Tel: (716) 789-3445

History

Genealogy | Cemeteries

1806	The first family to settle in Harmony was that of Jonathan Cheney in 1806. His cabin was built at Cheney's Point.

1808	Ashville was the first village to be formed in the Town in 1808. The name was derived from the four asheries in the village. In 1808 Reuben Sleyton, Jr. built a saw mill and grist mill. He was an active pioneer in his Town. He became the Supervisor of Harmony in 1808.
1811 1817 1818 1820 1822 1833 1880 1902 1914 1918		Ashville
		In 1811 Thomas Beemus established the Stow Ferry which connected Bemus Point and Stow. He used a small rough-hewn log raft. A steel cable was first used in 1898. In 1907 Alton Ball used a shore-based engine.
	Stow Ferry Eben Pratt taught in the first school in Ashville in 1817. The first church organized in the Town was The Congregational Church of Harmony located in Ashville in 1820. In 1822 Dr. Vine Elderkin was Ashville's first physician. The North Harmony Baptist Church was formed in 1833. Stow acquired its name when John Stow established the Post Office in 1880. George and Alton Appleby established the Ashville - Panama Telephone and Telegraph in 1902. The fire fighting department in the Village of Ashville was organized in 1914.

	The Town of North Harmony was created by the adoption of a resolution by the Board of supervisors of Chautauqua county on December 19, 1918.


	The Stedman Store was the trading center in the north- western portion of the Town. It was started by Frank Wood
		Sportsman's Club

Town of North Harmony
3445 Old Bridge Road ▪ Stow, NY 14785 ▪ Phone: (716) 789-3445 ▪ Fax: (716) 789-9308 ▪ Directions