Town of Pulteney Historian Report
June 2011
As most of you know, I haven’t been able to give a Historian’s Report since December of 2010. I was helping out with the bookkeeping until a replacement for Helen Coombs was hired. My father also passed away during this time so this it the first opportunity I’ve had to resume the monthly report.
The Glenview Cemetery records are almost half done. I’m working on Lot #198 out of about 451 lots. Each lot has 6 graves except the walkways. As you can see, there is a lot of work left to do. The Steuben County Census is done through “O”. Only 11 more alphabetical letters to go !!! I’m assuming that “Q”, “U”, and “X” are going to be very small and “R”, “S”, “T”, and “W” are going to be huge !!!!!!
The genealogical requests have been quite steady. I have helped people with information or lack of it for the families of Drew, Ellis, Haire, Holley, Pickett, Retan, Searles, Snyder, St John, and Weber. I may have forgotten some over the past 5 months.
I have contacted Mark Wright to do the Military Wall rails out in the hall. I believe Tim Akers was too busy to be able to do it. The additions to the Military Wall since my last report of December 2010 are Chad Alfano, Matthew Nesbit, L Edward Nudd, Walter Daggett, and Mark Wright. I have ordered 54 more frames from Dollar General because our supply of 100 originally ordered is dwindling and I expect to get more pictures once they are displayed out in the hall.
News from Pulteney November 11, 1902:
Mr. Look of the G.W. Peck Hardware Company of Prattsburgh was in town on business last week.
Mr. E.L. Meade of New Haven, Conn. Is visiting his uncle, N..R. Bennett..
Miss Jennie Guernsey of Howard is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. H.E. Holley
Seth Sanford is moving to the farm at Pine Grove which he purchased last summer of Stephen Sisson..
Mrs. Oliver Presler who recently underwent an operation at Dr Lee’s hospital at Rochester, is reported as improving.
Mr. John Rettig was in town the first of the week contracting for grapes for the J Hamburger Co, of New York.
Kleckler & Helm of Savona are arranging to move the Osborn house recently purchased by Dr H.B. Nichols, to a lot in the south part of the village.
H. L. .Brush is employed at Penn Yan by the Inter-Ocean Telephone Co, who are putting a telephone system in that place.
Mr. Perry , father of John and Chas. Perry of this town, who is about 85 years old, is in a very low condition from old age.
Daniel Hill died at his home in the south part of the town last Saturday. Mr Hill was about 75 years old and had been for some time a sufferer from gangrene of the foot. The funeral was held at the house on Monday. Rev. E. Wadsworth officiating.
News from South Pulteney November 11, 1902
Daniel Hill died Saturday morning at 6 o’clock. His funeral services were held at the home Monday at 2 PM, conducted by Rev. Mr. Wadsworth. Mr. Hill was a member of the Baptist church, although for many years he has been unable to attend on account of sickness. He was greatly beloved by all who knew him and will be greatly missed.
Miss Stella Squires was at Prattsburgh Tuesday.
Mrs. Samuel Norris left this week for Bath where she will spend the winter with her son Carlton.
Mrs. Mary Norris left this week for Ithaca where she will visit friends.
Mr. Clark Halliday was here last week for election, returning the next day accompanied by his mother, Mrs. A. Halliday.
Miss Bessie Lyon was home last week from Cook Academy over Sunday.
News from Pine Grove November 10, 1902
Seth Sanford moved to this place from Urbana on Monday.
The Ladies’ Aid will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Susan Clark.
Mrs. Statira Brink and grandson, Loren, visited at Dresden the first of the week.
Daniel Bacon went to Andover last Saturday for a visit to his son, the Rev H. D. . Bacon.
Seldon Brink has a substitute carrier on his mail route this week and is getting some fall work done on his farm.
A short piece I read in the Elmbois News (dated Nov 10, 1902) for Nora Drew & husband who visited me today. “Charles Potter is our up-to-date hay presser; he recently pressed a crop of 50 tons for Byron Drew”.
Sharon Daggett
Pulteney Town Historian
Requests for the Town of Pulteney Historian
June 2011
I have had a request for a picture of the Holley Sprayer from Fred Holley. He is Bob Holley’s son. I don’t believe the Town has one. He is putting Bob’s pictures of the Memorial Day Parades on disc and will send us one when he’s finished.
Donations given to Town of Pulteney
June 2011
Nora Drew and her husband from Pennsylvania stopped in today to do research on the Drew and Retan families. She gave a donation of $10.00 to the Town. She also gave a family tree record to put in the “Drew” file.
I received a call from Floyd Holley of Savannah, Georgia. He was requesting information on the Holleys. I sent him a copy of the patent for the Holley Sprayer and a picture of Herbert Ebenezer Holley.
I receivbed a call from Marla White of Sutherlin, Oregon. She is researching the Ellis and White families. Because our records only go back to about 1888, there is very little I can help her with. The Ellis and White families lived here ata the time of the 1810 census. I will e-mail her what I have. She is going to e-mail me what she has on these families so I can make files for them.
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