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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



about 30. The Bible-class numbers about 25. Present 

 trustees are D. D. Lewis, Nathan Rose, and Robert Webb. 

 Pastors, since separated from Kanona charge, J. H. Du 

 Bois, two years; H. 0. Abbot, one year; Gr. J. Du Bois, 

 one year; Greo. W. Moxey, one year, and Chas. P. Patterson. 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY OF WHEELER CENTRE. 



The Methodist Episcopal society at Wheeler Centre 

 formerly belonged to the Kanona charge. At one time it 

 held meetings in the building now occupied by S. Bailey as 

 a blacksmith shop. 



A separate charge was organized in 1872 at the Western 

 New York Conference, in Rochester, from the Wheeler 

 Centre Class, the Hill Class, and the class at the Hemlocks. 

 A. F. Morey, Presiding Elder; J. H. Du Bois, Pastor. 

 The first trustees were D. Gr. Lowe, John Scott, P. F. 

 Myrtle, David Ackerson, J. W. Searles, and John Eckler. 

 Class-Leader, Horace Palmer. 



The first marriage was that of Frank xiulls to Miss Elva 

 Gay, J. H. Du Bois officiating minister. The first baptisms 

 were in October, 1872, as follows : P. F. Myrtle, David Ack- 

 erson, Daniel Benedict, Charles Searles,. and Eliza Brewer, 

 by A. F. Morey. Fourteen persons have since been re- 

 ceived in the church by baptism. Thirty-eight persons 

 belonged to the church since the organization. 



In 1874 the society bought the present parsonage-lot, of 

 P. F. Myrtle, for $650. The dwelling was enlarged by 

 inclosing the front upright part, in 1877, at a cost of about 

 $450. Albert Richards, carpenter. 



The number of Sunday-school children is about 30. Su- 

 perintendents and teachers about 12. Present class-leader, 

 W. Edwin Coats Present trustees, P. F. Myrtle, A. P. 

 Overheiser, John Eckler. Pastors since organization, 1872 : 

 J. H. Du Bois, two years ; H. 0. Abbott, one year; G. J. 

 Du Bois, George Moxey, and Chas. Patterson. 



MILITARY RECORD OF WHEELER. 



Williams, Seabury, private, 23d Inf., Co. A; enl. April, 1861, two years ; killed 



at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. 

 How, Elisha, private, 23d Inf., Co. A ; enl. April, 1861, two years ; disch. June, 



1863, at Elmira. 

 Smith, Charles, private, 23d Inf., Co. A; enl. April, 1861, two years ; re-enl. in 



14th H. Art. 

 Coiich, Geo , Jr., private, 34th Inf., Co. I ; enl. May, 1861, two years. 

 Waide, Charles, private, 34th Inf., Co. I; enl. May, 1861, two years; disch. for 



disability, Aug. 1861. 

 Gray, Aaron, private, 34th Inf., Co. I ; enl. May, 1861, two years ; re-enl. in 46th 



Pa. Regt. 

 McGuinnis, Henry, private, 1st N. Y. Art., Co. E; enl. Aug. 19, 1861, two years. 

 McGuinnis, Matthew, private, 1st N. Y. Art, Co, E; enl. Aug. 1861, two years. 

 Townsend, Elijah, private, 1st N. Y. Art., Co. E; enl. Aug. 1861, two year?. 

 Ingesoll, Gilbert, private, 1st N. Y. Art., Co. E; enl. Aug. 1861, two years; 



re-enlisted. 

 Armstrong, Isaac H., private, 102d Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862, three years; re-enl. ; 



disch. at end of the war. 

 Armstrong, Eliphalet, private, 102d Inf., Co. D ; enl. 1862, three years ; re-enl. ; 



disch. at end of the war. 

 Armstrong, Wm. W., 102d Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862, three years; re-enl.; disch. 



at end of the war. 

 Crocker, Peter, 102d Inf., Co. D; enl. 1862, three years. 

 Pelham, John, private, 10th Cav., Co. G; enl. Oct. 12, 1861, three years; disch. 



for disability, Sept. 1862. 

 Welch, Wm., 10th Cav., Co. G; enl. Oct 12, 1861, three years ; disch. July, 1865. 

 Townsend, Asbury Peter, 14th H. Art., Co. E ; enl. 1862, three years ; disch. for 



disability ; re-enlisted. 

 Billings, Otis; private, Wheeler's Battery; enl. Aug. 10, 1861, three years; 



killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. 

 Billings, Wallace, private, 14lst Inf., Co. E ; enl. Sept. 1864, one year; disch. Aug. 



8, 1865, near Washington. 

 Stevens, Jesse Everett, private, 107th Inf., Co. G ; enl. Aug. 2, 1862, three years ; 



killed at Antietam, Sept 17, 1862. 



Everett, Wm. L., private, 107th Inf., Co. G; enl. Aug. 2, 1862, three years ; killed 



at Antietam, Sept 17, 1862. 

 Harris, Edwin M., private, 107th Inf., Co. G; enl. July, 1862, three years ; disch. 



June 5, 1865. 

 Brewer, Nelson James, private, 107th Inf., Co. G ; en). July, 1862, three years ; 



disch. at Elmira, June, 1865. 

 Kelly, Edwin, private, 107th Inf., Co. G; enl. Aug. 1862, three years; disch. 



at Elmira, June, 1865. 

 Brewer, Henry, private, 107th Inf., Co. K ; enl. Aug. 1862, three years; died in 



hospital at Harper's Ferry. 

 Jordan, Henry, private, 161st Inf , Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years ; disch. 



Nov. 1865. 

 Remer, William, private; enl. Jan. 2, 1862, three years; wounded at Fort 



Fisher ; died Feb. 8, 1865, in hospital at Fort Schuyler. 

 Allen, James, private, 141st Inf, Co. E; enl, Aug, 1862, three years; disch. at 



Cincinnati, July, 1865. 

 Allen, Wm. S., 14lst Inf., Co. E ; enl. Aug. 1862, three years; died in hospital 



at Nashville, Tenn. 

 Baker, Samuel, private, 161st Inf, Co. A ; enl. Aug, 1862, three years; disch. at 



Elmira, Nov. 1865. 

 Aulls, Thoma-^, private, 189th Inf., Co. C; enl. Aug, 1864, one year; disch. 



May, 1865, 

 Harris, Andrew Jackson, private, 107th Inf, Co. G ; enl. July, 1862, three years ; 



disch. June, 1865. 

 Morse, Garret G., private, 22d Cav., Co, G; enl. Jan, 1864, three years; disch. 



Aug, 1865, 

 Jordan, Solomon, private, 16l8t Inf, Co, A ; enl, Aug. 22, 1862, three years ; 



disch. Aug. 29, 1863, for disability ; re-enl. 189th Inf., Co. G, Aug. 1864, 



one year; disch. May 19, 1865, at Alexandria. 

 Pelham, Clinton, private, 161st Inf, Co. A; enl. Aug. 1862, three years: disch. 



Oct. 1865, 

 Jordan, John, private, 22d Cav,, Co. G; enl, .Tan, 1864, three years; disch, at 



Rochester, Aug, 1865. 

 Jolly, Wm., Corp., 161st Inf, Co. A; enl. Aug. 14, 1862, three years ; disch. at 



Port Jefferson, Sept. 20, 1865, 

 Borden, John, private, 141st Inf,, Co, E ; enl. Aug, 20, 1862, three years ; 



wounded at Resaca, Ga,, May 15, 1864; disch, at Jefferson hospital, Nov. 



24,1864, 

 Barrett, Joseph, private, 161st Inf, Co. G ; enl. Jan. 2, 1864, three years; disch. 



at Tallahassee, Nov. 12, 1865. 

 Horton, John, private, 189th Inf, Co. C; enl. Aug. 1864, one year; disch. at El- 



mira, June, 1865. 

 Wygant, Harvey E,, private, 86th Inf, Co, C ; enl, Aug, 12, 1862, three years ; 



disch, June, 1865. 

 Wallace, Caleb L., private, 22d Cav., Co. G ; enl. Dec. 23, 1863, three years ; taken 



pris. June 23, 1804, within eleven miles of Richmond, confined a short 



time in Libby prison, removed to Andersonville, and died of starvation, 



Nov. 25, 1865. 

 Barrett, Grattan Henry, private, 161st Inf, Co. C ; enl. Dec. 1863, three years ; 



slightly wounded at Mansfield ; disch. at Tallahassee, Nov. 1865. 

 Palmer, Horace, 1st sergt., 161st Inf, Co. A; enl. Aug. 17, 1862, three years ; 



disch. at Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 12, 1865. 

 Coats, Sylvenus, private, 189th Inf, Co. H; enl. Sept 15, 1865, one year. 

 Earl, Benjamin, private, 161st Inf, Co. A ; enl. Aug. 21, 1862, three years ; disch. 



at Port Jefferson, Sept. 20, 1865, 

 Storms, Charles Henry, private, 107th Inf, Co. K; enl. Aug. 11, 1862, three 



years ; taken sick and removed to general field hospital at Chattanooga ; 



died June 19, 1864. 

 Overhiser, Levi Barney, private, 107th Inf, Co. K; enl. Aug, 11, 1862, three 



years; taken pris. in Georgia, confined a short time in Florence; ex- 

 changed; disch, at Elmira, June, 1865. 

 Overhiser, Joseph Story, private, 22d Cav,, Co, G; enl, Jan. 1864, three years; 



disch, at Rochester, Aug, 6, 1865. 

 Lockwood, Charles Fletcher, private, 161st Inf, Co. A; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three 



years ; trans, to Ist Dragoons, Dec. 1862; disch for disability; re-enl, 10th 



Cav., Co, G, Jan, 1864, three years; disch. Dec. 31, 1864, on account of 



wounds and disability. 

 Lockwood, Lebeus Drew, private, 22d Cav,, Co. G ; enl. Dec. 1863 ; died at 



Lincoln hospital, Washington. 

 Strong, Byron Pete, private, 76th Inf,; must Sept 1863, three years; sub, for 



John G, Webb ; died in U. S. gen, hosp.. Armory Square, April 22, 1864. 

 House, Menzoe, private, 107th Inf, Co. I; enl. Aug. 11, 1862, three years; taken 



pris. at Rutledge, Ga. ; paroled ; disch. June, 1865. 

 House, Peter Abram, private, 107th Inf, Co. I; enl. Aug. 11, 1862, three years; 



disch. June 22, 1865, at York, Pa. 

 House, Wm. Ambrose, private, 161st Inf, Co. I; enl. Aug, 1862, three years; 



disch. Sept. 1865. 

 House, Martin V., private, 189th Inf, ; enl. Sept 1864, one year ; disch. June 5, 



1865, near Washington. 

 Dillenbeck, Stephen, private, 161st Inf, Co, I; enl, Aug. 1862, three years; 



disch, Oct 16, at Elmira, 

 Clark, Wm. E., private, leist Inf, Co. A; enl. Aug. 1862, three years; disch. 



Oct 1865. 

 Clark, Martin V., 76th Inf, Co. H; drafted July 14, 1863, three years; disch. in 



91st Regt, July 3, 1865. 

 Lewis, George, private, 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 1862, three years; disch. 



Oct. 17, 1865. 



