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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Atgate ; Menzo Doud, Osa Orcott, Samuel Church, and Ira 

 Bronson ; John Shaw, Saul Church, and John Knapp have 

 served in the old log church. Subsequently the same pas- 

 tors have supplied all, including the following: 1847, V. 

 Brownell; 1849, D. Ferris; 1857, J. M. Park; 1859, D. 

 Knapp; 1861, E. D. Rosea; 1862, T. Jolly; 1863-64, 

 R. Parker; 1865, Rev. Mr. Hall; 1866, E. T. Bliven ; 

 1867, Charles Bush; 1868, J. T. Thompson ; 1869, Wm. 

 Haskell; 1870, Rev. Mr. Dunkin ; 1871-72, William Has- 

 kell; 1874-75, A. Sorenberger; 1876-77, W. W. Mande- 

 ville; 1878, M. J. Landreth. 



Present trustees : Oak Hill, Lorenzo Hulburt, Harvey 

 Cleveland ; Rogersville, Peter Kreidler, Joseph S. Flint, J. 

 M. Hendee. Present officers: Daniel Kreidler, Joseph S. 

 Flint, Lorenzo Hulburt, Class-Leaders ; Peter Kreidler, Re- 

 cording Secretary; J. M. Hendee, Joseph S. Flint, Daniel 

 Kridler, Newton Kingsley, Stewards. Total membership, 84. 



THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 



The first Baptist meetings in Dansville were held by a 

 Rev. Mr. Ford, of Howard, as early as 1819, at Beach- 

 ville, in the log school-house, on Thomas Brayton's land. 

 Mr. Bray ton, who was a deacon of the church and an elo- 

 quent speaker, also held meetings when there was no pastor 

 at hand, and officiated at funerals. Annual association 

 meetings were held in barns during the summer. Among 

 the early members were Thomas and Nathaniel Brayton, 

 Tolman Brown, James Bryant, Robert and Jonathan Sloan, 

 Stephen Holden, Erastus Sexton, Morton Smith, and Thos. 

 M. Bowen. 



In 1852, Rev. Nicholas B. Rector came to Dansville and 

 found the society divided into Old School and New School 

 factions. Rev. George Dye was preaching to the New 

 School, and Mr. Rector took charge of the Old School fac- 

 tion, reorganizing with 24 members. Each faction occu- 

 pied the church on alternate Sundays. Revs. Prentice, 

 Jones, and Green succeeded Mr. Dye until the decease of 

 Rev. Mr. Rector, in 1865, after which Rev. Mr. Thorp 

 supplied them occasionally, for a short time, and the church 

 was abandoned. 



There have been deacons : Old School, Thomas Brayton, 

 Aaron Bowen ; New School, Robert Beach. 



The present trustees are Robert Beach, Philip Brayton, 

 John P. Faulkner. The church was a fine 'building, but 

 has been suffered to fall into decay. 



THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 



This society was organized at Rogersville through the 

 efforts of Rev. Asa Upson soon after the opening of the 

 seminary, in 1848, and in 1852 a church was built in the 

 village at a cost of $2800. Joseph Phelps, Elisha Robin- 

 son, and John M. Bryant were trustees. This church was 

 dedicated by Rev. J. H. Tabor. Among the early mem- 

 bers were John Robinson, Joshua Healy, Uriah Upson, 

 Jerome B. Phelps, Humphrey Stevens. Pastors, 0. B. 

 Clark, Asa Upson, T. H. Tabor, Rev. Mr. Austin, E. M. 

 Whitney, Rev. Mr. Payne. The society has ceased to 

 exist since 1866. 



An evangelical society was formed in the north part of 

 the town in 1863, and a church built on Oak Hill, which 



was burned soon after. A second one was subsequently 

 erected at an expense of $900. Fred. Hanna and wife 

 were leading members. A Roman Catholic church was 

 built of logs in the north German settlement in 1834. 

 These have both been merged in stronger societies in ad- 

 joining towns. 



MILITARY RECORD OP DANSVILLE. 



George M. Morrison, sergt., Co. F, 14l8t N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



William 0. Sylvester, Corp., Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Joseph C. Newcomb, corp., Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Thomas W\ Cotton, corp., Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



William B. Ames, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



iGJeorge B. Burditt, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Leister Baker, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Joseph S. Flint, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Albert Goodeno, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf:; enl. Sept. 11,1862. 



John Gray, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Benjam-in S. Johnson, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Edward A. Kreidler, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



George Owston, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Mathias Pomroy, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Liscomb K.Robinson, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Nelson B. Root, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



William D. Sylvester, Co. F, 141st N. Y, Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Lyman Wellington, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf.; enl, Sept. 11, 1862 ; died in Ander- 



sonville, Ga., prison. 

 Bruce Luther, sergt., Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 John C. Drehmer, sergt., Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 John C. Wheaton, sergt., Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 William L. Lookins, sergt., Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Dorr Faulkner, corp., Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 George Dolph, Co. B, 136th N. Y Inf. 

 Martin L. Anderson, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 W. Seymour Babcock, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Aaron B. Baker, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Patrick Finn, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Baldess Foot, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Amariah Boy Ian, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Egbert Gors, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf 

 John Heller, Co. B, 136th N. Y. Inf. 



William Stiffy, corp., Co. D, 14th N. Y. Art. ; enl. Sept. 12, 1863. 

 Warren Preston, Co. D, 14th N. Y. Art. ; enl. Sept. 12, 1863, 

 George Cunningham, Co. D, 14th N. Y. Art. ; enl. Sept. 12, 1863. 

 James E. Fulton, Co. D, 14th N. Y, Art. ; enl. Sept. 12, 1863. 

 William Goode, Co. D, 14th N. Y. Art. ; enl. Sept. 12, 1863. 

 Thomas Hughes, Co. D, 14th N. Y. Art. ; enl. Sept. 12, 1863. 

 Harrison Morehess, wounded at second Bull Run. 

 Thomas H. Levers, 136th N. Y. Inf. 

 Joseph H. Bowen, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 David Bowen, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 Stephen B. Clark, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 Russell B. Carrington, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 William L. Flint, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 George Frisby, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 George Owston, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; killed. 

 Nelson B. Root, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 Abram Russell, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 George Sherer, Co. F, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 G. C. Sylvester, 141st N. Y. Inf. 

 E. Wellington, Co. B, 13th N. Y. Inf. 

 Fred Wellington, 13th N. Y. Inf. 



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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



MICHAEL WEBER, 



son of John J. and Maria A. Weber, was born in Ger- 

 many, March 6, 1826. He received a common-school 

 education. He emigrated to America, and settled at Pitts- 

 ford, Monroe Co., N. Y., in July, 1848, and remained about 

 six months, during which time he worked on a farm ; 

 then settled in Wayland, Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1849, and 

 worked for his cousin, Frederick Westerman, on the farm 

 and at lumbering. He then farmed on shares for some 



