TOWN OF WAYLAND. 



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ing up a heavy timbered township, and converting a wilder- 

 ness into a fruitful field. 



Erastus Ames, a noted hunter, settled at an early time 

 in the Loon Lake neighborhood. He was a large and pow- 

 erful man, and had a reputation for hunting exploits second 

 ^ only to that of " Ben Patterson" himself 



Dr. Warren Patchin built the old hotel near Patchin's 

 Mills in 1824. He intended to have built of brick ; the 

 brick were made a few rods from the house by Seth Cady, 

 but the clay not being free from limestone, the brick cracked 

 on exposure to moisture, and were found to be worthless. A 

 frame house was erected instead. It is still standing, and 

 occupied as a residence by the miller. 



The first grist- and saw-mill on the site of the present 

 flouring- and grist-mill was built by Dr. Warren Patchin, 

 the father of Warren Patchin, the present proprietor. Dr. 

 Patchin came from Ballston, Saratoga Co., with his family 

 in February, 1817, and settled a mile east of Patchinville. 



He was a physician, farmer, and enterprising business 

 man. He built the saw-mill in 1820, and the grist-mill in 

 1822. The saw-mill was burned in the latter year, while 

 the frame of the grist-mill was standing near it. Dr. 

 Patchin died Feb. 13, 1872. 



Warren and Cameron Patchin, sons of Dr. Patchin, 

 bought the interest of the other heirs in 1873, and have 

 since owned the mill property. Warren Patchin, in 1838, 

 bought the fine place, where he now resides, at Loon Lake, 

 and took possession of it in 1840. 



Robert S. Miner settled about a mile south of this place, 

 in 1824, at the head of Neill's Creek. He cleared and 

 owned the farm now owned by Lewis and George Tichnor. 



A plank-road was built from Patchinville to Dansville 

 about 1842 ; gates were erected, and tolls collected over the 

 entire route till quite recently, when this end of the route 

 was abandoned as a toll-road. 



Loon Lake is becoming quite a place of resort for tourists 

 and pleasure-seekers. It is the highest lake in the State except 

 Chautauqua. The premises are owned by Thomas Warner, 

 Esq., of Cohocton, who, in 1870, made the elegant improve- 

 ment known as the Lindenwood Park and Hotel. In ad- 

 dition to this it is proposed next year to put a small pleasure 

 steamer on the lake. The place will then be one of the 

 most desirable and healthful resorts to be found in the 

 country. 



Among the influential citizens of the town are the Ben- 

 netts, the Zimmermans, Babcocks, and others, whose names 

 appear in the official list. The following were among the 

 land-owners and tax-payers of the town at the time of its 

 organization, in 1848 : Chauncey Avery, Rhoda Arm- 

 strong, Thomas Abrams, Jacob Ames, John Alexander, 

 Moses Brownson, William Babcock, James Brownson, David 

 Brownson, James S. Brownson, Francis Badgerreau, James 

 R. Babcock, John N. Bower, G-eorge Bill, Valentine Bower, 

 C. W. Brownson, Chauncey Bennett, James H. Begole, 

 Anthony Brooks, David Bo wen, William Beach, Philip 

 Bortes, Christian Bill, John Bill. 



ORGANIZATION. 



The act to erect the town of Wayland was passed April 

 12, 1848. Section second of the act provided that " all 



the justices of the peace and other town officers elected or 

 appointed in either the towns of Cohocton or Dansville, and 

 who shall reside upon the territory hereby erected into the 

 town of Wayland, shall hold their offices respectively until 

 the expiration of the terms for which they were respectively 

 elected or appointed, and the residue of the town officers 

 shall be elected in the same manner as in other towns." 



The third section provided as follows for the first town- 

 meeting : " The first town-meeting in the town of Wayland 

 shall be held on the first Tuesday of May next at the pub- 

 lic-house kept at Patchin's Mills, and Warren Patchin, Jr., 

 John Hess, and Myron M. Patchin, or any two of them, 

 shall preside and shall appoint a clerk for that meeting. 

 All subsequent town-meetings in said town shall be held on 

 the same day upon which other town-meetings are held. 

 " Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately." 

 At the above-mentioned special town-meeting, held at the 

 house of C. Patchin, on the 2d day of May, 1848, according 

 to the provisions of the preceding act, there were present 

 W. Patchin, Jr., John Hess, and Myron M. Patchin, who 

 constituted the board of said meeting. D. C. Ward was 

 appointed clerk. At this meeting the following-named per- 

 sons were elected to the respective town offices : John Hess, 

 Supervisor, previously elected; M. M. Patchin and Amos 

 Knowlton, Justices of the Peace, previously elected ; Chaun- 

 cey Moore, Justice of the Peace for vacancy of one year 

 and full term ; Gardner Pierce, Justice of the Peace for 

 two years ; Samuel W. Epley, Town Clerk ; R. M. Patchin, 

 David Poor, David Brownson, Assessors ; H. H. Hess, 

 Superintendent of Schools ; Stephen C. Philips, Wesley 

 Doughty, F. E. Day, Commissioners of Highways ; George 

 Karchen, Gideon Moon, Joseph Fronk, Constables ; John 

 Hamlin, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 





LIST 



OF TOWN OFFICERS. 





Supervisors. 



Town Clerks. 



Collectors. 



1848. 



John Hess. 



Samuel W. Epley. 



Jonas B. Day. 



1849. 



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Henry A. Weed. 



Jacob McDowell. 



1850. 



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1851. 



Daniel Poor. 



Asahel McDowell. 



Jonas B. Day. 



1852. 



John Hess. 



Am'y K. Parmenter. 



Aaron Saxton. 



1853. 



David Poor. 



C. P. Whitman. 



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1854. 



M. M. Patchen. 



Guy B. Bennett. 



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1855. 



John Hess. 



Solomon F. Hess. 



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1856. 



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Gilbert Totten. 



1857. 



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Dexter S. Jolley. 



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1858. 



James Gr. Bennett. 



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1859. 



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1860. 



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Solomon F. Hess. 



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1861. 



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Dexter S. Jolley. 



Ira B. Pierce. 



1862. 



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Nic. Zimmermann. 



John Miller. 



1863. 



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1864. 



James P. Clark. 



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James Redmond. 



1865. 



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John Miller. 



1866. 



James Gr. Bennett. 



Geo. W. Morehouse. 



Charles Thompson 



1867. 



James P. Clark. 



H. S. Rosenkrans. 



J. W. Secor. 



1868. 



James Redmond. 



James E. Adams. 



Adolph Werdein. 



1869. 



H. A. Avery. 



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1870. 



Jame» Redmond. 



Henry B. Rice. 



Peter Didas. 



1871. 



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Nic Zimmermann. 



Harris Curtis. 



1872. 



Martin Kimmell. 



James E. Adams. 



John P. Miller. 



1873. 



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Henry Schly. 



N. W. Schubmehl. 



1874. 



Jacob Morsch. 



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John P. Miller. 



1875. 



■James Gr. Bennett. 



Adelbert W. Moon. 



Adolph Werdein. 



1876. 



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Valentine Huffman. 



Charles Thompson 



1877. 



F. E. Holliday. 



George Folts. 



Nicholas Walker. 



1878. 



John M. Folts. 



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Peter Didas, Jr. 



