406 MONROE COUNTY.
plaster mills, furnace, brewery, and a steam planing mill. Pop. 814. Mismford, (p. v.,) in the s. w. part, contains two churches, woolen factory, flouring mill and malt house, a saw and grist mill, machine,shop, and plaster mills. Pop. 446. Gartouttsville contains extensive quar¬ ries of plaster, flour and plaster mills, and 20 houses. Wheatland Center, near the center, contains a flouring mill and 15 houses. The first settlement was made in 1789,1 by Peter Shaeffer, from Penn. The first church (Bap.) was formed in 1811. The first pastor was Rev. Solomon Brown. The census reports 9 churches in town.2
Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Live Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Monroe County.
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Names op Towns. |
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Females. |
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Freeholders. |
No . of \ Districts. |
j Children | taught. |
Brighton............... |
12,079f |
1,672 |
$1,032,786 |
. $36,45-3 |
$1,069,239 |
1,777 |
1,546 |
499 |
532 |
291 |
9 |
1,005 |
Chili..................... |
19,8554- |
5,1724 |
816,200 |
35,454 |
851,654 |
' 1,131 |
1,072 |
390 |
400 |
318 |
11 |
697 |
Clarkson............... |
15,473 |
4,626 '• |
568,235 |
112.035 |
680,270 |
1,107 |
1,070 |
392 |
415 |
291 |
10 |
790 |
Gates.................... |
10,601 |
1.935 |
720,860 |
116,700 |
837,560 |
1.221 |
1,126 |
423 |
459 |
296 |
10 |
1,044 |
Greece............,..... |
24,289 |
5,7704 |
1,320,638 |
120,953' |
1,441.591 |
2.323 |
2,164 |
805 |
852 |
589 |
18 |
1,527 |
Henrietta.............. |
18,5274 |
3,991 |
883,332 |
207,250 |
1,090,582 |
•1,105 |
1,039 |
416 |
357 |
300 |
10 |
706 |
Irondequoit........... |
9,968 |
3,0834 |
587,840 |
48,234 |
636,074 |
1,660 |
1,574 |
582 |
614 |
460 |
6 |
1,291 |
Mendon................ |
18,9314 |
4,412 |
950,965 |
102.186 |
1,053,151 |
1,525 |
1,490 |
549 |
594 |
444 |
IS |
913 |
Ogden.................. |
18,042 |
3,631 |
787.045 |
79,700 |
866,745 |
1,604 |
1,476 |
553 |
585 |
464 |
14 |
911 |
Parma.................. |
20,020} |
6.0124 |
705,965 |
85,121 |
791,086 |
1,404 |
1,379 |
532 |
556 |
453 |
16 |
1,164 |
Penfield................ |
17,9544 |
4,962 |
707,297 |
4.3,600 |
750,897 |
1,544 |
1,487 |
607 |
612 |
434 |
12 |
1,111 |
Perinton... .■........... |
17,295 |
5,094 |
838,533 |
54,000 |
892,533 |
1,661 |
1,-514 |
570 |
647 |
433 |
31 |
985 |
Pittsfield............... |
12,648 |
2,0804 |
580.380 |
92,100 |
672,480 |
1,123 |
1,010 |
375 |
412 |
315 |
10 |
747 |
Riga..................... |
17,0914 |
4,000 |
736,992 |
’78,452 |
815,444 |
1,050 |
975 |
384 |
385 |
. 202 |
13 |
835 |
Rochester.............. |
6414 |
614 |
9,362,408 |
2,582.565 |
11,944,973 |
21,682 |
22,195 |
7,408 |
8,557 |
5,584 |
18 |
15,863 |
Rush.................... |
14,837 |
3,556 |
860,920 |
83,910 |
944,830 |
889 |
861 |
301 |
318 |
215 |
10 |
646 |
Sw-eden................-. |
17,6024 |
4,1454 |
1,033.086 |
275.229 |
1,308,315 |
1,982 |
1,985 |
712 |
523 |
523 |
13 |
1,293 |
Union.................. |
19,9694 |
5,7064 |
576,966 |
28,400 |
605.366 |
1.253 |
1,116 |
442 |
444 |
323 |
15 |
896 |
Webster................ |
15,454 |
4,703 |
552.277 |
94,871 |
647,148 |
1,228 |
1.160 |
496 |
518 |
333 |
11 |
931 |
Wheatland............ |
15,559 |
3,567 |
736,440 |
,137,149 |
873,589 |
1,439 |
1,377 |
480 |
503 |
283 |
10 |
967 |
Total.............. |
316,8404 |
78,182 |
24,359,165 |
4.414,362 |
28.773,527 |
48,708 |
47,616 |
16,916 |
18,283 |
12,551 |
245 |
32.916 |
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Agricultural Products. |
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Dairy Products. |
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Brighton............... |
594 |
63-3 |
561 |
2.110 |
1,036 |
19,304 |
80,077| |
3,3884 |
34,815 |
20,187 |
50,828 |
1,480 |
152 |
Chili..................... |
956 |
1,479 |
966 |
8,745 |
2,142 |
49.074 |
96.2885 |
4,239 |
25,206 |
26.819 |
117,665 |
4.360 |
282 |
Clarkson............... |
824 |
1,151 |
728 |
7,736 |
1,669 |
17,398 |
88,855 |
3.327 |
13.542 |
27,154 |
69,411 |
11,6.30 |
263 |
Gates.................... |
500 |
546 |
616 |
1.165 |
827 |
17,226 |
69,955 |
2.594 |
22,952 |
17,430. |
41,285 |
850 |
20 |
Greece.................. |
1,365 |
1,667 |
-1,449 |
9.174 |
3.009 |
38,556 |
135,684f |
5,2894 |
98,293 |
61,656 |
159,985 |
4,745 |
1,379 |
Henrietta.............. |
867 |
1,061 |
822 |
6,055 |
1.966 |
54,710 |
115,292 |
3.9394 |
16,520 |
25,061 |
72,319 |
7,873 |
372 |
Irondequoit..'........r" |
513 |
630 |
654 |
1.167 |
932 |
24,809 |
43,8S1 |
2,074 |
' 87,633 |
12,031 |
45,512 |
1,160 |
53 |
Mendon................ |
1,155 |
1.222 |
1.067 |
8,658 |
1.303 |
83,321 |
117,6835 |
2,444 |
18.453 |
10,670 |
96,020 |
1.3,035 |
338 |
Ogden.................. |
1,009 |
1,343 |
956 |
5.690 |
1,793 |
52,183 |
107,706i |
3,6664 |
32,509 |
40,526 |
110,217 |
9.163 |
289 |
Parma.................. |
1,180 |
1,655 |
1.235 |
9,626 |
2.905 |
27,6025 |
128,81ij |
3,9694 |
31,631 |
42,509 |
150,751 |
9.593 |
731 |
Penfield................ |
1,044 |
1,027 |
1,040 |
4.999 |
2,053 |
35,316 |
131,003 |
2,1934 |
57,044 |
38,714 |
94,318 |
10,495 |
680} |
Perinton............... |
1,000 |
1.606 |
918 |
5,008 |
1,676 |
44.943i |
101,503 |
3,062} |
62,150 |
25,729 |
81,868 |
10,626 |
144 |
Pittsfield............... |
831 |
838 |
593 |
3,669 |
1,207 |
32.343 |
68,9654 |
1,586 |
30,668 |
7,818 |
40,633 |
670 |
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Riga..................... |
894 |
1,146 |
745 |
7,154 |
1,782 |
74,831 |
84.0544 |
2,431 |
9,697 |
23,707 |
68,930 |
10,425 |
218 |
Rochester.............. |
1,544 |
25 |
844 |
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323 |
200 |
2,179 |
94 |
2,130 |
1,715 |
376 |
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Rush.................... |
782 |
861 |
686 |
6,734 |
2.102 |
47,013 |
71.728 |
1,981 |
10,890 |
16,790 |
78,910 |
4.400 |
180 |
Sweden.................. |
986 |
1,432 |
1,002 |
5,816 |
1,895 |
62,059 |
82,999 |
3,057 |
10,553 |
30.210 |
86,909 |
12,600 |
685 |
Union.................. |
1,043 |
1,629 |
968 |
10,617 |
2,398 |
10,7655 |
151.385 |
3,6704 |
27,899 |
20,820 |
108,101 |
7,011 |
486 |
Webster............... |
891 |
1,025 |
921 |
5,825 |
1.731 |
19.876 |
94,973 |
3,227 |
42.586 |
33,477 |
126,350 |
3,335 |
671 |
Wheatland............ |
1,015 |
1,005 |
793 |
6,869 |
1,978 |
1107,999 |
60,526 |
2,505 |
19,380 |
8,468 |
43,127 |
7,802 |
404 |
Total.............. |
18,913 |
21,981 |
17,564 |
116,817 |
34,727 |
1819,529i |
1,833,551 |
58,738} |
654,551 |
491,491 |
1,643,515 |
131,253 |
7,347}, |
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soon after. Zachariah Garbutt and family settled at what is now Garbuttsville, in 1805; and Powell Carpenter, near Scotts- vilie, in 1804. The first marriage was that of Peter Shaeffer, jr., and a daughter of Jacob Schoonover, in 1790. (Ebenezer Allen had previously added another inmate to his harem by a pre¬ tended marriage with Lucy Chapman. See p. 711.) The first death was that of Peter Shaeffer, sen. Jacob Scott kept the first inn, Abram Hanford the first store; and Francis Albright built the first sawmill, in 1810, and the first gristmill, in 1804. John and Robert McKay built the first gristmill, at Mumford, in 1808; and Donald McKenzie erected the first cloth dyeing works w. of Genesee River.
2 2 Presh., 2 Bap., 2 Friends, 2 R. 0,, M. E., and United Ref. Presb. |
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Mr. Shaeffer and his sons Peter and Jacob came in; Dec. 1789. They found a settlement commenced hy Ebenezer Allen and his brother-in-law, Christopher Dugan, near the mouth of Allens Creek, a short distance below Scott-sville. Allen had a comfortable log house and about 60 acres of improvement. The Shaeffers became the purchasers of his farm, paying $2.50 per acre. After the sale. Allen left with his family for Mount Morris. 'The valley of the river below Shaeffer’s was slow in settling; Joseph Morgan came in 1792, Andrew Wortman in 1794 or ’95. Caleb Aspinwall, Peter Conkle, Frederick and Nicholas ITetz- ler were early settlers in the Shaeffer neighborhood. Reuben Heath came from Vt. in 1799. The s. w. part was early settled, under the auspices of Charles Williamson, by Scotch, among whom were John McNaughton and family, near Mumford. Isaac Scott settled at Scottsyille about 1790, and Donald McVean
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