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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Vincent Matthews, 76 votes ; Joseph Grover, 45 votes ; 

 George Hornell, 2 votes ; Henry A. Townsend, 1 vote. 



For member of Assembly : George Hornell, 68 votes ; 

 Henry A. Townsend, 52 votes ; Vincent Matthews, 4 votes. 



Uriel Chapin, Elias Hopkins, Nathaniel Wallis, Inspectors 

 of Election, 



LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 



1808. 



1809. 



1810. 



1811. 



1812. 



1813. 



1814. 



1815. 



1816. 



1817. 



1818. 



1819. 



1820. 



1821. 



1822. 



1823. 



1824. 



1825. 



1826. 



1827. 



1828. 



1829. 



1830. 



1831. 



1832. 



1833. 



1834. 



1835. 



1836. 



1837. 



1838. 



1839. 



1840. 



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. 



Supervisors. 

 Uriel Chapin. 



Robert Porter. 

 Uriel Chapin. 



Stephen Prentiss. 

 John Hathaway. 

 John Prentiss. 



a 



Josiah Dunlap. 



a 



a 

 a 

 a 

 u 



Town Clerks. 

 Aaron Bull. 

 Jesse Waldo. 

 Aaron Bull. 

 John Hopkins. 



Stephen Norria. 



Daniel Sheldon. 



(( i( 



U ii 



ii ii 



ii ii 



H ii 



ii ii 



it ii 



ii - ii 



ii ii 



Johns. N, Reynolds. 



ii ii 



Daniel S. Benton. 



a 



a 



ii 



Robert Miller. 



a 

 a 

 ii 



ii 

 ii 



Daniel Sheldon. 



John Gulick. 

 a a 



Jared T. Benton. 

 John Gulick. 

 Jared T. Benton. 



a a 



Silas G. Smith. 



Collectors. 

 William P. Curtis. 



a a 



Benjamin Bridges. 

 Stephen Norris. 



John Lay. 



a ii 



Thomas Perkins. 



Stephen Horton. 

 Thomas Perkins. 



a a 



Elijah Kent. 

 Seth Weed. 



ii a 



David Hobart. 



a ii 



Corn. M. Haight. 

 Lovet H. Edget. 

 Anson Cogswell. 



a ii 



Thomas Horton. 

 Jacob Lee. 

 Jared T. Benton. 



a ii 



John M. Clark. 



Amos Tanner. 



ii a 



it a 



ii ii 



George McLean. 



U ii 



ii ii 



ii ii 



ii 



ii 



Jared T. Benton, 

 Ira Hyatt. 



a ii 



John A. Prentiss. 

 Jared T. Benton. 

 Ira Hyatt. 

 Robert Miller. 

 Josiah Dunlap. 

 Johns. N. Reynolds. 

 Ira Hyatt. 



a ii 



Sam'l Fitzsimmons. 

 Josh. W. Eggleston. 

 Wm. H. Clark. 

 George Coward. 



Harry Godfrey. 

 J. J. Reynolds. 



George Wagstaflf. 

 Levi Norris. 

 Philander Copeland 

 Joseph Stebbins. 

 F. W. Carpenter. 



George Wagstaff. 



a 

 a 

 ii 

 a 

 ii 

 ii 



ii 

 a 

 ii 

 a 

 a 

 a 



S. L. Ferguson. 

 Levi Norris. 



F. W. Carpenter. 



ii a 



Jasper Ree. 

 Samuel B. Lyon. 



a a 



George Wagstaff. 



a a 



William Chandler. 



ii a 



J. H. St. John. 

 Warren Miller. 

 Tompkins W. Boyd. 

 Levi Norris. 

 Tompkins W. Boyd. 



Richard F. Horton. 

 Chas. A. Newland. 

 Tompkins W. Boyd. 



Richard F. Horton. 

 Joseph S. Horton. 

 James D. Stone. 

 Richard H. Stewart. 



James D. Stone, Jr. 

 Joseph S. Horton. 

 Judson H. Gibson. 

 John Gibson. 

 William Allen. 

 George S. Prentiss. 

 D. McLeod. 

 Henry R. Hess. 



Supervisors. 



1872. Odel C. Cross. 



1873. J. J. Reynolds. 



1874. S. B. Lyon. 



1875. John Gilson. 



1876. S. B. Lyon. 

 1^77. " " 



1878. A. H. Denniston. 



Town Clerks. 

 Jared H. Smith. 



ii a 



Collectors. 



Orrin Stearns. 



D. Ward Finch. 

 William Brush. N. R. Hyatt. 



Thomas J. Wagstaff. P. 0. Horton. 

 Henry R. Hess.* John Sanderson. 

 George A. Wagner. Egbert G. Shwart. 

 Thomas J. Wagstaff. Oscar L. Fox. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 

 Among the early justices of the peace were James Bent- 

 ley, Josiah Dunlap, Johnson N. Reynolds, Lovitt H. Edget, 

 Anson Cogswell, John Hathaway, and John Prentiss. 



JUSTICES ELECTED 



1830. Nathaniel Ball. 



1831. Lovitt H. Edgeti 



1832. John Hathaway. 



1833. Daniel Northrop. 



1834. John Gload. 



1835. A. S. Bennett. 



1836. John Gulick. 



1837. Harry Godfrey. 



1839. Daniel F. Drew. 



1840. John Gulick. 



1841. Jared T. Benton. 



1842. Robert Miller. 



1843. Joel Tomer. 



1844. Charles Brown. 

 Joseph R. Lee. 



1845. Jared T. Benton. 



1846. Robert Miller. 



1847. James Fitzsimmons. 

 Charles Brown. 



1848. Harry Godfrey. 



1849. Jared T. Benton. 



1850. Nelson Ball. 



1851. James Fitzsimmons. 



1852. William CaviU. 



1853. Benjamin F. Welles. 



BY THE PEOPLE. 



1854. Nelson Ball. 



1855. Eli Pickett. 



1856. John M. Clark. 



1857. Owen Riley. 



1858. Harry Godfrey. 



1859. Franklin N. Carpenter. 



1860. James Fitzsimmons. 



1861. Owen Riley. 



1862. James J. Reynolds. 



1863. Robert Miller. 



1864. M. D. Covell. 



1865. Owen Riley. 



1866. Levi Norris. 



1867. Hiram D. Tomer. 



1868. M. D. Covell. 



1869. Hults McConnell. 



1870. Levi Norris. 



1871. Bela Bonny. 



1872. Joseph E. Covell. 



1873. Joseph S. Horton. 



1874. Goldsmith Deniston. 



1875. Henry Wagstaff. 



1876. Edward M. Foster. 



1877. Orlando F. Elliott. 



1878. Philip Paddock. 



PULTENEY VILLAGE. 



The village or hamlet of Pulteney is situated in the 

 northeast part of the town. It has two churches, three 

 general stores, two steam-mills and box-factories, three 

 blacksmith-shops, a post-office, and a district school. It is 

 on the main road leading from Hammondsport to Branch- 

 port, and within a short mile of the steamboat landing on 

 Keuka Lake. The steam-mills are owned respectively by 

 Carpenter & Wintermute, and the Prentiss Brothers. 



T. J. & C. W. WagstaiF are dealers in dry goods, gro- 

 ceries, hardware, and medicines. L. M. Nichols, drugs and 

 groceries. D. H. Green, boots, shoes, and groceries. L. 

 M. Nichols is a physician, and also postmaster. 



South Pulteney Post-Office is a hamlet in the southern 

 part of the town. It has a Baptist church, Rev. C. W. 

 Townsend, pastor; a steam-mill and box-factory, C. C. 

 Hill, proprietor ; and a district school. No. 8. The post- 

 masters who have held the office here since its first estab- 

 lishment, are Lebeus Drew, Rufus Talmage, Levi Norris, 

 Hiram L. Clark, Allen W. Brasted, and Joshua W. 

 Eggleston. 



GRAPE CULTURE. 



The following extract from a communication published 

 in the Naples Record in 1861, gives something of the 



* Appointed. 



