The Village of Dansville, N.Y. holds a special place in American Red Cross history. Clara Barton, after her service during the Franco - Prussian War. Stayed at the Jackson Sanatorium in Dansville in 1875. Despite facing challenges, Barton’s . . . — — Map (db m298244) HM
Settled 1819 by Luther Bisbee
Born 1762 - Died 1856
Soldier in the American
Revolution from Massachusetts
Site 1st house 1 mile south — — Map (db m152683) HM
Founder of the American Red Cross and Red Cross #1 Dansville, New York
Her healing hands have been comfort to millions around the world. Clara Barton symbolizes all that is good and caring about Americans.
Born: December 25, 1821 . . . — — Map (db m298245) HM
“It must never be forgotten that Dansville was the first child of the American Red Cross.” Established the American Red Cross Chapter #1 in Dansville, NY in 1881 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church — — Map (db m298242) HM
Given to Clara Barton, Chapter No. 1 of the American National Red Cross, in memory of Emma Hartman Noyes, a charter member of this chapter, by her children Nicholas H. Noyes, Jansen Noyes, and Katherine E. Noyes, December 28, 1949. — — Map (db m198737) HM
(front)
From
Fort Sumpter
to
Appomattox
G.A.R.
(right)
1861
Let us have Peace
Grant
1865
Fraternity
(rear)
With malice
towards none,
with charity
for all.
Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m75797) WM
[center]
Dansville Honors Its Veterans of All Wars. In the glory of their youth, we shall remember them.
[left]
Dansville Area Honors Its Heroes. In loving tribute and grateful appreciation to all Dansville area military men and . . . — — Map (db m76052) WM
Revolutionary War veteran
Nathaniel Porter buried 1797.
Some early residents
still interred here after
headstones removed in 19th c. — — Map (db m133064) HM
Elias H. Geiger
1819-1895. Built this home
in 1871. Orphaned at age 7.
Became a carpenter, farmer,
owner of steam sawmills
and large tracts of land. — — Map (db m151739) HM
of Luther Bisbee II and his
wife, Eliza West. Descendants
of Thomas Besbidge and
Francis West, freemen of
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
1637-1670 — — Map (db m158649) HM
Indian cabin
nearby is the site of the
last cabin in this town,
occupied by the Senecas,
before their removal to the
Buffalo reservation, 1826 — — Map (db m100019) HM
Maj. Daniel Faulkner
“Founder of Dansville”
Father Friend
Born 1764 Died 1802
Erected by
The Dansville Senior High School Student Council
and the Redwing Yorkers — — Map (db m298249) HM
Ossian District 2 est. here
ca. 1824. Closed ca. 1933.
Gordon Wilson, trustee,
ca. 1928-1932. Later chaired
County Board of Supervisors. — — Map (db m132678) HM
The Town of Ossian lies in the extreme southern part of Livingston County. The. County boundaries are Alleghany on the south and west, with Steuben on the east. The early settlers were Richard and James Bagley, Herman Orton and Luther Bisbee settled . . . — — Map (db m298713) HM
Route of New York and Erie
telegraph line constructed
in 1848, under the
supervision of Ezra Cornell
founder of Cornell University — — Map (db m152690) HM
