Gazetteer of
the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology,
And General History of the State, and a Complete History and Description of
Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality. With Full Tables Of Statistics.
By J. H. French. Syracuse, N.Y.: Published By R. Pearsall Smith
1860.
Page 625.
FREMONT 9-- was formed from Hornellsville, Dansville,
Wayland, and Howard, Nov. 17, 1854. It is an interior town, lying N.W. of the
center of the co. Its surface is a hilly upland, forming a part of the dividing
ridge between Canisteo and Conhocton Rivers. Its streams are small brooks. The
soil is chiefly a shaly loam, derived from the disintegration of the surface
rocks. Fremont Center (Stephens Mills p.
o.) and Haskinville (p. o.) are hamlets;
and Big Creek is a p.o. The
first settlement was made in 1812, by Job. B. Rathbun, Amos Baldwin,
and Sylvester Buck. 10 The first religious services
were conducted by Rev. Mr. Ford, in 1814. There is but 1 church (M.E.) in
town.
9 Named in honor of Col. John C.
Fremont. 10 John A. Buck, Joel Everett,
and Danl. Atherton settled in the town in 1813-14; - Taylor and Francis Drake,
in 1815; and Solomon and Levi Gates, Robert Killburg, Danl. Upson, Saml. Sharp,
Nehemiah Luther, Lemuel Harding, Stephen Holden, and Edward Markham, in 1816.
The first marriage was that of John A. Buck and Rebecca Baldwin, Aug. 24, 1815;
the first birth, that of Charles E. Buck, Nov. 12, 1816; and the first death,
that of Mrs. Amos Baldwin, Dec. 21, 1815. Danl. Upson built the first sawmill,
in 1816, and the first gristmill, in 1819. The first school was taught by Lydia
Everett, in 1819.
