Readers, Perhaps you will like reading this light-hearted "novel" published in the news on this date, 132 years ago! There is no author given for it. Enjoy : ) "The High Pressure Novel." Once upon a time there was a maiden, whose name was Mary, although they called her Moll, for short. She wasn't a tall, dark-eyed maiden, with clear transparent skin, and lips like cherries, and cheeks suffused with blushes. She didn't have glossy black hair, sweeping back in wavy tresses from her queenly brow, and her form wasn't a bit like Hebe's. No, there was none of those things--on the contrary, she was short and thin, and had red hair and freckles, and she also sported snaggle teeth and wore pads; but still she was a nice girl, and there was a young man who fell in love with her, and his name was Bill, although his friends called him William when they wanted to hurt his feelings, for he didn't like it much. He wasn't fine looking, and had neither curly brown hair nor a moustache. Not much, Bill laid himself out on soap-locks, and wore a goatee that he had dyed twice a week. Now this Bill was in love with Mary, but did he go and make a deliberate ass of himself? Did he, I say, go into a grove with her, and in the soft moonlight, by the streamlet that murmured sweetly by, and with the tender zephyrs sighing through the foliage, fall down on his knees, seize her jeweled hand and breathe his deep affections in the tender accents of fond attachment, and swear "by yon bright orb above us, always to be thine?" Did he, I say? You can just bet he didn't. You can lay out your whole revenue safely on that. William knew too much about the price of pants to go flopping around on the wet grass with his good clothes on; besides he never cared anything about streamlets or any kind of cold water, except to mix with his gin. No, sir, it was exceedingly strange, but this infatuated William met her at the alley gate, and he stood right up on his old legs and says: "Say, Moll, old gal, s'posen we get hitched?" But how did Mary behave? Did she go dropping to sleep over on the bricks in a dead faint, or did she hide her gentle head on his shirt bosom to conceal her blushes? No, she didn't, and she didn't say, "I'm ever thine, my own dear William!" Oh, my, no. She looked right in his yellow eyes, and says: "I'm in, I'm the gal for those sort of things. Go in!" And instead of referring him to her father, she only said: "Won't the old man bust right out when you tell him? Ha, ha and she laughed. But she didn't ask William to try and molify her fond father. No, no. She very wickedly advised him "to poke the old man in the nose if he gave him any of his lip. She was a funny girl, this Mary. Now, the old man wasn't wealthy, for he sold soap-fat for a living, and so he didn't think Bill was nosing around after his stamps; so when Bill asked him, he neither ordered him fiercely away nor did the dewey moisture gather in his eagle eye as he passed his hem-stitched up there and said: "Bless you my children, bless you!" Oh, no, nothing of the sort. He just blew his old red nose in his bandana and told him to take her along, for he was glad to get rid of her, he was, and William would be the same mighty soon, for she was awful rough on grub, and always broke plates when she got mad. So, you see, there really was no necessity for William to come at midnight's solemn hour, in a cab, and throw a rope-ladder up to her window, and whistle three times on his fingers, and then go up, hand over hand, and bring her down in one hand and her trunk in the other, and a band-box and an umbrella under each arm, and a whole lot of bundles, and then get into the cab and fly to some distant shore. That's the way it would have been in a novel; but Bill said he wasn't on that lay, and so he just went out in the yard, and out of pure joy he skinned the cat three or four times on the grape-vine arbor, and then he went and got in his butcher-cart and drove Mary right down to the magistrate to get the job done for a quarter--for he said he was some on low prices, he was. But the queerest thing of all was, that Bill had no tall, dark ruffanly rival, with a scowling visage and black whiskers, who flew at him with a drawn dagger and a horse pistol in each hand, and a muttered curse upon his lips, and cried wildly for "Revenge." Ha! ha! and said "Death!" and "Villain, thou diest?" Not any. There was another fellow in love with Mollie, to be sure, but he was a weak-eyed man, who had sandy hair, and wore spectacles and a choker collar and always looked scared when you hollared him. So when he saw that Bill had the best of the girl's affections, he looked serene, and said: "Go in, Billy, if you hanker for her;" and as Bill was a trifle on the hanker, he sailed right in. So, William, you see, had no trouble at all--and you couldn't get up an agonizing novel about him if you tried. He didn't have any urgent business to call him to a foreign land, and so he had to bid'nt her a fond good bye, and swear always to be true, and then go away and forget her, and fall in love with a dark-eyed Italian girl, picking grapes in a vinyard, with a square towel folded on her head, while his forgotten and forsaken Mary gradually faded and pined away, and baffled the physician's skill, and grew paler, and at last when the June roses were in bloom, lying gently down to die, while thro' the open window, floated in the balmy odor of jessamine and honey-suckle. And William didn't come home at last and, filled with deathless remorse, go daily to the cemetary and strew flowers on her grave, and teach his children to lisp her name. Not at all. That is the way Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth would have done it, but she wasn't round. Billy was a butcher, who wore a ! white shirt and a shiny hat, and he stayed at home and killed beef and sold it at a big price, and stuck to Mary, and she kept healthy and wasn't much on the pine, or the fade, while if any fellows got to lurking round, William went right out and batted them in the eye, he did. And then, at last, when all was over Mary didn't sit in the room; while they dressed her in white, and mixed orange blossoms in her waterfall, and then go gently down stairs with six brides-maids at her heals, and stand up with her William, and weep gently while she was being married by the minister, and then get lots of presents, and then go and live in her new house through all the happy years with Billy, and never know sorrow or trouble any more. Why, of course, she didn't, for it wasn't her style, you see. She just rushed up stairs and put on her pink muslin and her sun bonnet, and had nary bridesmaid, and went to the magistrate's and never wept a particle, and got no presents but fifteen cents from the old man to pay her car fare home, and when she went to the magistrates she just rose off the bench and told Bill she didn't see much use in splicing, and that she didn't like him anyhow; and so she went home, and Bill, he went with her, and told her he wasn't sorry, and as he didn't want her and he guessed she was pretty hard on clothes, and so they never got married, and the whole thing turned out wrong; but I couldn't help it, for I ain't going to put the facts on record that ain't so. But it ain't a bit like any novel that I ever read, so there must have been something strange about this fellow and Mollie that I could never find out, so I'll have to let it slide as it is. ~ from, The Progressive Batavian, May 9-1872 submitted by Linda "The Poor House and the People," ~The Lives of Those Who Lived at the Genesee County Almshouse in Bethany During the Nineteenth Century~ ~For further information, contact: Linda [email protected] or ~leave a message at the Bethany website: Web-Page Editor: BETHANY ~ Its Past and Present ~ http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers Contributor/transcriber for Build-a-Books-Online, Celebration of Women Writers: http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

Hi, Here's another week of Remember When... Trish Hackett Nicola Seattle, WA A complete copy of the current last two weeks' obituaries from AH can be found on-line at www.arcadeherald.com Arcade Herald, April 15, 2004, Obituaries, page 6 Harold A. Clark, 59, died Apr. 12, 2004 Donald K. Patterson, 77, died Mar. 13, 2004 Helen D. Dziedzic, 87, died Apr. 10, 2004 John Wittmeyer, 85, died Apr. 12, 2004 Ruth L. Vacinek (nee Abraham), died Apr. 6, 2004 Reprinted with permission from the author of Remember When..., p. 7, Arcade Herald, April 15, 2004, copied by Trish Hackett Nicola (*See below for information on how to receive a copy of the original article or obituary.) 10 Years Ago - April 14, 1994 Fires caused heavy damage to the WITTMEYER home near Sardinia and the Clara KILLIAN home in Arcade. Bernard and Gertrude BAYER CALTEAUX of Strykersville celebrated their golden anniversary. Deaths: William O. BRUYERE, 76, Eagle; Glenna ECK LAIRD, 68, Arcade; Ella SNYDER HANSON, 64, Delevan. 25 Years Ago - April 19, 1979 Pioneer's annual school musical, "The Wizard of Oz," was re-scheduled, following a snowstorm. Major roles were held by Anita ROLL, Jeanie MURRAY, Judy SEIBOLD, Ed NEUDECK, Andie GASPER, Vince DECKER and Reuhl DEBOLT. Eighty stranded travelers had spent the night of the snowstorm at the fire hall in Yorkshire. 35 Years Ago - April 17, 1969 Deaths: Winifred CHAPMAN BAKER, 82, of Arcade; Preston RICE Sr., 73, of Chaffee; Henry BISHOP, 86, of Arcade; Clarence GILBERT, 59, of Yorkshire. 50 Years Ago - April 15, 1954 Marianne MONTGOMERY (photo) of Chaffee was valedictorian and Bonita CANER (photo) of Arcade was salutatorian of the graduating class at Arcade Central School. Donald REISDORF, a senior at Arcade, climaxed an undefeated wrestling season in Rochester by winning the Section V championship at unlimited. Delevan firemen re-elected Howard PECKHAM president and Cleland RELYEA Chief. Mom KNAPP opened the Yorkshire Restaurant and Drive-In on Route 39 near Route 16. The specialty was chicken in the basket. Graveside services were held in Arcade for former resident Clyde E. BEARDSLEE, a founder of the American Dry Milk Institute and a retired vice president of the Borden Company. Richard McCORMICK of Java Center died at age 71. Yesterday's Images: Rosier Hardware. The Main Street location of the Sign of the Pineapple in the Village of Arcade once was the site of Arcade's first school, first church, first village office, a railroad depot, a hotel and hardware store. *To receive a copy of an original article or obituary, send a written request listing the individual article and the exact date of the issue to Arcade Historical Society, P. O. 236, Arcade, NY 14009. Include a check or money order for $5 for each request.

Jann--this is what I found on Ancestry. Do you suppose he died? What age would he have been? The first Horace states that he was born in Mass. It looks like your Horaca applied for a Civil War Pension May 4, 1863. Perhaps if you sent for his war files there would be some more information. Fran Horace Putney 25 BirthYear 1844 Massachusetts White Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex, MA Male Horace Putney 2 BirthYear(1867 New York White Orangeville, Wyoming, NY Male The second Horace is in the household of Morgan, 35; Maria, 32; Mary,8; George,6; and Alice 1.

Hi Listers, Thank you to everyone on this list who have been so quick replying to my request for 1870 Census Lookup for William Stamp. I now have copies of the Census and just want to thank everyone for their wonderful help. Regards Judy Clarke Australia _________________________________________________________________ SEEK: Now with over 50,000 dream jobs! Click here: http://ninemsn.seek.com.au?hotmail

I am looking for Horace Putney after 1865. He was in the civil war and had a medical discharge. I have the papers on his discharge but then he just disappeared. Does any one have any idea where to look now. Jann Whalen Parks Whalen, Putney,McAllister in the Wyoming county area. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. Woodrow Wilson

Hi Listers, I have been on a lot of mailing lists in the U.K. but this is the first time that I have been on a U.S.A. List. I am hoping that someone will be able to assist me in tracing my STAMP line. I am trying to find out information on the following family which I found on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 1880 Census. In the 1880 Census the Census place is Gainesville, Wyoming, New York William STAMP Self M Male W 48 ENG Farmer ENG ENG Sarah STAMP Wife M Female W 45 ENG Keeping House ENG ENG Joseph STAMP Son S Male W 8 NY ENG ENG Sarah STAMP Dau S Female W 6 NY ENG ENG Adell STAMP Dau S Female W 2 NY ENG ENG Adelbert STAMP Son S Male W 2 NY ENG ENG Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Regards Judy Clarke, Australia _________________________________________________________________ What's your house worth? Click here to find out: http://www.ninemsn.realestate.com.au

1870 U.S. Census - Gainsville, Wyoming County, NY: William Stamp, M, Age 48, farmer, b. England Sarah Stamp, F, age 43, keeping house, b. England Catherine Stamp, F, age 21, keeping house b. England Edward, M, age 17, b. New York Isaac, M, age 12, b. New York Mary E., F, age 10, b. New York Joseph, M,age 8, b. New York Adell, M, age 2, b. New York Estelle, F, age 2, b. New York _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

1870 U.S. Census - Gainsville, Wyoming County, NY: William Stamp, M, Age 48, farmer, b. England Sarah Stamp, F, age 43, keeping house, b. England Catherine Stamp, F, age 21, keeping house b. England Edward, M, age 17, b. New York Isaac, M, age 12, b. New York Mary E., F, age 10, b. New York Joseph, M,age 8, b. New York Adell, M, age 2, b. New York Estelle, F, age 2, b. New York _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Judy, I think I can provide quite a bit of information. There is a W. Stamp in lot 29 in the 1866 Gainesville Map. To see the map - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycgaine/images/GainesvilleTownshipGainesPOCenter.g if The 1870 Gazetteer lists Stamp, Wm., (Gainesville) farmer 182. (not transcribed yet) I believe the 182 is acres owned, and (Gainesville) is the Post Office - so they lived near the village of Gainesville, rather than one of the other villages. Go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycgaine/CemMapleGrove.htm Most of the Stamps you listed are buried in Maple Grove, and listed on that webpage. Please do a "search" by doing edit-find, because along with the Stamp surnames, there are others listed in the spouse column or other comments. Using the Gainesville Census published by the Wyoming Co. historian, the Stamp family is listed in 1860 too: William 38 m farmer Eng Sarah 25 f Eng George 14 m Eng John 12 m Eng Catharine 10 f Eng Rebecca 8 f NY Edward 7 m NY William 5 m NY Isaac 2 m NY Mary E. 10/12 f NY This is exciting... they must have come to the US between about 1850 and 1853. There are a bunch in the 1880 census too, but let me stop here and get this much too you. There is a Riley J. Stamp married to Minnie A. Coax 1909 on the Silver Springs United Methodist church page of the website. Also, I am going to be copying the Gainesville United Methodist Church records early June. Check back with me later. I'm glad I can help. Randy Hume HUME, MUNSON, LAKE, QUICK, MARSH, GRAVES, EDWARDS Town of Gainesville, Wyoming Co., NY www.rootsweb.com/~nycgaine/ -----Original Message----- From: judy clarke [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYWYOMIN] 1870 Census Lookup STAMP Gainesville Hi Listers, I have been on a lot of mailing lists in the U.K. but this is the first time that I have been on a U.S.A. List. I am hoping that someone will be able to assist me in tracing my STAMP line. I am trying to find out information on the following family which I found on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 1880 Census. In the 1880 Census the Census place is Gainesville, Wyoming, New York William STAMP Self M Male W 48 ENG Farmer ENG ENG Sarah STAMP Wife M Female W 45 ENG Keeping House ENG ENG Joseph STAMP Son S Male W 8 NY ENG ENG Sarah STAMP Dau S Female W 6 NY ENG ENG Adell STAMP Dau S Female W 2 NY ENG ENG Adelbert STAMP Son S Male W 2 NY ENG ENG Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Regards Judy Clarke, Australia _________________________________________________________________ What's your house worth? Click here to find out: http://www.ninemsn.realestate.com.au ==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin

Dreadful Accident. On the night of Saturday last as the wife of an Irishman named James Costelloe residing in Alabama, attempted to light a lamp containing that dangerous compound known as burning fluid, an immediate explosion took place, by which the woman and child, some 18 months old that had been fastened in a rocking chair, close by, were at once enveloped in flames. The victims were the only inmates of the house, at the time of the accident, but fortunately a man who lived about 80 rods distant, in passing from his farm heard the screams of the mother. He immediately rushed toward the house and as he approached, h e saw her still in flames standing at the door holding the child in her arms. The maternal impulse triumphing over the instinct of self preservation had urged her to rush to the rescue of her child form which she had torn the clothing, but losing her presence of mind in the horrors of the moment, she continued to press it to her burning bosom with fatal tenderness. The ! child died at 5 o'clock next morning, but the mother under the care of Doctor Nolton of this village will probably recover. The immediate cause of the explosion was the absence of the wick from one of the burners of the lamp when ignition was attempted. Cary, Nov. 25, 1861. Children Drowned.-We learn from the Le Roy Gazette, that two little girls aged 4 and 6 years, children of Barney McCarral, of that place, were drowned in the creek at that place, on the 20th ult., in consequence of their venturing too far upon the ice. They were brought to this place for burial. MARRIED. In Bergen, on the 27th, by Rev. L. W. Billington, Joseph VALLETT of Stafford, and Miss Sarah E. TUTTLE, of the former place. ~Republican Advocate, December 3-1861 submitted by Linda "The Poor House and the People," ~The Lives of Those Who Lived at the Genesee County Almshouse in Bethany During the Nineteenth Century~ ~For further information, or to place an order, contact: Linda [email protected] Web-Page Editor: BETHANY ~ Its Past and Present ~ http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers Contributor/transcriber for Build-a-Books-Online, Celebration of Women Writers: http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ Tails, Wings and Leaves~My Personal Web-Page, a work-in-progress http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/

Hi, Here's another week of Remember When... Trish Hackett Nicola Seattle, WA A complete copy of the current last two weeks' obituaries from AH can be found on-line at www.arcadeherald.com Arcade Herald, April 8, 2004, Obituaries, page 6 Rose V. Prentice, 92, died April 5, 2004 Frank Childs Sr., 90, died April 4, 2004 Manley W. Hanes, 68, died Mar. 25, 2004 Vivian M. Jenkins, 77, died April 6, 2004 Florence R. Roche, 93, died Jan. 14, 2004, mass of burial, April 17. Reprinted with permission from the author of Remember When..., p. 7, Arcade Herald, April 8, 2004, copied by Trish Hackett Nicola (*See below for information on how to receive a copy of the original article or obituary.) 10 Years Ago - April 7, 1994 Deaths: Norma BYROADS KROTZ, 60, of Machias; Joseph BAKIERZYNSKI, 78, of Bliss; John WOLFE, 63, of Delevan; Martin BRACE, 63, of Bliss; Stanley KERR, 77, of Holland; Clarence PHETTEPLACE, 78, Machias. 25 Years Ago - April 12, 1979 Spring vacation began early at local schools as a result of the season's worst storm on April 6. Rain changed to snow, which was blown by winds up to 70 mph. Terry HYMAN of Strykersville died at age 22. 35 Years Ago - April 10, 1969 Deaths: Marian TEMPLETON SCHIENER of Sardinia; Helen ROSZYK DIEKMANN, 59, Machias; Janice BUNCY, 6, of Chaffee. 50 Years Ago - April 8, 1954 Thomas H. GRAHAM Jr. resigned as supervising principal at Delevan-Machias Central School to take a similar position at Pavilion. His resignation came within a month of another voter rejection of a building bond issue and the resignation of Elementary Supervisor Gail CHAPMAN. Raymond MEYERS was re-elected chief of the Arcade Fire Department, and Ruby KEEM was elected president of the auxiliary. Addison J. O'DELL was elected president of the Arcade & Attica Railroad. Yesterday's Images: Arcade Police Chief, Burt M. HOLMES. *To receive a copy of an original article or obituary, send a written request listing the individual article and the exact date of the issue to Arcade Historical Society, P. O. 236, Arcade, NY 14009. Include a check or money order for $5 for each request.

Is there access to the records at Elmwood Cemetery, Pike New York? I am interested in Sewall Clement who is buried there. I would like to know if his wife, Asenath Dain, is buried there also and if so, what information regarding her is on the tombstone, Fran

Looking for assistance in finding a family who lived in Western New York with the a surname that is often misspelled. It has been written as...MINEHAN, MINNIHAN, MINNIGAN, MEENIHAN, MINIHAN, etc. Looking for John MINEHAN and wife Hannorah (Nora) and children Anna, Joseph, and Philip. All that is known is that John, Nora, and Anna were born in Ireland and Joseph and Philip in New York -- Philip is said to be born in Lewiston NY in 1858. By 1860, Nora is a widdow and living with her brother Michael DUFFY in Greene County, Ohio. I believe Nora's husband John died in NY and that is why she moved to Greene County Ohio. I believe John MINEHAN (MINNIGAN) had several brothers -- Michael and Philip lived for a time in New York but settled in Mercer County PA prior to 1870. Perhaps another brother, Jerry, ended up in Greene County OH. Has anyone come across any MINEHANs or MINNIGANs that might fit this description? Can anyone check marriage and cemetery books for a John MINEHAN (with associated surname spellings)? John would have died prior to 1860 and married Hannorah DUFFY either in Ireland or NY around 1848 to 1855. Thanks in advance, Rick Wilson St. Louis MO [email protected]

Seems one of our local fireman has put some nice photos of Perry on the internet, both old and new. http://perryny.20m.com/index.html ===== Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/ You can easily ascertain whether the occupant drinks bitters in the morning and whiskey with his dinner, or pure water and nothing else � If he drinks bitters you will find his garden full of weeds.�� James Wadsworth 1791 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

Is there an active historian for the village still? Who is it? Cindy --- Harman Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Each Town in NY has a Town Historian. There is both > a Village of Perry > and a Town of Perry. The Email for the Village of > Perry Historian is > [email protected] > and you might want to make that contact before you > go too far on your > own. > ===== Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/ You can easily ascertain whether the occupant drinks bitters in the morning and whiskey with his dinner, or pure water and nothing else � If he drinks bitters you will find his garden full of weeds.�� James Wadsworth 1791 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

Each Town in NY has a Town Historian. There is both a Village of Perry and a Town of Perry. The Email for the Village of Perry Historian is [email protected] and you might want to make that contact before you go too far on your own. -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Filipski [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYWYOMIN] Historical information for the town of Perry Hi Everyone! I'm putting together a site for the town of Perry and I was wondering if anybody had any information they could send along? It would be very helpful in getting the site started. I am actually from Cheektowaga and don't have any information about Perry yet. Thank you, everyone, in advance for all your help and for whatever you can send me! Have a good day, Jenn :) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th ==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== To UN sub go here: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NY/wyoming.html

Dear Guenter, Thank you for the information. No, sorry, no relation to Mary Thorp Dewitt of Perry. My husband's Tharps come from the south. Sincerely, Patricia >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Migration routes from Wyoming County to Iowa in >1840s and 1850s >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:14:35 EDT > >Patricia >Take a good look at the canals in western NY during this time, also the >railroads that were in existance. Via canal, one could take more >belongings, via >rairoad, only what you could carry, unless you were rich. Once in Buffalo, >take >the boat that carries you into Lake Michigan and from there you can find >many >starting points to head west. Don't forget, the voyagers of New France >(Quebec) did this route to the Mississippi and Missouri by canoe which >carried up to >10 tons of supplies. >Guenter in Michigan >ps: any relation the Mary Dewitt nee Thorp of Perry, Wyoming Co, NY? > > >==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin > _________________________________________________________________ Lose those love handles! MSN Fitness shows you two moves to slim your waist. http://fitness.msn.com/articles/feeds/article.aspx?dept=exercise&article=et_pv_030104_lovehandles

Hi Everyone! I'm putting together a site for the town of Perry and I was wondering if anybody had any information they could send along? It would be very helpful in getting the site started. I am actually from Cheektowaga and don't have any information about Perry yet. Thank you, everyone, in advance for all your help and for whatever you can send me! Have a good day, Jenn :) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th

Hi Patricia, My ancestors came from Cattaraugus County, NY to here in Iowa a bit after your ancestors came to Iowa from Wyoming County. Railroads came here to Iowa by 1852. One of the main end points here in Iowa, for the railroad, was Iowa City. I'm sure there were other main stations, but I do know that Iowa City (Johnson County) was one of the main stopping points for the railroad during that time period. Brenda Hare Cedar Rapids, Iowa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Tharp" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: [NYWYOMIN] Migration routes from Wyoming County to Iowa in 1840s and 1850s > Re: Migration Route to Iowa 1840s and 1850s > > Greetings, > > I am seeking advice regarding migration routes from others who may have had > pioneers in their families who went to Iowa in the 1840 sand 1850s from > Wyoming County, New York. > > Several families I am researching were called by adventure and the opening > of new lands. > > The first family to go west that I am researching was the Cyrus ROOD family. > Cyrus and his wife, Susan Pettingell Rood, and their grown children migrated > from Orangeville Township, Wyoming County, NY, about 1843. They settled in > Union Township, in Van Buren County, which is in the southeastern part of > Iowa. In 1847, their daughter Adaline married Volney KNIGHT at the home of > the bride in Winchester. Although Volney's residence at the time of his > marriage was listed as Des Moines County, he soon moved to Van Buren County > where they were enumerated in the 1850 U.S. census near her parents and > siblings. I have wondered if the Johanna Knight who married A. S. Scovel was > Volney's sister? I have also wondered if the Knights and Scovels came from > Wyoming County, too? In 1850, Cyrus Rood's occupation was listed as a > [stone] mason and Volney Knight's as a wagon maker. The other Rood children > were Isaac P., Calista, James, and Maryette. > > About 1854 lands in Webster County, Iowa, opened up for settlement. A > Webster County history mentions that Volney Knight and family arrived to > settle their claim in the summer of 1854. It is thought that it may have > been the Knights who wrote glowing letters to friends and relatives in > Wyoming County encouraging and convincing them to come west to Webster > County. Of those who did indeed migrate in 1854 or 1855 were: David P. Rood > and his wife Elizabeth Boddy Rood, and their little son, Eli Rainforth Rood > (in the fall of 1854); Elizabeth's father and brother, Galen and Joseph > BODDY; David Rood's brother Zera Tanner Rood; and Benjamin GRANGER, and > possibly William Hatfield. All of them were from Wethersfield > Springs-Hermitage area. David and Zera Rood were the nephews of Cyrus Rood. > (Cyrus and their father, Eli(hu) Rood, were brothers, and had come to > Wyoming County, then Genesee County, from Hampton, Washington County, New > York, in the early 1820s, along with other family members including two of > their sisters, Lydia and Sarah, who were married to Ormus and Reuben > Doolittle. They were of the seven children born to (Captain) David and Sarah > (Rogers) Rood who were married at Sandgate, VT, about 1784, but who lived at > Salem, Washington County, New York, until before 1810 when they moved to > Hampton). > > What migration route would they have taken from Wyoming County in 1854 to > Iowa? Did they travel by steamer from Buffalo to Chicago via the Great Lakes > and from Chicago by railroad to Galena, Illinois, and then across the > Mississippi River by ferryboat to Dubuque, Iowa, and from there procuring > wagons and oxen teams for the overland journey to Webster County? OR, did > they travel by covered wagon along the Seneca Trail from Buffalo to Toledo > and from there by river barge down the Ohio River to Cairo and then north up > the Mississippi River? Or, did they travel from New York City by ship to New > Orleans and then continued by steamboat up the Mississippi River to Iowa? > > Did they first go to Cyrus and Susan Rood's in Van Buren County whereby > possibly the men folk traveled north along the Des Moines River to Webster > County to secure their claims before winter, returning to Van Buren County > until springtime, leaving Volney and possibly bachelors Isaac and James in > Webster County to protect their land from claim jumpers? > > Both of the land deeds for David P. Rood and Joseph Boddy were dated June > 1855 and secured at the Ft. Des Moines Land Office. A land office in Webster > County would not open until the winter of 1855. > > About 1855 Calista Rood married Benjamin Granger. Was Benjamin the son of > Ephraim Granger of Wyoming County? In 1860 James Rood married Elizabeth > Greensides and Isaac P. married an Isabelle. Both Isaac and James served in > the Civil War---all the Roods did.it is believed they were influenced by > their famous uncle James Rood Doolittle the great senator from Wisconsin who > was a close confident and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. James was > killed during the war in Arkansas. David P. Rood also served in the Civil > War, but from Wyoming County.he had returned to reside in New York during > the winter of 1855 after his wife's tragic drowning in the Mississippi > River. > > Joseph Boddy returned to Wyoming County in 1858, but just long enough to > marry Mary Warren, the daughter of Russell and Emily (Thompson) Warren of > Orangeville Center. Joseph and Mary Boddy returned to his farm near Ft. > Dodge where their first two children were born, Carrie and Frank Boddy, in > 1859 and 1860, respectively. However, some time in 1860 they, too, returned > to Wyoming County, New York, where the family lived until 1879 when they > migrated to Norton County, Kansas. > > Cyrus and Susan Rood and their children and families continued to live in > Webster County, Iowa, until the 1870s when they moved to Polk County, Iowa, > settling on farms near Grimes. Also, moving to Polk County was the Scovel > family. How very often does cluster migration figure in the lives of our > ancestors! > > I would very much like to hear from others who had Wyoming County-ites who > migrated to these counties in Iowa. I would also be grateful for any insight > you could provide regarding migration routes they might have used. Thank > you. > > Sincerely, > Patricia Boddy Tharp > [email protected] (underscore between p_tharp) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and > safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp > > > ==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin > > >

Hi, Here's another week of Remember When... Trish Hackett Nicola Seattle, WA A complete copy of the current last two weeks' obituaries from AH can be found on-line at www.arcadeherald.com or look for an obituary that was published in the last six months on "Advanced Search." April 1, 2004, Obituaries, page 6 Anthony J. "Sonny" Kulczyk, 69, died Mar. 24, 2004 Reprinted with permission from the author of Remember When..., p. 7, Arcade Herald, April 1, 2004, copied by Trish Hackett Nicola (*See below for information on how to receive a copy of the original article or obituary.) 10 Years Ago - March 31, 1994 Deaths: Augusta EASTERLY DASH, 83, of Sandusky; Ronald BRIDENBAKER, 72, of Machias; Eugene BAROSZEK Sr., 62, of Chaffee; Doris DOMES MEYER of Chaffee. Other deaths: Isabelle LONG NEWMAN, 86, formerly of Arcade; Edward ANDERA, 67, formerly of Sardinia; Lela GOLDEN, 80, formerly of Machias; Bertha MASTON FAGNAN, 48, formerly of Freedom; Donald HOLLAND, 80, formerly of Arcade. 25 Years Ago - April 5, 1979 The Ira WILLIAMS home in Delevan was damaged by fire. Deaths: George MOST, 59, of Eagle; Clarice McCORMICK, 78, East Arcade; Edward SCHEFFER, 32, Arcade. 35 Years Ago - April 3, 1969 Deaths: Charles RICHARDSON, 57, Yorkshire; Agnes KEHL, Sheldon; former area resident Donald STORMS. 50 Years Ago - March 11, 1954 Professor Lloyd SIMONS, a Sardinia native, retired from Cornell University. Borden's executive A. Carl BEARDSLEE of Arcade retired after 46 years with Borden's. Lucille PIEDMONT was elected president of the VFW auxiliary in Arcade. Erie and Cattaraugus were among the 20 counties in the state selected to field test the new polio vaccine. Chester and Blanche DODGE NEWLAND of Arcade observed their golden anniversary. Deaths: Dennis HOOPER 83, Delevan; Mary DEREN LUKASIK, 62, Delevan; Minnie GRIFFITH, 68, Sandusky; Blance SERGEL BANGERT, Holland. Yesterday's Images, p 7 Sears' Place on Route 39 in Sardinia known as the Shamrock Inn was once a blacksmith shop, and later a gas station and restaurant, operated by Frank and Bertha Sears. Other owners: Norm Hogan, Roger Hammond and Betty Granger. *To receive a copy of an original article or obituary, send a written request listing the individual article and the exact date of the issue to Arcade Historical Society, P. O. 236, Arcade, NY 14009. Include a check or money order for $5 for each request.