Founders Park

Founders Park. , Reuben Perkins , 1761-1855 , Capt. Perkins, a Revolutionary War veteran, moved to the area from Connecticut in 1807. He obtained a state patent in 1810 to buy 329 2/10 acres of the Canastota Reserve from the Oneida Indians for $7.50 an acre. Subsequently, he began selling sections and by the mid-1810s, four residences and a flourishing wheat field marked the early settlement of Canastota. With the coming of the Erie Canal, Perkins was appointed the first Superintendent of the Canastota section., Captain Daniel Lewis , 1798 – 1872 , The Lewis family moved to the area from Washington County in 1806. An industrious young man, Daniel's first land purchase was a lot from Reuben Perkins, what is now the area of the public library. He served as the Canal Superintendent of the Canastota Division, caring for it with untiring vigilance, for which he was given the title of Captain. He later was employed as Dept. Superintendent of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad and then of the Hudson River Railroad., As a land owner, Capt. Lewis left a legacy of village improvements including this triangle park corner., Mayors Of Canastota , Unknown 1835 – 1858 , Smith Sayles 1858-1859 , Unknown 1859-1862 , Edwin R. White 1862-1863 , Unknown 1863 – 1866 , Simeon Clock 1866-1867 , Charles L. Hutchinson 1867-1869 , Nicholas Arkenburg 1869-1870 , Aaron B. Brush 1870-1871 , David H. Rasbach 1871-1872 , Loring Fowler 1872-1873 , Garitt A. Forbes 1873-1875 , Edwin T. Frederick 1875-1878 , Seward M. Stroud 1878-1879 , Garitt A. Forbes 1879-1880 , Ralph H. Avery 1880-1881 , Frederick C. Fiske 1881-1882 , Abram T. Van Valkenburgh 1882-1883 , Joseph D. Cornell 1883-1885 , John H. McMahon 1885-1886 , Frederick C. Fiske 1886-1887 , Barney Austerman 1887-1888 , Francis W. Doolittle 1888-1891 , LeGrand Colton 1891-1892 , Francis W. Doolittle 1892-1893 , George S. Sadler 1893-1894 , James M. Knapp, M.D. 1894-1895 , Cleon Tondeur 1895-1896 , Cassius M. Colegrove, M.D. 1896-1897 , Norman Stafford 1897-1899 , James M. Knapp, M.D. 1899-1901 , Cassius M. Colegrove, M.D. 1901-1902 , Henry O. Travis 1902-1904 , Arthur N. Ellis 1904-1906 , Frederick F. Hubbard 1906-1909 , Ervin Saltsman 1909-1910 , James E. Tally 1910-1911 , John W. Souter 1911-1912 , James E. Tally 1912-1913 , Charles H. Hoffman 1913-1915 , John W. Souter 1915-1916 , Charles E. Farr 1916-1917 , John H. Roberts 1917-1920 , Charles R. Tubbs 1920-1924 , Donald Dew 1924-1925 , Merritt E. Newberry 1925-1926 , Herman G. Germer, M.D. 1926-1929 , Arthur L. Strough 1929-1933 , Robert W. Haines, Sr. 1933-1935 , Antonio G. Waldo 1935 -1945 , John H. Coulter 1945-1949 , Alexander Debrucque 1949-1953 , Antonio G. Waldo 1953-1957 , Wallace W. Sharpe 1957-1963 , Michael A. Becker, Sr. 1963-1965 , Albert Deppoliti 1965-1971 , Ernest Emmi 1971-1977 , Joseph Paone 1977-1981 , Donald "Biff’ Cerio 1981-1989 , Joseph Paone 1989-1993 , Mark Lavonas 1993-2001 , Todd Rouse 2001-2012 , Carla M. DeShaw 2012-