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Wellsville

Wellsville was formed from Alfred and Amity on Nov. 21, 1856.   It is an interior town, lying south east of the center of the county.

The first settlements were made in the valley of the Genesee about 1800.  The first child born was Rachel DYKE in 1805.   The first death was Thomas Brink in 1807.   The first school was taught near the east line by Ithamer Brookings in 1814.   Nathaniel Dyke built the first grist and saw mill in 1803 on Dyke Creek near the east line.  [Source: J.H.French, Gazetteer of State of New York, 1860]

History of Wellsville

Hamilton Child's 1875 Gazetteer - Wellsville

Cities, Villages and Hamlets

Wellsville Village

Elm Valley - hamlet near the east town line

Norton Summit - location west of the airport on the town line

Stannards - hamlet on south town ine, south of Wellsville village

Town HistorianMary J. Rhodes Email: maryrhodes505@gmail.com Telephone: 585-593-1965

Town Clerk Sylvia Lachance Municipal Building Wellsville, NY 14895 Telephone: 585-593-1780 Ext. 200

Village Clerk Janice A. Givens PO Box 591 Wellsville, NY 14895 Telephone: 585-593-1121

Churches

First Seventh-day Baptist Church Seventy-day Advent Church St. John's Episcopal Church - Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 First Baptist Church of Wellsville Presbyterian First Congreational Methodist Episcopal Church Rishofflichen Methodist Church

Historical Societies, Museums and Libraries

David A. Howell Public Library Main St. Wellsville, NY

Nathaniel Dyke Museum 118 East Dyke Street Wellsville, NY 14895 Email: thelmargh@gmail.com The museum is owned by the Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society.

Cemeteries

Sacred Heart Cemetery - code #26-1; Wellsville Village Woodlawn Cemetery - code #26-2; Wellsville Village; Association has records Elm Vlley Cemetery - code #26-3; Jericho Hill Road Schrader Hill Cemetery - code #26-4; Schrader Hill Road Schrader HIll - code #26-5; Schrader HIll Road Voorhees Hill Cemetery - code #26-6; Voorhees Hill Road Trapping Brook Cemetery - code #26-7; Trapping Brook Road Johnson Cemetery - code #26-8; Wellsville Village Sherwood Cemetery Hann Family Cemetery - on Rt 17, abt 3 miles from Wellsville *code #s refer to the Allegany County Cemetery Index card file at the Allegany County Historical Society and LDS Family History Library microfilm. See Western New York Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. II, No. 1

Newspapers

Wellsville Daily Reporter 159 North Main St. Wellsville, NY Telephone 716-593-5300 Fax 593-5303

Resources

• The Centennial Book, Wellsville, N.Y., Wellsville Centennial Committee, 1957; also University Microfilms International
• The Wellsville Story, Pioneers Days, 1807-1850, by Hazel M. Shear, Wellsville, NY, 1957; also University Microfilms International
• Steuben County, New York Cemetery Records, note: includes Wellsville; available at FHCs

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