OSSIAN---was formed from
Angelica, (Allegany co.,) March 11, 1808. It was set
off from Allegany co., in 1856. It is the center town
on the S. border of the co. Its surface is broken and
hilly, the highest summits being 600 and 800 feet
above the valleys. Sugar Creek flows S.E. through
near the center. The soil in the valleys is a
gravelly loam, and on the hills, a sandy loam, with
some clay in the E. part. In the N.W. part is a small
gas spring. Ossain Center,(Ossian, p.o.)
contains 2 churches and about 18 houses; and West
View(p.v.) a sawmill and about 12 houses. The
first settlement was made at the center, by Judge
Richard W. Porter, and his brother, James Porter,
from N.J., in 1804. The first church
(Presb.) was formed Sept. 29, 1818.
Cemeteries |
NAME
|
EST.
|
LOCATION
|
SIZE +/- |
Ossian Center | ---- | Ossian Hill Road(Co.9), near Fire Hall and Town Garage. | +500 |
Westview | ---- | north section of town, on Rte 436, west of Kenney and McNinch Roads. | +200 |
Wood | ---- | Ossian Hill Road(Co.9), just east of Knapp Road. | +250 |
Resources
TOWN CLERK : Stephen Rauber, Ossian Town
Clerk, Dansville, NY 14437
TOWN HISTORIAN : Rhea Walker, 585-335-5312, eMail: Ossian Historian BOOKS
LINKS FOOTNOTES[in 1804.] Among the other early settlers were Richard N. Porter, Jas. Haynes, and James Croghan, about 1806, Jacob Clendenin, in 1807, Orrison Cleveland, Wm. na dJohn Gould, and Heman Orton, about 1810. Luther Bisbee was an early settler in the N.W. corner of the town. The first child born was Abraham Porter, in 1805; the first marriage was that of John Gelson and Betsey Shay, in 1816; and the first death, that of John Turner, killed by the fall of a tree, in 1807. ---- Weston taught the first school, in 1813 and '14; Oliver Stacy kept the first inn, in 1817; and Daniel Canfield the first store, in 1824. The first sawmill was built by Nathaniel Porter, in 1808 or '09; amd the first gristmill, by John Smith, in 1826 (back) [formed Sept. 29, 1818] There are 2 churches in town; Presb. and M.E. (back) |
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