Lewis County Fire Wardens

Contributed by: Lisa Slaski


Source: New York Forest Commission, Annual Report, 1892 (presented to the State Assembly on March 30, 1893)

 



Lewis County:



Town, Firewarden, P.O. address



Croghan, George Nortz, Belfort



Denmark, John T. Martin, Denmark



Diana, M. A. Samson, Sterling Bush



Greig, Scudder Todd, Lyons Falls



Harrisburgh, Frank McCarthy, Copenhagen



Highmarket, John Harrington, Highmarket



Lewis, Paul Finister, West Leyden



Leyden, Robert Roberts, Leyden



Lowville, Ira Sharp, Lowville



Lyonsdale, James Dority, Lyonsdale



Martinsburgh, William Williams, East Martinsburgh



Montague, Orrin H. Spencer, Gardner’s Corners



New Bremen, Johnson Turk, Croghan



Osceola, William Roll, Osceola



Pinckney, James Bourk, Barnes Corners



Turin, Edward A. Shepherd, Turin



Watson, Samuel Rennie, Chase’s Lake



West Turin, Adam Kotary, Constableville



“The Firewardens are not salaried officials. They receive pay only for such time as they are on duty at a forest fire. They are appointed by the Forest Commission, but their services are a town charge.”