. History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people. own inApril, 1832, and the first town meeting washeld at the houses of A. McGleason and S. , March 5, 1833. Nathaniel Fenton waselected supervisor; Nelson Rowe, town clerk:Emory F. Warren, Henry M. Connell, SamuelHitchcock and Melancthon Smith, justices. The supervisors have been: Nathaniel Fen-ton, 1834; Summer Allen, 1834-46-64; W. , 1843-44; Henry N. Hunt, 1845-54-55; David Tucker, 1847-48; Pierce Woodward,1849-50-57-58; Eliakim Crosby, 1851-52; Smith, 1853; Galusha M. Wait, 1856; Wil-liam M. Falconer, 1859-63
. History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people. own inApril, 1832, and the first town meeting washeld at the houses of A. McGleason and S. , March 5, 1833. Nathaniel Fenton waselected supervisor; Nelson Rowe, town clerk:Emory F. Warren, Henry M. Connell, SamuelHitchcock and Melancthon Smith, justices. The supervisors have been: Nathaniel Fen-ton, 1834; Summer Allen, 1834-46-64; W. , 1843-44; Henry N. Hunt, 1845-54-55; David Tucker, 1847-48; Pierce Woodward,1849-50-57-58; Eliakim Crosby, 1851-52; Smith, 1853; Galusha M. Wait, 1856; Wil-liam M. Falconer, 1859-63; Daniel Griswold,1865-68; Harvey S. Elkins, 1869-72; JosiahH. Monroe, 1873-74-77-82; Amos Bill, 1875-83;Ira C. Nichols, 1884-86-88-90-93; Lyman , 1891; Newel Cheney, 1885-89; E. , 1894-95; John F. Anderson, 1896-1906-09; Charles N. Taylor, 1910-13; Ray , 1914-20. Of these supervisors the first, NathanielFenton, was born in New England in 1763,came to Poland about 1823. Fanny, one of hisdaughters, married Gen. Horace Allen. An-. TOWNS—POMFRET 215 other, Summer Allen, born in Otsego county,February 3, 1804, came to Poland in 1818. Hewas the son of Phineas Allen and brother ofGen. Horace Allen. Woodley W. Chandlerwas born in Virginia, February 14, 1800. Heresided successively in Tennessee, New Or-leans and Cincinnati, and early came to Po-land. He married Phebe, daughter of Abra-ham Winsor; he died April 22, 1854. EliakimCrosby was born in Oneida county, removedto Poland in 1829 and settled on lot yj, atPoland Center, where he kept a public house;he held nearly every town office. Harvey was born in Poland, November 26, was a merchant of Kennedy for five years,superintendent of the poor and supervisor fouryears. His wife was Maria Nichols. Afterher death he married Jennie Stratton. DanielGriswold was born in Wyoming county, Feb-ruary 1, 1830, came to Poland in 1831 or 1868 he married Martha, daughter of JohnTownsend. He was a lu
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