EARLY SETTLERS of ASHFORD, CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORKFrom: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial, ed by William Adams, pub 1893.
Page 447-448
Arrived 1817-1820
BARGY, JACOB (in War of 1812)
BONSTEEL, PHILIP
BONSTEEL, HENRY (son of Philip)
DODGE, TRISTAM
FRANK, JACOB H. (Son of Henry)
FRANK, ANDREW (son of Henry) (served in War of 1812)
FRANK, HENRY (from Herkimer Co. NY, came with sons)
GOODEMOTE, JOHN
HOLDRIDGE, JOHN
HUFSTADER, JACOB (from Herkimer Co. NY)
NYE, ASAHEL
OYER, JOHN
OYER, DAVID - (erected first sawmill in town)
PARMETER, ELIJAH
QUACKENBUSH, JOHN H.
QUACKENBUSH, PETER (son of John H.)
SAUNDERS, NATHAN (from Massachusetts)
SHULTIS, GEORGE (from Columbia Co. NY)
SHULTIS, WILLIAM (from Columbia Co. NY)
VAN SLYKE, AUGUSTUS (from Herkimer Co. NY)
Arrived 1820-1830
ALLEN, SETH - (opened first grocery store)
ARNOLD, GEORGE
BELLOWS, ISAAC (From Montgomery Co. NY)
BENSLEY, JOHNSON
BENSLEY, DAVID
BENSLEY, TRUMAN
BIGELOW, JOB
BOND, JOHN
CARTER, RUSSELL M.
CARTER, JOSEPH T.
CARTER, NORMAN B. - first school teacher
COLE, DANIEL M.
CRUMMELL, TRUMAN
DAY, SOLOMON
FLAGG, JAMES
FRANK, FREDERICK (son of Henry Jr.)
FRANK, HENRY, Sr.
FRANK, JACOB (son of Henry Jr.) - (opened first blacksmith shop)
FULLER, AMOS B.
HUFSTADER, MICHAEL C.
HURD, NATHANIEL
JOSLYN, FREEBORN
LAING, ABRAM
PRATT, AUSTIN
QUACKENBUSH, JOHN D.
RICE, WILLIAM (hamlet of Riceville named for him)
ROWLAND, ANDERSON
SAMPSON, PETER - (mail carrier. Died Dec. 8, 1836)
SCOBEY, ALEXANDER - (moved to Freedom, Catt. Co.)
SHERMAN, EBENEZER C.
STEVENS, TIMOTHY
THOMAS, AMOS (held first town meeting)
THOMAS, DAVID
UPSON, DAVID R.
WAIT, WILLIAM (and unnamed sons)
WILCOX, JEREMIAH
WILDEY, GRIFFIN
WILDEY, DAVID
WILLIAMS, ALBERT
WOODRUFF, ISAAC
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Last Updated: August 15, 1998
