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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



with this great thoroughfare, few have retained to so full 

 an extent the confidence of the several administrations of 

 this road as has Mr. Belknap. In all matters of local in- 

 terests Mr. Belknap has not shrunk from responsibility, and 

 supports with a liberal hand and willing mind church and 

 kindred interests. Since the organization of the Bank of 

 Hornellsville he has been one of its directors. He has led 

 a strictly business life, seeking no political preferment or 

 official notoriety. 



In the year 1857, Oct. 14, he married Elvira Blizzard, 

 of Sullivan Co., N. Y. Their children are Walter and 

 Laura. 



The following is a list of station-agents at Hornellsville 

 from the opening of the Erie Road, in September, 1850, to 

 date: J. A. Redfield, Sept. 1850, to Feb. 1852; H. B. 

 Smith, Feb. 1852, to Oct. 1854; J. S. Spellman, Oct. 

 1854, to March, 1855; J. S. SheafFer, March, 1855, to 

 Jan. 1856 ; H. B. Smith, Jan. 1856, to Sept. 1858 ; T. 

 P. Stowell, Sept. 1858, to May, 1863; W. C. Taylor, 

 May, 1863, to March, 1864 ; E. Van Tuyle, March, 1864, 

 to Nov. 1866 ; E. M. Canfield, Nm. 1866, to Nov. 1868 ; 

 S. C. Jillson, Nov. 1868, to Feb. 1873; D. K. Belknap, 

 Feb. 1873, to present time. 



The following are the master mechanics and superintend- 

 ents of the Hornellsville shops and the W^estern Division 

 of the Erie Road : 



Master Mechanics. —Albert Griswold, 1851-53; Jas. 

 Gilmore, 1853-54; Will. Hart, 1854-56; F. P. Martin, 

 1856-57; H. G. Brooks, 1857-61; John Durrell, 1861- 

 64 ; M. E. Cooper, J. W. Chapman, G. H. Griggs, present 

 master mechanic. 



Saperintendents. — W. C. Taylor, 1851-53; R. N. 

 Brown, 1853-54; J. A. Hart, 1854-56; B. Smith, 1856 

 -57 ; Charles P. Robinson, 1857-61 ; H. G. Brooks, 

 1861-64; J. S. Beggs, 1864, to present time. 



INCORPORATION OP THE VILLAGE. 



The village was incorporated, under the general law, at 

 a court of sessions held in Bath, on the 28th day of June, 

 1852. The first election of officers was held August 30 

 of the same year, at which John H. Lillie, Thomas Snell, 

 J. T. Wilbur, Richard Durbin, and Wm. C. McCormick 

 were chosen Trustees ; George Alley, Hiram Bennett, and 

 Rufus E. Holmes, Assessors ; Horace Bemis, Clerk ; Mar- 

 tin Adsit, Treasurer ; and James Fogle, Poundmaster. At 

 the meeting of the board, John H. Lillie was chosen Presi- 

 dent. 



1853.— Col. L. D. Benton, R. Durbin, D. S. Reyno, 

 James Alley, John J. Ely, Trustees ; D. S. Reyno, Presi- 

 dent ; H. A. Patterson, Clerk ; N. Chadwick, Treasurer. 



1854.— P. C. Ward, William M. Hawley, R. L. Brun- 

 dage, H. Bennett, J. M. Osborne, Trustees ; Col. P. C. 

 Ward, President ; Ezra Bowen, Clerk ; Martin Adsit, 

 Treasurer. 



1855.— T. J. Reynolds, J. M. Wisewell, W. R. McCor- 

 mick, J. H. Lillie, C. E. W. Baldwin, Trustees; Maj. T. 

 J. Reynolds, President; M. C. Prindle, Clerk; M. E. 

 Brown, Treasurer. 



1856.— W. G. Rose, R. Pardee, William Bennett, S. 



Taylor, Martin Adsit, Trustees; Martin Adsit, President; 

 J. R. Sheldon, Clerk ; I. E. Sharp, Treasurer. 



1857.— N. M. Crane, Mark Ball, L. E. Bowen, James 

 Kinshern, Stephen Taylor, Trustees; Col. N. M. Crane, 

 President ; Miles W. Hawley, Clerk ; I. E. Sharp, Treas- 

 urer. 



1858.— M. E. Brown, Martin Adsit, J. P. Martin, 

 Morris Smith, Philip Van Scoter, Trustees ; M. E. Brown, 

 President ; Miles W. Hawley, Clerk ; H. Holliday, Treas- 

 urer. 



1859.— Morris Smith, Mark Ball, Philip Van Scoter, 

 J. T. Glazier, Martin Adsit, Trustees ; Morris Smith, Presi- 

 dent; Miles W. Hawley, Clerk; R. Pardee, Treasurer. 



I860. — Mark Ball, Noah D. Ogden, David Conderman, 

 James T. Glazier, Nathan Nichols, Trustees; Mark Ball, 

 President ; Miles W. Hawley, Clerk ; I. E. Sharp, Treas- 

 urer. 



1862.— Alonzo Trumbull, Walter G. Rose, W. H. Coy- 

 kendall, George H. Kellinger, Mark Ball, Trustees; 

 Alonzo Trumbull, President ; Ziba B. Guilds, Clerk ; James 

 W. Burnham, Treasurer. 



1863.— Hiram Bennett, N. D. Ogden, A. Trumbull, C. 

 L. Prindle, Trustees ; Hiram Bennett, President ; E. R. 

 Reynolds, Clerk. 



1864.— L. D. Pratt, Charles F. Smith, James M. Cook, 

 Horace Bemis, E. H. Badger, Trustees ; L. D. Pratt, Presi- 

 dent; y. B. Wetmore, Clerk. 



1865.— Martin Adsit, Charles F. Smith, Mark Ball, 

 Walter G. Rose, John R. Sheldon, Trustees ; Martin Ad- 

 sit, President ; John Culbert, Clerk ; Augustus McHenry, 

 Treasurer. 



Since the adoption of the new charter, the following have 

 been presidents and clerks of the village : 



Pi'esideuts. Clerks. 



1867 1. W. Near. J. M. Popple. 



1868 R. M. Tuttle A.S.Charles. 



1869 Rodney Dennis. G. W. Brigden. 



1870 John R. Rose. Miles W. Hawley. 



1871 S. E. Shattuck. W. H. Van Dusen. 



1872 H. E. Buvinger. " " 



1873 Horace Bemis. A.S.Charles. 



1874 James H. Stephens. A. Gr. Howard. 



1875 Samuel Arnott. D. 6. Moriarty. 



1876 R. D. Jillson. M. G. Oraham. 



1877 Charles Adsit. G. W. Brigden. 



1878.... G.S.Humphrey. F. P. Rathbun. 



ALDERMEN. — 1878. 



First Ward. — Richard Stellman, J. H. Shaut. 

 Second Ward. — George Hollands, Gr. L. Bojnton. 

 Third Ward— E. I. Gilbert, J. I. Bentley. 

 Fourth Ward. — John Sauter, David Adams. 

 Fifth Ward. — J. W. Chapman, Thomas Kelley. 

 Sixth Ward.— B. F. Collins, J. W. Burns. 

 Police Justice. — George W. Brigden. 

 Treasurer. — Charles Maguire. 

 Collector. — Stephen Hollands. 



Assessors. — Edward Connolj, Thomas Burris, Harvey 

 Prentis. 



EARLY MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN. 

 Col. Ira Davenport was the first merchant in the village. 

 He came here in 1815 with a single wagon-load of goods, 

 driving three hundred miles, from Harpersfield, Delaware 



