HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



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York,' for the purpose of scientific investigation, the advancement of 

 our knowledge in the practice of medicine and surgery, to facilitate 

 the instruction of medical' students in the treatment of disease, and 

 also for the purpose of granting, after due examination, certificates of 

 qualification to practice medicine and surgery. The association shall 

 hold its annual meeting on the third Tuesday of January of each 

 year, in the village of Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y., when they shall 

 elect a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, who, together 

 with five members of the association, who shall be elected at the same 

 time, shall constitute a Board of Directors, and they shall continue 

 in office one year or until their successors are elected j and the follow- 

 ing-named persons shall constitute the board of directors for the first 

 year, or until the annual meeting in January, 1879: William S. 

 Purdy, President; I. L. Corbin, Vice-President; A. P. Hollett, Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, N. R. Seeley, B. F. Grant, William Gulick, E. 

 W. Bryan, 0. P. Barden. 



" And the said association shall at its next meeting, on the third 

 Tuesday of July, 1878^ adopt such by-laws as a majority shall think 

 best to regulate the holding of meetings, admission of members, and 

 the transaction of such other business as may be necessary to carry 

 out the objects of the association in accordance with the requirements 

 of the statutes of the State of New York hereinafter referred to, and 

 all amendments thereto. 



"Dated Corning, N. Y., April 16, 1878. 



" W. S. Purdy, [l.s.] 



" N. R. Seeley, [l.s.] 



*^ Edward W. Bryan, [l^s.] 

 " Wm. E. a. Gorton, [l.s.] 

 " A. P. Hollett, [l.s.] 



"B.F.Williamson, [l.s.] 

 " A. M. Gamaian.-' [l.s.] 



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"On the 16th day of April, a.d. 1878, before me, a Justice of the 

 Peace in and for said county, personally came W. S. Purdy, N. R. 

 Seeley, Edward W. Bryan, Wm. E. A. Gorton, A. P. Hollett, B. F. 

 Williamson, and A. M. Gamman, known to me to be the same persons 

 described in and who executed the within instrument, and acknowl- 

 edged that they executed the same. 



"George Hitchcock, 

 ^'Justice of the Peace. 



" I do hereby consent to and approve of the within certificate. 

 " Dated April 16, 1878. 



"James L. Angle, 



"Justice Siqyreme Court, 



" Seventh District. 



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" Filed April 22, 1878." 



"State of New York, 

 Steuben County Clerk's Office 



f Seal of ^ " I, Lucius A. Waldo, Clerk of said County, 

 [ Steuben County. J and also Clerk of the County and Supreme 

 Courts therein. Courts of Record, having a common seal, do hereby 

 certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of an article of in- 

 corporation with the original of the same, now remaining on file in 

 my office, and that it is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the 

 whole of said original. Li testimony whereof, I have hereunto sub- 

 scribed my name and affixed my official seal, the seal of said courts, 

 at Bath, this 22d day of April, 1878. 



" Thos. R. Rutherford, Dp. Clerk.'' 



By-laws were adopted in accordance with the act of in- 

 corporation. 



The following members of the association have died, and 

 suitable resolutions of regret have been adopted. 



Henry Sayles, M.D., of Elmira, N. Y. 



P. S. Hollett, M.D., of Sonora, Steuben Co., N. Y. 



W. J. Bryan, M.D., of Corning, N. Y. 



H. Hughes, M.D., of Savona, Steuben Co., N. Y. 



The following have been elected members of the associa- 

 tion from time to time. The meetings of the association 

 have also been largely attended by physicians not members. 



Henry Sayles, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. 

 W. S. Purdy, M.D., Corning, N. Y. 

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

 Orlando Groom, M.D., Horseheads, N. Y. 

 N. R. Seeley, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. 

 I. L. Corbin, M.D., Athens, Pa. 



B. F. Grant, M.D., Bath, N. Y. 



T. L, Brown, M.D., Binghamton, N. Y. 

 W. D. Saxton, M.D., Cohocton, N. Y. 



A. P. Hollett, M.D., Havana, N. Y. 

 E. D. Leonard, M.D., Elmira, N, Y. 



W. J. Bryan, M.D. (dead), Corning, N. Y. 



T. W. Read, M.D., Big Flats, N. Y. 



John Burling, M.D. (removed). Corning, N. Y. 



H. Hughes, M.D. (dead), Savona, N. Y. 



P. S. Hollett, M.D. (dead), Sonora, N. Y. 



I. B. Wescott, M.D. (West), Horseheads, N. Y. 



Mrs. H. E. Brown, M.D. (Brooklyn), Corning, N. Y. 



Charles Brown, M.D. (removed), Hammondsport, N. Y. 



E. W. Bryan, M.D., Corning, N. Y. 



Frank Tompkins, M.D., Penn Yan, N. Y. 



James M. Cadmus, M.D., Waverly, N. Y. 



L. W. Parkhurst, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. 



Alex. V. Stobbs, M.D., Mecklenburgh, N. Y. 



C. E. Sayler, M.D., Elmira, N. Y. 

 H. C. Coon, M.D., Alfred, N. Y. 



B. F. Williamson, M.D., Prattsburgh, N. Y. 

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



0. S. Barden, M.D., Tioga, Pa. 



E. W. Rogers, M.D., Crystal Springs, N. Y. 

 Wm. E. A. Gorton, M.D., Corning, N. Y. 



F. W. Adriance, M.D., Watkins, N. Y. 



HORNELLSVILLE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. 



This association was organized Dec. 17, 1873, and holds 

 its meetings on the first Wednesday evening in each month. 

 The first ofiicers were as follows : Dr. J. W. Robinson, 

 Pre&ident; Dr. Samuel Mitchell, Vice-President ; Dr. C. 

 Gr. Hubbard, Secretary ; Dr. J. H. Trumbull, Treasurer. 



membership. 

 D. F. Cridler, S. E. Shattuck, C. G. Hubbard, C. S. Parkhill, S. F. 

 Curry, J. H. Trumbull, J. W. Robinson, M. J. Baker, E. Beck- 

 with, Hornellsville; D. L. Case, R. F. Parkhill, Howard; R. P. 

 Brown, John Mitchell, Addison ; C. E. Annabel, Cameron ; J. W. 

 Burchard, Fremont; E. Winnie, Haskinville; Z. Deldine, Wm. 

 H. Hagadorn, Almond; M. D. Ellison, Canisteo ; J. B. Graves, 

 Corning; H. P. Sanders, Mark Sheppard, Alfred; J. E. Walker, 

 Arkport; J. K. Richardson, Greenwood; L. V. Rathbun, Rex- 

 ville ; W. W. Crandall, Andover. 



Officers for 1878. — D. F. Cridler, President; Samuel 

 Mitchell, Vice-President ; C. G. Hubbard, Secretary ; J. 

 H. Trumbull, Treasurer. 



THE STEUBEN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



It is proper in giving a history of this society to refer 

 incidentally to the agricultural organizations which had 

 existed in this county prior to the year 1853, when this 

 society was established. 



The first one of which there are any authentic records 

 left is the society organized in 1841, although many of the 

 older inhabitants can well remember the many county fairs, 

 so called, which were held at Bath in the earlier times, 

 under the auspices of Dugald Cameron, of Bath, Capt. 

 Joel Pratt and Judge Robert Porter, of Prattsburgh, and 

 many other leading men of the county. 



In the early spripg of 1841, a meeting of the citizens of 

 tihe couqty was called at t^he qourtrhouse, in Bath, to conr 



