to honor. Fil- more was an accidental president, and was later an unsuccessful candidate for that office, and Cass and Fremont were also defeated presidential aspirants, but their names will endure while Wayland stands. BANK BUILDING, Naples Streets. Bennett, who had worked on the con- struction of both of these buildings, was employed by Mr. Grover for the open- ing dance, which was a phenomenal success and largely attended. Michael Penston, Short and Ryder, and Caleb Willis and John Wheeler followed as proprietors, and in 1858 were succeeded by Davis and Josiah Gray, who pur- chased the house. The first store to be kept in the vil- lage was opened by Robert S. Faulkner 7° of Dansville, in 1846, and was situated near where Mrs. Wm. Walker's house is now. It proved an unsuccessful ven- ture, and was closed the following year. The increase of the population due to the building of the railroad led John Hess to open a store on the south-east corner of Naples and Wayland streets about the year 1852. This building and stock were afterward moved to the corner now occupied by the Commer- cial hotel. About this time John Hess also built the stoie that formerly stood on the lot now owned by George Nold. With the opening of the railroad Wayland became the most convenient station for the Dansville travel and traffic. It has been sugges- ted that the contrast between the modes of travel offered by the one town to the other is typical of the progressiveness of the two com- munities. Dan.sville" afforded canal boats with a speed of three miles an hour for Waylanders, who reciprocated with steam cars with a thirty-mile gait. It was a trafiRc in which there %vas more of show than of profit for the village. The first thought to the travelmg public when the train stopped and a goodly crowd of well-dressed people — Dansville people generally wore their good clothes when going away from home — entered the car was that Wayland was an im- portant place, but in some way they always let it be known that they were not from Wayland before the train ar- rived at the next station, and the adver- tising that the village might have had from this source was lost. On their return they would hastily enter Captain Henry's famous coach and start down the hill without leaving so much as a half-dime in the till of any of our deal- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. ers. Therefore, when it is asserted by our valley neighbors that "Dansville made Wayland," it means that she made us work harder for the same returns than any other neighbor would. John Hess and John Hyland of Dans- ville were the principal movers in build- ing the plank road from Wayland to Dansville in 1852, at a cost "not to ex- ceed ^1,000 per mile." The road was leased for a term of thirty years, and paid eight per cent, on the stock. The toll-gate was just below the junction of the Perkinsville and Wayland highways. A list of bills, which is still extant, and which were sent for collection against farmers who were in default of toll due the gate keeper, Adolph Werdein, sug- gests that pennies were scarce in the olden time. "Uncle" Daniel Marts attended to the Dansville freight, which kept him busy hauling. After the visit of the traveling representative of one of the jobbing house? that had several custo- mers in Dan.sville, the station platform would be packed full of boxes and bar- rels that must be delivered to the con- signees and "Uncle Dan" never delayed. Until the business was discontinued after the building of the railroad into Dans- ville he gave the most faithful service to his patrons, earning their unlimited con- fidence and a modest competence for his old age. His son, George W. MartFj the only survivor of a large family, was his assistant before he joined the regular army in 1859. He is now engaged as mail and express messenger in the village. David Herrick built the house now owned by Mrs. Jane Bush, which for many years was the handsome house of the village, and he engaged in a general HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y n in a store that site of the First merchandise business stood on the present National Bank. There were six houses below Mr. Herrick's, on the same side of Main street, in one of which lived B. B. Hess, a lawyer, and postmaster 1861-63. On the other side of the street were four dwellings and John Hess's general store on the Commercial house corner, to the eastward, on Naples street, were J. S. Secor, Flour and Feed ; Harris owned by Daniel and Jas. G. Bennett,the Hess tavern, a small house close to the track, the Hicks house, and that owned by J. A. Schwingel. West of Main street was a small building where the Wein- hart Opera House stands, U. H. Stein- hart's house then occupied by B. W. Short, and the Rosenkrans and Poor homesteads. S. F. Hess who was in partnership with his father, John Hess, lived in the former postoffice building, recently removed to make room for the Curtis, Blacksmith shop ; and I. Chase, shoemaker, whose house was near the present residence of J. A. Bennett. The school house was the old building on the corner of Naples and Lincoln street, which with one house nearer the railroad tracks and Mrs. Milliman's house beyond completed that side of Naples street. On the north side was the building owned by John Hess on the Nold lot ; Harris Curtis' house ; the house now owned by W. H. Deitzel, and the blacksmith shop RESIDENCE OF MR. EDWIN A. CARPENTER, Cor. SnlUvan Street and East Avenue, W. new Kimmel building, the Dr. Bigelow place, the Davis Gray house that stood on the lot, now vacant, just above the Firemen's building ; the two Bennett houses above the tracks. On the east side from the Hess block on the corner there were three commercial buildings to the old warehouse, the Redmond house and that of the late Isaac W. Secor, then occupied. by James H. Be- gole, and the Olney house where Daniel Marts lived. These with the hotel, the Cooley house, now owned by W. A. 72 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Robinson, and the Walter Wood - now Mrs. Isabelle Beeman — place comprised the forty-nine buildings of Wayland ■\fillage, with its population of about two hundred in the year 1857. Among the changes, in the neighbor- ing farm residents during this period may be mentioned, to the north of the village, Sylvester Granger, who bought the Solomon Karacher place in 1840. His son, Andrew A. Granger, succeeded him in later years, and has been repeat- dust road corner, for many years. The Karacher farm south of Mill street, after passing through the possession of Mrs. Franot and Caroline Duncason, became the property of Dr. Hess.' On the west, David Poor, son of Moses, second, built a house about where Martin Kim- mel's now stands, and brought to it one of Adin Parmenter's daughters as his bride. Of those who became citizens of the village at this period, there are yet liv- ^^|__ RESIDENCE OF MR. G. J. BILL, No. 68 W. Naples Street. edly chosen assessor, and served as sup- ervisor in 1888. Wakeman Hull, who in partnership with a Mr. Chapman, pur- chased the Bennett Brothers' blacksmith shop, and afterward moved it to near ing as residents. Almond J. Abrams, who came from Patchinsville in 1851. He was the eldest son of Thomas Abrams, Sr., his mother being a daugh- ter of Demas Hess. He married Jane his residence at the corner of the county Snyder in 1853, Mrs. Abrams dying line road. On the east, Peter Shults came to the farm now occupied by his son, Conrad, in 1849, and John Schrae- der bought the adjoining farm in 1855. Uriah Dildine occupied the farm now owned by F. E. Gross, east of the saw- 1899. They had one son, Noble S. Abrams. James G. Bennett was born in 1825. Learning the blacksmith trade in his father's — Chauncey Bennett's - shop he settled with his wife in Haskinsville, History ot^ WaVland, N. v. n where he began in business. In 1852 he moved to Wayland, and in partner- ship with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village. It \yas on the corner of Naples and Way- land streets, where Mrs. Newell' s house now stands. The following year he was instrumental in the establishment of the postoffice and in 1853 was appointed postmaster. No citizen of the early METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Sullivan St. time maintained such a hold on the voters of the town as did Mr. Bennett. He was postmaster, 1853-59 ; justice of the peace, 1851-58 ; supervisor, 1858- 64, and in 1866 and 1875-76, serving nine terms; member of assembly, 1870- 71, and village trustee, 1883-84. He became station agent for the Erie in i860, which position he held for a num- ber of years, and was the first agent at the Lackawanna. For the past few years he has been living in retirement at his home in the village. Harris Curtis moved to Wayland in 1852 and opened his blacksmith shop that year. He worked at his trade for many years. Through an early specula- tion he became possessed of a portion of the Cooley farm — the for- mer Walter Wood place — and during the past score of years has devoted his time more to farm work than to the forge. William Newman, one of Wayland's most aged citizens, was born in 1821, and came to this village from Cohocton in 1855. A mason by trade, he has labored on most of the earlier buildings in the town. For several years he has been in invalid health. His daugh- ter, Mrs. Melissa Simmons, and his son Frank Newman reside in Wayland, "another daughter living in Canada. John U. Weinhart chose Wayland for his home in 1845, and has worked his way to an honorable retirement without ostentation. Coming to Amer- ica in youth he maintained a struggle against obstacles inci- dent to the time, and that are little appreciated by the young of the pres- ent. He succeeded in caring for a large family, and has the satisfaction of seeing the surviving members established in prosperous vocations. The name of Melvin D. Strickland is familiar to those who have examined 74 HISTORY OF WAYLAND MR. JOHN I. STERNER. deeds of this period! He was elected Justice in 1852 and served for a decade, most legal papers during those years being acknowledged before him. Dex- N. Y. ter S. Jolly was postmaster, succeeding J. G. Bennett. The Town Fair held on the Rosen- krans farm in i860 was an event of im- portance, and though the troublous years that followed interfered with its repetition, it illustrated a spirit of enter- prise that might profitably be imitated by the present generation. Its list of premiums affords a peepl into the homes of the period, and shows in what ways the households were employed, — live stock and grain and fruit for the men, and bread and butter, weaving and knitting, needlework and flowers for the women. And its committees of award recall many faces that now are wrinkled or are gone, but then were in the full flush of life and action. Following is a copy of the hand-bill : RESIDENCE OF MR. FRANK K. SMITH, Cor. w, Naples and Scott Sts. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. WAYLAND 75 TOWN FMRI To be held at Wayland, Sept. 14, 1860. LIST OF PREMIUMS. CMTTLE Class i. Best Bull, three years old $i.oo 2(1 " '• 50 Best Cow LOG 2d ■' 50 Best Heifer, two years old 50 Best one year old 50 Best Calf 50 Awarding Committee. James Redman, Ira Patchin, Edward Whiteman. Cl-ASS i,. Best yoke working cattle, over 4 years i 00 2d " " " 50 Best yoke of fat cattle over 5 years i.oo 2d " " 50 Best y»ke of three years old 50 " two years old 50 yearling steers ,?o Aw Com. — Wm. Norlhrup, A.K. Parraeter, C inrad Schwingle. — o — SHeep Class i. Best fine wool Buck % .50 2d " ■' 25 Best pen three fine wool Ewes 50 2d " ■' " 25 Best pen three fine wool Lambs 50 2d " . '■ " 25 Aw. Com.— Chauncey Moore, John Hess, Jdmes P. Clark. Class 2. Best coarse wool Buck $ .50 2d " " 25 Best pen three coarse wool Ewes 50 2d " " " 25 Best pen three coarse wool Lambs 50 Aw. Com— John R. Hicks, George Bill, Wm. Booth. — o — HORSES Class i. Best Stallion, 4 years old or over Si. 00 2d " . " " 50 PRUIT jiest Winter Apples, Best Quinces, " Fall Apples " Variety Grapes, " Plums, " " Peaches, Best Melon. Aw. Com. — James G. Bennett, Harrison Pierce, Robert Patchin. — o — F=LOiA£ERS Greatest variety and quantity of Flowers. Best Floral Design. Best Hand Boquet. Best Moss Basket. Aw. Com —Mrs. S. F. Hess, Mrs. P. H. Sal- linger, Mibs Carrie S. Ellis. SEEDS, VEUETABLES AND ROOTS. Best bbl. Flour, Best Oats, " Spring Wheat " Rye, " Winter Wheat, " Corn, " Barley, " Potatoes. Discretionary Premiums will be awarded for non-enumerated articles in tnis department. Aw. Com. — Mr. Warren Patchin, Wm. Ros- enkrans, Joshua G. Doughty. DAIRY PRODUCTS. Best 10 lbs. butter, Best loaf wheat bread, " 20 lbs. cheese, " loaf rye bread, Best 10 lbs. honey. Aw. Com — Mr. and Mrs. Ira Patchin. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Gray, Mr. and Mrs. David Herrick. DOnESTIC MANUPACTURES. Best 5 yards white flannel, " 5 yards col'd flannel, " 10 yards rag carpet, " pair woolen blankets, " " " stockings or socks, " " yarn mittens. Discretionary premiums will be awarded for articles not enumerated. Aw. Com. — Mrs. Chauncey Moore, Mrs. James G. Bennett, Mrs. James Ryder. 76 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Best stallion 3 years old '. loo 2(1 " '■ ^'50 Aw. Com.— Wesley Doughty, F. E. Day, Frederick Westerman. Class 2. Best Brood Mare with foal at her foot $i.oo 2d " " " 50 Best 3 year old Mare or Gelding 5° 2d " " '■ 25 Best 2 year old Mare or Gelding 50 2d " " " 25 Best yearling colt ,. 5o 2d " " 25 Aw. Com.— John Young, Harris Curtis, Christian Gottschall. Class 3. Best pair matched Hors' s $[.00 2d '■ " 50 Best pair work Horses 1.00 2d " " 50 Aw. Com.— William McDowell A B. Adams Conrad Bill. Class 4. Fastest trotting horse in single harness... $.00 2d ■■ " " ■•■ --SO Fastest trotting 3 year old i.oo 2d '• " 50 Sweepstakes open to all horses, best two in three (Entrance 50c. ) 500 Aw. Com — O. H. Hess, U. S. Jolly, William Hill. — o — Class i. Best Boar $0.50 2d " 25 Best Sow and Pigs 50 2d " " 25 Aw. Com. — James Ryder, H. H. Murley, H. C. Cooley. ROULTRY Best coop of five Hens and Cock S0.25 Best pair of Ducks 25 Best pair of Turkeys 25 Best pair of Bremen Geese 25 Aw. Com —B. B. Hess, Ri->iy^-^^^S.^rj^ HOTEL AND RESIDENCE OF MR. JACOB N. RAUBER, No. 15 E. Naples Street. Andrew Milliman, John chieftans of the compatriots of Douglass and of Bruce were defeated. The score was 65 to 67, and "Wilbur Capron made fourteen runs without an out." The club consisted of the following can- didates for the Hall of Fame : Wilbur W. Capron, captain, Charles Drahmer, Andrew Milliman, George Young, George W. Parsons, George Peck, Albert Par- sons, Harvey Glover, Dwight Glover and Patrick Collar. F. Kimball, Richard, Benjamin Schumacher, Andrew Totten, John J. Wolff, John Weed, Rev. A. J. Welton, George Young, Lafayette Young, and Miss Electa Patchin, who for a number of years taught a private school. No account of this period would be in any degree complete without mention of the famous ball club that marched "from victory unto victory" during the seasons of '68 and '69. They called 96 HISTORY OP WAYLAND, N. Y. CHAPTER VHL BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUCCESSION FROM 1870 TO 1900. Since 1870 there have been many changes in the business personnel of the village. It is, in fact, impossible to find any one resident m the village during this period who is able to mention all those who have been engaged in trade here during the past thirty years. The following paragraphs, while making as complete a mention as practicable, spec- iahze merely those, who from long resi- dence or prominence seem to be partic- ularly identified with the growth and prosperity of the village. The Rice stock in the old John Hess store was purchased by Isaac W. Secor in 1871. Mr. Secor was a son of Jos- eph Secor, and began his career as a clerk in his father's store, afterward serving in the same capacity for S. P. Hess. In 1 866 he went to North Co- hocton, where he engaged in business for the next five years, during which time he married Frances Wetmore of that village. Returning to Wayland he occupied the old corner stand until 1883, when the Morley and Secor co-partner- ship was formed, and he moved to the corner of Main and Fremont streets. Here he remained about one year after purchasing the Morley interest in the stock, in 1885, when he removed to the Patchin block that had recently been completed. In 1895 he sold to John I. Sterner and retired from business. He was already in the grasp of the disease to which he succumbed in 1898. Mr. Secor served two terms as deputy sher- iff, and was at one time a prominent candidate for the office of sheriff He was also president of the village in 1892, and president of the school board for several years. His wife and one son, Clare W., survive him, and now reside. in Guthrie, Okla. O. M. Haskin opened a dry goods and grocery store on the south corner of Main and Fremont streets in 1882. moving to the Bryant building . on its completion in 1884. This store was occupied by Allen, Whitlock & Jervis, and byC. M. Jervis, from 1885 to 1892, who sold to Sterner S: Gottschall that year. John I. Sterner came from Dansville where he had served a long apprentice- ship in one of the leading stores, and Christian Gottschall was one of Way- land's most substantial farmers who, by this venture, made a business opening for his son WiUiam, who died in 1 892, and was succeeded by his brother, H. Alonzo. Mr. Gottschah purchased the entire business in 1895, which has since been conducted under the firm name of C. Gottschall & Son. Mr. Sterner bought the Secor stock at this time. During the '7C's H. B. Rice in com- pany with Nicholas W. Schubmehl, pur- chased and wound up a general store business started by Melvin Roberts of Scottsburg, and in which Orvilla Pay and Mrs. James Redmond had become interested. Aaron Mattice and Son, moving here from Avoca, started a general store in 1898, and continued in business until 1900. Morley, Carpenter & Co., began bus- iness in 1900, assuming the dry goods portion of A. L. Morley's business. The firm consists of Ray L. Morley, L. D. Carpenter, son of Edwin A. Carpenter, HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 97 who recently moved to Wayland from Springwater, and A. L. Morley. Aside from the grocery departments in the general stores, Charles C. Tinker kept a stock in the building that he sold after twenty years proprietorship to William H. Deitzel in 1890. He also acted as undertaker, and has officiated in that capacity on over 600 occasions. He was the first village clerk, and held that position from 1877 to 1884, and ber one indicates that it was the first dray to be run in Wayland, and that it was drawn by one horse. Six years later he invested his profits in a stock of groceries, the teaming business descend- ing to his brother, Conrad H. In 1883, he moved on a farm, where he remained for several year.=;, Conrad succeeding him in the grocery, and his younger brother, John L., assuming the seat on the dray. Returning to Wayland, Jos- from 1888 to 1891. William H. Deitzel eph F. purchased another grocery line. ST. JAMES HOTEL, Nos. 26-28 N. Main Street. was almost Wayland born, his early which, in 1890, was consolidated with home being just across the Springwater that of Conrad's, under the firm name line. He began business equipped with of Weinhart Brothers. In 1891 they a good education that had been com- g^arted and have since conducted the pleted at the Rochester Business Uni- ^^-^^-^^^ ^^^^^ of the town, with street- versity. He has served as village i„kii„g,omnibus lines and oil delivery treasurer in 1890 and 1891, trustee in / , ^- „ j- <. , , . for the Vacuum Company as adjuncts. 1896 and 1897, and as village clerk in _ , , j ., „ , .■ „ „ , „ n,r -n, -i. I r .-^ They have purchased the roller skating 1898 and 1899. Mrs. Deitzel was Cora ^ > f *= c -.u T-u u^ .,^ -^r. rink and refitted it into an attractive Smith. They have one son. Joseph F. Weinhart began business opera house, and have bought parcels of in 1873, driving dray No. i. The num- real-estate about the village, now own- ing a number of dwellings and two bus- iness blocks on Main street. Frank K. Smith began his grocery business in 1882. His capital was a small amount of cash and an unlimited amount of industry. In a short time he outgrew his narrow quarters in the "lightning splitter," and after several moves located at No. 5 Main street, in one of the largest stores in town. He was elected village trustee in 1892, treasurer in 1894 and 1895, and presi- dent in 1896 and '97. In 1874 WiUiam F. and Valentine, Jr., Kausch began in the tobacco -busi- ness and the manufacture of cigars. Afterward they branched into groceries, the factory being conducted separately by Charles Simon, who had for a time been connected with them, and who later moved the industry to Dansville. About, 1 89 1 they became interested in undertaking, and after several changes in partners, became the sole proprietors in this business. Grant S. Davis and his brother, Ed- win N. Davis, came to Wayland from Livonia in 1891, and bought the drug business which they conducted in the Patchin block until 1895. E. N. Davis then built the store next to the Fire- men's building, and started the grocery, the business soon becoming Davis Bros., and then Grant S. Davis, and which has since been run by him. Adams & Co., V. Hoffman, Peck & Stannarius, Frank Doughty, George Folts, Jacob John, Glen D. Abrams, Joseph Munding, Mr. Moore, W. H. Bill, John Mehlenbacher, Austin Salter, Conrad & Hoffman, Conrad & Smith, and Frank Fox are others who, at times during the past thirty years, have been purveyors to the Wayland public. The HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. hardware business passed from Charles E. Field to H. W. Garnsey and his father-in-law, Mr. Curtis, in 1870, thence in 188 1 to Kimmel, Morris & Co., and in 1889 to Kimmel & Son. Schwingle & Fess kept a hardware stock for several years from about 1875, and George E. Whiteman & Co., from 1893 to 1898. Charles Snyder started his business in 1898. Butler M. Morris, so long associated with Martin Kimmel in different lines of business, was one of the men to whom Wayland owes much, not alone for sagacious enterprise, but also for equally wise conservatism. Mr. Morris came to Wayland from Springwater in 1873, and became the proprietor of the saw-mill now owned by Shaffer & Wolff. He soon entered into partnership with Martin Kimmel, who owned the mill at the foot of Main street. The two mills were operated for a time, and then the Kimmel mill was abandoned. Mr. Morris established his son, Julian A. Morris in the hardware, and later trans- ferred his entire interest in that business to him. In 1883 he traded his village property with Walter Bryant for a large farm in Springwater, and moved from town. Hs was village president in 1 879 and 1880. He died in 1895. Julian A. Morris continued in the hardware business until 1887, when in company with his uncle, John J. Morris, the Morris & Morris private bank was opened. In 1896 he retired from the bank, remaining in the insurance busi- ness, which had been started several years previously, and which he now conducts. He was the president of the village in 1890. George E. Whiteman is a son of Edward Whiteman, a farmer and lum- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, berman who early settled in the north- western part of the town, where he acquired about 700 acres of land. George was the seventh in a family cf nine children, and was educated in the public schools of Wayland, and at the Dansville Seminary. Following in the footsteps of his father, he became en- gaged in farming and lumbering. When but little past the voting age he was chosen town assessor, which office he held for six years, and was supervisor in N. Y. 99 Wilhan H. Green. was born and edu- cated in South Dansville, coming to Wayland in 1880, where in partnership with his brother he managed the Pat- chinsville flouring mill. After the death of his brother, he came to the village, in 1885, and that year received his com- mission as postmaster, holding the office four years. His father's death recalled him for several years to the homestead, farm, which he managed in the interest of the estate. Returning to Wayland 1881, '82 and '83 he was chosen to I'epresent the first Steuben district in the state assembly, and was re-elected in 1884. Mr. Whiteman moved to the village in 1 892, and in partnership with William H. Green, engaged in the hardware busi- ness, which they conducted until 1898. Since becoming a resident of the village he has served as trustee in 1897, and president in 1894, '95 '98, and is the present incumbent of that office. RESIDENCE OF MR. JESSE W. FULLER, No. 3i Lackawanna Ave. In the latter year he was in the hardware business for the five years ending in 1898. He has always been more or less interested in the produce business. Mr. Green was justice of the peace 1885-89, and was elected supervisor in 1898 and 1900. John W. Doughty, after serving a clerkship in the Morehouse drugstore, went into business independently in 1873, and continued it until his death in 1885. His wife carried on the busi- ness to about 1890 when she sold lOO the stock to F, HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. "shoes only" store has been that of George Nold. Mr. Nold emigrated from Germany to Perkinsville in 1868, when but eighteen years of age. Here for four years he worked with John Ritz at shoe- making, a trade he had partially ac- quired in the "old country," and in 1872 he came to Wayland and opened a store for himself In 1883 he was burned out, but immediately rebuilt, L. Langdon, who soon after closed it out. Dr. Wright, George H. Cheseboro, Davis Bros., Guile & Snyder and Sny- der & Patchin have been the successors in the Patchin block drugstore. The present firm consists of Martin W. Sny- der, who came to Wayland in 1895, forming a partnership with Wesley R. Guile, who retired the following year, and Bert C. Patchin, .=on of Dr. Cameron Patchin, who entered +he business at village. He was town clerk in 1884 erecting the first brick building in the RESIDENCE OF MR. Cor. W. Naples and that time. Mr. Snyder was village president in 1 899. The Steuben Drug Co. was organized in 1895, and began business in Perkins- ville. Dr. George M. Peabody, Frank Peabody and F. W. Schwingle were the members of the firm. The following year the business was moved to Way- land, and in 1897 Mr. Schwingle retired. The shoe stocks have been found in the general stores, and, except Mr. Zeilbeer, before mentioned, the only WESLEY R. GUILE, Hamilton Streets, and 1885, and has been chosen to that office each election since 1893. He has also served for a number of years aS school trustee, and has been the pre.*;!- dent of the Dime Savings and Loan Ajsociation since its organization in 1888. Earnest Knauer has carried on a shoe repair shop independently of the stores for a number of years, and has served as village trustee since 1 899, and also acted as federal census enumerator of the village district in 1900. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, The furniture and undertaking busi- ness has passed through many proprie- tors. Peter Bartz was followed in this hne by Lester Baker,, Charles C. Tinker, and about 1876, J. B. Shurbin. Eu- gene S. Arnold came from Avoca in 1879 and opened a cabinet shop to which he added a stock of furniture and an undertaking business. He was burned out in '83, but started again, and two years ; later sold to John A. Rosenkrans, who was succeeded by Rauber & Deitzel. John A. Rosenkrans, the younger s6n of Levi Rosenkrans, has always lived in this town. In his early manhood he made a specialty of real estate speculation, and afterward was interested in a livery and exchange business. He continued the furniture and undertaking business for about twelve years. Jacob N. Rauber was born in the town of Wayland, and came to the vil- lage in 1887, as proprietor of the New Wayland Hotel, which he ran for three years. In 1 890 he purchased the Ira W. Chase property on Naples street and erected a hotel that he has since conducted. He has also been interested in a bottling business for several years. In 1896 he purchased an interest in the furniture business. Jacob F. Deitzel, though a life-long resident of this neighborhood, has always retained his home just over the Springwater line on the homestead farm. In 1897 he pur- chased a part interest in the furniture store and became identified with Wayland. A. J. Pardee opened his jewelry store in 1 87 1 and has continued his business at one stand longer than any other Wayland merchant. James M. Pursel, though claiming Wayland as his home N. Y. loi since about 1840, actually began busi- ness in the village in 1880, and must thus be classed with the boys. In the clothing trade the names that appear promineiitly are John Gilmore, Fred Smith, Quick Bros., Aaron Gross, David Berman, Edward P. Klein, Mor- ris Wolf, Cohn & Friedman and Rauber & Vogt. The last named firm is formed of Charles J. Rauber, son of Nicholas Rauber, and George Vogt, son of John Vogt, one of our most substantial farm- ers. Their business was started in De- cember 1899, and being both Wayland boys it is to be expected that they will make history for the next writer of Wayland affairs. David Cohn, the resi- dent member of the firm of Cohn & Friedman, is an erstwhile Waylander, and returned in 1900. M. J. Karrigan and L. A. Schwan are tailors of less Bohemian instinct than others of the trade, and have both been residents of the village for a number of years. Among the blacksmiths, Harris Cur- tis, William S. Kellogg, Samuel Over- peck and B. J. Scott continue into this period from the one previous. Frank Kester came to the village in 1878. Educated to his trade in his father's shop in Patchinsville, and with exper- ience gained in Dansville and elsewhere, he came fully equipped for the markpd success he has attained. His present partner, Andrew C. Shaver, is also a "second generation" blacksmith, receiv- his trade education at his father's forge. He came to the village from East Way- land in 1894. Israel White, Dan Ma- gee, William Drum, Harvey Teed and Samuel Hurzeler belong to the past few years. Stanley Dean located in the Wayland street shop, and then moved to the Overpeck building on Main I02 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. street, where the walls seem the bacilli of success. In the carriage building trade the names of Nicholas Sieb and Sarsing Salinger are preserved from the preced- ing decade, and there are added, Chas. F. Hann, who came to the vill''ge in 1869, and worked in the shop of Nich- olas Sieb for four years, then forming a partnership with B. J. Scott. He has recently conducted his business inde- pendently. Mr. Hann was village treas- urer in 1879 and 1880, and trustee in 1881-82. John M. Ryder, whose father had left Wayland and removed to Mich- igan, returned to the east in 1877, and settled at Reeds Corners, where he learned his trade. Coming to Wayland in 1882 he formed a partnership with Frank Kester, which lasted until 1895, since which time he has been alone in his business. MR. GEORGE NOLO. alive with Fred Kusterer, Peck & Stannarius, Peter Deitch, Leopold Geible, Richard Roth, Henry Bosold, Frank J. Raufen- barth, Peter J. kov/e. Jay K. Weidman and Collins C. Campbell are prominent among the butchers of the past. Geo. Fox, who started his business in 1893, and Valentine Hemmer, in 1898, are the present representatives in this line of trade. The Joel May harness shop was trans- ferred to the proprietorship of Edwin Goodno in 1884. Mr. Goodno came from Dansville, where he had been in business for a number of years, and became one of Wayland's most estima- ble citizens. He died in 1898. C. M. Swartout followed in this business and continued until the present year, when he was succeeded by Mattice & Son. The tonsorial art that was instituted in the village by Henry L. Moora, sur- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 103 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH, Fremont Street, vives under the management of Glen D. Abrams, a son of Thomas Abrams of earlier date. He has taken increasing pride in the equipment of his shop dur- ing the dozen years of its existence, until it has become one of the boasts of the town. Mr. Abrams also runs a bil- liard room, which all thinking citizens recognize has had a powerful influence or good on the rising generation, afford- ing, as it does, a place for harmless amusement without the usual depraving accessories, it being conducted on the lines that modern churches are follow- ing in instituting such gaming rooms for the recreation of young men. Chas. Henchen settled in Wayland, and was for a considerable time connected with the Abrams shop. In 1900 he opened a handsome place of his own in the bank building. A period of thirty years shows com- paratively few changes in the manufac- turers of lumber. Thomas M. Fowler continued for a time proprietor of the old mill, and his son, Everett M. Fow- ler, was in charge of the sash and door department. E. M. Fowler later con- ducted a flour and feed business, and then became the manager of the Perkinsville flouring mill. He died suddenly in 1894, in the very prime of life. Butler M. Morris, and then Kimmel & Morris followed in the ownership of this mill. The sash and door manufactory being purchased by George C. Deitzel, (1847- 1898) in 187s, which he operated until the time of his death. Joseph E. Kim- 104 mel represented his father's interest in the mill for several years before its sale. Jacob Shaffer was born on a Sandy- Hill farm and began life in the manner usual with country lads. Choosing car- penter work for his life calling, he served his apprenticeship and came to Wayland in search of a field of operations. An- thon Wolff was born on the farther side of the ocean, and was brought to this country by his parents, his father find- ing employment on the Erie railroad at this place. After receiving as good an education as the town afforded, he be- came a stationary engineer, doing ser- vice in Baltimore and elsewhere, and then returning to Wayland where he had charge of the engine in the mill. In 1884 these two purchased the mill of Kimmel & Morris, and it has since been operated under the firm name of Shaffer & Wolff They have also pur- chased the sash and door department that had been run separately by Mr. Deitzel. In company with John Kim- mel they built the electric lighting plant in 1896, which is run under the name of Shaffer, Wolff & Co. During the '70's, James G, Bennett rented a portion of the old tanneiy building and equipped it with machin- ery for sawing lath and shingles. The plant was afterward moved to its pres- ent location, and operated by Mr. Ben- nett and his brother, Guy B. Bennett, who later became the sole owner, and after his death in 1888, it was sold to W. Fred Kiel, who has recently refitted it throughout with new machinery. Branch, Granger & Branch began business with a very complete equip- ment of modern machinery for the man- ufacture of lumber in 1900. The firm became Branch & Son the following HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. year by the retirement of Mark L. Granger. Clarence G. Branch is the resident manager. W. D. Willcox & Co., built their flouring mill in 1900.. Mi-. Willcox had been manager of the Perkinsville mill for some time previously, and Charles J. Coxe, his partner, came to Wayland from Rochester. The Vacuum Oil Company, refiners 'of petroleum oils, of Rochester, built a distributing station in this- village in 1896, and established a supply system, which delivers their product to their trade in their neighboring towns. W. H. Folts, Newton Snader, and Abram Fidler organized the Steuben Cigar Company in 1899, which has proven a notable addition to the indus- tries of the town, and offers the pros- pect of material growth in the near future. These gentlemen are from Pennsylvania, and their personal indus- try and enterprise have been a valuable acquisition to the business community. The machinists of the village have included Guy B. Bennett, a son of Chauncey Bennett, who learned the trade of gunsmith when every well reg- ulated household was supplied with a gun, and before the concentration of their manufacture in the great arsenals. He was a natural mechanic, and his work bore evidence to the exact care- fulness of a man of skill. Returning to Wayland after five years spent in Michigan, he became interested in the shingle mill, which afterward ''passed to his sole ownership, and of which he was proprietor at the time of his death. Mr. Bennett was never a politician, but was chosen one of the first board of village trustees, and served in 1877, '78 and: '79. His first wife died, leaving two History. OF WAVlAnid, N. V. ioi sons, Albert G. Bennett, who was town clerk in 1899, and has been locomotive engineer on the Lackawanna and Pitts- burg railroad, and since the opening of the cement works, has had charge of their "pony" engine ; and Lawrence B. Bennett, who has been in the employ of the Lackawanna road for a number of years, and now holds the position of billing clerk at the Wayland station. Frank L. Bennett, a son of the second Mrs. Bennett is a book-keeper in El- mira. Nathan Olney came to Wayland from Naples in 1871, and opened a shop for general machine work. He died four years later, bequeathing his shop and his mechanical skill to his son, Lee B. Olney, who has continued the business to the present time. George G. Lewis, the builder and first manager of the foundry, and his successor, John F. Kiel, have conducted that establishment since 1895. RESIDENCE OF MR. JOSEPH F. WEINHART, t Mo. 6 N. Scott Street. io6 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. CHAPTER IX. BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUCCESSION FROM 1870 TO 1900 CONTINUED. The first steam laundry was equip- ped in 1 894 by ■ Harry S. Peters, and its establishment retained in the village a large amount of work that had prev- iously been sent to other places. Mr. Peters is a descendant of one of the early families of this locality. Merritt F. Baker has represented the Singer Sewing Machine Co. for many years. Philip N. Conrad, since his re- tirement froni the grocery trade, has been a sewing machine agent. He was village collector in 1898. Siegle B. Dudley is a son of one of Wayland's older farmers. He started the feed mill on Wayland street in 1894. which was the beginning of the grinding business in the village. When the Will- cox mill was opened he became con- nected with that concern, and has since established a retail business. He was elected village trustee in 1897, and jus- tice of the peace in 1898. The bakery business has been ephe- meral. Many times there has been a start made in this direction, but without continued success until the advent of W. A. Parsons, who came to the village in 1897. The news bu.siness is now firmly es- tablished under the management of F. S. Sturm as successor to Sturm & Un- behend, who began in this line in 1898. Prior to this it had a fickle existence. Coal has generally been sold by the railroad companies or by the produce dealers. Lewie R. Scott was engaged in the business for a time, and John C. Magee has made it a permanent sepa- rate line of trade. Andrew Redsicker, representirig the Drakeford Co. of Hornellsville, has given Wayland the advantage of a local monument business since 1895. Wayland has always been provided with milliners, those at present in that business being. Miss Josephine LaFay- ette, Mrs. Henry J. Loveland, the Mis- ses Conrad and Mrs. Austin H. Salter. Mark L. Granger is the pioneer of professional architects in the town, hav- ing established an office for practical work in this line in 1900. Photography has been practiced here by a number of different artists at var- ious times. The present gallery con- ducted by E. D. Parsons, successor to Davis & Parsons, and to A. L. White, is the first to become firmly established. The liverymen for the past three de- cades would make a long roll. Among the principal stable owners appear, John A. Rosenkrans, Henry J. Loveland, Walter Bryant, William Mead, James M. Moss, W. A. Robinson, Weinhart Bros, and John Avery. The latter has been in livery business at several differ- ent times, and now runs the Bryant House stable. He was born on the Avery homestead just south of the vil- lage, and has always been identified with Wayland. The Erie station is under the manage- ment of Daniel Tierney, who was ap- pointed, station agent in 1885. He held the office of village trustee in 1891 and '92. U. H. Steinhart has been tele- graph operator and ticket agent for a number of years, and he has also be- come interested in real estate about the village, and does some brokerage busi- ness in this line. At the Lackawanna! station, R. C. Neill holds the position of agent, having served in the same HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 107 MR. HOMER MILLEN. capacity at the Erie from 187c to 1885, at which time he accepted his present position. Mr. Neill has long been promir.ent in village affairs and was trustee in 1879-80 and 1885-86. Law- rence Bennett is the billing clerk at this station, and George W. Sands operator. Among the landlords of the Bryant House during this period have been, Josiah Gray, Richard Ca?e, I. W. Tabor, Colonel J. Bryant, Frank Bailey, Horace Tibbils, Walter Bryant, N. J. Kohnen, Otto F. Lieder, Peter J. Rowe, and again Otto F. Lieder. Mr. Lieder was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1859, and came to America with his father's fam- ily in 1 87 1. He has been in the hotel business from the beginning of his career, and was proprietor of the Bryant House from 1888 to 1892, when he re- moved to Cohocton, where he con- ducted the Warner. House for three years. Returning to Wayknd in 1895, he purchased .the hotel property, to which he has since made important ad- ditions and continued improvements. Adam Pfaff; Frank Wolff, H. M. Un- derham, Shepard Rowell, Leopold Ge'- ble and Nicholas Last have been the principal managers of what is now called the St. James hotel. Mr. Last, the pres- ent proprietor, was a Perkinsville boy, and years ago went to New York city, and later to Pittsburg, Pa., from whence he has returned to Wayland. Frank Engel conducted a saloon on the site where his hotel stands, which was destroyed by fire in 1893. He immediately erected the hotel building, of which he has been the only pro- prietor. Alexander Engel purchased of George Folts the site for his hotel building. io8 • HISTORY OF WAYLAND which was erected soon aftei* the fire of 1893. After running the hotel himself for a time, he has leased it to tenants dur- ing the past few years, among whom are Charles Kellogg and the present proprietor, Albert S. Locke. The New Wayland House, since Christian Klein retired from its manage- ment, has been successively under the control of Frank Redmond, Nicholas Schu, Jr., Jacob N. Rauber, Nelson Gibbs, William Holmes, N. J. Kohnen, N. Y. hostlery bearing his name, is more fully mentioned in his connection with the furniture trade. William Holmes, after being burned out in the Klein hotel, built the Holmes Hotel at the Lackawanna station, which he has conducted since 1894. Albert Sauerbier, Myi'on Yorks, Jacob John, Nicholas Rauber, Henry Schley, George J. Held, James E. Young, Willian H. Bill, Douglas Lerch, Mr. Sweeney, Longfellow & Campbell, PATCHIN •~ . Cor. Main and Thomas Kramer and M. M. Mangan, the present proprietor. In 1890, Nicholas Schu, Jr., returned from Rochester, where he had conduct- ed a hotel for the three years preced- ing, and purchased the corner site on which he built the Commercial House. He has been the sole proprietor of the hotel since its opening. Mr. Schu has been village clerk from 1884 to 1887, and since 1900. J^cob N, Rauber, proprietor of the BUILDING, Naples Sircets. and Edwin Tyler have been the princi- pal saloon proprietors. George J. Mattes is manager of the Wayland Bi^ttling Works, established in 1899. The produce dealers of the past thirty years have included Capron & Fowler, in which firm Charles H. Fowler suc- ceeded his father. He removed to Jer- sey city in 1882, where he has since become the secretar)^ of the New York & New Jersey Produce Co., which con- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 109 cern is a combination of the leading dealers at the New York end of the line. Wiley W. Capron is the present successor of the Wayland house. He is a native of Wayland, and received his education in the local school and at Genesee Wesleyan Seminaiy, Lima, and the Military Academy at Aurora, N. Y. He has been active in village affairs, serving as trustee in 1895-96. Hatch & Pierce, Hatch & Hoxter, H. W. Hatch & Co. are the changes that have evolved the present concern of Hatch, Otto & Co. Albert Bartholo- mew has been for a number of years the resident manager. H. G. Pierce has conducted his business individually since his dissolution of partnership with Mr. Hatch, and restricts his operations to his office at the Lackawanna station, John A. Bennett has for a number of years bought at both stations as the representative of Ferrin Bros., one of the most extensive concerns in the state. Mr. Bennett is the youngest son of Chauncey Bennett, and was born and has lived, until recently, on the home- stead farm just south of the village. For three years he served as town assessor, and was village trustee in 1898 and '99. His wife was AHda, daughter of Andrew A. Granger. B. J. Scott, without being a regular buyer, is in the market about every season, and W. H. Bill has for a number of years been a more or less active buyer. In hay and straw, James P. Clark, now of Cohocton, and for years prom- inent in Wayland, having been three times supervisor, was the pioneer, and was succeeded by his son-in-law, Orange McKay. M. L. Haner, Andrew A. Granger, M. H. Rosenkrans and Wesley R. Guile are, among others, the more prominent. Harrison G. Pierce is a son of one of the earlier settlers of the southern end of the town, and purchased his father- in-law's, Adin Parmenter's, farm at the Lackawanna crossing in 1878. In 1882, he became interested in buying produce with Capron and Fowler, the following year forming a partnership with H. W. Hatch for one year, and since then conducting a business on his sole account. Mr. Pierce was married in 1861, and is the father of three chil- dren. Dr. E. Eudora, H. Gordon, a law- yer, and Adin G., in mercantile life, both of the latter in New York. The Wayland Dime Savings and Loan Association was organized in 1 888, and has been an instituion of incalcuable help to the town. The fact that a much larger proportion of the resident families own their homes in Wayland than is usual, being due to the beneficent aid and liberal management of this institu- tion. Its direction has been entirely local, and its assests aggregated,on Dec. 31, 1900, ;^68,403.i8. George Nold has been the president of the board of directors, and Peter H. Zimmerman sec- retary since its incorporation. In 1887, the Morris and Morris pri- vate bank was opened, and filled a great need in the business of the town. The partners were John J. and Julian A. Morris, the latter withdrawing in 1896. John J. Morris is of the Springwater family of that name, and devoted his earher years to teaching, holding suc- cessively several important principal- ships. His reputation as a careful bus- iness man gave the public the confidence necessary to success in private banking. In 1899 this business was merged in no HISTORY OF WAYLAND, the First National bank, of which Mr. Morris became cashier. The First National Bank of Wayland was organized in 1 899 with a capital stock of :^5d,000. The major part of the stock was subscribed by Gen. J. A. Hill, of Powell, Pa., father of Mrs. Wil- liam W. Clark, and it was through this investment that the bank was made pos- sible. Hon. W. W. Clark became pres- ident of the new institution, which has already contributed greatly to the con- N. Y. George W. Morehouse. Messrs. Fow- ler and Potter published the Wayland Enterprise for a short time during 1877. In 1885, Fred C. Dean began the pub- lication of the Wayland Review, which was merged with the Avoca Advance toward the completion of volume one. Mr. Dean started the Wayland Register in 1889, and sold it to W. G. Phippin in 1892, who was succeeded by Bert Goodno in 1893. Mr. Goodno is a son of the late Edwin Goodno, and was born venience aiid prosperity of the com- munity. By the Dec, 1900, report,the deposits are about ;^6 1,000, and the loans and discounts over ^73,000. There have been six local newspapers published in Wayland during this per- iod. The Union Advertiser was estab- lished in i873,by H. Boyington Newell, who continues as it publisher and editor. The Wayland Press began publication REblDKNCE OF MK. WILEY W. CAPKON, No. 8 S. Scott .-^trtet in Dansville, where, in youth he learned the printer' s trade. After working at the "case" in Avoca and Rochester he came to Wayland in the '8o's, and later purchased the Register. In 1889 he married Jennie J., daughter of H. S. Rosenkrans. The Wayland Advance began publication in 1900, H. J. Niles, of Springwater, being the proprietor. Wayland has had many dental offices in 1876, and suspended at the close of during the past few year.s, but compar- the third volume. Its proprietor was atively few resident dentists. In 1899 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Ill DR. GEORGE M. PEABODY. Dr. B. J. Baker, came to Wayland, whither he soon brought a wife, and they have since been members of this community. Dr. Baker's diploma is from one of the country's most famous institutions. Dr. McPhee, of Dansville, maintains a branch office in this village. The- medical profession has contained the names of Doctors Warren and Cam- eron Patchin, Northrup N. St. John, Ell Bigelow, Henry A. Whitfield, Wright, George M. Peabody, Alva A. Piatt, George M. Skinner and James C. Dorr. Dr. N. N. St. John practiced in this section for many years. Beginning in Springwater, he removed to Atlanta and then to Wayland, in 1874. He was a rugged character of the old school, and especially strong in diagnosis. Li pres- ent parlance he would be called a "fad- dist," and in earlier language, "opinion- ated." In certain directions he was wonderfully successful in practice. He was village trustee in 1877 and 1878, and president in 1881, '82, '84, '87, '91, and '93. He died in 1897. Dr. Ell Bigelow began the practice of medicine in Wayland in 1873. In character he was antithetical to Dr. St. John, beside whom he practiced for al- most a quarter of a century, being of genial disposition, with a dislike for pol- itics or discussion. The secret of his success was in the careful nursing of his patient. He died in 1899. Dr. George M. Peabody was born and received his early education in the town of Springwater. Here he also be- gan his study of medicine under the di- rection of Dr. Wooden. The first year of his college course he took at Balti- more, finishing at the University of Ver- mont, from which institution he receiv- It2 HiStoRV OF wavland, n. v. Beginning his practice In the legal profession William W. ed his diploma, in Wayland,he remained here for a year and a half, and removed to the state of Georgia, where in addition to his pro- fession, he was interested in a drug store. In 1894 he returned to Way- land and has since been a resident of the village. He is connected with the Steuben Drug Co., and is serving his second year as village trustee. Dr. A. A. Piatt began the study of his profession with Dr. W. S. Purdy, of Corning, and then attended the Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he gratuated, and later took a post-graduate course at that institution. He has also an honoraiy degree from the Buffalo medical college. For a number of years he practiced in the Southern states, and, in 1889, came to Wayland from Atlanta where he had been for some time previous. Dr. G. M. Skinner also made his start in medicine under tuition of Dr. Wood- en of Springwater, and then matriculat- ed at the Baltimore college, where he remained for one year, transferring to Buffalo for the second year. Returning to Baltimore he took several special courses, and graduated from that insti- tution. He began his practice in Way- land in 1888. Dr. James Clough Dorr was born at Norridgewock, Maine, in 1868. Com- ing to Bath, this county, he was gradu- ated from the Haverling Academy in 1893, and entered the Buffalo medical college from which he received his de- gree in 1896. During the last year of his college course he received the ap- pointment of Assistant Surgeon of the Erie County Penitentary Hospital. Af- ter his graduation he came to Wayland which has since been his home. Clark is, by length of residence and wide-spread fame, facile primus. After graduation from Hamilton College, he studied law, and in 1879 began his practice in this village. His careful at- tention to the interests of his clients,his uniform success in court, and his cour- teous and polished manner, have ac- quired for him an extended popularity. He was chosen district attorney for the county in 1892, and has twice succeed- ed himself though hitherto the office had been considered by law of custom a one-term position. During his long incumbency he has made a record, in the number of convictions secured pro- portioned to the number of indictments found, that can probably not be equall- ed in the history of the state. His allegiance to the town of his adoption has never wavered, and to his efforts at home and influence abroad in behalf of its prosperity the town owes as much as to those of any one citizen. Mr. Clark is president of the First National Bank which was established through his ef- forts. • Henry V. Pratt is descended from one of the oldest Steuben county fami- lies, his great-grandfather having settled in Prattsburg in 1802, and, back of Steuben county, he traces his lineage in unbroken line to the earliest days of the Massachusetts colony. His educa- tion received at the famous Franklin academy, was completed at the law school of Cornell University, and in 1892 he came to Wayland and began the practice of his profession. He soon formed a partnership with W. W. Clark, and to his desk comes the greater por- office work of their large is a thorough student tion of the business. He HISTORY OF WAYLANt), N. Y, and a safe counselor. Mr. Pratt is a director of the First National Bank. F. Allen DeGraw opened a law office in the village in 1900, and is a graduate of the Albany Law School. The fol- lowing year he formed a partnership with Floyd Green, a graduate of the Buffalo Law School, and they have be- gun their practice with every prospect of brilliant success. Christian C. Bill was born in Way- land and educated in its schools. He studied law under the tuition of W. W. 113 the offices at Bowles' Corners, Begole's and Patchin's Mills were consolidated in the Wayland Depot office., Mr. Ben- nett secured the necessary petitions, employed a surveyor to make maps of the territory, and complied with all the other requirements of the department, at an expenditure of a large amount of time and energy, and about two hundred dollars in hard cash. The office was established, and Mr. Bennett had every^ thing in readiness to begin operations except the key to the mail bags, when cyphers' incubator factory. Clark, and was admitted to practice in 1 88 1. Opening his office in his home town, he has maintained a steady busi- ness. He was elected village treasurer in L882. The Wayland post office was estab- lished in 1852, and to pessimists who aver that the world is growing worse, the early intrigue connected with this lone federal office of the town, will show that there were politics and politicians in the "good" old days. It was through the efforts of James G. Bennett that John Hess, the whig leader showed his hand. In place of the key to the mail bags came a letter from the department enquiring about Mr. Bennett's political faith, and courteously suggesting that he pledge himself to support the party in power, (the whigs.) Mr. Bennett replied in vigorous language, that he was born a Jackson democrat, and should so remain, and he would see the head of that particular governmen- tal office farther in the place supposed to be warm "than a pigeon could fly in 114 a week," before he would change his party for such a contemptible office. The key to the mail bags was forthwith sent to John Hess, and he became Way- land's first post master. His triumph was, however, short-lived, for Franklin Pierce was elected President by the democrats that fall, and soon after the Inauguration, the following spring, Mr. Bennett received his commission as postmaster, his being the first appoint- ment made by the new administration in Steuben county. He retained the office for seven years, and resigned to become the Erie station agent. Dexter S. Jolly filled out Mr Bennett's term. John Hess had placed the office in his store then on the south-east corner of Naples and Wayland stieets. Mr. Ben- nett kept it in the house on Wayland street now owned by Mrs. Dr. Skinner, where he retailed tobaccos and small wares in addition to postage stamps. One of Our older citizens recalls buying a cigar here for one cent, the purchase being particularly memorable as it was his first effort at smoking. Mr. Jolly removed the office to a room in the Hess tavern — the house now owned by John J. Morris — and later to the small building that stood where the Sauerbier saloon is now, and js attached to the rear of the present building. With the change of parties in 1861, John Hess again became an active can- didate for the postmastership, and for- warded a good sized petition to Wash- ington in support of his claim. His nephew, Benjamin B. Hess, had also circulated a petition and secured many endorsers. The village had just been struggling with a license question. A protest had been made against the pro- prietor of the hotel, owned recently by HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. the late Edwin Tyler, and he had secured the names of over two hundred people living in Wayland, Springwater, Canadice and Dansville to a request that he be licensed. This list having served its purpose, Benjamin Hess purchased it for one dollar, and cutting off the heading, attached the names to his peti- tion for the post office, which made his number of signers very much the larger, and forwarded it to Washington, and secured the coveted commission. He served two years, having the office in the south store of the Hess block, and later in a small building west of the old Herrick store. S. F. Hess held the commission from 1863 to '65, and was succeeded by his partner, Thomas Abrams, who was post- master until 1-^67. The office was kept in the John Hess store during this per- iod. William Northrup secured the office in 1867, and it was transferred to the Northrup and Dildine store on the south side of the Hess block, where it remained until 1875, when Henry Schley was appointed. The fight at this change was bitter. Mr. Schley moved the paraphernalia of the office to the hardware store of Schwingle and Fess, in the Sauerbier building. Then Mr. Northrup secured a re-appointment, and moved it back to his store. Mr. Schley brought more influence to bear, and ousted his opponent finally, retain- ing the office until 1881. Henry W. Garnsey was the next in- cumbent, and the office was again lodged in the Hess block, where it remained until the fire. Mr. Garnsey resigned in 1882, and Wilbur W. Capron filled out his term of four years. When the Hess building was burned Mr. Capron HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 115 had a small house that stood on his farm Charles M. Jervis succeeded to the m the eastern part of the village— it postmastership.in 1889 and established has done service since 1885 as a laundry the office with the neW. boxes, now in room m the rear of the Bryant House— use, in his store, where it remained drawn to a position where tht Kimmel until the stock was purchased by Ster- hardware store is now, and established ner & Gottschall, when it was transfer- the office there, and at the second fire, red to the building recently replaced by when It was again threatened, the build- the new Kimmel block. During this mg and office were drawn across the administration an afternoon mail to street to the present site of the Clark Rochester, on Erie train number 17, building. January i, 1885, it was was secured, and mail service on the moved to the room at the western end Lackawanna,, which had at first been RESIDENCE OF MR. CHRISTIAN KLEIN, No. 20 W. Naules Street. of the Bryant House. During this refused by the department, was estab- period the name of the ofiSce, which lished. This latter event resulted in the from its erection had been "Wayland discontinuance of the Dansville stage Depot," was changed to "Wayland," route, and the date seems of historical and the money-order system was inau- importance, as marking the com- gurated. pletion of the change from stage-coach William H. Green became postmaster to railroads in this town. The old in 1885, and the office was placed in southern tier route, which was the pride the store of F. K. Smith, first in the of our grandfathers, and which connect- Sauerbier building, and then at his pres- ed Buffalo with the east in competition ent location, and later it waj moved with the old "state" road through the back to the room in the Bryant House, north counties, had dropped link after ii6 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. link as the railroad system advanced, In 1900, Peter H. Zimmerman fe- shrfnking to Corning to Dansville, then ceived his appointment, and moved the to Bath to Dansville, then Wayland to Dansville. The gaily painted stage- coach, with its six horses, its big "boot," and its driver's whip and bugle, had be- come a "buck-board," with wheels bare of color, drawn by one antiquated spec- imen of horseflesh, whose melancholy gait no whip could hasten, and a driver destitute of even a tin horn. On the 20th day of July, 1889, the last trip was office to its present commodious quar- ters. During the present and the two pre- vious administrations, George H. Stan- narius has been the deputy postmaster. He entered the work as a youth, and full of ambition to become expert at the business, and by careful attention to the multiplicity of detail connected with the work, and a temper unruffled RESIDENCE OF MR. No. 16 Ham made, and the triumph of the locomotive was complete. About this time the Per- kinsville office received service from the Lackawanna road, and their mail that had until then passed through the Way- land office, ceased to be handled here. John Kimmel received his commis- sisn in 1894, and under his administra- tion the increased business of the office caused by the opening of the Incubator Factory raised the office to the presi- dential rank. GLEN D. ABR.A.MS, ilt'jii Street by the petty annoyances that soon sour most men who are called to deal with humanity of all grades of obtuseness, he has rendered a service to the public that cannot be fully appreciated except by those acquainted with the demands of the position. Henry Schley was an active citizen of the village for fifteen years, coming here in 1871. He was a hustler in be- half of the proposition for incorpora- ting the village, and served as trustee HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 117 MR. JOHN F. KIEL. in 1877 and 1878. In 1886 he moved to Michigan, where he died in 1900. John Kimmel, a son of Martin Kim- mel and partner with his father in the hardware store, finished his education at Canisus College, Buffalo, and has since been one of Wayl-'nd's active young business men. He is interested with Shaffer & Wolff in the electric lighting plant, and in addition to his term as postmaster has served as village treas- urer since 1896. Peter H. Zimmerman was born in Wayland and began life as a clerk. Af- ter a short time spent as billing clerk in the office of the Illinois Central railroad, in Carbondale, III., he returned to Way- land and entered the office of Capron and Fowler, who were then among the largest produce buyers in this part of the state. He was appointed federal census enumerator in 1880 ; elected justice of the peace in 1884, which of- fice he has held continuously to the present time ; was chosen justice of sessions for ifit. county in 1894, the last term before that office was abolished ; was village treasurer in i884,and village clerk from 1891 to 1897; special ex aminer of mortgage indebtedness for the twenty-ninth Congressional District for the eleventh federal census, and post- master since 1900. He has also been secretary of the Wayland Dime Savings and Loan Association since 1888, and is president of the board of directors of the Canning Factory. David K. Shafer was born on a farm in the town of Sparta in 1836, being descended from Pennsylvania Dutch stock that dates back to the colonial period- of this country. His educntion was received in the common schools, and, in 1864, he married Miss Martha Rowe. Moving to Wayland in 1876, he settled on the Wesley Doughty farm, just east of the village, where he died in 1888. Mrs. Shafer and two sons,James G. and Herbert K., survive him. William Flora was born and passed his early life on a Scottsburg farm. In young manhood he went west, traveling through- a number of states, and remain- ing for several years. About 1866, he returned and made his home in this vil- lage, where he died in 1900, at the age of sixty-nine years. Mr. Flora was pres- ident of the village in 1883, 1885 and 1886, and trustee in 1892. James F. Wood moved to Wayland from Cohocton in the year 1870, and purchased the house now occupied by his son-in-law, U. H. Steinhardt. He was justice of the peace for eleven years preceding his death, and had an office in the Hess block, which was the village court house of the time. Mr. Wood died in 1884, at 67 years of age. Chauncey S. Avery purchased the homestead farm in 1873, where he has since resided. He has been twice mar- ried, his first wife being Mary J. Math- ii8 ers, who died in daughters : Mrs. Maryette VanRiper, of Cohocton ; Mrs. Frank M. Cole, of Hornellsville ; and Mrs. Harriet A. Pierce, of South Dansville. His second wife was Lucinda R. Tripp. Mr. Avery served in the i88th N. Y. Infantry from Sept. 9, 1864, to July i, 1865. Henry P. VanLiew was born at Berne, Albany county, N. Y., and re- ceived his education at the Troy Con- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 1886 leaving three was principal of the Wayland Union School from March 1885 to 1887, when he resigned to accept a position in New York City, his family spending the sum- mer seasons in Wayland until 1895, when they resumed their permanent residence here. The oldest residents at the dawn of the twentieth century, whose names ap- pear in our directory are : Mrs. Theckla Vogt, aged 91. She ference Academy, Poulteney, Vt , the was born in Germany in 18 10, at the RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM H No. 10 N. Scott Street. State Normal School, Albany, N. Y, and the University of the City of New York. He taught and superintended in public and private schools in New York state and Colorado, being Superintend- ent of Schools in the latter s'.ate. The season of 1894 he entered the illustrat- ed lecture field, since which time he has given over 1,200 entertainments in fif- teen different states. His entire time for the next season, 1901-02, being al- ready spoken for. Professor VanLiew GREEN, time when Napoleon I, was changing the political lines of Europe to his own liking, and George HI, against whom these colonies rebeled, was still on the throne of England. In 1 840 she came to the town of Wayland, which has since been her home. Of her five children, three, Joseph Vogt, John Vogt and Mrs. Martin Kimmel are living in this vicin- ity, two daughters having died. Mr. Vogt, her husband, passed away in 1872. Mrs. Vogt is remarkably active for one HISTORY OP WAYLAND, N. Y. of her years, and it is hoped that she lived in three centuries may fill out five score years. Ira Wilbur, aged 89. Mr. Wilbur was born in Vermont in 181 2 and was brought by his parents to Springwater in 1 81 5. Being of small stature, his father did not regard him .as promising material for a pioneer farmer, and when he was eighteen years old, ''gave him his ume," and advised him to learn a trade. Young Ira went to Dansville, and in due course of time became a mill-wright, at which occupation he worked for many years. Having buried his first wife in Dansville, he came to Wayland in 1854, being employed as a carpenter by the Hesses, and the follow- ing year he married Schuyler Granger's daughter, Martha, and they have since resided in this village. Mr. Wilbur died in March of the present year, since this sketch was begun. Matthias Rauber, aged 84. Mr. Rauber was born in Prussia in 18 16, and emigrated to the United States in 1856, settling on a farm near Perkinsville. He married Margeret Brick in 1 841, and they had eight children, Mrs. Catherine Conrad, Nicholas, Mrs. Marien Klein, Peter, Jacob N., Mrs. Margaret Schu. Elizabeth, and Anna, deceased. All, except the last two, were born in Ger- many, and all, except Miss Lizzie, are residents of the town of Wayland. Mr. Rauber retired from active life several years ago, and resides with his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Schu, Jr. His wife died in 1892. The youngest citizen of the village at the opening of the century is the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engel, who was born on the night of Dec. 28, 1900. Should she live to be three days over one hundred years, she will have 119 May her life be spared. In general politics Wayland has long been prominent. James G. Bennett was member of assembly in 1870 and 1 87 1, James P. Clark being nominated against him on the republican ticket the latter year. He was succeeded by Thomas M. Fowler in the sessions of 1872 and 1873. George E. Whiteman served two terms, 1884 and 1885, and Gordon M. Patchin was a member of the sessions of 1892 and 1893. Butler M. Morris was a candidate in 188 1, and Jacob B. Whiteman in 1892 and 1894. William W. Clark was elected district a^^^torney in 1892, 1895 and 1898. Charles M. Jervis was nominated for school commissioner in 1887. Peter H. Zimmerman wjis- chosen justice of sessions in 1894. Dr. E. Bigeldw was candidate for cor- onor in 1 890 ; Dr. A. A. Piatt in 1 893 ; and Dr. G. M. Peabody in 1896. Henry V. Pratt was candidate for sur- rogate in 1900. Wilbur W. Capron has held the state appointment as Port Warden, at New York, for six years. Hon. Gordon M. Patchin is the only son of Myron M. Patchin, and was born, and has always lived at the homestead in Patchinsville. He was educated at the Rogersville Seminary and the Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, and has been a leader in county politics from youth, having been a delegate to a nom- inating convention before he had cast his first vote. He has, however, never been an office seeker, and reluctantly consented to become a candidate for the assembly. In the legislature he was quickly recognized as a man of clear intellect and sound judgment, and his two terms were distinctly creditable to his district. 125 HISTORY 01^ WaYlAND, N. Y. UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Sullivan Street. CHAPTER X. EVENTS FROM 187O TO IQOO. January 9, iS^i occurred the tragedy that shocked this entire part of the state, and threw a deep gloorn over the town. Mrs. Mary Hess shot and killed William H. Lewis a neighbor, and War- ren Northrup her brother. The inten- tion attributed to her of running amuck and taking several other lives merely makes the deed seem the more insane. Mrs. Hess was examined and adjudged a lunatic, and she was sent to the Utica asylum, where she died seven years later. The "Liberal League" flourished during the '70's. There were about twenty-three members, among whom some were possessed of that little learn- ing, of which Pope speaks, but none had sufficient depth to sustain the argu- ment in favor of their extreme position. They were deistical, , rather than atheis- tical, but their research, which could scarcely be termed even superficial, and their utter lack of scientific analysis reduced most of them to mere scoffers. Their influence on the morality of the community was wholly bad, and gave to it a reputation that retarded its growth by deterring much respectable settlement. The village having, in 1871, attained a population of about one-third of that of the remainder of the town, could no longer depend upon the commissioner of highways to care for its streets, and it must also have improvements in side- walks and restrictive ordinances that the town government could not supply. HISTORY OF WAVLAND, N. Y. lit The proper steps were taken under the general state law providing for the incorporation of villages, in the way of surveys, maps, etc., and by the follow- ing notice a meeting of the electors was called to decide the question of incor- poration : Corporation Election Notice. To be held at the hotel of Adam Pfaff on April lo, 1877, from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., to vote on the incorporation and proposed expense of ^150 for ex- penses for the first year. (The techni- cal description of the territory to be included in the village limits follows.) Signed : George W. Morehouse, James F. Wood, Mark H Hess, ' " ~ Albert Sauerbier, James H. Totten, Wilbur W Capron, Northrup N. St. John, Jacob F. Schumaker, Nicholas Sieb. George Nold, Gottlieb Zeilbeer, John W. Doughty, Charles C. Tinker, Everett M. Fowler, Butler M. Morris, Nicholas Rauber, W. Fred Kiel, Henry Schley, Adam Pfaff, George Acker. Dated Wayland, N. Y., Feb. 27, '77. The adoption of the proposition was hotly discussed during the days preced- ing the election and the two sides seemed very evenly balanced. On elec- tion day, the story is told, just before the polls closed H. B. Newell came to vote, and being undecided which side to favor, he mixed up a ballot "for" with one "against," and picked one at random, which proved to be the "for" ballot, and so voted. On counting the votes it was found that there was just one majority in favor of the proposition. Had this tale come to us from ancient times Mr. Newell would doubtless have been represented as under the same supernatural influence that caused the horse of Darius to neigh at the oppor- tune moment to make his master king of Persia. Defference to historic trutli, however, compels us to state that the proposition was carried by a fair majority. Following the adoption of the plan of incorporation the call for election of officers was issued as follows : Village Election Notice. Notice is hereby given that a corpor- ation election of the village of Wayland, Steuben county, N. Y., will be held at the house of Adam Pfaff in said village on the 22d day of May, 1877, for the purpose of electing the following officers, viz : a president, a collector, a treasurer, and three trustees. The polls of said election will be open at 10 o'clock of the forenoon of said day. F. E. Holliday, Supervisor, George Folts, Town Clerk, Inspectors of Election. Dated; Wayland, N. Y., May I, 1877. The result of this election was the choice' of the following officers : H. S. Rosenkrans, President. N. N. St. John, \ G. B. Bennett, V Trustees. Henry Schley, j T. S. Beeman, Collector. G. W. Morehouse, Treasurer. At the first meeting of the board Charles C. Tinker was chosen clerk. William Rauber was appointed the first police constable, "without salary." Gid- eon S. Granger was the first street com- missioner, notices being served on H. B. Rice and A. B. Adams, pathmasters, to discontinue their work within the limits of the new village. Several suc- ceeding meetings were occupied in the adoption of village ordinances, and a code of laws was evolved which for comprehensiveness eclipses anything of a former period ; neither the generalities of the Roman Twelve Tables, the min- utes of Moses, or the severity of Draco being comparable to it. 122 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. The first license fee, of two dollars, was collected of a circus which exhibi- ted in the village on June 23. For the Fourth of July celebration special poHce were appointed at two dollars each, and trustee Bennett was commissioned to provide a place of detention for disturb- ers of the peace. The following year a lot was purchased for twenty-five dol- lars, and James E. Snowers was awarded the contract for building the jail, his bid being $160. the average American takes in any mat- ter tinged with politics, we quote from a citizen's diary the following reference to the second village election : Tuesday, April 19, 1878. Election at Tinker's, upstairs. Polls open at one o'clock, p. m. Voted the straight "People's" ticket. Great deal of talking and pulling etc., as usual. Presidents a tie. The rest all elected by small majorities on "People's" ticket. Lot fell to Rosenkrans. "Big cheer," etc. H. B. R ., justice, struck the RESIDENCE OF MR. Corner W. Naples The municipality of Wayland was thus started on its career. It was, truly, a day of small beginnings; but not therefore, to be despised. Scant credit is due to those who feel no heartburn- ings for their homes, be they ever so humble, and patience bestowed on citi- zens who decry their town is a wasted virtue. What may be the future of Wayland is not foretold, but "Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee." To illustrate the intense interest which CHARLES M. JERVIS, and Snott Streets. Hon, J. G. B . General racket, then G. S. G threw Hon. J. G. in the mud. Fired the cannon. Band came out, and a good many drunk. Throughout the early period Wayland had a most inspiring drum corps. Its members were Ira Wilbur, now our oldest citizen, William 8. Kellogg, de- ceased, James G. Bennett and Mark H. Hess, son of Dr. Henry H. Hess, and the last one bearing the name of that large family to reside in the toivn with HISTORY OF WAYLAND, which they were so prominently identi- fied. The older men and the youth would beat their drums and bloW' their fifes with that absorbed interest which in ancient times thrilled the continental farmers at Lexington and Valley Forge to themselves beat everything in sight, particularly if it wore a red coat. They were in great demand, especially during political compaigns. This drum corps may, perhaps, be considered the germ of the first Cornet N. Y. 123 the leaders in the movement. By what subtile influence it was thwarted will always remain a mystery to the student of Wayland affairs. That a Hook and Ladder Company whose business in fires is generally regarded as supple- mentary to that part of the department that seeks to extinguish the flames, should exist so long and be so liberally supported by a community that refused to assist the effort to provide a means for putting out fire, seems passing RESIDENCE OF SIR. CONRAD- H. WEINHART. Corner S. Main and Washington Streets. Band that was organized in the village, in the year 1876, and was under the leadership of Frank Adams. The Wayland Press mentions its perfor- mance by stating that "the people are justly proud of it" and "we hear naught but praise." Since that time the village strange, and not far out of line with those wise men of Gotham, who, on going away from home, carried the doors of their houses with them, lest thieves should burst them open during their absence. To make this most ex- cellent Hook and Ladder Company has never been for any gi'eat length of really effective, there should be some time without an excellent band. means of thi'owing water or chemicals A strong effort was made in 1882 to on the flames, and a system of offensive start a Babcock Fire Extinguisher Com- as well as defensive fighting of fire. ,pany, Frank G. Patchin being one of Diu-ing the seasons of 1880-82 the 124 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. MR. HENRY Delaware, Lac'cawanna & Western rail- road extended its line from Binghamton to Buffalo, the route passing through Wayland. A large force of Italian lab- borers was brought to this neighbor- hood, and Dr. Witheral, the contractor of this section, and his assistants came to town. It was a busy time, full of action. Dr. Witheral was a man of genial nature, and of great liberality, and ever ready to head a subscription with a generous sum for any object pro- posed by the citizens. The possibility of finding oil in this locality called from him a promise of aid in putting down a test well, and for a time the villagers indulged in much feverish speculation on the subject. Wiser councils, how- ever, prevailed, and neither well nor v. PKArr. money was sunk, but many dreams of sudden and fabulous wealth were dissi- pated. The railroad people at fiist refused to place a station, other than the one at Perkinsville, in the town, and when H. G. Pierce made a request for a Wayland stopping place backed by a promise on his part to build a warehouse that should secure for them a share in the freights of the town, it was indifferently received. On a day when farmers were busy drawing potatoes to market, Mr. Pierce learned that the "comet," a com- bined locomotive and car used by the officials of the road, was to make a trip over the division, and he suggested to a number of farmers that they wait and see it pass, with the result that when it HISTORY OF WAYLAMD, went through, the highway for a long distance was filled with teams. The "comet" stopped and came back to the crossing, inquiry was made as to what so many teams meant, the answer being "drawing potatoes to the Erie," and the outcome was an immediate order for the building of the station. James G. Bennett was the first agent. The amount of business now transacted at this station places it in the front rank of country places on the line of the road. Following the opening of the D. L. & W. railroad, in 1882 came the con- struction to Angelica and Hornellsville of the railroad now knowii as the Pitts- burg, Shawmut & Northern, the pro- spective idea of which is to reach the coal and lumber and oil regions of Pennsylvania from the D. L. & W. trunk line in this state. This road was opened in 1888. Sunday night, September 2, 1883, fire started in the Hess block and des- troyed that building and those adjacent to the house now occupied by Valentine Hemmer, on Main street, and the house and store owned by George Nold on Naples street. In the Hess building Albert Sauerbier occupied the basement, Kimmel, Morris & Co., and the post office, the stores, and William W. Clark, Dr. E. Biglow and C. C. Bill the offices; Wearkley's bakery ; John J. Munding's shoe shop, and E. S. Arnold's furniture store, on Main street, and George Nold, on Naples street, were the concerns that suffered. Just six weeks later, October 14, fire again started in the Gothic Hotel — standing on the present site of the Weinhart opera house — and burned to the corner of Main street and westward N. Y. I2S to James F. Wood's, now U. H. Stein- hardt's residence, which was saved by a great effort after being repeatedly ablaze. Every citizen of the village was out, each individual fighting most desperately to stop the fire before it should reach his own home, and it would be difficult to describe the feeling of despair that overcame the crowd when the cornice of the old hotel broke out in flame, and it seemed that the town was wholly doomed. Shifting winds were kind, and the fire spread no farther. The morning of October 15, revealed on three of the four corners, where had been done the business of a prosperous town, nothing but charred and smoking ruins. It was indeed, a "blue" Monday for Waylanders. People from the sur- rounding country and neighboring towns flocked to the village, and seeing its desolation, wisely shook their heads, saying that the blow was fatal. October 19, the walls of George Nold's present store, the first brick building in the village were completed. The erection of that building required more of what is termed "nerve" than any other deed of the time, and it meant more to property owners than can be estimated. With most people, the main idea for the first days following the second disaster seemed to be how to get out of Wayland with as little loss as possible, but to get out any way. That building, surmounted with an evergreen bush, defiantly overlooked the surroundmg ruins, and proved the anchor to hold, and the corner stone of the new Wayland. On November 6, ground was broken for the stores, Nos. 5 and 7 Main Street, — now occupied by F. K. Smith and C. Gottschall & Son — by Walter Bryant. 126 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Mr. Bryant had been a resident of the village about two weeks when the second fire occurred, though he had owned the old hotel property for some time, the house being conducted by his son, Colonel J. Bryant. Mr. Bryant was born in Auburn in 1 8 1 8, and in youth removed with his parents to Con- neut, Ohio. Here he experienced a life full of the adventuf-es incident to pio- neer existence, and developed the rugged fearlessness of obstacle that afterward time in an interim between regular ten- ants. He was a trustee of the village in 1885 and '86. During the later years of his life he was an invalid, and died in 1899, Mrs. Bryant and their three children. Belle, Colonel J., and Mark, since deceased, surviving him. Mr. Bryant's belief that Wayland, if dead, as so many of its citizens, constantly proclaimed, could be resurrected, and his faith in boldly venturing his capital were contagious. Martin Kimmel pur- .•-■ra-:>,^Ai«?^' RESIDENCE OF HON. Corner W. Naples characterized him. After residing for a time in Westfield, Chautauqua county, he came to Springwater, settling on a farm on Herrick street in that town, and marrying Lydia Ann Hudson, (1839) daughter of one of Springwater's oldest residents. With the exception of four years, 1845-49, during which he conducted a hotel in the "Valley," he continued to reside on this farm until his removal to this village in 1 883. Mr. Bryant conducted the hotel for a short WILBUR W. CAPRON. and Scott Streets. chased the old Gothic hotel site for a building for the hardware, which he was induced to exchange for the site on which his store now stands, and the work of erection was begun at once. This change of location made by Mr. Kimmel, and the building of the Biyant stores resulted in turning the drift of trade into Main street, and made a trans- formation of the business portion of the village, as prior to the fires, the greater portion of the stores had been on HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 127 W. FREDE Naples street. It was in the belief that Naples street would continue to be the principal business thoroughfare that George Nold re-built on his former site. The year following, 1884, Mr. Bryant "erected the hotel building, and in 1885, Ur. Cameron Patchin replaced the old Hess structure with the present brick building. Dr. Cameron Patchin, *a son of Dr. Warren Patchin, was a man most highly esteemed by our older citizens, and but little known to the younger generation. A natural dignity of bearing lending a sternness of appearance which caused him to be frequently misunderstood by those who did not know the real man. In youth his desire to study medicine was not encouraged by his father, but his steadfast detei'miriation in the matter at last gained parental sanction. He carried the same fixed determination to RICK KIEL. succeed into his profession and his busi- ness, and it resulted in his attaining at least equal eminence with his father as a practicioner and in consultation, and in making substantial additions to his inheritance. He tnarried Harriet Glines, from Bradford county. Pa., who died in 1895, leaving two sons, Frank G. Patchin, of the Cyphers' Incubator Co., and Bert C. Patchin, who retains the homestead and is proprietor of the Patchinhurst breeding stables. Dr. Patchin died in 1896. Other brick buildings near the "four corners" were built by Christian Klein and B. F. Pursel in 1886; James E. Young, on Naples street, in 1887; David Berman 1 894 ; F. J. Raufenbarth 1896 ; National Bank 1899, and John Kimmel in 1900, and the recovery of the village from the great fires is so much more than complete, that they now t28 HISTORY OF WAYLANt), N. Y. WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL. S. Wayland Street. seem as a blessing rather than a disaster. The roller skating "fad" that swept over the country in the early '8o's did not leave Wayland unscathed. A rink was built in 1885, and opened with one of the first three-day contests held in this part of the state, and which excited much more than local interest. With the subsiding of popular interest in the sport, the building passed through sev- eral stages of evolution to be eventually transformed into the village theatre. One month in the winter of 1889 is memorable as being a period of almost total eclipse. An itinerant pedlar came to the Pfaff hotel sick, and it was soon discovered that his malady was small pox. A pest house was immediately improvised on the outskirts of the vil- lage, and the patient and his nurse were isolated, every precaution in the way of disinfecting and vaccination being taken. No other cases occurred in the village. It proved, however, the opportunity for some of the neighboring towns to make an attempt to secure the farm trade that had been coming to Wayland in increas- ing volume, and they established a most rigorous quarantine against this village. The denizens of the village, in their isolation, had such a surplus of unoccu- pied hours that the merchants even be- came social among themselves, and when the bugbear danger was officially declared to be past, and the doughty guards, who had stood with drawn clubs in the roadways, went home, and the doors to the outside world again swung open on their rust-eaten hinges, they put forth the only united effort they have ever been guilty of, in a most suc- cessful invitation for a return of their HISTORY OF WAYLANt), N. Y. 12$ former customers. Twice before in its iiistory, in 1859 and in 1872, Wayland was afflicted with this disease. The first public lighting of the streets was by a system of oil lamps adopted in i890,and,as was then predicted, it proved a temporary, unsatisfactory and expen- sive makeshift. Electricity for street lighting purposes was already throwing coal oil into as oblivious a shade as that surrounding the torches of the middle ages. But the people could not brook delay. Six years later, 1896, the old oil lamps were thrown out and a contract awarded Shaffer, Wclff & Co., for elec- tric lights. At the expiration of this contract their franchise was renewed for a pe;iod of thirty years, in doing which our village faihers overlooked the exper- ience of progressive municipalities to the effect that public franchises are valu- able assets of a community, and should not be bestowed gratuitously ; and that overhead wires are a nuisance, a disfig- urement, and a danger, that should not be permitted. The building of the Portland Cement Factory by Thomas Millen & Sons of Syracuse, in the year 1892, is memora- ble as the emancipation of the village from dependence on agriculture as its sole source of revenue. An industry was established which meant, through- out years of bounteous harvests, and leanness alike, a constant succession of weekly pay-days, to the benefit of the laborer, and those dependent upon his toil, — the merchant, the doctor, the lawyer the church, — in fine, a stable prosperity to the entire community The Messrs, Millen were originally manufacturers of cement sewer pipe, at South Bend, Ind., and were obliged to import the cement they required in that business. The great economy possible with the ability to manufacture their own cement led them' to devote a num- ber of years of time and a large amount of money in experimenting in this direction, with such flattering suc- cess that they subsequently gave up their sewer pipe business, and devoted their entire energy to the manufacture of cement, being among the first to make a success of the business in the United States. After remaining in South Bend for several years they sold out their plant, and came to Syracuse, where they established a factory at Warners, a suburb of that city, which they also disposed of, after having oper- ated it for several years. Attracted by the surface appearance of the swamp south-west of this village, they made tests and discovered a large deposit of exceptionally good marl, tlie necessary component of cement. This marl comes from the decay of shell -fish, and indi- cates that in the remote past this part of the state was under water The de- posit here ranges from mere surface indications to almost eighteen feet in depth. The early settlers of the town had discovered that this "white clay," as they called it, contained lime, and made a fair substitute for whitewash. Securing options on the lands desired, the factory was built and equipped with machinery, on most of which the pro- prietors own the patents. The cement has proven to be of extraordinary qual- ity, sustaining a tensil test of from 300 to 400 pounds to the cubic inch after an exposure of 12 hours in water and 12 hours in the air, the government standard requiring 240 pounds under these conditions. The factory has a daily capacity of 300 barrels, and since 130 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. it was opened has employed a night force more hours than the regular day- force has been idle from the several temporary "shut downs" for needed repairs to the machinery, thus being a constant industry. July 4, 1892, the works were damaged by fire, but were immediately re-built. To the Messrs. Millen belongs one credit that is unusual, and eclipses all ordinary bon hominie. During the eight years that they have conducted dry goods store and the grocery of Aus- tin H. Salter, — in which the fire origina- ted — the house of Mrs. Davis Gray, the store and dwelling owned by George Folts, and the hotel building owned by Christian Klein and occupied by Will- iam Holmes. This fire, as in the former instance, made way for an improvement in the buildings that have replaced the former frame structures. The building of the Foundry and Machine shop by Messrs. Lewis and RESIDENCE OF MR. ERNEST KNAUER, No. 23 Eosentrans Street. their factory, they have had no friction with their employees. The firm con- sists of Thomas Millen and his sons, Duane and Homer C. Millen. On the evening of November 24, 1893, Wayland was visited by a third extensive fire, which destroyed the building owned by Frank Engle, at Main and Fremont streets, and from the opposite corner to the Hatch pro- duce office, including the building owned by A. L. Morley, and occupied by his Van Tuyl, both from Hornellsville, was a valuable addition to the village indus- tries, and under the efficient manage- ment of John F. Kiel, who succeeded to the proprietorship in 1 898, is supply- ing demands that formerly took Way- land trade to other towns. The Steuben County Firemen's Asso- ciation held their Annual convention in Wayland in 1896. The villagers made unstinted efforts for the entertainment of their guests. Every business build- HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 131 HON. WILLIAM \\'. CLAKK. ing, and almost every dwelling was pro- fusely decorated with flags and buntine. Booths were erected on every available s.)ot to supply the hunger and thirstof the expected multitude, and had there been thousands where there were hundreds, the provision would have been ample. A grand parade of the fire companies from the several towns of the county, abundantly equipped with brass band.'^, and followed by the inevitable "many prominent citizens in carriages," was the spectacular part of the celebration, ence the plant for their manufacture was built in Wayland, where were situated Mr. Patchin's "ancestral acres," which had descended to him through three genera'.ions. The concern em[)Ioys a large number of helpers in its various departments, a large per cent, of whom are skilled laoorers. The concern does a business, the ex- tent of which is scarcely comprehended by the people of this inland town, for the Cyphers' Incubator is not alone the most popular machine among the and the greatest event of the kind ever poultry professionals of this country, seen on our village streets. As has happened in other places, Wayland paid a round sum for the many expressions complimentary to her hospitality. An industrial acquisition not less im- but it has found its way into Europe, and the far away countries of India, China and Australia. Its superior ex- cellence consists in the nicity of mechan- ical adjustment to the scientific princi- portant than the cement factory is the pals of incubation. Cyphers' Incubator Factory. In 1897, The members of the firm are Charles Frank G. Patchin became interested A. Cyphers, president. Grant M. Curtis, with Charles A. Cyphers, of Philadelphia, also a descendant of Walter Patchin, in his patents for the artificial incuba- secretary, and Frank G. Patchin, treas- tion of chickens, and through his influ- urer. 132 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. The Canning Factory is a co-opera- tive concern, and was established in 1899, with a capital stock of $10,400. The last year was the first full season of its operation, and in which it abundant- ly proved the reason of its existence, by distributing upward of $5,000 in wnges, and earning over twelve per cent, on the capital stock. It is under the man- agement of a board of directors, with Wesley R. Guile as superintendent. Mr. Guile was born in Ea'^t Spring- of the company for the position of sup erintendent, which he has filled with marked ability. He was village trustee in 1899. The question of a water supply system has been strongly urged, and during the past few years, repeatedly voted down at annual and special elections. The village at present draws its supply from wells driven through a layer of gravel thnt is a few feet below the surface, sometimes the wells being RESIDENCE OF MR. SIEGLE B No. 10 S. Wayland Street. water, and has virtually belonged to Wayland during his entire life. His education was completed at the Gene- seo State Normal School. In 1894 he removed fiom his farm to the village, and the following spring became a part purchaser of the corner drug store, from which he retired in 1896. He DUDLEY, driven to a second layer of gravel be- neath the first, from whence an abun- dant supply of water is drawn for domestic purposes, and which has never proven to be specially impure or con- taminated. There is no person of intel- ligence, however, but dreads the time when typhoid fever, cholera, or some ihen became interested in the hay and kindred disease will become epidemic, straw trade, and at the organization of and who does not feel that with the the Canning Factory he was selected as growth of the village, and the conse- the most available and capable member quent increasing need of a thorough HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 133 sewerage system, it is sure to come. The citizens recognize the necessity of a good drainage system first, to be follow- ed by a good water system, and the opposition indicated by their votes on the measures submitted has been due to the crude manner in which they have been presented. The time will soon come when a definite proposition in which the source of supply, the quality of the water and the perma- nence of the accumulation will be defi- nitely stated, with a reasonably accurate estimate of the cost, and will receive favorable consideration. Wayland village is situated on what is termed, in the old geographies, "the heighth of land," an elevation that di- vides the tributary drainage of the St. Lawrenc ,■ from that of the Chespeake, and it is [361 feet above the sea level. A few million \ears ago it was on compar.itively, a much higher elevation, for the rock on which it is built slopes rapidly southward and underlies the CO l1 fields of Peims}lyania at a depth of more than a mile. While to the north, and extending to the Adirondack region, was once a mighty river flowing from the Great Lakes, the mouth of which is yet traceable in the ocean depths, about eighty miles south of New York. The territory about us thus had greater early advantages in the deposits of sediment, and in the petri- fying of inundated forests. And though the sea has given us our marl deposit from the cast off clothing of its shell fish, our soil is from gravel, sandstone and shale, and is deficient in the ferti- lizing proprties of alluvial lands. Though Nature has dealt sparingly with us for the most satisfactory agricul- tural results, she has compensated us with a commanding position for com- merce in this commercial age. From the valleys surrounding us, all roads lead naturally to Wayland, and it is believed that while our sister villages are apologizing for shrinking census fig- ures, Wayland's destiny is onward and upward. And though, heretofore, in their bounteous harvests from teeming soils, they have jeered at the leanness of our graneries, and pointed to us as being truly forsaken of God,, they for- get that it is the men yvho win out against obstacles, and wring from a re- luctant Nature her toll, that breed the strength to do, and the courage to dare. And when this new century has run its course, it is our confident prediction that Wayland will demonstrate the truth of the saying that "a city set on a hill can- not be hid." 134 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. CHAPTER XL CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. For a number of years following the building of the Erie Railroad, in 1852, the date that really marks the birth of the present village, the people were, as is usual in new communities, dependent on private hospitality and school houses John Hess, 2 year. William Rosenkrans, 3 year. Chauncey Moore, 3 year. Mr. Rosenkrans declining to serve, William M. Northrup was afterward chosen in his stead. The committee appointed to solicit subscriptions raised Si 33 2. 80 for the building fund, and the Hess brothers donated the lot on which the present edifice stands, and on which the original church was built. The roll of contribu- RESIDENCE OF HENRY V. PRAIT, So. 10 Hamilton SirePt. for places of worship. April 19, 1858, a meeting was held in the school build- ing "pursuant to previous notice, for the purpose of organizing to build a church in the village of Wayland," and at which it was resolved; "First: the house shall be called the First Methodist Episconal church of Wayland," and, Secondly: that we appoint five trustees," the fol- lowing being the successful candidates: Wesley Doughty, i year. David Poor, 2 year. tors is interesting not alone as including the names of many of the earlier citizens but also from the liberality of rheir do- nations which must be measured by the fact that the country was barely emerg- ing from the period of lowest financial depression it has ever seen. The list follows : William M. Northrup, Sioo;. Henry H. Hess, Sioo; Chauncey Moore, gioo; John He-ss, Si25;Warren Patchin, gioo; Moses Poor, $go; David Poor, ;^5o; Dav- id Herrick, $$0; James Totten, ^50; Franklin E. Day, i^so; Wesley Doughty, ^50; Levi Rosenkrans, ^38; Hiram C. Hess, $25; S. F. Hess. ^25; Daniel Marts, :^2S; William Rosenkrans, ;^2S; James H. Begole, ^25; James Ryder, |20; A. K. Parmenter, ;^ 1 5 ; Joshua G. Doughty, ^13; Josiah and Davis Gray, i^i 5; Daniel Wilcox, $10; Sophia Wil- cox, ^s; D. D. Wilbur, $10; Gilbert Tot- ten, ;^2.SO; Harvey Farley, ;^io; Edward Whiteman, ^10; Reuben SnyHer, ^10; Hiram Ingraham, ;^ 10; Christian Hartz, |to; M. Penston, ;$i6 30; B. B. Hess, ;^5; Joseph Carpenter, $5; T. J. Smith, g;; Alfred Ingraham, ^5; William H. McDowell, ;^S; Harris Curtis, ^3; James Redmond, $4; A. J. Miller, $2; Mrs. G Miller, $2; Mr. and Mrs. Hiscock, $2; Lewis Clayson, ;g20; Mary A. Granger, i^S; Andrew Granger, 1^5 John R. Hicks, ^7; Jacob Hicks, ;^8; Adin Parmenter, ^3; R. M. Patchin, $g; George Bill, ^5; Charles Thomp.son, $5; William New- man, $6; Isaac R. Trembly, $4. The collection at the dedication amounted to ^17. The Rev. Stephen Brown was ap- pointed to the new charge for the con- ference year 1859-60, and Rev. David Nutten was the Presiding Elder of the Hornellsville District in which the charge was included. Mr. Brown has resided in Washington, D. C, for many years, and is now 83 years of age, being one of the oldest members of the Con- ference. Rev. Thomson Jolly, who followed Mr. Brown in the fall of 1 860, was the first resident pastor. In his contribu- tion to the History of the Late East Genesee Conference, (F. G. Hibbard, D. D, 1887,) Mr. Jolly says of the Wayland charge, "I found five appoint- ments and took in one more, making three each Sabbath. But while there was plenty of work there was no house for the preacher. The preacher had HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y 135 lived in Dansville the preceeding year, because there was no house to be had on the charge. I went with a heavy heart, and searched it over faithfully to find a home. Just before starting back after my family I stepped into a store. The merchant asked me if I had got a house. I told him no. He told me a doctor in the place was talking of board- ing, and, if he did, his house would be to let. He went to see him and came back shortly saying we could have it. I went home thankful. We were soon moved and settled. I made a strike for another parsonage, but had hard work to get it started. By working one hun- dred and three days, besides much more that I did not keep account of, we built a parsonage, and moved into it the 19th of the next May. During the summer we also built a barn. This was the year the war began. We stayed two years had a few conversions; but it was hard work to secure the attention of the peo- ple to the subject of salvation, being pre-occupied by the exciting topics of the war." The pastor for the year 1862-63 was probably the Rev. Woodruff Post, who served the following year, 1863-64. He was succeeded by the Rev. John B. Knott, whose term lasted three years, to the fall of 1867. The Rev J. C. Hitchcock was the next incumbent, 1867-68, and of this period. Dr. Hib- bard's History says: "Wayland was a two'- weeks' circuit, as it was called, con- sisting of Loon Lake, East Wayland, Patchinsville and Doty's Corners, in Steuben County. * * * Xhe vil- lage church at Wayland was used suc- cessively by the Methodists, the Wes- leyans, and the pastor of the Albrights or German Methodists. Rev. C. G. 136 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Curtis, the Albright, afterward joined our Conference. He was a worthy and useful man, since deceased. A score or more souls embraced religion as the fruit of a protracted meeting in which Rev. Amos Hard and his band partici- pated, and from that time the church building came entirely under the con- trol of the Methodist Episcopal pastor." The Rev. Charles Bush, 1868-69, Rev. L. T. Hawkins, 1869-71, and Rev. James Duncan, 1871-73, labored effi- ized at a cost of nearly ;^i,000. Finan- cially the society has ranked high in its grade in the conference, and has never been oppressed with an unmanageable debt, and has always paid its pastors. The membership has averaged about ninety-five, which number includes the class at Loon Lake. The Sunday School and societies of Christian Endeavor, Son Dau, Pastor's Aid, Ladies' Aid and Women's Foreign iVIissions are flourish- ing auxiliaries to the great work of the ciently during their terms and were fol- lowed by the Rev. John R. Cathin, 1873- 76, during whose pastorate occurred the greatest in-gathering of converts in the history of the church. The old building was rebuilt on an enlarged scale, at an expense of about $5,000. Ten years later the church was again refitted at an expense of ;^i,ooo. In 1892 the build- ing was damaged by fire and imme- diately repaired. And the same year the parsonage was rebuilt and modern- RESIDENCE OF HON. WILLIAM W. CLARK, No. 20 Hamilton Street. church. Pastors subsequent to those mentioned have been : Rev. S. M. Dayton 1876- 79; Rev. Charles J. Bradbury, 1879- 82 ; Rev. William Bartle, 1882-85 ; Rev. Phineas T. Lynn, 1885-87; Rev. John W. Barnett, 1887-89; Rev. Julius F. Brown, 1889-90 ; Rev. W. H. Hen- derson, 1890-91 ; Rev. W. O. Peet, 1891-95 ; Rev. Ira K. Libby, 1895-96; Rev. Irving B. Bristol, 1896-98 ; Rev. W. Irving Janes, 1 898-00. MistORY OF WaVLand, n. V. 137 REV. JOHN M. KINp. Rev. Washington Irving Janes, the present pastor of the Methomst church, was born at Newstead, N. Y., June 8, 1853, and receiyed his education at the public schools and at -the Genesee Wes- leyan Seminary, Lima, from which in- stitution he was graduated in 1879. He was licensed to preach in 1877, and ad- mitted to the Genesee Conference as a probationer in 1879, and to full mem- bership in 188 1. The several charges he has served have been, Henrietta, 1877-78; Custer City, Pa., 1879; Belmont, 1 880-8 1 ; Machias, 1882-83; Hinsdale, 1884-85-86; Avoca, 1887-88- 89; Addison, 1890-91 ; Westfield, Pa., 1892-93-94; Hammondsport, 1895-96- 97 ; North Cohocton, 1898 ;, Wayland, 1 899-00. THE ADVENT CHRISTIAN CH,yRCH. (Contributed by Mr. John J. Morris.) The Advent Christian church of this ■town has but a brief history. Although some work had been done in the village by individual representatives of the church at vai'ious times, some of which date back to the early days of the de- ^ nomination, and even before the denom- ination was actually oi'ganized, yet it was not until recently that efforts were made to crystalize into an 'actual church body. Perhaps the earliest work done here by any representing the particular views of the church, at least the earliest of which we are cognizant, was in 1859, when one, Samuel Chapman, from Massachusetts, assisted by Humphrey B. 1 lyde, who was at that time teaching the village school, rented the hall in the old Hess block and held a series of meetings, awakertijig some interest in the particular ' vi©^ of the denomina- tion, but as that' wSs before the days of the organization of the body as a church, and as the efforts were not continued, they were not permanent and lasting in their effects. Others at various times did some work here, and some converts were made to the belief, but as there was no organization, and as the work done was by individual representatives and without any definite system, the converts naturally became inembers ; of other churches, or drifted out of active work. Although such efforts had been made in the earher days of the church, not until Mr. John J. Morris, who had been associated with the bjasiness interests of the place for several' years, made his residence here in <} 893, did the work assume anything:.like a definite or per- manent aspect,. Mr. Morris being a member of the church, soon began the work of establishing a branch of the ■ denomination here. In October, 1 894, 138 kistoRY o^ WAVLAlsrb, 1^. V. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Fremont Street. Rev. M. A. Bates, of Massachusetts, was engaged to hold a series of meet- ings in the Christian church building, which at the time was unoccupied. These meetings resulted in a few con- versions, and from that time to the pres- ent the work has continued. After Mr. Bates left, Rev. W. H. Jackson, pastor of the church at Spring- water, took up the work as a supply, which was continued by him and his successor. Rev. Warren Tefft, until Dec. 1896, when a church was organized with but seven members. For a few months Mr. Tefft had charge of the work, and in November, 1897, Rev. Lauren Dillon was secured as the first pastor and remained until October, 1 899. He was succeeded by Rev. George J. French and his wife. Rev. Mrs. Ella J. French, both ministers, and at the writing of this article they are both with the church. From the few original members the list has increased to twenty. A Sunday school has been organized, which from a small beginning has grown to a mem- bership of about fifty. There is also a Ladies' society in the church, as well as a Young Peoples' society, all of which are growing '"and working with the church. For some time it was thought that the society should secure a permanent place of meeting, and an effort was made to purchase the Christian church HISTORY OF WAYLAND, property, which was finally accomplished, and the church now owns its place of worship, and at the present writing ar- rangements are about completed to enlarge and improve the building. It is a work from a small beginning, but with the same stead)^, determined and sacrificing effort put forth in the future that has characterized its promo- ters in the past, it is destined to be a permanent factor in the histoiy of Way- land. The Rev. George J. French was born in Cass county, Mich., May 23, 1852, his early life being spent on a farm, ex- cept during terms devoted to schooling and teaching. He was licensed to preach by the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Advent Christian Conference at Buchanan, Mich., in 1882, and ordained by the same Conference at Sumptious Prairie, Ind., in 1885. He h£is held successful pastorates in New Albany and Bridgeport, Indiana, and in central and northern Illinois, and in Rochester, N. Y., and assumed the pulpit of the Wayland church in Octo- ber, 1899. His wife, Mrs. Rev. Ella J. French, is his able and graceful associate pastor. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. From early times there have been many members of the Christian denom- ination in this vicinity, and classes have been organized in several school dis- tricts, that at East Springwater dating from 1830. The creed of the denomi- nation is set forth in the record book of this class as follows : October the i6th, 1830. We, whose names are underwritten, being assembled at one place in the Town of Springwater, and professing to be the Disciples, of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, viewing it our duty, as N. Y. 139 much as in us lies, to come out from among and be separate from the world, and to do all that in us lies for the up- building of our Redeemer's Kingdom in this world, we, therefore, cheerfully give ourselves up to the Lord in church government, and to each other to walk together in love, and to watch over each other for good. And in preference to all sectarian names, cheerfully take upon us the name of "Christian." Taking the scrip- tures of the Testament as our rule of faith and practice, and to be governed by the same. Amen. The method of discipline is also illus- trated in this same record book : "At a Church Meeting of the Breth- eren on the Sixteenth day of June, 1832, the case of Br. was taken into Consideration for Braking the Sab- bath and withdrew the hand of fellow- ship from him. "Also withdrew the hand of fellow- ship from Br . Also from Bro. for intoccication and Stubbern- ess. Also from Br. for not con- fessing his rongs." In 1864 the members of several dasses, and those scattered throughout this vicinity were brought together, and a church organized in this village, the work being accomplished through the untiring efforts of the Rev. A. J. Wel- ton. A church building was erected, and for a number of years the society flourished, but with Mr. Welton's remo- val from town, about 1874, it lost its cohesive power and dechned. The building was used for occasional reli- gious meetings for a number of years, and in 1900 passed to the ownership of the Advent Christian society. ST. Joseph's catholic church. (Facts Contributed by Rev. J. B. Stemler.) Sacred Heart church of Perkinsville is the pioneer Catholic church of Steu- ben county, having been organized on 140 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. POST OFFICE BUILDING, ^o. 8 N. Main Street. Sandy Hill in 1851. It may fairly be called the, "mother of churches," as from it have sprung both of the Dans- ville churches and those at Hammonds- port, Wayland and Cohocton. The separation of the thirty-five fam- ilies that withdrew to form ihe St. Jos- eph's congregation came with reluctaiice and some heart-burnings, as is usual in all home-leaviri'gs, but it was evidently a wise course for both people and church, and one taken only after a most careful investigation of the matter by the late Bishop Ryan. Most of 'the families from Wayland were obliged to walk to church, and their children to school, and the growth of the congregation made a new church edifice a necessity either at Perkinsville or Wayland. The consent of the Bishop having been gained, work was begun during the summer of 1880, and the church building, 76 feet by 42 feet, erected and the parsonage built and furnished at a total cost of nearly ;^4,ooo. The dedi- cation was held on January 26, 1881. The Bishop being snow-bound at Avon, telegraphed the visiting clergy to pro- ceed with the services, and when he arrived for the evening service he was so well pleased with the appointments of the church and parsonage that he immediately sent a resident priest. The Rev. George Zurcher was the first pastor, and remained about a year and a half, during the latter part of the time supplying Cohocton in addition to his work in Wayland. He was succeed- HISTORY OF WAYLAXD, N. Y. 141 CLARK No. 6 N. ed by the Rev. Theodore Voss, in Oct- ober, 1882, during whose pastorate the school house was built and the pipe organ purchased. In March, 1885, the Rev. Joseph Fischer succeeded to the care of the parish, and he, in turn, was followed by the Rev. Joseph M. Thies in September, 1888. Father Thies was especially gifted in financial management, and during his encumbency the church building was enlarged to 1 08 feet by 42 feet, the church debt was entirely paid, the parochial school placed under the care of the Sisters of St. Francis, of Buffalo, and the pastor's salary raised to ^800 per annum. The Rev. C. Kaelin was assigned to BUILDING, Main SLreet. the parish February i, 1894, and during his pastorate many minor improvements were made in the church property and at the Cemetery. When the Rev. J. B. Stemler, the present pastor, came to Wayland in September, 1 896, it seemed that his pre- decessors had left him little to do in the way of improving the property, but in many ways he has found it possible to repair and embellish the buildings and furnishings, and has fully sustained the record of his predecessors. The Rev. J. B. Stemler is a native of Ellenhauser, Germany, where he was born September 7, 1863. He received his education at the Montabour and Paderburn College, and at the Eisstaedt 142 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, Seminary, and was ordained for the Diocese of Buffalo in the city of Mainz. His several assignments have been at Dunkirk and at Elmira as Assistant, and at Strykersville, Bennington and Wayland as Rector. N. Y. THE UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH. (Facts Contributed by Bev. L. M. Dice.; In 1875, the "Dansville circuit" ot the Evangelical Association of North America, in which the Wayland charge was then included, was transferred from the New York Conference, which was largely a German speaking body, to the Central Pennsylvania Conference, which was composed of English speak- ing adherents of the denomination, and under this regime the following pastors were appointed to the circuit : Rev. J. F. Shultz, 1876-78 ; Rev. J. H. Peters, 1878-80; Rev. W. N. Wallis, Rev. J. H. Welsh, Assistant,— 1880-83 ; Rev. J. M. Price, 1883-87 ; Rev. B. F. Keller 1887-89; Rev. W. E. Brilhart, 1889-91; Rev. S. E. Koontz, 1891-94. At the division of the denomination that occurred about 1894, the circuit remained with the English branch and became attached to the resultant United Evangelical denomination. The Rev. J. W. Thompson, who was appointed to the circuit in the spring of 1894, at once began a movement for a church building in this village, and. so successful were his efforts, that in Sep- tember of that year the present edifice was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. W. M. Stamford, D. D., one of the Bishops of the Church. The building had cost in round figure.?, $4,000. The circuit was divided in 1 896, by making Brown Hill, South Church and Dutch Street a circuit by themselves. and leaving Wayland, East Springwater and Carney Hollow as the "Wayland Station" circuit. The Rev. John M. King succeeded Mr. Thompson in the spring of 1897, and during his pastorate did a great work for the society socially and finan- cially as well as spiritually. The number of members enrolled in 1880 was sixteen, which had increased to about one hundred in 1900, and the church supports active societies of Christian Endeavor, Gospel Gleaners, Ladies' Aid and a large Sunday School. The building debt is being rapidly ex- tinguished. The Rev. John M. King is descended from an old Cumberland county, (Pa.), family, and was born at Springfield, Pa., in 183.9, ^iid received his education in the common school of his town, the Cumberland County Normal School and the Big Spring Academy. For twelve years he taught, during the latter part of the time as principal of the Leesburg school, ranking among the foremost teachers of the county. In 1869 he entered the ministry of the Evangelical church, his charges having been : Boals- burg Circuit, 1 869-70 ; Madisonburg, 1870-71; Nittany Valley Circuit, 1871- 72; Liberty, 1872-74; Grover, 1874- 77 ; Milesburg, 1877-80; Grover, 1880- 83; Williamsport, 7th Ward, 1883-86; Center Hall, i886-88;Clintondale, 1888- 90; Warrenville, 1890-93; Jersey Shore, 1893-97 ; Wayland, N. Y., 1897- 01. When the civil war broke out he enlisted for three months, and in 1863 enlisted again for six months as a pri- vate in Co. I, 2 1st Pa. Cav., being pro- moted to the rank of second sergeant. Re-enlisting in the same regiment, Co. G, for three years, he served until May HtstokV OF WaVLanId, :N[. V. 1 864, as commissary sergeant, when he house of John Branch. succumed to camp fever, and was sent to a hospital, from which he was dis- charged at the close of the war. In 1865 he married Miss Hatton, of Ship- pensburg, and of three children, two daughters, are living. Mr. King is a member of Bald Eagle Subordinate Lodge, I. O. O. F. of Nilesburg, Pa.; of the Canton, Pa., Encampment ; of the Reno Post, Williamsport, Pa., G. A. R. He has been a constant contribu- 443 It was the final resting place for the pioneers of this end of the town, and it was here that the Perkins, the Begoles, the Karachers and their neighbors came "with dirges due in sad array" to entomb the mortal remains of their beloved dead. Soon after the Messrs. Hess planned the village, a cemetery association was formed, of which James G. Bennett was secretary, and which, in 1858, purchased of William Rosenkrans what is now the RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE FOX, No. 45 S. Main Street. tor to the religious press, and his pro- fessional career as teacher and clergy- man has been remarkably successful. A gentleman of great earnestness and of affable disposition, he wins friends wherever he goes, and his influence is felt in lines of work outside of his own congregation. THE WAYLAND CEMETERY. . The first cemetery in the village of Wayland was situated on West Naples street on the site now occupied by the central part of the present cemetery. Many citizens at once removed the re- mains of their dead from the old ceme- tery to lots in this new one, and m 1870 a bill was passed by the legislature that provided for the removal of those that remained. The southern portion was added to the cemetery by John Hess, and a few years ago Warren Frazer purchased lands from the Rosenkrans farm which he added to the north side. 144 HISTORY Ot" WAYLAND, N. Y. The cemetery question is an impor- tant problem for Wayland people, and one that demands immediate considera- tion., The expanding limits of the vil- lage render the present location extreme- ly undesirable ; a growing village means a corresponding growth of its necropo- lis, and the topography of the adjoining lands is unsuitable for its future exten- sion ; the original plotting was on too contracted a scale to permit of ever making it the beautiful resting place for the "ashes of our fathers," that love and reverence require and an efficient and continuing management is needed to care for the grounds. These reasons, combined with the fact that every month's delay means an added expense seem to make immediate action an im- perative necessity. THE women's christian TEMPERANCE UNION. (Facts Contributed by Mrs. Lucinda B. Avery.) For several years prior to the forma- tion of the local branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union there had been no organized effort, outside of the churches, to counteract the baneful in- fluence of th€ liquor traffic in the village of Wayland. The Independent Order of Good Templars had, at several different per- iods, maintained an active and aggres- sive branch in the town, but had as often lost its cohesive power through the withdrawal of its leading members, either by removal from Wayland or by the increased demands on their time of other interests. The Saloon element, though numeri- cally weaker, was as strongly intrenched as it ever had been in a town particu- larly noted for its traffic in this line. When, therefore, Mrs. Clara 0. Had- ley came to deliver an illustrated tem- perance lecture at the opera house, Feb. 19, 1897, she found the sentiment of her hearers ripe for renewed warfare against the arch enemy of home and society, and with the assistance of Prof H. P. Van Liew, organized the Way- land Branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union with the following charter members : Mesdames H. P. Van Liew, C. S. Avery, A. A. Piatt, S. Dodge, C. C. Tinker, M. Tenbrooke, J. B. Fogal, Amy Miller, G. S. Davis and the Misses Bertha Dodge and Cordelia Miller. The officers chosen for the first year were Mrs. H. P. Van Liew president ; Mrs. C. S. Avery vice-president ; Mrs. Grant S. Davis recording secretary ; Mrs. A. A. Piatt corresponding secre- tary. Thus organized these eleven women took up their unequal task, feel- ing, as Paul said : "that by all means they might save some." The initial meeting was held on Feb. 25 th, and was presided over by Mrs. Anna Hart of Hornellsville, the presi- dent of the county branch of the society. The object of the Union broadly stated is "To plan and carry forward, as far as possible, the suppression of in- temperance in the midst of us." Its pledge, "I hereby solemnly promise, God being my helper, to obstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use and traffic in the same." Its motto, "For God, home and native land." Since the first meeting twenty-two names have been added to the roll of members and those of five "brother HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 145 helpers." Parlor meetings have been held with a great degree of regularity, and with a growing interest. The "mother's department" and suffrage discussions being especially important. March 23-24, 1898, the local branch entertained the county convention of the Union, which was addressed by Mrs. Ella Boole, Vice-President of the New York State organization. The present officers are : Mrs. H. P. Van Liew, President, Mrs. C. C. Tinker, Vice-President. Mrs. B. J. Scott, Secretary. Mrs. M. Tenbrooke, Treasurer. Superintendents : Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Schwingle, Evangelical Work, Mothers' Meetings, Parlor Readings, Press Work, Literature, Franchise, Narcotics, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Shults, Mrs. Tinker, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Avery, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Pardee, Mrs. Miller. THE WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL. (Contributed Dy Prof. J. Wells Reed.) On November 4th, 1881, a meeting of the legal voters of School District, No. I, Town of Wayland was held, pursuant to a call signed by G. W. Morehouse, C. C. Tinker, and G. S. Ingraham, as trustees of the district. This movement was made upon the petition of seventeen legal voters, re- questing a vote upon the proposition of forming a Union Free School in the district. The proposition was carried by a vote of seventeen to five, and the fol- lowing men were chosen as trustees under the new regime : George W. Morehouse, Charles C. Tinker, G. Sey- more Ingraham, Isaac W. Secor, Ham- ilton S. Rosenkrans. Everett M. Fov/- ler was appointed treasurer, and John Weed collector. Thus the above date became an im- portant one in the educational history of Wayland. Another date of marked significance is 1894, when the school was placed under the jurisdiction of the University of the State of New York. Still another, 1898, marks an advance. In that year the department of academ- ic studies was made a high school. The graduate of Wayland since that date, having secured a diploma, has the testi- monial of the Regents of the Univer- sity that his instruction has been of a degree that ensures thoroughness, and such diploma is worth as much as if ob- tained in an academy or seminary of renown. The largest school meeting held in the district was in 1886 when C. M. Jervis and C. S. Avery were chosen trustees. The following citizens have been members of the Board of Trustees : Dr. H. A. Whitfield, Harris Curtis, Mar- tin Kimmel, Dr. N. N. St. John, C. M. Jervis, C. S. Avery, H. S. Rosenkrans, J. A. Morris, J. A. Schwingle, I. W. Secor, Hon. W. W. Clark, George Nold, William Flora, G. C. Deitzel, R. C. Neill, Sylvester Dodge, P. H. Zimmer- man, W. R. Guile, and Mrs. Gertrude Shults, elected in 1900. Mr. Clark has the record for the longest continuous service on the board. The first principal under the Union School administration was Prof S. W. Oley. The other men who have held the position are : T. F. Pangburn, W. W. Smith, H. P. Van Liew, R. L. That- 146 cher, W. G. Benedict, R. E. Salisbury, M. E. Gibbs, B. S. McNinch, F. K. Congdon, B. A., J. W. Reed, B. A. The last report — that of 1900 — has the following statistics : Number of children between 5 and 18 in the district . Number in attendance during some part of the year . . Number of volumes in the library Number of teachers empl'yd Amount of receipts .... HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. ten >ears ago to-night, on the evening of February 21, 1890. Of the eleven persons then present, all are living, but only four reside in Wayland at this time, J. A. Morris, Mrs. Shults, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark. For the sake of his- torical accuracy, the names of those who attended that first meeting are here given : Prof R. E. Salisbury and his daughter. Miss Ora Salisbury, Miss Louise Herrick, Mrs. Gertrude Shults, Mrs. Wesley Capron,Mi.ss Rose Capron, 290 205 750 6 ^3.658 82 RESIDENCE OF MK. PETER H. ZIMMERMAX, Cor. Scott and Fremont Streets. THE LOWELL CLUB. (The following article kindly loaned by Hon. W. W. Clark, was prepared by him for tbe meeting on the tenth anniversary of the organization of the Low- ell Clubbeldat his home on the evening of Feb. 21.1900) The Lowell Club had its origin very much after the same fashion adopted at the organization of all similar socie ties. The first meeting of the eleven ladies and gentlemen who proposed to form a literary society in Wayland was held in this house; and in this very room, Mr. J.A. Morris, Leon Tinker, Verne St. John, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark. The club was organized because its charter members desired increased ac- quaintance with the literature of our own and other days, and also improve- ment of their social standing, and they, believing that such ends could best be attained by organization, declared them- selves a society, whose tenth anniversary we now celebrate. At this first meeting so many years HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 147 KEV. JOHN ago, when Wayland had not more than half its present population, Prof Salis- bury, Miss Herrick and Mr. Clark were appointed a committee to prepare a constitution and by-laws The meeting of the committee to draft the constitu- tion and by-laws was held at the resi- dence of Prof Salisbury a night or two subsequently, all the members of the committee being present. Miss Herrick, who was a teacher in our Union School, was a lady of many graces of mind and character, and, withal, very brainy. The other members of the committee had suggestions enough, most of which were overruled, because of better ones made by Miss Herrick, and our admira- ble constitution as we know it to-day, and under which we have lived and prospered as a society for ten years, was gotten up and written out at that one B. STEMLER. meeting, but was very largely the work of Louise Herrick. The committee made its report at the meeting held on March i, 1890, and the constitution and by-laws were adopt- ed without change or amendment, and the committee was discharged. At the same meeting of the club the first offi- cers, were elected. Prof Salisbury as President; Laura Pinneo, Vice-president; Verne St. John, secretary; and W. W. Clark, treasurer, and of these first offi- cers, the latter alone remains a resident of Wayland. Prof Salisbury, our first president, was a splendid presiding offi- cer. Those of us who knew him re- member his fervent love for the Lowell Club. How regularly he attended its meetings. His masterful way of saying things and doing things for the benefit of the club, his dignity and courtly 148 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. MR. GRANT M. CURTIS. bearing, and his strict discipline, without his ever showing the slightest suspicion that he was not appreciative of the im- portance of his position at every meet- ing and all the time. There wasn't anything silly or frivolous about our first president in any relation he bore to the club. He was dignified, conser- vative, at times inclined to be austere, but always a gentleman, and the Lowell Club of later years owes much of its success to the solid foundations laid at the beginning, and largely through the personal influence of Rhyland E. Salis- bury. He was then principal of our village school, a man of many accom- plishments and very high ability. Al- though he left us long ago, his work remains, and those of us who knew him remember him with admiration and respect. Miss Laura Pinneo was our first vice- president. She came from Prattsburg, where several of our most valued mem- bers first saw the light of day, and was for years a teacher in our Union School. Miss Pinneo was one of the most be- loved of the many excellent teachers Wayland has given to the world, fool- ishly permitting them to leave us be- cause of a false economy on the part of many people who think a teacher should work for $6.co a week, and pay for their board and washing out of it, but she was here long enough to stamp on the minds of many of Wayland's boys and girls the impress of her strong char- acter. Miss Pinneo now resides at Kingston, in this state, where she has a position of i.riportance in the city schools. Our first secretary was Verne St. John. He was, until recently, living in Livingston county, has married, and divides his time about equally between his duties in the school-room and try- ing to keep out of jail for thrashing un- ruly students. The first treasurer of the Club was this writer, who is still here as a living proof that he did not abscond with the Club's finances. The first regular program was ren- dered at the meeting held March 4, 1890, and from that time to the present the meetings have raiely been interrupt- ed, excepting during the usual summer vacation. Wayland at the time of the organiza- tion of this society was a very different village from the Wayland of to-day. Indeed, there is very little here now to remind us of the Wayland of ten years ago. With a population of a little over seven hundred people, and with a saloon for every fifty people here, including men, women and children, it really wasn't a very fertile soil in which to plant a literary society, but it was star- ted, has always flourished, and has done and is still doing most excellent work. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 149 It was not, however, our first literary dent of the club one term, and proved society, for in 1880, the Wayland Liter- herself to be a very efficient official, ary Society was organized, but it was managing the affairs of the society, as managed with indifferent success, and she did those of her school-room, with finally went the way of all earthly tact and decision. things. Mr. H. V. Pratt, the only other presi- We have had four presidents besides dent not yet mentioned, held the posi- Prof Salisbury. Charles M Jervis was tion longer than any of his predecessors, one of them * * * Mr. Julian A. Mor- and this was because of his peculiar fit- ris, the present president, is not new to ness for the office of president. I know the position, for he held it early in our more about him than any one else, (al- history. His loyalty to the society from ways excepting the partner of his joys RESIDENCE OF MR. ALBERT BARTHOLOMEW, Nij. 8 Water Street. its first meeting to this very hour, his high standing as a man and a citizen, have endeared him to the members of the club and our citizens generally, and when a complete history of the Lowell Club shall be written, it will record the fact that the Club's continued success has been achieved largely through the fidelity to its interests of Mr. Morris and his estimable wife. Miss Mary K. Harris, the former pre- ceptress of the High School, was presi- and sorrows, of his likes and dislikei?, his desires and ambition.s,) and it is un- hesitatingly said that in every relation he has borne to the club, either as its' official head, or in the ranks, he has been a model member. The old law office, if it could speak, could tell great tales of his plans for the betterment of the Lowell Club, most of which were adopted and carried into execution. Long may he live in active relations with the club, and with an earnest sup- ISO HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. PROF. HENRY plication— by way of parenthesis — that my constant efforts to reform his abom- inable politics may not have been in vain. Time forbids reference to other of- ficers and members of the club, but it is enough to say that our membership has been made up of ladies and gentlemen who honestly believed that the best friendships are to be found among culti- vated people, and while our literary ef- forts may not have been dazzling in their brilliancy, it can be said that our essays and debates and papers have had a fair degree of literary merit. So our first ten years as an organ- ization has gone by. It finds us still prosperous and vigorous. Our recruits have come largely from the teachers, most of whom have taken a great inter- est in the club, and have without an ex- ception been valuable additions to its membership. As they have gone and come, and the faces are yearly changing, the four charter members remaining in p. VAN LIEW. Wayland, and all others, must ht im- pressed with life's changing scenes, its ties of manly and womanly friend.ships cemented for life or broken at the part- ing here, in proportion to the sturdiness of our characters. Out of influences born in this club during the last ten years have been formed associations and relations which will last through life. In view of that fact, and the general good socially as well as intellectually here accomplished, it can be said that the founders of the Lowell Club builded better than they knew. As to the future it is not given to me to speak, for it can not be known. No mortal power can lift the veil, but if a wish might be indulged, it would be that another ten years might find the Lowell Club still living and prosperous. That peace and joy and prosperity might attend each one of our members in whatever clime abiding. That the friendships formed within the circle of this organization might be more closely HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. iSi HOTEL BUILDING OF MR. ALEXANDER ENGEL, is from the current number of the Way- land Press. cemented. That they might be lasting, and, finally, that somehow out of the influence and association here enjoyed we might each be taught, in the passing years, the secret, denied to many, of really getting the better things out of this little life, for after all, life is really worth the living, and we can make it, God willing, as noble as we choose. THE CHAMPION HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY. (Facts Contributed by Mr. H. L. Moora.) At the third annual re-union of the Champion Hook and Ladder Company, held March 7, 1876, Mr. Butler M. Morris, addressing the members in be- half of the citizens, gave the following data concerning the history of the organization to that time. The report "I am glad to repeat what you al- ready know, that the Champion Hook and Ladder Company, No. i, of Way- land, is not only a pageant on parade, but an organization of service in the hour of deepest peril. And, gentlemen, let me say to you that this company should have a large place in our hearts. We are glad that they have not had much active service in the past, but let us not ignore the fact that they have spent their time and money to be ready for any emergency that may arise. They should have our support, our en- couragement and co-operation. Speak- ing of equipment I am reminded that a history of this company since its organ- ization would not be out of place at this time. It was organized March 7, 1873, by making 152 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. H. W. Garnsey, Foreman, H. L. Moora, Asst. Foreman, John W. Doughty, Secretary, C. C. Tinker, Treasurer. "In June of that year they bought the Hook and Ladder wagon at an ex- pense of ;^200, one hundred of which was subscribed and paid by the citizens of Wayland.and one hundred dollars by the cpmpany. "In 1874 the following officers were elected : '£,«' ■ ' N. W. Schubmehl, Foreman, H. L. Moora, Asst. Foreman, A. L. Overpeck, Secretary. H. Schley, Treasurer. "In August 1874, they bought thirty rubber buckets at an expense of $60.00 and the company paid for them. In 1875, the following officers were elected: Henry Schley, President, E. M. Fowler, Vice President, ' H. L. Moora, Foreman, Geo. Schwingle,' Asst. Foreman, A. L. Overpeck, Secretary, John W. Doughty, Treasurer, "On the 19th of January, 1875, they bought a fire bell at an expense of $21.50. "In February of that year they built an addition to their truck house and put a belfry upon it and hung their bell at an expense of $33.00. They painted and repaired their wagon at a cost of $26.55, and bought two speak- ing trumpets and paid therefor $10.50. "In 1876 the following officers were elected : Henry Schley, President, A. L. Overpeck, Vice President, H. L. Moora, Foreman, Henry S. Struble,Asst. Foreman, F. H. Wood, Secretary, Christian Klein, Treasurer. "At the organization of this company each member, to the number of thirty, provided himself with a uniform costing $7.21 each, making $216.30. They have recently bought thirty helmet caps, costing $84.50, and thirty bidges at $30. and paid $22.25 for printing the by-laws of the company. The com- pany is now in good running order, ready for duty at a momenf s notice, with 28 members in good standing. The company is provided with a truck house, and a session room, which is furnished with stove, chairs,lamps,desks, books, etc., the furnishing of which cost $36.25, and the annual rent of both places costs $27.. "The outfit as it now stands has cost, in round figures, the sum of $821.76. "Now, gentlemen, this history given in this brief manner speaks for itself They have had, I had almost forgotten to say, three alarms of fire and turned out to all of them. One at "Kimmel & Morris saw mill ; one at the Hess block, and one the burning of William Rau- ber's barn." The company at first kept their truck in the barn belonging to Mrs. Rebecca Lenhart's place — now Valentine Hem- mer's — and used a room in the wing of her house for their session room. Lat- er they became tenants of Adam Pfaff", at what is now the St. James hotel, and, in 1 88 1, they built a truck houje on lands rented of Bert Chase on East Naples street, afterward moving the building to a lot purchased on the west side of South Main street. This build- ing and lot, now occupied by F. A. Munn, was sold in 1894 when their present building was erected. Several years since they purchased a handsome new truck, and their equip- ment is now unexcelled by any Hook and Ladder company is this section of the state. Their building has cost them nearly $7,000 beyond the expense of their elaborate furnishings and apparatus. This large sum has been raised by sub- cription, by assessment and principally by entertainments; picnics, dances, fairs, etc. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 153 ST. JOSEPH S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, Fremont Street. It is to the untiring energy of Henry L. Moora more than to any one memr ber that the success of the organization is due, and its prosperity is largely a triumph of his zealous and constant effort. For twenty-five years, 1874- 1899, he served as Foreman of the com- pany. The original members were : H. W. Garnsey, H. L. Moora, J. W. Doughty, C. C. Tinker, G. T. Burgess, H. C. Bill, J. H. Dodge, H. O. Fay, E. M. Fowler, E. C. Grover, C. Klein, H. Klein, S. G. Marts, A. L. Overpeck, A. E. Overpeck, Julius Peck, G. W. Pope, J. C. Redmond, Jno. Rosenkrans, A. Sauerbier, H. Schley, J. E. Young, W. B. Southwick, H. H. Schumacher, G. Klein, P. Yochem, H. Stannarius, R. C. Neill, J. Keil, I. White, C. Folts, J. Rectenwaldt, J. A. Meyer, N. W. Schubmehl, J. W. Lewis, G. C. Young, W. F. Adams, G. Schwingle, R Deitch, F. O. Redmond, H. Glover, M. Boothe, C. Benjamin. The present. officers are: Nicholas Schu, Jr., President, Frank Engel, Vice-President, G. C. Young, Foreman, P. H. Schu, Assistant Foreman, John Kimmel, Recording Secretary, S. E. Patchin, Financial Secretary, G. E. Whiteman, Treasurer. THEODORE SCH LICK POST, NO. 3I4, G. A. R. (Facts Contributed by Christian J. Weiermiller.) The society of the Grand Army of the Republic, which was first organized in Illinois, in 1866, for the purpose of maintaining by civil action what had been accomplished by force of arms, proved a most popular movement among those elegible to its membership, and its spirit speedily spread throughout the land. Posts being formed with remarka- ble rapidity, until the great mass of vet- erans were enrolled under its banners. On November 21, 1882, the old soldiers of the village and vicinity of Wayland received the Charter for the Theodore Schlick Post, No. 314. It named in honorable memory of was 154 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. MR. ADDISON L. MORLEV. Major Theodore N. Schlick of Bath, who had enhsted as Major of the 23d New York Infantry April 30, 1861, and was promoted to Major of the 22nd New York Gavalty, and was killed at Kerneysville, Va., August 22, 1864, Bequeathing to his county a record of faithful service and able command. The original members named in the Charter were : Christian J. Weiermiller, William Schutz, Valentine Kurtz, Milton Koons, J. Nicholas Bill, Henry Weier- miller, Edgar Clark, George Adam Sel- big, Ebenezer M. Robinson, George Young, Melvin M. Smith, Erastus Wel- lington, Nicholas Wolfariger. During the 28 years of its existence the Post has enrolled a total of ninety- fline-members, of whom twenty-two have answered the final reveille. The observance of Memorial Day has been sedulously kept, and the gentle relief of comrades, and of the families of deceased comrades, which forms such a noble part of the work of the organization, has never been permitted to falter. The regular business meetings occur on the first Friday evening of each' month. Following are the officers at the present time : Albert Sauerbier, Commander, Chauncey S. Aveiy, Sen. Vice-Com'dr. Albert D. Curtis, Junior James H. Totten, Chaplain, George Conrad, Surgeon, Ernest Knauer, Quartermaster, George Marts, Officer of the Day, Christian J. Weiermiller, Adjutant, Sylvester Fisher, Sergeant Master, George Fox, Quartermaster, Sergeant. WAYLAND BRANCH NO. lOI, C. M. B. A. (Facts Contributed by Charles J. Rauber.) The late Rt. Rev. S.V. Ryan, Bishop of Buffalo, is affectionately regarded as HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 155 of the Catholic Mutual but the constitutional number of mem- the "Father' ^eiiefit Association by Jhe mem-be-rs of th^t society, the organization being the out-growth of his suggestion. Its object i$ to 9.ffor4 its members the inestimable Jjpnefits of life insurance at the lowest cost consistent with safe financiering, to be paid in easy instalments, and beyond protection to those dependent on its ipembers it also affor4s the advantage^ of a fraternal organization. The Association was organized in bers, it has attained a membership of forty-five, and during its fourteen years of existence has not had a death in its ranks. (Since Jan. i, 1 901, has occurred the death of Frank Poch, and the mem- bership has since increased to 84.) The meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The present officers are : Martin Kimmel, Jr., President, Philip N. Conrad, First Vice-President, RESIDENCE OF MR. MARTIN KIMMEL, No. 78 W. Naples Street 1876, and incorporated under the New York State law in 1879. On January I, 1901, it had about 55, 000 members, and during the twenty-five years of its existence had paid to the beneficiaries of its deceased members nearly $10,- oco.ooo.oo. The Wayland Branch, No. xoi, was organized in March, 1887, under the pastorate and through the efforts of the ^ev. Joseph Fischer. Beginning with John'^Kramer,^ 'Second Vice-President, Charles J. Rauber, Recording Secretary, John Wolff, Assistant John Kimmel, Financial Secretary, Anthon Wolff, Treasurer. John F. Kiel, Marshall, Daniel Honan, Guard, Daniel Tiemey, ^ John Vogt, Sr., | Anthon Wolff, |> Trustees. John Kimmel, ( George Nold. J 156 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. WAYLAND LODGE, NO. 1 76, I. O. O. F. (Contributed by Hon. W. W. Clark.) Wayland Lodge No. 1 76 I. O. O. F. was organized and instituted on the evening of December 21st, 1888, and was the pioneer secret organization in the town of Wayland. For a long time before the actual institution of a lodge of Odd Fellows in Wayland, there had been a very general desire among the men of the village to have such an Bu;inell, of Dansville, assisted by Odd Fellows from Dansville, Bath, Corning, and other towns in the vicinity. Dr. Henry A. Whitfield was installed that night as the first Noble Grand of the Lodge, and William W. Clark as the first Vice Grand. The lodge has been strong and helpful to its members from the start. It was organized with an idea of making it so good in all respects that men would voluntarily seek its ad- vantages, and it has never been its CHAS. HENCHEN S. Main organization, but to the late Edwin Goodno belongs the chief credit of organizing a lodge of Odd Fellows in our village. He had long been a mem- ber of the famous Canaseraga Lodge I. O. O. F., of Dansville, and on mov- ing to Wayland in the eighties had missed his lodge home, and was never content until the Odd Fello^ys were established in Wayland. The lodge was instituted under the direction of Past Grand Master, A. O. S BARBER SHOP, street. policy to solicit candidates for member- ship. The principles of the order of Odd Fellowship have been many times illus- trated by acts of brotherly kindness on the part of members of the local lodge to brothers in distress, and the members of Wayland Lodge are proud of its record and standing in secret society circles. It has commodious and attractive rooms in the Bryant Building, whefe it HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 157 and its membership from that time on was due largely to was instituted, averages about sixtv-five, and it has no indebtedness. It was never more pros- perous, or better beloved by its mem- bers than it is to-day, and the future looks bright indeed, for its purpose is not to excel in mere numbers, but to be an abiding source of helpfulness to those who seek its fraternal advantages, and thus to become one of the valued institutions of the village. Following is a list of the Charter members of the Lodge : Henry A. Whitfield, Y'^illiatn W. Clark Eugene S. Arnold, William H. Green, Charles M. Jervis, John A. Rosenkrans, James .E. Showers, Valentine JCausch, Jr. John A. Schwingle, John H. Cooney, Richard C. Neill, Wilbur F. Adams, Everett M. Fowler, Edwin Goodno Geo. E. Whiteman, WAYLAND TENT, NO. 220, K. O. T. M. Contributed by Dr. George M . Peabody . Wayland Tent, No. 220, Knights of the Maccabees was organized June 9th, 1893, with William H. Green as Past Commander ; George E. Whiteman, Commander; Peter H. Zimmerman, Lieut Commander ; Henry V. Pratt, Record Keeper. The tent started with a membership of sixteen, and not until the summer of 1897 did the member- ship increase. At that time Deputy Great Commander Morse, of Auburn, N. Y., came to Wayland to revive the Tent to renewed action, and to give instruction in the new degree work. Deputy Morse was very successful in his efforts, and raised the membership to over thirty, since which time the Tent has steadily grown until at present it numbers over one hundred, being the largest organization in town. At the time of Deputy Morse's visit, P. H. Zimmerman was chosen Comman- der, and the rapid growth of the Tent his earnest and efficient work in that office, which he held for five years. In 1900, Grant S. Davis was chosen Commander, and during his administra- tion the Tent more than doubled its membership. At the beginning of 1901 Mr. Davis refused a re-election, and Dr. George M. Peabody was chosen Commander, William A. Sauerbier, Lieut, Comman- der and Charles J. Rauber, Record Keeper. This article would not be complete without mention of Maynard H. Rosen- krans, who has served the Order as Record Keeper for several years faith- fully. The K. O. T. M. protects its Life Benefit members on the payment of a small graded monthly assessment, to the amount of from ^500 to ;^2,ooo, payable at death in full, or, on proof of total disability, payable in ten annual payments. A Sick and Accident Bene- fit is also a feature of the K. O. T. M., as many grateful Maccabees in Wayland can testify. With the Stars for our Tent, and the Deity our Light, we hope to grow and prosper in the land, and we are ready to welcome within our gates men of Good Will. NAHUAS TRIBE, NO. 379, THE RED MEN. (Facts Contributed by Albert Bartholomew.) Nahuas Tribe, No. 379, of the order of Red Men was organized February 2, 1898, with the following Charter mem- bers : Harry S. Peters George Lake Murray C. Hayward Frank Engle Douglass Lerch Mark L. Granger Edward P. Klein George E. Smith James C. Dorr Philip N. Conrad William H. Deitzel Peter Engel Elbert Merrill Grant Wright 158 Christain Klein Syd Kimball Gordon M. Patchin Salem Marsh Martin W. Snyder Jacob B. Whiteman John C. Magee Ernest Knauer E. Byrd Miller William H. Simmons Joseph A. Nold William Alf William Perault Frank D. Pursel Bert Goodno S. Bronson Young William W. Clark Frank C. Krug Albert Bartholomew George C. Young George E. Whiteman George C. Walling Andrew C. Shaver William C. Johnson Ray Middick Edwin Tyler Frederick Kuhn William H. Green' Frank J. Schu Elmer E. Persons HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. A. J. McDowell John Kimmel Leon C. Tinker S. Sillenbeck Rev. John M. King Martin Kimmel, Jr. Peter H. Zimmerman Doras Kimball John F. Kiel Fred C. Lander LeeVerneRosenkrans Frank K. Smith Glen D. Abrams Alva A. Piatt Ell Bigelow Frank J. Raufenbarth Charles A. Kellogg Charles H. Richards George H. Stannarius Michael G. Karagan George L. Robinson Merritt H. Baker John J. Schmidt John Kuhn Delbert Bartholomew, William Youse Nicholas Schu, Jr. Murray M. Totten Christian J. Fox Wiley W. Capron The present officers are : Sachem, George C. Young, Prophet, Murray M. Totten, Senior Sagamore, John Kuhn, Junior Sagamore, Douglas Lerch. Past Sachems, Gordon M. Patchin, Peter H. Zimmerman, Albert Bartholo- mew, Doras Kimball, Murray M. Tot-; ten, Ernest Knauer. Albert Bartholomew is the present District Deputy for the second district of Steuben county. WAYLAND LODGE, NO. 436, A. O. U. (Contributed by Dr. Bertram J. Baker.) W. Wayland Lodge, No. 436, of the An- cient Order of United Workmen was organized November 30, 1900, by Special Deputy, William McWhorter, with a Charter list of twenty members. The officers elected were : Past Master Workman,James C. Dorr, Master Workman, Bertram J. Baker, Foreman, William S. Caywood, Overseer, William A. Rowley, Financier, William H. Clark, Receiver, William A. Sauerbier. Wayland Lodge meets the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month in Odd Fellows' Hall. WE Wuri-AHD. Music Arkahobd by Miss Pf ^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. \. Harkjliaik! the gospel trumpet souodSiTbro'eartli and beav'o the echo boands; Fardonand peace by Jesus' blood! Sinners are re-concil-ed to God, By graced! 2. Come,8inncts,hear Ihcjoy-ful news, Hor longer dare the grace refuse ; Mer - cy and jus-t!ce here corn-bine, Goodness and truth harmonious join, 'T in-vite you 3. le saints in glo-ry, strike the lyre; temortalS|Catcb the sacred fire; let both the Saviour's love proclaim — For-ev-er wor-thy isthe lamb Of end-less p I 1 Tune from which Wayland was named. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. APPENDIX A. IS9 POPULATION OF TOWN AND VILLAGE 185O-I9OO. t kl k\ ^ r^ 5^ ^ % Z9-^o y 2900 / zfs-o / zSoo / zr-s-o \ fa) Z70O ^ X / zUo / s. / f zUo / \ / zsso 1 ~ / zsto / / Z4^t> 1 / Zf/-60 1 k / Z3S0 1 \^ / Z30C / X A ZZSo 1 ZiZoo j z/Si) j z/00 1 awa a srs. ba- Zooo Note :— (i) The building of the Railroad, 185 1-5 2. (2) The building of Mes. T. Millen & Son's Cement Factory, 1892. (3) The building of Cyphers' Incu tor Factory, 1 897. Year 1850 i860 1870 1880 1890 1900 Population- of Village * 60 * 200 * 388 605 679 1,307 Population of Town less that of Village 2,007 2,609 2,164 1.986 1,655 1,677 * Estimated. API VILL/ 'ENDI X B. ANCES. LGE FIN Assessed Per Tax Poll lax Total Year Valuation Capita Population Rate Tax Raised Expense Wealth For Year 1880 ;^iio,ioo ;$i82 605 .0025 |!i30 $ 406.50 $ 406.50 1890 137.15s 202 679 .0025 93 438.76 438.76 1900 530.231 897 1,307 .005 337 2,988.16 3,588.16* ♦Deficit ;^6oo. APPENDIX C. SPANISH WAR VETERANS. The following Wayland boys have served in the recent war with Spain. Frazer, David, private, loth U. S. Inf, Co. F. ; enl. April 22,1897 ; disch. April 22, 1900. At seige of Santiago June 1-25, 1898, and San Juan Hill July i, 1898. Schmidtz, John J., private, 9th U. S. Inf, Co. A; enl. Dec. 21, 1898. Served in Phillipines, now in China. Thornton, Charles L., private, 19th U. S. Inf, Co. B ; enl. May 25, 1899.; disch. Feb. 1900, disability. Served in Phillipines. Alf, William, private, Bat. O ; U. S. A. Stationed at Fort Riley, Kans. i66 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. ArPENDIX D. Supervisors TOWN OFFICERS. Town Clerks Collectors 1848 John Hess Samuel W. Epley Jonas B. Day 1849 tt (> Henry A. Weed Jacob McDowell 1850 II II II II f 1 It 1851 Daniel Poor Asahel McDowell Jonas B. Day 1852 John Hess Am'y K. Parmenter Aaron Saxton 1853 David Poor C. P. Whitman If II 1854 Myron M. Patchin Guy B. Bennett II 1855 John Hess Solomon F. Hess II II 1856 " " II If Gilbert Totten 1857 " '• Dexter S. Jolly (1 11 1858 James G. Bennett If II It it 1859 11 ti If II 11 II i860 It II Solomon F. Hess II It I86I 11 II Dexter S. Jolly Ira B. Pierce 1862 II (1 Nicholas Zimmerman John Miller 1863 Cl II II If If 1864 James P. Clark II II James Redmond 1865 It It II If John Miller 1866 James G. Bennett Geo. W. Morehouse Charles Thompson 1867 James P. Clark H. S. Rosenkrans Isaac W. Secor 1868 ames Redmond John E. Adams Adolph Werdein i86g i. A. Avery ft II 11 1 1 1870 James Redmond Henry B. Rice Peter Didas 1871 If II Nicholas Zimmerman Harris Curtis 1872 Martin Kimmel John E. Adams John P. Miller 1873 II i( Henry Schley N. W. Schubmehl 1874 Jacob Morsch ft II John P. Miller 1875 James G. Bennett Adalbert W. Moon Adolph Werdein 1876 II II Valentine Hoffman Char es Thompson 1877 F. E. Holiday George Folts Nicholas Walker 1878 John M. Folts H (( Peter Didas, Jr. i87g Martin Kimmel It 11 Missmg 1880 i< i< " " 1' 1881 1882 1883 Geo. E. Whiteman (E (t (f II II (( (( II 1884 H. S. Rosenkrans George Nold Urban Didas 1885 tt It i I 1 ( It (1 1886 John P. Morsch William H. Bill Henry H. Robinson 1887. : " " Valentine Kausch, Jr. 1 1 II 1888 Andrew A. Granger II II John Lander 1889 Wilbur W. Capron Albert G. Bennett ■' If 1890 Jacob B. Whiteman John Kimmel W. Fred Kiel 1891 II ti It K II II 1892 II ii (1 11 Christian Miller 1893 H. S. Rosenkrans George Nold II If 1894 John P. Morsch ti (( H. H. Schumacher 1895 f . 11 i« (< It It i8g6 Jacob B. Whiteman 11 1 1 William C. Folts 1897 ti II >i it Benj. Gottschall i8g8 William H. Green • t 1 1 Jesse W. Fuller 1899 i( (( II 11 Stephen Maker 1900 (( i( Ii 11 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. George J. Bill 1849 1850 I85I 1852 Myron M. Patchin Amos Knowlton Chauncey Moore Gardiner Pierce II ti Myron M. Patchin James G. Bennett Melvin D. Strickland 1853 Sylvester Holhday 1854 Myron M. Patchin 1855 James G. Bennett 1856 Melvin D. Strickland 1857 Myron, M. Patchin Sylvester Holliday 1858 Melvin D. Strickland Nicholas Zimmerman HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. i6i 1859 John H. Carpenter N. J. Somers 1980 i860 Tames H. Begole James E. Adams 1881 I86I 1882 Nicholas Zimmerman 188^ 1862 H. S. Rosenlcrans 1881 1863 William R. Hill 4. IJU^ 1885 1864 Nicholas Zimmerman 3 1865 James E. Adams 1886 1866 H. S. Rosenkrans 1887 1867 Aaron Saxton / 1888 t868 William Schutz 1889 1890 I89I 1869 James E. Adams 1870 Nicholas Zimmerman 1871 Franklin E. Holliday 1872 Peter Didas 1892 ^893 1873 James F. Wood 1874 Nicholas Zimmerman 1894 1895 1875 Franklin E. Holliday 1876 Peter Didas 1896 1897 1898 H. S. Rosenkrans 1877 Harvey B Rice 1878 James F, Wood J 1879 Franklin E. Holliday 1899 POSTMASTERS. 1852 John Hess 1875 1853 James G. Bennett I88I 1859 Dexter S. Jolly 1882 1861 Benjamin B. Hess i88s 1863 Solomon F. Hess 1889 186s Thomas A. Abrams 1894 1867 William Northrup 1900 Peter Didas William Schutz H. S. Rosenkrans James F. Wood Franklin E. Holliday Peter Didas William H, Green Peter H. Zimmerman Peter Didas, Jr. Jacob Werdem William Schutz Peter H. Zimmerman Peter Didas, Jr. H. S. Rosenkrans It .1 William Schutz Peter H. Zimmerman Peter Didas, Jr. H. S, Rosenkrans William Schutz Peter H. Zimmerman Seigle B. Dudley Peter Didas, Jr. Lee Verne Rosenkrans Henry Schley Henry W. Garnsey Wilbur W. Capron William H. Green Charles M. Jervis John Kimmel Peter H. Zimmerman President 1877 H. S. Rosenkrans APPENDIX E. VILLAGE OFFICERS. Trustees Guy B. Bennett Norton N. St. John Henry Schley Clerk Charles C. Tinker 1878 (i) " Norton N. St John Henry Schley Guy B. Bennett 1879 Butler M. Morris Guy B. Bennett R. Charles Neill Josiah Gray 1880 a << R. Charles Neill Josiah Gray James' E. Showers (i) 1 88 1 Norton N. St. John James E. Showers Charles F. Hann Nicholas Rauber l62 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 1882 Norton N. St. John 1883 William Flora 1884 Norton N. St John Charles F. Hann (2) Nicholas Rauber Samuel Overpeck Samuel Overpeck James G. Bennett Addison L. Morley James G. Bennett Addison L. Morley Nicholas Rauber Charles C. Tinker ti a Nicholas Schu, Jr. 1885 William Flora 1886 ii it 1887 Norton N. St. John Nicholas Rauber R Charles Neill Walter Bryant R. Charles Neill Walter Biyant Josiah Gray Josiah Gray Burton J. Scott H. S. Rosenkrans (t (( ti (( Julian A. Morris 1888 C. J. Weiermiller Burton J. Scott H. S. Rosenkrans Nicholas Rauber Charles C. Tinker 1889 a it Nicholas Rauber Burton J. Scott H. S. Rosenkrans 1890 Juhan A. Morris Burton J. Scott H. S. Rosenkrans Nicholas Rauber t ( (( 1 89 1 Norton N. St. John (3) 1892 Isaac W. Secor 1893 Norton N. St. John 1894 George E. Whiteman Nicholas Rauber Frank Kester Daniel Tierney (4) Frank Kester William Flora Frank K. Smith (5) H. S. Rosenkrans Frank Kester Wilbur W. Capron Frank Kester Wilbur W. Capron Valentine Kausch, Jr. Peter H. Zimmerman HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 1895 George E. Whiteman Valentine Kausch, Jr. Frank Kester Wiley W. Capron Frank Kester Wiley W. Capron William H. Deitzel William H. Deitzel George E Whiteman Seigle B. Dudley George E. Whiteman John A. Bennett George Nold 163 Peter H. Zimmerman 1896 Frank K.. Smith 1897 " " 1898 1899 Charles M Jervis (6) William H Deitzel Martin W. Snyder 1900 George E. Whiteman John A. Bennett Wesley R Guile John J Morris Ernest Knauer John J Morris Ernest Knauer George M Peabody Frederick Lander Nicholas Schu, Jr. Treasurers 1877 George W. Morehouse 1878 Charles H. Fowler 1879 Charles F. Hann 1880 it li I88I William R. Bergin 1882 Christian C. Bill 1883 Nicholas Schu. Jr. 1884 Peter H. Zimmerman 188s Aaron Gross 1886 ii it 1887 ti It 1888 a t( 1889 it it 1890 William H. Deitzel I89I 11 ii 1892 Albert Sauerbier 1893 (( t( 1894 Frank K. Smith 189s ii ii 1896 John Kimmel 1897 it ii 1898 n n 1899 ti ii 1900 it ii Collectors Torrey S. Beeman Alanson P. Southwick John Weed Anthon Wolff it it Daniel M. Mitchell Henry H. Schumacher ti it Nicholas Schu S. Brownson Young Alanson P Southwick Jacob Schumacher Alanson P Southwick John Bowers it ti James E Showers John M Ryder John Robinson S Brownson Young Isaac Staley John M Ryder Philip N Conrad Marvin Finch Frank D Pursel 1. Election by lot as rfsult of a tie vote. 2. C. F. Hann resigned, J. G. Bennett appointed. 3. N. N. St. John resigned, I. W. Seoor appointed. 4. Daniel Tierney resigned, William Flora appointed. 5. F. K. Smith resigned, H. S. Rosenkrans appointed. 6. CM. Jervis resigned, E. P. Klein appoitlfed. 164 HISTQRY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. APPENDIX F. POLL LIST OF i86r. Abrams, Thomas A. Avery, Lucius A. Avery, Chauncey Abrams, Truman E. Abrams, Almond J. Albright, Matthias Austin, Timothy Avery, Simon Adams, James E. Avery, Chauncey S. Abrams, Solomon R. Ashley, Lurendus Am.os, Robert Brown, George Bennett, Chauncey Bennett, Jam.es G. Bauer, Nicholas Brownson, David Bricks, Stephen Bill, John G. Bauer, Valentine Barnum, Darius Barnard, Daniel Briggs, Spencer Braunschweig, Philip Ball, Jeremiah M. Begole, James H. Brownson, Elisha Bill, Conrad Bill, Christian Brown, Benjam,in Bill, George C. Braunschweig, Jacob Bill, John C. Bill, Nicholas Boothe, William W. Bricks, Anthony Boothe, John Bennett, Daniel C. Beyer, Christian Brownson, Elisha, Jr. Baltis, John Bill, John Bill, John N. Brownson, Edwin Bartholomew, Jacob Baltis, Valentine Brayton, Anson F. Bricks, John Brownell, George Barnhart, Stofifle Bordman, William Brown, David Brownson, James Blodgett, Hiram Bittinger, Charles Boothe, Jessie Bush, John Brewer, Clark Boothe, Riley Beck, George Brown, Phineas Bill, Henry Burke, Peter Brown, William J. Beecher, William H. Boothe, Madison Baker, William Brown, James Carlton, Osgood W. Carlton, Osgood W., Jr. Carlton, James Conrad, Henry Clark, James P. Curtis, Harris Chase, Ira W. Clawson, David Conoley, Minor S. Cooley, Henry L. Conrad, Charles Campbell, Sylvester Carter, Henry A. Clawson, Lyman Clawson, Abram Conrad, Philip, Jr. Conrad, Christian Conrad, Adam. Come, Reuben Clawson, Reuben Cooley, Martin H. Cobin, Nathaniel Carpenter, John H. Cornelius, Lorenzo Curtis, Albert D. Clymore, John Conrad, John Carlton, David Conoley, Francis Dudley, Isaiah B. Deitzel, Charles Dalton, Patrick Day, Frankhn E. Dildine, Sampson L. Dye, Ethan Doughty, Wesley Didas, Sebastian Drum, Nicholas Doughty, Joshua G. Drehmer, John J. Didas, Peter Drehmer, David Drum, Jacob Day, Orleans W. Dye, Martin V. Dye, Henry Decker, Frederick Ducan, Levi Drum, John Endler, Michael English, Luke W. Everingham, Charles W. Eplin, Peter Easterbrook, Stephen Eich, Jacob Engel. Peter Ellis, Moses £ichorn, Christopher Eader, Francis Ebersoldt, P-eter Earles, William Ellis, Leroy Fronk, Joseph Fox, Adam Fuller, Chester Fox, Christian Fox, George Fogle, John Folts, Charles Fox, John C, Fox, Jacob Fronk, Jacob Fox, John C. Folts, George Fleischauer, Charles French, John Federkiel, Peter Federkiel, Nicholas Folts, John (third) Fish, David Fish, Hosea Fox, Henry Folts, Jacob Folts, Michael Federkiel, John Folts, Nicholas Flanders. George Farnsworth, Henry S. Fox, Charles C. Fuller, Richard Fogle, Valentine Gray, Josiah Glover, Thomas Gross, F. Ernst Glover, Henry A. Gross, George Granger, Gideon S. Gessner, John Gross, Joseph Glover, George Grief, Joseph Gottichall, Christian Gottschall, August Glover, Gilbert Glover, Jacob Glover, John Gardiner, Francis M. Granger, Andrew A. Gurgin, Peter Green, Frederick Gray, John L. Gardner, Henry B. Gueis, Matthias Gessner, Peter Gabler, Jacob Gladding. George W. Godfrey, George A. Gabler, Christian Holliday, Amos Hiles, Jeremiah Hartfuss, Henry Hecox, Chester Hoffman, Casper Hoffman, Nicholas Haiyward, James H. Hawk, Henry HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. i6 Hoffman, Jose;ph Huff, James D. Herrick, David Hicks, John R. Holliday, Franklin E. Herron, John E. Hill, William R. Hess, Hiram C. Holliday, Sylvester Herron, Theodore Hicks, Jacob Halter, Soloman Hagadone, Ebenezer Hess, Benjamin B. Holzer, Francis Holzer, Peter Haas, John Hartz, Christian Hann, William Holliday, Melvin Hemmer, Peter Hill, DeWitt W. Herbel, George Holyman, Alvis Henkle, Jacob Herbel, August Hull, Wakeman H. Hartman, Abraham Hoag, Nathan Hopkins, Byron N. Hann, George Hartwell, George Harvey, Frederick Hutter, Joseph Henderson, Matthias Hoag, Perry Hess, Alfred M. Hamlin, Timothy E. Ingraham, Alfred Ingraham, Geo. S. Ingraham, Byron Jenks, Richard Jenks, Dixon Johnson, Nathaniel Johnson, William Jacobs, Joseph Jacobs, Peter Jolly, Thomas Jacobs, Moses Kurtz, Christian Kester, Ira Kuhn, Peter Kester, Tunis Klein, Valentine Kimball, Sylvester Kimmel, Martin Kimball, Isaac S. Kimball, Daniel F. Karacher, William B. Klein, Peter Kramer, l^evi Y. Kingsley, Joseph Kausch, Valentine Kuhn, Jacob Kimball, Stephen Kuhn, William Kellogg, Seth W. Kausch, Reuben Kling, Conrad Klein, Nicholas Klein, Christian Krine, Christian Krine, John Krine, Andrew Kaiser, Joseph K. Kimball, Lewis Kruch ten, Matthias Lander, Jacob Luhn, Adam Loveland, Albert Loveland, William Liesman, Jacob Lane, John Loveland, Henry H, Lane, Samuel Lane, John, Jr. Malter, Nicholas Miller, John G. McDowell, Jacob Miller, Peter, Miller, Conrad Malter Jacob Miller, Peter Moose, Joel Milliman, Ira Moon, Reynolds Morehouse, Daniel Miller, Melvin Miller, George Morsch, Nicholas Miller, John Morsch, Peter Morsch, Michael Malter, Nicholas, Jr. Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Joseph Moore, Chauncey McDowell, Ashael Maston, John P. Mehlenbacher, Conrad Mills, David, C. Miller, Francis J. Miller, John A. Mathers, Thomas C. Mehlenbacher, Lewis Madison, John Moulton, Richard Muntz, John Mehlenbacher, Stoffle Marts, Daniel Mann, Artemus Mehlenbacher, Lewis Mehlenbacher, Charles Mather, Ezra Mintnick. Martin Marvin. Aloert C. Morley, Harmenus H. Mathers, Agustus Miller, Nicholas Munding, John Mann, Daniel D. Milliman, Ezra Milliman, Andrew Morsch, Jacob Mehlenbacher, Christian Miller, John P. Martin, Wesley Masters, Julius Newman, Ashbury Newman, Peter Newton, Seymore Nihisle, Christian Newman, William Northrup, William New, Adam New, Frederick New, Adam, Jr. Neice, Jacob Overpeck, Samuel Patchin, Myron M. Parmenter, Amory K. Poor, Moses, Jr Perkins, James R. Pierce, Allen Poor, Moses Parmenter, Adin Patchin, Ira Parsons, Sanford Patchin, Warren, Jr. Patchin, Warren Pierce, Ira W. Poor, David Patchin, Robert M. Polster, John G. Patchin, Cameron Pintchin, Abner Pfaff, PJiilip G. Pfaff, Philip Pfaff, Isaac L. Pierce, Harrison G. Redmond, James Rosenkrans, Williani Rauber, Wi-lliam Rice, Thomas B. Rider, Wendell Rauber, John Rectenwaldt, Conrad Ritz, John Rosen Krans, Hamilton Rides, James Rider, Michael Rectenwaldt, Henry Ritz, John Rauber. Nicholas Robinson, Ebenezer M. Rowe, Peter Richard, John Rectenwaldt, John Rowe, Henry Rice, Seth Rowe, Joseph Rauber, Nicholas Jr.. Ritz, Christian Rauber, Nicholas Richard, Godfrey Rauber John Schultz, Andrew, Stark, Thomas 1-. Samhammer, George Snyder, Archibald Seely, William Strickland, Melvin D. Schumacher, Benjamin, Jr. Shaver. Enoch Stone, Robert R. Shutt, Gideon Shaver, Peter Smith, Thomas, Jr. Shafer, Lewis Steinhardt, Henry Schwingle, Jacob Stein, Francis Secor. Joseph S. Schwingle, Philip Smith, Jacob 1 66 Shaffer, John Smith, Jacob, Jr. Schwingle, Philip Showers, William Simon, George N. Schleir, John Smith, Wendel Showers, James E. Sanjord, Sylvester Schwingle, Conrad Schwingle, John A . Schutz, Daniel Schumacher, Michael Sick, Francis Showers, William Saxton, Aaron Schleir, George Sutton, Henry W. Snyder, Reuben Sick, Philip Smith, Samuel G. Shutt, Charles Schwingle, George Schumacher, Benjamin Salinger, Edward Secor, Isaac W. Schaff, Matthias Schraeder, John Shaver, Stephen Southwick, Alanson P. Sommers, Nicholas Jr. Sommers, James Sick, Jacob Simon, Joseph Schu, Nicholas Staub, Francis Sweitzer, Jacob Sedgwick, Joseph C. Sedgwick, Albert S. Sedgwick, Charles C. Smith, Nicholas Shoemaker, John Smith, Peter Schwingle, Jacob Smith, Nicholas Sutton, William R. Steinhardt, Jacob, Jr. Snyder, Jacob Schumacher, Matthias HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Shell, Franklin Schuster, George M. Short, Barney W. Sutton, Joseph Slayton, Roswell H. Slayton, Roswell Steinhardt, Jacob Sick, Philip, (Second) Smeltzer, Conrad Thompson, Charles Totten, Gilbert Totten, James Thielges, John Thompson, John A. Thorp, Andrew Thielges, Matthias Thompson, John H. Tompkins, Levi H. Tichenor, Lewis Tisdale, Lewis Tichenor, Lewis. Jr. Tompkins, Fortunatus Taggart, Washington Theobold, Peter Thorp, William H. Tompkins, Lorenzo W. Tompkins, William Thielges, Thomas Thompson, Thomas C. Thompson, Joshua Tiffany, Charles Townsend, Jacob Townsend, Charles Terry Alvin Totten, Andrew Vett, Peter Van Vaulkenburg, William H. Van Vaulkenburg, Edward Vogt, Adam Van Riper, William Wood, Walter Waldron, Garrett Whiteman, Samuel S. Wolff, Valentine Webster, Alanson Westerman, Frederick Whitman, Orrin G. Whitman, George Wiandt, Jacob Wagoner, Lewis Wilson, James A. Whitman, Augustus Wheeler, Lemuel Wentworth, Joseph WoU, Jacob Wilson, James Warner, Norman Whitman, Samuel Warring, Joseph Werdein, Jacob Wentworth, Edward Werdein, Adolphus Werdein, William Wolfanger, John J. Weiermiller, Nicholas Whiteman, Edward Winchcomb, John Weiermiller, Jacob Weinhart, John U. Wiandt, Nicholas Wearkley, Jacob Weld, John Warner, John B. Werner, Joseph Welton, H. A. Werkle, Peter West, Anson T. Werth, John Welton, James Wilson, George Waite, Reuben V. Waning, Ira Wiandt, William, Jr. Yohan, Peter Yohan, Caspar Yochem, John Yochem, Peter Young, Theodore Young, George Young, John Young, La Fayette Yochem,, Nicholas Yochem., Christian Young, John JN. Young, Lester Zimmer, Peter Zimmer, Philip Zimmerman, Nicholas Note: — Names in italics were of voters in igoo. We the undersigned, composing the Board of Registry of Electior District No. i, in the Town o) Wayland, do certify that the fore going is a true list of the voters oi said town, so far as the same are known to us. Dated, October i6, i86i. M. D. Strickland, David Brownson, H. S. Rosenkrans. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 167 Unexcelled Buffet. The Steuben House, Cor. Main and Fremont Streets. Frank Ungel, Prop'r. HATCH, OTTO & CO. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN GRAIN & POT A TOES A. BARTHOLOMEW, Manager Wayland Office. i68 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. Martin Kimmel. John Kitnnvel. Peter J. Kimmel. M. KIMMEL & SONS, HARDWARE DEALERS, It is always our aim to have a complete stock of everything in the Hardware line in its proper season. We carry nothing but the best that money can buy. Our con- stantly increasing trade is ample evidence as to our methods of doing business and catering to the wants of the public. We give below a brief history of the Hardware firm since its formation, twenty years ago : In 1881 the firm of Kimmel, Morris & Co., was formed, composed of Martin Kimmel, B. M. Morris, W. W. Capron, W. W. Clark and J. A. Morris. At the end of one year the in- terest of W. W. Clark was purchased by B. M. and J. A. Morris. In 1885 the interests of W. W. Capron and B. M. Morris were purchased by M. Kimmel and J. A. Morris, and the busi- ness continued under the name of Kimmel & Morris. In April 1887, the interest of J. A. Morris was purchased by M. Kimmel, who continued the business until 1889, when he associated with himself John Kimmel, and "from that time to 1901 the business was conducted under the firm name of M. Kimmel & Son. In igoi the present firm of M. Kimmel & Sons was organized, the members of the firm being Martin Kimmel, John Kimmel and Peter J. Kimmel. We make a specialty of fine Carriages, and everything in the farm implement line in its season, and always have a complete stock of everything in the Hardware line. We hope by courteous treatment and low prices to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage accorded us. Yours very truly, M. KIMMEL 8c SONS. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 169 DRY GOODS ONLY DRESS GOODS NOTIONS RIBBONS ALWAYS UP WITH THE TIMES LININGS VfE' LEAD IN THE FASHIONS OF THE DAY. HOSIERY CARPETS w UNDERNA/EAR G. GoTTSGHALL & OON, 7 N. MAIN ST., WAYLAND, IN. Y. I/O HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. ESTABLISHED 1866 A. L. MORLEY. DEALER IN GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, Trunks, Bags and Telescopes ^ a* ^ .^ ^ ^ Window Shades, Room Moulding and Wall 'Psi^Q.Y ^ ^ ^ Underwear, Hosiery, Blankets and Robes. 14 E. NAPLES ST., WAYLAND. Morlcy, Carpenter & Co- ir i? tl? Tib t|? i:? DRY GOODS CARPETS Ladies* TAILOR MADE Suits. OUR MOTTO: ''SQUARE CAPES and Jackets. ii DEALING'' and One price to aW ^ i^^lk ^ Jl^ ^ ^ HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 171 Christian C. Bill, Way land N. Y. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. OFFICE 18 E. Naples St. THE James M. Pursell, Jewelry, Silverware, Watch Repairing. M. L. GRANGER ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR. OFFICE IN PATCHIN BLOCK, MARKET [estab. 1893.] GEORGE FOX, PROPRIETOR. ^ ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND SALT MEATS AND F18H CONSTANTLY ON HAND. When you build don't copy your neighbor. My specialty is designs for sensible, low-cost houses. 172 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. INCORPORATED MARCH 12, 1888. THE WAYLAND Dime Saving and Loan Association. Assets, Dec. 31. 1900. .' $68,403.18 George Nold, President, A. L. Morley, Vice President, P. H. Zimmerman, Secretary, C. S. Folts, Treasurer. Members 200, : Shares 3,352. DIRECTORS: William Flora, George Nold, Peter Cessner, Sylvester Dodge C. S. Eolts, A. L. Morley. P. n. Zlmmermaa. John Kimmel. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 173 East Naples Street Furniture House DEALERS liN All kinds of Furniture, Pillows, Chair Bottoms, Lawn Swings, Window Glass, Etc., Etc. Pictare Framing Done to Order. Give us a Gall. RAUBBR&DCITZEL Irauber housoI I Rates $1 50 Per Day. | I Stocked with best * I Wines, Liquors and Cigars. I Also agent for the I D. M. Osborne & Go., HARVESTING MACHINERY, BINDER TWINE, OIL AND MACHINE EXTRAS. J. N. RAUBER. * * * * JACOB SHAFFER. ANTHON WOLFF. Shaffer & Wolff, MANUFA TCURERS AND DEALERS IN Building Supplies Lumber Sawed, Planed and Matched. Moulding and Turning, Doors, Sash and Blinds. Glass, Putty, Paint, Oil and Plaster. ARCHITECTS and BUILDERS. Plans and Specifications Drawn. Contracts Executed. The Oldest Manufactory In Wayland. 174 HISTORY OF WAYLAND. N. Y. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. Abrams, Glen D., 26 Baker, pr. Bertram J.. 22 Bartholomew, Albert, 167 Bennett, John A- . 14 Bill, Christian C, 171 Branch & Son, 8 Bryant House, 34 Capron, W. W., Jr., 6 Clark & Pratt, 22 Comniej:cial House, 28 Cohn & Friedman, 14 Dean, Stanley, 28 De Graw, F. Allen, 22 Deitzel, William H., 34 Dime Saving and Loan Association, 172 Dorr, Dr. James C, 22 Dudley, Siegle B., 14 Engel, Frank, 167 Ferrin Brothers, 14 First National Bank, 4 Fox, George, 171 Gottschall, C. & Sen, 169 Granger, Mark L., 171 Hatch, Otto & Co., 167 Henchen, Charles, 28 Home Laundry, 12 Kiel, John F., 18 Kiel, W. Fred, 24 Kimmel, M. & Sons, 1.6S Last, Nicholas, 6 Lerch, Douglass, 24 Lieders, Otto F., 34 Loan Association, 172 Locke, Albert S., 12 Moose, M. Fletcher, 28 Morley, Addison L., 170 Mor-ley, Carpenter & Co., Morris, Julian A., 36 Nold, George, 30 Olney, Lee B., 34 Pardee, Amos J., 28 Parsons, William A., 34 Peters, Harry S., 12 Pursel, James M., 171 Rauber & Deitzel, 172 Rauber & Vogt, 36 Rauber, Jacob N., 172 Ryder, John M., 12 Schu, Nicholas, Jr., 28 Schwan, Louis A., j6 Shaffer & Wolfif, 173 Smith, Frank K., 16 Snyder, Martin W., 20 Sterner, John I., 22 Steuben Cigar Co., 10 St. James Hotel, 6 Sturm, Fred S., 36 Wayland Advance, 32 Way land Iron Works, 18 Wayland Mills, 26 Wayland Register, 174 Weinhart Brothers, 8 Willcox, W. D. &Co., 26 Zeilbeer, Charles F., 32 170 "The Wayland Register" Is Wayland's Local Newspaper and the Only Village Advertising Medium. BERT GOODNO, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Subscription $1.00, Advertising Rates on Application, JOB PRINTING A SREOIALTY. HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. INDEX TO CUTS. 175 Abrama, Glen D. Ees 116 Advent Christian Ciiurch 138 Bartholomew, Albert, Res 149 Bennett Albert G. Res 78 Bill, J. George, Res 72 Bryant House 92 Bush, Mrs. Jane Res 62 Capron, Hon. Wilbur W. Res 126 Capron, Wiley W. Res 110 Carpenter, Edwin A. Res 71 Cement Factory 54 Clark, Hon. William W 131 Clark, Hon. Wm. W. Res 136 Clark Building 141 Commercial House 87 Curtis, Grant M 148 Dorr, Dr. James C. Res 85 Dudley, Siegle B. Ees 132 First National Bank Building 69 Fox, George, Res 143 French, Rev. George J 84 Fuller, Jesse W. Res 99 Gray Hotel 52 Gray, Josiah 66 Green, William H. Res 118 Guile, Wesley R. Res 100 Incubator Factory 113 Janes, Rev. W. Irving 86 Jervis, Charles M. Res 122 Kiel, John F 117 Kiel, W. Fred 127 Kimmel, Martin 58 Kimmel, Martin, Res 155 Kimmel, John, Res 83 King, Rev. John M 137 Klein, Christian, Res 115 Knauer, Ernest, Res 130 Locke's Hotel 151 Methodist Episcopal Church 73 Millen, Duane 88 Millen, Homer 107 Millen, Thomas 79 Millington, Francis W. Res 60 Morley, Addison L 154 Morris, John J. Res 56 Morris, Julian A. Res 68 Nold, George 102 Patchin, BertC 77 Patchin Building 108 Peabody, Dr. George M Ill Poor, Moses A. Res 65 Post Office Building 140 Pratt, Henry V 124 Pratt, Henry V. Ees 134 Pursel, James E, Res 91 Rauber, Jacob N. Hotel 95 Reed, Prof. J. Wells 89 Rosenkrans, Hamilton S .64 Smith, Frank K. Res. 74 Snyder, Martin W. Res.... 94 Stemler, Rev. John B 147 Sterner, John I 74 St. James Hotel 97 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 1..103 St. Joseph's Catholic School 153 United Evangelical Church 120 Van Liew, Prof. Henry P 150 Wayland High School 128 Weinhart, Conrad H. Res 123 Weinhart, Joseph F. Res 105 Zimmerman, Peter H. Res 146 176 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. INDEX TO NAMES. Abrams, Almond J. 72 Glen D. 98, 103, 158 Mrs. Jane S. 72 Noble S. 72 Thomas, Sr. 72 Thomas, 83, 87, 103, 114 Acker, George, 121 Adams, A. B. -55, 76,98, 121 Krank, 123 James E. 78, 79, 85 Wilbur F. 153, 157 Albright, Matthias, 95 Alf, William, 158 Arnold, Eugene S. 101, 125, 157 Austin, Mrs. Rebecca, 62 Avery, Chauncey, 92, 154 Chauncey S. 85, 117, 145 Horace, 84, 92. John, 85, 106 Mrs. Lucinda B. 118, 144, 145 Mrs Mary M. 117 William, 84, 85 B Bailey, Frank, 107 George, 62 Baker, Dr. Bertram J. Ill, 158 Mrs. Edwin L. 83 Lester, 101 Merritt H. 106 Barnett, Rev. John W. 136 Barnum, Darius, 95 Bartholomew, Albert, 109, 157, 158 Delbert, 158 • )Bartle, Rev. William, 136 Barts, Mrs. Addie T. 94 Peter, 95, 101 Bates, Rev. M. A, 138 Bauer, Nicholas, 95 Beck, John G. 94 Beeman, Mrs. Isabella, 61, 62, 72, 87 ^ M. A. 94 Torrey, S. 121 Begole, James H. 54, 71, 89, 90, 135 Thomas, 53, 54 Belman, Mrs. Susie N. 92 Benedict, Prof. W. G. 146 BeDJamin, C. 153 Bennett, Albert G. 105 Mrs. Alida G., 109 Chauncey, 63, 72, 104, 109 Daniel, 71, 72, 73, 83 Frank L. 105 Guy B. 104, 105, 121, 122 Mrs. Guy B. 105, 145 Hon.' James G. 63, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 83, Zl 88, 104, 113, 114, 119, 122, 124, 143 Mrs. James G. 75 John A. 63, 71, 109 Lawrence B. 105, 107 Bergin, John, 89 William, 89 Berman, David, 101, 127 Bigelow, Dr. Ell, 71, 111, 119, 125, 158 Bill, Christian C. 113, 125 Conrad, 76 George, 75, 135 Henry, 0. 153 J. Nicholas, 154 William H. 98, 108, 109 Blake, Mary Ann, 55 Blum, Mrs. Mary M. 89 Boole, Mrs. Ella, 145 Boothe, M. 153 William W. 75 Mr. 62 Bosold, Henry, 102 Bo wen, Mr. 53 Bowles, Capt. 55 , Familv, 53 Bradbury, Rev. Charles J. 136 Branch, Clarence G. 104 John, 143 Brilhart, Rev. W. E. 142 Bristol, Rev. Irving B. 136 Brown, John, 62 Rev. Julius F. 136 Rev. Stephen, 135 Brownson, David, 66 Bryant, Belle, 126 Colonel J. 107, 126 Mrs. Lydia Ann, 126 Mark H. 126 Walter, 92, 98, 106, 107, 125, 126, 127 Bunnell, A. 0. 156 Burgess, G. T. 153 Burroughs, Benjamin, 61 Bush, Rev. Charles, 136 Ira, 83, 84 Busti, Mrs. Jane, 70, 84 Cameron, Dugal, 60 Campbell, Collins, C. 102 Capron, Rose, 146 Mrs. Wesley H. 146 ■ Hon. Wilbur W. 87, 90, 91, 95, 108, 114 Mrs. Wilbur W. 90, 117, 119, 121 Wiley W. 90, 109, 158 Carpenter, Edwin A. 96 John H. 79 Joseph, 135 Lucien D. 86, 96 Carroll, Charles, 67 Case, Richard, 92, 107 Cathin, Rev. John R. 136 Caywood, William S. 158 Chad wick, R. A. 94 Chamberlain, Levi, 53 Chapman, Samuel, 137 Chapman, Mr. 72 Chase, Aaron, 90 Bert, 152 Ira W. 71, 83, 84, 101 j Cheseboro, George H. 100 Clark, Calvin E 68 j Edgar, 154 I James P. 75, 78, 79. 109, 119 i William H. 158. Hon. William W. 55, 62, 91, 111, 112, 113, 119, 125, 145, 146, 147, 148, 156, 157. 158 Mrs. William W. Ill, 145, 146 Clayson, Louis 135 Clinton, Gov. George, 47 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. 177 Coe, John, 61 Cohn, David, 101 Cole, Mrs. Florence R. 87 Mrs. Frank M. 118 Oscar D. 55 Collar, Patrick, 95 Congdon, Prof, F. K. 146 Conrad, George, 154 Mrs Catherine, 119 Philip, N. 98, 106, 155, 157 The Misses, 106 Cook, Constant, 54 Cooley, Henry L. 61. 71, 73, 76 Cooney, John H. 157 Coxe, Charles J. 104 Coykenedall, Walling, 94 Curtis, Albert D. 95, 154 Rev. C, G. 136 Grant M. 131 Harris, 71, 73, 76, 83, 101, 135, 145 Mr. 98 Cyphers, Charles A. 131 D Davie,EEIwin N. 98, 100, 106 . Grant S. 98, 100, 157 ;,, Mrs. Grant S, 144 Mrs. George, 93 Day, Franklin E. 66, 76, 135 Dayton, Rev. S. M. 136 Dean, Fred C. Ill Stanley, 101 Deitch, Peter, 102, 153 De Graw, F. Allin, 113 Deitzel, Mrs. Cora S. 97 George C. 103, 104, 145 Jacob F. 101 William H. 71, 97, 158 Delaney, Mrs. Mary, 87 Densmore, Luke, 94 Dice, Rev. L. M. 142 Dildine, Eugene, 85 Mrs. Ida W. 85 Uriah, 72 Dillon, Rev. Lauren, 138 Dodge, Bertha, 144 J. H. 153 Sylvester, 145 Mrs. Sylvester, 144 Dorr, Dr. James 0. Ill, 157, 158 Doughty, Frank, 98 John W. 99. 121, 152, 153 Joshua, G. 75, 135 Wesley, 66, 76, 95, 134, 135 Drahmer, Charles, 88, 95 Drum, William. 101 Dudley, Siegle B. 106 Duncan, Rev. James, 136 'touncanson, Caroline, 72 f :iRco ElHcott, Jos. & Benj. 52 Ellis, Carrie, 75 Engel, Alexander, 107 Frank, 83, 107, 119, 130, 153, 158 Peter, 158 Epley, Samuel W. 66 Farley, Harvey, 135 Faulkner, Ann, 55, 56 Daniel P. 53 James, Jr. 55 Robert S. 69 Fay, Dr. H. 0. 95. 153 Orvilla, 96 Mrs. Vietta R. 90 Ferguson, Angus, 94 Fess, Mr. 98 Fidler, Abraham, 104 Field, Charles E. 83, 98 Finch, H. R, 94 Fischer, Rev. Joseph, 141, 155 Fisher, Sylvester, 154 Flora, William, 117, 145 Fogal, Mrs. Jacob, 144 Folts, C. 153 George, 98, 107, 121, 130 Foltz, W. H. im Fowler, Abijah, 60 Mrs. Amelia A, 84, 145 Charles H. 108, 117 Everett M 103, 121, 145, 152, 153, 157 Miller H. 110 Thomas M, 83, 87, 90, 103, 119 Fox, Christian J. 158 Frank. 98 George, 102 George, 154 Franot, Mr. 61, 72 Frazer, David, 54 John, 50, 55 Warren, 143 French, Rev. Mrs. Ella J. 138, French, Rev. George J. 138, 139 Fronk, Joseph, 67 Q Garnsey, Henry W. 91, 98, 114, 152, 153 Gieble, Leopold, 102, 107 Gibba, Prof. Milton E. 146 Nelson, 108 Gilmore, Frank, 94 John, 101 Glover, Dwight, 95 Mrs. George 145 Harvey, 95, 153 Goodno, Bert, 110, 158 Edwin, 102, 110, 156, 157 Mrs. Jennie J. 93, 110 Gottschall, Christian, 76, 96, 125 H. Alonzo, 96, 115 William, 96 Granger, Andrew A. 55, 72, 109, 135 Gideon S. 95, 121 Mark L. 104, 106, 158 Mary A. 135 Sylvester, 72, 119 Grav, Celestia, 92 "Davis, 67, 71, 75, 92, 135 Mrs. Davis, 75, 130 Josiah, 69, 76, 92, 107, 135 Mrs. Mary R., 63, 76, 92 Green, Floyd G., 113 William H., 98, 99, 115, 157, 158 GrosR, Aaron, 101 F. Ernst, 72, 95 Grover, E. C, 153 Thomas, 69 Guile, Wesley R. 100, 109, 132, 145 178 HISTORY OF WAYLAND, N. Y. H Hadley, Mrs. Clara O., 144 Hall, Elijah, 62 Epbraim, 62 Hancock, John, 48 Hauer, M. L.", 109 Hann, Charles F., 102 Hard, Rev. Amos, 136 Harrington, Carver, 55 . Harris, Mary K., 149 Hart, Mrs. Anna, 144 Harts, Christian, 135 > Haskin, O: IVL, 96 Hatch, H. W. 109 Hawkins, Rev. L. T., 136 Hawley, Hon. William M., 65 Hayward, Murray C, 157 Held, George J., 108 Hemmer, Valentine, 102, 125, 152 Mrs. M.., 60 Henchen, Charles, 103 Henderson, Eev. W. H. 136 Henry, Captain, 70 Herrick, David, 70, 75, 76, 83, 135 Mrs. David, 75 Louise, 146, 147 Hess, Benjamin B., 71. 76, 83, 84, 86, 114, 135 Dennis, (DemasK 59, 72 Dr. Henry H., 59, 61, 66, 67, 68, 69, 85, 122, 134 Hiram C. 135 ' Job'n, 59, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 75, 83, 96, 113, 114, 134, 143 Mark H. 121, 122 Mrs. Mary, 120 Dr. Orton H., 76 Soloman F , 71, 76, 88, 90, 96, 114. 135 Mrs .S. F., 75 Hibbard, Eev. F. G., D. D., 135 Hicks, Jacob, 135 JohnE., 75,135 Stephen, 54 Thomas, 62 Hill, Gen. J. A., 110 Hill, William, 76 Hiscock, Mr, 135 Hitchcock, Eev. J. C. 135 William, 62 Hoffman, A. Frederick, 98 Joseph, 63 V. 98 Holmes, William, 108, 130 Holliday, F. E. 121 Honan, Daniel, 88, 155 Jonn, 88 Katherine, 88 Mrs Mary K. 88 William L. 88 Hopkins, Byron, 83 Hoppough, E. W. 62 Hull. Wakeman, 72 Hume, Mr 53 Hurzeler, Samuel, 101 Hyde, Humphrey B. 137 Hyland, John, 70 I Ingrabam, Alfred, 135 G. Seymore, 145 Hiram, 135 Janes, Eev. W. Irving,, 136, 137 Jackgon, Rev. W. H. 138 Jervis, Charles M. 96, 115, 119, 145, 149, 157 Mrs. Lola Gray, 61, 92 v John, Albert, 89 Jabob, 98, 108 Joseph, 89 Nettie, 89 Tillie, 89 Johnson, William C. 158 Jolly, Dexter, S. 74, 76, 79, 114 Eev. Thomson, 135 Kaelin, Eev. C, 141 Karacber, George, 55, 68, 72 George, Jr., 55, 66 Martin, 55 Sallie, 65 Soloma3,_^55, 72 Karagan, M. G., 101, 158 Kausch, Edward, 54 ^ .. Kausch, Valentine, Jr., 98, 157 William, F., 98 ~-~~ Keller, Eey. B. F., 142 Kellogg, Charles A , 108, 158 William, S., 85, 101, 122 Kesfer, J. Franklin, 101, 102 Mrs. Kate B., 89 Kiel, Mrs. Caroline, 87 John F.,l05, 130, 155; 158 J., 153 Rose, 87 W. Frederick. 87, 104, 121 Kimball, Daniel F., 95 Doras, 158 Syd, 158 Kimmel, Mrs. Catherine, 91 Catherine, 91 Mrs. Clara V., 91, 118 Clara, 91 Frank, 91 Jacob, 91 John, 91, 98, 104, 116, 117, 127, 153, 155, 158 Joseph E., 91, 103 Lena, 91 Mrs. Lizzie M., 89 Lizzie, 91 Martin, 56, 61, 72, 83, 87, 90, 91, 98, 103, 104, 117, 125, 126, 145 Martin, Jr., 63, 91, 155, 158 Peter J., 91 King, Eev. John M., 142, 143, 158 Mr., 94 Klein, Caroline, 93 Christian, 93, 108, 127, 130, 152, 153, 158 Edward P , 93, 101, 158 Elizabeth, 93 G., 153 • Henry, 153 Mrs. Marion, 93, 119 " Minnie, 93 William, 93 Knauer, Ernest, 100, 154, 158 Knott, Eev. John B., 135 Knowles, Seth, 53 Knowlton, Amos, 66 Kohnen, N. J., 107, 108 Koons, Miltoxi, 154