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ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS ADMITTED TO THE BAR
of
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK
(1800s only)

Contributed by Laura Greene

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This is an Index of Attorneys admitted to the Bar in Cattaraugus County during the 1800s. Parents and birth year of the attorney are provided in parentheses beside the name if this information was provided in the book.

Please note: Many of these attorneys were admitted but never practiced in Cattaruagus County, or lived elsewhere.

This list is generated from:

HISTORICAL GAZETTEER and BIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIAL of CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK, ed by William Adams, published 1893.

The page number above the attorney’s name represents the page of this book where the information was found.


Page 305 HAZEN, ASA (native of Vermont, born 1793, first resident attorney of Catt. Co.)
Page 306 CRUGER, DANIEL BURR, ALVAN CASWELL, ZEPHANIAH HIGGINS, DAVID WELLS, HENRY (probably a resident of Tioga county)
Page 307 WOODS, WILLIAM MULLETT, JAMES (Jr.) LITTLEJOHN, LEVI BRYAN, JOHN A. PORTER, TIMOTHY
Page 308 CANFIELD, MILTON TILLINGHAST, JOHN HAIGHT, SAMUEL BRYAN, HENRY MILES, GEORGE GREEN, GEORGE SAWYER, MOSES CROOKER, GEORGE (son of Sampson Crooker, who came from Cairo, Greene Co in 1818)
Page 309 McKNIGHT, FLETCHER SHERWOOD, THOMAS
Page 310 FOX, CHANCEY (born in Tolland Conn in 1797 - brother of Pliny Fox)
Page 311 ROCHESTER, WILLIAM HOWE, JOHN GIBBS, ANSON (born in Pownal Vt in 1790, son of Dr. Gibbs)
Page 313 WILLETT, MARINUS WAIT, JOSEPH COOKE, JOHN BRYAN, RUSSELL PECK, LUTHER BURKE, ALBERT MACK, ELISHA PHELPS, RALPH LOWE, WILLIAM
Page 314 BROWN, SAMUEL WILSON, JOSEPH FLETCHER, MARK GIFFORD, ISAAC MARVIN, RICHARD BRYAN, DUDLEY KINNICUTT, H.M.S. BARKER, GEORGE BEARDSLEY, CHARLES (born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1806, son of Bartholomew) GRISWOLD, ELIJAH STORM, FRANCIS
Page 315 HARMON, ELEAZAR (b. in 1808 in Onondaga Co NY)
Page 316 SCOTT, LYMAN, (Jr.) RUSSELL, SAMUEL TUCKER, CHAUNCEY WARD, JOSIAH
Page 317 BURT, JAMES (native of Mohawk Valley, Dutch ancestry) BROOKS, WELLS HOWE, CHESTER (born 1812 in Wells, Rutland Co. VT, son of Jaazaniah Howe)
Page 318 LELAND, CEPHAS WENDOVER, PETER FOX, PLINY (brother of Chauncey)
Page 319 MASTERS, JOSIAH WAITH, WILLIAM (born at Bycross, England 1796, orphaned at an early age)
Page 320 WILSON, ROBERT SEVERANCE, CHARLES McCLUER, DAVID (son of Joseph McCluer) CUTTER, GEORGE WILLIAMS, THOMAS NILES, JOHN HEWETT, L.H. BACON, DAVID WARREN, E.F. TRALL, MARVIN GREENFIELD, HIRAM HURD, ASHBEL (B. In Augusta, Oneida Co NY in 1814)
Page 321 EMMONS, WALES LYMAN, JOSEPH STRANG, JAMES (Became a Mormon Prophet and the successor of Joseph Smith)
Page 322 STILES, ORSON COATS, ALANSON JOHNSON, SAMUEL McKAY, CYRUS FOSDICK, MORRIS WEEDEN, JOSEPH (b. In Norwich Conn in 1809, son of Caleb Weeden & Civil Lathrop)
Page 325 LOCKWOOD, SETH BARNEY, HIRAM STEWARD, W.A. WHEELER, DANIEL SPRING, LEVERETT CROSS, LESTER, BAILEY, D.C. WILLIAMS, CHARLES
Page 326 WHITE, RODERICK (b. 1814, seems to have come to Olean from Springville, Erie, NY) WOODCOCK, D. CARLOS HAWES, HORACE ANGEL, WILLIAM PITT (native of Otsego County, died 1869 at age 56)
Page 327 BURNELL, MADISON TURNER, JOHN W. WILLSON, NELSON BENTLEY, STEPHEN IRISH, IRA GROVER, MARTIN DIVEN, A.S. PRATT, ORVILLE (his grandmother was sister to Gen. Joseph McCluer)
Page 328 MORRIS, LORENZO WARD, ELISHA MITCHELL, WILLIAM MASTEN, PETER SAWIN, ALBERT ANGEL, WILKES (brother of William Angel) MITCHELL, WILLIAM FENNER, ARTHUR PULLING, DAVID SIMONDS, LEWIS SMITH, THEODORE (native of Orwell, Rutland Co. VT. Moved to Buffalo)
Page 329 ROSE, ORANGE GILLETT, J. MONROE HATCH, WOLCOTT RICE, ADDISON (b. At Richfield Springs, Otsego, NY 1821) OWEN, ROBERT (Jr.) (B. 1820 in Clarendon, Orleans County NY
Page 330 GREEN, BENJAMIN STARKE, WILLIAM LANING, ALBERT
Page 331 STORRS, ALEXANDER (b. 1806 at Worcester, Otsego Co. NY) FULLER, ALLEN
Page 332 WALKER, GIDEON GILLETT, GEORGE STAUNTON, J.G. PARKER, J.M. RICE, MILTON COBB, NELSON (b. 1811 in Greene Co. NY)
Page 334 LOCKE, EDWIN (died in 1853. Father to Charles Locke of Randolph) WOOD, WILLIAM (b. 1822 in Hinsdale NY, son of Emery Wood, who was born 1797 in NY)
Page 335 WOODBURY, WILLIAM (B. 1818 in Salem, Mass, son of Rev. David Woodbury)
Page 336 SHELDON, ALEXANDER (B. 1823 in Victor, NY)
Page 337 HAMLIN, ORLO SOUTHWICK, ENOS TURNER, ALONZO RICE, E. L. TALLEN, ALFRED CLARK, J. T.
Page 338 WASHBURN, CHARLES (b. 1821 in Cavendish, Vt. - died in Ellicottville 1853))
Page 340 SEARS, E. H. TORRANCE, CYRENIUS (b. 1825 near Mt. Clemens Mich. ) HALL, LEWIS ANDREWS, WILLIAM
Page 341 MOSHER, BENJAMIN CANFIELD, GEORGE (b. 1816 in Middlefield, Otsego Co, NY. , died in W. Salamanca 1867) MEAD, STEPHEN (b. 1819 in Norwich, Chenango Co NY, son of Amos Mead & Ann Purdy)
Page 342 WILKINS, JOSEPH SPRING, SAMUEL STOWELL (b. 1823 Grafton VT., son of Samuel Spring & Eunice Stowell)
Page 346 CROSBY, JAMES (b. 1828 in Lake George, Warren Co NY, son of Nathan Crosby & Melinda Bishop, dau of Ketchel Bishop)
Page 347 BINGHAM, DANIEL (b. 1827 Riga, Monroe Co. NY, son of Thomas Bingham Jr.)
Page 348 CARY, CHARLES (b. 1827 in Hinsdale NY)
Page 349 JENKINS, MERRILL (b. 1825 in Bethany, Genesee, NY, son of Rev. Herman Jenkins)
Page 350 GUITEAU, Mr. HARRINGTON, HENRY (b. 1825 in Laurens, Otsego Co NY, died 1882 in IN) BERRY, P. O. DEUEL, J. W. HENDERSON, WILLIAM (b. 1828 in Tully, Onondaga Co, son of John Henderson & Mary Hunt)
Page 352 GREEN, H. L. (b. 1828 in Virgil, Cortland Co NY) HUNTLEY, WILLIAMS (b. 1827, son of Williams, grandson of Gen. Daniel Huntley) BUNN, ROMANZO (b. 1829 in South Hartwick, Otsego Co NY, 1829, son of Peter Bunn, of German descent & Polly Ann Jackson, who was English)
Page 354 SHAW, EDGAR RUSSELL, A. PHILEMON GIBBS, ASGILL BOLLES, DAVID (b. 1829 at Clinton, Conn)
Page 355 LAMB, RENSSELAER (b. 1805 in Vermont - d. 1871))
Page 356 FINCH, J. B. (B. 1823 in Fishkill, Duchess Co NY, son of Nathaniel and Samantha Finch) McCLUER, WILLIAM (b. 1831 in Franklinville NY)

Page 357
MANLEY, WILLIAM (b. 1829 Mansfield NY, eldest son of John F. Manley)
BROOKS, ENOS (b. 1823 in Olean NY, son of Judge James Brooks, grandson of Cornelius Brooks)
Page 358
BRUCE, A. A.
WOOD, GEORGE
BURLINGAME, IRA L. (died in 1857)
BOUTON, JOSEPH
PATTERSON, A.
CONVERSE, JULIAN CLINTON
MELOY, WILLIAM (b. 1832 in Chenango Forks, Broome Co NY, son of Frederick Meloy &Martha Emilia Willard.)
Page 359
JONES, PATRICK HENRY (b. 1830 in Westmeath, Ireland, son of James Jones & Ellen Lynch. Paternal grandfather: Patrick Jones & Maternal grandfather: Henry Lynch)
Page 361
LEAVENWORTH, ALSON
SCOTT, ALLEN (b. 1831 in Springville, Eric Co. NY)
Page 362
McCONNELL, JOHN
WENTWORTH, ALEXANDER (b. 1837, native of Aurora NY, son of Alexander Wentworth & Asenath Harmon)
Page 363
LYON, DELOS (b. In Franklinville)
CROSBY, MANLEY (b. 1834, Franklinville NY, son of Alanson Crosby & Cornelia Wright)
CROSBY, ALANSON (b. 1836, Franklinville, NY, brother to Manley Crosby, son of Alanson)
Page 364
ALLEN, HENRY (b. 1837, in Gowanda, town of Collins, Erie Co NY, son of John and Hannah Allen)
TELLER, WILLARD (b. in Granger, Allegany Co NY)
Page 365
BROWN, A. M.
NEWTON, JOHN
SEARL, ORANGE
BESSEY, ASHLEY
THORNTON, HIRAM
SMITH, FRANK (b. 1833 in Collins, Erie co, NY, son of Ahijah Smith & Eliza Goodrich)
JOHNSON, JAMES (b. 1836 Ellicottville NY, son of Marcus Johnson & Sophronia Willoughby)
Page 366
NASH, EUGENE (b. 1827 near Nashville, Chautauqua co. NY. Brother of Aaron Nash)
Page 367
NEWELL, FRANK
Page 368
HAWKINS, OSCAR
CROWLEY, RODNEY (B. 1836 Mt. Holly Vt., son of Rufus and Parmelia Crowley)
Page 369
MURRAY, CHARLES (son of Dauphin Murray and Sally Seymour)
MATTESON, ELIAS (born 1825, Collins, NY)
Page 370
GOODWILL, JOHNSON (son of Johnson Goodwill & Livonia Greeno)
ALLEN, DAN (grandson of Dan Allen, son of Constant Allen)
STRAIGHT, GEORGE (born near Hamlet, NY in 1836)
Page 371
BURNHAM, MILTON (born in Dayton in 1839)
ANSLEY, HUDSON (Born in 1838, son of Hudson Ansley and Maria Heaton)
Page 372
ALLEN, NORMAN (born 1828, son of Luther Allen & Huldah Benedict)
Page 374
NORTHRUP, EDWIN (born 1839 in Tolland, Conn)
SEYMOUR, HENRY (born 1839, son of Silas and Charlotte Seymour)
Page 375
LAIDLAW, WILLIAM (born in Scotland 1840)
Page 378
SPENCER, JOHN
PHELPS, HARPER (died in 1866)
VEDDER, COMMODORE (born 1838 in Ellicottville)
Page 380
JEWELL, JOSEPH (son of Jerome Jewell of Machias)
McDUFFIE, WILLIAM (born 1844 in New Albion)
SPARGUR, WILLIAM
WARD, ARUNAH (born 1820, son of Charles Ward and Lydia King)
Page 381
ANDERSON, EMORY
SMITH, ANDREW
DUNHAM, SAMUEL (b. 1840, son of Henry Dunham)
COCHRAN, J. WILBER (b. 1845, son of Orson Cochran)
Page 382
GALLAGHER, JAMES (born in Canada, 1841 - son of John and Ellen Gallagher)
Page 383
BENSON, MARTIN (b. 1839, son of John Benson and Millie Helms)
BLACKNEY, CHARLES (b. 1846, son of Nathan Blackney and Sarah Ann Leonard)
READ, ALBERT (b. 1845, son of Allen Read)
Page 384
CONGDON, BENJAMIN (b. 1844, son of William H. K. Congdon and Elizabeth Miller)
CONGDON, JOSEPH (b. 1846 - son of William H. K. Congdon & Eliz. Miller, grandson of Benjamin Congdon)
Page 385
LAMB, SILAS (son of Judge Rensselaer Lamb)
HERRICK, HIRAM (b. 1849)
McVEY, JAMES DOW (born 1843 - died 1879)
Page 386
RIDER, GEORGE (b. In 1844 in Trenton, Oneida Co NY)
Page 387
STEVENS, FRANK (b. 1847, son of Daniel Stevens and Catherine Hurty)
PARKE, HUDSON H.
Page 388
VREELAND, OLIVER (b. 1842, son of Simon Vreeland & Jerusha Butterfield)
SANGER, E. M.
Page 389
THRASHER, WINFIELD (b. 1847, son of Samuel Thrasher & Ann Haven)
MURPHY, LEWIS (b. 1850, son of John Murphy)
MATTESON, MORDECAI (b. 1841, brother of Elias Matteson)
Page 390
LINCOLN, CHARLES (b. 1848, son of Pratt Lincoln & Harriet Whitcomb)
WARING, JAMES (b. 1848, son of John & Catherine Waring)
SWIFT, ZENAS (died about 1883)
Page 391
PINDAR, WILLIAM (b. 1844 - son of Rev. William Pindar & Maria Rice)
SPRING, ALFRED (b. 1851, son of Judge Samuel Spring)
STORRS, THOMAS (b. 1864)
Page 392
MOSHER, JOHN (b. 1837)
MOULTON, CHARLES (b. 1854 VT., son of George Moulton & Eglentine Washburn)
Page 393
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM
VAN AERNAM, CHARLES (b. 1851, son of Hon. Henry Van Aernam, M.D.)
DODGE, MYRON (b. 1847 in PA)
ROBINSON, FRANK (b. 1855 - son of Charles P. & Elizabeth Robinson)
Page 394
CORBIN, J. ARTHUR (b. 1853 Waverly, Tioga Co NY(
NOURSE, WILLIAM (b. 1853, native of Hinsdale)
KRUSE, FREDERICK WILLIAM (b. 1852 in Germany)
Page 395
LEONARD, IRVING R. (b 1853 at Dayton, NY, only son of Joseph & Maryette Leonard)
PHELPS, GEORGE H. (b. 1854 Hinsdale NY, son of Augustus & Olive E. Phelps)
GIBBS, W. HUTCHINSON (b. 1846 in Kortright, Delaware Co, NY, son of Dr. Ezra T. Gibbs)
Page 396
PHELPS, W. DARWIN (b. 1848 West Turin, Lewis Co NY, son of William & Catherine Phelps)
COX, PERRY BRUCE (b. 1852 in East Otto NY - died 1892, son of Eli D. Cox)
Page 397
HAYES, EVERAND A. (b. 1850 in Addison Co. VT)
SACKRIDER, DANIEL (b. 1849, Delhi, NY)
REILLY, DEWITT CLINTON (b. 1855 in Buffalo, father was Scotch-Irish and a native of Toronto, his mother was French)
Page 398
TOWNE, GEORGE (b. 1854 in Keene, Cheshire Co, NH, mother was Caroline Spring, sister of Judge Samuel Spring. George’s father also born in Keene, mother born in Grafton VT)
MARKHAM, JAMES E. (B. 1857 in Rochester, NY)
RUMSEY, FRANK (b. 1854 in New Albion, NY)
Page 398
COOK, ELIJAH (b. 1851 in Otto NY, son of Theodore & Pauline Cook)
EATON, FRED L. (b. 1857 in Olean NY, son of Fred R. & Florence Eaton)
Page 400
WARING, WILLIAM (b. 1854 in Farmersville NY, son of John Waring of Conn and Catherine Hogg, who was a native of Scotland)
BLACKMON (b. 1855 in Little Valley, NY, son of Lyman & Julia Blackmon)
REYNOLDS, VEDDER (b. 1856 Ellicottville, son of Elisha Reynolds & Maria Vedder)
Page 401
INMAN, JOHN J. (B. 1858 Dayton NY, son of Harvey& Betsey Inman, both of Scotch (sic)descent)
HAZARD, JOSEPH (b. 1855 in Napoli NY)
Page 402
ALLEN, HERBERT W. (Son of Henry F. Allen)
LOWRY, A. N. (It is said he came from Jamestown NY)
SMITH, WILLIAM VERNON (b. 1857 in Yorkshire Center NY)
FIELD, MYRON B.
CURTIS, HENRY R. (B. 1852 Machias NY, son of Rensselaer Curtis)
Page 403
WHEATON, STANLEY N. (B. 1857 Little Valley NY, son of Norman Wheaton & Harriet Carver)
GOULD, WILLIAM E. (B. 1849 Hinsdale, son of John H. Gould and Pamela Wood)
WHIPPLE, JAMES SPENCER (b. 1852 at Steamburgh NY)
Page 404
YATES, EDGAR N. (B. 1856 Hinsdale, NY)
Page 405
GOULD, EDWARD A. (B. 1853 Hinsdale, NY, son of John H. Gould
SPRAGUE, OLIVER (b. 1859 Perrysburg, NY, son of Delos W. Sprague)
PARKER, WILLIS D. (B. 1858 in Hinsdale NY, son of Leroy Parker & Fidelia Vinton)
BOLLES, JOHN H. (Son of David H. Bolles)
Page 406
DWINNELLS, CHARLES S. (B. 1840 in Yorkshire NY, son of Jonathan Dwinnells &
Elizabeth Alwood. Of Scotch (sic) descent.)
JEWELL, MARCUS B. (B. 1858 Machias NY, son of Jerome B. Jewell)
DOWD, THOMAS H. (B. 1859 Humphrey NY) Of Irish descent.
Page 407
BIXBY, JAMES E. (B. 1861 Dayton NY, son of William Bixby & Hattie Wellman)
KRUSE, ERNEST (b. 1857 East Hamburg, Erie co NY, brother of F. W. Kruse)
RANN, WILLIAM (b. 1860 in Whitewater, Wisconsin)
Page 408
POWELL, DANIEL E. (b. 1853 New Albion NY, son of Daniel H. Powell & Catherine Tubbs)
McNAIR, SAMUEL R. (B. 1856 Arcade NY. Parents natives of Scotland, came to US in 1852)
COLE, GEORGE (b. 1858 Humphrey NY)
JENKINS, WALTER (son of Merrill Jenkins)
MUDGE, LINUS (b. 1858 Palmyra, Wayne Co, NY, son of Rev. W. Mudge & Sarah Ross)
Page 409
CLARK, JAMES O. (B. 1856 Ellicottville NY, son of William Clark)
SPRING, GEORGE E. (B. 1859 Franklinville, NY, brother of Alfred, son of Judge Samuel Spring)
CRANDALL, JOEL J. (B. 1854 in Mansfield, son of Etsel Crandall)
VREELAND, EDWARD B.
WINTERS, GEORGE L.
PARKER, SPENCER BLODGETT (b. 1859 at Versailles, Cattaraugus co. NY)
Page 410
BEARDSLEY, HORACE A. L. (Descendant of Mass. Beardsleys, b. 1863 Oakville, Ontario, CA)
OVERTON, WILLIAM C. (b. 1863 Scranton, PA, son of Giles & Maria Overton)
EATON, EARLE (B. 1865 in Olean NY, son of Fred R. Eaton)
SMITH, JASPER (b. 1860, native of Yorkshire NY, brother of W. V. Smith, also an attorney)
Page 411
WARD, JOHN K. (B. 1859 Great Valley, NY, son of Arunah Ward)
BAXTER, JOHN
DONNELLY, HENRY (b. 1861 Kendall, Orleans Co NY, son of Henry Donnelly & Catherine Brice)
STONE, ANSON W.
HASTINGS, ALLEN J. (B. 1864 Olean NY, son of Loren S. Hastings & Sarah Jones)
WILLSON, JOHN M. (B. 1863 Mansfield, NY, son of E. Oscar Willson & Emeline Utley)
Page 412
SAGE, UDOLPH V. (B. 1856 Rochester NY, son of Edwin S. Sage & Mary Nichols)
COBB, WILLIAM (b. 1870 Brechin, Scotland, son of John Cobb & Elizabeth Duncan)
KING, MANLEY E. (B. 1866 Yorkshire NY, son of Seymour King & Ann Eliza Steele)
Page 413
TARR, PETER B. (B. 1866 near Petroleum Center, Venango Co PA, son of George A. W. Tarr & Nancy Benninghood.)
TERRY, CHARLES W.

WHITE, JUSTUS (brother of Roderick White, came from Springville NY)
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