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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Painted Post to Bath, along the Conhocton, by which the 

 mail was carried on horseback once a week. John E. 

 Evans was then postmaster at Centreville. The Bath 

 paper was then carried open, and thrown into the yards as 

 the carrier passed by. The first post-ofiice at Cooper's 

 Plains consisted of a " shingle nailed to a tree, under which 

 the mail was stuck by the accommodating mail rider." 



Judge Cooper settled in this part of the town in 1828. 

 He was an only son, and his father resided in Easton, Pa. 

 His mother was a daughter of Col. Arthur Erwin. His 

 son, John Cooper, Jr., was a physician of considerable note, 

 and the founder of the village of Cooper's Plains. 



About 1841, Dr. Cooper built a large residence on his 

 farm near the junction of Mead's Creek Valley with Con- 

 hocton, and laid out a portion of his farm into village lots. 

 The place soon began to attract settlers. Albert Mulligan 

 opened the first store, and subsequently Col. Uri Balcom, 

 now a resident of Chicago, carried on lumbering and mer- 

 cantile business, operating a saw-mill, which had been built 

 by John Williams. Anson Buck, father of Edward Buck, 

 Esq., of Addison, built and kept the first hotel. This 

 house for many years after Mr. Buck left it was occupied 

 by the late Daniel Ogden, whose reputation as a " prince of 

 landlords" nearly absorbed the name of the village, for it 

 used to be more frequently said " going to Ogden's" than 

 going to Cooper's Plains. The building was burned in 

 1871, and has not yet been replaced. 



The llochester branch of the Erie Railway passes through 

 and has a station at Cooper's Plains. There are a Baptist 

 and a Methodist church, a large and commodious district 

 school-house, a flouring-mill, steam saw-mill, chair-factory, 

 wagon- and blacksmith-shops, one or two stores, a post-office, 

 and some twenty-five or thirty dwellings, and the Good 

 Templars maintain a flourishing lodge in the village. 



ERWIN. 



In the spring of 1873 a depot was built near the west 

 line of E. E, Townsend's property, and the station was 

 called Erwin. A post-office was established here, and Mr. 

 Townsend was appointed postmaster. 



There are now three post-offices in the town of Erwin, 

 viz., Painted Post, in the village of Painted Post ; Cooper's 

 Plains, at Cooper's Plains ; and Erwin, at Erwin. 



MILITARY RECORD OF ERWIN. 



Abbey, John, private, 74th Inf., Co. K; enl. Sept. 13, 1861, three years ; re-enl.; 



lost an arm at the battle of Gettysburg ; disch. in consequence. 

 Abel, Emerson W., scrgt., 141st Inf., Co. E ; enl. Aug., 1862, three years. 

 Adams, William Bradford, private, 107th Inf., Co. C ; enl. July, 1862, tliree years. 

 Alexander, Geo., private, 8th U. S. Col Inf. ; drafted July 17, 1863, three years. 

 Ameigh, Richmond J., private, 74th Inf., Co. K ; enl. May 22, 1861, three years ; 



re-enlisted; disch. June, 1865. 

 Ames, Eli, 161st Inf. ; enl. Dec. 22, 1863, three years. 

 Andrews, Ransom Riley, private, 20th N. Y. Ind. Bat. ; enl. June 6, 1863, three 



years; disch. Aug. 7, 1865. 

 Bailey, Charles Amasa, private, 86th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept., 1861, three years; 



disch.; re-enl. same co. and regt. in 1863; wounded in battle of the Wil- 

 derness, May 6, 1864 ; died the next day. 

 Bailey, Sylvester. 

 Baker, Morgan Henry, musician, 50th Eng., Co. F ; enl. Aug., 1862, three years ; 



disch. June 8, 1865. 

 Ball, Joseph Allen, corporal, 23d Inf., Co. D; enl. April 12, 1861 ; wounded in 



the battle of Antietam in the right arm, arm amputated; disch. Dec. 5, 



1862. 

 Barber, Henry C, 10th Cav.; enl. Dec. 31, 1863, three years. 

 Barnett, Henry E., 16th Vet. Res. Corps; enl. July 27, 1864, three years. 

 Baumes, Peter, private, 60th Eng., Co. F ; enl. Aug. 18, 1862, three years. 



Beers, Schuyler, artificer, 50th Eng., Co. C ; enl. Aug. 31, 1864, one year; pro. 



to artificer; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Benjamin, James R., 16th H. Art.; enl. Dec. 29, 1863, three years. 

 Bennett, Wilson Le Roy, musician, 6th Cav., Co. L; enl. Oct. 16, 1861, three 



years ; disch. Oct. 28, 1864. 

 Berry, Francis, private, 50th Eng., Co. F ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years ; disch. 



June 13, 1865. 

 Blanchard, William Alexander, private, 50th Eng., Co. F; enl. Sept. 1, 1864, 



one year; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Blowers, John, 50th Eng. ; enl. April 3, 1865, one year. 

 Boardman, James, enl. Aug. 29, 1863, three years ; sub. for James McGuire. 

 Boguie, James, 179th Inf.; enl. March 29, 1864, three years. 

 Borst, Ira A., private, l07th Inf., Co. C ; enl. July 9, 1862, three years ; captured 



Dec. 15, 1864; in Florence prison three months; exchanged; disch. June 



2, 1865; died in Nov. 

 Borst, Philo, corporal, 107th Inf., Co. C; enl. July 4, 1862, three years; pro. to 



Corp., Aug. 1, 1862 ; disch. Feb. 4, 1863 ; re-enl. 50th Eng., Co. A, Dec. 19, 



1863, three years ; pro. to artificer, July 1, 1864 ; to Corp., April 23, 1865; 



disch. June 30, 1865. 

 Borst, Theodore, 50th Eng. ; enl. Dec. 29, 1863, three years. 

 Borst, Julius Rowley, 50th Eng,; enl. Dec. 19, 1863, three years. 

 Brimmer, Lorenzo, 50th Eng ; enl. April 3, 1865, one year. 

 Britten, William James, Jr., private, 6th Cav., Co. L ; enl. Aug. 2, 1864, three 



years ; disch. Aug. 9, 1865. 

 Bronson, Irving, capt., 107th Inf., Co. C ; enl. July 29, 1862, three years ; pro. to 



1st lieut.. May 2, 1863 ; to capt, Sept. 20, 1865 ; disch. June 5, 1865. 

 Brower, Charles, private, 86th Inf. 

 Brown, Sanford Delos, corporal, 50th Eng., Co. F; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three 



years; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Brown, Gilbert La Fayette, private, 50th Eng., Co. A ; enl. Dec. 19, 1863, three 



years; died Aug. 6, 1864. 

 Brown, Samuel Watson, private, 107th Inf., Co. C; enl. Aug. 7, 1862, three 



years; disch. June 5, 1865. 

 Brown, Wm. A., 50th Eng. ; enl. Aug 30, 1864, one year. 

 Brown, Henry E., 23d Inf. ; re-eiil. 22d Cav., Aug. 9, 1864, three years. 

 Burnsides, James, drafted. 

 Button, Miles, private, 179th Inf., Co. B ; enl. March 3, 1864, three years ; disch. 



May 29, 1865. 

 Brockway, Andrew, private, 107rh Inf., Co. C; enl. July, 1862, three years; 



killed in the battle at Dallas, May 25, 1864. 

 Calkins, Milton, 2d sergt., 107th Inf., Co. C ; enl. July 9, 1862, three years ; disch. 



June 18, 1865. 

 Campbell, William, 20th U. S. Col. Inf.; enl. July 25, 1864, three years. 

 Cassida, John, 50th Eng. ; enl. Aug. 31, 1864, one year. 



Carman, John, enl. Aug. 23, 1864, three years ; sub. for Warren S. Hodgman. 

 Chapman, Alonzo, 179th Inf.; enl. Mar. 31, 1864, three years. 

 Clark, John B., enl. Dec. 16, 1864, three years; sub. for Abijah Weston. 

 Christler, Charles, private, 14lst Inf.; enl. Aug., 1862, three years. 

 Chatfield, Charles James, Ist lieut., 23d Inf., Co. D ; enl. April, 1861, two years ; 



pro. to Corp., Aug.l, 1861 ; wounded in the leg in second Bull Run battle, 



Aug. 31, 1802; disch. May 22, 1863; re-enl. 10th Cav., Jan. 2, 1864, three 



years ; must, out 10th Cav. and appointed Ist lieut. of 20th N. Y. Ind. 



Bat., April 4, 1864 ; disch. July 7, 1864 ; re-enl. 1st U. S. V. V. Corps, Co. 



B, Dec. 5, 1864, one year ; pro. to sergt., Jan. 5, 1865 ; to 2d lieut. of 2d 



Regt., 1st Corps, July 24, 1865; to 1st lieut. same regt., Oct 5, 1865. 

 Cobb, Charles, private, 86th Inf., Co. I ; enl. Oct. 7, 1861, three years ; disch. and 



re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864, three years; taken prisoner at Gains' Farm, June 1, 



1864; sent to Libby prison eight days; moved to Andersonville for ten 



months; paroled April 29, 1865; disch. June 28, 1865. 

 Cobb, James Ezra, private, 35th Inf., Co.'F; enl. for two years; re-enl. in 20th 



Ind. Bat. 

 Cobb, Wm., private, 23d Inf., Co. D, two years ; re-enl. in 50th Eng.,Co. A, one year. 

 Cook, Seth Dagget, private, 107th Inf, Co. C; enl. July 5, 1862, three years; 



disch. Feb. 5, 1863; re-enl. in 10th Cav., Co. L, Aug. 25, 1864, one year; 



disch. June 28, 1865. 

 CoMbaugh, Jerome, enl. Aug. 14, 1864, three years ;" sub. for Alanson J. Fox. 

 Coon, Judson C, private, 50th Eng., Co. F ; enl. Aug. 28, 1862, three years. 

 Cooper, John, surg. Fremont's staff; appointed June 21, 1861 ; must, out Jan., 



1862; reappointed A. A. surg. U. S. A., Feb., 1862 ; must, out and reap- 

 pointed surg., 2d La. Cav., May, 1864; disch. July 24, 1865. 

 Cooper, Thomas Wallis,lst lieut., 7th Inf., Co. B; enl. April 19, 1861; pro. to 2d 



lieut. ; died at St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1862. 

 Cooper, FFcderick, 2d lieut., 4th Mo. Cav., Co. F ; enl. Dec. 24, 1861, three years ; 



served as vol. aide-de-camp; commissioned 2d lieut.; disch. July 19, 1862. 

 Cooper, Benjamin A., private, 50th Eng., Co. F; enl. Aug. 27, 1864, one year. 

 Conner, Theodore, corporal, 107th Inf., Co. C; enl. July 7, 1862, three years; 



pro. in August, 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville ; disch. June 5, 1865. 

 Coryell, Edward, private, 86th Inf., Co. C; enl. Nov. 5, 1861, three years. 

 Cornell, Wm. Harrison, sergt., 141st Inf., Co. E; enl. Aug., 1862, three years. 

 Courtwright, John, 107th Inf., Co. C ; enl. Dec. 28, 1863, three years. 

 Cowley, Bernard, artificer, 50th Eng., Co. F; enl. Aug., 1862, three years. 

 Cowley, Michael, 1st sergt., 107th Inf., Co. C; enl. July 9, 1862, three years; 



pro. to 1st sergt., Jan., 1863 ; disch. June 5, 1865. 

 Creamer, Roscoe D., 16th V. R. Corps; enl. Aug. 5, 1864, three years. 

 Dill, John H., 16th Y. R. Corps; enl. Aug. 5, 1864, three years. 

 Dodge, Leonard Lorycor, private, 112th Inf., Co. C; enl. Sept. 5, 1864, one year; 



killed at Fort Fisher. 



