TOWN OF HORNBY. 



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Supervisors. Town Clerks. 



1873. J. H. Ferenbaugh. Peter D. Rogers. 



1874. Saml. Easterbrooks. Isaac N. Gre^n. 



1875. " " Myron A. Eddy. 



1876. Samuel C. Erwin. Frank Sands. 

 1877 ^' '^ ^' " 

 1878. Alfred Roloson. Henry Wheat. 



Collectors. 

 M. J. Harrison. 

 L. Gr. Stanton. 

 Richard H. Rogers. 

 P. H. Wellman. 



David N. Lane. 



1826. Milo Hurd. 

 Jonathan Fellows. 

 Alonzo Gaylord. 



1827. Daniel Clark. 

 Josiah AVheat. 



1828. Alonzo Gaylord. 



1829. Josiah Wheat. 



1830. Daniel Clark. 

 Josiah Wheat. 



1831. Henry Gardner. 

 Josiah Wheat. 



1832. Mark Laine. 

 Samuel Bixby. 

 Jonathan Kimball. 



1833. Ilenr}^ Gardner. 

 Josiah Wheat. 



1834. Henry Gardner. 



1835. Jonathan Kimball. 



1836. David Smith. 



1837. Ambrose Pond. 

 Amasa Stanton. 



1838. Josiah Wheat. 

 Henry Gardner. 



1839. Ambrose Pond. 



1840. David Smith. 



1841. Simeon R. Kingsford 

 John T. Stanton. 



1842. Henry Gardner. 

 Samuel Oldfield. 

 Josiah Wheat. 



1843. Paranach Haradon. 



1844. Walter L. Patchin. 

 James Warnick. 



1845. Ambrose Pond. 



1846. C. D. Thomas. 



1847. Thomas Jewett. 



1848. Paranach Haradon. 



.niSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



1849. Hiram Gardner. 



1850. Paranach Haradon. 



1851. Alexander H. Swartwout. 



1852. Thomas Jewett. 



1853. Paranach Haradon. 

 Hiram Gardner. 



1854. Cornelius Benjamin. 



1855. A. H. Swartwout. 



1856. Asem Eddy. 

 E. B. Hungerford. 



1857. Paranach Haradon. 



1858. A. H. Swartwout. 



1859. C. F. Benjamin. 



1860. Amasa Eddy. 

 Darius Wellman. 



1861. John Ferenbaugh. 



1862. Paranach Haradon. 



1863. Joseph S. Chapin. 



1864. Isaac P. Goodsell. 

 P. Haradon. 



1865. C. G. Wheat. 



1866. William Hamilton. 



1867. Richard V. V.an Vasen. 



1868. John H. Ferenbaugh. 



1869. C. G. Wheat. 



1870. G. J. Murphy. 



1871. C. L. Smith. 



1872. Willis S. Lilly. 



1873. Charles G. Rogers. 

 D. L. Wellman. 



1874. H. W. Stephens. 

 John Ferenbaugh. 



1875. Clark L. Smith. 

 Geo. J. Murphy. 



1876. Asem Eddy. 



1877. Thonms Oldfield. 



1878. H. W. Stephens. 



The village of Hornby contains some thirty residences, 

 two stores, a shingle-mill, shingle- and saw-mill, three 

 blacksmith-shops, two wagon-shops, two shoe-shops, a 

 turning- and rake-factory, a school-house, two churches, 

 and the only post-office in the town. 



Armstrong's Mills, on Cutler Creek, a saw- and grist-mill, 

 comprises a small hamlet, a mile above which is the Wes- 

 leyan church. Ferenbaugh's, on Post Creek, consists of 

 several residences, saw-mill, blacksmith- and wagon-shop, 

 and school-house, and is a flag station on the Syracuse, 

 Geneva and Corning Railroad, which passes through the 

 southeast corner of the town. 



CHURCHES. 

 BAPTIST CHURCH. 



The regular Baptist Church of Hornby first met on 

 West Hill, in llobins' Settlement, and on Mead's Cre^ ; 

 Rev. Mr. Stone moving from Campbell to Hornby between 

 1824 and 1830, and holding meetings at both places 



Amasa Stanton and Dyer Wentworth were the first 

 deacons. Revs. Bebee, Coriell, and Sheardown succeeded. 

 About 1838 the churches formed two separate societies, 

 and about two years after the Hornby society entered their 



new church at Hornby Forks. Amasa Stanton and Jacob 

 Underwood were the trustees of the new church ; Rev. 

 Mr. Coriell preaching in it first. Rev. Ray G. Lewis suc- 

 ceeded, dying at his charge, March 29, 1851, at the age of 

 fifty-two years. He was buried in the Goodsell Cemetery, 

 near the scene of his labors. Then succeeded Revs. Parker, 

 William Birdsley, Rev. Sanderson, Rev. William Sharp; 

 1860, Rev. W. W. Beardslee ; 1862, Rev. P. P. Sander- 

 son; 1864, Rev. F. G. Surbridge; 1866, Rev. Isaac Easter- 

 brook ; 1869, Rev. R. Corbit; 1871, Rev. W. C. Larned ; 

 1873, Rev. S. D. Ross; 1876, Rev. Benjamin Hughes, B. 

 P. Mathews. 



The present officers of the church are : Clerk and Moder- 

 ator, Josiah Easterbrooks ; Trustees, John Adams, George 

 Adams ; Treasurer, George Adams ; Deacons, John St. 

 John, George Adams, Benjamin Borhees. 



PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 



September 14, 1831, a committee appointed by the pres- 

 bytery of Bath to form a church in the town of Hornby 

 met at the Kiiowiton school-house. Rev. B. B. Smith de- 

 livered a sermon, and 21 candidates were organized into a 

 church. Josiah Wheat- was made clerk, and Francis North- 

 way, Josiah Wheat, and Sampson Bixby chosen elders. 

 Thirteen more candidates were admitted November 20. 

 Meetings were held at Chester Knowlton's house. The 

 pastors were: in 1833, Rev. Mr. Barton; 1836, Rev. Mr. 

 Goodrich; 1838, Rev. D. B. Butts; 1839, Rev. John 

 Gray; 1847, Rev. P. L. de Home; 1854, Rev. Wm. R. 

 Downs; 1856, Rev. John Gray; 1866, Rev. Mr. Chap- 

 man; 1869, Rev. J. G. Butler. Elders: 1838, Henry 

 Gardner; 1852, Daniel D. Slawson ; 1854, S. R. Hunger- 

 ford, D. L. Wheat; 1858, C. G. Wheat; 1864, Andrew 

 H^^slip. Among the first members were found the names 

 of Haradon, Gibbs, Jennings, Gardner, Rockwell, Harrison, 

 Cross, and Palmer. In March, 1851, definite steps were 

 taken towards building a church, and Marcus Gaylord, 

 Henry Gardner, S. R. Hungerford, D. L. Wheat, and D. 



D. Stanton were chosen trustees, and a substantial building 

 erected the ensuing year. The present trustees are Charles 

 Wheat, Alexander Steward, and Henry F. Harrison. 



THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 



organized a class at Mr. Abel R. Palmer's, under the 

 preaching of Rev. James Hall, in 1828. Sylvester Brooks 

 was class-leader until his removal from the place in 1838, 

 when he was succeeded by Levi Coy. A division of senti- 

 ment occurring in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the 

 organization of the Wesleyans in 1843, many of the mem- 

 bers went over to that organization, thus reducmg this 

 church to but a very few members. After a short time. 



E. P. Carr was leading a class under the preaching of Rev. 

 Joseph Chapman. About 1863 the church was reorganized 

 under the leadership of Rev. A. H. Shurtlifi", with Alex- 

 ander P. McCabe as class- leader, who was succeeded by 

 Joseph Chapin and William Stevens, the present leader^ 

 Meetings were held at Mr. Palmer's and D. W. Goodsell's 

 for several years. When the church reorganized they held 

 meetings in the Baptist house until the Presbyterians 

 tendered them the use of their house. Among the earliest 



