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Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories 3 9077 03100119 4 NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories ONTARIO CO TJNTY B USINESS DIRECT OB Y. CANANDAIGUA I A2STD MACHINE WORKS, CULTIVATORS, MILL GEARING, STEAM ENGINES, i AND MACHINERY ofALL KINDS. GENERAL REPAIRING DONE Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories ONTARIO COUNTY BUSINESS DIMECTOBY. MAEV STREET, CASTANDAIGUA, IV. Y. F. O. CHAMBJERLAIN, Proprietor. THIS HOUSE IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THJS BUSINESS PART OF THE TOWN, About Two Minutes Walk from Depot. FREE OMNIBUS To and from all important Trains and Steamboats, The House is new and is famished with all the MODERN CONVENIENCES, And Charges Reasonable. Leave this House twice each day for Reed's Corners, Rushville, and Naples. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories GAZETTEER ONTARIO COUNTY, N.Y., 1867-8. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY HAMILTON CHILD. Hang Up this Book for Future Eeference. SYEAOUSB, AT THE JOUBNAL OFFICE, 83 & 24 E. WASHINGTON STREET. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories AmTrnrKti ONTARIO CO UNTY S U8INMS8 BISECT OS T. THE PUBLISHED BY c&> JOURNAL BUILDING, 24 E. WASHINGTON ST. TERMS, STRSCTLY EN ADVANCE. ]DJLIZ,Y JOTTItNAIr-$8.00 per year ; $4.00 for six months ; $3.00 for three months ; .75 cts. per month and SO cts. per week. 'EEKLY <r0UMNAZ—$4.00 per year ; $3.00 for six months. JOURNAL—$2.00 per year ; $1.00 for six months; BO, cts. for three montlis. THE JOURNAL THE JOB DEPARTMENT Is provided witli'the largest and best outfit of J In Central New TorS, furnishing facilities tmeqimled for doing THE BEST OF WORK Expeditiously, and at Reasonable Rates. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories ; 1 }»» }"•* ,*, jv INTRODUCTION. In presenting the initial number of the "Gazeteer and Directory of Ontario County" to the public, the publisher desires to return his sincere thanks to all who have so kindly assisted in obtaining the valuable information which it contains, and without whose aid it would have been impossible to have collected, in the brief space of time in which it is essential that all such works should be com- pleted. Especially are our thanks due to the several editors of the Geneva Courier, Geneva Gazelle, Ontario Citizen, Ontario Re- positorfc&ndL Ontario County Times, for the uniform kindness which has been evinced in calling public attention to the author's efforts ; •and to them and the following gentlemen, viz: Col, F. W. Prince, W. N. Smith and Prof. W. D. Wilson, of Geneva; Jacob A. Wader, of Orleans; Samuel E. Norton, of Phelps ; Henry J. Wemett, of Canadice; N. K. Cole, Manchester; Edward Herendeen, of Farm, ington; Spencer Gooding, A. H. Howell, and Maj. Richardson of Canandaigua; Elijah Wells, of Naples; for essential aid in furnish- ing material for the work. We have also drawn largely from " French's Gazetteer of the State of New York," and from "Turner's History of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase.'' Many others have kindly volunteered their aid, to all of whom we return sincere thanks. When it is known that time, equal to nearly three years' labor, if done by one man, has been devoted to the canvass, and the great difficulty many times experienced by the agents in collecting the necessary information, it is believed the patrons of the work will Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories wri* an^j seemingly short-comings in the eomplete- • •# • • •• ••• • » • '/hfe fccfoifcfft^to'in th»s work represent many of the leading busi- ness men of the County, and we most cheerfully command them all to the patronage of those under whose observation these pages may come. So complete a canvass of a county for a Business Directory, and the additions of farmers' names, together With the number of acres owned or leased by each, the whole arranged alphabetically, after their appropriate post office addresses, we believe hag never been attempted by any other publisher. That errors may have occurred in so great a number of names and dates as are here given, is probable. The indulgence of the reader is solicited in marking such as had been observed in the sub- sequent reading of the proofs, and which are noted in the Errata, following the Introduction. The Map of the County was engraved with great care by "Weed, Parsons & Co.," of Albany, and, it is believed, will prove a valua- ble acquisition to the work. - With thanks to friends generally, we leave our wofic to secure tfte favor which earnest endeavor ever wins from a discriminating business public. HAMILTON CHILD. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories ERRATA ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. GAZETTKEE. Farmington.—On page 46, 1st paragraph, for New Salem, (p. ».,) read New Salem, (Farmlngton, P. 0.) In same paragraph, Farmmgton station is erroneously stated to be a post Tillage. In relation to the early settlement of this town, we gain the following from Edward Herendeen, who is in possession of interesting family records:— "Nathan Herendeen, at the age of 49 years, his wife and one son Welcom, two sons- in-law, John McComber and Joshua Harington and their families, Nathan Comstock and sons, Nathan Aldrich and family; in all comprising about 40 persons, emigrated from Adams, Mass., about the middle of Feb., 1790. From Utica they found their way through the wilderness by marked trees. Cayuga Lake was crossed on the ice near the site of "iSbng Bridge." At Seneca Lake outlet ffliey found what was supposed to have been one of Sullivan's transports, used for the crossing of his expedition. With this they crossed over and arrived finally in Farmington on the 15th day of March, 1790.—• During the following summer other immigrants came from the same county. Among those earliest pioneers were the Smiths, Hathaways, Paynes and<sPowers\" On page 47, 4th line, after the words Welcome Heremem, read ton of Joshua Earingtm, Sept. 17,1790. Phelps.—-On page 56,1st paragraph, Gypswm, (P. 0.,) on the line of Manchester, is a hamlet, was omitted. "West Bloomfleld.—Since writing up our historical sketch of this town, an oc- currence has happened in the southern part of the town, which presents a most interest- ing phenomenon. We are indebted to Mr. Charles M. Hendee, of West Bloomfleld, for the particulars, and for some extracts from an article written by him, which we use. It seems that about "Fifty years ago some of the early settlers living near what is now called "Beebe's Brook," (three miles south of our village,) conceived that there was coal or some other valuable mineral in a locality near the brook, and accordingly sunk a shaft to test the matter. After getting down some thirty feet they perceived indications of foul air, and fired a bundle of straw and threw it down the shaft. It instantly ignited and burned high above the surface, causing them to retreat on the double quick (badly scorched) with the entire loss of baggage. It burned a short time and went out, but the experiment Induced them to abandon any farther investigations. In later years, parties fishing in the brook by torchlight, could, by touching the surface, (where the water was still) ignite it at pleasure, when it would burn a short time and expire. These facts being well known, when the "oil fever" was at its height some three years since, parties here decided to bore for oil. A company was formed, an engine and the necessary tools procured, and boring commenced. After boring about one hundred feet they struck a crevice which emitted a strong volume of gas. This gave them renewed courage and they bored away for months until they reached a depth of five hundred feet, when their courage and capital being alike exhausted they concluded to abandon it and pocket the loss as many a seeker after oil has done before and since. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Miscellaneous Directories 10 EBB AT A. Since then the well has remained in statu quo (the volume of gas never flagging for £ moment) until about the first of July, when one of our citizens visited it to show it to ! visiting Mend and concluded to try an experiment with it. Accordingly he attached a lead pipe to the curbing tube to conduct it outside of the building, and applied a lighted match to it, when, "presto change," quicker than you could say "Jack Robinson, the pipe melted, the flame following it up. They used every effort to extinguish it, but in vain. It wonld not "ouf^,t their bidding any more than the spot of blood from the hand of Lady SCacbeth. It reached the building in less time than I could write it, and in a short time the structure was a' mass of smoking ruins, the heat damaging the engine past repair, leav- ing damages of $1,000 or so for some one to pay. Since then it has burned constantly. The iron tubing rises fifteen feet above the surface, and a roaring, surging, leaping col- umn, of five or six inches in diameter, rises thirty feet above that, making the vicinity light as day, in the darkest night. The reflection on the sky can be seen for miles away. The well is situated in a romantic dale, with a pebbly brook running near it. The ground is carpeted with a thick green turf, and altogether it is a charming place at which to spend a few hours pic-nicing, aside from the burning well.