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

                             ERIE COUNTY

  [-290-]

        EDEN - was formed from "Willink,", (now Aurora,) March 20, 1812.
     Boston was taken off in 1817, and Evans in 1821. It is an interior
     town, lying S.W. of the center of the co. Its surface is hilly and
     broken in the E. and level in the W. A ridge about 500 ft. above the
     lake extends along the E. border. The principal streams are Eighteen
     Mile Creek and its branches. The soil is a gravelly loam intermixed
     with clay. EDEN, (p.v.,) situated near the center of the town, con-
     tains 3 churches, a sawmill, a stave and shingle mill, a tannery, and
     63 houses; EDEN VALLEY, (p.v.,) on Eighteen Mile Creek, contains a
     gristmill, a sawmill, and 20 houses. CLARKSBURGH (p.o.) and EAST EDEN
     (p.o.) are hamlets. The first settlement was made in 1808 by Benj.,
     Joseph, and Samuel Tubbs.(2) The first religious services were con-
     ducted by Rev. Wm. Hill, in 1812. There are 8 churches in town.(3)

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        (2) Among the first settlers were John Marsh, Silas Este, and
            Calvin Thompson, who came in 1809, and Daniel and Edward
            Webster, in 1810. The first birth was that of Hannah Tubbs,
            in1809; the first marriage, that of David Doan and Anna Hill,
            in 1815; and the first death, that of Jas. Welch, in 1812.
            Elisha Welch built the first sawmill, in 1811, and the first
            grist mill, in 1812. Wm. Hill kept the first inn, in 1814, and
            Fillmore & Johnson the first store, in 1820. The first school
            was taught by Rowena Plack, in 1812.

        (3) Ref. Prot. D., Bap., Evang. Luth., M.E., Presb., and R.C.

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