TOWN OF HORNELLSYILLE. 



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managers consisted of the following-named persons : I. W. 

 Near, S. M. Thacher, N. P. T. Finch, Miles W. Hawley, 

 J. W. Shelley, Stephen F. Gilbert, E. J. Johnson ; Charles 

 Adsit, President ; John M. Finch, Vice-President ; N. M. 

 Crane, Treasurer, 



By a special act passed in 1869 all the moneys received 

 from licenses and fines for the violation of the excise laws 

 were devoted to the purchase of books for the library. 

 These amounted at first to a sum of from $1000 to $1500 

 a year. The income from this source, however, was by a 

 subsequent amendment limited to a sum not to exceed 

 $500 per annum, and this has since been applied to the 

 purchase of books. 



The following are the ofiicers of the association for 1878 : 

 Cass Richardson, President; J. E. B. Santee, Vice-Presi- 

 dent; L. T. Charles, Secretary; C. PI. Young, Treasurer. 



Managers.— R. M. Tuttle, Chairman ; Cass Richard- 

 son, C. G. Hubbard, F. M. Sheldon, F. M. Kreidler, F. F. 

 Finch, H. E. Buvinger, F. M. Cronkrite, W. H. Johnson. 



BANKS. 

 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP HORNELLSVILLE. 



The association of this bank was organized in November, 

 1863, by Martin Adsit, of Hornellsville, Ira Davenport, 

 Constant Cook, Ira Davenport, Jr., and Henry H. Cook, 

 of Bath, N. Y., who were the first board of directors, and 

 held all of the stock. The bank commenced business May 

 1, 1864, in a small wooden building on the corner of Main 

 and Canisteo Streets, with a paid-up capital of $50,000, 

 and with liberty to increase it to $200,000. The first 

 officers were 



Ira Davenport, President. 

 Martin Adsit, Cashier. 



First Board of Directors. — Ira Davenport, Constant 

 Cook, Martin Adsit, Henry H. Cook, and Ira Davenport, Jr. 



On the 26th of June, 1865, Ira Davenport resigned the 

 presidency, and Martin Adsit was appointed in his place, 

 and Charles Adsit was appointed cashier. On the death 

 of Ira Davenport, in 1869, John Davenport became a 

 stockholder and director, and the same relation was assumed 

 by Charles Adsit on the death of Constant Cook. In May, 

 1875, the capital stock was increased to $100,000, and all 

 paid in. In 1870 the bank erected a new and substantial 

 brick banking-house. No. 117 Main Street, and removed to 

 the elegant quarters which they now occupy Jan. 1, 1871. 

 The banking-room is well and conveniently arranged, with 

 first-class vault, time-lock, etc. 



The present officers are as follows : 



Martin Adsit, President. 

 Charles Adsit, Cashier. 



Martin Adsit. 

 John Davenport. 



directors. 



Charles Adsit. 

 Ira Davenport, Jr. 

 Henry H. Cook. 



Martin Adsit, the president of this bank, was born in 

 Columbia Co., N. Y., in December, 1812, and removed to 

 Hornellsville at the age of fourteen, in December, 1826. 

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The village at that time consisted of twenty-five houses and 

 a grist- and saw-mill. Mr. Adsit entered the store of his 

 uncle, the late Colonel Ira Davenport, of Bath, then the 

 only merchant in Hornellsville, as clerk, and remained in 

 that situation until he commenced mercantile business for 

 himself in Hornellsville, in the year 1833. He has ever 

 since continued in the business, in addition to his banking 

 interest. The mercantile firm is at present Martin Adsit 

 & Son, the latter being John 0. Adsit. 



bank of hornellsville. 

 Capital, $50,000. 

 President. — F. Gr. Babcock. 

 Vice-President. — W. G. Rose. 

 Cashier. — W. H. Johnson. 

 Assistant Cashier. — F. H. Furman. 



directors. 

 F. a. Babcock, W. G. Rose, Chas. S. Clark, D. D. 

 Babcock, W. H. Johnson, A. Hubbard, D. K. Belknap. 



N. M. CRANE & CO.'S BANK. 



President. — N. M. Crane. 

 Cashier.— -8. H. Crane. 

 Teller. — Charles Crandall. 



BANDS. 



Hornellsville has two excellent brass bands,~the P. G. 

 Babcock Hook-and-Ladder, No. 4, William Snow, leader, 

 and the Hornell Union Cornet Band, Prof R. B. Perkins, 

 leader. 



CHURCHES. 



THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HORNELLSVILLE, 



consisting of 28 original members, was organized on the 

 10th of July, 1832. Chauncey B. Smith and Mowry 

 Thacher were ordained elders, and have continued to 

 ofiiciate in that capacity till the present time. Of the 

 original members these two elders, Mrs. Harriet Bostwick 

 and Mrs. Hannah Thacher, are the only ones who survive. 



The first church edifice was erected in 1834, and was a 

 building 39 by 49 feet in dimensions. In 1862 it was 

 enlarged, the side galleries being removed and the audi- 

 ence-room extended 20 feet ; at the same time its lecture- 

 room and parlors were built. In 1871 its central tower 

 was removed, a new front erected, and an organ pur- 

 chased. In 1875 a third enlargement was made whereby 

 45 additional seats were secured, so that the church is now 

 capable of seating 650 persons comfortably. The present 

 membership is 329. 



A union Sunday-school was organized by George Hor- 

 nell, Jr., in 1820, and was maintained during the summer 

 months only until Elder C. B. Smith became superintend- 

 ent, in 1829, after which it continued both summer and 

 winter. On the erection of churches of diff'erent denom- 

 inations, the school was divided. Elder Smith continuing 

 to have charge of the Presbyterian division till 1841. He 

 has since that time remained in the school as teacher. The 

 present Sunday-school has an enrolled membership of more 

 than 500 ofiicers, teachers, and scholars. 



Clergymen.—The following have served the church for 



