Owego : some account of the early settlement of the village in Tioga County, N.Y., called Ah-wa-ga by the Indians, which name was corrupted by gradual evolution into Owago, Owega, Owegy, and finally Owego Author: Kingman, Leroy Wilson Description: Owego : some account of the early settlement of the village in Tioga County, N.Y., called Ah-wa-ga by the Indians, which name was corrupted by gradual evolution into Owago, Owega, Owegy, and finally Owego. Owego, N.Y.: Owego Gazette, 1907. View this book online Subject(s): Owego (N.Y.) -- History New York (State) -- Tioga County -- Owego Table of Contents: Title page Front matter Early Owego A chronology of the settlement of Owego village previous to the year 1830, with some account of Amos Draper... James Mc Master Col. David Pixley Capt. John Mc Quigg Statement of Jesse Mc Quigg made April 1, 1851 Dr. Samuel Tinkham Caleb Leach Capt. Mason Wattles Thomas Duane Gen. Daniel Cruger Stephen Mack Capt. Lemuel Brown Elisha Forsyth Statement of Elisha Forsyth, made Feb. 20, 1854 Dr. Elisha Ely Gen. Oliver Huntington John Hollenback George W. Hollenback Thomas Collier Major Horatio Ross Eleazer Dana Capt. Isaac Bartlett Samuel Avery John H. Avery Elizur Talcott Gen. John Laning John Pumpelly Abner Beers James Pumpelly Charles Pumpelly William Pumpelly Harmon Pumpelly Lorenzo Reeves Capt. Sylvanus Fox Richard E. Cushman William Camp Dr. Henry Camp Aaron P. Storrs Nathan and Anson Camp Hermon Camp Stephen Strong John R. Drake Dr. Jedediah Fay Eliakim and Noah Goodrich Stephen B. Leonard Jonathan Platt William Platt Charles and Prentice Ransom Asa H., Lyman, and Aaron Truman Aaron Truman Lyman Park Truman Lyman Truman Dr. Godfrey Waldo John Carmichael John Ripley Ezra S. Sweet Nathaniel and Caleb H. Sackett Latham A. Burrows David Thurston Judge Ziba A. Leland James, John, and Robert Cameron Col. Henry McCormick Gurdon Hewitt John M. Greenleaf Col. Amos Martin Edward S. Madan Dr. Joel S. Paige Jared Huntington Erastus Meacham James Archibald Caldwell Row Vine Kingsley Elias and Ebenezer Allen Gen. Isaac B. Ogden Romeo Woodford John Dodd Abraham Greek Isaac Lillie Joseph Ogden Francis Armstrong Some account of John Gee, who fought nearly seven years in the Revolutionary War and came to Owego with Gen. Clintons army in 1779 and afterward fought in the Battle of Newtown... Some account of the first grist mills built at Owego by Col. David Pixley, Thomas Matson, Jr., and Charles Frederick and Robert Charles Johnson The Indian trails at Owego, which were used as public roads by the first white settlers and until highways were regularly laid out... The military history of the village for sixty years from the organization of Tioga County in 1791 to 1850... Early steamboating on the Susquehanna River--The Cadorus, the Pioneer, and the two Susquehannas are built for commercial purposes and to run between Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Owego... Post-riders who ride horseback through the country to deliver mails, are secceeded by the early stages... The second railroad chartered in the state of New York is built between Ithaca and Owego... Some account of the early inns in the days when travellers were entertained at log houses ... A record of the principal fires that have burned valuable property at Owego from the burning of the Indian village by Gen. Sullivans army in 1779, to the present day Some account of "Old Bet," the " Living Elephant," which was the first "Menagerie" to visit Owego and was exhibited in the Bates Tavern Carriage Barn... "The Babes in the Woods," the first travelling show to visit Owego, exhibits in the Goodman Coffee House Dining room... Some account of the Owego post office and postmasters from the year 1800, when there were but 903 offices in the entire United States, to the present day... Some account of the old Susquehanna River Bridge, which was built in 1828 and swept away by a big flood forty years afterward... A history of the old Owego Academy, which was built in 1827 from the proceeds of the sale of the Gospel and literature tracts of land by Amos Martin... A histoy of the Presbyterian Church, the first church organized at Owego, with some account of the early preachers and places of worship from the year 1798 to the present day The "Owego Independent Congregational Society," its meeting houses and its pastors from the time of its separation from the Presbyterian Society in 1849 to the present time The Methodist Episcopal Church in the days of the circuit preachers and its history from its organization in 1816, together with some account of its ministers and its meeting houses A history of the first baptist church, its meeting houses and its pastors, with some account of the old town clock, the only town clock seen in this village A history of St. Pauls Episcopal Church from its organization in 1834 to the present time, with some account of the church edifices and the Rectors of the Church Some account of St. Patricks Catholic Church, its property, and its pastors from about the year 1842 to the present time Some account of the schools for young ladies at Owego from the days when Miss Juliette Camp opened the Owego Female Seminary in 1828 to the establishment of the seminary in East Front street, where, among others, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood was principal The first burying ground in Owego, with a history of Evergreen Cemetery, which was established in 1851... Owego and Oswego Back matter Index

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