The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 504

The earliest meetings of this denomination were held in the old red school-house in the Village of Genoa, by Father Glennon, in 1852.

Societies -- GENOA LODGE NO. 213, F. & A. M. was organized August 11, 1813, at the house of Simeon P. Strong, in Teetertown (Lansingville). William Miner, Lemuel Powers, John Bowker, Samuel Knapp, Darius Adams, Curtis Galpin, Simeon P. Strong, Belding Kellogg, Martin Kellogg, Ithmar Kellogg, Levi Roath, H. West, Abner Brannis and Samuel R. Wilson, who were members of Sylvan Lodge, Massachusetts, Eagle Lodge, Seneca county, and Scipio Lodge, Aurora, were the charter members. This was the fourth lodge in the County, the first having been organized in Aurora, March 22, 1797, the second at Moravia, in 1810 and the third, (Morning Star Lodge, now dead) near Bolt's Corners, in the present town of Scipio, in 1811. It died during the anti-masonic times, and was reorganized as No. 421, January 29, 1857. The charter members then were J. M. White, Geo. Fritts, J. H. Pickard, G. W. Gunn, Darius Adams, David Ogden, and B. A. Shepard. The lodge now numbers about ninety members.  Since the reorganization meetings have been held in the rooms formerly occupied by the Odd Fellows, in the steam mill building.  

The NORTHVILLE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY was formed in August 1828, in which year, in the west half of Genoa, there were two distilleries, four licensed hotels and four stores, selling about 250 barrels of ardent spirits. Only eighteen individuals in the town could be induced to sign the pledge, and notwithstanding the Society first met with violent opposition, in the fifth year after its organization not a license was granted in the town. The old Society died years ago but the work has been continued and today there are in West Genoa two Good Templar Lodges and two Rechabite Tents.

Five Corners

Five Corners is situated in the south part of the town, west of the center, nearly equi-distant from Genoa and Northville. It contains one church (Presbyterian), a district school, one general store, one hardware store, two blacksmith shops (kept by John Beardsley and William Starr), a shoe shop (kept by Aaron Wood), a wagon shop (kept by Anson Lyon), a paint shop (kept by James Remer), and about seventy inhabitants.  

Merchants -- The first merchants were Israel and Amasa Lyon and David Crocker, who commenced business under the name of I. & A. Lyon & Co., about 1814. After a few years it went into the hands of Mr Crocker, sho admitted to partnership a man named Swift, his brother-in-law, with whom he did business several years. Alfred and Samuel Husted, brothers, opened a store about 1823 and did business a few years, when they removed their goods to Auburn. Samuel C. Lyon kept a store a good many years, until his death September 12, 1870. Charles Barger opened a store soon after Lyon's death, and after two years formed a copartnership with P. Price. He failed about a year after. James Nostrand and a man named Hunt came in from Moravia in November 1878, when he sold his goods at auction. A. E. Robinson, from Sherwood, general merchant, commenced business in December 1876, in company with George E. Sanford, with whom he was connected till October 18, 1877.  John Starr, hardware merchant, commenced business in the spring of 1877.

Postmasters -- The first postmaster at Five Corners was Lewis Seymour, who was appointed about 1830. He was succeeded by John Milliken, who held the office in 1836, Rebecca Ferris, Allen Palmer, who held it in 1842 and 1846, Samuel C. Lyon, who held it in 1851, Fulton Goodyear, who held it in 1854, Samuel C. Lyon, who held it as early as 1857, and until his death in 1870, Daniel Bacon, who held it about a year, Charles Barger, who held it from 1872-75, Joseph Goodyear, who held it from 1875 till his death April 1878, and A. E. Robinson, the present incumbent, who was appointed April 29, 1878.  

Physicians -- The first physician was Thomas Lyon, who located here about the beginning of the century and remained a few years. There does not appear to have been any physician after that until about 1841, when D. A. Force came here. He practiced until the California gold-fever broke out, when he repaired thither. He resumed practice here about four years afterwards and continued till about 1853, when he went to Genoa. Dr. Green, from Lansing, Thompkins County, practiced here one year during the war, and went to Michigan. Wm.  Davis, also from Lansing, practiced some five or six years from

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