Editing Caton, New York (section)

== History ==
Caton was formed in 1839, as the "Town of Wormley"  from the [[Corning (town), New York|Town of Corning]] (then known as the Town of Painted Post). In 1840, the town name was changed to "Caton" after an act to change it was passed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Caton - Part of the Steuben Co., NY GenWeb page - Judy Cwiklinski - coordinator |url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nysteube/ct/ct.html |access-date=January 15, 2024 |website=sites.rootsweb.com}}</ref> Caton also sent the most men to the Civil War than any other town in Steuben County.<ref name=":0" /> According to ''Pioneer History & Atlas of Steuben County, NY'', the first electric chair was manufactured by George Davis in a chair factory in West Caton,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thrall |first=W. B. |url=http://archive.org/details/pioneerhistoryat00thra |title=Pioneer history & atlas of Steuben County, N.Y. : compiled from historical, statistical & official records |date=1942 |publisher=Perry, NY : Thrall |others=Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center}}</ref> though there no other sources confirming it.