Hi Kurt, If you go to <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/genesee/cemeteries">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/genesee/cemeteries</A> you'll find a list of a few of the cemeteries from Genesee County. Scroll down, and you'll see several for St. Joseph's Cemetery in Batavia, which I THINK is the only St. Joseph's cemetery in Batavia. The letters found after the "stjoseph" are the first letters of the surnames on that particular page. SOME of the maiden names are given, but not too many!! There are SOME records at the Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia, 19 Ross Street, Batavia, NY 14020; Phone: (585) 343- 9550. You can also TRY to contact St. Joseph's Cemetery at St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Summit St., Batavia, NY 14020; 585-343-9853...don't expect them to be any too helpfu, but it's worth a try! St. Joseph's Cemetery is located in the city, with entrances on Buell Street, Ellicott Street and Harvester Avenue, with the Harvester Ave entrance being to the section referred to as the "OLD" St. Joseph's Cemetery, so a lot of the older burials are in that section. Happy hunting! Joan In a message dated 8/8/2003 10:12:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kremlick@juno.com writes: > Greetings from Kalamazoo, > > I am looking for information about St. Joseph's Cemetery in Genesee > County. Any help would be appreciated. Need to know where it is located > and who can provide information about burials there. > > I am also looking for the Benty family (Joseph, Cornelius, Clarence and > their wives who are buried in St. Joseph ) Do not know where they lived > and if possible would like to find obits. Will supply dates that I have > to anyone who can help. They returned to NY State (where their > parents/grandparents were born - Wyoming Co) after being born in > Michigan probably in the 1920's. > > Suggestions and assistance in locating this family and the cemetery is > most appreciated. > > Kurt in Kalamazoo

Greetings from Kalamazoo, I am looking for information about St. Joseph's Cemetery in Genesee County. Any help would be appreciated. Need to know where it is located and who can provide information about burials there. I am also looking for the Benty family (Joseph, Cornelius, Clarence and their wives who are buried in St. Joseph ) Do not know where they lived and if possible would like to find obits. Will supply dates that I have to anyone who can help. They returned to NY State (where their parents/grandparents were born - Wyoming Co) after being born in Michigan probably in the 1920's. Suggestions and assistance in locating this family and the cemetery is most appreciated. Kurt in Kalamazoo ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State December 12-1889 William Smith of Bethany has enlisted in the army. He reported in Buffalo on Monday for duty. The frequently-asked-for crosswalk on Washington avenue between State and Bank streets was constructed yesterday. Homer Cook of Pavilion is pulling out a part of the trees in his orchard, believing them to be too thick. A traction engine is used in extracting them. Officer McCulley on Tuesday night jailed three lads whom he found wandering about the streets. One had only one leg. They will be disposed of this afternoon. J. Holley Bradish wishes The News to say that he was elected a director of the newly formed loan association without his knowledge and declines to accept the honor. Mrs. Frank Roberts of Swan street severely cut her right arm between the elbow and wrist last night in some manner breaking a light of glass with that member. Dr. B.F. Showerman dressed the injury. Seven hundred feet of steam pipes in the Richmond Hotel are to be covered with Seacord & Weeks' covering. The firm also has an order to supply a quantity of covering for the new State Capitol at Albany. "Kathleen Mavourneen" will be presented at the Opera House to-night by the Warren Theatre Company. There is good talent in the company and to-night's performance promises to be exceptionally entertaining. Actor Marchmont of the company that is playing at the Opera House is a practical printer of wide experience and is, as well, the inventor of a printing press. Besides all that he is an actor of more than ordinary ability in his particular line. * Mrs. S.M. Cochran of Le Roy is visiting at the home of W.T. Fish in Salamanca. * Claims He was Robbed Harry Green's saloon on Jackson street has been the scene of another alleged robbery. James Mullen, a resident of East Bethany, and who is a section-hand on the Lackawanna railroad, came to Batavia early yesterday morning. He went immediately to Green's saloon, and after purchasing a drink obtained his breakfast. He settled his bill and was about to leave, he says, when Green called him back and invited him to have another drink. He accepted the invitation, and another round followed. Three young fellows put in an appearance soon and there was considerable drinking done, Mullen paying for the drinks most of the time. He finally became so intoxicated that he went to sleep in a chair. It was about 2 o'clock, he thinks, when he woke up, comparatively sober, and Green asked him if his money was all right. He made an examination and found that a ten-dollar bill, a two-dollar bill and a one-dollar bill that he had in his tobacco pouch were missing. His three young friends had disappeared. This morning Mullen appeared before Police Justice Crosby with his attorney, john G. Johnson, and entered a complaint against Green, who has been ordered to appear in court this afternoon, when an investigation will be held. * Le Roy.-The Rev. Joseph Ward, President of the Yankton (Dakota) College, and brother of Butler Ward, Cashier of the Bank of Le Roy, died at Yankton yesterday morning, aged 51 years. Mr. Ward was well known in Le Roy and had preached several sermons to Le Roy audiences. Mr. Butler Ward left Monday evening for Yankton, but probably did not arrive there until after the death of his brother. * Darien.-The Rev.. H.A. Slingerland, who has been pastor of the M.E. church for the past two years, has been compelled to resign his position on account of illness. That he may soon recover is the wish of his many friends. Personal: Miss Edith Schelt of Corfu is visiting friends in town. The Misses Minnie and Grace Loper have been visiting friends in town. The misses Minnie and Grace Loper have been visiting relatives in Darien. R.R. Losee, who has been to Colorado disposing of a carload of sheep, has returned. Mrs. C.E. Thompson of Flushing, Mich., daughter of John Brunner, is visiting friends in town. * Last evening the Rev. L. Atwater and wife were driving on Ellicott avenue toward Main street when their buggy was collided with by a conveyance going in the opposite direction. Mr.Atwater was thrown out into the mud, but was not injured, and his buggy was considerably damaged. Fortunately his horse did not run away. The person who ran into the clergyman's carriage drove hurriedly along and was not recognized. * The Niagara Falls 'Courier' says that its "Tuscarora correspondent makes some serious charges against J.H. Van Valkenburg, the Superintendent of the Thomas Orphan Asylum for Indian children. He was formerly connected with the New York State Institution for the Blind at Batavia. Not knowing anything as to the evidence to substantiate the charges it seems inadvisable to publish them." * submitted by Linda Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State August 5-1870 Found.-A set of Coopers' tools.-Loser please enquire at the Office of the 'Batavian.' Mr. William H. Davis has our thanks for a basket of most excellent harvest apples. Personal.-J.R. Mitchell and wife left town Thursday on a visiting excursion to Maryland. Hon. E.C. Walker has purchased the house and lot of C.Stube, west side of State street, for $2,800. You man, you can pay for two or three good weekly papers by saving what you would expend for one cigar each week. Not worth filing. A dull exchange. We don't file the 'Batavian.'--'Attica Argus.' Of course not. We're too well-tempered to be filed by so soft a tool. Our Village Trustees are having the street lamps and posts dressed in a new uniform of red and black. It greatly improves their appearance. The Genesee District Preachers' Association of the M.E. Church, will meet at Scottsville, on Monday next, 8th inst. Opening sermon by Rev. J.N. Simpkins. On Monday last the entrance of Mr. Cary French, with a basket of excellent eating apples, caused a large amount of jawing in our office. The office boys heartily forgive Cary. A meeting of the Board of Managers of the Warsaw Reformatory, has been called at that place on the 17th of August, to perfect the organization, and adopt a plan of operations. A Subscriber queries: "If running a West Bethany Cheese Factory makes a man a Col., how many skippers must he slaughter to become a Lieut. General?"-West Bethany's turn next. Tax-Payers Attention.-The Assessors of Batavia have completed their Assessment Roll and advertise in another column where it may be found for examination. All interested please read the advertisement. The German Methodists of this village will lay the foundation for their new church building on Centre street this fall. The house will be 87x60 with eighteen feet poots and seventy-five feet tower altitude. Howe of Le Roy 'Courier' had a mess of green corn sent him the other day, and says he did think, at first, of dividing with us. Probably the share he designed sending us was the Prodigal son's part; but even that was too much for his biberality; and he gobbled the whole. Horse in a Well.-On Sunday last the large sorrel hors-power with which Sandford propels his sprinkler through our streets, fell, partly, into the well between G.W. Graham's and Bloomfield's on State street, and was only extricated by great labor. The 'Batavian' last week published one of Mrs.. Beulah M. Smith's letters, descriptive of life in South America, but failed to give any credit for the same. Credit to whom credit is due, Friend Lewis. -'Avon Journal.' Undue censure, Cotter. We gave credit and called especial attention to the letter by an inside article. A Gentleman thanked us the other day, for publishing, last spring, a method of saving trees when girdled by mice. He stated that Immediately on reading it he tried it on some thirty nice young apple-trees which had been girdled; every one of them was thus saved and are now living. The receipt was given us by E.B. Morgan, Esq., and is this: "Cover the injured part with several thicknesses of paper, each layer being pasted on as paper is pasted on a wall. This will save the injured tree in almost every case." Endorsed as above, we re-publish it for the benefit of our readers. Bethany.-Old Men's Base Ball Play.-Saturday last some of the old men of the town met at Henry Staats, on "Middle Road" and engaged in an old-fashioned game of ball. There were N.I. Stevens, 60 years old; O.R. Croff, 55; Shubel Walker, 50; D.B. Knowlton, 50; Harvey Brundage, 70; J.R. Thompson, 50; Edmund Brainard,, 65; B.F. Norton, 55; Henry Bostwick, 45; Harvey Bostwick, 40; and a number of younger men. The old boys moved around right lively and did some fine playing. There were quite a number out, men women and children, to see the fun, and the occasion was one of much enjoyment. submitted by Linda Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State February 12-1869 Bethany. Married.-In Bethany, Genesee co., Jan. 30th, 1869, by Rev. S. Hulse, Mr. Smith Lord to Mrs. Aken, of Warsaw. M.E. Croff, who has been absent in attendance upon his sick father, has returned, re-opened his harness shop and is again ready for all customers. An old-fashioned spelling school was held at the East Road school kept by A.J. Rumsey, on Monday evening last. Miss Frances Gifford was champion speller of the evening. The monotony of our usually quiet community has been somewhat relieved by several very pleasant "surprises"--one given to our faithful and time-tried friend of nineteen years, Mr. L. Stevens a few evenings prior to his taking leave of the County poor House. The feeling of regret among the inmates seemed universal. Another surprise at D. Wade's was well attended and enjoyed. At the Railroad meeting held at Pavilion on the 30th ult., the following named gentlemen were appointed Committees for making a kind of preliminary survey of several talked of Railroad routes from that place to Railroad connections north. The direct route to Batavia-John Doty, Warren Fay, Wm.C. Smead, Prescott Smead, John Lauderdale, R.A. Crofoot, Sylvester Carr, Richard Pierson. The route to LeRoy-Geo. Tomlinson, Oswald Bond, Nathan Bryant, Chester Hannum, Elbert Townsend, E.H. Talmadge, Morris Dutton. The route to Stafford-L. Crofoot, C.E. Tillotson, Enoch Heath, Marshal Starr, Theodore Henry, Austin Walker, Cyrus Tompkins. The adjourned meeting, to hear the reports of the above Committees, is to be held at the Hotel in Pavilion on Saturday, 13th inst. Border Counties. It is stated that Mr. Wm. G. Wright formerly of Hornelsville was recently sentenced to the Sate Prison for two years and six months for forging railroad tickets. At Suspension Bridge quite a number belonging to the Congregational Church have been immersed, lately, and have declared for the Baptist faith. They have been trying to fix the personale of the "wickedest man" in Wellsville, Allegany County, but there's so many of him they can't do it. Mr. L. Chaffee, of Warsaw, has been appointed Superintendent of the Wrapping Department in the Assembly at Albany. H.B. Jenks, Esq., late cashier of the Wyoming County National bank is about to engage in the forwarding business at Chicago. Gen. Kilpatrick and wife were at Niagara Falls on the 30th ult. The Angelica, Allegany County, 'Reporter' urges the Erie Railroad Company to build their second track from Almond to Belvidere, by way of Angelica, and save 14 miles distance thereby and find a practicable grade. Two boys near Canisteo, Steuben County, quarreled a few days ago, when one of them broke the arm of the other by a blow of his fist. Hard striker, for a boy. Rev. C.R. Wilkins, of Medina, Orleans Co., has accepted a call from the Waskegan Presbyterian Church at Chicago, at a salary of two thousand dollars. A series of Religious meetings are being held in the different Churches of the village of Warsaw, and much interest is manifested in spiritual matters. The collector of the town of Genesee, was knocked down in the highway on Friday night, 26th ult., while going to his home, and robbed of $600. In Avoca, Steuben Co., Martin Hamlin's house was destroyed by fire on the 2d inst. The family were away from home on a visit and returned just in time to see the last part of the structure tumble in. There was no insurance. submitted by Linda Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Readers, As Glenda has also done, I have made the decision that I will no longer be submitting newsies to the NY-Old News list; I will be continuing to submit them to the NY-Genesee and NY-Western lists, and on occasion as subject matter pertains, to the NY-Wom. and NY-Erie lists. I regret that circumstances have put us in the position to make this decision; thank you for all support over the last year, Linda Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers This is a search site for old news submitted: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=NY-OLD-NEWS

Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State February 12-1869 Alabama. Died.-In Alabama, on the 8th, inst., Julia V. Nichol, only child of Thomas and Susan Nichol, aged 2 years, 5 months, and 7 days. When the snows of the winter Shall vanish away, They shall mourn for the lost, O'er the mouldering clay; The flowers their sweetest Perfume shall distill, The zephyrs shall sigh O'er the brow of the hill. She gave her last kiss On the lips bending o'er As her spirit-bark lingered A while, near the shore; No more shall those kisses To loved ones be given; The mourners are here, But the pet is in heaven. The joy of the household Goes out like a breath When the little ones pass Through the shadows of death; But these flowers that bloom And secure of our love, Shall brighten forever, The Eden above. Attica. The Union religious meetings are continued here with good success. M.P. Cogswell has purchased the David Wilder house and lot on Prospect Street, for $1,800. The Methodist Society here has purchased a $750 organ which is now being put up in the orchestra of their church. A.L. Cook has sold his house and lot on Prospect Street, to Mr.. Herman Groat, of Dale, for $2,250. Mr. Cook is arranging to remove West. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzpatrick, of this village, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning last. It had been afflicted, though not severely, with the Mumps, yet, it is supposed its death resulted therefrom. Darien. The Convers saw mill at Darien City has lately been thoroughly repaired and its cutting capacity increased by the addition of a large circular saw which, it is claimed, will cut from 10,000 to 12,000 feet per day. Some two weeks since Wm. Long, living in the west part of the town, had four valuable milch cows killed by a train on the Erie Railroad. The Erie Railway Company is expected to "come down." One of our enterprising young men, G.W. Pettibone, left here on the 8th inst. to "pitch his tent" on some of Uncle Sam's surplus land in the west. This is far better than hanging around for day wages in this region. Wm. Wall, who was nearly killed some two weeks ago by being struck by a limb broken from a tree which he was falling, is slowly recovering. The limb struck him across the head and breast, knocking him senseless and so nearly killing him that Mr. John Morgan, who was working with him, thought for a time, that he was dead. LeRoy. A mild case of varioloid, which rumor and fear magnified into the small pox, has occurred here and occasioned some trepidation. The "Guinea Witches," in large numbers, held revel here on Tuesday evening last. Singular Death.-Lyman Curtis, aged 35 years, who lived on the Horace Graves farm just west of LeRoy, and who was in usually good health, predicted his own death-fixed the time and circumstances, and died according to his own programme on Saturday, and now lies confined in the vault at Macdpelah Cemetery. The deceased was a firm believer in "Spiritualism,: and a constant reader of the "Banner of Light," a paper devoted to the advancement of this new doctrine. The deceased (if he be really dead), was, or claimed to be, a "writing medium," and for several of his last days he was assiduously employed in writing answers to his own questions, from departed spirits. He proclaimed that unless the last "Banner of Light" should contain a certain communication from a long-deceased friend, he should fall into an endless sleep. For nine days he refused to go to sleep, fearing that if he did he should never awake. The 'Banner' at last came, and he tremblingly devoured its pages to find the wished-for communication; but it was not there, and he now became certain that his time was come. He went to sleep-and into eternity, just as he had predicted. Of course many are the speculations concerning this singular case of prophetic death. Some are of opinion that the young man is in a state of "trance," intensified by bodily exhaustion from prolonged abstinence from sleep. Others believe that he became so deeply impressed with the conviction that he should die if sleep overpowered his senses, that death naturally followed. - 'Gazette' [Adv.] I have just received a large stock of Fancy and Black Beavers & Cloakings, that cannot be surpassed in any market. Ladies' Cloakings and Sacques cut and made to order; warranted to fit. Ladies Muffs and Furs re-lined. I have an extensive stock of Foreign and Domestic Cloths and Cassimeres of the very best makes and style. Mens' & Boys Clothes made to order in the most fashionable and workmanlike manner. A full line of Brown and Bleched sheetings -Table linen, napkins, towels, and house-furnishing goods always on hand. Carpets, Oil-Cloths, mattings, Druggetts, Crumb-cloths, door-mats, stair-rods, papr Hangings, & C. &C. at prices that defy competition. In order to meet the low prices ranging for Produce at the present time, I have marked my Goods so that a bushel of Wheat and a pound of Butter will purchase more goods than in "times of old." No trouble to show goods. Call and look at my stock. Wilber Smith, Batavia. submitted by Linda Schmidt Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State April 8-1870 Among those hurt by the recent Erie R.R. accident was James McCugg, of Warsaw; not dangerously, however. Bethany. The mice have greatly injured the fruit trees in several orchards in this vicinity. Mr. Jabin Bosworth of Bethany Center had his collar bone fractured by the falling of the horse on which he was riding. Several of our citizens have been investing in the Young American Washing Machine and Boiler; and it is really a good thing. Norman Noonan of East Bethany has the "right" for this county. His son and Mr. Lent have the "right" for Orleans County, and Mr. Gray of East Bethany has the "right" for Livingston County. Bergen. A new photograph gallery has been recently established here by H. Loveland. Does good work. The funeral of J.E. Adams, under charge of the Bergen Good Templars, was held at the Congregational Church on Wednesday last. Rev. Mr. Pomeroy preached. MARRIED. Shepard-Putnam.-At the residence of the Bride, on the 5th inst., by Rev. S. Hunt, Mr. Joseph C. Shepard, of Albion, Mich., formerly of Alexander, to Miss Emogine F. Putnam, daughter of Orrin Putnam, Esq., of Bethany. Heal-White.-At the Wilson House, in this village, on the 6th inst., by the same, Mr. Wm. H. Heal to Miss Emma D. White, both of Stafford. DIED. Rumsey.-At his residence in Stafford on Tuesday, 5th inst., Mr. Alexander Rumsey,, aged 63 years. Fellows.-In Cary, on the 2d inst., of Inflammation of Bowels, William M. Fellows, aged 22 years. The deceased is mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends to whom his sterling character had endeared him. Adams-In Bergen, April 3d, of typhoid fever, John S. Adams, aged 23 years. Deceased was a member of Bergen Lodge, No. 167, L.O. of G.T. For Sale, or will Exchange for House and Lot in the Village. A good farm, pleasantly located in the town of Marilla, three miles from Alden Station. Said farm consists of 88 Acres and is adopted either for Grain or Dairy, is well supplied with water, and timber. There is also good buildings on the premise, Apply to M.S. Southworth, Alden, Erie Co. submitted by Linda Schmidt Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Hello, I am looking for any info on a Archibald Jackson. He is in the 1820 census for LeRoy. Hoping the gentleman may be the father of my GGGrandfather William Archibal Jackson who was b. Sept 1, 1819. I would greatly appreciate any help Thank You Penny Jackson Schott

Dear List, Getting transcriptions of these newspapers are wonderful. Two questions, first, where again is the site where we can do a search for names through newspapers that we might have missed? Second, do you need transcriptionists? I'd be happy to have things sent to me thru snail mail and transcribe them back. Thanks! Rebecca in MD

Nancy G., please contact me-in regard to your ancestor Joseph N. - from Genesee co. Your email address I wrote to came back to me; I need some info from you in regard to the project I am working on. thanks! Linda

Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State January 23-1864 VALUABLE HOUSE with Barn and all Appurtenances, and Commodious Store with Stock, Fixtures, &c., for sale by private contract. The Subscriber offers for sale at private contract, his Dwelling House with good Barn, Outbuildings and Garden attached, situate on Bank street. Also his Store on Main street, with stock, fixtures, two excellent Billiard Tables, &c., all in excellent condition. Any one desiring to go into business in Batavia, will find the above property very conveniently situated, and will be offered on easy terms. John Heintz. "THAT SHIRT." Some six years ago the "Regulator" sold to a Mr. Levitt, of Bethany, 3 1/4 yards of shirting for the enormous sum of 6 cents, which was made into a shirt, and has worn out two linen bosoms already. Mr. L. was in town the other day in pursuit of more linen, and says that the body of the shirt is as good as new, and by adding another bosom to it and placing the costly 6 cent apparel in a glass box, it will then be in readiness for the Express Company to convey to the Cincinnatti Sanitary Fair to be placed on exhibition by the side of Uncle Abraham's original Emancipation Proclamation. Died. - The engineer who was injured by the boiler explosion at Attica on New Year's night, died last Friday, from the effects of his injuries. Gold.-In New York, Thursday, Gold was quoted at 155 1/2, at 2 p.m. A Washington correspondent of a radical journal informs the anxious public that the recent attack of modified smallpox has not in the least impaired the natural beauty of the President's countenance, as it was at one time feared it would. submitted by Linda Schmidt Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Progressive Batavian March 4-1870 Batavia, Genesee County, New York State TO MY AUNT. By Mary Elizabeth Erwin Dear, distant aunt, the years have fled Like dreams, since o'er my sunny head, Your hands were clasped in whispered Prayer, Invoking Heaven's own blessing there. A little child, I loved you then, And love you fondly, still, as when Your brow had scarce a furrowed line, Your heart seemed light and free as mine, And, joining in my childish play, Your presence brought a holiday. Alas! that time should bring us tears, That anxious cares and burdens press The heart, with aching heaviness. But time and tears cannot erase The memory of your gentle ways; Your watchful eye, your tender care, Your soothing presence everywhere; And more than all, the loving art With which you won my childish heart. They tell me, that, as older grown, I wear your face--I have your tone, And, bearing as I do your name, I sometimes almost seem the same; And I am glad if I may be To others, what you are to me. I long to cheer your lonely way, To smooth the path you tread to-day; To aid your steps, to shield your form, With longing foot, and loving arm. But, 'tween us roll the billows blue, And long the weary land-miles, too, That now most sternly intervene Our far, far, distant homes between; And I may hardly hope to see Your face this side of eternity. But there's a rest, for weary feet, A calm where tempests never beat, A glorious, a Heavenly home, Where earth's sad severed ones my come, Where hearts shall know no more of pain, And, meeting, never part again. Dear aunt, upon that golden shore Once gathered, we shall part no more! ~ Bethany, N.Y. Dr. J.L. Curtis, Physician & Surgeon. Special attention give to all Chronic Diseases. Office Over Bank, Corner of Main & Jackson Streets, Batavia. Office Hours from 7 to 8 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m. Dr. F.L. Stone, Physician & Surgeon, Stafford, N.Y. Office in the store formerly occupied by G. & L. Cuker, where he will always be found when not sent on professional business. S.E. Archer, M.D., Physo Medical Physician And Surgeon. Uses neither opium, calomel, nor other poisonous Agents. East Main Street, Attica, N.Y. O.W. Lord Dealer of all kinds of Fashionable Hats, Caps, and Ladies' Furs Buffalo and Wolf Robes, &c. Umbrellas, Gents' Carpet Bags, Buckskin Gloves and Mittens, 66 Main St., Batavia, N.Y. N.B.--Highest Price paid for Shipping Furs. Saddlery And Furnishing Goods! H.D. Gibbs, Manufacturer and Dealer in Harnesses Saddles, Horse Furnishing Goods, Iron Whip Sockets, Rein Holders, &c. Also Repairer of Trunks. submitted by Linda Schmidt Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers

Sabra- thank you so much for sending this info along to the list, to enhance the article submitted on the 151st NYVI--that is what makes this list so great---when people share what they have to help one another in understanding our past ~ May I include your info when I post this to the Bethany webpage? please let me know, thanks again! Linda Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers ----- Original Message ----- From: SABRAPETER@aol.com To: NYGENESE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: [NYGENESE] Re: 151st NYVI June 18, 1864 Spirit of the Times The Lt. Col. FAY who sent this information to the newspaper in 1864 was THOMAS MASON FAY, son of Dr. WARREN and FREELOVE MATILDA PALMER FAY, residents of Pavilion. THOMAS was born in 1839 and died in 1870 apparently from the effects of the war. He was the older brother of my great-grandmother FRANCEISE LORAINE FAY COLLINS who preserved a number of letters he wrote from the front. There is a very interesting book called THE FORGOTTEN REGIMENT: History of the 151st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment by Paul Stephen Beaudry (1995). I had a hard time finding it on the internet originally but think it is probably in several western New York libraries. The address listed in the book itself is InChem Publishing, P. O. Box 110565, Cleveland, Ohio 44111-0565. The phone number given is 216-941-6664. I have no financial interest in this pubication; I was just curious to know what else was going on in the regiment besides the tales my great-uncle told in his letters. Two appendices list all the men in the regiment, when they enlisted, their final rank and whether they were wounded or killed. Hope this is helpful. Sabra in Los Angeles

July 7, 2003 Batavia, NY The Daily News FAMILY RENEWS IT TIES Clan descended from Stafford couple who settled in area in the 1850s By Roger Muehlig-Daily News Staff Writer Robert and Charlotte Joslin Call came to America and settled in Genesee County in the 1850s, but many of their decendants moved on over the the years and never really got together again. A lot of that changed Saturday when relatives from literally across the country got together for a first-time family reunion at Letchworth State Park. 'Gosh, I'm overwhelmed," said Bea Call as she read through an array of family members names on a computer-generated genealogy list posted on the back wall of the parks North Highbanks pavillion. Bee is from the town of Batavia and married to well-known farmer Richard Call. She and her husband had to travel about 30 miles to get to the reunion. Add Stafford, Le Roy and Rochester to the local listings as well. Then the guest list got national, with family members from Ohio, Indiana, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Texas, California all on hand for the occasion. There were 72 in all, ranging in age from 4 1/2 months for Nicholas Call of Morganville to 88 years for Alden Jones of Norwich, N.Y. A lot of them brought old family photographs that most had never seen before said Patty Hankins of Bethesda, MD., who co-planned the event with Sharon Kessler of New Orleans, La. The two are third cousins, but had never seen each other before Saturday morning. They met on the internet, they said, while both were doing genealogy work on their family heritage. They exchanged information and hatched the reunion idea in the process, aware that individual families had held reunions before, but not the entire Call-Joslin clan. "Just in talking, we decided, wouldn't it be great if we had a family reunion, "Kessler said. They went to work from there, pegging their plan for the 150th anniversary of their great-great grandfather coming to America. 'So we decided this was the year to get everybody together,"Hankins said. Hankins, a photographer, brought along photos she had taken on a genealogy trip to England where the Call and Joslins came from. While there, she said, she thinks she found the house-a little cottage in Devon-where Robert Call's family lived in 1851. Research indicated that Robert and Charlotte had worked on the same farm in England, that he came to America in 1853 and she followed in 1854, the same year they were married. In 1858, they moved from Massachusetts to Stafford where Robert became a prominent farmer and prohibitionist, and Charlotte headed the Women's Christian Temperance Union for 22 years. They had two sons and a daughter, An earlier child, Kessler said, had died in Massachusetts. Photos, including the family homestead in Stafford, and information on different descendants were posted on the walls inside the park pavilion. For identification purposes, family members were given name tags listing their lineage from one generation to the next. They even played a "get to know each other" game where they had to go around the room and find out something about a specific relative. The food, a family outing mix of chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, italian sauage, salt potatoes and salads, was catered by Vasile Catering of Hunt. The planners were pleased with the results of their efforts. "Just to get the family to reconnect and sharing the pictures and the stories," said Kessler. "Meeting all these people from the family and connecting to other parts of the family was wonderful, "Hankins said. Quentin Call of Stafford sounded in agreement. "It was a great-great party, well run too," he told the pair as the event was winding down. Said Bee Call: "It worked out very well. It was a special day. Hankins, daughter of Philip and Barbara Hankins, and Kessler daughter of Robert and Doris Call La Due, also got to know each other during the two-year process. They said they had not worries about not actually seeing each other until about a half-hour before the reunion started. We planned it electronically. We knew we"d be here. So we had not problem, "Hankins said. They could have done it without the internet, she said. But it would have been a whole lot harder to track everybody down and it would have been a whole lot more expensive." And, with the groundwork in place, they could do it again. Its going to get easier," said Hankins. Sharon La Due Kessler RESEARCHING: CALL, JOSLIN, HARPER, HENSEL, WHITE, DANIELS, LA DUE

After moving to California from New York as a child and then ending up in the New Orleans, La. I got hooked into genealogy with notes on our family left by Rosalind Daniels. Rosalind was way ahead of her time. She left names and dates for each branch of the family. As a child every year for out two weeks vacation we would go to Stafford and stay on my Grandparents Edith Harper & Merrill Call's farm. In 2000 I met online my third cousin Patty Hankins who lives in Bethesda, Md. After many months of talking about research and family information, we came up with the ideal of having a family reunion. We picked the year 2003 which meant it was the 150th anniversay of our GGGrandfather Robert Call coming to America. His future wife Charlotte Joslin came in 1854 and were married that same year. Of course we wanted the reuion in New York, and never gave it any thought that it might be hard to pull off with both of us living out of state. So we plunged into the reuion. We started in trying to track folks down. We spent about a year doing this, and in doing this without first setting a date we had a whole branch of the family thinking that the reuion was not going to happen. In fact they picked the same date for there own reunion at the beach in another state. This cost us not having that fifty four people at our reunion. Now we finally had our date set and a shelter at a state park reserved With so many people coming from out of state we could not have the normal pass around dish type of food. My cousins wife Sandy Call who lives in Rochester did all the leg work and got us a great caterer. I did the reunion tee shirts here in New Orleans and hauled them to New York. We told everyone coming to the reunion to please bring any old family pictures with them. Pattys husband Bill Lawrence brought a scanner and laptop with him. He scanned all the pictures and gave them right back to who brought them. Patty and Bill have a web site and allready have the pictures taken at the reuion on it. In the furture they plan to have on all the old pictures also posted. The site is http://Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~Plhankins/Calljoslinhome.htm Our reunion was written up in the Batavia paper, The Daily News July 7, 2003 I am going to send the write up in a seperate posting (I am proud of it) The point of this story is: I had all the facts and information on paper, but I had no personal connection to most of the family. And I wanted to meet and talk to them in person. Every one of the seventy two persons who came were so happy we did the reunion. Hopefully we will have more reuions in the future. Please drop me a line if you have any questions Sharon Sharonkessler@cs.com

The Lt. Col. FAY who sent this information to the newspaper in 1864 was THOMAS MASON FAY, son of Dr. WARREN and FREELOVE MATILDA PALMER FAY, residents of Pavilion. THOMAS was born in 1839 and died in 1870 apparently from the effects of the war. He was the older brother of my great-grandmother FRANCEISE LORAINE FAY COLLINS who preserved a number of letters he wrote from the front. There is a very interesting book called THE FORGOTTEN REGIMENT: History of the 151st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment by Paul Stephen Beaudry (1995). I had a hard time finding it on the internet originally but think it is probably in several western New York libraries. The address listed in the book itself is InChem Publishing, P. O. Box 110565, Cleveland, Ohio 44111-0565. The phone number given is 216-941-6664. I have no financial interest in this pubication; I was just curious to know what else was going on in the regiment besides the tales my great-uncle told in his letters. Two appendices list all the men in the regiment, when they enlisted, their final rank and whether they were wounded or killed. Hope this is helpful. Sabra in Los Angeles

The next meeting for the History Keepers of Bethany is now scheduled-- ~ Saturday, August 23rd ~ 3:00 p.m. One of the topics which will be open for discussion will be the Town Hall of Bethany ~ as many of you are aware, the Town Board is considering purchasing the Fire Dept's. Hall and renovating it and putting their Town Offices into that building, which will leave the present Town Hall empty. A meeting was held this past week of committee members to share ideas for what this historic building can be utilized as, if the Town goes ahead with their new building plans next spring. If you have any ideas, please bring them with you; your input will be valuable. Hope to see you then! Linda Schmidt Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml

Greetings to the List, I am new to this list so I thought I would post information on the families I am researching. On the 4th of July in 1825, in Bethany township Belarmine L. Sanders and Philomelia Preston were married, a Rev. Tisdale was the officiant. I am seeking any information on these families. I know by 1840 they had moved out of N.Y. and into IN. I have been unable to discover anything about Belarmine Sanders before their marriage. Later in 1882, Belarmine remarried and on the marriage certificate he listed his parents as James Sanders and Sarah Webb, again no luck. I am hoping that maybe some of you that have been researching in this area for a while may have come across this Sanders family. Thanks for your time and I am enjoying the list. Debbie Hanson

Is anyone related to the WALLER and HOWE? Does anyone have any info of them in Wyoming Co? Thanks, Jill The Methodists held camp-meetings at "Bennett’s" or Little Canada, as early as 1810, and Benjamin BARLOW, a local preacher, held services in the town in 1811, as did also Father WALLER and Brother HOWE, who came from Wyoming County. They also built the church now owned by the Free Methodists. This society was organized by Jonathan K. BARLOW, the pioneer physician, and held its meetings in the same building with the Presbyterians, which was afterwards used as an academy. A society was organized in 1820, and one January 7, 1832, but soon became extinct. A Bethany Union Church Society was organized in 1828.