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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Milton J. Baker, Hornellsville, admitted 1877. 

 J, B. Dudley, Painted Post, admitted 1877. 

 F. E. Cruttenden, Bath, admitted 1878. 

 Ephraim Winnie, Fremont, admitted 1878. 

 Total membership, one hundred and fifty-eight. 



The following is a list of presidents, together with the 

 year for which they were elected : 



1818. Warren Patchin. 



1819. Enos Barnes. 



1820. John Warren. 



1821. Noah Niles. 



1822. James Warden. 

 182.3. Enos Barnes. 



1824. Warren Patchin. 



1825. Robert H. Hoyt. 



1826. Gustavus A. Rogers. 



1827. Isaac L. Kidder. 



1828. John D. Higgins. 



1829. J. S. Livermore. 

 18.30-31. Ebenezer B. Pulling. 



1832. David Ward. 



1833. Gustavus A. Rogers. 



1834. T. E. Gansevoort. 



1835. Levi Goodrich. 

 1837. Gustavus A. Rogers. 

 1842-43. Warren Patchin. 

 1844-46. A. B. Case. 



1847. R. H. Hoyt. 



1848. A. Niles. 



1849. John D. Higgins. 



1850. Ira L. Babcock. 



1851. Stephen Hagadorn. 

 1856. A. B. Case. 



1865. Joseph S. Dolson. 



1866. Samuel Mitchell. 



1867. John Mitchell. 



1868. Christopher Patterson. 



1869. Bli^ Allison. 



1870. A. B. Case. 



1871. G. H. Van Dusen. 



1872. J. B. Graves. 



1873. Thomas Shannon. 



1874. H. R. Ainsworth. 



1875. H. C. May. 



1876. W. W. Smith. 



1877. M. F. Babcock. 



1878. Ira P. Smith. 



The following-named members of this society were army 

 surgeons di^ring the late war, viz. : Drs. Joseph S. Dolson, 

 Ira P. Smith, F. Wylie, Bath ; Dr. M. T. Babcock, Ham- 

 mondsport; Dr. Henry C. May, Corning; Dr. P. K. Stodard, 

 Prattsburgh ; Dr. Seely Brownell, Bath ; Dr. John S. 

 Jameson, Hornellsville. 



This society is now in a prosperous condition, with hopes 

 of continued and increasing usefulness. 



THE STEUBEN COUNTY HOM(EOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY 



was organized May 25, 1867. President, A. De Wolfe, 

 Bath ; Vice- President , W. S. Purdy, Addison ; Secretary, 

 James M. Cadmus, Sonora ; Censors, B. F. Grant, Bath ; 

 H. S. Benedict, Corning; P. S. Hollett, Sonora. 



Charter Memhers.—K. De Wolfe, Bath ; W. S Purdy, 

 Addison ; James M. Cadmus, Sonora ; B. F. Grrant, Bath ; 

 H. S. Benedict, Corning ; P. S. Hollett, Sonora ; W. J. 

 Bryan, Corning. 



Regular Members, — F. H. Purdy, Bath ; W. E. Hath- 

 away, Hornellsville ; W. D. Saxton, Liberty ; E. W. Bryan, 

 Corning ; H. A. Whitfield, Wayland ; Charles Brown, Ham- 

 mondsport; A. M. Gamman, Corning; B. F. Williamson, 

 Prattsburgh ; J. L. Gage, Hornellsville ; C. E. Campbell, 

 Hammondsport ; W. E. A. Gorton, Corning ; W. S. Purdy, 

 Corning ; F. D. Purdy, Corning. 



Officers of the Society for 1879. — President, E. W. 

 Bryan, Corning ; Vice-President, B. F. Williamson, Pratts- 

 burgh ; Secretary, A. M. Gamman, Corning ; Censors, B. 

 F. Grant, Bath ; A. M. Gamman, Corning ; W. E. A. 

 Gorton, Corning. 



SOUTHERN TIER HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 

 OP THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 



A meeting was called and held at the office of Dr. E. D. 

 Leonard, in the city of Elmira, N. Y., on Jan. 20, 1874, 

 for the purpose of organizing a medical society for Southern 



Tier, New York. Dr. O. Groom, of Horseheads, was chair- 

 man, and Dr. E. M. White secretary of the meeting. 



Constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the follow- 

 ing officers elected for the ensuing year : President, Henry 

 Sayles, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. ; Vice-President, Dr. W. L. 

 Purdy, Corning, N. Y. ; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. W. J. 

 Bryan, Corning, N. Y. ; Censors, Drs. N. R. Seeley, M. D., 

 Elmira, N. Y. ; B. F. Grant, M.D., Bath, N. Y. ; E. W. 

 Bryan, M.D., Ovid, N. Y. ; James M. Cadmus, M.D., 

 Waverly, N. Y. ; William Gulick, M.D., Watkins, N. Y. 



The following were the first members of the association : 



Henry Sayles, M.D., 

 W. L. Purdy, " 

 William Gulick, " 

 Orlando Groom, " 

 N. R. Seeley, " 

 B. F. Grant, " 

 L. L. Brown, ^^ 

 W. D. Saxton, " 

 A. P. Hollett, " 

 E. D. Leonard, " 

 W. J. Bryan, " 

 1. L. Corbin, " 



W. T. Read, " 



John Burting, " 



Elmira, N. Y. 

 Corning, *' 

 Watkins, " 

 Horseheads, N. Y. 

 Elmira, '^ 



Bath, " 



Binghamton, '' 

 Cohocton, " 



Havana, " 



Elmira, " 



Corning, " 



Athens, Pa. 

 Big Flats, N. Y. 

 Corning, " 



Officers for 1875, elected January 19: President, Wil- 

 liam Gulick, M.D., Watkins ; Vice-President, N. R. Seeley, 

 Elmira; Secretary and Treasurer, W. J. Bryan, M.D., 

 Corning. 



Officers for 1876, elected January 18 : President, W. L. 

 Purdy, M.D., Corning; Vice-President, B. F. Grant, M.D., 

 Bath ; Secretary and Treasurer, W. J. Bryan, M.D., 

 Corning ; Censors, N. E. Seeley, M.D., Elmira; B. F. Grant, 

 M.D., Bath ; E. W. Bryan, M.D., Ovid, N. Y. ; James 

 M. Cadmus, M.D., Waverly, N. Y. ; William Gulick, M.D., 

 Watkins, N. Y. 



Officers of 1876 were re-elected on January 16, 1877. 



Officers for 1878, elected January 15 : President, W. S. 

 Purdy, M.D., Corning ; Vice-President, J. L. Corbin, M.D., 

 Athens, Pa. ; Secretary smd Treasurer, A. P. Hollett, M.D., 

 Havana, N. Y. ; Censors, E. W. Bryan, M.D., Corning, 

 N. Y. ; William Gulick, M.D., Watkins, N. Y. ; N. K 

 Seeley, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. ; 0. Groom, M.D., Horse- 

 heads, N. Y. ; A. M. Gamman, M.D., Corning, N. Y. 



At the meeting on Jan. 15, 1878, Drs. E. W. Bryan 

 and A. M. Gamman were appointed a committee to revise 

 the constitution and by-laws. At the meeting heM in Corn- 

 ing, N. Y., on April 16, 1878, they reported, and the fol- 

 lowing act of incorporation was executed and adopted in 

 the place of the constitution : 



" AN ACT TO INCORPORATE 



" The Southern Tier Homoeopathic Medical Association of the State 



of New York. 



'^ This is to certify, that we, the undersigned, citizens of the United 

 States, and of the State of New York, residing in the counties of 

 Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, Broome, Yates, and Alle- 

 gany, in accordance with the requirements of an act of the Legislature 

 of the State of New York, entitled * An act for the incorporation of 

 benevolent, charitable, scientific, and missionary societies,' passed, 

 April 12, 1848, have associated ourselves together for the purpose of 

 organizing a medical society to be known by the name of the ' South- 

 ern Tier Homoeopathic Medical Association of the State of New 



