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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



in 1874. The town of Urbana was bonded for $40,000, 

 and the corporation of Bath for $30,000, to build the road, 

 which was expended in grading and laying the ties. It was 

 then leased to Capt. Allen Wood, who ironed it, furnished 

 the rolling-stock, and now operates the road as lessee of the 

 company. 



PHYSICIANS. 



Dr. Ezekiel B. Pulling was one of the early physicians 

 of Hammondsport, and a man of considerable eminence in 

 his profession. He died at Bath from the effects of poison 

 received in making a post-mortem examination. Another 

 of the early physicians was Dr. Amasa Church. 



The present physicians are Dr. C. E. Campbell, Dr. 

 Moses T. Babcock, and Dr. Oliver H. Babcock. 



Three lawyers reside and practice in the village, viz., 

 Benj. Bennitt, Benj. F. Drew, and Monroe Wheeler, Esqs. 



URBANA LODGE, NO. 459, F. AND A. M. 



Chartered June 17, A.D. 1859, a.l. 5859. The first 

 officers were Clark Bell, W. M.; J. B. Van Auken, S. W. ; 

 Peter Marsell, J. W. 



Bank of Hammondsport; Ainsworth & Co., Bankers; 

 established as a branch of Mr. Ainsworth's Bank of Pratts- 

 burgh, in 1878. — The building, formerly a law-office, has 

 been fitted up in good style for banking purposes, and the 

 institution seems to be entering upon a career of prosperity. 



INCORPORATION AND OFFICERS. 



On the 16th of June, 1856, an order was entered in the 

 Court of Sessions of Steuben County, incorporating the 

 village of Hammondsport under the general law of the 

 State. The petitioners were Delos Rose, S. B. Fairchild, 

 William Elastings, S. Waterous, Henry Benham, and Ben- 

 jamin Bennitt. The corporate limits of the village, as 

 defined in the articles, were as follows : " Beginning at the 

 northeast corner of lot number ten in the twelfth range of 

 lots in township number five in the second range of town- 

 ships ; thence south four and a half degrees west twenty 

 chains and sixty-four links to the centre of the Inlet 

 Bridge, on the road crossing the valley ; thence north 

 eighty-four and a half degrees west nine chains and fifty 

 links to 0. Shepherd's line ; thence north six degrees west 

 fourteen chains ; thence north eighty-five and one-half de- 

 grees west nineteen chains, hitting the south end of 0. 

 Shepherd's shed or stable ; thence north four and one-half 

 degrees west six chains and twenty-four links ; thence 

 south eighty- four and one-half degrees east eight chains 

 and fifty links to the west line of said township ; thence 

 north four and one-half degrees east on said township line 

 twenty-six chains and twenty-eight links to the northwest 

 corner of said lot number ten ; thence south eighty-four 

 and one-half degrees east forty-two chains and fifty links, 

 along the north line of said lot number ten, to the place of 

 beginning ; constituting one hundred and seventy-one 

 acres and seventy-nine one-hundredths of an acre, and no 

 more, into a village by the name of Hammondsport." 



The population included within these limits, at the date 

 of incorporation, was 530 inhabitants. The vote was taken 

 on the 29th day of June, 1856, and stood 47 for incorpor- 

 ation and 34 against it ; 81 being the whole number of 



votes cast. The first election for officers was held on the 

 22d of November, 1856, when the following were elected : 

 Trustees, William Hastings, John Randel, J. N. Crane, J. 

 W. Davis, Clark Bell ; Assessors, Orlando Shepherd, Ben- 

 jamin Bennitt; Collector, Lewis Wood; Treasurer, John 

 Waterous ; Clerk, B. Frank Drew. 



1857. — Trustees: William Hastings, John Bandel, J. 

 N. Crane, J. W. Davis, Clark Bell; Assessors, Henry 

 Benham, Orlando Shepherd, Benjamin Bennitt ; Collector, 

 Lewis Wood; Treasurer, John Waterous; Clerk, P. P. 

 Wisner. 



1858. — Trustees : John Randel, William Hastings, J. 

 W. Davis, E. P. Smith, T. H. Bacon ; Assessors, Henry 

 Benham, Orlando Shepherd, B. Bennitt ; Collector, Lewis 

 Wood ; Treasurer, John Waterous ; Clerk, F. P. Wisner. 



1859. — Trustees : Eber B. Van Keuren, J. J. Buchanan, 

 Benjamin Myrtle, Deloss Rose, E. P. Smith ; Assessors, 

 Orlando Shepherd, Lester Lee, J. B. Van Auken ; Treas- 

 urer, Samuel Waterous ; Collector, Lewis Lay ton, Jr. ; 

 Clerk, Hubert D. Rose. 



I860.— Trustees: G. W. Nichols, B. Bennitt, J. H. 

 Keeler, 0. D. Tobias, M. T. Babcock ; Assessors, J. B. 

 Van Auken, D. Henderson, N. V. Wintermute ; Treasurer, 

 Samuel Waterous ; Collector, Peter Marcell ; Clerk, Thomas 

 H. Bennitt. 



Igei, — Trustees: Moses T. Babcock, B. Bennitt, Oliver 

 D. Tobias, Lewis Lay ton, Jr., Henry 0. Fairchild ; Asses- 

 sors, Salmon P. Carey, Orson C. Mattison, N. V. Winter- 

 mate ; Treasurer, Samuel Waterous ; Collector, Peter Mar- 

 sell ; Clerk, Thomas H. Bennitt. 



Ig(j2. — Trustees : Benjamin Myrtle, Moses P. Babcock, 

 John W. Davis, G. W. Elwell, Thomas H. Bennitt; Asses- 

 sors, Edwin P. Smith, John H. Keeler, N. V. Wintermute ; 

 Treasurer, Samuel Waterous ; Collector, Oliver D. Tobias, 

 Clerk, Thomas H. Bennitt. 



1863. — Trustees : Benjamin Myrtle, J. W. Davis, A. J. 

 Switzer, G. W. Elwell, D. Cameron ; Assessors, G. D. 

 Mitchell, D. Henderson, H. 0. Fairchild ; Treasurer, E. B. 

 Van Keuren ; Collector, B. M. Coggswell ; Clerk, T. Mit- 

 chell. 



1864. — Trustees: John. Randel, Eber B. Van Keuren, 

 Deloss Rose, Walter L. Moore, Benjamin Myrtle; Assessors, 

 Alfred Brundage, Charles Harvey, Dryden Henderson; 

 Treasurer, Samuel Waterous ; Collector, A. B. Stoutenburgh ; 

 Clerk, H. D. Rose. 



1865.— Trustees: G. W. Nichols, J. H. Keeler, R. H. 

 Green, Henry Benham ; Assessors, E. P. Smith, J. R. 

 Brown, S. W. Barrett ; Treasurer, Samuel Waterous ; Col- 

 lector, 0. D. Tobias ; Clerk, De Witt Bander. 



1866.— Trustees: M. T. Babcock, W. L. Moore, S. S. 

 Fairchild, A. J. Switzer; Assessors, E. P. Smith, A. H. 

 Morris, D. Cameron, Jr. ; Treasurer, Samuel L. Waterous ; 

 Collector, O. D. Tobias ; Clerk, A. A. White. 



1867.— Trustees: M. T. Babcock, S. S. Fairchild, W. 

 L. Moore, G. W. Nichols, L. I. Rose ; Assessors, H. Ben- 

 ham, J. R. Brown, Drew Glann ; Treasurer, Samuel Wate- 

 rous ; Collector, 0. D. Tobias; Clerk, A. A. White. 



1868. — Trustees: Grattan H. Wheeler, Hessel Smith, 

 Matthew Heff'erman, Jacob Frey, S. S. Fairchild ; Assessors, 

 Robert Snow, Drew Glann, James Smith ; Treasurer, 



