The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 447

and admitted Daniel R. Rooks, whose interest he bought after a year, in the spring of 1827, and did business alone till 1873, when his son, Fenimore cooper Slade, became his partner. They discontinued business in 1875, when his son went to Floresville, Texas, where he now resides.

Luther Newland Fuller, son of Capt. Luther Fuller, opened a store in company with Aaron Brinkerhoff, under the name of Fuller & Brinkerhoff, about 1842 or '3, and continued till about 1848, when they sold to Daniel Westfall and Kenyon Wicks, who sold in turn, about 1854, to Benjamin Everson, who continued about a year and sold an interest to Kenyon Wicks, and the two did business till about 1860. L. D. Sayles and Timothy Edmonds opened a store in 1861. Sayles sold to Manville E. Kenyon about 1862, and the business was conducted by Kenyon & Edmonds three or four years, when they dissolved. Dwight Lee bought their goods in 1865 or '6 and failed in 1876. D. K. Austin, who had been associated in the hardware business with S. W. Church since March, 1875, and did business with him nearly tow years, bought the store property then recently vacated by Lee and opened a general store, which he still conducts. S. W. Church, who is a native of Moravia, where his father was an early settler, commenced the hardware business in Kelloggsville in 1861, in which year he bought out James Gould, who came in from Northville and did business about a year. Church still carries on the business. A. J. Boland, from Owasco, opened a general store in the spring of 1877, which he still continues.

POSTMASTERS.--The first postmaster at Kelloggsville was Judge Chas. Kellogg, who was Member of Assembly in 1808, '9 and '10, and in 1820 and '21, and represented the 24th District in Congress in 1825-'8. He held the office of postmaster from about 1816-'25, when Calvin Whitwood was appointed and held it till 1829, when he was succeeded by Wm. Slade. Luther N. Fuller was postmaster in 1842 but how long he held the office we are not advised. Wm. Slade again succeeded to the office and held it till 1849, when Dwight Lee was appointed. Wm. F. Cooper succeeded him in 1853, and Daniel J. VanAuken, in 1857, the latter of whom held it till May, 1816, when Wm. F. Cooper was appointed and has held it continuously since.

PHYSICIANS.--The first physician at Kelloggsville was Isaac Dunning, who was licensed to practice by a County Judge in February, 1803. He joined the County Medical Society August 7th, 1806, about which time probably he located at Kelloggsville, though we could not definitely determine that fact. He practiced till about 1820, when he went west. Abel Baker practiced from 1821 to '28, the latter year in company with Wm. F. Cooper. He returned to Owasco, whence he came. Henry R. Lord joined the County Medical Society February 2d, 1826, while a resident of Kelloggsville, but how long he practiced here, or whether he practiced here at all, we have been unable to ascertain.

The next physician to practice here was Wm. F. Cooper,who is still practicing here. He was born in Corydon, New Hampshire, September 20th, 1805; and graduated at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, and removed thence to Kelloggsville in June, 1827.

Dr. Doolittle practiced here from 1843 to '48. Dr. Lewis was associated with Dr. Cooper from 1848 to '50. Dr. Marsh came in about 1848, after Doolittle left, and practiced some two years. Wm. M. Smith was associated with Dr. Cooper a little over a year, about 1852.

James Harvey Horton was born in Burlingame, New York, June 20th, 1821. He studied medicine with Dr. Wm. F. Robinson, of Seneca Falls, and graduated at the Central Medical College of Syracuse, Feb. 21st, 1850. He commenced practice in Seneca Falls, and after a year removed to Port Byron, to which place his father removed in 1828. He came to Kelloggsville about 1853, and has practiced here continuously since. Dr. Horton joined the County Medical Society November 9th, 1874. He ranks high as a surgeon. Frank B. Ryan, who is a native of the town, commenced practice in 1875, and still continues.

THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF NILES.---February 16th, 1842, is the date of a subscription list for the building of a Universalist meeting-house in Kelloggsville, to be located on the south-west corner of the land owned by Wm. F. Cooper, the site for which was to be given by Mr. Cooper, provided the house, whose dimensions were to be about 36 by 46 feet, was finished by June 1st, 1843. The subscriptions amounted to $1,301. One of them---that of John Bentley--was for 300 feet of goo

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