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BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN. 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Allegany, 



Friendship, 



1806 



1815 



Ebenezer Steenrod. 



Allegany, 



Genesee, 



1823 



1820 



Newman Crabtree. 



Allegany, 



Granger, 



1816 



1819 



Isaac Van Nostrand. 



Allegany, 



Grove, 



I818 



- 



John S. Culver. 



Allegany, 



Hume, 



1807 



1807 



Roger Mills. 



Allegany, 



Independence, 



1798 



1800 



John Cryder. 



Allegany, 



New Hudson, 



1820 



1829 



James Davidson. 



Allegany, 



Rushford, 



1808 



1815 



Matthew P. Cady. 



Allegany, 



Scio, 



1805 



1822 



Benjamin Palmer. 



AUegang, 



Ward, 



1817 



1818 



Stephen Easton. 



Allegany, 



Wellsville, 



1801 



1803 



Nathaniel Dyke. 



Allegany, 



West Almond, 



1816 



1833 



Enoch Hawks. 



Allegany, 



Willing, 



1825 



1829 



Elijah Robinson. 



Allegany, 



Wirt, 



1812 



1824 



Alvin Richardson. 



Broome, 



Barker, 



179I 



180T 



Simeon Rogers. 



Broome, 



Chenango, 



1784 



1788 



Henry French. 



Broome, 



Colesville, 



1785 



1792 



Robert Harper. 



Broome, 



Conklin, 



1788 



1808 



Robert Corbett. 



Broome, 



Fcnton, 



1788 



1797 



Elisha Pease. 



Broome, 



Lisle, 



179I 



1796 



Edward Edwards. 



Broome, 



Sanford, 



1787 



179I 



Nathan Dean. 



Broome, 



Vestal, 



1785 



1795 



Bethias Du Bois. 



Broome, 



Windsor, 



1786 



1797 



Nathan Lane. 



Cattaraugus, 



Allegany, 



1820 



1826 



Reuben Lamberton. 



Cattaraugus, 



Carrollton, 



18,4 



1826 



Marcus Leonard. 



Cattaraugus, 



Cold Spring, 



1820 



1820 



Crook & Basson. 



Cattaraugus, 



Conewango, 



1816 



1819 



Sampson Crooker.* 



Cattaraugus, 



Dayton, 



1810 



1817 



Silas Nash. 



Cattaraugus, 



East Otto, 



1812 



1823 



Moses T. Beach. 



Cattaraugus, 



Ellicottville, 



1815 



182I 



Orin Pitcher. 



* Mrs. Crooker, wife of Sampson Crooker, killed a wildcat in her roost with a pair of tongs in the 

 winter of i8ig. 



