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Newark.N. Y.„ Courier-Gazette, Thursday, lune 26. 1975 1 4DAVtD GIBSON, president ofSrarah Govern try. Inc., congratulates Valerie Smith, Theresa Muoio and James CuTdaretTi, 14ew-ark Central. School seniors, who were selected to attend the Amer+etm Management-Association s summer program at Hamilton, H:Y; '----------- . . •Role in HistoryBy Cecilia B. Jackson (Town Historian)(Article No. 22 in a series on 150th anniversary of the Town of Arcadja)Throughout the 150 . years of Arcadia's history the name of Lusk has been among the foremost in the various offices of the town.The limited histories of the town reveal that Philip Lusk was an early storekeeper and also had an ashery exchanging '' goods for ashes and. shipped potash eastward, according to McIntosh’s History of Wayne County written in 1877.The sons of Philip operated an early i/day furnace on the north bank of the Erie. Canal near the Bank and a little west of the Newark Hotel,■ Daniel Lusk was an early postmaster. The first school house in Newark was a cheap frame building on a site donated by Jacob Lusk.Henry Lusk was named coUec-• tor- aL^the 4neepperafien-ef the-' vfflage in 1853. Jacob Lusk served as village president. Isaac M. Lusk served as a first lieutenant Co. M, 17th Infantry in the Civil War. L. D. Lusk was a captain in the 17th Infantry and Lycurgus D. Lusk was a sergeant In Co. I, 17th Infantry.The road to Phelps was underbrushed to the creek through the influence of Jacob Lusk. Philip Lusk owned a large farm near the “Corners” and had a general store. The corners were known in die early days as Nln-harris’ Corners, later Grofs Corners and today, the South End.Lockville (east village'; was a busy, thriving place and it was expected to be the business center. The Lusks were old and well known families, in East Newark.* The house later occupied by Perry Price, on the hill, was the home of Peter Lusk, Imogen Russell reveals in Her “Oldtime Days of Newark.”Jeremiah Lusk was one' of the -builders of the Methodist Church near the heme of John Wesley Benton on N. Main St.Christopher Lusk was overseer of the poor in 1894.Among early settlers south of Mud Creek were William Stan-seli, Lewis Jessup, Enoch DeKay, a miller, Wesley Benton, a Methodist Minister and a man of excellent character and Jeremiah Lusk, whose sons, Jacob, Isaac and Philip were the original owners of the site of Newark Village.Just why Jacob P. Lusk is credited with selling the 100 acres of land in the center of what became Newark, is not' known since his brothers were owners with him of the site. It was in May 1820 that Joseph Miller of Herkimer County took contract for one and a quarter.-miles of the Erie Canal and purchased the 100 acres, a portion of which at Mr. Miller’s direction was surveyed and plat-L ted by the local canal engineer, Hiram Tlbbett.George Lookup’s notes frcnj the Supervisor’s proceedings show that Jacob Lusk was elected supervisor in 1873, While - - various members of the Lusk family are mentioned throughout these limited histories it Is difficult to find any direct line.Jacob Lusk was a pioneer, a farmdr, a land baron when Newark Was developing and in 1873 when, he became Supervisor of the Town of Arcadia, he wasnot a young man, but probably 75 years old. The family was. very prominent In commercial and community activities for a long period in the 1800s.The Board of Supervisors in thakyear of 1873 were largely in-volved'with the railroads and the county and towns indebtedness. However the meeting in November jvent on for 18 days and evenings and ran over in December before adjournment. They Could not seem to get the matter of the County Clerk’s office settled. The contractor, Mr, Agett, presented a claim for $2,700 for labor and materials furnished. 'The Board declined to allow any of the biUs as they concluded that the county was notlegally liable. I^ter, however,make a partial payment on bills for definite claims. They paid the amount of $2,576 after all the days of protest.Mr. Lookup’s notes also show that a J. Lusk in the 1874 atlas had a cabinet shop just north of the canal and north of the Newark Hotel on the west side of N. Main St. The atlas under Arcadia states that Jacob Lusk was a manufacturer and dealer of furniture and an undertaker on Willow Ave., which is now, North Main St.E. K. Burnham, a prominent’ Newark' attorney, was supervisor in the years 1874 and 1883-84, His story will be told next week.
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