Many kudos to those who increasingly are including surnames in the Subject line on the website. It certainly makes checking the postings MUCH easier and faster. Keep up the good work! Ruth Thompson

Yes, there have been other postings for some of these names, but I always try to follow up on any clue I get. It's amazing the difference one little item can make! Thanks so much for the re-typing; genealogy is definitely a time-consuming hobby. I'll keep the list I've made and ask again in several months. Again, thanks for this service! I only wish I could purchase a copy of the entire work. Ruth Thompson -------------- Original message -------------- > You are very welcome. As you can see there was a good amount of > information, much of which I had to re-type (the original is of poor > quality). It took me a few hours to accomplish it. This is why I can only > do a few at a time! You are welcome to ask for more names, a couple at a > time, every now and then. Since I am the only one who works on our lookup > requests it is hard to help everyone and still have a life ;-) > > I believe I did at least one lookup on those surnames in the past. Be sure > to search the Roots Web message board for Chautauqua County. That is where > I post most of those lookups. You may find it fruitful! > > Mrs. Kelly Miller > Family Historian > http://kindredroots.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rmtnwgt@comcast.net [mailto:rmtnwgt@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:21 PM > To: NYCHAUTA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYCHAUTA] Crosgrove or Cosgrove, Cochran: Rachel, William, > & Robert > > > Many thanks, Kelly! > Ruth Thompson > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Cosgrove, Cochrane, Wisner, Farnsworth, Parsons, Ellsworth, > Spear, > > Forsythe, Burgess, Dickson, Adams, Loomis, Ellsworth, Prendergast, Baird, > > Brockway, Goodrich, Stetson, Hayden, Robinson, Crosgrove, Harrison, > Atwater, > > McMahan, Dorchester, Montgomery, Bell > > Classification: Lookup > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11889 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > ALL OF THE BELOW INFORMATION CAME FROM > > ”EARLY HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY” BY RIPLEY LITERARY SOCIETY 1947. > > > > This information was compiled for a lookup request. We are not related > (that we > > know)! > > Kelly > > http://kindredroots.com > > > > William Cosgrove came in 1806, and his farm, with Mr. Cochrane, have the > early > > settler markers and are situated nearly side by side, on West Main Road. > > > > > > Early settler in Portland. > > “Names as inscribed on the monument at old cross roads, Westfield.” > > “Westfield & Ripley” > > “Alex Cochrane” > > “Wm Crosgrove” > > > > > > A partial list of the earliest settlers in original purchases, other than > the > > McMahan Tract. 1803 Alexander Cochran, 1806 William Crosgrove > > > > > > Early locations as listed in the order of Early Settlers according to > memories > > of George Bennett, Ollie Jones, Louie Shortman, Ralph McCutcheon, & > others. > > > > Alexander Cochran, 1804: First settler locating on West Main Rd, on > property > > still in the possession (as of late 1940’s) of Martha and Margaretta > Cochrane, > > residents, and Andrew Cochran. It has a State marker, to designate the > first > > settler. > > > > William Crosgrove, 1806: Located on farm West of Cochrane farm, and until > > recently, still occupied by direct descendents of Mr. Crosgrove. It has a > state > > marker to designate the farm. > > > > > > THE GRANGE (Grange No. 65) > > The following names appear on the Roll Book under date of September 23, > 1898 as > > new members: Robert E. Crosgrove, William A. Crosgrove. > > > > > > “TAKEN FROM "DOWNS HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY." > > In 1805, William Crosgrove settled near Mr. Cochrane. He married Rachel > > Cochrane, and they reared a large family. William Wisner bought a tract of > land > > on the south side of the main road where is the present village of Ripley. > > Josiah Farnsworth and Jonathan Parsons were the first purchasers of land > on the > > north side of the road here, and others who came early were Perry > Ellsworth, Asa > > Spear, William and Andrew Spear. Charles Forsythe, from Connecticut, > settled on > > the McMahan tract in 1808. He established saw mills and made cider and > cider > > brandy. He lived in the village until 1860, and built the first brick > house > > there. In 1809, Basil Burgess, came from Maryland, bought lands which he > sold to > > Robert Dickson from Cherry Valley, and Moses Adams from Duchess county. > Mr. > > Burgess settled on land adjoining. Jonathan Adams settled near him. Oliver > > Loomis settled on land which he bought of Perry Ellsworth, and Bold to > Thomas > > Prendergast soon after, west of Quincy. In 1809, Silas B! > > aird settled on the western part of the McMahan tract, and the next year > sold > > to John Dickson, who, in 1811, was killed by a falling tree. Burban > Brockway, > > from Ontario County, bought the farm in 1814. Robert and Hugh Cochran > settled on > > the main and lake roads near the Westfield line. Gideon Goodrich, from > Saratoga > > County settled on the Lake road at an early day, and his sons, Anson and > George > > bought on the main road, near the village, and built a tannery, and > engaged in > > making shoes. Oliver Stetson who served in the War of 1812, and Elijah > Hayden, > > were early settlers. > > > > The first settler in the present town of Ripley was Alexander Cochrane, > who came > > from Ireland and settled about 2 miles west of the present village of > Ripley. He > > came in October 1804, and it is claimed that he is the first person who > paid for > > and received a deed to his property. Claim has been made that net only was > it > > the first deed in the town, but also in the County, to be fully paid for. > His > > nearest neighbor was a John Robinson, who lived across the Pennsylvania > Line, in > > the town of North East. In 1806, a Mr. William Crosgrove, also a native of > > Ireland, came to Ripley and purchased a tract of land adjoining Mr. > Cochrane' s > > an the West, and at the present time, a direct lineal descendent of the > two > > early settlers awns and lives en a part of the original purchase. In 1805, > > Nathan Wisner, Thomas Prendergast and Samuel Harrison came in and settled > in the > > town and from that time on, until the information of the town in 1816, > > settlements were made more or less rapidly every ye! > > ar, and we find that at the time of the first. General Election, which was > held > > on the 30th day of April, and the 1st and 2nd days of May, 1817, there > were 78 > > votes cast far the office of Member of Congress. > > > > The first town meeting was held in the spring of 1816, and Amos Atwater > was > > elected Supervisor. He settled on the West side of Chautauqua Creek above > > Westfield, in 1813, where he carried on a wool-cording and cloth dressing > > business and subsequently established an oil-mill. He was a volunteer in > the > > militia on the Niagara Frontier, in 1813. He removed to Beardstown, IL in > 1836. > > There is no complete list of town officers as one or two pages of the > records > > were lost, but on the 1st day of April 1817, a complete list of Town > Officers > > were elected as follows: Supervisor, Thomas Prendergast; Town Clerk, Moses > > Adams; Assessors, Amos Atwater, Stephen Prendergast, Alexander Cochrane; > > Commissioners of Highways, James McMahan, Francis Dorchester, Charles > Forsythe; > > Constable and Collector, Moses E. Stetson; Commissioners of common > schools, > > Gideon Goodrich, James Montgomery, Wm. Bell; Overseers of Poor, Burban > Brockway, > > Alexander Cochrane; Fence Viewers, Oliver Stetson, Jr., Samuel Tink! > > er; Pound Masters, Samuel Taylor, James Montgomery; Sealers of Weights and > > measures, Moses Adams. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOODWARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11899 Message Board Post: From a cousin's Daughters of the Republic of Texas application form, I have discovered that my gg-grandfather's place of birth was in Chautauqua Co., NY. This is more specific than from what I have known from census records, which was just NY. I would like to know to whom he is related and any other information available. My starting point with him is in 1840 in Wilkinson Co., MS where he married MARY ANN SHAFFER (SHAFER). As you can see there is considerable amount of time that has passed since his birth in 1814--lots could have happened... About 3 years after their marriage, they and their two sons moved to Texas, to become successful ranchers and cattle raisers. Any help will be greatly appreciated and I am willing to share what info I have.

This book is not in print. I don't know if anyone else even has a copy. If you are interested in a lookup in this title please refer to our web site (directly at http://kindredroots.com/ny.htm#NY_Chautauqua) where we have a list of names to reference. Once you have located a name or two you can submit a request via our lookup request form. Please keep in mind that we can not do a whole list of names. Most lookups from this title have to be re-typed because the original type is slightly blurry & does not scan well. Please use our lookup request form or contact me directly so that we do not flood the list/board with requests. To help as many individuals as possible, most results are posted on the Chautauqua County Message Board, which is then rolled to this list. Be sure to search the message board fist to make sure a lookup has not been done previously on the surname you are interested in! Mrs. Kelly Miller Family Historian http://kindredroots.com -----Original Message----- From: RNAN3815@aol.com [mailto:RNAN3815@aol.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:17 PM To: NYCHAUTA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYCHAUTA] Crosgrove or Cosgrove, Cochran: Rachel, William, & Robert Good Morning (in the west) Is there a list of full names of people listed in the book "Early settlers of the community" on the web? (George Patterson , David Blood, Evaline M. Eames ) Will you please tell me what the meaning is of those strange symbols are surrounding some words in your letter? Thank you, Bob _RNAN3815@AOL.COM_ (mailto:RNAN3815@AOL.COM) ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tillotson, Lord, Tracy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11898 Message Board Post: PJ: 8/31/1944 - Falconer - This village was hit hard by the war yesterday, when fateful War Department telegrams were received, informing relatives of the deaths of Pvt. Roland Tillotson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton D. Tillotson, 116 East Falconer Street, and Pvt. Burton Tracy, son of Mrs. Otelia Tracy, 436 North Work Street. Private Tillotson was reported killed in action in France on Aug. 10. Private Tracy was reported killed in action in New Guinea on Aug. 18. Private Tillotson, 28, was the husband of Alberta Marie Tillotson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Lord of Bemus Point. He was the father of Marjorie Ann Tiillotson, aged 5. Mrs. Tillotson and their daughter are residing at Bemus Point. Private Tillotson completed his basic training last spring at Camp Croft, S. C., in an infantry division. Upon completing that training he spent a furlough at home, after which he reported to Ft. George G. Meade, Md. He attended the Falconer public schools and prior to entering the Army on Oct. 9, 1943, was employed at Lord's Store in Bemus Point. Private Tracy, who was serving in an artillery unit in New Guinea, was home on Furlough in January of this year and left for overseas service in February. His last letter was received by his mother on Aug. 1. He attended the Falconer schools. Besides his mother he is survived by four brothers, Clarence and Ralph Tracy of Falconer, Lt. Richard Tracy, stationed at McCook Army Air Field, McCook, Nebr., and H. Winton Tracy, F 1-S, serving in the SeaBees; and one sister, Mrs. Gretchen Howell, Lakewood Road.

Good Morning (in the west) Is there a list of full names of people listed in the book "Early settlers of the community" on the web? (George Patterson , David Blood, Evaline M. Eames ) Will you please tell me what the meaning is of those strange symbols are surrounding some words in your letter? Thank you, Bob _RNAN3815@AOL.COM_ (mailto:RNAN3815@AOL.COM)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ames, Lyons Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/3043.3040.1 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on a William Ames (I believe middle name is Cyrus) who married a Cynthia Jane Lyons. They are my great-grandparents. Their daughter, Eva Pearl was born March 15, 1896 in Williams County (unconfirmed), Ohio Died August 18, 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan Does any of this tie in with your family? Ms Miky Johnston mikykay@hotmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Brien, Jacobson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11897 Message Board Post: PJ: Dec. 9, 1943: AIR ACE, FORMER WEST POINTER SHOT DOWN ON RAID MISSION - The steadily lengthening list of war causalities among Jamestown men in the armed forces was augmented this morning when a laconic message from the War Department at Washington brought the news that Major Paul J. O’Brien, 25, serving in the United States Army Air Forces in China, has been missing in action since Dec. 1. No further information was included in the telegram received by his wife, the former Jean Louise Jacobson, who, with their two children, resides at 417 Front street. In addition to the children, both girls, one about a year and a half old and the other only two months, there are his parents, Traffic Patrolman and Mrs. James O’Brien, all residing at 609 East Seventh Street. Major O’Brien, one of the very few Jamestown men to be graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, had a distinguished career in the Army, serving first as an instructor at various places in this country and later seeing actual combat service. He was graduated from Jamestown High School in 1936, continuing his studies at the University of Cincinnati before entering West Point, from which he was graduated as a second lieutenant in 1941, subsequently being promoted first lieutenant, captain and major. During his four years at J.H.S., he starred in football and continuing in that sport at West Point, played a guard position for three years. Shortly after graduation, he married Miss Jean Jacobson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin a. Jacobson, 7 Clark Avenue, and with his bride, went to Tulsa, Okla. to take a course of instruction at the Spartan School of Aeronautics. Later he served at air bases at San Antonio, Texas; Boise, Idaho; Tucson, Ariz, and in Florida, before leaving for overseas service last February and serving, when last heard from about two weeks ago in command of a bombardment squadron in China. As a captain, he was one of the squadron leaders as American heavy bombers dropped over 30 tons of bombs on Japanese installation at Toungoo, Burma, last May, one of the outstanding accomplishments of the Air Force up to that time. He also participated as a squadron leader in the Hainan Island raid, off the southern tip of China, and in the raid on Hano-Haiphong area of northern French Indo-China. He was a member of Gen. Chennault’s 14th air Force based at Chungking. PJ: Dec., 1943: MISSING FLIER DECORATED DAY AFTER REPORTED LOST. The finger of Fate has traced some strange designs in time of war and one of the strangest concerns Major Paul J. O’Brien, Jamestown officer of the U.S. Army Air Forces, reported mission in action in China since Dec. 1. First news of his disappearance came in a message from the War Department received by his wife, Mrs. Jean Jacobson O’Brien on Thursday morning (Dec. 9, 1943), with no further information being given. Then, in late afternoon, The Post Journal received this Washington Dispatch from the Associated Press: :Major Paul J. O’Brien, Jamestown, N.Y., and 2d Lt. Leon R. Wright of Morristown, have received the Air Medal for heroism and outstanding achievement in China, the War Department announced today. O’Brien and Wright are members of the United States 14th Air Force.” Thus, within a period of only about eight hours, came tidings of the loss of a gallant young officer in action against the enemy in far-a-way China, and government recognition of his gallantry in the form of a decoration. It is not known here whether the medal was awarded for Major O’Brien’s heroism in this latest action or for some earlier mission, as he had participated in several raids on enemy occupied territory. PJ: Dec. 13, 1943: MAJOR O’BRIEN DEAD, WIFE IS INFORMED: The last ray of hope that Major Paul J. O’Brien, U.S. Army Air Forces, reported missing in action in the China Area since Dec. 1, was still alive vanished Sunday, when his wife, Mrs. Jean Jacobson O’Brien, 417 Front Street, received a message from the War Department stating that the original report was erroneous and the young officer had been killed in action in the China war theater. Major O’Brien, Jamestown’s first West Pointer to lose his life in the present war, was the son of Traffic Patrolman and Mrs. James O’Brien, 609 East Seventh Street. He was a graduate of Jamestown High School, attended the University of Cincinnati and was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1941. At both J.H.S. and West Point he starred in football. He began his service overseas after being stationed at several Army air bases in this country. In addition to his wife and his parents, he leaves two children, both girls, one a year and a half old and the other about two months. PJ: June 2, 1944: CHURCH TO PAY TRIBUTE TO LATE MAJOR O’BRIEN In dedicating a new service flag at 7:30 p.m. Sunday Zion Mission Church will pay tribute to Major Paul J. O’Brien, who gave his life while serving in the United States Army Air Forces in China. First reported mission in action on Dec. 1, 1943, Major O’Brien’s death was confirmed Dec. 12. Rev. Gordon A. Nelson will read letters from prominent Army Officers paying tribute to the flier, including a message from General Claire Chennault, head of the 14th Air Force in China. The new service flag, boasting a single centered star and the number of service men and women serving from the church, replaces a flag with 146 single stars. A gold star will appear on the new flag, in memorial to Major O’Brien. Mr. Nelson today announced that seats will be reserved for members of the family and relatives of Major O’Brien and that his Sunday School class will attend in a body. Taps will be sounded by George Schwab.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kleinsang Stafford Wokel Keefe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11801.1 Message Board Post: For further info contact me. This is my Active Project H Trump htrump6704@aol.com

You are very welcome. As you can see there was a good amount of information, much of which I had to re-type (the original is of poor quality). It took me a few hours to accomplish it. This is why I can only do a few at a time! You are welcome to ask for more names, a couple at a time, every now and then. Since I am the only one who works on our lookup requests it is hard to help everyone and still have a life ;-) I believe I did at least one lookup on those surnames in the past. Be sure to search the Roots Web message board for Chautauqua County. That is where I post most of those lookups. You may find it fruitful! Mrs. Kelly Miller Family Historian http://kindredroots.com -----Original Message----- From: rmtnwgt@comcast.net [mailto:rmtnwgt@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:21 PM To: NYCHAUTA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYCHAUTA] Crosgrove or Cosgrove, Cochran: Rachel, William, & Robert Many thanks, Kelly! Ruth Thompson -------------- Original message -------------- > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cosgrove, Cochrane, Wisner, Farnsworth, Parsons, Ellsworth, Spear, > Forsythe, Burgess, Dickson, Adams, Loomis, Ellsworth, Prendergast, Baird, > Brockway, Goodrich, Stetson, Hayden, Robinson, Crosgrove, Harrison, Atwater, > McMahan, Dorchester, Montgomery, Bell > Classification: Lookup > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11889 > > Message Board Post: > > ALL OF THE BELOW INFORMATION CAME FROM > ”EARLY HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY” BY RIPLEY LITERARY SOCIETY 1947. > > This information was compiled for a lookup request. We are not related (that we > know)! > Kelly > http://kindredroots.com > > William Cosgrove came in 1806, and his farm, with Mr. Cochrane, have the early > settler markers and are situated nearly side by side, on West Main Road. > > > Early settler in Portland. > “Names as inscribed on the monument at old cross roads, Westfield.” > “Westfield & Ripley” > “Alex Cochrane” > “Wm Crosgrove” > > > A partial list of the earliest settlers in original purchases, other than the > McMahan Tract. 1803 Alexander Cochran, 1806 William Crosgrove > > > Early locations as listed in the order of Early Settlers according to memories > of George Bennett, Ollie Jones, Louie Shortman, Ralph McCutcheon, & others. > > Alexander Cochran, 1804: First settler locating on West Main Rd, on property > still in the possession (as of late 1940’s) of Martha and Margaretta Cochrane, > residents, and Andrew Cochran. It has a State marker, to designate the first > settler. > > William Crosgrove, 1806: Located on farm West of Cochrane farm, and until > recently, still occupied by direct descendents of Mr. Crosgrove. It has a state > marker to designate the farm. > > > THE GRANGE (Grange No. 65) > The following names appear on the Roll Book under date of September 23, 1898 as > new members: Robert E. Crosgrove, William A. Crosgrove. > > > “TAKEN FROM "DOWNS HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY." > In 1805, William Crosgrove settled near Mr. Cochrane. He married Rachel > Cochrane, and they reared a large family. William Wisner bought a tract of land > on the south side of the main road where is the present village of Ripley. > Josiah Farnsworth and Jonathan Parsons were the first purchasers of land on the > north side of the road here, and others who came early were Perry Ellsworth, Asa > Spear, William and Andrew Spear. Charles Forsythe, from Connecticut, settled on > the McMahan tract in 1808. He established saw mills and made cider and cider > brandy. He lived in the village until 1860, and built the first brick house > there. In 1809, Basil Burgess, came from Maryland, bought lands which he sold to > Robert Dickson from Cherry Valley, and Moses Adams from Duchess county. Mr. > Burgess settled on land adjoining. Jonathan Adams settled near him. Oliver > Loomis settled on land which he bought of Perry Ellsworth, and Bold to Thomas > Prendergast soon after, west of Quincy. In 1809, Silas B! > aird settled on the western part of the McMahan tract, and the next year sold > to John Dickson, who, in 1811, was killed by a falling tree. Burban Brockway, > from Ontario County, bought the farm in 1814. Robert and Hugh Cochran settled on > the main and lake roads near the Westfield line. Gideon Goodrich, from Saratoga > County settled on the Lake road at an early day, and his sons, Anson and George > bought on the main road, near the village, and built a tannery, and engaged in > making shoes. Oliver Stetson who served in the War of 1812, and Elijah Hayden, > were early settlers. > > The first settler in the present town of Ripley was Alexander Cochrane, who came > from Ireland and settled about 2 miles west of the present village of Ripley. He > came in October 1804, and it is claimed that he is the first person who paid for > and received a deed to his property. Claim has been made that net only was it > the first deed in the town, but also in the County, to be fully paid for. His > nearest neighbor was a John Robinson, who lived across the Pennsylvania Line, in > the town of North East. In 1806, a Mr. William Crosgrove, also a native of > Ireland, came to Ripley and purchased a tract of land adjoining Mr. Cochrane' s > an the West, and at the present time, a direct lineal descendent of the two > early settlers awns and lives en a part of the original purchase. In 1805, > Nathan Wisner, Thomas Prendergast and Samuel Harrison came in and settled in the > town and from that time on, until the information of the town in 1816, > settlements were made more or less rapidly every ye! > ar, and we find that at the time of the first. General Election, which was held > on the 30th day of April, and the 1st and 2nd days of May, 1817, there were 78 > votes cast far the office of Member of Congress. > > The first town meeting was held in the spring of 1816, and Amos Atwater was > elected Supervisor. He settled on the West side of Chautauqua Creek above > Westfield, in 1813, where he carried on a wool-cording and cloth dressing > business and subsequently established an oil-mill. He was a volunteer in the > militia on the Niagara Frontier, in 1813. He removed to Beardstown, IL in 1836. > There is no complete list of town officers as one or two pages of the records > were lost, but on the 1st day of April 1817, a complete list of Town Officers > were elected as follows: Supervisor, Thomas Prendergast; Town Clerk, Moses > Adams; Assessors, Amos Atwater, Stephen Prendergast, Alexander Cochrane; > Commissioners of Highways, James McMahan, Francis Dorchester, Charles Forsythe; > Constable and Collector, Moses E. Stetson; Commissioners of common schools, > Gideon Goodrich, James Montgomery, Wm. Bell; Overseers of Poor, Burban Brockway, > Alexander Cochrane; Fence Viewers, Oliver Stetson, Jr., Samuel Tink! > er; Pound Masters, Samuel Taylor, James Montgomery; Sealers of Weights and > measures, Moses Adams. > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FARNHAM, CONGER, KIMBALL, DRAPER, HEQUEMBOURGH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SRB.2ACE/7761.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am trying VERY hard to find ANNA FARNHAM KIMBALL DRAPER , sort of the dog and bone story again, I never give up she is an invisible person, I should know who she is and I do NOT , but she is related to me and my mother and she is the GRAND mother in this Hequembourg gang, see next post today her dau ELLA or ELLEN DRAPER married to Walter King Hequembourg and ERLE is her son Do you know where the bodies are? Dee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hequembourg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/7761.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, you are a busy bee today. It is Erle. My late cousin, grandson of Erle Hequembourg, got stuck with that spelling for his middle name. What is all this sudden interest in Hequembourg?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11896 Message Board Post: Where in DUNKIRK do they bury persons not Catholic? the Willowbrook was not in existance till later than these died according to posted data; Ellen Draper Birth: 11 MAY 1847 in Dunkirk, Chautuaqua County, NY AFTER the death of her father in Dunkirk 1846 Death: 11 MAY 1894 Dunkirk or Buffalo NY Father: James Allen Draper b: 1816 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY THIS IS THE PERSON I SEEK + Mother: Anna Farnham Kimball WHO IS SHE? is she a WIDOW KIMBALL DRAPER< and a FARNHAM by birth? or FARNHAM her middle name? ANNA KIMBALL was a noted Medium, in Chautauqua CO NY but we cannot find her anywhere, named as a dau or sister of JUSTICE CROSS of Portland if his sister she would have been born also about 1816 -20 Father: of JAMES DRAPER is NOAH ELLEN DRAPER married to in 1872 to Walter King Hequembourg remarried after 1894 and went west Birth: 10 AUG 1850 in St Louis, St Louis County, MO Death: 13 MAY 1915 in St Louis, St Louis County, MO in 1880 they lived in DUNKIRK NY; his father was Theodore Hequembourg Birth: 24 APR 1815 in New Haven, New Haven County, CT Death: 27 JUN 1888 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua a watch maker and jeweler children of ELLEN DRAPER HEQUEMBOURGH KENNETH DIBBLE HEQUEMBOURGH b ca 1874 m Gertrude POTTER ERLE also known as ERIE HEQUEMBOURGH c 1876 m Maud FARRINGTON and in 1920 Patient, Gowanda State Hospital Children Sidney M. Hequembourg b: 21 DEC 1903 in Dunkirk, d 13 SEP 1966 in Los Angeles Emma Cerell Hequembourg b: ABT 1906 in Dunkirk, 1951, she was living in Glen Rock, NJ. Charlotte Hequembourg b: ABT 1906 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, Roger Farrington Hequembourg b: 28 MAY 1913 in Fredonia, Death: 21 APR 1988 in Los Angeles P. J. January 20, 1951: Dunkirk - Mrs. Maude Farrington Hequembourg, 73, of 38 East Fifth Street, widow of Erie T. Hequembourg, died in Brooks Memorial Hospital Thursday after a long illness. She was born in West Portland, Aug. 30, 1877. (Message board post) ELLA HELOISE 1878 m Mathews and WALTER JEROME HEQUEMBOURGH , 1879 Sept, m Florence PECK ch Children Jerome E. Hequembourg b: 3 DEC 1905 in Missouri Theodora Ruth Hequembourg b: ABT 1909 in Essex County, NJ 2 more kids born AFTER the 1880 census ; Agatha Jessie Draper Hequembourg Birth: APR 1881 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY Death: ABT 1913 Marriage to Raymond Griffith Pierson of New Jersey DR Albert James Draper Hequembourg Birth: 5 SEP 1884 in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY 3 Death: MAY 1967 in Winter Park, Orange County, NY Military Service: BET 1917 AND 1918 World War I, France Occupation: Dental, Surgeon Marriage Jessie Gillies Sibley b: MAR 1882 in Cuba, Allegany County, 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/SRB.2ACE/7761.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi I am working on this family and it seems from other data that ERIE is ERLE he is found as ERLE in 2 census, including 1920 age 43 at Gowanda State Hospital in Cattaraugus Co, a home then for the insane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11893.1 Message Board Post: The published Draper in America has Noas death as 1867 but in 1870 census he is very much alive; He is in POMFRET, age 82 wife Aurilla , 76 and other Draper in house are; MARY 31 Mary E 35, LELA 13, and Charles 4 and Charles 34 they are listed in that order where is this family buried?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DRAPER, SNOW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11895 Message Board Post: ASHVILLE - Katherine ''Kate'' Draper Snow, 49, of Maple Street, died Sunday (Sept. 7, 2003) in her home, unexpectedly. She was born Aug. 20, 1954, in Jamestown, the daughter of Charles Draper and the late Mary Hewes Draper. She attended Chautauqua Central School and graduated from Mayville Central School. She received her nursing degree from Indian River Community College, where she graduated valedictorian and summa cum laude in 1992, and earned her bachelor's degree from the State College at Fredonia. She had been employed by Warren General Hospital as a critical care nurse. She had served as union president and was responsible for decertifying the governing body by general election during her tenure.Besides her father of Tracy, Calif., she is survived by her husband, Thomas Snow; a daughter, Jennifer Dudley Blanchard of Stockton; a son, Michael Charles Campana of Jamestown; two stepchildren: Brenda Carlson of Lakewood and Brian Snow of Jamestown; a grandson, Beau Norman Blanchard of Stockton; five stepgrandchildren: Garth Norman Blanchard of Mayville, Michael, Jackie, Chad and Bradley Carlson, all of Lakewood; and a sister, Patricia Mary Draper of Fort Pierce, Fla. Besides her mother, she was preceded in death by two brothers: Charles A. and E. Sid Draper; her maternal grandparents, Sidney T. and Rhea Orton Hewes; and her paternal grandparents, Earle and Betty Draper. Burial in Mayville Cemetery

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FARNHAM, CONGER, KIMBALL, DRAPER, HEQUEMBOURGH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11894 Message Board Post: 772. III. James Allen DRAPER son of NOAH, , b. Jan. 1, 1816. d. Erie, Aug. 27, 1847. m. Annie Kimball. Child:--I. Ellen DRAPER , 783--now Mrs. (WALTER) Hequembourg, of Buffalo. ANNA or ANNIE is named ANNA FARNHAM KIMBALL born about the same time as James A DRAPER< and was a well known MEDIUM a public speaker on the topic, lived in Cassadaga, and other places, NOT in any census data WHO IS SHE? she died AFTER 1884 somewhere in NY her PROFESSIONAL name is ANNA KIMBALL sh e is SOME relation to the PATTY CONGER FARNHAM of Portland, and CROSS , JUSTUS CROSS named as her father in his death announcement, she may have been his sister also Dee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DRAPER, KIMBALL, FARNHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11893 Message Board Post: NOAH. (709. Josiah, 132. Josiah, 17. James, 7. James, 2. James, 1. Thomas.) 4th s., 7th child of Josiah Draper and Mary Mann. m. 1st: Lucy, dau. of George Nicholas. m. 2dly: Nov. 12, 1828, Aurilla Graves. She was b. Sunderland, Mass., Nov. 8, 1804. d. Apr. 29, 1885. Noah, b. May 14, 1788. d. Oct. 3, 1867 in Chautauqua Co NY Noah Draper, in early manhood, spent some years at the South, mostly in and around Charleston, S. C. Returning to New England, he was engaged for several years as a machinist in the construction of the mining gear in the first cotton mills erected in Providence, R. I., and in the very infancy of the cotton manufacture in this country. From there, about the year 1815, he removed with his family to Whitestone, in Oneida Co., N. Y. Pursuing the bent of his mind, he became a constructor of machinery adapted mostly for operating in the manufacture of cotton and woolen fabrics. Having purchased the cotton mills at Rome, he took up his residence at that place, running the mills, and at the same time carrying on a large mercantile business there. The lands he purchased at Rome have since become the most valuable portion of that city. Disposing of property, since become worth millions, he came to Chautauqua Co., in 1832, and settled at Dunkirk, where he engaged in the foundry busines! s. He also had charge of the construction of that section of the Erie Railway (on the old track), terminating in Dunkirk, and laid the first ties and rails. He planned and caused to be built The Loder House, at Dunkirk, a large brick structure, which was burnt some 25 years since. In the year 1847 he removed to a small town called Cordova, and superintended the iron works then opened by Genl. Crosby. In 1856 he came to Fredonia, N. Y., where he had his residence until his death. He always sustained the character of an energetic, industrious, intelligent citizen, whose honesty and integrity were never questioned. It was with him a trait, peculiar and advantageous to himself and family, that he never misused his leisure hours. These were devoted to acquiring knowledge or to domestic society. He kept himself well informed on the events of the day, taking in his range the transactions of the world at large, as well as those of his own country. Though identifying himself with th! e Republican organization, he was never a partisan in the narrow sense of the word, but held the broader views of enlarged statesmanship, and always maintained his sentiments with the same modesty and honest consistency which characterized his conduct throughout a quiet career. In his last moments his mental faculties were possessed in all their freshness and activity. CHILDREN, BY IST WIFE: 770. I. John Nicholas, b. June 6, 1812. d. 1866, Stillville, N. Y. (Unmarried.) 771. II. Herbert Mann, b. Dec. 26, 1813. d. St. Louis. He was Quartermaster under Genl. Lyon, and was with him at the battle of Wilson's Creek, July 10, 1861, when he, Genl. Lyon, was killed. He was a warm friend of Genl. Lyon's. *** 772. III. James Allen, b. Jan. 1, 1816. d. Erie, Aug. 27, 1847. m. Annie Kimball. Child:--I. Ellen, 783--now Mrs. Hequembourg, of Buffalo. 773. IV. Noah, Jr., b. Feb. 26, 1818. m. Eliza Hilton. Children:--I. Elinor, 784 (deceased). II. Silas Seymour, 785. III. Mrs. James Holstein, 786, of Dunkirk. IV. Mrs. Frank Allen, 787, of Bradford, Pa. He d. July 4, 1865, Sheridan, N. Y. Noah was engineer on the Erie R. R. for a time, and had charge of a squad of trackmen. 774. V. William, b. Dec. 26, 1819. d. Aug. 15, 1844. James and William enlisted on board the U.S. ship "Columbus" for a three years' voyage; went to the Mediterranean and the coast of Brazil. 775. VI. Horace, b. Aug. 10, 1821. d. as a child. 776. VII. George Josiah, b. Mar. 28, 1824. d. Aug. 3, 1864, Dunkirk. m. Emily Haight. CHILDREN, BY 2D WIFE: 777. VIII. Horace Graves, b. Dec. 3, 1826. d. as a child. 778. IX. Orange Hanson, b. Mar. 3, 1829. m. Mary Elizabeth Wardwell. Children:--I. Leila Foster, 788. II. Charles Wardwell, 789. He d. Mar. 27, 1867. 779. X. Lucy Aurilla, b. Apr. 3, 1831. m. Major George A. Camp, of Minneapolis, a millionaire, and veteran of the Civil War. She d. Aug., 1891. Children:--I. Charles Henry, 790. II. Charles. III. Ada Bell, 791. IV. Lucy May, 792. All deceased but Lucy M. She m. Henry von Wendelsteadt. Child:--Henry Albert, 793. 780. XI. Henry Thompson, b. July, 1833. d. as a child. 781. XII. Charles, b. June, 1836. m. Mary Wardwell, widow of his brother Orange. Child:--Harriet Taylor, 794. 782. XIII. Mary Augusta, b. July, 1838. Lives in Fredonia, NY. Of this lady, the "Binghamton Leader," in a recent article, speaks thus highly:--"Miss Mary A. Draper, of Fredonia, was one of the speakers at the State Convention W. C. T. U., held in this city. Miss Draper is an educated lady, earnest and enthusiastic in everything she undertakes, and well fitted for a public lecturer." SOURCE Drrapers in America

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/SRB.2ACE/370.1.2 Message Board Post: I, too, am a descendant of Ransom Beckwith. I would love to have some firm proof of who was his paternal grandfather. Was it Joshua, of Lyme CT then Palmer MA?

Many thanks, Kelly! Ruth Thompson -------------- Original message -------------- > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cosgrove, Cochrane, Wisner, Farnsworth, Parsons, Ellsworth, Spear, > Forsythe, Burgess, Dickson, Adams, Loomis, Ellsworth, Prendergast, Baird, > Brockway, Goodrich, Stetson, Hayden, Robinson, Crosgrove, Harrison, Atwater, > McMahan, Dorchester, Montgomery, Bell > Classification: Lookup > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11889 > > Message Board Post: > > ALL OF THE BELOW INFORMATION CAME FROM > ”EARLY HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY” BY RIPLEY LITERARY SOCIETY 1947. > > This information was compiled for a lookup request. We are not related (that we > know)! > Kelly > http://kindredroots.com > > William Cosgrove came in 1806, and his farm, with Mr. Cochrane, have the early > settler markers and are situated nearly side by side, on West Main Road. > > > Early settler in Portland. > “Names as inscribed on the monument at old cross roads, Westfield.” > “Westfield & Ripley” > “Alex Cochrane” > “Wm Crosgrove” > > > A partial list of the earliest settlers in original purchases, other than the > McMahan Tract. 1803 Alexander Cochran, 1806 William Crosgrove > > > Early locations as listed in the order of Early Settlers according to memories > of George Bennett, Ollie Jones, Louie Shortman, Ralph McCutcheon, & others. > > Alexander Cochran, 1804: First settler locating on West Main Rd, on property > still in the possession (as of late 1940’s) of Martha and Margaretta Cochrane, > residents, and Andrew Cochran. It has a State marker, to designate the first > settler. > > William Crosgrove, 1806: Located on farm West of Cochrane farm, and until > recently, still occupied by direct descendents of Mr. Crosgrove. It has a state > marker to designate the farm. > > > THE GRANGE (Grange No. 65) > The following names appear on the Roll Book under date of September 23, 1898 as > new members: Robert E. Crosgrove, William A. Crosgrove. > > > “TAKEN FROM "DOWNS HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY." > In 1805, William Crosgrove settled near Mr. Cochrane. He married Rachel > Cochrane, and they reared a large family. William Wisner bought a tract of land > on the south side of the main road where is the present village of Ripley. > Josiah Farnsworth and Jonathan Parsons were the first purchasers of land on the > north side of the road here, and others who came early were Perry Ellsworth, Asa > Spear, William and Andrew Spear. Charles Forsythe, from Connecticut, settled on > the McMahan tract in 1808. He established saw mills and made cider and cider > brandy. He lived in the village until 1860, and built the first brick house > there. In 1809, Basil Burgess, came from Maryland, bought lands which he sold to > Robert Dickson from Cherry Valley, and Moses Adams from Duchess county. Mr. > Burgess settled on land adjoining. Jonathan Adams settled near him. Oliver > Loomis settled on land which he bought of Perry Ellsworth, and Bold to Thomas > Prendergast soon after, west of Quincy. In 1809, Silas B! > aird settled on the western part of the McMahan tract, and the next year sold > to John Dickson, who, in 1811, was killed by a falling tree. Burban Brockway, > from Ontario County, bought the farm in 1814. Robert and Hugh Cochran settled on > the main and lake roads near the Westfield line. Gideon Goodrich, from Saratoga > County settled on the Lake road at an early day, and his sons, Anson and George > bought on the main road, near the village, and built a tannery, and engaged in > making shoes. Oliver Stetson who served in the War of 1812, and Elijah Hayden, > were early settlers. > > The first settler in the present town of Ripley was Alexander Cochrane, who came > from Ireland and settled about 2 miles west of the present village of Ripley. He > came in October 1804, and it is claimed that he is the first person who paid for > and received a deed to his property. Claim has been made that net only was it > the first deed in the town, but also in the County, to be fully paid for. His > nearest neighbor was a John Robinson, who lived across the Pennsylvania Line, in > the town of North East. In 1806, a Mr. William Crosgrove, also a native of > Ireland, came to Ripley and purchased a tract of land adjoining Mr. Cochrane' s > an the West, and at the present time, a direct lineal descendent of the two > early settlers awns and lives en a part of the original purchase. In 1805, > Nathan Wisner, Thomas Prendergast and Samuel Harrison came in and settled in the > town and from that time on, until the information of the town in 1816, > settlements were made more or less rapidly every ye! > ar, and we find that at the time of the first. General Election, which was held > on the 30th day of April, and the 1st and 2nd days of May, 1817, there were 78 > votes cast far the office of Member of Congress. > > The first town meeting was held in the spring of 1816, and Amos Atwater was > elected Supervisor. He settled on the West side of Chautauqua Creek above > Westfield, in 1813, where he carried on a wool-cording and cloth dressing > business and subsequently established an oil-mill. He was a volunteer in the > militia on the Niagara Frontier, in 1813. He removed to Beardstown, IL in 1836. > There is no complete list of town officers as one or two pages of the records > were lost, but on the 1st day of April 1817, a complete list of Town Officers > were elected as follows: Supervisor, Thomas Prendergast; Town Clerk, Moses > Adams; Assessors, Amos Atwater, Stephen Prendergast, Alexander Cochrane; > Commissioners of Highways, James McMahan, Francis Dorchester, Charles Forsythe; > Constable and Collector, Moses E. Stetson; Commissioners of common schools, > Gideon Goodrich, James Montgomery, Wm. Bell; Overseers of Poor, Burban Brockway, > Alexander Cochrane; Fence Viewers, Oliver Stetson, Jr., Samuel Tink! > er; Pound Masters, Samuel Taylor, James Montgomery; Sealers of Weights and > measures, Moses Adams. > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. 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