INDEX. Ackerson Cornelius biography 267 Adams Samuel Major 41 Adario s treachery 15 Addenda 517 Agricultural implements manufacture 163 164 rank the towns 40 41 society first in county 74 in Moravia 76 North Cayuga 77 societies 74 85 general view 77 statistics 80 85 Aiken Leonard O 463 Alden Beardsley & Co 54 Allen Isaac S >> Analysis gypsum in Springport 358 salines at Montezuma 2!)!) 300 water in Owasco Lake 214 Anderson & Dyer 175 Andrews Thomas biography 267 Annable David Dr 461 Architects the County 64 65 Armstrong David 486 Army Sullivan route through Genoa 585 s Art and artists (i+> 7() 7) Artists lady Aspinwall Nathaniel 500 Assembly members 5 Atrocities at Wyoming their effect 18 1 Attorneys prominent early Auburn Academic High School 188 11 ls) Academy merged in Academic High School 18 City Mills 17;J. Collar Co 17;> College 14i) currency bills issued in village 224 DeWitt Clinton 144 description in 1810 by early improvements in 223 Female Seminary < Fire Department first bank in city ficers 1<>1 -- 188 ~1^_ 14 + village ficers 146 223 woolen factory in 1! Gas Light Company 215 Glove and Mitten Co 1<3 Henry Clays visit to 1[>1 224 incorporated as a city l;l 224 incorporated as a village 146 223 Ironworks 1 John Quincy Adams visit to 1;>1 reception in 148 < manufactures 1 - Manufacturing Company 164 Martin Van Burens visit to 1;>1 Auburn mayors and clerks 224 name when adopted 22.. Oil Works 176 population in 1805 223 population in 1815 146 population in 1848 151 present ficers 224 Prison 154 Aurelius building 160 inspectors 8 Savings Bank 180 School Association 185 Co. Limited 216 Steam Heating Theological Seminary. 13 Tool Co 170 village and city government 223 Waterworks Co 214 Young Ladies Institute 15 area 347 Avenue Mills 174 first board school commissioners 187 formation and 141 346 geological formation 347 ficers 351 population 347 settlement 138 347 soil 347 Station 358 347 Village 357 Aurora 403 bench and bar 407 churches 411 distinguished residents 403 early courts in 405 press early 405 First National Bank 408 Gazette 405 incorporation 405 schools 40 societies 413 Authors local 55 Avery Daniel and Hezekiah 37 Avery family settlement 433 Banks First National Aurora 408 Moravia 464 Union Springs 367 Moravia National 465 The Auburn Savings 180 Cayuga County National Bank Aubum... 17 ; Savings... 183 First National Auburn 182 National Bank Auburn 178 National Exchange Bank Auburn 181 Bank Port Byron :lo Bank Weedsport 28 W. H. Seward & Co.s Banking House 182 Barber Josiah & Sons 108 Barbers Corners 422
XXVI Beach John H 315 Beachs Mills 315 Beardsley John 422 Beardsley Nelson 221 Beardsley Wheeler & Co. manufs mowers and reapers. 171 Bear Swamp 476 Creek 443 Bench and Bar Auburn _. 21!) Bethel Corners 278 Big Bluff Sterling 261 Births first in Aurelius 348 Bratus 323 Cato 28 CayugaCounty 487 Conquest 282 Fleming 377 Ira 273 Locke 507 Mentz 312 Moravia 454 Niles 445 Scipio 41 Sennett 341 Sempronius 476 Sterling 25!). Throop 335 Victory 268 first white male child in Genoa 48!) first white male child in Niles 444 Black Eock 416 Board Education Auburn 188 12 Bolts Corners 41 Book Press 54 Publishers first 55 The first published in the county 54 Bounties 106 1 36 Bounty Lands.. 31 Boyd Lieut. death 1 Bradley Jabez 48!) Bradley Williani Deacon 40 Bread Creek 323 Brebeuf cruel Father treatment 23 Bressani Father 21 Bridges in Cato 288 Briggs Lansingh M. D. biography 236 Bristol John S. miller 174 Bronson Parliament 221 Brown Erastus E 403 Brown William 220 Brownell Gilbert 488 Brownell Gilbert visited Moravia previous to its settle ment Brownell Jonathan 36 488 Brownell Thurston and Perez 488 Brutus area 23 formation and 322 geological formation ;i23 population ;23 settlement.23 soil ;!23. ;)22 Bucksville 311 Bundy Wm. L. biography 247 Burials Indian ;1 Burial Grounds Indian 360 418 432 485 Bumhain Eleazur :> Bun A Thorne millers 1 7;J Burtis & Son brewers and maltsters 17(; Buttre John Chester C5 Ca dy s Tavern 455 C ady Zadoc 455 Canal Erie 42 Capins Corners 415 Card Clothing Establishment 171 Carding Works first in Southern Cayuga 456 Carding Works in which Millard Fillmore learned the trade carding and wool-dressing 456 Carheil de his Cayuga Mission 25 Caheil de rebukes Indian superstitions 25 Carner Fish grant land secured by the Cayugas... 31 Carpenters Falls 450 Cascade 443 Cast Iron Plow Jethro Woods 403 458 Castner Eichard biography 33 Cato area 20 bridges in 288 formation and 288 i ficers 20 Cayuga population 20 settlement 28 soil 288 288 village 25 village 352 activity at during the war 1812 351 Asylum for Destitute Children ;.. 16 Bible Society 147 Bridge 34!) Chief the 330 churches in 353 agricultural rank 41 County National Bank 17 Savings 183 in the Eebellion Lake 35 Academy 40 Mission its difficulties duration first Plaster Co Eeservation settlers on ejected therefrom Cayugas the Cayugas compensation received by the for their lands on the east shore Cayuga Lake 31 Cayugas. grants land secured by 30 Census reservations the 30 tenitory the how acquired 30 improvements the 11 agricultural returns the 80-85 study the 85 Centennial File Works 1 76 Centerport 321 Centerville 511 Chaumonot Father describes the effect dreams on the Indians 26 Cheese Factories Sayles Corners 476 Sennett Cheese Manufacturing Co 345 The Moravia Association 466 Throopsville Cheese Manufacturing Co. Chronicles Prison 53 Churches Advent Christian Martville 263 A. M. Zion Auburn 208 Associated Eeformed Presbyterian Sterling Valley 262 Baptist Ira 277 Montezuma 306 Moravia 472 Sterling Center 262 23 24 367 30 34 Summer Hill 516 Venice 440 Victory 270 Calvary Episcopal Northville 503 Calvary Presbyterian Auburn 212 Campbellite Cato 27 Central Presbyterian Society 210 Christian Conquest 285 Christian Westbury 272 Congregational Moravia 470 Congregational Summer Hill 516 Disciples Christ Throopsville 33!) First Baptist Auburn 201 Meridian 23 Port Byron 31 Sempronius 481 Weedsport 332 Congregational Society Aurelius 18 Congregation Disciples in Auburn... 208 Free Congregational Genoa 505 M. E. Aubum 204
XXIX Churches First M. E.Cayuga 356 East Genoa 506 Genoa 506 Ledyard 415 Moravia 471 Scipioville 42 Weedsport 330 Presbyterian Genoa 501 Mentz 317 Scipioville 42 Sennett 346 Springport 370 Victory 271 Weedsport 331 Society the M. E. Church Fleming 382 Universalist Auburn 206 Genoa 4 Niles 447 Scipio 427 Fleming Baptist 380 Fosterville M. E 357 Free Methodist Montezuma 308 Summer Hill 516 Free Will Baptist 516 Friends 411 Grace Episcopal Union Springs 373 Holy Family Catholic Auburn 204 in Aurelius and Auburn 17 Kelloggsville M. E 448 M.E. Aurora 413 Bethel Corners 278 <( Cato 28 Conquest Center 284 Martville 262 Montezuma 307 *. - Owasco 388 Port Byron 320 <( Sterhng Center 263 Twelve Corners 450 Victory 270 Westbury 272 New Hope M. E. Society 44 Old Mentz M. E. Montezuma 307 Owasco Baptist 388 Presbyterian Aurora 412 Cayuga 353 Meridian 24 Protestant Methodist Conquest Center 284 Spring Lake 285 Beformed Cato. 27 Owasco 386 Presbyterian Sterling Center 262 << Protestant Dutch Owasco 18 * St. Alphonsus. German Catholic Auburn 208 St. Bernards Catholic Scipio Center 428 St. Johns Protestant Episcopal Aubum... 20!) Eoman Catholic Port Byron 320 < Episcopal Weedsport 332 St. Josephs Cayuga 356 << Eoman Catholic Weedsport... 333 St. Lucas Auburn 212 St. Lukes Episcopal Cayuga 355 4i Auburn 212 St. Marks A. M. E. St. Marys Eoman Catholic Auburn 211 St. Mary the Lake Catholic Northville.. 503 St. Matthews Episcopal Moravia 471 St. Michaels Eoman Catholic Montezuma. 307 St. Patricks Eoman Catholic Aurora 413 Cato 28 << Moravia 472 St. Pauls Episcopal Aurora 413 < a Port Byron 320 tl St. Peters. Protestant Episcopal Sand Beach Fleming Aubum... 1 381 Scipio Baptist 426 Second Baptist Church Chnst m Sempro ^83 nius Second M. E. Locke 511 Presbyterian Auburn 205 a a Genoa 48 Churches Sennett Baptist The Baptist Church Union Springs The First Society the M. E. Church in Union Springs Throopsville Baptist True Eeformed Dutch Church Owasco Wall Street M. E. Auburn Civil List Cayuga County Clarke Peter Lynsen Dr Clark Philo Clary Joseph Dr. biography Clays visit to Auburn Clerks early town Aurelius Clerks Auburn Clerks Cayuga County Climate the County Close Benjamin and Daniel 487 Clough George L Cfin Frederick M Coleman B. F Commerce Fair Haven Common school system organized Compulsory Education Confederacy Iroquois extent the sway the history the success the tradition the origin the... Conflicts between the French and Iroquois Eepresentatives in Congress Conklin Calvin W. Conniff & Yantch manufacturers Conquest area steam boiler manufacturer Center formation and geological formation ficers population soil Convict labor in Auburn Prison Cooke M. C M. D. biography Cook J. A. proprietor Auburn Oil Works Cooper William biography Cooper Williani F. Dr Corning George Sr.. Cornplanter Council fire when kindled Council fire formation County manufacturer boots and shoes. when extinguished Poor House Seat Treasurers ;... Court House located at Sherwood Hardenberghs Corners c- present when erected Courtney Charles E. biography Courtney JohnF. biography counselors and cases Courts county first in Auburn! first in Aurora > Cayuga County Coventry & Co. cigar manufacturers Cow-shed Cox James E Crane W. W. founder and machinist Cross Lake 3->. Culvers Point Curtis W. H. M. D. biography L- Dairying ^3 476 improvements Dairying in Day Eowland. Day S. Edwin Death first in Brutus Cato Fleming Genoa Ira Moravia (i Sempronius li Sennett AGE 345 371 373 338 388 20 4 303 501 251 151 141 224 5 40 488 66 68 501 250 186 18 10 10 14 7 173 173 282 283 281 282 283 282 282 282 158 475 176 267 447 16 34 344 143 8 3 3 3 375 375 0 4 1 1 176 451 222 172 288 431 475 513 47 457 463 323 28 377 486 274 454 477
XXX Death first in Sterling 25 Victory 268 Dennis Alexander Hamilton 4 74 Derby Miller & Co. 54 Discipline early school 60 Discipline prison 15 District attorneys 5 Ditton Francis 1 74 D. M. Osborne & Co.s Mower and Eeaper Works 163 Doubleday Ulysses F 55 Drafts 105 106 Drainage the County 35 Dreams the great Indian oracles 31 Dresser Artemas 478 Dresserville 4 80 Dry Creek 451 507 Duck Lake 282 Dudley Frederick A 501 Dugan Hugh biography 265 Dunning &Co 177 Dunn Salmon & Co 168 Dutch Hollow 450 Dutch Hollow Brook 443 East Genoa 505 East Venice 442 Eckert Adam 178 E. D. Clapp Manufacturing Co 165 Education Board in Auburn 64 ) progress 57-64 Ejectment settlers from the Cayuga Eeservation 34 Elevation highest in county 476 Ellery William biography 322 Elliott Charles Loring 66 423 Elliott John 176 EUis Elias M 464 Emigration early tendency 35 Empire Wringer Co 167 English efforts to please the Indians 17 English fear Jesuit influence 17 Engravers notice 65 Ensenore 431 Enterprise the the first steamboat on Cayuga Lake 487 Erie Canal 42-43 on the settlements 315 effect the enlargement 315 disastrous effect on Port Byron. 315 * Estate real and personal valuation 72 Esther Queen Tuscaroras 361 Everts D. P. G. and W. O 174 Fair Haven 255 Fall Brook 513 Fanning G. S 176 Farm buildings value 85 Farmlands value in 1837 and 1877 71 Farmers Joint Stock Insurance Co 23 Farms cash value t 85 Fay Edwin E 173 Feasts Indian prodigality 31 Feasts Medical requirements 31 Federalist Western 50 Ferry Amaziah Hutchinsons in Milton 2 authorized at Cayuga 1 David Folletts 2 first across Cayuga Lake. 348 first in Cato 28 first in Genoa 487 James Kidders 2 Jonas C.Baldwins 2 Fillmore Millard 513 Fillmore Nathaniel 513 Fitch Jeremiah biography opposite 356 Five Comers 504 Five Nations the. adopt the Tuscaroras 18 attempt to subdue the 16 the invade the country the Southern Indians 18 prowess the in war 10 treaty the English with the 15 wars the with the French 12 17 Fleming area 376 geological formation 376 name formation and 376 ficers 378 population 376 settlement 376 soil 376 376 Village 37 Association 151 Fort Hill Cemetery Fortifications ancient 334 508 Fosgate Blanchard Dr. biography 246 Fossils 253 268 Fosterville 356 first settlement 350 Four Mile House 382 Foxell Jones & Co 16 Franklin Eoswell Capt. difficulties and dangers attend ing his passage the rapids at Seneca Falls... 32 Franklin Eoswtll Capt. memorial window Presbyte rian Church Aurora 32 Franklin Eoswell Capt. settlement at Cayuga 32 tragic death 35 French and English War the conclude peace 16 1744-1748 18 1755-1763 18 French effects the fire arms the 15 relations with the Indians 13 the invade the tenitory the Iroquois 13 Friends Meetings 411 Frontenac Island 364 Frontenacs invasion. 15 Frontenacs peace efforts 15 Fusileers 148 Garacontie befriends the missions 24 Gaylord John B 177 Genoa area. rc... 485 Indian Fields in 485 Indian occupancy 485 Indian relics in 485 name formation and 484 Genoa occupation and condition inhabitants.... 485 population 485 settlement 485 484 village 46 Geology the County 38 Aurelius 347 Brutus 323 Conquest 282 Fleming 376 Ira 273 Ledyard 30 Locke 507 Mentz 308 Montezuma 2 Moravia Niles 443 Sempronius 476 Sennett Springport 358 Sterling 253 Throop 334 Venice 432 Victory 267 Glen Haven Water Cure 484 Goiogouen Father Eafeixs description 360 Goiogouen Indian Village 35 Goodrich Milo Hon 222 Gratuity Lands 31 Greenfield Hull 464 Grovers Hill 377 Guion Charles F 175 Gutchess Stephen biography 321 Gypsum 282 2 308 323 334 347 358 Gypsum analysis in Springport 358 Gypsum first discovery in Springport 362 Gypsum product in Springport 358 374 Half Acre 357 Hall Benjamin F. biography 238
_. -^ XXXI Hall Silas N. Dr 481 Hardenbergh John L. Col 13 Hardenberghs Comers first birth at 142 burial ground at 141 hatter at 142 inn at 141 mih at 140 physician at... 141 post-fice at 142 stores at 141 tannery at 141 Indians at 13 name changed to Auburn when 223 slaves at 142 wild animals at 142 Hatch Geo. Whitfield 65 Hayden & Smith 168 Haydens Woolen Factory 311 Hewett Ealph biography 266 Hewitt Ebenezer Dr 47 Hewitt Stephen S. Dr 47 Hibiscus growth at Yawgers Point 35 Highest elevation in the county 476 High School in Auburn 188 11 Hills Branch 374 Holbrook Silas Dr 440 461 Homeopathic Physicians 0 Homeopathy in Cayuga County 88-0 Horton James Harvey Dr 447 Hosmer William H 57 Hotels in Cato 27 Cayuga... 353 Conquest Center 284 Fair Haven 255 Meridian 23 Montezuma 302 Moravia 467 Port Byron 315 Sterling Center 325 Weedsport 330 House first built in Cayuga County 33 Howland Benjamin 3 Howland School 36 Howlands Island ; 242 Hubbard JohnW. biography Hughitt W. E 222 Hunsiker Hoyt 517 Dr. biography 263 Hunter James 264 Hunter John 264 Hunter Thomas 47> Hurlburt Amos Hurlbert John N. Hon 220 Hussey Jonathan 4I - Images used by the missionaries 23 Indian burials 31 < u cruelties to missionaries 21 dances and feasts 2 dwellings 28 feasts prodigality 31 Fields 432> tw fort location in Onondaga county 13 habits and usages 28 John sentenced to be 2 hung Johns murder Ezekiel Crane 2 races various difference in the 11 relics_ 313 360 418 485 508 social usages superstitions towns 2J * war-dance winter lodge -} Indians number in Springport in 171 obi the western allied with the English 10 Ingham William native Inhabitants teachers Institute area Ira Center geological formation location and formation 24 ; 2(1 63 276 Ira manufactures ficers population settlement 27 lid soil 273 Station 27 273.. Ireland John biography 266 Irish David Elder 41 Iron ore 253 Iroquois and early colonists 12 i; and French enmity 13 social usages the 2 conflicts the dances and feasts dwellings discomforts the lodge successes and ravages with the French 14 superiority 12 32 the adopt the Tuscaroras 18> the defeat the Adirondacks 13 towns 2!) Irw-in William biography 265 Jail at Cayuga 1 348 Jail changed to Aurora.... 2 Jail at Sherwood 420 Jakway John Dr 20 17 Jakways Corners 26 Jennings Joel Bradford 464 Jesuit missionaries and the Iroquois Jesuit priests treatment by the Hurons 23 Jesuits among the Cayugas 20 cause the failure the 27 English opposition to the 17 general account the 20 27 sacrifices and sufferings the 21 280 Johnson Eobert biography Judges County 4 Judges Special 4 Justices the Supreme Court 4 Kanistagia 361 Kelloggsville 446 Kendall Charles 36 Kennedy T.J 66 Kennedys Independent Battery 103 134 Kevills Mills 263 King Consider Dr 500 George W 6 King King John 487 Kings F-ecry 487 500 Kinney Jaron missionary services 485 280 Knapp John Turner biography Knapp Oscar F 56 Kcenig William 176 LaFayettes reception in Auburn 148 Lakes in the county. 35 Lancasterian schools 186 Lands granted to soldiers 32 33 Land titles imperfection 32 Lawyers early in Auburn 220 in Aubum present 222 Aurora 407 Cato 27 Cayuga 353 Dresserville 481 Fair Haven 257 Ira Center 277 Meridian 2! >2 Milan 511 Montville 474 Moravia 462 PortByron 316 Summer Hill 516 Union Springs 366 Weedsport 328 Leavenworth John 44 area Ledyard 30 Benjamin Gen 37 first settlement in Cayuga County made in.. 30 geological formation 30 2 28. 28 15
XXX11 Ledyard a in the war the Eebellion 417 measures preceding and preparing the way for settlement in 30 name formation and 30 ficers 403 population 30 settlements in 32 soil 30... 30 village 415 Legern John C. biography 512 Le Moyne Father visits the Cayugas 25 Le Moynes Father opinion the Cayugas 25 Letchworth Josiah biography 234 Levanna 414 prominence early 415 Gazette 415 Lewis Orlando 1 73 Libraries School 212 Library first in Auburn 212 Library Seymour 213 Lickville 516 Limestone 267 273 308 334 347 358 443 507 Little Lessee Co 32 Little Sodus Harbor 256 Locke ancient fortification in 508 area 50 election in in 1802 50 formation and 507 geological formation 507 manufactures in 511 ficers in 50 population 50 settlement 507 soil 507 507 John 457 Pond 513 Lockwood Homer biography 2 73 Longevity remarkable instances 317 455 478 Lot 34 in Ledyard division 35 Lounsbury Willett 55 Lunatics first sent to Utica 73 Lunatics present number in asylum 73 McCrea A 177 McCrea... ; Thomas biography opposite 462 McCullen Thomas biography : 322 McDougall Clinton Dugald 222 McMaster William E 67 Malarial diseases prevalence 288 314 Malting... 32 Manufactures agricultural implements in Auburn. 164 173 ale lager and malt 175 176 Auburn 162 boots and shoes in Aubum 168 16 boxes 176 Brutus 333 buttons 172 u ii cardclothing 171 Carpenters Falls 450 carriage and saddlery hardware. 165 168 Cato 27 Cayuga 353 cigars 176 177 clothes wringers 167 Conquest 284 cultivator teeth 1 75 Dresserville 480 Fair Haven 256 files 1 75 176 Fleming 382 flour 173 174 furniture 172 Genoa ; 48 506 gloves and mittens 173 grain cleaners 173 horse collars 170 iron in Auburn 167 170 Ira 277 27 Martville 258 Manufactures Meridian 22 Montezuma 302 Montville 474 Moravia 466 mowers and reapers in Auburn... 163 171 NewHope 44 Niles 450 Owasco 38 planes and plane irons 170 Port Byron 310 sash doors and blinds 174 175 Scipio 431 scythes 16 Sempronius 481 Sennett 345 snow shovels and laundry machines... 174 soap SpringLake 285 and candles 176 starch 163 steam boilers 173 Sterling Center 255 Sterling Valley 258 stove hollow ware 16 Throopsville 337 Union Springs 367 368 Venice Center 43 Victory 272 wagons and carriages 177 Weedsport 328 Westbury 272 woolen goods and carpets 168 16 Marl 323 Marl the Cayuga Marshes 38 30 Marriage first in Aurelius 348 Bratus 342 Cato 28 Conquest 282 Genoa 488 Ira 273 Moravia 454 Scipio. 41 Sempronius 477 Sennett 341 Sterling 260 Throop 335 romantic in Genoa 488 singular instance 422 Marshes Cayuga area 38 30 Marshes Montezuma 28 Martville 258 Matthews George H 6 Mayors Auburn 224 Mead Jonathan 487 Mead Philander Dr 508 Medical Societies 85 0 Society disbanded 88 first formation the 85 present local membership the 88 proceedings the 86-7 reorganized 88 Homeopathic 88 Meeker Joseph E 67 Meeting public first citizens Auburn during the war the Eebellion 100 Menard and the Cayugas 23 34 Mentz area 30 formation and location 308 geological formation 308 ficers.313 population 30 settlement 312 soil 30 308 Merchants in Aurelius 357 Aurora 405 Bethel Corners 278 Cato 26 Cayuga 351 Conquest Center 283 Dresserville 480
.487 447 447 XXXlll Merchants in East Genoa 505 East Venice 442 Fair Haven 255 Five Corners 504 Fleming 37 Fosterville 356 Genoa 46 Ira Center 276 Kelloggsville 447 Ledyard 415 Levanna 415 Martville 258 Meridian 21 Milan 50 Montezuma 304 Montville 473 Moravia 458 New Hope 44 Niles 450 Northville 4 Owasco 385 PoplarEidge ;. 441 Port Byron 310 Scipio Center 425 Scipio Summit 431 Scipioville 428 Sempronius 481 Sennett 344 Sherwood 430 Spring Lake 285 Sterling Center 254 Sterling Valley 258 Summer Hill 1> Throopsville 337 Union Springs 364 Venice 43 Venice Center 43 Victory 26 Weedsport 326 272 Westbury Union Express 152 Company Meridian 20 Milan 50 Miletv Father visits the Iroquois 25 Military Districts 103 organizations Capt. T. J. Kennedys Co... in the war 1812 145 ; in the war the Eebellion... 134 Mill Brook Tract ; militia survey the Miller Elijah biography Mills early in Genoa first in Brutus Conquest 282 Genoa Ira Locke Mentz 310> Milton Montezuma Moravia Owasco Sempronius Sterling. Summer Hill Throop Venice Victory name changed to Genoa Mineral Springs Missions Jesuit among the Cayugas.. with the Iroquois Moe John Montezuma first. area... churches in settlement in._. formation and location. 1 geological formation.... ficers.334 347.20 148 32 31 451 226 45 323 285 486 275 507 313 305 453 384 478 260 514 335 435 268 484 35 28 17 488 301 305 302 28 2 305 Montezuma population salt springs soil village Montville Moravia Agricultural Society agriculture largely devoted to dairying. area churches Citizen Cotton MiU geological formation Institute name formation and National Bank ficers oldest building in population settlement \ soil Union Fre e School Valley Eegister Village Morgan Christopher Edwin B. Col George P Henry John Eichard Morse Gershom Mosquito Point Mower and Eeaper Works D. M. Osborne & Co Murdock Joshua Murdock Lyman Muskrat Creek Myres Michael S National Exchange Bank Native Inhabitants New Hope Newland Flora B. biography bet. 446 Newland Lemuel A. biography. 446 first in Auburn Newspaper New York Central Insurance Co New York State Asylum for Insane Convicts Niles agriculture consists largely in dairying area. geological formation name formation and ficers population settlement soil Village Aubum present Aurelius Brutus Cato Cayuga - Conquest Genoa Fleming 378 Ira 301 2 301 28 301 473 474 470 467 466 468 451 465 474 456 451 46 467 458 3 400 400 401 400 401 401 454 314 163 434 28S 220 181 435-44- 50 366-. 161 44 446-44a 443 446 446 443 443 443 450 450 Nine Corners Nineteenth Eegiment 101 107 Nineteenth Eegiment changed to 3d Artillery 113 North Sterling 25 North Victory 272 Northville 4 Northville first settlement at 48 Noyes James 0 47 Noyes John B 47 Noyes William Leshe 47 Nye & Wait carpet manufacturers 16 Oakwood 36 Seminary Officers first Auburn 224 city village Auburn 223 224 351 325 20 351 283 517 45 >7.~
Academy XXXIV Officers Ledyard 403 Locke 50 Mentz 313 Montezuma 305 village 301 Moravia 474 Niles... 446 517 Owasco 384 517 Port Byron 311 Scipio 425 Sempronius 480 Sennett 343 Springport 363 Sterling 261 Summer Hill 515 Throop 336 Union Springs 364 374 Venice 438 Victory 26 Weedsport 517 Ogden David Sr. Captain 42 Ogdens Corners 500 One Hundred and Eleventh Eegiment 103 24 Ninety-third Eegiment 106 Sixtieth Eegiment 104 il ;i Thirty-eighth Eegiment 104 Onondaga Colony secret flight the Onondaga Mission broken up 24 Ontario Bay Harbor Improvement Company 257 Ontario Lake 35 Orton William 54 Oswego Starch Company 163 Otter Lake 288 Owasco area 383 formation and 382 ficers 384 population in 1820 384 1875 383 settlement 383 slaves in in 1820 384 soil 383 383 Canal Company 14 Flats (see Moravia) Lake 35 Village 385 Page JohnB. as an artist 67 Painters landscape and portrait 65 Palmer S. W. & Co. manufacturers 174 Panic financial 1837 -. 150 1875 152 preparing for the 1837 14 Parker Daniel 274 Edward D 178 John L.Hon 463 WingT 464 Parkers Pond 288 Parmelee Edwin B 176 Patriot War 150 Patrons Husbandry 78-80 Fire Insurance 80 general history 78 Cayuga 7 Pauperism early 7 Peace negotiations failure 16 Peacock Thomas wood worker 175 Penmanship early method teaching 61 Pennyville 450 Pepper Mm the 285 Perry Winslow 454 Phelps Seth 35 Physical and mental progress compared 57 Physicians in Auburn 0 Aurelius 357 Aurora 407 Cato 26 Cayuga 352 Conquest Center 284 Dresserville 481 Fair Haven 257 Physicians in Five Corners 504 Fleming 380 Fosterville 357 Genoa 47 Ira Center 277 Kelloggsville 447 Ledyard 415 Martville 25 Meridian 22 Milan 510 Montezuma 304 Montville 474 Moravia 461 Niles 450 Northville 500 Owasco 386 Poplar Eidge 442 Port Byron 316 Scipio Center 426 Scipioville 42 Sempronius 481 Sennett 345 Sherwood 430 Spring Lake 285 Summer Hill 515 Throopsville 337 Union Springs 365 Venice 440 Center 43 Victory 270 Weedsport 328 Pioneer life effect upon schools 57 nanie changed to Summer Hill 513 Plato Plow Jethro Woods cast iron 403 458 Pomeroy Theo. M. Hon 222 Poor expenses at the County House 74 the towns 73 House erection 73 first physician the 73 superintendent the 73 Poplar Eidge 441 Port Byron 30 Chronicle 310 churches in 317 Free School and 310 water works 311 Porter John 220 Postmasters Auburn 225 Aurelius 357 Aurora 406 Bethel Corners. 278 Cato 26 Cayuga 352 Conquest Center 284 Dresserville 480 East Genoa 506 East Venice 442 Five Corners 504 Fleming 380 Fosterville 356 Genoa 47 Ira Center 277 Kelloggsville 447 Ledyard 415 Levanna 415 Milan 511 Meridian 22 Montezuma 305 Moravia 461 New Hope 44 Niles 450 Northville 500 Owasco 385 Poplar Eidge 441 Scipio Center... 426 Scipioville 42 Sempronius 481 Sennett 345 Sherwood 430 Sterling Valley 258
Cayugas imperfect XXXV Postmasters Summer Hill 515 Union Springs 365 Venice 436 Venice Center 43 Victory 270 Weedsport 328 Powers Cyras Judge 466 478 Powers Cyrus Dr 462 466 Pre-emption Eight 35 Presidential Electors 7 Press Book 54 growth the American 4-51 ) length the history the 50 men the 55 Auburn 50 Aurora 405 Moravia 467 Port Byron...v 310 the county 4-57 Union Springs 367 Weedsport 330 Prince Frederick 56 Productions the county 40 41 Publishers book first in the county 55 Queen Esther 361 Quick Isaac W 171 Eafeixs mission effect 26 Eailroad Auburn & Syracuse 46 Auburn & Weeds Basin 45 Cayuga Southern 48 4 N. Y. C. (direct road) 47 Southern Central 47 48 Eailroads and canals compared 4 Bank agricultural the several towns 40 41 Eattlesnakes Indian veneration for 31 Eelations Dr. Hawleys translation the Jesuit 20 Eelations general account the Jesuit 20 27 Eeservations the Cayugas 30 Eeynolds & Co 15 Ehodes J. G 481 Eichardson George 478 Eichardson Joseph L 21 Eich George E 27 Eichmond Jonathan 36 Eoads early in county 140 Eogers Elias ^rs Books John biography... 451 Eoute Sullivans army through Genoa 485 Byckman Peter grant land secured to by the pi.fx&a 30 Eyswick treaty 16 Sabin Jeremiah 478 Salt springs 38 253 288 2 323 35 Salt springs at Montezuma 38 2 Sandstone 253 358 Sargent Eufus manufacturer card clothing 171 Sartwell Hough & manufacturers Co. boots and shoes Sayles Ezekiel Schicht M. J. Mrs. l^^ 47( 176 School Auburn Academic High 188 5. books buildings early condition 5 Commissioners first Board in Aurelius 187 discipline early 60 186 188 libraries diversion the funds the 186 system common organized Schools acts relative to in amended and con Auburn solidated 18y 10 Schools act to regulate free in Auburn 188 Auburn Theological Seminary 13 a << u Young Ladies Institute 15 compulsory education in 18 cost in Auburn 10 County Superintendents 62 discontinued 188 deplorable condition the 187 deputy disadvantages the 58 superintendents established 187 early a in Auburn 184 Schools early why poor first in Aubum Aurelius Conquest ; * ; Fleming Ira Moravia Scipio 41 Sennett Sterling Throop town committee on in Auburn for colored children free how designated in Auburn in Auburn 64. in Cato in Meridian in Moravia in Union Springs in Weedsport Lancasterian means improvement the fice city superintendent abolished Port Byron Free School and Academy private in Auburn State aid 61 62. 184 185 Normal Superintendent and Commissioners tardiness in the not permitted terms the in Auburn Town Inspectors and Commissioners abol ished Schuch Louis biography Schweinfurth Charles J Scipio area name formation and ficers population settlement societies in soil ; Center Summit Scipioville Scott John biography Sculptors Cayuga County Searls Thsodore J. biography Searls William Eev. biography Selover John L Sempronius agriculture chiefly dairying area geological formation highest elevation in manufactures name formation and ficers pojralation settlement soil village Senators State Seneca Biver aboriginal name the ;> Turnpike Co perfection Senecas the houses the the as agriculturists area Sennett 1 geological formation name. ficers formation and population settlement soil Village votes east at an election in in 1827 58 184 348 282 274 456 421 341 261 336 184 188 188 10 184 27 23 467 36 330 186 63 188 310 187 progress 57 64 rates tuition in in Aubum 10 187 62 7 10 1 187 251 175 417 417 425 417 417 431 417 417 425 431 428 267 65 243 248 175 476 476 470 476 481 475 480 476 476 476 475 481 5 28 44 11 11 343 344 344
- 487 XXXVI Senter & Carpenter 177 Sermon first in the county 140-41 Settlements by the French English and Dutch 12 Settlers ejectment from the Cayuga Eeservation 34 hardships endured by the first at Aurora 33 simplicity the lives the early 41 the first in the county 35-32 Settlements first in Cayuga County 30 Aurelius 347 Brutus 323 Cato 28 Conquest 282 Fleming 376 Genoa 485 ;1 Ira 273 Ledyard 32 Locke 507 Mentz 312 Montezuma 302 Moravia Niles 443 Owasco 383 Scipio 417 Sempronius 476 Sennett Sterling 25 Summer Hill 513 Throop 334 Venice 432 Victory 268 Seventy-fifth Eegiment 102 125 Seward William H. & Co. s Banking House 182 Seward William Henry Hon. biography 22 Seymour James S 178 Seymour Library Association 213 Shapley Charles H 1 75 Sheldon & Co. manufacturers iron and axles 167 Sheriffs 5 Sherwood 430 county seat established at 320 Sherwood Seth Judge 420 Sinks in Springport 35 Situation the county 35 Skinner Cotton 454 Skinner Thomas S 56 Slade Peleg 477 Slaves 142 Slaves in Owasco in 1820 3.84 Smith Barnabas Dr 442 Smith Charles F. dealer in Crockery 178 Smith Jared M... 463 Smith Eichard L 221 Snow Benjamin B. Superintendent Schools 64 Societies Aurora Chapter No. 64 E. A.M.- 414 Brutus Encampment No. 0 I. O. O. F 333 Brutus Grange No. 48 P. H 333 Cato Lodge No. 141 F. & A. M 28 Cavuga Lodge No. 221 F. & A. M 431 Centennial Tent No. 41 N. O. I. E 311 Charity Lodge No. 3 A. O. U. W. Union Springs 374 District Grand Committee the District Cayuga 333 Genoa Lodge No 213 F. & A. M 504 Logan Grange No. 107 302 MentzGrange 317 Meridian Lodge No. 142 A. O. U. W 25 Montezuma Lodge F. & A. M. No. 176 302 Moravia Grange No. 201 473 Moravia Tent N. O. I. E. No. 47 473 Morris Chapter No. 156. E. A. M 311 Onward Camp No. 3 E. K. E. Union Springs 374 Port Byron Lodge No. 130 F. & A. M..... 411 Eechabite Tent No. 43 Montezuma 302 Eising Star Lodge No. 2 I. O. G. T 473 St. Jolin the Baptist E. A. Chapter No. 30... 473 Salem Town Lodge No. 326 F. & A. M 356 Scipio Lodge No. 58 F. & A. M 413 page; Societies Southern Central Lodge No. 24 I. O. O. F. Weedsport 333- Spring Lake Temperance Society 285 Sylvan Lodge No. 41 F. &. A. M 472 The Northville Temperance Society 504 Union Grange No. 70 P. H. Throop 33 Union Springs Tent No. 46 N. O. I. E... 374 Uskeep Lodge No. 45 I O. O. F.. \ 512 Warren Lodge No. 147 F. &. A. M. Union Springs 373 Weedsport Lodge No. 380 I. O. G. T 333- Weedsport Lodge No. 385 F. & A. M 333 Soil the County 3 Spencer J. O. biography 374 Spencer Theodore... 221 Sprague C. Burton biography 281 Spring Lake - 284 Springport area 35- early settlers in e j ected from Eeservation 360.. i; evidences Indian occupancy in 35 geological formation. 358 name formation and 358 ficers... s 363 population 35 settlement 360 settlement retarded by its being within the Eeservation 360 soil 35 358 Springs at Union Springs 35 Square The 431 Squyers John Dr 274r Stages Pioneer and Telegraph 44 45 Stages Sherwood 44 Stages the first 43 State Eoad from Whitestown to Geneva... 34 Steamboat the first on Cayuga Lake Steam Flouring Mill at Northville 501 Steel Trap. 361 Sterling area. 254 churches in 262 geological formation. 253 manufactures 263 name formation and 252 ficers. 261 population 254 settlement 25 soil 254 Stevens Thrasher Works 172 252 Center 254 Junction 25 Valley 258- Valley Station 25 Stewarts Comers 436 43 48- St. Joseph mission 35 Stone Mill the Auburn 17& Stock farms cash value 85- Storke Elliot G. biography 25a Stoyell Amos 454 Stoyellj John 1 Stoyell John respected by the Indians 453 StoyeU John Jr 453 Study incentives to 60* Sullivans campaign journal 18 1 results 20 why ordered 18 in the wells and gypsum quarries Sulphur presence Springport 35s Sulphur Springs 507 Summer Hill area 515 formation and 512 ficers 515 population 515 settlement 513 soil 513 similarity to Cortland county 515 513 Lake 513 ViUage 515
. XXXVll Sunderlin Horace opposite 342 Supervisors early 7L. first Auburn ;<> Surface the County...... 35 Sunogates..!... 4 Sunogates Cayuga.. 5 Surrogates. Special......7..7..7..7. 5 Sutcliffe William brewer and maitster 1 75 Sylvester Joseph H. biography opposite 462 Talcott Joseph 402 Tallcotts Corners 41.- Tanners 174 Taverns 144 first in Aurelius 348 Brutus 323 Cato 28 Conquest 282 Fleming 377 Ira 273 - Ledyard 37 Locke )07 Mentz 512 Owasco 383 Sempronius 477 Sennett Springport 362 Sterling 260 Summer Hill 514 Throop 335..Victory... 26 early in Genoa 45 Taxation and valuation 71-73 comparative 72 study the table 71 Teachers and teaching 60 Teetertown 502/ Telegraph effect the 52 Telegraph first in Auburn 52 Thayer Sanford 6 70 The National Bank Auburn 178 Third New York Volunteer Artillery 113 leave Springport Tuthiil Hector C. Hon 47 Twelve Comers 450 Tyler Comfort Col 302 Union Springs 363 Upcraft John biography Advertiser 367 churches 370 ficers 364374 266 Valuation and taxation 71 Valuation comparative real and personal estate 72 Valuation farm lands in 1837 and 1877 71 Van Benscoten Peter the original owner lot 34 on which Aurora stands 35 Van Buren Van Etten Abraham biography ATan Petten Jacob biography VanPetten Peter biography Venice Marti 11 visit to Auburn 151. 451 266 266 area 482 geological formation 432 name formation and 432 ficers 438 population 432 settlement 432 soil 432 432 village 43 Center 438 Victory area 268 geological formation 267 name formation and 267 ficers 26 population 268 settlement 268 267 village 26 Wade Eowiand D 464 Wadsworth David & Son scythe manufacturers 16 Walworth John 35 Ward Settlement 335 Warehouses 330 War Expenses 136 membership 124 Loan Bonds 137 losses the 124 1812 145 Thomas David biography 401 the Eebellion ; Thomas John Jr. biography 402 effect the on business 151 Thornton H. G. file manufacturer. 175 Genoas record in the 507 Throop Enos Thompson biography 225 Ledyards record hi the 417 Throop George B 220 Montezumas record in the 305 Throop area 334 the Eevolution 18 geological formation 334 Patriot 150 name formation and 334 WTater Works in Auburn 214 ficers 335 PortByron. ; 311 population 334 Weedsport 325 settlement 336 churches in 330 soil 334 ficers 326 517 334 press 330 Throops Grain Cleaner Company 173 Sentinel 330 Throopsville 336 Weekly News 467 Tillotson Adonijah Capt 48 Weeks Corners 488 Tillotson John Gen 48 Weeks John 488 Tillotson Matthew Col 48 Wells Academy 40 Titus William biography opp. 458 Wells Henry 315 403 Topography general the County 35 Westbury 272 Topography the Country bordering Owasco Lake... 214 Western Exchange 143 Topography the several towns Western.36-37 Luminary 425 Town Salem ^04 West Niles..- 450 Towns early large size the 34 White Jonas 252 Towns the several whenformed 36 Wholesale dealers in Auburn 177 Townships military formation 33-34 W. H. Seward & Co.s Banking House 182 Townships military survey 31 Wilcox Harry Jefferson biography 287 Towsley Eoswell 403 Wild 142 313 Tracy s Corners ^1 Williams C. P. as a school reformer 64 Travel and transportation 43 4 Wizards and witches 31 Travel difficulties H-f2 Woodcock L. M. & Co. founders and machinists 172 Travel first summer route 41 Wood Daniel Dr 461 Treaties with the Cayugas for the cession their lands Wooden William D. biography facing 423 Trowbridge & Jennings frame manufacturers Woodin William B 222 Tuscaroras the join the Five Nations 18 Wood Jethro 408 458 Tuscaroras the were among the last the Indians to Woodland in the county 85 61 Woodraff J. H. button manufacturer 172
XXXV111 Wood Walter 38 Worden Wanen T 222 244 Wright David and Luther 455 Wright James A 464 Wyckfs Station 382 Young Brigham 312