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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



and rolled from the rude sled into the huge open fireplace 

 at one end of the larire livinpr-room. 



The Lawrenceville, Pa., Station, on the Corning, Cowan- 

 esque and Antrim Railroad, is in Lindlej, Lawrenceville 

 being across the Tioga River and just over the State line. 

 There are here, beside the depot and round-house, the junc- 

 tion of the Elmira and State Line, and Cowanesque branch 

 of the Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railroads, a large 

 saw-mill, and fifteen dwellings. The Valley Enterprise^ of 

 Lawrenceville, was published here at the depot by Henry C. 

 Mills a short time in 1870. 



Lindley Station, two miles farther down the valley, con- 

 tains a saw- and planing-mill, two stores, furniture-shop, two 

 blacksmith-shops, a wagon-shop, shoe-shop, hay-press, two 

 school-houses, three churches, and thirty-four dwellings. 



Lindley is the first post-office established in the town, A. 

 C. Morgan having been made postmaster in 1829. A sul- 

 phur spring of considerable note exists near the station. 



Cook's, a flag-station a mile from Lindley, at the mouth 

 of Cook's Creek, consists of the large steam-tannery of Isaac 

 H. Bary, store, and 25 dwellings. Just across the river is 

 the Sandt Mill settlement. 



Erwin Centre is six miles from Corning, in the town of 

 Lindley, on both sides of the river, and takes its name from 

 having been the centre of Erwin before Lindley was taken 

 off. There is here a flouring-mill, a store, saw- and stave- 

 mill, two blacksmith-shops, a shoe-, and cooper-shop ; post- 

 office, school-house, and Methodist Episcopal church, and 

 about forty dwellings. 



Half a mile up the Clendenna Creek is a mill and settle- 

 ment. The hills are thickly covered with farms, and dairy- 

 ing is extensively carried on. The three bridges span the 

 river at Lawrenceville Depot, Lindleytown, and Erwin 

 Centre. 



ORGANIZATION. 



At the first annual town-meeting in the town of Lindsley,* 

 held in the school-house at Erwin Centre, on the 6th day 

 of February, 1838, the following were " duly elected officers 

 of the said town:" Supervisor, Benjamin Harrower ; Town 

 Clerk, Chauncey Hoffman ; Justices of the Peace, Silas 

 Cook, William Seelye, and Jonah Davis ; Assessors, Ansel 

 C. Smith, William Lindsley, Jeremiah Upham ; Commis- 

 sioners of Highways, G. A. Ryerss, Thomas Clark, Benj. 

 Patterson ; School Commissioner, Michael R. Thorp, A. B. 

 Lindsley, James G. Mersereau; School Inspectors, D. P. 

 Harrower, T. L. Mersereau ; Overseers of the Poor, Ben- 

 jamin Patterson, Jeremiah Mulford; Constables, W. A. 

 Lindsley, Richard Marks, Abner Collins, Royal Vamillea ; 

 Collector, W. A. Lindsley. At this election it was voted 

 to elect an officer to protect game, and to double the amount 

 of school money. 



LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 



Supervisors. Town Clerks. Collectors. 



1838. Benjamin Harrower. Chauncey Hoffman. William A. Lindsley. 



1839. William Lindsley. 



1840. " <' 



Edward H. Tremans. " ^ 



E. H. Tremans. Thomas Clark. 



A. F. Lyon. 



*So spelled in the record in the clerk's office. The s was dropped 

 out in recording, making the name Lindley, as now generally spelled. 



1841. 

 1842. 

 1843. 

 1844. 

 1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 

 1848. 



1849. 

 1850. 

 1851. 



1852. 

 1853. 

 1854. 

 1855. 

 1856. 

 1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 

 1860. 

 1861. 

 1862. 

 1863. 

 1864. 

 1865. 

 1866. 

 1867. 

 1868. 

 1869. 

 1870. 

 1871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 



Supervisors. 

 Silas Cook. 

 Ansel C. Smith. 



G. T. Harrower. 



James G. Mersereau. 



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Henry A. Miller. 

 SamuelJ. Mersereau. 



Town Clerks. 



Julius Morgan. 



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Gabriel T. Harrower, 



M. P. Orton. 



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Eber Scofield. 



Geo. Thurber (2d). 

 D. P. Harrower. 



*' " David P. Harrower. 



Gabriel T. Harrower. Eber Scofield. 



" " Samuel Heckart. 



Ansel C. Smith (tie). " " 



Eber Scofield. " '' 



Samuel Heckart. 

 A. B. Lindsley. 

 G. T. Harrower. 



Collectors 

 Richard Marks. 



Joseph Rorobaugh. 

 Richard Marks. 



Eli Harris. 

 James Clark. 

 Richard Marks (tie). 



D. P. Harrower. 

 M. W. Rose. 

 Ira Lyon. 



Henry G. Harrower. 

 A. C. Morgan. 



Eber Scofield. 



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William More. 



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William More. 



Eber Scofield. 

 S. M. Morgan. 

 Eber Scofield. 



William More. 



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Mason Hammond. 

 William More. 

 James C. Orr, Jr. 

 G. T. Harrower. 



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William More. 

 T. J. Presho. 

 James A. Rogers. 



Henry F. Hill. 

 Milo W. Rose. 



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AVilliam More. 



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Hiram Middlebrook 

 George Bennett. 

 T. J. Presho. 

 W. H. Hill. 

 James A. Rogers. 

 T. J. Presho. 

 Thomas Carey. 

 John C. Mulford. 

 Fred B. Thurber. 



George McLagan. 

 Robert Patterson. 

 Joseph Collins. 



A. J. Tillman. 

 Eleazer Lindsley. 

 Mathew Riffle. 



Charles Mulford. 

 Vincent Hall. 

 George Camp. 

 Phineas Burr. 

 William C. Brown. 

 Joseph Collins. 

 John C. Mulford. 



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George L. Hovey. 

 Mathew Riffle. 

 Phineas Burr. 

 , I. N. Grenell. 

 Samuel Patterson. 

 Ralph Cook. 

 William Cook. 

 Ira Warner. 

 John H. Harrison. 

 Asa C. Hill. 

 Robert Orr. 

 John Brinnen. 

 Mathew Riffle. 



JUSTICES OF 



1838. Silas Cook. 

 William Seelye. 

 Jonah Davis, 



1839. Morris Johnson. 

 William Seelye. 



1810. James G. Mersereau. 



A. C; Smith. 

 1841. Abram B. Lindsley. 



James G. Mersereau. 

 1812. Jonah Davis. 



Eber Scofield. 



1843. Elam AVatson. 

 William Farrand. 

 Chauncey Hoff"man. 



1844. Eber Scofield. 

 Julius Morgan. 



1845. William W. Miller. 

 Eber Scofield. 

 Julius Morgan. 



1846. Rufus W. Palmer. 

 Silas Cook. 



1847. George Thurbur. 

 Rufus W. Palmer. 



1848. Abram B. Lindsley. 

 Eber Scofield. 



A. C. Smith. 



1849. Stilman Smith. 

 Eber Scofield. 

 Austin M. Smith. 

 P. A. Wise. 



1850. A. C. Smith. 

 Henry A. Miller. 

 Eber Scofield. 



THE PEACE. 



1851. J. S. Stewart. 



A. C. Smith. 



1852. Chauncey J. More. 

 Elam Watson. 



G. T. Harrower. 

 Benjamin Patterson. 



1853. A. B. Lindsley. 

 Charles Stocum. 

 Nelson Crawford. 



1854. B. L. ColweU. 

 Ira Lyon. 

 Lewis M. Drake. 

 E. Scofield. 



1855. Atwood Fales. 

 Charles Stocum. 

 William R. Seelye. 

 Hiram Colder. 



1856. Ira Lyon. 

 Abner Thurber. 



B. S. Colwell. 

 A. J. Daniels. 



1857. Eber Scofield. 

 Joseph Collins. 



1858. Elam Watson. 

 Eber Scofield. 

 Thomas Clark. 



1859. Elam Watson. 

 Eber Scofield. 



1860. Ira D.Lyon. 



1861. Chester P. White. 

 James Cook. 



1862. William Seelye. 

 Charles Stocum. 



