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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



N. N. Beers, 1867; Rev. S. M. Merritt, 1868; Rev. C. 

 G. Curtis, 1869 ; Rev. J. B. Countryman, 1871-72 ; Rev. 

 J. E. Tiffany, 1873-75; Rev. J. L. King, 1875-76; 

 Rev. Gr. W. Terry, 1877, present pastor. 



In 1846 the church edifice was built, and was repaired 

 and enlarged in 1868. The church has good, comfortable 

 sheds and a parsonage. The present membership is 113, 

 with an attendance at the Sunday-school of 157. R. P. 

 Moulton, superintendent. The present trustees are E. S. 

 Carpenter, S. G. Smith, H. S. Shattuck, W. Walden, T. J. 

 Cornish. 



Mr. Rice Moulton has been a member of this church for 

 fifty-eight years, and during a good portion of the time has 

 been class-leader. He was born at Saratoga Springs in 

 1805, and came to Cohocton in 1815. 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LENT HILL. 



About the year 1831 a class was formed on Lent Hill 

 by Rev. Mr. Norris, and worshiped in a log school-house 

 on the corner opposite the present church. In 1834 a 

 church was erected and dedicated by Rev. Mr. Buck. The 

 society was known as the First Union Society of Cohocton 

 and Prattsburgh. The first trustees were P. Hatch, H. 

 Ketch, D. Field, R. Stanton, E. Holcomb, and J. D. Smith. 

 H. Ketch, class-leader. The society has about 40 members. 



TEMPERANCE. 



There has always been a strong temperance element in 

 this town. The Sons of Temperance and several temper- 

 ance societies have flourished in Cohocton, and their labors 

 have been fruitful of a great deal of good. This town for 

 the past five years have much to their credit voted no 

 license. 



VILLAGE OF LIBERTY. 



The village of Liberty is situated on the Rochester and 

 Corning branch of the New York and Erie Railroad, fifty- 

 nine miles southeast of Rochester and thirty-five miles from 

 Corning. It contains six churches, three hotels, five stores 

 of general merchandise, two drug-stores, one hardware- 

 store, one jewelry, two clothing-houses, three millinery- 

 shops, two merchant tailoring establishments, two barber- 

 shops, one flour- and feed-store, two boot- and shoe-shops, 

 one photograph gallery, two harness-shops, two meat-mar- 

 kets, one weekly newspaper and job-oflice, five blacksmith- 

 shops, two restaurants, two carriage-shops, one cabinet and 

 furniture establishment, one cigar manufactory, one shingle- 

 mill, one saw- and planing-mill and lumber-yard, one agri- 

 cultural warehouse, one large hay- and straw-press, two 

 grain warehouses, one grist-mill, one public hall, post-ofiiee, 

 express and telegraph offices, a prosperous public school, 

 and flourishing lodges of Masons and Knights of Honor. 



The village was named Liberty from a liberty-pole hav- 

 ing been raised here on the first Fourth of July after the 

 organization of the town. 



FREEMASONS. 



Liberty Lodge^ No, 510, F. and A. M. — This lodge was 

 chartered Jan. 15, 1861, the charter being signed by Fin- 

 lay M. King, Grand Master, and James M. Austin, Grand 

 Secretary. The charter members were as follows : Albur- 



tus Larrowe, Stephen D. Shattuck, John Kellogg, James 

 Draper, Benjamin Warner, Asa Adams, and Hiram Dewey. 



First Officers. — Alburtus Larrowe, M. ; Stephen D. Shat- 

 tuck, S. W. ; John Kellogg, J. W. ; James Draper, Sec. 



The lodge now contains about 60 members, and is in a 

 flourishing condition. It has frequently distinguished 

 itself by acts of charity, not known to the uninitiated. 



Present Oj^cers.—Stephen D. Shattuck, M. ; J. M. 

 Crouch, S. W.; E. A. Draper, J. W. ; I. L. Goff*, S. D. ; 

 Henry Finch, J. D. ; Monroe Harris, Treas. ; Thomas 

 Warner, Sec; Rev. S. T. Dean, Chap.; C. H. Beyer, 

 Tyler. 



Masonic Hall is situated in the Warner Block, a fine 

 large building, erected by Thomas Warner in 1871. 



ODD-FELLOWS. 



A lodge of Odd-Fellows was organized in the year 1848, 

 but prospered only a short time, owing to conflicting ele- 

 ments. Among the members are many prominent names : 

 Frank Larrowe, C. J. McDowell, J. H. Mills, A. Larrowe, 

 Morris Grey, James Draper, D. H. Wilcox, Peter Yan 

 Houghton, Austin Hall, John Kellogg, A. C. Marvin, 

 Amos Chard, M. T. Conley, Andrew Moore, and others. 



KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 



Cohocton Lodge, JSFo. 944, was organized March 9, 

 1878, with 25 charter members. The officers were as 

 follows : C. E. Thorp, D. ; M. W. Harris, V. D. ; M. A. 

 Peck, A. D. ; I. L. Gofl^, P. D. ; E. A. Draper, R. ; T. R. 

 Harris, F. R. ; J. M. Reynolds, Treas.; Rev. D. W. 

 Gates, Chap. ; C. H. Stone, G. ; J. M. Cavenaugh, G. ; 

 J. C. Green, S. 



The lodge now numbers 44 members. 



At a regular meeting of the lodge held at their rooms 

 on Monday evening, Dec. 23, 1878, the following officers 

 were duly elected for the ensuing term, ending July 1, 

 1879 : Dr. I. L. Goff", D. ; Thomas Warner, Y. D. ; G. E. 

 W. Herbert, A. D. ; E. A. Draper, R. ; A. H. Weld, F. 

 R.; A. J. Hyland, Treas.; C. E. Hall, Chap.; C. H. 

 Stone, G.; J. C. Green, G.; C. H. Beyer, S. ; C. E. 

 Thorp, P. D. ; M. W. Harris, S. H. Leavitt, P.*F. Horr, 

 Trustees. 



PHYSICIANS. 



Liberty has the following physicians : 

 Allopathic— L, B. Healey, M.D., and I. L. Goff', M.D. 

 Homoeopathic. — W. D. Saxton, M.D., and E. M. White, 

 M.D. 



THE PRESS. 



The first newspaper established in Cohocton was in 

 1859, by Wm. Wait Warner, and was called the Cohocton 

 Journal; only issued about two years, when Mr. Warner 

 moved West. 



The next paper was a weekly paper, published by H. B. 

 Newell in 1872, called the Cohocton Herald, and shortly 

 afterwards purchased by James C. Hewitt and changed to 

 the Cohocton Tribune; and in 1875 was bought by Wm. 

 A. Carpenter and changed to the Cohocton Valley Times, 

 which is still published by Mr. Carpenter. It is a well- 

 conducted weekly, independent in politics. 



