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mouth of Great Yalley Creek, by Judge James Green, in 1812.1 'The first religious meeting was
held at the house of Orin Pitcher, by Rev, John Spencer, in 1815. The first religious association
(Cong.) was formed, with 8 members, in 1817. There is now no church edifice in town, and but 1
church, (M. E.)
HISSD AEE—was formed from Olean, April 14, 1820. Ischua was taken off in 1846. It
lies on the e. border of the co., s. of the center. The surface is a hilly and broken upland. The
hills are 500 to 600 feet above the valleys and are bordered by abrupt declivities. The- highest
points, on Lots 23 and 24, are 500 feet above the r. r. at Hinsdale Tillage. Reservoir Lake is a
small sheet of water near the s. e. corner. Ischua and Oil Creeks—the former from the n.e. and
the latter from the n. w,—form a junction near the center, and thence the united stream takes the
name of Olean Creek, flowing s. through the town. The soil upon the uplands is chiefly clay, and
in the valleys a gravelly loam. Hinsdale, (p.v.,) at the junction of Ischua and Oil Creeks,
contains 2 churches and several mills and manufacturing establishments. Pop. 255. It is a canal
village and a station upon the N. Y. & Erie R. R. Scotts Corners, in the n. part, contains a
church and 13 houses, flasket Flat is a p.o. The first settlers were Horace Noble, Chas.
Foot, and Thos. Lusk, who located nep.r the present site of the village in 1806.2 The first religious
meeting was held at the log barn of Zachariah Noble, in June, 1807. The first regular preacher
was Rev. Reuben Aylesworth, (M. E.,) in 1820, who organized the first religious association in 1821.®
HUMPHREY3—was formed from “ Burtonnow Allegany, May 12,1836. It is an interior
town, lying a little s. e. of the center of the co. The surface is a broken and hilly upland, the
highest summits being 600 feet above the r. r. at Olean. Its streams are Great Yalley, Five Mile,
"Wrights, and Sugar Town Creeks. The soil upon the hills is mostly clay, occasionally intermixed
with sand, and in the valleys it is a gravelly loam. Humphrey Center is a hamlet.
Humphrey, and Sugar Town are p. offices. The first settlement was made in the n.w.
corner, on Lot 56, by Russel Chappell, in 1815.4 The first religious association (M. E.) was formed
in 1834.®
ISCHUA—was formed from Hinsdale, Feb. 7,1846, as “RiceIts name was changed March
27, 1855. It lies upon the e. border of the co., a little s. of the center. Its surface is a broken
and hilly upland, the highest summits being 600 feet above the valleys. Ischua Creek flows s.
through the town and receives several tributaries. The soil is chiefly clay, with a thin surface
mold and some gravelly loam. Quarries of good building stone are found in the town. Ischua,
(p. v.,) formerly called “Rice,” on Ischua Creek, in the n. part, contains a gristmill and 19 dwellings.
The first settlement was made on Lot 45, on the creek, by Abraham M. Farwell, from Mass., in
1812.7 The first religious meeting was held at the house of Mr. Farwell, by Rev. John Spencer,
in 1815; and the first church (M. E.) was formed in 1827.
LEOX—was formed from Connewango, April 24, 1832. It lies on the w. border of the co., a
little n, of the center. Its surface in the w. and n. w. is level and marshy, and in the remaining
parts moderately hilly. It is drained s. by Connewango Creek and its tributaries. The soil is a
clay, sandy, and gravelly loam. Leon, (p. v.,) near the center, contains 2 churches and 18
dwellings. East Leon is a p. o. Tbompsonville is a hamlet in the s. e. part. Settle¬
ments were made on Mud Creek, in 1819, by Jas. Franklin and his son James, from Riga, Monroe
co., and Abner Wise and his son Abner W., Thos. W. Cheney, and Ed. Dudley, from Otsego co.8
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Rowley, Nathan Howe, Thomas Scott, and Stephen S. Cole. The
first school was taught by John Howe, at Sugar Town, in 1820.
Mr. Howe has since been a member of Congress from Penn.
Russel Chappell kept the first inn, in 1824, and Averill Lawyer
the first store, at Humphrey Center, in 1848. The first sawmill
was erected by Foster B. Salisbury, on Wright Creek.
6 There are 4 churches in town; Bap., F. W. Bap., M. E., ana
R. C.
7 Seymour Boughton, from Westchester co., settled at the vil¬
lage in 1815, and William Kimball, Amos Pitcher, and Jona¬
than Davis about the same time. ' The first child born was C.
Adeline, daughter of A. M. Farwell, in 1816; and the first death,
that of Henry Boughton, by the fall of a tree, in 1811. The first
school was taught on the premises of Mr. Farwell, by Caroline
Putnam, in the summer of 1821. Mr. Farwell erected tho first
sawmill, on Lot 45, in 1814, and Cook & Tyler the first grist¬
mill, in 1826, both on Ischua Creek. The first store was Opened
by Albert Lawrence and Henry Stephens, in 1832, and the first
inn by Seymour Boughton, in 1816.
8 Robert Durfee, from R. I., settled on Lots 50 and 57, in 1819,
where he still resides; and John Fairbanks and John Battles, in
1819-20. The first birth was that of Edward Dudley, July 26, |
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Among the other early settlers were Danl. McKay, Judge
Berij. Chamberlin, and Hibbard, who located in 1813; Lewis
Worcester and Laurin Norton, in 1814. The first child born
was Ira Green, in 1813; and the first death, that of Mrs. Hib¬
bard, the same year. The first school was taught at the house
of James Green, by Joel Fairbanks, in the winter of 1817-18.
James Green kept the first inn, in 1813, at the mouth of Great
Valley Creek, and Lewis Worcester the first store, in 1815, at
Beth. The first sawmill was erected by James Green, in 1812.
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Zachariah and Seymour Noble also settled in 1806. All the
settlers at this time were from Ontario co. and originally from
Mass. The first child born was Clarissa, daughter of Horace
Noble, in the fall of 1808; and the first death, that of Bibbin
Follet, in 1809. Rachael Turner taught the first school, at
Scotts Corners, in 1818. Elihu Murray kept the first inn, near
Hinsdale Village, in 1810, and Emery Wood the first store, in
11825. The first sawmill was erected by Lewis Wood, in 1815;
and the first gristmill, by Henry Conrad, in 1825.
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Named from Charles Humphrey, of Tompkins co., Speaker
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of the Assembly at the time of the formation of the town.
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