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Gazeteer of the State of New York
J. H. French, 1860

                             ERIE COUNTY

  [-283-]

        BRANDT - was formed from Collins and Evans, March 25, 1839. It lies
     upon the shore of Lake Erie, in the S. W. corner of the co. The sur-
     face is generally level, with a gentle inclination toward the lake.
     Cattaraugus Creek forms a part of the S. boundary. The other principal
     streams are Big Sister, Delaware, and Muddy Creeks. The soil is gener-
     ally a gravelly loam intermixed with clay. BRANDT (p.v.,) contains 20
     houses. MILL BRANCH (Farnham p.o.) is the Saw Mill Station on the B. &
     E. R. R., and contains 30 houses. The first settlement was made in
     1817, by Moses Tucker,(10) The first religious services were conducted
     by Benj. Olmsted, in 1820. A union church is the only one in town.

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        (10) John, Robert, and Major Campbell, and John West, settled in
             the town in 1808, and Ansel Smith, Robt. and Wm. Grannis, and
             Benj. Olmsted, in 1819.  The first birth was that of a son of
             John West, in 1818; the first marriage, that of Levi Grannis
             and Leah Hallida, in 1819; and the first death, that of
             Matthew West, in 1822.  The first mill was built by Sam'l
             Butts, in 1822; the first inn was kept by Josephus Hubbard, in
             1825; and the first store, by Milton Morse, in 1835.  Julia
             Bradley taught the first school, in 1823.


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