by Old Mentz | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
(This is a slightly expanded version of what will appear in the Citizen.) Last month I wrote about the death of Ethen Akin, and his possible relationship to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. This month, I wanted to write about his life. Ethen was born in 1779 in White...
by Old Mentz | Jul 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Anita Messina Bill Pilgrim is remembered as Port Byron’s Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals, as president of the Port Byron School Board, as a friend with a great sense of humor. But not many knew he was the holder of nine patents, each responsible for an...
