I have mentioned before that I
frequently find myself doing research on local people who lived here
in the past. I ran across the phrase “home of a thousand voices”
in a fictional work recently (The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi). I thought it a fitting phrase, for I
often find myself listening for the voices of those who have gone
before and there are many. (The hard part is putting together this
post and trying to get all the sources accurate.)
Most came from other areas originally,
settling here briefly before moving on to other realms,
whether
otherworldly or otherwise. Take the case of little Kate Mary, 6 month
old daughter of James H. Metcalfe and his wife Erzelia. Little Kate
was certainly from here, she was born here. She also died here and
was buried in the Jefferson Street Cemetery. According to records of
St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicottville, Kate Mary was buried
from there on August 11, 1854. She was six months and eleven days
old.[1] There are traces of her family in early records here
but most moved on. Allow me to introduce some of them to you:
Little Kate's father, James H. Metcalfe,
was in the occupation of tavern keeping during the 1850 U.S. census
in the village of Ellicottville. His 18-year-old wife Erzelia and
67-year-old Thomas Metcalfe were listed with him as well as Charles P.
Washburn, a 26-year-old lawyer from Vermont and others.[2] Two years before this census was taken, a George Metcalfe and Matilda
Waterman, both of Ellicottville, were married by Rev. Thomas Morris, the
rector of Ellicottville's St. John's Episcopal Church, in the presence
of Mr. W. P. Angel and Mr. James Metcalfe.[3] These two
witnesses were also present for the marriage of Mr. Rollin L.
Henderson and Miss Salome Bently just two months earlier according to
the church records.[4]
Gathering evidence from various records
(or listening for the voices), it is determined that the Thomas
Metcalfe listed with James in the 1850 census was likely the patriarch of the
family and little Kate's grandfather. Thomas died just four months to
the day after Kate was buried, on December 11, 1854. He himself was
buried in Grove Cemetery in the town of Bath, Steuben County, New
York[5] along with his wife Nancy who died in 1846.[6] It appears that Thomas ran The Franklin House, a hotel owned by Peres
Gilmore in the village of Bath. In June of 1837, the hotel, along
with other buildings there, sustained the most extensive fire that
had thus far occurred since the village's settlement.[7] Thomas may have been the son of John Metcalfe who, according to an
online history of Bath, was a pioneer log tavern keeper on the North
side of Morris Street in 1797.[8] These are of course just
clues; we will leave further speculation on the early history of the
Metcalfe family for others.
According to a newspaper account, James
H. Metcalfe was born in 1822 in Bath, Steuben County, New York and was
the ninth of twelve children.[9] Including James, I have
been able to identify the names of seven of those twelve. Further
information on these seven follows:
Franklin Metcalfe (1811-1837) is
buried in Grove Cemetery in Bath, New York and was likely a son of
Thomas. He died December 21, 1837, aged 25 years.[10] He was
apparently married, for the cemetery record states that his wife was
Mary A. Metcalfe who died in 1890.[11] We will also note
that there was a Frank C. Metcalfe who owned a general merchant store
in the nearby village of Kill Buck around 1875. His son Percey
Metcalfe died 25 August 1872 and is buried in the Kill Buck Cemetery.
Percey's age was listed as 10 years, 15 months.[12] Though
obviously not the same Franklin Metcalfe buried in Bath, Metcalfe
researchers should take note of this individual as a possible member
of the family.
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| From the Ellicottville [NY] Post, digital image courtesy fultonhistory.com |
Mary Ann Metcalfe (August
1816-25 March 1855) was the wife of William Pitt Angel, a prominent
lawyer in Ellicottville back in the day. Historical accounts place W.
P. Angel in the village of Bath at the time of the 1837 fire before mentioned regarding Thomas Metcalfe.[14] Prior to his
entry into the bar in 1840, William was a newspaper publisher in Bath
as well as Angelica, New York before removing to Ellicottville.[15] He also advertised his Angelica Bookstore in the Ellicottville
newspapers in September 1835.[16] William P. Angel and his
wife were admitted as communicants at
St. John's Episcopal church in
Ellicottville in 1841.[17] One of their children, Franklin
M. Angel, was born 26 August 1836.[18] He, along with a
sister Mary E. (born 10 July 1839) were baptized at St. John's in
January of 1842.[19] Perhaps Franklin was named for Mary
Ann's brother. Wm. P. Angel and his wife Mary Ann had seven children
altogether, five of them died young and were buried in the Jefferson
Street Cemetery.[20] Wm. P. remarried after Mary Ann's death
and left the Ellicottville area.[21] While here, he
partnered with other attorneys including Ely S. Parker (a Seneca
Indian),[22] David H. Bolles[23] and Charles P.
Washburn.[24] The house Wm. P. built in 1840 still stands in
the village.[25] He was elected district attorney in 1847
and 1856 and was also elected secretary and treasurer of the
Ellicottville and Great Valley Plank Road Company when it was
formed in 1850. He removed to Westchester County, New York in 1866
where he died on 11 February 1869.[26] He was born in Otsego
County, New York to William G. Angel (also a lawyer who died in
Angelica, Allegany County, New York in 1858) and his first wife Emily
English. William P. had a brother James R. Angel (1836-1899) with
whom he partnered with in 1868.[27] G. T. Angell, who on 13
April 1854 printed “thanks to his friends for their liberal
patronage during his stay in town” after having “sold out his
traveling union daguerrian gallery” in the local paper of
Ellicottville,[28] may also have been a brother or other
relative.
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| St. John's Episcopal Church, Ellicottville, NY built ca. 1838 (image from a 1906 postcard) |
James Harvey Metcalfe
(1822-1879)[29] appears to have ran the tavern/hotel
establishment Irvine
Hall in Ellicottville at one point in 1847
according to a local early newspaper ad.[30] He also operated a grocery/dry goods store in Ellicottville in 1846 according
to an ad dated November 18, 1846.[31] On May 1, 1847, S. D.
Nutting described his new stove, tin, copper and sheet-iron
establishment in the village of Ellicottville as being “opposite J.
H. Metcalfe's Store and two doors below Irvine Hall.”[32] Later on September 15, 1847, J. H. Metcalfe advertised that he had
removed his goods to his new store “opposite the Post Office.”[33] His occupation was listed as the “keeper of drover yards” in
Buffalo, New York during the 1860 federal census.[34] According to a 1940 newspaper account in the Buffalo Courier Express,
James moved up to Buffalo at the age of 33 [1855] where he became a
partner in a local meat packing firm as well as a partner in a meat
distributor firm in New York City. He was a director of the Buffalo,
New York and Philadelphia Railroad and was the largest stockholder in
the First National Bank. He also served as the park commissioner and
contributed to the improvement of the Buffalo parks system. Metcalfe
Street, from 1000 Clinton Street to 995 William Street, was named
after him.[35] He married Erzelia Frances Stetson[36] and according to the 1940 newspaper account, had three sons and one
daughter that lived to adulthood. Little Kate likely had been
forgotten by then. A son, Guy Metcalfe (1868-1879), who died around
the age of 10 is buried with the family in the Forest Lawn Cemetery
in Buffalo.[37] James was listed as a livestock dealer during the 1865 state census. His county of birth is given as Steuben
in this census. His wife's was listed as Allegany. Daughter Frances
was born in Cattaraugus while the other children's birthplaces were
listed as Buffalo.[38] During the 1850 federal census in
Ellicottville, it was noted that James and Erzelia had been married
within the year.[39] Indeed, a record of their marriage
from St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicottville indicates that the
marriage took place at the house of Mr. Asa G. Stetson in Bolivar,
Allegany County on the evening of the 28th November 1849.[40]
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| Daguerreotype of Irvine Hall by A. Goodell, reproduced in the 1856 map by Samuel Geil (image courtesy paintedhills.org) |
George H. Metcalfe (1827-1891)
was mentioned earlier as we discussed that his brother and
brother-in-law were witnesses to his marriage to Matilda J. Waterman
in October 1848.[41] During the 1850 federal census, we find
him and his young 18-year-old wife listed in the village of
Ellicottville. He was in the livery business according to this
census. They had a ten-month-old daughter named Charlotte.[42] The 1855 state census shows him in New York City in a brick dwelling
as a hotel keeper. The census indicates he had only been in the area
for one year. His birthplace in this census is noted as Steuben
County. His wife and all three children listed were born in
Cattaraugus County. Along with 7-year-old Charlotte, George and
Matilda had two other children by this time: Georgiana age 4 and
Archibald age 2.[43] By 1880, George and Matilda were
living on Prospect Avenue in Buffalo with only a niece named Mabel
Love and a German serving girl named Catherine Aust in the household.
George was back to keeping a livery stable by then.[44] He
died in 1891,[45] Matilda in 1910.[46] They were
buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. According to her entry
in Find-a-Grave: “Matilda
was the daughter of Simon and Ann (Hinman) Waterman, early settlers
of Erie County. Her father was in the first group of teachers hired
by the newly formed county. Matilda was born in Springdale and in
1845, married George Metcalf, a cousin of her Aunt Sarah (Metcalf)
Waterman, also of Springdale. The couple had three children,
Charlotte (1848), Georgiana (1851), and Archibald (1853). While
George traveled with the circus for a few years, Matilda ran their
boarding house, first located in NYC and later in Buffalo.”[47] Springville, New York is just over the Cattaraugus County line in
Erie County and may be the town referred to here instead of
Springdale the name of which I cannot readily find as a town in this
state currently.
Ellen Metcalfe (1832-)
was listed in the household of William P. Angel in Ellicottville as
his sister-in-law during the 1855 state census.[48] She lived with the family there during the 1850 federal census as
well.[49] Miss Ellen Metcalf and Mrs. Erzelia Metcalf (her sister-in-law) were
confirmants at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ellicottville in 1854
and 1855[50]. This
record seems to indicate that she was single at the time, but a
marriage record from the church indicates that Ellen was married to
Mr. Bushrod W. Gibbs on 10 October 1853 by the Rev. P.P. Kidder.[51] Further research may yield more information,
but her voice, if you will, has faded from the area.
Thomas J. Metcalfe
(-1845), his tombstone only states that he died on 23 June 1845 and
that he was a son of T. and Nancy. It may be the only record of
him.[52]
If you use your
imagination like I do, you may also begin to hear these voices.
Imagine these people strolling the village streets as they did back
in the day. I feel honored to be able to trace their footsteps
through the past, in records as well as the very ground they walked. I can go strolling through the cemetery and church building,
passing the old homestead and the corners where other buildings once
stood...right here in the village. I hear their voices and I in turn
share their history with you.
Sources:
[1] St. John's Episcopal Church,
Ellicottville (Cattaraugus County), New York Parish Records
1829-1869. Rev. Thomas Morris; Rev. P.P. Kidder. Hereinafter, St.
John's Records. Burials, p. 77. The name is seen throughout records both with an "e" at the end and without.
[2] "United
States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-D7Q
: 9 November 2014), James H Metcalfe, Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New
York, United States; citing family 52, NARA microfilm publication
M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration,
n.d.). Accessed 29 May 2017.
[3] St. John's Records, op. cit.
Marriages, p. 72.
[4] Ibid. Marriages, p. 71. The record
states that Mr. Henderson was of St. Clairville and Miss Bently of
Clear Creek. It does not give the actual day, only says they were
married in August of 1848.
[5] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for Thomas Metcalfe (1781–1854),
Memorial no. 77127742 by Jean Doherty, citing Grove Cemetery, Bath,
Steuben County, New York with accompanying photograph.
[6] Ibid. Memorial page for Nancy
Metcalfe (1788-1846),
Memorial no. 77127604 by Jean Doherty, citing Grove Cemetery, Bath,
Steuben County, New York with accompanying photograph.
[7] “Destructive
Conflagration”,
Geneva
NY Gazette,
col. 1, paragraph 1, noted from the Steuben
(Bath) Farmers' Adv. June 22
[1837]; digital image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Geneva NY Gazette 1837-1849
Grayscale – 0048.pdf”
[8] Hakes, Harlo, editor, Landmarks
of Steuben County, New York (Syracuse, NY, D. Mason &
company, 1896); online text (page 6 of 123),
(http://www.ebooksread.com: accessed 29 May 2017).
[9] “Metcalfe Street Named for Bank
Founder Who Also Built Up Parks” by H. Katherine Smith, Buffalo
Courier-Express, Sunday, January 7, 1940, page L 5, column
1 & 2; digital
image of microfilm copy (http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017).
[10] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for Franklin Metcalfe
(1811–1837),
Memorial no. 134720827 by Rich Fedoush, citing Grove Cemetery, Bath,
Steuben County, New York with accompanying photograph by Barbara
Gibson.
[11] Ibid. Memorial
page for Mary A. Metcalfe (1781–1854),
Memorial no. 134720866 by Rich Fedoush, citing Grove Cemetery, Bath,
Steuben County, New York with accompanying photograph by Barbara
Gibson.
[12] Killbuck Cemetery, Rt. 417
Killbuck, NY, Town of Great Valley; information from Alan Robison &
Rose McClune, 2009; Painted Hills Genealogy Society
(http://paintedhills.org: accessed 29 May 2017).
[13] “Echoes
From The Long Ago”,
The
Post [Ellicottville] July
8, 1914,
p. 1, col. 2, extracts from the old “Republican” files Feb. 26,
1851, digital image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Post 1912
Jan-Dec 1914 – 1039.pdf”
[14] “History
of the Village of Bath, Steuben County, NY” Landmarks
of Steuben County, New York, edited
by Harlo Hakes,
assisted by L.C. Aldrich, & others (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason
& Company, 1896). Transcription accessed
29 May 2017: http://history.rays-place.com/ny/steu/bath-v.htm
[15] “Echoes
From The Long Ago”,
arranged & edited by John A. Moffitt, The
Post [Ellicottville] September
19, 19--,
p. 6, col. 1, extracts from the Ellicottville
Union
files [1869], digital image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Post 1915
Jan-Dec 1917 – 1127.pdf”
[16] “Angelica
Bookstore...”, col. 1, Cattaraugus
Republican
[1835], digital image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Cataraugus
Republican 1834-1841 – 0150.pdf”
[17]
Historical
and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin...,
edited
by George Forrester (Chicago,
IL: A. Warner, publisher, 1891-2); ebook (https://books.google.com/
accessed: 29 May 2017).
This
biography of Franklin M. Angel confirms his mother's maiden name and
the name of her father as Thomas Metcalfe “of Bath, NY, who was
prominently known as a merchant and hotel man.”
[18] St. John's Records, op. cit.
Communicants, p. 15. With a residence of Ellicottville, Mrs. Angel was the first entry of communicants for 1841. A Mrs. Smith is listed next (no day or month listed on either entry). The third entry is that of Mr. Wm. P. Angel with a date of 3 October 1841 [Sunday]. Mr. De La Fayette Clarke and Mrs. Sarah Clark were the next two entries after that on the same date.
[19] Ibid. Baptisms, p. 50.
[20] Jefferson Street Cemetery, Rt. 219
Ellicottville, online transcript from Painted Hills Genealogy Society
(http://paintedhills.org: accessed 29 May 2017).
[21] Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Angel:
accessed 29 May 2017).
This and other online sources state that William married Laura Eliza
Bigelow in 1851, but this date is more than likely erroneous as Mary
did not die until 1855. I have been unable to locate any source cited
as to the marriage date.
[22] “A Warrior in Two Worlds: The
Life of Ely Parker,” PBS Documentary, produced
by WXXI Public Broadcasting Council in Rochester, New York, in
collaboration with the Rochester Museum & Science Center
(http://www.pbs.org/warrior/content/timeline/opendoor/rochester.html:
accessed 29 May 2017).
[23] Biographical
record of the class of 1850, of Yale College,
page 15, digital copy, Making of America website,
collaborative effort between University of Michigan and Cornell
University; (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/about.html: accessed
29 May 2017).
[24] Adams, William editor, Historical
Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, New York,
(Syracuse: Lyman, Horton & Co, October 1893), p. 326, ebook
(https://books.google.com/
accessed: 29 May 2017).
[25] Ellicottville Historical Society
files, early edition of Historic Walking Tour brochure (ca. 1980s).
The brochure lists the home at 18 W. Washington Street (ca. 1840) as
the Angel/Payne/Horning House with a description stating that William
Pitt Angel owned extensive acreage around his home and that the wing
was a later addition.
[26] Adams, op. cit.
[27] Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Angel:
accessed 29 May 2017).
[28] “Echoes
From The Long Ago”, arranged & edited by John A. Moffitt, The
Post [Ellicottville] October
14, 1914,
p. 1, col. 4, extracts from the old “Republican” files [1854],
digital image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Post 1912
Jan-Dec 1914 – 1151.pdf”
[29] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for James Harvey Metcalfe
(1822–1879),
Memorial no. 71198471
by
“Athanatos ‡",
citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York with
accompanying photographs by Jay Boone.
[30] IRVINE HALL, BY J.H. METCALFE,
Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co, NY “Every attention paid to the
wants of his guests,” col. 2, ads on this page dated from July 1847
to March of 1849, digital
image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Cataraugus
Republican 1841-1859 – 0562.pdf”
[31]
“Late Arrival. New Store and New Goods” ad dated November 18,
1846, Col. 4, digital image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Cataraugus
Republican 1844 May-April 1854 – 0523.pdf”
[32] Stove, tin, etc. ad by S. B.
Nutting, dated May 1, 1847, Col. 3, digital
image of microfilm copy, Fultonhistory.com
(http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Cataraugus
Republican 1844 May-April 1854 – 0690.pdf” Also on this page is
an ad from Salmon Shaw dated November 3, 1847 stating that Shaw “has
leased and now occupies the Tavern stand known as 'Irvine Hall'...
[33]
“REMOVAL, J.H. Metcalfe”... Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co, NY
“Every attention paid to the wants of his guests,” col. 5, ad
dated from September 15, 1847, digital image of microfilm copy,
Fultonhistory.com (http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017); search term: “Ellicottville NY Cataraugus
Republican 1844 May-Apr 1854 – 0770.pdf”
[34] "United
States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7W-FTL
: 30 December 2015), Jas H Metcalf, 1860.
Accessed 29 May 2017.
[35] “Metcalfe Street Named for Bank
Founder Who Also Built Up Parks” by H. Katherine Smith, Buffalo
Courier-Express, Sunday, January 7, 1940, page L 5, column
1 & 2; digital
image of microfilm copy (http://www.fultonhistory.com:
accessed 29 May 2017).
[36] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for Erzelia Frances Stetson
Metcalfe (1832–1913),
Memorial no. 71198482
by
“Athanatos ‡",
citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York with
accompanying photographs by Jay Boone.
[37] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for Guy
Thomas
Metcalfe (1868–1879),
Memorial no. 71724415
maintained by
“Athanatos ‡",
citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York,
originally created by Jay Boone with accompanying photographs.
[38] "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-J19B, James H Metcalfe, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States;
citing p. 34, line 8, household ID 174, county clerk, board of
supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica
and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 825,683. Accessed 29 May 2017.
[39] "United
States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-D7Q
: 9 November 2014), James H Metcalfe, Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New
York, United States; citing family 52, NARA microfilm publication
M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration,
n.d.). Accessed 29 May 2017.
[40] St. John's Records, op. cit. Marriages, p. 74.
[40] St. John's Records, op. cit. Marriages, p. 74.
[41]
St. John's Records, op. cit. Marriages, p. 72.
[42] "United
States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-D75
: 9 November 2014), George H Metcalfe, Ellicottville, Cattaraugus,
New York, United States; citing family 53, NARA microfilm publication
M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration,
n.d.).
Accessed 29 May 2017.
[43] "New
York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K67F-ZQD
: 19 November 2014), Charlott Metcalf in household of George Metcalf,
E.D. 3, Ward 18, New York City, New York, New York, United States;
count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,018,662.
Accessed 29 May 2017.
[44] "United
States Census, 1880," database with
images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ89-Q14
: 14 July 2016), George H Metcalf, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United
States; citing enumeration district ED 160, sheet 52B, NARA microfilm
publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, n.d.), roll 0831; FHL microfilm 1,254,831. Accessed
29 May 2017.
[45] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for George H. Metcalfe
(1827–1892),
Memorial no. 113473720
originally created by Phyllis Meyer, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, maintained by :gleasonfamily” with
accompanying photograph by Phyllis Meyer.
[46] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for Matilda J. Waterman
Metcalfe (1827–1910),
Memorial no. 113473773
originally created by Phyllis Meyer, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, maintained by :gleasonfamily” with
accompanying photograph by Phyllis Meyer.
[47] Ibid.
[48] "New
York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K636-7GY
: 19 November 2014), Wm P Angel, E.D. Southern, Ellicottville,
Cattaraugus, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York;
FHL microfilm 583,830.
Accessed 29 May 2017.
[49] "United
States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTV-TLF
: 9 November 2014), William P Angel, Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New
York, United States; citing family 87, NARA microfilm publication
M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration,
n.d.).
Accessed 29 May 2017.
[50] St. John's Records. Confirmations,
p. 24. The two were among others named as having been “confirmed by
the Rt. Rev. Bishop DeLancey in St. John's Church Ellicottville
August 19, 1854 and October 14, 1855.”
[51]
St. John's Records, op. cit. Marriages, p. 90.
[52] Find
A Grave,
database
and images (http://findagrave.com:
accessed 29 May 2017), memorial page for Thomas J. Metcalfe (–1845),
Memorial no. 77127477
by Jean Doherty, citing Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, New
York with accompanying photograph.
