HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



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TABLE IX.— WOOL. 



Showing hy Towns, for the years 1855, 1864, 1865, 1874, and 1875, the Number of Sheep Shorn, the Total Weight of the Clip, and the Average 



Weight of the Fleeces. 



Civil Divisions. 



Steubrn County 



Addison 



Avoca 



Bath 



Bradford 



Cameron 



Campbell 



Canisteo 



Caton 



Cohocton 



Corning 



Dansville 



Erwin 



Fremont 



Greenwood.... 



Hartsville 



Hornby 



Hornellsville, 



Howard 



Jasper 



Lindley 



Prattsburgh.. 



Pulteney 



Bathbone 



Thurston 



Troupsbnrgh. 



Tuscarora 



Urbana 



Waybind 



Wayne 



West Union.. 



Wheeler 



Woodhull 



1855. 



101,484 

 1,863 

 3,067 

 11,7(!2 

 2,178 

 1,616 

 1,219 

 1,888 

 1,514 

 4,044 



527 

 6,219 



862 

 2,129 

 1,390 

 2,449 

 1,993 

 1,977 

 5,346 

 3,666 



819 

 8,877 

 4,981 



*' 1,098 

 3,243 



io,*3i'8 



1,461 

 3,289 

 581 

 9,887 

 1,401 



Number of Fleeces. 



1864. 



226,695 



483 



8,713 



21,628 

 5,920 

 5,541 

 5,506 

 6,742 

 3,810 



10,126 

 2,109 



16,573 

 1,740 

 6,977 

 5,699 

 5,202 

 3,778 

 6,145 



12,489 

 7,332 

 1,862 



17,670 

 8,602 

 2,422 

 2,621 

 6,381 

 4,135 



14,820 

 5,894 

 6,210 

 2,704 



12,680 

 5,291 



1865. 



1874. 



233,823 



84,897 



326 



215 



10,089 



2,948 



21,349 



6,058 



10,056 

 2,354 



5,625 



1,369 



6,614 

 6,786 

 4,166 



1,023 



1,727 

 1,879 



11,057 

 2,023 



4,170 

 606 



6,686 



4,794 



1,348 



502 



7,328 

 5,901 

 5,405 

 4,841 

 6,863 



1,498 



984 



896 



1,622 



1,906 



15,427 



8,281 



2,368 

 2,371 



2,119 



328 



19,179 



10,006 



9,547 

 3,970 



2,781 



1,022 



2,868 

 8,113 

 3,951 



1,088 

 1,816 

 1,692 



16,763 

 6,434 



7,790 

 1,704 



5,617 



2,908 



3,197 



13,390 



6,642 



1,391 

 6,945 

 1,629 



1876. 



80,617 



199 

 2,303 

 9,763 

 1,897 

 1,601 



915 

 1,695 

 1,045 

 3,361 



639 

 5,027 



378 

 1,608 

 1,333 



861 

 1,522 

 1,734 

 2,304 

 2,120 



420 



10,284 



1,174 



1,038 



998 

 2,020 

 1,526 

 8,132 

 1,874 

 2,848 

 1,475 

 6,928 

 1,706 



Total Clip. 



1855. 



336,333 

 6,468 

 9,310 



38,126 

 7,808 

 5,232 

 3.483 

 5,689 

 4,870 



14,252 

 1,516 



20,410 

 2,991 

 8,648 

 4,698 

 9,776 

 7,519 

 6,243 



17,203 



13,370 

 2,700 



30,383 



16,750 



* 4,405 

 10,870 



29,352 

 5,987 



10,749 

 1,372 



31,876 

 4,477 



1864. 



1865. 



1874. 



1 



896,066 



922,892 



404,282 



2,082 



798 



955 



38,448 



38,978 



13,205 



84,968 



84,727 



48,900 



24,293 



23,384 



10,736 



20,077 



21,266 



6,704 



13,063 



12,416 



4,575 



22,227 



14,061 



7,347 



13,418 



8,663 



7,694 



40,297 



46,269 



20,667 



7,508 



7,315 



2,467 



74,140 



44,678 



24,338 



7,256 



6,773 



. 2,211 



28,099 



28,010 



6,836 



20,074 



20,469 



3,943 



20,787 



22,038 



4,366 



13,180 



19,221 



6,638 



26,330 



26,819 



8,663 



48,790 



69,585 



10,858 



28,078 



31,440 



11,069 



4,307 



8,305 



1,240 



74,088 



80,928 



48,448 



36,616 



38,852 



20,456 



8,139 



10,387 



4,665 



8,768 



10,585 



6,185 



22,754 



26,492 



8,094 



14,088 



13,535 



6,708 



57.278 



78,366 



36,920 



25,590 



26,208 



8,882 



22,898 



23,213 



14,736 



8,035 



10,400 



6,236 



61,487 



60,587 



36,199 



19,302 



19,734 



6,491 



393,020 

 943 



10,818 



52,758 

 8,465 

 8,468 

 3,9(5 

 7,291 

 4,085 



16,347 

 2,215 



25,745 

 1,778 

 6,980 

 5,279 

 4,317 

 6,463 



11,050 



11,053 

 9,375 

 1,661 



53,147 

 6,266 

 4,909 

 4,989 

 9,233 

 6,889 



38,447 

 9,711 



13,947 

 5,564 



34,793 

 7,149 



Average Weight or Fleece. 



3.31 

 3.47 



3.04 

 3.26 

 3.58 

 3.24 

 2.86 

 2.96 

 3.22 

 3.52 

 2.88 

 3.28 

 3.47 

 4.06 

 3.31 

 3.99 

 3.77 

 3.16 

 3.22 

 3.76 

 3.30 

 3.42 

 3.36 



4.01 

 3.35 



2.84 

 4.13 

 3.27 

 2.36 

 3.22 

 3.20 



1864. 



1 

 1865. 



1 

 1874. 



3.96 



3.95 



4.76 



4.31 



2.45 



4.44 



4.41 



3.86 



4 48 



3.93 



3.97 



4.87 



4.10 



3.86 



4.56 



3.62 



3.85 



4.93 



2.37 



2.25 



4.47 



3.30 



2.16 



4.25 



3.52 



2.06 



4.09 



3.98 



4.18 



4.96 



3.56 



3.62 



4.08 



4.47 



6.77 



6.08 



4.17 



4.28 



4.41 



4.03 



3.82 



4.66 



3.52 



3.47 



4.01 



4.00 



4.08 



4.87 



3.49 



3.97 



4.09 



4.12 



3.91 



4.49 



3.91 



3.86 



4.60 



3.83 



3.80 



4.66 



2..33 



3.92 



3.78 



4.22 



4.22 



5.07 



4.26 



3.88 



5.15 



3.36 



3.73 



4.47 



3.35 



3.70 



4.77 



3.57 



3.14 



4.46 



3.41 



3.43 



4.21 



3.86 



4.97 



4.74 



4.34 



4.07 



5.21 



4.40 



4.13 



5.07 



3.19 



3.25 



3.76 



4.85 



4.62 



6.07 



3.65 



3.56 



4.25 



4.88 

 4.74 

 4.70 

 6.41 

 4.46 

 5.29 

 4.27 

 4.30 

 3.91 

 4.86 

 4.11 

 5.12 

 4.70 

 4.34 

 3.96 

 5.07 

 4.24 

 6.37 

 4.80 

 4.42 

 3.93 

 6.17 

 5.34 

 4.73 

 5.00 

 4.67 

 3.86 

 4.73 

 5.18 

 4.90 

 3.77 

 5.02 

 4.19 



CHAPTER XXII. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



Steuben in the War of 1812 — In the Mexican War. 



Steuben County was active in the war of 1812. 

 Three companies of militia were ordered out for three 

 months' service at the beginning of the war, — two were 

 independent companies of riflemen, and the third a com- 

 pany drafted from the regiment. Capt. James Sanford 

 commanded one of the rifle companies, which belonged 

 chiefly to the town of Wayne ; the other, which belonged 

 to the town of Urbana, and mustered about fifty men, was 

 commanded by Capt. Abraham Brundage. William White, 

 of Pulteney, was his first lieutenant, and Stephen Garner 

 ensign. These were organized with two rifle companies 

 from Allegany County, and the battalion thus formed was 

 commanded by Maj. Asa Gaylord, of Urbana. Maj. Gay- 

 lord died upon the lines, and the command devolved upon 

 Col. Dobbins. 



The drafted company was composed of every eighth man 

 of the regiment, and was commanded by Capt. Jonas 

 Cleland, of Cohocton. Samuel D. Wells, of Cohocton, 

 and John Gillet were lieutenants, and John Kennedy 

 ensign. 



" These companies reached the frontiers just at the time 

 when Col. Van Rensselaer, with an army of militia, was 

 about to make an attack upon the works and forces of the 

 British at Queenstown Heights. Capt. Cleland, with many 

 of his men, volunteered to cross the boundary. . . . The 



men on the shore of the Niagara, at the foot of a precipi- 

 tious bank, were fired upon by the British batteries on the 

 opposite side, the grape-shot rattling furiously against the 

 rocks overhead. The captain advised his men to seek a 

 less exposed position, and disappeared with some soldiers. 

 He appeared again on the field of battle, over the river, in 

 the course of the forenoon, and complaining of illness re- 

 turned to the American side. Lieut. Gillet and Ensign 

 Kennedy remained under the fire of the British batteries 

 with most of the men, crossed the river, and went into the 

 battle. 



" The command devolved upon Gillet. It was doubted 

 whether he would prove a brave officer, but, to the surprise 

 of all, he ' rushed into the fight as if he had just found his 

 element,' whirled his sword, raised his powerful voice and 

 cheered on his men. After receiving a dangerous and 

 almost mortal wound he continued to fight, swinging his 

 hat and brandishing his sword, till he finally sank and fell 

 from pain and exhaustion. 



" Ensign Kennedy then took command, hastily forming 

 the scattering squad which had gathered on that side of 

 the river into a company. At one time they were con- 

 fronted by the Indians, whom they drove into a wood. 

 While exchanging an irregular fire with these enemies 

 among the trees, Benjamin Welles, a young man from Bath, 

 who stood beside Kennedy, looking over a fence, was shot 

 thorough the head and mortally wounded. At the final 

 engagement of this random, but often gallantly-fought 

 battle, Kennedy and his men were in the line formed to 

 meet the British reinforcements which were just coming 



