SETTLEMENT OF THE LOWER CANISTEO VALLEY
Our notes of the settlement of the lower
valley of the Canisteo are very brief. None
of the original settlers of Addison are now
living in the county. We can present nothing
more than the names of these pioneers. The
settlement of Addison were commenced probably
in 1790, or shortly after. The settlers were
Reuben and Lemuel Searles; John, Isaac, and
James Martin; Jonathan Tracy; William Benham;
Martin Young, and Isaac Morey.
The first name of the settlement was
Tuscarora. This was afterwards changed to
Middletown, and again to Addison.
The first tavern as kept by Reuben
Searles, on Lockerby�s stand.
George Goodhue built a saw-mill there
as early as 1793.
The first generation of settlers, as
we are informed, has become extinct. Messrs.
William Wombaugh, William B. Jones, John
and Stephen Towsley, and Rev. Tarathmel
Powers, through early settlers, came in a
few years after the first settlement.
The pioneers of the town of Cameron were
Joseph Warren, John Helmer, Samuel Baker, and
Andrew Helmer.
This meager notice of the settlement of
the valley below the present town of Canisteo
is the most complete that could be obtained
from the best authorities to whom the writer
was referred.
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