It was named for Gen. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley , an officer in the War of 1812 , who was mainly remembered for the Battle of Lundy 's Lane and the Siege of Fort Erie , in 1814 .	<arg1> an officer in the War of 1812 </arg1> <rel> was mainly remembered </rel> <arg2> for the Battle of Lundy 's Lane </arg2>	1