Town of Pulteney Historian Report
April 2010

Dick Sprague stopped in to leave articles sent by Vince Bedient. I had him look at some Sprague pictures to identify them
because there are no names written on the back. He knew one of them and will either talk with Jim or have him stop in to identify
the others.

George Doty brought in a diary written by his father from 1933. He allowed us to make of copy for the "Doty" file. It's very
informative regarding the work he hired out to do for the neighbors and the cost of items at the time. For instance, groceries $.19,
6 gal gas $.75, movies $.50, haircut $.35, 1 1/2 doz eggs $.30, and a stamp $.03.

Debora Yastremski stopped in to see the items we had in the "Holley" file for research she is doing.

I have been corresponding through e-mail with Shay Pickett from Seattle, Washington. He is researching the Pickett family. I
sent him what information we had, and he is sending us pictures and stories of Eli Pickett Jr and his sons. Benjamin Pickett was
born in Pulteney August 11, 1828. He settled in Plainview, Minnesota. The Brazeau family has the original Pickett Bible. Shay has
asked them to send us a copy of the family information pages from it for the "Pickett" file.

I received a call from Joyce Tears Knott who now lives in Florida. As a child, she lived here in Pulteney and called in regards to
the English Cemetery and what could be done to save it. She read the Historian Reports on the Pulteney web site. I told her that
the cost might be prohibitive to do very much about it. She's sad that our history is so expensive to preserve.

A special thank you to Don Radigan for placing the reports on the web for others to enjoy !!!!!!!

I returned a call to David Clancy to confirm the work this spring on the Presbyterian Cemetery. He said they will start in a
couple of weeks.

Fred Schulte has hooked up a newer computer for me so my printer will work. ( The old one was from the library and too old to
recognize the new printer.) It will be heaven to be able to print out things, so I don't have to keep sending files home to print.
Because I also do some work at home, it tends to get confusing as to which direction the updated files are going.

I just found a man who died of a fractured neck, an upturned liver, and other injuries !!!!!!!!

Sharon Daggett
Pulteney Town Historian

Requests for the Town of Pulteney Historian
April 2010

I received an e-mail from Leona Jensen in Penn Yan regarding the Watkins House. She found mention of it in rhe lands of E C
Barton and wondered if it was the stone house near the Knotty Pine Inn. I e-mailed her and told her I can't help her out with this
question.

Donations given to Town of Pulteney
April 2010

We received a packet of information from Marilyn Pierce in Georgia regarding the Seth Pierce lineage to put in the "Pierce"
file. The information she sent dates back to the 1620's. What a great piece of work for anyone doing research on the Pierce family.
I e-mailed her a thank you.

Vince Bedient gave a picture of who it's believed to be Reverend Sanderson and a picture of the Bancroft house down on the
lake. Also he sent a small book with some birthdays and signatures of Pulteney people in it. A thank you note was sent.

Helen Coombs gave a picture of Rusty Barnes with a replica that he built of the South Pulteney Church. It was taken at a DAR
meeting and he claimed to have gotten the glass for the window in the replica from digging in the ground where the church used to
be located A thank you note was given to her.