Hankins, New York and the People who Lived There

  F rom the 1872 Gazetteer  In 1872, M.S. Brown had a postal address in Hankins. He was a farmer who farmed 115 acres. [1]  From the 1875 New York State Census, both the population schedule and the agricultural schedule.  In 1875, Melancthan S Brown and his family lived in a frame house valued at $ 600 in Fremont, Sullivan County, New York. Melancthan, age 44, was a farmer who owned land. He, his wife, Eliza J, age 32, daughter Emma, age 8, and son Frank, age 4, were all born in Sullivan County. [2]  In 1875, M.S. Brown worked a 110 acres farm, with 40 acres of improved land, in Fremont, Sullivan County, New York. His farm was valued at $ 2000, with $ 400 of farm buildings, $ 300 of stock, and $ 100 of tools. He had gross sales of $ 100 from his farm in 1874.  Brown raised many fewer crops than his neighbors. He didn’t plow any land in 1874 or 1875. He had 15 acres in pasture each year, and 20 acres of meadows, which yielded 20 tons of hay. He planted on ac...