Pioneers' Association

First Annual Meeting/Picnic

Opening Address of the President, Hon. John Van Horn

Fellow Citizens, Old Pioneers and their descendants:

We assemble here this 15th day of August, 1878, to have a general county picnic, and to celebrate this, our first annual meeting of the Old Pioneer Organization, of the county of Niagara.

We meet here on this fine day, in this pleasant grove, alongside of this beautiful lake, to greet each other, to renew old associations and to make new acquaintances; to meet old friends; talk over old times and to listen to addresses from persons selected to address us, and others, as time may allow; and to have a good time generally. I am much pleased to see so many of the old pioneer settlers of the county present, in this large assembly, and pleased to see so many ladies present to give us encouragement by their presence, in making this a pleasant and enjoyable occasion. Since our meeting last year death has entered the ranks of our organization, and taken from our number the Hon. Elisha Clapp, one of our vice-presidents, representing the town and city of Lockport, in this organization. Mr. Clapp was an old settler in the town of Lockport; he came into the county a poor mechanic; was an industrious, hard-working and an honest man. He filled several important town and county offices and discharged the duties of all the offices he held faithfully and honestly, to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

Mr. Clapp died June 15th, 1878, in the 71st year of his age, leaving a wife surviving him, who was also an early resident of the town of Cambria.

Old Pioneers, Ladies and Gentlemen, one and all, I thank you for your presence and encouragement, on this, the first anniversary of our organization.

Committee appointments

Committee on Resolutions (provided in article, but not transcribed here)

Willard A. Cobb
William Pool
Elton Ransom

Committee on Organization (select next year's officers, as given below)

Alfred C. Holmes
J. C. Hopkins
Sherbune B. Piper

Committee on death of Hon. Elisha Clapp

L. F. Bowen
Theodore Hulett
L. S. Payne

Committee appointments for the coming year

Chairman: Hon. Alfred C. Holmes
President: Franklin Spalding, Lewiston
Vice Presidents:

David Gould, Cambria
Ebenezer Seeley, Hartland
James Northam, City of Lockport
Jabez Pomroy, Town of Lockport
Peter P. Barton, Lewiston
Benjamin Stout, Newfane
Albert H. Porter, Niagara
Orrin Fisk, Pendleton
Peter Tower, Porter
David Barker, Somerset
Thos. Davison, Royalton
Harvey Miller, Wheatfield
Luther Wilson, Wilson

Secretary: Willard A. Cobb, City of Lockport

Executive Committee:

Stoughton Pettibone, Niagara
Geo. B. Townsend, Newfane
Oliver P. Scovill, Lewiston

Those listed as having made speeches:

David Barker, Somerset
J. C. Hopkins, Porter
Chipman Turner, Lockport
F. N. Albright, Olcott
Col. S. W. Torrance, Rochester
Capt. W. W. Bush, Lockport

Old Residents

Those who "left their names and other valuable memoranda with Secretary Albright."

Name	Age	Place Settled	Date Settled	Now [1878] Residing
Aikin, P. B.	68	Porter	1816	Lockport
Albright, F. Newton	65	Newfane	1812	Somerset
Avery, George	64	Royalton	1816	Lockport
Bangham, G. J.	51	Somerset	1727 [sic]	Somerset
Barber, Richard	70	Newfane	1822	Newfane
Barker, David	84	Somerset	1815	Somerset
Barnes, Thomas	67	Cambria	1811	Cambria
Beach, Harvey	78	Cambria	1801	Cambria
Bowen, Levi F.
Burtch, Lewis	62	Newfane	1816	Cambria
Bush, Getman	73	Cambria	1819	Somerset
Bush, Hulda	69	Somerset	1815	Somerset
Bush, W. W.	49	Lockport	1832	Lockport
Chaplin, Geo. W.	63	Hartland	1812	Hartland
Chaplin, Thos. J.	60	Hartland	1825	Hartland
Coats,	78	Newfane	1811	Newfane
Coleman, Haron [sic]	64	Somerset	1818	Somerset
Congdon, Ira W.	59	Somerset	1817	Hartland
Crapsey, Moses C.	76	Lockport	1822	Lockport
Cuddaback, J. S.	71	Wilson	1816	Wilson
Davison, D. D.	58	Royalton	1822	Royalton
Davison, Thomas	87	Royalton	1822	Royalton
Edict, John	76	Lockport	1837	Niagara
Edmonds, B. H.	62	Hartland	1818	Lockport
Edson, Wm. H.	64	Newfane	1828	Newfane
Fitts, Loren	78	Somerset	1810	Somerset
Gould, David	75	Lewiston	103 [sic]	Cambria
Griswold, Barlay	72	Hartland	18[1?]3	Lockport
Griswold, James	77	Royalton	1817	Lockport
Halsey, Herman	85	Cambria	1830	Wilson
Halsted, Ransom	69	Newfane	1811	Newfane
Hayes, Henry	56	Newfane	1816	Newfane
Hoke, Jacob	66	Niagara	1828	Niagara
Holmes, Alfred	74	Royalton	1815	Lockport
Holmes, C.	64	Wilson	1818	Wilson
Hulett, Theodore S.	67	Niagara	1833	Niagara
Johnson, A. G.	69	Lockport	1825	Newfane
Kayner, Henry	79	Royalton	1829	Lockport
Mather, David M.	6[5?]	Royalton	1830	Lockport
Mesler, Absalom	65	Hartland	1823	Royalton
Millard, D. C.	54	Lockport	1823	Lockport
Miller, John	71	Newfane	1828	Lockport
Moody, Elisha
Newman, J. M.	66	Wilson	1818	Wilson
Niles, Ordelia	67	Lockport	1822	Lockport
Northrop, James	85	Royalton	1822	Lockprt
Paige, Jared
Paige, Timothy	79	Royalton	1717 [sic]	Lockport
Pease, Adam	69	Somerset	1817	Somerset
Pease, Enoch	83	Newfane	1808	Wilson
Perry, D.	84	Lockport	1825	Lockport
Razee, Reuben	73	Royalton	1819	Somerset
Rogers, Nathan B.	72	Lockport	1816	Lockport
Rose, George P.	70	Cambria	1811	Cambria
Rott, Thomas	60	Lewiston	1818	Cambria
Shaw, G. V.	66	Hartland	1812	Harland
Sherman, J. A.	73	Ridgeway	1813	Newfane
Simons, H. B.	55	Lockport	1822	Lockport
Smith, E. J.	61	Hartland	1817	Hartland
Smith, Sumner C.	59	Porter	1827	Lockprt
Stahler, Uriah	74	Lockport	1829	Lockport
Statton, Ezra	84	Newfane	1815	Newfane
Stout, Benjamin	76	Newfane	1815	Newfane
Thayer, Lorenzo	67	Somerset	1830	Somerset
Thompson, C. W.	69	Cambria	1818	Cambria
Tower, Peter	87	Porter	1815	Porter
Underwood, Spelman	81	Royalton	1819	Lockport
Van Brocklin, John	77	Royalton	1827	Royalton
Van Horn, Burt	54	Newfane	1823	Newfane
Van Horn, Daniel	84	Newfane	1811	hartland
Van Horn, John	65	Newfane	1819	Lockport
Van Horn, Launey	67	Newfane	18[1?]9	Newfane
Van Wagoner, Solomon	76	Somerset	1839	Lockport
Wakeman, Harvey H.	56	Lockport	1828	Lockport
Warren, Henry	64	Cambria	1814	Cambria
White, Aliva G.	74	Royalton	1816	Lockport
Wicks, Almond	75	Royalton	182[5?]	Hartland
Wilson, Luther	79	Wilson	1810	Wilson
Wilson, Oliver	76	Wilson	1810	Wilson
Wilson, Stephen	77	Somerset	1824	Newfane
Winne, Moses	64	Somerset	1817	Somerset
Wischterman, Gaudaloupe	75	Royalton	1820	Royalton
Witmer, Joseph	65	Niagara	1812	Niagara
Young, Jonas	68	Niagara	1810	Niagara

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Contributor: Unknown. Source: Lockport Daily Journal (exact date unknown), 1878. Note: not transcribed exactly, but in large part.

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