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H I S T O R Y O F C A T T A R A U G U S C O U N T Y , N E W Y O R K . 2 9 3

A G R I C U L T U R E .

Otto ranks w i t h the best agr i cu l tura l towns o f the coumy. A m o n g t l ie pr inc ipa l crops produced by i ts firincrs are hay, oats, corn, potatoes, and f ru i t ,—espec ia l ly ajiples. B u t the predominat ing i n d u s t r y is grazing, and the production o f but ter and cheese. T h e former is chiefly maJo in f imii l ies , t l ie latter almost ent ire ly i n factories. O f those there are seven, w h i c h receive and manufacture the milk o f about 2250 cows, produc ing yearly nearly 1,000,000 pounds o f cheese. These factories are as fo l lows :

Col. C. A . Ross has three factories, n o r t h f rom Y ' a v e r l y about six miles, near F o r t y . " A b o u t 1000 cows are in connection w i t i i these factories, and about 8000 cheeses are annually made.

M y r o n B a r k e r , two miles northwest f rom ^Yaverly, has a factory that uses the m i l k o f about 300 cows, and about 2500 cheeses are made year ly .

The Ta l lman is located six miles due n o r t h f rom Wavur ly ; the m i l k f r om 250 cows is used, a im about 2800 chccsus are made annual ly .

The Amer i can Association Factory is located at ^Vaverly, and uses the m i l k f r om 300 cows. 2500 cheeses are m a n u ­factured yearly.

Fred. H . Y e r k e , near Scott's Corners, has a f l ictory t h a t uses the m i l k f r o m about 400 cows, f rom w h i c h about 3000 cheeses are made annual ly .

The agr i cu l tura l statistics for 1835 , together w i t h the manufactures, school distr icts , teachers' wages, publ i c money, etc., are given be low:

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l i c m o n e y $ 2 5 9 N u m b e r of s c h o l a r s 5o7

Comparative statement o f t l i e agr i cu l tura l statistics o f 1855 and 1875, as taken f r o m the census, are g iven be low:

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" m e a d o w l a n d , p r o d u c i n g 4 ,490 t o n s of h a y . 3 ,050 " c o r n , 1 0 , 8 1 4 b u s h e l s 251 " o u t s , 2 9 , 0 4 4 1,047 " p o t a t o e s , *' 10 ,859 •'• 89

A p p l e - t r e e s , p n ^ d u c i n g 22 ,137 b u s h e l s o f a p p m s 9,790 P o u n d s m a p l e - s u g a r 3 ,012 C o w s 2,181 P o u n d s b u t t e r m a d e i u f a m i l i e s 03 ,280

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T l i e populat ion o f the town o f Ot to is given for com­parison, f rom the census returns o f the fo l lowing years:

1825 , 601 ; 1830 , 1224 ; 1835, 1731 ; 1840, 2133 ; 1 8 4 5 , 1 1 1 0 ; 1850 , 2 2 6 7 ; 1855, 1 0 0 4 ; 1865, 1 0 0 6 ; 1875 , 1089 .

AVaverly, i n 1855 , contained 277 i n h a b i t a n t s ; i n 1865, 344 .

S O L D I E R S O F T H E R E V O L U T I O N A N D W A R O F 1812,

who are bur ied i n the town o f Ot to . J o h n B o u t w e l l was a soldier o f the Revolut ionary war,

and died Sept. 12 , 1847 , aged eighty-f ive years. B e n j a m i n xkust in , soldier o f the war o f 1 8 1 2 ; died

A p r i l 14 , 1852 , aged eighty-seven years. AVi l l iam B u l l , soldier o f the war o f 1 8 1 2 ; died Nov .

12 , 1863 , aged e ighty - two years. H u m p h r e y I n g r a l i a m , soldier o f the war o f 1812 ; died

Sept. 13, 1870, aged seventy-two years. J o h n M o r r i s , soldier o f the war o f 1 8 1 2 ; died Oct. 1 ,

1852 , aged seventy-eight years and six months. Joseph Satterlee, soldier o f the war o f 1 8 1 2 ; died Dec.

15, 1863, aged seventy-four years and four months. Jonathan Boon , soldier o f the war o f 1 8 1 2 ; died i n

1837 , aged seventy years.

B I O G R A P H I C A L SKETCHES .

H O N . S. Y . POOL, M . D .

T h i s gentleman was born in Spr ingv i l l e , E r i e Co., N . Y . , M a r c h 14, 1837 , his father, Elmedoras Chase Pool , being a physician o f f o r ty years' practice.

Simeon received not only a common school, b u t an aca­demic education. A f t e r leaving the Spr ingv i l l e Academy, he commenced the study o f his chosen profession in the spr ing o f 1858 , at tending the first course o f lectures at the Buifalo"' Med i ca l College, f rom w h i c h ins t i tu t i on he graduated w i t h honors, i n 1866 . H e subsequently ( 1 8 7 2 ) attended lectures at the Jefi'erson Medical College, Phi ladelphia . l i e prac­ticed medicine i n Golden, E r i e Co., u n t i l his removal to O t t o , i n the fa l l o f 1867 , at w h i c h place he has continued his profession, h a v i n g made for h imse l f a large practice, w h i c h engros.ses the most o f his t ime and at ient ion .

D r . Pool has been a member o f the Cattaraugus County Medica l Society since first coming into the county, and one o f the medical censors for most o f the t ime. The duties o f the censors are arduous, they hav ing to examine every can­didate l or a license to practice medicine '* who shall liave complied w i t h the requisit ions o f the laws o f t l ie State o f N e w Y o r k , " and i f f ound quali f ied, to give a certificate to t h a t eficct.

I n 1865 he marr ied Miss p]sthcr M a r i a A l l o n . daughter o f C-... ] ] . A l l e n , o f Ot to . H i s fiimiiy consists o f two c h i l J r o . : , — a oon and a daughter.

D r . Pool is a patr io t i c man, and very few have sufiered more for his country than he. l i e entered the U n i o n army i n 1862 , as 1st l ieutenant, i n the 1 5 4 t h Regiment , N e w Y o r k Volunteer I n f a n t r y . H e was promoted i n 1863 to a captaincy, and served u n t i l t l ie close o f t l ie war not only w i t h

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an lionorablo record, b u t h a v i n g experienced a most e^ventful one. F a r i i e i p a t i n g i n t l ie battles o f Chancoilorsvil ie and Get tysburg , i n the latter engagement he was taken ])risoner, and endured the tortures o f L i b b y and other Southern prison-pens for t w e n t y months . AVliile confined i n the rebel prison at Charlotte , N . C , ho effected his escape, Feb. 17 , 1865 , by r u n n i n g the guard , in a t t empt ing w h i c h many others had been shot. F o r four weeks l ie was a fug i t ive w i t h i n the enemy's lines, s k u l k i n g wear i ly along unfre ­quented paths b y n i g h t , and h i d i n g i n the woods and marshes d u r i n g the da}^; wander ing over to h i m u n k n o w n roads, crossing and re-crossing the B l u e R idge Mounta ins several t imes, on ly to find h imse l f as far f r o m l iber ty as before, and receiving his nour ishment c l i ie f ly at the hands o f f r i end ly negroes and sympathiz ing " crackers." A f t e r a w a l k o f four hundred miles, on the 1 6 t h o f M a r c h he found himsel f , to his uubounded j o y , i n the vicinage o f a U n i o n camp, and entered the Federal lines at French Broad R iver , e ighty miles above K n o x v i l l e . D u r i n g his j o u r n e y , before, reaching the mountains , he came to the Catawba R i v e r i n the n i g h t t ime , to cross w h i c h he stripped off his clothes raid t ied them on the back o f h is head, expect ing to have to sw im, b u t the water was too shallow, and he waded across. U p o n reaching the U n i o n army, he went i m m e d i ­ately to AVashingtou and reported for d u t y .

Po l i t i ca l ly , D r . Pool has always been a Republ ican. H e has served as supervisor o f Ot to for three years, and i n the fa l l o f 1877 was elected to the State Legis lature , assembly­man for the Second D i s t r i c t o f th is county, by a handsome m a j o r i t y over Charles E . Gallagher, the Democratic candi­date. I n the State Legis lature he served as a member o f the committee on publ i c hea l th , and as chairman o f the committee on I n d i a n affairs. H e was re-elected i n 1878. A l t h o u g h bred to the profession o f medicine, he has shown marked a b i l i t y as a legislator, and were he ambitious o f pol i t i ca l honors, could have almost any office at the g i f t o f

"his fel low-townsmen, so greatly esteemed is he i n his t o w n and v i c i n i t y . B u t he prefers the duties o f his profession.

D r . Pool is deservedly popular wherever k n o w n , whether i n the sick-room or i n legislat ive halls. H e possesses the necessary qualifications o f the successful p h y s i c i a n , — k n o w l ­edge, gen ia l i ty o f disposit ion, and firmness, blended w i t h compassionate kindness.

O R S O N C O C I I I I A N

Orson Cochran, beiin • ,hls< ;st son. Was kept at home to w o r k on the f a r m and wai t on travelers. H e was sent to a common scliool, summer and winter terms, u n t i l cloven

was born i n Spr ingv i l l e , E r i e Co., N . Y . , J a n . 26 , 1815 , and was the oldest son and the f o u r t h ch i ld i n a f a m i l y o f f our g ir ls and five boys. T h e second son, 1 . G. Cochran, was born Feb. 5, 1817 , and was sent to Persia, i n As ia , by the Presbyterian Missionary Society, i n 1847 , and died there i n 1870 ; the t h i r d son is l i v i n g on the old homestead at S p r i n g v i l l e ; the f o u r t h son, A . G. Cochran, is l i v i n g i u Great Va l l ey , Cattaraugus Co. ; the fiftli son and y o u n g ­est c h i l d was pr inc ipal o f the State N o r m a l School at A l b a n y , N . Y . , for a number o f years, and is now Presi ­dent o f the Polytec l in ic I n s t i t u t e at B r o o k l y n , N . Y .

years o f age, then throe monrLs i n the w l M t c r u n t i l four­teen. H e subsequently attended tlio Springvi l le Acadciny three terms, and taug l i t scliool throe winters, l i e com­menced surveying land and roads in the spring o f 1831, and d i d all o f t l i e surveying o f roads i n t l ie town of A s h f o r d , Cattaraugus Co., for several years. I n 1833 he ran the first road up the Thatcher Brook from Gowanda to

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O R S O N C O C H R A N .

D a y t o n S u m m i t , and surveyed several farms there ; i t was then almost a wilderness. H e was married to Adal ine A . A n g l e , Dec. 15, 1836, who was born at Glen Falls, N . Y. , N o v . 2 2 , 1 8 1 7 ; she was the daughter o f W i l l i a m Angle, of Amsterdam, H o l l a n d , and Margaret (Su l l i van ) Angle . I n 1837 they commenced keeping house three miles west of S p r i n g v i l l e ; cleared up fifteen acres o f w i l d land, sold out i n 1830, and moved into Otto in xApril, 1840. l i e was elected just ice o f the peace i n 1850, to fill a vacancy, and has served seven f u l l terms since. Pie was elected town superintendent o f common schools i n 1853, and served u n t i l the office was abolislied.

H i s fami ly consisted o f six chi ldren,—Samuel D . , horn N o v . 4, 1838, graduated at the State Normal School in 1860 , and taught school five years as princi jcd of a l i ig l i school i n Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., N . Y . ; died Se}'t. 4, 1865. Catharine J [ . , born ])ec. 26, 1 8 4 0 ; married L . R . Newman, Feb. 5, 1 8 6 2 ; died Oct. 26, LSiio. Wi l l iam I I . , born J a n . 25, 1 8 4 3 ; enlisted, i n September, 1861 , in the E l l s w o r t h Regiment for three years ; wounded at Fred­er icksburg by a ball through the foot. A s soon as able, he was p u t in to t l ie commissary department as clerk, and remained i n the war ofhce u n t i l 1866. H e then resigned l i i s post and went to Grand Rapids, AVis., where he is now the cashier o f the F i r s t Nat ional Bank o f that place. Joseph AVilbur, born A p r i l 8, 1845 ; enlisted i n the army in 1863, and served u n t i l the close o f the Rebellion ; studied law for a profession, and is now a pract ic ing attorney i n Grand .i...^ads, AVis. E m m a F . , b o m A u g . 1 2 , 1 8 5 2 ; married, J a n . 22 , 1873 , to George C. D e w e y ; resides i n Otto, Cat­taraugus Co., N . Y . A n n a F . , born Oct. 2 1 , 1855 ; mar-