The Village of Cohoes was incorporated in July 1848. One of the first items of business concerned the organization of a fire department. On October 4, 1848 it was resolved "that two fire companies be organized in this village for the extinguishment of fires, and that one of the said companies be known and styled as the Parmelee Engine Co., No. 2, and that the other company by styled Cataract Engine Co., No. 3, and that said companies be composed of not more than fifty men each….On motion of Mr. Abbott, the following were appointed members of Cataract Engine Company No. 3: Wm. T. Palmer, Samuel Wilkinson, Chas. E. St. John, Henry E. Robbins, Patrick H. Moore, Wm. Green, John Van DerMark, Wm. Ferrell, Joseph Hahn, Alexander Hay, Joseph M. Brown, Marcus S. Deyo, George Jackson, Alonzo Wilmot, John Eastwood, S. M. Swart, Jacob I. Lansing, Isaac I. Ayres, Joseph B. Prescott, Wm. Manning, Lucien Fitts, I. F. Overpaugh, Wm. H. Doty, John P. Warwick, George W. Miller, Darius Parkhurst, Wm. B. Barrett"

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