Image and text from Otsego county New York Geographical and Historical
by Edwin F Bacon, Ph B. 1902 Oneonta NY
Roseboom was formed from Cherry Valley in 1854.
| page 59. ROSEBOOM. Area 19,739 Acres. Population 1,031. Roseboom was formed from Cherry Valley in 1854. The surface is diversified, many of the hills rising to the height of 350 feet above the valleys. It is embraced in the original grant to John Lindesay, and was divided into the Belvidere, McKean, Long, and Beaver Dam patents. This was the last town organized in the country and was named in honor of Abram Roseboom, who with John Roseboom owned, at the beginning of the century, a tract of 2,000 acres lying in the present towns of Middlefield, Cherry Valley and Roseboom. For many years the mercantile business of the locality was conducted at Cherry Valley, and it was not until 1832 that a store was opened within the present limits of the town. This was kept by Daniel Antisdel at Lodi (now Roseboom). The first grist mill was built by Cornelius Low in 1818. Among the early settlers were John Boyce, William Pesco, Simeon Rich, John and Peter Sutphen, Smith Hull, Peter Low, Daniel Clark, Solomon Coats, Rufus Perkins, John Pearson, and Isaac Keeling. Some of the early residents are now living at a great age. Mrs. Mary (Keeling) Pearso at Pleasant Brook is ninety-five, Mrs. Lucy Boyce at Roseboom is ninety-three, and Dr. John W. Sterriker of Roseboom is eighty-seven. This is a prosperous agricultural township. The leading industry is dairying, the milk being sent to cheese factories. VILLAGES: Roseboom (population 226), South Valley (population 227), and Pleasant Brook (population 127). Lowell's Corners is a hamlet on the eastern border. SCHOOLS: Number of districts 12, teachers 11, children of school age 148. CHURCHES: At Roseboom, Baptist and Methodist; at South Valley, Methodist, Methodist Protestant and Christian; at Pleasant Brook, Methodist and Methodist Protestant; at Bentley Hollow, Methodist Protestant. Transcribed by Karen Flanders Eddy. KARENE1@webtv.net |