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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



der. This was in 1852. After satisfying himself that if 

 vines and fruit would grow in such an unscientific manner 

 it would be safe to undertake the business, Mr. Reisenger 

 selected a place on the Wagner farm, near the lake, and in 

 1853 commenced business. Three acres were planted for 

 the purpose of growing grapes for wine and brandy. In 

 1857 this experiment proved so successful that Judge Lar- 

 rowe, of Pleasant Valley, employed Mr. Reisenger to plant an 

 acre, about a mile from the lake, up the valley. The roots 

 set out were of Mr. Reisenger's own growing, not, as errone- 

 ously stated, obtained from Avon, Livingston Co. From 

 those small beginnings the fever spread, until nearly every- 

 body that had land or could buy within a mile of the lake, 

 had a vineyard. Land that was nearly valueless after the 

 wood was off, soon became a little fortune in imadnation. 

 An acre when set out to vines was worth $500, and when 

 in bearing, $1000 at least. But this was soon found to be 

 only a speculative value. Pleasant Valley Wine-Cellar sprang 

 up, Urbana followed, and soon Pulteney Wine Company was 

 formed. Other individual wine-cellars blossomed into suc- 

 cessful operation. 



With all the grapes used in wine-making, but a small 

 part was used as fruit, and an outlet was found in New 

 York City first, and soon spread from Boston to Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



CHURCHES. 



Of the religious denominations in town, it is claimed that 

 the Close-Communion Baptists were on the ground first. Al- 

 though the Methodists had some " forerunners in the wil- 

 derness," yet the Baptists had the first organization. There 

 have been two Close-Communion Baptist societies, with re- 

 spectable church buildings for public worship ; one Free-Will 

 Baptist society, with house of worship. Then there is a 

 class calling themselves Seventh-Day Baptists, with house, 

 where stated meetings are held. Then there is a class 

 calling themselves " Christians." These have no churches, 

 but hold meetings with other churches. We come next to 

 the Methodists. They have two societies, one Methodist 

 Episcopal, the other Wesley an. There are also a Presby- 

 terian church and society. There has formerly been a Con- 

 gregational church and society, but they were in rather close 

 proximity to the Baptist society, and have died out. 



All these societies are well attended on the Sabbath, and 

 when taking into consideration the fact that the town is 

 only three miles wide and eight long, with nearly half the 

 people going to other towns where meetings are nearer, no 

 one can deny that we have a go-to-meeting people. " I make 

 no pretensions to give their religious temperature, but if zeal 

 is a criterion, we shall certainly measure at least with the 

 average; and if much preaching has its influence, we should 

 be a godly people.""^ 



MILITARY RECORD OF PULTENEY. 



Atwood, Alfred J., 1st lieut., 34th Kegt., Co. I; enl. May 22, 1861, two years; 



pro. to capt. and a. q.-ni., U. S. V., Nov. 26, 1862. 

 Lyon, Henry Clinton, 1st sergt., 34th Kogt., Co. I ; enl. May 22, 1861, two years ; 



pro. to 2d lieut. ; wounded at Antietam and died at Frederick City, Oct. 



5, 1862. 

 Piatt, Oscar, private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year; died at 



Pulteney, March 3, 1865. 



* Furnished bj J. W. Prentiss. 



Pelton, Wesley Miller, private, 34th Inf., Co. I ; enl. May 22, 1861, two years ; 



died July 22, 1862. 

 Loder, William Chauncey, private, 161st Kegt., Co. A. 



Hutton, Henry, private, 34th Regt., Co. I ; enl. May 22, 1861 ; wounded at An- 

 tietam ; disch. Oct. 1862. 

 Gibson, Edward Lacy, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year ; 



disch. May 22, 1865. 

 Goodrich, Charles Henry, private, 34th Regt., Co. I; enl. May 22, 1861, two 



years ; disch. June 15, 1863. 

 Gibson, Warren, corp., 161st Regt., Co. A ; must. Aug. 27, 1862, three years ; died 



Feb. 13, 1863, in hospital at Baton Rouge. 

 Gibson, Judson Hewitt, Corp., 34th Regt., Co. I; enl. May 22, 1861, two years; 



pro. April, 1862 ; disch. June 15, 1863. 

 Jones, Lester J. S., private ; must. Feb. 6, 1864, two years. 

 Wilmoth, John R., private ; enl. Feb. 11, 1864, three years. 

 Moons, Charles C, private ; enl. Jan. 19, 1864, three years. 

 Martin, Joseph W., private; enl. Jan. 22, 1864, three years. 

 Covell, John D., corp., 22d Cav.; enl. Nov. 21, 1863, three years. 

 Carmer, John H., private ; enl. Jan. 25, 1864, three years; died at Elmira before 



joining his regiment. 

 Stickler, Henry, private ; enl. Jan. 23, 1864, three years. 

 Agor, George L., private ; enl. Jan. 21, 1864, three years. 



Stone, James Weshley, private, 4th H. Art., Co. G ; enl. Jan. 21,1864, three years ; 

 died Sept. 4, 1864, at David's Island, N. Y., and buried there; remains af- 

 terwards removed to Pulteney. 

 Horton, Martin, private, 4th H. Art., Co. G; enl. Jan. 21, 1864, three years; 



disch. Oct. 5, 1865. 

 Hess, William Asa, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. June 25, 1864, three years. 

 Brown, William A., private ; enl. Jan. 20, 1864, three years. 

 Brown, Albert C, private; enl. Jan. 20, 1864, three years, 

 Galagan, Francis, private ; enl. Jan. 23, 1864, three years. 

 Ballard, Cyrus, private, 86th Kegt. ; enl. Jan. 19, 1864, thi-ee years. 

 Thompson, Isaac, private; enl. Jan. 19, 1864, three years. 

 Kinsman, William J., private, 86th Kegt. ; must. Jan. 19, 1864, three years. 

 Dremard, John C, private; enl. Feb. 11, 1864, three years. 

 Austin, Charles C, private ; enl. Jan. 19, 1864, three years. 

 McCain, William, private ; enl, Jan. 23, 1864. 

 Lurins, John, private ; enl. Jan. 19, 1864, three years. 

 Vaughn, Dallas, private ; enl. Feb. 1, 1864. 

 Guy, Benjamin, private, 86th Regt., Co. I ; enl. March 6, 1864, three years ; killed 



at the battle of Plymouth and buried on the field. 

 Conner, Andrew R., private, 85th Regt., Co. I ; enl. March 6, 1864, three years. 

 Waldo, William Alby, private, 189th Regt, Co, H ; enl. Sept. 10, 1864, one year. 

 Chase, Jefferson J., private; enl. Sept. 10, 1864, one year. 

 Adams, Isaac, private; enl. Sept. 10, 1864, one year. 



Lines, Reuben R., private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 5, 1864, one year. 

 Price, Mathew H., private, 16Ist Regt., Co. A ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Retan, Nelson, private, 161st Regt., Co. A; enl. Sept. 5, 1864, one year; disch. 



Aug. 28, 1865. 

 Morrow, Robert D., private, 189th Regt., Co. H; enl. Sept, 10, 1864, one year. 

 Cole, George B., private, 189th Regt., Co. H; enl. Sept. 10, 1864, one year. 

 Spears, Jacob, private, 34th Regt., Co. I; enl. May 22, 1861^ two yeara; re-enl. 



189th Regt., Co. H, Sept. 3, 1864, one year : disch. for disability. 

 Taylor, Isaac A., private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year, 

 Guy, James Alva, private, 34th Regt., Co. I ; enl. May 22, 1861, two years ; re-enl, 



189th Regt., Co. H, Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Prentiss, John, private, 161st Regt., Co. A; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year; disch. 



(by general order of May 29, 1865) at Tallahassee, Aug. 28, 1865. 

 Moon, Owen G., 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Dunn, Jephtha, private, 189th Regt, Co. H; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year; died 



in Stanton hosp., Washington, D. C, of disease. 

 Prentiss, E. Angelo, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Brush, William H., private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Mahan, William J., private, 161st Kegt., Co. A : enl. Sept 3, 1864, one year. 

 McCornell, James IL, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Roberts, Thomas S., private, 189th Regt., Co. H; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year; 



disch. before leaving the barracks at Elmira. 

 Burch, Delos H., 189th Regt. ; enl. Sept 3, 1864, one year. 

 Lee, Erastus David, private, 161st Regt, Co. A ; enl. Sept 3, 1864, one year; 



disch. Aug. 28, 1865, at the expiration of enlistment. 

 Green, Daniel H., 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Willit, Almeron, private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864, one year. 

 Knapp, Lewis, enl. Sept. 24, 1864, one year, 



Barron, James, enl. Aug. 24, 1864, three years; sub. for Mathias Bedell. 

 McCullun, John, enl. Sept. 1, 1864, three years; sub. for Delos R. Bedell. 

 Hess, Henry Reuben, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. August, 1862, three years. 

 Tripp, George, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 23, 1862, three years; died 



at Elmira, Nov. 23, 1862. 

 McConnell, Joel Ainsley, private, 161st Regt., Co, A; enl. Sept. 1, 1862, three 



years, 

 Brady, James Robert, private, 23d Regt., Co. A ; enl. April, 1861, two years. 

 Gibson, John, 1st lieut, 16lst Regt., Co. A ; enl. Sept. 1862, three years ; severely 



wounded at Sabine Cross-Roads, La. ; must, out at expiration of term. 

 Dart, Henry, private, 34th Regt., Co. I ; enl. May 8, 1861, two years ; slightly 



wounded at Gaines'' Hill ; disch. May 8, 1863, 

 Smith, Henry, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl, Aug. 25, 1862, three years ; disch. 

 for permanent illness, Feb. 1864. 



