Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of Livingston and Wyoming counties, New York .. . r its construction, the honor of its originis due. The beautiful Lake Java, which is thesource of Buffalo and Cattaraugus Creeks, issituated on one of Mr. Raffertys three farmsnear Java. The reservoir is a half mile wideand three-quarters of a mile in length. It isowned by Mr. Rafferty and Mr. Daniel ; and its value can scarcely be estimatedwhen one reflects upon its future capacities asa fishery or ice and water supply of Warsawor some neighboring town. Mr. Raffertylives on o
Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of Livingston and Wyoming counties, New York .. . r its construction, the honor of its originis due. The beautiful Lake Java, which is thesource of Buffalo and Cattaraugus Creeks, issituated on one of Mr. Raffertys three farmsnear Java. The reservoir is a half mile wideand three-quarters of a mile in length. It isowned by Mr. Rafferty and Mr. Daniel ; and its value can scarcely be estimatedwhen one reflects upon its future capacities asa fishery or ice and water supply of Warsawor some neighboring town. Mr. Raffertylives on one of his farms in East Java, wherehe dispenses the generous hospitality of hisbachelor quarters to his friends. He is afamous hunter and angler, and may often beseen armed with gun or rod, footing it overhill and dale in quest of his favorite is in political faith a Democrat and in re-ligious belief a Roman Catholic. He hascontributed to the erection of three of Javaschurches, one of which is the largest of anyrural town in the county, if not in the modest home near Lake Java is very pop-. DANIEL MCMILLAN. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 583 ular, although as yet no mistress has been in-stalled therein to enhance or perchance dispelthe charm of masculine freedom. /®Yo EORGE HARRINGTON, a former% •) I esteemed resident of WyomingCounty, resided in Gainesville,, from March 31, 1828, to 1885, inwhich year he removed to Warsaw, where hedied November i, 1888. His father, EleazerHarrington, and his mother, Dimeras, daugh-ter of George King, were born in Smithfield,, about 1770. George was the seventhof their eight children. He was born in Nor-wich, , September 14, 1806. Hisschooling was ended early by the accidentaldeath of his father; but he made the most ofhis opportunities, and acquired a considerablefund of knowledge by means of a quick per-ception, a keen intelligence, and a naturallystrong memory. He was eminently a man ofcommon sense. He knew grammar wit
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