Burdick,Mrs ST $200 Britton,J N estate $250 Brady,W E Sr. $1,200 Cooley,Frank $400 Cleveland, &Van Horn $1,200 Carter,Roy M $5,000 Champlin,L L $200 Davidson, Wm G $200 Friendship Farmers Co. Assoc.. $800 Graham, F H $3,000 Herrington & Joyce $2,000 Hess,Bros. $1,000 Jordan,M.J. $150 Jones, F.V. $500 Kilbury,Mrs. Mary $500 McKee, F. A $500 Mason,F.S $1,000 Mulkin,F C $500 Paoliello,Nick $250 Patterson,M.J. on Shawmut Switch $200 Rumsey,Walter and wife $ 1,000 Romanelli,Thomas [house on Erie] R.R.land Reisman,Ben $1,00o Sawyer,C.A. $500 Scott,Volney E $250 Stickney,Mrs Lewis $500 Stevens,Leon $1,000 Secor,Mrs. $200 Torry,Frank $300 Tefft,Thomas $1,500 Utter,F.R. $500 Weart,C.P $300 Wellman,K.M 1,000 John Wells chairman board of associates Elaine s88897@aol.com

The 11th annual reunion of the Phillips and Perkins family was held Thursday 28 July at the Island Park at Friendship. There were 129 present from Bradford, Duke Center,Pa, Castile,Olean, Bellmont, Wellsville, Scio,Allenstown,Bolivar, and Friendship. There was a nice program in children who spoke and sang and was greatly appreciated by the members. Members of the family were very glad to learn that we have a right to join the Daughters of the American Revolution as a Stephen Hopkins signer of the Declaration of Independence was a relative being a Grandfathers Perkins mothers brothers son of which we are all proud. Officers were Henry Smith President,LaDurn Dodson vice president,Adelaid Van Cise secretary Clarene Robinson Treasurer The reunion is to be held next year at the same place and it is hoped all will be present as a great number were present this year who never attended before Elaine s888897@aol.com

One of the most shocking suicides that has occurred in the vicinity in many years took place at Cuba last Saturday afternoon when William A Bates one of the best known residents of that village seated himself in his office chair[ rest too graphic] killed self with 32 caliber gun Village election last Tuesday resulted as follows President N H Fuller;trustee F H Graham, clerk H L Blossom, treasurer W C Kingsbury,street commissioner W C Willis and collector Warren Coats. Burt McGinnis left yesterday for Hunts where he will be employed by the railroad. Miss Jessie Rumsey has returned from an extended stay at Scranton,Pa Mr and Mrs Will O'Shaughnessey were at Buffalo last week called there by the death of his father. Miss Forence A Thorpe has been engaged as soloist by the Episcopal chuech of Cuba for Palm Sunday and Ester Sunday. Elaine s888897@aol.com

Notice firemen there will be a special meeting of the Friendship Fire Dept at the fire house hall. July 14th at 8pm All firemen requested to attend Frank Cooley President Additional locals Miss Marion Mulkin of Rochester visited her parents Mr and Mrs F C Mulkin over the 4th weekend. Attorney S. Burton Babcock of Pittsburgh was home for the 4th with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles H Babcock Mr and Mrs J W Glover and family of Buffalo were here for the 4th and week end visiting Mrs Alice Stevens and friends. Mrs Jenny Jones who has been spending several week vacation at her home in New Lisbon,NY returned the first of the week. Masters Curtis Jordan and Maxwell Stout are at the Olean YMCA and boy scout camp at Camp Mason on Chautauqua Lake for two weeks. Miss Lettie Austin local manager of our telephone office is on a three week vacation at Malone NY and adjacent points of interest visiting Mr and Mrs Lebeck Durham formerly of Belmont Elaine s88897@aol.com

"Do." means ditto. On census records if the line has written "Do." it means that the information on that line would be the same as is written above. "Do." was used quite frequently to save time in writing and to save ink. Maureen M. Lee ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Farr" <shirley@webdesignsbyshirley.org> > To: <NYALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2003 12:36 PM > Subject: [NYAllega] Census Question > > > > I am presently researching the 1840 census for Allegany County. I have > come > > across several places where the surname is listed as "Do.". Do any of you > know > > if that would be an abbreviation for "ditto" to the surname that appears > right > > above it or does it stand for something else? Thanks in advance for any > help > > anyone can give to me on this. > > > > Shirley > > > > > > ==== NYALLEGA Mailing List ==== > > To Unsub form NYAllega-L send a new email to > NYAllega-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the subject > line > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

I am presently researching the 1840 census for Allegany County. I have come across several places where the surname is listed as "Do.". Do any of you know if that would be an abbreviation for "ditto" to the surname that appears right above it or does it stand for something else? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give to me on this. Shirley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Arnold, Arnolt, Ingraham, Ingram Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6307 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information at all on my grandmother's grandfather, William Arnold. I was told that he died very young (apparently in his 20's) and he was married to Sarah Ingraham (or Ingram) at the time of his death. His daughter indicated in census records that he had been born in Germany. He was probably born around 1870. Some of his family resided in Wellsville. I have found Arnolds that came from Germany, but I can't find anything on William. Can anyone help??

Alexlee@yahoo.com ...... thanks for thinking of us but that site http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=1627761 does not come in???? Please let us all know if that is correct email or is it a paid site like ancestry.com. If a paid site we can't access it unless you send to us, can you please check? Maybe the best thing might be to offer to send to those who email you, as I am sure everyone would like to try it for genealogy searching info. Thanks Patricia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/5566.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: My Grandfathers last name is Webster (Harold Webster) and he lives in Richburg, NY. I wonder if this Webster is any relation?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/5566.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Louise, I'll send you a WORD file on Ashbel and Mercy Swetland Webster, the first of that line in Allegany Co. Regards, Sid Emmons, Historian, Town of Lyndon,Catt Co.,NY

Charles Willet Burdick son of Corda A Burdick of this village passed away last Friday following surgery. George W Steenrod was tendered a surprise for his 88th birthday last Wednesday evening by several friends and neighbors Paul Button, Frederick Hanks, Carl Gilbert, Harley Gilbert, Gaylord Monigal, Clifford Williams, Richard Lawrence,Lyle Bledsoe and Maxson Clarke attended the state wide older boys confereance at Buffalo over the weekend Wiliam J Slattery passed away unexpectedly last Monday night Mrs Edna Woodhouse Lockhart is now residing at Borger,Texas Grocery specials include 10 lbs sugar 63 cents 10 lbs onions 29 cents butter 52 cents coffee 45 cents a lb cranberries 14 cents a lb dates 17 cents a lb Elaine s88897@aol.com

The community was saddened by four deaths this past weekMrs Ralph Crumb of Cleveland and William E Brady,Matthew Dineen and Chester D Green of this village As low as 20 below zero has been reported for our temp Monday night. Mr and Mrs A H Smith of Buffalo are moving into their new home at Kenmore. Dr R W McGinnis of Ogden Utah and HP McGinnis of Wilkensburg Pa were called here last week by the death of their father J R McGinnis Dan Hitchcock of Cuba Summit is seriously ill Elaine s88897@aol.com

Continued There was a grist mill now owned by Mr Quick on Pennsylvania Ave. He would often get up before daylight take a bag of corn on his back walk to the grist mill have it ground and return home to have Johnny Cake for breakfast. After Abner, the oldest son was old enough to do the chores and split the wood. Mr Smalley drew lumber to Hinsdale and Olean during the winters. He did not have good luck raising grain on account of the wild animals so he bought cows and made butter. They built a stone milk house over the spring and set the milk in wooden bowls. He added to the original farm 50 acres until he owned 260 acres at the time of his death in 1880. After a few years he built a very comfortable and what was then considered a fine frame house on the site of the present house. During the 100 years the farm has been owned by three members of the family Sears, Abner, and Frank. Frank tore down all the old buildings and built the present ones about 40 years ago. In 1905 oil was found on the farm and at the present time there are 17 producing wells. The children of Sears and Cornelia Smalley were Phoebe,Mrs. H.B.Newton, who was born in New Jersey,Abner who was born in Belvidere,Fanny,Mrs. Leonard Farr and Eveline,Mrs Adam Van Allen, who were born in the log house,Andrew Squire,Charles and Mary Ann,Mrs W D Hicks, who were born in the frame house. The surviving member of the family is Mrs Hicks the youngest daughter. There is one daughter in law Mrs Andrew Smalley. There are 19 grandchildren.31 great grandchildren, and 37 great great grandchildren. Samuel Parrott and his wife Mary father and mother of Mrs Sears Smalley came from New Jersey earlier than the Smalley family and settled on the Thomas Compton farm in Clarksville. Elaine s88897@aol.com

Smalley Family reunion was held at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smalley in the town of Wirt July 7th.There were 61 present The farm has been in the family 100 years 1825-1925 so this reunion was more in the form of a celebration and was of special interest to both young and old. There were members present from Meadville,Rochester, Cuba, and Belmont. The following history was read: Isaac Sears Smalley son of Abner and Mary Smalley was born in New Jersey 3 May 1802. He married Cornelia Parrott, daughter of Samuel and Mary Parrott in 1822. In the fall of 1824 they came to New York state. They went to Seneca County near Ovid and visited his parents who had gone there from New Jersey some time before.Then they journeyed on to Belvidere where a Mr McCoy lived who had formerly lived in New Jersey. They rented a house back of where the Erie station now stands and near a old sawmill. The next year 1825 late in the summer they moved to the farm. They had to move with oxen and sled because there were so many stumps and logs in the road. Instead of following the present road they turned to the right just below the Shawmut culvert above Nile and went near the old house and barn on the Voorhier farm and above the Voorhies orchard and then on to the present road. It was a forest all the way except a few cleared spots. There was a hotel on the Sam Strahan farm and one on the corner where Orrin Cleveland lived. All the chopping and clearing there was done on the farm was around the loghouse. The house stood down near the road. They cleareda spot across the creek from the house and sowed grain but the deer ate it. During the first winter all the yoke of oxen had to eat was browse and their shelter was a log shed with a brush roof. During the first winters he would shave pine shingles and take them to Geneseo and trade them for corn. There was a grist mill on the land now owned by Mr Quick on Pennsylvania Ave. part 2 next email Elaine s88897@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powers, Webster, Warren Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/2830.1 Message Board Post: What a nice surprise. My ancestor Mercy Amelia Powers married John Griswold Warren. They named their son Orlando Jordan Warren. Now I think I know where the Jordan came from. Does the O. in J. O. Jordan stand for Orlando?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Asbel Webster, son of Ashbel Webster Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5566.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I am searching for Details on Ashbel Webster (brother of Abel) . I have information up to the time he comes to Allegany County. Would love to have details of his time in Cuba, NY.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/6258.1 Message Board Post: If you know, is this mccarns related to the mccarns i'm researching from Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland? I have been able to go back on a direct mccarns line to 1809/10. Father Warren Arthur McCarns born in Downingtown, pa., 01 jan. 1896. Grandfather Eli H. McCarns born in Delaware aug. 1863. Great grandfather John K. McCarns born in Pa.(Lancaster?) 1837. Great great grandfather James McCarns born in Pa., 1811. Thank you, Warren!!!

Looking for information or other researching Daniel H. Clark b. abt 1815 Onondaga Co. d. 1873 mound City, Linn Co. Ks. . wife Rebecca maybe Horton b. 1814 d. 1850-1855. census 1850-1855 Hume, Allegany Co.Ny. children Mariah J., Rhoda Anna, Joseph H.. Isaac H., Mary J. Ann in Ks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/1693.1697.1699.1705.1710.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi. I am the granddaughter of Will Gayford whose brother is Fred Gayford, Gene Bump still lives on Bristol St. in Cuba. She was at the Gayford reunion in Aug. I have been trying to update my family history and have not been able to find the children of Bus & Sadie so maybe you can fill me in with their families. Is Sadie still in Florida? Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. And if I can help you just let me know. Thanks. Judy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Caffery, McCaffery, Quinlan, Hogan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/6296.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for asking. How about Caffery, McCaffery, Quinlan, Hogan? Anything in Carrollton or Maim Street, Allegany?