The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 457
Town of Moravia

87 years. Six of his children are living, viz : Dr. Wm. W. Alley, Henry and Phebe, widow of Alanson Barber, in Moravia, and Elias, James and George in Michigan. Daniel Goodrich came in the same year, (1805.) He was an excellent mechanic, and built the Congregational church and several houses in the village. He was father of Daniel, Lyman and James, all men of genius in their way, the latter still living, and grandfather of Franklin Goodrich. He died April 29th, 1855, aged 89 years. His son Daniel died March 28th, 1869, aged 78.

In 1806, Abel Meach built a distillery at the head of the gulf road leading to Montville ; Capt. David Winnie worked at blacksmithing a short time at Montville; and Edmund Potter kept tavern in the red house in that village. In 1807 or '8, Winnie worked in company with Geo. Taylor in a shop north of the bridge and east of Main street. He had a trip hammer and did general blacksmithing. Taylor was engaged in making steel-yards.

Other early settlers in this town were John Locke, the historian and genius, and one of the first six members of the Episcopal church, who partook of the first communion administered by a minister of that church in this neighborhood, June 24th, 1822, who died many years ago ; Joseph S. Fox, whose name is carved on the corner stone of St. Matthew's church as its builder in 1823, and who died long since; Capt. Orrin Standish, who was born in 1801, settled in the north part of the town, where he has since lived, and who, though a cabinet maker by trade, has followed farming to some extent; Lyman Card, who was born here in 1809, and has been a carpenter for more than thirty years; Rowland Day, who was the first merchant in the old yellow store in 1810, postmaster for thirty years, supervisor fifteen years, Member of Assembly in 1816 and '17, and a Representative in Congress from 1823-'25 and 1833-'35; Ebenezer Shove, who commenced the tanning business at Montville in 1812, and continued till his death in 1836, in company, a part of the time, with Silas Jones; and Deacon Josiah Jewett, who came in from Durham, Conn., in 1812, and settled in the village, where he carried on the business of harness making for several years. He afterwards bought a farm about a mile west of the village, where C. S. Jennings now lives, and died there February 24th, 1860, aged 86 years. His children who are living in Cayuga County are, Martha, wife of Amasa H. Dunbar, and Guernsey, a merchant, in Moravia.

John Keeler settled here in 1813, first in a log house across the Inlet, below Mr. Dean's, where he lived one year, then upon the fifty acres now owned by his son, Morris Keeler, on Oak Hill, which was bought of John Stoyell for $1,000. He was the father of William, Israel, Morris and Thompson Keeler. He died July 7th, 1854, aged 71 years. Gad Camp had previously settled just west of the Inlet, near Camp's bridge. He died March 27th, 1840, aged 84. Allen Wood came in from Dutchess County about 1812, and settled at Montville, where he carried on the carpenter and joiner business several years. He afterwards bought the farm now owned by Mr. Atwood, a little north of the Quaker meeting house. He subsequently moved to a farm about a mile north of Montville, where he died in 1854. Nine children are living, viz: John P., a merchant, Morgan L., Allen, Lucy A., widow of Lauren Townsend, and Deborah, wife of James Lester, in Moravia. The latter on the homestead; David L. and James H., hardware merchants in Central Square, Oswego county; Walter, a farmer in Brighton, Monroe county; and Temperance, wife of Henry W. Locke, in Cattaraugus county.

In 1815 or '16, George Clough had a tailor shop in Amos Stoyell's house. At the same time Cyrus Loomis started a tannery on the site of the tan yard back of Alley's mill, and carried on boot and shoemaking on the corner of Main and Mill streets, now occupied by Jennings & Parker. He also built a grist-mill on the site of Alley's mill, Warren Parsons doing the carpenter work. The water was taken from Dudley Loomis' tail-race in an open ditch to the west end of the present mill dam, thence in an open race across H. H. Alley's place, passing under the road in a circular flume, and again in an open race on the south side of Mill street, to the mill. Dudley Loomis came in 1816 and built carding works and a dam on the premises now owned by Wm. V. Walker. The works were burned in 1843. James Church, from Dutchess County, settled in 1816, in the northeast corner of the town, where Charles and Ira Chandler now live, and died there August 6th, 1855. Four chil-

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