TOWN OF WHEELER. 



443 





Supervisors. 



Town Clerks. 



Collectors. 



1840. 



Hosea Longwell. 



Ephraim Aulls. 



Erastus Rose. 



1841. 



a a 



Piatt P. Smith. 



ii li 



1842. 



0. F. Marshall. 



a a 



D. D. Thompson. 



1843. 



a a 



H. N. Rose. 



ti 11 



1844. 



a a 



Edmund P. Smith. 



it it 



1845. 



H. N. Rose. 



Erastus Rose. 



James J. Maxfield. 



1846. 



Jonathan Barney. 



ii (( 



Daniel D. Lewis. 



1847. 



H. H. Rose. 



Geo. A. Bauter. 



Joseph Hankerson. 



1848. 



J. E. Gunsolus. 



i< (( 



George Renchan. 



1849. 



<i it 



Piatt P. Smith. 



Adam Bauter. 



1850. 



Benjamin Myrtle. 



Geo. C. Wise. 



James E. Taylor. 



1851. 



a a 



i( (( 



H.Y.M.Charlesworth 



1852. 



Grattan H. Wheeler 



. Josiah Guiwits. 



George Renchan. 



1853. 



Dan. D. Thompson. 



(I (( 



John C. Williams. 



1854. 



a ii 



James E. Taylor. 



11 a 



1855. 



Ira P. Barney. 



Edward Y. Knapp. 



William Thompson. 



1856. 



Daniel Gray. 



James E. Taylor. 



Jacob Lewis. 



1857. 



Ira P. Barney. 



(f i( 



li a 



1858. 



a a 



a (I 



Orville Thompson. 



1859. 



Daniel Gray. 



0. F. Marshal. 



C. A. Overhiser. 



1860. 



James Derrick. 



James E. Taylor. 



Hamilton Haide. 



1861. 



Daniel Gray. 



F'kl'n J. Marshal. 



11 li 



1862. 



James Derrick. 



James E. Taylor. 



Wm. N. Thompson. 



1863. 



K (( 



a n 



11 li 



1864. 



a a 



. i( (( 



Lemuel H. Lewis. 



1865. 



S. H. Rose. 



D. D. Lewis. 



11 li 



1866. 



Daniel Gray. 



i( ii 



Frank M. Bauter. 



1867. 



i( (( 



Fred'k Hawkinson. 



L. B. Overhiser. 



1868. 



U (I 



ii ii 



William Jolly. 



1869. 



J. H. Lewis. 



Rich'd M. Tompson 



. David Bauter. 



1870. 



Julius Stickney. 



a a 



John Robards. 



1871. 



i( a 



George Lewis. 



Alva Aber. 



1872. 



Lemuel H. Lewis. 



William Gardner. 



Charles Cranmer. 



1873. 



L. H. Wheeler. 



a li 



Charles M. Coates. 



1874. 



William Gardner. 



Edgar Hathaway. 



Harvey Castor. 



1875. 



li a 



ii a 



Levi Jolly. 



1876. 



Thomas Aulls. 



ii a 



H. S. Overhiser. 



1877. 



t( i( 



George E. Derrick. 



A. J. Crans. 



1878. 



a a 



i, ii 



Joel Thompson. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



The record of the election of Justices of the Peace for the town has 

 been kept since 1836. Those elected since that date are as follows : 



1836. Levi Gray. 



Abram I. Quackenbush. 



1837. Levi Gray. 

 Sherman Rose. 



1838. Sherman Rose. 



1839. Selah Ellis. 



1840. John E. Gunsolus. 

 Seth Wheeler. 



1841. Ira P. Barney. 



1842. Sherman H. Rose. 



1843. Seth Wheeler. 



1844. John E. Gunsolus. 



1845. Ira P. Barney. 



1846. Hiram Van Pelt. 



1847. Grattan H. Wheeler. 



1848. James Wagoner. 



1849. Ira P. Barney. 



1850. Henry Chichester. 



1851. Isaac Cranmer. 



1852. George A. Wise. 



1853. James Wagoner. 

 Ira P. Barney. 



1854. Duniel Gray. 



1855. Caleb Allen. 



1856. James Wagoner. 



1857. Nelson Clark. 

 Simeon Wagoner. 



1858. Daniel Gray. 



1859. Caleb Allen. 



1860. H. Y. M. Charlesworth. 



1861. Julius Stickney. 



1862. Ira P. Barney. 



1863. Isaac Cranmer. 



1864. No record. 



1865. Henry K. Squires. 



1866. Julius Stickney. 



1 867. Isaac Cranmer. 



1868. H. Y. M. Charlesworth. 



1869. Martin V. Clark. 



1870. Don D. Wheeler. 



1871. Isaac Cranmer. 



1872. Simeon Wagoner. 



1873. Thomas Aulls. 



1874. Eugene Clark. 



1875. Oliver R. Fox. 



1876. Willard Eels. 



1877. E. T. Bliven. 



1878. Chas. M. Renchan. 



CHURCHES. 

 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF WHEELER. 



For many years after the settlement of the town there 

 was no stated public worship. A missionary or neighbor- 



ing minister occasionally held meetings there ; David Har- 

 rower occasionally preached in an early day, James Hotchkin 

 also preached in 1815, on West Hill, and David Higgins in 

 the east part of the town, on the creek. In 1824, Beriah 

 Hotchkin preached in tl]e town during one year every 

 alternate Sabbath. In that year a church was organized 

 with members taken from the churches of Bath and 

 Prattsburgh, Aug. 30, 1825. It was received under the 

 charge of the Presbytery of Bath. In 1826 it consisted of 

 23 members. Afterwards discordant feelings arose in 

 the church, and meetings were discontinued, but subse- 

 quently application was made to the Presbytery for the 

 formation of a new church. A committee was appointed, 

 among whom were Bev. Messrs. Higgins and Budd. The 

 committee met Oct. 19, 1831, and organized a church, 

 consisting of 5 male and 4 female members, under the 

 name of Centre Wheeler Church. Ten members more 

 were received from the original church. In 1832 a legal 

 organization was effected, under the name of the First 

 Presbyterian Society of Wheeler, and the following trustees 

 were elected : Harry Read, Albert Wilcox, Beubien C. 

 Montgomery, Cornelius Younglove, Otto F. Marshal, and 

 Levi Gray. 



June 18, 1832, Thomas Aulls was appointed treasurer 

 and T. W. Hitchcock clerk. The same year a new church 

 was erected by Samuel Aulls, at a cost of $600, on a site 

 between the house of Ephraim Aulls and the present hotel, 

 given by Thomas Aulls. The house has since been moved, 

 and is now used for a blacksmith-shop. In February, 1 833, 

 Rev. James Hotchkin commenced preaching, and was in- 

 stalled pastor the 17th of the following September. He 

 continued pastor till Feb. 17, 1837. Rev. Elijah Wollage 

 officiated in 1838-39. Rev. Flavel S. Gaylord preached 

 afterwards two or three years. The society built another 

 house, in 1867, on the present site, at a cost of something 

 over $2000. It was dedicated Sept. 7, 1870, Rev. James 

 M. Pratt preaching the sermon from Psalms Ixix. 9. Rev. 

 Mr. Palmer made the dedication prayer. Service has been 

 held there with some intermission to the present time. 



The present trustees are Wm. Gardner, D. Z. Gibbs, E. 

 Aulls, 0. F. Marshal, Orville Raymond, and Henry Chi- 

 chester. 



FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF WHEELER. 



In the early history of the society, meetings were held in 

 the Cole school-house, just south of the present church. 

 The class was at time a part of the Avoca charge. About 

 1845, Joseph H. Tuttle, pastor, and John A. Bauter, 

 George Bauter, George Sheppard, Hiram Rose, John Over- 

 heiser, were the trustees. The society, having received a 

 deed of the present site of Ejastus Rose, proceeded to 

 erect a church building thereon, at a cost of about $800, 

 by George Renchan, carpenter. The building was again 

 painted, about 1861, by A. Ballard, of Hammondsport. 

 C. L. Gifford was pastor. The class was attached to the 

 Kanona charge about 1861, where it remained until 1872, 

 when it was united with the class at Wheeler Centre and 

 the class at the Hemlocks, and a new charge or circuit 

 thereby created. 



The number of Sabbath-school scholars at present is 



