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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



two churches and the academy in the village. A daily 

 stage to and from Dansville carries the mails. The busi- 

 ness depends upon the immediate surrounding country for 

 its support. The northern part of the town is devoted 

 chiefly to grain raising, while dairying is more prevalent in 

 the south. 



ORGANIZATION. 



The first town-meeting of the town of Bansville, then 

 including the present town and village of North Dansville, 

 in Livingston County, held in the village of Dansville, at 

 the house of Samuel Faulkner, April 4, 1797. There were 

 chosen as town officers for that year, Isaac Van Deventer 

 and James Faulkner, Overseers of Highways ; David Ful- 

 ler, Collector. At the next election on record, held in 

 1799, Daniel P. Faulkner was elected Supervisor; James 

 Hooker, Town Clerk ; William Phoenix, Amariah Ham- 

 mond, James Porter, " Commissioners ;" Alexander Fuller- 

 ton, William Porter, John Phoenix, Assessors ; Frederick 

 Barnhart, Constable and Collector; James Hammond, Path- 

 master : William Porter, Overseer of the Poor ; Amariah 

 Hammond, Frederick Court, Fence-Viewers. Twenty-four 

 votes were cast at the general election of April 30, May 

 1 and 2 of the same year. 



1799. 



1800. 



1801. 

 1802. 

 1803. 

 1804. 

 1805. 

 1806. 

 1807. 

 1808. 



1809. 

 1810. 

 1811. 

 1812. 



1813. 



1814. 

 1815. 

 18ie. 

 1817. 



1818. 

 1819. 

 1820. 

 1821. 

 1822. 

 1823. 

 1824. 

 1825. 

 1826. 

 1827. 

 1828. 

 1829. 

 1830. 



^uperTisors. 

 Daniel 1P. Faulkner. 

 Alex. Fullerton (v.). 

 Jacob Vandeventer. 

 Am. Hammond (v.). 

 Samuel Faulkner. 

 Amariah Hammond. 



CIVIL LIST. 



Town Clerks. 

 James Hooken. 

 L. Hammond (v.). 



Richard Porter. 



a it 



Lazarus Hammond. 



(,i 



u 



ii 



Richard W. Porter. John Metcalf. 



U ii ii ii 



Jared Irwin (v.). 



Samuel Cuthbertson. " " 



Jared Irwin. " " 



Jonathan Rowley. ^" "' 



Wm. B. Rochester. 



Thos. McWharton. 



ii ii 



ii ii 



James Faulkner. 



ii 



ii 



ii 



a 



Joshua Healy. 

 James Faulkner. 

 Joshua Healy. 



Charles Oliver. 



1831. " " 



1832. " " 



1833. Nathaniel Brayton. 



1834. Aaron W. Beach. 



John C. Rochester. 

 James Faulkner. 



Matthew Porter.. 

 Selah Barnard. 

 John Kershner. 



Wyllys T. Clark. 

 (( ii 



a a 



Timothy Atwoood. 



Wm. C. Rogers. 



a a 



ii ii 



ii ii 



Prentice Barrows. 



J. P. Brooking. 

 P. Barrows (v.). 

 Josiah Fisher. 

 William C. Rogers. 

 Aaron W. Beach. 

 Wm. C. Rogers. 



Collectors, 

 Frederick Barnhart. 



Henry Cruger. 

 Nathaniel Porter. 

 Gwyn Wilkinson. 

 Richard Porter. 

 Thos. McLem. 

 Jas. McCurdy. 

 Matthew Porter. 

 Adam Lewis. 



William Perine, 

 John Miller. 

 Thos. McWharton. 

 Darius Hill. 

 Thos. McWharton. 

 Nathaniel Purdy. 



John Jones. 

 Amariah Hammond. 

 Alpha Stout. 

 Hosea Crandall. 

 Samuel Shannon. 



a 



Gross Gates. 



ii 



ii 



ii 



William Doty. 



Gross Gates. 



ii ii 



James Gates. 



1835. 

 1836. 

 1837. 

 1838. 

 1839. 

 1840. 

 1841. 

 1842. 

 1843. 

 1844. 

 1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 

 1848. 

 1849. 

 1850. 

 1851. 

 1852. 

 1853. 

 1854. 



1855. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



1860. 



1861. 



1862. 



1863. 



1864. 



1865. 



1866. 



1867. 



1868. 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



1874. 



1875. 



1876. 



1877. 



1878. 



Supervisors. 



Aaron W. Beach. 



a ii 



Joel Carrington. 



a ii 



ii a 



Timothy Wallace. 



Joshua Healy. 

 Charles Oliver. 

 Leeds Allen. 



a a 



Charles Oliver. 



ii ii 



Joel Carrington. 



ii t' 



Luther White. 



Joel Carrington. 

 Wm. W. Healy. 

 Eli Carrington. 



U ii 



Wm. W. Healy. 

 Wm. A. Woodard. 

 Wm. W. Healy. 

 Chas. S. Ackley. 



a a 



Wm. W. Healy. 

 Dyer L. Kingsley. 



Benj. F. Kershner. 

 Warren Wallace. 



a ii 



Fred. M. Kreidler. 

 Morgan H. Carney. 



a a 



Lewellyn S. Healy. 



ii ii 



Charles Oliver. 



ii ii 



Town Clerks. 

 Wm. C. Rogers. 



ii 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 ii 

 ii 



ii 

 ii 

 ii 

 ii 

 ii 



Alexander Kelly. 

 John Witter. 

 J. H. Stevens. 

 Wm. C. Rogers. 



Collectors. 

 Solomon Scidmore. 



Josiah Pond. 



ii ii 



Silas Cotton. 



Alexander Kelly. 

 John Leonard. 

 Alexander Kelly. 

 Joseph Flint. 



a a 



Wm. A. Woodard. 



a ii 



it ii 



Thos. W. Bowen. 



Albert Goodeno. 

 Dyer L. Kingsley. 



W. C. Kingsley. 



Albert Goodeno. 

 L. H. Benjamin. 

 Geo. J. Waggoner. 

 D. H. Oliver. 

 Nicholas Welter. 



U ii 



D. Day. 



Daniel Eveland. 

 Wesley Fritz. 

 Dyer L. Kingsley. 



Dyer L. Kingsley. 

 Thos. W. Bowen. 

 Dyer L. Kingsley. 

 Thos. W. Bowen. 

 Andrew W. Cook. 

 Daniel McCollum. 

 Oscar Doolittle. 

 James B. Lemon. 

 Henry L. Jones. 



Chas. R. Holliday. 



ii ii 



Daniel S. Blank. 

 Andrew W. Cook. 

 Anthony Mindnich. 

 Jacob Kurtz. 

 Syrens Watkins. 

 D. A. Babcock. 

 John Haight. 

 John Lander. 



a a 



Chas. R. Carney. 



ii it 



John Haight. 



JUSTICES 



Solomon Scidmore. 



ii ii 



Josiah Pond (v.). 



1807. 

 1809. 

 1810. 

 1811. 

 1812. 



1813. 

 1814. 

 1815. 

 1817. 

 1818. 

 1821. 

 1822. 

 1823. 

 1824. 



1825. 



1826. 



1828. 



1829. 

 1830. 



1832, 

 1833, 



1834 



Isaac Vandeventer. 

 Jonas Cleland. 

 Stephen Haight. 

 John Metcalfe. 

 Jared Irwin. 

 Samuel Cuthbertson. 

 W. B. Rochester. 

 William Ament. 

 Selah Barnard. 

 Samuel Hunt. 

 E. W. Brock way. 

 George Reynale. 

 Rufus Day. 

 Thomas M. Bowen. 

 John Williams. 

 E. W. Brockway. 

 Aaron W. Beach. 

 Martin Smith. 

 Charles Oliver. 

 Amherst Kingsbury. 

 Martin Smith. 

 Charles Oliver. 

 Aaron W. Beach. 

 Henry Sharp. 

 James Briggs. 

 Peter Doty. 

 Elnathan P. Foster. 

 Aaron W. Beach. 



OF THE PEACE. 



1835. Thomas J. Lewis. 



1836. Jonas Bridge. 

 Anthony Hollister. 

 Charles Oliver. 



1837. James B. Cowry. 



1838. Aaron W. Beach. 



1839. Jonas Bridge. 



1840. Charles Oliver. 



1841. James B. Curry. 



1842. Timothy Wallace. 



1843. Joshua Healy. 



1844. Charles Oliver. 



1845. George G. Babcock. 



1846. Lyman Norton. 



1847. Amos Knowlton. 

 Aaron Bowen. 



1848. J. H. Stevens. 



1849. W. H. Clark. 

 H. Florey. 

 Robert Brail. 



1850. Nathan B. Newcomb. 



1851. Lyman Brayton. 



1852. William A. Woodard. 

 0. Mosher. 

 George G. Babcock. 



1853. John M. Roberts. 



1854. Orison Mosher. 



1855. Samuel Lemen. 



