New-York tribune., 1902-08-31

countless for the that 1t once embraced the
nDnfe of Of the Ms Wyon the Na
Erie. Chautauqua. Cattaraugus. Allegany and
es Pfr p the OF eesee Rer The entire eTror
was first known as Batayia and SO continued; to
known as Wiilink Erie and Chautauqua were cut
OF Rs waI incorporated in 1873 as Village and
has been known for many years as one of the fore fore
Among the best est Known is Dean Richmond He died
Railroad and Of the Wealthiest men in the the
ton in Batavia, for it was the recipient of many
Rcsmond Memora Library IS perhaps the best
known The old Rchmond homestead, st atlo massive
and is at present Occupied by his daughter MIS-:
and public spirit. Major General Emory Upton. the
author of "Uptons Tactics" for so long recos.
born farm few miles outside of the town. and
forms and sword. which he wore the night before ore
he died: He was cadet at west POINT when en- I me
Another son of Batavia who was famous in his
being considered the foremost mathematician in
Mathematics" The story of his start toward sue
is In s He he EaS b3P % at is and an to"
up the trade of stonemason and plasterer
wfb Sdfpa peeGiary cpTVed ceiling When he asked
for the bin Elicott astonished to find it item
proved that the readings were absolutely correct
it out and was told that he did it by figuring.
you've done your last pIastering, young Eian,
replied Ecott. Il do not believe there is a man
in the Purchase who could have done that The
company needs you" Mix served the Holland
Land Company well for sixteen years He was
Surrogate of the county, and codifed the laws
OF the State by request of the Attorney General
He a fighter well as a hgurer, and was
with General P. B. Porter at the sortie from Fort
Erie, September H. 1874.
Ebesezer Cary and his brother. Trumbull Cary,
were among the earliest settlers of Batavia: The
latter was an adjutant in the War of 1872 and
later was member of the State Assembly and the
sf The BE sr0hsrs foxded
One branch of the family. that founded by Trum-
bull Cary, settled in Buffalo where the famlly Is
we'll known, some of the younger men. bers being
expert polo players The Brisbane family IS re-
lated to the Carys, Trumbull having married a
daughter of james Brisbane. Batavias first post
master. A grandson Of James Brisbane, arthur
Brisbane, is & New-York newspaper man.
Another active early settler was aaron van
CIeeve who born in 176S in New-Jersey He
batavia In 1909 He familiar with the country
OF Western New-York and was employed by Presl-
dent Madison in 1914 to take a census OF all the
land west of the Genesee River.
Batavia also has the distinction OF being the
scene Of the famous Morgan kidnapping. which
started the bitter anti-MaSontc struggle Wllllan
Morgan was a thriftless tailor who lived in Ba-
tayia In the summer of 1926 it was rumored that
he was preparing a book which would expose the
inmost secrets of Masonry. Not long afterward
the lake off Fort Niagara This has been strenu-
ously denied although he and his abductors were
treced as far as Lewiston Violent opposition to
Ereenasonry arose and found vent In a political
party whose influence on elections was Ielt at
least twice Another expression of the strong anti
Masonic feeling found form in a tall and imposing
monument dedicated to Morgans memory In the
Batavia cemetery