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The first Bennington town meeting was held in home of David Farnham. The first supervisor for the town was George Loomis. On January 23, 1875, a meeting was held in Cowlesville with the purpose of dividing the Township into two towns. A resolution was drawn up and presented to the Board of Supervisors.
History. As with the rest of Western New York, Wyoming County was part of disputed territory throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, claimed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Connecticut Colony, Pennsylvania Colony, New York Colony, and New France.
The land upon which the village of Cowlesville is situated was purchased in 1818 by Quartus Clapp, who built a saw mill the same year at the foot of what became Mill Street. He built a frame house which stood at the corner of Mill and Main Streets.
3 wrz 2024 · Guide to Wyoming County, New York ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
18 mar 2022 · Some “Then & Now” fun here—the difference in about 100 years in Cowlesville, NY in the Town of Bennington (Wyoming County). Top image is the old covered bridge spanning Cayuga Creek there in the 1920’s, bottom image is the new covered bridge being built in the exact same spot on Schoellkopf Road.
Discover the history of Bennington by visiting their historical society and museum. The Township of Bennington Historical Society was created in the 1970's as part of the American Bicentennial celebration. In those early years, members renovated the former Cowlesville Library building at 211 Clinton Street, into the new Town Historical Museum ...
John Whitney built a tannery in 1837. Russell Hoag was the first blacksmith, he was appointed postmaster in 1832 where he kept office in his house. Pioneer physician was Erastus Cross, the pioneer tailor was Samuel Starbird. The first tavern built was at the corner of Main and Hill street in 1840.
