The Life of Henry Welles, 1781–1833 In the small Connecticut town of Glastonbury, Henry Welles — son of George and Prudence (Talcott) Welles — was born. In 1799, his family moved to Tioga Point, Pennsylvania — a rugged and promising frontier on the northern branch of the Susquehanna River. It was wild country, full of disputed land claims and opportunity in equal measure. For Henry, it would become home. Tioga Point in those early years was not without hardship. Around 1813,

Spotlight on early settlers: Sarah Ovenshire Tozer portrait in our north room Sarah Ovenshire was born on Jul. 27, 1831, in Athens township, the youngest of seven children of Samuel Ovenshire (1791-1868) and Sarah Bidlack (1796-1865). The Ovenshire farm was on present-day Sheshequin Rd. near the intersection with Orange Hill Rd. The farm adjoined that of Col. John Franklin. Sarah married Ralph Tozer in Athens township on Nov. 29, 1853. Ralph Tozer was born on Nov. 9, 1829, in

Ann Elizabeth Hyatt Stewart Ann Elizabeth Hyatt was born about September, 1838, in Waverly, NY, the younger of two children of John F. Hyatt Jr. (1761-1853), a Revolutionary War veteran, and his second wife Rachel Rolfe (1804-1879). She lived with her parents and later her widowed mother in Waverly, probably until she was married. Ann Hyatt married Adam Stewart about 1870. Adam Stewart was born in 1818 in New York, possibly in Danby, Tioga county, where his family lived in 18

Rebecca McDuffee McGeorge The portrait of Rebecca McDuffee McGeorge is believed to have been painted by her niece's husband, Edward Curran Herrick. Rebecca McDuffee was born in 1798, probably in Athens, the eleventh of twelve children of Daniel McDuffee (1752-1831) and Dorothy Ladley (1755-1845), both natives of County Antrim, Ireland. Rebecca's sister Anna McDuffee Tyler was the mother of Eliza Tyler Herrick, wife of the artist Edward Curran Herrick, and Mary Tyler Long, who

Betsey Spalding Griffin The name of the artist who painted Betsey Spalding Griffin's portrait is unknown Betsey Spalding was born on Feb. 26, 1785, in Plainfield, Windham county, CT, to Ezra Spalding (1854-1828) and Hannah Eaton (1758-1827). Betsey was descended from Joseph Spalding (1646-1740), a distant relative of Simon Spalding, one of the earliest white settlers of Sheshequin. She moved from Plainfield to Canton, Bradford county, with her parents in 1796, when she was ni

William Kiff was born on May 22, 1793, in Bloomville (town of Kortright), Delaware county, NY, the sixth of ten children of Andrew Kiff...

Spotlight on Early Settlers- Myra and Alice Kingsbury Myra and Alice Kingsbury were the daughters of Lemuel and Sarah Osborn. Myra was...

Spotlight on Early Settlers-                   Cynthia Holcomb Shaw and Ebenezer Shaw Cynthia was born March 17, 1783 in Grandby,...

Spotlight on Early Settlers –Arletta Talladay Northrup Recently, Tioga Point Museum was contacted by Peg Tracy, the great, great, great...

From Our Archives…at Tioga Point Museum Shared by Sandy Chamberlain   The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was a group of women who...