VITAL RECORDS FROM THE 1875 STATE CENSUS
TOWN OF WOLCOTT
WAYNE COUNTY, NY

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Miscellaneous Statistics:

Miscellaneous Statistics:

First Election District, Wolcott, June 1, 1875
A.P. COLVIN, Enumerator

First M.E. Church: Methodist Episcopal; value of church & lot 25,000; value of other real estate 1500; seats 800; 500 usual number in attendance; number of communicants 200; salary of clergy, 1000.

Methodist: Methodist denomination; value of church & lot 3500; seats 400; 100 usual number in attendance; number of communicants 60; salary of clergy 600.

Presbyterian: Presbyterian denomination; value of church & lot 8000; value of other real estate 5000; seats 600; 400 usual number in attendance; number of communicants 175; salary of clergy 900.

Methodist: Methodist denomination; value of church & lot 5000; seats 500; 300 usual number in attendance; number of communicants 150; salary of clergy 600.

Baptist: Baptist denomination; value of church & lot 3000; seats 500

Newspapers and Other Periodicals: Wolcott Standard, 960 circulation; Lake Shore News, 300 circulation

Hotels, inns and taverns - 4; Retail stores and groceries - 16

Remarks on the harvest of 1874: Crops of 1874 were as a general thing about an even average with former years.

Domestic animals in cities and villages, number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands; 92 horses and 47 cows

Wages: Men working at common hand labor in building, etc. $1.75 per day; Farm hands hired by the season or year, $19.50 a month; Farm hands hired in haying and harvest $2.00 by the day; Women hired for common household work $1.75 by the week; Carpenters and Joiners $3.00 by the day; Masons, stone and bricklayers, $3.00 by the day; Moulders $10.00 per week; Blacksmiths $2.00 by the day; Painters and Glaziers $2.50 by the day; Printers $9.00 by the week; Dressmakers by the day 75 cents, by the week $4.00

General Remarks: A rail road runing through this place has caused the population of village to increase about 250 to 300 and is still increasing with good prospects. We have a little village laying about 5 miles north known as North Wolcott, has 1 store and 1 church, about 100 inhabitants. This village of Wolcott lays partly in the town of Butler, has about 875 in Wolcott corperation.

Second Election District, Wolcott, June 1, 1875
William O. WOOD, Enumerator

M.E. Church of Red Creek: Episcopal Methodist denomination; value of church & lot 14,000; value of other real estate 13,000; 100 usual number in attendance; number of communicants 40; salary of clergy 700.

First Presbyterian Church of Red Creek: Presbyterian denomination; value of church & lot 3500; value of other real estate 1500; seats 250; 100 usual number in attendance; number of communicants or regular members 60; salary of clergy 500.

First Baptist Church of Red Creek: Baptist denomination; value of church & lot 1600; value of other real estate 1050; seats 250; 100 usual number in attendance; number of communicants or regular members 60; salary of clergy 500.

Free Baptist Church of Red Creek: Free Will Baptist denomination; value of church & lot 800; seats 150

Inns, hotels and taverns - 1; retail stores and groceries - 7

Wages: Men working at common hand labor in building etc. $1.00 per day, $7.00 per week, $20.00 per month; Farm hands hired by the season or year $2.00 per day; Farm hands hired in haying and harvest $1.50 per day; $26.00 per month; Women hired for common household work $2.50 by the day; Carpenters and Joiners $2.00 by the day, $32.00 by the month; Mason, stone and bricklayers $2.50 by the day; Shoemakers (journeymen) $26.00; Machinists $3.00 by the day; Blacksmiths $1.25 by the day, $7.50 by the week, $30.00 by the month; Painters & Glaziers $2.00 by the day; Dressmakers $3.50 by the week; Sewing and other woman's hand labor 75 cents a day

MARRIAGES:

First Election District: Town of Wolcott: during year ending June 1, 1875
A.P. COLVIN, Enumerator

Eron LOVEJOY, 19, single and Clkairee CREQUE, 18, single
Nov. 25 in Wolcott by a P clergyman

E.F. MORRIS, 18, single and Bessie GRANDY, 21, single
Aug. 2 in Rose by a J.P.

Jerome MARBLE, 24, single and Lovina PHILLIPS, 23, single
Dec. 31 in Wolcott by a P clergyman

Horace GROAT, 20, single aand Josaphine LOVELESS, 26, single
Dec. 24 in Rose by a B clergyman

Anson DRURY, 76, widowed and Mariah BAKER, 68, widow
Mar. 5 in Wolcott by a M.E. clergyman

Wm. H. BARNETT, 26, single and Josapene ROSENBURG, 20, single
Dec. 23 in Wolcott by a M.E. clergyman

W.A. THORNE, 21, single and E.A. CHAMPLAIN, 20, single
Sept. 23 in Sodus by a M.E. clergyman

L.A. THORNE, 21, single and C.E. WHITBECK, 20, single
Sept. 23 in Sodus by a M.E. clergyman

John P. ARNETT, 62, widowed and Sarah M. DeWITT, 44, widow
April 23 in Wolcott by an Advent clergyman

Everett SLATT, 22, single and Lillian JEPSON, 17, single
Sept. 8 in Clyde by a P.E. clergyman

E.D. DEMPSEY, 23, single and Mary MEAD, 17, single
Sept. 15 in Wolcott by an M.E. clergyman

Second Election District: Town of Wolcott: during year ending June 1, 1875
Wm. O. WOOD, Enumerator

F.B. PHILLIPS, single and Clarre HYDE, single
Sept. 2 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

Sylvester B. FOSTER, single and Emma R. WASHBURN, single
Sept. 10 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

Luke M. LAMB, single and Elana E. CLIFTON, single
Oct. 5 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

Edward REYNOLDS, single and Jennie BESEMER, single
Oct. 18 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

Jefferson JONES, single and Nettie DODGE, single
Dec. 31 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

P.W. HOLDRIDGE, single and Emma LAWRENCE, single
Feb. 13 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

Richard S. STEVENSON, widowed and Josephene E. BROOKS, single
Mar. 31 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Meth. Ep. clergyman

Ives HOUGH, 21, single and Abigail GATES, 19, single
Mar. 3 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Pres. clergyman

Gilbert PARSONS, 24, widowed and Amelia PARKS, 15, single
Apr. 25 in Red Creek, N.Y. by a Pres. clergyman

George JACKWAY, 35, single and Maggie KENNEDY, 27, single
April 28 in Red Crfeek, N.Y. by a Pres. clergyman

Rogers CHENEY, 25, single and Sarah GILCHEY, 17, single
May 15 in Wolcott, N.Y. by a Free Bap. clergyman

Preston BENNETT, 22, single and Eliza J. ROBERTS, 21, single
Mar. 10 in Wolct., N.Y. by a Free Bap. clergyman

Frank KEESLER, 22, single and Jennett WOOD, 28, single
April 7 in Wolcott, N.Y. by a J.P.

Daniel ROBERTSON, 27, single and Frances A. YOUNGLOVE, 22, single
Jan. 21 in Wolcott, N.Y. by a Free Bap. clergyman

George W. STANCEL, 36, widowed and Lucinda M. BALL, 36, widow
Jan. 24 in Wolcott, N.Y. by a Free Bap. clergyman

George FAVER, 19, single and Mary F. RIDER, 15, single
Mar. 25 in Wolcott, N.Y. by a Free Bap. clergyman

DEATHS:

First Election District: Town of Wolcott: during year ending June 1, 1875
A.P. COLVIN, Enumerator

Pheba MARBLE, 81, female, widow, Nov. 24, b. N.Y., pluralacis

John A. SHARP, 64, male, married, April 1, b. N.Y., farmer, inflamatory rheumatism

Jane A. SIMPSON, 60, female, single, June 8, b. N.Y., consumption

John BLANCHARD, 78, male, married, May 22, b. N.Y., farmer, cancer operated upon on face

Emma HOLLIER, 23, female, married, March 10, b. N.Y., feaver

Eugene VANDERBELT, 38, male, married, May 25, b. N.Y., farmer, congestion

Hattie FIELDS, 1y 10m, female, Sept. 26, b. N.Y., hooping cough

Eda MINER, 5, female, Feb. 22, b. N.Y., spinal epademic

Frederick FOOT, 2, male, Feb. 18, b. N.Y., spinal epademic

Lela J. WALKER, 22, female, married, Jan. 4, b. N.Y., child birth

S.V. ROBERTS, 22, female, married, June 21, b. N.Y., child birth

Rena BREWSTER, 1m, female, Aug. 2, b. N.Y., sumer complaint

Frederick WINCHELL, 9m, male, Aug. 21, b. N.Y., sumer complaint

Second Election District: Town of Wolcott: during year ending June 1, 1875

Sarah G. PLUMB, 29, female, married, Feb. 27, b. Steuben Co., wife, chloreforme

Andrew M. PASCO, 10, male, Jan. 6, b. Red Creek, rheumatic meningitis

Amos SNYDER, 76, male, widowed, May 20, b. Owasco, N.Y., farmer, pleurisy

Polly SNYDER, 78, female, married, Dec. 21, b. Owasco, N.Y., congestion of lungs

Peter SNYDER, 80, male, married, Feb. 10, b. Owasco, N.Y., farmer, secnhus of stomach

Infant daughter of William BATES, 1d, Nov. 12, b. Wolcott, NY

Thomas J. MITCHELL, 63, male, widowed, Aug. 22, b. Onondaga Co., farmer, paralisis of brain

George H. NEAL, 10m, male, May 15, b. Wayne Co., fever and dropsey

Maria YOUNGLOVE, 82, female, widow, May 15, b. N.J., paralisis

William PHILIPS, 47, male, married, March 13, b. N.J., farmer, inflamation of lungs

Eliz. A. MIXER, 64, female, married, May 3, b. Conn., consumption

Lorentine BRACE, 46, female, married, July 16, b. Oswego, consumption

Olin McARTHUR, 31, male, married, April 2, b. Wayne Co., farmer, Bright's disease of kidneys

Mary ELMENDORF, 67, female, widow, Feb. 20, b. Ulster Co., rheumatic consumtion

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