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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



constantly-increasing product of the surrounding farms. 

 Much of the products of Jasper and Woodhull find an out- 

 let through this village, which contains a fine church, about 

 120 inhabitants, and seven stores, besides the usual trades. 

 In 1874 a fine cemetery was laid out, half a mile below 

 the village. These grounds were donated to the Methodist 

 Episcopal society by Stephen Mead, and were dedicated by 

 the burial of Ella C, daughter of John H. Masten, — a 

 leading member of the Methodist Church and business man 

 of the village. 



ORGANIZATION. 



The town of Rathbone was formed March 28, 1850, and 

 on the 6th day of May a special election was held at the 

 house of David A. Fulmers, for the election of town officers. 

 The town was named in honor of General Ransom Rath- 

 bone, father of the first supervisor, and the ofiicers elected 

 were William R. Rathbone, Supervisor; George W. Young, 

 Town Clerk; Israel Horton, Stephen Gloyd, Justices of the 

 Peace ; Edmond L. Peckham, Superintendent of Common 

 Schools; Lucius Parker, Commissioner of Highways; Geo. 

 Northrup, Jonathan Bromley, Uri Scofield, Assessors; Geo. 

 Barber, George Harrington, George B. Davis, Charles Rey- 

 nolds, Timothy T. Brooks, Constables; Abrani Rodgers, 

 James Northrup, Overseers of the Poor ; Seth Whitmore, 

 Ira Boyer, William P. Barron, Inspectors of Election ; 

 Samuel Edmonds, Collector; Samuel Mitchel, Town Sealer. 

 There were 243 votes cast at this election. William C. 

 Cummins was appointed assessor to fill vacancy of Uri Sco- 

 field, who declined to serve. 



The town board at this election were C. H. Cool, George 

 C. Lloyd, George W. Young, and Seth Whitmore, Jr. 



LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



1860. 



1861. 



1862. 



1863. 



1864. 



1865. 



1866. 



1867. 



1868. 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



1874. 



1875. 



1876. 



1877. 



1878. 



Supervisors. Town Clerks. Collectoi-s. 



Wm. R. Rathbone. George W. Young. Samuel Edmonds. 

 Corimander H.Cole. " " William Youno-. 



Wm. R. Rathbone. 

 George Northrup. 



A. H. Kinney. 

 George C. Lloyd. 



" " James Crawford. 



James B. Young. " *' 



George W. Young. Samuel Phoenix. 



John Miles. " " 



George W. Young. Aug. F. Timerman. 



James B. Young. 

 Aug. F. Timerman. 

 Northrup P. Young. 



James Northrup. 

 John Kenally. 



Moses Northrup. 



W. H. McChesney. 



N. P. Young. 



a li 



Warner Cheesman. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



Israel llorton. 

 William Young. 

 Dan'l J. Chittenden. 

 Charles H. Wattles. 

 Franklin Harder. 

 William H. Warner. 



Charles W. Rumsey. 

 D. M. Rutherford. 

 Lewis D. Crawford. 

 John Adamson. 



Curtis Youncj. 



1856. Israel Horton. 

 Stephen Gloyd. 



1857. George C. Lloyd. 

 Stephen Gloyd. 



1858. C. Barnum Torrence. 



1859. George B. Young. 

 I860,. George C. Lloyd. 



1861. Stephen Gloyd. 

 Nathan Young. 



1862. C. Barnum Torrence. 



1863. Nathan T. Young. 

 1861. Alfred Northrup. 

 1865. John Toles. 



Harvey Fultz. 



1866. Frederick D. Brown. 

 C. Barnum Torrence. 



1867. C. H. Cole. 

 Seth Whitmore. 



1868. John Kenally. 

 Israel Horton. 



1869. Frederick H. Brown. 



1870. C. H. Cole. 

 John Toles. 



1871. John Kenally. 





1872. 



John Kenally. 

 John Toles. 





1873. 



Frederick D. Brown. 





1874. 



John F. Bowyer. 





1875. 



Alvah H. Kinney. 





1876. 



Gilbert L. Wilbur. 

 Charles E. Severance. 





1877. 



Charles P. Cole. 

 John Toles. 





1878. 



John F. Bowyer. 



CHURCHES. 





THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Before religious meetings were held in Kathbone, the 

 few settlers living along the river-valley attended those in 

 what is now Cameron, farther up the river, where Rev. 

 Abner Chase preached as early as 1812, and was afterwards 

 joined in his long circuit by Revs. Ebenezer White and 

 Charles Giles. In 1831 a class was formed at the Town- 

 Line school-house, and Jacob Cole was made class-leader. 

 Samuel Miles was also a class-leader before the church was 

 built. James H. Miles, a leader in moral enterprises, and 

 a genial, vigorous speaker, was an early class-leader, — his 

 leadership commencing from the date of his marriage, in 

 1831, when a young man. Among the early members of 

 the Methodist Church were James Miles and wife, Stephen 

 Willard and wife, Jacob Cole and wife, Rolland Sanders, 

 Jonathan Herrington and wife, James Reynolds and wife, 

 Eleazer Geer and wife, Isaac McDufFey and wife. During 

 the pastorates of Revs. Carlos Gould and Samuel Nichols, 

 in 1844-45, a church was built in the town of Cameron, 

 joining the Addison hue, and became known as the Town- 

 Line church. This church, costing $1100, was built by 

 James H. Miles, Stephen Willard, and Rolland Sanders, 

 trustees, and dedicated by Rev. Mr. Powers, of Painted 

 Post. 



The subsequent formation of the town of Rathbone 

 placed this church in the centre of the new town. The 

 present officers of the Town-line church are Adam Wilson, 

 Class-Leader; Adam Wilson, Finley Goff, Luther Sever- 

 ance, Stewards ; Luther Severance, Isaac Sanders, and Dr. 

 Samuel Mitchell, Trustees. E. D. Peckham was for many 

 years a prominent member and a class-leader of this society, 

 until his removal from the town, in 1878. 



Among the pastors who have officiated in this town may 

 be mentioned, 1812-20, Revs. Abner Chase, Andrew 

 Peck, Robert Parker, Ebenezer White, and Charles Giles ; 



1821, Leeds Allen; 1824, Micah Seager, C. V. Adgate; 



1822, Solon Stocking, Elisha Bibbins ; 1827, Levi B. 

 Castle, John Arnold ; 1835, Theodore McElheney, Thomas 

 Wheat; 1838, Charles Wheeler ; 1840, Philo P. Tower ; 

 1841, R. T. Hancock; 1842, John Bowman; 1844, Carlos 

 Gould; 1845, Samuel Nichols; 1847, William Potter, 

 Ebenezer Colson ; 1848-49, Joseph Ashworth ; 1859, 



J. Knapp; 1860, E. D. Rosa, Buell, I. J. B. 



McKinney, Wm. Sharp, A. A. Yan Allen, C. G. Lowell, 

 M. Jackson, F. M. Smith; 1876, W. Bartle, H. Peck, J. 

 H. Blades. 



A class was formed at the Cole school-house, in the south 

 part of the town, by Rev. William Potter, during his pas- 

 torate in 1847, with Jacob Cole, Class-Leader, and Jacob 



