HISTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY, NEW YORK, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS, BY ELLIOT G. STORKE. ASSISTED BY JAS. H. SMITH. Published by D. Mason & Co., SYRACUSE, NY, 1789-1879, Reprinted by HEART OF THE LAKES PUBLISHING, INTERLAKEN, NY 14847, 1980. (Copy at the McMinnville Oregon Library).
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Squire Gilbert and Captain Alanson Tracy, cousins, came in from Pittsfield, Mass., in 1793. Gilbert settled first near Scipioville, and afterwards at Bolts Corners, which was for some time known as Tracy's Corners from him, but it subsequently acquired the former name from a family named Bolt, who settled there between 1815 and '20, and kept tavern there several years. One of the family, Augustus Bolt, is living a half mile north of Daniels Corners. Gilbert subsequently removed to Venice, where he died about 1842. Philander Tracy, a son of Gilbert's, went to Grand Rapids when young, and died there a few years ago. Seneca, another son, also moved west. Two of his children are living, viz: Kester, in Chautauqua county, and Ezra, in Ohio. Alanson settled a half mile east of Sherwood, where his son Calvin, who was born here in 1810, now lives. Clinton, a son of Alanson's, moved to Ohio. Alanson was a man of great prowress, energy and perseverance. it is related of him that once while upon a bear hunt, seeing a companion in imminent danger of being embraced by a bear, he jumped astride the back of the bear, which was standing erect upon his hind feet, and seizing him by the ears, rode him until his bearship was clubbed to death. He died in 1852, aged 81.
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EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
January, 1801, Joshua Murdock built a log barn on the site of W. R. Cannon's store. In 1802, he built a saw-mill on the south-east corner of his 250 acres. In 1816, he built the family residence, now occupied by his grandson, M.W. Murdock. He died on the old homestead December 13th, 1845, aged 82; and his wife, August 21st, 1839, aged 78.
Lyman, his son, has been largely interested in the growth and prosperity of Venice Center, where his father was the first settler, and prominently identified with its material interests and enterprises. In 1820, at the age of sixteen, he took the management of the farm. In 1821, he, in company with his neighbors, the Fishes, built a saw-mill on the site of the old one, on the southeast corner of the farm. September 5th, 1824, he married Clarinda, daughter of Captain Alanson Tracy, of Scipio, and bought 150 acres of the old homestead farm, but continued to work the whole farm. In the fall of 1826, he built an addition to the homestead and commenced keeping a public house, in which also the town meetings and other elections were held and other town business transacted for many years. That building, which was the first tavern at Venice Center, forms the east end of the present tavern, and was moved to its present site, in 1835, when the addition was built.
In 1834 he built a grist-mill on the site of the present one; and in 1835 he built a saw-mill adjacent to it. The same year (1835) he built the present tavern at Venice Center; and gave one acre of land to Philander Tracy, who built thereon that year, the first store in that village. From 1850, he has been connected pecuniarily and officially with railroad projects, which culminated in the establishment of the road which runs through the central part of the town. Lyman's children are Evanden, who married Margaret Wood, of Venice, who has two sons, Clarence and Lyman, and is living at Cedar Falls, Iowa ; Mary A., widow of Stephen Howard, who has two daughters, Gertrude and Minnie, and is living at Sherwood; Miss Clarinda R., an artist, residing in Ecouen, France; Lyman T., who married H. Eliza Hull, of Genoa, by whom he has one son, John H., and is living at Venice Center, where be is engaged in farming, dealing in produce, is station agent, and, until the spring of 1877, carried on the milling business; Eugene B., who died in 1866; and M. Wellington, who married Mary Lyman, of Venice, by whom he has one daughter, and is living on the old homestead.
p. 438-439
TOWN OF VENICE
438 TOWN OF VENICE.
MERCHANTS.-The first merchant at Venice Center was Philander Tracy, who commenced business in 1835, and continued three years, when he was succeeded by Richard T. King, who did business several years. He was succeeded after ail interval of a few years by Nelson Brownell, who did business from 1848 to 1850. Daniel Cannon opened a store about 1850, and continued it some two years, when he sold to Charles Doughty, who kept it about three years. Daniel Cannon again opened a store and kept it about one and one-half years, when he sold to George D. Corliss, who ran it a short time and failed. H. M. Bennett next opened a store, which he kept about a year, when lie sold to Daniel Cannon, who after a short time sold to A. B. Thompson, who kept it some four or five years, and sold to Thomas Cannon, who was associated one year with Amos Hutchinson, and sold in the fall of 1875, to William R. Cannon.
http://kent.migenweb.net/baxter1891/10pioneers.html
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, With an Appendix--History of Lowell, Michigan, By Albert Baxter, New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.
CHAPTER X., ENTERPRISING PIONEERS WHO SOME OF THEM WERE AND WHAT THEY DID.
Philander Tracy, a native of Cayuga county, New York, began active life as a sailor on the lakes, between Buffalo and Chicago, and with his schooner visited Grand Haven as early as 1824. He came to Grand Rapids in 1836. Two years later he moved to Lowell, returned to Grand Rapids in 1845, and resided here until he died in 1873, at the age of 72 years. His principal occupation was that of lumberman, in which he was moderately successful. Physically he was a man of powerful frame, and an untiring worker. He was strictly upright in business, plain of speech, strong willed, firm in judgment, and a well respected citizen. In 1840, under the old county court system, he was elected Associate Judge, and served one term.
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Squire Gilbert and Captain Alanson Tracy, cousins, came in from Pittsfield, Mass., in 1793. Gilbert settled first near Scipioville, and afterwards at Bolts Corners, which was for some time known as Tracy's Corners from him, but it subsequently acquired the former name from a family named Bolt, who settled there between 1815 and '20, and kept tavern there several years. One of the family, Augustus Bolt, is living a half mile north of Daniels Corners. Gilbert subsequently removed to Venice, where he died about 1842. Philander Tracy, a son of Gilbert's, went to Grand Rapids when young, and died there a few years ago. Seneca, another son, also moved west. Two of his children are living, viz: Kester, in Chautauqua county, and Ezra, in Ohio. Alanson settled a half mile east of Sherwood, where his son Calvin, who was born here in 1810, now lives. Clinton, a son of Alanson's, moved to Ohio. Alanson was a man of great prowress, energy and perseverance. it is related of him that once while upon a bear hunt, seeing a companion in imminent danger of being embraced by a bear, he jumped astride the back of the bear, which was standing erect upon his hind feet, and seizing him by the ears, rode him until his bearship was clubbed to death. He died in 1852, aged 81.
p. 435:
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
January, 1801, Joshua Murdock built a log barn on the site of W. R. Cannon's store. In 1802, he built a saw-mill on the south-east corner of his 250 acres. In 1816, he built the family residence, now occupied by his grandson, M.W. Murdock. He died on the old homestead December 13th, 1845, aged 82; and his wife, August 21st, 1839, aged 78.
Lyman, his son, has been largely interested in the growth and prosperity of Venice Center, where his father was the first settler, and prominently identified with its material interests and enterprises. In 1820, at the age of sixteen, he took the management of the farm. In 1821, he, in company with his neighbors, the Fishes, built a saw-mill on the site of the old one, on the southeast corner of the farm. September 5th, 1824, he married Clarinda, daughter of Captain Alanson Tracy, of Scipio, and bought 150 acres of the old homestead farm, but continued to work the whole farm. In the fall of 1826, he built an addition to the homestead and commenced keeping a public house, in which also the town meetings and other elections were held and other town business transacted for many years. That building, which was the first tavern at Venice Center, forms the east end of the present tavern, and was moved to its present site, in 1835, when the addition was built.
In 1834 he built a grist-mill on the site of the present one; and in 1835 he built a saw-mill adjacent to it. The same year (1835) he built the present tavern at Venice Center; and gave one acre of land to Philander Tracy, who built thereon that year, the first store in that village. From 1850, he has been connected pecuniarily and officially with railroad projects, which culminated in the establishment of the road which runs through the central part of the town. Lyman's children are Evanden, who married Margaret Wood, of Venice, who has two sons, Clarence and Lyman, and is living at Cedar Falls, Iowa ; Mary A., widow of Stephen Howard, who has two daughters, Gertrude and Minnie, and is living at Sherwood; Miss Clarinda R., an artist, residing in Ecouen, France; Lyman T., who married H. Eliza Hull, of Genoa, by whom he has one son, John H., and is living at Venice Center, where be is engaged in farming, dealing in produce, is station agent, and, until the spring of 1877, carried on the milling business; Eugene B., who died in 1866; and M. Wellington, who married Mary Lyman, of Venice, by whom he has one daughter, and is living on the old homestead.
p. 438-439
TOWN OF VENICE
438 TOWN OF VENICE.
MERCHANTS.-The first merchant at Venice Center was Philander Tracy, who commenced business in 1835, and continued three years, when he was succeeded by Richard T. King, who did business several years. He was succeeded after ail interval of a few years by Nelson Brownell, who did business from 1848 to 1850. Daniel Cannon opened a store about 1850, and continued it some two years, when he sold to Charles Doughty, who kept it about three years. Daniel Cannon again opened a store and kept it about one and one-half years, when he sold to George D. Corliss, who ran it a short time and failed. H. M. Bennett next opened a store, which he kept about a year, when lie sold to Daniel Cannon, who after a short time sold to A. B. Thompson, who kept it some four or five years, and sold to Thomas Cannon, who was associated one year with Amos Hutchinson, and sold in the fall of 1875, to William R. Cannon.
http://kent.migenweb.net/baxter1891/10pioneers.html
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, With an Appendix--History of Lowell, Michigan, By Albert Baxter, New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.
CHAPTER X., ENTERPRISING PIONEERS WHO SOME OF THEM WERE AND WHAT THEY DID.
Philander Tracy, a native of Cayuga county, New York, began active life as a sailor on the lakes, between Buffalo and Chicago, and with his schooner visited Grand Haven as early as 1824. He came to Grand Rapids in 1836. Two years later he moved to Lowell, returned to Grand Rapids in 1845, and resided here until he died in 1873, at the age of 72 years. His principal occupation was that of lumberman, in which he was moderately successful. Physically he was a man of powerful frame, and an untiring worker. He was strictly upright in business, plain of speech, strong willed, firm in judgment, and a well respected citizen. In 1840, under the old county court system, he was elected Associate Judge, and served one term.
HISTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY, NEW YORK, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS, BY ELLIOT G. STORKE. ASSISTED BY JAS. H. SMITH. Published by D. Mason & Co., SYRACUSE, NY, 1789-1879, Reprinted by HEART OF THE LAKES PUBLISHING, INTERLAKEN, NY 14847, 1980. (Copy at the McMinnville Oregon Library).
p. 419:
Squire Gilbert and Captain Alanson Tracy, cousins, came in from Pittsfield, Mass., in 1793. Gilbert settled first near Scipioville, and afterwards at Bolts Corners, which was for some time known as Tracy's Corners from him, but it subsequently acquired the former name from a family named Bolt, who settled there between 1815 and '20, and kept tavern there several years. One of the family, Augustus Bolt, is living a half mile north of Daniels Corners. Gilbert subsequently removed to Venice, where he died about 1842. Philander Tracy, a son of Gilbert's, went to Grand Rapids when young, and died there a few years ago. Seneca, another son, also moved west. Two of his children are living, viz: Kester, in Chautauqua county, and Ezra, in Ohio. Alanson settled a half mile east of Sherwood, where his son Calvin, who was born here in 1810, now lives. Clinton, a son of Alanson's, moved to Ohio. Alanson was a man of great prowress, energy and perseverance. it is related of him that once while upon a bear hunt, seeing a companion in imminent danger of being embraced by a bear, he jumped astride the back of the bear, which was standing erect upon his hind feet, and seizing him by the ears, rode him until his bearship was clubbed to death. He died in 1852, aged 81.
p. 435:
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
January, 1801, Joshua Murdock built a log barn on the site of W. R. Cannon's store. In 1802, he built a saw-mill on the south-east corner of his 250 acres. In 1816, he built the family residence, now occupied by his grandson, M.W. Murdock. He died on the old homestead December 13th, 1845, aged 82; and his wife, August 21st, 1839, aged 78.
Lyman, his son, has been largely interested in the growth and prosperity of Venice Center, where his father was the first settler, and prominently identified with its material interests and enterprises. In 1820, at the age of sixteen, he took the management of the farm. In 1821, he, in company with his neighbors, the Fishes, built a saw-mill on the site of the old one, on the southeast corner of the farm. September 5th, 1824, he married Clarinda, daughter of Captain Alanson Tracy, of Scipio, and bought 150 acres of the old homestead farm, but continued to work the whole farm. In the fall of 1826, he built an addition to the homestead and commenced keeping a public house, in which also the town meetings and other elections were held and other town business transacted for many years. That building, which was the first tavern at Venice Center, forms the east end of the present tavern, and was moved to its present site, in 1835, when the addition was built.
In 1834 he built a grist-mill on the site of the present one; and in 1835 he built a saw-mill adjacent to it. The same year (1835) he built the present tavern at Venice Center; and gave one acre of land to Philander Tracy, who built thereon that year, the first store in that village. From 1850, he has been connected pecuniarily and officially with railroad projects, which culminated in the establishment of the road which runs through the central part of the town. Lyman's children are Evanden, who married Margaret Wood, of Venice, who has two sons, Clarence and Lyman, and is living at Cedar Falls, Iowa ; Mary A., widow of Stephen Howard, who has two daughters, Gertrude and Minnie, and is living at Sherwood; Miss Clarinda R., an artist, residing in Ecouen, France; Lyman T., who married H. Eliza Hull, of Genoa, by whom he has one son, John H., and is living at Venice Center, where be is engaged in farming, dealing in produce, is station agent, and, until the spring of 1877, carried on the milling business; Eugene B., who died in 1866; and M. Wellington, who married Mary Lyman, of Venice, by whom he has one daughter, and is living on the old homestead.
p. 438-439
TOWN OF VENICE
438 TOWN OF VENICE.
MERCHANTS.-The first merchant at Venice Center was Philander Tracy, who commenced business in 1835, and continued three years, when he was succeeded by Richard T. King, who did business several years. He was succeeded after ail interval of a few years by Nelson Brownell, who did business from 1848 to 1850. Daniel Cannon opened a store about 1850, and continued it some two years, when he sold to Charles Doughty, who kept it about three years. Daniel Cannon again opened a store and kept it about one and one-half years, when he sold to George D. Corliss, who ran it a short time and failed. H. M. Bennett next opened a store, which he kept about a year, when lie sold to Daniel Cannon, who after a short time sold to A. B. Thompson, who kept it some four or five years, and sold to Thomas Cannon, who was associated one year with Amos Hutchinson, and sold in the fall of 1875, to William R. Cannon.
http://kent.migenweb.net/baxter1891/10pioneers.html
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, With an Appendix--History of Lowell, Michigan, By Albert Baxter, New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.
CHAPTER X., ENTERPRISING PIONEERS WHO SOME OF THEM WERE AND WHAT THEY DID.
Philander Tracy, a native of Cayuga county, New York, began active life as a sailor on the lakes, between Buffalo and Chicago, and with his schooner visited Grand Haven as early as 1824. He came to Grand Rapids in 1836. Two years later he moved to Lowell, returned to Grand Rapids in 1845, and resided here until he died in 1873, at the age of 72 years. His principal occupation was that of lumberman, in which he was moderately successful. Physically he was a man of powerful frame, and an untiring worker. He was strictly upright in business, plain of speech, strong willed, firm in judgment, and a well respected citizen. In 1840, under the old county court system, he was elected Associate Judge, and served one term.
p. 419:
Squire Gilbert and Captain Alanson Tracy, cousins, came in from Pittsfield, Mass., in 1793. Gilbert settled first near Scipioville, and afterwards at Bolts Corners, which was for some time known as Tracy's Corners from him, but it subsequently acquired the former name from a family named Bolt, who settled there between 1815 and '20, and kept tavern there several years. One of the family, Augustus Bolt, is living a half mile north of Daniels Corners. Gilbert subsequently removed to Venice, where he died about 1842. Philander Tracy, a son of Gilbert's, went to Grand Rapids when young, and died there a few years ago. Seneca, another son, also moved west. Two of his children are living, viz: Kester, in Chautauqua county, and Ezra, in Ohio. Alanson settled a half mile east of Sherwood, where his son Calvin, who was born here in 1810, now lives. Clinton, a son of Alanson's, moved to Ohio. Alanson was a man of great prowress, energy and perseverance. it is related of him that once while upon a bear hunt, seeing a companion in imminent danger of being embraced by a bear, he jumped astride the back of the bear, which was standing erect upon his hind feet, and seizing him by the ears, rode him until his bearship was clubbed to death. He died in 1852, aged 81.
p. 435:
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
January, 1801, Joshua Murdock built a log barn on the site of W. R. Cannon's store. In 1802, he built a saw-mill on the south-east corner of his 250 acres. In 1816, he built the family residence, now occupied by his grandson, M.W. Murdock. He died on the old homestead December 13th, 1845, aged 82; and his wife, August 21st, 1839, aged 78.
Lyman, his son, has been largely interested in the growth and prosperity of Venice Center, where his father was the first settler, and prominently identified with its material interests and enterprises. In 1820, at the age of sixteen, he took the management of the farm. In 1821, he, in company with his neighbors, the Fishes, built a saw-mill on the site of the old one, on the southeast corner of the farm. September 5th, 1824, he married Clarinda, daughter of Captain Alanson Tracy, of Scipio, and bought 150 acres of the old homestead farm, but continued to work the whole farm. In the fall of 1826, he built an addition to the homestead and commenced keeping a public house, in which also the town meetings and other elections were held and other town business transacted for many years. That building, which was the first tavern at Venice Center, forms the east end of the present tavern, and was moved to its present site, in 1835, when the addition was built.
In 1834 he built a grist-mill on the site of the present one; and in 1835 he built a saw-mill adjacent to it. The same year (1835) he built the present tavern at Venice Center; and gave one acre of land to Philander Tracy, who built thereon that year, the first store in that village. From 1850, he has been connected pecuniarily and officially with railroad projects, which culminated in the establishment of the road which runs through the central part of the town. Lyman's children are Evanden, who married Margaret Wood, of Venice, who has two sons, Clarence and Lyman, and is living at Cedar Falls, Iowa ; Mary A., widow of Stephen Howard, who has two daughters, Gertrude and Minnie, and is living at Sherwood; Miss Clarinda R., an artist, residing in Ecouen, France; Lyman T., who married H. Eliza Hull, of Genoa, by whom he has one son, John H., and is living at Venice Center, where be is engaged in farming, dealing in produce, is station agent, and, until the spring of 1877, carried on the milling business; Eugene B., who died in 1866; and M. Wellington, who married Mary Lyman, of Venice, by whom he has one daughter, and is living on the old homestead.
p. 438-439
TOWN OF VENICE
438 TOWN OF VENICE.
MERCHANTS.-The first merchant at Venice Center was Philander Tracy, who commenced business in 1835, and continued three years, when he was succeeded by Richard T. King, who did business several years. He was succeeded after ail interval of a few years by Nelson Brownell, who did business from 1848 to 1850. Daniel Cannon opened a store about 1850, and continued it some two years, when he sold to Charles Doughty, who kept it about three years. Daniel Cannon again opened a store and kept it about one and one-half years, when he sold to George D. Corliss, who ran it a short time and failed. H. M. Bennett next opened a store, which he kept about a year, when lie sold to Daniel Cannon, who after a short time sold to A. B. Thompson, who kept it some four or five years, and sold to Thomas Cannon, who was associated one year with Amos Hutchinson, and sold in the fall of 1875, to William R. Cannon.
http://kent.migenweb.net/baxter1891/10pioneers.html
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, With an Appendix--History of Lowell, Michigan, By Albert Baxter, New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.
CHAPTER X., ENTERPRISING PIONEERS WHO SOME OF THEM WERE AND WHAT THEY DID.
Philander Tracy, a native of Cayuga county, New York, began active life as a sailor on the lakes, between Buffalo and Chicago, and with his schooner visited Grand Haven as early as 1824. He came to Grand Rapids in 1836. Two years later he moved to Lowell, returned to Grand Rapids in 1845, and resided here until he died in 1873, at the age of 72 years. His principal occupation was that of lumberman, in which he was moderately successful. Physically he was a man of powerful frame, and an untiring worker. He was strictly upright in business, plain of speech, strong willed, firm in judgment, and a well respected citizen. In 1840, under the old county court system, he was elected Associate Judge, and served one term.
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