History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, etc..

CHAPTER XIII GENESEE TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES- SETTLEMENT- NAMES OF PIONEERS- FIRST STORE- SCHOOLS- CHURCH- VILLAGES- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. GENESEE FORKS- POSTMASTERS- ORDERS AND SOCIETIES. G ENESEE TOWNSHIP, bounded north by the New York State line, shows the Chemung lands along the border and in the valleys of the west and middle branches of the Genesee … Read more

CHAPTER XII CLARA, HEBRON AND PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIPS CLARA TOWNSHIP- ITS TOPOGRAPHY- FIRST TAX- PAYERS AND EARLY ELECTIONS- SETTLERS- SCHOOLS, ETC.- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. HEBRON TOWNSHIP- DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT- POPULATION- RESIDENTS IN 1839- SAD ACCIDENT- SCHOOL- CHURCH AND CEMETERY- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP- LOCALITY- TAXABLES- FIRST CHURCH AND SCHOOL- ELECTIONS IN … Read more

CHAPTER XI BINGHAM TOWNSHIP GEOLOGY OF THE TOWNSHIP- TORNADOES- POPULATION AND VALUES- NAMES OF SETTLERS- A NUMBER OF FIRST THINGS- EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS- MISCELLANEOUS. BINGHAM is the second in the northern tier of townships. The Catskill claims this township almost totally, surrendering a small space in the northwest and southwest to the Pocono, and at … Read more

CHAPTER X ABBOT AND ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIPS ABBOT TOWNSHIP– CONFORMATION- FIRST INHABITANTS- SETTLEMENT OF GERMANIA- OLE BULL’S COLONY- HARDSHIPS OF THE PIONEERS- INTERESTING ACCOUNTS- SOME FIRST EVENTS AND THINGS- MISCELLANEOUS. ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP- THE SUMMIT TOWNSHIP OF POTTER- TOPOGRAPHY- POPULATION AND ASSESSMENT- EARLY NAMES, CHURCHES, BUSINESS, ETC. ABBOT TOWNSHIP, adjoining Stewardson on the north, bounded east by … Read more

CHAPTER IX EULALIA TOWNSHIP- BOROUGH OF COUDERSPORT EULALIA TOWNSHIP- GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY- OIL WELLS, ETC.- POPULATION- ASSESSORS’ STATISTICS- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890- LAYING OFF OF ROADS- EARLY TAX- PAYERS- MISCELLANEOUS. BOROUGH OF COUDERSPORT- SURVEY- SOME FIRST THINGS- REMINISCENCES OF MRS. MARY A. ROSS- POST- OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS—SCHOOLS, ETC.- RESIDENT TAX- PAYERS IN 1848- MUNICIPAL MATTERS- THE … Read more

CHAPTER VIII RAILROADS – AGRICULTURAL- STATISTICAL. RAILROADS- PROJECTED AND COMPLETED RAILROADS – FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN – ESTABLISHMENT OF RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. AGRICULTURAL – SOCIETY – RESULTS OF NOT WORKING IN HARMONY. STATISTICAL – STATISTICS OF POPULATION – VALUATION – RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.  RAILROADS. BENJAMIN REYNOLDS, in 1837—38, assisted the surveyors in running their lines for … Read more

CHAPTER VII MILITARY HISTORY POTTER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR- ENLISTMENT OF VOLUNTEERS- RELIEF COMMITTEES, ETC.- FORTY- SIXTH, P.V.I.- FIFTY- THIRD, P.V.I.- FIFTY- EIGHTH, P.V.I.- ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY- NINTH, P.V.I.- TWO HUNDRED AND TENTH, P.V.I.- NEW YORK STATE REGIMENTS- LISTS OF ALL SOLDIERS WHO ENTERED THE SERVICE FROM POTTER COUNTY- THE BATTLES IN WHICH … Read more

CHAPTER VI JOURNALISM-  EDUCATION JOURNALISM-  SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRESS OF POTTER COUNTY-  THE “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.” EDUCATION-  SKETCH OF’ THE SCHOOLS OF POTTER COUNTY-  NAMES OF EDUCATORS-  INTERESTING STATISTICS. JOURNALISM. THE first newspaper published in the county was the Democratic Republican, issued at Coudersport in 1839. The name of this paper was changed … Read more

CHAPTER V MEDICAL EARLY PHYSICIANS-  TRIALS OF THE PIONEER DOCTOR-  NAMES OF ALL PHYSICIANS ATTAINABLE IN THE COUNTY. AMONG the early physicians of Potter county, first mention should be made of Dr. Stout, of Ulysses, and Dr. French, of Coudersport, who came here in 1836 and 1837, respectively, and were the only practicing physicians in … Read more

CHAPTER IV COURTS AND BAR FIRST COURT AND JUDGES- JURORS- PRIMITIVE CAUSES, ETC.- LIST OF LAWYERS, DATES OF ADMISSION, ETC.- JUDGES, PROTHONOTARIES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND SHERIFFS- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.   THE early history of the courts and bar of McKean county contains many names connected with Potter. In 1833 the two counties were organized as … Read more