Thomas Moser
Thomas Moser (1935-2025) Professor, author, woodworker. Thomas Moser was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Harpswell, Maine.
County: Livingston
Lois Bryan Adams
(1817-1870) Writer, newspaper editor. Lois Bryan Adams was born in Moscow, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
John Vance Cheney
(1848-1922) Poet, essayist. John Vance Cheney was born in Groveland, New York.
William Howe Cuyler Hosmer
(1814-1877) Poet. William Howe Cuyler Hosmer was born in and died in Avon, New York.
Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
Poet, editor, critic. Born in Mount Morris, NY. She wrote “The Door of Dreams” (1918) and “The Lifted Cup” (1921). She also was a founder of the Poetry Society of America.
John Cornplanter O’Bail
(1736-1836) Seneca chief, orator, treaty-composer. Was born along the Genesee River. Born along the Genesee River to a Seneca Mother and a white father (O’Bail or Abeel). A Chief who initially fought against the British, he fought alongside the British during the American Revolution. After the war he composed many treaties and was a powerful … Continued
Handsome Lake
(1735?-1815) Seneca chief, prophet, leader, storyteller, orator. “The Code of Handsome Lake/ The Gaiwiio.” Handsome Lake was born near the Genesee river in Livingston county. He was an Iroquois chief, half-brother of Cornplanter, who fought in the Revolutionary War and who went on to express a religious and social vision known as “The Code of … Continued
Lantern Books / James Brunner
General bookstore.