The Centennial History of the Town of Marcellus volume 2
The Centennial History of the Town of Marcellus volume 2
Israel Parsons
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In 1837 three or four families separated themselves from the company who had been engaged in building our Kail-Road Embankment, and located r. 4 themselves in the North-East portiun of our town. There wore but few, if any, accessions to their number until about 1848, when emigration from Irehxnd to this country swelled to a tide on account of tlie starvation among its poorer inhabitants, and numbers of them found homes in MsirccUus. From almost total ignorance and poverty, they have become, thr...ough our liberal schools and liberal laws, a very useful and much respected portion of our population. With the exception of a few families, who en- joyed some advantages for educatien in Ireland, their Hrst life here was in Bim])le shanties, and their board of the most humble fare. Now many of them count among our best and most wealthy farmers, and live in our finest houses. Their first religious services were held in 1853 at tlif. House of John McNally, and in 1854 a church of about twenty members was organized, and called the Church of St.
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