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- Wart Family, The.-It was not until the spring of 1812 that the forests of Boylston rang with the woodman's axe, it being the last town in the county to be settled except Albion, which was occupied the same year. The first pioneers of Boylston were John Wart, of Cherry Valley. and Michael Sweetman, of Montgomery county, who, un¬known to each other, came by the inevitable ox sled conveyance of that era about the same time. Mr. Wart, however, arrived two days the earlier, and was conse¬quently the very first settler of Boylston. Wart and Sweetman both located in the northwestern part of the present town of Boylston, which was then a part of Richland. It was more particularly designated as survey township No. 6 of the Boylston tract, and on the survey maps it was also called Campania. Mr. Sweetman built his cabin where the present residence of Norman Wart stands, and Mr. Wart established him¬self half a mile further east. It was two miles to another house in Lorraine, and a like distance west into Ellishurg; to the south nearly ten miles of forest lay between the two hardy pioneers and the settlement of Orwell; while on the east the oaks and hemlocks stretched in an unbroken mass to the distant valley of the Black River. In 1815 there was a heavy immigration consisting of four families. namely: Peter Wells, Martin Lillie, John F. Dean and Asa B. Copeland. They settled where North Boyl¬ston church (M. P.) now stands. Morris Wart, a younger brother of John, came in 1816, living with the latter a while and then locating in 1818 in the town of Lorraine. In 18341 he located iu the northwest corner of Boylston, adding to his purchase at various times until he had 300 acres. His wife was Phoebe Hall, of Royal Grant, Oneida county, by whom he had two sons and one daughter: Frances Ann, James P. and 0. Norman. The mother died in 1838, and Morris married Betsey Bargey, by whom he had three sons and one daughter: Phebe M.. Peter V., Alfred B. and Jere¬miah. She died in 1881. Mr. Wart served a number of years as assessor and was also poormaster. He was a member of the Mannsville Baptist church. He died in 1882. Three of his children, Frances, James P. and Alfred are in Michigan. 0. Norman Wart was born July 18, 1835, in the town of Boylston. He married Elsie Ann, daughter of Stephen Draper, born August 22, 1540, in the town of Orwell, and has two children: Clarence 11., born May 11. 18;3; and Clara V., born May 21, 1876,
both of whom are teaching school. He has a farm of 100 acres devoted to general farming, and has served as assessor three years. He and family are members of the Mannsville Baptist church. It is related that about 1850, this part being settled mostly by Warts, there were iu the district school at one time twenty-five children of that name.
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1789 - 1879 (90 years)