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Schuyler Co., NY  Photo Album
Index

Catharine***Dix***Hector***Montour***Reading* *Tyrone & Orange

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     County-wide Area:

• Views of Western NY Waterfalls (link to Scott Ensminger site) - shows Aunt Sarah's Falls (between Montour Falls & Watkins Glen), Hector Falls & She-Qua-Ga falls (in Montour Falls).  Sixty-six waterfalls have been documented in Schuyler co., NY and there are probably more.

• Odessa File – Kelly Collection of old photographs (off this site)

• 1897 Advertisements - scanned from a souvenir booklet of the Odessa & Catharine M.E. Church:
  Page 1:   VANDERHOOF    Page 2:   SHULMAN; PELLET & HUGHEY;  J.B. MORRIS;  HENRY;
  Page 3:   BANKS & WOODARD;   Page 4:   BICKNELL; HUNTER; STERRETT; MEEKS;
  Page 5:   DURLAND & SMITH;  PAYNE; GAVIN;   Page 6:   COWING;   Page 7:   HAAS; DRAKE;  Page 8:   KNIFFEN;
  Page 9:   TUCKER; BROWN; FORBES; FLETCHER;   Page 10:  VANDUZER;
  Page 11:  WICKHAM;  Page 12:  HEAD; WISE; HIBBARD.

     Town of Catharine (including Cayuta):

• Plaque at the Four Corners, Catharine village

• Alpine village, Main Street c.1910

• Cayuta village postcard, c.1910, with 1874 village map

• St. John's Episcopal Church, Catharine - with some history notes & names.

• Methodist Episcopal Church, Catharine - with plaque

• Lawrence Homestead / Fontainbleau Inn - with history & family info.

• Odessa village, Main St. from bridge - from Dee Watt.

• Odessa village, Main Street c. 1910 - from Anita Dingman.

• Odessa Harness Company - postcard from Ann Ritter.

• Odessa Main Street - postcard from Ann Ritter.

• Ruby Louise Beardsley, b. 1860 -  related names:  Hubbell, McKnight, Couch, Gardiner, Rundle, Smith, Archery, Hunt.

• Harvey Joel Couch, c.1900 - about age 14-16 - with genealogy info.  Original photo is available to a descendant.

• Weeks / Green / Moore Group Photo - probably Catharine, NY area.

•  Ella JAYNES of Cayuta, NY - b. 1864-65 - daughter of David & Sarah JAYNES.

    Dix (Town of) Beaver Dams:

• Beaver Dams Post Card

• Beaver Dams Old Methodist Church - from I.C.J.

• Beaver Dams Train Station - from I.C.J.

• Beaver Dams Two-Room Schoolhouse - Class picture with some names, from I.C.J.

• Beaver Dams School, c. 1933 - Most of the people are identified.  From Irene Graham.

• Beaver Dams First Grade c1935 - from I.C.J.

• Beaver Dams Epworth League Basketball Team, c. 1930

• Beaver Dams area Group c.1922 - from I.C.J.

• Dix School #11, 1943 (Beaver Dams) - from I.C.J.

• Orrie Drake of Beaver Dams, post master, Sep. 30, 1930 - "Last Trip on Mail Route".

• Buck Creek at Buck Hollow Settlement.

• Post Creek 8th Grade picture, c1920 - from I.C.J.

• Mark & Nina Sturdevant Wedding Day 1914 - from I.C.J.

• Aunt Priscilla Bump's Birthday - surnames shown:  Crosson, Davenport, Cook, Bailey, Eaton, Bump Rowley, Laughlin, Moorehouse, Crout, Teed.

• George Bennett gravestone, son of Green Bennett.

• Johnson, WWI soldier - from  I.C.J.

• WWII Memorial Stone

    Dix (Town of) - Watkins Glen & Moreland:
 

• Watkins Glen, Rainbow Falls, Frozen March 19, 2018.

• Watkins Glen, Rainbow Falls, Oct. '97 - from Linda O'Halloran.

• Watkins Glen, NY Northern Central RR Station, c.1910 - postcard.

• Pictures of Glen Mountain House & Watkins Glen - by Porte Crayon, in  June 1871 Harper's Monthly Magazine

• Jefferson Hotel - Watkins Glen, NY postcard.

• Lindwood Inn - Watkins Glen, NY.

• Moreland Cornet Band, Town of  Dix - from I.C.J.

• Bailey Plot, Moreland Cemetery - from I.C.J.

• Watkins School Students - date unknown - from I.C.J. - large file; photo in 2 parts.

• Watkins High School Building c. 1905

• Watkins High School Graduation Picture - 1942 Senior Class - large file; photo in 2 parts.

• Upper Moreland School #6, class of 1928-29

• John & Arilla Bailey - from I.C.J.

• Picnic at a Schuyler co. park - Surnames shown:  Williams, Kendall Crout, Teed, Clark Ackley, Valente, Bailey, Stoddard?, Bailey Laughlin, Mathews Moorehouse, Teed Crout.

• Will Ely portrait - taken in Watkins Glen c.1880s.  Original photo is available to a descendant.

• Fannie Ely portrait - child - taken in Watkins Glen c.1880s.  Original photo is available to a descendant.

• George Lamareax - photo taken in Watkins Glen, early 20th century.  Original photo is available to a descendant.

• Leroy Welch  - photo taken in Watkins Glen, c. 1870s/1880s.  Original photo is available to a descendant.

• Catlin Church, Chemung co., NY -  next to Dix, Schuyler co.

• John & Glen GOUNDREY - photos taken in Watkins, NY.

• Lewis Bailey house - a stone house in Moreland, built in 1879.

• Wilson Bailey house - a house in Moreland, built in 1837.

• Thomas Terryberry - 1770-1873 - picture from Harper's Monthly magazine, June 1871 & various biographical notes.

• Lott B. Davis - b. Dec. 1812 - picture from Harper's New  Monthly magazine, June 1871.

• Online Article from June 1871 Harper's New Monthly Magazine - An Excursion to Watkins Glen (link)

• Poem on Woman's Rights - from 1871 Harper's New Monthly Magazine article on Watkins Glen - local author.

• 1935 Flood Photos, showing the aftermath.

     Hector (Town of) & Mecklenburg & Bennettsburgh:

• SEARS family (?) of Rt. 228, near Mecklenburg - from Olivia Culver.

• Rare View of Mecklenburg (early 1900s) - from Dee Watt.

• Main St., looking west & Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church - surnames Leigh & Fish.

• Bodle Block, Mecklenburg, Town of Hector - business district burned down after WWII.

• Ann Ursula Bodle - 1799-1866, wife of William Bodle.

• Couple Related to Bodle Family - photographed in Watkins, NY.

• John M. Snyder & wife Catherine Bruyler - parents of Emeline Snyder Bodle.

• Phoebe Bodle Bement - sister of John T. Bodle

• Eliza Bodle Stevens - sister of John T. Bodle, photographed in Auburn, NY.

• Emeline Snyder Bodle & Elmer P. Bodle - widow & son of John T. Bodle, Watkins, NY c1864.

• John T. Bodle - 1832/33-1863.

• Jay S. Bodle and wife "Lyd" Bodle - Jay was brother of John T. Bodle.

• Peter B. Snyder - brother of Emeline Snyder Bodle, photographed in Ithaca, NY.

• Anna Snyder Teed & husband John Teed - Anna was sister of Emeline Snyder Bodle.

• Daughters of Peter B. Snyder - Catharine Beebe & Addie Rapalee as children = nieces of Emeline Bodle.

• East Street, Mecklenburg - surnames mentioned:  Hoagland, Arnold, Fowler, Dikeman, Bement.

• Mecklenburg Hotel - from Dee Watt.

• Mecklenburg Mills - from Dee Watt  (mentions the surnames Hungerford & Kelsey).

• 1879 Group of Teachers at "The Institute" - surnames: Kennedy, Dickens Sears, Brown, Hurd, Babcock.

• 1894 Schoolhouse (probably Mecklenburg) - from Dee Watt.

• 1909 McCarthy Wagon, Mecklenburg - from Dee Watt (shows church & ruins of fire on 12 May 1909.)

• 1913 Mecklenburg School - from Dee Watt.

• Mecklenburg Cornet Band Photo #1 - from Dee Watt.

• Mecklenburg Cornet Band Photo #2 - with names of members, from Dee Watt.

• Harriet (Morris) & Westlake Gardner Family, c.1870 - from Dee Watt.

• Gilbert Kennedy & Maria (VanFleete) Kennedy Family, c.1860 - from Dee Watt.

• Fannie (Hinckley) Marshall, North Hector, NY, c.1890.

• Susanna Clark, b. 1822 in Hector, NY - daughter of Michael & Matilda Clark.

• Albert Vance Smith Family of Hector, NY - some historical notes.

• George C.  Mathews - 1821 - 1856, born in Bennettsburgh, NY.

• George Clinton Mathews & wife Amelia Clark Mathews

• Children of George C. Mathews & wife Amelia Clark

• 100-yr-old Views, Mecklenburg, NY - Links (Bill Hecht) - Photo 1 - Photo 2 - Photo 3 - Photo 4.

    Montour (Town of) & Montour Falls (Havana):

• 1935 Flood Photos, showing the aftermath.

• View of Montour Falls from top of  She-Qua-Ga Falls, Oct.1997

• View of Main St., Montour Falls from bridge, 1997

• Main St., Village of Montour Falls, c.1910 - from an old postcard.

• South St., Village of Montour Falls, c.1910 - from an old postcard.

• Trolley on Genesee St., Montour Falls, c.1910 - from an old postcard.

• Montour Falls Flooded, c.1910

• Schuyler co., NY Historical Museum, Montour Falls (Brick Tavern Stand /Brick Tavern Museum, built 1828)

• She-Qua-Ga Falls, Montour Falls, NY in Oct. 1997

• She-Qua-Ga Falls, Nov. 2001

• Plaque at She-Qua-Ga Falls, Montour Falls, NY

• Main St., Montour Falls - Village Hall & She-Qua-Ga Falls - Walt Samson

• Montour Falls Village Hall, Clerk's Office & Library - old postcard.

• St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Montour Falls, built 1853

• First Baptist Church of Montour Falls, built 1873

• United Methodist Church of Montour Falls, built 1832

• Cook Academy, Montour Falls, NY - from an old postcard (with some history notes).

• George Mill's gravestone - early settler who ran the 1st tavern & inn at Havana (Montour Falls) & had Louis Phillippe (later King of France) as his guest.

• Kindergarten Class, 1913 or 1914 - Montour Falls.

• Meeks brothers of  Montour Falls, NY, c.1910? - from Linda O'Halloran.

• Effie Kent - old tintype photo.

• William Cronk, 1837-1922 - photo taken in 1907, age 70.

• Asa Coe Farm - drawing from an old history book.

• Montour Family Farm - unknown date & family.

• McDougal reunion, Jan. 1925 -  at Mrs. Fred Stone's house, Montour Falls, NY

• Gary Emerson's Chemung Canal Site - with several old Montour Falls/Havana photos & local canal history.

• Bethesda Sanitarium - photo & historical notes.

• J. F. McKEG & Joseph S. McKEG - of Montour Falls, NY

• George WICKHAM of Havana, NY, born in Hector, NY - with Wickham genealogy notes.

• J. B. WELSH - age 78, of Montour Falls, NY (Havana).

• Fredericka Streitenberg - young woman of Havana, NY (Montour Falls).

• Building a House for M.N. WEED - date unknown - with H.C. Lott, Lev Holly, M.N. Weed & unknown man.

     Town of Reading:

•  PECK & SUTTON Reunion, 1899, Reading Center, NY --280 KB

•  Reading, NY Band in front of Methodist Parsonage, 4th July 1887 - 270 KB

•  Jay B. HOLLY Farm, Reading, NY - taken in 1946

•  Lev HOLLY Farm, Reading, NY - taken in 1946

•  Tenant PECK Farm, Reading, NY - taken in 1946

•  Aerial View of Reading Center, NY - taken in 1946

•  Aerial View of Pleasantview Cemetery in Reading - taken in 1946.

•  Gravestone of Jason W. PECK - Eaton (Peck) Cemetery.

•  Gravestone of Susanna PECK (wife of Jason W. PECK) - Eaton (Peck) Cemetery.

•  Gravestones of Jason PECK Sr. & RHODA (WHITCOMB) PECK - Eaton (Peck) Cemetery.

•  Gravestone of Isaac WHITCOMB - Eaton (Peck) Cemetery.

•  Townsend Family c. 1910 - Albert, Jane /Jennie, Andrew & Jessie.

     Town of Tyrone & Orange:

• Miller Family of Monterey, NY c1915 - Benjamin & Nellie's family.

• Old Jordan Family Home, Tyrone, Schuyler co., NY - from Raymond Peer.

• Church Photo c.1908 - large group - probably Tyrone, Schuyler co., NY area - from Ray Peer.

• Seybolt, Middaugh, Littell & Schroth Family picture - 1938, Altay, NY.

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