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Town Historian
Information
was obtained from the Historical & Statistical Gazetteer of New York
State, R. P. Smith, Publisher, Syr., 1860, by J. H. French.
Before the dams were built upon this river, great numbers of salmon were annually taken. Large quantities of lumber, leather, and barrels are manufactured, the latter for the Onondaga salt and Oswego flour markets. There are 38 sawmills, 3 tanneries, and 2 gristmills in town. In 1813 David, Luther, and Benj. LILLY and Allen McCLARN settled in the town. First birth was that of a son of Luther LILLY, in 1813 First marriage, that of Henry BAKER and Lucy BURDIC, in 1819 First death, that of a son of Luther LILLY, in 1813 First inn was kept by Dr. BRACE, at Sand Bank, in 1814 First store, by Ammi HINKLEY, in 1828 LILLY brothers built the first sawmill, in 1813 Ezekial SMITH built the first gristmill, in 1818 First school was taught by Sylvia BREED, in the summer of 1817 Churches: 2 Union, 1 Baptist,
1 M. E.
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