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THE  MEN  OF  NEW  YORK 


A  COLLECTION  OF  BIOGRAPHIES 
AND  PORTRAITS  OF  CITIZENS  OF 
THE  EMPIRE  STATE  PROIVIINENT  IN 
BUSINESS,  PROFESSIONAL,  SOCIAL, 
AND  POLITICAL  LIFE  DURING  THE 
LAST  DECADE  OF  THE  NINETEENTH 
CENTURY 


Vol.  II 


BUFFALO,    N.    Y. 

GEO.    E.    MATTHEWS    &    CO. 

1898. 


U/|iaA 


'V 


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COPYRIGHT.   1898, 

BY 

GEO.   E.   MATTHEWS   &    CO. 


ENGRAVED,  PRINTED  AND  BOUND  AT  THE 
COMPLETE  ART-PRINTING  WORKS  OF 

THE    MATTHEWS-NORTHRUP    CO., 

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In  this  second  volume  are  included  the 
portraits  and  biographies  of  subjects  residing  in 
the  Manhattan,  Eastern,  Chemung,  and  Genesee 
Sections;  also  the  biographies  and  portraits  of 
prominent  citizens  from  various  sections  who 
died  shortly  before  the  work  was  undertaken. 
The  volume  is  concluded  by  a  synoptical  index, 
which  includes  not  only  the  leading  facts  of 
each  biography  as  presented  in  either  volume, 
but  such  additional  items  of  interest  as  have 
occurred  between  the  publication  in  parts  and 
the  final  publication  in  January,  1898. 


N  / 


INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS   IN   Vol.  II 

■[M,  Manhattan  Section  ;    E,  Eastern  ;    C,  Cbemunt;  ;    (!.  Genesee  ;    D.  Tbe  Departed] 


ABELI.,  PIENRY  E., 
ADAMS,  EDWARD  I... 
ADAMS,  REUliEN  A., 
ADSIT,  MARTIN,       ^      , 
ALMY,  ELMER  E.,    .     . 
ANDREWS,  CHARLES, 
ANDREWS,  lUDSON  H., 
ANIBAL,  NELSON  H.. 
ANIBAL,  ROBERT  P.,  . 
AVER,  FREDERICK  V., 
BAILEV,  E.  PRENTISS, 
BAKER,  JOHN  E.,     .     . 
BALDWIN,  FRANCIS  E  . 
BARBER,  AMZI    L.,   .      . 
BARNES,  ENOS  W., 
BARNES,  WILLIAM,  Jr., 
BARROWS,  SAMUEL  "[., 
BARTLF:TT,  FREDERIC  W 
BARTLETT,  MVRON  E., 
BATES,  FREDERICK  E., 
BATTERSHALL,  W.  W., 
BAXTER,  ARCHIE  E., 
BAYLESS,  GEORGE  C, 
BECKLEY,  J.  N.,   .     .     .   - 
BECKWITH,  GEORGE  H. 
BELDING,  MII.O  M.,      . 
BENEDICT,  HENRY  II., 
BERGUOLTZ,  HERMAN, 
1;E.ST,  ROBERT  H.,  .     . 
BLISS,  CORNELIUS  N., 
BOLAND,  JAMES,      .      . 
BORST,  HENRY  v., 
BRACKETT,  EDGAR  T., 
BRADLEY,  GEORGE  B., 
BROOKS,  HARRY  SAYER 
BUCHANAN, CHARLES  J 
BULGER,  CHARLES  N., 
BURKE,  H.  Y.,       .     .     . 
BURKE,  THOMAS  M.  A., 
BURROWS,  GEORGE  II., 
BURWELL,  GEORGE  N., 
CALLICOT,  T.  C,      .     . 
CARPENTER,  REESE,   . 
CARROLL,  CHARLES  II.. 
CASSIDY,  DAVID  D.,    . 


Page. 

Brooklyn, 

Gl  M 

EIniira,    . 

33   C 

Rochester,     . 

11  G 

H<:)rnellsville. 

■i'.)  C 

Rochester,     . 

30  G 

Syracuse, 

3   E 

Buft'alo,    .      . 

10  I) 

Gloversville, 

■1-   E 

Johnstown,    . 

4    ■' 

New*  York,   . 

41  M 

Utica,       .      . 

45  E 

Batavia,    . 

21)  G 

Elinira,    . 

•"i7   C 

New  York,   . 

73  M 

Wellsville.    . 

411  I) 

Albany,    ,      . 

17   E 

Utica, 

40    •• 

Buffalo,    .      . 

11  I) 

Warsaw, 

40   G 

Caroline  Depot, 

;i4  C 

Albany.    . 

47   E 

Elmira,    . 

-.0  c 

Binghamton. 

3    " 

Rochester,     . 

41  G 

Plattsburgh, 

05  E 

New  York,  . 

4-2  M 

'• 

03   " 

Illiaca,      .      . 

4  C 

Buffalo,    . 

40  D 

New  ^'ork,   . 

17  M 

Buffalo,    .      . 

33  D 

.\nisterilam, 

5   E 

Saratoga  Springs 

,    18    '• 

Corning, 

17   C 

Elmira,    . 

35    " 

Albany,    .      . 

48  E 

( )swego,  . 

0    " 

Amsterdam, 

13    " 

Albany,    . 

31    '« 

Buffalo,    .      . 

17  D 

.      . 

57   " 

Albany,    . 

18  E 

New  York,  . 

43  M 

Rochester,     . 

31  G 

Amsterdam, 

7   E 

M. 


CHESTER,  ALDEN,  . 
CHILDS,  HENRY  A., 
CHOATE,  JOSEPH  H. 
CLEARWATER,  A.  T., 
CLEMENT,  STEPHEN 
CLEWS,  HENRY,       .      .      . 
COMPTON,  W.  R.,      .     .     . 
CONKI.IN,  MELVIN  M.,    . 
COUDERT,  FREDERIC  R., 
COXE,  ARTHUR  CLEVELA 
CRANDALL,  AZOR  B., 
GUMMING,  ALEXANDER. 
CURTISS,  GEORGE  B..       . 
CUSHMAN,  DANIEL  B,,     . 
CUTLER,  JAMES  G.,      .     . 
DANA,  CHARLES  A.,    .     . 
DANIELS,  GEORGE  II., 
DANIELS,  WILLIAM   II.. 
DAVENPORT,  NELS(  )N,     . 
DEPEW,  CHAUNCEV   M., 
DEXTER,  SEYMOUR,    .     . 
DEYO,  ISRAEL  T.,    .     .     . 
DOANE,  WM.  CROSWELL, 
DOWNING,  AUGUSTUS  S., 
DOWNS,  FRED   L.,    .     .     . 
DRUMMOND,  ROBERT  I... 
DUHL,  LOUIS,       .... 
DUN,  ROBERT  GRAHAM, 
DUNCAN,  WILLIAM  A., 
DUTCHER,  lOIIN  B., 
EATON,  JAMES  W.,       .     . 
EUSTACE,  ALEXANDER  C. 
EVAN.S,  ASHER  B.,  .     .      . 

FA.SSETT,  J.  S. 

FASSETT,  N.  P.,  .  .  .  . 
FELLOWS,  ISAIAH,  Jr.,  . 
FISH,  LE(JNARD  F.,      .     . 

flood,  thomas  s.,  .  . 
fxower,  roswell  p..  . 
foster,  samuel,  .  .  . 
frank,  augustus,  .  . 
fuertes,  e.  a.,  .  .  .  . 
c;aines,  c.  c,  .... 
good,  john, 

grace",  WILLIAM  R.. 


Page. 

Albany,   .      .      . 

20  E 

Medina,  . 

17  G 

New  York,   . 

44  M 

Kingston,      . 

CO  E 

Buffalo,    .      . 

18  D 

New  York,   . 

45  M 

F'lmira,     . 

18  C 

r,     it 

New  York,   . 

O 

04  M 

Buffalo,    .      . 

50  D 

.      . 

34   " 

Binghamton, 

56  C 

" 

36   " 

Norwich, 

0   " 

Rochester,     . 

18  G 

New  York,   . 

33  M 

" 

65   " 

Ogdensburg, 

14  E 

Troy, 

32   " 

New  York,    . 

18  M 

Elmira,    . 

19  C 

Binghamton, 

7    " 

Albany,    . 

21   E 

Palmyra, 

42  G 

Medina,  .      . 

43   " 

Auburn,   . 

44    ■' 

Elmira,    . 

37   C 

New  York,   . 

46  M 

Syracuse, 

9  E 

New  York,   . 

48  M 

Albany,    .      . 

22  E 

Elmira,    . 

51   C 

Lockport, 

51  D 

Elmira,    .      . 

20  C 

" 

19  D 

Cohoes,    . 

33  E 

Fultonville,  . 

10   " 

Elmira,    . 

.     38  C 

New  York,   . 

19  M 

Troy,        .      . 

67  E 

Warsaw, 

35  D 

Ithaca, 

40  C 

Poughkeepsie, 

15  E 

New  York,   . 

06  M 

34    " 

INDEX    OF    VOL.    II—  Con ti mini 


GREEN,  GEORGE  E.,    . 
IIALLIDAV,  SAMUEL  D., 
HAMMOND,  C.  D.,    .     . 
IIASCALL,  HIRAM  W., 
HATHAWAY,  F.  F.,  .     . 
HAWKES,  THOMAS  G., 
HAW  LEY,  FRANK  W.. 
HAVES,  P.   HAROLD,    . 
HAYT,  STEPHEN  T..     . 
HEATH,  G.  WARREN,. 
HEDSTROM,  ERIC  L..  . 
HEES,  lAMES   LEDLIE, 
HEWITT,  ABRAM  S.,    . 
HIBBARD,  H.  M., 
HILL,  DAVID  B.,       .     . 
HINCKLEY,  HENRY  L., 
HODGE,  JOHN,     . 
HOFFELD,  RUDOLPH, 
HOLLISTER,  WM.  IL,  Jr.. 
HORNBLOWER,  WM.  B., 
HOWARD,  WESLEY  O., 
HOWE,  TOHN  B., 
HUDSON,  CHARLES  I., 
HULETTE,  FRANK  P., 
HUMPHREY,  WOLCOTT 
HURD,  CLARK  W.,  .     . 
HUTCHINS,  HORACE  S., 
INGALLS,  CHARLES  R., 
JACKSON,  JAMES  H.,   . 
JACOBS,  JONAS,     .     -     . 
JENKINS,  ARTHUR,      . 
JENKS,  WILLIAM  F.,    . 
JOHNSON,  I.  SAM., 
JONES,  HADLEY,      . 
yUDSON,  JOHN  B.,    .     . 
KAUFMAN,  WM.  H.,      . 
KEACH,  CALVIN  E.,     . 
KECK,  JEREMIAH.  .     . 
KINNEAR,  PETER, 
KNIPP,  CHARLES  H.,  . 
KOEHLER,  THEODORE, 
KOSTER,  JOHN  S.,    .     . 
KRUM,  HOBART,       .      . 
L'AMOREAUX,  JESSE  S.. 
LANG,  GERHARD,    . 
LANSING,  JAMES,    .     . 
LATHROP,  AUSTIN,      . 
LAWRENCE,  ABRAM  B., 
LEWIS,  SIMEON  D.,      . 
LLOYD,  WILL  L.,     . 
LOW,  SETH,      .     . 
LYON,  JAMES  B., 
McCALL,  JOHN  A.,  .     . 
McCOOK,  ANSON  G.,     . 

mcdonnell,  john  q., 
Mcdonough,  john  t., 

McKEEVER,  R.  T.,    .     . 

Mckenzie,  john  m.,  . 
mckinstry,  willard  i 

McLEAN,  ARTHUR  A., 
MCMILLAN,  DANIEL,  . 
McNUTT,  JOSEPH  G.,  . 
MANNING,  W.  S..  . 
MARTIN,  CYRUS  B.,  . 
MARVIN,  RICHARD    P 


Page. 

Binghamton, 

52  C 

Ithaca,      .      .      . 

41    " 

Albany,    . 

08  E 

Le  Roy,  . 

40  G 

Plattsburgli,  .      . 

0'.)   E 

Corning,  . 

&4  C 

I'ittsforci,        .      . 

19  G 

Buffalo,    .      ,      , 

37  I) 

Corning,  . 

42   C 

Fonda,     . 

11    E 

Buftalo,    .      .      . 

12  D 

Fonda,      . 

12  E 

New  York,   . 

07  M 

Ithaca,      .      .      . 

21    C 

Albany,    . 

49   E 

Ithaca,     .     .      . 

23   C 

Lockporl, 

20  D 

Buffalo,    . 

wa  " 

Troy 

34   E 

New  York,  , 

21  M 

Troy,  .     . 

23  E 

Rochester, 

47  G 

New  York,  , 

48  M 

Arcade,    . 

48  G 

J., 

Warsaw,  . 

21  D 

Elma, 

23   " 

Batavia,    . 

20  G 

Troy,  .     . 

51   E 

Dansville, 

12  G 

Elmira,    .     . 

43  C 

Syracuse, 

70  E 

Norwich, 

8   C 

Warsaw,  .      . 

21  G 

Little  Falls,  . 

98  E 

Gloversville, 

80    " 

Amsterdam, . 

99    " 

Lansingburgh, 

35   " 

Johnstown,    . 

81    '■ 

Albany,   . 

52   " 

Elmira,    . 

24   C 

Long  Islanti  Citi 

',    C9  M 

Lyon  Falls,  . 

36  E 

Schoharie,     . 

53   " 

Ballston  Spa, 

.     71   " 

Buffalo,    .      . 

38  D 

Troy,  . 

.     72  E 

Corning,  . 

9  C 

Warsaw,  . 

32  G 
23   " 

Albany,    .      . 

38  E 

New  York,  . 

.     22  M 

Albany,    .      . 

.     82  E 

New  York,   . 

.      13  M 
.     36   " 

.      Buffalo,    .     . 

.     39  D 

Albany,    .      . 

.     24   E 

.      Gloversville, 

84   " 

Batavia,   . 

.    24  (_; 

D., 

.      Watertown,  . 

.     85  E 

.      Newburgli,    . 

.   100   " 

.      York,.      .      . 

.     24  D 

.     Troy,  .     .     . 

.     39  E 

Albany,    . 

.     25   " 

Norwich, 

.      10  C 

laniestown,   . 

.     25  D 

MATTHEWS,  J.  N.,    .     . 
MEEGAN,  EDWARD  J., 
MEEGAN,  THOMAS  A., 
MELDRUM, ALEXANDER 
MILLER,  WARNER, 

MILLS,  D.  O 

MILNE,  JOHN  M.,     .      . 
MINER,  ASIIER  W., 
MITCHELL,  J.  H.,      .     . 
MOFFITT,  STEPHEN,    . 
MOLLOY,  FRANCIS  J., 
MOORE,  CHARLES  H., 
MORGAN,  J.  PIERPONT, 
MORIARTA,  DOUGLAS  C 
MORTON,  LEVI  P.,   .     . 
MOTT,  HOPPER  S.,  .     . 
NEWELL,  EDGAR  A.,  . 
NORTH,  SAFFORD  E.,  . 
NOVES,  HENRY  T.,.      . 
O'BRIEN,  DENIS,       .      . 
O'BRIEN,  TARVIS  P.,     . 
O'CONNOR,  EDMUND,  . 
OAKES,  THOMAS  F.,     . 
OTIS,  NORTON  P.,    .     . 
OTTENDORFER,  OSWALD 
PADDOCK,  FREDERICK  C 
PALMER,  O.  W.,    .     .     . 
PARKE,  CM.,.     .     .     . 
PARKHURST,  TOHN  F., 
PARSONS,  CHARLES,    . 
PARSONS,  FRANK  M., 
PARSONS,  WILLIAM  H., 
PATTERSON,  CHARLES 
PEASE,  F.  S.,     .     .     .     . 
PERRY,  ISAAC  G.,    .     . 
PIERCE,  JAMES  F.,  .     . 
PIERCE,  JAMES  H.,       . 
PITCHER,  JAMES  R.,    . 
PLANT,  HENRY  B., 
POOLE,  MURRAY  E.,    . 
PORTER,  HORACE,  .     . 
POTTER,  DELCOUR  S., 
POTTER,  HENRY  CODM 
PRATT,  CHARLES  R., 
PRIEST,  GEORGE  E.,    . 
PROCTOR,  WILLIAM  1... 
RAY,  GEORGE  W.,   .     . 
REID,  WHITELAW',       . 
RICHARDSON,  JACKSON 
RILEY,  J(JHN  B.,       .     . 
ROBERTS,  JAMES  IL,  . 
ROCHE,  WILLIAM  J.,  . 
ROGERS,  WILLIAM  F., 
ROOSEVELT,  THEODORE 
ROOT,  FRANCIS  IL, 
ROSS,  FRANK  W.,     . 
ROWE,  CHARLES 
RUSSELL,  LESLIt 
RYAN,  STEPHEN,      . 
SAGE,  RUSSELL,  .     ,      . 
SAWYER,  A.  IL,   .     .     . 
SAXTON,  CHARLES  T., 
SCATCHERD,  JAMES  N 
SCHEU,  SOLOMON,  .      . 
SCOTT,  RUFUS,     . 


II., 
;  W., 


AN 


Page. 

Buffalo,    .      .      . 

58  D 

Albany,   . 

40  E 
74   " 

Bufifalo,    .      .      . 

40  D 

Herkimer,     . 

54  E 

New  York,   . 

23  M 

Genesee, .     .     . 

13  G 

Friendship,   . 
Cohoes,    .     .     . 

54  U 
56   E 

Plattsburgh,  .      . 
Troy,  . 

Plattsburgh,  .      . 
New  York,    .      . 

57  •• 
42   '• 

58  •' 
25  M 

Saratoga  Springs 
New  York,  . 

,    86   E 
27  M 

•    "        ;   . 

75  " 

Ogdensburg, 
Batavia,   . 

59  E 
25  G 

Rochester, 

33   " 

W^atertown,  . 

60  E 

Troy,  . 
Binghamton, 
New  York,   . 

43   " 
25  C 
70  M 

" 

49  " 

" 

51   " 

Malone,   . 

75  E 

Elmira,    . 

55  C 

Gloversville, 

87  E 

Bath,  .      .      . 

26  C 

New  York,   . 

71  M 

Weedsport,    . 
New  York,   . 

34  G 
14  M 

Troy,  . 
Bufilalo,    .     . 

26   E 
47  D 

Binghamton. 

Brooklyn, 

Bloomingdale, 

58   C 
52  M 
28  E 

New  \'ork,   . 

53  M 

" 

54    ■• 

Ithaca,      .      . 

12   C 

New  York,   . 

28  M 

Glens  Falls, 

76  E 

New  York,    . 

.     37  M 

Elmira,    . 

.     13  C 

Ithaca,     . 

.     44  '■ 

Ogdensburg, 
Norwich, 

.     61    E 
59  C 

New  York,   . 

.     55  M 

Elmira,    . 

.     27   C 

Plattsburgh, 
Binghamton. 
Troy,  .     . 
Bufifalo,    .     . 

03   E 

14   C 

.     29  E 

.     28   C 

New  York,   . 

.     30  M 

Buffalo,    .      . 

,     l'6  D 

Elmira,     . 

.     61    C 

Dansville,     , 

.      14  G 

Canton,    . 

.     64  E 

South  Otselic, 

,     62   C 

New  York,   . 

.      72  M 

Watertown,  . 

.     88  E 

Clyde,      .     . 
Buffalo,    . 

.     2li  G 

28  D 

" 

41    ■• 

Wellsville. 

55    •  • 

SEWARD,  WILLIAM  IL,  . 
SHAW,  ALBERT  D.,  .  . 
SHEPARD,  SIDNEY,  .  . 
SHOEMAKER,  J.  MONROE, 
SIMMONS,  I.  EDWARD,  . 
SKINNER,  CHARLES'  R.. 

SNELL,  lACOB 

SPRAGUE,  EBEN  CARLETON, 
STEPHAN,  ERED'K,  Jr.,    . 
STRONG,  WILLIAM  i,.,     . 
SWETT,  ALBERT  L.,     .     . 
TAGGART,  ISAAC  IL,  .     . 

TELLER,  JOHN  D 

THAYER,  LEWIS  V.,  .  . 
THOMAS,  ORLANDO  F.,  , 
THORNTON,  THOMAS,  . 
THURBER,  F.  B.,  ... 
TIERNEY,  EDWARD  M.,  . 
TIFFANY,  CHARLES  L.,  . 
TILFORD,  FRANK,  .  .  . 
TODD,  LEROY  G.,  .  .  . 
TOWNSEND,  MARTIN  I., 
TOZIER,  LEMUEL  L.,  .  . 
TRACY,  BENIAMIN  F.,     . 


lA'DEX 

OF  r 

Page. 

Auburn,  .     . 

35   G 

Watertown,  . 

77  E 

New  Haven, 

29  D 

Elmira,    . 

(53   C 

New  York,   . 

31  M 

Albany,    . 

30  E 

Fonda,     . 

101   " 

Buffalo,    .      . 

42  D 

Kini;.ston, 

89   E 

New  York,   . 

38  M 

Medina,  . 

27  G 

Buffalo,    .     . 

56  D 

Auburn,  . 

37  G 

Troy, 

44   E 

Lyons,      .     . 

15  G 

Buffalo,    . 

44  D 

New  \'ork,   . 

57  M 

Binghamton, 

30  C 

New  York,   . 

58  M 

'• 

15   " 

Ithaca,      .      . 

45  C 

Troy, 

no  E 

Batavia,   . 

28  G 

New  York,   . 

3'J  M 

]  'OL.   II—  Continued 


VAN  ETTEN,  JOHN  E.,     . 
VAN  HORN,  BURT,        .     . 
VAN  VLEET,  De  FOREST, 
WALES,  TIIERON  A.,  .     . 
WALKER,  JAMES  E.,    .     . 
WALKER,  JOHN  BRISBEN, 
WARDWELL,  GEORGE  S., 
WEBB,  WM.  SEWARD,       . 
WELLINGTON,  Q.  W.,  .     . 
WELLS,  EDWIN  M.,      .     . 
WELLS,  J,  STEWART,   .     . 
WENDELL,  JOHN  D.,   ,      . 
WILKESON,"(OHN,   .     . 
WILLARD,  ERNEST  R.,    . 
WILLARD,  FRANCIS  A.,  . 
WILLIAMS,  GIBSON  T.,     . 
WILLIAMS,  ROGER  B.,      . 
WINSLOW,  BRADLEY,       . 
WISE,  JAMES  B.,        ... 
WRAY,  ALBERT  A., 
WRIGHT,  HORTON  D., 
WRIGHT,  MAURICE  I...    . 
YATES,  HENRY  T-,  ■     ■ 
YOUMANS,  EDWARD   B., 


Page 

Kingston, 

.      92   E 

Lockport, 

.     30  D 

Ithaca,     . 

.     15  C 

Elniha,    . 

.     31    " 

Ilorncllsvilli 

,    .     32   " 

New  \'ork. 

.     59  M 

Buflalo,    . 

.     45  IJ 

New  York, 

.     75  M 

Corning, 

.     4G   C 

Syracuse, 

.     78  E 

Piinghamton, 

.     64  C 

Fort  Plain, 

.   102   E 

Buffalo,    . 

.     31  D 

Rochester, 

.     38  G 

Newburgh, 

.     93   E 

Buffalo,    . 

.     13  1) 

Ithaca,     . 

.     48   C 

Watertown, 

.   103   E 

.     79   ■• 

Brooklyn, 

.     60  M 

Gloversville, 

.     94  E 

Oswego,  . 

.     95  " 

Jamestown, 

.     14  D 

Elmira,    . 

.     15  C 

MANHATTAN    SECTION 


In  the  Manhattan  Section  are  pub- 
lished the  biographies  of  subjects  from 
the  counties  of  Kings,  New  York,  Queens, 
and  Westchester. 


MEN  OF  THE  MANHATTAN  SECTION 


JObn  H.  /IliCCall,  as  president  of  one  of  the 
largest  insurance  corporations  in  the  world,  occupies 
an  important  position  in  the  commercial  and  finan- 
cial affairs  of  the  metropolis,  and  of  the  country  at 
large.  Like  so  many  of  the  prominent  men  of  the 
United  States,  he  owes  his  success  to  steady,  persis- 
tent effort,  and  to  a  sort  of  genius  for  doing  the  right 
thing  in  the  right  way,  without  any  of  the  adven- 
titious aids  that  lift  some  men  into  prominence. 

Born  in  Albany  less  than  fifty  years  ago,  Mr. 
McCall  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  and  afterward  took  a  course  in  a  com- 
mercial college.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  left 
school,  and  began  to  make  his  way  in  the  world. 
For  a  couple  of  years  he  was  employed  in  the  assort- 
ing house  for  state  currency  at  Albany,  but  he  soon 
became  bookkeeper  in  the  Albany  office  of  the  Con- 
necticut Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  He  had  not 
been  long  in  this  position  before  he  made  up  his 
mind  to  devote  himself  to  the  business  of  life  insur- 
ance, and  this  determination  he  has  consistently  fol- 
lowed ever  since. 

Mr.  McCall  began  his  long  connection  with  the 
insurance  department  of  the  state  of  New  York  when 
he  was  about  twenty  years  old,  obtaining  a  clerkship 
under  (leorge  W.  Miller,  then  superintendent  of  the 
department.  After  two  or  three  years  devoted  to 
statistical  and  actuarial  work  in  the  office,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  responsible  position  of  examiner  of 
companies  ;  and  four  years  later  he  became  deputy 
superintendent.  In  this  capacity  he  made  himself 
so  valuable  to  the  department  that  he  was  retained 
in  office  under  two  Republican  superintendents, 
though  he  is  himself  a  Democrat.  The  business  of 
insurance  was  at  that  time  in  a  most  demoralized 
condition,  and  the  insurance  department  of  the  state 
had  need  to  use  prompt  and  vigorous  measures  to 


protect  policy  holders  from  unscrupulous  companies, 
and  restore  public  confidence  in  those  that  were 
worthy  of  it.  Mr.  McCall  proved  himself  equal  to 
the  occasion  ;  and  succeeded  in  driving  out  of  the 
field  a  large  number  of  irresponsible  companies,  and 
in  sending  some  of  their  officers  to  prison  for  making 
false  reports  to  the  insurance  department.  In  1883, 
when  a  new  superintendent  was  to  be  appointed,  Mr. 
McCall  refused  to  allow  the  insurance  companies  to 
urge  his  name  ;  but  the  bankers  and  business  men  of 
the  state  took  up  his  cause,  and  presented  to  Gover- 
nor Cleveland  a  strong  petition  in  his  favor.  For 
the  next  three  years,  therefore,  he  served  as  state 
superintendent  of  insurance ;  but  in  1886,  when 
Governor  Hill  offered  him  a  reappointment,  he 
declined  it,  preferring  to  accept  a  more  important 
position  elsewhere. 

By  this  time  Mr.  McCall  had  gained  a  wide  reputa- 
tion for  his  thorough  knowledge  of  all  matters  relat- 
ing to  the  business  of  insurance,  for  his  tried  ability 
and  unimpeachable  integrity  ;  and  many  positions 
of  responsibility  might  have  been  his  for  the  asking, 
or  indeed,  without  the  asking.  He  accepted  the 
office  of  comptroller  of  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance 
Society  of  New  York  city,  and  for  the  ne.xt  six  years 
filled  that  position  with  distinguished  ability.  In 
February,  1892,  the  president  of  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  Co.  resigned,  owing  to  grave  charges 
against  the  management  of  that  institution  which 
had  been  made  by  the  New  York  Times,  and  sus- 
tained after  fidl  investigation.  After  a  successful 
career  of  nearly  half  a  century  this  corjioration,  with 
its  200,000  policy  holders,  found  itself  in  need  of  a 
strong  hand  to  guide  its  fortunes,  and  above  all,  to 
restore  public  confidence.  The  board  of  trustees, 
by  a  unanimous  vote,  elected  Mr.  McCall  to  the 
office  of   president,   and  the  event  has    proved  the 


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wisdom  of  their  choice.  No  man  could  have  been 
better  qualified  to  revive  the  prestige  of  the  institu- 
tion, and  put  it  once  more  in  the  front  rank  among 
similar  organizations  ;  and  this  he  did  in  a  remark- 
ably short  time.  No  company  now  stands  higher  in 
|jublic  esteem  than  the  New  York  Life. 


tions  with  subordinates  and  employees,  not  less  than 
with  others.  His  innate  courtesy  and  kindliness  of 
heart  are  well  known,  and  render  him  a  general 
favorite.  He  is  a  welcome  visitor  at  several  of  the 
most  prominent  clubs  of  the  city,  including  the 
Metropolitan,  Merchants,'  City,  Manhattan,  Colon- 
ial, and  Lawyers.' 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 

Joltn  Augustine  McCall  7vas  born  at  Al- 
Imny  March  2,  184.9 ;  was  educated  in 
public  schools  and  a  kisiness  college ;  was 
a  clerk  in  Albany  offices,  1867-69  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  I.  Haran  of  Albany  July  12, 
1870  ;  teas  connected  with  the  insurance 
department  of  Nerv  York  state,  1869-86, 
and  its  superintendent  for  the  last  three 
years ;  7vas  comptroller  of  the  Equitable 
Life  Assurance  Society  of  New  York  city, 
1886-92  :  has  been  pi-esident  of  the  Ne7v 
York  Life  Lnsurance  Co.  since  1892. 


JOHX  .-1.  MCC.-\LL 

Mr.  McCall  has  had  a  prominent  part  in  several 
large  public  transactions,  and  has  always  used  his 
influence  to  strengthen  and  uphold  the  government. 
His  connection  with  the  issue  of  government  bonds 
in  1896  is  a  case  in  point.  P'rom  the  first  he  was 
prominent  among  those  who  predicted  the  success 
of  the  plan,  and  his  company  subscribed  for 
$10,000,000  of  the  issue.  In  the  summer  of  1896 
he  helped  to  form  the  syndicate  to  prevent  the 
export  of  gold,  and  to  strengthen  and  maintain  the 
government  reserve  ;  and  he  proved  his  faith  in  the 
venture  by  agreeing  to  share  five  per  cent  of  the  profit 
or  loss  resulting  from  the  operations  of  the  syndicate. 

In  social  intercourse  Mr.  McCall  is  noted  for  his 
frank  and  cordial  manners,  and   for  his  affable  rela- 


Milliam  Ibenrg  parsons,  one 

of  the  largest  paper  manufacturers  of  the 
country,  is  descended  from  old  English 
stock,  and  was   born  on  Staten   Island, 
New    York,    in    1831.       Forced    by    ill 
health  to  give  up  his  original  plan  of  at- 
tending   college,    Mr.    Parsons    entered 
business  life  at  the  age  of  twenty-four, 
becoming  a  clerk    in   the  office  of  the 
American  agents  of  an  English  shipping 
house.     Two  years  after  this  he  took  a 
clerkship  in  a  paper  warehouse,  thus  em- 
barking in    the  business  with  which  he 
has  ever  since  been  identified.      After  a 
year  his    clerkship  gave  way  to  a  part- 
nership, and  in  two  years  more  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  same  business    on 
an  independent  basis. 
This  happened  in  1860,  when  Mr.    Parsons    was 
twenty-nine  years  old,  and  in  the  full  vigor  of  early 
manhood.      He  devoted  himself  closely  to  his  busi- 
ness, and  before  long  his  name  was  recognized  in 
paper-trade  circles  as  one  of  the  most  important  in 
that  department  of  industry.      For  twenty  years  or 
more  he  sold  paper  on  commission  for  various  manu- 
facturers, and  his  position  in  the  trade  was  naturally 
less  prominent  and   independent  than  it  has  been 
in  recent  years.      Recognizing  the  inevitable  evolu- 
tion of  industrial  forces  toward  a  direct  connection 
between  producer  and  consumer,  Mr.  Parsons  began 
to  manufacture    paper  himself  in  1880.      His  wide 
acquaintance  with  the  large  consumers  of  the  pro- 
duct, and  with  all  the  conditions  of  the  paper  market. 


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afforded  reasonable  assurance  of  success  in  the  new 
venture  ;  and  in  a  comparatively  short  time  he  took 
rank  with  the  leading  manufacturers  of  his  staple. 
By  1891  the  business  of  W.  H.  Parsons  &  Co.  had 
reached  such  proportions  that  it  seemed  desirable  to 
effect  incorporation.  That  was  done,  accordingly, 
members  of  the  Parsons  family  taking  most  of  the 
stock. 

Mr.  Parsons  has  always  given  his  chief  attention 
to  the  paper  business,  and  holds  a  controlling  inter- 
est in  several  paper-making  plants.  He  is  now 
president  of  the  Lisbon  Falls  Fibre  Co.,  Lisbon 
Falls,  Me.  ;  of  the  Bowdoin  Paper  Manufacturing 
Co.,  Brunswick,  Me.  ;  of  the  corporation  of  W.  H. 
Parsons  &  Co.,  Maine  and  New  York  ;  and  a 
director  of  the  Pejepscot  Paper  Co.,  Pejepscot,  Me. 

His  surpa.ssing  busine.ss  ability  has  been  utilized 
by  various  other  in.stitutions,  in  the  af- 
fairs of  which  he  exercises  a  certain 
oversight,  but  to  which  he  necessarily 
devotes  only  a  limited  part  of  his  time. 
He  is  one  of  the  trustees,  for  example,  of 
the  Bowery  Savings  Bank  in  New  York 
city,  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, first  vice  president  of  the  New 
York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation, 
and  one  of  the  vice  presidents  of  the 
advisory  board  of  the  Philadelphia  Mu- 
seums. He  is  president  of  the  West- 
chester County  Bible  Society,  and  of  the 
National  League  for  the  Protection  of 
American  Institutions.  He  is  one  of 
the  managers  of  the  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Publication  and  Sabbath  School  Work, 
Philadelphia ;  a  manager  of  the  West- 
chester Temporary  Home  for  Destitute 
Children  ;  one  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee of  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals  ;  and  a  Fellow  of  the 
American  Geographical  Society. 

Mr.  Parsons  belongs  to  various  social 
organizations,  including  the  Metropoli- 
tan, Union  League,  and  City  clubs  of 
New  York  ;  the  Apawamis  Club,  Rye  ; 
and  the  Atlantic  Yacht  Club.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  American  Yacht  Club, 
and  chairman  of  the  house  committee. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY^ 
U'illiaiii    Henry   Parsons   7c>iis    born    on 
Statcn  Island,  N.   Y.,  July  7,  ISSl :  7t>as 
engaged  as  clerk  in  various  liouses  in  Ne7u  York  city, 
and  partner   in    a  paper  house,   1855-60 ;    married 
Laura   C.  Palmer,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Miles  Stan- 
dish    and    Governor   Bradford,    the  first  governor   of 


Massachusetts,  October  22, 1S57 ;  established  the  business 
no7Ci  known  as  the  corporation  of  IV.  H.  Parsons  6^ 
Co.  in  1S60,  and  has  been  at  the  head  of  the  same  since. 


JTraul?  XlilfOrb,  one  of  the  great  merchants  of 
New  York,  and  otherwise  honoraljly  distinguished 
among  his  fellow-citizens,  is  almost  a  young  man 
still,  notwithstanding  his  high  position  and  multi- 
form achievements.  Born  in  New  York  city  in 
185;2,  he  received  his  early  education  in  the  schools 
of  the  metropolis,  attending  subsequently  the  Mount 
Washington  Collegiate  Institute.  A  university  train- 
ing and  professional  study  might  easily  have  followed 
had  his  taste  or  inclination  led  that  way  ;  but  strong 
commercial  proclivities  were  a  part  of  his  birthright, 
and  it  seemed  unwise  to  thwart  the  obvious  will  of 
nature.      His  father,  the  late  John   M.    Tilford,  one 


WILLIAM  HEXRY  PARSO.WS 


of  the  founders  of  the  famous  grocery  house  of  Park 
&  Tilford,  was  willing  enough  to  have  him  choose  a 
business  career  ;  and  took  him  into  his  own  estab- 
lishment as  the  best  means  of  making  a  start. 


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This  was  only  a  beginning,  however ;  and  his 
father  was  altogether  too  much  of  a  business  man, 
and  too  solicitous  for  his  son's  ultimate  welfare,  to 
advance  him  with  undue  haste,  or  to  treat  him  in 
any  way  essentially  different  from  that  prevailing  in 
the  case  of  other  employees.      The  young  man  was 


/'A-AA'A'   riLl-UKU 

obliged  to  begin  at  the  lowest  rung  of  the  ladder; 
and  to  mount  therefrom  by  slow  degrees,  and  only  as 
proved  capacity  clearly  warranted  such  advancement. 
The  advantages  of  birth  and  training,  and  invalu- 
able paternal  advice  were  his,  however  ;  and  progress 
under  such  conditions  could  not  be  long  delayed. 
By  October,  1873,  when  the  house  opened  a  store 
at  Thirty-eighth  street  and  Sixth  avenue,  he  had 
tested  and  proved  his  worth  in  every  department  of 
the  business,  and  the  firm  felt  justified  in  giving  him 
charge  of  the  new  uptown  establishment.  He  was 
then  only  twenty-one  years  of  age,  but  he  soon 
showed  that  he  was  amply  able  to  meet  the  re.sponsi- 
bilities  of  the  new  position.  Since  then  he  has  been 
an  increasingly  important   factor  in  the  management 


of  the  concern.  The  business  became  years  ago  one 
of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world  ;  but  the  limit 
of  growth  has  continually  receded,  and  by  1890  the 
transactions  of  the  concern  had  reached  such  a 
volume  that  it  seemed  desirable  to  incorporate  the 
business.  In  October,  1890,  accordingly,  a  close 
stock  corporation  was  formed,  with  John 
M.  Tilford  as  vice  ])resident.  (Jn  his 
death  in  January,  1891,  Frank  Tilford 
was  elected  to  the  office,  \vhich  he  still 
holds. 

Mr.  Tilford's  connection  with  the  great 
grocery  has  naturally  been  his  chief  busi- 
ness interest ;  but  he  has  been  active  in 
other  directions  as  well.  In  1874  he 
was  elected  a  director  in  the  Sixth  Na- 
tional Bank,  becoming  thus  the  youngest 
bank  director  in  the  city  at  that  time. 
He  retained  the  office  for  about  ten 
years,  or  until  the  death  of  Francis  Le- 
land,  the  president  of  the  bank.  In 
1885  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the 
North  River  Savings  Bank  ;  and  in  1889 
he  organized,  with  George  S.  Haven,  the 
Bank  of  New  Amsterdam,  of  which  he 
was  vice  president  until  July  1,  1896, 
when  he  was  made  its  president.  Join- 
ing the  Real  Estate  Exchange  in  1876, 
Mr.  Tilford  interested  himself  actively 
in  the  realty  of  Harlem  and  the  west-side 
uptown  district.  His  operations  were 
conducted  prudently  and  sagaciously, 
and  met  with  substantial  success. 

His  grocery,  banking,  and  real-estate 
interests,   vast  as    they  are,  are  yet  not 
sufficient    to   exhaust    entirely    Mr.   Til- 
ford's  energy.      He    is   a   director  of  a 
railroad,  vice  president  of  the  Standard 
Gas  Co. ,  a  .school  trustee,  and  an  active 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.     As  one  of 
the  executive  committee    of  the    Grant    Monument 
Association,  he  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  the 
success  of  that  movement.      His  principal  clubs  are 
the    Union    League,    Colonial,    Republican,    Lotus, 
and  New  York  Athletic. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Frank  Til- 
ford was  horn  at  Neiii  York  city  July  22,  1852 ;  ivas 
educated  in  New  York  schools  and  Mount  Washington 
Collegiate  Institute,  Neiu  York  city  ;  entered  the  employ 
of  Park  &'  Tilford  in  1S71 ;  married  Julia  Greer  of 
New  York  November  16,  1881 ;  was  vice  president  of 
the  Bank  of  New  Amsterdam,  1889-96,  and  has  been 
its  president  since  :  has  been  7'ice  president  of  the  cor- 
poration of  Park  vS^'  Tilford  since  1891. 


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Cornelius  1H.  JSllSS  is  known  throughout 
the  land  as  a  most  successful  business  man,  as  a 
national  leader  of  the  Republican  party,  and  as  a 
foremost  factor  in  many  movements  promoting  the 
general  welfare.  Born  in  Fall  River,  Mass.,  sixty- 
four  years  ago,  of  excellent  English  and  American 
ancestry,  dating  back  in  this  country  almost  to 
Plymouth  Rock,  Mr.  Bliss  disclosed  early  in  life  the 
sterling  qualities  that  everywhere  command  success. 
After  attending  school  at  Fall  River  until  he  was 
thirteen  years  old,  and  completing  his  scholastic 
training  in  the  high  school  at  New  Orleans,  he  began 
his  brilliant  career  in  the  business  world  about  1849 
by  entering  the  establishment  of  James  M.  Beebe  & 
Co.,  Boston,  importers  and  jobbers  of  dry  goods. 
They  were  the  largest  dealers  in  their  line  in  the 
United  States  at  that  time,  and  in  their  service 
young  Bliss  had  a  chance  to  show  his 
capacity.  How  well  he  improved  the  r-"— -■  ' 
opportunity  is  evident  from  the  fact  that 
he  ultimately  acquired  an  interest  in  the  j 
business.  ' 

The  firm  of  Beebe  &  Co.  having  dis-  , 
solved  in  1866,  Mr.  Bliss  became  a  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  John  S.  &  Eben 
Wright  &  Co.,  Boston,  selling  agents  for 
some  of  the  largest  New  England  manu- 
facturers. In  the  year  mentioned  the 
house  established  a  New  York  branch, 
and  Mr.  Bliss  took  charge  of  it.  With  i 
the  ampler  opportunities  of  the  great 
city,  he  made  himself  more  and  more  : 
important  in  the  business  world.  On  ■ 
the  death  of  the  senior  Wright  in  1874 
the  firm  assumed  the  style  of  Wright, 
Bliss  &  Fabyan,  with  offices  in  New 
York,  Boston,  and  Philadelphia.  Since 
1881  the  concern  has  been  known  as 
Bliss,  Fabyan  &  Co.,  and  has  come  to 
be  one  of  the  .strongest  mercantile  houses 
in  the  world.  Selling  agents  for  a  group 
of  mills  that  rank  among  the  greatest 
manufacturing  corporations  of  the  con- 
tinent—  the  Pepperell  Mfg.  Co.,  the 
Laconia  Co.,  the  Androscoggin  Mills, 
the  Otis  Co.,  and  others — Bliss,  Fabyan 
&  Co.  transact  a  business  not  exceeded 
by  any  competitive  firm,  and  amounting 
every  year  to  not  far  from  twenty  million 
dollars. 

In  recounting  thus  the  commercial  side  of  Mr. 
Bliss's  life,  the  half  has  not  been  told.  More  im- 
portant still  is  his  splendid  career  as  a  broad-minded 
citizen,  and  a  tower  of  strength  to  every  good  cause. 


For  many  years  his  name  has  been  one  of  the  first 
to  be  mentioned  whenever  any  question  of  great 
public  interest  has  come  up  for  discussion  and  set- 
tlement. Political,  financial,  and  social  questions 
alike  have  engaged  his  attention,  and  received  the 
benefit  of  his  wide  experience  and  sagacious  coun- 
sel. Though  he  has  never  held  a  public  position 
that  carried  a  dollar  of  salary  with  it,  he  has  long 
been  recognized  everywhere  as  a  political  leader  of 
stainless  reputation.  He  has  repeatedly  refused 
nominations  to  high  offices,  including  the  mayoralty 
of  New  York  city  and  the  governorship  of  New 
York  state.  In  the  higher  councils  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  however,  he  has  had  a  prominent  place 
for  many  years,  serving  as  a  delegate  to  city,  county, 
state,  and  national  conventions.  In  1884  he  was 
made  chairman  of  a  committee  of  one  hundred  busi- 


coR\/-:[./rs  X.  ji/./ss 


ness  men  appointed  at  a  large  public  meeting  held 
in  Cooper  Union  to  attend  the  national  convention, 
and  urge  the  nomination  of  Arthur  for  the  presi- 
dency.      He  was  chairman   of  the  New  York  state 


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Republican  committee  in  1887  and  again  in  1888. 
In  the  presidential  campaign  of  1892  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Republican 
national  committee  ;  and  he  was  treasurer  of  the 
national  committee  in  the  campaigns  of  1892  and 
1896. 

Naturally  enough  Mr.  Kli.ss  has  been  called  upon 
to  devote  some  of  his  business  ability  to  the  affairs 
of  various  financial,  philanthropic,  and  social  insti- 
tutions. He  is  vice  president  of  the  Fourth  National 
Bank,  director  of  the  Central  Trust  Co.  and  of  the 
Equitable  Life  Assurance  Co.,  and  governor  and 
treasurer  of  the  Society  of  the  New  York  Hospital. 
He  is  a  vice  president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
and  has  been  chairman  of  its  executive  committee. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  and 
belongs  to  various  similar  institutions,  including  the 
Republican,  Century,  Metro])olitan,  Riding,  L^nion, 
and  Players'  clubs. 

P£AS  ONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Cornelius 
Ne7vton  Bliss  was  born  at  Fall  River,  Mass.,  Janu- 
ary 26,  183S  ;  a/tended  public  schools  at  Fall  River 
and  Ne7o  Orleans,  La.  ;  was  connected  ivith  James 
M.  Beehe  &=  Co. ,  Boston,  as  employee  and  member  of 
the  firm,  lSIfO-6G  :  married  Elizabeth  M.  Pbmter  of 
Boston  March  30,  1859 ;  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  John  S.  &"■  Eben  Wright  &=  Co. ,  Boston,  in 
1866,  and  resident  partner  in  New  York  city,  and  has 
been  engaged  in  the  dry-goods  commission  business  in 
New  York  city  ever  since :  was  chairman  of  the  New 
York  state  Republican  committee,  1887-88,  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Republican  national  committee  in  1892  and 
in  1896. 


GbaUllCeV  /ID.  DepeW  is  I'etter  known  to 
the  world  at  large,  including  the  cultivated  peojjle 
of  both  hemispheres,  than  almost  an\-  other  .\merican 
citizen.  Though  barely  beyond  the  ]irime  of  life, 
he  has  for  many  years  enjoyed  a  world-wide  reputa- 
tion as  a  masterful  man  of  affairs,  a  brilliant  political 
leader,  an  enchanting  public  speaker.  His  accom- 
plishments and  his  career  recall  the  line  about  the 
old  Homeric  hero,  "Strange  that  I'lvsses  does  a 
thousand  things  so  well." 

Descended  on  his  father's  side  from  Huguenot 
stock,  and  on  his  mother's  side  from  the  dis- 
tinguished patriot,  Roger  Sherman,  Mr.  Depew  was 
born  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  in  the  old  homestead  that 
has  been  in  the  po.ssession  of  his  family  for  more 
than  two  centuries.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  185(i,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1858,  and  en- 
tered upon  his  eventful  career  in  the  stormy  days 
preceding  the  outbreak  of  civil  war.  His  gradua- 
tion from  college  had  synchronized  with  the  national 


organization  of  the  Republican  party,  and  he  inter- 
ested himself  in  the  movement  from  the  first.  In 
1858  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  state  con- 
vention, and  in  1860  he  took  the  stump  in  behalf  of 
Lincoln.  Even  then  he  attracted  enthusiastic 
audiences.  In  almost  every  political  contest  since 
the  Lincoln  campaign,  including  the  momentous 
struggle  of  1896,  he  has  done  yeoman's  service  in 
the  cause  of  good  government.  In  the  year  follow- 
ing Lincoln's  election  Mr.  Uepew  was  sent  to  the 
assembly.  He  was  re-elected  in  1862,  serving  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  ways  and  means,  and 
as  speaker  of  the  assembly  during  a  part  of  the  time. 
Nominated  by  the  Republican  party  in  18(i.'l  for  the 
oflfice  of  secretary  of  state,  he  spoke  twice  a  day  for 
six  consecutive  weeks,  and  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  30,000  votes.  He  declined  a  re-election  in 
1865,  and  put  aside  also  the  post  of  minister  to 
Japan,  though  he  held  the  commission  about  a 
month.  He  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of 
lieutenant  governor  on  the  Liberal  Republican 
ticket  in  1872,  but  shared  the  prompt  defeat  of  the 
new  movement.  Two  years  later  he  was  made 
regent  of  the  state  university,  as  well  as  a  member 
of  the  commission  charged  with  the  construction  of 
the  state  capitol  at  Albany. 

During  the  contest  in  the  assembly  over  the  elec- 
tion of  Senator  Piatt's  successor,  after  the  memorable 
resignation  of  senators  Conkling  and  Piatt  in  1881, 
Mr.  Depew  was  a  candidate  for  several  weeks,  and 
at  one  time  came  within  ten  votes  of  election.  He 
finally  withdrew  his  name  in  order  to  end  the  ex- 
traordinary struggle,  and  to  ensure  the  election  of 
Warner  Miller.  Similar  self-effacement  for  the  pub- 
lic and  party  good  was  shown  by  Mr.  Depew  at  the 
Republican  national  convention  in  1888,  when  he 
was  a  prominent  candidate  for  the  presidenc} .  Hav- 
ing received  ninety-nine  votes  to  Harrison's  eighty 
on  the  first  ballot,  and  about  held  his  own  on  two 
succeeding  ballots,  he  withdrew  his  candidacy,  and 
thus  allowed  the  New  York  delegation  to  concentrate 
its  strength  on  Harrison  and  ensure  the  latter's 
nomination.  Since  then  Mr.  Depew  has  continued 
to  be  a  powerfiil  factor  in  the  counsels  of  the  Repub- 
lican part)',  and  his  name  has  been  persistently  used 
in  connection  with  the  highest  stations  in  public 
life,  .\lmost  uniformly,  however,  on  account  of  his 
duties  in  the  business  world,  he  has  felt  unable  to 
accept  such  opportunities.  In  1884  he  received  but 
declined  an  off'er  of  the  United  States  senatorship. 
In  1889  President  Harrison  tendered  to  him  the 
choice  of  any  position  within  his  gift,  and  again  in 
1892  he  offered  him  the  position  of  secretary  of  state 
in  his  cabinet. 


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In  the  vast  transportation  industry  of  the  country- 
Mr.  Depew  has  been  a  towering  figure  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century.  Seeing  his  name  constantly  in  print 
in  reports  of  notable  meetings  of  every  kind,  at  which 
he  has  presided  or  delivered  orations,  some  people 
have  imagined  that  this  sort  of  thing  took  up  the 
greater  part  of  Mr.  Depew's  time.  Noth- 
ing   could    be    further    from    the    truth.  

Few  administrative  corporation  officers 
have  devoted  more  hours  to  their  busi- 
ness, or  labored  more  faithfully  in  behalf 
of  the  interests  entrusted  to  them,  than 
President  Depew.  The  ban(juets  without 
number  that  he  has  graced  with  his 
presence,  and  the  thousands  of  public 
meetings  that  he  has  enriched  with  his 
eloi|uence,  have  constituted  his  form  of 
recreation,  and  afforded  him  the  needed 
change  and  relief  from  business  cares. 

Beginning    his    long    career    in    the         j 
railroad    world    in    18(56,    when    he    was 
appointed  by  Commodore  Vanderliilt  at- 
torney for  the  New  York  &  Harlem  Rail- 
road Co.,  Mr.  Depew  rose  rapidly  to  one 
of  the  most  responsible  positions  in  the 
railway  service  anywhere  on   the  globe. 
Made  general  counsel  of  the  new  com- 
pany when   the  Hudson  River  road  was 
consolidated  with  the  New  V'ork  Central, 
he  became  second  vice  president  of  the 
Central-Hudson   company  in    1882,    and 
was  elected   to  the  presidency  June  14, 
18.H.').        He    has    since    discharged     the 
duties  of  that  position  with  distinguished 
success.       His    earlier    years    of   service 
were  devoted  chiefly  to  court  litigation, 
and   his  arguments   before   the   Su|jreme 
Court  at  Washington  in   the  interests  of 
the    N'anderbilt    railway    properties    will 
long  be  remembered  as  wonderful  forensic    triumphs. 
In    later   years  he    has    minutely    informed    himself 
concerning   all    departments  of   the  enormous  trust 
committed   to  him,  and   has  shown  great  organizing 
and  e.\ecuti\  e  talent    in    the    administration    of   its 
affairs. 

Probably  no  one  ha.s  been  more  sought  than  Mr. 
Depew  as  an  after-dinner  speaker,  or  as  the  orator  of 
the  day  on  public  occasions.  Obtaining  early  in 
life  a  thorough  education  in  the  liberal  arts,  he  has 
amplified  his  knowledge  and  broadened  his  culture 
in  succeeding  years.  Two  volumes  of  his  orations, 
one  published  in  1890  and  the  other  in  1«94,  will 
retain  their  [ilace  in  the  literature  of  the  language  for 
generations  to  come  ;    but  the  brilliancy  of  his  wit. 


the  delicacy  of  his  oratorical  touch,  and  his  exquisite 
taste  in  words  and  manner  of  speech,  defy  translation 
into  printed  language. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Chauncey 
Mitchell  Depew  was  born  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y. ,  April 
23,  ISSJ/.  ;  graduated  fnvn  Yale  College  in  1856,  and 


^ 


CHArxcEV  M.  ni-Pi:\\ 

7i'ax  admitted  to  the  bar  iii  185H :  Teas  member  of 
assembly,  1S62-6S,  and  secretary  of  state,  186^-05  : 
uias  appointed  attorney  for  the  Nero  York  <2f=  Harlem 
Railroad  Co.  in  1866,  general  counsel  of  the  New 
York  Central  c^■  Hudson  River  road  on  its  organiza- 
tion in  ISOfi,  and  second  rice  president  of  the  road  in 
1882  ;  has  been  president  of  the  Central- Hudson  road 
since  188i). 


IROSWell  p.  jFlOWer,  recently  governor  of 
the  Empire  State,  and  otherwise  distinguished  in 
public  life,  was  born  in  Jefierson  county,  New  York, 
in  1835.  He  is  of  humble  origin  but  of  excellent 
stock,  his  English  ancestors  having  settled  in  Con- 
necticut   two  centuries   ago.       When   he   was  eight 


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years  old  his  father  died,  and  Roswell  was  obliged 
to  begin  early  in  life  his  long  career  in  the  business 
world.  Becoming  a  clerk  in  a  country  store  while 
still  a  boy,  he  afterward  worked  in  a  brickyard  and 
on  a  farm.  Concurrently  with  all  that,  however,  he 
was    getting    an    education    by    attending    district 


Rftsuia.i.  P.  Fi.oni'.R 

schools  and  the  Theresa  High  School.  Having 
graduated  from  this  institution  in  1851,  he  taught 
school  for  a  while,  boarding  around  with  the  pupils  ; 
and  afterward  became  a  clerk  in  the  post  office  at 
Watertown,  N.  Y.  The  salary  was  only  $50  a 
month,  but  he  held  the  place  six  years,  and  in  that 
time  contrived  to  .save  $1000. 

Realizing  that  such  a  position  would  lead  to 
nothing,  Mr.  Flower  took  his  capital  in  1860,  and 
bought  with  it  an  interest  in  a  jewelry  business  in 
Watertown,  which  he  conducted  successfully  until 
1869.  In  that  year  he  took  u])  his  residence  in  New- 
York  city,  and  established  a  banking  firm  there. 
This  venture  was  entirely  successful,  and  Mr.  Flower 
accumulated  an  am])le  fortune.       The  firm  is  still  in 


e.xistence,  though  he  ceased  to  be  an  active  partner 
several  years  ago.  He  has  never  been  regarded  in 
VV'all  street  as  a  speculator,  having  used  his  capital 
for  legitimate  investment  purposes.  Mr.  Flower 
and  Henry  Keep,  the  railroad  magnate,  married 
sisters  ;  and  after  Mr.  Keep's  death  in  1869  Mr. 
Flower  took  charge  of  his  large  interests 
as  the  agent  of  Mrs.  Keep.  He  cared 
for  the  property  with  such  fidelity  and 
success  that  it  grew  largely  in  his  hands. 
He  is  an  exceedingly  able  and  judicious 
investor  ;  and  it  is  said  that  he  never 
buys  the  stocks  or  bonds  of  a  company 
without  personally  examining  the  ])ro])- 
erty  represented  by  the  securities  in 
(|uestion,  and  thus  satisfying  himself  of 
their  intrinsic  merits.  He  has  used  his 
means  in  a  public-spirited  way,  having 
made  many  generous  contributions  to 
charitable  objects,  including  a  donation 
of  $,>O,00O  for  the  erection  of  the  St. 
Thomas  Home  on  Fifty-ninth  street. 
New  York  city.  He  has  been  a  large 
subscriber  to  the  campaign  funds  of  the 
Democratic  party. 

Mr.  Flower  took  no  prominent  part  in 
jniblic  life  until   1881,  when  he  ran  for 
congress  against  William  Waldorf  Astor 
for  the  seat  made  vacant  by  the   resig- 
nation   of   Levi    P.    Morton,    appointed 
minister    to    France.      Mr.    Morton    had 
carried    the    district     by    a    majority    of 
40O0,  and  Mr.    Flower    was  thought   to 
be    heading  a   forlorn    hope.       He    was 
elected,  none  the  less,  receiving  a  major- 
ity   of  .'ilOO    votes.      This  victory    gave 
him  so  much  prestige  in  the  party  that 
he  was  strongly  supported  for  the  guber- 
natorial   nomination  in   1882,   receiving 
on  the  first  ballot  123  votes  to  61  for  Grover  Cleve- 
land, the  successful  candidate  in  the  end.      At  the 
next  convention  he  was  nominated  for  the  office  of 
lieutenant    governor  on  the    ticket  with    David    B. 
Hill.      He  had  protested    against   this    at  the  time 
because  of  his  business  engagements,  and  he  refused 
to  run. 

Though  he  declined  a  re-election  to  congress  at 
the  ex])iration  of  his  first  term,  he  continued  to  take 
a  foremost  part  in  the  counsels  of  the  Democratic 
party.  In  1888  he  was  regarded  in  many  (juarters 
as  the  proper  candidate  for  the  presidency,  but  the 
movement  in  favor  of  Mr.  Cleveland  was  too  strong 
for  ojiposition.  In  November,  1889,  he  was  elected 
to  the  51st  congress,  receiving  over  12,000  majoritv. 


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and  was  re-elected  two  years  later.  He  did  not 
serve  the  latter  term,  however,  on  account  of  his 
election  in  November,  1H91,  by  a  plurality  of 
50,000  votes,  as  governor  of  New  York  state.  It 
is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  Mr.  Flower  has  been 
elected  every  time  he  has  been  a  candidate  before 
the  people.  This  confidence  has  not  been  mis- 
placed ;  as  he  has  shown  himself  a  wise  and  con- 
servative legislator,  and  a  fearless  and  efficient  exec- 
utive officer.  Not  the  least  of  his  services  in 
public  life  —  this  benefit,  fortunately,  accruing  to 
all  men  without  regard  to  party  —  was  his  patriotic 
course  in  the  campaign  of  189(i,  when  he  exerted 
a  most  powerful  influence  on  the  side  of  sound 
finance,  political  honesty,  and  good  government  in 
general. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Roswell  Pettibone  Flower  was  Iwrn  at 
Theresa,  N.  Y.,  August  ~ ,  18S5 ;  graiiu- 
ated  from  tite  Theresa  LLigh  School  in 
1851 ;  was  clerk  in  the  post  office  at 
IVatertown,  N.  Y.,  1854-60;  marrie<l 
Sarah  Af.  Woodruff  of  IVatertown  Decem- 
ber 26,  1859 ;  conducted  a  jewehy  store 
in  Watertozvn,  1860-60  ;  engaged  in  the 
banking  business  in  New  York  city,  1869- 
81 ;  was  member  of  congress,  1S81-8S 
and  1889-91  ;  was  governor  of  Neio  York 
state,  1892-9  If. 


Mtlliam  JB.  Ibornblower,  one 

of  the  most  distinguished  lawyers  at  the 
New  York  bar,  was  born  in  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  shortly  after  the  middle  of  the 
century.  He  comes  from  a  famous  fam- 
ily of  jurists.  His  father  studied  law, 
though  he  afterward  became  a  Presby- 
terian clergyman  ;  his  grandfather  was 
chief  justice  of  New  Jersey ;  and  col- 
lateral branches  of  the  family  likewise 
attained  distinction  in  the  legal  profes- 
sion. Mr.  Hornblower's  great-grand- 
father was  a  member  of  the  Continental 
Congress. 

Thus  honorably  descended,  Mr.  Horn- 
blower  early  in  life  conferred  yet  brighter 
luster   on    the    family    name.       Having 
graduated  from  Princeton  with  high  rank 
in   1871,   he  studied   law  at   Columbia, 
and  was   admitted    to  the  Ijar  in   1875.      He    then 
obtained  a  clerkship  in  the  law    firm    of  Carter  & 
Eaton,   New  York  city,    and  applied  himself  heart 
and  soul  to  the   stujjendous  task  of  building  up  a 
practice  and  a   professional   reputation  in  the  New 


York  courts  of  law.  How  brilliant  his  success  in 
this  endeavor  was  to  be,  began  to  appear  as  early  as 
1877,  when  his  clerkship  was  changed  into  a  part- 
nershi]).  The  elder  members  of  his  firm  fortunately 
preferred  ofiice  consultation  and  research  to  con- 
tested work  in  the  courts,  and  this  part  of  the  busi- 
ness from  the  first  devolved  largely  upon  the  junior 
partner.  Mr.  Hornblower  availed  himself  to  the 
utmost  of  the  opportunity  thus  pre.sented,  and 
rapidly  became  known  as  one  of  the  ablest  attorneys 
of  a  pre-eminently  able  bar.  Covering  at  first  a 
wide  range  of  miscellaneous  practice,  as  a  young 
lawyer  must  until  he  has  won  his  spurs,  Mr.  Horn- 
blower  long  ago  attained  such  a  standing  in  his  pro- 
fession that  he  could  select  his  cases,  and  devote  his 
talents  to  the  most   interesting  and   important  kinds 


of  litigation.  One  of  the  great  economic  mo\e- 
nients  of  the  age  is  the  growth  of  corporations  ;  and 
this  movement  has  brought  into  being  a  body  of  law- 
vast  in  proportions,  intricate  in  construction,  ex- 
ceedingly difficult  to  interpret  and  administer.      It 


AfEX   OF  XEW    VORK—MAXHATTA.X  SECT/OX 


will  hardly  be  disputed  that  the  ablest  part  of  the 
American  bar  to-day  is  concerned  with  this  branch 
of  the  law.  The  great  corporations  of  the  land  have 
been  the  highest  bidders  for  this  kind  of  legal 
ability,  and  have  usually  obtained  the  best  talent  in 
the  market.  Under  such  conditions  Mr.  Horn- 
blower  has  naturally  become  a  ' '  corporation  lawyer. 
The  New  York  Central  railroad,  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  the  New  York  Security  and  Trust 
Co.,  and  other  organizations  of  like  standing  in  the 
business  world,  have  entrusted  their  interests  to  his 
care.  Comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  law  in  gen- 
eral, painstaking  accuracy  and  thoroughness  in  the 
preparation  of  cases,  and  consummate  skill  in  foren- 
sic proceedings,  are  his  chief  professional  character- 
istics. 

Mr.  Hornl)lower's  capacity  in  the  law  had  come 
to  be  widely  recognized  by  189o,  and  both  the 
legal  profession  and  the  general  public  approved  his 
nomination  by  President  Cleveland  for  the  seat  on 
the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  left  vacant  by  the 
tieath  of  Justice  Blatchford.  The  selection  was 
creditable  to  the  president,  and  most  honorable  to 
Mr.  Hornblower.  The  latter  at  that  time  was  only 
forty-two  years  old,  and  was  the  youngest  man,  with 
four  exceptions,  ever  named  for  the  Supreme  Court. 
The  exceptions,  of  whom  one  was  the  eminent 
jurist  Joseph  Story,  detract  little  or  nothing  from 
the  significance  of  Mr.  Hornblower' s  nomination, 
since  the  rigid  preparatory  requirements  of  profes- 
sional life  to-day,  and  the  fierce  competition  in  the 
higher  ranks  of  the  learned  callings,  subject  con- 
testants for  professional  honors  to  a  disadvantage 
equivalent  to  at  least  ten  years  of  life  under  the  con- 
ditions e.xisting  when  the  century  was  young.  Mr. 
Hornblower's  nomination,  therefore,  at  the  age  of 
forty-two,  to  the  highest  judicial  tribunal  in  the 
land,  will  lie  a  perpetual  monument  to  his  character 
as  a  man  and  capacity  as  a  lawyer.  The  long 
struggle  in  the  senate  over  his  nomination,  and  the 
ultimate  failure  of  that  body  to  confirm  the  same,  in 
no  wise  recim're  any  modification  of  the  foregoing 
statements. 

Mr.  Hornblower  served  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
mission that  was  created  in  1890  to  propose  amend- 
ments to  the  judiciary  .section  of  the  state  constitu- 
tion. He  is  regarded  as  an  able  writer  on  legal 
.subjects.  He  is  one  of  the  vice  presidents  of  the  Bar 
Association  and  of  the  Reform  Club,  aud  has  mem- 
bership in  the  City,  University,  Manhattan,  Metro- 
politan, Century,  and  other  clubs. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOL  O  G  Y^lVilliam 
Butler  Hornblmver  was  Inini  at  Patersoii,  X.  J. , 
Max  IS,  18hl  :   i^raduatfi/  frotii  Priiiii'ton    Cc>//txe  in 


1871,  and  from  Columbia  Lam  School  in  1875  ;  was 
clerk  in  a  New  York  city  law  office,  1875-77  ;  married 
Susie  C.  Sanford  of  New  Haven,  Comi.,  April  26, 
1882,  and  Mrs.  Emily  Sanford  Nelson,  sister  of  his 
first  7vife,  January  31,  189 J/.  ;  was  nominated  for 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1893 ;  has  practiced 
law  in  Netv  York  city  since  1875. 


SCtb  XOW  made  himself  a  part  of  history  while 
still  a  young  man,  and  his  name  will  long  stand  for 
all  that  is  best  in  the  career  of  a  merchant,  a  public 
official,  and  an  educator.  His  father,  Abiel  Abbot 
Low,  was  a  man  of  character  and  solid  attainments, 
and  built  up  a  large  tea-importing  business  in  New 
York.  In  the  neighboring  city  of  Brooklyn  Seth 
Low  was  born  in  the  mid-century  year.  Having 
received  an  excellent  preparatory  education  at  the 
Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Institute,  he  entered  Columbia 
College,  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1870.  His 
rare  mental  endowments  developed  early  in  life, 
placing  him  at  the  head  of  his  class  at  Columbia. 
During  his  last  year  in  college  he  attended  lectures 
at  the  law  school,  but  decided  not  to  continue  the 
course.  Conditions  favored  a  lousiness  career,  and 
he  went  to  work  in  his  father's  establishment.  Not- 
withstanding considerable  evidence  to  the  contrary, 
a  college  education  is  still  regarded  by  most  com- 
petent judges  as  helpful  in  commercial  life.  At  all 
events  Mr.  Low  made  rapid  progress  in  acquiring 
practical  business  knowledge,  and  mastering  the 
principles  of  modern  commerce.  After  discharging 
efficiently  the  duties  of  several  important  executive 
positions,  he  was  admitted  to  the  firm  in  187o. 
This  was  followed  by  election  to  membership  in  the 
New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  in  other 
commercial  organizations.  Such  bodies  frequently 
concern  themselves  with  i|uestions  of  great  impor- 
tance to  the  general  ijublic,  and  bring  to  the  solu- 
tion of  the  problems  involved  a  high  degree  of 
scientific  and  economic  ability.  Mr.  Low  took  an 
active  part  in  these  organizations,  serving  on  impor- 
tant committees,  and  making  addresses  concerning 
the  carrying  trade  and  related  subjects. 

Efficient  public  officials  seem  to  lie  best  ob- 
tained from  the  ranks  of  able  and  incorruptible 
business  men.  The  peojile  of  Brooklyn  took  this 
\iew  in  18)^1,  when  they  nominated  Mr.  Low  for 
the  mayoralty  as  a  reform  candidate.  He  was 
alreadv  a  man  of  mark,  having  attracted  favorable 
notice  both  in  business  and  in  public  life.  He  had 
been  one  of  the  organizers  and  the  first  president 
of  the  Young  Rejiublican  Club  in  Brooklyn,  and  in 
like  manner  one  of  the  founders  and  first  president 
of    the    Brooklvn    Bureau    of    Charities.        Elected 


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mayor  by  a  decisive  majority,  he  gained  wide- 
spread fame  and  unstinted  praise  by  the  purity, 
vigor,  and  efficiency  of  his  administration.  He 
was  the  first  mayor  in  the  state  to  introduce  the 
system  of  competitive  examinations  for  appoint- 
ments to  municipal  office.  He  was  re-elected  in 
1883  and  served  two  years  more,  finally 
retiring  from  the  mayor's  chair  with  a 
national  reijutation  of  the  highest  char- 
acter. .\fter  an  extended  trip  abroad  he 
resumed  his  business  calling,  and  con- 
tinued the  same  until  1889.  The  next 
year  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of 
Columbia. 

The  accession  of  Dr.  Low  —  the  de- 
gree of  LL.  D.  wa.s  five  times  conferred 
upon  him  in  1890  —  to  the    presidency 
of  Columbia  College  will  forever  mark 
an  epoch  in  the  history  of  that  institu- 
tion.     He   was   an    ideal    man    for    the 
place.    His  character,  temperament,  edu- 
cation,  business    experience,   and    social 
position  all  conspired  to  make  his  admin- 
istration   brilliantly  successful    from   the 
start.      In   1890  the  several  departments 
of  instruction,  hitherto  separate  and  in- 
tlependent,  were  organically  united,  and 
placed  under  the  control  of  a  university 
council  created  for  the  purpose  ;  and  the 
next  year  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  was  made  an   integral   part    of 
the  corporation.       The  marvelous  growth 
of  the  institution   under  the   new  order 
of  things  necessitated    additional  build- 
ings and  enlarged  equipment  generally. 
In  1892  a  committee  apjjointed  to  deter- 
mine   the    best     location     for     the    new 
Columbia  reported  favorably  on   the  site 
of   the    Bloomingdale    Asylum     for    the 
insane  on  the  heights  of  Morningside  park  ;   and  the 
property  was  purchased  for  §2,000,000.     In    1895 
President  Low  himself  gave  the  sum  of  $1,000,000 
for  a  new  library  building,  and  other   large  dona- 
tions to  the  college  have  been   made  by  him.      He 
has   energized  the  institution  from  end  to  end,  and 
has    set    in    motion    intellectual    and    moral    forces 
that  will    benefit    for   all    time  the  city,   state,   and 
nation. 

Dr.  Low  is  president  of  the  .Archaeological  Insti- 
tute of  America,  and  vice  president  of  the  New 
York  Academy  of  Sciences.  He  belongs  to  various 
prominent  clubs,  including  the  City,  LTniversity, 
Century,  Metropolitan,  .Authors,'  Downtown  .Asso- 
ciation, and  New  Kntrland  Society. 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Seth  Low 
7vas  born  at  Brooklyn  January  18,  18-')0  ;  attended 
the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Institute,  and  graduated 
from  Columbia  College  in  1870  :  jvas  employed  in  his 
father' s  tea  7varehouse,  1870—75,  and  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the   firm   in   the   latter    year :    married  Annie 


SI -.Til  Liin 


IV.  S.  Curtis  of  Boston  December  9,  1880  :  was 
mayor  of  Brooklyn,  1882-85  ;  has  been  president  of 
Columbia  College  since  1890. 


2).  ®.  /IDillS,  widely  and  most  favorably  known 
for  years  past  as  a  banker  and  philanthropist,  was 
born  in  Westchester  county,  New  York,  when  the 
first  quarter  of  the  century  had  nearly  run  it  course. 
His  ancestors  may  be  traced  back  to  early  colonial 
times  in  this  country,  and  to  more  remote  periods 
in  Scotland  and  the  north  of  P^ngland.  He  received 
an  excellent  general  education  at  the  academy  in  his 
native  town,  and  at  Mount  Pleasant  Academy,  Sing 
Sing,  which  he  attended  for  several  years.  His 
father  died,  however,  when  Darius  was  sixteen  years 


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old  ;  and  soon  thereafter  the  family  estate,  previously 
ample  for  existing  and  prospective  wants,  suffered  a 
serious  shrinkage.  Resolving  under  such  conditions 
to  become  self-supporting,  the  young  man  betook 
himself  to  New  York  city,  and  obtained  employment 
as  a  clerk. 


/>.    O.   MILLS 

For  the  next  six  years  Mr.  Mills  applied  himself 
unflaggingly  to  the  task  of  mastering  general  busi- 
ness principles  and  the  science  of  accounting.  He 
succeeded  so  well  in  this  endeavor,  and  his  ability 
was  so  much  appreciated,  that  the  position  of  cashier 
in  the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Erie  County,  Buffalo,  was 
offered  to  him  in  1  >>\~ .  He  act|uired  a  third  interest 
in  the  bank,  and  would  doubtless  have  become  long 
ago  one  of  the  foremost  bankers  of  Buffalo,  had  not 
the  hand  of  destiny  urged  him  on  to  a  career  far 
more  brilliant  elsewhere.  The  gold  discoveries  in 
California  fired  the  ambition  of  the  young  banker  — 
not  the  less  because  two  brothers  were  already  on 
their  way  to  the  new  El  Dorado.  Setting  out  for 
the  C.olden  (late  in    December,  1,S4<S,  he  ultimately 


arrived  in  Sacramento,  and  established  there  a  gen- 
eral store  and  eastern-exchange  business.  In  those 
days  a  little  capital,  fertilized  with  energy  and 
shrewdness,  frequently  became  a  fortune  ;  and  Mr. 
Mills  .so  skillfully  availed  him.self  of  the  opportunities 
presented  that  in  less  than  a  year  his  profits 
amounted  to  140,000.  Nearly  all  of 
this  he  turned  back  at  once  into  mer- 
chandise, which  he  sold  again  at  the 
liberal  margin  of  profit  then  current  on 
the  Coast.  Having  thus  acquired  the 
needful  capital,  he  founded  at  Sacra- 
mento the  Gold  Bank  of  D.  O.  Mills  & 
Co.,  which  still  flourishes  under  his  con- 
trol as  the  oldest  banking  institution  in 
California.  For  nearly  fifty  years  now 
the  bank  has  never  closed  its  doors,  nor 
failed  to  meet  every  obligation,  alike  in 
prosperity  and  in  times  of  financial  stress. 
After  a  trip  abroad  for  health  and  rest 
in  1857,  Mr.  Mills  resumed  the  manage- 
ment of  his  bank  in  Sacramento,  and 
also  turned  his  attention  to  the  marvelous 
mining  developments  of  the  great  Com- 
stock  lode.  Having  secured  the  control 
of  the  railroad  leading  thither,  and  of 
important  timber  lands  and  ranch  prop- 
erty in  adjacent  territory,  he  further 
strengthened  his  grasp  of  the  situation 
liy  olitaining  a  large  interest  in  the 
leading  quicksilver  mines  of  California. 
These  ventures  might  have  led  to  ruin 
in  the  hands  of  a  man  less  long-headed, 
energetic,  and  resourceful  than  Mr.  Mills. 
.\s  it  was,  one  operation  helped  another, 
all  pursuing  a  single  end,  and  the  net 
result  was  outstandingly  successful. 

Having  helped  to  organize,  in  1804, 
the  Bank  of  California  in  San  Francisco, 
Mr.  Mills  became  the  first  president  of  the  institu- 
tion, and  built  up  for  it  a  magnificent  business  and  a 
splendid  name  in  all  financial  circles.  In  1873  he 
sold  his  stock  in  the  bank,  and  retired  from  the 
presidency,  leaving  the  concern  with  a  capital  of 
So, 000, 000,  an  ample  suqilus,  and  untarnished 
credit.  Two  years  later  the  bank  had  "liabilities 
of  about  $13,000,000  above  its  capital  and  surplus, 
with  only  $100,000  ca.sh  in  its  vaults,  and  with 
many  doubtful  assets."  The  bank  went  down  in 
a  sensational  crash,  the  new  president  committing 
suicide  ;  and  Mr.  Mills,  lately  returned  from  F^u- 
rope,  was  felt  to  be  the  only  man  able  to  cope  with 
the  situation.  Recalled  to  the  presidency,  he  sub- 
scribed S1,00(),(HI()  toward   the  rehabilitation  of  the 


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bank,  opened  its  doors  six  weeks  after  the  disastrous 
wreck,  built  up  anew  the  ]josition  and  credit  of  the 
institution,  and  retired  in  three  years  without  pay 
for  his  services. 

Mr.  Mills  is  now  regarded  as  a  New  Yorker,  since 
he  has  lived  there  most  of  the  time  in  recent  years. 
The  magnificent  office  building  that  bears  his  name 
on  Broad  street  —  the  first  of  the  human  hives  to 
challenge  the  clouds  —  further  identifies  him  with 
the  metropolis.  He  has  a  building  in  San  Francisco, 
how'ever,  of  the  same  size  and  character  ;  and  he  is 
otherwise  connected  in  substantial  ways  with  the 
Pacific  coast.  He  still  maintains  near  San  Francisco 
his  beautiful  country  seat  of  "  Millbrae,"  with  its 
dairy  of  five  hundred  cows.  Before  leaving  Cali- 
fornia he  gave  most  gratifying  evidence  of  his  interest 
in  the  commonwealth,  endowing  a  chair  of  philos- 
ophy in  the  University  of  California  at 
an  outlay  of  §75,000,  and  presenting  to 
the  state  Larkin  G.  Meade's  remarkable 
group  of  statuary,  "  Columbus  before 
Queen  Isabella." 

Since  coming  to  New  York  Mr.  Mills 
has  concerned  himself  chiefly  with  vari- 
ous forms  of  organized  philanthropy. 
The  "  fresh  air  fund,"  which  sends  every 
summer  thousands  of  poor  children  from 
the  crowded  tenements  into  the  coun- 
try, has  received  generous  contributions 
from  him.  The  Mills  Training  School 
for  male  nurses,  attached  to  Bellevue 
Hospital,  was  presented  by  him  to  the 
city  of  New  York  in  1888.  He  is  now 
engaged  in  a  comprehensive  scheme  of 
scientific  charity  designed  to  rescue  men 
from  wretched  lodging  houses,  and  give 
them  at  nominal  cost  the  essential  bene- 
fits of  modern  hotels.  "  Mills  House 
No.  1"  will  accommodate  fifteen  hun- 
dred men,  and  "Mills  House  No.  2" 
seven  hundred.  The  buildings  will  be 
made  of  the  best  material,  with  all  mod- 
ern improvements  in  the  way  of  plumb- 
ing, heating,  electrical  appliances,  and 
general  sanitation.  The  charge  proposed 
for  a  bedroom  is  twenty  cents  a  night, 
with  corresponding  restaurant  prices. 
Mr.  Mills  has  contributed  generously  to 
many  other  charities,  and  to  many  insti- 
tutions upholding  science  and  art.  One 
must  go  a  long  way  to  find  a  more  inspiring  example 
of  public-spirited  citizenship. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Darius  Ogden 
Mills  was  horn  at  North  Salem,  N.   V.,  September 


•7,  182o  ;  recei'i'ed  an  academic  education  ;  was  em- 
ployed as  a  clerk  in  New  York  city,  lSH-i7 ;  was 
cashier  of  the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Jirie  County, 
Buffalo,  ISJfl—J^S ;  engaged  in  general  trading,  bank- 
ing, and  tnining  in  California,  with  some  interruptions, 
181^9—79 ;  married  fane  T.  Cutiningham  of  Lrving- 
ton,  N'.  Y. ,  September  5,  185^. ;  has  lived  in  New 
York  city  since  1879,  engaged  largely  in  7'arious  kinds 
of  philanthropic  labor. 


3.  pierpOUt  /IDOrgan,  the  first  name  in 
American  finance  and  second  only  to  Rothschild  in 
the  world,  was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  less  than 
sixty  years  ago.  Descended  from  a  line  of  New 
England  ancestors,  he  received  great  benefit,  in- 
tangible but  real,  from  their  frugality,  industry,  and 
generally  correct  habits  of  life.     To  his  father  par- 


/  PIERPOXT  .XfORCAX 

ticularly,  the  famous  banker  Junius  S.  Morgan,  a 
man  of  the  strongest  and  most  admirable  character, 
some  of  the  transmissible  virtties  of  the  son  may 
safelv  be  ascribed. 


.\/F.\  (>/■■  .\7-;;r  vha'K' 


MAXH.l  TT.IX  SI-XTIOX 


Kducated  at  the  Boston  High  School,  and  after- 
ward at  the  University  of  (lottingen,  tlerraany, 
Pierpont  Morgan  cut  short  his  stay  abroad  at  the 
age  of  twenty  to  enter  upon  a  long  business  career. 
He  began  in  a  humble  clerkship  in  the  banking 
house  of  Duncan,  Sherman  &  Co.,  New  York  city, 
drudging  at  a  desk  in  their  establishment  for  alwut 
two  years.  His  father  at  this  time  was  a  partner 
of  George  Peabody,  the  great  banker  and  philan- 
thropist ;  and  in  1860  J.  P.  Morgan  became  the 
United  States  agent  and  attorney  for  the  London 
house  of  George  Peabody  &  Co.  Starting  with  a 
small  establishment  on  Exchange  Place,  Mr.  Mor- 
gan transacted  business  alone  until  18(i4,  when  he 
became  junior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Dabney,  Mor- 
gan &  Co.  He  continued  to  enlarge  his  sphere  of 
influence  until  1871,  when  he  had  become  a  recog- 
nized power  in  the  financial  world. 

His  prestige  indeed,  even  at  this  early  date,  was 
such  that  Drexel  &  Co.  of  Philadelphia,  one  of 
the  oldest  and  richest  of  American  banking  houses, 
deemed  it  advantageous  to  form  with  him  in  July, 
1871,  the  famous-  firm  of  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co. 
Erecting  the  next  year  the  white  marble  building  at 
the  corner  of  Broad  and  Wall  streets,  on  a  lot  that 
cost  what  was  then  regarded  as  an  extraordinary 
figure  —  SI, 000,000  —  the  firm  became  far  and 
away  the  foremost  banking  house  in  the  new  world, 
with  a  corporate  capital  running  into  tens  of  mil- 
lions. In  recent  years  some  changes  have  been 
made  in  the  old  group  of  Morgan  firms  ;  and  the 
New  York  house  is  now  styled  J.  P.  Morgan  &  Co., 
the  London  house  J.  S.  Morgan  &  Co.,  the  Phila- 
delphia house  Drexel  &  Co.,  and  the  Paris  house 
Morgan,  Harjes  &  Co.  'I'he  various  houses  are 
leading  drawers  of  international  exchange,  and 
transact  a  general  banking  business  of  enormous 
volume.  Their  pre-eminence,  however,  has  been 
most  marked  of  late  in  a  sphere  of  finance  that  has 
become  unhappily  wide  —  the  rehabilitation  of  bank- 
rupt railroad  properties. 

In  this  most  difficult  field  of  finance  J.  Pierpont 
Morgan  is  easily  first ;  and  the  remarkably  success- 
ful reorganizations  planned  and  financed  by  him, 
show  what  can  be  done  by  genius  and  character 
combined,  in  the  restoration  of  discredited  securi- 
ties. His  first  notable  achievement  of  this  kind 
was  made  in  1885,  when  he  took  up  the  hopelessly 
tangled  affairs  of  the  West  Shore  railroad,  straight- 
ened them  out  with  consummate  skill,  and  sold  the 
property  to  the  New  York  Central  company  on 
terms  mutually  advantageous  under  the  circum- 
stances to  both  vendor  and  vendee.  In  this,  as  in 
many    other   undertakings,    Mr.    Morgan    made    no 


charge  for  his  time  and  eflbrt  ;  but  the  directors  of 
the  New  York  Central  company  showed  their  appre- 
ciation of  his  work  by  presenting  him  with  a  ser- 
vice of  solid  gold  plate  worth  $50,000.  In  18,S5 
he  rescued  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  company  from 
insolvency,  and  three  years  later  he  reorganized  the 
Reading  system,  with  substantial  satisfaction  to  all 
the  parties  interested.  In  the  .same  year  he  recon- 
structed the  Che.sapeake  &  Ohio,  consolidating  it 
with  the  Big  Eour  system  to  the  manifest  advantage 
of  both  properties.  In  1895  he  carried  out  suc- 
cessfully a  masterly  piece  of  high  finance  in  the 
reorganization  and  symmetrical  unification  of  the 
various  securities  underlying  the  Richmond  Ter- 
minal svstem.  Other  recent  examples  of  Mr.  Mor- 
gan's capacity  in  the  way  of  international  schemes 
of  reorganization  may  be  found  in  the  rehabilita- 
tion of  the  Northern  Pacific  and  the  Erie  railroad 
systems. 

Thousands  of  people  not  concerned  with  invest- 
ment securities  have  heard  of  Mr.  Morgan  chiefly  in 
connection  with  his  dealings  in  United  States  bonds. 
His  part  in  assisting  the  government  to  resume 
specie  payments  during  the  Hayes  administration, 
when  he  formed  a  syndicate  of  capitalists  who 
floated  $200,000,000  worth  of  United  States  bonds, 
should  not  be  forgotten.  He  practically  formed  a 
partnershi]j  alliance  with  the  United  States  treasury, 
and  placed  behind  the  government  all  the  enormous 
influence  and  power  of  his  banking  connections  on 
both  sides  of  the  ocean.  He  did  the  same  thing  in 
P'ebruarv,  1895,  taking  greater  chances  then,  in 
the  famous  |;)urchase  of  gold-reserve  bonds,  with  the 
extraordinary  pendent  contract  regarding  the  pre- 
vention of  gold  exportations.  In  some  quarters  Mr. 
Morgan's  part  in  this  transaction  has  been  ascribed 
to  selfish  motives  ;  but  the  verdict  of  history  will 
confirm  the  present  knowledge  of  the  best  informed, 
that  his  course  throughout  the  trying  times  of 
1893-90  was  patriotic  in  the  highest  degree. 

Mr.  Morgan  is,  of  course,  a  prominent  figure  in 
the  social  world.  He  belongs  to  many  of  the  lead- 
ing metropolitan  clubs,  and  holds  important  offices 
in  some  of  them  ;  but  he  is  not  what  is  called  a 
clubman,  having  quiet  tastes  not  readily  satisfied  by 
the  average  club.  He  is  little  given  to  display,  but 
maintains  establishments  consistent  with  his  reason- 
able needs  and  station  in  life.  His  gifts  to  charity 
and  to  various  kinds  of  organized  philanthropy  are 
liberal  and  judicious.  In  the  limits  of  this  sketch 
it  has  been  possible  merely  to  skeletonize  his  charac- 
ter and  career :  an  adequate  presentation  of  the 
subject  would  reveal  in  John  Pierpont  Morgan  not 
onlv  one  of  the  ablest  business  men  and  financiers  of 


ME.y   OF  XEIf    yo/<:h-— .]/.-! XHATTAX  SECT/OX 


the  age,  but  also  one  of  the  most   large-hearted  and 
public-spirited  citizens  of  the  Republic. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Jo/in  Pier- 
pout  Morgan  was  born  at  Llaitford,  Conn. ,  April  17, 
1837 ;  Tvas  educated  in  this  country  and  in  Germany  ; 
was  clerk  in  a  New  York  banking  house,  18'>~~(>0  : 
has  been  engaged  since  1860,  in  New  Yorl; 
city  and  other  financial  centers,  in  gen- 
eral banking,  including  the  purchase  and 
sale  of  goz'ern7nent  botuls,  municipal  and 
other  corporate  securities,  the  drawing  of 
international  exchange,  and  the  reorgan- 
ization of  batikrupt  properties. 


Xevi  IP.  .flDOrtOU,  banker  and 
statesman,  was  born  in  Vermont  about 
seventy  years  ago.  After  attending  com- 
mon schools  up  to  the  age  of  fifteen,  he 
became  a  clerk  in  a  country  variety  store 
at  Enfield,  Mass.  Two  years  later  he 
went  into  the  same  business  at  Concord, 
N.  H.,  and  soon  afterward  took  charge 
of  a  branch  store  at  Hanover.  This  was 
the  seat  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  many 
professors  and  students  have  watched 
with  pleasure  the  wonderful  career  of  the 
young  man  who  used  to  supply  their 
material  wants  so  agreeably.  He  re- 
mained at  Hanover  until  he  was  twenty- 
five  years  old,  when  he  went  to  Boston 
to  become  a  clerk  in  the  dry-goods 
house  of  James  M.  Beebe  &  Co.  He 
developed  a  marked  aptitude  for  busi- 
ness, and  at  the  end  of  two  years  was 
admitted  to  the  firm.  Junius  S.  Morgan, 
the  distinguished  banker  of  later  days, 
was  then  a  member  of  the  same  firm  ; 
and  Cornelius  N.  Bliss,  likewise  known 
to  fame,  was  also  connected  with  the 
house  at  this  time.  A  branch  of  the  firm  was  estab- 
lished in  New  York  city  in  1852,  and  Mr.  Morton 
was  detailed  as  resident  manager.  By  the  year 
1854  the  future  vice  president  had  acquired  a  thor- 
ough mastery  of  busine.ss  principles  in  general,  and 
of  the  particular  customs  of  the  dry-goods  trade,  and 
he  resolved  to  make  the  most  of  himself  by  estab- 
lishing a  business  of  his  own.  Becoming  senior 
partner,  accordingly,  in  the  firm  of  Morton  &  C.rin- 
nell,  he  carried  on  a  successful  dry -goods  commis- 
sion business  until  1861.  In  the  trying  times  at- 
tending the  outburst  of  civil  war  the  firm  of  Morton 
&  Cirinnell  went  under,  compounding  with  their 
creditors  for  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar.  The  failure 
was   largely    due    to     the    repudiation    of    southern 


paper.      Mr.  Morton  afterward  discharged  the  obli- 
gations in  full,  with  interest. 

Feeling  his  reverses  keenly,  and  eager  to  redeem 
himself,  Mr.  Morton  established  in  1863  the  bank- 
ing house  of  L.  P.  Morton  &  Co.  His  long  experi- 
ence in  commercial  affairs,  acquaintance  with  busi- 


I.Ell  P.   MORTOX 

ness  men,  and  stainle.ss  personal  character,  brought 
(|uick  success  in  the  new  venture.  His  business  had 
assumed  such  proportions  by  1869  that  he  deemed 
it  prudent  and  otherwise  desirable  to  have  partner- 
ship assistance  ;  and  Ceorge  T.  Bliss,  already 
eminent  in  the  commercial  world,  formed  with  him 
the  famous  house  of  Morton,  Bliss  &  Co.  The  same 
year  Sir  John  Rose,  Canadian  minister  of  finance, 
joined  Mr.  Morton  in  founding  the  London  banking 
house  of  Morton,  Rose  &  Co.  These  two  firms, 
splendidly  equipped  with  capital,  experience,  re- 
sponsibility, and  character,  rapidly  gained  a  fore- 
most place  among  the  banking  houses  of  the  world. 
The  services  performed  by  them  in  facilitating  the 
resumption  of  specie  payments  and  the  funding  of 


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the  national  debt  were  incalculable.  I'hey  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  syndicates  that  negotiated 
United  States  bonds,  in  the  payment  of  the  Geneva 
award  of  81 '),r)0(l, ()()(),  and  the  Halifax  fishery  award 
of  85,500,000 ;  and  the  London  house  acted  as 
fiscal  agents  of  the  United  States  government  from 
1873  until  1884.  Both  concerns  are  recognized 
the  world  over  as  pillars  of  financial  strength,  hel]j- 
ing  to  support  the  business  fabric  of  both  hemi- 
spheres. 

Brought  up  in  a  New  England  country  town, 
where  all  good  men  took  a  lively  interest  in  public 
affairs,  Mr.  Morton  long  ago  entered  actively  into 
political  life.  Defeated  for  congress  in  1876,  he  was 
elected  two  years  later.  He  was  widely  known,  of 
course,  as  an  expert  adviser  on  financial  ijuestions, 
and  his  work  in  congress  was  largely  devoted  to 
such  subjects.  It  is  worthy  of  note  in  view  of 
recent  political  history  that  Mr.  Morton  saw  unerr- 
ingly at  this  early  period  the  perils  of  silver  coin- 
age, and  made  various  speeches  in  which  the  prin- 
ciples of  sound  finance  as  set  forth  by  the  Republican 
party  in  the  campaign  of  1896  were  clearly  defined. 
He  declined  the  nomination  for  vice  president  in 
1880,  and  was  re-elected  to  congress  in  the  same 
year. 

Offered  by  President  Carfield  the  navy  portfolio 
or  the  post  of  minister  to  France,  he  cho.se  the 
latter,  and  resigned  his  seat  in  congress.  He  was 
already  well  and  favorably  known  in  France,  both 
from  his  business  operations,  and  from  his  appoint- 
ment in  1878  as  honorary  commissioner  to  the  Paris 
Exposition.  He  maintained  at  the  French  capital 
an  establishment  consistent  with  the  dignity  and 
importance  of  the  government  he  represented,  and 
the  appreciative  Parisians  changed  the  name  of  the 
park  fronting  his  mansion  to  the  F/ace  lii's  Etats 
Unis.  Through  his  intercession  the  restriction  upon 
the  importation  of  American  pork  was  removed, 
though  afterward  revived  ;  and  American  corpora- 
tions obtained  a  legal  status  in  France.  He  rep- 
resented the  United  States  at  the  submarine-cable 
convention,  and  publicly  received  for  the  people  of 
this  country  the  Bartholdi  statue  of  Liberty  enlight- 
ening the  world. 

Having  returned  to  America  in  July,  1885,  Mr. 
Morton  resumed  his  prominent  position  among  the 
leaders  of  the  Republican  party.  In  1887  he  was 
a  strong  candidate  for  the  office  of  United  States 
senator,  as  he  had  been,  indeed,  two  years  earlier. 
In  1888  he  was  elected  vice  president  of  the  United 
States,  and  filled  that  office  during  Harrison's  term. 
He  presided  over  the  senate  with  dignity  and  im- 
partiality,   and   came    to    be   exceedingly  liked    bv 


the  members  of  the  upper  house  without  regard  to 
party.  On  his  retirement  from  the  vice  presidency 
the  senators  gave  him  a  banijuet  at  the  Arlington 
hotel  as  a  formal  recognition  of  their  regard.  His 
social  position  at  Wa.shington  was  brilliant,  as  it 
had  been  during  his  congressional  service  ten  years 
before.  In  November,  1894,  he  was  elected  govern- 
or of  New  York,  and  served  in  that  most  respon- 
sible position  for  the  next  two  years.  His  adminis- 
tration of  the  affairs  of  the  Empire  State  was 
marked  by  careful  scrutiny  of  legislative  measures, 
jtidicious  use  of  the  appointing  power,  and  con- 
■scientious  devotion  to  the  manifold  duties  of  his 
office. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Levi  Parsoiu 
Morton  was  hont  at  Sliorcham,  Vt. ,  May  16,  182^  : 
was  a  7nember  of  the  dry- goods  hoitse  of  James  M. 
Beehe  e^■  Co.,  1851—52/.,  and  of  the  firm  of  Morton  c^■ 
Grinnell,  Neiv  York  city,  1854-61 ;  established  the 
banking  house  of  L.  P.  Morton  i5^  Co. ,  now  Morton, 
Bliss  c?-  Co.,  in  1863,  ami  the  London  house  of 
Morton,  Rose  &"  Co.  in  1869 ;  married  Lucy  Kim- 
ball of  Flatlands,  L.  /.,  October  15,  1856,  and  Anna 
Livingston  Street  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. ,  February 
12,  1873  ;  7i/as  member  of  congress,  1879—81,  minis- 
ter to  France,  1881-85,  vice  president  of  the  United 
States,  1889-93,  and  governor  of  New  York  state, 
1895-96. 


IbOraCC  IPOrtCr,  for  many  years  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  respected  men  in  the  public 
eye,  has  enriched  the  prestige  of  a  family  name 
alreadv  full  of  honors.  His  father  was  governor  of 
Pennsylvania  ;  his  grandfather  rendered  many  valu- 
able services  to  the  patriots'  cause  throughout  the 
Revolution  :  and  other  members  of  the  family  have 
contributed  to  the  splendor  of  the  common  name. 
Thus  preciously  endowed  at  birth  with  latent  virtues, 
Horace  Porter  entered  upon  his  brilliant  career  with 
every  omen  favorable.  His  early  education  was 
received  at  the  Harrisburg  Academy,  and  at  Law- 
renceville,  N.  J.,  near  Princeton  College,  for  which 
he  prepared.  The  soldier's  blood  in  his  veins,  how- 
ever, filled  him  with  desire  for  a  martial  training, 
and  in  order  to  secure  an  appointment  at  the  United 
States  Military  Academy  he  entered  the  scientific 
department  of  Harvard  College  in  1854.  The  next 
year  he  succeeded  in  getting  his  appointment,  and 
became  a  cadet  at  West  Point  July  1,  1855.  His 
class  took  a  course  of  five  years  —  only  one  other 
class  has  done  this  —  and  he  did  not  graduate  until 
July,  1860,  having  the  third  rank  then  in  a  mem- 
bership of  forty-one.  He  chose  the  ordnance  arm 
of    the    service,    his    mind    havini;    a    remarkable 


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mechanical  Ijent.  As  a  boy  he  had  delighleil  to 
study  the  machinery  in  his  father's  iron  works,  and 
when  only  twelve  years  old  he  invented  a  water 
gauge  for  boilers  that  was  successfully  applied.  Later 
in  life  he  invented  various  ingenious  mechanical 
devices,  including  the  ticket-canceling 
boxes  used  by  the  elevated  railways  in 
New  York  city. 

After  remaining  at  West  Point  a  little 
while  as  instructor  in  artillery,  and  serv- 
ing in  other  stations  a  few  months,  Lieu- 
tenant Porter  completed  his  theoretical 
studies  in  the  very  nick  of  time  for  ter- 
ribly practical  application.  Ordered  to 
duty  in  the  South  at  the  beginning  of 
the  Civil  War,  he  served  throughout  the 
conflict  with  a  valor  and  a  wealth  of 
achievement  that  defy  adequate  presen- 
tation within  narrow  limits.  After  par- 
ticipating in  the  expedition  under  Sher- 
man and  Dupont  against  Port  Royal,  as 
first  lieutenant  of  ordnance,  he  became 
chief  of  artillery,  and  had  charge  of  the 
batteries  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Pulaski 
April  10,  1862.  His  conduct  on  this 
occasion  was  such  that  he  was  brevetted 
captain,  and  was  also  presented  with  one 
of  the  swords  captured  from  the  enemy. 
Two  months  later  he  took  part  in  the 
assault  on  Secessionville,  S.  C,  and  was 
wounded  in  the  hand  by  a  piece  of  shell. 
Made  chief  of  ordnance  of  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  in  July,  LSli'J,  he  remained 
on  McClellan's  stafi' until  after  the  battle 
of  Antietam  in  September  of  that  year, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of 
the  Ohio.  In  January,  1863,  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Army  of  the  Cumber- 
land, and  for  the  next  eight  months  was  engaged  in 
general  staff  duty  in  the  field.  He  took  part  in  the 
advance  on  Chattanooga,  and  in  the  battle  of  Chick- 
amauga,  where  he  particularly  distinguished  himself 
In  this  campaign  he  first  met  Oeneral  Grant,  who 
was  so  much  pleased  with  the  young  captain  that  he 
made  him  his  aid-de-camp,  with  the  rank  of  lieuten- 
ant colonel  and  later  that  of  colonel.  Serving  with 
General  Grant  in  the  field  until  the  end  of  the  war, 
he  participated  in  all  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness 
campaign,  in  the  siege  of  Richmond  and  Peters- 
burg, and  in  the  closing  scenes  at  Appomattox. 
During  the  war  he  was  six  times  promoted  "  for 
gallant,  faithful,  and  meritorious  service."  On 
March  13,  1865,  he  was  brevetted  brigadier  general 
in  the  L^nited  States  army. 


.\lter  the  close  of  the  war  he  remained  at  army 
headijuarters  in  Washington  with  (leneral  Grant, 
except  when  the  latter  sent  him  on  tours  of  army- 
post  inspection  in  the  South  and  on  the  Pacific 
coast.      His   relations   with   General   (Iraiit    were   of 


HORACE   PORTER 

the  most  confidential  and  delightful  nature.  He 
served  as  his  private  secretary,  in  charge  of  his 
executive  business,  during  the  President's  first  ad- 
ministration ;  and  always  thereafter  he  continued  to 
be  his  intimate  and  trusted  friend.  Having  resigned 
from  the  army  in  1873,  General  Porter  entered  into 
active  business  life.  He  has  concerned  himself 
largely  with  transportation  interests,  having  been  a 
prime  mover  in  the  construction  of  the  West  Shore 
railroad,  and  the  first  president  of  the  company. 
He  has  been  a  director  in  many  railroads  and  other 
corporations.  He  is  regarded  a.s  an  able  adviser 
whenever  financial  operations  are  undertaken  by  the 
great  capitalists  of  the  country.  He  is  at  present 
chairman  of  the  board  of  the  St.  Louis  &  San 
Francisco  Railroad  Co. 


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(leneral  Porter  holds  a  most  enviable  position  in 
the  social  world.  He  is  president  of  the  Cirant 
Monument  Association,  having  raised  the  money 
for  the  great  general's  mausoleimi.  He  is  also 
president  of  the  Union  League  t'hib,  and  has  mem- 
bership in  various  other  similarly  prominent  organi- 
zations. An  accomplished  linguist  and  a  great 
lover  of  literature,  he  is  him.self  a  graceful  and 
vigorous  writer,  contributing  frequently  to  the 
periodicals  of  the  day.  He  is  a  brilliant  racontfur 
and  a  felicitous  public  speaker.  Union  College 
conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  LL.  D. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Honii-e  Por- 
ter was  horn  at  Huntingdon,  Penn.,  April  15,  1SS7  : 
leias  educated  at  the  Harrishurg  (Penn.)  Academy, 
at  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  (Harvard),  and  at 
West  Point,  whence  he  graduated  in  1860  :  sen<ed  in 
the  Union  army  throughout  the  Civil  War  :  married 
Sophie  K.  McHarg  of  Albany  December  15,  1S6S  : 
was  private  secretary  to  President  Grant,  1869-73  : 
has  been  engaged  as  director  and  executive  officer  in 
various  corporations  since  1873. 


HbeO&Ore  IROOSevelt,  author,  sportsman, 
reformer,  and  politician  in  the  best  sense,  is  a  scion 
of  a  family  that  has  been  active  on  Manhattan  island 
for  nearly  two  hundred  and  lifty  years.  Roosevelt 
street,  indeed,  was  so  called  becau.se  it  ran  through 
the  original  family  farm.  The  name  is  Dutch  ;  but 
Mr.  Roosevelt's  temperament  and  character  are 
more  consistent  with  his  own  analysis  of  the  present 
stock  into  one  part  Hollandish,  and  three  parts 
Scotch,  Irish,  and  French  Huguenot.  An  excellent 
educational  groundwork  at  Cutler's  private  school 
in  New  York  city  paved  the  way  for  broader  intel- 
lectual equipment  at  Harvard  ;  and  all  was  fittingly 
crowned  by  an  extended  tour  in  Europe.  Return- 
ing thence  in  1.S81,  he  plunged  into  the  active  work 
of  the  world,  and  has  ever  since  been  a  conspicuous 
figure  in  the  storm  center  of  public  affairs. 

Attending  primaries,  speaking  at  public  meetings, 
and  taking  part  generally  in  proceedings,  he  soon 
made  himself  a  factor  in  the  politics  of  his  district. 
So  thoroughly  did  he  learn  the  arts  of  political 
manipulation  —  knowledge  indispensably  valuable  in 
his  later  reform  work  —  that  he  succeeded  in  gain- 
ing control  with  his  followers  of  the  local  organiza- 
tion. "Jake  Hess's  district"  having  dispossessed 
its  lord,  Mr.  Roosevelt  was  sent  to  the  asseiubly  for 
three  successive  terms.  In  that  body  he  made  a 
reputation  for  fearless  leadership  against  corrupt  and 
evil  legislation.  Wherever  "ring  jobs"  or  "pri- 
vate steals"  or  underhand  proceedings  of  any  kind 
were  going  on,  Mr.  Roosevelt  was  likely  to  confront 


the  e\  il  doers  and  thwart  their  plans.  Perhaps  no 
man  in  the  as.sembly  was  ever  more  feared  by  the 
"  bosses"  than  was  he.  As  for  positive  results,  the 
most  important  measure  due  to  him  was  the  Roose- 
velt aldermanic  bill,  which  allowed  the  mayor  of 
New  York  to  make  appointments  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  aldermen.  This  gave  the  mayor  a  free 
hand,  and  made  possible  the  best  selections  —  Mr. 
Roosevelt's  own  appointment  later,  for  example,  to 
the  police  board.  One  consequence  of  his  labors  in 
Albany  was  the  writing  of  "  Essays  on  Practical 
Politics,"  which  is  admirable  alike  for  its  charming 
literary  quality,  vivid  portrayal  of  actual  legislative 
conditions,  and  philosophic  discussion  of  existing 
evils. 

In  early  youth  Mr.  Roosevelt  was  sickly  — 
"pigeon-chested,"  to  quote  his  own  term  —  and 
one  of  his  first  achievements  in  life  was  to  make 
himself  over  physically.  He  did  the  work  so  well 
that  he  became  one  of  the  foremost  wrestlers, 
boxers,  and  all-round  athletes  in  the  Harvard  gym- 
nasium. On  his  postgraduate  continental  trip  he 
succeeded  in  mounting  snow-capped  Jungfrau  and 
the  rocky  Matterhorn,  thereby  gaining  membership 
in  the  Aljjine  Club  of  London.  His  interest  in 
manly  sports  took  him  to  the  Bad  Lands  of  the 
Northwest  to  shoot  bear,  buffalo,  and  bighorn.  His 
first  trips  to  the  "cow  country"  were  made  during 
the  long  vacations  of  the  a.ssembly  ;  and  after  his  re- 
tirement tVom  the  legislature  in  1884  he  started  a 
cattle  ranch  on  the  Little  Missouri  in  western  North 
Dakota,  and  spent  a  large  part  of  his  time  for  the 
next  two  years  in  the  toilsome,  adventurous,  and 
picturesque  life  of  a  ranchman.  He  has  embalmed 
the  essence  of  his  experience  in  three  works, 
"  Ranch  Life  and  the  Hunting  Trail,"  "Hunting 
Trips  of  a  Ranchman,"  and  "The  Wilderness  Hun- 
ter," which  will  have  a  permanent  place  in  literature 
as  faithful  pictures  of  a  romantic  historical  epoch 
doomed  to  swift  effacement  in  this  electrical  age. 

In  the  fall  of  1886  Mr.  Roosevelt  ran  for  mayor 
of  New  York.  Though  Abram  S.  Hewitt,  the 
Democratic  nominee,  was  elected,  Mr.  Roosevelt 
polled  a  larger  proportion  of  the  total  vote  than  any 
other  Republican  candidate  up  to  the  election  of 
W.  L.  Strong  in  1894.  After  the  mayoralty  cam- 
paign Mr.  Roo.sevelt  gave  himself  up  to  literary 
labors.  Possessed  of  a  vigorous,  flowing,  crystalline 
style,  adorned  with  many  rhetorical  graces  but 
direct  and  practical  withal,  he  has  a  reputation  as  a 
writer  not  inferior  to  his  fame  in  other  lines.  His 
"  Naval  War  of  1812,"  published  when  he  was  one 
year  out  of  college,  his  lives  of  Benton  and  Oouver- 
neur  Morris  in  the  .American  Statesmen  series,  and 


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his  history  of  New  York  citv  in  Freeman's  series  of 
Historic  Towns,  constitute,  with  the  works  previously 
mentioned,  a  solid  contribution  to  American  liter- 
ature. His  iimi^iuim  cj'ns,  however,  is  the  "  Winning 
of  the  West,"  in  four  volumes,  forming  one  of  the 
most  notable  additions  in  recent  vears 
to  works  on  American  history. 

Appointed  by  President  HarrLson  in 
l.S,S9  United  States  civil-service  commis- 
sioner, Mr.  Roosevelt  retained  that  office 
for  the  next  si.\  years,  and  made  a  re- 
markable record  for  efficient  administra- 
tion. Believing  thoroughly  in  the  work 
of  the  commission,  he  was  able  to  en- 
force the  law  vigorously,  and  to  extend 
its  .scope  and  usefulness.  Partly  because 
of  his  success  in  this  office,  he  was 
selected  by  Mavor  Strong  in  the  spring 
of  1895  for  the  vitally  imjiortant  post  of 
police  commissioner.  Ihoroughly  sym- 
pathetic with  the  motives  underlying 
Dr.  Parkhurst's  crusade,  and  anxious 
that  the  fruits  of  victory  should  not  fail, 
Mr.  Roosevelt  accepted  the  appointment, 
and  threw  himself  with  titanic  energy 
into  the  work  of  changing  the  police 
force  from  a  nest  of  corruption  into 
a  bulwark  of  good  government.  His 
speedy  and  brilliantly  decisive  success 
focused  the  eyes  of  the  nation  upon  him. 
He  proved  past  all  doubt  that  the  law 
could  be  enforced  even  when  obnoxious 
and  admittedly  defective  ;  and  he  and 
his  colleagues  on  the  board,  in  the  face 
of  disheartening  obstacles  and  a  mass  of 
inherited  evils,  have  raised  the  depart- 
ment to  a  high  state  of  efficiency. 

A  final  word  about  Theodore  Roose- 
velt may  fittingly  concern  his  character,  since  that 
is  the  key  to  all  his  history.  Sincerity,  earnestness, 
absolute  uprightness,  joined  to  hard  common  sense 
and  rare  reach  of  intellect,  with  inextinguishable 
energy  actuating  all,  and  kindliness  of  heart  domi- 
nating all  —  therein  lies  the  secret  of  his  marvelous 
success. 

FEJiS  ON  A  L  CHR  ONOLOG  Y—  Theodore 
Roosevelt  was  born  at  New  York  city  October  27, 
1858 ;  graduated  from  Harvard  College  i>!  1880  ,• 
7uas  a  member  of  the  New  York  assembly,  1882— SJ^  ; 
7oas  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national  con7'ention  in 
188^.,  and  candidate  for  mayor  of  New  York  city  in 
1886 ;  married  Edith  K.  Caroiv  of  New  York  city 
December  2,  1886 ;  was  United  States  civil-service 
commissioner,    1889-05 ;    has   been  /resident  of  the 


board  of  police  commissioners  of  New 
May.   180.-,. 

3.  ]£C»war&  Simmons  is  stiii 

life,  hut  he  seems  older  because  he 


York  city   since 


in  the  prime  of 
became  so   long 


THEODOKF.    RUOSK I  HI.  T 

ago  one  of  the  most  distinguished  financiers  in  the 
country.  Starting  in  life  with  priceless  qualities  of 
mind  and  character  inherited  from  a  long  line  of 
worthy  ancestors,  he  followed  up  this  advantage  by 
getting  a  liberal  education  in  college  and  law  school. 
He  then  j^racticed  law  for  four  years  in  his  native 
city  of  Troy.  Deciding  wisely,  though  not  without 
some  risk  of  error,  that  a  greater  career  awaited  him 
in  another  place  and  another  calling,  he  boldly 
abandoned  the  law,  and  established  himself  in  New 
York  city  as  a  banker.  The  result  amply  justified 
his  course,  and  in  a  itw  years  he  had  attained  a  rank 
among  the  foremost  financiers  of  the  metropolis.  His 
prestige  was  such  by  the  year  1884  that  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange, 
receiving  a   larger   number  of  votes  than  had  been 


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given  to  any  previous  candidate  in  a  contested  elec- 
tion. No  salary  is  attached  to  this  office,  but  the 
honor  of  incumbency  is  highly  prized,  as  the  re- 
sponsibility is  most  weighty.  Re-elected  president 
in  1885,  Mr.  Simmons  declined  to  run  a  third  time. 
His  retirement  from  the  office  occasioned  the  iiassatic 


J.   EDWARD   SIMMONS 

of  highly  complimentary  resolutions  by  the  Ex- 
change, and  the  presentation  of  a  beautiful  gold 
watch,  .suitably  inscribed,  by  the  members  of  the 
governing  committee. 

Soon  after  this  something  happened  to  Mr.  Sim- 
mons that  is  almost  without  precedent  in  the  annals 
of  banking.  Without  knowing  a  single  director  of 
the  institution  or  owning  anv  stock  therein,  he  was 
invited  to  accept  the  presidency  of  the  Fourth  Na- 
tional Bank.  He  had  never  set  foot  in  the  bank  even, 
and  the  offer  came  to  him  solely  on  the  strength  of 
his  surpassing  ability  and  fiawle.ss  record  during 
twenty  years  in  Wall  street.  Accepting  the  high 
trust  thus  tendered,  Mr.  Simmons  has  made  the 
"  Fourth  National  "  one  of  the  five  leading  banks  of 


the  country.  With  a  capital  of  over  three  million 
dollars,  deposits  of  about  thirty  millions,  and  an  ag- 
gregate annual  volume  of  business  of  five  billion  dol- 
lars, the  Fourth  National  Bank  may  well  require  at 
its  head  a  man  of  stainless  character,  a  banker  of 
l>roved  rapacity,  and  a  financier  of  the  very  first 
rank  in  every  respect. 

'I'hat  Mr.  Simmons  is  all  this  may  be 
seen  not  only  in  the  history  of  the  bank 
during  his  administration,  but  as  well  in 
his  multiform  achievements  in  general 
finance  outside  that  institution.  In  the 
])anic  of  1893  he  was  one  of  the  strongest 
pillars  that  supported  the  tottering  com- 
mercial fabric,  serving  on  the  Loan 
Committee  that  did  so  much  to  arrest 
the  flood  of  demoralization.  Through- 
out the  trying  times  since  then  he  has 
wielded  a  giant's  strength  in  the  life- 
and-death  struggle  between  sound  finance 
and  ruin.  In  recent  months  he  has 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  reorgan- 
ization of  bankrupt  railways,  where  his 
exceptional  skill  in  finance  and  high 
standing  in  the  banking  world  are  of  the 
utmost  value.  The  railroad  across  the 
isthmus  of  Panama,  which  has  had  a  re- 
markably prosperous  career,  is  managed 
by  an  American  board  of  directors,  but 
is  owned  chiefly  by  French  investors. 
The  latter  require  an  efficient  and  trust- 
worthy executive  head,  and  in  1895  they 
elected  Mr.  Simmons  ]jresident  of  the 
Panama  Railway  Co.,  and  of  the  tribu- 
tary Columbian  line  of  steamers.  In 
the  same  year  he  was  chosen  a  vice 
president  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of 
Commerce  for  a  term  of  four  years.  In 
October,  189(j,  he  was  unanimously 
chosen  president  of  the  New  York  Clearing  House 
Association,  one  of  the  highest  ])Ositions  attainable 
anywhere  in  the  banking  world. 

Consistently  with  his  character  and  attainments, 
Mr.  Simmons  has  frequently  been  solicited  to  let  his 
name  appear  in  connection  with  high  places  in  pub- 
lic life.  Having  no  ambition  in  such  directions  and 
a  clear  field  of  duty  elsewhere,  he  has  uniformlv 
rejected  such  overtures.  In  1881,  however,  he  ac- 
cepted an  appointment  from  Mayor  (irace  as  com- 
missioner of  education,  and  a  reappointment  the 
next  year  from  Mayor  Edson  :  and  he  served  as 
president  of  the  board  for  five  successive  terms  trom 
1886.  In  recognition  of  his  gratuitous  work  in 
the    cause    of   education   the  degree  of  LL.D.   was 


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conferred  upon  him  in  1885  by  the  University  of 
Norwich,  Vermont.  He  is  a  director  of  several 
charitable  organizations,  president  of  the  New  York 
Infant  Asylum,  and  a  governor  of  the  New  York 
Hospital. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY — Joseph  Ed- 
ward Simmons  rvas  horn  at  Trov,  N.  V.,  September 
9,  IS^l :  graduated  from  Williams  College  in  1862, 
and  from  the  Albany  Lata  School  in  1863  ;  practiced 
law  in  Troy,  1868-67  ;  tnarried  Julia  Greer  of  New 
York  city  April  12,  1866  ;  was  president  of  the  New 
York  Stock  Exchange,  188^.-85,  and  of  the  board  of 
education  of  New  York  city,  1886-91  ;  tvas  made 
president  of  the  New  York  Clearing  House  Association 
in  October,  1896 :  has  been  engaged  in  banking  in 
New  York  citv  since  1888. 


CbarleS  a.  Dana,  the  Nestor  of 
American  journalism,  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire  seventy-seven  years  ago.  He 
spent  his  boyhood  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
serving  as  clerk  in  his  uncle's  dry-goods 
store  for  seven  years.  The  panic  of 
LS37  having  terminated  this  employ- 
ment, he  took  up  the  study  of  Latin  at 
the  age  of  nineteen,  and  otherwise  fitted 
himself  to  enter  Harvard  College  in 
1839.  Serious  eyesight  trouble  forced 
his  retirement  from  Harvard  at  the  end 
of  his  sophomore  year  ;  but  the  college 
authorities  afterward  gave  him  his  de- 
gree. In  1842  he  joined  the  famous 
colony  at  Brook  Farm,  West  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  in  the  attempt  to  combine  intel- 
lectual and  social  ideals  with  fertilization 
of  the  soil  and  the  milking  of  cows. 
Of  the  distinguished  farmer-philosophers 
thus  assembled,  including  Hawthorne, 
Curtis,  Alcott,  Channing,  and  Ripley, 
Mr.  Dana  is  .said  to  have  given  most 
promise  of  ultimate  success  as  a  tiller  of 
the  .soil. 

After  two  years'  editorial  and  general 
work    on    Elizur    Wright's    daily    news- 
paper,   the    Boston    Chronotvpc,  at  a  sti- 
pend of   five  dollars  weekly,    Mr.    Dana 
went  to  New  York  in  P'ebruary,  IX-tT,  to 
become   city    editor   of  the    New   York 
Tribune,  at  a  salary  of  ten  dollars  a  week. 
The  next  year  he  spent  eight    months  in    P^urope, 
supporting    himself  and    family    by    writing    letters 
to  several  newspapers.      Going    back    to   the    Trib- 
une,   he    remained    on    that    paper   until    April    1, 
1862.      He  was  Horace  Greeley's   right-hand   man 


during  all  these  years,  and  as  one  of  the  proprietors 
and  managing  editor  of  the  paper  had  an  em- 
phatic voice  in  its  affairs.  The  progress  of  the  great 
journal  in  the  decade  preceding  the  Rebellion  must 
be  ascribed  in  a  large  degree  to  his  newspaper 
talent.  Without  disparaging  Mr.  Greeley's  bril- 
liancy as  a  writer,  power  as  a  moral  leader,  and 
strangely  winning  personality,  one  may  still  main- 
tain that  these  and  other  valuable  qualities  of  the 
founder  of  the  Tribune  do  not  wholly  explain  the 
splendid  success  of  the  paper  at  that  time.  An  es- 
sential factor  in  the  general  result  was  Mr.  Dana's 
staff  organization,  his  comprehensive  sense  regard- 
ing news,  his  firm  maintenance  of  a  consistent 
policy,  his  imperturbable,  balance-wheel  adjustment 
of  the  great  engine. 


CHARLHS  A.  DAXA 

Variance  of  opinion  between  Mr.  (jreeley  and 
Mr.  Dana  regarding  the  proper  conduct  of  the  Civil 
War  led  to  Mr.  Dana's  resignation  from  the  Tribune 
in  the  spring  of  1862.  He  was  at  once  intrusted 
with  important  missions  for  the  war  department  by 


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Secretary  Stanton,  and  was  made  assistant  secretary 
of  war  in  1863.  From  that  time  until  the  fall  of 
Richmond  he  was,  in  Lincoln's  phrase,  "  the  eyes 
of  the  government  at  the  front."  Spending  much 
of  his  time  in  the  saddle,  wherever  conflict  was 
most  imminent  or  the  fortunes  of  war  most  precari- 
ous, he  became  the  chief  living  link  between  the 
war  department  and  the  generals  at  the  front,  and 
rendered  invaluable  service  to  Lincoln  and  Stanton 
in  their  assignment  of  commands  and  general  over- 
sight of  the  army.  At  great  crises  of  the  war  he 
sent  to  Secretary  Stanton  daily  or  hourly  dispatches, 
which  were  so  vivid  and  accurate  and  complete  in 
essentials  that  the  secretary  could  see  with  his  own 
eyes  the  whole  situation.  Mr.  Dana's  judgment  of 
men  was  unerring,  and  was  so  regarded  by  the 
President  and  his  secretary  of  war.  In  the  early 
summer  of  1863,  for  example,  when  a  strong  effort 
was  making  to  depose  tyrant  from  command,  Mr. 
Dana  sent  dispatches  from  Vicksburg  containing 
facts  that  strongly  tended  to  prevent  such  a  step  ; 
and  a  colossal  blunder  was  thus  averted. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Dana  became  editor  of  the 
Chicago  Republican  for  about  a  year.  When  that 
enterprise  failed,  from  causes  not  connected  with  the 
editorial  management  of  the  paper,  he  returned  to 
New  York  and  acquired  control  of  the  Sun.  Issuing 
the  first  number  under  the  new  management  January 
27,  1868,  he  has  ever  since  been  solely  responsible 
for  the  conduct  of  the  paper.  He  has  identified 
himself  more  thoroughly  with  the  Sun  than  has  any 
other  living  journalist  with  any  other  paper.  He  is 
regarded  by  many  as  the  foremost  journalist  in 
America. 

Whatever  else  may  be  true  of  a  Sun  editorial,  its 
sparkling,  vigorous,  idiomatic  Engli.sh  cannot  be 
denied.  Many  of  Mr.  Dana's  leading  articles 
might  be  cited  in  rhetorical  te.xt-books  as  models  of 
style  and  diction.  Similar,  if  not  equal,  literary 
excellence  characterizes  the  Sun  throughout ;  for 
Mr.  Dana  dominates  the  whole  paper,  and  not 
merely  the  editorial  page.  The  part  of  the  Sun 
given  up  to  news  is  widely  noted  for  its  entertaining 
quality.  Mr.  Dana  welcomes  whatever  is  refreshing 
or  picturesque  in  language,  if  it  be  also  simple  and 
unaffected.  As  for  the  matter  itself  rather  than  its 
verbal  dress,  the  essential  element  there,  according 
to  his  standards,  is  human  interest.  Any  fact  —  or 
fancy,  as  for  that  —  which  if  skillfully  presented  will 
interest  mankind,  may  properly  be  treated  by  a 
daily  journal.  In  the  pages  of  the  Sun,  accordingly, 
one  may  fmd  not  only  the  conventional  news  of  the 
day,  but  also  numerous  items  or  articles  regarding 
science,  art,  philosophy,  humor,  literature. 


Mr.  Dana  belongs  to  the  American  Geographical 
Society,  the  New  England  Society,  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolcition,  and  .some  other  similar  or- 
ganizations ;  but  he  is  not  a  clubman.  He  goes 
almost  daily  to  his  unpretentious  office  in  Nassau 
street,  and  linds  his  pleasure  otherwise  in  his  home, 
his  books,  and  his  beautiful  estate  at  Dosoris,  near 
Glen  Cove,  Long  Island.  He  is  a  veritable  poly- 
glot, knowing  familiarly  many  of  the  spoken  lan- 
guages outside  the  oriental  tongues.  His  admira- 
tion for  the  Bible  is  boundless,  and  Dante  has  iieen 
his  intimate  for  thirty  years.  Having  never  ex- 
perienced a  single  hour  of  serious  illness  in  his  life, 
he  still  works  hard  six  days  in  the  week,  no  older 
now  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  than  most  men  at 
fifty. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Charles  An- 
derson Dana  was  born  at  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  Aut^ust 
8,  1819 :  was  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store  in  Buffalo, 
18S0-37  ;  attended  Harvard  College,  1839-^1 ;  lived 
at  Brook  Farm,  1842-^7  ;  married  Eunice  Macdan- 
iel  of  New  York  city  March  2,  18^6  ;  worked  on  the 
Bos/on  "  Chronotype,"  18Ji.Ji.-Ji!7 ,  and  on  the  Nerv 
York  '•  Tribune,'"  1847-^8 ;  was  foreign  corre- 
spondent in  European  capitals  in  184.8  :  7vas  a  pro- 
prietor and  managing  editor  of  the  New  York  ' '  Trib- 
une,^^  1849-62;  was  assistant  secretary  of  war, 
1863-65  ;  has  been  editor  and  chief  owner  of  the  Neio 
York  ' '  Sun ' '  since  January,  1868. 


Mtlliam  1R.  (Brace,  formerly  mayor  of  New 
York,  and  otherwise  known  in  many  lands  from  his 
importance  in  the  world  of  commerce,  was  born  in 
Ireland  sixty-four  years  ago.  He  spent  most  of 
his  bovhood  in  Dublin  and  vicinity,  but  found  life 
there  so  little  to  his  taste  that  he  ran  away  to  sea. 
Landing  in  New  York  in  1846,  he  entered  the  serv- 
ice of  a  shipping  house,  and  there  acquired  the  liking 
for  the  business  with  which  he  has  ever  since  had 
more  or  less  to  do.  When  about  eighteen  years  old 
he  recrossed  the  Atlantic,  and  established  in  Liver- 
pool the  .shipping  firm  of  W.  R.  Grace  &  Co.  This 
enterprise  was  fairly  successful,  but  was  not  suffi- 
ciently promising  to  satisfy  Mr.  Grace. 

Becoming  interested  in  Peru,  he  went  thither  in 
18.t1.  He  visited  Lima  and  Callao,  entered  the 
employ  of  the  firm  of  John  Bryce  &  Co.,  dealers  in 
ship  stores  and  chandlery  in  Callao,  and  afterwards 
became  a  partner  in  the  concern.  The  firm  pros- 
pered exceedingly,  accjuiring  the  control  in  a  few 
years  of  most  of  the  foreign  shipping  trade  on  the 
west  coast  of  South  America.  Various  branch 
houses  and  interrelated  concerns  were  established 
from  time  to  time,  at  convenient  shipping  centers. 


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as  the  business  developed,  including  the  firms  of 
W.  R.  Grace  &  Co.,  New  York,  M.  P.  Grace  & 
Co.,  London,  J.  \V.  Grace  &  Co.,  San  Francisco, 
Grace  Brothers  &  Co.,  Lima  and  Callao,  and  Grace 
&  Co.,  Valparaiso,  Santiago,  and  Concepcion. 
Mr.  Grace,  together  with  his  brothers,  Michael  P. 
and  John  VV.,  and  his  nephew,  Edward 
Eyre,  held  a  controlling  interest  in  all 
of  these  firms.  In  1895  the  business  of 
these  concerns  was  transferred  to  the 
corporation  of  W.  R.  Grace  &  Co.,  of 
which  Mr.  Grace  is  president,  and  all  of 
the  houses  now  bear  that  name. 

The  corporation  of  W.  R.  Grace  & 
Co.  controls  the  New  York  &  Pacific 
Steamship  Co.,  Ltd.,  which  has  a  fleet 
of  five  large  and  specially  constructed 
freight  steamers  regularly  employed  in 
the  trade  between  New  York  and  the 
west  coast  of  South  America,  carrying 
kerosene,  dry  goods,  and  articles  of 
American  manufacture  to  Chile,  Peru, 
and  Ecuador,  and  returning  with  cargoes 
of  wool,  cotton,  and  nitrate  of  soda.  Of 
the  last-named  article  Mr.  Grace's  firm 
is  the  heaviest  importer  in  the  country, 
besides  shipping  the  product  largely  to 
European  ports. 

Spending  much  of  his  time  earlier  in 
life  in  traveling  between  South  America, 
Europe,    and    the    United    States,    Mr. 
Grace   opened    his   permanent    office  in 
New  York  city  in  1S65,  and    has    ever 
since  regarded  the  metropolis  as  business 
and   home  headquarters.      He   soon    be- 
came   widely    and   favorably   known    in 
commercial  circles,  and  was  called  upon 
to  fill  many  ])ositions  of  trust  and  respon- 
sibility.     He  has  been   president  of  the 
Export    Lumber  Co.,  and  has  held  directorates  in 
the  Lincoln  National  Bank  and  the  F^migrant  Indus- 
trial Savings  Bank.      He  is  president  of  the   Inger- 
soll-Sergeant  Drill  Co.,  and  takes  an  active  part  in 
the  management  of  the  business.      He  is  a  trustee  of 
the    Terminal    Warehouse    Co.,   the    Terminal    Im- 
provement Co.,  the   New  York   Life  Insurance  Co., 
the    United    States  Casualty  Co.,  and    the    Roman 
Catholic  Orphan  Asylum.      He  is  president  of  the 
Sevilla  Home  for  Girls. 

Becoming  interested  in  political  affairs,  Mr.  Grace 
rose  rapidly  to  prominence  in  the  Democratic  party, 
and  received  the  nomination  for  the  mayoralty  in 
1880.  Elected  to  this  high  office,  he  so  arranged 
his  private  affairs  that  he  could  devote  all  his  time 


to  municipal  matters.  His  administration  was  re- 
garded with  so  much  favor  that  in  1884,  after  an 
absence  from  the  mayor's  chair  of  one  term,  he  was 
again  elected  to  the  position  of  chief  magistrate. 

Many  readers  will  recall  Mr.  Grace's  magnificent 
gift  to  his  mother  countrv  at  the  time  of  the  famine 


U7/.l/.-l.\f  R.   GRACE 

in  1879,  when  the  New  York  Herald  organized  a 
relief  movement,  and  the  United  States  ship  "  Con- 
stellation ' '  was  assigned  to  carry  the  cargo  to  the 
stricken  country.  Mr.  Grace  on  that  occasion  con- 
tributed personally  half  of  the  entire  cargo,  besides 
providing  without  charge  all  the  clerical  .services 
connected  with  the  undertaking.  The  total  amount 
of  his  contribution  was  not  far  from  850,000. 

Mr.  Grace  belongs  to  various  prominent  clubs, 
including  the  Manhattan,  Downtown  Association, 
Lawyers,'  Reform,  Country,  Democratic,  Catholic, 
and  Metropolitan. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGV—JI  '////am  Rus- 
se/l  Grace  was  born  at  R/vers/de,  Cove  of  Cork,  Ire- 
land, in  18SS  ;  came  to  the   Un/tcd  States  in   1SM>, 


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ami  entered  the  service  of  a  sJiippIng  house  ;  married 
Liliius  Gilclirest  of  St.  George,  Me. ,  in  1859 ;  was 
mayor  of  New  Yori;  city,  1881-82  and  1885-80  : 
ha.i  engaged  extensii'ely  in  the  shipping  trade,  export- 
ing, and  importing,  icith  iieadqiiarters  in  N'erc  Yori; 
city,  since  1865. 


AXSOX  C.   .VCCODA' 

HllSOU  <5.  /IDcCOOh,  belonging  to  a  family 
famous  for  its  fighters,  has  himself  perpetuated  this 
ancestral  distinction,  and  has  besides  gained  fame  in 
other  and  no  less  worthy  ways.  Born  in  Steuben- 
ville,  Ohio,  in  1835,  he  received  a  common-school 
education  in  the  neighboring  town  of  New  Lisbon. 
The  spirit  of  adventure,  always  ]jrominent  in  the 
family  and  at  times  irrei)ressil)le,  sent  the  young 
man  forth  in  1854,  bound  for  California  in  one  of 
the  historic  wagon  trains  that  trailed  their  slow  way 
overland  forty  years  ago.  Everything  was  in  a 
state  of  flux  on  the  Coast  at  that  time,  and  he 
returned  to  Ohio  in  1859,  for  the  purpose  of  read- 
ing law  in  his  cousin's  office.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar,  but  never  became  a  practicing  lawyer.      He 


had  almost  com]jleted  his  legal    studies    when   the 
Civil  War  broke  out. 

His  name  would  not  have  been  McCook  if  he 
had  not  dropped  everything  else,  and  thrown  him- 
self into  the  conflict.  Raising  a  company  of  volun- 
teers on  the  first  call  for  troops  —  the  first  company 
to  enter  the  service  from  eastern  Ohio  — 
he  was  elected  captain,  and  served  as 
such  with  the  2d  Ohio  infantry  in  the 
bloody  bapti.sm  of  fire  at  Bull  Run. 
Upon  the  reorganization  of  his  regiment 
for  three  years  he  was  made  major,  and 
ultimately  colonel,  serving  in  the  Army 
of  the  Cumberland  under  Buell,  Rose- 
crans,  and  Thomas.  He  ])articipated  in 
many  of  the  battles  in  the  West,  in- 
cluding those  at  Perryville,  Murfrees- 
boro.  Lookout  Mountain,  and  Missionary 
Ridge.  He  was  also  with  Sherman  in 
the  Atlanta  campaign,  where  he  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Re.saca,  and  com- 
manded a  brigade  at  the  battle  of  Peach- 
tree  Creek,  near  Atlanta,  July  19-20, 
I8(i4.  When  the  2d  Ohio  was  mustered 
out  at  the  close  of  its  three  years'  term 
of  enlistment,  he  was  appointed  colonel 
of  the  194th  Ohio,  ordered  to  the  valley 
of  Virginia,  and  assigned  to  the  com- 
mand of  a  brigade.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  brevetted  brigadier  general 
of  volunteers  "for  gallant  and  meritori- 
ous services."  Similar  honors  were  be- 
stowed upon  others  of  the  "fighting 
McCooks." 

Returning  to  Ohio,  (General  McCook 
remained  there  for  about  seven  years  as 
United  States  assessor  of  internal  reve- 
nue. He  then  took  up  his  residence  in 
New  York,  and  became  interested  in  the 
La7ii ynu/nai  of  ihat  city.  When  he  had  been  there 
about  three  years  he  was  elected  to  congress  on  the 
Republican  ticket  from  the  8th  New  York  district, 
and  was  twice  re-elected,  serving  six  years  alto- 
gether, in  the  45th,  46th,  and  47th  congresses.  In 
December,  188,S,  he  was  chosen  by  the  United 
States  senate  secretary  of  that  body,  and  held  the 
position  until  .August,  1893.  He  became  a  great 
favorite  with  the  members  of  the  upper  house, 
irrespective  of  jjarty.  Returning  to  New  York  in 
1893,  when  the  Democrats  obtained  control  of  the 
senate,  he  devoted  himself  to  business  until  August, 
1895,  when  he  was  appointed  chamberlain  of  the 
city  of  New  York  by  Mayor  Strong.  General 
McCook's  name  has  constantly  been  mentioned  in 


MEX    OF  AEIV    VORK-~.\/AXHArTAX  SECT/OX 


recent  years  in  connection  with  various  high  ofifices, 
and  his  appointment  was  widely  apjiroved. 

General  McCook  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Union  League  Club  and  of  the  Republican  Club. 
He  belongs  also  to  the  Ohio  Society  and  to  the 
Loval  Legion.  He  is  very  much  liked  by  a  multi- 
tude of  friends  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 

PERSO  NA  L  CHR  O  N  O  LOGY— A  nsoii 
George  McCook  was  born  at  Steiiheiwillc,  O.,  October 
10,  1835  ;  was  eJucated  in  public  schools  in  Oiiio  : 
studied  /aw  in  Steiibemille,  and  was  admitted  to  tlie 
bar  in  1802  :  served  in  t/ie  dnion  army  tltroughout  tlic 
7var :  was  United  States  assessor  of  internal  revenue 
at  Steubenville,  1865-72 ;  was  member  of  congress 
from  the  8th  New  York  district,  1877-88;  married 
Hettie  B.  McCook  of  Steubenville  June  3,  1886  ;  was 
secretary  of  the  United  States  senate,  1883-93 :  has 
been  chamberlain  of  the  city  of  New  York 
since  August,  1805,  having  been  appointed 
to  that  office  by  Mayor  IVm.  L.  Strong. 


1l5enrv>  Cowman  iPotter,  seventh 

bishop  of  the  Protestant  Kpiscopal  dio- 
cese of  New  York,  belongs  to  a  dis- 
tinguished and  talented  family.  His 
father,  .\lonzo  Potter,  was  a  bishop  in 
the  Kpiscopal  church  for  twenty  years, 
and  attained  wide  renown  for  his  ad- 
ministrative genius  and  surpassing  intel- 
lectual powers.  Born  at  Schenectady, 
N.  Y.,  about  si.xty  years  ago,  the  present 
bishop  obtained  his  preparatory  educa- 
tion at  the  Philadelphia  Academy  of 
the  Kpiscopal  church.  I'his  was  supple- 
mented bv  a  course  at  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  Virginia,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  lf<57.  Receiving  deacon's 
orders  in  the  same  year  and  jjriest's 
orders  the  next  year,  he  served  as  rector 
of  Christ  Church,  (ireensburg,  Penn., 
from  July,  LS.")!,  until  May,  1859.  At 
the  latter  date  he  was  transferred  to 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  had  charge  of  St. 
John's  for  the  next  seven  years.  In 
ISi;;!  he  was  chosen  president  of  Kenyon 
College,  Camliier,  Ohio,  but  declined 
the  office.  His  father  had  lieen  the 
virtual  president  of  Union  College  for 
several  years,  and  Kenyon  would  lui- 
doubtedly  have  benefited  greatly  from 
Bishop  Potter's  administration,  had  he  thought  it 
wise  to  undertake  the  charge. 

After  an  interval  of  two  years  in  Boston  as  assist- 
ant   minister    of    Trinity,    which    Phillips     Brooks 


afterward  made  famous  in  all  Christian  lands, 
Bishop  Potter  became  rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York  city,  in  May,  1868.  For  sixteen  years  he 
labored  in  that  pastorate,  attaining  wide  influence 
both  within  and  without  the  church.  In  1883  his 
uncle,  Bishop  Horatio  Potter,  who  had  then  pre- 
sided over  the  diocese  of  New  York  for  twenty-two 
years  with  rare  ability  and  success,  asked  for  an 
assistant ;  and  the  General  Convention  of  the 
church,  sitting  in  Philadelphia  at  the  time,  unani- 
mously elected  Dr.  Henry  C.  Potter  to  the  posi- 
tion. He  was  consecrated  October  20,  1883,  in 
the  presence  of  forty-three  bishops  and  three  hun- 
dred clergy.  By  formal  instruments  the  aged 
bi.shop,  already  failing  in  health,  resigned  the  entire 
care  of  the  diocese  into  the  hands  of  his  assistant. 
This  responsibility  the  latter  has  continued  to  bear 


///•A  AT   I  i>n.\fA.\    POTTER 


ever  since,  having  succeeded  to  the  full  title  on  the 
death  of  Bishop  Horatio  Potter  January  2,  1887. 
The  diocese  is  the  largest  in  the  ignited  States  in 
point  of    population,    its  territory   containing   over 


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2,000,000  souls.  More  than  200  parishes  and 
chapels,  nearly  400  clergy,  and  about  60,000  com- 
municants, are  included  in  Bishop  Potter's  diocese  ; 
and  about  $3,000,000  is  obtained  therefrom  every 
year  for  the  support  of  the  church. 

Dr.  Potter  is  naturally  one  of  the  chief  members 
of  the  house  of  bishops.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
manager  of  the  board  of  mi.ssions  ;  and  from  1860 
until  1883  he  was  secretary  of  the  house  of  bishops. 
Union  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  in  1863,  that  of  D.  D.  in  1865,  and  that  of 
LL.  D.  in  1877  ;  and  Trinity  College  made  him  an 
LL.  D.  in  1881  and  a  D.  D.  in  1883. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Henry  Cod- 
man  Potter  was  born  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y. ,  A/ay  25, 
18-35 ;  was  educated  at  the  Episcopal  Academy  in 
Philadelphia,  and  at  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
Virginia,  whence  he  graduated  in  1857  ;  was  rector 
of  Christ  Church,  Greenshi/rg,  Penn.,  1857-59,  of 
St.  John's,  Troy,  1859-66,  and  of  Grace  Church, 
New  York,  1868-83 ;  was  assistant  bishop  of  the 
diocese  of  New  York,  1883-86,  and  has  been  bishop 
thereof  since  1887. 


Milliam  %.  Strong,  reform  mayor  of  New 
York  city  for  the  term  1805-97,  and  previously 
prominent  in  the  business  and  financial  world,  was 
born  in  Richland  county,  Ohio,  somewhat  less  than 
seventy  years  ago.  Like  so  many  other  eminent 
men,  Mayor  Strong  made  his  way  to  fame  and 
fortune  without  the  aid  of  a  college  education.  He 
attended  the  common  schools  of  his  native  county, 
but  had  no  further  scholastic  opportunities.  It  is 
clear,  however,  that  much  of  the  value  of  the 
higher  education  comes  from  the  disciplinary  train- 
ing therein  received  ;  and  this  advantage  Mayor 
Strong  obtained  in  ample  measure  in  the  long  and 
rigid  business  experience  of  his  youth  and  early 
manhood.  Losing  his  father  at  the  age  of  thirteen, 
he  was  thrown  thenceforth  on  his  own  resources  to  a 
large  extent.  Becoming  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store 
in  Wooster,  Ohio,  and  afterward,  at  a  better  salary, 
in  Mansfield,  Ohio,  he  not  only  maintained  himself, 
but  contributed  materially  to  the  support  of  rela- 
tives. Having  concluded  that  New  York  city 
offered  advantages  in  a  business  way  superior  to 
those  of  any  inland  town,  the  future  chief  magistrate 
betook  himself  in  1853  to  the  metropolis.  He  first 
obtained  employment  with  L.  O.  Wilson  &  Co., 
dealers  in  dry  goods,  with  whom  he  remained  as  a 
salesman  for  four  and  a  half  years.  After  their 
failure  in  the  crash  of  1857  he  obtained  a  clerkship 
in  the  dry-goods  house  of  Farnham,  Dale  &  Co. 
Learning   every   (jart  of  the  business,  and  acquiring 


a  larger  and  larger  share  of  responsibility  in  its 
affairs,  he  rose  steadily  from  one  executive  position 
to  another  until  he  finally  became  the  head  of  the 
firm  ;  and  in  1870  the  style  of  the  old  concern, 
which  had  already  undergone  radical  changes, 
adapted  itself  completely  to  the  new  facts  by  taking 
the  form  "  W.  L.  Strong  &  Co."  The  firm  has 
had  a  prosperous  career  since  Mr.  Strong  became  its 
head,  and  has  long  ranked  among  the  leading  con- 
cerns of  the  country  in  its  important  line  of  trade. 

In  New  York  city  a  man  cannot  become  a  great 
leader  in  one  kind  of  business  without  finding  plenty 
of  opportunities  to  employ  his  talents  in  other  fields 
as  well.  This  fact  is  strikingly  brought  out  by  the 
long  and  significant  list  of  enterprises  with  which 
Mayor  Strong  has  concerned  himself.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Central  National  Bank  —  a  position  in 
itself  sufficient  to  absorb  all  the  business  energy  of 
the  average  man  — and  is  now  vice  president  of  the 
New  York  Security  &  Trust  Co.  The  list  of 
his  directorates  takes  one  over  a  wide  range  of 
financial  activity,  covering  the  Erie  railroad,  New 
York  Life  Insurance  Co.,  Mercantile  Trust  Co., 
Plaza  Bank,  and  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.  Add 
to  this  the  fact  that  he  is  treasurer  of  St.  John's 
Guild,  and  a  few  other  things  in  various  institutions, 
and  his  capacity  as  an  executive  man  of  affairs  may 
be  in  some  degree  appreciated. 

Colonel  Strong  —  to  use  his  common  but  wholly 
honorary  title  —  was  all  this  long  before  the  fall  of 
1894,  and  the  fact  was  widely  known  in  business 
circles  ;  but  his  sudden  elevation  at  that  time  to  the 
mayor's  chair  brought  his  character  and  his  history 
into  strong  relief.  The  fierce  light  which  beats 
upon  a  throne  is  less  intense  than  the  calcium  glare 
of  hostile  fire  turned  upon  the  candidate  for  high 
political  honors.  In  this  case  the  test  was  more 
than  usually  severe  from  the  peculiar  circumstances 
of  the  New  York  city  election  in  1894.  The 
startling  revelations  of  corruption  in  the  police 
department  of  New  York  made  by  the  Lexow  com- 
mittee had  roused  the  citizens  to  vigorous  action  ; 
and  at  a  meeting  held  in  Madison  Square  Garden  in 
September,  1894,  a  non-partisan  "Committee  of 
Seventy"  was  appointed  to  frame  a  platform 
defining  the  principles  of  good  municipal  govern- 
ment, and  to  select  candidates  for  the  leading  offices 
soon  to  be  filled.  Colonel  Strong  was  chosen  by 
this  committee  to  carry  the  standard  of  the  reform- 
ers. A  greater  honor  than  this  in  the  range  of 
municipal  politics  can  hardly  be  conceived. 

Elected  to  the  mayoralty  of  the  chief  city  of  the 
nation  after  a  campaign  remarkable  in  many  ways. 
Colonel    Strong  came    to    the    office   unpledged   to 


ME.X   OF  .VEIV    VORK^MAXHATTA.X  SECT/OX 


any  one,  with  a  clean  record,  and  determined  to 
fulfill  so  far  as  in  him  lay  the  letter  and  the  spirit  of 
the  platform  underlying  his  election.  His  term  of 
office  has  still  some  time  to  run,  but  enough  has 
been  accomplished  already  to  justify  the  statement 
that  Mayor  Strong's  administration  will  mark  an 
epoch  in  the  government  of  New  York 

city.     Two  great  departments  of  munici-        i 

pal  economy  —  those  of  street  cleaning  I 
and  of  police  —  have  been  thoroughly 
reorganized,  and  raised  to  a  plane  of 
high  efficiency  ;  large  amounts  of  money 
have  been  saved  in  various  branches  of 
the  service  ;  and  the  administration  gen- 
erally has  been  characterized  by  purity 
of  motive,  business-like  execution,  and 
substantial  success. 

In  the  social  world  Colonel  Strong  has 
naturally  been  a  prominent  figure  for 
many  years.  He  has  been  president  of 
the  Ohio  Society  of  New  York,  and  is 
now  president  of  the  Wool  Club  ;  he  is 
also  vice  president  of  the  Union  League 
Club,  where  he  is  exceedingly  popular. 
He  is  a  member  of  various  other  promi- 
nent clubs,  including  the  Metropolitan, 
Republican,  New  York  Athletic,  Colo- 
nial, and  Merchants.'  He  belongs  like- 
wise to  many  associations  devoted  to 
science  and  art. 

PERSONAL  CHR  OXOL  OGY — 
William  L.  Strong  was  horn  at  Loudenville, 
O. ,  March  22,  1827 ;  ivas  a  clerk  in  dry- 
goods  houses  in  Ohio  and  New  York  city, 
18^2-62 ;  married  Mary  Ahorn  of  New 
York  city  April  25,  1860  :  7oas  a  metnber  ' 
of  the  Jinn  of  Sutton,  Smith  ^y  Co.,  1803- 
69,  and  has  been  head  of  the  dry-goods 
house  of  W.  L.  Strong  b"  Co.  since  Janu- 
ary 1,  1870  :  was  elected  mayor  of  New  York  city  in 
189 J^  for  the  term  1895-97. 


Benjamin  ff.  'CraCV  has  been  prominent  in 
public  life  ever  since  he  ran  for  the  office  of  district 
attorney  in  Tioga  county  over  forty  years  ago,  and 
carried  his  new  Whig  ticket  to  success  in  a  Demo- 
cratic stronghold.  As  a  young  man  he  had  a  dis- 
tinguished career  in  the  Southern  Tier,  and  crowned 
it  with  a  brilliant  war  record.  Since  then  he  has 
nationalized  his  fame,  and  has  gained  a  secure  posi- 
tion among  the  jurists  and  statesmen  of  the  country. 

Born  in  Owego,  N.  Y. ,  during  Jackson's  second 
year  in  the  White  House,  young  Tracy  accjuired  an 
excellent  general  education   in  the  common  schools 


and  academy  of  his  native  town.  He  then  read  law 
in  a  local  office,  gained  admittance  to  the  bar  in  the 
year  of  his  majority,  and  began  his  long  career  as  a 
lawyer  by  trying  cases  in  the  village  court.  Becom- 
ing favorably  known  in  this  way,  he  received  the 
nomination    for    the    office    of   district  attorney    in 


U'/LL/.I.U   I..   STROXC, 


November,  l^ioo,  and  carried  the  day.  He  was  re- 
elected three  years  later,  defeating  the  Democratic 
candidate,  Gilbert  C.  Walker,  afterward  governor  of 
Virginia.  The  two  were  personal  friends,  though 
political  foes,  and  they  formed  a  law  partnership 
just  after  the  election.  In  1861  a  combination  of 
Republicans  and  war  Democrats  sent  Mr.  Tracy  to 
the  state  assembly,  where  he  at  once  took  a  high 
stand  as  a  debater  and  efficient  legislator. 

In  the  spring  of  1862  Governor  Morgan  made 
Mr.  Tracy  one  of  a  committee  to  promote  volunteer- 
ing for  the  Civil  War  in  the  counties  of  Broome, 
Tioga,  and  Tompkins.  After  personally  recruiting 
two  regiments,  the  109th  and  the  137th,  Mr.  Tracy 
accepted  the  colonelcy  of  the  former,  and  reported 


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for  duty  at  Baltimore.  In  the  spring  of  1864  his 
regiment  joined  the  9th  corps  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  the  Wil- 
derness. Exhausted  by  his  exertions  in  the  fight, 
Colonel  Tracy  was  carried  off  the  field  near  the  close 
of  the  battle  ;  but  he  refused  to  go  to  the  hospital. 


BEXJAMIS  /■:    TR.UV 

and  continued  to  lead  his  men  throughout  the  three 
days'  fight  at  Spottsylvania.  Quite  collapsing  after 
this,  he  was  forced  to  recover  his  health  at  the  North, 
where  he  was  put  in  command  of  the  military  po.st 
at  Klmira,  N.  Y.  Ten  thousand  prisoners  were 
there  at  that  time  :  and  twelve  years  later  the  accu- 
sation was  made  in  the  house  of  representatives  by  a 
member  from  (jeorgia  that  cruelties  et[ual  to  those 
of  the  southern  prisons  were  practiced  at  Elmira. 
Colonel  Tracy  replied  at  length  in  denial  of  the 
charge,  and  his  defense  was  convincingly  sustained 
by  some  of  his  own  political  opponents. 

Entering  the  law  firm  of  Benedict,  Burr  &  Bene- 
dict in  New  York  city  after  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr. 
Tracv  has  ever  since  been   iirominent  at  the  New 


York  bar.  His  name  has  appeared  on  one  side  or 
the  other  of  many  celebrated  cases,  including  the 
Tilton-Beecher  trial  ;  and  his  clients  have  included 
some  of  the  largest  individual  litigants  and  most  im- 
portant corporations  in  the  land'  His  practice  has 
been  somewhat  interrupted  by  reason  of  judicial  and 
Ijolitical  office-holding  ;  but  he  has  been 
able  during  much  of  the  time,  by  leav- 
ing to  others  routine  and  detail  work,  to 
take  charge  of  manv  important  cases. 

'i'aking  up  once  more  the  public  life 
of  Mr.  Tracy,  we  have  first  to  note  his 
appointment  in  October,  1866,  as  Unit- 
ed States  district  attorney  for  the  eastern 
district  of  New  York.  During  the  first 
two  years  of  his  term  he  gave  particular 
attention  to  the  prevention  of  revenue 
frauds  by  whiskey  distillers,  drawing  up 
for  this  purpose  a  bill,  afterward  enacted 
into  law,  which  secured  for  the  national 
treasury  in  one  year  $5(),U0U,000  in- 
stead of  the  $13,000,000  collected  in 
the  previous  twelvemonth.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1881,  he  was  appointed  by  the  gov- 
ernor of  New  York  an  associate  justice 
of  the  state  Court  of  Appeals :  the  ap- 
])ointment  was  made  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and 
he  held  the  office  until  January,  1883. 

As  secretary  of  the  navy  throughout 
President  Harrison's  administration,  Mr. 
Tracy  has  become  best  known  in  his 
later  life.  At  once  on  taking  office  he 
entered  zealously  into  the  work  of  re- 
Ijuilding  the  United  States  navy.  The 
necessity  for  this  had  already  been 
recognized  by  the  government,  and 
something  had  been  accomplished  in 
this  direction  ;  but  it  is  largely  due  to 
Secretary  Tracy's  efficient  efforts  that  the 
United  States,  at  the  close  of  Harrison's  administra- 
tion, ranked  sixth  among  the  great  naval  powers  of 
the  world.  When  he  took  charge  of  the  depart- 
ment, armor-clad  construction  had  just  begun,  three 
armored  vessels  having  been  launched  in  1888  :  but 
so  rapidly  did  he  push  on  the  work  that  when  he 
resigned  his  portfolio  the  navy  contained  thirteen 
such  vessels,  and  several  more  were  ready  for  service 
within  the  year.  The  plan  for  maintaining  a  naval 
militia  in  the  seaboard  states  also  received  his  active 
support  ;  and  he  was  instrumental  in  securing  from 
congress,  in  March,  1891,  an  appropriation  for  the 
armament  of  these  forces. 

FEJiS ONAL    CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Benjamin 
Franklin    Tracy  was  horn  at    O^vego,   N.   K,  April 


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26,  1830 ;  mas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  185 1  ; 
married  Delinda  E.  Cat/in  of  Owego  in  Januarv, 
1851 ;  wai  district  attorney  of  Tioga  county,  1854- 
59  :  vas  elected  to  the  state  assembly  in  180 1  ;  sensed 
in  the  Union  army,  1862-6^ ;  laas  United  States 
district  attorney  in  eastern  IVeiv  York,  1800-73  ;  was 
associate  Justice  of  the  state  Court  of  Appeals, 
1881-83 ;  7e>as  secretary  of  the  navy,  1889-9S  :  has 
practiced  law  in  New  York  city  and  Brooklyn,  with 
some  interrnptions,  since  1805. 


JFrcCtertch  Jfanniiui  Hyer,  a  son  ot   Dr. 

James   C.  Ayer  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  was   horn   in  that 
city  about  the  middle  o!  the  century.     His  ancestors 
on  the  paternal  side  were  conspicuous  patriots  in  the 
Revolution,  and  in  the  second  war  with  England. 
On  his  mother's  side  he  is  related  to  the  great   New 
York  merchant,  Horace  B.  Claflin.       He 
received    an    excellent   education   in   the 
public  schools  of  Lowell  and  at  St.  Paul's 
School,  Concord,  N.   II.      His  father  was 
heavily  interesteil  in  the  mills  oi  Lowell  : 
and  for  that  reason,  as  well  as  on  other 
accounts,  was  desirous  of  having  his  son 
ol)tiin   a    practical    training    in    the   op- 
erating  rooms  of  the   factories.      Enter- 
ing the  Suffolk  Cotton  Mills,  accordingly, 
at   Lowell,  Frederick  acquainted   himself 
minutely  with  e\ery   stage  of  the  manu- 
facturing process.     The  knowledge  thus 
obtained  was   invaluable  to  him   in   later 
life. 

."M'ter  leaving  the  mill  Mr.  Ayer  con- 
tinued his  preparation  for  college,  and 
completed  the  same  in  time  to  matric- 
ulate at  Harvard  with  the  class  of  lS7o. 
(Iraduating  with  honor  in  that  year,  he 
spent  some  time  in  Europe,  traveling 
with  his  father  ;  and  then  entered  the 
Harvard  Law  School.  His  first  ca.se 
after  admittance  to  the  bar  was  one  in 
which  his  father  was  seriously  concerned, 
and  he  handled  his  part  of  it  with  .so 
much  ability  that  his  father  gave  him  a 
check  for  110,000.  This  was  not  so  bad 
for  one's  first  professional  fee. 

Since  Dr.  Ayer's  death  in  1878,  Fred- 
erick has  had  the  chief  care  of  the  family 
estate.       Inheriting    a    large    interest    in 
the    property,    he    has    made    important 
investments    on     his    own    account,   and    has    been 
called  upon  to  serve  as  an  officer  in  various   cor- 
porations.      He    is    now    a  director   in   the   Lowell 
&  Andover  railway,  the   Lake  Superior  Ship  Canal 


Railway  &  Iron  Co.,  the  Portage  Lake  &  River 
Improvement  Co.,  the  Tribune  Association  of  New 
York,  the  J.  C.  Ayer  Co.,  and  the  Tremont  and 
Suffolk  mills  of  Lowell. 

Mr.  .\yer  is  a  man  of  scholarly  and  cultivated 
tastes.  He  has  taken  a  lively  interest  in  public 
([uestions,  and  has  studied  them  in  a  thorough-going 
way.  He  is  not  a  high  protectionist,  but  favors  a 
moderate  tariff.  Long  before  the  crisis  of  1896  he 
.saw  clearly  the  dangerous  condition  of  our  currency, 
and  deprecated  earnestly  all  attempts  to  debase  the 
standard  of  value.  Some  years  ago  he  interested 
himself  in  effecting  a  refonn  in  the  corporation  laws, 
by  which  minority  representation  might  be  more 
adequately  obtained.  In  1885  a  bill  to  secure  this 
result  was  introduced  in  the  Michigan  legislature. 
Mr.  Ayer  made  an  address  in  supjjort  of  the  measure 


FREDERICK  EA.WNI.XG   AVER 


SO  effective  that  the  bill  became  law.  Similar  bills 
have  since  been  passed  in  other  .states,  and  the  evil 
that  both  Mr.  Ayer  and  his  father  so  vigorously 
combatted   has   been  greatly   mitigated.      Mr.  Aver 


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is  a  pleasing  public  speaker.  He  belongs  to  several 
of  the  most  attractive  metropolitan  clubs,  including 
the  Union  League,  Harvard,  and  Merchants'. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONO  LOG  V—  Frederick 
Fanning  Ayer  teas  born  at  Lowell,  Mass. ,  Sepfeml>er 
12,    1S31 :   graduated  from    Haniard  University  in 


MILO   MKRR/CK  fiELD/XG 

187S ;  studied  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and  7vas 

admitted  to  the  bar  in  1875  ;  since  his  father' s  death 

in  1878  has  been  occupied  with  the  care  of  the  family 

estate,  and  7vith  his  duties  as  director  in  a  number  of 

corporations. 

•♦• 

/lOilO  ilDCrriCh  JBClMnO,  o"e  of  the  foremost 
silk  manufacturers  m  the  world,  was  born  in  Ash- 
field,  Mass.,  si.xty-four  years  ago.  His  family  has 
been  honorably  prominent  in  America  for  two  and  a 
half  centuries,  running  back  to  one  Richarci  Beld- 
ing,  who  lived  at  Wethersfield,  Colin.,  as  early  as 
1640.  After  obtaining  the  rudiments  of  knowledge 
at  Shelbunie  Falls  Academy,  not  far  from  his  native 
town,  and  building  up  a  vigorous  physical  constitu- 


tion by  active  work  on  a  farm,  Mr.  Belding  at  the 
age  of  seventeen  began  his  business  life  by  borrow- 
ing $20  from  an  uncle,  and  setting  himself  up  as  an 
itinerant  silk  merchant.  He  bought  his  product  from 
a  manufacturer  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  and  sold  the 
goods  in  the  towns  near  his  home.  After  working 
for  tlie  firm  of  W.  M.  Root  &  Co.  of 
I'ittsfield,  Ma.ss.,  until  1858,  he  bought 
a  team  of  horses  and  a  wagon,  and 
resumed  on  a  larger  scale  his  earlier 
\ocation  of  a  traveling  merchant. 

Accumulating  experience  and  capital 
all  the  time,  Mr.  Belding  felt  able  in 
1868  to  e.stablish  with  two  brothers  a 
silk  house  in  Chicago,  and  another  in 
New  York  city  two  years  later.  In  lrS()(; 
they  decided  to  manufacture  their  own 
product,  and  leased  for  that  purpose  a 
single  floor  of  a  mill  in  Rockville,  Conn. 
Three  years  later  they  were  able  to  buy 
the  whole  mill,  and  afterward  enlarge  it. 
In  1.S74  they  built  a  second  mill  at 
Northampton,  Mass.,  and  later  one  at 
Belding,  Mich.,  a  flourishing  [jlace  firmly 
founded  on  the  industries  created  and 
sustained  by  the  Belding  brothers.  The 
lirm  of  Belding  Brothers  &  Co.  now  has 
five  large  silk  mills  in  operation,  branch 
houses  at  ten  principal  cities,  over  ;^000 
employees,  and  a  mammoth  trade.  The 
house  is  regarded,  indeed,  as  the  largest 
silk-manufacturing  concern  in  the  world. 
At  the  head  of  such  a  firm,  Mr.  Beld- 
ing has  naturally  found  scant  leisure  for 
other  occupations.  He  has  been  able, 
nevertheless,  to  exercise  an  intelligent 
supervision  over  various  outside  enter- 
prises. He  is  president  of  the  Livonia 
Salt  &  Mining  Co.  of  Livonia,  N.  Y., 
where  salt  is  obtained  by  mining  instead  of  evap- 
oration, and  where  3000  tons  a  day  have  been 
produced.  The  St.  Lawrence  Marble  Co.  at  Gouv- 
erneur,  N.  Y. ,  is  another  of  his  enterprises.  He 
also  has  large  interests  in  mining  and  timber  lands 
in  North  Carolina  and  Tennessee,  in  certain  Har- 
lem-valley mines,  in  a  Montana  ranch,  and  in  vari- 
ous commercial  imdertakings.  He  helped  to  organ- 
ize the  Commonwealth  Insurance  Co.  in  1887,  and 
is  now  its  vice-]jresident ;  and  he  is  president  of 
the  American  Union  Life  Insurance  Co.  He  is  one 
of  the  very  few  men  who  can  carry  on  simultane- 
ously a  number  of  large  enterprises,  giving  to  each 
more  efficient  management  than  most  men  could 
provide  in  exclusive  service. 


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Mr.  Belding's  clubs,  to  which  he  is  a  welcome 
but  rather  infrequent  visitor,  include  the  Colonial 
and  Merchants'  Central.  He  belongs  also  to  the 
American  Geographical  Society,  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Milo  Mer- 
rick Belding  was  born  at  AsJificld,  Mass.,  April  .1, 
1833;  was  educated  at  Shellmrne  Falls  (Mass.) 
Academy ;  begatt  business  as  an  itinerant  silk  mer- 
chant in  1850  ;  married  Emily  C.  Leonard  of  Ash- 
field,  Alass.,  April  1,  1856;  began  the  manufacture 
of  silk  in  1866,  and  is  now  head  of  the  corporation  of 
Belding  Brothers  a^  Co.  :  is  president  of  the  Livonia 
Salt  &>  Mining  Co.,  the  .St.  Laiorence  Marble  Co., 
and  the  American  Union  Life  Lnsurance  Co. ,  and 
l<ice  president  of  the  Commonwealth  Fire  f)i'iu ranee 
Co. 


IReese   Carpenter,   one  of  the 

prominent  self-made  men  of  Westchester 
county.  New  York,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  North  Castle,  near  what  was  then 
known  as  Mile  Square,  and  is  now  called 
Armonk.  The  family  cottage  is  still 
standing  near  Wampum  lake.  His  father 
was  David  Carpenter,  his  grandfather 
Rees  Carpenter,  and  his  great-grand- 
father William  Carpenter,  who  owned  a 
large  estate  in  Byrum  Valley  over  one 
hundred  years  ago.  His  mother  was 
Anns  Bailey  Owen,  daughter  of  John 
Owen  of  Somers,  Westchester  county, 
who  was  the  first  paper  manufacturer  in 
that  part  of  the  country,  and  made  the 
first  bank-note  paper  used  by  the  state  of 
New  York.  Her  grandfather,  Josejjh 
Owen,  who  married  Ruth  Woolsey,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Cardinal  Woolsey, 
lived  in  Bedford  in  the  same  county, 
and  fought  in  the  revolutionary  war. 
This  ancestral  patriotic  service  made  the 
great-grandson,  Reese  Carpenter,  eligible 
to  membership  in  the  Sons  of  the  Revo- 
lution, to  which  he  was  admitted  in  18)^8. 
Born  amid  rural  conditions,  Reese 
Carpenter  enjoyed  only  the  scanty  edu- 
cational opportunities  afforded  by  the 
typical  country  school  of  the  mid  cen- 
tury. Finding  little  profit  and  less  satis- 
faction on  the  farm,  the  young  man  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  embarked  for  himself  in  the 
meat  and  butchering  business,  and  in  three  years 
had  saved  money  enough  to  launch  out  in  larger 
ventures.      Going  to  New  York  at  the  age  of  twenty. 


he  served  a  six  months'  clerkship  in  an  iron  store, 
and  then  started  in  the  iron  l)usiness  for  himself 
The  enterprise  was  successful  from  the  first,  and 
became  increasingly  important,  until  at  the  end  of 
twenty  years  Mr.  Carpenter  was  recognized  as  a 
prominent  manufacturer  of  new  appliances  for  rail- 
roads, with  specialties  in  railroad  signals  and  im- 
proved car  tracks. 

In  recent  years  Mr.  Carpenter  has  been  remark- 
ably successful  in  promoting  various  cemetery  enter- 
prises. He  has  persistently  maintained  that  the 
beautiful  and  cheerful  in  art  and  nature  should  take 
the  place  of  funereal  gloom  in  the  surroundings  of 
the  public  memorials  of  the  departed.  In  1890  he 
successfully  inaugurated  Kensico  cemetery,  destined 
to  be  one  of  the  largest  and  most  beautiful  ceme- 
teries accessible   from    New  York   city.       Selecting 


REESE   CAKHEXTER 

the  location  with  e.xcellent  judgment,  recognizing 
its  natural  adaptation  to  fine  landscape  and  archi- 
tectural effects,  he  foresaw  the  ultimate  physical 
beauty    of   the    developed    project,    and    bent    his 


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energies  to  the  enterprise.  He  is  now  comptroller 
of  the  Cemetery  As.sociation  ;  and  the  ideal,  which 
was  to  him  a  vivid  reality  at  the  start  seven  years 
ago,  is  being  rajjidly  actualized.  He  is  also  inter- 
ested in  the  Forest  Lake  cemetery  at  Washington, 
D.  C.  ;  ill  the  Druid  Ridyie  ccmeterv  at   Baltimore, 


FEJiSOXAL  CHJiO-yOLOGY— Reese  Car- 
/>e/ifer  7oas  born  at  Mile  Square  (^nmci  Armonk), 
Weshhester  (oiiiity,  N.  Y.,  December  32,  18^7  ; 
7i'as  educated  in  district  schools  ;  engaged  in  business 
as  a  butcher,  186^-67 ;  loent  to  New  York  city  in 
1S(17,  and  established  an  iron  business;  married 
Caroline  L.  Ttnonsend  of  Armonk,  N.  Y., 
Xo'rember  2,  1S70  ;  has  been  actively  con- 
nected 'with  the  management  of  I'arious 
cemeteries  since  1890. 


JOSEPH   H.    CHOAll-: 

Md.  ;  in  the  I^ke  Side  cemetery  at  ButTalo  :  and 
in  the  Lake  Side  cemetery  at  Erie,  Penn.  .\11  ot" 
these  are  organized  imder  the  same  new  system 
used  in  the  successful  development  ot"  the  Kensico 
cemetery. 

While  Mr.  Carpenter  was  ciirrying  on  the  iron 
biisine.ss  in  New  York  he  lived  in  Brooklyn,  and 
was  a  member  of  Dr.  Noali  Schenck's  church  —  old 
St.  .Ann's  on  the  Heights  :  and  was  for  yeans  an 
active  and  efiective  worker  in  promoting  all  the 
undertakings  of  the  church.  ^Ir.  Carpenter  now 
lives  in  New  York  during  the  winter,  but  spends  his 
summers  at  his  country  residence  near  Kensico 
cemetery,  going  to  the  city  daily  to  attend  to  the 
details  l^\  his  steadily  enlarging  business. 


50SCpb  ll.  CbOate,  widely  re- 
garded as  the  leader  of  the  New  York 
bar,  has  an  interesting  lineage  traceable 
centuries  back  from  France  through  Hol- 
land to  England,  and  thence,  in  1643, 
to  Ipswich,  Mass.  He  is  the  youngest 
son  of  Dr.  George  Choate  of  Salem, 
Mass.,  and  was  born  in  that  historic 
town  sixty-five  years  ago.  tlraduating 
from  Harvard  College  with  the  class  of 
1  S5'2,  and  trom  the  Harvard  Law  School 
two  years  later,  he  studied  in  a  Boston 
office  for  a  few  months,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Massachusetts  bar  in  1855.  In  the 
tall  of  that  year  he  visited  various  west- 
ern states,  and  thereafter  entered  the  law 
office  of  Scudder  &  Carter  in  New  York 
city.  In  1856  he  entered  the  office  of 
Butler,  Evarts  is:  Southmayd,  and  was 
atlniitted  to  the  New  York  bar  in  the 
same  year.  Afterward  forming  a  part- 
nership with  W.  H.  L.  Barnes,  nnder 
the  style  of  Choate  &  Barnes,  he  con- 
tinued that  connection  until  June  1, 
1S5JI,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Evarts,  Southma\d  iV  Choate. 

Ever  since  then  —  not  tar  from  forty 
years  now-  —  Mr.  Choate  has  remained 
with  this  association,  the  best  known,  probably,  in 
the  Empire  .State.  The  lirm  is  now  Evarts,  Choate 
&  Beaman,  with  offices  at  52  AVall  street,  near  the 
place  where  Mr.  Choate  began  his  practice  as  a 
young  man.  The  senior  member  is  William  NL 
Evarts,  most  eminent  at  the  bar  and  in  public  lite  ; 
and  Mr.  Beaman  is  a  law-yer  of  great  ability.  As 
for  Mr.  Choate,  the  statement  may  safely  be  made 
that  his  fame  as  a  lawyer  long  ago  encomj^assed 
the  land.  His  magnificent  presence,  sound  knowl- 
edge of  the  law,  limitless  fund  of  wit  and  hmnor, 
incessant  alertness  of  mind,  and  wonderful  ease  and 
grace  of  language  —  these  and  other  characteristics 
give  him  brilliancy  ainong  the  legal  lights  of  all  ages. 
Hardly  any  cause  of  great  imiiortance  has  been  tried 


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in  New  York  city  for  a  decade  in  which  Mr. 
Choate  has  not  figured  on  one  side  or  the  other. 
In  jury  trials  he  has  been  ahiiost  irresistibly  suc- 
cessful, and  his  time  has  been  constantly  engaged  in 
such  cases.  He  has  also  made  frequent  arguments 
on  points  of  law  belbre  the  highest  courts  of  New 
York  state  and  the  United  States  Supreme  Court 
at  Washington.  Before  the  latter  tribunal,  in  fact, 
he  has  achieved  many  forensic  triumphs. 

Mr.   Choate   has    never  sought    nor  held   public 
office  ;  but  he  has  been  prominent   in  the  Republi- 
can party  ever  since  185li,  when  he  took  the  stump 
for  Fremont.       He  was  a  member   of  the  famous 
"Committee  of  Seventy"    in   the  uprising  against 
Tweed,  and  took  a  vigorous  jKirt  in  the  campaign  of 
1871    against    the   public    plunderers.       During   the 
years  187;>-7()  he  was  president  of  the  Union  League 
Club,  noted   for  its  powerful  aid  to  the 
cause  of  good  government  :   and  in  that 
bodv  of  distinguished  men  he  has  always 
been  one  of  the  strongest  forces  working 
for  the  welfare  of  city,  state,  and  nation. 
In  1894   he  was  president    of  the  state 
constitutional    convention,   and    was     a 
great  power  in  that  body  in  the  cause  of 
genuine  reform.      In  Januiiry,  18VI7,  -Mr. 
Choate  was   strongly  supported  for  the 
office  of  United  States  senator,  and  man\ 
tributes  to  his  ability  and  ])ersonal  worth 
appeared  in  the  leading  newsjajjers,  and 
in  statements  from  prominent    members 
of  his  party.      He  would  have  made  an 
ideal    member    of   the  national  senate, 
and  his  election  would  have  gone  a  long 
wav  toward  restoring  the  prestige  of  that 
body. 

In  the  social  world  Mr.  Choate  has 
exercised  a  leadership  comparable  with 
his  professional  supremacy.  He  was 
president  of  the  New  Kngland  Society 
for  several  years,  and  of  the  Harvard 
Club  for  a  similar  period.  He  still 
maintains  active  membership  in  these 
and  various  other  clubs,  including  the 
Union  League,  City,  University,  Metro- 
politan, Riding,  New  York  .\thletic,  and 
Cirolier.  He  belongs  also  to  the  Bar 
Association,  the  American  Society  of 
Natural  History,  the  Metropolitan  Mu- 
seum of  Art,  the  Century  Association, 
the  Dunlap  Society,  and  the  Downtown  .\ssociation. 

/•EJiSO.y.^  L  CHR  OXOL  O  G  Y— Joseph 
Hodges  Choate  was  born  at  Salem,  Mass.,  Jam/an- 
24,  ISi:?:  graduated  from  Hanard  College  in  lSo:2, 


ami  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  ISo^  :  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1856 ;  married  Caroline  O. 
Sterling  in  1S61 :  7i'as  president  of  the  New  York 
state  constitutional  convention  in  1891^  :  has  practiced 
hiic  ill  Xrii'  York  cit\'  since  1836. 


"toClirV  Clews,  o"e  of  the  foremost  bankers  of 
the  country,  was  born  in  Staffordshire,  England. 
His  father  intended  to  educate  him  at  Cambridge 
for  the  ministry  of  the  English  Church  ;  but  the 
bov's  natural  tendencies  were  all  in  a  different  direc- 
tion, and  the  father  wisely  consented  to  yield  to  the 
inevitable. 

Before  he  was  fifteen  years  old  Mr.  Clews  accom- 
panied his  father,  who  was  extensively  engaged  in 
manufacturing  for  the  .\merican  market,  on  a  busi- 
ness trip  to  the   United  States  ;   and   the  young  man 


NEXSV  CLE[iS 


was  so  delighted  with  the  practical,  enterprising 
spirit  of  the  country,  that  he  obtained  permission  to 
enter  mercantile  life  in  New  York.  He  served  for 
several  vears  in  the  office  of  Wilson  G.  Hunt  &  Co., 


4ii 


ME.\   i>F  .\7:ir    ]i)/^A' 


MAiXHA  TTAX  SECTIOX 


importers  of  woolen  goods,  and  rose  to  a  position  ot 
considerable  importance  in  their  office.  He  was 
desirous,  however,  of  becoming  a  banker  ;  and  in 
1858  he  embarked  on  the  career  in  which  he  has 
won  such  signal  success,  becoming  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Stout,  Clews  &  Mason,  bankers  and  brokers. 
The  style  was  afterwards  changed  to  Livermore, 
Clews  &  Co.,  and  the  present  firm  of  Henry  Clews 
&  Co.  was  organized  in  1877.  The  members  of 
this  firm  pledged  themselves  from  the  first  to  avoid 
all  speculative  risks  ;  and  the  consistent  maintenance 
of  this  conservative  character,  and  the  enormous 
capital  of  the  concern,  have  given  it  for  many  years 
a  high  place  in  the  public  confidence.  Few  bank- 
ing houses  in  the  Lhiited  States  do  a  larger  or  more 
varied  business  than  this  well-known  firm. 

Mr.  Clews's  pre-eminence  in  the  financial  world  is 
of  long  standing.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War 
he  saw  that  the  hope  of  the  nation  lay  in  unity,  and 
gave  his  support  unhesitatingly  and  actively  to  the 
Union  cause.  Secretary  Chase  appointed  the  young 
lianker  agent  for  the  sale  of  the  bonds  issued  to  meet 
the  enormous  expenses  of  the  war  ;  and  Mr.  Clews 
devoted  himself  with  untiring  energy  to  the  task  of 
establishing  public  confidence  in  government  securi- 
ties, and  obtaining  a  market  for  them.  In  lS(i4  his 
firm  subscribed  to  the  national  loan  at  the  rate  of 
from  five  to  ten  millions  a  day  ;  and  his  successful 
efforts  in  this  direction,  of  so  vast  importance  to  the 
country,  won  for  him  the  grateful  esteem  of  those 
high  in  authority.  Kver  since  then,  in  times  of  emer- 
gency, the  leaders  of  the  nation  have  been  glad  to 
avail  themselves  of  his  sound  and  accurate  judgment, 
and  his  exhaustive  knowledge  of  financial  conditions. 

It  is  an  incontestable  fact  —  though  one  often  dis- 
regarded —  that  a  man  cannot  write  intelligently  on 
a  subject  with  which  he  is  not  tamiliar  ;  but  it  is 
equally  true  that  many  men  have  not  the  power  to 
express  themselves  clearly,  be  their  knowledge  ever 
so  great.  Mr.  Clews  possesses  both  these  requisites 
of  a  good  writer,  and  he  has  a  reputation  as  an  au- 
thor that  would  be  accounted  considerable  if  it  were 
not  overshadowed  by  his  fame  as  a  banker.  His 
most  noteworthy  book,  entitled  "  Twenty-eight  Years 
in  Wall  Street,"  written  in  the  fluent  style  that 
characterizes  its  author's  conversation,  and  with  a 
minute  knowledge  of  events  at  the  country's  financial 
center  that  few  men  possess,  is  a  work  of  real  literary 
merit  and  of  absorbing  interest.  Readers  of  the 
North  American  Review,  the  Forum,  and  other 
periodicals  of  similar  standing,  are  familiar  with  Mr. 
Clews's  vigorous  and  forceful  treatment  of  impor- 
tant public  questions  ;  and  his  contributions  on  all 
subjects  in   his  sj^ecial   line  are  in  constant  demand 


by  newspaper  and  magazine  editors  throughout  the 
country. 

It  is  impossible  in  a  brief  sketch  to  give  any  ac- 
count of  the  many  financial  enterprises  and  public 
movements  with  which  Mr.  Clews  has  been  identi- 
fied. He  rendered  notable  public  service  in  helping 
to  organize  the  famous  "Committee  of  Seventy" 
that  carried  on  the  fight  in  the  interests  of  good 
government  against  the  notorious  "Tweed  ring." 
As  a  matter  of  course,  high  official  positions  have 
been  tendered  to  Mr.  Clews,  but  he  has  felt  obliged 
to  decline  them  on  account  of  the  demands  of  his 
business.  This  fact  is  the  more  to  be  regretted, 
since  many  of  those  most  competent  to  judge  agree 
with  the  late  Duke  of  Marlborough,  who  declared, 
after  a  visit  to  this  country,  that  Henry  Clews  was  the 
brightest,  smartest,  and  quickest  man  he  had  ever  met. 
Mr.  Clews  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Union 
League  Club,  and  was  for  a  time  a  governor  of  that 
institution.  He  served  for  many  years  as  treasurer 
of  the  American  (Jeographical  Society.  He  was  the 
last  one  of  General  Crant's  friends  to  call  upon  him  at 
Mount  McGregor  and  shake  hands  with  him.  At 
that  time,  just  before  tyrant's  death,  Mr.  Clews  se- 
cured the  consent  of  the  entire  (Irant  family  to  the 
project  of  making  New  York  city  the  burial  ]jlace  of 
the  general. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Henry  Cle7vs 
7oas  Iwrn  at  Hilderstone,  Staffordshire,  Eng. :  was 
ediieated  in  England ;  obtained  a  clerkship  in  a  Nnv 
]  'ork  importing  house  in  1853  ;  married  Lucy  Madison 
U'orthington  of  Kentucky  February  4,  187  J/.;  has  car- 
ried on  a  banking  business  in  New  York  city  since 
1858,  estabiishing  the  firm  of  Henry  Cleivs  &=  Co.  in 
1877. 


IRobert  <Brabam  2)un,  proprietor  of  the 

widely  known  and  e.vtremely  useful  Mercantile 
Agency,  is  descended  from  excellent  Scotch  stock. 
His  grandfather,  the  Rev.  James  Dun,  was  a  minis- 
ter of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  at  Glasgow  for 
twenty  years  ;  and  his  lather,  Robert  Dun,  was  like- 
wise educated  for  the  ministry.  Emigrating  to 
.America,  however,  about  1815,  Robert  Dun  gave 
up  the  idea  of  entering  the  clerical  profession,  and 
devoted  himself  to  jjractical  jKirsuits.  He  moved 
from  Virginia,  where  he  had  originally  settled,  to 
Ohio;  and  there  Robert  Graham  Dun  was  born 
about  seventy  years  ago. 

Mr.  Dun  was  not  able  to  secure  the  advantages  o( 
a  university  training,  but  he  received  an  excellent 
general  education  at  the  district  schools  and  acad- 
emy of  his  native  town.  Beginning  business  life 
when  sixteen  vears  old  at  a  salary  of  two  dollars  a 


MKX  OF  XKW   VORK—.\rA.\H.-irrA.\  SECT/0.\ 


week,  he  soon  developed  unusual  aptitude  for 
commercial  affairs,  and  rose  from  this  modest  begin- 
ning to  a  partnership  in  the  concern.  He  saw 
clearlv,  however,  that  the  great  prizes  of  life  were 
not  to  be  Ibund  in  a  small  country  town  ;  and  in 
1850,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four,  he  betook  himself 
to  New  York  city  in  quest  of  fame  and  fortune. 
How  well  rewarded  his  efforts  were,  and  in  what 
abundant  measure  both  good  repute  and  material 
wealth  have  come  to  him,  may  be  learned  by  refer- 
ence to  mercantile  history. 

Soon  after  reaching  New  York  Mr.  Dun  engaged  in 
the  business  with  which  his  name  is  now  inseparably 
connected.  The  Mercantile  Agency  was  then  con- 
ducted by  Tappan  &  Douglass.  By  the  time  the 
senior  partner  retired  in  1854  Mr.  Dun  had  acc|uired 
such  a  mastery  of  the  business,  notwithstanding  his 
brief  service,  that  he  was  admitted  to 
the  firm.  After  five  years  more  of 
effective  work  in  the  firm  of  B.  Douglass 
&  Co.,  Mr.  Dun  felt  sufficiently  sure  of 
his  grasp  of  the  situation  to  buy  out  Mr. 
Douglass.  He  did  so,  accordingly,  and 
has  ever  since  been  the  .sole  responsible 
head  of  the  Mercantile  .Agency. 

An  entertaining  volume  might  easily 
be  written — and  one  of  general  ])ublic 
interest  —  concerning  the  growth  and 
development  of  the  vast  organization 
known  as  R.  (',.  Dun  lS:  Co.  Adam 
Smith's  reference  to  fc^ngland  as  a 
"nation  of  shopkeepers  "  ajjplies  to  us 
with  ecpial  aptness  ;  and  the  enormous 
expansion  of  commerce  in  the  I'nited 
States  already  effected  will  doubtless  gain 
fresh  impetus  with  the  growth  of  popu- 
lation. The  vitally  important  part  that 
credit  plays  in  the  complex  machinery  of 
modern  commerce,  makes  a  mercantile 
agency  simply  indispensable  to  a  busi- 
ness man.  If  nothing  is  more  timid 
than  a  million  dollars  except  two  million 
dollars,  it  is  also  true  that  capital  acquires 
such  courage  as  it  has,  largely  through 
the  agency  of  credit  bureaus  like  that 
so  ably  maintained  by  Mr.  Dun.  His 
firm  has  branch  houses  in  all  the  chief 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  and 
Europe,  and  maintains  smaller  staffs  in 
every  important  distributing  center  of 
the  country.  The  amount  of  commercial  knowl- 
edge thus  collected,  marshaled  for  convenient  access, 
and  imparted  to  legitimate  inquirers,  is  amazing  in 
extent,  minuteness,  and  general  accuracy.     Such  a 


system  is  of  course  infinitely  perfectible,  and  the 
Mercantile  Agency  has  doubtless  not  yet  reached 
its  fidl  limit  of  service  ;  but  the  splendid  reputation 
of  the  concern  among  bankers,  manufacturers,  and 
business  men  generally  throughout  the  country 
shows  the  high  standard  of  excellence  already 
reached   and    maintained. 

On  the  jjersonal  side  it  may  be  said  that  Mr.  Dun 
is  widely  respected  for  his  upright  character,  genial 
temperament,  and  engaging  social  qualities.  He 
commonly  spends  the  winter  season  in  New  York 
city,  and  the  summer  at  his  country  house  at  Narragan- 
sett  Pier.  He  has  membership  in  the  Union  League, 
Manhattan,  Cascapedia  Salmon,  and  other  clubs. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Robert  Gra- 
ham Dun  was  born  at  Chillicothe,  O.,  Aii!riist  7, 
1830  :  went  to  New  York  city  in   1S50,  and  entered 


ROBERT  a  R.I  HAM  DUX 

the    mercantile-agency    business ;    married  Mary    D. 
Bradford,    a    descendant   of   Governor    Bradford  of 
Massachusetts ;  has  conducted  the  mercantile  agency  of 
R.  G.  Dun  e^■  Co.  since  1859. 


48 


A/EX   OF  XEir   YORK'— A/A XHATTAN  SECT/OX 


30bU  B0\V5iSb  H)UtCbCr,  widely  known 
among  the  railroad  managers  of  the  country,  was 
born  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  in  1830.  As 
his  name  indicates,  his  family  came  originally  from 
Holland.      This  statement  ap])lies,  however,  only  to 


j()//\  /lowmsH  nircHER 

the  paternal  line,  as  his  mother's  ]>eople  were  from 
Massachusetts. 

Brought  up  as  a  farmer's  boy,  Mr.  Dutcher  has 
remained  a  farmer  to  this  day,  and  all  his  principal 
interests  have  been  more  or  less  intimately  connected 
with  farm  products.  He  has  devoted  a  good  deal 
of  time  to  the  development  of  his  own  magnificent 
farm  in  Dutchess  county,  where  he  has  IfiOO  acres 
of  fine  grazing  land  stocked  with  thoroughbred 
cattle  and  horses.  This  is  located  in  the  town  of 
Pawling,  of  which  he  has  been  a  resident  since 
April,  18()1,  and  which  he  has  materially  helped  to 
make  a  delightful  place  to  live  in. 

Mr.  Dutcher  has  always  been  a  puiilic-spirited 
citizen,  having  begun  his  public  service  in  1857, 
when  he  was  made  supervisor  of  the  town  of  [)over. 


In  1801-62  he  was  a  member  of  the  assembly,  and 
in  1864-65  he  was  in  the  state  senate.  Like  so 
many  other  Whigs,  he  joined  the  Republican  party 
soon  after  its  organization,  and  has  ever  since  been 
a  strong  advocate  of  its  principles. 

For  over  thirty  years  Mr.  Dutcher  has 
been  actively  concerned  with  railroad 
management.  Since  1864  he  has  been 
a  director  of  the  New  York  iS:  Harlem 
railroad  ;  and  he  is  now  a  member  of  the 
governing  board  of  several  other  rail- 
road companies.  Since  18()5  he  has  had 
charge  of  the  department  of  live-stock 
transportation  of  the  New  York  Central 
&  Hudson  River  railroad. 

Mr.  Dutcher's  rare  business  judgment 
has  been  utilized  by  various  corporations 
outside  the  railroad  industry  ;  and  he  is 
now  a  director  of  the  .American  Sate 
Deposit  Co.,  and  of  the  Fifth  Avenue 
liank.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
National  Bank  of  Pawling,  and  of  the 
L'nion  Stock  Yard  &  Market  Co.  of  New 
\'ork.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
York  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the 
Produce  F^xchange,  and  of  several  im- 
portant clubs  like  the  Union  League  and 
the  St.  Nicholas  Society.  He  is  now 
president  of  the  village  of  Pawling,  and 
is  an  e.\-president  of  the  New  York  State 
Agricultural  Society  and  of  the  Holstein- 
Friesian  Association  of  America. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY— 
/o/iii  Bimidis/i  Dutc/ierwas  burn  at  Dcn'er, 
Dutiliess    countv.    A'.    K,    Febnta?y    13, 
18S0  ;  mai-ried  Cliristina  Dodge  of  Pa7i>- 
/ing,  N.  V. ,  May  20,  1860 ;  rcas  member 
of  t/ie  New  York  state  assembly,  1861-62, 
and  of  t/ie  state  senate,  1864-65  ;  Itas  l>een  a  director 
of  tJie  New  York  &=  Lfar/em  railroad  sinee  186^,  and 
has  liad  cJiarge  of  the  department  of  live-stock  trans- 
portation  of  the  Ne7V  York  Central  6-=  Hudson  River 
railroad  since  186i)  :  has   lived  at  Paivling,   N.   Y. , 
since  1861,  cohere  lie  has  maintained  ati  extensive  farm. 


CbarleS  IF.  1I3U&S0U,  the  son  of  Isaac  N.  and 
Cornelia  Bogert-Haight  Hudson,  was  born  in  New 
York  city  in  1852.  He  received  some  education  in 
the  public  schools  there,  but  closed  his  books  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  for  the  purpose  of  entering  business 
life.  He  was  fortunate  enough  to  find  employment 
in  the  Wall-street  house  of  S.  M.  Mills  &  Co. 
Receiving  at  first  only  four  dollars  a  week,  he  rose 
steadily  in  the  esteem  of  his  employers,  until  in  tive 


.i/AV\-  ()/•  .\7iii'  iv)A'A-— .i/./.\-//.r/-/:;.\-  sF.cr/ox 


4(1 


years  he  was  getting  a  salary  of  SloOO  yearlv.  Ho 
was  intrusted  with  many  important  commissions,  and 
became  in  particular  a  sort  of  confidential  go- 
between  in  the  relations  of  his  house  with  its  very 
important  client,  Jay  Ciould.  Mr.  (lould,  indeed, 
took  such  a  fancy  to  the  trustworthy  and  active 
young  messenger,  that  he  gave  him,  in  April,  1875, 
900  shares  of  Union  Pacific  stock.  With  this  sub- 
stantial nest  egg  as  the  foundation  of  his  fortune, 
Mr.  Hudson  paid  for  the  seat  in  the  Stock  Exchange 
that  he  had  purchased  in  August,  1874,  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  business  on  his  own  account. 

Though  only  twenty-two  years  old  at  this  time, 
Mr.  Hudson  had  been  acquainting  himself  with  the 
ways  of  Wall  street  for  eight  years  under  very  effective 
tutelage  :  and  he  was  finely  equipped  to  carrv  on  a 
brokerage  business.  On  March  1,  187(), 
he  increased  hi.s  resources  by  forming  a 
partnership  with  H.  N.  Smith,  previousl} 
a  partner  of  Jay  (lould's.  C.  1.  Hudson 
&  Co.  was  the  style  of  the  new  firm,  antl 
this  title  was  retained  after  a  reorgani- 
zation necessitated  in  1878  by  the  retire- 
ment of  Mr.  Smith  and  the  accession  of 
Robert  R.  Lear  and  T.  H.  Curtis.  This 
association  continued  until  May,  1881, 
when  a  new  organization,  still  under  the 
old  style,  was  effected  between  Mr.  Hud- 
son, A.  H.  De  Forest,  and  H.  N.  Smith 
as  a  special  partner.  In  the  fall  of  1885 
Mr.  Smith  withdrew  from  the  association  : 
the  two  remaining  partners  continuing 
as  before  until  1894,  when  Mr.  Hud- 
son's brother,  Edward  J.  Hudson,  was 
admitted  to  the  firm.  The  concern  as 
thus  organized  is  one  of  the  leading 
houses  of  Wall  street,  and  transacts  a 
large  business  during  the  active  invest- 
ment and  speculative  seasons.  Mr.  Hud- 
son has  taken  special  interest  in  "  Trust  " 
securities  —  the  certificates  of  the  Ameri- 
can Sugar  Refining  Co.,  National  Lead 
Co.,  and  the  like  —  and  was  largely  in- 
strumental in  having  them  ILsted  on  the 
Exchange.  In  a  single  day  his  firm  has 
handled  as  many  as  90,000  of  these 
shares. 

Mr.  Hudson's  standing  among  his 
fellow-members  of  the  Exchange  is  suf- 
ficiently attested  in  the  circumstance  that  in  May, 
1891,  he  was  elected  governor  of  that  body  on  an 
independent  ticket,  and  received  over  two  thirds  of 
the  entire  vote  cast.  He  was  again  elected  on  the 
independent  ticket  in   1896.      In  188,S  he  took  part 


in  the  organization  of  the  Fourteenth  Street  Bank, 
New  York  city,  and  served  on  its  board  of  directors 
for  several  years  thereafter.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Manhattan  Club,  and  of  several  other  exclusive  met- 
ropolitan organizations.  He  has  a  beautiful  summer 
residence  in  the  Thousand  Islands,  and  is  a  director 
of  the  Thousand  Islands  Club,  which  he  helped  to 
organize. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Charles  L 
LLiidson  was  born  at  New  York  city  Augiisf  20, 
1853  ;  atttiiilcii  public  schools ;  7t<as  a  clerk  for  a  firm 
of  Wall-street  brokers,  1866-7 i) ;  married  Sara  E. 
Kiers telle  of  Scranton,  Penii.,  f line  8,  1876  ;  vjas  goi'- 
ernor  of  the  NeK'  \  'ork  Stock  Exchange  in  1891  and 
in  18!  16  :  has  carried  on  a  stock-brokerage  business  in 
Nev<  York  since  1875. 


CHARLES   I.    HVDSOX 

IHOrtOU   IPVCUtiSS    ©tiS,   the  famous  manu 
facturer  of  elevators,  was  born  in  Halifax,  Vermont, 
about  fifty-seven  years  ago.      He  comes  from  excel- 
lent New  England  stock,  tracing  his  descent  through 
many  generations  to  John  Otis,  who  left  his  home 


.')0 


.i//;.\'  ()/•■  x/:ii'  )V)A'A'  - .]/j\//a/'j:i\  s/:c'//ox 


in    Hingham,    ?-ngland,    for    Massachusetts,    a    fnw 
years  after  the  Pilgrim  settlement. 

After  attending  school  in  various  places  —  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  Hudson,  N.  J.,  and  Yonkers,  N.  Y. — because 
of  fret|uent  changes  of  residence  on  the  jjart  of  his 
family.  Mr.  Otis  began  at   tlie  age  of  eighteen   the 


.\7)A'7V).\-  /'iVA.N /y.v.v   o/y.v 

work  to  which  his  whole  life  has  been  devoted.  En- 
tering the  small  elevator  factory  which  had  been  es- 
tablished by  his  father  in  1855,  he  learned  there  all 
that  was  then  known  about  the  construction  of  ele- 
vators. His  father  died  in  1801,  and  Norton,  with 
his  brother  Charles,  took  charge  of  the  business. 
Their  combined  capital  was  hardly  $2000,  their 
plant  was  small  and  inconvenient,  and  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War  was  still  another  adverse  influence. 
They  succeeded,  however,  in  devising  and  patenting 
certain  appliances  promoting  the  safety  of  passenger 
elevators;  and  with  this  advantage  over  competitors 
their  business  gradually  gained  momentum.  Begin- 
ning with  annual  sales  of  only  S15,000,  their  o]jera- 
tions  continually  expanded  until  their  name  came  to 


suggest  elevators  as  soon  as  it  was  mentioned  any- 
where. 

The  business  was  incorporated  soon  after  its 
organization,  Norton  P.  Otis  becoming  treasurer 
of  the  neu'  concern;  and  since  liHH((,  when  Charles 
R.  ( )tis  retired,  Norton  has  been  president.  ()tis 
Brothers  &  Co.  are  the  foremost  build- 
ers of  passenger  and  freight  elevators  in 
the  world.  Their  plant  in  Yonkers  cov- 
ers several  acres  of  ground,  and  employs 
about  700  men.  They  have  built  .some 
of  the  largest  elevators  anywhere  used, 
including  three  at  Weehauken,  N.  J., 
each  conveying  135  peo])le  at  one  time 
from  the  North-river  ferrv  landing  to  the 
to|i  of  the  Palisades;  twelve,  of  12,(100 
lbs.  capacity  each,  at  (lia.sgow,  .Scotland, 
for  raising  and  lowering  loaded  trucks 
together  with  the  teams,  at  the  Clas- 
gow  harbor  tunnel  ;  several  in  the  Kiffel 
tower  at  Paris  ;  one  in  the  Catskill 
niuimtains  that  drags  a  train  up  an  in- 
cline TOOO  feet  long  in  ten  minutes, 
thereby  saving  pa.ssengers  a  journey  of 
four  hours  by  stage  ;  and  one  to  the  top 
of  Prospect  mountain,  at  Lake  (ieorge. 
I^levators  moved  by  steam  came  into  use 
ill  liSlKj,  and  hydraulic  apparatus  was 
introduced  about  ten  years  later.  It  is 
said  that  Otis  Brothers  &  Co.  manufac- 
tured three  fourths  of  the  passenger  ele- 
vators now  used  in  New  York  city.  Their 
elevators  are  also  to  be  foimd  in  every 
city  in  .America,  in  all  the  large  cities 
of  Europe,  and  in  South  .America  and 
.\ustralia. 

Mr.  Otis  has  made  his  home  in  Vonkers 
for  many  years,  where  he  is  naturally  one 
of  the  foremost  citizens.  He  was  elected 
mayor  of  Yonkers  in  1880,  and  a  member  of  the 
New  York  legislature  in  1888.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Engineers'  and  Fulton  clul)s,  and  of  the  Metro- 
politan Museum  of  Art. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—Xortoii  Pirn- 
tisi  Otis  7oas  Iwni  at  Halifax,  Vl.,  March  18,  1S.!,(I  .- 
attended  school  in  various  places  in  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  :  learned  the  business  of  manufacturing 
elevators  in  his  father' s  factory,  1S6S—61 ;  took  charge 
of  the  business  with  his  brother  in  1861  ;  married  Lizzie 
A.  Fahs  of  York,  Penn.,  December  23,  1877  ;  rcas 
elected  mayor  tf  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  in  1880  ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ne7v  York  legislature  in  188^  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  corporation  of  Otis  Brothers  &^  Co., 
Yonkers,  since  1890. 


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H 


©SWalD  ®tteuJ>OrfCr  "as  liom  at  Zwittau,  a 
Moravian  village  on  the  Bohemian  liorder,  in  Feb- 
riiarv,  182f).  His  father  was  a  prosperous  manufac- 
turer, and  gave  Oswald  an  excellent  education. 
After  studying  at  the  gymnasium  in  the  usual  (ierman 
way,  he  attended  the  University  of  Vienna  for  a 
year,  specializing  his  work  on  the  subject  of  juris- 
prudence. The  University  of  Prague  received  him 
next,  and  gave  him  a  knowledge  of  the  Czech  lan- 
guage and  of  the  law.  Returning  to  Vienna  in  1848, 
he  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  movement  among 
the  youth  of  Austria  to  create  an  uprising  of  the 
])eople  in  behalf  of  their  liberties.  At  the  outbreak 
of  the  Schleswig-Holstein  war  besought  military  ex- 
perience, and  volunteered  his  services  against  the 
army  of  Denmark.  After  a  brief  campaign  he  re- 
turned to  Vienna,  where  events  were  moving  rapidh. 
Becoming  again  one  of  the  leading  spirits 
among  the  revolutionists,  he  rendered  ' 
valuable  service  to  the  patriot  cause  in 
the  student  uprisings  of  October,  1.S4.S. 
Successful  at  first,  the  students  fniall\ 
suffered  serious  reverses  :  and  many  of 
them  were  shot  or  imprisoned.  After 
hiding  three  days  in  a  chimney,  young 
Ottendorfer  fled  to  Saxony,  only  to  re- 
new the  contest  in  Prague  and  elsewhere 
as  opportunity  offered.  After  rescuing 
Steck,  imprisoned  in  the  castle  of 
Bruchsal,  he  escaped  to  Switzerland. 
Planning  to  begin  life  anew  in  \'ienna 
after  .serving  the  brief  im|jrisonment  that 
he  supposed  would  constitute  his  punish- 
ment, he  was  dissuaded  from  this  project 
by  friends  who  predicted  certain  death 
if  he  should  give  himself  up  to  the 
authorities.  Finally  concluding,  there- 
fore, that  the  safer  course  would  be  to 
leave  the  continent,  he  made  his  wax- 
through  Poland  with  the  aid  of  friends, 
and  embarked  for  New  York  city. 

Landing  there  in  ]8.")0,  he  foimd  him- 
self seriously  handicapped  by  utter  igno- 
rance of  the  English  tongue  —  a  thaw- 
back    only    slightly     mitigated     by     his 
familiarity    with    French,    Latin,    Oreek, 
Hebrew,    and    several    Slav    languages. 
After   eking  out   a    bare    livelihood    for 
some  time,  he  obtained  a  place  in    the 
countingroom  of  the  Stoats  Zeituih::;.  then 
owned  by  Jacob  Uhl.      Upon  the  death  of  the  latter 
gentleman  the  management  of  the  paper  devolved 
upon  his    talented  and  sagacious  widow.      With   the 
help   of    Mr.    (  (ttendorfer,    who     had     de\eloped     a 


remarkable  aptitude  for  journalism,  she  conducted 
the  paper  with  conspicuous  success  until  185!:l,  when 
she  and  her  able  co-worker  were  happily  married. 
Since  then  Mr.  Ottendorfer  has  been  the  chief  force 
in  determining  the  destinies  of  the  great  Oerman 
daily.  His  charming  and  excejjtionally  competent 
consort  assisted  him  greatly  until  a  short  time  l)efore 
her  death  in  April,  1884.  She  made  many  public 
bequests,  besides  leaving  $30,000  to  be  distributed 
among  the  employees  of  the  Stoats  Zeitung. 

Mr.  Ottendorfer  has  long  been  regarded  as  one  of 
the  most  influential  men  of  the  metropolis.  He  has 
been  prominent  in  politics,  favoring  a  .sound  ciu'- 
rency,  civil-service  reform,  and  a  liberalized  tariff 
He  served  one  year  as  an  alderman  of  New  York, 
and  fre<|uently  declined  to  nm  for  more  important 
offices.      lie  was  one  of  the  famous  "Committee  of 


IKS w  Ai.i)  (>Tr/:\iu)h'/-/:K 

Seventy  "  at  the  time  of  the  Tweed  exposure.  Like 
Mrs.  Ottendorfer,  he  has  distinguished  himself  b\- 
many  liberal  benefactions.  He  belongs  to  the  Man- 
hattan, Citv,  Centurv,  Reform,  and  other  clubs. 


MEX   f'/'"   .\V-;//'    YCiUK^MANHATTAX  SKCT/OX 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Oswald  Ot- 
tendorfer  was  born  at  Zrvittau,  Moravia,  February 
26,  1826  ;  was  educated  in  Austrian  schools  and  uni- 
versities ;  came  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  and  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  "  Slaafs  Zeit//nx\"  New  York, 
soon  thereafter  ;   married  Mrs.  Jacob  Ulil  of  Neio  York 


JAMES  FAR.WSWORTH  FIERCE 


city  in  1859  ;  has  been  editor  of  the 
since  1859. 


'  Staats  Zeitii 


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3ames  jfarnswortb  pierce  is  descended 

from  an  old  New  England  family  that  has  given  to 
the  country  many  distinguished  men  and  faithful 
servants,  including  President  Franklin  Pierce.  Mr. 
Pierce's  father  was  Dr.  Caleb  Pierce,  a  prominent 
physician,  who  came  from  New  Hampshire  and 
settled  in  St.  Lawrence  county,  New  Vork,  in  the 
early  part  of  the  century. 

There  Mr.  Pierce  was  born  in  IS.'iO,  and  there 
he  received  his  general  and  professional  education. 
After  studying  in  common  schools  and  under  a 
private   tutor  for  a   time,  he  entered   St.  Lawrence 


Academy,  where  he  fitted  himself  for  the  sophomore 
class  at  Yale  College.  He  was  compelled  by  ill 
health,  however,  to  give  up  his  plans  for  a  college 
course.  He  was  looking  forward  to  the  legal  pro- 
fession as  his  life-work,  and  alter  reading  law  for 
several  months  in  Potsdam,  N.  Y. ,  he  went  to  'I'roy, 
to  study  in  the  office  of  William  A. 
Beach.  In  May,  1851,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Albany.  In  the  following 
year,  deeming  it  desirable  to  seek  a 
milder  climate,  he  moved  to  St.  Augus- 
tine, Fla.,  and  associated  himself  with 
Judge  Isaac  H.  Bronson  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  This  lasted  for  three 
years,  and  he  then  returned  North,  and 
established  himself  in  Canton,  the  county 
seat  of  St.  Lawrence  county.  He  soon 
became  one  of  the  most  prominent  at- 
torneys in  that  part  of  the  state,  and  for 
ten  years  carried  on  a  successful  law 
]jra(tice  there. 

St.  Lawrence  county  offered  but  a 
limited  field  for  professional  achieve- 
ment, and  in  1866  Mr.  Pierce  moved 
to  Brooklyn  and  began  practice  in  the 
metroiJolis.  Forming  a  partnership  with 
Robert  Sewell,  he  continued  his  asso- 
ciation with  this  able  member  of  the  New 
York  bar  for  twenty-five  years.  After  a 
time  George  P.  Sheldon  was  admitted 
to  the  firm,  and  for  many  years  Sewell, 
Pierce  &  Sheldon  was  a  prominent  term 
in  legal  circles.  Mr.  Pierce's  talents  as 
a  lawyer  now  had  full  scope,  and  he  won 
a  large  measure  of  success  at  a  keenly 
competitive  bar. 

Mr.  Pierce  had  taken  considerable  in- 
terest in  public  affairs  before  leaving  St. 
Lawrence  county,  and  had  held  an  im- 
county  office  there.  This  interest  con- 
after  his  removal  to  Brooklyn,  and  his 
party  there  was  not  slow  to  avail  itself  of  his  ser- 
vices. In  1867  he  became  the  Democratic  can- 
didate for  state  senator  in  the  2d  senatorial  dis- 
trict, and  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  nearly 
4000,  though  the  district  had  for  years  been  Repub- 
lican. From  the  first  he  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  deliberations  of  his  associates,  and  served  on 
important  committees ;  and  his  re-election  for  a 
second  term  followed  in  due  time.  For  .some  years 
thereafter  he  devoted  himself  to  his  private  affairs, 
but  in  1.S77  he  was  again  his  party's  candidate  for 
the  senate,  and  was  again  elected.  This  second 
|)eriod  of  service  was  followed  b}'  an  additional  four 


portant 
tinned 


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years  in  l.S<S6-81),  and  Mr.  Pierce  has  therefore  the 
unusual  record  of  ten  years'  membership  in  the 
highest  legislative  body  of  the  state.  During  this 
time  he  served  on  the  important  committees  on 
insurance,  judiciary,  railroads,  and  commerce  and 
navigation,  as  well  as  on  the  special  committee 
appointed  to  investigate  the  Broadway  Street  Rail- 
way franchise. 

Mr.  Pierce's  greatest  public  service,  however,  is 
his  able  administration  of  the  insurance  department 
of  the  state  for  six  years.  Governor  Hill  appointed 
him  superintendent  of  this  department  in  February, 
1891,  and  the  nomination  was  promptly  confirmed 
by  the  senate.  At  the  e.xpiration  of  his  first  term  of 
three  years  he  was  reappointed  by  Covernor  Flower; 
and  the  Republican  senate,  on  motion  of  one  of 
the  most  prominent  members  of  that  jtarty,  luiani- 
mously  confirmed  the  governor's  action. 
It  was  felt  that  the  department  could 
not  be  in  abler  or  more  trustworthy 
hands.  A  leading  Brooklyn  paper,  com 
menting  on  the  matter,  said  :  "  The 
state  superintendency  of  insurance  is  the 
easiest  office  in  which  to  be  bad,  and  per- 
haps the  hardest  one  in  which  to  be 
good,  that  there  is  in  the  slate.  Mr. 
Pierce,  if  he  ever  had  any  difficulty  in 
being  good  in  it,  has  overcome  that  diffi- 
culty. He  has  evidently  reduced  honest 
administration  of  the  trust  to  a  habit, 
and  the  fact  of  the  habit  has  won  the 
confidence  of  the  entire  commonwealth. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
James  Farnswortli  Pierce  7iias  born  at 
Madrid,  St.  Luiwrence  county,  N.  Y., 
April  S,  18S0  :  jcas  educated  at  St.  Laiv- 
rence  Academy,  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1831 :  practiced  his 
profession  in  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  1852- 
■55  :  married  Anna  ALaria  Redin^ton  of 
Waddington,  N.  Y. ,  in  June,  1850  ;  prac- 
ticed law  in  Canton,  N.  Y. ,  1856-66  : 
was  state  senator,  1808-71,  1878-79,  and 
1886— 89 ;  was  state  superintendent  of  in- 
surance, 1891—97  :  has  practiced  hnc  in 
Neii<  York  citv  since  1866. 


James    IRobertson    pitcbcr, 

one  of  the  most  successful  insurance  man- 
agers of  the  country,  was  born  at  Wind- 
ham, N.  Y.,  in    the    Catskill    mountains,  somewhat 
more  than  fifty  years  ago.      He  is  of  mixed  Knglish 
and   Scotch  descent,  his  father  having  been  Dorlon 
H.     Pitcher,    a    successfid    tainier,    and   his   mother 


Fhilira  Roliertson.  After  taking  a  course  of  study 
at  Whitestone  Seminary,  Mr.  Pitcher  began  active 
life  at  the  age  of  eighteen  as  a  clerk,  bookkeeper, 
and  office  manager  for  the  firm  in  which  his  father's 
estate  was  interested.  As  an  outside  vocation  he 
took  up  the  business  of  insurance,  and  conducted 
agencies  for  \arious  life,  fire,  and  accident  com- 
panies. Selling  his  interest  in  the  tannery  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one,  he  proceeded  to  New  York, 
and  became  a  salesman  in  the  great  house  of 
H.  B.  Claflin  &  Co.  He  remained  there  two  years, 
and  then  entered  the  wdiolesale  clothing  business, 
in  w'hich  he  continued  for  thirteen  years.  He  was 
successful  in  this  business  ;  but  his  early  interest 
in  the  subject  of  insurance  had  never  abated,  and  he 
finally  determined  to  carry  out  his  long  cherished 
plan  of  organizing  an  insurance  company  of  his  own. 


J.4.\fE.S  ROHEKTSO.X  PITCHER 

Founding,  accordingly,  in  1^77,  the  United 
States  Mutual  Accident  Association,  in  accordance 
with  principles  that  seemed  to  him  sounder  and 
more   e(|uitable   than    tliose    previously   followed    by 


o4 


MF.x  or  .\j:\i'  jva'A'— j/. /.\y/, /  77: /.\'  s/:ct/ik\ 


accident  companies,  he  ultimately  Imilt  u])  a  magnifi- 
cent insurance  business.  The  humble  beginning 
of  the  enterprise,  however,  may  be  understood  from 
the  statement  that  Mr.  Pitcher  himself  at  first  did 
ail  the  clerical  work  invoUcd  in  the  conduit  of  the 
business.  He  max  be  said  to  have  originated 
mutual  accident  insurance.  In  l.Si)j>  he  sold  out 
his  interest  in  the  business  tor  more  than  SI, ()()(),()()() 
in  cash. 

Ardently  fond  of  flowers,  Mr.  Pitcher  several 
years  ago  built  e.xtensive  greenhouses  at  Short  Hills, 
N.  (.,  where  he  owns  700  acres  of  land.  He 
found  that  the  general  i)ublic  was  interested  in  his 
cultivation  of  orchids,  and  he  finally  made  his 
greenhouses  serve  commercial  ends  through  the 
firm  of  Pitcher  &  Manda.  He  now  has  fifty  such 
houses  filled  with  orchids  and  choiie  e.xotic  plants. 
He  is  engaged  in  numerous  other  business  under- 
takings. He  was  one  of  the  i ncor])orators  anil  first 
directors  of  the  Mercantile  Benefit  .\ssociation,  the 
Lawyers'  Surety  Co.,  and  the  Menantile  Credit  (It 
( aiaranty  Co.  He  has  been  treasurer  of  the  National 
Mutual  Building  &:  Loan  Association,  New  York 
cit)-,  and  president  of  the  New  Jersey  Floricultural 
Society.  Mr.  Pitcher  is  a  man  of  cordial  address, 
and  is  a  welcome  visitor  at  the  Manhattan,  Players," 
Tuxedo,  and  other  clubs. 

PERSONAL  CHROXOLOGY—  [awes  Roh- 
erlsoii  Pitcher  was  lioni  at  W'iiiilham,  N.  )'. ,  Marcli 
'),  IHJ/.')  ;  was  educated  at  Whltestonc  Seminary  :  was 
clerk  in  a  tannery,  lHfi-S-66,  and  in  a  Neio  York 
/loiise,  1S66-6S ;  conducted  a  clothing  Inisiness  in 
New  York,  1S6S-77 :  married  Helen  K.  Sweet  of 
Neii)  York  September  1,  1870  .•  organized  the  United 
States  Mutual  Accident  Association  in  1877,  and  con- 
ducted the  same  until  1893  ;  has  carried  on  extensive 
greenhouses  at  Short  Hills,  A'.  /. ,  since  1890  :  is  now 
president  of  the  Petrolia  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Nen< 
York,  and  is  engaged  in  inanv  other  business  enter- 
prises. 

•♦• 

IfJCUrV  JBraMCV?  plant  «as  born  in  Bran- 
ford,  Conn.,  during  Monroe's  first  administration. 
He  has  an  interesting  lineage,  running  back  in  this 
country  to  the  year  l(i8fi.  Mr.  Plant's  great-grand- 
father on  the  paternal  side  .served  in  Washington's 
army,  and  was  one  of  the  guard  of  Major  Andre  on 
the  occasion  of  that  unfortunate  man's  execution. 
.Another  ancestor  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolution. 

After  a  brief  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Connecticut  and  from  private  tutors,  Mr.  Plant  be- 
gan active  life  in  the  calling  with  which  he  has  ever 
since  been  closely  connected  —  the  transportation 
industry.      Entering  the  service  of  the  New  Ha\  en 


Steamboat  Co.  in  LS.'iT,  he  was  soon  placed  in 
charge  of  the  express  business  upon  the  steamboats 
between  New  York  and  New  Haven.  C)n  the  com- 
])letion  of  the  railroad  between  these  two  cities,  he 
took  charge  of  the  express  business  thus  carried  on. 
When  the  Adams  Expre.ss  Co.  was  organized,  Mr. 
Plant  went  South  in  the  service  of  the  corporation. 
Ill  the  fall  of  1<S.")4  he  was  appointed  superintendent 
of  the  .southern  division  of  the  company,  with  head- 
quarters at  .Augusta,  Ga. ,  and  continued  in  that  office 
until  18(il.  In  that  year  he  organized  the  Southern 
Kx]iress  Co.,  and  has  since  been  president  thereof 
continuously.  In  l.SIJT  he  became  president  of  the 
Texas  Express  Co.,  and  has  ever  since  retained  the 
jjosition. 

Many  people  commonly  think  of  .Mr.  I'lant  in 
connection  with  Florida,  and  are  not  I'amiliar  with 
his  earlier  career  summarized  above.  He  first 
visited  the  Everglade  State  in  l.S.")4,  that  his  invalid 
wife  might  test  the  health-giving  qualities  of  the 
climate.  Her  health  was  prolonged  for  vcars  by 
frecpient  visits  there,  and  Mr.  Plant  came  to  see 
clearly  the  possibilities  of  the  country.  It  was  not 
until  1.S70,  however,  that  he  found  convenient  op- 
portunity to  carry  out  his  plans.  .After  jnirchasing, 
with  other  investors,  the  Atlantic  &  (!ulf  railroad  of 
(ieorgia,  and  reorganizing  the  company  as  tlu- 
Savannah,  Florida  &  Western,  he  shortened  the 
route  to  I'lorida  by  building  a  line  from  ^^'ay  Cross, 
Ca.,  to  lacksonville.  In  TS.SO  he  purchased,  with 
as.sociates,  the  Savannah  &  Charleston  railroad,  now 
called  the  Charleston  iS:  Savannah  railway,  and 
greatly  imjjroved  the  property.  Mr.  Plant's  plans 
were  far-reaching  ;  and  in  order  to  carry  them  out 
with  unitv  of  management  and  persistent  ])rogress, 
he  obtained  in  ISSj!  from  the  legislature  of  Con- 
necticut a  charter  incorporating  the  Plant  Invest- 
ment Co.  He  has  been  president  of  the  company 
from  the  beginning.  Several  powerful  capitalists 
were  associated  with  him  in  the  venture,  and  its  suc- 
cess was  long  ago  assured.  Various  lines  of  railway 
have  been  bought  from  time  to  time  ;  connecting 
links  have  been  built  ;  and  an  extensive  and  well- 
conceived  svstem  of  lines  now  gridirons  the  .south- 
eastern corner  of  the  L  nited  States,  and  serves 
effectively  an  increasingly  important  section  of  the 
country.  Supplementing  the  railway  properties, 
and  operating  in  harmony  with  them,  are  several 
steamship  lines.  The  most  im|jortant  of  these  is  the 
line  from  Port  Tampa,  Fla.,  to  Key  West  and 
Havana,  which  has  been  in  operation  since  188fi, 
and  has  become  an  important  artery  of  commerce. 
The  familiar  symbol  of  the  Plant  steamers  may  also 
be  seen   in   New   England  waters  every  summer,  as 


.I/AW  o/'  .\7-:ir  iv'A'A'—.i/.;.\7A/ /■/'./. \'  s/:c/7ik\ 


service  is  regularly  maintained  between  IJoston  and 
Halifax  by  an  offshoot  of  the  Plant  company. 

Mr.  Plant  is  a  fine  type  of  the  vigorous,  resource- 
ful, and  indomitable  Americans  who  have  opened 
up  the  country,  and  fructified  the  earth  in  number- 
less ways.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  Florida 
and  adjacent  parts  of  the  South  are  altogether 
different  to-day  in  many  aspects  from  what  they 
would  be  if  Henry  Bradley  Plant  had  not  existed,  or 
had  chosen  to  use  his  powers  in  some  other  part  of 
the  land.  The  stamj)  of  his  organizing  genius  will 
long  remain  on  the  map  of  the  southern  states,  and 
in  the  commercial  life  of  their  people. 

PERSONAL  CliRO.XO LOGY— Henry  Brad- 
lev  Plant  was  horn  at  Bran/cirJ,  Conn.,  October, >7, 
18 la  ;  was  ediuateit  in  common  se/ioo/s  and  I>x private 
tutors ;  was  in  tlie  employ  of  various  express  companies, 
ht-37-61 ;  married,  on  September  i>'>, 
ISJf.l,  Ellen  Eliza l>eth  Blackstone  of  Bran-  ! 
ford.  Conn. ,  a  direct  descendant  of  Thomas 
Blackstone,  who  settled  in  Boston  abcnit 
IfiSO  :  after  her  death  in  ]S(!1,  married 
Marsiaret  Josephine  Lon};hman  of  Xeii.' 
3 \nk  citv  in  IS7-1 :  or«;anized  the  Southern 
Express  Co.  in  1S(J1,  and  has  since  been 
president  thereof:  since  1SH2  has  been 
president  of  the  Plant  /nrestment  Co.,  de- 
voted to  railroad  and  other  ope  ration  i  in 
Elorida  and  elsewhere. 


MbitelaW  1ReiJ>,  ^vhose  name 
stands  for  all  that  is  best  in  modern 
journalism,  and  irresistibly  calls  to  mind 
the  New  York  Tribune,  was  born  near 
Xenia,  Ohio,  about  sixty  years  ago.  His 
grandfather,  one  of  the  founders  of 
Xenia,  was  a  Scottish  Covenanter  ;  and 
his  mother  also  traced  her  descent  from 
a  famous  line  of  Highland  chieftains. 
Mr.  Reid's  early  education  was  olitained 
at  his  uncle's  academy  in  Xenia,  where 
he  prepared  for  Miami  (  O.  )  University. 
He  graduated  thence  with  the  scientific 
honors  of  his  cla,ss  in  ISofi. 

That  was    the  memoralile   \ear  which 
witnessed    the   birth    of  the    Republican 
party  as  a  national  force,  and   in  which 
General  Fremont  ran   for  the  presidency 
on  the  new  ticket.      Mr.  Reid  had  taken 
up  teaching  as  his  first  vocation  ;   but  his 
mind  was  already  set  u|ion  larger  matters,  and  he  re- 
mained only  a  year  in  the  teacher's  chair.      He  was 
greatly  interested  in  the  political  c|uestions  of  the 
day,  making  speeches   in  behalf  of  Fremont   in  the 


campaign  of  LS.')!)  ;  and,  naturally  enough,  he  entered 
the  journalistic  world.  Becoming  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Xenia  News  in  1857,  when  only 
twenty  years  old,  he  conducted  the  paper  for  several 
years  with  a  fair  measure  of  success.  Regarded  in 
a  broad  way,  and  with  the  perspective  of  fiiture 
years,  the  little  country  paper  was  a  most  important 
factor  in  Mr.  Reid's  career.  It  proved  an  admira- 
ble training  in  journalism,  and  disclosed  to  himself 
and  to  others  his  remarkal)le  aptitude  for  newspajjer 
work. 

In  the  momentous  campaign  of  18(i0  .Mr.  Reid 
gained  additional  |)restige  by  his  vigorou.s  editorial 
articles  in  sujiport  of  the  Rei^ublican  cause,  and  b\ 
political  speeches.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
\\  ar  he  was  sent  to  the  field  by  the  Cincinnati 
Gazette  as  a  correspondent  :    and    his   letters   lo  that 


HF.xRv  nR.\f>i.i-.y  ft.Axr 

journal,  signed  "Agate,"  attracted  national  notice 
by  their  brilliancy  of  style  and  accurate  delineation 
of  events.  He  was  at  the  front  in  the  Virginia  cam- 
paigns of  McClellan  and  Rosecrans,  wrote  a  graphic 


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MAXHATTAX  SEVTIOX 


account  of  (irant's  ca])tiire  of  Fort  Donelson,  and 
achieved  a  remarkable  journalistic  feat  in  writing, 
under  fire,  a  com]jlete  and  accurate  description  of 
the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing.  He  was  ]jresent  at 
the  siege  of  ("orintli,  at  (lettvsburg,  and  other  mem- 
orable liattles. 


WHITIU.AW   REID 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Reid  engaged  in  cot- 
ton planting  in  Louisiana  for  a  {^\\  months,'  record- 
ing his  observations  of  the  South  in  a  volume  enti- 
tled "After  the  War"  (Cincinnati,  1866).  Re- 
turning to  Ohio,  he  spent  two  years  in  writing 
"Ohio  in  the  War, "  published  in  two  volumes  in 
1868,  and  containing  not  only  a  com]jlete  history  of 
the  state  throughout  the  war,  but  also  elaborate 
biographies  of  most  of  the  leading  generals  of  the 
Union  army.  The  work  is  regarded  as  altogether 
the  best  of  its  class. 

Mr.  Reid's  acquaintance  with  Horace  tireeley, 
the  founder  and  venerable  editor  of  the  New  York 
Trilmne,  began  during  the  Civil  War,  when  Mr. 
(ireelev  sought  unsuccessfully  to  obtain  the  services 


of  the  brilliant  young  journalist.  In  1868,  how- 
ever, Mr.  Reid  decided  to  leave  the  Cincinnati 
Gazette,  of  which  he  had  become  editor,  and  con- 
nect himself  with  the  Tribune.  At  first  he  was 
merely  an  editorial  writer,  but  his  authority  was 
soon  broadened,  and  the  position  of  managing  edi- 
tor was  assigned  to  him.  Upon  the 
death  of  Mr.  (Ireeley  in  November,  1X72, 
Mr.  Reid  succeeded  him  as  editor  and 
chief  owner  of  the  paper.  The  Tribune 
had  a  great  name  at  that  time,  but  its 
financial  condition  was  by  no  means 
correspondingly  secure.  Under  the  vig- 
orous management  of  Mr.  Reid  the  paper 
has  sustained  the  prestige  of  its  l)est  days  as 
one  of  the  great  newspapers  of  the  world, 
and  has  attained  a  financial  position  that 
would  have  seemed  altogether  impossible 
to  the  former  owners  of  the  property. 

Mr.  Reid  has  made  the  Tribune  his 
(  hief  interest  in  life.  The  mission  to 
(lermany  was  tendered  to  him  by  Pres- 
ident Hayes,  and  afterward  by  President 
Carfield;  but  in  both  cases  he  pre- 
ferred to  remain  in  private  lite.  In 
LS78,  however,  he  accepted  the  office  of 
regent  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  to  which  he  was  chosen  for 
life  by  the  New  York  legislature.  In 
the  spring  of  1889  he  was  a|jpointed  min- 
ister to  France  by  President  Harrison, 
and  resided  at  the  F'rench  capital  tor  the 
next  three  years.  C^n  the  completion  of 
the  treaties  that  he  had  been  instructed  to 
negotiate,  he  resigned  and  returned  home 
to  resume  his  editorial  work.  In  1892  he 
received  the  Republican  nomination  for 
the  office  of  vice  president  of  the  Ignited 
States  on  the  ticket  with  Benjamin  Harri- 
son. In  1897  he'  was  appointed  special  envoy  of  the 
LTnited  States  to  the  Diamond  Jubilee  of  (Jueen 
Victoria. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  —  Wliitelaiu 
Reid  was  born  near  Xenia,  O.,  October  27,  1SS7  : 
graduated  from  Miami  {O. )  Unil'ersity  in  185<i  : 
taught  school  in  1S'> 7  :  ivas  connected  loitii  the  Xenia 
"News,"  and  the  Cincinnati  "  Gazette,"  lS.)7-i;S, 
sen'ing  as  ivar  correspondent  for  the  latter  paper :  mar- 
ried £/izabeth  Mii/s,  daugliter  of  D.  O.  Mills  of  New 
York  city,  April  26,  1881 ;  was  United  States  minister 
to  France,  1889-92 ;  has  been  regent  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  the  State  of  Ne^v  York  since  1878  ;  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  New  York  ' '  Tribune ' '  since  1808, 
and  has  been  its  editor  and  chief  oicner  since  1872. 


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jf.  3B.  XlblU'bCr  has  been  identified  with  the 
grocery  business  ever  since  he  left  the  rocky  dairy 
farm  in  Delaware  comity,  New  York,  where  he  was 
born,  and  went  to  New  York  city,  a  lad  of  fourteen 
years.  Beginning  in  the  humble  capacity  natural  to 
a  young  and  inexperienced  country  boy,  he  advanced 
rapidly  from  one  post  to  another,  and  in  the  course 
of  a  dozen  years  had  attained  a  position  of  impor- 
tance in  the  commercial  world. 

Mr.  Thurber  has  long  devoted  special  attention 
to  the  question  of  transportation  ;  and  has  done 
much  to  establish  uniform  and  stable  rates,  and  to 
abolish  unjust  discriminations  tending  to  enrich  the 
few  at  the  expense  of  the  many.  With  this  end 
in  view-  he  organized  in  1884  the  Anti-Monopoly 
League  of  the  State  of  New  York,  which,  after  a 
long  fight,  secured  the  ai)pointment  of  a  state  rail- 
road commission,  and  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  obtaining  the  passage,  in  1887, 
of  the  interstate-commerce  law,  creating 
a  national  commission  for  the  supervision 
of  the  transportation  interests  of  the 
country.  Mr.  'lliurber  has  always  been 
a  firm  friend  of  the  Erie  canal,  and  has 
voiced  its  interests  in  the  commercial 
bodies  of  the  state  for  many  years.  He 
has  been  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
railroad  transportation  of  the  New  York 
Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation  for 
many  years  ;  and  he  is  a  member  of  the 
committee  on  internal  trade  and  im- 
provements of  the  New  York  Chamber 
of  Commerce. 

Believing  with  Emerson  that  "a  fool- 
ish consistency  is  the  hobgoblin  of  little 
minds,"  Mr.  Thurber  ha.s  not  been  afraid 
to  change  his  opinions  on  industrial  and 
social  problems  as  the  facts  and  condi- 
tions upon  which  those  opinions  were 
based  have  altered.  His  guiding  prin- 
ciple has  always  been  to  secure  the  rights 
of  the  many  against  the  privileges  of  the 
few  ;  but  he  has  been  willing  to  look  on 
both  sides  of  a  question,  and  has  tried 
to  act  with  judicial  impartiality.  In  his 
view  society,  imless  it  purposes  to  war 
against  progress  and  civilization,  must 
abandon  the  ])rohibition  of  industrial 
concentration  and  combinations.  Mod- 
ern conditions  of  life  demand  an  abund- 
ance of  commodities  at  the  smallest  practicable  cost, 
and  experience  shows  that  this  demand  can  be  satis- 
fied only  by  the  employment  of  capital  on  the  most 
extensive    scale.      The    ijroblem   that  confronts   the 


student  of  economics  is  the  restriction  of  competi- 
tion to  such  an  extent  that  the  producer  shall  not 
suffer,  and  the  supervision  of  industrial  combinations 
so  that  the  consumer  shall  receive  the  benefits  of 
such  co-operation  without  the  disadvantages  attend- 
ing its  abuse. 

Mr.  Thurber  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  move- 
ments affecting  trade  and  commerce,  both  at  home 
and  abroad.  He  is  president  of  the  United  States 
Export  Association,  an  organization  designed  to 
extend  the  market  for  American  products  in  foreign 
lands.  He  is  also  president  of  the  American  Grocer 
Publishing  Co.,  that  issues  the  trade  paper  called  the 
American  Grocer.  He  is  one  of  the  commissioners 
and  the  secretary  of  the  new  East-river  bridge,  which 
is  designed  to  do  for  the  eastern  district  of  Brooklyn 
what  the  ]iresent   bridge  has  done  for  the  western 


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district.  Mr.  Thurlier  is  a  member  of  the  L'uion 
League,  Manhattan,  Hardware,  and  Commercial 
ilubs,  and  is  prominent  in  various  aspects  of  life  in 
the  metropolis. 


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ME\  OF  A'EIV   YORK 


MANHA  TTAN  SECTION 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— F.  B.  Thur- 
ber  was  Iwrn  at  Dellii,  Dcla^uare  county,  N.  Y. , 
November  13,  1842 ;  attended  the  common  schools, 
Delaware  Academy  at  Delhi,  and  Union  Hall  Acad- 
emy, Jamaica,  L.  L.  ;  ivent  into  business  in  1859  with 
the  interrelated  concerns  kno7on  as  T.  M.  Wheeler  6^ 
Co.  and  Robert  Ss"  Williams,  in  the  warehousing, 
lighterage,  and  importing  business,  Netv  York  city ; 
joined  his  brother,  H.  K.  Thurber,  in  the  firm  of  H.  K. 
Thurber  ^2^"  Co.,  ivholesale grocers,  in  18(!5  :  continued 
iu  that  busijicss,  under  various  styles,  until  1893  ; 
since  then  has  been  president  of  the  American  Grocer 
Publishing  Co. ,  publishing  the  trade  paper  known  as 
the  ' '  American  Grocer. ' ' 


CbarleS  XeWiS  UiffanV?,  the  founder  and 
head  of  the  famous  house  of  Tiffany  &  Co.,  was  born 
in  Windham  county,  Conn.,  in  1812.  He  is  the 
eldest  son  of  Comfort  Tiffany,  a  native  of  Attleboro, 
Mass. ;  and  traces  his  descent  from  Scjuire  Humphrey 
Tiffany  of  England,  who  settled  in  Massachusetts  in 
the  seventeenth  century.  Mr.  Tiffany's  early  educa- 
tion was  received  in  a  typical  New  England  district 
school  ;  and  he  afterward  spent  two  years  at  Plain- 
field  (Conn.)  Academy,  at  that  time  an  institution 
of  considerable  prominence.  When  he  was  but  fif- 
teen years  old,  his  father,  who  had  been  for  many 
years  a  manufacturer  of  cotton  goods,  opened  a 
small  country  store,  and  gave  his  son  Charles  full 
charge  of  the  undertaking.  Here  the  young  man 
acquired  his  first  business  experience  ;  and  in  making 
trips  to  New  York  for  supplies  he  gained  some 
insight  into  the  commercial  activities  of  the  metrop- 
olis. These  appealed  to  him  strongly  ;  and  he  felt 
a  desire  to  enter  the  conflict,  and  escape  from  the 
narrow  bonds  of  village  life. 

Accordingly,  in  1837,  Mr.  Tiffany  betook  himself 
to  New  York,  already  a  city  of  200,000  inhabitants, 
determined  to  engage  in  business  there.  After 
looking  carefully  over  the  ground  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  John  B.  Young,  a  friend  and  neighbor 
who  had  left  Connecticut  several  months  before  him, 
to  conduct  a  fancy-goods  and  stationery  store.  Mr. 
Tiffany's  father  furnished  the  capital  of  $1000  with 
which  the  business  was  established,  and  the  firm  was 
known  as  Tiffany  &  Young.  The  changed  condi- 
tion of  the  city  in  the  sixty  years  since  elapsed  is 
eloquently  attested  by  the  fact  that  the  location 
chosen  by  the  young  firm  —  on  Broadway  at  the 
corner  of  Warren  street  —  was  then  deemed  danger- 
ously far  uptown.  From  the  beginning  Mr.  Tiffany 
made  a  specialty  of  securing  goods  out  of  the  ordi- 
nary line,  and  in  a  short  time  the  store  acquired  the 
reputation  for  unique  and  choice  wares  that  has  ever 


since  been  one  of  its  marked  characteristics.  With- 
in four  years  it  became  necessary  to  secure  the 
adjoining  store  ;  and  with  more  commodious  quarters 
it  was  possible  to  carry  a  greater  variety  of  stock, 
including  foreign  glassware  and  porcelain,  clocks, 
and  fancy  Parisian  jewelry.  In  1841,  also,  the  firm 
was  enlarged  by  the  admission  of  J.  L.  Ellis,  and 
became  known  as  Tiffany,  Young  &  Ellis.  In  1850 
a  branch  was  established  in  Paris  under  the  style  of 
Tiflany,  Reed  &  Co.  ;  and  the  parent  house  has 
ever  since  had  the  advantage  of  a  resident  buyer 
abroad,  who  could  avail  himself  of  the  fluctuations 
of  the  market,  and  the  opportunities  that  continually 
arise  for  olitaining  rare  and  valuable  objects.  In 
1808  the  firm  opened  a  London  house.  In  the 
same  year  the  business,  which  since  1853  had  been 
known  under  the  name  of  Tiffany  &  Co.,  was  incor- 
porated under  that  style.  Mr.  Tiffany  has  been  the 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  corporation  from  the 
beginning  :  Gideon  F.  T.  Reed,  the  resident  Paris 
partner,  was  originally  vice  president,  but  since  his 
retirement  in  1875  this  office  has  been  held  by 
Charles  T.  Cook. 

The  incorporation  of  the  concern  as  a  manufactur- 
ing company  was  ibllowed  by  a  general  extension  of 
the  business.  The  manufacture  of  gold  jewelry 
had  been  begun  in  1848,  and  had  rapidly  become 
an  important  part  of  the  business.  The  making  of 
silverware,  in  which  the  firm  has  since  attained  such 
pre-eminence,  was  taken  up  a  few  years  later,  the 
Engli.sh  standard  of  "sterling"  silver  being  first 
introduced  in  this  country  by  Tiffany  &  Co.  The 
manufacture  of  watches,  clocks,  etc.,  was  now  taken 
up,  and  the  firm's  works  in  Prince  street  were  greatly 
enlarged.  The  business  having  entirely  outgrown 
its  quarters  at  550  Broadway,  Mr.  Tiffany  and  his 
as.sociates  bought  the  old  Church  of  the  Pilgrims, 
on  Union  square  at  the  corner  of  Fifteenth  street, 
and  began  the  erection  of  one  of  the  first  strictly 
fireproof  buildings  in  the  city.  Formal  possession 
of  the  new  building  was  taken  on  November  10, 
1870  ;  and  ever  since  then  the  fame  of  "  Tiffany's  " 
has  spread  throughout  the  land,  until  to-day  the 
name  suggests  all  that  is  rare  and  beautiful  in 
jewelry,  silver,  glass,  porcelain,  pottery,  and  a  mul- 
titude of  other  wares.  Prizes,  medals,  and  decora- 
tions almost  without  number  have  been  received  for 
various  exhibits  of  the  firm  during  the  past  thirty 
years.  At  the  Paris  Exposition  of  1867  their  display 
of  silver  plate  attracted  general  attention,  and  re- 
ceived the  first  award  ever  given  to  a  foreigner.  At 
the  Universal  Exposition  held  in  Paris  in  1878  they 
received  the  Gi-and  Prix  for  silverware ;  and  Mr. 
Tiffany    was    created    a    Chevalier  of  the   National 


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Legion  of  Honor  of  France,  and  received  from  the 
Emperor  of  Russia  the  exceptional  tribute  of  the 
Gold  Medal  Praemia  Digiw.  The  Grand  Prix  was 
also  awarded  to  Tiffany  &  Co.  at  the  Universal 
Exposition  of  1889.  At  our  own  Centennial  Exhi- 
bition the  firm  easily  took  the  first  rank,  receiving  a 
gold  medal  and  numerous  certificates  of 
award.  No  one  who  attended  the  Col- 
umbian Exposition  of  1893  needs  to  be 
reminded  of  the  magnificent  Tiffany 
pavilion,  with  its  dazzling  display  of  art 
metal-work  and  precious  gems. 

While  iMr.  Tiffany  has  made  the  suc- 
cess of  the  house  that  bears  his  name 
his  great  interest  in  life,  and  has  stamped 
his  individuality  upon  it  at  every  stage, 
he  has  not  allowed  himself  to  become 
absorbed  by  it.  He  has  naturally  been 
honored  with  many  positions  of  trust  in 
the  metropolis,  and  has  given  his  active 
aid  and  support  to  a  vast  number  of  phil- 
anthropic and  other  public  movements. 
As  might  be  expected,  he  is  a  generous 
patron  of  art,  and  has  done  much  to  fur- 
ther its  development  in  America.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Fine  Arts,  and  is  also  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art, 
and  a  Fellow  of  the  National  Academy  of 
Design.  He  is  a  director  in  several  banks 
and  trust  companies,  and  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
of  a  great  number  of  other  organizations. 

PERSONAL    CNR  ONOL  OGY— 
Charles  Lcivis  Tiffany  u'as  Iwrn  at  Dan- 
iclsonville.    Conn. ,    February    15,    1812  ; 
U'as  educated  in  eomnio?i  schools ;   7vas  a 
clerk  in  his  father' s  country  store,  1827- 
37 ;    began  business  in  New  York  city  in 
18S7  ;    married  Harriet  Olivia  Avery  Young  of  Kil- 
lingly.  Conn.,  Novetnber  30,  18^1 ;    has  been  the  head 
of  what  is  no2ii  the  house  of  Tiffany  c?-'  Co.  since  the 
business  was  established  in  1837,   and  presidoit  and 
treasurer  since  its  incorporation  in  1SG8. 


50bn  BriSbeU  ¥Clall?er,  vvho  has  acquired 
national  fame  in  recent  years  by  his  extraordinary 
success  as  a  publisher,  was  born  on  the  Monongahela 
river,  Pennsylvania,  about  fifty  years  ago.  He  is  a 
scion  of  a  distinguished  American  family,  his  grand- 
father, Major  John  Walker,  having  been  the  first  com- 
missioner for  the  improvement  of  western  rivers,  and 
having  established  the  first  shipyards  west  of  the 
Alleghany  mountains. 


Mr.  Walker's  career  has  been  unusually  pic- 
turesc|\ie  and  interesting.  After  leaving  Georgetown 
College  in  1865,  he  went  to  the  United  States  Mil- 
itary Academy  at  West  Point,  where  he  studied 
three  years.  In  1868  he  resigned  his  cadetship  in 
order  to  enter  the  Chinese  military  service,  accom- 


CH.ARI.Ea  LEWIS    T/FE.-I.XY 

panying  J.  Ross  Browne,  the  United  States  minister 
to  China.  Having  returned  to  this  country  in  1870, 
he  engaged  in  manufacturing  in  West  Virginia  until 
the  panic  of  1873  reduced  him  to  poverty.  He  then 
made  an  entirely  fresh  start  in  life  by  becoming  a 
special  writer  for  the  Cincinnati  Cotnmercial.  This 
engagement  soon  gave  way  to  a  better  post,  that  of 
managing  editor  of  the  Pittsburg  Telegraph  :  and  in 
1876  he  made  another  change,  becoming  managing 
editor  of  the  Washington  Daily  Chronicle. 

Mr.  Walker  had  already  proved  himself  extremely 
versatile,  but  in  1879  he  made  another  abrupt  change 
in  his  calling.  Moving  to  Colorado  in  the  year 
mentioned,  he  l)ecame  the  first  man  to  engage 
in    alfalfa    farmint;    on    an    extended     scale    in    the 


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Centennial  State.  After  his  usual  fashion  Mr.  Walker 
made  a  brilliant  success  of  the  new  venture,  and  his 
Berkeley  farm  soon  outranked  all  other  Colorado 
plantations  of  the  valuable  forage  plant.  He  also 
engaged  in  some  important  engineering  operations 
that  resulted  in  the  rescue  of  a  large  tract  of  valuable 


JDHX  IIRISBEX    WALKER 

land  near  the  center  of   Denver  from  the  overflow 
of  the  Platte  river. 

Having  amassed  a  fortune  from  his  engineering 
and  farming  operations,  Mr.  Walker  decided  to 
enter  the  publishing  world  ;  and  in  1889  he  returned 
East,  and  bought  the  Cosmopolilan  magazine.  The 
publication  was  then  in  an  insolvent  and  moribund 
condition,  with  a  dwindling  circulation  and  scant 
advertising  patronage.  Spending  money  liberally 
on  the  plant,  and  energizing  the  btisiness  in  all 
departments,  Mr.  Walker  (|uickly  caused  the  tide  to 
turn  ;  and  in  a  marvelously  short  time  the  Cosmopol- 
itan was  eagerly  looked  for  by  a  multitude  of  readers 
who  had  never  before  even  heard  of  the  magazine. 
The  business  had  assumed  such  proportions  by  1894 


that  Mr.  Walker  decided  to  build  a  new  and  magnifi- 
cent plant  at  Irvington-on-the-Hud.son  ;  and  there, 
not  far  from  New  York,  he  now  conducts  the  exten- 
sive business  of  the  magazine  in  one  of  the  most 
completely  equipped  printing,  engraving,  binding, 
and  ])ublishing  establishments  anywhere  in  the  world. 
Along  with  his  other  activities,  Mr. 
Walker  has  found  time  to  interest  him- 
self somewhat  in  politics.  So  far  back 
as  1872,  while  a  manufacturer  in  West 
\irginia,  he  was  nominated  for  congress 
bv  the  Republicans.  He  became  most 
interested  in  political  matters,  however, 
in  the  presidential  contest  of  1896,  when 
he  ardently  advocated  the  cause  of  silver 
and  the  election  of  Mr.  Bryan. 

Mr.  Walker  has  so  many  special  inter- 
ests in  life  that  he  has  never  thought  it 
worth  while  to  spend  much  time  in 
chibs.  He  is  a  member,  however,  of 
the  University  Club  of  Chicago,  the 
Century  Club  of  New  York,  and  some 
others  ;  and  he  is  one  of  the  governors 
of  the  Ardslev  Country  Club. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Jolui  Brisben  Walker  was  born  m  Penn- 
sylvania September  10,  18^7 ;  attended 
Georgetown  College,  and  IFest  Point  Mili- 
tary Academy  ;  was  in  the  Chinese  military 
service,  1868—70  ;  engaged  in  manufactur- 
ing in  West  Virginia,  1870-7 S  ;  married 
Emily  Strother  of  Berkeley  Springs, 
W.  I'a.,  in  1871 ;  was  employed  on  various 
newspapers,  as  writer  and  editor,  1873- 
70  :  carried  on  an  extensive  alfalfa  farm 
in  Colorado,  1879-89;  has  been  the 
owner  and  publisher  of  the  ' '  Cosmopoli- 
tan ' '  magazine  since  1889. 


aibert  B.  litllraS,  w'ho  represents  the  8th  dis- 
trict in  the  New  York  state  senate,  and  who  is  well 
known  in  the  legal  and  political  circles  of  Brooklyn, 
was  born  in  Missouri  less  than  forty  years  ago.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state,  and  sulisequently  taught  there  for  two  years. 
Shortly  after  reaching  his  majority  he  betook  him- 
self to  New  York  city  for  the  purpose  of  studying 
law,  and  making  the  metropolis  his  permanent  place 
of  residence.  This  plan  has  been  consistently  carried 
out.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1885,  he  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  practice  ever  since.  He  has 
his  business  office  at  63  Wall  street.  New  York, 
but  has  made  his  home  in  Brooklyn  for  the  last 
ten  years. 


M£A   OF  .VEll-    VORk'—MA.XHATTA.X  SECT/OA' 


fil 


Mr.  Wray  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  political 
affairs  since  early  manhood,  'rhroughout  his  resi- 
dence in  Brooklyn  he  has  been  connected  with  var- 
ious Republican-party  organizations.  For  four  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Invincible  Twenty-third 
Ward  Club.  He  belonged  to  the  Brooklyn  Young 
Republican  Club  for  si.\  years,  and  served  as  chair- 
man of  its  advisory  committee  in  1892-93.  In  the 
latter  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  Republican  Pro- 
visional Reorganization  Committee,  which  was  a 
potent  agency  in  the  reorganization  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  Kings  county.  He  is  now  a  member 
of  the  Kings-county  Republican  general  committee. 

Taking  so  active  a  .share  in  the  counsels  of  the 
Republican  party,  Mr.  Wray  has  naturally  been 
called  upon  to  assume  public  office.  In  the  fall  of 
1893  he  was  nominated  for  the  state  assembly,  and 
was  elected  by  a  large  majority  over  his 
Democratic  opponent.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  following  committees  in  the 
assembly  of  1894  :  general  laws,  insur- 
ance, and  electricity,  gas,  and  water 
supply.  Mr.  Wray  introduced  the  bill 
for  the  election  of  police  commissioners 
in  New  York  city,  and  another  |iroviding 
for  the  erection  of  monuments  on  the 
battlefield  of  Chattanooga.  He  also 
introduced  several  amendments  to  the 
charter  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn  :  one 
making  an  appro]jriation  for  the  23d- 
regiment  armory  ;  another  providing  for 
the  insulation  of  electric  wires  ;  another 
for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  erec- 
tion of  new  buildings  ;  and  another  pro- 
viding for  park  improvements.  In  No- 
vember, 1894,  Mr.  Wray  was  re-elected 
to  the  assembly,  receiving  8385  votes 
against  2239  for  the  Democratic  nomi- 
nee. In  the  assembly  of  1895  he  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  general 
laws,  and  had  membership  in  the  commit- 
tee on  cities  and  on  the  Soldiers'  Home. 

Having    shown    his    capacity    in    the 
lower  house  of  the  legislature,  Mr.  Wray 
was    promoted    to    the   state   senate    in 
the  fall  of  1895,  receiving  14,697  votes 
against  8525  for  his  nearest  competitor. 
He  received  important  committee  assign- 
ments   in    the   senate,    and    was    made 
chairman    of   the    committee    on    public 
education.      Among  the  bills  introduced  by  him   in 
1896,  the  following  deserve  special  mention  :    one 
excluding  street  railways  from  New  York  and  Ocean 
avenues,   Brooklyn  ;    another  authorizing    Brooklyn 


to  issue  repavement  bonds  :  another  providing  for 
the  submission  to  [lopular  vote  of  the  Greater  New 
York  charter  ;  and  another  making  an  appropriation 
for  a  botanical  garden  in  New  York  city. 

-Senator  Wray  is  prominent  in  the  social  life  of 
Brooklyn.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Greene  Avenue 
Baptist  Church,  and  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club  of  Brooklyn  and  of  Fort  Greene  Council,  Royal 
Arcanum. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Albert  A. 
Wray  7oas  horn  at  Cape  GlrardMti,  Mo. ,  September 
6,  1S5S  ;  7aas  educated  in  public  schools  in  Missouri  ; 
taught  school,  1876-78 ;  studied  lavj  in  New  York 
city,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  188 '>  ;  was  mem- 
ber of  assembly,  1804-95  ;  7t'as  elected  to  the  state 
senate  in  the  fall  of  1805  :  has  practiced  hnv  in  New 
York  citv  since  1885. 


AIJU-.RT  .1.    ll'A'.l  \ 


ItJCUl*^  Hi.  HbCU,  member  of  the  New  York 
state  assembly  from  Kings  county,  was  born  in  Scho- 
harie countv  sixty  years  ago.  His  father,  William 
Bliss    Abell,    was  a  native    of   Connecticut,    and  a 


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MEN   OF  NEW    YORK— MANHATTAN  SECTION 


descendant  of  an  old  New  England  family  ;  and  his 
modier  was  a  daughter  of  William  McCarthy,  an 
Irish  refugee  who  came  to  the  United  States  from 
Cork  during  the  rebellion  of  1798. 

Henry  Abell  was  the  youngest  of  eight  children, 
and  found  himself  at  the  age  of  fourteen  an  orphan, 


HEXRY   /■;.  ABELL 

without  home,  money,  or  friends.  For  the  next  six 
years  he  supported  himself  in  various  ways,  and 
managed  at  the  same  time  to  lay  by  a  little  money. 
For  about  two  years  he  was  clerk  in  a  store  in  west- 
ern New  York  ;  and  from  1854  to  1857  he  worked 
in  Albany,  at  first  in  a  bookstore,  and  afterward  in  a 
bank.  By  the  time  he  was  twenty  he  felt  able  to 
give  up  his  position  in  the  bank,  and  carry  out  his 
plans  for  securing  a  better  education.  For  this  pur- 
pose he  attended  the  Delaware  Literary  Institute  at 
Franklin,  N.  Y.,  and  Columbian  University,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  ;  and  after  his  general  education  was 
completed  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  the  late 
loseph  H.  Bradley  at  Washington  and  in  an  office 
in  New  York  city. 


In  1859  Mr.  Abell  began  a  connection  with  the 
press  that  continued  at  intervals  for  many  years, 
becoming  editor  of  a  paper  in  Delaware  county. 
The  next  year  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  momen- 
tous campaign  that  resulted  in  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  making  speeches  throughout  Delaware 
county  in  behalf  of  the  Republican  cause. 
When  the  war  broke  out,  finding  himself 
debarred  from  active  duty  on  account  of 
defective  eyesight,  he  went  to  Washing- 
ton, and  was  sworn  into  service  in  the 
defense  of  the  capital.  He  was  commis- 
sioned by  Secretary  Chase  to  sign  the 
first  issue  of  government  bonds  to  meet 
the  expenses  of  the  war,  and  at  the  same 
time  did  guard  and  hospital  duty  when 
not  required  at  the  treasury  department. 
In  18(i4  he  was  compelled  by  ill  health 
to  give  up  this  work.  Returning  to  his 
native  county,  accordingly,  he  consoli- 
dated two  newsjjapers  under  the  name 
of  the  Schoharie  Union,  and  for  the  next 
five  years  devoted  himself  to  the  work 
of  an  editor  and  publisher.  Schoharie 
county  at  that  time  abounded  in  "cop- 
perheads" ;  and  Mr.  Abell,  who  ar- 
dently supported  President  Lincoln  and 
the  Union  cau,se,  narrowly  escaped  per- 
sonal injury  at  the  hands  of  a  mob  that 
attacked  his  office. 

In  April,  18G9,  Alonzo  B.  Cornell, 
surveyor  of  the  port  of  New  York,  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Abell  his  deputy,  and  he 
filled  the  position  for  four  years.  Alter 
that  he  was  appointed  by  Collector  Ar- 
thur of  the  same  port  to  prosecute  cer- 
tain violations  of  the  navigation  laws, 
and  succeeded  in  putting  a  stop  to  a 
system  of  fraud  that  had  long  been  prac- 
ticed in  the  registration  of  vessels.  In  1879,  on  his 
election  as  governor  of  New  York  state,  Mr.  Cornell 
appointed  Mr.  Abell  his  private  secretary  ;  and  he 
held  this  position  during  the  governor's  three  years' 
term.  He  afterwards  served  for  many  years  as  an 
officer  of  the  assembly,  acting  as  financial  clerk,  jour- 
nal clerk,  and  assistant  clerk.  He  was  appointed 
under  the  new  law  to  examine  the  constitutionality  of 
bills  introduced  in  the  assembly,  and  in  this  capacity 
he  has  passed  upon  as  many  as  1200  bills  in  a  single 
year.  In  the  summer  of  1894  he  acted  as  counsel 
for  the  state-prison  investigating  committee,  and 
conducted  the  examination  of  many  witnesses.  With 
such  a  record  for  efficient  public  service,  Mr.  Abell, 
nominated  for  the  assembly  in  the  fall  of  1894,  could 


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hardly  fail  to  receive  a  substantial  vote.  As  a  mat- 
ter of  fact,  his  plurality  was  the  largest  ever  received 
by  a  candidate  in  his  district  ;  and  he  served  in  the 
session  of  1895  as  a  member  of  the  committee  on 
codes  and  of  that  on  affairs  of  cities.  In  1896  he 
was  again  elected  to  the  legislature,  and  served  on 
the  committees  on  general  laws,  privileges  and  elec- 
tions, and  unfinished  business,  and  the  special  joint 
committee  on  state  departments  and  commissions. 
Mr.  Abell  is  president  of  the  Logan  Club  of  Brooklyn. 
PERSONA  L  CNR  O NOL  O  G  Y—  Henry 
Edward  Abell  was  born  at  Esperance,  Schoharie 
county,  N.  V.,  June  23,  18S7  ;  was  educated  at  Dela- 
ware Literary  Institute  and  Columbian  University, 
]Vashington,  D.  C.  ;  tnarricd  Lucia  Smith  of  Cobles- 
kill,  N.  v.,  in/a/iuary,  ISGl  :  7i'as  engaged  in  i^orern- 
ment  work  in  Washington,  1861-6 J^ ;  published  the 
"Schoharie  Union,"  1864-69;  was  dep- 
uty surveyor  of  the  port  of  New  York, 
1869-7S,  and  private  secretary  to  Gov- 
ernor Cornell,  1880-83 :  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  legislature  in  180')  and 
1897. 


Ibenrv  Ibarper  BencMct,  a  part- 
ner in  the  famous  house  of  W'yi  koff,  Sea- 
mans  &  Benedict,  has  an  interesting 
family  history.  He  is  descended  from 
William  Benedict,  who  was  living  in 
Nottinghamshire,  England,  in  the  year 
1500.  One  Thomas  Benedict  was  the 
first  member  of  the  family  in  this  coun- 
try, having  left  his  home  in  Nottingham- 
shire in  1638,  and  settled  on  Long  Is- 
land. He  was  one  of  the  founders,  at 
Jamaica,  L.  I.,  of  the  first  Presbyterian 
church  in  America.  He  was  a  delegate, 
appointed  by  Governor  Nichols  to  the 
first  legislative  body  in  New  York  ; 
was  a  member  of  the  general  assembly 
from  1670  to  1675  ;  and  was  in  man\ 
ways  a  notable  figure  in  our  early  colo- 
nial history.  His  son  James  was  one  of 
eight  men  who  founded  the  town  of 
Danbury,  Conn.  Later  members  of  the 
family  were  equally  enterprising,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  redemption  of 
the  American  wilderness  to  civilization. 
Micaiah  Benedict,  the  father  of  our  pres- 
ent subject,  was  an  especially  distin- 
guished scion  of  the  common  stock.  Born  in  Her- 
kimer county,  New  York,  in  1801,  he  was  an  influ- 
ential factor  in  the  political  and  social  life  of  cen- 
tral New  York  throughout    his  long  life.      He  was 


an  ardent  Democrat  up  to  the  time  of  the  Civil  \\'ar, 
when  he  shifted  his  allegiance  to  the  Republican 
party,  with  which  he  remained  until  his  death  in 
1881. 

Henry  Harper  Benedict,  born  in  Herkimer  county 
somewhat  more  than  fifty  years  ago,  received  an 
excellent  education.  After  attending  Little  Falls 
Academy,  and  Fairfield  Seminary  in  his  native  town, 
he  secured  additional  preparatory  training  at  Mar- 
shall Institute,  Easton,  N.  Y.,  and  then  took  the 
regular  course  at  Hamilton  College.  He  joined  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity  w^hile  at  Hamilton. 
During  a  part  of  his  college  course  he  taught  Latin 
and  the  higher  mathematics  in  Fairfield  Seminary. 
After  graduating  from  Hamilton  in  1869,  Mr.  Bene- 
dict entered  the  service  of  E.  Remington  &:  Sons, 
the  famous  manufacturers  of  firearms,  at  Ilion,  N.  \'. 


IlLSRY  HAf'H'IiR   UEMIDICT 


He  received  a  position  of  trust  at  the  start,  and 
improved  his  opportunities  so  well  that  he  was  made 
a  director  in  the  corporation,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Remington  Sewing   Machine  Co. 


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MANHA  TTAN  SECTION 


Mr.  Benedict  has  long  been  thought  of  chiefly  in 
connection  with  typewriting  machines.  In  1882 
the  lirm  of  Wyckoff,  Seamans  &  Benedict  was  formed 
for  the  purpose  of  marketing  the  Remington  type- 
writer, the  firm  of  K.  Remington  &  Sons  having 
contracted  to  give  the  new  concern  exchisive  selling 
rights.  The  business  grew  so  rapidly  under  the 
improved  facilities  for  distribution,  that  Wyckoff, 
Seamans  &  Benedict  bought  the  whole  plant  and 
patent  rights  of  the  Ilion  concern  in  18.SG.  This 
arrangement  accelerated  even  more  the  progress  of 
the  house  ;  and  in  Mav,  1892,  the  business  was  incor- 
porated with  a  capital  stock  of  three  million  dollars. 

Mr.  Benedict's  part  in  this  wonderful  success  has 
been  important  from  the  first.  Soon  after  the  new 
organization  was  effected,  he  went  to  Europe  in  the 
interest  of  the  firm  ;  and  since  then  he  has  been 
abroad  many  times  for  both  business  and  recreative 
purposes.  He  has  had  charge  of  the  foreign  depart- 
ment of  the  business,  and  has  established  successful 
agencies  in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world.  Mr. 
Wyckoff,  the  senior  partner  in  the  original  firm,  and 
president  of  the  incor]3orated  company,  died  in  July, 
1895  ;  and  Mr.  Benedict  was  elected  to  the  presi- 
dency. 

Mr.  Benedict  has  always  been  active  in  the  social 
life  of  his  community.  At  Ilion  he  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  ;  and 
served  the  society  as  an  elder,  trustee,  and  treasurer. 
For  many  years  he  was  president  of  the  Ilion  Liter- 
ary Association,  meeting  in  that  capacity  many  of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  the  country  in  connec- 
tion with  the  annual  lecture  course  of  the  associa- 
tion. He  was  also  president  of  the  Herkimer  County 
Bible  Society.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benedict  are 
now  members  of  Dr.  John  Hall's  Fifth  Avenue 
i'resbyterian  Church  in  New  York,  but  they  com- 
monly attend  Dr.  Storrs's  Church  of  the  Pilgrims, 
near  their  residence  in  Brooklyn.  Mr.  Benedict  is 
especially  interested  in  engravings  and  etchings,  and 
has  at  his  home  a  collection  of  jjrints  by  the  great 
masters  that  is  probably  unexcelled  by  any  collection 
of  similar  size  elsewhere.  He  has  also  a  fine  library, 
and  a  collection  of  oil  paintings,  mostly  of  the  early 
and  modern  Dutch  and  modern  French  schools, 
which  is  almost  as  choice  as  his  assemblage  of 
jirints.  Mr.  Benedict  is  a  member  of  the  Hamilton 
Club  and  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  in 
Brooklyn;  and  of  the  (irolier.  Republican,  D.  K.  F,., 
and  LTnion  League  Clubs  in  New  York.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  Hamilton  College,  and  of  the  Brooklyn 
Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

PERSO NA L  CHR  ONOLOG  ] '—  Henry 
Harper  Benedict  7aas  born  al  German  Flats,   Herk- 


imer county,  N.  Y. ,  October  0,  1S4-4  >  graduated 
from  Hamilton  College  in  1869  ;  married  Maria  Nellis 
of  Fort  Plain,  N.  V. ,  October  10,  1867  ;  entered  the 
employ  of  E.  Remington  &-'  Sons  in  1869 ;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Wyckoff,  Seamans  &=  Benedict 
since  1S82,  and  its  president  since  189'). 


jfrcberic  IRene  CouDert,  one  of  the  most 

distinguished  members  of  the  New  York  bar,  was 
born  in  New  York  city  in  1832.  His  father,  Charles 
Coudert,  had  come  to  America  eight  years  earlier, 
after  an  adventurous  career  in  the  armies  of  Napoleon 
I.,  and  subsequently  in  the  service  of  the  Bonapartes. 
Frederic  Coudert  obtained  his  early  education  at  his 
father's  school  in  New  York  city,  afterward  entering 
Columbia  College,  and  graduating  thence  with  high 
honors  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  then  devoted 
himself  for  three  years  to  newspaper  work,  transla- 
tions, teaching,  and  the  study  of  law. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1853,  Mr.  Coudert  soon 
formed  a  partnership  with  two  brothers  for  the  prac- 
tice of  law.  The  firm  of  Coudert  Brothers  has  con- 
tinued ever  since,  and  has  long  been  one  of  the 
strongest  legal  a.s.sociations  in  the  state.  Its  clients 
include  important  individual  litigants,  large  mercan- 
tile corporations,  and  several  Pkiropean  governments. 
Mr.  Coudert'.s  surpassing  powers  as  a  lawyer  are  due 
to  a  combination  of  qualities,  any  one  of  which 
would  secure  a  fair  measure  of  success,  and  all  of 
which  together  explain  his  brilliant  career.  His 
native  intellectual  talents  have  been  reinforced  by 
education  and  long  training  in  the  law.  He  is  a 
convincing  advocate  before  a  jury,  an  entertaining 
after-dinner  speaker,  and  a  powerful  orator  on  more 
important  occasions.  He  has  delivered  many  notable 
addresses,  and  has  contributed  articles  to  the  leading 
journals  on  subjects  of  public  interest. 

Mr.  Coudert  has  repeatedly  declined  to  enter 
public  life ;  but  he  has  long  been  prominent  in 
political  aflairs,  and  has  been  for  many  years  one  of 
the  leaders  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  strongl}- 
supported  Covernor  Tilden,  Mayor  Grace,  Grover 
Cleveland,  and  Governor  Robinson.  He  was  espe- 
cially active  in  the  Tilden-Hayes  election  of  187fi, 
when  he  was  sent  to  New  Orleans  to  secure  a  feir 
count  of  the  Louisiana  vote.  Again  in  1884  he  took 
a  prominent  jiart  in  the  jjresidential  election,  making 
many  speeches  in  behalf  of  the  Democratic  candi- 
date. He  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Democratic  Club  of  New  York  city. 

Mr.  Coudert  has  held  numerous  positions  of  trust 
and  responsibility.  He  was  ]jresident  of  the  French 
Benevolent  Society  for  ten  years,  of  the  Columbia 
College    Alumni    Association    for   a    long    time,    of 


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the  United  States  Catholic  Historical  Society  for 
several  terms,  of  the  New  York  Bar  Association,  and 
of  the  Democratic  and  Manhattan  clubs.  For  three 
years  he  was  one  of  the  government  directors  of  the 
Union  Pacific  railroad.  He  has  been  a  trustee  of 
Seton  Hall  College,  New  Jersey,  and  of  Columbia 
and  Barnard  colleges.  He  has  been  a 
director  in  many  social  and  charitalile 
organizations.  The  degree  of  LL.D. 
has  been  given  to  him  twice  ;  and  that 
of  J.  U.  D.  (Doctor  of  Both  Laws)  was 
awarded  to  him  by  Columbia  in  18fS7, 
when  he  was  selected  to  deliver  the  ora- 
tion commemorating  the  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  college  foundation.  Mr. 
Coudert  has  received  the  Cross  of  the 
Legion  of  Honor  from  the  French  gov- 
ernment, and  similar  honors  from  the 
governments  of  Italy  and  Bolivia. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Frederic  Rene  Coudert  was  horn  at  Neiv 
York  citx  Marcli  1,  1832  ;  graduated  from 
Colundna  College  in  1850  :  was  admitted 
to  the  liar  in  1853 ;  married  Miss  Me- 
Credy  of  New  York  city  February  10, 
1862  ;  has  been  a  member  of  the  law  firm 
of  Coudert  Brothers,  New  York  citx,  since 
its  formation  about  1853. 


George  1t».  Daniels,  one  of  the 

best-known  and    most    efficient   railroad 
officials  in  the  world,  was  born  in   Kane 
county,  Illinois,  fifty-odd  years  ago.     At 
the  early  age  of  fifteen  he  began  his  long 
career  in  the  transportation  industry  by 
becoming  a  rodman  in  the  engineering 
corps    of   the    North    Missouri    railroad. 
From  this  humble  beginning  Mr.  Daniels 
advanced  rapidly  in  his  calling  until  he 
had   gained  a  place   among    the    foremost    railroad 
managers  of  the  West.      In   1872,  when  only  thirty 
years  old,  he  was  made  general  freight  and  passen- 
ger agent  of  the  Chicago  &   Pacific  railroad.      His 
success  in  this  position  was  marked,  and  he  contin- 
ued for  eight  years  to  serve  the  company   in    the 
capacity  mentioned.     From  1880  until  1882  he  was 
general  ticket  agent  of   the  Wabash,    St.    Louis   & 
Pacific  railway. 

Entering  a  somewhat  different  department  of  rail- 
road work  at  the  end  of  his  service  with  the  Wabash 
system,  Mr.  Daniels  acted  as  commissioner  of  the 
Iowa  Trunk  Line  Association  for  the  first  ten  months 
of  1882.  In  November,  1882,  he  was  elected  com- 
missioner of  the   Colorado  'I'rafific  Association,  and 


occupied  the  position  until  18,S(i.  During  this  time 
he  organized  the  Utah  Traffic  Association,  and  sev- 
eral local  associations  of  the  railroads  terminating  in 
Colorado  and  Utah,  of  which  he  was  also  elected 
commissioner.  He  resigned  these  positions  in 
18>S()  to  accept  the  commissionership  of  the  Central 


FREDERIC  RE\E    COl'DERT 

Passenger  Committee,  which  was  soon  succeeded  by 
the  Central  Traffic  Association,  of  which  he  was 
elected  vice  chairman,  and  also  chairman  of  the 
Chicago  East-Bound  Passenger  Committee.  This 
was  his  important  place  in  the  railroad  world  in 
March,  1889,  when  he  was  appointed  general  pas- 
senger agent  of  the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson 
River  railroad. 

Mr.  Daniels's  railroad  training  had  been  unusually 
broad,  and  much  of  his  experience  was  especially 
useful  in  discharging  the  duties  of  his  new  position. 
The  passenger  agent  of  a  great  east-and-west  trunk 
line  must  have  an  immense  fund  of  knowledge,  at 
once  minute  and  comprehensive,  of  the  traffic  con- 
ditions   of    the    whole    country.       He    must    know 


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thoroughly  not  only  all  the  legitimate  methods 
adopted  by  reputable  officials  for  securing  business, 
but  as  well  all  the  underhand  devices  sometimes 
used  by  unscrupulous  or  insolvent  companies  for 
obtaining  traffic-.  He  must  be  a  broad-minded  man, 
i|uick  to  recognize  and  meet  the  just  demands  of  the 


GEOh'CE   II.   n.l.XIHLS 

traveling  jniblic,  loyal  in  the  last  degree  to  the 
interests  of  his  company,  but  judiciously  liberal  in 
his  treatment  of  questions  affecting  in  contrary  ways 
his  company  and  the  public.  In  these  close-com- 
peting days,  moreover,  a  passenger  agent  must  be 
an  advertising  expert  of  the  first  rank. 

All  the.se  requirements  and  many  more  not  .speci- 
fied, Mr.  Daniels  satisfies  abundantly.  It  goes  without 
.saying  that  he  ])Ossesses  great  executive  ability  ;  but 
he  has  in  addition  a  capacity  for  work  that  seems  at 
times  unlimited.  The  multifarious  and  unceasing 
duties  of  his  position  never  overwhelm  him,  and  he 
gives  to  everything  whatever  attention  may  be 
needed  for  the  pro|)er  and  final  disposition  of  the 
matter.      "America's    (Greatest    Railroad"    owes  a 


large  part  of  its  fame  to  the  skillful  and  persistent 
advertising  conceived  and  carried  out  by  Mr.  Dan- 
iels. The  various  publications  emanating  from  the 
pa.ssenger  department  of  the  New  York  Central  are 
models  of  their  class,  and  have  undoubtedly  been 
very  effective  in  giving  to  the  system  the  splendid 
prestige  that  it  now  enjoys.  During  the 
eight  years  that  have  come  and  gone 
since  Mr.  Daniels  assumed  the  duties  of 
his  present  position  the  passenger  ser- 
vice of  the  New  York  Central  has  shown 
remarkable  progress.  To  ascribe  this 
improvement  exclusively  to  the  general 
passenger  agent  would  be  unjust  to  other 
officials :  but  the  statement  may  safely 
be  made  that  Mr.  Daniels  is  largely 
responsible  for  the  unsurpassed  service 
now  offered  to  the  traveling  public  by 
this  great  com]3any. 

On  the  personal  side  Mr.  Daniels  is 
widely  respected  and  liked.  He  is  cor- 
dial in  manner,  and  is  otherwise  distin- 
guished for  agreeable  social  qualities. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Lotos  Club,  and 
for  the  past  five  years  has  been  president 
of  the  Quaint  Club.  He  was  one  of  the 
prime  movers  in  the  organization  of  the 
Transportation  Club,  and  is  now  on  the 
board  of  managers. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
George  Henry  Daniels  was  born  at  Hamp- 
shire, III.,  December  1,  18^2;  entered 
the  railway  service  in  1S57  as  a  roilnian  ; 
Idas  general  freight  anil  passenger  agent 
of  the  Chicago  &=  Pacific  railroad,  1S72— 
80,  and  general  ticket  agent  of  the  Jl'abash, 
St.  Louis  &=  Pacific  raihoay,  1880-82  ; 
was  commissioner  of  various  trafiic  asso- 
ciations, 1882—89  ;  has  been  general  pas- 
senger agent  of  the  New  York  Central  &=  Hudson 
River  railroad  since  April  1,  1880. 


Jobll  (300J),  by  whom  the  great  cordage  indus- 
try was  completely  revolutionized,  is  still  in  the 
])rime  of  life,  having  been  born  in  Ireland  somewhat 
more  than  fifty  years  ago.  Brought  to  this  country 
in  boyhood  by  his  mother,  he  was  forced  to  go  to 
work  as  soon  as  his  strength  permitted.  His  first 
employment  was  obtained  in  an  old-fashioned  rope- 
w-alk  in  Brooklyn,  where  he  learned  in  the  course  of 
his  apprenticeship  all  that  was  to  be  learned  about 
the  old  methods  of  rope  making.  This  was  not  a 
great  task,  since  the  proce.ss  consisted  chiefly  of 
laborious  hand   oiierations,  and  had  not  essentially 


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()T 


changed   in  the  two  hundred  years  during  which  the 
industry  had  been  carried  on  in  this  country. 

Having  completed  his  term  of  service  in  the  rope- 
walk,  Mr.  Good  became  a  machinist.  He  developed 
great  ability  in  this  calling  ;  and  on  resuming  work 
in  the  ropewalk,  this  time  in  the  capacity  of  fore- 
man, he  naturally  turned  his  attention  to  the  inven- 
tion of  machinery  useful  in  rope  making.  The  full 
story  of  his  remarkalile  triumphs  in  this  department 
of  industrial  activity  would  make  an  interesting 
volume  in  the  history  of  practical  mechanics.  It 
must  suffice  here  to  say  that  his  inventions  covered 
the  whole  process  from  beginning  to  end,  and  that  he 
virtually  created  a  new  industry,  as  little  resembling 
the  old  as  Fulton's  "  Cleremont  "  resembled  a  mod- 
ern ocean  liner.  The  old-fashioned  sheds  —  low, 
stretching  out  hundreds  of  feet,  and 
filled  with  operatives,  often  women,  toil- 
ing laboriously  at  tasks  beyond  their 
strength  —  have  given  way  to  handsome 
factories  equipped  with  wonderfully  effi- 
cient machinery  and  labor-saving  devices 
of  ever)'  kind. 

Up  to  1885  Mr.  Good  devoted  himself 
e.xclusively  to  the  invention  and  manu- 
facture of  cordage  machinery.  Under 
the  conditions  described,  his  business 
was  naturally  highly  prosperous.  .'Ml 
the  rope  makers  of  the  world  were 
forced  to  use  his  machinery  or  go  out  of 
business,  and  orders  came  to  him  from 
every  quarter.  His  Brooklyn  works  were 
repeatedly  enlarged,  and  furnish  employ- 
ment to  hundreds  of  skillful  machinists. 
Having  decided  to  engage  in  rope  mak- 
ing himself,  Mr.  Good  built  a  large  fac- 
tory in  1886  at  Ravenswood,  a  suburb 
of  Brooklyn,  having  a  capacity  equal  to 
one  third  of  the  total  cordage  production 
of  the  country.  In  1887  he  began  oper- 
ations. In  the  same  year  the  National 
Cordage  Association,  more  commonly 
called  the  Cordage  Tru.st,  wa,s  organized. 
For  several  years  Mr.  Good  conducted 
his  plant  in  harmony  with  the  tnist  ;  but 
the  arrangement  was  more  or  less  irk- 
some to  him,  and  in  1X92  he  cut  loose 
entirely  from  the  combination.  He  now 
operates  large  cordage  factories  in  Eng- 
land in  addition  to  the  works  at  Ravenswood,  and 
contemplates  the  erection  of  similar  plants  in  several 
continental  countries. 

At  the  time  of  his  Jubilee  in  1X87  the  Pope  of 
Rome  determined  to  honor  a  numljer  of  men  of  his 


churcli  who  had  rendered  conspicuous  service  to  the 
general  cause  of  humanity,  and  he  bestowed  ujion 
Mr.  Good  (the  only  American  so  honored)  the  title 
of  "Count  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire."  Mr. 
Good  belongs  to  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  .Art, 
and  to  the  Catholic  Club  of  New  York  city. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John  Cnnt 
was  born  in  Coitnly  Roscommon,  Ireland,  in  ISJjJj  : 
came  to  the  United  States  in  early  boyhood ;  learned 
the  business  of  ro/'c  makin;:;  in  Brooklyn  in  his  youth, 
and  a/ter7oard  the  machinist' s  trade;  became  foreman 
of  a  ropervalk  in  Brooklyn  in  1H(>5,  and  dcToted  his 
attention  to  inventing,  rope-making  machinery  ;  has  car- 
ried on  the  manufacture  of  such  machinery  since  1869, 
and  the  manufacture  of  cordage  {in  this  country  and  in 
England)  since  JSS7. 


JO//\   GOOD 

HbCam  S.  IF^CWitt,  prominent  in  business  and 
in  jiublic  life,  was  boiu  seventy-five  years  ago  in  a 
log  house  still  standing  in  Rockland  county,  New 
York.  His  father  came  to  this  country  in  1790, 
and  helped  to  build  the  first  steam  engine  in  America. 


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MEA'   OF  N/-:iV    YORK— A/ANNA  rrAN  SECT/ON 


After  spending  his  boyhood  on  a  farm,  Mr.  Hewitt 
went  to  CoUimbia  College,  and  graduated  from  that 
institution  at  the  head  of  his  class.  He  had  a 
scholarship  there,  thus  saving  fees  for  tuition  ;  but  it 
is  worthy  of  note  that  he  afterward  reimbursed  the 
college  for  this  expense.      Becoming  acting  ])rofessor 


AllR.t.\r  S.  HEWITT 

of  mathematics  at  Columbia  after  his  graduation 
thence,  he  soon  gave  up  that  calling,  in  consequence 
of  impaired  eyesight,  and  went  to  Europe  in  1844 
with  his  classmate  and  friend,  Edward  Cooper,  a  son 
of  Peter  Cooper.  The  Mobile  packet  "  Alabamian," 
in  which  they  returned,  foundered  at  sea,  and  they 
narrowly  escaped  death. 

After  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1845,  Mr.  Hew- 
itt formed  a  partnership  with  Edward  Cooper  in  the 
business  of  iron  manufacturing.  The  venture  was 
well  conceived,  and  Messrs.  Cooper  and  Hewitt  may 
be  regarded  as  among  the  most  successful  iron  manu- 
facturers in  the  United  States.  They  were  the  first 
to  manufacture  iron  girders  and  supports  for  fire- 
proof buildings.      Taking  a  trip  to  England  in  18(!2 


for  the  purpose  of  studying  the  process  of  making 
iron  for  gun  barrels,  Mr.  Hewitt  was  able  to  supply 
the  government  with  this  material  during  the  Civil 
War.  Many  government  contractors  accumulated 
fortunes  during  the  war,  but  his  firm  furnished  this 
material  to  the  government  at  the  cost  of  manufac- 
ture. For  a  number  of  years  in  the 
decade  1870-80  the  works  were  con- 
ducted at  an  annual  loss  ;  but  since  then 
the  business  has  been  profitable  and  suc- 
cessful for  the  most  part.  The  policy  of 
the  firm  has  always  been  especially  favor- 
able to  the  workmen,  and  as  a  rule  the 
plant  has  been  kept  in  operation  in  order 
to  provide  steady  employment.  The 
firm  conducts  immense  plants  at  Tren- 
ton, N.  J.,  and  elsewhere;  and  produces 
large  quantities  of  pig  iron,  structural 
iron,  and  wire. 

Though  the  management  of  this  great 
enterprise  has  been  largely  in  Mr.  Hew- 
itt's hands,  and  the  success  of  the  under- 
taking has  resulted  in  great  part  from 
his  ability  as  a  business  man,  we  must 
forego  further  consideration  of  this  part 
of  his  career.  For  the  last  thirty  years 
Mr.  Hewitt  has  figured  prominently  in 
public  affairs,  and  most  people  know 
him  chiefly  in  connection  with  such  ser- 
vices. Appointed  in  1867  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  one  of  ten 
commissioners  to  visit  the  Paris  Exposi- 
tion and  report  on  the  subject  of  iron 
and  steel,  Mr.  Hewitt  submitted  his  re- 
port in  a  book  that  was  translated  into 
nearly  all  the  European  languages.  He 
next  came  into  national  prominence  in 
1874,  when  he  was  elected  to  the  house 
of  representatives.  His  wide  business 
experience  and  intellectual  strength  quickly  brought 
him  to  the  front  in  that  body  ;  and  he  continued 
to  have  membership  there,  with  the  exception  of 
a  single  term,  until  1887.  His  work  in  congress 
was  of  value  not  only  to  his  constituents,  but  to  the 
country  at  large ;  and  he  ac(]uired  national  fame 
as  an  effective  speaker  and  wise  legislator  on  eco- 
nomic and  financial  subjects.  The  bent  of  his 
mind  disposed  him  to  favor  the  Democratic  point  of 
view  on  great  (juestions  ;  but  throughout  his  political 
career  the  matter  of  party  affiliation  has  weighed  lit- 
tle with  him  in  comparison  with  intrinsic  conditions 
of  right  and  justice.  He  is  noted  for  his  liberal 
views  on  the  tariff  question,  and  believes  in  the  ulti- 
mate success  of  the  free-trade  policy  for  this  country. 


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He  rendered  effective  service  in  congress  to  the 
cause  of  sound  finance,  and  his  speeches  regarding 
the  coinage  of  silver  dollars  were  strikingly  prophetic 
of  later  financial  history.  He  was  the  author  of 
the  legislation  creating  the  National  Geological  Sur- 
vey. In  the  presidential  controversy  of  1876-77 
he  advocated,  and  from  his  position  as  chairman  of 
the  Democratic  national  committee  largely  brought 
about,  the  creation  of  the  electoral  commission,  and 
the  completion  of  the  counts  which  gave  the  presiden- 
tial office  to  Hayes.  Mr.  Hewitt  never  doubted 
that  I'ilden  had  a  majority  of  the  electoral  votes. 

In  the  fall  of  IS.SG  the  labor  organizations  of  New 
York  city  united  on  Henry  Cleorge  as  their  candi- 
date for  the  office  of  chief  magistrate.  Theodore 
Roosevelt  was  nominated  by  the  Republicans,  and 
Mr.  Hewitt  became  the  candidate  of  the  Democrats 
and  the  Independents.  Mr.  Roosevelt 
received  60,000  votes,  Mr.  George 
68,000,  and  Mr.  Hewitt  90,000.  As 
mayor,  Mr.  Hewitt  added  to  his  laurels 
as  a  statesman.  As  might  have  been 
expected,  his  administration  was  honest, 
vigorous,  and  businesslike. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  Cooper 
Union  Mr.  Hewitt  has  been  secretary  of 
the  board  of  trustees,  and  has  virtually 
controlled  the  management  of  the  insti- 
tution. In  1883  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Columbia  College  Alumni 
Association,  and  in  1887  his  alma  mater 
conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws.  In  addition  to  his  iron  busi- 
ness he  has  had  an  interest  in  many 
industrial  corporations,  and  has  served 
as  director  in  several  important  com- 
panies. He  has  been  an  active  member 
in  a  number  of  the  leading  clubs,  includ- 
ing the  Union,  Century,  Metropolitan, 
and  Players.' 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Abram  Stevens  LLewitt  was  born  at  Hav- 
erstraiv,  N.  K,  Jicly  31,  1S22 ;  grad- 
uated from  Columbia  College  in  18^2  ; 
7cias  admitted  to  the  bar  i?i  1845 ;  was 
a  member  of  the  natiofial  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1875-79  and  1881-87 ;  was 
mayor  of  New  York  city,  1887-88;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Amelia  Cooper,  the  only  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Cooper,  in  1855 ;  has  en- 
gaged in  the  busitiess  of  iron  manufacture  since  18^5. 


public  life  as  state  senator  from  the  Queens-county 
district  in  the  sessions  of  1896-97.  He  was  born  in 
the  province  of  Schleswig-Holstein,  Germany,  about 
forty  years  ago,  of  excellent  family  ;  his  grandfather 
having  been  knighted  by  Frederick  VII.,  King  of 
Denmark,  and  his  father  decorated  with  the  Iron 
Cross. 

Mr.  Koehler  was  educated  in  his  native  land,  and 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  began  business  life  in  one  of  the 
largest  commercial  houses  in  the  city  of  Liibeck. 
He  spent  four  years  in  this  establishment,  and  ob- 
tained thus  a  thorough  training  in  business  methods 
and  management.  Although  this  experience  was 
largely  in  the  line  of  his  subsequent  successful  career, 
it  did  not  satisfy  the  restless  ambition  of  the  boy  of 
nineteen  ;  and  accordingly  he  enlisted  as  a  sharp- 
shooter in  the  (ierman  armv,  with  the  idea  of  devoting 


IbeoDore  IROeblCr  's  known  in  the  business 
world  as  an  accountant  of   unusual  abilitv,   and   in 


THEOnORR   K'OF.fl/./iK 

himself  to  a  military  life.  This  plan  was  not  to  be 
carried  out,  however.  A  friend  and  classmate  who 
had  left  his  fatherland  several  years  before  for  the 
new    world,   wrote    back    glowing    accounts    of  the 


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happiness  and  prosperity  to  be  found  there  ;  and  Mr. 
Koehler  was  seized  with  a  desire  to  try  his  fortunes 
in  America.  It  was  not  so  easy  a  matter  to  secure  a 
discharge  from  the  army  ;  but  as  the  times  happened 
to  be  peaceful  this  was  accomplished,  and  in  1876, 
at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  landed  in  Philadelphia. 

On  his  arrival  Mr.  Koehler  was  greeted  by  the 
news  of  the  unexpected  death  of  the  friend  on  whose 
advice  and  assistance  he  had  relied  in  securing  a 
foothold  in  a  strange  land  ;  and  he  was  therefore 
obliged  to  make  a  start  for  himself  as  best  he  could. 
After  several  years  spent  in  various  occupations,  he 
went  to  South  America  in  188.S  in  the  service  of  an 
English  firm,  and  there  joined  an  exploring  expedi- 
tion and  encountered  many  hardships  and  perils. 
The  next  year  he  represented  the  same  firm  at  the 
New  Orleans  Cotton  Exhibition.  Returning  then 
to  New  York  city,  he  spent  a  short  time  as  manager 
of  a  wholesale  establishment,  and  in  1885  became 
head  bookkeeper  and  auditor  of  one  of  the  largest 
industrial  firms  in  Long  Island  City  and  New  York, 
with  whom  he  remained  for  the  next  ten  years. 

'I'he  subject  of  accounts  and  of  general  commer- 
cial law  had  always  interested  Mr.  Koehler  deeply. 
In  his  younger  days  he  had  devoted  considerable 
time  to  teaching  these  subjects,  and  he  now  returned 
to  the  work  with  satisfaction.  His  services  were 
often  in  requisition  by  business  firms  whose  accounts 
had  become  involved  ;  and  he  soon  became  recog- 
nized as  an  authority  in  such  matters,  and  gained  a 
wide  reputation  as  an  expert  accountant. 

Mr.  Koehler  first  became  known  in  public  life 
through  his  appointment  by  the  officials  of  Long 
Island  City  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  condi- 
tion of  the  books  in  the  various  departments  of  the 
city  government,  which  were  in  a  most  unsatisfactory 
condition.  The  world  of  politics  interested  him, 
and  he  began  to  take  an  active  part  in  political 
affairs.  In  1892  he  was  elected  to  represent  Long 
Island  City  on  the  Queens-county  board  of  super- 
visors, and  was  re-elected  the  next  year  by  a  large 
majority.  He  interested  himself  especially  in  the 
construction  of  the  tunnel  under  Newtown  creek,  and 
in  the  matter  of  securing  good  roads  throughout  the 
county.  In  1895  Mr.  Koehler's  popularity  was 
evidenced  by  his  nomination  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  for  the  office  of  state  senator.  He  was  duly 
elected,  and  was  the  first  senator  ever  chosen  from 
Long  Island  City.  As  might  have  been  expected, 
he  gave  special  attention  in  the  legislature  to  bills 
relating  to  commercial  affairs.  He  distinguished 
himself  by  his  open  opposition  to  all  forms  of  stock- 
watering,  and  was  particularly  active  in  effecting  the 
passage  of  the  Certified  Accountants  act.     He  served 


as  a  member  of  the  important  committees  on  finance, 
insurance,  and  agriculture. 

Senator  Koehler  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of 
the  Institute  of  Accounts  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
and  belongs  to  the  Society  of  Certified  Public 
Accountants  of  the  State  of  New  York  and  the 
National  Society  of  Public  Accountants. 

F£J?S  ON  A  L  CHR  ONOL  OGY—  Theodorc 
Koehler  7vas  born  in  Sc/i/esicng-Hohtcin,  Germany, 
July  30,  1850  :  was  ahtcatcd  in  German  sciioo/s ;  icas 
employed  in  a  business  luvise  in  Liibeek,  1871—70  : 
came  to  ilie  United  States  in  1870,  and  has  engaged  in 
various  business  enterprises  ;  was  supervisor  from  Long 
/stand  City,  189S-9Ji. ;  zvas  elected  to  the  state  senate 
ill  1805. 


tCbomas  JFlctcber  ©aftes,  widely  known  in 

the  Northwest  as  a  railroad  manager,  was  born  in 
Boston  fifty-four  years  ago.  He  is  descended  from 
excellent  English  stock,  traceable  in  this  country 
from  about  the  year  1700;  his  grandfather,  Daniel 
Oakes,  having  served  in  the  armies  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. After  obtaining  a  good  education  at  the  Eliot 
School  in  Boston,  Mr.  Oakes  engaged  at  once  in  the 
business  with  which  he  has  always  been  identified  — 
the  great  transportation  industry. 

Taking  up  his  residence  in  St.  Louis  in  June, 
1863,  when  less  than  twenty  years  old,  as  the  pur- 
chasing agent  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  railroad,  he  made 
rapid  progre.ss  in  his  chosen  calling.  He  became 
successively  assistant  treasurer  of  the  company,  gen- 
eral freight  agent,  and  finally  general  superintendent. 
In  each  of  these  positions  he  had  an  excellent  oppor- 
tunity to  familiarize  himself  thoroughly  with  the  best 
methods  of  railroad  management ;  and  his  various 
changes  of  work  in  the  way  of  promotion  ultimately 
ei|uipped  him  with  an  uncommonly  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  the  transportation  business.  His  abil- 
ity, moreover,  began  to  be  recognized  outside  the 
limits  of  his  own  company  ;  and  in  April,  1879,  he 
was  made  superintendent  of  the  Kansas  City,  Fort 
Scott  &  Cjulf,  and  of  the  Kansas  City,  Lawrence  & 
Southern  railroads.  This  appointment  was  followed 
by  another  advance  in  March,  1880,  when  he  was 
made  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Oregon  Railway  &  Navigation  Co.  Before  this  he 
had  lived  for  the  most  part  in  St.  Louis  and  Kan.sas 
City,  but  his  headquarters  in  the  new  position  were 
at  Portland,  Ore. 

The  Oregon  Railway  &  Navigation  Co.  had  close 
relations  wath  the  Northern  Pacific  railroad,  and  in 
1881  Mr.  Oakes  began  his  long  service  with  the 
latter  corporation  by  a.ssuming  the  duties  of  vice 
president.      In  November,  188.'?,  he  became  general 


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manager  of  the  company,  also  ;  and  in  1888  he 
became  president.  He  discharged  eilficiently  the 
duties  of  that  most  responsible  office  until  October, 
1893,  when  he  became  one  of  the  receivers  of  the 
corporation.  He  performed  the  duties  of  that 
office  until  October,  1896,  when,  after  nearly  thirty- 
three  years  of  continuous  railroad  work, 
he  retired  from  the  service.  The  Court, 
in  accepting  his  resignation,  awarded 
him  a  handsome  sum  as  extra  compensa- 
tion for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  trust 
reposed  in  him. 

i\Ir.  Oakes  makes  his  home  at  .Mama- 
roneck,  but  he  is  virtually  a  New  Yorker. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  American 
Geographical  Society  ;  and  also  belongs 
to  several  prominent  clubs  of  New  York, 
including  the  Union  League,  Metropoli- 
tan, New  York  Yacht,  and  Riding.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  clubs  in  St.  Paul  and 
on' the  Pacific  coast. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y  — 
Thomas  Fletcher  Oakes  7cias  horn  at  Bos- 
ton Jutv  15,  ISiS ;  toas  educated  at  the 
Eliot  School,  Boston ;  married  Abhy  R. 
Haskell  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  January 
27,  1861^ ;  occupied  important  positions 
7vith  the  Kansas  Pacific  and  other  rail- 
roads, 1863-81 ;  became  vice  president  of 
the  Northern  Pacific  railroad  in  1881, 
president  in  1888,  attd  one  of  the  receivers 
of  the  company  in  1893. 


(IbarleS  IParSOUS,  the  well-known 
capitalist  and  railroad  manager,  was  born 
in  Y'ork  county,   Maine,   in   1829.      He 
is  descended  from  English  ancestors,  one 
of    whom,    Joseph    Parsons,    settled    in 
Springfield,   Mass.,  in  163o,  and  moved 
to  Northampton  in  1(552.     After  attending  the  com- 
mon schools  at   Alfred   and    Kennebunkport,   Me., 
Charles  Parsons  obtained  higher  instruction  in  the 
academy  at  Yarmouth  in  the  same  state.     At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  went  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  com- 
pleting his  education  in  that  city.      He  lived  there 
with  his  uncle,  Dr.  Usher  Parsons. 

Mr.  Parsons  began  his  active  business  life  in  1853, 
when  he  went  to  New  Orleans  for  the  purpose  of 
shipping  produce  to  the  northern  markets.  Remain- 
ing in  that  city  during  the  winter  of  1853-54,  he 
changed  his  base  of  operations  to  Savannah,  Ga., 
where  he  engaged  in  the  commission  business  for 
about  seven  years.  ^Vhen  the  outlireak  of  civil  war 
destroyed  his  business,    Mr.   Parsons  formed  a  part- 


nership with  his  brother  Edwin  in   New  York  city, 
and  has  ever  since  made  that  place  his  home. 

Mr.  Parsons  is  most  widely  known  in  connection 
with  railroad  property.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
purchasing  committee  of  the  New  Jersey  Midland 
Railway   Co.,  and  bought  the  road  in   1880  at  the 


THO.VAS   FLETCHER    OAKEH 

foreclosure  sale.  He  reorganized  the  property,  and 
was  president  of  the  new  company  for  one  year  :  the 
road  was  ultimately  consolidated  with  the  New  York, 
Suscjuehanna  &  Western  railroad.  Mr.  Parsons  has 
been  president  of  the  Rome,  \Vatertown  &  Ogdens- 
burg  railroad  since  1883,  and  has  developed  the 
property  with  consummate  skill.  The  mileage  has 
been  considerably  increased,  the  permanent  way  has 
been  vastly  improved,  and  the  earning  capacity  of 
the  road  has  been  correspondingly  expanded.  On 
March  14,  1891,  he  leased  the  road  for  the  term  of 
its  corporate  existence  to  the  New  York  Central  & 
Hudson  River  company.  In  1892  Mr.  Parsons  was 
elected  president  of  the  New  York  &  New  England 
railroad,  his  son    Charles   taking   the   office   of  vice 


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president ;  but  after  one  year  he  withdrew  from  this 
corporation. 

An  interesting  episode  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Parsons 
concerns  his  connection  with  the  municipal  bonds 
of  New  Orleans.  After  this  city  had  defaulted  on 
its  bonds,  and  the    market  value   of  the  .same  had 


CHARLES  PARSOXS 

depreciated  to  about  one  third  of  their  face  value, 
Mr.  Parsons  invested  heavily  in  the  securities.  He 
then  took  legal  action  to  enforce  taxation  on  the  part 
of  the  city  for  the  purpose  of  redeeming  the  bonds. 
This  step  was  contested  by  the  municipal  authorities, 
but  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  unani- 
mousl)'  ordered  a  peremptory  manJamiis  to  be  issued 
to  force  the  levying  of  taxes  sufficient  to  pay  the 
principal  and  interest  of  the  bonds. 

Mr.  Parsons  has  membership  in  the  New  York 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  American  (leographical 
Society,  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  and  the 
New  York  Stock  Exchange. 

PERSONA L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Charles 
Parsons  was  born  at  Alfred,  Me. ,  February  C>,  1829  ; 


7oas  educated  in  Ya?-mouth  (^Me. )  Academy  and  in 
Pro7'idence,  R.  I.  ;  engaged  in  the  produce  commission 
business  in  the  South,  1853-61 ;  married  Sarah  I. 
Shepley  of  Proindence,  R.  I. ,  in  1855 ;  has  been 
largely  inferested  in  railroad  management  for  many 
years,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Rome,  Watertown 
&  Ogdensburg  railroad  since  June,  1883. 


IRUSSell  Sage,  the  famous  finan- 
cier, wa.s  born  in  Oneida  county,  New 
York,  during  James  Madison's  second 
term  in  the  White  House.  Spending 
his  early  years  on  a  farm  and  as  an 
errand  boy  in  a  country  grocery,  Mr. 
Sage  found  scant  time  for  mental  cul- 
ture ;  but  he  studied  evenings,  and 
otherwise  acquired  a  fair  education.  His 
chief  successes,  however,  in  early  life 
were  of  a  commercial  nature ;  and  he 
had  already  become  a  capitalist  in  a 
small  way  when  he  reached  his  majority, 
and  established,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  a  grocery  store  at  I'roy,  N.  Y. 
After  buying  out  his  brother,  increasing 
the  business  markedly,  and  selling  the 
same  on  advantageous  terms,  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  John  W.  Bates  in 
1839  to  conduct  a  wholesale  business  in 
groceries.  This  venture  also  was  en- 
tirely successful,  and  in  five  years  Mr. 
Sage  bought  his  partner's  interest.  He 
continued  to  transact  the  business  for 
several  years  thereafter,  or  until  more 
important  affairs  demanded  his  entire 
time. 

About  1850  Mr.  Sage  began  to  inter- 
est himself  in  the  subject  of  transporta- 
tion. He  became  specially  concerned 
with  the  various  railroads  in  central  New 
York  that  ultimately  formed  the  New  York  Central 
line.  He  was  one  of  the  original  directors  of  the 
New  York  Central  company,  and  has  been  for  several 
years  now  the  only  living  member  of  the  first  board. 
His  operations  were  not  confined  to  the  East,  how- 
ever. Having  advanced  money  to  the  La  Crosse 
railroad,  now  a  part  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  & 
St.  Paul  system,  he  found  it  necessary,  in  order  to 
protect  his  loans,  to  invest  still  more  in  the  property. 
In  this  way  he  acquired  a  large  block  of  the  stock  of 
the  road,  and  finally  became  a  director  and  vice 
president  of  the  company.  Since  then  his  invest- 
ments in  railroads  and  other  transportation  com- 
panies have  been  enormous.  He  is  said,  indeed,  to 
have  had  an  active  part  in  the  construction  of  over 


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5000  miles  of  American  railroads.  He  is  still  con- 
nected with  more  than  forty  railroads,  holding  the 
presidency  of  some,  directorates  in  many,  and  an 
important  interest  in  all. 

No  one  nowadays  thinks  of  Russell  Sage  as  a 
politician  ;  but  for  many  years  he  was  exceedingly 
active  and  influential  in  local,  state,  and  national 
politics.  Becoming  an  alderman  of  Troy  in  1845, 
he  held  the  office  seven  years.  He  was  also  treasurer 
of  Rensselaer  county  for  an  ec|ual  period.  He  en- 
tered the  sphere  of  national  politics  in  1848,  when 
he  attended  the  national  convention  of  the  Whig 
party,  and  had  an  important  part  in  effecting  the 
nomination  of  General  Taylor.  Nominated  for 
congress  in  1850  by  the  Whigs  of  Troy,  Mr.  Sage 
failed  of  election  ;  but  in  1852  he  received  a  small 
majority  of  the  votes  cast,  and  two  years  later  he  was 
re-elected    by    an    overwhelming    vote. 

He  showed  himself  an  efficient  legislator  i 

during  his  four  years  in  congress,  ren- 
dering special  service  by  securing  the  [ 
appointment  of  a  congressional  commit-  j 
tee  to  report  upon  the  condition  of 
Mount  Vernon.  As  a  result  of  this 
report  the  historic  estate  was  purchased 
from  its  private  owner,  and  reserved 
forever  as  a  memorial  to  Washington. 

For  many  years  Russell  Sage  has  been 
regarded  mainly  as  a  Wall-street  mag- 
nate. Beginning  his  operations  there 
in  1861,  he  became  a  greater  and  greater 
power  in  the  financial  world  as  time 
went  on.  Occasionally  he  has  taken 
part  in  extensive  Wall-street  campaigns, 
but  he  has  usually  preferred  not  to  incur 
the  great  risks  incident  to  such  opera- 
tions. About  twenty-five  years  ago  he 
originated  the  selling  of  privileges  — 
what  are  known  in  the  parlance  of  the 
street  as  "puts,"  "calls,"  and  "strad- 
dles ' ' ;  and  since  then  he  has  employed 
his  enormous  capital  largely  in  such  deal- 
ings. Few  men  in  the  country  —  or  in 
the  world,  as  for  that  —  have  so  much 
money  loaned  out  as  has  Russell  Sage. 

In  1895  Mr.  Sage  presented  a  hand- 
some dormitory  costing  $120,000  to  the 
Troy  Female  Seminary,  from  which  Mrs. 
Sage   graduated.      Mr.    and    Mrs.    Sage 
have  attended  for  many  years  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  in  the  charities  of  which  they  have 
taken  an  important  part.      Mr.  Sage  is  not  what  is 
known  as  a  clubman,  Ixit  he  belongs  to  the  New  Eng- 
land Society,  and  to  a  few  other  kindred  associations. 


PERSONA L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  F—  Russell 
Sage  tvas  horn  at  Verona,  Oneida  eoini/y,  N.  V., 
August  4^,  1816  ;  established  a  grocery  store  in  Troy, 
N.  V. ,  in  1837,  and  a  similar  wholesale  establishment 
in  1839 :  was  alderman  of  Troy,  18^5—52,  treasurer 
of  Rensselaer  county  for  seven  years,  and  member  oj 
congress,  18S3—57  ;  married  Maria  Winne  if  Troy 
in  18Ifl,  who  died  in  1807  :  married  Margaret  Olii'ia 
Slocum  of  Syracuse  in  1869  ;  has  been  increasingly  in- 
terested in  railroad  management  since  1850,  and  in 
Wall-street  operations  since  1801. 


amSi  XorenSO  iSSarber,  whose  name  at  once 
suggests  perfect  pavements,  was  born  in  Windham 
county,  Vermont,  fifty-odd  years  ago.  His  family 
were  all  Vermont  people.  His  father,  the  Rev. 
Amzi   D.  Barber,   deserves  s]jecial  mention  because 


RUSSELL   SAGE 


of  his  singularly  strong  and  noble  character.  He 
was  one  of  the  students  who  left  the  Lane  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  in  Cincinnati  in  the  early  days  of 
the  slavery  agitation,  because  the  discussion  of  the 


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question  had  been  forbidden  by  the  faculty.  Un- 
willing to  endure  such  stifling  of  free  speech,  he 
withdrew  from  the  institution,  walked  across  Ohio 
to  Oberlin,  and  ultimately  graduated  from  the  theo- 
logical department  of  the  college  there. 


AMZI  I.OREXZO   BARBER 

Moving  from  Vermont  to  Ohio  in  boyhood  with 
his  family,  Amzi  L.  Barber  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  various  Ohio  towns.  He  finally  prepared 
for  college  in  the  Cleveland  High  School,  and  entered 
Oberlin  in  1862.  He  was  forced  by  ill  health  to 
stay  away  from  college  one  year,  which  he  spent  in 
the  wilds  of  northern  Michigan  ;  so  that  he  did  not 
take  his  degree  at  Oberlin  until  1867.  Contemplat- 
ing at  that  time  a  professional  career,  Mr.  Barber 
accepted  an  offer  tendered  by  Ceneral  O.  O.  How- 
ard to  take  charge  of  the  normal  department  of 
Howard  University.  Moving  to  Wa.shington,  D.  C, 
accordingly,  in  April,  1868,  he  remained  at  Howard 
University  until  1872,  ultimately  becoming  professor 
of  natural  philosophy.  He  then  resigned  his  pro- 
fessorship to  engage  in  the  real-estate   business    in 


Washington.  The  panic  of  1873  and  subsequent 
depression  brought  disaster  to  many  operators  in 
\Va.shington  real  estate ;  but  Mr.  Barber  retained 
his  holdings,  and  finally  sold  them  out  at  a 
handsome  ]jrofit. 

It  was  not  until  1878  that  Mr.  Barber 
took  up  the  business  with  which  most 
people  now  identify  him  —  that  of  a.sphalt 
paving.  The  streets  of  Washington  were 
for  many  years  as  notoriously  bad 
they  are  now  famously  good.  The  im- 
provement began,  to  be  sure,  before  Mr. 
Barber  became  interested  in  the  matter  ; 
but  many  miles  of  asphalt  in  the  capital 
were  laid  by  him,  and  there  he  first 
gained  fame  as  the  maker  of  superb 
streets.  His  business  had  reached  such 
proportions  by  1883  that  he  deemed  it 
desirable  to  incorporate  the  Barber  As- 
phalt Paving  Co.  For  the  purpose  of 
securing  an  ample  and  unfailing  supply 
of  the  raw  material  used  in  asphalt  pav- 
ing, Mr.  Barber  in  1887  negotiated  a 
concession  from  the  British  government 
of  a  forty-two-year  lease  of  the  famous 
lake  of  natural  pitch  on  the  island  of 
Trinidad  ;  and  the  Trinidad  Asphalt  Co. 
was  organized  in  1888  for  the  purpose  of 
using  this  grant.  Mr.  Barber  is  the  chief 
stockholder  and  officer  of  the  two  com- 
panies mentioned.  So  far,  more  than 
one  thousand  lineal  miles  of  asphalt 
pavement  have  been  laid  in  eighty  cities 
of  the  United  States,  at  a  cost  of  over 
850,000,000.  Com])anies  have  recently 
been  formed  to  introduce  the  pavement 
in  foreign  countries. 

In  1870  Oberlin  College  conferred 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  on  Mr.  Barber;  and  in  1876 
the  Columbian  University  gave  him  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  has  a  strong  affection  for 
Oberlin,  and  has  served  the  college  for  many  years 
as  trustee. 

/'  ERSO  NA  L  CHR  ONOLOGY  ~  Amzl 
Lorenzo  Barber  laas  horn  at  Saxtons  River,  J'/.,  June 
22,  IS.'fi :  };ratinafed  from  Oberlin  Co/lege  in  1S07  ; 
niarrieJ  Celia  M.  Bradley  of  Geneva,  O.,  in  1S68, 
7o/io  (lied  in  1871) ;  married  Julia  Louise  Langdru  of 
Belmont,  N.  V. ,  in  1S7 1 ;  7C'as  a  professor  in  Jfo7vard 
University,  Washington,  D.  C,  1868-72 ;  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  business  in  Washington  in  1872  :  began 
the  business  of  street  paving  in  1878,  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Co.  since 
18S.>,  and  of  the  Trinidad  Asphalt  Co.  sinee  1888. 


MEN  OF  NEW    YORK—  MANHATTAN  SECTION 


1F30pper  StriUcr  ^DOtt  belongs  to  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  distinguished  tamilies  in  America. 
The  pioneer  of  his  paternal  line  was  one  Adam 
Mott,  who  emigrated  from  Essex,  England,  in  early 
colonial  days,  and  settled  in  New  York.  It  has 
been  thought  that  this  founder  of  the  New  York 
family  was  the  same  Adam  Mott  who  landed  in 
Boston  in  1635,  but  a  careful  examination  of  the 
facts  shows  this  to  be  an  error.  The  Boston  immi- 
grant was  from  Cambridge,  Englarfd  ;  and  neither 
his  wife's  name  nor  those  of  his  children  and  later 
descendants  agree  with  corresponding  names  re- 
lating to  the  New  York  family.  The  old  records 
show  that  Adam  Mott  of  New  York  was  married  to 
Jane  Hulet  of  Buckingham,  England,  in  the  Dutch 
church  of  New  Amsterdam,  July  28,  1B47  ;  and  the 
names  of  his  children  occur  in  his  will,  dated  March 
12,  1681-2,  and  recorded  in  the  surrogate's  office 
of  New  York  city.  Adam  Mott's  name  first  appears 
in  the  Albany  records  of  1644  and  1645,  where  he 
is  mentioned  as  a  witness  in  court.  On  August  25, 
1646,  the  Dutch  government  granted  to  him  a  tract 
of  land  on  Mespath  kill  (now  Newtown  creek). 
When  he  arrived  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  is  not 
known,  as  the  first  volume  of  the  town  records, 
covering  the  years  from  1643  to  1656,  is  lost.  In 
the  oldest  extant  annals  of  the  town  he  is  mentioned 
as  one  of  the  five  townsmen  chosen  March  17, 
1657.  He  became  a  Dutch  citizen,  and  some  of 
his  descendants  intermarried  with  the  old  Knicker- 
bocker stock. 

Born  in  New  York  city  in  1854,  Hopper  S.  Mott 
received  an  unusually  thorough  education.  Attend- 
ing first  General  Lockwood's  private  school  at  Tarry- 
town,  he  afterward  went  to  the  Military  Academy  in 
Peek.skill,  and  to  Charlier's  French  School  in  New 
York  city.  This  excellent  preparatory  training  was 
appropriately  followed  by  a  general  and  a  legal 
course  at  Columbia  College.  He  left  the  latter 
before  graduation  because  of  death  in  his  family, 
and  the  consequent  necessity  of  his  managing  the 
family  estate,  which  fell  to  himself  and  his  brother. 
Alexander  Hosack  Mott,  in  1873. 

This  estate  consists  of  parts  of  the  old  Mott  farm, 
originally  acquired  by  grant  from  the  Dutch,  which 
stretched  across  the  northwestern  part  of  the  island 
of  Manhattan  from  a  jjoint  near  the  present  location 
of  Fifth  avenue  to  the  Hudson  river,  and  beyond  to 
the  uplands  on  the  New  Jersey  side.  A  complete 
history  of  this  farm  would  not  only  be  a  most 
entertaining  narrative,  but  would  constitute  an 
authentic  record  of  an  im])ortant  part  of  the  first 
city  in  the  land.  The  burial  plot  of  the  family  was 
located  near  what   is    now   the    junction  of   Fiftieth 


street  and  Ninth  avenue  ;  and  so  recently  as  1883 
a  stone  wall,  visible  from  the  highway,  showed  the 
location  of  the  plot.  The  lower  side  of  this  lot 
was  reserved  for  the  burial  of  the  negro  slaves.  Jor- 
dan Mott,  the  grandfather  of  our  present  subject, 
freed  in  his  will  such  slaves  as  then  belonged  to  the 
family. 

The  growth  of  New  York  in  recent  years  has 
been  marked  in  all  directions,  but  has  nowhere  been 
more  vigorous  than  in  that  part  of  the  city  with 
which  the  Mott  estate  is  concerned.  Mr.  Mott, 
accordingly,  has  found  it  possible  to  considerably 
improve  the  commercial  position  of  the  family 
property.  Making  his  headquarters  in  an  office 
on  Eleventh  avenue,  located  on  ground  that  once 
formed  a  part  of  the  original  farm,  he  has  given 
the  estate  for  many  years  the  benefit  of  his  un- 
divided attention.  The  work  has  been  so  absorbing 
under  the  conditions  of  constant  growth  and  change, 
and  the  responsibilities  of  the  trust  have  been  so 
great,  that  he  has  felt  unable  and  unwilling  to 
assume  outside  obligations,  or  to  engage  in  any 
other  business  on  his  own  account. 

As  might  lie  surmised  from  his  birth  and  educa- 
tion, Mr.  Mott  is  a  man  of  engaging  social  qualities. 
Several  of  the  most  exclusive  clubs  in  the  city  have 
enrolled  his  name  on  their  meinbership  list  —  the 
Union  League,  for  example,  and  the  Metropolitan, 
the  St.  Nicholas,  and  the  Country. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Hopper  Striker 
Mott  was  horn  at  New  York  city  April  19,  lS5Jf  ; 
was  educated  at  Columbia  College ;  married  May 
Lenox  of  New  York  April  19,  1875;  has  demoted 
himself  to  the  care  of  the  family  estate  since  1873. 


Milliam  SCWarC*  MCbb,  one  of  the  best- 
known  financiers  and  corporation  managers  of  New 
York  city,  is  just  entering  upon  the  prime  of  life, 
having  been  born  soon  after  the  middle  of  the  cen- 
tury. He  belongs  to  a  distinguished  family,  his 
grandfather,  General  Samuel  B.  Webb,  having  been 
one  of  the  minutemen  in  the  Revolution  ;  and  his 
father,  James  Watson  Webb,  having  served  his  coun- 
try effectively  in  less  trying  times. 

To  the  inherited  advantages  implied  in  such  a 
past,  Dr.  Webb  added  early  in  life  the  benefits  of 
an  uncommonly  thorough  education.  Carefiil  in- 
struction  from  jirivate  tutors  paved  the  way  for  a  five 
years'  course  at  Colonel  Churchill's  military  school 
at  Sing  Sing.  He  then  spent  two  years  at  Columbia 
College,  and  after  that  went  abroad  to  study  medi- 
cine in  Paris,  Vienna,  and  Berlin.  Returning  to 
New  York  he  took  the  regular  course  at  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  from   which  he  graduated 


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MEN   OF  NEW    YORK— MANHATTAN  SECTION 


in  1875.  Success  in  a  competitive  examination 
then  brought  him  an  appointment  as  physician 
at  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  York  city,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years  and  a  half.  At  the  end  of 
that  ])eriod  he  engaged  in  general  practice  in  New 
York,  but  soon  abandoned  that  occupation  to  join 


llV/.f./.-I.W  SEUARD    WEBB 

his  brother  in  a  stock -brokerage  business.  He  was 
meeting  with  substantial  .success  in  Wall  street  when 
his  father-in-law,  William  H.  Vanderbilt,  offered 
him  the  presidency  of  the  Wagner  Palace  Car  Co. 
This  was  in  188-3,  and  ever  since  then  Dr.  Webb 
has  managed  the  business  of  that  corporation. 
Under  his  vigorous  administration  the  affairs  of  the 
com]jany  have  prospered  markedly  :    large  additions 


to  the  rolling  stock  have  been  made,  the  territory 
within  which  the  company's  cars  are  operated  has 
been  greatly  extended,  and  the  earnings  of  the  cor- 
poration have  been  correspondingly  augmented. 

Dr.  Webb  is  a  director  in  several  railroad  compa- 
nies, including  the  P'itchburg,  the  Bennington  &  Rut- 
land, the  Central  Vermont,  and  the  Find- 

lay,  Fort  Wayne  &  Western.    He  is  also  a 

director  of  the  Lincoln  Safe  De])Osit  Co., 
the  Continental  Trust  Co.,  and  the  Na- 
tional Life  Insurance  Co.  He  is  greatly 
interested  in  the  Adirondack  region, 
having  large  landed  possessions  there. 
He  is  jiresident  of  the  St.  Lawrence  & 
Adirondack  Railway  Co.,  and  has  built 
over  200  miles  of  railroad  in  northern 
New  York.  A  sanitarium  for  sufferers 
from  pulmonary  diseases  has  recently 
been  built  near  Saranac  lake,  New  York, 
upon  100  acres  of  land  contributed  for 
the  purpose  by  Dr.  Webb. 

In  virtue  of  lineal  descent  as  already  de- 
scribed. Dr.  Webb  acquired  membership 
in  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  : 
and  he  was  president  of  the  general  or- 
der for  three  terms.  He  belongs  to 
almost  all  the  prominent  clubs  of  New 
York,  including  the  Metropolitan,  Union 
League,  University,  Riding,  and  others. 
He  owns  a  beautiful  and  finely  cultivated 
farm  at  Shelburne,  Vt.,  and  is  otherwise 
largely  interested  in  the  Green  Mountain 
State.  He  is  an  aid-de-camp  on  the  staff 
of  the  governor  of  Vermont,  with  the 
rank  of  colonel,  and  is  a  member  of  the 

'  Vermont  legislature. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
William  Seward  Webb  luas  born  at  N'eia 
York  city  January   SI,   1851 :    a/tniJcil 
Columbia    College ;    studied  medicine   abroad  and  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New   York, 
and  received  his  degree  in  1875  ;  practiced  his  pro- 
fession   in    New     York,    1875-78;     married  Eliza 
Osgood  Va/iderbilt  of  New  York  December  20,  1881 ; 
engaged  in  the  stock-brokerage  business,  1878-83  ;  has 
been  president  of  the    JVagner  Palace   Car  Co.   since 
1883. 


EASTERN    SECTION 


In  the  Eastern  Section  are  published  the 
biographies  of  subjects  from  the  counties 
of  Albany,  Clinton,  Dutchess,  Essex,  Frank- 
lin, Fulton,  Herkimer,  Jefferson,  Lewis, 
Montgomery,  Oneida,  Onondaga,  Orange, 
Oswego,  Rensselaer,  St.  Lawrence,  Saratoga, 
Schoharie,  Ulster,  and  Warren. 


MEN   OF  THE   EASTERN   SECTION 


CbarleS  Hll&reWS,  for  more  than  a  ([uarter  of 
a  century  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  state 
of  New  York,  has  had  a  career  of  uninterrupted  suc- 
cess both  at  the  bar  and  on  the  bench  of  the  Empire 
State.  Born  in  Oneida  county  seventy  years  ago, 
he  attended  for  a  time  the  common  schools  of  that 
early  day  ;  and  then  finished  his  education,  so  far 
as  schools  were  concerned,  at  the  Oneida  Conference 
Seminary  at  Cazenovia.  Then,  as  now,  the  legal 
profession  offered  to  young  men  of  ability  an  invit- 
ing field  of  labor;  and  Judge  Andrews  determined 
to  become  a  lawyer.  He  went  to  Syracuse,  there- 
fore, where  he  became  a  student  in  the  office  of 
Sedgwick  &  Outwater.  It  did  not  take  long  to  con- 
vince him  that  that  city  would  be  a  good  place  to 
begin  the  practice  of  his  jjrofession,  since  it  was 
increasing  rapidly  in  both  population  and  wealth, 
and  possessed  obvious  natural  and  artificial  advan- 
tages that  seemed  destined  to  make  it  the  most 
important  city  in  central  New  York.  In  January, 
1849,  he  was  admitted  to  practice,  and  began  his 
career  at  the  Onondaga-county  bar.  In  18.51  he 
associated  himself  with  Charles  B.  Sedgwick,  one  of 
his  former  preceptors,  in  the  firm  of  Sedgwick  & 
Andrews.  Four  years  later  George  N.  Kennedy 
was  admitted  to  partnership,  the  style  becoming 
Sedgwick,  Andrews  &  Kennedy.  This  association 
lasted  for  fifteen  years,  or  until  Judge  ."Andrews's 
elevation  to  the  bench. 

Judge  Andrews's  public  career  began  soon  after 
his  admission  to  the  bar,  since  he  was  elected  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Onondaga  county  in  1853  for  a 
term  of  three  years.  In  18G1,  when  but  thirty-four 
years  old,  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Syracuse,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1862  and  again  in  1868.  He  filled 
the  office  with  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  city;  but 
higher  honors,  and  those  of  a  more  congenial  kind, 


were  in  store  for  him.  After  serving  with  distinc- 
tion in  1867  as  delegate  at  large  to  the  state  consti- 
tutional convention,  and  thus  strengthening  his  pop- 
ularity throughout  the  state,  he  was  elected  in  IVIay, 
1870,  an  a.ssociate  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals. 
His  term  began  July  1  of  the  same  year  and  lasted 
fourteen  years.  Judge  Folger,  the  chief  judge  of 
the  court,  retired  in  1881  to  become  secretary  of  the 
treasury,  and  Judge  Andrews  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Cornell  to  fill  the  vacancy.  In  the  fall  of 
1882  he  was  the  Republican  candidate  for  the  office, 
but  was  defeated  by  his  opponent,  the  late  William 
C.  Ruger.  At  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  in 
1884,  Judge  Andrews  received  the  unusual  distinc- 
tion of  a  nomination  for  a  second  term  by  both  polit- 
ical parties,  and  was  duly  elected.  In  the  fall  ot 
1892  the  office  of  chief  judge  was  once  more  vacant, 
owing  to  the  death  of  Judge  Ruger,  and  Judge 
Andrews  was  elected  to  that  high  position,  receiv- 
ing the  nomination  from  both  Republicans  and 
Democrats.  Having  reached  the  limit  of  seventy 
years  prescribed  by  the  constitution,  Judge  Andrews 
retired  from  the  bench  January  1,  1898. 

A  man  of  Judge  Andrews's  strong  individuality 
and  high  position  could  not  fail  to  occupy  an  impor- 
tant place  in  the  community  where  he  has  lived  for 
half  a  century.  In  1871  he  took  a  prominent  part 
in  securing  the  location  at  Syracuse  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  college  now  known  as  the  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity, and  was  appointed  one  of  five  trustees  repre- 
senting the  city:  this  ]5osition  he  has  held  ever 
since.  In  many  other  ways  he  has  been  instrumen- 
tal in  furthering  the  best  interests  of  the  city,  and  in 
increasing  its  prestige  at  home  and  abroad.  Both 
Hamilton  and  Columbia  colleges  have  conferred  upon 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D.  in  recognition 
of  his  distinguished  attainments. 


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PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  OGY—  Charles 
Andrews  was  horn  at  New  York  Mills,  N.  Y.,  May 
27,  1827 ;  zvas  educated  at  Oneida  Conference  Semi- 
nary, Cazenovia,  TV".  Y.  ;  studied  law  in  Syracuse, 
and  Teas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  181^9 ;  7vas  district 
attorney    of    Onondaga    county,    185Jf-56 :    married 


CHARLES  AXDREWS 

Marcia  A.  Shankland  of  Cortland,  N'.  Y.,  May  17, 
1855 ;  was  7nayor  of  Syracuse  in  18G2,  1863,  and 
1869 ;  7C'as  a  delegate  at  large  to  the  state  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1867  ;  practiced  law  at  Syracuse, 
18Ji.!)—70  ;  was  elected  associate  Judge  of  the  Court  of 
Appeals  of  New  York  state  in  1870,  and  chief  judge 
in  1893. 


IRObert  p.  Buibal  of  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  was 
born  in  Benson,  Hamilton  county,  toward  the  close 
of  the  first  half  of  the  century.  His  father  was  a 
successful  fanner,  a  man  of  unusual  intelligence  and 
liberal  ideas,  who  determined  to  give  his  two  sons  a 
thorough  educational  training  to  -fit  them  for  their 
life-work.      Robert  was  the  elder,  and  was  well  fitted 


by  natural  inclination  and  ability  to  take  advantage 
of  the  opportunities  thus  afforded  him.  After  secur- 
ing an  elementary  education  in  the  district  schools, 
he  studied  for  a  year  under  the  Rev.  Ira  Holmes, 
and  then  entered  Fort  Edward  Collegiate  Institute. 
For  several  years  thereafter  he  divided  his  time 
between  study  and  teaching,  finally  be- 
coming principal  of  the  high  school  at 
Northville,  Fulton  county,  where  he  re- 
mained for  two  years  and  a  half.  He 
met  with  decided  success  in  this  work, 
and  made  the  school  one  of  the  best  of 
its  kind  in  the  state.  He  possessed  a 
remarkably  good  memory,  and  both  the 
will  and  the  ability  to  work  hard;  and 
he  ultimately  secured  an  excellent  edu- 
cation. 

During  much  of  this  time,  also,  [udge 
Anibal  had  devoted  his  leisure  to  read- 
ing law,  both  by  himself  and  in  the  otifice 
of  Judge  Wait  of  Fort  Edward  ;    and  he 
had  therefore  considerable  knowledge  of 
the  science  when  he  went  to  Albany  in 
March,   1870,  and  became  a  student  in 
the  office  of  Carrol  &  Fraser  of  that  city. 
So  far  had  he  advanced,  indeed,  that  in 
February,  1871,  he  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice ;   though  he  remained  in  the  Albany 
office    for   several    months    thereafter  in 
order    to  profit  by  the  valuable  experi- 
ence to  be  gained  there.     In  May,  1872, 
however,  he  began  professional  work  at 
Northville,  which  had  been  the  scene  of 
his  successful  labors  as  a  teacher.     Being 
already  well  and  fevorably  known  in  the 
place,  Judge  Anibal  had  no  difficulty  in 
securing  a  professional   foothold  there  ; 
and  it  soon  became  evident  that  he  was 
to  be  as  successful  as  a  lawyer  as  he  had 
been  as  an  instructor.      His  services  were  more  and 
more  in  demand,  and  in  a  short  time  he  built  up  a 
lucrative  practice.      By  the  year  1886  his  clientage 
had  become  so  extensive  throughout  Fulton  county 
that    he    determined    to    move    to    Johnstown,    the 
county  seat  ;    and  that  city  has  since  been  his  home. 
Judge   Anibal  has  now  practiced  at  the    Fulton- 
county  bar  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  has  estab- 
lished  an    enviable    reputation    there.       For    many 
years  many  of  the  most  important  cases  in  that  part 
of  the  state  have  been  intrusted  to  him,  and  have 
been    conducted  by  him  with  much    succe.ss.      His 
fellow-citizens    have    confidence    in    his    thorough 
knowledge  of  the  law,  and  in  his  painstaking  and 
zealous  care  for  the  interests  of  his  clients  ;  and  the 


MEN  OF  NEW   YORK— EASTERN  SECTION 


result  has  proved  that  this  confidence  has  not  been 
misplaced. 

Judge  Anibal  has  always  been  an  ardent  Demo- 
crat, and  a  firm  believer  in  the  principles  of  that 
party.  Within  a  year  of  his  admission  to  the  bar  he 
was  elected  judge  of  Fulton  county,  and  for  six  years 
presided  over  the  county  court  with  admirable  dig- 
nity and  impartiality.  Since  then  he  has  not  aspired 
to  public  office,  preferring  to  devote  himself  to  his 
professional  work.  His  time  and  talents  are  freely 
at  the  service  of  his  party,  however,  and  he  is  well 
known  to  the  voters  of  Fulton  and  adjoining  coun- 
ties as  an  eloquent  public  speaker  and  a  clear  and 
convincing  reasoner. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Robert 
Philip  Anibal  was  born  at  Benson,  N.  Y. ,  February 
22,  ISJfO  ;  was  educated  at  Fort  Edward  Collegiate 
Institute ;  taught  school,  studied,  and  read 

law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Feb-         . 

ruary,  1871 :  married  Frances  E.  l^an 
Arnam  of  Northville,  N.  Y,  April  2 Jf, 
1872  ;  7vas  county  Judge  of  Fulton  county, 
1872-77 ;  practiced  law  at  Northville, 
1872—86  ;  has  practiced  laio  at  /ohnstoicn, 
N.  Y.,  since  1886. 


Ibenrp  ID.  ;KorSt,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing lawyers  of  the  Mohawk  valley,  was 
born  in  Schoharie  county  forty-four  years 
ago.  He  was  obliged  from  an  early  age 
to  support  himself;  and  after  attending 
the  district  schools  and  union  free  school 
in  his  native  town  of  Cobleskill,  he  spent 
two  years  in  teaching.  During  this 
time,  also,  he  began  to  read  law,  unde- 
terred by  the  difficulties  that  beset  the 
path  of  the  student  who  attempts,  with- 
out sufficient  means,  to  prepare  him.self 
for  a  professional  career.  Having  ac- 
cumulated a  little  capital  by  his  expe- 
rience as  a  pedagogue,  he  took  a  course 
at  the  Brockport  Normal  School ;  and  in 
1874  entered  Cornell  University,  where 
he  remained  two  years.  Thus  having 
acquired  an  excellent  general  education, 
he  went  to  Albany  and  took  up  again  his 
legal  studies.  Attending  the  sessions  of 
the  Albany  Law  School,  and  at  the  same 
time  studying  in  the  office  of  James  E. 
Dewey,  he  was  able  in  an  unusually 
short  time  to  take  the  bar  examinations 
May,  1877,  he  was  duly  admitted  to  practice.  He 
was  but  twenty-four  years  old  at  this  time  ;  and  as  he 
had  paid  his  own  way  through  school  and  college, 


the  fact  that  he  had  completed  his  professional  prep- 
aration in  so  short  a  time  was  a  most  creditable 
achievement. 

On  January  1,  1878,  Judge  Borst  began  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. ,  form- 
ing a  partnership  with  De  Witt  C.  Shults  that  lasted 
imtil  his  removal  to  the  other  end  of  the  county  ten 
years  later.  Judge  Borst  was  successful  in  his  pro- 
fession from  the  first,  and  soon  had  a  large  and  lucra- 
tive practice.  By  the  year  1883  he  had  attained 
such  prominence  in  Montgomery  county  that  he  was 
chosen  as  the  Democratic  candidate  for  district  attor- 
ney, and  was  duly  elected.  After  completing  his 
term  of  three  years  in  this  position  he  devoted  a  few 
months  to  his  private  practice;  but  on  January  1, 
1888,  he  was  appointed  county  judge,  and  moved  to 
Amsterdam,    where    he    formed  a  partnership    with 


and  in 


ROBERT  P.  AXIBAL 

Z.  S.  Westbrook  that  lasted  until  November,  1894. 
Since  that  time  he  has  practiced  alone,  and  has  met 
with  marked  success.  His  has  been  essentially  a 
fighting    practice  ;    and    he    is    notoriously    a    good 


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fighter,  never  willing  to  acknowledge  himself  de- 
feated until  every  resource  has  failed.  Much  of  his 
time  has  been  devoted  to  criminal  law,  and  he  has 
prosecuted  and  defended  several  celebrated  murder 
cases.      His  practice  extends  throughout  the  Mohawk 


llIiXRY    r.  BORST 

valley,  and  probably  no  lawyer  in  that  section  of  the 
state  has  a  larger  clientage  than  he. 

Judge  Borst  has  been  for  many  years  an  active 
worker  in  behalf  of  the  Democratic  party,  attending 
conventions  and  making  speeches  in  favor  of  its 
candidates.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he  was  nominated 
for  state  senator  in  the  27th  district,  comprising  the 
counties  of  Montgomery,  Fulton,  Hamilton,  and 
Schoharie.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  has  served  as  Chan- 
cellor Commander  of  the  latter  organization.  He  is 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  in  1897  was  chosen  tlrand  Warden 
of  the  order  in  New  York  state. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  —  Henry  V. 
Borst  was  I'oni  at  Cobleskill,   N'.    } '. ,  July  6,  185S  ; 


was  educated  ai  Brockpori  Normal  School  and  Cornell 
University ;  taught  school  and  studied  laio,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1877  ;  married  Mattie  Earner 
of  Mineral  Springs,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1878,  and  Alida 
\crdon  of  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. ,  in  May,  1882 ;  prac- 
ticed law  at  Fort  Plain,  1878-87  ;  toas 
district  attorney  of  Montgomery  county, 
1884-80,  and  county  judge,  1888-89; 
has  practiced  hno  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. , 
since  1888. 


CF^arles  IH.  JSulger,  one  of  the 

most  successful  attorneys  at  the  Oswego- 
county  bar,  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Democratic  party  in  central  New 
York,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Volney, 
N.  Y.,  forty-five  years  ago.  His  father, 
Dr.  W.  J.  Bulger,  was  mayor  of  Oswego 
in  189S,  and  his  family  has  been  other- 
wise distinguished  in  the  past.  Appre- 
ciating the  advantages  of  a  liberal  educa- 
tion. Dr.  Bulger  encouraged  his  son  to 
study  for  a  jirofcssion.  Attending  first 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  afterward  a  school  at  Gilbert's  Mills, 
Charles  ne.\t  entered  Falley  Seminary  in 
Fulton,  N.  Y.  This  institution  had 
considerable  prestige  in  its  day,  and 
many  distinguished  men  of  the  Empire 
State  have  studied  there.  Having  re- 
mained at  Falley  until  1870,  Mr.  Bulger 
postponed  his  legal  studies,  already  in 
view,  for  one  year  of  school  teaching  in 
Oranby,  Oswego  county. 

After  that  interval  he  began  the  study 
of  the  law  at  Fulton,  in  the  office  of 
Stephen  &  Pardee.  Eight  months  later 
he  resolved  to  carry  out  his  original 
intention  of  getting  a  thorough  classical  education, 
concluding  with  unusual  sagacity  that  the  time  thus 
taken  from  the  law  would  be  more  than  made  up 
later  in  life.  Taking  a  preparatory  course  of  one 
year  at  St.  John's  College,  Fordham,  New  York 
city,  he  then  covered  the  regular  classical  course  of 
four  years  in  the  same  institution,  graduating  with 
high  standing  in  June,  1875.  Taking  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Oswego,  he  resumed  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Albertus  Perry,  one  of  the  leading 
attorneys  of  central  New  York  at  that  time.  Mr. 
Bulger  has  continued  to  live  in  Oswego  ever  since 
this  date ;  and  it  is  an  interesting  fact  that  his 
present  law  offices  in  the  Grant  block  are  the  same 
that  were  formerly  occupied  by  his  ])receptor  Mr. 
Perrv. 


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With  maturer  mind  and  wider  knowledge,  Mr. 
Bulger  read  law  much  more  intelligently  than  before, 
and  acquired  a  firmer  grasp  of  the  great  principles 
underlying  legal  science.  He  was  therefore  finely 
equipped  for  all  branches  of  practice  when  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  June,  1879.  His  advancement  from 
that  time  was  rapid,  both  in  his  profession  and  in 
public  life.  .Soon  after  returning  from  college  he 
began  to  take  an  active  interest  in  political  matters, 
allying  himself  with  the  Democratic  party.  His 
earliest  public  office  was  that  of  school  commissioner 
of  the  first  district  of  Oswego.  In  March,  1882,  he 
was  appointed  attorney  for  the  city  of  Oswego,  and 
in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  while  still  city  attorney, 
he  was  elected  recorder  of  Oswego  for  a  term  of 
four  years.  His  administration  of  this  office  was  so 
satisfactory  that  he  was  re-elected  in  1886,  again  in 
1890,  and  yet  again  in  1894.  He  is 
still  recorder  of  the  city,  therefore,  hav- 
ing held  the  office  continuously  since 
188.3.  He  was  sent  to  Chicago  in  1892 
as  a  delegate  to  the  Democratit-  national 
convention. 

Mr.  Bulger's  success  at  the  bar  and 
in  public  life  has  been  facilitated  by  his 
talent  as  an  orator.  Naturally  gifted  in 
that  direction,  he  has  strengthened  his 
native  powers  by  the  constant  ]jractice 
derived  from  his  political  speaking,  and 
his  addre.sses  before  court  and  jury.  His 
speeches  are  scholarly  in  style,  logical  in 
arrangement,  convincing  in  delivery, 
effective  in  results. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Charles  N.  Bulger  was  born  at  Voliiey, 
Oswego  county,  N.  Y.,  August  19,  lSi>l  : 
graduated  from  St.  John\';  College,  Ford- 
ham,  New  York,  in  1875 ;  studied  la7U, 
and  tvas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879  ;  7vas 
city  attorney  of  Oswego,  N.  Y'. ,  in  1882  ; 
married  Caroline  A.  Dunn  of  Osivego 
June  5,  1883 ;  has  been  recorder  of  the 
city  of  Osivego  since  January  1,  1883  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Oswego  since  1879. 


S>aviD    ID.  (laSSi&V?,    one    of  the 
most  highly  regarded  citizens  of  Amster- 
dam, N.  Y.,  is  a  son  of  Christopher  Cas- 
sidy,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Montgomery 
county,  and  his  wife,  Catharine  Wemple. 
He  was  born  in  Montgomery  county  seventy  years 
ago,  and  has  always  lived  there.      His  boyhood  was 
spent  in  his  native  town,  where  he  attended  the  dis- 
trict schools,   afterward  taking  a  short  course  at  the 


Poughkeepsie  Collegiate  School.  His  father  died 
when  David  was  only  four  years  old,  and  as  he  grew 
up  the  lad  experienced  some  difficulty  in  acquiring 
even  a  fair  general  education  on  account  of  limited 
means. 

Leaving  school  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  he  liecame 
a  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store  in  Amsterdam,  where 
he  remained  for  the  next  four  years.  In  this,  his 
first  business  employment,  Mr.  Cassidy  displayed 
the  same  industry  and  zeal  that  have  always  charac- 
terized his  conduct  of  affairs.  He  gained  there  a 
large  amount  of  valuable  knowledge  of  business  prin- 
ciples, and  a  considerable  insight  into  business  meth- 
ods ;  and  in  many  ways  helped  to  fit  himself  for  his 
future  successful  career. 

It  was  not  as  a  merchant,  however,  that  this  suc- 
cess was  to  be  gained.      .'\t  the  age  of  twenty-two 


CHAh'/.ES  .\.  UL'LOER 


Mr.  Cassidy  became  a  clerk  in  the  Farmers'  Bank  of 
Amsterdam,  now  known  as  the  Farmers'  National 
Bank.  The  change  proved  a  most  fortunate  one,  for 
he   soon   discovered    that    the   work    was   peculiarlv 


MEN  OF  NEW    YORK— EASTERN  SECTION 


congenial.  He  made  up  his  mind  to  devote  himself 
to  banking,  and  to  attain  as  soon  as  possible  a  re- 
sponsible position  in  the  institution  with  which  he  was 
connected.  With  this  end  in  view  he  applied  him- 
self diligently  to  his  duties,  and  soon  made  himself 
valuable   to   the  officials  of  the  bank.      In  course  of 


DA  I' ID   D.   CASSIDY 

time  he  became  successively  bookkeeper,  teller,  and 
a,ssistant  cashier  and  director;  and  finally,  in  1859, 
only  ten  years  from  the  time  he  first  entered  the 
bank,  he  became  its  cashier.  For  the  next  thirty 
years  he  held  this  position,  resigning  in  1889  in 
order  to  enjoy  a  well  earned  re.st. 

Under  Mr.  Cassidy's  watchful  care  and  wise  and 
prudent  management  the  Farmers'  National  Bank  of 
Amsterdam  attained  a  marked  degree  of  prosperity. 
It  came  to  occupy  a  position  very  different  from  that 
of  the  ordinary  bank  of  a  small  city,  and  was  widelv 
known  as  one  of  the  most  solid  financial  institutions 
of  that  part  of  the  state.  Its  stock,  which  had  been 
held  at  par  when  Mr.  Cassidy  assumed  the  manage- 
ment of  its  affairs,  sold  for  250  when  he  retired  ;  and 


regular  annual  dividends  of  from  ten  to  fifteen  per 
cent  were  paid  during  all  that  time.  The  bank 
building,  erected  under  his  immediate  supervision, 
is  one  of  the  finest  structures  in  the  city.  On  its 
completion  he  received  from  the  directors  a  most 
flattering  set  of  resolutions,  and  a  check  for  $1000 
as  a  substantial  expression  of  their  appre- 
ciation of  his  labors.  Mr.  Cassidy's  re- 
markable success  in  the  management  of 
the  institution  was  due  not  less  to  his 
I  onstant  and  tireless  supervision  of  all  its 
affairs  than  to  native  ability  and  sound 
judgment  in  financial  matters.  During 
his  long  service  he  was  always  at  his 
]50st,  never  allowing  himself  more  than 
a  few  days  at  infrequent  intervals  for 
recreation.  It  is  interesting  to  note  in 
connection  with  his  banking  career  that 
from  the  time  he  first  became  connected 
with  the  institution  no  bond  was  ever 
required  of  him  as  security  for  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  his  duties.  This  un- 
usual circumstance  attests  the  perfect 
confidence  reposed  in  him  by  the  board 
of  directors  —  a  confidence  that  the  event 
amply  justified.  When  Mr.  Cassidy  re- 
tired from  the  bank  the  directors  adopted 
a  resolution  to  have  his  portrait  painted 
in  oil  by  a  competent  artist.  The  work 
was  executed  in  admirable  style  by  the 
well-known  English  painter,  John  J. 
Shannon,  and  now  hangs  in  the  direc- 
tors' room  of  the  institution. 

Since  retiring  from  active  business  life 
Mr.  Cassidy  has  occupied  hinvself  chiefly 
with  the  care  of  his  property.  The  Cas- 
sidy block  on  East  Main  street  was  built 
by  him,  and  is  an  ornament  to  the  city. 
He  has  been  a  director  and  treasurer  of 
the  Chuctanunda  Cias  Light  Co.  since  1878,  and  is 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Amsterdam  Academy.  Al- 
though so  closely  occupied  for  many  years  with  busi- 
ness affairs,  he  never  allowed  himself  to  be  wholly 
absorbed  by  them.  He  has  been  an  extensive 
reader  on  general  subjects,  and  has  given  particular 
attention  to  matters  of  finance  and  [jolitical  economy. 
He  is  a  man  of  genial  temperament  and  attractive 
social  qualities.  He  is  straightforward  and  frank  in 
his  speech,  an  interesting  conversationalist,  and  has 
a  cultivated  and  discriminating  taste  in  literature 
and  art.  Amid  the  refined  surroundings  of  his  home 
he  is  enjoying  the  quiet  and  peace  to  which,  in  his 
later  years,  every  man  is  entitled  who  has  been  suc- 
cessful in  the  battle  of  life. 


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PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  David 
Dcmaresl  Cassidy  was  /wrn  in  the  to7vn  of  Florida, 
Monlgomery  county,  N.  Y.,  April  6,  1827 ;  was 
educated  at  Foughkcepsie  Collegiate  School ;  was  clerk 
in  a  dry-goods  store  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. ,  184.4.-^9  ; 
married  Mrs.  Catharine  M.  Efner  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y. ,  Ap>-il  1 7,  ISGG ;  began  his  connection  with  the 
Farmers^  National  Bank  of  Amsterdam  in  IS^O,  and 
was  its  cashier,  185.9  -89 ;  since  1889  has  occupied 
himself  tcith  various  business  interests  in  Amsterdam. 


Milliam  aieran&er  2)uncan  is  known  in 

two  hemispheres  for  his  de\otion  to  the  cause  of 
education  and  of  Sunday-school  work,  to  which  he 
has  given  practically  his  whole  life.  His  father, 
William  Duncan,  a  native  of  Lumphanen,  Aberdeen- 
shire, Scotland,  and  a  descendant  of  a  well-known 
old  Scottish  family,  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  and  became  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  the  city  of  Syracuse.  He 
was  an  architect  and  builder,  and  much 
of  the  e.xcellence  of  the  early  buildings 
of  that  city  is  due  to  his  influence. 

William  A.  Duncan  was  born  in  Os- 
wego, N.  Y.,  si.\ty  years  ago.  His  in- 
terest in  secular  and  religious  education 
began  early  in  life ;  and  on  leaving 
school  he  became  a  teacher  and  after- 
ward principal  of  an  academy  at  Oneida, 
N.  Y.  He  has  done  good  work  for  the 
public-school  system  of  Syracuse,  acting 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
for  fourteen  years,  and  as  its  president 
for  two  years.  This  was  the  longest 
term  of  service  ever  given  by  a  citizen 
of  Syracuse  on  the  educational  board. 
He  inherited  his  father's  ability  as  an 
architect  ;  and  he  designed  and  erected 
the  Seymour  school,  which  attracted 
much  attention  as  a  model  building  for 
its  purpose,  and  has  been  widely  copied 
in  other  cities.  He  was  also  connected 
for  many  years  with  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Syracuse,  acting 
as  a  member  of  its  executive  committee, 
and  later  as  its  president ;  and  the  hand- 
some and  well  appointed  building  of  the 
association  was  planned  by  him,  and 
erected  during  his  presidency. 

Mr.  Duncan  has  long  been  connected 
with  the  work  of  the  Chautauqua  Assembly,  and  has 
been  for  fifteen  years  its  secretary  and  superintend- 
ent ;     and,    with    the    exception    of   its    chancellor. 
Bishop    Vincent,   and    its  president,    Lewis    Miller, 


perhaps  no  man  is  more  closely  identified  with  the 
organization  than  he.  He  founded  the  Ceorgia 
("hautauqua  Assembly  at  Albany,  Ga.,  and  has  had 
a  most  important  part  in  its  successful  establi.shment. 
This  institution  has  prospered  markedly  ;  and, 
owing  to  the  peculiar  educational  conditions  of  the 
South,  has  been  productive  of  great  good.  It  has 
also  been  most  helpful  in  promoting  harmony  be- 
tween the  intelligent  and  religious  people  of  the 
North  and  the  South,  since  able  representatives  of 
the  two  sections  meet  constantly  on  its  lecture 
platform  and  in  the  general  work  of  the  assembly, 
and  such  intercour.se  necessarily  produces  a  truer 
estimate  of  each  other's  needs  and  limitations. 

But  the  work  that  is  nearest  Dr.  Duncan's  heart  is 
that  of  the  Sunday  school,  and  it  is  this  field  in  which 
he  has  won  his  widest  reputation.       He  organized 


U'/LL/A.\r  ALE.\A.\DER   DVNCA.X 


the  Syracuse  Sunday  School  Association,  and  was 
its  first  president :  and  he  was  president  for  three 
years  of  the  Onondaga  County  Sunday  School 
Association.      For     twentv-five    vears    he     was    the 


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MEN  OF  NEW    YORK— EASTERN  SECTION 


superintendent  of  the  Plymouth  Sunday  School  of 
Syracuse,  and  its  branch  schools,  the  Clood  Will  and 
the  Pilgrim.  For  seventeen  years  he  has  represented 
New  York  state  on  the  executive  committee  of  the 
International  Sunday  School  Association  of  the 
Ignited  States  and  Canada  ;  and  he  has  been  for  an 


LEONARD   /■'.   FISH 

equal  period  chairman  of  the  New  York  State  Sun- 
day School  Executive  Committee.  He  has  been 
connected  with  the  Congregational  Sunday  School 
and  Publication  Society  of  Boston,  as  district  and 
field  secretary,  for  fifteen  years.  In  1881  he  founded 
the  New  York  State  Women's  Sunday  School  Mis- 
sionary Aid  Association  ;  and  in  the  same  year  origi- 
nated the  "Home  Class"  work,  for  the  purpose  of 
furnishing  an  opportunity  for  systematic  home  study 
of  the  Sunday-school  lessons  in  connection  with  the 
regular  Sunday  school.  This  is  the  most  important, 
permanent,  and  far-reaching  work  of  his  life,  and 
through  this  authorship  will  he  be  longest  and  best  re- 
membered ;  for  from  this  beginning  has  grown  what 
is  known  as  the  Home  Class,  or  Home  Department 


of  the  Sunday  school.  This  department  now  com- 
prises more  than  100,000  students  in  the  Sunday 
schools  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  and  Europe, 
and  has  nearly  35,000  in  New  York  state  alone  ; 
and  Dr.  Duncan  estimates  that  in  the  near  future 
1,000,000  students  will  be  connected  with  the 
organization.       He    has    presented    this 

1        work  in  all  the  international  and  world's 

!  Sunday-school  conventions  since  1881, 
and  in  thousands  of  state,  county,  and 
local  conventions.  In  1891  he  went  to 
Europe  in  the  interests  of  this  work,  and 
of  the  World's  Columbian  Sunday  School 
Convention,  which  was  held  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  in  1893.  He  delivered  addresses, 
and  conferred  with  Sunday-school  work- 
ers in  all  the  i)rincipal  European  capi- 
tals ;  and  at  London,  in  conjunction 
with  Bishop  Vincent,  he  was  offered  a 
public  reception  by  the  Sunday-school 
workers. 

Dr.  Duncan's  degree  of  Ph.  D.  was 
conferred  upon  him  in  1888  by  Mount 
Union  (C)hio)  College,  in  recognition 
of  his  indefatigable  services  for  the  in- 
tellectual and  moral  well-being  of  his 
fellow-men. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
William  Alexander  Duncan  7uas  born  at 
Oswego,  N.  Y. ,  November  1,  1837 ;  was 
educated  in  Syracuse ;  married  Julia  B. 
Coleman  of  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  May  21, 
1863 ;  has  made  his  home  in  Syracuse 
since  ISJfO,  and  has  devoted  his  life  to  Sun- 
dav-school  and  general  educational  work. 


!3Leonar5  if.  ifisb  of  Fiiitonviiie, 

N.  Y.,  was  born  in  that  village  thirty 
years  ago  ;  and  is  the  youngest  son  of 
the  late  Judge  Froth  ingham  Fish  of  the  Supreme 
Court.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  village,  and  at  Clinton  Liberal  Insti- 
tute, Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. 

Having  a  hereditary  predilection  for  the  legal 
profe.ssion,  Mr.  Fish,  after  completing  his  general 
education,  prepared  himself  for  the  bar  ;  and  in  the 
fall  of  1890  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of 
New  York  state.  During  the  following  winter  he 
opened  an  office  in  Fultonville,  where  he  has  since 
remained.  Although  he  has  been  in  jiractice  but  a 
few  years,  he  has  already  gained  a  reputation  as  a 
successful  attorney,  particularly  in  trials  before  a 
jury.  This  success  is  largely  due  to  his  invariable 
habit  of  following    zealously  to    the    end   all  cases 


MEX   OF  NEW    )'0R/<:~ EASTERN  SECT/ON 


11 


entrusted  to  him,  and   never  acknowledging  himself 
defeated  while  a  chance  of  success  remains. 

Mr.  Fish's  progress  in  his  profession  has  been 
considerably  facilitated  by  his  service  as  district 
attorney,  by  which  he  has  become  generally  and 
favorably  known  throughout  Montgomery  county. 
He  was  elected  to  this  office  in  the  fall  of  1892, 
when  only  twenty-five  years  old,  and  was  re-elected 
in  1895.  During  this  period,  besides  other  impor- 
tant criminal  work,  he  has  conducted  successfully  for 
the  prosecution  six  trials  for  murder.  In  the  Youngs 
and  Leonard!  trials  he  secured  in  each  instance, 
without  the  aid  of  assistant  counsel,  a  conviction  in 
the  first  degree. 

Mr.   Fish  is  a  partner  in  a  large  and  successful 
manufacturing  concern  located  in  Fultonville.     He 
is   a   member   of  the    Independent    ( )rder  of  Odd 
Fellows,    the    Knights    of    Pythias,    the 
Elks,  and  the  Royal  Arcanum  ;  and  has 
recently  joined  the  Masonic  order.      He 
attends  the  Reformed  church. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Leonard  F.  Fish  was  born  at  Fultonville, 
N.  Y.,  March  23,  1867 :  was  educated 
at  Clinton  Liberal  Lnstitute  ;  studied  law, 
and  7c<as  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890  ; 
has  been  district  attornev  of  Alontgomerx 
county  since  1893 ;  has  practiced  hna  at 
Fultonville  since  1891. 


0.  Marreii  Ifjcatb,   sheriff  of 

Montgomery  county,  is  a  son  of  S.  Pul- 
ver  Heath  and  Esther  Groat  of  Amster- 
dam, N.  Y.  He  was  born  in  that  city 
thirty-seven  years  ago,  and  made  his 
home  there  until  January,  1895.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  for  several 
years,  he  took  a  four  years'  course  at  the 
Amsterdam  Academy,  where  he  obtained 
a  thorough  business  education  and  passed 
the  Regents'  examination  of  the  state  of 
New  York  with  high  honor.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  went  to  work  in  the  car- 
pet mills  of  S.  Sanford  &  Sons.  This  is 
the  most  important  industry  in  Amster- 
dam, and  Mr.  Heath  remained  there 
continuously  for  seventeen  years.  He 
was  employed  all  that  time  in  the  de- 
signing department ;  and,  as  he  possessed 
decided  talent  in  this  line,  his  services  be- 
came increasingly  valuable  to  the  firm,  and  he  finally 
reached  a  position  of  importance  and  responsibility. 
Mr.  Heath  has  long  been  interested  in  political 
affairs,  and   of  late  years  has  been   one  of  the  most 


prominent  members  of  the  Republican  party  in 
Montgomery  county.  In  1894  he  was  elected  sheriff 
by  1101  plurality  over  Major  William  N.  Johnston, 
the  strongest  candidate  that  the  Democrats  could 
place  in  the  field  against  him  ;  and  he  is  still  serving 
in  that  capacity.  On  assuming  the  duties  of  the 
office  he  moved  to  Fonda,  the  county  seat,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  served  for  four  years  as 
secretary  of  the  Republican  city  committee  of 
Amsterdam,  and  has  been  chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican county  committee  since  1893.  His  first  public 
office  was  that  of  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Amsterdam, 
which  he  held  in  1891-92.  He  gave  such  general 
satisfaction  in  this  position  that  he  was  unanimously 
renominated  for  a  second  term  ;  but  he  declined  to 
accept  the  office  on  account  of  the  important  posi- 
tion which  he  held  with  S.  Sanford  &  Sons. 


<;.    WARRKX  HEATH 

Mr.  Heath  has  been  actively  connected  with 
several  important  manufacturing  and  other  enter- 
prises in  his  part  of  the  state.  He  helped  to  organ- 
ize   the    Wiles    Manufivcturing    Co,    of    Fultonville, 


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^rI^:^■  of  XEir  york—easterx  sect/ox 


makers  of  steel  and  iron  bedsteads,  and  has  been  a 
partner  in  the  same  ever  since  ;  and  he  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  three  national  banks  of  the  city  of 
Amsterdam. 

During  his  residence  in    Amsterdam   Mr.    Heath 
took  a  prominent   |iart  in  the  affairs  of  the  cit\',  and 


JAMES  LEDLIE   HEES 

in  various  social  and  other  organizations.  He  was 
an  active  member  of  the  fire  department,  whose 
efficiency  he  helped  materially  to  promote.  He 
served  for  several  years  as  treasurer  of  the  J.  D. 
Serviss  steamer  and  hose  company.  He  is  a  Mason 
of  high  standing,  belonging  to  Fultonville  Lodge, 
No.  539,  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  Johnstown  Chapter,  No.  78, 
R.  A.  M.  ;  and  Holy  Cross  Commandery,  No.  51, 
K.  T.,  of  Gloversville.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Woodbine  Lodge,  No.  250,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
Neoskaleeta  Tribe  of  Red  Men,  No.  149,  both  of 
Amsterdam  :  as  well  as  Lodge  No.  773,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Fonda.  He  is  an 
attendant  of  the  Pre.sbyterian  church.  He  is  a  man 
of  excellent    business   ability,  strict  integrity,  and 


spotless  character,   possessing  the  confidence  of  the 
community  in  a  marked  degree. 

PERSONAL    CHRONOLOGY— G.    Warren 

Heath  was  horn  at  Amsterdam,  N.    Y.,   August  26, 

1800  ;  7aas  educated  in  public  schools  and  Amsterdam 

Academy  :  married  Lillian  M.  Sammons  of  Amsterdam 

October  1,5,   1SS4 ;    was  employed  in  the 

designing   department  of  Stephen  Sanford 

&"    Sons,     Amsterdam,     1S7S-05  ;     was 

treasurer  of  the  city  of  Amsterdam,  1891- 

!)■> ;  has  been  slieriff  of  Montgotiiery  county 

since    180.'>,   making  his  home  at  Fonda, 

N.   Y. 


3ames  Xe&lie  Ibees,  prominent 

in  banking  and  railroad  circles  in  Mont- 
gomery county,  New  York,  is  of  Dutch 
descent,  and  traces  his  lineage  back  to 
revolutionary  patriots.  His  paternal  an- 
cestor was  Johannes  Hees,  a  Hollander 
who  settled  at  Palatine,  Montgomery 
county,  in  1763;  and  his  maternal 
ancestor,  George  Spraker,  was  one  of 
the  earliest  Dutch  settlers  of  the  Mo- 
hawk valley.  Both  were  soldiers  in  the 
Revolution,  serving  in  Colonel  Jacob 
Klock's  regiment  of  Tryon-county  mili- 
tia. 

After  attending  the  union  school  at 
Fonda,  N.  Y.,  and  Clinton  Liberal  Insti- 
tute, Mr.  Hees  finished  his  studies  at 
Pine  Plains,  Dutchess  county ;  and  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  began  his  Inisiness 
career.  For  the  first  three  years  he  was 
employed  in  New  York  city  as  cashier 
and  assistant  paymaster  in  the  ship 
chandlery  of  James  D.  Spraker,  con- 
nected with  the  Starin  Transportation 
Co.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  when 
still  less  than  twenty  years  old,  he  began  his 
connection  with  banking  as  teller  in  the  National 
Mohawk  River  Bank  at  Fonda.  In  January,  1886, 
he  was  appointed  cashier  of  the  bank ;  and  in 
January,  1897,  he  was  elected  president  and  direc- 
tor, succeeding  his  grandfather,  Daniel  Spraker, 
well  known  as  the  oldest  bank  president  in  the 
country,  who  had  died  a  few  months  before  at  the 
age  of  ninety-eight.  During  his  service  as  teller 
and  cashier  Mr.  Hees  had  promoted  the  prosperity 
of  the  bank  by  his  obliging  attention  to  the  wants 
of  its  patrons,  and  by  his  energetic  and  progressive 
policy  in  its  management ;  and  his  election  to  the 
presidency  of  the  institution  was  a  fitting  triliute  to 
his  zeal  and  ability. 


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13 


Mr.  Hees  has  interested  himself  largely  in  rail- 
road matters  since  1892,  when  he  became  one  of 
the  incorporators  of  the  Cayadutta  Electric  Railroad 
Co.,  running  from  Fonda  to  Johnstown  and  Glovers- 
ville  ;  and  was  elected  its  treasurer  and  a  member 
of  its  board  of  directors.  In  June,  1893,  the  same 
syndicate  purchased  the  Fonda,  Johnstown  &  Glov- 
ersville  Railroad  Co.,  and  leased  to  it  the  Cayadutta 
road,  which  thenceforth  became  known  as  the  elec- 
tric division.  Mr.  Hees  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
Fonda,  Johnstown  &  Gloversville  Railroad  Co.,  and 
held  the  position  for  the  next  four  years.  In  the 
spring  of  1897  the  presidency  of  the  road  became 
vacant  by  the  death  of  James  Shanahan,  and  in  the 
following  August  Mr.  Hees  was  unanimously  chosen 
by  the  board  of  directors  to  fill  the  office.  In 
September  he  was  also  elected  president  of  the  Caya- 
dutta Electric  Railroad  Co. 

This  was  not  Mr.  Hees's  first  experi- 
ence as  president  of  a  railroad,  however. 
In  January,  1895,  a  corporation  had 
been  formed  with  Mr.  Hees  as  president, 
.'\.  B.  Colvin,  state  treasurer,  as  vice 
president,  and  R.  T.  McKeever  as  sec- 
retary and  treasurer,  known  as  the  Her- 
kimer, Mohawk,  Ilion  &  Frankfort  Elec- 
tric Railroad  Co.  This  syndicate  bought 
the  three  separate  lines  of  horse  railroad 
connecting  the  places  named  ;  consoli- 
dated them  into  a  single  organization  ; 
and  equipped  the  line  with  electricity, 
running  the  first  car  under  the  new  ar- 
rangement July  27,  1895.  The  line, 
which  had  been  prosperous  even  under 
the  old  horse  system,  has  naturally  at- 
tained greater  success  with  a  more  mod- 
ern equipment ;  and  under  Mr.  Hees's 
efficient  management  has  proved  an  im- 
portant addition  to  the  transportation 
facilities  of  that  locality.  January  1, 
1894,  Addison  B.  Colvin,  state  treasurer, 
who  had  married  a  sister  of  Mr.  Hees, 
appointed  that  gentleman  his  deputy  ; 
and  he  has  held  the  office  ever  since, 
Mr.  Colvin  having  been  re-elected  in 
1895  for  the  ensuing  three  years.  Mr. 
Hees  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  Fulton- 
ville  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.;  Johnstown 
Chapter,  R.  A.  M. ;  Gloversville  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T. ;  and  Cyprus  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Albany.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Reformed  church  of  Fonda,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Transportation  and  Calumet  clubs  of 
New  York  city. 


PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— James  Ledlie 
Hees  was  born  at  Palatine  Bridge,  N.  Y. ,  January 
24,  1862  ;  was  educated  in  private  schools  :  was  a 
clerk  in  a  New  York  office,  1879-81 ;  married  Adela 
S.  Moore  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  October  12,  1887  ; 
became  connected  7i'ith  the  National  Mohawk  River 
Bank  of  Fonda,  N.  Y.,  in  1881,  and  has  been  its 
president  since  January,  1897  :  has  been  president  of 
the  Herkimer,  Mohawk,  Ilion  ^  Frankfort  Electric 
Railroad  Co.  since  1895,  and  of  the  Fonda,  Johns- 
tonm  &=  Gloversville  and  the  Cayadutta  Electric  rail- 
road companies  since  1897 ;  has  been  deputy  state 
treasurer  of  New  York  since  1894. 


lb.  D.  JBUVfte,  though  still  under  thirty  years  of 
age,  has  made  a  name  for  himself  in  professional  and 
political  life  that  extends  throughout  the  eastern  part 


H.   i:  BURKE 


of  the  state.  He  was  born  in  Amsterdam,  N.  Y., 
where  he  has  always  lived,  and  where  his  many  and 
versatile  talents  render  him  deservedly  popular 
among  all  classes. 


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MEN   OF  .\EU-    VORk'—EASTEKX  SECT/OX 


After  spending  some  time  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  city  Mr.  Burke  entered  St.  Mary's  parochial 
school,  from  which  he  graduated  June  30,  1887. 
Having  made  up  his  mind  to  become  a  lawyer,  he 
at  once  began  his  legal  studies  in  the  office  of  Z.  S. 
Westbrook,  county  judge  of  Montgomery  county, 
where  he  remained  for  the  ne.xt  ten  years.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1891,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  ;  and  in  1894 
Judge  Westbrook  took  him  into  jjartnership,  and  the 
firm  of  Westbrook,  Burke  &  Hover  was  established. 
This  association  lasted  until  April,  1897,  when  Mr. 
Burke  entered  into  partnership  with  F.  J.  Sullivan, 
assistant  district  attorney  of  Montgomery  county. 
Though  he  has  practiced  only  a  few  years,  Mr. 
Burke  has  gained  considerable  reputation  at  the 
Montgomery-county  bar,  and  has  rapidly  built  up  an 
important  practice.  He  possesses  decided  orator- 
ical ability,  which  has  been  of  great  value  in  his  pro- 
fession, particularly  in  his  work  as  a  trial  lawyer. 

In  the  world  of  politics  Mr.  Burke  has  been 
equally  active,  as  one  of  the  strong  supporters  of  the 
Democracy  in  Montgomery  county.  He  began  to 
take  an  interest  in  such  matters  at  an  early  day,  and 
was  chairman  of  the  Democratic  county  committee 
when  only  twenty-four  years  old.  In  the  same  year 
he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  state  conven- 
tion at  Saratoga.  The  next  year  he  received  the 
nomination  for  member  of  assembly,  but  shared  the 
general  defeat  of  the  Democrats  at  that  time.  In 
the  exciting  presidential  campaign  of  1896  he  was 
on  the  list  of  Tammany  Hall's  speakers.  He  pos- 
sesses many  of  the  requisites  of  the  successful  politi- 
cian, and  if  he  continues  to  interest  himself  in  public 
affairs  he  will  doubtless  attain  further  distinction 
along  that  line. 

Aside  from  business  and  politics,  Mr.  Burke  has 
been  identified  with  an  unusual  variety  of  interests, 
both  social  and  artistic.  He  belongs  to  the  order  of 
Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  has  been 
prominent  in  each,  having  held  the  office  of  E.xalted 
Ruler  in  Amsterdam  Lodge,  No.  201,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
and  of  Grand  Knight  in  Council  No.  209,  Knights 
of  Columbus.  His  talents  as  a  musician  and  an 
orator  have  long  been  in  demand  in  the  social  life 
of  Amsterdam,  and  have  been  freely  at  the  disposal 
of  his  friends.  He  has  taken  part  frequently  in 
amateur  theatricals  and  operas,  and  his  efforts  in  this 
line  have  been  uniformly  well  received.  For  several 
years,  also,  he  acted  as  organist  and  director  in  dif- 
ferent churches  in  Amsterdam  and  neighboring 
places.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that  Mr.  Burke, 
thus  gifted  by  nature,  is  a  general  social  favorite, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  popular  young  men  in 
Amsterdam. 


PERSONAL  CHR ONOL OGY~  Henry  I '. 
Burke  7e'i7s  born  at  Amsterdam,  N.  ¥.,  March  IS, 
1870  ;  was  educated  in  public  and  parochial  schools  ; 
studied  law,  and  7vas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1891  ; 
was  chairman  of  the  Montgomery-county  Democratic 
committee  and  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  state  con- 
vention in  lSf)If :  has  practiced  la7(i  in  Amsterdam 
since  1801. 

Milliam  lb.  BanielS,  though  he  has  been  so 
long  connected  with  peaceful  pursuits  in  Ogdens- 
burg,  had  a  long  experience  as  a  soldier  during  the 
stirring  times  of  the  Civil  War.  Indeed,  he  comes 
of  a  family  of  fighters,  his  grandfather  having  taken 
part  in  the  Revolution,  and  his  father  in  the  later 
war  with  England.  Samuel  Daniels,  the  grand- 
father, with  his  wife,  Lydia  Shi]iman,  emigrated  from 
Connecticut  in  1804  to  the  wilds  of  St.  Lawrence 
county.  New  York.  With  them  went  their  son, 
Michael  S.  Daniels,  then  a  boy  of  ten  ;  who  grew 
up  amid  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life,  fought  for 
his  country  in  the  war  of  1812,  married  Fannie 
Stephens  of  Vermont,  and  settled  in  what  is  now 
the  city  of  Ogdensburg. 

Mr.  Daniels  received  a  good  common-school  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Ogdensburg  ;  and  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  left  .school,  and  became  a  clerk  in  a 
grocery  store.  He  was  still  occupied  in  this  capac- 
ity, and  had  almost  attained  his  majority,  when  the 
Civil  War  broke  out.  With  the  patriotic  instinct  of 
his  race,  he  at  once  offered  his  services  for  the  con- 
flict, enlisting  in  company  A,  16th  New  York  vol- 
unteers, in  the  same  month  that  witnessed  the  fate- 
ful attack  on  Fort  Sumter.  After  serving  as  a 
private  for  nearly  a  year,  he  was  made  i:|uartemiaster 
sergeant  of  his  regiment  in  March,  1862.  A  few 
months  later  he  was  made  assistant  quartermaster  of 
LTnited  States  volunteers,  with  the  rank  of  captain  ; 
and  was  a.ssigned  to  duty  at  the  headquarters  of  the 
2d  brigade,  1st  division,  6th  army  corps.  In  August, 
1864,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major,  and 
became  chief  quartermaster  of  the  od  division,  6th 
army  corps.  He  served  in  this  corps  from  the  time 
it  was  organized  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  his 
position  in  the  ciuartermaster's  department  brought 
him  into  close  relations  with  the  prominent  generals 
of  that  corps,  and  also  with  General  Sheridan  while 
in  the  Shenandoah  valley.  When  the  war  was  over 
Major  Daniels  was  ordered  to  Fort  McPherson  in 
Nebraska,  a  post  only  to  be  reached  at  that  time  by 
a  stage  ride  of  500  miles  or  more.  Here  he  remained 
until  August,  1866,  when  he  resigned  from  the  ser- 
vice. Mr.  Daniels  has  always  considered  it  a  strange 
and  interesting  coincidence  that  his  grandmother,  a 


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15 


survivor  of  revolutionary  days  and  tlie  widow  of  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  was  buried  on  July  21,  1861, 
the  same  day  that  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  was 
fought,  in  which  he  took  part  with  his  regiment. 

Returning  to  Ogdensburg  after  a  service  in  the 
army  of  nearly  five  and  a  half  years,  Mr.  Daniels 
engaged  for  a  short  time  in  the  grocery 
business.  In  1871  he  became  connected 
with  the  wholesale  bakery  business,  in 
which  he  has  continued  ever  since.  He 
has  never  availed  himself  of  partnership 
assistance  in  this  undertaking  ;  and  the 
growth  and  success  of  the  enterprise 
under  his  management  have  been  most 
gratifying,  and  have  demonstrated  his 
ability  and  sagacity  as  a  business  man. 

Having  served  his  country  in  the 
trying  times  of  war,  Mr.  Daniels  has 
continued  his  interest  in  her  welfare, 
and  has  always  taken  an  active  [lart  in 
public  affairs.  In  1880  he  was  ap- 
pointed collector  of  customs  for  the 
district  of  Oswegatchie,  and  held  the 
office  for  nearly  eight  years.  For  the 
past  fifteen  years  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  St.  Lawrence-county  Republican 
committee ;  and  he  is  at  present  the 
chairman  of  that  committee,  having  held 
the  position  for  several  years.  In  his 
native  city  of  Ogdensburg  he  is  highly 
respected,  and  takes  a  prominent  part  in 
all  public  movements.  He  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  common  council  of 
the  city  ;  and  is  now  president  of  the 
board  of  water  commissioners,  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the 
St.  Lawrence  State  Hospital. 

PERSONAL  CUR  ONOL  OGY  — 
William  Henrx  Daniels  was  born  at  Og- 
ilenslntrg,  N.  Y. ,  November  3,  1840 ;  was  educated 
in  common  schools  ;  was  a  clerk  in  a  groceiy  store  at 
Ogdensburg,  1856-61 ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
1861-66  ;  married  Annie  E.  Chatterton  of  Ogdensburg 
February  16,  186^  ;  engaged  in  the  grocery  business, 
1866-71 ;  was  collector  of  customs,  1880-87 ;  has 
been  a  member  of  the  St.  Lawrence-county  Republican 
committee  since  1882,  and  its  chairman  since  1890 ; 
has  conducted  a  wholesale  bakery  at  Ogdensburg  since 
1871. 


Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  belongs  to  an  old  Virginia 
family,  two  of  his  ancestors  having  sat  in  the  house 
of  burgesses  with  Patrick  Henry,  and  worked  for 
the  independence  of  the  colonies. 

Mr.    (Raines  was    born  barely  forty  years    ago   in 
Charlotte    county,    Virginia,    which    had    been    the 


Clement  Carriugton  (Baines,  who  long 

ago  made  a  name  for  himself  among  practical 
educators  by  his  able  and  vigorous  management 
of    the    well-known    Eastman    Business    College    at 


WILLIAM  H.   DAM  ELS 

home  of  the  family  for  generations.  He  received 
a  thorough  education  in  the  South,  studying  at  home 
as  a  child  under  a  governess,  and  later  in  a  neigh- 
boring academy.  He  then  entered  Hampden  Sid- 
ney College,  and  graduated  at  the  early  age  of 
eighteen  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  The  degree  of 
A.  M.  was  afterward  conferred  upon  him  by  his 
alma  mater.  The  ne.xt  five  years  he  devoted  to 
teaching,  beginning  as  instructor  in  Latin  and 
mathematics  at  the  Fincastle  (Virginia)  High 
School,  and  afterward  becoming  principal  of  a  pub- 
lic grammar  school  near  Walton,  Boone  county, 
Kentucky,  of  the  Oakland  Institute  near  Pembroke, 
Christian  county,  Kentucky,  and  of  the  Smithville 
High  School  in   Charlotte  countv,  Virginia.      When 


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he  had  saved  the  amount  of  money  needed  in  this 
way,  he  entered  the  University  of  Virginia  in  1880, 
and  graduated  in  1882  with  the  degree  of  B.  L.  In 
the  same  year  he  completed  the  business  course  at 
Eastman  College,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 


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CLKMEXT   CARR/XGTOX  CA/XES 

With  this  excellent  business  and  professional  train- 
ing, Mr.  Gaines  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Chi- 
cago, associating  himself  for  that  purpose  first  with 
Thomas  Cratty  and  afterwards  with  Colonel  George 
L.  Paddock  and  Owen  F.  Aldis  of  the  firm  of  Pad- 
dock &  Aldis.  Little  more  than  a  year  had  passed, 
however,  when  he  was  offered  a  position  as  a 
teacher  in  Eastman  Business  College  ;  and  this  he 
decided  to  accept,  feeling  that  the  work  there  would 
be  peculiarly  congenial.  After  acting  as  an  instruc- 
tor for  a  year,  he  became,  in  November,  1884,  the 
president  of  the  college.  This  institution  has  flour- 
ished for  nearly  half  a  century,  and  had  a  reputation 
a.s  one  of  the  best  commercial  schools  in  the  country 
when  Mr.  Gaines  took  charge  of  it.  It  s])eaks  well 
for  his  ability  and  energy  that  this  reputation   has 


been  fully  maintained  under  his  leadership.  So 
successful  was  he,  indeed,  in  the  management  of  the 
older  school,  that  he  established  the  New  York 
Business  College  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  has 
since  carried  on  both  institutions.  The  new  school, 
which  was  opened  December  12,  1892, 
on  125th  street,  grew  so  rapidly  that  in- 
creased accommodations  soon  became 
nece.ssary  ;  and  more  than  200  pupils  are 
now  in  daily  attendance,  with  an  enroll- 
ment of  about  500  a  year.  The  Pough- 
keepsie school  recently  had  on  its  mem- 
bership roll  pupils  from  thirty-eight 
different  states  and  territories  and  eleven 
foreign  countries. 

In  addition    to    the    care    of  his  two 
schools,  Mr.  Gaines  is  actively  and  effec- 
tively   interested    in    "everything    that 
has  any  good  in  it,"  to  borrow  his  own 
phrase.     Church  work,  the  Young  Men's 
Christian    Association,   social    problems, 
politics  (in   a  broad  sense)  —  in   short, 
all  the  live,   practical    questions   of  the 
day,  receive  a  share  of  his  attention.    He 
organized  the  first  building  and  loan  as- 
sociation in  Poughkeepsie,  and  has  been 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive  committee  of  the  Board   of  Trade 
there.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Har- 
c        ~  j         lem    Board    of    Commerce   and    of   the 
M        i]         Poughkeepsie  board    of  education.      He 
JF        |{         delivers  frequent  addresses  and  essays  on 
special  occasions.     He  has  edited  a  book 
entitled     "Simplified    Phonetic     Short- 
hand," founded  on  the  Pitman  system, 
and  has    in  press   a   work  on  accounts. 
He  has  been  elected  to  membership  in 
many  organizations,  among  which  may  be 
mentioned  the  Amrita,  Dutchess,  and  Golf  clubs  of 
Poughkeepsie,  the  Reform  Club  and  Southern  Soci- 
ety of  New  York,  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, the  American  Society  of  Christian  Philosophy, 
and  the  American  Institute  of  Civics. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Ckmcn/  L\ir- 
rington  Gaines  ^tms  honi  at  Dowell,  Charlotte  coiiiitx. 
Fa.,  March  li>,  1S57 :  graduated  from  LLampdeii 
Sidiiev  College  in  ] 875  ;  tanglif  school  in  Virginia  and 
Kentiickx,  lS'li>-80;  graduated  from  tlie  University 
of  Virginia  in  ISSJ  ;  practiced  Una  in  Chicago,  1882- 
83 ;  married  Mrs.  M.  M.  Eastman  of  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y. ,  October  '29,  1881t ;  has  been  president  of  the 
Eastman  Business  College,  Poughkeepsie,  since  Novem- 
ber 25,  1884  .■  established  the  Neto  York  Business  Col- 
lege in  1892,  and  has  carried  on  the  same  since. 


A/EX   OF  XEir    yOKK—KASTERX  SECr/OX 


y, 


Milliam  JBarnes,  3r.,  iiiough  little  more 

than  thirty  years  old,  has  already  attained  distinc- 
tion in  two  important  and  difficult  spheres  of  activ- 
ity—  in  journalism  and  in  politics.  His  success  is 
the  natural  sequence  of  favoring  influences  in  a 
strong  line  of  ancestr\ ,  of  exceptional  educational 
op|jortunities,  and  of  |)ersistent  jjersonal  eftbrt 
throughout  his  career. 

Born  in  Albany  some  time  after  the  close  of  the 
Civil  \\'ar.  Mr.  Barnes  has  always  lived  there,  and 
has  become  thoroughlv  identified  with  the  city. 
His  early  education  was  olitained  there  in  a  private 
school  :  and  he  afterward  attended  .\lbany  .Acad- 
emy. Excellently  equipped  in  that  way  for  higher 
training,  he  entered  Harvard  College  in  the  fall  of 
1884.  His  course  in  Cambridge  wa.s  shaped  with 
some  reference  to  a  journalistic  career,  and  included 
studies  in  modern  history,  economic 
.science,  and  other  branches  of  knowl- 
edge helpful  in  newspaper  work.  He 
made  effective  use  of  the  superior  facili- 
ties for  study  and  research  obtainable  at 
Harvard,  graduating  with  high  rank  in 
the  summer  of  1888. 

The  traditions  of  his  family  and  the 
bent  ol  his  own  mind  —  the  latter  condi- 
tion perhajjs  having  some  causal  connec- 
tion with  the  former  —  inclined  Mr. 
Barnes  toward  the  calling  of  journalism. 
Becoming  a  reporter,  accordingly,  on  the 
.Albany  Evening  Journal  a  few  months 
after  his  graduation  from  college,  he  be- 
gan in  earnest  the  real  busine.ss  of  life. 
His  education  had  been  so  thorough  that 
it  was  not  necessary  or  desirable  to  serve 
a  long  apprenticeship  in  the  newspaper 
craft  ;  and  in  December,  18)S,S,  when  a 
favorable  chance  presented  itself,  he 
bought  the  -\lbau\  Aforning  Express, 
thereby  bridging  at  once  the  gulf  be- 
tween a  reporter  and  a  publishing  editor. 
It  was  soon  evident  that  Mr.  Barnes  had 
not  overrated  his  powers,  notwithstand- 
ing his  inexperience  in  newspaper  work. 
His  capacity,  indeed,  was  so  far  from 
exhaustion,  that  in  April,  1889,  he  ven- 
tured to  enlarge  his  field  of  action  by 
purchasing  a  controlling  interest  in  the 
Albany  Eivning  Journal.  Since  then 
he  has  conducted  both  the  Express  and 
the  Journal,  and  has  naturally  been  a  powerful  fac- 
tor in  the  affairs  of  the  capital. 

.\  taste  for  politics  as  well  as  a  journalistic  bias 
was  Mr.  Barnes's  birthright;  and  no  one  familiar  with 


the  political  history  of  the  Empire  State  will  be  sur- 
prised to  learn  that  the  grandson  of  Thurlow  Weed 
became  active  in  political  life  at  an  early  age.  Mr. 
Barnes  has  never  held  public  office,  preferring  to 
exert  his  influence  through  more  important  and  fun- 
damental, though  less  prominent,  agencies.  From 
the  beginning  of  his  active  career  he  has  been  one 
of  the  leaders  in  the  political  affairs  of  Albany 
count)  ;  and  in  recent  years  his  influence  has  been 
telt  in  state  jjolitics  as  well.  Becoming  a  member 
ot  the  Rejjublican  state  committee  in  1892,  he  has 
l)een  re-elected  regularly  ever  since  ;  and  he  is  now' 
treasurer  of  the  Republican  League  of  the  State  of 
New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Republican 
Club  of  New  York  ( ity. 

FEJiSO.XAL     CHROXOL  OU  Y—Willuun 
Barnes,   Jr.,    was    horn    at   Albaiix    Xoveniher    17, 


\i  /I  I.HM  /.'  lf(\/i.^.  JK. 

1866 ;  gradiiaieJ  from  Harvard  College  in  1S88  ; 
married  Grace  Davis  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  June  12, 
1888 :  lias  been  a  member  of  the  Republican  state 
committee  since  1892  ;    Inn  /'iiblislied  and  edited   the 


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MEN   OF  NEW    YORK— EASTERN  SECT/ON 


Albany  '■'■Morning Exp/'ess'"  since  Decetnber 23,  1888, 
and  tile  "  Evctiing  JournaV  since  April  2,  1889. 


]£5(}ar  U.  36rac{?ett,  state  senator  from 
Saratoga,  Schenectady,  and  Washington  counties, 
was  horn  in  Saratoga  county.    New  York,  July  ;M, 


EDGAR    r.   BRACKETT 

1853.  Taken  to  Iowa  during  infancy,  he  com- 
menced his  education  at  the  seminary  connected 
with  Cornell  College,  a  Methodist  institution  of 
learning  located  at  Mount  Vernon,  Iowa.  His  col- 
lege education  was  completed  in  June,  1872,  when 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  was  conferred  upon  him. 

In  September  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Brackett  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Pond  &  French  at 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.  He  made  rapid  progress  in 
mastering  the  intricate  subject,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1875.  On 
April  1  of  the  next  year  he  entered  into  partnership 
with  the  firm  in  whose  office  he  had  studied  law. 
The  fact  is  significant  that  his  old  preceptors  invited 
him  to  practice  with  them,  and  their  confidence  in 


the  young  man  was  not  misplaced.  The  firm  of 
Pond,  French  &  Brackett  carried  on  a  large  business 
for  twelve  years,  and  became  one  of  the  strongest 
and  most  successful  legal  associations  in  the  county. 
For  three  years  after  April  1,  1888,  Messrs.  Pond 
and  Brackett  practiced  together  under  that  style. 
Since  1891  Mr.  Brackett  has  practiced 
alone. 

From  early  manhood  Mr.  Brackett  has 
been  interested  in  political  affairs.  He 
first  came  prominently  before  the  public 
in  188.3,  when  he  ran  for  the  office  of 
district  attorney  of  Saratoga  county  on 
the  Republican  ticket.  He  was  defeated 
at  that  time,  but  continued  to  hold  a 
high  place  among  the  leaders  of  his 
party  in  Saratoga  county.  In  the  fall  of 
1895  he  was  nominated  for  the  office  of 
state  senator  from  the  28th  district  and 
was  elected,  receiving  18,500  votes 
against  10,000  for  his  chief  competitor. 
In  the  senate  he  was  appointed  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  affairs  of  vil- 
lages, and  a  member  of  the  judiciary, 
railroads,  and  public-education  commit- 
tees. Mr.  Brackett  is  a  Past  Master  in 
Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  103,  F.  c^  A.  M., 
at  Saratoga  Springs.  He  is  president 
of  the  Saratoga  Gas,  Electric  Light  & 
Power  Co.,  and  is  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  C.  F.  Harvey  Co.,  manufactur- 
ing physicians'  supplies.  He  attends 
the  Presbyterian  church. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY— 

Edgar    Truman    Brackett   was    born    at 

Emerson's      Corners,      Saratoga     coiintx, 

N.   v.,  July  30,   1853;   graduated  from 

Cornell   College,    Mount   Vernon,   Lo.,   in 

1872 ;  sticdied  laio,  and  was  admitted  to 

the  bar  in  1875 ;  7narried  Emma  Corliss  of  Saratoga 

Springs,    N.    ¥.,  No-oember  22,   1882;   was  elected 

state  senator  in  1895  ;    has  practiced  law  in  Saratoga 

Springs,  N.  ¥.,  since  1876. 


UbeopbilUS  C.  CalliCOt,  editor  in  chief  of 
the  Albany  Argus  and  one  of  the  veterans  in  the 
journalism  of  the  Empire  State,  was  born  in  Fairfax 
county,  Virginia,  seventy  years  ago.  He  received 
an  excellent  general  education,  and  graduated  from 
Delaware  College,  Newark,  Del.  His  early  aim 
was  to  become  a  lawyer,  and  for  this  purpose  he 
entered  the  office  of  Hiram  McCullough  at  Elkton, 
Md.,  studied  for  a  time  at  Yale  Law  School,  and 
finally  completed  his  legal   preparation   in  an  office 


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in  New  York  city.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
when  twenty-one  years  of  age  ;  but  he  soon  dis- 
covered that  he  preferred  a  journalistic  career,  and 
accordingly  abandoned  the  law  and  associated  him- 
self with  the  New  York  Commercial  Advertiser.  He 
served  on  the  staff  of  this  paper  for  some  years, 
acting  as  city  editor,  book  reviewer,  and  translator 
of  foreign  papers. 

It  seems  almost  inevitable  that  a  newspaper  editor 
should  drift  into  public  life,  and  Mr.  Callicot  was 
no  exception  to  this  rule.  In  1859  he  was  elected 
to  the  state  assembly  from  the  city  of  Brooklyn, 
and  in  1862  he  was  re-elected.  During  his  second 
term  he  served  as  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and 
displayed  unusual  fitness  for  this  somewhat  difficult 
position,  making  one  of  the  best  presiding  officers 
that  body  has  ever  known.  He  then  spent  several 
years  in  the  service  of  the  treasury  de- 
partment, as  special  agent  and  finally  as 
collector  of  internal  re\enue. 

In  bsyi  Mr.  Callicot  began  his  long 
connection  with  Albany  journalism,  be- 
coming editor  of  the  Albany  Times. 
His  association  with  this  paper  lasted  for 
a  quarter  of  a  century  except  for  a  short 
interruption  in  1872,  when  he  acted  as 
managing  editor  of  the  Albany  Argus. 
In  1878  he  bought  a  half  interest  in  the 
Times,  and  became  its  editor  in  chief. 
Later  he  became  sole  owner  of  the  paper, 
and  after  that  was  president  of  the  stock 
company  that  published  it.  In  1891  the 
Times  was  consolidated  with  the  Albany 
Union,  and  John  H.  Farrell  of  the  Union 
became  president  of  the  new  company. 
Mr.  Callicot,  however,  retained  his  post 
as  editor  of  the  paper  —  called  now  the 
Times- Union  —  until  June,  1^(9(),  when 
he  accepted  his  ])resent  position  of  editor 
in  chief  of  the  Argii^. 

In  addition  to  the  intimate  knowledge 
of  public  men  and  affairs  which  his  long 
career  in  the  newspaper  world  could  not 
fail  to  give  him,    Mr.  Callicot  po.ssesses 
high  scholarly  attainments  and  rare  criti- 
cal ability.      His  writing    has   not    been 
confined   to   the  daily   pre.ss,  and    manv 
literary  and  legal  articles  from  his   pen 
have  appeared  in  various  magazines  and 
law   journals.      In    the  early  part  of  his 
career  he  wrote  the  "  Handbook  of  Universal  Geog- 
raphy,"  published  in  1853  as  one  of  the  volumes 
of   Putnam's    Home   Cyclopedia.      He   has  a  great 
fondness  and  a[ititude    for  the  study    of  languages, 


and  has  attained  proficiency  in  Latin,  French, 
Spanish,  Italian,  and  Cierman.  History,  biography, 
and  philosophy  have  likewise  claimed  a  large  share 
of  his  attention. 

Mr.  Callicot  has  been  a  Free  Mason  for  a  great 
part  of  his  life,  joining  Anglo-Saxon  Lodge  in 
Brooklyn  during  his  residence  there.  Since  going 
to  Albany  he  has  been  a  member  of  Ancient  City 
Lodge,  No.  452,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  Temple  Chap- 
ter, No.  5,  R.  A.  M.,  in  that  city. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Theopliilus 
Carey  Callicot  7vas  horn  in  Fairfax  county.  Fa. ,  July 
12,  1826 ;  was  educated  at  the  Pierrepont  School, 
Alexandria,  Va.,  Graham  Academy,  New  London, 
Penn.,  and  Delarvare  College,  Ne^vark,  Del.;  laas 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  New  York  city  in  IS^T ;  ivas 
connected  icit/i   the   Ne^c   York  "  Commercial  Adver- 


THEOPHILCS   C.   CALLICOT 


tiser, ' '  1852-58 ;  was  member  of  assembly  in  1800 
and  180-3,  and  speaker  of  that  body  in  180-J  ;  married 
Fitzina  H.  Lyman  of  New  York  city  in  June,  18^6, 
and  Fredericka  H.  L.    Weibezahl  of  Netc  York  May 


20 


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17,  1871 ;  was  editor  and  chief  owner  of  the  Allniny 
"  Times,"  1873-91,  and  editor  of  the  "  Times- 
Union,"  1891-96;  has  Iwn  editor  in  c/iief  of  t/ie 
Albany  "  Ari^us'"  since  June,  1896. 


HlbCll  (IbCSter,  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
in   the   ?tA   iudic  ial   district  of  New  York  state,  adds 


ALD/iX  CHF.ST/-:k' 

one  more  to  the  long  list  of  American  citizens  who 
have  achieved  distinction  without  the  initial  advan- 
tage of  wealth  or  position.  He  comes  of  good  old 
luiglish  stock,  however,  the  Chesters  having  settled 
in  New  England  about  1680,  and  his  mother's  fam- 
ily, the  Drapers,  having  followed  a  little  later. 
Born  in  a  village  of  Otsego  county.  New  York,  he 
attended  the  district  school  and  afterward  a  private 
academy,  but  the  death  of  his  father  threw  him  in 
great  measure  upon  his  own  resources  at  an  early 
age.  How  ample  those  resources  were  is  shown  by 
the  honorable  position  that  he  has  attained,  both  at 
the  bar  and  on  the  bench,  while  still  under  fifty 
years  of  age. 


Judge  Chester  spent  several  years  in  business 
life  —  as  clerk  in  a  country  store,  as  telegraph  oper- 
ator, and  as  insurance  clerk  —  before  reaching  his 
majority,  and  liefore  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
law.  Having  satisfied  himself  that  that  profession 
best  suited  his  tastes,  and  having  accumulated  some 
necessary  capital,  he  entered  Columbia  College  Law 
-School  in  18(59,  adding  to  his  slender 
means  while  there  b}'  writing  for  the 
papers,  and  spending  the  vacation  before 
his  closing  year  as  the  editor  of  a  weekly 
newspaper  in  Otsego  county.  He  gradu- 
ated trom  Columbia  in  the  spring  of 
\X~\,  receiving  a  prize  of  §75  in  the 
department  of  ])olitical  science,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  May  19. 

He  took  up  his  residence  in  Albany  at 
once,  forming  a  law  partnership  with  his 
lousin,   Andrew    S.    Draper,    now    presi- 
ilent  of  the   University  of   Illinois,   and 
one    of  the    foremost    educators    in    the 
country.       This  association   lasted   until 
.Mr.    Draper  was  appointed  by  President 
.Arthur  judge   of  the  Court  of  Alabama 
Claims   at   Washington,   and    from    that 
time  until  his  own  election  to  the  bench 
Judge    Chester    practiced    alone.       His 
lareer    at    the    .Albany    bar    during    this 
quarter  of  a  century  was  a  brilliant  one. 
His  private  practice  included  many  im- 
portant cases  of  a  general  character,  and 
many    of  public    interest.      In    1882   he 
was   appointed    assistant     L'nited    States 
attorney  for  the  northern  district  of  New 
York    under    Martin    1.    Townsend.      In 
this    position    he    displayed    great    legal 
ability,  and  successfully  tried  many  im- 
portant cases  for  the  government.      He 
resigned    in   1885,   in    order   to    devote 
himself  to  his  growing  private  practice. 
In  1895  Governor  Morton  appointed  Judge  Ches- 
ter a   member  of   the   commission   to   prepare  and 
report  to  the  legislature  a  uniform  charter  for  cities 
of  the  second  class  ;   but  before  this  commission  had 
completed   its   labors   he  was   obliged   to  resign   in 
order  to  accept  higher  responsibilities.      Nominated 
for  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  by  acclamation  at 
the  Republican  convention  of  the  3d  judicial  district 
in  the  fall  of  1895,  he  was  elected  by  a  majority  of 
nearly  5000,  being  the  first   Republican   chosen  to 
this  position  from  the  district  for  upwards  of  thirty 
years.      His  long  and  successful  service  at  the  bar 
had    given    him    the    necessary    legal    knowledge ; 
but    the    ideal   judge    is  born,   not    made,    and  the 


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qualities  of  fair-mindedness  and  absolute  integrity 
that  constitute  this  innate  fitness  were  always  con- 
spicuous in  Alden  Chester.  Though  he  has  been 
on  the  bench  little  more  than  a  year,  it  is  already 
evident  that  his  career  as  a  judge  will  fittingly  crown 
his  earlier  career  as  a  lawyer. 

Judge  Chester  is  a  good  citizen,  and  has  taken 
especial  interest  in  the  cause  of  education  in  Albany. 
From  18)^1  imtil  1884  he  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  public  instruction  of  the  city,  and  during  the  last 
year  he  was  president  of  the  board.  He  is  a  ready 
jjublic  speaker  and  a  most  agreeable  and  cultured 
gentleman,  and  has  a  host  of  friends  in  both  ))ublic 
and  private  life. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Alden  Chester 


7aas   horn   at    West  ford,   N.   Y.,  September 


18L8: 


ifradiiated  from  Coliinilna  College  Law  ScJiool  in  187] 
and  7eias  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same 
year;  married  Lliia  Thurher  of  East 
Worcester,  N.  Y.,  October  5,  1871 ;  tvas 
deputy  clerk  of  the  Xleio  York  state  assem- 
bly In  1874  <'-''"'  ''''  1870,  member  of  the 
board  of  public  Instruction  of  Albany, 
188 1-8 Jf,  and  assistant  United  States  at- 
torney, 1882-85  ;  practiced  law  In  Albany, 
1871-03;  was  elected  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  In  November,  1895 . 


IRHilliam  (Iroswell  2»oaue,  first 

bishop  of  the  diocese  of  .\lbany  ( the 
Episcopal  Church),  was  born  in  Boston 
in  1832.  His  father,  the  Rev.  Ceorge 
Washington  Doane,  at  that  time  rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  and  an  able 
and  eloquent  preacher,  was  elected  in 
the  same  year  bishop  of  the  diocese  of 
New  Jersey,  and  the  family  accordingly 
moved  thither  soon  after.  There  the 
present  bishop  passed  his  childhood, 
graduating  in  1851  from  Burlington  Col- 
lege, which  had  been  founded  by  his 
father.  In  1854  his  alma  mater  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degree  of  A.  M., 
and  in  1857  that  of  B.  D.  In  the  mean- 
time he  had  been  carrying  on  his  theo- 
logical studies  ;  and  on  March  (i,  185o, 
he  was  ordained  deacon  l)y  his  father  in 
.St.  Mary's  Church,  Burlington.  His 
ordination  to  the  ]jriesthood  followed 
three  years  later.  Beginning -ministerial 
work  as  assistant  in  the  parish  mentioned,  he  became 
its  rector  on  his  father's  death  in  1859.  He  also 
established  the  free  church  of  St.  Barnabas  in  Bur- 
lington, where  he  ministered  for  three  vears.      From 


1863  until  18(;7  he  was  rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  and  was  then  called  to  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Albany.  In  this  church,  on  December  3, 
1868,  he  was  elected  bishop  of  the  newly  established 
diocese  of  Albany,  and  his  consecration  to  that  high 
office  took  place  February  2,  1869. 

'i'he  head  of  a  new  diocese  has  a  great  work  before 
him,  and  if  that  diocese  be  also  the  capital  of  a 
great  state,  the  responsibilities  are  largely  increased. 
Bishop  Doane  has  ably  fulfilled  the  complex  duties 
devolving  upon  him  :  he  has  been  a  true  father  in 
God  to  the  priests  and  people  committed  to  his 
charge  ;  he  has  founded  and  carefully  fostered  the 
various  institutions  nece.ssary  to  the  w^ork  of  a  well- 
ecpiipped  diocese ;  and  he  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  all  general  movements  for  the  public 
good,  especially  those  connected  with   the  cause  of 


MIL/JAM  I  kux^u'FJj.  nn.ixt: 


education.  His  personal  relations  with  his  clergy 
and  their  parishes  hardly  come  within  the  scope  of 
this  article,  but  his  more  public  work  speaks  for 
itself.      The  Cathedral  of  All  Saints  will  lie  his  most 


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splendid  monument ;  and  the  building,  though  not 
yet  completed,  gives  abundant  jtromise  of  becoming 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  churches  in  the  land. 
Not  less  dear  to  the  heart  of  the  bishop,  nor  less 
potent  in  its  influence  for  good,  is  St.  Agnes  School, 
founded  by  him  for  the  Christian  education  of  girls. 


J.iMES    WF.nSTKR    KATOX 

This  institution,  which  stands  deservedly  high  among 
the  schools  of  the  country,  has  a  large  corps  of  able 
teachers,  and  is  under  the  bishop's  constant  super- 
vision. The  Child's  Hospital  and  St.  Margaret's 
House,  founded  likewise  by  the  bishop,  are  in  charge 
of  the  Sisterhood  of  the  Holy  Child  Jesus  —  an  order 
established  by  Bishop  Doane,  and  devoted  to  works  of 
mercy  and  to  the  education  of  the  \'oung  —  and  are 
institutions  of  Christian  benevolence  whose  influence 
is  felt  in  the  community.  Through  all  these  varied 
agencies,  and  others  like  them,  the  bishop  labors 
(inceasingly  for  the  good  of  his  diocese,  and  for  the 
uplniilding  of  the  church  of  which  he  is  a  faithful 
servant.  He  has  been  for  nine  years  the  bishop  in 
charge    of    the    foreign    chapels    of    the    Episcopal 


church,  and  was  elected  in  1896  chairman  of  the 

House   of   Bishops    and    assessor    to    the    presiding 

bishop. 

Many    of    Bishop    Doane's    writings    have    been 

published,    including    a    vohmie    of    charges    and 

addresses  to  the  conventions  of  the  diocese,  one 
of  addresses  to  the  graduating  classes  at 
St.  Agnes  School,  .several  volumes  of 
sermons,  a  book  entitled  "Mosaics  for 
the  Christian  Year,"  and  numerous  mag- 
azine articles  and  fugitive  verses.  His 
most  extended  work,  and  at  the  same 
time  his  earliest,  is  the  "  Life  and  Writ- 
ings of  the  Rt.  Rev.  George  Washington 
Doane,"  in  four  volumes.  He  has  re- 
ceived honorary  degrees  in  divinity  from 
Union,  Columbia,  and  Trinity  colleges, 
and  from  Cambridge  and  O.xford  uni- 
versities in  England,  as  well  as  an 
LL.  D.  degree  from  the  latter  institu- 
tion. His  interest  is  not  confined  to 
affairs  immediately  pertaining  to  his 
church.  As  a  regent  and  vice  chancellor 
of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  he  exerts  a  most  helpful  influence 
in  educational  matters  throughout  the 
state.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  of  New  York,  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Society,  and  the  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  Colonial  Wars. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
William  Crosiuell  Doane  was  bor/i  at 
Boston  March  2,  1832;  graduated  from 
Burlington  ( iY.  /.  )  College  in  18i)l  :  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry  March  0,  lS5o  : 
married  Sarah  Katharine  Condit  of  Ne^o- 
ark,  N.  J.,  November  24,  1853;  had 
parishes  in  Burlington,  N.  /. ,  Hartford, 
Conn.,    and  Albany,    N.    Y.,    185S-(j8  : 

has  been  bishop  ot  the  diocese  of  Albany  since  February 

2,  18G0. 

James  IKHebster  Eaton,  prominent  at  the 

Albany-i-Ounty  bar,  is  descended  from  luiglish  stock 
which  took  root  in  the  soil  of  the  colonies  in  the 
early  days.  He  traces  his  lineage  back  to  John  and 
Xnne  Eaton,  who  settled  in  .Salisliury,  Mass.,  in 
1634,  moving  afterward  to  Haverhill,  where  the 
family  lived  for  several  generations.  Captain  Tim- 
othy Eaton  was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
and  his  brother,  Ebenezer  Eaton,  who  served  under 
him,  was  the  great-grandfather  of  our  present  subject. 
James  W.  Iviton  was  born  in  Albany  in  1856. 
In   early  life   he  was  obliged  to  give  up  school   for 


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some  time  on  account  of  ill  health  ;  but  notwith- 
standing this  disadvantage  he  was  able  to  graduate 
from  the  Albany  Boys'  Academy  in  IcSTo,  and  from 
Yale  College  four  years  later.  In  the  same  year 
that  he  left  college  he  began  his  legal  studies  at 
Columbia  l,aw  School  ;  but  in  May,  1880,  he 
accepted  a  position  as  professor  of  Latin  in  the 
Albany  Boys'  Academy,  where  he  taught  for  the 
next  two  years.  He  wa.s  carrying  on  his  law  studies 
all  the  time,  however,  and  in  1882  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar. 

Resigning  then  his  position  as  a  teacher,  Mr. 
Eaton  began  practice  at  once  in  the  office  of  Edwin 
Countryman  of  Albany  ;  and  the  following  year  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  George  W.  Kirchwey, 
who  had  been  a  classmate  at  Yale.  This  association 
was  a  most  successful  one,  and  lasted  until  1891, 
when  Mr.  Kirchwey  was  appointed  to  a 
profe.ssorship  in  Columbia  University. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Eaton  has  practiced 
alone,  and  has  established  an  enviable 
reputation.  He  is  especially  distin- 
guished as  a  trial  lawyer,  and  his  plead- 
ings before  judge  and  jury  are  noted  for 
fairness  and  sound  argument,  as  well  as 
for  a  certain  convincing  quality  that  goes 
far  toward  winning  his  case. 

Political  affairs  have  always  been  of 
interest  to  Mr.  Eaton,  as  they  are  to  so 
many  lawyers ;  and  he  has  long  been 
active  in  the  Democratic  party.  In  the 
fall  of  1891  he  was  his  party's  candidate 
for  district  attorney  of  Albany  county, 
and  was  elected,  holding  office  for  three 
years  from  January  1,  1892.  His  pecu- 
liar talents  fitted  him  admirably  for  the 
position  of  prosecuting  officer,  and  he 
guarded  the  interests  of  the  district  most 
zealously. 

Mr.  Eaton  has  found  time,  in  addition 
to  the  cares  of  his  large  private  practice, 
to  serve  his  profession  both  as  writer  and 
teacher.     In  1888  he  published  a  book 
on   the   "Law  of  Domestic  Relations," 
and  he  has  written  several  shorter  trea- 
tises   on    various    legal    subjects.      Since 
1888,  also,  he  has  been  the  lecturer  on 
the  law  of  evidence  and  contracts  at  the 
Albany  Law  School.      He  is  well  known 
in  .Albany  social  life,   belonging  to  the 
Fort   Orange   Club,   Masters'   Lodge,   No.   5,   F.   & 
A.  M.,  and  St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church.      He  has 
membenship  in  the  society  of  Founders  and   Patriots 
of  .\merica,  and  in  various  other  organizations. 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— James  Webster 
Eaton  was  born  at  Albany  May  H,  1856  ;  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1879,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1882 ;  married  Flora  Cady  of  Lockport,  N.  Y, 
September  23,  1883,  and  Mrs.  Hortense  Willey 
Vibbard  of  Dansville,  N.  Y,  July  17,  189 i  ;  7vas 
district  attorney  of  Albany  county,  1892-9^ ;  has 
practiced  hue  in  Albany  since  1882. 


ICleSleS  ®.  1bO\Var&,  district  attorney  of 
Rensselaer  county,  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Republican  party  in  eastern  New  York,  was  born  in 
Troy  in  1863.  His  scholastic  training  was  com- 
pleted at  Lansingburgh  .\cademy,  and  he  was  obliged 
to  obtain  later  in  life  the  wide  learning  required  in 
his  present  responsible  position.  He  prefaced  his 
professional  study   with   a  long    course  of   teaching 


ll7!S/.j;V  O.   HOWARD 


occupying  four  important  years  of  his  life.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-three,  however,  he  found  himself  able 
to  satisfy  hi.s'desire  for  legal  training  ;  and  the  com- 
paratively mature  age  at  which   he  began   to  study 


•2-1 


.I/AW  OF  .\>;(/"  )(iRK^j:.is7/-:h\\  sKcr/ax 


law  no  doul)t  explains  in  ])art  his  rapid  and  thorough 
mastery  of  the  subject.  He  first  entered  the  office 
of  Robertson,  Foster  &  Kelly  in  Troy,  where  he 
remained  until  the  dissolution  of  the  firm  due  to 
Mr.  Foster's  change  of  residence  to  Kansas  City, 
lie  then  continued  his  study  in  the  office  of  William 
W.  Morrill,  staying  there  until  he  was  admitted  to 
I  he  bar  in  l.S,S9. 

Mr.  Howard  began  to  practice  law  Octolier  1, 
1889,  at  No.  10  State  street,  Troy.  He  carried  on 
his  work  without  partnership  assistance  until  Januar\ 
1,  1897,  when  he  a.ssociated  himself  with  Hender- 
.son  Peck  in  the  firm  of  Howard  &  Peck.  His 
striking  success  at  the  bar  of  Rensselaer  county,  and 
his  high  standing  as  a  lawyer  and  citizen  in  that 
part  of  the  state,  are  clearly  shown  in  the  recent 
history  of  Troy.  He  acted  as  attorney  for  the  com- 
mittee of  citizens  that  investigated  the  election 
frauds  of  189:^  and  1894  in  that  city.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  attorneys  for  the  "  Committee  of  Safety  " 
during  the  famous  "Bat"  Shea  trial.  He  was 
likewise  one  of  the  attorneys  for  the  senate  com- 
mittee that  investigated  the  jjolice  and  other  depart- 
ments of  Troy  in  1894. 

The  foregoing  commissions  entrusted  to  Mr. 
Howard  at  critical  times  .sufficiently  indicate  his 
professional  capacity.  Other  appointments  attest 
both  his  legal  standing  and  his  rank  in  the  Repub- 
lican party.  Political  affairs  have  always  been 
tieeply  interesting  to  him,  and  he  was  elected  justice 
of  the  peace  in  the  town  of  Grafton  when  only 
twenty-one  years  old.  In  1893  he  was  chosen  sec- 
retary of  the  Republican  committee  of  Rensselaer 
county,  holding  the  position  three  years.  In  March, 
1894,  and  again  the  next  year,  he  was  chosen 
attorney  for  the  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county. 
In  November,  1X96,  he  was  elected  district  attorney 
of  Rensselaer  county  for  the  term  1897-99. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  IFes/ey  Otis 
Hotuaril  ivas  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  September  11, 
180S  ;  loas  educated  in  tlic  common  schools  of  Grafton, 
N.  Y.,  and  at  Lansini^biirgk  {N.  Y.)  Academy: 
taught  school,  188i-86 :  married  Carrie  A.  Millias 
of  Grafton  October  1,  188J^ :  7iias  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1889 ;  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Rensselaer 
county  in  Nfft>ember,  180(!  :  has  practiced  law  in  Troy 
since  October  1,  188H. 


30bU  ■C.  /n5cI>0n0lUjb,  one  of  Albany's 
prominent  lawyers,  was  born  in  Ireland  fifty-odd 
years  ago.  He  came  to  the  United  States  with  his 
parents  when  he  was  but  seven  years  old,  and  he 
may  therefore  be  regarded  as  practically  a  native 
American  ;    though  some  of  the  qualities  that  have 


contributed  most  markedly  to  his  succe.ss  are  doubt- 
less a  legacy  from  the  warm-hearted  and  (|uick- 
witted  people  of  the  Emerald  Isle. 

Mr.  McDonough's  childhood  was  spent  in  Dun- 
kirk, N.  Y.,  and  his  early  education  was  received 
there.  He  then  studied  at  St.  John's  College, 
Fordham,  New  York,  for  three  years,  and  in  18(57 
entered  Columbia  College  Law  School  to  jjrepare 
himself  for  his  chosen  profession.  He  graduated 
thence  in  June,  18()9,  with  the  degree  of  I,L.  B., 
having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  shortly  before. 

In  1870  Mr.  McDonough  began  jjractice  in  his 
old  home  in  Dunkirk,  where  he  remained  four  years, 
becoming  well  and  favorably  known  in  that  thriving 
town.  He  then  moved  to  .\lbany,  and  spent  a  year 
in  practice  there,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  he 
deemed  it  best  to  return  to  Dunkirk.  .After  three 
more  years  there  he  determined  definitely  that  suc- 
cess such  as  he  hoped  for  could  be  gained  only  in  a 
large  city,  and  he  accordingly  went  to  Buffalo.  He 
practiced  there  for  a  short  time  in  partnershi]j  with 
Leroy  .\ndrus,  and  then  in  New  York  city  for  about 
two  years  ;  and  finally,  in  1881,  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence permanently  in  Albany.  He  has  practiced 
there  uninterruptedly  ever  since,  and  has  a  large  and 
constantly  growing  clientage.  He  possesses  a  happy 
combination  of  many  of  the  characteristics  that 
make  a  successful  law\  er  :  and  he  has  figured  on  one 
side  or  the  other  of  many  of  the  im|iortant  cases  in 
.Albany  and  its  vicinity. 

Public  affairs  have  claimed  a  share  of  Mr.  Mc- 
Donough's attention  ever  since  he  began  profes- 
sional life.  The  year  after  he  left  the  law  school  he 
was  elected  police  justice  of  Dunkirk,  and  was  re- 
elected two  years  later,  holding  the  offii  e  until  he 
moved  to  .Albany.  In  1.S7(1,  shortly  after  his  return 
thence,  he  was  elected  special  surrogate  of  Chautau- 
cpia  county,  and  acted  in  that  capacity  until  he  left 
the  county  permanently  in  1878.  During  all  the 
years  that  he  has  lived  in  .Albany  he  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  counsels  of  the  Republican  partv, 
and  has  been  nominated  for  various  positions'.  In 
1884  and  again  in  1X88  he  was  a  candidate  for  the 
office  of  recorder  of  the  city,  and  in  1891  he 
received  the  high  honor  of  a  nomination  for  justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  .'id  judicial  district. 
On  this  occasion  he  ran  considerably  ahead  of  his 
ticket,  but  his  popularity  was  not  sufficient  to  over- 
come the  strong  adverse  majority  in  that  Democratic 
stronghold.  In  189.'),  however,  he  was  elected  a 
delegate  at  large  to  the  state  constitutional  conven- 
tion that  met  in  the  following  year,  and  he  took  a 
notable  part  in  the  deliberations  of  that  body.  As 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  prisons  he  formulated 


MEX   OF  XEir    )  ORK^  KASTERX  SECT/OX 


the  section  of  the  new  constitution  that  provides  for 
the  employment  of  prisoners,  and  prohibits  the  old 
contract  system  under  which  prison  labor  was  allowed 
to  compete  with  free  labor  in  the  general  market. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  committee  on  educa- 
tion in  this  convention.  In  April,  1896,  he  was 
appointed  the  commissioner  of  the  bu- 
reau ol'  statistics  of- labor,  a  position  for 
which  his  investigations  in  connection 
with  the  question  of  prison  labor  had 
well  qualified  him. 

Mr.  McDonough's  profession  occupies 
his  attention  chiefiv,  Init  he  is  not  un- 
mindful of  his  social  and  other  obliga- 
tions, and  his  private  life  is  what  might 
be  expected  from  a  man  of  his  ability 
and  conse(|uent  prominence.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
of  the  Catholii  Mutual  Benefit  Associa- 
tion, and  of  the  Knights  of  Columiius. 

PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
John  T.  McDoiiou)^h  was  born  at  Biiil 
hill,  Ireland,  July  12,  1SJ,S  ;  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1S'>0,  and  settled  i/i 
Dunkirk,  iV.  Y.  :  7Lias  educated  at  St. 
Jolm^  s  College,  Fordham,  N^ew  York,  and 
at  Columbia  Laic  School :  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1S69 :  married  Catherine  T. 
Wallace  of  Albany  June  10,  187 J^  ,■  7t''(7j- 
police  justice  of  Dunkirk,  lS70-7.'f ,  and 
special  surrogate  of  Chautauqua  county, 
1876-78 :  practiced  law  successirelx  at 
Dunkirk,  Albany,  Buffalo,  ami  JVeu' 
York  city,  1870—81  :  was  a  delegate  at 
large  to  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1891^  :  has  practiced  law  in  Albany  since 
1881. 


M.  S.  /IDanUiUlJ  has  had  a  varied 
career,  and  in  the  course  of  a  long  and  busy  life 
has  interested  hinvself  in  manv  widely  differing 
subiects.  A  brief  sketch  of  his  ancestry  mav 
not  be  amiss  ;  and  the  fact  that  two  of  his  great- 
grandfathers fought  in  the  revolutionary  war  may 
indicate  the  source  of  his  own  ardent  Americanism. 
The  Mannings  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Ply- 
mouth Rock  ;  and  Samuel  Manning,  the  great-grand- 
father of  our  present  subject,  took  part  in  the  famous 
"  Boston  tea  party,"  and  was  one  of  the  band  who, 
disguised  as  Mohawk  Indians,  boarded  the  English 
ships  and  threw  the  obnoxious  cargo  into  the  sea. 
This  same  Manning  fought  in  the  battles  of  Concord 
and  Lexington.  His  son,  of  the  same  name,  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  College  about  1798,  and  became 


one  of  the  most  prominent  physicians  in  Massachu- 
setts ;  while  the  Samuel  Manning  of  the  third 
generation,  after  attaining  unusual  distinction  in 
Harvard  College,  settled  in  Baltimore  and  became 
a  leading  lawyer  there.  Mr.  Manning's  maternal 
grandfather  was  (^olonel    Thomas  Sheppard,  the  son 


joH.\  i\  .\f(  /lo.xorc// 

of  a  revolutionary  soldier,  and  himself  an  active 
patriot  in  the  later  English  war. 

W.  S.  Manning  was  born  in  Baltimore  in  ls;!4, 
and  was  educated  in  that  city.  He  took  a  degree 
in  civil  engineering  at  St.  Mary's  College,  and  at 
once  began  work  in  his  profession  on  the  Baltimore 
&  Ohio  railroad,  then  in  course  of  construction. 
Remaining  with  this  com])anv  until  the  completion 
of  the  road,  Mr.  Manning  then  acted  for  a  time  as 
assistant  city  .surveyor  of  Baltimore  ;  but  he  soon 
abandoned  the  life  of  an  engineer,  and  began  busi- 
ness as  superintendent  and  half  owner  of  the  .\valon 
Nail  &  Iron  Works,  near  Baltimore. 

In  1859  Mr.  Manning  began  his  long  connection 
with   the  business  of  life  insurance,  and  at  the  same 


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time  took  up  his  residence  in  the  Empire  State, 
which  has  since  been  his  home.  Moving  to  New 
York  city,  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co.  in  the  actuary's  department, 
and  remained  there  for  the  next  seven  years.  He 
then  spent  a  year  as  secretary  of  the  Hartford  Life 


II'.  S.   MAXXLXG 

&  Annuity  Co.,  but  returned  to  New  York  at  the 
expiration  of  that  time  as  the  agent  of  the  John 
Hancock  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  His  connec- 
tion with  the  life  insurance  business  lasted  until 
1886,  when  he  moved  to  Albany,  and  became 
traveling  agent  for  the  Albany  Chemical  Co.,  one 
of  the  most  important  and  successful  establishments 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  This  position  he  still 
holds. 

But  Mr.  Manning  is  most  widely  known  as  a 
writer  and  speaker  on  questions  of  the  day.  He 
has  published  many  articles  on  the  subject  of  life 
insurance,  and  has  attained  considerable  reputation 
as  an  expert  in  this  line.  Of  greater  general  interest, 
however,  are  his  writings  on  ([uestions  of  political 


economy  and  finance.  Many  of  these  have  ap- 
peared in  the  American  Economist,  as  well  as  in 
newspapers  throughout  the  country.  They  are 
characterized  by  clear  and  forcible  reasoning,  and 
display  an  amount  of  statistical  information  that 
denotes  wide  and  careful  research.  Mr.  Manning 
is  an  ardent  believer  in  a  high  protective 
tariff;  and  two  pamphlets  published  in 
1884,  entitled  respectively  "  Our  Ameri- 
can Policy  and  the  Monroe  Doctrine" 
and  "The  Tariff  Issue  in  the  Past  and 
Present,"  are  strong  arguments  in  sup- 
port of  his  position,  and  would  do  much 
to  convince  an  opponent  of  the  sound- 
ness of  his  views.  Naturally,  Mr.  Man- 
ning has  been  an  active  worker  in  the 
ranks  of  the  Republican  party  for  many 
years,  but  he  has  never  sought  nor  held 
political  office.  He  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  campaign  of  1896,  when  he 
worked  for  the  nomination  of  McKinley, 
and  later  for  his  election,  both  in  the 
press  and  on  the  stump.  Lender  the 
direction  of  the  Republican  national 
committee  he  made  many  speeches  in 
New  York  state  and  in  the  We.st,  main- 
taining to  the  last  that  the  vital  issue  of 
the  struggle  was  not  the  money  question, 
but  the  (piestion  of  a  protective  tariff. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
William  Sheppard  Manning  was  born  at 
Baltimore,     Md.,    January    12,     1834.; 
completed   liis    education    at    St.    Mary^ s 
College,  Baltimore ;  joas  a  civil  engineer 
on  the  Baltimore  &=  Ohio  railroad,  1851— 
56,  and  superintendent  of  the  Avalon  Nail 
&=  Lron  Works,  1857-59;  married  Maria 
Emelia  Falinestock  of  Baltimore  Januarx 
12,  1858,  who  died  in  November,  1858 ; 
married  Florence  Mary  Mayer  of  New  York  city  June 
10,  1869 ;  engaged  in  the  business  of  life  iiisurance, 
chiefly  in  New  York  city,  1859—86  ;  has  been  travel- 
ing agent  for  the  Albany  Chemical  Co.  since  1886. 


(Ibarles  ]£.  Patterson  is  a  native  of  the 

Green  Mountain  State,  where  he  was  born  fifty-odd 
years  ago,  in  Orange  county.  After  attending  dis- 
trict schools,  he  obtained  further  education  at  Castle- 
ton  (Vt. )  Seminary,  and  at  Washington  Academy, 
Cambridge,  N.  Y.  He  then  entered  Union  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  I860  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  The  following  year  he  moved  to  Troy,  and 
began  his  legal  studies  in  the  office  of  Seymour  & 
Ingalls  of  that  city.      He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 


A/E.y   OF  .\7-:ir    )OKk-— EAS7KKX  sect/o\ 


May  (),  1863,  and  in  18(59  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Patterson  began  the  active  practice  of  his 
profession  January  1,  18B4,  in  partnership  with  his 
former  preceptor,  David  L.  Seymour,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Seymour  &  Patterson.  This  connection 
lasted  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Seymour  in  1867. 
The  next  year  he  associated  himself  with  Moses 
Warren  in  the  firm  of  Warren  &  Patterson.  In 
1S70  he  moved  to  New  York  city,  where  he  practiced 
for  about  three  years  in  the  firm  of  Tremain,  Tyler 
&  Patterson.  The  great  metropolis  has  some  obvi- 
ous advantages  over  any  other  city  in  the  country  as 
a  field  of  professional  work,  and  these  appeal 
strongly  to  a  man  of  talent  and  ambition  ;  but 
Mr.  Patterson  deemed  it  advisable  to  return  to 
the  smaller  city  where  he  had  begun  his  legal 
career.  He  did  so,  accordingly,  in 
1874,  and  has  practiced  uninterruptedlv 
in  Troy  ever  since.  He  at  once  re- 
sumed his  former  connection  with  Moses 
Warren.  Later  the  firm  became  War- 
ren, Patterson  &  (lambell,  and  more 
recently  it  has  been  Warren,  Patterson 
&  Faulkner ;  but  at  the  present  time 
Mr.  Patter.son  is  practicing  alone.  His 
clientage  is  large  and  varied,  and  he  has 
long  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing attorneys  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Patterson's  jirofe-ssional  eflbrts 
have  not  been  confined  to  a  single 
special  line.  He  has  conducted  a  vari- 
ety of  office  and  court  work,  and  has 
figured  in  several  criminal  cases  of  great 
local  interest,  though  this  branch  of  the 
profession  has  little  attraction  for  him. 
Perhaps  his  best  work  has  been  done  in 
connection  with  railroads.  As  counsel 
for  a  .syndicate  of  bondholders  of  the 
Troy  &  Boston  railroad  after  its  consoli- 
dation with  the  Fitchburg,  he  resisted  a 
mortgage  foreclosure  that  would  have 
resulted  in  considerable  loss  to  the  secu- 
rity owners.  His  success  in  this  matter 
led  to  his  em|jloyment  as  counsel  by  a 
number  of  bondholders  of  the  Wabash 
railroad,  for  whom  he  appeared  in  the 
United  States  courts  in  Ohio,  Illinois, 
and  Indiana.  He  secured  full  payment 
of  the  amount  of  their  holdings,  success- 
fully resisting  an  attempt  to  force  them  to  take  new 
bonds  for  their  old  holdings,  at  largely  reduced 
interest.  Mr.  Patterson  is  a  director  and  one  of  the 
counsel  of  the  United  States  Life  Insurance  Co.  of 


New  York,  and  counsel  for  the  Richmond  Railway 
&  Electric  Co.,  for  which  he  has  appeared  in  the 
United  States  courts  in  Virginia. 

In  1878,  soon  after  his  return  from  New  York, 
Mr.  Patterson  was  nominated  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  for  representative  in  congress,  but  was  de- 
feated. In  1881  and  in  1882  he  was  a  member  of 
the  state  legislature,  and  in  the  latter  year  he  filled 
the  important  jwsition  of  speaker  of  the  a.ssembly. 
In  1893  he  received  the  honor  of  a  nomination  as 
delegate  at  large  to  the  constitutional  convention. 

Mr.  Patterson  is  highlv  regarded  by  his  fellow- 
citizens,  for  his  ability  as  a  lawyer  and  for  his  many 
engaging  personal  qualities.  He  belongs  to  no 
fraternal  organizations  other  than  the  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  and  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  college  societies. 
He  is  a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church. 


CHARLES   E.  PATTERSO.X 


PERS  ON  A  L  CHR  ONOLOG  Y—  Charles 
Edward  Patterson  was  born  at  Corinth,  Vt. ,  May  3, 
184^2  ;  graduated  from  Union  College  in  1860  :  studied 
law  in  Troy,  N.   Y. ,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 


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1863  ;  married  Fanny  Maria  Seymour  of  New  York 
citv  April  25,  1871 ;  was  member  of  assembly  from 
Rensselaer  eotmty,  1881-82 :  has  practiced  law  in 
Trov  since  186S  ivith  the  exception  of  three  years  spent 
in  N'ew  York  cit\. 


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JAMES   //.   I'lERlH 

3ameS  lb.   pierce  began  his  long  and  event- 

lul  lareer  in  ("linton  county,  New  York,  in  182(1. 
His  education  was  limited,  comprehending  only  the 
common  and  select  schools  of  the  rural  community  in 
which  he  spent  his  early  years.  He  began  his  busi- 
ness life  in  the  village  of  Keeseville  in  northern 
New  York,  where  he  acted  as  clerk  in  a  general 
store.  This  was  in  1843.  Two  years  afterward  he 
was  sent  to  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  to  manage  a  similar 
establishment.  After  returning  to  Keeseville  in 
1846  and  resuming  his  former  position,  he  went  to 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  the  next  year,  and  thence  to 
Neenah,  Wis.,  in  1849. 

The  Badger  State  was  not  then  so  pleasant  a  place 
to  live  in  as  it  afterward  became,  and  Mr.  Pierce 
decided    from    a  short    exjierience  that  the  rugged 


hills  of  his  native  county  were  more  attractive  than 
the  western  plains.  Having  returned  to  the  Empire 
State,  accordingly,  he  associated  himself  with  James 
B.  Dickinson,  and  purchased  with  him  in  1852  the 
property  on  which  is  now  located  the  village  of 
Bloomingdale.  There  the  two  men 
erected  mills  and  forges,  and  transacted 
for  several  vears  an  important  business 
in  milling,  lumbering,  iron  making,  and 
general  merchandising. 

The  outbreak  of  the  Civil  \Var  found 
Mr.  Pierce  entering  upon  a  \  igorous 
manhood,  with  personal  plans  well  ma- 
tured and  organized  for  victory.  As 
soon  as  it  became  clear  that  the  war 
must  be  fought  to  a  long  finish,  Mr. 
Pierce  abandoned  his  private  interests, 
and  gave  himself  up  unreservedly  to  the 
cause  of  his  country.  In  July,  1862, 
he  raised  a  company  of  one  hundred 
men,  turning  them  over  to  the  proper 
authorities  at  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  with- 
out cost  to  the  government  for  organiza- 
tion or  transportation.  He  enlisted  him- 
self, and  was  commissioned  captain  of 
company  C  of  the  118th  regiment.  New 
York  volunteers.  Serving  continuously 
until  May,  1864,  he  was  taken  prisoner 
then  and  confined  in  various  places,  in- 
cluding Libliy  prison,  hut  was  finally 
paroled  in  December,  1864. 

Since  the   war    Mr.    Pierce    has    been 
engaged   in  farming,   for  the  most  part, 
in  northern   New  York.      Public  affairs, 
however,  have  taken  up  a  good  deal  of 
his  time.      He   was  supervisor  from  the 
town  of  Franklin  four  years,  and  chair- 
man of  the    board  two    years  ;    and   he 
represented    Franklin  county   in   the    assembly    dur- 
ing the  years  1870-72.      Moving  back    into   Ksse.\ 
county  in  1877,  he  continued  there  to  take  a  promi- 
nent part  in   political  affairs.      He  has  been  super- 
visor from    the    town  of  St.   Armand    for    the    last 
thirteen  years,  having  been  chairman  of  the  board 
for  four  years.      In  November,  1896,  he  was  elected 
to  the  assembly  from  Essex  county. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — James  H. 
Pierce  was  horn  at  New  Siveden,  N.  Y. ,  August  27, 
1826  :  married  Olive  C.  Lennon  at  Keeseville,  N.  Y. , 
August  7,  18~)6  ;  engaged  in  various  branches  of  busi- 
ness in  New  York,  Virginia,  and  Wisconsin,  184S- 
r>0,  and  in  lumbering,  manufacturing,  and  farming  in 
northern  New  York,  1851-62  ;  served  in  the  i  iiiou 
ariuv,  1862-64  .'  bas  been  engaged  in  tarniing  and  in 


-VEX  OF  XEir  ]'ora--~/-:asterx  sect/ox 


■J  9 


public  life  in  Franklin  and  Essex  counties,  New  York, 
since  1865. 


Mllliam  3.  IROCbe,  corporation  counsel  for 
the  city  of  Troy,  was  born  there  forty-odd  years 
ago,  and  has  always  lived  there.  He  began  school 
at  an  early  age,  and  completed  his  education  at 
St.  Mary's  .'Kcademy  (  now  La  Salle  Institute  )  in  his 
eighteenth  year.  Having  determined  to  become  a 
lawyer,  he  then  entered  the  office  of  Townsends  &: 
Browne  as  a  student.  This  was  one  of  the  foremost 
law  firms  in  the  city,  and  their  business  was  not  only 
large  in  extent  but  varied  in  character.  It  furnished 
an  exceptionally  good  school  in  which  to  obtain  a 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  law  in  all  its 
branches,  and  Mr.  Roche  made  full  use  of  the 
opportunities  presented. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  in  due  time, 
he  became  managing  clerk  of  the  estab- 
lishment ;  and  in  1878,  on  the  retire- 
ment of  Irving  Browne,  Mr.  Roche  suc- 
ceeded him  as  a  member  of  the  firm. 
Three  years  later  Rufus  M.  Townsend 
also  withdrew,  and  a  new  firm  was  organ- 
ized consisting  of  Mr.  Roche  and  Martin 
I.  Townsend,  at  that  time  United  States 
district  attorney.  This  lasted  until  1890, 
when  Henry  T.  Nason  was  admitted  to 
partnershiiJ  ;  and  since  Mr.  Nason's  elei- 
tion  as  county  judge  in  189(),  Mr.  Roche 
has  practiced  alone.  The  firm  of  which 
he  has  been  a  member  for  nearly  twenty 
years  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  at 
the  bar  of  Rensselaer  county,  and  has 
conducted  a  large  amount  of  important 
business.  Mr.  Roche  deserves  a  full 
share  of  credit  for  this  success,  and  it 
may  safely  be  asstniied  that  the  recent 
severance  of  his  partnership  connections 
will  not  injure  his  professional  career. 
He  is  pre-eminently  a  trial  lawyer,  and 
has  won  many  victories  before  juries  in 
hotly  contested  cases. 

The  people  of  Troy  have  not    failed 
to  appreciate  Mr.  Roche's  legal  ability, 
and  have  given  him  frequent  opportunitv 
to  use  it  for  the  benefit  of  the  city.      In 
1883  he  was   nominated    by  the    mayor 
and  confirmed    by   the  common  council 
for  the  office  of  city  attorney,  and  held 
the  position   for  nearly  three  years.      In  December, 
1886,  he  was  appointed  comptroller  of  the  city  to 
fill  an   unexpired  term,   and  the  following    vear  he 
was  appointed  for  a  full  term.     He  held  this  position 


until  October,  1890,  when  he  received  an  appoint- 
ment as  corporation  counsel  of  Troy.  At  the 
expiration  of  his  first  term  he  was  reappointed,  and 
still  holds  this  responsible  office.  The  Democrats 
of  his  district  elected  him  a  delegate  to  the  con- 
stitutional convention  of  1894,  where  he  served 
on  the  committee  on  powers  and  duties  of  the 
legislature,  and  on  the  committee  on  corporations. 
He  also  took  a  leading  part  in  this  body  in  the 
efforts  for  canal  improvement  ;  and  he  favored  the 
abolition  of  the  pension  system  for  judges  and 
the  prohibition  of  all  further  civil  pensions,  con- 
sidering them  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  our  demo- 
cratic institutions.  He  was  the  author  of  the  con- 
stitutional provision  1>\'  which  the  county  judges  and 
surrogates  in  counties  of  a  certain  population  are 
prohibited  from  practicing  law  or  acting  as  referees. 


Wn.I.lAM  J.   ROCHE 

Mr.  Roche  is  a  thoroughly  public-spirited  citizen, 
and  has  the  prosperity  of  his  native  city  deeply  at 
-f       He  originated  the  movement  that   resulted 

(itv    k      ure'^pllt      iinlir\'      (\^     T~,p\'iiit/      li-jlj       tti*j 


heart 


in 


the    city's    present    policy    of   paying    half    the 


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expense  of  building  sewers  and  laying  pavements — a 
policy  that  has  done  much  to  make  Troy  a  healthful 
and  desirable  city,  and  has  given  a  marked  impetus 
to  all  other  improvements.  Through  the  Citizens' 
Association,  of  which  he  is  an  active  member,  he 
introduced  and  carried  the  first  resolution  calling  for 


CHARLES  R.  SKIXXER 

the  creation  of  a  park  commission  and  the  establish- 
ment of  public  parks.  Mr.  Roche  is  a  member  of 
the  Robert  ELmmet  .Association  and  of  the  La  Salle 
Institute  Alumni,  and  attends  St.  Mary's  Roman 
Catholic  Church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  William  J. 
Roche  ivas  horn  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  in  1853 ;  was  edu- 
cated at  St.  Marf  s  Academy,  Troy ;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  187 i. ;  married  Mary 
L.  Campion  of  Ne7v  Yo?-k  city  June  15,  1880  ;  was 
city  attorney  of  Troy,  188SS6,  and  city  comptroller, 
1886-90 ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  con- 
vention of  189Ji  :  has  been  corporation  counsel  of 
Troy  since  1890 :  has  practiced  hnc  in  Trov  since 
1878. 


CEbarles  1R.  Skinner  was  born  in  Oswego 

county,  New  York,  in  1844.  He  came  of  New 
Kngland  ancestry,  his  father  having  been  born  in 
New  Hampshire  and  his  mother  in  Connecticut. 
.\fter  attending  a  di.strict  school  of  the  usual  type  he 
entered  the  academy  in  the  village  of  Me.xico,  and 
obtained  further  instruction  at  the  Clin- 
ton Liberal  Institute.  His  purpose  was 
to  go  to  college,  and  he  prepared  for 
Hamilton.  He  was  unable,  however,  to 
gratify  this  ambition.  His  attainments 
in  future  life  were  such  that  Hamilton 
College  gave  him  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts  in  1889,  and  Colgate  LIniversity 
made  him  a  Doctor  of  Laws  in  1895. 

Having  abandoned  a  collegiate  for  a 
mercantile  career,  Mr.  Skinner  became 
in  18(;7  manager  of  the  New  York  house 
of  the  Waiter  \.  Wood  Mowing  &  Reap- 
ing Machine  Co.  He  was  so  engaged 
until  1X70,  when  he  purchased  a  third 
interest  in  the  Watertown  Daily  Times, 
and  associated  himself  with  Lotus  Ingalls 
and  Beman  Krockway  in  the  publication 
of  that  paper.  Having  a  wide  acquain- 
tance in  Watertown,  where  he  had  pre- 
viously served  as  assistant  jiostmaster, 
and  where  his  parents  had  lived  in  early 
years,  Mr.  Skinner  understood  well  the 
temper  of  the  people,  the  traditions  of 
the  region,  and  other  local  conditions  of 
interest  to  a  newspaper  publisher.  He 
acted  as  business  manager  and  as  city 
editor  of  the  Times,  and  showed  promis- 
ing journalistic  talent  from  both  the  busi- 
ness and  the  editorial  standpoint.  In 
1874,  however,  he  accepted  a  favorable 
offer  for  his  interest  in  the  paper. 

Acquiring  a  taste  for  political  affairs 
while  engaged  in  journalism,  Mr.  Skinner  gave 
himself  up  more  and  more  to  public  life  after  he 
left  the  Watertown  Times.  He  was  elected  to 
the  state  assembly  from  the  first  Jefferson-county 
district  in  the  fall  of  1876,  and  was  returned 
to  the  legislature  for  four  successive  years  there- 
after. This  record  is  very  unusual,  and  shows 
unmistakably  the  satisfaction  of  his  constituents 
with  his  service.  In  1881  he  was  elected  to  the 
national  house  of  representatives  to  fill  the  vacancy 
caused  by  the  resignation  of  Warner  Miller.  His 
district  comprised  Jefferson,  Lewis,  and  Herkimer 
counties.  He  was  re-elected  in  1883,  and  thus 
served  in  the  47th  and  48th  congresses,  or  two 
full  legislative  terms  altogether.      In  every  case  his 


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nomination  for  oSfice  was  unanimous.  While  in 
congress  he  introduced  a  bill  for  two-cent  letter 
postage.  Other  bills  to  the  same  purpose  were  pre- 
sented, and  in  October,  ISiSo,  the  postage  on  ordi- 
nary letters  was  reduced  to  two  cents.  He  also  intro- 
duced and  actively  advocated  a  bill  providing  for 
"special  delivery  "  of  letters  :  and  in  1885,  through 
his  efforts,  this  measure  likewise  became  law.  The 
profits  to  the  government  from  this  svstem  last  year 
were  S100,()0(K 

Years  ago  Mr.  Skinner  became  much  interested  in 
the  cause  of  education.  He  served  nine  years  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education  in  Watertown. 
In  1877,  while  in  the  assembly,  he  introduced  a  bill, 
afterward  enacted  into  law,  to  prevent  frequent 
changes  of  text-books  in  the  public  schools.  In 
April,  1886,  he  was  appointed  deputy  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  and  three 
years  later  was  reappointed  to  that  posi- 
tion. In  .April,  1892,  he  was  made 
supervisor  of  teachers'  institutes  and 
training  classes.  In  February,  189.^,  he 
was  elected  state  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic instruction  for  a  term  of  three  vears 
ending  April  7,  1898.  In  all  these  im- 
portant offices  Mr.  Skinner  has  devoted 
himself  most  zealously  to  the  perfection 
of  educational  methods  and  the  general 
improvement  of  the  public  schools  in 
the  Empire  State.  The  measure  of  suc- 
cess attained  by  him  is  evident  in  his 
constant  advancement.  In  July,  1896, 
at  its  meeting  in  Buffalo,  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  National  Kducational 
Association,  the  largest  body  of  its  kind 
in  the  world,  having  a  membership  of 
more  than  10,000. 

Mr.  Skinner  has  been  prominent  in 
social  as  well  as  in  public  life.  He  is 
greatly  interested  in  Masonry,  and  has 
taken  high  rank  in  the  order.  He  is  a 
life  member  of  the  New  York  State  Press 
Association,  and  has  often  served  as  its 
delegate  at  meetings  of  the  National 
Editorial  Association.  He  belongs  to 
the  Fort  Orange  Club  of  Albany,  the 
Republican  Club  of  New  York  city,  the 
Union  League  Club  of  Brooklyn,  and 
the  Thousand  Island  Club  of  Alexandria 
Bay. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Charles  Riifus 
Skinner  was  horn  at  Union  Square,  Oswego  coiintx, 
N.  v.,  August  If,  ISJflf;  was  educated  at  common 
schools  and  academies  and  Clinton  Liberal  Institute  ; 


engaged  in  business  in  Neiu  York  city,  1867-70  ;  was 
manager  and  part  owner  of  the  Watertown  (IV.  Y.) 
' '  Daily  Times, ' '  1870-7 Jf ;  married  Elizabeth  Bald- 
win of  Watertown  October  16,  187 S  ;  ivas  tnemher  of 
assembly,  1877-81,  and  representati7)e  in  congress, 
18Sl—8i>  ;  was  deputy  state  superintendent  of  public 
instruction,  1886-92,  and  supervisor  of  teachers 
institutes  and  training  classes,  1892-96 ;  has  been 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  since  April  7, 
1895  ;  was  elected  president  of  the  N^ational  Educa- 
tional Association  in  July,  1896. 


XTbomas  /IDartin  Hlovsius  :CSurl?e,  the 

son  of  Dr.  I'lic  Burke,  was  born  in  the  west  of 
Ireland  in  1840.  Coming  to  America  in  early  boy- 
hood, he  gratified  his  yearning  for  a  religious  life 
by    entering    St.    Michael's    College,    Toronto,    in 


TH0.\f.4.S  MARTIX  ALOYS! US  BURKE 


1855.  A  year  later  he  became  a  student  in  St. 
Charles  College,  Ellicott  City,  Md.,  where  he  was 
contemporary  with  Cardinal  Cibbons,  Archbishop 
Kain  of  St.   Louis,    Bishop    Keane,    lately    of  the 


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Catholic  Universit)-  at  Washington,  and  other  iihis- 
trious  ecclesiastics.  Their  friendship  and  esteem 
have  been  his  from  these  student  days,  and  have 
been  unspeakably  dear  to  him. 

Having  completed  his  classical  course  at  St. 
Charles,  the  yoimg  student  received  the  unusual 
honor  of  an  invitation  from  the  faculty  to  teach  in 
the  college.  He  was  so  occupied  for  a  \  ear,  con- 
tinuing his  study  of  philosophy  at  the  same  time. 
Entering  St.  Mary's  Seminary,  Baltimore,  in  l)S(il, 
he  graduated  thence  in  June,  18(i4,  with  the  degrees 
of  Master  of  Arts  and  Bachelor  of  'I'heology,  ci/iii 
iihi.xiiihi  lauik.  On  Jime  .'^0,  1864,  he  was  ordained 
jiriest  by  Bishop  McFarland  of  Hartford,  and  was 
made  assistant  to  St.  John's  Church,  x\lbany,  N.  Y. 
In  April,  18(55,  he  was  assigned  to  St.  Joseph's 
Churth  b\  the  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Conro\ ,  becoming 
the  bishop's  assistant  at  the  same  time.  His  career 
as  a  priest  was  connected  for  the  most  jjart  with 
St.  (ose]jh's,  and  his  work  there  was  strikingly  effi- 
cient as  regards  both  spiritual  and  material  results. 
He  was  particularly  successful  as  an  educator,  and 
established  many  flourishing  schools,  including  St. 
Joseph's  Academy.  The  Young  Men's  Sodality  of 
St.  Joseph's  became,  under  his  vigorous  manage- 
ment, a  strong  agency  for  good,  and  an  inspiring 
stimulus  to  the  young  men  of  other  churches. 

In  1884  Father  Burke  was  appointed  theologian 
by  the  Most  Rev.  .Apostolic  Delegate  in  the  third 
Plenary  Council  at  Baltimore,  where  he  distinguished 
himself  by  his  eloquence  and  learning.  In  March, 
1889,  he  was  created  Knight  of  the  Holy  Sepulchre  ; 
and  since  his  consecration  he  has  been  raised  to  the 
dignity  of  Knight  of  the  ( Irand  Cross  or  of  the  high- 
est order.  Upon  the  promotion  of  the  Very  Rev. 
P.  A.  Lndden  to  the  bi.shopric  of  the  new  diocese 
of  Syracuse,  Father  Burke  was  appointed  his  suc- 
ce.ssor  in  the  office  of  vicar-general  by  Bishop 
McNeirny,  and  discharged  the  duties  of  that  office 
for  seven  years  to  the  satisfaction  of  bishop  and 
clergy.  Upon  the  demise  of  Bishop  McNeirny  in 
January,  1894,  Father  Burke  was  appointed  adminis- 
trator of  the  diocese  by  Archbishop  Corrigan  of  New 
York.  His  admini.stration  was  marked  by  the  .same 
succe.ss  that  distinguished  his  career  as  pastor  and 
vicar-general. 

In  January,  1804,  Father  Burke  was  nominated  to 
the  vacant  see  by  the  consultors  and  irremovable 
pastors  of  the  diocese.  This  action  was  subsequently 
approved  by  the  bishops  of  the  province,  and  was 
confirmed  by  the  reigning  pontiff,  Leo  XIII.,  who 
caused  to  be  issued  in  Rome  May  11,  1894,  an 
apostolic  brief  appointing  him  fourth  bisho]j  of 
Alban\.       The  ceremonv   of   consecration    occurred 


Sunda}',  Jul)  1,  1894,  in  the  Cathedral  of  the 
Immaculate  Conception.  His  ( Irace,  Archbishop 
Corrigan  of  New  York,  was  the  consecrator,  and  the 
a.ssistant  con.secrating  prelates  were  Bishop  McQuaid 
of  Rochester  and  Bishop  Ludden  of  .Syracuse. 
There  were  present  several  bishops,  all  the  priests 
of  the  diocese,  and  representatives  of  the  reverend 
clergy  from  almost  everv  diocese  in  the  couutrv. 
Since  his  consecration  Bishop  Burke  has  gi\en  fresh 
evidence  of  his  abilitvas  an  administrator,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  that  the  spiritual  and  tem|)oral  interests 
of  the  diocese  will  be  guarded  and  promoted  effec- 
tivelv  by  his  episcopal  care. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  llwnuu 
Martin  Aloysiiis  Burke  loas  born  in  Ireland  in  ISJfO  .• 
padua/eJ  from  St.  Charles  Co/ieae,  Rllieott  City, 
A/i/.,  (Ill:/  from  St.  J/arv' .<  Seniinarx,  Baltimore  ; 
icas  assistant  at  St.  /oliii  s  Cliiirch,  Alhanv,  1Sfl.!f-fJii, 
and  at  .St.  Joseph' s  Church,  Alhany,  ISli'i-!)!^  ;  was 
Ticar-general  of  the  Roman  Catholic  diocese  of  Albany, 
lSS7-0Jf,  and  has  been  bishop  of  the  same  diocese 
since  ISft.'f. 

IHclSOn  BaVCnpOrt,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best-known  lawyers  at  the  Rensselaer-county  bar, 
was  born  at  Varna,  in  Tompkins  county.  New-  York. 
After  attending  the  Troy  Conference  Academy  three 
years,  he  went  to  the  National  Law  School,  then 
located  at  Ballston,  .\.  Y.,  two  years,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  state  courts  July  1,  1850. 
In  18()0  the  same  privilege  was  extended  in  the  case 
of  the  United  States  Circuit  Courts  for  New  York 
state,  and  in  1890  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  L'nited  States  Supreme  Court.  For  a  few  years 
he  was  in  partnership  with  Cleneral  FL  F.  Bullard. 
Since  1882  he  has  practiced  with  ^Villianl  H.  Hol- 
lister,  Jr.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Daxenport  & 
Hollister.  This  association  has  lieen  altogether  suc- 
cessful, and  the  firm  disjjatches  a  large  volume  of 
legal  busine.ss. 

True  to  the  traditions  of  his  calling,  Mr.  Daven- 
port has  taken  great  interest  in  political  matters,  and 
has  frequently  ap]jeared  before  the  public  eye  in 
connection  with  important  offices.  In  18().")  he  was 
appointed  by  (lovernor  Fenton  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners of  capital  police.  This  was  an  important 
]jost,  as  the  territory  covered  included  Alban\, 
Watervliet,  West  Troy,  Schenectady,  Crreen  Island, 
Cohoes,  Lansingburgh,  Troy,  North  Cireenbush, 
Bath,  and  Creenbush.  Mr.  Davenport  held  the 
office  four  years.  In  187.?  he  received  a  similar 
a|)i)ointment  from  Covernor  Dix,  becoming  thus 
one  of  the  <ommissioners  of  Rensselaer  jjolice. 
He   remained   in   this    position  until   the   law  under 


^rEX  OF  x/iif  )'()rk—east/-:kx  skct/ox 


which  he  held  office  was  declared  unconstitutional 
by  the  Court  of  Appeals.  In  LStlo  Mr.  Davenport 
was  appointed  by  Ciovernor  Morton  one  of  the 
state  commissioners  of  jirisons,  to  hold  office  three 
years  from  June  25,  1«J).5.  This  commission  is 
charged  with  grave  responsibilities,  and  membership 
therein  implies  high  stantling  in  the  community  and 
uncommon  ability.  Mr.  Davenport  is 
also  one  of  the  court-house  commissioners 
for    Rensselaer    county. 

Aside  from  law  and  ])olitics  and  gen- 
eral municipal  affairs,  Mr.  Davenport 
takes  special  interest  in  one  other  sub- 
ject—  agriculture.  He  owns  and  main- 
tains at  East  Greenbush  a  country  place 
of  250  acres  overlooking  the  Hudson. 
The  estate  was  formerly  owned  and  oc- 
cupied bv  the  famous  French  diplomat- 
ist, "  Citi/en  "  (lenC-t.  Mr.  Davenport 
is  interested  in  many  aspects  of  farm 
life,  but  takes  ]jarticular  pride  in  raising 
fine  breeds  of  Jersey  cattle. 

Mr.  Davenport  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Troy  and 
a  trustee  of  the  Young  Men's  Associa- 
tion there.  He  contributes  occasional 
articles  to  the  local  jiress,  magazines, 
and  agricultural  journals. 

PERSONAL  ClIIiONOL  OCT  — 
Nelson  J^dvriipor/  icas  hont  a/  I 'dina, 
A'.  )'. .  Scpli-iiilitr  l.i,  1S27 ;  wai  I'dii- 
caleil  ill  the  7'roY  Confereiue  Aeadeiiiv  : 
graduated  Jrotii  the  jVationa/  Law  Scliool^ 
and  iiHis  admitted  to  the  liar  in  IS-'iO  .■ 
inarrieil  Ifeleii  Ciiraline  Osgaad  of  'J'roy. 
A'.  ]'. ,  No'oeinlier  ,.'.),  /i'J7  .•  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Troy  since  lS.'i:i ;  7C'as  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  state  commissioners  of 
prisons  in  1SU3  for  a  term  of  three  years. 


ford  of  Cohoes  as  a  student.  Devoting  himself  for 
the  next  three  or  four  years  to  the  task  of  acijuiring 
a  legal  education,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the 
September  term  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1880.  He 
at  once  opened  an  office  in  Cohoes,  and  soon 
became  known  as  a  rising  young  lawyer.  During 
his  earlv  vears  at   the   bar  he  had  a  large  criminal 


flsaiab  jf  ellOWS,  Jr.,  recorder  of  the  city  of 
Cohoes,  is  of  Knglish  birth,  though  he  has  lived  in 
Cohoes  ever  since  childhootl.  Born  in  Wednes- 
bury,  England,  less  than  forty  years  ago,  he  was 
Ijrought  to  America  by  his  parents  when  only  nine 
years  old.  His  education  was  received  in  the  ])ul)- 
lic  schools  of  Cohoes  ;  but  he  left  school  at  an  early 
age,  and  obtained  employment  in  one  of  the  mills 
of  the  citv.  He  eventually  became  shipper  for  the 
Parsons  Manufacturing  Co.,  and  held  the  jjosition 
for  several  years. 

In  1882,  however,  Mr.  Fellows  saw  his  way  clear 
to  carry  out  his  desire  of  becoming  a  lawyer  ;  and 
he  accordinglv  entered  the  office  of  James  F.  Craw- 


.\7; /..SY).\-  /). ;  /  'AW/^f  )A'  T 

practice,  and  attained  a  goodly  measure  of  success 
in  this  line.  In  1894  he  associated  himself  with 
Daniel  C.  McFTwain  in  the  firm  of  Fellows  &  Mc- 
lOlwain,  which  still  exists.  Since  the  organization 
of  this  firm  Mr.  Fellows  has  devoted  his  entire 
attention  to  civil  cases,  in  which  his  succe.ss  has 
been  fidly  ecjnal  to  that  formerly  achieved  as  a 
criminal  lawyer.  He  has  been  especially  interested 
in  railroad  and  life-insurance  litigation,  ha\ing  met 
with  flattering  success  in  a  number  of  important 
cases  in  these  special  lines.  His  firm  arts  as  attor- 
ney for  three  insurance  companies. 

In   politics  Mr.  Fellows   is  an  earnest  Republican 
and  a  public-siiirited   citizen.       He   was  electeil  to 


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the  board  of  school  commissioners  of  Cohoes  from 
the  4th  ward  in  1891,  and  served  two  years.  He 
was  largely  instrumental  in  introducing  the  kinder- 
garten system  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  original  hospital  commission  of 
Cohoes,  and  served  for  three  years,  during  which  he 


ISAIAH  FELLOWS.  J:; 

acted  as  secretary  of  the  commission.  He  was  for 
some  time  attorney  for  the  board  of  health,  which 
accomplished  a  large  amount  of  good  work  under 
his  guidance;  but  in  May,  1897,  the  pressure  of 
official  duties  compelled  him  to  resign  the  position. 
On  July  20,  1896,  Mayor  Mitchell  appointed  Mr. 
Fellows  recorder  of  the  city  of  Cohoes  for  a  term 
of  four  years.  The  appointment  was  not  altogether 
unexpected,  as  the  other  candidates  for  the  office 
had  recognized  in  him  a  formidable  rival,  and  he  was 
felt  to  be  well  qualified  for  the  position,  having  been 
deemed  for  several  years  one  of  the  most  successful 
counselors  and  attorneys  in  his  part  of  the  state.  It 
is  evident  already  that  the  interests  of  Cohoes  are 
not  to  suffer  in  his  hands. 


Mr.  Fellows   is  a   Mason,  and  a  member   of  the 
Methodist  church  and  of  the  Mystic  Club. 

PERSONAL    CHRONOLOGY— Isaiah    Fel- 
lows, Jr. ,  7tias  born  at  Wc dues  bury,  Eng. ,  August  20, 
ISOO :     lamc    to    the    United  States    in    1870,    and 
settled  ill   Cohoes,    N  V.  :  7cias    admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1886,  and  has  practiced  in  Cohoes  ever 
since  ;  was  appointed  recorder  of  the  city  of 
Cohoes  July  20,  1896,  for  the  term  1896- 
1900. 


Milliam  1lDenr\?  Ibolltster,  3r., 

one  of  the  prominent  lawyers  of  I'roy, 
was  born  in  Greene  county.  New  York, 
about  fifty  years  ago.  He  is  a  direct 
descendant  in  the  seventh  generation  of 
Lieutenant  John  HoUister,  an  officer  in 
the  English  army,  who  came  to  this 
country  in  l(i42  and  settled  at  Claston- 
bury.  Conn.  His  mother's  ancestors 
came  from  Holland. 

Mr.  HoUister  had  the  Ijenefit  of  a 
thorough  education  at  excellent  schools 
and  colleges.  After  attending  the  dis- 
trict school  and  the  academy  in  his  native 
town  of  Coxsackie,  he  became  a  student 
at  the  famous  old  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  Mass.,  and  finished  his  pre- 
paratory course  at  the  Hud.son  River  In- 
stitute, Claverack,  N.  Y.  He  entered 
Williams  College  in  the  fall  of  1866,  and 
was  graduated  thence  in  due  course  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  Many  appointments 
and  elections  in  connection  with  his  col- 
lege work  testify  both  to  his  ability  and 
to  his  popularity.  He  was  elected  Class 
Day  president,  and  chosen  junior  orator 
in  the  prize  contest.  He  was  also  elected 
one  of  the  editors  of  the  college  maga- 
zine, the  Williams  Quarterly,  and  president  of  the 
Philologian  Society.  He  was  elected  to  member- 
ship in  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  society,  and  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  commencement  orators  at 
graduation. 

After  leaving  college  Mr.  HoUister  sjjent  a  year 
as  a  clerk  in  the  census  bureau  at  Washington, 
having  been  appointed  by  General  Francis  A. 
Walker  after  passing  one  of  the  earliest  civil-service 
examinations  ever  held  for  such  a  position.  Be- 
taking himself  then  to  'I'roy,  Mr.  HoUister  studied 
for  three  years  in  the  law  office  of  Edward  F.  BuUard, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y., 
in  the  fall  of  1874.  Mr.  Bullard  at  once  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  former  |iu|)il,  under  the  name 


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of  Bullard  &  Hollister,  that  lasted  for  four  years. 
Two  years  later  Mr.  Hollister  associated  himself 
with  Nelson  Davenport,  an  able  attorney  of  long 
experience  ;  and  the  firm  of  Davenport  &  Hollister 
has  ever  since  been  prominent  in  the  legal  circles 
of  Troy. 

Mr.  Hollister  is  a  Republican,  but  has  always 
reserved  the  right  of  individual  judgment  and  inde- 
pendent action  in  political  matters,  refusing  to 
submit  to  party  dictation.  He  is  an  earnest  advo- 
cate of  clean  politics,  and  has  cast  his  whole 
influence  in  that  direction.  He  believes  heartily 
in  municipal  reform,  and  in  the  complete  separation 
of  municipal  from  state  and  national  politics.  He  has 
never  sought  office,  and  his  only  public  service  was 
performed  as  school  commissioner  of  Iroy,  a 
position  that  he  held  for  three  years  beginning 
in  187.S. 

The  time  and  attention  that  so  many 
lawyers  devote  to  politics  Mr.  Hollister 
has  given  to  religious  and  benevolent 
work.  He  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Troy  in 
1880,  and  has  been  president  of  the 
board  of  trustees  since  1881.  He  was 
made  an  elder  in  the  same  church  in 
1884,  and  two  years  later  was  elected 
by  the  presbytery  of  Troy  a  commis- 
sioner to  the  (Jeneral  Assembly  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Minneapolis.  For 
five  years,  beginning  in  1878,  he  was  ihc 
Sunday-school  superintendent  of  his 
church.  In  189")  he  helped  to  organize 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  Troy,  and  has  since  been  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  institution.  He  is 
especially  interested  in  its  educational 
work,  and  serves  as  chairman  of  the 
educational  committee.  In  February, 
1896,  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  state 
convention  of  the  association,  and  read 
a  paper  before  that  body  on  the  financial 
problem  of  the  educational  work.  He 
has  been  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Troy 
Orphan  Asylum  since  1875,  and  the 
secretary  of  the  board  for  nineteen  years. 

In  1875  Mr.  Hollister  took  an  active 
part  in  forming  the  Troy  Vocal  Society, 
one  of  the  oldest  and   largest  male  musi- 
cal organizations    in    the    country  ;    and 
he    has    been     for     many    years    its    secretary    and 
a   member    of   its    board    of    directors.       In    1 89(1 
he    was    instrumental     in     establishing    the     Troy 
Daily  Record,  the  only   morning  newspaper  in   the 


city  ;    and  he   is  at   present  vice  president  of  the 
company  publishing  that  journal. 

PERS  ONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY—  William 
Henry  Hollister,  Jr. ,  ivas  born  at  Coxsackie,  N.  Y. , 
October  11,  lSJf7  :  graduated  from  Williams  College, 
U'illiamstmvn,  A/ass. ,  in  1870 ;  studied  laiv,  and 
7vas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  187 J/. :  married  Julia 
Frances  Hillman  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  October  16,  1878; 
was  one  of  the  school  commissioners  of  Troy,  1878-81 ; 
has  been  vice  president  of  the  Troy  Record  Co.  since 
1890:  has  practiced  law  in  Troy  since  1874- 


CalViU  E.  IReaCb,  prominent  at  the  bar  of 
Rensselaer  county  as  a  criminal  lawyer,  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Hoosick  fifty-two  years  ago.  After  at- 
tending the  common  schools  for  several  years  in 
childhood,    he   completed    his    education    at    Ball's 


U7LL/A.M  HEXRY  HOLLISTER.  JK. 

Academy  at  Hoosick  Falls,  graduating  there- 
from in  1861.  He  then  studied  law  with  his 
father,  Briggs  Keach,  and  in  1868  was  duly  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar. 


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Mr.  Keach  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Hoosick  Falls,  and  has  been  actively  en- 
gaged therein  ever  since  with  the  exception  of  a 
brief  interval  from  1870  to  187'?.  He  has  never 
formed  partnership  as.sociations,  preferring  to  retain 
his  freedom  and  independence  entirely  unhampered. 


C. //.;/.  \     A.    A/;./ (7/ 

.\fter  several  years  in  Hoosick  Falls,  he  moved  to 
I.ansingburgh  in  1878,  and  for  nearly  twenty  years 
has  carried  on  an  extensive  practice  there  and 
throughout  the  adjoining  counties.  He  has  aKva\s 
made  a  specialty  of  criminal  law,  and  has  been  mi- 
usually  successful  in  defending  persons  charged  with 
felonies.  Out  of  more  than  three  hundred  such 
cases  that  he  has  conducted,  only  three  of  Mr. 
Reach's  clients  have  ever  been  convicted  and  sent 
to  jiri.son.  As  might  be  expected,  his  services  are 
in  wide  demand  ;  and  he  spends  much  of  his  time 
away  from  I.ansingburgh,  though  his  home  and  busi- 
ness headquarters  are  still  there.  He  is  an  exceed- 
ingly busy  man,  and  devotes  himself  heart  and  soul 
to  the  interests  of  his  clients. 


Politics,  which  ])rove  so  attractive  to  many  law- 
yers, have  had  little  charm  for  Mr.  Keach ;  or 
perhaps  his  engrossing  professional  cares  have  left 
him  no  opportunity  to  exjierience  the  fa.scinations  of 
public  affairs.  At  any  rate,  he  has  never  held  public 
office,  and  has  never  had  any  ambition  in  that  direc- 
tion. He  has  written  largely  for  the 
ne\vs]japers,  and  to  some  extent  for  the 
maga/.ines  ;  his  contributions  including 
short  criticisms  and  original  articles  on 
various  topics  connected  with  the  science 
of  government,  politics,  finance,  tem- 
perance legislation,  and  criminal  juris- 
lirudence.  Although  confining  his  atten- 
tion almost  exclusively  to  his  profession, 
he  has  done  some  work  in  tem])erance 
organizations,  the  order  of  ( )d(.l  Fellows, 
and  similar  societies  ;  antl  for  two  years 
he  held  the  office  of  (h'and  Worthy 
Templar  of  the  State  of  New  York  in  the 
'i'empic  of  Honor,  becoming  thus  the 
chief  offii  er  of  the  order  in  the  state. 
Mr.  Keacii  is  liberal  in  his  religious 
views,  attending  various  churches,  and 
contributing  as  he  is  able  to  the  support 
of  each  ;  but  his  sympathies  are  perhaps 
most  strongly  in  favor  of  the  Baptist 
denomination. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY — 
Calvin  Edgar  Keach  u<as  /torn  ai  hooiick, 
N.  Y.,  October  2,  IS JfJf  :  was  ediicateil  in 
common  schools  ami  Ball' s  Academy  : 
studied  laiii,  and  7vas  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  ISGS :  married  Alice  M.  Waite  of 
W'atcrford,  N.  v.,  April  SO,  ISdS  :  prac- 
ticed law  at  Hoosick  Falls,  N.  v.,  1868-(j9 
and  1SH-7S  :  has  practiced  laif  ai  Lan- 
singbnrgh.  A'.    Jl,  since  1S7S. 


30bU  S.  IkOSter  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Lee,  Massachusetts,  on  the  banks  of  the  beautifid 
Housatonic,  in  1841.  He  attended  the  public 
.schools  of  Palmer,  Ma.ss.,  graduating  from  the  high 
school  there  in  18.'j7.  He  then  learned  the  printer's 
trade  in  the  office  of  the  Springfield  Daily  American. 
Western  Massachusetts  has  long  been  famous  for  the 
fme  paper  ]iroduced  there,  and  Mr.  Roster's  lather 
was  one  of  the  most  successful  men  in  the  paper- 
making  industry.  Mr.  Roster,  therefore,  soon  found 
it  worth  while  to  leave  the  printing  trade,  and  enter 
a  paper  mill  in  Palmer  managed  by  his  father.  The 
latter  died  soon  after  this  change,  but  Mr.  Roster 
continued  in  the  business  mitil  the  outlireak  of  the 
Cixil  War  in  ISIil. 


.\f/-:.\-   OF  .\Eir    ]'OKk-—EASTERX  SECT/OX 


Mr.  Koster  was  in  his  twentieth  \ear  only  when 
the  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumter  echoed  ominously 
through  the  North.  Enlisting  at  once  in  the  21st 
regiment,  Ma.ssachusetts  volunteers,  organized  in 
Worcester,  he  served  in  the  army  for  the  next  three 
years  and  made  a  brilliant  military  record.  He  is 
now  commonly  called  Major  Koster,  but  was  best 
known  in  the  early  years  of  the  war  as  Sergeant 
Koster  of  company  H.  His  regiment  was  one  of 
the  most  active  in  the  northern  armies,  and  Sergeant 
Koster  helped  to  make  its  fame.  He  brought  his 
dying  captain  from  the  field  on  one  occasion  in  the 
very  teeth  of  the  enemy's  guns  ;  and  numerous 
other  instances  of  his  bravery  are  cited  by  his  com- 
rades in  arms.  He  lost  his  right  arm  in  a  tierce 
charge  at  Cold  Harbor  Jinie  2,  18(14.  On  his 
return  home  after  months  of  sufl'ering  in  the 
hospital,  (lovernor  .Andrew  of  Massa- 
chusetts  gave   him   a    major's    conmiis-         

sion     lor    meritorious     ( ondu<  t    on     the 
field. 

For  five  or  six  years  after  the  close 
of  the  war  Major  Koster  was  employed 
in  the  Boston  post  office.  He  rose  to 
a  res]jonsible  place  in  the  postal  service, 
but  was  ambitious  to  re-enter  his  old 
occupation  of  pajier-making.  In  1872, 
accordingly,  he  accejjted  an  offer  to  go 
to  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  as  superintendent 
of  a  paper  mill.  After  a  short  experienc  c 
there  he  went  to  Nova  Scotia  as  man- 
ager for  an  English  company  about  to 
manufacture  wood  pulp  under  a  (lerman 
patent.  The  |)aper  there  made  by  Major 
Koster  was  the  first  all -wood  paper 
made  in  .America.  His  success  along 
the  new  lines  of  paper-making  attracted 
attention  in  New  York,  and  he  was 
induced  to  take  the  position  of  super- 
intendent of  the  Herkimer  Paper  Co. 
The  pulp  works  of  this  great  concern, 
of  which  Warner  Miller  is  |jresident, 
are  situated  at  Lyon  Falls,  N.  V.,  where 
Major  Koster  has  lived  since  187(J. 
With  new  mills  and  improved  machinery, 
the  output  of  the  ])lant  has  increased 
many-fold  in  recent  years.  Major  Koster 
is  a  stockholder  and  one  of  the  direct- 
ors of  the  comi)any.  The  pajjer  indus- 
try is  his  chief  busine.ss  concern  ;  but 
he  is  also  interested  in  a  Kansas  cattle  ranch  ami 
in   Denver  real  estate. 

Primarily  a  man  of  business.    Major    Koster    has 
nevertheless  given  some  time  and  much  thouKht  to 


public  affairs.  He  might,  indeed,  have  devoted 
himself  largely  to  such  matters,  since  his  fellow- 
citizens  have  always  urged  upon  him  more  offices 
than  he  has  cared  to  take.  He  has  frequently  been 
a  delegate  to  party  conventions,  and  in  1888  he  was 
one  of  the  Harrison  presidential  electors.  He 
declined  a  nomination  for  the  assembly  some  years 
ago  ;  but  in  1895  consented  to  run,  and  was  elected 
by  a  large  majority.  Renominated  the  next  year, 
he  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  nearly  a  thousand 
votes.  He  is  chairman  of  the  committee  on  mili- 
tary affairs  in  the  assembly. 

Major  Koster  became  a  member  of  the  Crand 
.\rmy  of  the  Republic  early  in  the  history  of  that 
organization,  and  he  was  commander  of  his  post  in 
Boston  for  several  years.  He  is  now  Junior  \'i(  e 
Commamier  of  the  department  of  New  York,  whi(  h 


n 


JDIIX  s.    KOSri-.R 

has  a  membershi])  of  almost  40,000  veterans.  He 
is  president  of  the  21st  Regiment  Massachusetts 
Vohmteers'  Association.  He  holds  various  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  trust  in  his  town  and  county. 


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MEN  OF  NEW    YORK— EASTERN  SECTION 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John  S. 
Koster  was  born  at  Lee,  Mass. ,  June  21,  I84.I ;  was 
educated  in  public  sclioo/s  ;  worked  in  a  paper  mill  at 
Palmer,  Mass.,  1S.')S-6'1 :  served  in  the  Union  army, 
186 1-6^  ;  7oas  emploved  in  the  post  office  at  Boston, 
1865-72 ;    married  Mary  L.    Kinzey  of  Nei>'    York 


WILL    L.    LLOYD 

city  April  6,  1865  ;  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  paper  in  New  Hampshire  and  N'ova  Scotia,  1872- 
76  ;  7vas  elected  to  the  state  assembly  in  1895  and  re- 
elected i?i  1896  ;  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Herki- 
mer Paper  Co.  at  Lyon  Falls,  N.  Y. ,  since  1876. 


liHill  %.  XI055  of  Albany,  though  still  a  young 
man,  has  had  an  eventful  and  interesting  career. 
Born  in  the  capital  city  in  IfSOo,  he  received  his 
early  education  in  an  Episcopal  school,  where 
he  met  the  charges  for  tuition  by  serving  as  a  choir 
boy  in  All  Saints  Cathedral  at  Albany.  After  that 
he  graduated  from  the  Albany  Business  College  and 
from  Walworth's  Stenographic  Institute.  In  1872, 
at  the  age  of  twelve,  he  began  his  long  career  at  the 


state  capitol,  becoming  a  page  in  the  assembly. 
He  continued  to  act  in  this  capacity  for  seven  years. 
This  experience  came  at  a  time  of  life  when  the 
memory  is  like 

"  Wax  to  receive,  and  marble  to  retain  "*  ; 

and  Mr.  Lloyd  then  laid  the  foundation  of  his  pres- 
ent extensive  knowledge  of  political  con- 
ditions in  the  Empire  State.  Becoming 
a  messenger  for  the  assembly  in  \%1'^, 
he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
wrapping  department  the  next  year.  For 
two  years  after  that  he  was  the  assembly 
correspondent  of  the  Brooklyn  Eagle. 
In  1883  he  had  charge  of  the  United 
Press  bureau  at  the  capitol;  and  in  1884 
he  was  the  legislative  correspondent  for 
the   New  York  Truth. 

The  foregoing  summary  of  Mr.  Lloyd's 
early  life  shows  that  he  was  connected 
officially  with  the  New  York  legislature 
for  thirteen  years,  ending  in  1884  ;  and 
during  the  twelve  years  since  then  he 
has  likewise  been  connected,  though  un- 
officially, with  the  law-making  bodies  at 
Albany.  Appointed  a  clerk  in  the  law 
de|)artment  of  the  Central-Hudson  rail- 
road in  1884,  he  was  stationed  at  Al- 
bany, and  has  ever  since  been  intrusted 
with  the  important  mission  of  guarding 
the  legal  interests  of  the  railroad  at  the 
state  ca|)ital.  When  Chauncey  M.  Depew 
became  president  of  the  road  he  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Lloyd  president's  clerk. 
After  holding  this  office  until  1894,  Mr. 
Lloyd  received  the  appointment  of  assist- 
ant tax  agent.  He  still  holds  that  po- 
sition, having  charge  of  the  company's 
taxes  on  the  Hudson,  Putnam,  and  Har- 
lem divisions  of  the  system.  His  long 
experience  in  the  assembly,  minute  knowledge  of 
legislative  methods,  and  extensive  acquaintance  with 
lawmakers  in  all  parts  of  the  state,  render  him  an 
extremely  valuable  official  for  the  Central-Hudson 
company. 

Mention  has  been  made  of  Mr.  Lloyd's  journal- 
istic work  as  an  Albany  correspondent,  but  other 
achievements  in  similar  lines  should  be  recorded. 
He  was  the  originator  and  the  first  compiler  of  the 
New  York  "Red  Book,"  still  brought  out  annually 
by  James  B.  Lyon,  to  whom  Mr.  Lloyd  sold  his  in- 
terest. This  publication  was  the  outcome  of  Mr. 
Lloyd's  work  entitled  "Interesting  Legislative 
Notes,"  which  was  followed  by  a  volume  called  the 
"Legislative    Record."       Mr.    Llovd    is   also    the 


MEX  OF  NEIV   VORK^EASTERX  SECTION 


39 


author  and  composer  of  many  popular  songs  and  bal- 
lads. His  earlier  productions  of  this  nature  were 
published  by  Wendell  &:  Co.,  Albany,  and  Brentano 
of  New  York  :  W.  A.  Pond  &  Co.  of  the  latter  city 
are  his  present  publishers. 

Mr.  Lloyd  takes  great  delight  in  collecting  bric- 
a-brac,  autographs,  stamps,  and  the  like  ;  and  he  has 
acquired  a  notable  gallery  of  legislative  portraits 
from  1860  until  the  present  time.  This  is  the  only 
collection  of  the  kind  covering  so  long  a  period,  and 
could  not  be  duplicated.  It  is  insured  for  S3000, 
and  is,  of  course,  becoming  more  and  more  valuable 
with  the  lapse  of  time.  Mr.  Lloyd  probably  has  a 
larger  acquaintance  with  the  politicians  of  New  York 
than  any  other  man  of  his  age  in  the  state.  He  is  a 
sort  of  connecting  link  between  the  public  men  of  the 
past  and  those  of  the  jiresent  day.  He  knows  almost 
everyone  of  note  in  the  jjolitical  world 
within  the  borders  of  the  Empire  State. 

Since  1890  Mr.  Lloyd  has  been  secre- 
tary of  the  Albany  board  of  directors  of 
the  Co-operative  Building  Bank  of  New 
York  city.  He  has  taken  much  interest 
in  the  Masonic  order  ;  and  is  a  member 
of  De  Witt  Clinton  Council,  No.  22, 
and  a  life  member  of  all  the  Scottish 
Rite  bodies,  including  Albany  Sovereign 
Consistory  of  32d  degree  Masons.  He 
is  an  officer  in  the  following  bodies  : 
Mt.  Vernon  Lodge,  No.  3  ;  Capital  City 
Chapter,  No.  242;  Temple  Commandery, 
No.  2  ;  and  Cyprus  Temple,  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  Mr.  Lloyd  is  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and 
one  of  the  governors  of -the  .Albanv  Club. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
William  Lrinaii  Lloyd  was  horn  at  Al- 
lianv  Max  27,  1860;  it'as  educated  in 
Albanv  schools  ;  married  Lda  C.  LLaiipiner 
of  New  York  city  February  21,  ISSi  : 
was  connected  with  the  state  assembly  as 
page,  messenger,  and  othenvise,  1872  -80  : 
teas  a  ne70spaper  correspondent  at  Albanv, 
I88I-8J1. ;  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the 
New  York  Central  <Sr-"  Hudson  RiTcr  rail- 
road since  188 Jf,  and  since  189 Jf  has  been 
assistant  tax  agent  of  the  company. 


30Sepb  (5.  /IDClRUtt    has  a  most 
honorable  and  interesting  lineage,  reach- 
ing far  back  to  the  remote  days  of  Scottish  history. 
When  Edward  the  Bruce,  brother  of  King  Robert 
Bruce,  invaded  Ireland  in  the  early  part  of  the  four- 
teenth century,  the  clan   McNutt  accompanied  him. 


and  aided  in  his  victories  over  the  English.  The 
Bruce,  after  being  crowned  king  of  Ireland  in  1316, 
was  killed  in  battle  a  few  months  later  ;  but  the 
McNutts  remained,  settling  in  Ulster,  in  the  county 
of  Armagh,  and  attaining  a  position  of  importance 
with  the  passing  centuries.  The  crest  of  the  family, 
rejjresenting  a  cock  rampant,  is  significant  of  the 
vigorous  leadership  natural  to  the  race. 

Colonel  McNutt's  first  ancestor  on  this  side  of 
the  water  was  William  McNutt,  who,  about  the  year 
1750,  eloped  with  Sarah  James,  a  granddaughter  of 
Lord  Elgin,  and  came  to  America.  He  settled  in 
New  Hamp.shire  on  the  banks  of  the  Merrimac,  the 
present  city  of  Manchester  occupying  a  part  of  his 
original  estate.  Five  brothers  afterward  followed 
him  to  the  new  world  ;  and  these,  with  his  two  sons, 
took  an  active  part  in  the  struggle  of  the  colonies  for 


JOSEPH  G.    MCXI'TT 

independence.  On  the  death  of  William  McNutt 
the  landed  property  descended  to  his  son,  Elijah  A. 
McNutt,  the  father  of  our  present  subject.  Seized 
with   the  western   tever  in  1819,  Elijah  McNutt  dis- 


4() 


XfEX   OF  .\7iir    )'ORK^EAST7;r.\  SKCTfOX 


posed  of  his  New  Hampshire  property  and  set  out 
for  New  York  state,  where  he  settled  in  Herkimer 
county. 

Colonel  McNutt  was  horn  in  Amsterdam,  Mont- 
gomery county,  in  1X33.  He  spent  his  youth  on 
his  father's  farm,  and  received  an  e.xcellent  general 
education  at  common  schools  and  academies.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  became  a  teacher,  and  in 
the  following  year  was  appointed  general  agent  for 
northern  New  York  of  a  fire-insurance  company, 
holding  the  position  about  seven  years.  During  the 
greater  part  of  this  time  he  made  his  headipiarters  at 
W'arrensburgh,  N.  Y.,  where,  in  the  intervals  of 
teaching  and  traveling,  he  read  law  with  U.  IS. 
Stockholm.  In  1858  Colonel  McNutt  accepted  the 
position  of  principal  of  a  school  at  Green  Island, 
N.  Y. ;  and  he  was  afterward  principal  of  the  union 
school  at  West  Troy,  '['his  position  he  resigned  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  \\'ar  in  order  to  devote 
liimself  to  his  country. 

Colonel  McNutt's  war  record  calls  to  mind  the 
brave  and  daring  deeds  of  the  old  Scottish  chieftains 
whose  blood  flows  in  his  veins.  Raising  a  comjiany 
at  the  first  call  for  troops,  he  was  commissioned 
captain  in  the  2d  New  York  volunteer  infantry,  and 
was  among  the  first  to  set  foot  on  Confederate  soil. 
."Vt  the  battle  of  Big  Bethel,  near  P'ortress  Monroe, 
June  10,  ISGl,  he  rescued  a  wounded  and  dying 
soldier — Sergeant  (loodfellow  of  the  1st  New  York 
infantry — amid  the  shot  and  shell  of  the  enemy,  and 
carried  him  back  to  .safet}'.  He  then  volunteered  to 
go  alter  the  cannon  left  on  the  field  when  Lieuten- 
ant Creble  was  killed;  and  succeeded  in  gaining 
jiossession  of  the  cannon,  and  bearing  the  lieutenant's 
body  off  the  field  under  the  enemy's  fire.  He  was 
afterwards  detailed,  with  a  handfiil  of  men,  to  pro- 
tect the  retreat  of  the  army  ;  and  this  he  did  success- 
fully until  they  reached  New  Market  bridge,  nine 
miles  away,  which  he  tore  dosvn  in  order  to  stop  the 
advance  of  the  enemy.  Colonel  McNutt  was  men- 
tioned in  general  orders  for  gallant  conduct  in 
this,  his  first  battle.  He  afterwards  served  in  the 
Department  of  the  (iulf.  where  he  was  twice  rec- 
ommended for  a  colonelcy,  and  once  for  the  post  of 
military  governor  of  Floriila,  with  the  rank  of  lirig- 
adier  general.  In  l.S(;4  he  joined  Sheridan  in  the 
Shenandoah  valley  ;  and  at  the  battle  of  Winchester, 
Sejitember  19,  1864,  he  was  twice  severely  wounded, 
and  left  for  dead  on  the  field,  with  seven  bullet  holes 
in  his  clothes.  He  was  captured  and  taken  to  a 
rebel  hospital,  where  he  was  recaptured  by  the 
L'nion  army.  For  his  gallantry  in  this  fight  he  was 
])romoted  to  the  rank  of  major.  Returning  to  his 
regiment  before  he  was  fiill\-  rc-co\ercd,  he  ser\  cd  in 


Ceorgia  and  North  Carolina,  and  was  present  at  the 
surrender  of  General  Joseph  Johnston.  After  being 
mustered  out  he  received  a  com])limentary  commis- 
sion as  colonel,  signed  by  (ieneral  Grant. 

After  the  war  Colonel  McNutt  engaged  for  man\- 
years  in  the  life-insurance  business  as  general  and 
sjiecial  agent  and  as  manager  ;  and  in  1887  he  took 
up  the  prosecution  of  government  claims  and  pen- 
sions, in  which  he  has  been  very  successful.  For 
many  years,  also,  he  has  been  prominent  as  a  lecturer 
and  political  speaker.  He  is  an  out-and-out  Repub- 
lican and  protectionist,  believing  in  the  doctrine  of 
.\merica  for  Americans  ;  and  has  taken  an  active 
|iart  in  every  campaign  since  1872.  He  has  always 
been  the  friend  of  the  workingmen,  and  in  1887 
they  showed  their  appreciation  of  his  care  for  their 
interests  by  nominating  him  for  state  senator  ;  Ijut 
he  afterward  withdrew  his  name. 

Colonel  McNutt  has  written  somewhat  for])ublica- 
tion,  in  both  prose  and  poetry.  Some  of  the  latter 
appeared  in  the  Catskill  Examiner  in  1874-7") ;  and 
he  |jublished  several  articles  in  the  .Saratoga  Eiii^le  in 
1883,  as  well  as  discussions  on  the  pension  and  tariff 
questions  in  Troy  and  Plattsburgh  papers.  In  the 
lecture  field  his  talents  as  a  public  speaker  have  had 
full  play,  and  he  has  found  therein  an  agreeable 
relief  from  the  routine  of  business.  His  |jrincipal 
lectures  are  :  "  .\n  Hour  with  the  Poets":  '•.\n 
Hour  with  Burns";  "Robert  Fnimet  " ;  '•The 
I'ariff"  ;  "Protection  ts.  I''rce  I'rade "  ;  and 
"Biometry,  or  The  Measure  or  .Span  of  Life." 
Colonel  McNutt  has  been  a  Mason  since  liSr)8  ;  and 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  lodge  in  his  old  home  at 
Warrensburgh,  and  a  life  member  of  .\pollo  Lotlge, 
No.  13,  of  Tro\-.  In  ls;)2-93  he  was  the  president 
of  the  Veteran  Boys  in  lUue.  He  attends  the 
Presbyterian  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Jou/^h  CoulJ 
McNutt  7iias  lioni  at  Anistenlaiu,  N.  \ '. ,  April  Jf , 
183S ;  was  e/ix'aj^vi/  in  the  Jire-i/isuraiiee  /u/siness, 
1S51—5S.  and  in  teaching,  ISHS-fil :  served  in  the 
Union  annx,  ISOl-Ho  ;  married  Katie  Ri/ey  of 
Greenfield,  N.  Y. ,  April  28,  1852,  who  died  June  IS, 
1802  ;  acted  as  agent  and  manager  for  a  life-insurance 
company,  18(15-87  :  married  Mrs.  Mi f tie  E.  ConanI 
of  Nassau,  N.  1",  March  7,  ISH.l ;  has-  carried  on 
the  prosecution  of  pension  and  other  goi'crument 
claims  since  1887,  and  has  engaged  iu  lecturing 
and  public  speaking. 

— «*• —  — 

]E&^Val•^  5.  /IDCeoan,  prominent  for  many 
years  as  lawyer  and  citizen  at  the  state  capital,  was 
born  there  fifty  years  ago,  and  has  always  lived  there. 
His  parents  were  among  the  earlv   inmiigrants   from 


J/A".V   OF  .\7'.7r    )(>A'A'—  /i.lS/A'A'X  S/u-y/OX 


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Ireland,  coming  to  the  United  States  in  1824,  and 
settling  in  Albany  after  a  short  stay  in  Boston,  Mass. 
Mr.  Meegan  was  studious  and  quick  to  learn  from  his 
boyhood,  and  his  parents  did  all  in  their  power  to 
gratify  his  ambition  :  but  he  was  obliged  to  depend 
chiefly  on  his  own  efforts  to  secure  the  general  and 
special  training  necessar)  for  his  chosen 
calling  —  that  of  the  law,  upon  which  he 
had  determined  while  barely  in  his  teens. 

Leaving  St.  Joseph's  parochial  school, 
therefore,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  he  en- 
tered the  law  office  of  P^dwards  &  Sturte- 
vant  as  office  boy  and  student.  It  soon 
became  evident  that  he  had  made  no 
mistake  in  choosing  his  profession. 
Everything  relating  to  the  law  was  deep- 
ly interesting  to  him,  and  he  |)ursued 
his  studies  with  delight,  even  the  endless 
and  tedious  details  of  legal  science  fail- 
ing to  dampen  his  ardor.  He  remained 
in  the  office  mentioneil  for  seven  years, 
then  studied  for  a  short  time  with  Isaac 
Edwards,  an  eminent  attorney,  and  at 
the  age  of  twent)'-one  was  admitted  to 
the  bar. 

Mr.  Meegan  at  once  opened  an  office 
on  his  own  account  in  Albany,  and  has 
practiced  there  continuously  since,  al- 
ways without  an  associate.  He  had  pre- 
jiared  himself  with  unusual  care  for  the 
practical  work  of  a  lawyer  ;  and  liis 
natural  fitness  for  the  calling,  coupled 
with  unflagging  energy,  brought  substan- 
tial success  in  a  short  time.  He  has 
long  enjoyed  a  wide  reputation  as  a 
criminal  lawyer,  and  has  been  retained 
as  counsel  in  many  important  cases  in 
Albany  and  its  vicinity. 

Mr.  Meegan's  connection  with  public 
affairs  in  Albany  dates  almost  from  the  beginning  of 
his  professional  career.  He  had  practiced  but  two 
years  when  he  was  elected  corporation  counsel  of  the 
city,  and  he  held  the  office  by  successi\e  elections  for 
nearly  five  years.  He  found  an  amount  of  accumu- 
lated work  and  unfinished  suits  that  would  have  dis- 
heartened many  men  ;  but  he  set  himself  resolutely 
to  clear  up  the  affairs  of  the  office,  and  accomplished 
much  in  a  comparatively  short  time.  His  able  and 
vigorous  administration  saved  the  city  a  large  amount 
of  money,  and  was  most  satisfactory  to  his  fellow- 
citizens.  In  1874  he  retired  from  the  office,  and  for 
twenty  years  devoted  himself  wholly  to  his  private 
practice,  though  he  continued  to  take  an  active  inter- 
est in  political   affairs.      Finally,  in  1894,  when   the 


attention  of  all  good  citizens  was  aroused  to  the 
demoralized  condition  of  the  Albany  police  force, 
and  an  effort  was  making  for  its  purification,  Mr. 
Meegan  accepted  an  appointment  as  one  of  three 
police  commissioners  of  the  city.  He  labored  earn- 
estly  for   three    years,  against    fierce  jxilitical    0]i|k)- 


/•■/' II ;;/,'/)  /.   .l//;A(;./.\ 

sition,  for  the  reorganization  of  this  branch  of  the 
city  government.  This  important  work,  performed 
gratuitously,  was  appreciated  by  the  public  ;  and  at 
the  expiration  of  his  first  term  he  was  reappointed 
for  another  three  years. 

Notwithstanding  his  lack  of  early  educational  op- 
portunities, Mr.  Meegan  is  a  man  of  broad  culture, 
and  is  unu.sually  well  versed  in  general  literature. 
His  boyhood  love  of  books  has  never  left  him  ;  and 
he  is  the  owner  of  an  excellent  private  library,  and 
of  one  of  the  largest  law  libraries  in  the  state.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  of 
the  Catholic  Chili  of  New  York  city. 

PERSONAL.  CHRONOLOG  Y—  Rdvmrd 
Joseph   Meegan  was  born  at    Albany   September  iS, 


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MEX   OF  iXEW    )X')KK—EASTEK\  SECT/OA' 


ISJfG  ;  attended  St.  Joseph  's  parochial  school,  Albany  : 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1867  ; 
was  corporation  counsel  of  Albany,  1SG9-74  :  married 
Katie  E.  Welch  of  Albany  June  '>,  1878,  who  died 
January  10,  188^  ;  married  Mary  M.  Mattimore 
of  Albany  September  29,  1886 ;  has  been  one  of 
the  police  commissioners  of  Albany  since  April  27, 
1891,  :  has  practiced  Ann  in  Albany  since  1867 . 


FRAXCIS  J.    A/OLLOV 

jfraUCiS  3.  /IDOllO^,  mayor  of  Troy  since 
l.s;»4,  ami  otherwise  well  known  in  both  political 
and  business  circles,  was  born  in  Troy  shortly  before 
the  middle  of  the  century.  His  whole  life  has 
been  spent  in  his  native  city,  and  he  is  thoroughly 
identified  with  its  institutions.  After  attending  the 
public  schools  of  Troy  he  obtained  instruction  in 
the  higher  branches  of  learning  at  St.  Joseph's 
Academy  in  the  .same  city.  He  left  school,  how- 
ever, at  the  age  of  sixteen,  having  resolved  to  lead 
a  business  rather  than  a  professional  life. 

This  determination  was  made  easier  by  the  fact 
that  his  l)rother,  James  E.  Molloy,  was  already  well 


established  in  a  commercial  career,  and  offered  him 
an  exceptionally  good  opportunity  to  learn  business 
methods  thoroughly.  Entering  his  brother's  whole- 
sale house,  accordingly,  Mr.  Molloy  worked  hard 
and  faithfully  as  a  clerk  and  general  assistant  for  five 
years.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he  had  the  busi- 
ness so  well  in  hand,  and  had  made  himself  so  valu- 
able to  his  brother,  that  the  latter  offered  him  an 
interest  in  the  concern.  This  was  in 
l.STO,  and  ever  since  then  the  firm  of 
J.  E.  Molloy  &  Co.  has  carried  on  a 
wholesale  grocery  business  in  Troy.  The 
house  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  city, 
with  high  credit,  and  a  large  trade  in 
Rensselaer  and  adjacent  counties. 

The  general  public  does  not  commonly 
think  of  Mr.  Molloy  in  connection  with 
his  business,  but  is  more  likely  to  asso- 
ciate   him    with    the    numerous     public 
offices  that  he    has    filled    from  time  to 
time.      He  began  early  in  life  to  take  an 
interest   in  political  affairs,  but  held  no 
important    office    in    the    public    service 
until    1880,   when  he   became  an  alder- 
man from  the  1st  ward  in  Troy.      In  that 
year  a  change  in  the  city  charter  called 
for  the  election   of  two   aldermen,   one 
for  a  term  of  nine  months,  and  the  other 
for  a  period  of  twenty-one  months.     Mr. 
Molloy  preferred  to  take  the  short  term, 
ending  December  'M,  1880.     He  held  no 
pul)lic  office  from  that  time  until   1890. 
In    March    of   that   year    the    legislature 
passed  a  law  debarring  any  person  con- 
nected in  any  way  with  the  sale  of  ales, 
wines,  or  liquors  from  holding  the  office 
of  i)olice  commissioner.    This  act  necessi- 
tated the  resignation  of  one  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic members    of  the  board,  and  on 
.■\pril  15,  1890,  Mr.  Molloy  was  elected 
by     the    common    council    to    fill    the 
vacancy.      On    March    9,   1X92,   he  was   appointed 
for  the  full  term  of  four   years.        Before    he   had 
completed  this   term   his  capacity  for  public  affairs 
was  so  much  appreciated  that  his  name  began  to  be 
mentioned    in  connection    with  the  office  of  chief 
magistrate  of  the  city.      Having  received  the  Dem- 
ocratic nomination  for  the  mayoralty  in  the  spring 
of  1894,  he  was  elected  for  the  term  1894-96.      In 
the  latter  year  he  was  again  nominated  and  elected, 
and    is    now    discharging  the    duties    of  the  office. 
His  present  term  will   expire  December  31,  1897. 
Mayor  Molloy  has  been  a  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic state  committee  from  the    Troy  district  since 


MEX   OF  XKW    YORK —EASTERN  SECTIOX 


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1894.  He  holds  directorates  in  the  Troy  Gas  Co., 
and  in  the  Manufacturers'  National  Bank  of  Troy. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  Mary's  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  and  lielongs  to  various  social  organizations. 
PERS  ON  A  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  V—  Francis 
/inc-ph  Molloy  7S.H1S  horn  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  March  21, 
ISlff) ;  7oas  educated  a/  St.  Joseph' s  Academy,  Troy; 
was  clerk  in  his  brother' s  wholesale  grocery  house, 
1865-70  :  7tias  alderman  from  the  1st  ward,  Troy,  in 
ISSO,  and  police  commissioner,  1890-9J^ ;  has  been 
mayor  of  Troy  since  March,  180J^ ;  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  ivholesale  grocery  firm  of  J.  E.  Molloy  &= 
Co.  since  1870. 


3arViS  IP.  ©'iBriCU  is  prominent  among  the 
younger  lawyers  of  Troy,  where  he  has  practiced 
since  his  admission  to  the  bar  several  years  ago. 
Born  in  Fort  Edward,  Washington  coun- 
ty, New  York,  shortly  before  the  close 
of  the  Civil  War,  he  received  an  excellent 
general  education,  attending  first  a  pri- 
vate school,  then  the  union  school,  and 
finally  graduating  from  Fort  Edward 
Collegiate  Institute  in  1887.  Two  years 
later,  having  made  choice  of  the  legal 
profession  as  his  vocation,  he  went  to 
Washington,  and  became  a  student  in 
the  law  department  of  Columbian  Uni- 
versity. He  graduated  thence  in  June, 
1891,  but  remained  at  the  university 
another  year  for  a  postgraduate  course. 
Returning  North  then,  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  Troy,  entering  the  law  office 
of  Smith  &  Wellington  as  a  clerk  ;  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  September, 
1893.  Mr.  O'Brien's  preparation  for  his 
professional  career  had  been  unusuall}- 
thorough,  including  both  theoretical  in- 
struction in  a  law  school  and  practical 
experience  in  an  office  ;  and  he  was  well 
fitted  to  begin  practice  on  his  own  ac- 
count. This  he  did  immediately  on  his 
admission  to  the  bar,  and  for  nearly  four 
years  now  he  has  been  steadily  making 
his  way  in  his  chosen  profession,  and 
winning  for  himself  a  place  and  a  name 
at  the  bar  of  Rensselaer  county. 

Mr.  O'Brien  has  long  been  interested 
in  public  affairs,  and  has  been  active  in 
support   of  the  Republican    party.      He 
has   been  a    delegate  to   various    political    conven- 
tions,   including    the    state    convention    of    l.S9(). 
January     1,     1897,     his    public    services    and    his 
legal    ability   were    recognized    in   his    ap|K)intment 


by  Wesley  O.  Howard,  the  district  attorney  of  Rens- 
selaer county,  to  the  office  of  assistant  district  attor- 
ney. He  has  taken  up  the  duties  of  the  position 
with  much  energy  and  skill,  and  the  fact  seems 
assured  that  he  will  discharge  them  ably  and  effi- 
ciently. 

Mr.  O'Brien  has  been  wholly  occupied  with  his 
profession  and  with  pulilic  affairs,  and  has  not  inter- 
ested himself  greatly  in  clubs  or  societies,  which  so 
many  men  find  attractive.  He  is,  however,  a  life 
member  of  the  Firemen's  Association  of  the  State  of 
New  York. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  —  Jarvis  P. 
O  '  Brien  ivas  born  at  Fort  Edward,  N.  \ '. ,  May  21^, 
181  iJf. ;  7Cias  educated  at  private  and  public  schools  and 
at  Port  Edward  Collegiate  Institute  ;  graduated  from 
Columbian    University   Law  School,    Washington,    in 


JAR17S  /'.    OBRIE.X 

1801,  and  7i'as  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1893  ;  7t'as  ap- 
pointed assistant  district  attorney  of  Rensselaer  countv 
January  1,  1897:  has  practiced  laic  in  Tro\,  N.  Y., 
since  189-i. 


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.\n:x  OF  x/:ir  )iy,'K  —  /c.istj-.r.x  skct/ox 


XeVViS  ID.  XTbagCr,  though  stUl  under  thirty- 
five  years  of  age,  has  occupied  for  more  than  two 
years  the  responsible  position  of  sheriff  of  All)any 
county,  New  York.  Horn  in  Warren  county  in 
1803,  he  was  educated  in  Troy,  where  he  attended 
the  nulilic  schools,  and  afterward  a  business  college. 


/.A.  II7.V  ;•.    TH  ivi:k 

He  was  an  apt  student,  and  made  full  use  of  these  op- 
portunities, and  when  the  time  came  to  begin  busi- 
ness life  he  was  excellently  equipped  for  active  work. 
Entering  the  service  of  the  National  E.xpress  Co. 
at  Troy  as  an  office  boy  in  the  ca.shier's  department, 
he  soon  ro.se  to  more  important  positions  in  the 
office  ;  and  afterward  became  express  messenger  on 
the  railroad  between  New  York  and  Montreal. 
The  company  recognized  in  him  an  employee  who 
could  be  implicitly  trusted,  and  soon  placed  him  in 
charge  of  the  money  department  at  Troy  ;  and  he 
subsequently  managed  the  agencies  of  the  company 
at  Plattsburgh  and  at  (liens  Falls,  handling  large 
sums  of  money,  of  which  he  never  lost  a  dollar. 
After   several    vears    of    this    office    exiieri ence    he 


returned  to  his  former  position  on  the  road  between 
New  York  and  Montreal,  and  continued  so  engaged 
until  a  serious  railroad  accident  in  1887  nearly  cost 
him  his  life.  His  injuries  were  at  first  supposed  to 
be  fatal,  but  after  almost  three  years  of  helplessness 
and  suffering  he  was  entirely  cured. 

Hy  this  time  Mr.  Thayer  had  had 
enough  of  the  dangerous  calling  of  a 
railroad  messenger  ;  and  he  determined 
to  abandon  the  express  business,  in 
which  he  had  made  so  excellent  a  record, 
and  to  make  a  new  start.  He  formed, 
accordingly,  with  his  father,  the  livery 
firm  of  L.  Thayer  iS:  Son.  This  venture 
was  successful  from  the  first  ;  and  the 
business  has  steadily  increa.sed  in  volume 
imtil  it  is  now  one  of  the  largest  estab- 
lishments of  its  kind  in  Tro\',  or  even  in 
that  part  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Thayer  has  always  been  a  stanch 
Republican  and  an  earnest  party  worker, 
though  never  a  professional  politician  or 
office  seeker.  In  the  fall  of  1894,  how- 
ever, he  was  enthusiastically  nominated 
by  the  Republican  convention  of  Albany 
coimty  for  the  office  of  sheriff;  and  in 
the  ensuing  election  recei\ed  a  majoritv 
of  nearly  oOUO  votes,  although  it  was 
many  years  since  a  Rejjublican  had  been 
elected  in  the  county,  and  the  Demo- 
cratic majority  in  the  previous  year  had 
been  (iOOU.  Mr.  Thayer's  po|)ularity  is 
amply  evidenced  by  the  fact  and  the 
manner  of  his  election,  and  his  fitness  for 
the  office  has  since  lieen  fully  demon- 
strated. His  prompt  and  energetic  dis- 
charge of  his  duties,  and  evident  de- 
votion to  the  interests  of  the  jjublic, 
have  won  for  him  the  approval  of  all 
good  citizens  without  regard  to  party. 

Since  1884  Mr.  Thayer  has  made  his  home  in 
West  Troy,  now  VVatervliet,  and  has  taken  a  promi- 
nent part  in  the  life  of  that  thriving  city.  He  has 
attained  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
belongs  to  numerous  bodies  of  the  order,  including 
the  Albany  Sovereign  Consistory  of  82d  degree 
Ma.sons.  He  belongs  to  Albany  Lodge,  No.  49, 
B.  P.  ( ).  K.,  and  to  the  Improved  Order  of  Red 
.Men.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian As.sociation  of  ^\'atervliet,  and  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  that  city. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Leivis  Van 
Hoesen  Tliavtr  was  born  at  Gletis  Falls,  N.  Y.. 
April    ^8,    ISa-)  ;    was   ,;li/iaf,;l  in    Troy   (N.    Y.) 


.i//-;.\'  01-'  XEW  Yoi^K     i-:.\s'ri:R.\  sfaiiiw 


•lo 


public  schools  ami  business  college  ;  married  Etizabetli 
A.  Humphrey  of  West  Troy,  N.  V.,  April  30,  1884; 
?e>as  ill  the  emplov  of  the  National  Express  Co.  in 
various  capacities,  1870-87  ;  has  carried  on  a  liTery 
business  in  Tro\  since  1890  ;  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Albany  county  in  Noi^etnber,  18&4,  for  the  term 
1895-97. 


]£.  iPrClltiSS  3BailCV  h;w  given  almost  all  his 
life  to  newspaper  work.  He  has  identified  himself 
with  Utica  and  its  journalism  so  completely  that  the 
mention  of  the  city  carries  with  it,  to  most  hearers, 
a  suggestion  of  Mr.  Bailey  and  the  Utica  Obsen<er. 
For  nearly  half  a  century  he  has  followed  public 
affairs  w  ith  the  microscopic  eye  of  a  trained  writer 
for  the  press.  He  knows  public  men  and  current 
history  as  only  an  editor  in  chief  with  years  of  ex- 
perience and  first-hanil  information  can 
know  them.  He  is  a  fine  type  of  the  mod 
ern  journalist  —  criticising,  explaining, 
interpreting  public  affairs  :  recording, 
guiding,   and  molding  public  opinion. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  born  somewhat  more 
than  sixty  years  ago,  in  Onondaga  coun- 
ty. He  received  some  instruction  in 
the  Advanced  School  at  Utica,  and  in 
Barrett's  Latin  Grammar  School  of  the 
same  place  ;  but  practical  newspaper 
work  constituted  the  chief  part  of  his 
education.  This  work  he  began  earh' 
in  life  by  .setting  t)'pe  at  the  age  of 
twelve  on  his  father's  anti-slavery  paper, 
the  Liberty  Pi  ess.  Three  years  later  he 
did  his  first  writing  for  the  press  ;  and  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  he  began  his  long 
service  with  the  Utica  Obseri'cr  bv 
assuming  the  position  of  local  and  neus 
editor  December  5,  1850.  He  con- 
tinued to  do  this  work  until  1858,  when 
he  became  managing  editor  of  the  paper, 
retaining  that  office  for  the  twenty-five 
years  following.  Since  1883  he  has  been 
editor  in  chief  of  the  Obsen<er.  He  was 
an  employee  during  the  early  years  of 
his  service,  but  became  junior  partner 
on  January  1,  1867,  in  the  firm  of  Grove 
&  Bailey.  A  corporation  of  the  same 
style  was  formed  in  1878  w-ith  De  Witt  C. 
Grove  as  president  and  K.  Prentiss  Bailey 
as  vice  president.  Ten  years  later  Mr. 
Bailey  purchased  Mr.  Grove's  interest,  and  the 
corporation  assumed  its  present  style  of  W.  P. 
Bailey  iS:  Co.,  with  Mr.  Bailey  as  president  and 
Thomas  F.    Clarke  as  vice  president.      Mr.    Bailey 


has  exerted  himself  strenuously,  at  the  cost  of  sev- 
eral libel  suits,  in  the  purification  of  local  politics. 
Under  the  circumstances  thus  summarized  it  was 
natural,  if  not  inevitable,  that  Mr.  Bailey  should 
enter  political  life.  He  was  school  commissioner  of 
I'tica  for  two  terms  of  three  years  each,  beginning 
in  I8(i8.  In  188G  he  u~as  appointed  by  President 
Cleveland  a  commissioner  to  inspect  a  part  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  railroad  in  Washington  territory. 
In  1887  he  became  postmaster  of  Utica,  and  served 
four  years.  In  1892  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
state  civil-service  commissioners,  and  was  ele<te(l 
president  of  the  board.  He  resigned  from  this  office 
on  the  inauguration  of  Governor  Morton  Jan- 
uary 1,  1895.  In  March,  1890,  he  was  re-ap- 
pointed jjostmaster  of  L'tica,  and  is  still  serving 
in  that  capacity. 


Mr.  Bailey  has  been  a  Mason  for  nearly  thirty 
years,  belonging  to  F'axton  Lodge,  F.  &  .\.  M.,and 
Yah-nun-dah-sis  Lodge  of  Perfection.  He  was  an 
officer  of  the    Utica   Mechanics'   Association  for  a 


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quarter  of  a  century,  and  was  for  seven  years  its 
president.  He  has  held  office  in  the  New  York 
State  Associated  Press  for  many  years,  and  was 
president  of  the  organization  for  four  years  begin- 
ning in  1887.  Mr.  Bailey  ha.s  taken  great  interest 
in   his  profession   for  its   own  sake,  aside  from  the 


as    local    and    news    editflr,    nianagini;    editoi\ 
editor  in  chief,  since  1853. 


and 


SAMCEL  J.    KAKRiAXS 

material  rewards  that  it  often  brings  to  faithful 
followers.  The  Observer  has  become  well  known  as 
a  training  school  for  young  newspaper  workers,  and 
not  a  few  journalists  of  distinction  acquired  their 
early  training  under  Mr.  Bailey. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— E.  Prentiss 
Bailey  was  /mm  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  August  15, 
ISSIf ;  was  educated  in  the  Advanced  School  and 
Barrett's  Latin  Grammar  School,  Utica ;  married 
Julia  S.  Wethcrby  of  Dc  Witt,  N  Y.,  September  23, 
1857,  and  Hannah  Chapman  of  Utica  June  24, 
1868 ;  was  school  commissioner  of  Utica,  1868—73, 
and  state  civil-service  commissioner,  1892-04  ;  loas 
postmaster  of  Utica, 1887-01,  and  was  re-appointed  in 
1896  ;  has  been  connected  with  the  Utica  ' '  Observer, ' ' 


Samuel  3.  Barrows,  who  has  been  for  a 
long  time  one  of  the  foremost  figures  of  central 
New  York  in  social,  political,  and  professional  life, 
was  born  in  Chenango  county  about 
seventy  years  ago.  His  lineage  is  dis- 
tinguished, beginning  on  this  side  of  the 
ocean  in  1637,  when  John  Barrus  took 
his  wife  from  their  ancestral  home  in 
Yarmouth,  England,  to  brave  the  hard- 
shii^s  of  pioneer  life  in  Salem,  Mass. 
The  grandfather  of  our  subject  fought 
ill  the  ranks  of  the  Continental  army  at 
Bunker  Hill,  Trenton,  Princeton,  and 
Bennington  ;  and  his  father  served  in 
the  war  of  1812.  The  whole  record  is 
interesting  and  inspiring. 

Mr.  Barrows  spent  the  early  jears  of 
his  life  on  his  lather's  farm.  Most  of 
his  time  was  necessarily  devoted  to  farm 
work  ;  but  he  managed  to  obtain  some 
schooling  at  odd  intervals,  and  to  attend 
for  a  few  months  the  academy  at  Nor- 
wich, N.  Y.  By  the  time  he  was  twenty- 
one  he  had  acquired  sufficient  education 
to  he  intrusted  with  the  management  of 
a  district  school.  He  taught  for  only  a 
short  time,  having  his  mind  made  up  to 
study  law  ;  and  in  1848  he  began  his 
legal  reading  at  Utica  in  the  office  of 
Joshua  A.  Spencer  and  Francis  Kernan. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  same 
city  in  1851,  and  became  managing  clerk 
in  the  office  of  the  late  Judge  Ward 
Hunt.  A  year  of  service  in  this  capacity 
completed  his  preparation  for  his  pro- 
fession, and  in  1852  he  opened  an  office 
in  Utica  on  his  own  account.  He  has  practiced 
there  continuously  since,  always  without  an  asso- 
ciate, and  has  attained  a  reputation  as  one  of  the 
ablest  lawyers  in  the  county.  He  has  been  un- 
usually successful  as  a  trial  lawyer,  and  prol)ably 
few  of  his  fellow-practitioners  have  lost  so  small  a 
percentage  of  cases  as  he.  It  is  needless  to  add 
that,  with  such  a  record,  Mr.  Barrows  possesses  an 
e-xtensive  clinentage.  One  secret  of  his  success 
doubtless  lies  in  the  fact  that  he  has,  to  use  his 
own  e.\pre.ssion,  "stuck  to  the  law  night  and  day" 
ever  since  he  began  practice.  He  has  neither 
engaged  in  business  enterprises  nor  yielded  to 
the  claims  of  Masonic  and  other  societies  ;  but  has 
been  unswerving   in   his  devotion   to   his  profession. 


MEN   OF  NEW    YORK—  EASTERN  SECTION 


The  one  notable  exception  to  Mr.  Barrows's  con- 
centration of  energy  has  been  his  pubUc  service, 
and  even  this  has  been  for  the  most  part  directly  in 
the  line  of  his  life-work.  During  a  large  part  of  his 
professional  career  he  has  been  employed  in  one  or 
another  official  capacity  in  the  city  or  county  ;  and 
the  people  of  Utica,  in  particular,  have  cause  to  l)e 
grateful  to  him  for  much  efficient  service.  As  earlv 
as  1853,  when  he  had  but  just  begun  to  jiractice,  Mr. 
Barrows  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Utica,  and 
served  for  one  term.  In  1857  he  became  attorney 
and  counselor  for  the  board  of  excise  of  Oneida 
county,  and  held  the  position  until  1870.  In 
March,  187it,  he  was  appointed  corporation  counsel 
of  the  city  of  Utica,  and  served  in  that  capacity  for 
five  consecutive  terms.  It  is  worthv  of  note  that  he 
was  first  appointed  to  the  office  by  a  Republican 
council  and  later  by  a  Democratic  coun- 
cil ;  but  the  efficient  manner  in  which 
he  cared  for  the  interests  of  the  cit\ 
readily  explains  this  unusual  occurrence. 
During  his  entire  term  the  city  lost  not  a 
single  suit  that  he  conducted,  and  the 
costs  and  running  expenses  of  the  office 
amounted  to  about  .S250,  while  the  cost 
to  the  city  during  the  three  years  pre- 
ceding his  incumbency  was  over  S400O. 
At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office 
the  Sunday  Trilnnit'  said:  "It  is  an 
undisputed  fact  that  he  was  the  most 
successful  corporation  counsel  that  the 
city  ever  had." 

In  1889  Mr.  Barrows  was  elected 
mayor  of  I_ftica,  and  served  one  term. 
Extensive  public  improvements  were  un- 
dertaken during  this  time,  notably  the 
construction  of  a  large  amount  of  asphalt 
pavement,  the  betterment  of  the  city 
sewerage  system,  the  sulistitution  of  elec- 
tricity for  horse  power  in  the  street 
railways,  and  the  sale  of  the  abandoned 
Chenango-canal  lands  at  a  profit  of 
$6000  to  the  city  ;  and  Mr.  Barrows's 
record  in  connection  with  these  and 
similar  matters  entitles  him  to  a  high 
place  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow-citi- 
zens. His  administration  was. marked  by 
the  application  of  sound  business  ]jrinci- 
ples,  and  by  an  active,  progre.ssive  spirit 
that  furthered  the  best  interests  of  the  city. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  V—  Samuel  Jones 
Barrmvs  7vas  horn  at  McDonough,  Chenango  county, 
N.  Y. ,  August  23,  182G ;  7ms  educated  in  district 
schools  and Nonvich  {N.  Y. )  Academy  ;  was  admitted 


to  the  bar  in  January,  1851 ;  was  city  attorney  of 
Utica,  1853-54.,  attorney  and  counselor  for  the  hoard 
of  excise  of  Oneida  county,  1857-70,  corporation 
counsel  of  Utica,  1879-8^,  and  mayor  of  the  city, 
1889-90  :  has  practiced  law  in  Utica  sitice  1852. 


MaltOn  M.  BatterSball,  for  nearly  a 
quarter  of  a  century  rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
.Albany,  was  born  in  the  neighboring  city  of  Troy 
fifty-odd  years  ago.  His  father  was  Ludlow  A. 
Battershall,  a  prominent  merchant  of  that  city,  a 
bank  president,  and  one  of  the  foimders  and  trustees 
of  Tioy  University  ;  and  his  mother  was  Kustatia 
Ward   Battershall  of   Dormansville,  Albany  county. 

Dr.  Battershall  acquired  his  education  chiefly  in 
New  England.  After  studying  at  Poultney,  Vt., 
he   fitted   for  college  at   Kimball    L'nion   .\cademy, 


WALTOX  \V.    BATTERSHALL 


Meriden,  N.  H.,  graduating  thence  in  1858.  He 
spent  two  years  at  Troy  University,  but  completed 
his  course  at  Yale,  which  he  entered  as  a  junior, 
and     from     which    he    graduated    in    1804.       He 


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MEX   ()/■"  .XKW    ]'ORk'—  KAS'J-KhW  SECT/OX 


displayed  marked  literary  ability  in  his  student  days, 
becoming  president  of  the  college  literary  society, 
"  Brothers  in  Unity,"  and  winning  the  Yale  Literary 
prize  medal  for  his  essay  on  ''The  Religion  of  'In 
Memoriam.'"  He  was  also  awarded  one  of  the 
'•  Townscnd  Premiums,"  and  delivered  the  class 
p(iem  on  Presentation  Day. 

fonrluding  that  his  work  la}  in  the  ministry  of 
the  church,  the  young  man  studied  theology  mider 
Dr.  Henry  C.  Potter,  now  l)isho]j  of  New  York  : 
and  on  January  !(!,  l.H(>5,  he  was  ordained  to  the 
diaconate  in  St.  John's  Church,  Troy.  He  then 
entered  the  senior  cla.ss  of  the  (Jeneral  Theological 
Seminar)'  in  New  York  city,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  ISIKi.  On  Novemlier  .'!0  of  the  same  year 
he  was  advanced  to  the  priesthood  by  the  late 
Bishop  Horatio  Potter.  Dr.  Battershall's  first  work 
was  as  assistant  minister  of  Zion  Church,  Madi.son 
avenue,  New  York,  where  he  spent  two  years.  He 
then  became  rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Ravens- 
wood,  Long  Island,  and  the  next  year  took  cliarge 
of  Christ  Church,  Rochester.  He  remained  there 
five  years,  during  which  he  was  a  member  of  the 
standing  committee  of  the  diocese  ;  and  on  August 
1,  1X74,  accepted  a  call  to  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany.  He  is  still  rector  of  this  historic  and  in- 
fluential parish,  founded  in  171o,  and  representing 
the  first  church  of  the  Anglican  commmiion  west 
of  the  Hudson  river.  During  the  long  years  of  its 
existence  many  names  eminent  in  various  walks  of 
life  ha\e  been  included  in  the  communicant  list  of 
St.  Peter's,  and  it  has  always  been  a  social  and 
spiritual  power  in  the  life  of  the  state  capital. 
The  present  pari.sh  church  on  State  street  just  below 
the  capitol,  is  one  of  the  most  impressive  church 
edifices    in    the  country. 

Dr.  Battershall  is  |)rominent  in  the  general  work 
of  the  church,  both  in  his  own  diocese  and  beyond. 
For  the  past  eighteen  years  he  has  been  a  trustee 
of  Hobart  College,  (Jeneva,  N.  Y.,  and  he  has  long 
been  a  member  of  the  diocesan  board  of  missions. 
Seven  times  he  has  l)een  sent  by  the  diocese  of 
Albany  as  a  delegate  to  the  triennial  (General  Con- 
vention of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He 
contributes  occasionally  to  various  periodicals,  and 
has  delivered  baccalaureate  sermons  before  Hobart, 
L'nion,  and  Trinity  colleges.  The  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  bv  Cnion 
College  in  1877. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Walton  Wes- 
ley Battershall  was  horn  at  Troy,  N.  ¥.,  Januarv 
8,  IS.ifO  ;  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1861/ ,  and 
from  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  ]8(!0  :  mar- 
ried Anna    Davidson  Williams,  danghter  of  Fletcher 


Wlliams  of  Newark,  N.  Y.,  October  IS,  1S(>U  .'  ^'f^.f 
rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Ravenswood,  L.  /. ,  in 
1868,  and  of  Christ  Church,  Rochester,  1869-7 ^  ;  has 
heen  rector  of  St.  Peter^  s  Church,  Albany,  since  187 i. 


(Ibarles  3.  Bucbauan  »as  bom  at  New 

lierlin,  N.  Y.,  somewhat  more  than  fifty  years  ago. 
His  early  education  was  received  at  the  academy  in 
his  native  town,  and  later  in  life  he  attended  the 
United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  for 
upwards  of  two  years  —  from  June,  I.SIJ.S,  until 
October,  IMO.  Deciding  wisely  that  the  legal  pro- 
fession promised  greater  usefulness  to  the  world  and 
ampler  personal  rewards  than  a  purely  militarv 
career,  Mr.  Buchanan  left  West  Point  in  the  middle 
of  his  counse,  and  began  the  study  of  law.  He  was 
admitted  to  jjractice  at  the  general  term  held  at 
Albany  in  January,  1874.  In  April  of  the  next 
year  he  was  admitted  to  membership  in  the  law  firm 
of  Smith,  Bancroft  &:  Moak  (Henry  Smith,  LeGrand 
Bancroft,  Nathaniel  C.  Moak).  In  January,  1880, 
the  style  was  changed  to  Smith,  Moak  &:  Buchanan, 
and  in  December,  18,S4,  the  firm  became  Moak  c\: 
Buchanan  sim|)ly.  These  changes  were  due  solely 
to  the  deaths  of  the  senior  associates.  The  firm  of 
Moak  f:  Buchanan  having  dissolved  in  September, 
1892,  Mr.  Buchanan  practiced  alone  until  ,\pril, 
1897,  when  he  joined  (leorge  Lawyer  to  form  the 
firm  of  Buchanan  &  Lawyer.  Mr.  Buchanan  has 
thus  practiced  continuously,  at  the  bar  of  .Albany 
county  for  the  last  twenty-three  years.  In  that 
period  he  has  conducted  a  vast  amoinit  of  important 
legal  business  and  litigation,  and  has  liuilt  up  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice. 

This  rapid  summary  of  Mr.  Buchanan's  profes- 
sional work  has  made  no  mention  of  a  very  imjior- 
tant  iiart  of  his  career.  In  November,  18(il,  when 
he  was  less  than  eighteen  years  old,  he  enlisted  as  a 
])rivate  in  the  1st  regiment.  Ignited  States  sharp- 
shooters (Berdan's).  He  never  left  the  regiment 
from  that  time  until  the  war  was  over.  Though  he 
did  not  miss  a  single  action  in  which  the  regiment 
took  part,  yet  he  was  never  wounded  in  all  the 
lierilous  campaigns  and  battles  through  which  he 
passed.  He  participated  in  the  engagements  at 
Yorktown,  Hanover  Court  House,  Caines's  Mills, 
Malvern  Hill,  Antietsm,  Chancellorsville,  (Gettys- 
burg, the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor, 
Petersburg,  and  elsewhere.  From  the  ranks  of  the 
privates  he  advanced  step  by  step,  liecoming  succes- 
sively corporal,  sergeant,  sergeant  major,  first  lieu- 
tenant, and  adjutant. 

As  might  be  expected  from  the  foregoing,  Mr. 
Buchanan  has  paitl  much  attention  to  military  alTairs, 


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4'.i 


He  has  taken  special  interest  in  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  is  now  major  and 
judge  advocate  of  the  3d  brigade.  He  is  also  a 
companion  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  and  belongs  to  the  LTnited  Service  Club  of 
New  York,  and  the  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  AN'ash- 
ington.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  National 
Savings  Bank  at  Albany,  and  a  life  trustee 
of  the  Young  Men's  Association  in  that 
city.  He  has  membership  in  about  all 
the  leading  .social  clubs  of  Albany,  in- 
cluding the  St.  Andrew's  Society,  the 
Hums,  Fort  Orange,  and  Albany  clubs, 
and  the  Buchanan  Society  of  Scotland. 
He  is  one  of  the  commissioners  and  the 
treasurer  of  the  Washington  park  a.sso- 
(  iation.  A  Republican  in  political  pref- 
erences, he  has  yet  deemed  it  best  to 
devote  himself  strictly  to  his  profession, 
and  has  not  thought  it  worth  while  to 
concern  himself  actively  with  party  or- 
ganization, or  to  seek  political  office. 
He  is  a  memlier  of  the  Episcopal  church. 
FEJiS  OX' A  L  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Cliarles  Jay  Buchanan  was  horn  at  New 
Berlin,  Chenango  county,  Af.  Y.,  Decern - 
her  27,  184-3  ;  ivas  educated  at  New  Ber- 
lin Academy ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
lStJl-(i5  ;  attended  the  United  States  A/i/i- 
tary  Academy  at  1 1  est  Point,  lS(iS-70  ; 
7cias  admitted  to  the  liar  in  187 ^  ;  married 
Caroline  Fan  I'alkenhurgh  of  Alhany  Octo- 
her  27,  187i>  :  has  practiced  laio  in  Alhany 
since  187-'>. 


2)£lVi5  3B.  Ibill  has  had  one  of  the 

most   complete   political  careers  ]jossible 
for  a  citizen  of  the  Lhiited  States,  hold- 
ing in  turn  each  of  the  chief  legislative 
and  executive  positions  in  the  gift  of  the  people, 
with   the  single  exception  of  the   presidency  :    and 
for  that   office   he    was   strongly   supported  by  the 
delegates   from  his  state   in  the  national   convention 
of  1892. 

Mr.  Hill  is  the  youngest  son  of  Caleb  Hill  of 
Windham  county,  Connecticut,  who,  with  his  wife, 
Eunice  Durfey,  a  woman  of  great  intelligence  and 
superior  force  of  character,  settled  in  Havana, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  early  jjart  of  the  century.  Caleb  Hill 
was  a  carpenter,  and  was  unal)l-e  to  give  his  son  any 
unusual  educational  advantages;  but  the  home  in- 
fluences amid  which  the  lad  grew  up  were  of  the 
liest,  and  amply  compensated  for  any  lack  in  other 
directions,      .\fter  graduating  from  Havana  Academy 


at  the  age  of  seventeen,  Mr.  Hill  began  the  task  of 
making  his  own  way  in  the  world,  and  for  that  pur- 
pose entered  the  office  of  one  of  the  principal  lawyers 
of  his  native  place  as  a  clerk.  There  he  attracted  the 
notice  of  Colonel  John  I.  Lawrence,  who  encouraged 
him   in   his  desire  to  become    a  law\er.      In   ISdo, 


17/1  A'/  /:.s-  /   /:rr//.ix  i\ 

accordingly,  he  entered  the  office  of  Erastus  P.  Hart 
of  PHmira  as  a  student ;  and  in  November,  1864,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  at  once  opened  an 
office  in  Elmira,  where  he  continued  to  practice 
until  the  demands  of  public  life  compelled  him  to 
relinquish  his  profession.  He  rose  rapidly  to  a 
leading  position  at  the  bar  of  central  New  York,  and 
proved  that  his  talents  as  a  lawyer  were  e(|ual  to 
those  that  he  has  since  displaj'ed  as  a  legislator  and 
executive  officer. 

Mr.  Hill's  interest  in  jjulilir  affairs  dates  from  his 
early  manhood,  and  he  has  been  in  acti\'e  ])ublic 
life  for  more  than  a  ipiarter  of  a  <  entury.  In  l.SliS 
he  reiiresented  Chemung  county  in  the  state  conven- 
tion of  the   Democratic  jiarty,   and  two  years  later 


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■(IRK—  E.ISTERX  SECT/OX 


was  elected  to  the  assembly.  Although  the  youngest 
member  of  that  body  except  one  —  he  was  only 
twenty-seven  years  of  age  —  he  served  on  several 
important  committees,  and  particularly  distinguished 
himself  by  securing  the  passage  in  the  assembly  of  a 
bill  abolishing  prison  contract  labor.      Although  the 


DAIJD   n.    J// LI. 

senate  failed  to  act  upon  the  bill,  Mr.  Hill's  eftbrts 
in  behalf  of  workingmen  were  warmly  appreciated 
by  them,  and  did  much  to  increase  his  popularity. 
Re-elected  for  the  year  1872,  he  was  made  a  member 
of  the  judiciary  committee  that  rendered  itself  famous 
for  its  investigation  of  the  charges  against  the 
"Tweed-ring"  judges  of  New  York  city,  and  was 
elected  by  a  practically  unanimous  vote  of  the 
assembly  one  of  the  managers  of  the  prosecution 
before  the  senate.  Mr.  Hill's  only  Democratic  col- 
league in  the  judiciary  committee  was  the  veteran 
party  leader,  Samuel  J.  Tilden  ;  and  this  association 
was  the  beginning  of  the  warm  personal  and  political 
friendship  that  existed  between  the  two  men  for  .so 
manv   vears.     Mr.  Hill's  prominence  in  the  counsels 


of  his  party  is  evident  from  his  continuous  service  of 
more  than  a  dozen  years  in  the  state  conventions,  of 
which  he  was  president  in  1877  and  1881  ;  and  from 
his  membership  in  the  national  conventions  of  187ti, 
1884,  and  189(5.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  state 
committee  for  many  years. 

In  the  spring  of  1882  the  Democrats 
of  Klmira  ])laced  Mr.  Hill  in  nomination 
for    the    office    of  ma)or,    and    he    was 
elected  by  a  handsome  majority  over  an 
opjiosing  candidate  of  undoubted  popu- 
larity and   ability.      He   held  the  office 
only    a   short    time,  as  a  wider  field    of 
usefulness  awaited  him  ;  and  in  the  fall 
of  the  same  year,  after  receiving  strong 
sujjport  in  the  state  convention  for  the 
chief  place,  he  was  unanimously    nomi- 
nated   for    lieutenant    governor    on    the 
ticket     headed    by    Grover    Cleveland. 
The  enormous  strength  of  this  ticket  was 
shown    on    election  day,  when    each    of 
these  candidates  received  a  plurality  of 
nearly  200,000  votes.      Mr.  Hill  assumed 
the  office  of  lieutenant  governor  January 
1,  18<So  ;   and   when   Mr.    Cleveland   re- 
signed  the   position  of  governor  at  the 
end    of    his    second   year,    in    order    to 
accept  the  office  of  chief  magistrate   of 
the  nation,  Mr.  Hill  became  governor  for 
the  closing  year  of  the  term.      In  the  fall 
of  l8'Sr)  he  was  elected  to  the  office  by 
a   plurality  of  12,000  votes,  and  in  1,S88 
was  re-elected  by  a  majority  of  19,000 
votes,  thus  serving  seven  years  altogether 
as  governor  of  the    state.      In    January, 
1891,    he   was    elected    to    the    United 
States  senate,  and  served  in  that  distin- 
guished body  throughout  the  term  end- 
ing March  4,  1897. 
Mr.  Hill   was  for  a  number  of  years  one  of  the 
|iroprietors  of  the  Elmira  Daily  Gazette,  the  leading 
Democratic  organ  of  the  Southern  Tier,  but  retired 
from  the  world  of  journalism  as  increasing  profes- 
sional cares  came  upon  him.      In  188.')  he  was  elected 
president   of  the  State  Bar  Association,  of  which  he 
had  been  a  member  ever  since  its  organization,  and 
was  re-elected  in  188G.      I'ersonally  he  is  a  man  of 
quiet  tastes,  caring  little  for  society  in  general,  but 
fond    of  reading  and    of  the  companionship  of  his 
friends  :   these  are  confined  to  no  political  party,  and 
to  no  walk  in  life. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  David 
Bennett  Hill  was  born  at  Havana,  N.  Y.,  August 
29,  184S  ;  was  Citiicatcd  at  Havana  Acailciiiv  :  st/idinl 


ME\   OF  X/CIf    YORK—  K.l.STKk'X  SKCT/OX 


■)] 


law,  and  teas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  186 J/.  ;  7C'as  eify 
attorney  of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  in  1865  ;  practiced  law  in 
Elmira,  186^-85;  was  a  member  of  the  state  assembly, 
1871-72 ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  state 
conventions  of  1808-81,  and  to  the  national  conven- 
tions of  1876,  188 Jf,  and  1896  ;  ivas  an  alderman  of 
Elmira,  1881-82 ;  icas  niavor  of  Elmira  in  1882  ; 
7cias  lieutenant  governor  of  Nnv  York  state,  18SS-S.!f, 
and  governor,  1885—91  ;  was  member  of  the  United 
States  senate,  1891-97. 


(IDarleS  1R.  llncjaUS  of  Troy,  who  retired 
from  the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  January  1 , 
1890,  after  a  continuous  service  thereon  of  ahnost 
twenty-seven  years,  comes  of  pure  English  stock  on 
both  the  paternal  and  the  maternal  side.  Edmund 
Ingalls,  the  founder  of  the  American  line,  emi- 
grated with  his  family  from  Lincolnshire, 
Eng.,  and  joined  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
colony  in  l(i29.  Four  members  of  the 
family  were  soldiers  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  one  of  them  —  James  Ingalls,  ;i 
great -uncle  of  Justice  Ingalls's  —  having 
been  killed  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
Charles  Ingalls,  the  grandfather  of  our 
present  subject,  was  a  native  of  Methuen, 
Mass. ;  and  after  graduating  from  Dart- 
mouth College,  and  reading  law  at 
Salem,  N.  Y.,  was  admitted  in  1802  to 
practice  in  the  courts  of  New  York  state, 
and  opened  the  first  law  office  in  Green- 
wich, N.  Y.  There  he  practiced  until 
his  death  in  1812,  and  there  his  son, 
Charles  Frye  Ingalls,  followed  the  same 
profession  from  his  admission  to  the  bar 
in  181il  until  a  short  time  before  his 
death  in  1870.  He  served  as  district 
attorney,  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
and  county  judge  ;  and  was  prominent 
both  as  a  lawyer  and  as  a  citizen.  Jus- 
tice Ingalls's  mother  was  Mary  Rogers,  a 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  Dorothea  (Cleve- 
land) Rogers,  who  moved  to  Greenwich 
from  Canterbury,  Conn.,  in  1800,  and 
were  held  in  high  esteem  for  their  in 
telligence  and  moral  worth. 

Justice  Ingalls  was  born  at  Greenwich 
in  1810.     After  receiving  an    excellent 
general  education,   he  studied  law  with 
his    father,   and    in    January,    1844,   was 
admitted    to    practice    in    the    Supreme   Court    and 
Court  of  Chancery  of  New  York  state.      Fle  soon 
formed  a  partnershijj  with  his   father,  who  had   se- 
cured an  extensive  clientage  in  Washington  county  ; 


and  practiced  for  a  number  of  years  in  Cireenwich, 
maintaining  the  prestige  accpiired  by  his  father  and 
grandfather  in  a  half  century  of  service  at  the  bar. 
In  1860,  however,  he  sought  a  wider  field  of  activity, 
and  moved  to  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  associated 
himself  with  David  L.  Seymour  in  the  firm  of  Sey- 
mour &  Ingalls.  The  two  men  were  both  lawyers 
of  recognized  ability,  and  conducted  a_  large  amount 
of  business  for  several  years. 

In  18().'>  Justice  Ingalls  began  his  long  service  on 
the  bench,  receiving  a  unanimous  nomination  for 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  3d  judicial  dis- 
trict, and  being  duly  elected  to  the  office.  In  1870 
he  became,  ex-officio,  a  member  of  the  Court  of  Ap- 
peals. In  1871  he  was  nominated  by  both  political 
parties  for  the  same  office,  and  was  elected  without 
opposition  for  a  term  of  fourteen  years.      In  1.S77  he 


CHARLES  K.    /XCA/.L.S 


was  appointed  by  the  governor  of  the  slate  a  mem- 
ber of  the  general  term  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
1st  department  of  the  state,  comprising  the  city  of 
New  York,  and  made  his  home  in  the  metropolis  for 


MKX   OF  AEIV    yOKK—JiASTER.\  SECT/ON 


about  three  years.  At  the  ex])iration  of  his  term  of 
office  he  was  again  elected  for  the  term  1885-99  ; 
but  he  resigned  in  1890,  having  reached  the  age  of 
seventy,  which  forms  the  limit  of  service  for  justices 
of  the  Supreme  Court. 

Since  his  return  to  private  life  Justice  Ingalls  has 
given  a  good  deal  of  time  to  consultation  and  the 
hearing  of  references  ;  and  he  is  much  sought  after 
in  such  matters  on  account  of  his  long  ex]jerience 
and  high  standing  in  legal  circles.  In  189()  he  had 
the  honor  of  an  appointment  as  one  of  the  committee 
of  one  hundred  to  the  conference  at  Washington  to 
consider  the  jjracticability  of  establishing  a  perma- 
nent system  of  arbitration  between  Great  Britain  and 
the  United  States.  He  was  a  delegate  at  large  from 
New  York  state  to  the  Democratic  national  conven- 
tion which  met  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  1860,  where 
he  favored  the  nomination  of  Stephen  A.  Douglas  for 
the  presidency. 

Justice  Ingalls  has  long  been  prominent  in  the 
social  life  of  Troy  as  an  honored  and  inlluential  citi- 
zen. He  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Rensselaer  Poly- 
technic Institute  for  twenty-five  years  ;  and  in  1887 
declined  a  unanimous  election  to  the  presidency 
of  the  institution,  deeming  the  holding  of  the  office 
incompatible  with  his  Judicial  duties.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Second  Street  Presbyterian 
('hurch  of  Tioy  for  many  years,  and  is  one  of  its 
ruling  elders.  He  spends  his  summers,  with  his 
wife  and  their  onl)-  child,  Margaret  ^\.  Ingalls,  at 
the  old  homestead  at  tJreenwich,  which  has  been  in 
the  possession  of  the  family  for  more  tiian  sixtv 
years. 

PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  \ '—  Cluxrles  Rus- 
sell /iixa//s  7iy<is  Imni  at  Grccinoiiii,  JV.  ¥.,  September 
14,  1S19  ;  loas  admitted  to  the  tniriii  ISJf^  :  pradieed 
law  at  Greeimiich,  IS^-dO,  and  at  Troy,  N.  ]'., 
1860-63 ;  married  A/argaret  L.  Marvin  of  Trov 
November  3,  18S0  ;  was  justice  of  the  New  York  state 
Supreme  Court,  1S63-89. 


peter  Tf\iunear  is  a  fine  type  of  the  .shrewd, 
rlear-heacletl  Si  olchmen  who  have  gained  substantial 
succe.ss  in  the  United  States ;  and  who  have  amply 
repaid  their  adopted  country  by  the  hearty  and  in- 
telligent interest  they  have  taken  in  her  welfare,  and 
in  the  ])rosperity  of  her  institutions.  Born  in  Scot- 
land about  seventy  years  ago,  Mr.  Kinnear  attended 
the  country  schools  from  the  time  he  was  seven  years 
old  for  three  or  four  years,  when  he  moved  to  Dundee 
and  began  to  work  for  his  living.  At  the  age  of  four- 
teen he  became  an  apjjrentice  to  the  machinist's  and 
engineer's  trade,  and  served  for  six  years.  During 
all   this   time.  howe\er,    he   was   making   use   of  the 


night  schools  to  supplement  the  scanty  stock  of  learn- 
ing acquired  in  childhood  ;  and  by  the  time  he  was 
twenty-one  he  had  gained  a  good  general  education, 
and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  trade. 

Thus  equipped,  he  determined  to  try  his  fortunes 
in  a  newer  country,  where  his  energies  could  have 
full  scope  ;  and  on  October  21,  1847,  he  landed  in 
New  York.  About  a  year  and  a  half  later  he  settled 
in  Albany,  which  has  ever  since  been  his  home. 
There  he  obtained  employment  in  the  shop  of  William 
Orr,  brass  founder,  where  he  remained  for  twenty 
years.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  having  been  disap- 
pointed in  his  expectation  of  entering  the  firm  of 
Orr  &  Blair  —  an  expectation  fully  justified  by  his 
faithful  and  efficient  service  as  an  employee  —  Mr. 
Kinnear  formed  a  partnership  with  Henry  McElro}-, 
under  the  style  of  McElroy  &  Kinnear.  This  con- 
nection lasted  for  two  years,  or  until  1872,  when,  on 
the  retirement  of  Mr.  Orr  from  the  old  firm,  Mr. 
Kinnear  became  a.ssociated  with  Mr.  Blair  in  the 
firm  of  Blair  &  Kinnear.  As  time  went  on  the  busi- 
ness passed  more  and  more  into  the  control  of  Mr. 
Kinnear,  under  whose  able  and  vigorous  management 
it  prospered  markedly.  Finally  in  1888  he  bought 
out  Mr.  Blair's  interest,  and  became  the  .sole  jiro- 
prietor  of  the  foundry.  He  at  once  set  aliout  the 
erection  of  new  buildings,  and  extended  the  business 
in  various  ways  ;  and  by  his  indefatigable  efforts  and 
honorable  business  methods  brought  it  to  a  foremost 
rank  in  the  commercial  circles  of  the  state  capital. 

So  far  back  as  1870  Mr.  Kinnear  became  nuuh 
interested  in  the  manufacture  of  celluloid,  then 
recently  invented  ;  and  was  instrumental  in  forming 
the  first  company  for  its  manufacture  at  Albany. 
The  plant  was  afterward  moved  to  Newark,  N.  J., 
but  Mr.  Kinnear  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  original 
promoters  of  what  has  proved  a  most  useful  and  suc- 
cessful invention.  He  is  still  interested  in  the  sub- 
ject, and  is  president  of  the  Albany  Billiard  Ball  Co., 
the  oldest  concern  of  the  kind  in  the  world.  His 
course  with  reference  to  this  industry  is  characteristic, 
since  he  has  always  been  glad  to  lend  his  aid  to  new 
enterprises  that  appealed  to  his  business  .sagacity.  He 
is  at  present  a  director  in  the  Wheeler  Rent  &:  Power 
Co.,  the  Albany  Hardware  &  Iron  Co.,  and  the  Home 
Savings  Bank  of  Albany.  Of  the  latter  institution 
he  was  president  for  several  years,  and  he  held  a 
similar  office  in  the  South  End  Bank  for  four  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  committee  of  citizens  charged 
with  the  work  of  inducing  the  various  railroads  cen- 
tering in  Albany  to  build  a  station  that  shall  be 
worthy  of  the  ca|jital  of  the  Ivmpire  State. 

In  i)olitics  Mr.  Kinnear  was  originally  a  Whig, 
but     joined     the    Re]iubliran    |)arly    soon    after    its 


ME\  OF  .VEIl'    ]'ORK  —  EASTERX  SECTrOX 


organization.  Though  never  very  active  in  public 
aflairs,  he  served  two  terms  as  supervisor  from  the  5th 
ward,  Albany.  In  April,  ISOl,  he  was  appointed  by 
the  mayor  of  Albany  a  member  of  the  public-building 
commission  which  during  the  ne.\t  three  years  ably 
supervised  the  erection  of  buildings  for  the  police, 
fire,  and  school  departments  of  the  city. 
Like  most  .Scotchmen,  he  is  thoroughly 
loyal  to  the  memory  of  his  native  land 
and  of  her  great  men.  He  is  the  oldest 
member  of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  of 
Albany,  of  which  he  was  secretary  for 
fourteen  years,  and  president  for  ten 
years.  He  is  also  a  charter  member  of 
the  Albany  Caledonian  Club,  which  he 
helped  to  organize  in  1874.  In  ISSO  he 
became  e.xecutor  of  the  will  of  Mar) 
McWierson,  and  in  that  capacity  was 
charged  with  the  erection  of  a  monu- 
ment to  Robert  Burns,  for  which  Miss 
McPherson  had  provided  a  fund.  This 
responsibility  was  accepted  by  Mr.  Ki li- 
near as  a  privilege,  and  was  abl)  dis- 
charged by  him.  The  work  was  intrusted 
to  the  well-known  sculptor,  Charles  Cal- 
verley  of  New  York;  and  the  raonu 
ment,  which  stands  in  Washington  park, 
.Mbany,  has  been  pronounced  by  compe- 
tent judges  the  best  of  its  kind  in  the 
country.  Mr.  Kinnear  is  treasurer  of 
.'\ncient  City  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Albaii) , 
and  a  member  of  the  State  Street  I'res- 
byterian  Church. 

'  PERSONAL     CHRONOL  OG  J '  — 
Peter  Kinnear  was  horn  in  Por/arsJiire, 
Scotland,  April  24,  1820 :  urns  eilmateil 
in  Scotland,   and  learned  the  niacliinisf '  s 
trade  there ;  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1847;  married  Annie  Gilchrist  of  Ham- 
ilton, Onf.,  September  11,  18^9  ;  worked  at  his  trade 
in  Albany,  1849-70 ;  was   supervisor  from    the   5th 
ward,  Albany,  1875-70,    and  commissioner  of  public 
biiildini^s,  1891-9-3 ;  has  carried  on  the  business  of  a 
brass  founder  and  finisher  at  Albany  since  1870,  and 
has  been  la  rifely  engaged  in  other  commercial  enterprises. 


1l30bart  Ikrum  has  the  distinction  of  being 
the  first  Republican  ever  elected  to  the  state  legis- 
lature from  Schoharie  county.  The  office  of  senator 
cannot  be  said  to  add  materially  to  the  esteem  in 
which  he  has  long  been  held,  as  regards  both  pro- 
fe.ssional  ability  and  private  character  ;  but  his 
election  was  a  fitting  tribute  to  a  man  who,  by  years 
of   hard  work   for  his  party,  had  done  so  much   to 


break  the  ]jower  of  the  Democracy  in  that  strong- 
hold, and  to  give  the  Republicans  at  lea.st  a  chance 
in  the  race  for  political  honors. 

Mr.  Krum  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Schoharie 
county  nearly  sixty-five  years  ago.  His  father, 
lonas   Krum,  was  a  man  of   good   standini/    in   the 


PETER   KIXXEAR 

community  —  a  prosperous  farmer,  an  excellent 
business  man,  a  member  of  the  state  assembly  in 
1835,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  old  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas.  After  working  on  the  farm  until  he 
was  about  eighteen  years  old,  attending  district  and 
select  schools  in  the  meantime  as  opportunity 
offered,  Hobart  Krum  completed  his  education  in 
the  academic  department  of  the  Union  Free  School 
at  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass.  Desiring  then  to  become 
a  lawyer,  he  entered  the  office  of  Abram  Becker, 
a  prominent  attorney  at  South  Worcester,  OLsego 
county.  New  York,  and  in  1855  was  duly  admitted 
to  the  bar. 

Realizing  the   importance  of  a  thorough  training 
in  both   the  theory    and  the  practice    of   law,    Mr. 


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MEN   OF  \Eir    )ORK— EASTERN  SECT/OX 


Kniin  remained  for  another  year  in  Mr.  Becker's 
office  ;  and  then,  in  1857,  returned  to  his  native 
county  and  began  practice  in  the  village  of  Scho- 
harie. This  was  forty  years  ago,  and  his  profes- 
sional success  there  has  been  continuous  ever  since. 
Verv  earlv  in   his  career  his  ability  as  a  trial   lawyer 


Hon  ART  KRCM 

became  evident,  and  other  lawyers  were  glad  to 
avail  themselves  of  his  services  as  counsel.  Indeed, 
for  many  years  he  has  taken  part  in  almost  every 
case  of  importance  in  the  county.  He  is  an  inde- 
fatigable worker  and  is  devoted  to  his  profession  —  a 
fact  that  goes  far  to  e.xplain  his  successful  career. 
From  18()7  until  1874  Mr.  Krum  practiced  with 
Stephen  L.  Mayham,  afterward  justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court.  In  187o  he  formed  his  present 
])artnership  with  John  B.  (Irant,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Ivrum  &  (Irant.  Mr.  Krum  has  been 
admitted  to  yjractice  in  all  the  courts  of  the  United 
States. 

The   Republican    party  has   had    no   more   ardent 
and   effective  supporter   in   Schoharie  county  for  the 


last  thirty  years  than  Mr.  Krum.  He  has  been  a 
delegate  to  nearly  every  state  convention  during 
that  time  ;  and  in  1884,  1888,  and  1892  he  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Repul)lican  national  convention. 
He  took  part  in  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1S(17.  In  1884  he  was  his  jiarty's  candidate  for 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  3d 
judicial  district,  and  though  the  usual 
Democratic  majority  was  about  7000,  he 
came  within  less  than  1000  votes  of 
election.  It  is  .said,  indeed,  that  he 
would  have  been  elected  but  for  dis- 
honest counting  in  the  cities  of  .'\lbany 
and  Troy. 

In  the  fall  of  1895  the  Republican 
party  showed  its  appreciation  of  Mr. 
Krum's  loyal  service  by  giving  him  the" 
senatorial  nomination  in  the  27th  district, 
comprising  the  counties  of  Schoharie, 
.Montgomery,  Fulton,  and  Hamilton. 
The  district  was  regarded  as  an  e.xtremely 
doulitful  one,  l)ut  Mr.  Krum  was  elected 
by  a  plurality  of  2527.  In  the  senate 
he  has  been  made  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  forests,  fi.sh,  and  game  ;  and 
he  has  membership  in  the  committees 
on  judiciary,  internal  affairs  of  towns 
and  counties,  agriculture,  taxation  and 
retrenchment,  and  roads  and  bridges. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  caucus  com- 
mittee. 

Naturally,    Mr.     Krum    holds    a    high 
place  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow-citi/.ens 
of  Schoharie,  who  are  proud  of  his  at- 
tainments in  professional  and  jjublic  life  ; 
and    he   in   turn   takes  a  deep   interest  in 
the  welfare  of  the  village  that  has  so  long 
been  his  home.      He  is  a  stockholder  and 
director  in  the  Schoharie  County  Bank. 
FERS  ONA  L  CHE  ONOL  O  G  Y—Hol>art  Krum 
loas    l'pr>i   in   the   town   of  Fulton,  Sclioharie  county, 
A'.   Y. ,  January  12,  1S33  :  was  educated  in  district 
and  select  scluwls,  and  Union  Free  School,  Chicopee 
Falls,  Alass.  :  was    admitted  to    the    bar   in    1S55  ; 
married  Frances  Amelia  Washburn  of  Fort  Edward, 
N.   v.,    February  20,    1868 ;  raas  a  delegate  to  the 
state    constitutional  convention    of  1807,  and  to    the 
Republican  national  conventions  of  188 J/.,    1888,  and 
1892  ;  was  elected  state  senator  in  Novetnber,  189')  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Schoharie,  N.  ¥.,  since  18i>7. 


TlitHarilCr  /IDillCr  ^vas  bom  in  Oswego  county, 
New  York,  somewhat  less  than  sixty  years  ago. 
His  ancestors   came    to   America   from   Cerman^'  in 


AfEX   OF  XEir    VORk'—FASTERX  SECTroX" 


1680,  and  the  family  has  ever  since  been  prominent 
in  the  Empire  State.  Mr.  Miller's  great-grandfather 
was  a  colonel  in  the  Continental  army  during  the 
Revolution ;  and  one  of  his  uncles  represented 
Westchester  county  in  the  state  assembly  for  four- 
teen successive  years. 

Having  attended  common  schools  and  afterward 
fitted  for  college,  Warner  iNIiller  entered  Union 
College  at  Schenectady,  and  graduated  therefrom 
with  high  rank  in  I860.  He  then  taught  for  a 
while  at  Fort  Edward  Institute,  but  on  the  outbreak 
of  civil  war  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  in  the  5th 
New  York  cavalry.  He  served  in  Virginia  under 
General  Banks  and  others,  becoming  sergeant  major 
of  his  regiment.  At  the  battle  of  Winchester,  in 
March,  1862,  where  he  was  acting  lieutenant,  he 
was  taken  prisoner  by  "Stonewall"  Jackson's 
brigade,  but  was  paroled  while  in  the 
hospital  at  Winchester.  Soon  after  this 
he  was  honorably  discharged,  and  went 
abroad. 

Mr.  Miller  spent  some  time  in  the 
commercial  centers  of  P^irope,  and  l>e 
came  especially  interested  in  the  manu- 
facture of  paper.  Having  thus  acquired 
much  valuable  knowledge  on  the  subject, 
he  established  a  plant  at  Herkimer, 
N.  Y. ,  for  the  manufacture  of  paper  from 
wood  pulp.  He  has  been  identifieil 
uith  this  industry  ever  since,  and  has 
long  been  one  of  the  foremost  jjajier 
manufacturers  of  the  country.  His  suc- 
cess has  been  due  in  great  part  to  his  im- 
provements in  paper-making  machinery. 
These  inventions  enormously  lessened 
the  cost  of  producing  paper,  and  made 
possible  the  great  metropolitan  news- 
papers of  to-day. 

Mr.  Miller  is  known  throughout  the 
country  for  his  part  in  public  life.  His 
first  important  political  service  was  in 
1874,  when  he  was  a  member  of  the  state 
assembly  from  the  Herkimer  district. 
He  was  re-elected  in  the  year  mentioned, 
and  made  a  distinguished  record  as  a 
practical,  clear-headed,  and  efficient 
legislator.  His  work  was  so  well  liked, 
indeed,  that  in  1878  he  received  the 
Republican  nomination  to  congre.ss  from 
the  district  comprising  Herkimer,  Lewis, 
and  Jefferson  counties.  He  was  elected  by  a 
substantial  majority  ;  and  two  years  later  was 
again  elected,  this  time  by  a  greater  majority. 
He   did    not  serve  out  this  term,  however,  becau.se 


of  his  election  to  the  national  senate  in  July,  1881, 
after  the  resignation  of  Roscoe  Conkling  and 
Thomas  C.  Piatt.  In  1888  Mr.  Miller  was  a 
prominent  member  of  the  convention  that  nomi- 
nated General  Harrison  for  the  presidency  ;  and 
he  was  the  Rejniblican  candidate  in  the  same  year 
for  the  governorship   of  New  York  state. 

It  would  be  a  long  story  to  describe  fully  Mr. 
Miller's  work  as  a  lawmaker.  In  the  assembly  he 
rendered  effective  aid  to  the  common  schools,  suc- 
cessfully advocating  the  employment  of  the  entire 
educational  fund  of  the  state  in  their  development. 
In  the  house  of  re|iresentatives  he  served  on  vari- 
ous important  committees,  and  had  a  large  share  in 
shaping  the  geheral  policy  of  his  party  in  the  lower 
branch  of  congress.  In  the  senate  he  attained  wide 
popularity  by  his  part  in  effecting  the  passage  of  the 


li:-/A'.\7:A'   Mil  LER 


bill  increasing  the  pensions  of  disabled  veterans, 
and  by  his  advocacy  of  the  letter  carriers'  eight- 
hour  law.  He  was  also  actively  concerned  in  the 
enactment    of    various   other    important    pieces    of 


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.1/^A'   OF  XKir    yORK—EASTF.RX  SECT/OX 


legislation.  Mr.  Miller  has  always  been  identified 
with  the  best  elements  in  the  Rei)ublican  party,  and 
he  is  widely  respected  for  his  upright  methods  of 
jjolitical  management. 

PERSONAL   CHRONOLOGY— Wanin-  Mil- 
ler was   horn   at   Ifainiiluil,    Osicci^o  lOiiiilx,  X.    Y., 


J.    H.    MITCHELL 

Au}(iist  1^,  1S38 ;  graduated  from  Union  College  in 
1860  ;  served  in  the  Union  army,  1861-62  ;  7narried 
Caroline  C.  Chiirehill  of  GUn'crsville,  N.  Y.,  July 
IS,  186. li  :  7cias  member  of  assemlily,  187i>—76 :  7cias 
elcited  to  the  house  of  representatives  in  1878 
and  in  1880 ;  sensed  in  the  United  Stales  senate, 
1881-87 :  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  paper  at  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  and  elscivhere  since 
1865. 


%.  lb.  /IliitCbCll  is  a  prominent  physician  of 
Cohoes,  with  a  large  practice  ;  and  he  is  also  the 
chief  magistrate  of  the  city.  Such  a  combination 
of  jjrofessional  distinction  with  ]jrominence  in  pub- 
lic    life     is    not    often    found,    ;inil    is    due    to    the 


possession  liy  Dr.  Mitchell  of  unusual  intellectual  and 
personal  i|ualities.  His  character  and  record  are 
such  as  to  establish  his  purity  of  motive  and  honesty 
of  purpose  ;  and  his  native  sagacity  and  practical 
bent  of  mind  are  likewise  factors  in  his  .success  as 
ma\or  f)f  Cohoes. 

Dr.  Mitchell  has  hardly  yet  reached 
the  prime  of  his  powers,  since  he  was 
born  little  more  than  fort)-  years  ago,  in 
Delaware  county,  New  York.  After  grad- 
uating from  Delaware  Academy  at  Delhi 
in  1877,  he  entered  the  Albany  Medical 
College,  and  received  his  doctor's  degree 
in  1881.  Moving  to  Cohoes  at  once,  he 
began  general  practice  as  physician  and 
surgeon,  and  has  since  followed  his  calling 
in  that  city.  He  has  enjoyed  for  several 
years  a  large  anil  lucrative  jjractice,  and 
is  widely  known  in  Cohoes  and  adjacent 
places  as  a  wise  and  skillful  ph\sician. 
He  belongs  to  various  medical  societies, 
and  has  frequently  written  professional 
papers  to  be  read  before  such  associations. 
Especially  noteworthy  are  his  articles 
on  "  Sebaceous  Cysts,"  "  Pneumonia," 
■•Tetanus,"  and  "Traumatic  Erysipelas," 
which  were  [mblished  in  the  New  York 
Medical  Record  and  the  Albany  Medical 
Annals.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Pan- 
.Vmerican  Medical  Congress   in  I81)."j. 

Dr.    Mitchell's  career    in    public;    life 
began  soon  after  he    settled  in  Cohoes, 
and    haa    been    continuous   since     then. 
He  was  police  surgeon   of  the    city    in 
1884-85,  coroner's  physician  for  .-Mbany 
iount\'  from  1888  until  18K2,  and  police 
surgeon  again  from  1891   to  ISt).!.      He 
was  city-hall   commissioner  in   189ij-9(!. 
In  October,  189.5,  he  received  the  Repub- 
lican nomination  for  the   office   of  mayor,  and  was 
elected  in  November  of  that  year.    Regarding  his  work 
in  the  mayor's  chair  a  local  paper  speaks  as  follows  : 

"He  has  thus  far  performed  the  duties  witli  sucli  zealous 
regard  for  tlie  good  of  the  peo])le  as  to  win  encoiiiums  from  all 
jiarties.  He  has  acted  in  his  pulilic  life  with  the  untiring  zeal 
that  won  him  success  in  his  chosen  profession.  .Vlthougli  one 
of  the  most  busy  men  of  the  city,  he  yet  fuids  time  to  give 
much  attention  to  his  public  duties.  Dr.  Mitchell  was  chosen 
mayor,  not  because  he  was  a  politician,  for  he  had  no  leisure 
to  dabble  in  politics  ;  but  because  the  people  wanted  a  man  at 
the  head  of  municipal  affairs  who  was  not  interested  in  jobs, 
and  who  would  not  countenance  jobbery.  In  short,  they 
wanted  a  man  who  was  not  identified  with  factions,  and  who 
would  act  for  the  best  good  of  all,  irrespective  of  party.  He 
is  tlie  right  man  in  the  right  place,  reflecting  credit  upon  the 
cit\'  and  honor  upon  himscK.'" 


j/y-f.v  OF  x/-:ir  vork 


/;.  IS -/■/■: A\y  s/ccr/o.v 


Dr.  Mitchell  believes  in  fraternal  societies,  and 
belongs  to  many  such.  He  is  a  member  of  Cohoes 
Lodge,  No.  11(>,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Bloss  Council,  Apollo 
Commandery,  and  the  Order  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
the  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Cliun  h  of 
Cohoes. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  )  -—Janus  Hcnn 
Miiclull  was  horn  at  MeredWi,  Delaware  county, 
N.  y.,  October  1,  1850:  graduateii  from  Delaware 
Academy  in  ISn ,  and  from  Allmnx  Medical  College 
in  1S81 ;  married  Margaret  If.  Rmoland  of  West 
Kortright,  N.  J'.,  November  21,  1SS2  ;  vjas  coro- 
ner's physician  for  Albany  county,  1888—92,  police 
surgeon  of  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  188^-85  and  1891-95, 
and  city-hall  commissioner,  1895-96  ;  has  been  mayor 
of  Cohoes  since  April  1-i,  1890  ,•  has 
practiced  medicine    in  Cohoes  since  7881.         i — 


StepbeU  /IDOffitt,  widely  known 
in  public  life  in  Clinton  and  adjacent 
counties,  was  born  at  Clinlonville,  New 
Vork,  about  sixty  years  ago.  He  owes 
the  large  measure  of  success  that  he  has 
attained  solely  to  his  own  persistent 
efforts,  since  he  was  fa\ored  with  no 
special  advantages  of  birth  or  early  train- 
ing. Up  to  the  time  he  was  si.\teen 
years  old  he  lived  the  hardy  life  of  a 
farmer's  boy  in  the  rugged  .\dirondack 
region,  attending  the  district  school  at 
intervals,  and  working  on  the  home  form 
much  of  the  time.  After  he  had  secured 
a  fair  general  education  in  this  way,  he 
was  emijlojed  for  se\eral  years  on  the 
steamers  of  the  Cham|jlain  Transporta-  j 
tioii  Co. 

Then   came   the   Civil    War,  and   witli 
it   Ceneral   Moffitt's  first  ojiportunity   to 
distinguish  himself      Knlisting  as  a  pri- 
vate   in   the  9()th  regiment,    New    York 
volunteers  —  he    was,    indeed,    the    first 
man     to    join     the     regiment  —  he    was 
elected  first  lieutenant  of  company  1!  on 
its  organization.     The  regiment  went  at 
once  to  the  front ;  and  on  the  death  ot         ' 
Captain  Parsons  in  June,  lS(i2,  Lieuten- 
ant  Mofifitt  succeeded  him  in  command 
of  the   company.       The    next    year   he 
received  his    commission    as    lieutenant   colonel    of 
the    regiment,    the    following    year    he    was    made 
colonel,  and    in   February,    IXd;"),    he  was  brevetted 
brigadier   general.      He    served    as   provost  marshal 


of  the  subdistrict  of  the  Albemarle,  North  Caro- 
lina, on  Ceneral  VVessell's  staff,  and  held  a  sim- 
ilar position  mider  (leneral  Cibbon  during  the 
organization  of  the  24th  army  corps  ;  and  was  not 
mustered  out  of  service  until  February  fi,  18C(). 
Such  a  record  of  continued  jjromotion  indicates  un- 
mistakably the  bravery  and  gallant  conduct  of  the 
man,  and  proves  how  ably  he  served  his  country 
during  those  trying  times.  General  Mofifitt  endured 
his  full  share  of  the  misfortunes  of  war,  since  he 
was  taken  prisoner  at  Plymouth,  N.  C,  April  20, 
1864,  and  lost  a  leg  at  the  second  battle  of  Fair 
Oaks,  Va.,  October  27,    l.H(i4. 

Returning  to  Plattsburgh  early  in  1866,  General 
Mofifitt  began  a  long  career  of  public  service  in  more 
peaceful  capacities.  His  first  appointment  was  that 
of  deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  Clinton 


st/-:pj//-:.\  moI-fitt 

county  and  a  part  of  Essex  county.  In  the  fall  of  1 867 
he  was  elected  county  clerk  of  Clinton  county,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1870,  holding  the  position  for  six 
years.       At    the    expiration  of  this  service    he    was 


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MK.\   OF  XEW    YORK—  EASTERX  SECTION 


appointed  warden  of  Clinton  prison.  In  June,  1S70, 
he  was  appointed  by  President  Cirant  collector  of 
customs  of  the  district  of  Champlain.  President 
Hayes  reappointed  him  in  1880,  and  he  held  the 
office  until  the  change  of  administration  in  1885 
brought  the  Democrats  into  power.  In  the  fall  of 
1888  he  was  elected  member  of  the  assembly,  and 
discharged  his  duties  as  a  legislator  with  the  same 
ability  and  fitithfulness  that  has  ever  been  character- 
istic of  him.  He  introduced  in  that  body  the  1)111 
providing  for  the  establishment  of  a  State  Normal 
School  at  Plattsburgh,  and  was  successful  in  his 
efforts  to  secure  its  i)assage.  In  1889  President 
Harrison  showed  hisappreciatioit  of  Cieneral  Moffitt's 
ability  as  a  customs  officer  by  appointing  him  once 
more  to  the  collectorship  of  the  district  of  Cham- 
plain.  General  Moffitt  was  a  delegate  at  large  to 
the  Republican  national  convention  at  Philadelphia 
in  1872,  when  (General  Grant  was  renominated.  He 
is  the  present  member  of  the  Reiwblican  state  com- 
mittee from  the  2.'!d  district. 

In  the  r.ocial  life  of  Plattsburgh  (leneral  Moffitt  is 
well  known  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  who  can  be 
counted  on  to  work  for  the  best  interests  of  the  com- 
munity ;  and  as  [jresident  of  the  Iron  National  Bank 
he  occupies  an  imjiortant  position  in  the  commercial 
life  of  the  place. 

PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Stephen 
Moffitt  was  !>oni  at  Clintonville,  Clinton  county,  N.  Y. . 
August  0,  lS-i7 ;  teas  educated  in  common  schools  : 
was  employed  on  Lake  Champlain  steamers,  1853-61  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1S61-66 ;  was  county 
clerk  of  Clinton  county,  1S6S-7S,  and  loarden  of 
Clinton  prison,  1S7S-7IJ  ;  teas  collector  of  customs  of 
the  district  of  Champlain,  1876-85  and  1889-93: 
7vas  a  member  of  the  state  assembly  in  1889  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  Iron  National  Bank  of  Plattsburgh, 
N.  Y.,  since  July  1,  1896. 


Cbarles  Ifjalseg  /IDoore  illustrates  by  his 

career  the  value  of  a  long  line  of  honorable  ancestry. 
He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage,  his  great-great-grand- 
father, William  Moore,  having  emigrated  from  the 
north  of  Ireland  in  the  early  ]iart  of  the  eighteenth 
century,  and  settled  in  Stonington,  Conn.  There 
he  married  Mary  Palmer,  who  became  a  noted 
Quaker  preacher.  This  remarkable  woman  contin- 
ued her  active  labors  until  her  death  at  the  advanced 
age  of  one  hundred,  making  a  journey  on  horseback 
through  the  wilderness  to  Canada  at  the  age  of 
eighty,  and  another  to  Vermont  two  years  later. 
Samuel  Moore,  a  grandson  of  William  and  Mar)- 
Moore,  moved  from  Troy  to  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  in 
the  early   part  of  the  jjresent  century,   and  became 


one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  place.  His  son, 
Charles  Curran  Moore,  the  father  of  our  present  sub- 
ject, went  West  about  1855,  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Wisconsin  until  his  death.  Mr.  Moore's 
grandmother,  Elizabeth  Pitcher,  belonged  to  a  dis- 
tinguished family,  her  brother,  Nathaniel  Pitcher, 
having  served  as  assemblyman,  state  senator,  con- 
gressman, member  of  the  state  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  1821,  lieutenant  governor,  and  governor 
of  New  York  state.  Mr.  Moore's  mother,  Mary 
Minerva  Miller,  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Thomas 
Halsey,  who  settled  on  Long  Island  about  lO.'iO. 

Mr.  Moore  was  born  in  Plattsburgh,  and  spent  his 
childhood  there,  receiving  his  preliminary  training 
in  the  common  schools  and  in  Plattsburgh  Academy. 
When  he  ^vas  nineteen  years  old  he  joined  his  father 
in  ^^'isconsin,  and  for  the  next  five  years  he  devoted 
himself  alternately  to  teaching  and  studying,  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison  and 
Pieloit  College  as  he  had  opportunity.  He  then 
returned  to  Plattsburgh  and  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  his  uncle,  the  late  George  Moore,  a 
prominent  attorney,  and  secretary  of  the  Northern 
New  York  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.  of  Plattsburgh. 
He  continued  his  studies  with  lanner  iS:  Potter,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1874,  and  has  practiced  con- 
tinuously in  Plattsburgh  ever  since.  He  has  been 
especially  successful  as  a  commercial  lawyer,  practic- 
ing in  both  the  state  and  United  States  courts,  and 
caring  for  the  interests  of  an  extensive  clientage  with 
conspicuous  ability. 

In  political  matters  Mr.  Moore  has  always  placed 
the  fullest  confidence  in  the  Republican  party,  and 
has  received  in  return  many  evidences  of  their  con- 
fidence in  him.  He  has  been  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Republican  Club  of  Plattsburgh,  and  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  New  York 
State  Republican  League,  as  well  as  a  delegate  to 
national  and  state  conventions.  In  1885  he  declined 
a  nomination  for  member  of  assembly.  In  ISilo  he 
was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  state  constitutional 
convention,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  delib- 
erations of  that  body.  He  acted  as  chairman  pro 
tempore  of  the  committee  on  legislative  ])owers,  and 
as  chairman  of  other  important  subcommittees  ;  and 
presided  over  the  convention  on  several  occasions  at 
the  retjuest  of  its  president,  Joseph  H.  Choate.  As 
a  presiding  officer  he  displayed  unusual  tact  and 
thorough  parliamentary  knowledge  ;  and  his  speeches 
on  the  floor,  especially  those  relating  to  canals,  suf- 
frage, and  free  labor,  were  able  and  effective.  Mr. 
Moore  has  also  filled  various  local  offices,  such  as 
inspector  of  customs,  tax  collector,  and  member  of 
the  town  board  ;   and  is  now  recorder  of  Plattsburgh. 


MEX   OF  \EU'    YORK ~  EASTERN  SECTIOX 


Mr.  Moore  has  won  deserved  repute  in  the  past 
as  an  eloquent  lecturer  and  powerful  public  speaker  ; 
and  his  talents  in  this  direction  are  still  occasionally 
at  the  service  of  some  Grand  Army  Post  or  branch  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  One  of  his 
most  successful  efforts,  not  less  from  the  ha|)py  treat- 
ment of  the  subject  than  from  the  unitiue 
interest  of  the  subject  itself,  is  his  lecture 
on  .Abraham  Lincoln,  in  which,  to  use 
the  words  of  ex-Secretary  Bigelow,  he 
has  "condensed  within  an  hour's  talk 
the  points  in  President  Lincoln's  ]ii<  - 
turesipie  career  which  are  likely  longest 
to  survive  in  the  memories  of  men." 
As  might  be  expected,  Mr.  Moore  takes 
a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  Platts- 
iiurgh,  and  has  been  a  prime  mover  in 
many  ]niblic  improvements  there.  He 
is  treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and 
a  member  of  the  fire  department.  Me 
is  also  a  director  of  the  local  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  president  of 
the  Philharmonic  Society,  and  a  vestry- 
man of  I'rinity  Episcopal  Church.  He 
belongs  to  Clinton  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.  ; 
Chapter  No.  39,  R.  A.  M.  ;  De  Soto 
Commandery,  K.  T.  ;  Oriental  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  M}stic  .Shrine,  Troy  ;  and 
McDonough  Lodge,  1.  O.  O.  F.  Mr. 
Moore  is  singularly  happy  in  his  home 
life,  which  is  brightened  by  the  presence 
of  his  charming  wife  and  five  children. 
Mrs.  Moore  is  a  descendant  of  the  cele- 
brated Boynton,  Burbank,  and  Hyde 
families,  and  of  Colonel  Johnston  of 
colonial  fame,  and  a  niece  of  the  late 
Chancellor  WaUvorth's    wife. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— 
Charles  Halsey  Moore  7cias  born  at  Plalts- 
biirgh,  N.  Y. ,  July  23,  18^4. ;  7vas  eiliicaied  at 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  (^Madison)  and  at  Beloit 
(  Wis. )  College ;  studied  law,  and  ncias  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1S74  ;  married  Rosa  AI.  Averill  of  Platts- 
burgh  October  21,  1875  ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  con- 
stitutional convention  of  1894  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Plattsburgh  since  187 ^ ;  has  been  recorder  of  the 
village  of  Plattsburgh  since  June,    1800. 


lEDljar  H.  IHewell  has  identified  his  name 
with  that  of  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  his  native  place, 
by  his  active  interest  in  whatever  would  increase  the 
prosperity  of  the  city,  and  build  up  its  manufactur- 
ing and  other  industries.  His  life  thus  far  has  been 
filled   with  l)usv  work  and  successful  achievement. 


After  completing  the  course  in  the  Ogdenslnirg 
public  schools,  Mr.  Newell  finished  his  education  in 
the  academic  dejjartment  of  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  He  then  took  up  business  life 
in  Ogdensburg,  and  after  several  years  of  prclimi- 
nnry  training  as  an  employee,  was  able,  in    l.S7;i,  lo' 


CHARLES  IIM.SF.Y  MOORE 

Start  out  on  his  own  account.  Purchasing  the  busi- 
ness of  H.  F.  Lawrence,  he  established  the  firm  of 
Newell,  Smith  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in  books, 
stationery,  and  notions.  Three  years  later  the 
style  was  changed  to  Fldgar  A.  Newell  &  Co.,  and 
the  next  year  Mr.  Newell  assumed  the  entire  con- 
trol of  the  business.  In  1890,  having  been  unusu- 
ally successful,  and  having  built  up  one  of  the  largest 
concerns  of  its  kind  in  northern  New  York,  Mr. 
Newell  incorporated  the  busine.ss  under  the  style  of 
the  Edgar  A.  Newell  Co.,  and  admitted  several 
of  his  former  employees  to  a  share  in  the  enter- 
prise. The  house  has  done  a  steadily  increasing 
business  under  the  new  arrangement,  and  has  justi- 
fied the  wisdom  of  its  founder  in  the  step  taken. 


.I/AW   iU'  .\7-:ir    ]'ORK  -  KASTKRX  S/CC/Vii\ 


Mr.  Newell's  business  success  has  been  paralleled 
in  his  public  career,  since  he  has  four  times  been  a 
candidate  for  mayor  of  Ogdensburg,  and  has  always 
been  elected.  His  first  term  began  in  1«89,  and  he 
was  re-elected  in  1.H90.  In  IS!).'!  the  Reimblican 
party    jdnced    him    in    nomination    once   more,    this 


manufocturing  enterprises,  and  thus  adding  to  the 
resources  of  the  place,  and  increasing  the  prosperity 
of  its  citizens.  In  addition  to  the  offices  men- 
tioned, he  fills  the  positions  of  president  of  the 
Ogdensburg  Savings  and  Loan  Association,  vice 
president  of  the  Wholesale  ( Grocery  Co.,  and  direc- 
tor of  the  National  Bank  and  of  the 
Ogdensburg  Street  Railroad  Co. 

In  the  social  life  of  Ogdensburg  Mr. 
Newell  naturally  occupies  a  jirominent 
jjlace.  He  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason 
and  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Union  Mission  for  religious  and  chari- 
table work. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
F.i(i;a?-  A //till  Newe//  was  /loni  a/  Og- 
i/c/is/mix,  N.  v.,  Afay  10,  IS.'iS :  was 
i-i/iitd/t-t/  ill  /III-  piili/ii  sclioo/s :  iiianiei/ 
Addic  B.  Priest  of  Potsdam,  N.  K, 
Novem/>er  If),  1819 :  rcas  I'/ccted  mayor 
of  Ogdeiis/unx  in  1889,  1890,  1893,  and 
1897 :  establislied  in  1879  tlie  /nisiness 
now  l-:no7on  as  tlic  Edgar  A.  Nnoe// 
Co.  at  O^idensburg. 


EDGAR   A.    .MiWI-ll- 

time  for  a  two-year  term.  ."Vfter  an  interval  of  two 
years,  he  was  unanimously  nominated  for  a  fourth 
term  in  April,  1897.  He  received  the  enthusiastic 
support  of  his  party,  and  also  of  many  voters  who 
placed  the  business  interests  of  the  city  and  its  con- 
tinued growth  and  prosperity  ahead  of  the  claims  of 
any  individual  or  of  any  party,  and  who  apjireciated 
the  manifold  advantages  of  a  clean,  businesslike 
administration  of  municipal  affairs. 

Mr.  Newell's  public  service  has  not  been  confined 
to  his  duties  as  mayor.  .\s  a  private  citizen  he  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  all  educational  and  other 
movements  for  advancing  the  best  interests  of  the 
community.  .\s  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade 
he  has  been  foremost   in  attracting  to  the  citv   new 


H)eniS  ©'JSrien  was  born  near 
Ogdensburg,  N.  V.,  sixty  years  ago,  his 
parents  having  come  to  this  country  a 
few  years  earlier  from  County  Clare, 
Ireland,  where  the  family  had  lived  for 
many  generations.  His  general  educa- 
tion, begun  in  the  country  schools  at  an 
early  age,  was  completed  at  Ogdensburg 
.•Vcademy,  and  he  then  read  law  in  an 
office  in  that  city. 

.Admitted  to  the  bar  at  Plattsburgh, 
N.  \. ,  in  the  spring  of  1801,  Judge 
O'Brien  practiced  for  a  few  months  in 
Ogdensburg  ;  but  in  October  of  the 
same  year  he  moved  to  Watertown,  where  he  de- 
voted himself  to  the  active  practice  of  his  profession 
for  over  twenty  years,  or  until  compelled  by  official 
duties  to  give  up  private  busine.ss.  He  possessed  in 
abundant  measure  the  qualities  that  make  the  ideal 
lawyer,  and  his  success  in  his  chosen  profession  was 
a.ssured  from  the  start.  To  the  quick  perception 
and  pleasing  address  so  characteristic  of  his  country- 
men, he  added  a  cool  and  cautious  nature  and  a 
well  trained  mind  ;  and  he  had  the  additional 
advantage  of  a  sound  physical  constitution.  His 
cases  were  carefully  prejjared,  and  ably  and  dis- 
creetly handled  ;  and  the  prominence  that  he  soon 
attained  increased  steadily  until  he  became  one  of 
the  leading  lawyers  in  northern  New  York. 


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A  man  of  Judge  O'Brien's  ability  and  peculiar 
fitness  for  public  life  could  not  long  remain  indiffer- 
ent to  its  claims.  His  earlier  work  in  this  direction 
was  confined  to  the  cit)-  of  Watertown,  which  he 
served  as  alderman  for  four  years  beginning  in  1869, 
and  as  mayor  in  1878-79.  In  the  latter  office  he 
particularly  distinguished  himself,  and  won  the  con- 
fidence of  political  friends  and  foes  alike.  The  fol- 
lowing, from  one  who  knew  the  man  and  his  work, 
is  significant :  "  His  administration  of  the  mayor's 
office  was  noted  for  the  correction  of  many  abuses 
that  had  sprung  up,  and  was  marked  by  a  careful 
and  persistent  policy  of  retrenchment  in  all  depart- 
ments of  city  government.  He  introduced  busi- 
nesslike methods,  and  required  his  suliordi nates  to 
conform  to  them.  Through  various  checks  and 
safeguards  he  protected  the  taxpa\ers,  and  estab- 
lished and  enforced  the  principle  that 
not  one  dollar  should  be  paid  unless 
the  city  had  received  full  \alue  in 
return." 

From  18.S0  until  1884  Judge  O'Brien 
was  a  member  of  the  Democratic  state 
committee;  and  in  November,  1X83,  he 
was  elected  attorney-general  of  the  state 
of  New  York.  He  was  re-elected  in 
1885,  thus  serving  four  years  as  the  chief 
law  officer  of  the  state.  In  March,  1,S88, 
soon  after  his  retirement  from  this  po- 
sition, he  was  appointed  one  of  the  (  om 
missioners  to  revise  the  excise  laws. 
Judge  O'Brien  had  thus  held  important 
offices  in  city  and  state,  and  had  devoted 
a  good  deal  of  time  to  the  public  ser- 
vice, when  he  was  elected,  in  the  fall  of 
1889,  to  the  high  position  of  associate 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  He  took 
his  seat  on  the  bench  of  that  court  Jan- 
uary 1,  1890,  and  has  thus  served  about 
half  of  his  term  of  fourteen  years. 

Judge  O'Brien's  brilliant  public  career 
has  not  come  to  him  by  chance,  but  as 
the  result  of  favoring  natural  endowments 
and  of  honest  and  persistent   endeavor. 
His  most  prominent  mental  characteris- 
tics are  the  ]30wer  of  analysis  and    the 
logical   faculty,  both  so  essential  in  the 
legal  jirofession  ;  and    he  has  as  well   a 
fund   of  strong  common  sense,  courage, 
sound  judgment,  and  devotion  to  prin- 
ciple.     He  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his 
fellow-citizens  of  Watertown,   where    he    has   lived 
for    thirty-live    years,    and    of    the    general    public 
throughout  northern  New  York. 


PEJi  S  O  NA  L  CHR  O  NO  LOG  Y— Denis 
O'B/ie/i  loas  born  near  Ogdenslnirg,  N'.  Y.,  March 
13,  18S7 :  7c>as  educated  at  Ogdensburg  Acadetnv  ; 
studied  law,  and  Wijs  admitted  to  the  bar  in  ]861  ; 
married  Margaret  T.  McCahill  of  Utica,  N.  Y., 
January  8,  180S  ;  7vas  an  alderman  of  U'aterton'n, 
N.  Y. ,  1869-73,  and  mayor,  1878-79  ;  practiced  /arc 
at  U'atertimin,  18(Jl-8S;  7uas  attorney-i^eneral  for  New 
York  state,  188^-87 ;  has  been  a  judge  of  the  Court 
of  Appeals  of  Ne70  York  state  since  January  1,  1890. 


MiUiam   Xawrence   proctor  is  widely 

recognized  as  one  of  the  representative  business  men 
of  northern  New  York,  and  foremost  citizens  of  Og- 
densburg,  where  he  has  lived  for  nearly  forty  years. 
Born  in  New  Hamjjshire  sixty  years  ago,  he  received 
his    early    education    in    the  district  schools  of  his 


DF.MS   OBRIEX 


native  town  of  East  VVa.shington,  afterward  attending 
Tubbs  Union  Academy  at  Middle  Washington,  and 
finishing  his  scholastic  training  at  the  academy  at 
New  London,  N.  H.,  at  the  age  of  twenty. 


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.UEA   OF  XEir    ]'Oh'K—  KASTERA  SECT/OX 


Mr.  Proctor  began  business  Ufe  shortly  liefore  at- 
taining his  majority,  entering  the  employ  of  his  uncle, 
Lawrence  Barnes,  a  lumber  dealer  of  Burlington,  Vt. 
He  has  ever  since  been  connected  with  the  lumber 
industry,  -mvX  his  career  illustrates  the  value  of  per- 
sistent a|]plication  to  a  single  calling.      Sent  to  ( )g- 


W  II. I /AM   LAW  k>i:\CI<   PROCTOR 

densburg  in  1859  to  look  after  the  interests  of  his 
employer  in  northern  New  York,  he  still  makes  his 
headtjuarters  there  ;  though  he  has  spent  much  time 
in  New  York,  Washington,  and  Boston  in  behalf  of 
the  organized  lumber  interests  of  the  northern  and 
eastern  states.  The  Skillings,  Whitneys  &  Barnes 
Lumber  Co  ,  which  he  now  represents,  is  one  of  the 
largest  corporations  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  and 
controls  a  great  part  of  the  lumber  trade  in  the  ter- 
ritory mentioned.  They  have  a  capital  of  over 
|il,()O0,O0O,  with  offices  in  Boston  and  New  York 
city,  and  e.xtensive  yards  at  North  Tonawanda,  N.  ^'., 
and  at  Ogdensburg. 

Mr.  Proctor  has  not  been   too  deeply  engaged   in 
business  to  permit  liim  to  take  an  acti\e  interest   in 


political  affairs  both  at  home  and  abroad  ;  and  he 
has  been  one  of  the  strongest  representatives  of  the 
best  element  in  the  Republican  party  in  northern 
New  York  for  many  years.  He  served  as  a  trustee 
of  Ogdensburg  in  the  early  days  of  his  residence 
there,  when  the  place  was  still  a  village  ;  and  when 
it  attained  the  dignity  of  a  city  he  be- 
came an  alderman,  and  afterward  held 
the  office  of  mayor  for  seven  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  committee  that  had  charge 
of  the  building  of  the  town  hall  in 
1880,  and  has  ever  since  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  for  its  care  and 
custody.  He  has  also  taken  an  active 
jiart  in  the  work  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion and  the  committee  on  public  works. 
Indeed,  no  man  in  Ogdensburg  has  l)een 
more  intimately  connected  with  the  pub- 
lic imjirovements,  buildings,  streets,  and 
general  government  of  the  city,  than 
Mr.  Proctor.  Since  1882  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  com- 
mittee, and  in  1888  he  was  a  presidential 
elector.  In  1884  he  was  chosen  an 
alternate  delegate  to  the  Republican  na- 
tional convention,  and  in  189(j  he  was 
one  of  the  delegates  to  the  Republican 
national  convention  at  St.  Louis. 

Aside  from  business  and  politics  Mr. 
Proctor  has  taken  special  interest  in  the 
building    and    development    of   the    St. 
I  .awrence  State  Hospital  at  Ogdensburg, 
which  is  deemed  one  of  the  finest  insti- 
tutions of  its  kind  in  the  world.      He  has 
given    much  time    and    thought    to   this 
.subject  ;  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  managers  of  the  institution  for 
the  past    ten  years,  and  during  a  great 
part  of  that  time  has  been  president  of 
the  board,   a  jjosition  that  he  now    occuijies.      He 
has    been  superintendent  of  the    poor  since   1882, 
and  trustee  and  president  of  the  Ogdensburg  Cem- 
etery Association  since  1880.      He    belongs   to  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Baptist    church,   of  whose    Sunday   school    he    was 
superintendent  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
PERSONAL  CHR ONOL  O G  Y—  U llliam  Lmc- 
reiice  Proc/or  WHS  horn  at  East  Wasliiii^^ton,  N.  H., 
March  26,   1837 ;  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  academies  ;   married  Dolly  Paulina  Howard  of 
Oi^densliurt;;  N.   V. ,  February  12,  1861 ;  was  mayor 
of   Oiidensl'iirg,    1871-75    and    1884-86,-    has  been 
a  memher  of  the  Refii/dican  state  committee  since  1882, 
and  a   )nciiiher  of  the  hoard  of  /nanagers  id  the  St. 


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Lawmice  State  Hospital  since  1SS7 ;  has  been  con- 
nected witli  the  lumber  trade  since  1857,  and  is  at 
present  I'ice  president  of  the  Skillini^s,  W'hitneys  i^ 
Barnes  Lumber  Co. 


%0\>\\  IB.  IRilCV,  who  for  several  years  has  ably 
occupied  the  position  of  consul  general  of  the  United 
States  for  Canada,  is  a  native  of  Clinton  county, 
New  York,  having  been  born  there  about  forty-five 
years  ago.  After  attending  the  district  school  of  his 
native  town  of  Schuyler  Falls,  and  Plattsburgh 
Academy,  he  prepared  for  college  at  the  Keeseville 
High  School.  He  did  not,  however,  take  a  colle- 
giate course  ;  but  took  up  the  profession  of  teaching, 
which  he  followed  for  several  terms  in  the  village  of 
Au  Sable  Forks,  N.  Y.  In  1875  he  was  elected 
school  commissioner  for  Clinton  county,  and  was  re- 
elected in  1878  ;  and  during  the  years 
that  he  held  this  position  he  lal)ored  per- 
sistently and  effectively  for  the  good  of 
the  schools  committed  to  his  charge.  He 
also  helped  to  organize  the  Clinton 
County  Teachers'  Association,  and  acted 
as  its  president  and  secretary  for  several 
years. 

Though  greatly  interested  in  the  cause 
of  education,  Mr.  Riley  wa.s  not  content 
to  devote  himself  solely  to  it  ;  and  in 
the  intervals  of  teaching  and  supervising 
he  fitted  himself  for  the  legal  profession. 
His  progress  in  the  attainment  of  the 
necessary  knowledge  was  less  rapid  than 
it  might  have  been  under  more  favor- 
able circumstances,  but  it  was  none  the 
less  .sure  and  steady  ;  and  in  1879  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  opened  an 
office  in  Plattsburgh.  In  1885  he  formed 
a  partnershi|3  with  T.  F.  Conway,  under 
the  style  of  Riley  &  Conway,  that  lasted 
for  five  years.  The  present  firm  of  Rile\- 
&  Healey  was  formed  in  1895.  In  l.Si)2 
Mr.  Riley  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  United  States  courts. 

Mr.   Riley  has   been    much    occupied 
with  public  service  for  many  years.      In 
1884  and  again  in  1885  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  village  of  Plattsburgh. 
In   the  latter  year  he  was  a]j])ointed  by 
President  Cleveland    to    the  responsible 
post  of  superintendent  of  Indian  schools 
—  a  position  for  which  his  active  interest   in   edu- 
cational affairs  and  his  practical  knowledge  of  such 
matters  fully  qualified  him.       He  resigned  the  post, 
however,    in    1887,    on    his    appointment    as    chief 


e.xaminer  of  the  New  York  state  civil-service  com- 
mission. In  1898  he  was  appointed  to  his  pres- 
ent position  of  consul  general  for  Canada,  in  which 
he  represents  his  government  with  distinction  at 
Ottawa,  the  Canadian  capital.  The  close  relations 
existing  between  the  Dominion  and  the  States 
render  the  post  an  important  one,  and  Mr.  Riley's 
appointment  thereto  may  be  regarded  as  a  proof  of 
the  high  estimation  in  which  he  is  held. 

Ever  since  his  early  days  as  a  teacher  and  school 
commissioner,  Mr.  Riley  has  been  deeply  interested 
in  educational  work  of  all  kinds,  and  he  still  devotes 
considerable  attention  to  such  matters.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Plattsburgh,  an  institution  accommodating 
more  than  200  students,'  and  occupying  a  handsome 
building  valued  at   S1'>5,(I00,  of  which   the  citizens 


JOH\  It.    RIIJIV 

are  justly  proud.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  Catholic 
Summer  School  of  .America,  which  for  several  years 
has  held  annual  meetings  at  Plattsburgh,  and  is  grow- 
ing in  size  and  popularity  year  by  year. 


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PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John B.  Riley 
7017S  horn  at  Sclitiyler  Falls,  N.  Y. ,  Septemher  0,  lS-'>'2  ; 
a/fended  Flattshurgh  Academy  and  Keeseville  High 
School :  /aught  school,  18()9—H  :  ivas  school  commis- 
sioner/or Clinton  coinitY,  1S7'>-S1 :  7('as  admitted  to 
t/ir  har  in    1S"i!>,  and  hcgan  pitictice   at   Plattsliiirgh, 


[./■:si/i-    (I.   RrssEt I 

N.  Y.  ;  married  Genevieve  Desmond  of  Plattslnirgh 
September  25,  1882  ;  was  president  of  the  village  of 
Plattshurgh,  ISS^-Sf),  superintendent  of  Indian  schools, 
ISSi'i-Sl,  and  chief  examiner  of  the  Ne7v  York  state 
civil-serTice  commission,  1887-0-i ;  has  been  consul 
general  for  Canada  since  1893. 


XeSlie  Wi.  IRUSSCll  has  an  interesting  lin- 
eage, extending  hac  k  to  early  colonial  days.  His 
father  and  his  grandfather  were  both  lawyers,  and  his 
great-grandfather  was  Dr.  Thomas  Russell,  a  brigade 
surgeon  in  the  revolutionary  war.  The  original  an- 
cestor of  the  American  branch  of  the  family  was  the 
Rev.  John  Russell,  who  sheltered  (loffeand  Whalley, 
the  regicide  judges,  at  North  Hadley,  Mass. 


Justice  Russell  was  born  in  Canton,  St.  Lawrence 
county.  New  York,  fifty-odd  years  ago.  After  at- 
tending the  common  schools  and  academy  of  his 
native  town,  he  began  teaching  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen, and  was  so  engaged  for  the  next  two  years. 
He  then  began  his  law  studies  at  Albany  in  the 
office  of  Hill,  Cagger  &  Porter.  Each 
of  the.se  gentlemen  contributed  his  share 
to  the  prestige  of  this  distinguished  firm 
—  Nicholas  Hill,  one  of  the  greatest  law- 
yers in  the  land  ;  Peter  Cagger,  the 
Democratic  leader  of  the  state ;  and 
John  K.  Porter,  who  afterward  became 
chief  counsel  for  the  government  in  the 
(juiteau  case.  Justice  Russell  com|jleted 
his  studies  in  the  office  of  Cary  &  Pratt 
at  Milwaukee,  \\'is.  He  was  just  twent)- 
one  when  the  war  broke  out,  and  he  |)re- 
pared  to  go  to  the  front  as  a  lieutenant 
in  the  1st  Wisconsin  volunteers.  This 
plan  was  thwarted  by  the  .sudden  death 
of  his  father,  which  called  him  back  to 
Canton,  and  necessitated  his  continued 
residence  there. 

Abandoning  his  patriotic  intentions, 
therefore.  Justice  Russell  applied  for  and 
obtained  admission  to  the  bar,  and  began 
])ractice  at  once  in  Canton.  In  l<S(i2 
he  entered  into  partnership  with  \\'illiani 
11.  Sawver,  a  former  justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  with  whom  he  continued 
to  practice  for  the  next  fifteen  years. 
I'or  three  years,  beginning  in  1869,  he 
acted  as  professor  of  law  in  St.  Lawrence 
L'niversity. 

Justice   Russell  had    long  taken  great 
interest  in  public  affairs  ;  and  during  his 
active  practice  in   Canton  his  ability  as 
a    lawver    had    been    recognized    in    his 
election  as   a  member    of   the    state    constitutional 
convention    of    18(i7,    and    as    district   attorney    of 
St.  Lawrence  county  for  the  term  1869-72.      In  the 
fall  of  1S77  he  was  elected  county  judge  for  a  term  of 
six  years,  and  carried  on  his  private  practice  alone 
while    he   remained   on   the   bench   of  the    County 
Court.      In    Noveml>er,    IcS.Sl,    however,   before   the 
expiration  of  his  term,  he  was  elected  attorney-gen- 
eral of  the  state,  and  resigned  his  |iosition  as  county 
judge    in    order    to    take    up    his    higher    duties    at 
Albanv. 

On  returning  for  a  time  to  private  life  in  1.SS4, 
Justice  Russell  sought  a  wider  field  for  the  exercise 
of  his  abilities  ;  and  for  the  next  eight  years  he 
iirarticed     in     New  York    iit\     with     distinguished 


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success.  Some  of  the  cases  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected attracted  wide  attention,  notably  the  Stewart 
will  case,  in  which  he  acted  as  counsel  for  Judge 
Hilton  in  suits  with  the  heirs  of  Mrs.  Stewart ;  and 
the  Paine  will  case,  where  he  succeeded  in  over- 
throwing the  alleged  will  of  "Miser"  Paine.  He 
was  also  counsel  for  the  state  in  the  Broadway-rail- 
road litigation,  and  for  the  Kings  County  Elevated 
Railway  Co.,  the  Twenty-third  Street  Railway  Co., 
and  others,  and  for  the  receivers  of  the  West  Shore 
railroad. 

During  his  residence  in  New  York  Justice  Russell 
served  in  1890  as  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
commission.  In  the  fall  of  1891  he  was  nominated 
by  both  parties  for  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  from 
the  4th  judicial  district,  and  was  duly  elected,  begin- 
ning his  service  of  fourteen  years  in  that  high  posi- 
tion January  1,  1892. 

Since  his  election  to  the  Supreme 
Court  Justice  Russell  has  made  his  home 
once  more  in  Canton,  though  he  serves 
nearly  half  the  year  on  the  bench  in  New 
York  city.  So  far  back  as  1878  he  was 
appointed  a  regent  of  the  University  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  and  filled  the 
position  for  many  years,  resigning  on  his 
election  as  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Bar  Association 
of  New  Y'ork  city  and  of  the  Lawyers' 
Club  of  the  same  place.  He  attends  the 
Episcopal  church.  St.  Lawrence  Uni- 
versity conferred  upon  him  in  1S77  the 
degree  of  LL.  D. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Leslie  IVead  Russell  was  horn  at  Can/oii, 
N.  Y. ,  April  15,  18^0 :  7vas  educated  at 
Canton  Academv  ;  studied  lata,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1861 :  married 
Harriet  Lawrence  of  Malone,  N.  V.,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1864- ;  practiced  law  at  Canton, 
1861-81,  and  at  New  York  city,  188^- 
91 ;  was  district  attorney  of  St.  Lazvrencc 
county,  1869-73,  and  county  Judge,  1878- 
81 :  was  attorney-general  of  New  York 
state,  1882-88  ;  was  a  regent  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  State  of  New  York,  1878- 
91 ;  was  elected  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  York  state  in  1891. 


emy,  and  continuing  at  .\mherst  College,  where  he 
spent  his  freshman  year,  and  at  Williams  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1858.  Having  deter- 
mined to  follow  his  father's  profession,  he  studied 
at  the  Albany  Law  School,  and  afterward  in  his 
father's  office  —  that  of  Beckwith,  Johnson  &  Weed. 
In  May,  1860,  he  was  admitted  to  practice,  and 
began  his  long  term  of  service  at  the  Clinton- 
county  bar. 

Mr.  Beckwith  began  practice  with  his  father  in  the 
firm  of  G.  M.  &  t;.  H.  Beckwith  ;  and  though 
many  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  personnel  of 
the  firm  in  the  years  since  passed,  the  office  still 
remains  essentially  the  same  which  Mr.  Beckwith 
entered  as  a  student,  and  in  which  he  began  his 
work  as  a  lawyer.  Soon  after  his  admission  to  the 
firm  the  stvle  became  Beckwiths  &:    Johnson  :   after 


(3eorge  Ibenrv  36ecl?\vitb  vvas 

born  in  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  somewhat  more  than 
sixty  years  ago,  and  has  made  his  home  there  ever 
since.  He  received  a  thorough  general  and  clas- 
sical education,  beginning  at  the  Plattsburgh  Acad- 


C.EORGE   HE.XRY  BECKWITH 

that  Mr.  Beckwith's  brother  was  taken  into  partner- 
ship, and  the  firm  became  known  as  C.  M.  Beckwith 
&  Sons  ;  then  the  two  brothers  practiced  alone  as 
G.   H.   &  B.   M.   Beckwith  ;  Beckwiths  &  Reilley, 


ME.X   OF  A'EJr    VORK—EASTERX  SECT/OX 


Beckwith,  Barnard  &  Wheeler,  and  Beckwith  & 
Wheeler  were  subsequent  associations  ;  and  the  pres- 
ent firm  of  Beckwith  &  Botsford  was  established  in 
1892.  Aside  from  the  fact  that  it  is  one  of  the 
oldest  in  Plattsburgh,  the  lirm  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  most  trustworthy  and  efficient  ;  and  their 
clientage  throughout  Clinton  county  is  extensive, 
and  represents  many  large  interests. 

Public  affairs  have  not  claimed  a  large  share  of  Mr. 
Beckwith's  attention,  but  he  served  for  six  years  as 
district  attorney  of  Clinton  county.  At  the  expiration 
of  this  time  he  declined  a  renomination,  preferring 
to  devote  himself  to  his  private  practice.  Though 
he  takes  little  interest  in  public  work  of  a  political 
nature,  Mr.  Beckwith  is  not  a  man  who  has  no  sym- 
pathies outside  his  profession,  and  who  neglects  his 
public  duties.  During  each  presidential  election  he 
has  freely  given  his  services  as  a  speaker  in  behalf  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  is  more  deeply  interested, 
however,  in  educational,  religious,  and  philanthropic 
work  ;  and  has  done  much  in  various  ways  to  further 
such  undertakings.  He  has  written  more  or  less  for 
the  press  and  the  magazines  on  topics  connected 
with  these  matters  ;  and  has  also  delivered  numer- 
ous addresses  on  public  occasions  on  .social,  political, 
moral,  and  religious  subjects,  not  a  few  of  which  have 
been  printed. 

During  his  college  course  Mr.  Beckwith  became 
a  member  of  the  D.  K.  and  D.  K.  E.  societies  at 
.\mherst,  and  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  at  Williams- 
town.  He  has  for  years  been  a  member  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Plattsburgh,  and  is  a  trustee 
and  elder  of  that  body. 

PERSO  NA  L  CHR  ON  O  LOG  Y—  George 
Henry  Beckwith  was  born  at  Plattsburgh,  N.  \.,  July 
2G,  1835;  graduated  frotn  Williams  College,  ll'/l- 
liaiiistoivn,  Mass. ,  in  1858 ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1860 ;  was  district  attorney  of  Clinton  county, 
1802-68 :  married  Emeroy  E.  Vilas  of  Plattsburgh 
September  17,  1860,  who  died  July  29,  1891 ;  mar- 
ried Airs.  Harriet  Murchison  of  Baltimore,  Aid., 
December  2,  1896  ;  has  practiced  laiu  at  Plattsburgh 
and  A^no  York  city  since  1860,  maintaining  an  office 
in  each  place. 

Hlpbonso  ^rumpbour  (Ileavwater, 

county  judge  of  Ulster  county,  and  highly  regarded 
throughout  eastern  New  York  in  both  public  and 
private  life,  is  descended  from  an  old  Dutch  family 
that  has  won  distinction  on  both  sides  of  the  ocean. 
His  early  ancestors  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
eightv-vears  war  that  established  the  Dutch  republic. 
The  .American  branch  of  the  family  was  founded  by 
Jacobsen   Klaarwater   (according  to  the  old    Dutch 


spelling,  which  remained  in  use  until  about  a  hun- 
dred years  ago),  who  emigrated  from  Baarn,  Hol- 
land, and  settled  in  Ulster  county  in  1664.  Together 
with  Rip  Van  Dam,  governor  of  the  province, 
Adolph  Phillipse,  Dr.  Geradus  Beekman,  and  Colonel 
William  Peartree,  he  procured  a  patent  of  7000 
acres  of  land  in  the  southern  part  of  the  county  ; 
and  the  family  has  been  prominent  there  ever  since. 
Judge  Clearwater's  great-great-grandfather  and  his 
great-grandfather  took  part  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
and  his  grandfather  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
On  his  mother's  side  he  is  a  descendant  of  Jean 
Baoudin,  a  distinguished  Huguenot  exile. 

In  professional  and  public  life  Judge  Clearwater 
has  ably  maintained  the  prestige  of  the  family  name. 
Born  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  less  than  fifty  years  ago, 
he  was  educated  in  New  York  city  and  in  the  acad- 
emy at  Kingston,  N.  Y.  He  afterward  studied  law 
at  the  latter  place  with  Judge  .\ugustus  Schoonmaker 
and  Senator  Jacob  Hardenbergh,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1871.  He  has  lived  in  Kingston  ever 
since,  and  has  practiced  his  profession  there  with 
uninterrupted  success.  During  the  last  twenty 
years,  in  fact,  he  has  taken  part  in  nearly  all  the 
more  important  cases  in  Ulster  county,  and  has 
gained  a  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  able  lawyers 
in  that  section  of  the  state. 

Judge  Clearwater  was  elected  district  attorney  of 
Ulster  county  in  1877,  and  was  re-elected  in  1880 
and  in  188:1,  thus  serving  for  nine  years  as  the  pros- 
ecuting officer  of  the  county.  In  1889  he  was 
elected  county  judge,  and  has  filled  the  office  ever 
since,  having  been  re-elected  in  1895.  He  possesses 
an  intimate  and  accurate  knowledge  of  the  law, 
especially  as  it  relates  to  criminal  cases  ;  and  this 
knowledge  was  recognized  and  utilized  by  the  late 
David  Dudley  Field,  at  whose  request  he  took  an 
active  part  in  preparing  the  present  code  of  criminal 
procedure  of  the  state. 

The  Republican  party  has  always  had  a  strong 
supporter  in  Judge  Clearwater.  He  has  frequently 
served  as  chairman  of  the  county  committee,  and 
has  been  sent  as  a  delegate  to  national,  state,  con- 
gressional, senatorial,  and  judicial  conventions.  He 
is  president  of  the  Kingston  Club,  the  Wiltwyck 
Rural  Cemetery  Association,  and  the  Citizens' 
Charity  Relief  Association  of  Kingston  ;  and  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Sena'te  House  As.sociation  of  Kingston. 
He  is  a  prominent  and  active  member  of  many  of 
the  most  exclusive  clubs  and  societies  in  the  country, 
including  the  Union  League,  Metropolitan,  and 
Crolier  clubs,  and  the  St.  Nicholas  Society,  all 
of  New  York  city.  He  is  vice  president  of  the 
Huguenot  Societv  of  .America,  and  was  the  first  vice 


MEA'  OF  XEIV    YORK— EASTERN  SECT/OX 


president  for  Kingston  of  the  Holland  Society.  He 
was  chairman  of  the  Holland  Society's  committee  in 
the  matter  of  the  construction  of  the  monument  at 
Delft  Haven,  Holland,  to  commemorate  the  sailing 
of  the  Pilgrims  from  that  port  in  1()20.  In  1888  he 
visited  Europe,  and  was  present  at  the  dinner  given 
to  the  Holland  Society  by  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  of  the  city  of  Rotterdam, 
and  delivered  the  response  to  the  bur- 
gomaster's address  of  welcome.  Judge 
Clearwater  belongs  to  the  society  of  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the  New  York 
Genealogical  and  Biographical  Society, 
the  Holland  Society,  the  New  York  His- 
torical Society,  the  State  Bar  Associa- 
tion, and  the  Ex  Lihris  societies  of 
London  and  Washington.  He  has  de- 
livered many  historical  addresses,  and  is 
a  frequent  after-dinner  speaker  at  the 
meetings  of  the  various  societies  to 
which  he  belongs. 

Judge   Clearwater  has  been   for  many 
years  deeply  interested  in  the  preserva- 
tion and  publication  of  data  relative  to 
the    formative    period    of   this   republic, 
particularly  that  in   which   the  residents 
of    Ulster    county    bore    a    cons])icuous 
part ;    and  at  his  request    the   board    of 
supervisors  of  Ulster  county  have  under- 
taken and  are  now  carrying  on  under  his 
supervision  the  translation  of  the   Dutch 
records    of   the    county,    from    1614    to 
1777.      He  has  also  taken  an  active  in- 
terest   in   the  preservation  and  publica- 
tion of  the  records  of  the  Dutch  churches 
of  the  county  ;   and   it   is  largely  due  to 
his  efforts  that  the  records  of  two  of  the 
most  famous  churches    in  America,   the 
old  Dutch  Church  at  Kingston,  and  the 
Huguenot  Dutch   Church  at  New   Paltz,  have  been 
translated  and  published.      The  further  prosecution 
of  this  work  is  now  being  carried  on  by  the  Holland 
Society,  of  which  Judge  Clearwater  was  one  of  the 
founders,  and  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  most  active 
members. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Alphonso 
TrKinphoiir  Clearwater  was  horn  at  West  Point, 
N.  v.,  September  11,  18^8 ;  was  educated  in  New 
York  eity  and  at  Kingston  ( A\  Y.)  Academy;  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871 :  married 
Anna  Lfonghtaling  Ear  rand,  formerly  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. ,  September  29,  1875  ;  7vas  district  attorney 
of  Ulster  count}',  1878-86 ;  has  been  county  Judge  of 
Ulster  county  since  January  1,  1800. 


Samuel  jfOStCr  >«  well  known  in  the  legal 
profession  of  I'roy,  where  he  has  practiced  most  of 
the  time  for  the  last  quarter  of  a  century.  Born  in 
Rensselaer  county  fifty  years  ago,  at  the  age  of  five 
he  began  attending  the  little  country  school  known 
in  the  neighliorhood  as  the   "  Foster  schoolhouse," 


ALPHOXSO    TRLMPISOVR    CLEARWATER 

from  its  situation  near  his  father's  farm.  His  school 
life  ended  when  he  was  only  eleven  years  old  ;  but 
he  studied  persistently  and  successfully  by  himself, 
and  by  the  time  he  was  sixteen  he  was  teaching 
Latin,  French,  algebra,  and  geometry.  He  was 
engaged  in  teaching  mo.st  of  the  time  for  the  next 
six  years  ;  but  in  March,  1869,  he  moved  to  'I'roy, 
and  began  the  study  of  law. 

Admitted  to  the  liar  in  September,  1871,  Mr. 
Foster  at  once  began  to  jiractice  in  Troy,  and  devoted 
himself  uninterruptedly  to  his  profession  for  upwards 
of  fifteen  years.  During  most  of  that  time  he  was 
associated  with  Cilbert  Robertson,  Jr.,  and  John  C. 
Clreene  in  the  firm  of  Robertson,  (Greene  &  Foster. 
In  the  spring  of   1.S88  he  made  a  radical  change, 


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moving  to  Kansas  City,  and  engaging  in  business  in 
partnership  with  C.  R.  Hicks.  'I'he  depressed 
financial  condition  of  the  country  beginning  in  1893 
rendered  this  western  venture  unsuccessful  ;  and  in 
1896  Mr.  Foster  returned  to  Troy,  and  resumed  his 
law  i)ractice.      He  at  once  renewed  his  association 


Mr.  Foster  has  written  somewhat  for  publication, 
more  particularly  during  the  last  few  years.  One 
article,  published  in  the  San  Antonio  (Tex. )  Chron- 
icle in  1895,  entitled  "The  Three  Voices,"  and 
dealing  with  the  political  situation,  attracted  a  good 
deal  of  attention.  He  has  also  occupied  the  "  poets' 
corner"   in   several   newspapers   at    dif- 

ferent  times.     Aside  from  his  profession 

and  from  public  affairs,  he  has  interested 
himself  more  or  less  in  scientific  and 
educational  matters.  He  is  a  Mason, 
and  belongs  to  Mt.  Zion  Lodge,  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Apollo  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and 
Kansas  Commandery,  No.  10,  K.  T. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Samuel  Foster  was  born  at  Grafton, 
N.  v.,  September  26,  18^7 :  attended 
common  schools  ;  taught  school,  186S-tj9  : 
studied  laiv,  and  ivas  admitted  to  the  bar 
September  7,  1S7 1 :  married  Charlotte  A. 
Irving  of  Troy,  N.  Y. ,  April  2.9,  187 ^  : 
7oas  assistant  district  attorney  of  Rens- 
selaer countv,  187>>—78,  and  district  attor- 
ney, 1870-81 :  has  practiced  law  at  Troy 
since  187 1,  loith  the  exce/'tion  of  a  feie' 
years  spent  in  business  in  Kansas  City, 
'Mo. 


SAMfEI.    FOSTER 

with  Cilbert  Robertson,  one  of  his  former  partners, 
but  the  connection  was  terminated  in  a  few  weeks 
by  Mr.  Robertson's  death.  Mr.  Foster  then  estab- 
lished with  John  P.  Kelly  and  William  Isenberg  the 
firm  of  P'oster,  Kelly  &  Isenberg,  which  still  con- 
tinues. 

Mr.  Foster  has  always  been  a  Republican  in  ))oli- 
tics,  and  has  long  been  intere.sted  in  public  affairs. 
January  1,  1876,  he  was  appointed  assistant  district 
attorney  for  Rensselaer  county  ;  and  in  November, 
1878,  he  was  elected  district  attorney  for  the  term 
1879-81.  He  discharged  the  duties  of  the  office  so 
efficiently  that  in  1882  he  was  nominated  as  the 
Republican  candidate  for  county  judge,  but  shared 
in  the  general  defeat  of  the  party  in  that  year. 


(I.  2).  IbammOnC)  was  bom  in  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  somewhat  more 
than  fifty  years  ago.  He  received  the 
ordinary  education  of  the  day,  attending 
the  district  school  in  childhood,  and 
graduating  from  Friendship  Academy  in 
his  native  county  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 

He  at  once  began  the  connection  with 

the  railroads  of  New  York  state  that  has 
continued  ever  since,  with  the  single  ex- 
ception of  a  year  spent  in  the  army. 
Becoming  first  a  telegraph  operator  on  the  Erie 
railroad,  he  worked  thus  for  two  years  ;  when  he 
resigned  his  position,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
company  K,  ISBth  New  York  volunteers.  Soon 
after  entering  the  army  he  was  detailed  for  tele- 
graph service,  and  was  employed  in  the  war  depart- 
ment at  Washington  and  at  different  headipiarters  in 
Virginia  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Returning  then 
to  the  Erie  road,  he  remained  with  them  as  tele- 
graph operator  and  manager  for  about  seven  years  ; 
and  then,  in  1872,  entered  the  employ  of  the  New 
York  &:  Oswego  Midland  railroad  at  Oswego  as 
train  dispatcher  and  assistant  superintendent. 

In   January,   1874,   Mr.    Hammond    first    became 
associated  with  the  Delaware  &  Hud.son  Canal  Co., 


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I.H) 


going  to  Troy  in  the  capacity  of  train  dispatcher.  The 
next  year  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
Susquehanna  division  of  the  road,  and  held  the  posi- 
tion for  eleven  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he 
was  made  superintendent  of  the  lines  of  the  Dela- 
ware &  Hudson  company  in  New  York  and  Ver- 
mont, known  as  the  Northern  railway  department  ; 
and  he  has  now  occupied  that  important  position  for 
an  eijual  period.  Since  ISTIi  his  headquarters  have 
been  in  Albany.  During  the  entire  thirty-five  years 
of  his  business  life  Mr.  Hammond  has  never  asked 
for  a  position  or  a  promotion,  and  has  never  been 
without  enployment  ;  and  his  continued  advance- 
ment under  these  circumstances  is  sufficient  evidence 
of  his  able  discharge  of  the  duties  that  have  been 
assigned  to  him.  While  connected  with  the  New 
York  &  Oswego  Midland  railroad  he  established 
there  the  system  of  moving  trains  by 
telegraphic  orders  ;  and  after  he  entered 
the  service  of  the  Delaware  X:  Hudson 
company  he  introduced  the  same  ar- 
rangement on  the  Rensselaer  &  Saratoga 
railroad,  then  a  part  of  the  Delaware  & 
Hudson  system. 

Mr.  Hammond  has  not  been  too  bus\' 
to  interest  himself  in  various  kinds  of 
church  work  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
lay  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  1S84. 
1)S8X,  1.S!I2,  and  18il(i  ;  and  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  state  e.\ecutive  commit- 
tee of  the  Yonng  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  also 
a  Mason  and  a  Knight  lemplar,  and  be- 
longs to  the  (Irand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Charles  Darius  Hammond  7vas  horji  at 
Riishford,  N.  V.,  March  1,  ISU :  was 
educated  in  district  schools  and  Friendship 
(TV.  Y.  )  Academy  :  seri'ed  in  the  Union 
army,  18(iJi^-65  :  married  Eunice  Elnora 
Babcock  of  Friendship  January  29,  1866  ; 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Erie  railroad, 
1863-64  and  186.J-7:2,  and  of  the  New 
York  &=  Oswego  Midland  railroad,  1872- 
73 ;  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Dela- 
ware &•  LLudson  Catial  Co.  since  187^, 
as  superintendent  of  the  Northern  railway 
department  of  that  company  since  1886. 


On  his  father's  side  his  first  American  ancestor  was 
John  Hathaway,  who  settled  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  in 
ItioO  ;  and  his  mother  traces  her  family  back  to 
Thomas  Flint,  one  of  the  founders  of  Concord,  Mass., 
several  of  whose  descendants  were  jirominent  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution. 

Mr.  Hathaway  was  taken  to  Plattsburgh  when  he 
was  but  five  years  old,  and  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  common  schools  and  academy  of 
the  place.  He  afterward  prei)ared  for  college  under 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Coit  ;  and  took  a  business  course  at 
Providence,  R.  I.,  and  a  .s])ecial  course  in  modern 
languages  at  Montreal.  Although  he  has  long  been 
connected  with  the  law,  Mr.  Hathaway  did  not 
originally  contemplate  a  professional  career.  After 
completing  his  education,  he  engaged  in  the  clothing 
business  in  Plattsburgh  in  the  firm  of  E.    Hathawav 


C.  D.   HA.\fMO.\D 


jfranftlin  jFlint  Ibatbawa^,  well  known  in 

Plattsburgh  from  his  prominence  in  both  professional 
and  political  life,  comes  from  good  old  PZnglish  stock 
that  was  iilanted  in  the  new  world  in  verv  earlv  davs. 


&  Son  for  five  years,  or  until  compelled  by  ill  health 
to  give  up  active  business  life  for  a  while.  He  then 
filled  the  position  of  assistant  assessor  of  internal 
revenue  for  about  two  vears.      In   1S72,  his  health 


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being  restored,  he  returned  to  business  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Vilas  &  Hathaway,  hardware  mer- 
chants, and  for  several  years  carried  on  this  enter- 
prise. 

Mr.  Hathaway  was  thirty-two  years  old  when  he 
made  up  his  mind  to  abandon  mercantile  life  and 


FJiAXKL/X  FLl.XT  HATHA  WAY 

become  a  lawyer.  He  began  his  legal  studies, 
accordingly,  in  the  office  of  his  father-in-law,  George 
L.  Clark  of  Plattsburgh  ;  and  in  due  time  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  began  practice  in  the  firm  of 
Clark  &  Hathaway.  In  1883  he  was  nominated  by 
the  Repulilicans  for  district  attorney  of  Clinton 
county,  but  shared  the  defeat  of  his  party,  though 
he  ran  1000  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1883,  he  was  appointed  recorder  of  the  village 
of  Plattsburgh,  and  held  the  office  by  successive 
rea])pointments  until  June,  18!)(!.  This  long  term 
of  service  indicate.s  unmistakably  the  esteem  in  which 
he  is  held  by  his  fellow-citizens,  and  their  apprecia- 
tion of  his  fitness  for  the  position.  In  May,  1897, 
soon    after    his    retirement    from    this    office,    Mr. 


Hathaway  was  appointed  by  President  McKinley 
postmaster  of  the  village  of  Plattsburgh.  For  many 
years  he  has  been  a  leader  of  the  Republican  party 
in  Plattsburgh  and  the  adjoining  territory,  and  a 
member  of  the  county  committee,  which  he  has 
served  as  secretary  and  chairman.  In  1890  he 
prepared  the  new  charter  for  the  village 
of  Plattsburgh,  which  is  deemed  one  of 
the  best  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Hathaway  has  long  been  inter- 
ested in  church  work,  and  has  acted  for 
twenty-three  years  as  secretary  of  the 
board  of  trastees  of  the  B'irst  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Plattsburgh.  In 
1883  he  was  president  of  the  Clinton 
County  Bible  Society.  He  is  prominent, 
also,  in  the  different  Masonic  bodies, 
and  in  1892-93  was  Eminent  Com- 
mander of  De  Soto  Commandery,  No. 
49,  Knights  Templar,  of  Plattsburgh. 
He  is  a  member  of  Oriental  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Troy, 
N.  Y. ,  and  a  charter  member  of  the 
Society  of  Founders  and  Patriots  of  New 
York  State. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Franklin  Flint  Hathaway  was  horn  at 
Fall  River,  iMass. ,  Alay  2,  1845 ;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Imogen  Clark  of  Plattsburgh, 
N.  K,  September  28,  1869  :  engaged  in 
business  i?!  Plattsburgh,  1865-70  and 
1872-77  :  studied  la2v,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1880;  itias  recorder  of 
Plattsburgh,  188S-96 ;  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Plattsburgh  May  28,  1897  ; 
has  practiced  hnv  in  Plattsburgh  since 
1880. 


HrtbUr  Jenkins,  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Herald  Company  of  Syra- 
cuse, owes  his  successful  career  in  the  newspaper 
world  and  his  present  prominence  therein  solely  to 
his  own  efforts,  and  to  the  fortunate  circumstance 
that  he  made  an  early  choice  of  a  calling  for  which 
he  proved  to  be  peculiarly  well  fitted.  Born  in 
Buffalo  in  1851,  he  was  taken  to  Milwaukee  in 
childhood.  His  education,  which  ended  when  he 
was  about  fourteen  years  old,  was  obtained  in  the 
Milwaukee  public  schools,  and  his  first  emjjloyment 
was  that  of  messenger  for  a  firm  of  commission 
merchants  in  the  same  city.  He  then  worked  for 
a  short  time  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Mil- 
waukee, and  afterwards  in  the  wholesale  drug  house 
of  Bosworth    &    Sons.       He  was    little    more    than 


MEX   OF   XEJl-    ]-0RK—/':AS7KR.\  SECTION 


sixteen,  however,  when  he  entered  the  press  room  of 
Starr  &  Sons,  printers,  and  he  has  ever  since  been 
connected  with  the  printing  trade.  Soon  after,  he 
obtained  employment  in  the  composing  room  of  the 
Milwaukee  Dai/v  Ni'ics,  and  there  completed  his 
training  as  a  practical  printer,  gaining  at  the  same 
time  his  first  insight  into  newspaper  work. 

For  the  first  three  or  four  years  of  his  life  as  a 
printer,  Mr.  Jenkins  managed  to  see  a  good  deal  of 
the  world  while  following  his  chosen  vocation.  He 
worked  in  Chicago  and  in  Madison,  Wis.,  through 
Illinois  and  the  Ohio  valley  to  Pittsburg  and  the  oil 
regions,  and  finally  reached  Syracuse  in  the  spring 
of  1871.  He  was  not  yet  twenty  years  old,  but  he 
had  gratified  his  youthful  desire  for  change  and  nov- 
elty, and  felt  ready  to  "settle  down."  After  sev- 
eral years  spent  in  Syracuse,  during  which  he 
acquired  thorough  familiarity  with  news- 
paper management  and  made  many 
friends,  he  determined  to  make  a  bold 
venture  on  his  own  account.  Accord- 
ingly, in  January,  1877,  he  started  the 
Syracuse  Evening  Herald.  He  was  en- 
tirely without  capital  of  his  own,  but 
borrowed  S265  from  those  who  had  faith 
in  his  ability.  In  June  of  the  next  year 
he  formed  the  Herald  Company,  and 
assumed  his  present  positions  of  presi- 
dent and  general  manager.  It  was  soon 
evident  that  the  step,  though  a  bold  one, 
was  not  rash.  In  addition  to  a  practical 
knowledge  of  printing  in  all  its  branches, 
Mr.  Jenkins  possessed  the  sound  business 
judgment  and  executive  ability  necessary 
for  the  conduct  of  such  an  enterprise  ; 
and  the  business  was  successful  from  the 
start.  In  the  twenty  years  of  its  exist- 
ence the  Evening  Herald  has  become 
one  of  the  leading  dailies  of  Syracuse, 
and  an  active  force  in  molding  the  ]jub- 
lic  opinion  of  central  New  York.  In 
May,  1880,  the  Sunday  edition  of  the 
Herald  was  started,  and  is  now  as  ]5ros- 
perous  as  the  evening  paper. 

Mr.   Jenkins    was    among    the  first   to 
recognize  the  benefits  to  be  derived  by 
newspaper  publishers  from  co-operation. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  National 
Associated    Press,    formed   about    1878, 
and  one  of  the  directors  of  the  organiza- 
tion.      He    was    akso    instrumental    in    starting    the 
United  Press,  became  one  of  its  directors,  and  acted 
as  its  business  manager  for  a  short  time  in    188'2. 
Outside  of  his  chosen  profession   he  has  been  some- 


what interested  in  railroad-signal  inventions,  and 
in  horse  and  electric  railways.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Adirondack  League  Club,  of  the  Citizens' 
Club  of  Syracuse,  and  of  several  athletic  and  sport- 
ing clubs  in  the  same  city  :  and  he  belongs  to  the 
order  of  P^lks. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  \  '—Artliur  Jenk- 
ins was  born  at  Buffalo  July  23,  1851 ;  was  edu- 
cated in  Milwaukee  (  Wis. )  public  schools  :  learned 
the  printer '  s  trade  in  186S,  and  worked  at  the  same 
in  7<arious  places,  1868-76  ;  married  Emma  Hogan 
of  Syracuse  June  11,  187^:  established  the  Syracuse 
"Evening  Herald  "  ///  1817,  and  has  been  president 
a  nd  genera  I  })ianager  of  the  Herald  Company  since  1878. 


3e5Se  S.  X'amoreaUI   is  a  descendant    of 
old  Huguenot  stock,  his  ancestors  having  left  France 


ARTHVR  JEXk'ISS 

at  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century,  and 
settled  in  America.  He  was  born  in  Saratoga  county 
about  sixty  years  ago,  and  has  always  made  his  home 
there.      He  attended    the    common    schools   of   his 


AfEX   OF  XEir    YORK—KASTERX  SECT/OX 


native  town,  and  afterward  Fort  Edward  Collegiate 
Institute  ;  and  then  taught  school  for  a  time  at  Wil- 
ton and  at  Schuylerville. 

Having  chosen  the  law  as  a  profession,  Judge 
L'Amoreaux  began  practice  at  Schuylerville  April  1, 
IS.")?,  when  less  than  twenty  years  old.      The  next 


JESSE  s.  i:.-imorj-:av.\ 

year  he  moved  to  Ballston  Spa,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  For  about  two  years  he  was  as.sociated 
with  C.  C.  Hill.  Afterward,  in  February,  1861,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  George  W.  Chapman  that 
lasted  until  iVIr.  Chapman's  retirement  from  the  bar 
in  October,  186.'-!.  For  several  years  thereafter 
Judge  L'Amoreaux  practiced  alone,  but  in  18(i7  he 
associated  himself  with  Alvah  C.  Dake.  This  con- 
nection lasted  about  twenty  years,  and  during  five 
years  of  that  time  Seth  Whalen  was  a  member  of  the 
firm,  which  was  then  known  as  L'Amoreaux,  Dake  &; 
Whalen.  Of  late  judge  L'Amoreaux  has  practiced 
alone.  He  has  attained  an  extensive  practice, 
devoting  much  of  his  time  for  the  past  ten  years 
to  corporate  work.      During  the  early  years  of  his 


practice  he  gave  some  attention  to  criminal  law,  and 
has  taken  part  in  several  famous  criminal  trials. 

Judge  L'Amoreaux's   standing    in  his    profession 
and  in  the  community  was  .shown  by  his  election, 
without  opposition,  in  the  fall  of  1882,  to  the  office 
of  county  judge  of  Saratoga  county.      He  held  the 
])Osition  for  the  term  of  six  years  begin- 
ning January  1,  1883.      In  1887  he  re- 
ceived the  nomination  for  comptroller  of 
the  state  of  New  York  ;   but  was  defeated 
with  his  party  at  the  following  election. 

.\side  from  his  profession,  Judge 
L'Amoreaux  has  taken  great  interest  in 
the  tiusiness  and  religious  life  of  the 
community.  He  has  been  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Balls- 
ton  Spa  ever  since  1880,  and  a  member 
of  its  l)oard  of  directors  for  nearly  thirty 
years.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Ballston 
Spa  for  over  thirty  years,  having  joined 
the  society  soon  after  taking  up  his 
residence  there  ;  and  he  has  been  a 
Royal  .\rrh  Mason  for  a  (piarter  of  a 
centurv. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  ~ 
Jesse  S.  L  '  Aiiioreaiix  was  honi  at  Wil- 
ton, N.  ]".,  December  11,  1837 ;  was 
cdmateJ  at  Fort  Edward  Collegiate  Lu- 
st: tute  :  married  Ellen  S.  Lfolbrook  of 
Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y. ,  June  8,  186.'i :  was 
eounty  Judge  of  Saratoga  county,  1883— 
88  :  lias  been  I'ice  president  of  the  First 
N'ational  Bank  of  Ballston  Spa  since 
1880  ;  lias  practiced  hno  at  Ballston  Spa 
since  1858. 


James  XanSing,  one  of  the  lead- 
ing lawyers  at  the  bar  of  Rensselaer 
county,  was  born  in  Otsego  county.  New  York, 
sixty-odd  years  ago.  The  family,  founded  origin- 
ally in  l(i(>(3  by  (lerret  Lansing  from  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Zwolle,  Holland,  lived  for  many  years  in 
the  southern  part  of  Rensselaer  county  ;  but  Mr. 
Lansing's  father,  James  E,  Lansing,  moved  in  early 
life  to  the  village  of  Decatur,  where  our  present 
subject  was  born. 

When  he  was  twelve  years  old  James  Lansing 
became  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store,  at  the  same  time 
working  on  the  home  farm,  and  attending  select 
schools  during  the  winter  as  he  had  opportunity. 
He  was  anxious  to  secure  a  thorough  education,  and 
soon  became  ambitious  to  become  a  lawyer  ;  but 
the    lack    of    sufficient    means    necessitated    manv 


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interruptions  and  delays  in  the  fulfillment  of  this  pur- 
pose. For  several  years  he  occupied  alternately  the 
positions  of  student  and  teacher,  finally  going  South 
in  order  to  pursue  this  system  more  advantageously. 
He  was  unusually  successful  as  a  teacher,  acting  as 
a.ssistant  in  the  academy  at  Byhalia,  Miss.,  and  after- 
ward as  principal  of  a  school  at  Mount  Pleasant  in 
the  same  state.  When  the  war  broke  out  the  sec- 
tional feeling  was  so  strong  that  Mr.  Lansing  and  his 
wife,  who  a,ssisted  him  in  his  teaching,  were  obliged 
to  abandon  the  work  and  leave  the  town. 

In  1862  Mr.  Lansing  returned  North,  and  took  up 
his  long-deferred  project  of  entering  the  legal  pro- 
fession. He  had  already  partially  prepared  himself 
by  private  study  ;  and  he  began  systematic  training 
in  the  Albany  Law  School  with  a  mind  excellently 
fitted  for  the  ta.sk.  Clraduating  thence  in  May,  1864, 
he  entered  the  office  of  Warren  &  Banker 
of  Troy  in  order  to  familiari/.e  himselt 
with  the  practical  conduct  of  legal  busi- 
ness. Moses  Warren,  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm,  was  at  that  time  surro- 
gate of  Rensselaer  county,  and  he  offered 
Mr.  Lansing  the  position  of  clerk  of  the 
Surrogate's  Court,  which  he  occupied 
for  nearly  two  years.  He  then  formed 
a  partnership  with  Robert  H.  McClel- 
lan,  and  began  the  active  practice  of  his 
profession.  This  association  lasted  for 
fourteen  years.  Later  Mr.  Lansing  prac- 
ticed with  William  P.  Cantwell,  Jr.  ; 
and  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Cantwell  he 
formed  his  present  partnership  with  John 
B.  Holmes,  under  the  style  of  Lansing 
&  Holmes.  Mr.  Lansing's  practice  has 
been  chiefly  concerned  with  court  litiga- 
tion, in  which  he  has  gained  some  nota- 
ble triumphs.  His  reputation  for  legal 
learning  and  for  painstaking  and  labori- 
ous effort  in  the  preparation  of  his  cases 
is  unsurpassed  ;  and  he  is  an  effective 
speaker  before  either  judge  or  jury.  He 
is  an  excellent  fighter  as  well,  never 
willing  to  acknowledge  himself  defeated 
until  his  cause  has  been  carried  to  the 
court  of  last  resort.  In  1891,  on  the 
occasion  of  his  presentation  of  an  argu- 
ment in  a  case  then  pending  in  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court,  Mr.  Lan- 
sing was  admitted  to  practice  in  that 
court,  upon  motion  of  William  M.  Evarts,  at  that 
time  United  States  senator  for  New  York  state. 

In  politics    Mr.    Lansing  is  a  stanch   Democrat, 
and  in  1889  he  was  elected  surrogate  of  Rensselaer 


county  for  a  term  of  six  years.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  re-election  in  1895  ;  but  was  defeated,  though 
he  ran  ahead  of  his  ticket  by  a  large  number  of 
votes.  He  presided  over  the  court  with  admirable 
dignity,  and  with  a  courtesy  and  fair-mindedness 
that  won  the  approval  of  all  men  irrespective  of 
party.  In  1896  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  county  judge. 

Some  results  of  Mr.  Lansing's  work  as  surrogate 
will  long  remain  as  a  benefit  to  the  state,  and  a 
monument  to  his  industry  and  learning.  He  pre- 
pared and  published  a  large  number  of  opinions 
in  the  more  important  cases  that  came  before  him; 
and  these  have  been  well  received  by  the  profes- 
sion, and  cited  in  such  prominent  legal  publications 
as  Bliss's  ".Annotated  Code  of  Civil  Procedure," 
and  Redfield's    "  Law  and    Practice  in    Surrogates' 


JAMES  LANSiXC, 

Courts."  He  also  secured  the  passage  in  the 
legislature  of  1895  of  certain  amendments  to  the 
civil  code  that  are  generally  recognized  as  of 
decided  value. 


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In  private  life  Mr.  Lansing  is  deservedly  esteemed 
for  his  upright  character.  He  is  a  Presbyterian,  and 
has  been  for  many  years  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Mt.  Ida  Memorial  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Troy.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  Albany 
Law  School.     He  was  one  of  the  delegates  from  Rens- 


TNOAfAS  A.   MEEGA.y 

selaer  county  to  assist  in  organizing  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association  in  1876,  and  for  many  years 
was  a  member  of  one  of  its  princijjal  committees. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— James  Lans- 
ing was  born  at  Decatur,  Otsego  county,  N.  Y. ,  May 
0,  183  Jf  ;  became  a  clerk  in  his  father''  s  store  in  18  Iff!  ; 
attended  schoot,  taught,  and  7'ead  law,  1850-61^  :  mar- 
ried Sarah  A.  Richardson  of  Poult ney,  Vt.,JulyIi, 
1857 ;  graduated  from  the  Albany  Law  School  in 
1864  >  ond  was  admitted  to  the  bar ;  zcas  surrogate  of 
Rensselaer  county,  1890-95  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Troy,  N.   Y. ,  since  1866. 


"JTbomas  a.  /IDeegan,  justice  of  the  city 

Court  of  Albanv,   was  born   in   that  city   thirtv-five 


years  ago.  He  grew  up  there,  received  his  educa- 
tion there,  and  has  practiced  there  ever  since  his 
admission  to  the  bar ;  and  he  may  therefore  be 
regarded  as  thoroughly  identified  with  the  capital 
city.  He  began  school  attendance  at  an  early  age, 
and  finished  his  general  education  at  the  Christian 
Brothers'  Academy  when  he  was  seven- 
teen years  old. 

Mr.  Meegan's  uncle,  Edward  J.  Mee- 
gan,  was  at  that  time  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Albany-county  bar,  and  had 
attained  distinction  as  corporation  coun- 
sel of  the  city  during  several  terms  ;  and 
Thomas  Meegan  determined  to  follow  in 
his  ste|)s  in  the  legal  ])rofession,  and  also 
to  place  himself  under  his  able  tutelage. 
He  remained  in  his  office,  accordingly, 
for  several  years,  reading  Blackstone  and 
Kent  and  other  legal  authorities,  and 
making  the  most  of  the  practical  training 
that  a  busy  lawyer's  office  supplies  ;  and 
in  May,  1883,  shortly  after  reaching  his 
twenty-first  birthday,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  From 
that  time  on  he  practiced  in  All)any  with 
increasing  success.  LInlike  most  law- 
yers, he  has  not  availed  himself  of  part- 
nership assistance,  but  has  carried  on  his 
|iractice  alone  ;  and  he  is  therefore  en- 
titled to  the  sole  credit  for  the  posi- 
tion he  has  attained.  He  has  given  his 
whole  attetition  to  his  profession,  and 
has  not  concerned  himself  with  business 
or  other  outside  enterprises. 

Mr.  Meegan  had  long  taken  an  intel- 
ligent and  active   interest    in  public  af- 
fairs in  his  native   city  ;    and  in  April, 
1893,    both    his    legal    ability    and    his 
services    to  the    Democratic   party  were 
recognized  by  his  nomination  and  election   to   the 
position  of  justice  of  the  City  Court.      His  term  of 
office  was  three  years,  but  before  the  expiration  of 
that  time  both  the  length  of  term  and  the  date  of 
election  were  altered  ;    and  in  November,  1895,  he 
was  again  elected,  this  time  for  a  term  of  six  years 
beginning  January  1,  1896. 

Mr.  Meegan  believes  in  fraternal  organizations, 
and  is  an  active  member  of  several  such  bodies. 
Among  these  may  be  mentioned  Colonic  Council, 
Catholic  Benevolent  Legion,  Albany  ;  Albany  Coun- 
cil, Royal  Arcanum  ;  Lodge  No.  49,  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Albany  ;  Division  No.  9, 
Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  ;  and  the  Catholic 
L^nion  of  Albany.      He  is  also  judge  advocate  of  the 


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Albany  Jackson  Corps,  and  a  member  of  St.  Joseph's 
Roman  Catholic  Church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Thomas  A. 
Afeegan  was  born  at  Albany  February  3,  1862 ;  was 
educated  at  the  C/iristian  Brothers'  Academy,  Albany  ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883  ; 
has  been  justice  of  the  City  Court  of  Albany  sitice 
1893  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Albany  since  1883. 


IfrcDeriCl;  OOVC  lI^a^^OCft,  one  of  Malone's 
most  successful  lawyers,  and  district  attorney  of 
Franklin  county,  was  born  in  that  county  less  than 
forty  years  ago,  in  the  village  of  Fort  Covington. 
When  he  was  six  years  old  his  parents  moved  to 
Malone,  the  county  seat,  and  he  has  lived  there  ever 
since.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Malone, 
and  graduated  from  Franklin  Academy  in  1879.  He 
had  prepared  himself  for  college,  and 
entered  Cornell,  but  remained  only  a 
year  as  his  health  would  not  permit  him 
to  finish  the  course. 

Mr.  Paddock's  father  was  a  lawyer, 
and  the  young  man  grew  up  in  his  office, 
and  imbibed  his  early  knowledge  of 
the  profession  almost  unconsciously.  In 
1881,  however,  after  returning  from  Cor- 
nell, he  filed  his  formal  certificate  as  a 
law  student  in  the  office  of  Cantwell  & 
Paddock,  and  began  to  prepare  in  earnest 
for  the  legal  profession.  The  next  year 
he  entered  Columbia  College  Law  School, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1884  with 
the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  May  of  the 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Binghamton,  N.  Y. ,  and  at  once  began 
practice  in  Malone.  After  serving  as  a 
clerk  with  the  late  Judge  Hobbs  and 
with  Judge  Taylor,  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Leslie  C.  Wead  in  1886  that 
lasted  four  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  Mr.  Wead  went  to  Boston,  and  Mr. 
Paddock  associated  himself  with  M.  E. 
McCleary  in  the  firm  of  McCleary  & 
Paddock.  This  partnership  was  dis- 
solved in  1895,  and  since  then  Mr. 
Paddock  has  practiced  alone. 

In  1891-92,  when  the  new  ballot  law 
went  into  effect,  Mr.  Paddock  was  chair- 
man of  the  Franklin-county  Republican 
committee,  and  did  some  very  effective 
work  in  instructing  voters  in  the  use    of  the   new 
system.      In  each  election  district  in  the  county  he 
erected  a  voting  booth  and  established  an  election 
board,  holding  a  meeting  at  which  he  answered  all 


questions  regarding  the  working  of  the  system,  and 
allowing  those  present  to  go  through  the  form  of  vot- 
ing in  order  to  familiarize  themselves  with  the  pro- 
cess. The  practical  result  of  this  work  was  seen  on 
election  day,  when  Franklin  county  cast  95  per  cent 
of  its  regular  vote,  while  the  other  counties  of  the 
state  cast  from  (iO  to  7t>  per  cent.  In  the  fall  of 
1892  Mr.  Paddock  was  nominated  and  elected  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Franklin  county.  He  discharged 
his  duties  as  prosecuting  officer  so  efficiently  that  at 
the  expiration  of  his  term  in  1895,  he  was  re-elected 
for  the  years  189()-98.  He  has  always  been  a  firm 
believer  in  Republican  principles,  and  an  earnest 
worker  in  behalf  of  the  Republican  party  ;  and  has 
frequently  been  a  delegate  to  county,  state,  and  con- 
gressional conventions,  a  position  he  is  well  (jualified 
to  fill. 


FREDERICK  COrE   PADDOCK 

Aside  from  his  professional  and  public  duties,  Mr. 
Paddock  has  one  interest  that  is  somewhat  unusual, 
and  that  is  his  fondness  for  taxidermists'  work.  He 
has  taken  this  up  as  an  amusement  and  recreation. 


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and  has  mounted  many  native  birds  and  animals 
with  much  success.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Malone  Congregational  Church,  and  has  been  the 
clerk  of  the  society  for  the  last  five  years. 

PERSONAL     CHR  ONOL  O  G  V—  Frederick 
Gove  Paddock  was  horn  at  Fort  CoTi'ii^on,  N.   }'. , 


DEI.COl-R   S.   POTTER 

April  ]'j,  1859;  was  educated  at  Franklin  Acadenn, 
Malone,  JV.  V. ,  and  at  Cornell  University  ;  graduated 
from  Columbia  College  La7v  School,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  ISSJ/. ;  married  Katherine  L.  Barnhart 
of  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  April!,  1890  ;  has  practiced  law 
at  Malone  since  188 Jf  :  has  been  district  attorney  of 
Franklin  county  since  January  1,  1893. 


BelCOUr  S.  potter,  widely  known  in  polit- 
ical circles  in  northern  New  York  as  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  party,  was  born  in  Saratoga 
county  fifty-odd  years  ago.  After  attending  the 
common  schools  and  academy  of  his  native  town  of 
Schuylerviile,  he  completed  his  education  at  Fort 
Edward  Institute,  and  then  took  up  the  study  of  law. 


In  1860  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Canton,  St. 
Lawrence  county,  and  opened  an  office  in  Schuyler- 
viile as  attorney  and  counselor  at  law. 

For  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century  Mr.  Potter  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  that  village,  and  established 
a  reputation  as  an  able  attorney  throughout  the 
county  and  beyond.  In  1879,  with 
Ceneral  Charles  Hughes,  he  successfully 
defended  Jesse  Billings  of  Ballston  Spa, 
on  trial  for  his  life  under  a  charge  of 
wife  murder  ;  the  jury  disagreeing  on 
the  first  trial,  but  acquitting  the  prisoner 
on  a  second  trial.  Mr.  Potter's  masterly 
conduct  of  this  case  did  much  to  en- 
hance his  growing  reputation,  and  to 
place  him  in  his  present  high  position  at 
the  bar  of  northern  New  York.  In  1?<9() 
he  determined  to  change  his  residence 
to  some  place  from  which  he  could  more 
easily  cover  his  extensive  field  of  profes- 
sional work  ;  and  he  accordingly  moved 
to  (Jlens  Falls,  which  has  since  been  his 
home.  In  May,  1894,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Joseph  A.  Kellogg,  un- 
der the  style  of  Potter  &  Kellogg,  that 
still  exists.  The  association  has  been  a 
most  fortunate  one,  and  the  firm  to-day 
has  probably  as  large  an  amount  of  legal 
liusine.ss  as  any  in  that  part  of  the  state. 

Mention    has    already    been   made    of 

Mr.  Potter's  prominence  in  political  life, 

and  his  active  work    in    the  interest  of 

the  Republican  party.      In   1879  he  was 

elected    to    the  assembly    from  Saratoga 

county,  and  was  re-elected  in  1^(80  and 

again  in  1881,  receiving  thus  the  unusual 

honor  of  three  successive  terms   in    the 

state  legislature.      He  took  a  prominent 

part  in  public  aflairs,  also,  in  1893,  when 

his  earnest  advocacy  of   the  name  of  Addison    B. 

Colvin  for  the  office  of  state  treasurer  was  effective 

in   securing    that    gentleman's    nomination.      Since 

Mr.  Colvin's  election  to  the  office  mentioned  Mr. 

Potter  has  taken  but  little  part  in  political  affairs, 

preferring  to   devote  himself  to  the  claims    of  his 

extensive  law  practice.      He  still  holds  the  position 

of  commissioner  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court, 

which  he  has  filled  for  many  years. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Delcour  S. 
Potter  7vas  born  at  Schuylerviile,  A^.  Y,  April  19, 
18^0  :  attended  Schuylerviile  Academy  and  Fort 
Ed7vard  Institute  :  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  ISlSd :  married  Anna  M.  AlcNaughton 
of  Schuylerviile  March    IJ,    1866 :    rcas  member  of 


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assembly  in  1S80,  1881,  and  1882  ;  practiced  law  in 
Schuylerville,  1866-90,  and  has  practiced  in  Glem 
Falls,  N.   Y. ,  since  1890. 


Hlbert  Duaue  SbaW  has  had  an  unusually 
varied  career,  and  one  that  is  full  of  interest.  Born 
in  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  about  fifty-five 
years  ago,  of  good  old  revolutionary  stock,  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  was  a 
student  at  Belleville  Union  Academy  when  the  Civil 
War  broke  out.  Though  not  yet  twenty  years 
old,  he  at  once  enlisted  in  company  A,  ooth  New 
York  volunteers  —  the  first  man  from  the  town  of 
Cape  Vincent  to  volunteer  for  the  great  struggle. 
He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Rappahannock  Station, 
Bull  Run,  Chantilly,  South  Mountain,  Antietam,  and 
Frederick.sburgh,  and  in  a  number  of  smaller  engage- 
ments. After  serving  his  term  of  two 
years  as  a  private  and  noncommissioned 
officer,  and  making  a  fine  record  as  a 
faithful  and  gallant  soldier,  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  special  agent  of  the  war  de- 
partment in  the  office  of  the  provost 
marshal  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
remained  until  the  close  of  the  war  en- 
gaged in  the  work  of  raising  troops. 

Released  from  this  duty  by  the  ter- 
mination of  the  war,  Colonel  Shaw 
betook  himself  to  the  St.  Lawrence  Uni 
versity  to  complete  his  education.  In 
l)S(i()  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature  from  Jefferson  county, 
and  in  the  session  that  followed  was  a 
warm  advocate  of  a  protective  tariff.  In 
1867  he  was  appointed  by  Covernor 
Fenton  colonel  of  the  36th  regiment, 
N.  G.,  S.  N.  Y.,  but  resigned  the  posi- 
tion the  ne.xt  year,  when  he  began  his 
long  term  of  consular  service.  After 
representing  the  government  of  the 
United  States  at  Toronto,  Ont.,  for  ten 
years  with  conspicuous  credit,  he  was 
promoted  to  the  more  honorable  post  ol 
consul  at  Manchester,  England,  where 
he  remained  until  1886.  His  conduct 
of  the  office  was  able  and  efficient,  and 
his  reports  to  the  home  government 
were  valuable  contributions  to  the  com- 
mercial and  industrial  discussions  of  the 
time. 

On  his  return  from  England  Colonel  Shaw  took 
up  his  residence  in  \Vatertown,  the  county  seat  of 
his  native  county,  which  has  since  been  his  home. 
For  several  years  past  he  has  been  largelv  interested 


in  the  development  of  electric  power  at  Niagara 
Falls,  a  project  in  which  he  was  one  of  the  pioneers. 
He  is  the  president  of  the  Canadian  Niagara  Power 
Co.,  which  secured  from  the  government  of  Ontario 
a  lease  of  the  water  power  within  the  Queen  Victoria 
Niagara  Falls  Park  for  a  term  of  a  hundred 
years. 

Colonel  Shaw  has  also  gained  considerable  fame, 
both  at  home  and  abroad,  as  a  lecturer,  his  best- 
known  productions  being  "Personal  Reminiscences 
of  Distinguished  Men  "  and  "  Norway  —  Its  Scenes 
and  People."  The  former  lecture  is  of  special  in- 
terest, the  author  having  known  personally,  and  not 
simply  in  his  public  capacity,  such  men  as  John 
Bright,  Dean  Stanley,  Lord  Roseberry,  Cardinal 
Manning,  Baron  De  Lesseps,  and  Sir  John  Mc- 
Donald ;  as  well  as  James  Russell  Lowell,  Frederick 


ALBERT  DUAXE   SHAW 

Douglas,   Ole   Bull,    President   Hayes,  and  generals 
Orant  and  Sheridan  in  his  own  land. 

Ever  since  his  return  to  the  LInited  States  in  1886 
Colonel  Shaw  has  been  a  lirominent  member  of  the 


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Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  ;  and  has  worked 
loyally  and  devotedly  with  both  voice  and  pen  in 
the  interests  of  his  comrades,  and  especially  in  be- 
half of  liberal  pensions  for  war  veterans.  In  1895 
he  was  elected  a  delegate  at  large  to  the  National 
Encampment  at   Louisville,  and   became  a   member 


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EDWIN  M.    HELLS 

of  the  national  pension  committee  of  the  organiza- 
tion from  New  York  state.  In  May,  1897,  he  was 
elected  department  commander  of  the  Grand  Army 
for  New  York  state,  receiving  the  enthusiastic  sup- 
port of  the  members  of  the  organization  in  his 
section  of  the  state.  Colonel  Shaw  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  and  his  high  standing  in  the 
community  is  owing  no  less  to  his  private  character 
than  to  his  public  services. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Albert  Diiane 
Shaw  was  born  in  the  town  of  Lyme,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  v.,  December  27,  18il :  luas  educated  at  Be/k- 
ville  (yN.  K )  Union  Academy  and  St.  Lawrence 
Unix)ersity,  Canton,  N.  Y.  ;  served  in  the  Union 
army,    1861-65 ;    7vas   a   member  of  the   N'etv    York 


state  assembly  in  1867 ;  married  Mary  Sherwood 
Keith  of  Chicago  October  12,  1872;  ivas  United 
States  consul  at  Toronto,  Ont.,  1868-78,  and  at 
Manchester,  Eng. ,  1878-86  :  has  been  engaged  in  the 
developmc?it  of  Niagara  water  power  since  1800  ;  was 
elected  department  commander  of  the  G.  A.  R.  for 
New  York  state  in  1897. 


E&\Vin  Clb.  XimellS  is  a  distin- 
guished attorney  and  counselor  at  law 
of  Syracuse,  a  city  whose  bar  has  long 
been  renowned  throughout  the  Empire 
State  for  its  ability  and  high  character. 
In  the  dozen  years  in  which  he  has  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  central  New  York, 
Mr.  Wells  has  drawn  to  himself  an  ever 
increasing  clientage,  and  has  won  success 
beyond  the  fortune  of  most  practitioners. 
He  is  a  man  of  classical  training,  and 
was  prepared  at  the  union  school  in 
Dryden,  N.  Y.,  to  enter  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Three 
years  after  his  graduation  his  alma  mater 
conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  title 
of  Master  of  Arts. 

Mr.  Wells  pursued  his  legal  studies  in 
the  office  of  Clarence  V.  Kellogg  of 
Syracuse,  and  after  two  years  of  careful 
reading  and  attention  to  office  work  he 
successfully  passed  an  examination  for 
admission  to  the  bar  at  a  general  term  of 
the  Supreme  Court  held  at  Utica  in 
September,  1884.  His  old  preceptor  in 
legal  studies  showed  his  confidence  in 
the  young  man  by  at  once  admitting  him 
to  partnership.  The  law  to-day  has  be- 
come a  specialized  science,  and  young 
lawyers  appreciate  the  advantage  of  asso- 
ciation with  older  members  of  the  profession.  The 
office  of  attorney  and  that  of  counselor  are  in  these 
modern  days  resuming  their  early  significance  ;  and 
we  now  find  in  America,  as  in  England,  lawyers  of 
high  repute  who  seldom  or  never  appear  in  court, 
but  confine  their  work  to  their  own  chambers.  Mr. 
Wells  recognized  the  tendency  of  the  times  in  the 
direction  of  specialization,  and  during  the  greater 
part  of  his  jirofessional  career  he  has  been  a  member 
of  a  legal  firm.  In  1887  J-  E.  Smith  associated 
himself  with  the  firm,  and  the  style  became  Smith, 
Kellogg  &  Wells.  Upon  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
Smith  in  1891,  Edgar  N.  Wilson  took  his  place. 
Two  years  later  Mr.  Kellogg  retired,  and  the  firm 
of  Wilson  &  Wells  continued  the  business  until  1895. 


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In  that  year  D.  R.  Cobb  was  admitted  to  the  firm, 
and  the  style  of  Wilson,  Wells  &  Cobb  was  adopted. 
On  January  1,  1897,  Mr.  Wells  withdrew  from  the 
firm  and  has  since  practiced  alone.  In  the  branch 
of  his  profe.ssion  known  as  commercial  law  he  is 
especially  noted  for  sound  judgment  and  discretion. 
He  is  connected  with  the  Empire  State  Mining  Co., 
in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  vice  president. 

Notwithstanding  the  cares  of  a  busy  professional 
life  Mr.  Wells  has  found  time  to  participate  in  ])oli- 
tics.  He  was  one  of  the  supervisors  of  Syracuse  in 
the  years  1882-84,  and  held  the  same  office  for  the 
four  years  ending  in  1895.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  was  elected  to  the  a.ssembly  on  the  Republican 
ticket  by  a  substantial  plurality,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  committee  on  codes  and  to  that  on  affairs  of 
cities.  He  introduced  the  following  bills  in  the 
session  of  1896  :  one  relating  to  public 
baths  in  Syracuse  ;  one  permitting  the 
city  to  issue  bonds  for  school  sites  ;  one 
regarding  ta.xable  sales  of  real  jiropertv 
in  Onondaga  county  ;  one  providing  for 
the  construction  of  a  hoist  bridge  at 
Salina  street,  Syracuse  ;  and  one  for  the 
improvement  of  the  Oneida-creek  chan- 
nel. In  November,  l!S9(i,  he  was  re- 
elected to  the  assembly,  obtaining  his 
seat  this  time  by  an  increased  plurality. 
In  the  session  of  1897  he  retained  his 
membership  in  the  committee  on  cities, 
and  was  also  a  member  of  the  important 
committee  on  ways  and  means. 

Mr.  Wells  is  a  man  of  quiet  habits 
and  unobtrusive  manners.  In  college  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsi- 
lon  society,  and  he  is  now  a  member  of 
the  order  of  Elks. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Edwin  Mamn  Wells  was  born  at  South 
New  Berlin,  Chenango  county,  N.  Y., 
August  2,  1837  :  graduated  from  Sxracuse 
University  in  1882 ;  studied  la7v,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Utica  in  September, 
1884,'  married  Nellie  S.  Morgan  of  Syra- 
cuse January  23,  1893 ;  was  supervisor 
of  Syracuse,  1882-84  and  1893-05  ,■  was 
member  of  assembly,  1896-97  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Syracuse  since  1884- 


town,  and  continued  in  the  grammar  schools  of 
Watertown,  whither  his  father  moved  when  the  boy 
was  about  eleven  years  old.  He  gave  up  regular 
school  attendance  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  but  after- 
ward took  a  course  in  a  Watertown  business  college. 
His  practical  business  training  began  early  in  life, 
since  he  was  employed  in  folding,  carrying,  and  sell- 
ing newspapers  soon  after  going  to  Watertown.  A 
few  years  later  he  kept  a  news  stand  in  the  Water- 
town  railroad  station,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
operated  a  line  of  news  agents  on  the  Lake  Shore 
division  of  the  Rome,  Watertown  &  Ogdensburg 
railroad  between  Oswego  and  Niagara  Falls. 

Mr.  Wise  had  thus  had  some  valuable  experience 
in  the  actual  conduct  of  busine.ss  affairs  when  he 
went  into  business  with  his  father,  Joseph  Wise, 
soon  after  his  eighteenth  birthday.      Confining  them- 


3.  36.  liHtSe,  mayor  of  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  and  prominently   identified  with   the  manu- 
facturing interests  of  the  city,  was  born  in  Branford, 
Conn.,   less  than    forty  years   ago.      His  education 
was  begun   in    the    common    schools    of  his  native 


/.    /.'.    WISE 

selves  at  first  to  the  manufacture  of  locks,  hinges, 
and  other  fittings  for  sewing  machines,  they  after- 
ward included  in  their  output  a  large  line  of  light 
hardware  made  from  sheet  metal.      The  father  died 


so 


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KASTKRX  SKCT/O.X 


in  October,  1886  ;  and  Mr.  Wise  succeeded  to  the 
business,  which  he  has  since  conducted  with  increas- 
ing success,  until  it  has  become  one  of  the  large 
manufacturing  concerns  of  Watertown. 

The  man  who  can  manage  profitably  a  large  busi- 
ness of  his  own,  is  sure  to  be  called  upon  to  assist  in 
the  management  of  other  commercial  enterprises, 
and  Mr.  Wise's  business  career  is  no  exception  to 
this  rule.  At  the  present  time  he  is  president  of  the 
Singer  Fire  Alarm  Co.,  and  of  the  \\aterto\vn  Brass 
&  Manufacturing  Co.  ;  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Ryther  Manufacturing  Co.  ;  and  a  director  in 
the  Union  Carriage  &  Cicar  Co.,  of  which  he  was 
for  three  years  vice  president.  This  latter  corpora- 
tion is  one  of  the  strongest  in  Watertown. 

In  political  affairs  Mr.  Wise  is  a  strong  adherent 
of  the  Republican  party.  His  first  public  office  was 
that  oi  alderman  from  the  'lA  ward,  Watertown, 
which  he  held  in  1889  and  1.S90.  In  the  fall  of  the 
latter  year  he  was  the  Republican  candidate  for 
mayor,  but  was  defeated.  His  party,  however,  had 
laith  in  his  real  strength  as  a  candidate,  and  placed 
him  at  the  liead  of  the  city  ticket  again  in  1891, 
when  he  was  once  more  defeated.  In  1892  the 
nomination  was  offered  to  him,  but  he  declined  to 
accept  it.  In  1894,  however,  he  yielded  to  the 
solicitation  of  his  friends,  and  allowed  his  name  to 
be  used  once  more  ;  and  this  time  he  carried  the 
Republican  banner  to  victory  against  three  competi- 
tors. His  re-election  in  1895  and  again  in  1896  — 
the  last  time  by  the  largest  majority  ever  given  to  a 
candidate  for  mayor  in  Watertown  —  is  a  proof  that 
he  has  displayed  in  municipal  affairs  the  same  good 
judgment  and  ability  that  have  brought  him  success 
in  his  private  business  undertakings.  The  voters  of 
our  cities  are  coming  more  and  more  to  realize  that 
a  city  can  best  be  governed  by  business  methods, 
like  any  other  corporation  ;  and  that  the  great  pub- 
lic questions  which  play  an  important  part  in  national 
politics  have  little  or  no  essential  connection  with 
municipal  affairs. 

With  his  many  business  interests  and  exacting 
public  duties,  Mr.  Wise  has  scant  time  for  outside 
matters  of  a  purely  social  nature.  He  is,  however, 
an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Mason,  belonging  to  the 
Knights  Templar  and  to  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.      He  attends  the  Presbyterian  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — Javies  B. 
Wise  was  Iwni  at  Branford,  Conn.,  December  27, 
1858  :  tvas  educated  in  common  schools  and  a  business 
college :  rvas  a  news  agent,  1872-77  ;  engaged  in  tlic 
manufacture  of  hardware  7tiith  ids  father,  at  Water- 
town,  N.  Y. ,  in  1877 :  married  Hattie  C.  Willard 
of  Watertown  September  8,  1881 ;  7oas  an  alderman 


of  lVaterto7iin,  1889-90,  and  has  been  mayor  of  the 
city  since  January  1,  1895  ;  is  now  engaged  in  various 
manufacturing  enterprises  in  Watertown. 


50bn  T&.  5U5S0U  of  Oloversville  is  one  of 
the  most  energetic,  progressive,  and  public-spirited 
citizens  of  that  thriving  little  city.  Though  barely 
thirty-six  years  old,  he  has  achieved  prominence  in 
political  circles  throughout  the  state  by  reason  of 
his  service  in  the  Democratic  ])arty,  of  which  he  is 
an  enthusiastic  supporter. 

Mr.  Judson  was  born  at  Kingsborough,  which  is 
now  in  the  city  of  Gloversville.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  and  Kingsl)orough  Academy,  and 
completed  his  education  at  the  seminary  at  Williston, 
Ma.ss.  At  the  early  age  of  sixteen  he  became  pro- 
prietor of  a  job-printing  office  in  Gloversville,  which 
he  has  conducted  ever  since.  He  acquired  at  the 
start  a  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  the  business 
in  all  its  different  branches  ;  and  in  the  twenty  years 
since  it  was  opened  the  office  has  become  one  of  the 
best  in  the  state.  Fine  color  printing  and  embossing 
are  among  Mr.  Judson's  specialties  ;  and  this  work 
is  largely  in  demand  among  the  glove  makers  of 
(iloversville  and  elsewhere,  and  constitutes  one  of 
the  principal  products  of  the  establishment. 

The  growth  and  prosperity  of  Gloversville  are 
matters  very  near  to  Mr.  Judson's  heart,  and  he  has 
had  a  part  in  most  of  the  recent  projects  for  develo])- 
ing  the  resources  of  the  city.  He  has  interested 
himself  largely  in  real  estate  ;  and  has  been  instru- 
mental in  opening  up  and  placing  on  the  market  a 
considerable  tract  of  land  on  the  high  ground  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  city,  which  seems  destined  to 
become  one  of  the  most  popular  residence  districts 
of  Gloversville.  His  connection  with  this  enterprise 
is  evidenced  in  the  name  of  the  locality  —  Judson 
Heights.  Mr.  Judson  is  also  a  director  of  the  Cay- 
adutta  electric  railroad,  and  of  the  Gloversville  and 
Broadalbin  railroad,  and  a  member  of  the  Glovers- 
ville Business  Men's  Association. 

For  so  young  a  man,  Mr.  Judson  has  had  an  inter- 
esting political  career.  This  began  in  1888,  when  he 
was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  state  con- 
vention. He  was  also  a  delegate  in  1892  to  the  Feb- 
ruary convention  held  at  Albany.  From  1890  to 
1894  he  was  the  secretary  of  the  Fulton-county  com- 
mittee, and  he  is  now  the  chairman  of  that  commit- 
tee. He  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Democratic 
state  committee  in  1893  from  the  22d  congressional 
district,  comprising  the  counties  of  Fulton,  Hamilton, 
Saratoga,  and  St.  Lawrence,  and  was  made  a  member 
of  the  executive  committee.  In  1894  he  was  again 
elected  to  the  state  committee,  and  was  unanimously 


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chosen  its  secretary.  This  honor  was  a  recognition 
of  his  sound  judgment  and  devotion  to  his  party ; 
and  his  uniform  courtesy  and  superior  executive 
ability  gave  such  general  satisfaction  that  in  1896  he 
was  again  unanimously  chosen  to  fill  the  same  position. 

Early  in  1895  Mr.  Judson's  name  was  promi- 
nently put  forth  by  the  Democrats  of 
northern  New  York  for  the  responsible 
post  of  state  comptroller ;  and  at  the 
convention  held  in  Syracuse  in  Septem- 
ber of  that  year  he  was  nominated  on 
the  first  ballot  by  a  vote  of  312  to  98, 
which  was  afterward  made  unanimous. 
In  the  election  that  followed  he  received 
the  enthusiastic  support  of  his  party 
throughout  his  section  of  the  state,  and 
ran  considerably  ahead  of  his  ticket 
there.  Mr.  Judson  possesses  decided 
talent  for  political  life,  and  is  well  quali  ■ 
fied  to  serve  his  party  and  the  ]jublic 
generally  in  important  positions  :  and  it 
may  safely  be  predicted  that  his  career 
in  this  direction  is  only  well  begun. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY — 
John  Brown  Judson  7uas  horn  at  Kings- 
borough  {now  Gloversville),  N.  V.,  Au- 
gust 20,  1861  ;  7uas  educateii  at  Ki)igs- 
Iwrough  Academy  and  Williston  ( Mass. ) 
Seminary ;  married  Isabelle  Stewart  of 
Johnstown,  N.  Y. ,  September  ID,  1882  : 
was  secretary  of  the  Fulton-county  Demo- 
cratic conunittee,  1890-9^,  and  chairman 
of  the  same  committee,  189Jf-9~  ;  was  sec- 
retaiy  of  the  Detnocratic  slate  committee 
in  189^,  189G,  and  1897  ;  was  a  candi- 
date for  the  office  of  state  comptroller  in 
1895  ;  has  carried  on  a  Job-printing  office 
at  Gloversville  since  1877. 


JerClUiab  IkCCK,  for  the  past  fourteen  years 
county  judge  of  Fulton  county,  is  descended  from  a 
family  that  has  been  honorably  prominent  in  Johns- 
town, N.  Y.,  from  very  early  times.  His  paternal  an- 
cestors settled  there  in  the  time  of  the  renowned  Sir 
William  Johnson  ;  and  his  great-grandfather,  George 
Keck,  fought  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  Judge 
Keck  was  born  about  fifty  years  ago  at  Keek's  Center, 
in  the  old  town  of  Johnstown.  His  father  was  Isaac 
Keck,  a  farmer  ;  and  his  mother,  Eliza  Ann  Burns, 
was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  died  in  1857.  Isaac 
Keck  was  an.xious  to  give  his  .sons  the  best  education 
that  his  means  afforded  :  and  Jeremiah,  after  studying 
at  the  neighboring  district  school,  attended  Clinton 
Liberal  Institute  and  Whitestown  Seminarv. 


Judge  Keck  was  only  sixteen  when  the  Civil  War 
broke  out ;  but  he  immediately  left  school,  and 
enlisted  in  company  C,  77th  New  York  volunteer 
infantry.  He  served  with  his  regiment  at  York- 
town,  Fair  Oakes,  (jaines's  Mill,  Malvern  Hill, 
and  throughout  the  Peninsular  campaign  ;   and  was 


JOHX  B.  jrosox 

honorably  discharged  by  reason  of  disabilities  con- 
tracted in  the  service. 

Returning  North  with  impaired  health  and  little 
money,  Judge  Keck  had  some  ditficulty  in  carrying 
out  his  determination  to  become  a  lawyer.  All 
obstacles  were  happily  overcome  at  length,  however  ; 
and  in  April,  1868,  he  became  a  student  in  the  office 
of  Wells  &  Dudley  of  Johnstown.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Schenectady  April  7,  1869,  and  at  once 
commenced  practice,  forming  a  partnership  with  the 
gentlemen  mentioned,  under  the  style  of  Wells, 
Dudley  &  Keck.  This  connection  lasted  until  Janu- 
ary 1,  1877,  when  Judge  Keck  formed  a  partnership 
with  Philip  Keck,  a  younger  brother,  under  the  firm 
name  of  J.  &  P.  Keck,  that  continued  for  six  years. 


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Judge  Keck  became  well  and  favorably  known  in 
his  profession  in  the  early  days  of  his  practice  ;  and 
in  the  fall  of  1>^74,  five  years  after  his  admission  to 
the  bar,  he  was  nominated  and  elected  district  attor- 
ney of  Fulton  county.  He  was  re-elected  in  1877, 
thus  holding  the  position  for  six  years.      In  lrS8()  he 


JEREMIAH   KECK 

returned  for  a  short  time  to  private  life  ;  hut  he  had 
made  many  friends  during  his  service  as  prosecuting 
officer,  and  had  displayed  marked  ability  in  conduct- 
ing public  affairs,  and  the  people  of  the  county  soon 
placed  him  in  a  more  important  position.  In  1883 
they  elected  him  county  judge  and  surrogate,  and 
he  has  filled  the  position  ever  since,  having  been 
re-elected  in  1889  and  again  in  1895.  This  long 
service  on  the  bench  is  a  proof  of  Judge  Keek's 
popularity  among  all  classes  in  his  native  coimty, 
and  a  tribute  to  his  professional  ability  and  general 
high  standing.  He  has  indeed  administered  the 
affairs  of  his  jurisdiction  with  great  fairness  and 
impartiality,  and  has  proved  himself  thoroughly 
<|ualified  in  all  respects  for  the  position  he  holds. 


Judge  Keck  has  succeeded,  through  natural  ability, 
persistent  industry,  and  strict  integrity,  in  attaining 
at  a  comparatively  early  age  a  position  of  trust  and 
honor  in  the  community ;  and  his  kindly  and  court- 
eous disposition  has  gained  for  him  a  host  of  friends. 
He  has  lieen  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  State 
Bar  Association,  and  for  the  past  five 
years  has  been  one  of  its  executive  com- 
mittee. He  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to 
St.  Patrick's  Lodge,  No.  4,  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Johnstown  Chapter,  No.  78,  R.  A.  M.; 
and  (lloversville  Commandery,  K.  T. 
For  the  past  tweh-e  years  he  has  been 
commander  of  Martin  McMartin  Post, 
No.  256,  Grand  Army  of  the  Reijublic. 
He  attends  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Jeremiah  Keek  icas  Iwni  in  the  town  of 
Johnstown,  N.  K,  November  0,  IS^-')  ; 
7vas  educated  at  Clinton  Liberal  Institute 
and  Whitestoivn  Seminary ;  sen<ed  in  the 
Union  army  during  the  Peninsular  cam- 
paign in  Virginia  ;  studied  law,  and  ivas 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S60 :  married 
Jennie  A.  Kibbe  of  Johnstown  June  10, 
187^,  who  died  in  October,  1888 ;  mar- 
ried Sara  R.  Riggs  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  in 
November,  1890  ;  practiced  law  in  Johns- 
town, 1869-83 ;  was  district  attorney  of 
Fulton  county,  1875-80 ;  has  been  county 
Judge  and  surrogate  of  Fulton  county  since 
January  1,  ISSJf. 


5ameS  J6.  XgOn,  well    known   to 
the  legislators  of  the  Empire  State  from 
his  long  service  as    public    printer,  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  New  York, 
less  than  forty  years  ago.      He  is  of  Irish 
parentage,  and  inherited  the  best  traits  of  that  inter- 
esting race  —  their  sturdy  honesty,  indomitable  cour- 
age, and  undaunted  pluck.      It  must  be  largely  owing 
to  these  (jualities,  which  constitute  a  better  heritage 
than  any  amount  of  wealth,  that  Mr.  Lyon  has  suc- 
ceeded so  conspicuously  in  the  battle  of  life  ;   for  he 
possessed  no  other  advantages  or  opportunities  that 
thousands  of  boys  do  not  possess.      Young  men  some- 
times forget  that  those  succeed  who  make  opportu- 
nity :   the  many  fail  who  wait  for  it  to  come  of  its  own 
accord. 

Mr.  Lyon  was  a  farmer's  son  ;  and  as  .soon  as  he 
became  old  enough  he  was  put  to  work  on  the  farm 
in  summer,  and  in  winter  trudged  to  the  neighbor- 
ing district  school,  where  he  obtained  an  elementary 


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education.  He  also  spent  a  little  time  at  Masson 
College,  Terrebonne,  Canada  ;  but  began  to  work 
for  his  living  at  fourteen  years  of  age,  becoming  a 
clerk  in  a  bookstore  in  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  remained  five  years.  He  was  ambitious  all  the 
time,  however,  for  a  more  independent  position,  and 
one  where  his  abilities  could  have  full  scope  ;  and  in 
1876  he  sought  a  wider  field  of  enterprise  in  Albany, 
where  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Lyon's  first  business  venture  in  the  capital 
city  was  a  modest  one,  but  it  was  successful  from  the 
start.  He  began  by  selling  stationery  and  blank 
books  from  office  to  office,  and  from  store  to  store. 
He  quickly  established  a  reputation  for  fair,  prompt, 
and  honest  dealing  ;  and  business  men  recognized  in 
him  a  boy  who  was  bound  to  get  on  in  the  world, 
and  were  glad  to  help  him  so  far  as  lay  in  their 
power.  The  next  year  he  became  the 
proprietor  of  an  "establishment"  con- 
sisting of  himself  and  a  man,  and  began 
to  make  his  blank  books  ;  thus  securing 
the  additional  manufacturer's  profit,  and 
evincing  the  business  capacity  that  so 
signally  marked  his  subsequent  career. 
From  that  plant,  started  with  no  capital 
and  some  second-hand  machinery,  has 
grown  in  less  than  twenty  years,  one  of 
the  largest  and  best  equipped  printing 
and  binding  establishments  in  America, 
capable  of  handling  with  accuracy  and 
promptness  the  vast  amount  of  legislative 
printing  of  the  state  of  New  York,  and 
of  printing  and  binding  thousands  of  law 
books  annually.  Of  this  great  establish- 
ment Mr.  Lyon  is  the  sole  proprietor. 

Mr.  Lyon's  official  work  began  in 
1888,  when  he  received  the  contract  for 
the  printing  for  the  state  ;  and  for  eight 
years  he  held  this  important  position. 
He  is  now  publisher  for  the  state  of  the 
New  York  Court  of  Appeals  reports,  the 
miscellaneous  reports,  and  the  session 
laws,  and  the  printer  of  the  Appellate 
Division  reports  ;  and  he  made  possible 
that  boon  to  the  legal  profession  known 
as  the  "  Combined  Official  Series  of 
New  York  State  Reports  and  Session 
Laws,"  issued  weekly,  and  giving  prompt 
and  reliable  information  concerning 
many  matters  of  moment. 

From  the  beginning  of  his  residence  in  Albany 
Mr.  Lyon  has  identified  himself  with  plans  for  the 
development  of  the  city  along  business  lines.  In 
1893    he    organized  a  company    with    a    capital    of 


8100,000,  of  which  he  was  the  principal  subscriber, 
for  the  purpose  of  attracting  manufacturing  industries 
to  the  city.  He  also  built,  in  connection  with  his 
printing  establishment,  a  factory  supplied  with  heat, 
light,  and  power  ;  offering  exceptional  inducements 
to  outside  manufacturers,  which  resulted  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  several  new  industries  furnishing  employ- 
ment to  hundreds  of  men.  It  is  Mr.  Lyon's  belief 
that  industry  is  the  road  to  contentment  as  well  as  to 
wealth  ;  and  that  to  give  employment  to  labor  is  the 
truest  charity,  and  the  best  means  of  ensuring  the 
prosperity  of  a  community. 

Although  many  times  tempted  with  offers  of 
political  preferment,  Mr.  Lyon  has  steadfastly 
refused  to  become  engulfed  in  the  maelstrom  of 
politics.  He  is  a  friend  of  good  government,  and 
devotes  much   time    to    the  consideration  of   social 


JAMES  /.'.  LVOX 

and  economic  questions.  When  not  attending  to 
business  he  forgets  its  cares  in  the  charms  of  rural 
life  at  his  beautiful  home  on  the  banks  of  the 
Hud.son. 


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PERSONAL  CHR OXOL OGY  —  James  B. 
Lyo)i  was  born  at  Middle  Granville,  N.  K,  March 
25,  1858 ;  was  educated  in  common  schools ;  was  a 
clerk  in  a  bookstore  at  Gloversville,  N.  K,  1872-76  ; 
moved  to  Albany  in  1876,  and  began  manufacturing 
and  selling  blank    books  and  stationery ;    icas  public 


ROBERT   TOU'XSEXD   MlKI-.EVER 


printer  for  the  state  of  New  York,  1888-95  ;  married 
Anita  Thompson  of  Albany  February  18,  1890  :  has 
been  proprietor  of  a  printing  and  binding  establishment 
at  Albanv  since  1876. 


IRobert   Uo\vuscn&   /IDclkecver,  though 

little  more  than  thirty  years  old,  has  had  an  active 
business  career  extending  over  the  past  dozen  years  ; 
and  has  been  connected  during  most  of  that  time 
with  various  departments  of  railroad  management  in 
different  parts  of  the  West  and  in  eastern  New  York. 
He  is  an  excellent  type  of  the  modern  practical,  pro- 
gressive man  of  affairs,  interested  in  many  enter- 
prises, and  giving  to  each  the  attention  necessary 
for  its  successful  conduct. 


Mr.  McKeever  was  born  in  Putnam  county.  New 
York  ;  and  after  attending  a  private  school  in  New- 
York  city  for  several  years,  he  entered  St.  John's 
School,  Sing  Sing,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1885. 
He  began  business  life  at  once  as  billing  and  shipping 
clerk  in  a  New  York  office,  where  he  remained  for 
about  three  years.  Having  obtained 
there  a  general  insight  into  business 
methods,  he  went  to  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
in  1888  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
auditor  of  disbursements  of  the  Northern 
Pacific  railroad,  beginning  thus  his  con- 
nection with  the  business  of  transporta- 
tion. The  next  year  he  spent  a  short 
time  at  Yellowstone  Park  in  the  emplov 
of  the  same  company,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1889  entered  the  office  of  the  general 
manager  of  the  Northern  Pacific  &  Man- 
itoba railway  at  Winnipeg. 

By  this  time  Mr.  McKeever  had  seen 
a  good  deal  of  life  in  the  West,  and  had 
experienced  its  disadvantages  as  well  as 
its  advantages.  He  was  (|uite  willing, 
therefore,  when  opportunity  offered,  to 
return  to  his  native  state  ;  and  in  1891 
he  accepted  the  position  of  assistant  to 
the  general  manager  of  the  Adirondack 
&  St.  Lawrence  railway,  with  head(|uar- 
ters  at  Herkimer,  N.  Y.  The  next  year 
he  became  train  master  and  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  same  road.  In 
.\pril,  1893,  he  became  a  director  and 
the  general  superintendent  of  the  Fon- 
da, Johnstown  &  Glo\ersville  railroad, 
which  runs  from  Fonda  on  the  New 
York  Central  road  acro.ss  Fulton  county 
to  Ngrthville,  and  connects  the  thriving 
cities  of  Johnstown  and  (Hoversville  with 
the  main  line.  Mr.  McKeever  has  made 
his  home  in  Gloversville  since  assuming  the  man- 
agement of  this  line  ;  and,  though  comparatively 
a  newcomer,  he  has  become  clcsely  identified  with 
the  transportation  interests  of  that  part  of  the  state. 
Of  late  years  the  use  of  electricity  as  a  motive 
])Ower  has  been  widely  adopted,  and  has  largely 
altered  the  traffic  conditions  in  many  sections  of 
the  country.  The  Fonda,  Johnstown  &  (jlovers- 
ville  road  was  quick  to  take  advantage  of  this 
new  development,  and  organized  an  electric  division 
which  is  an  important  factor  in  its  prosperity.  To 
this  division  belong  the  Johnstown,  (iloversville  & 
Kingsboro  Horse  Railroad  Co.,  of  which  Mr. 
McKeever  is  a  director ;  and  the  Cayadutta  Electric 
Railroad,  of  which  he  is  general  manager  and  also  a 


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director.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Herkimer,  Mohawk,  Ilion  &  Frankfort 
electric  railway,  which  does  an  extensive  business 
between  the  towns  mentioned. 

Mr.  McKeever's  calling  has  brought  him  much 
into  public  notice  in  his  new  home,  and  he  has 
become  generally  and  deservedly  popular  for  the 
obliging  and  efficient  manner  in  which  he  conducts 
the  affairs  of  the  different  corporations  under  his 
charge.  While  not  engaging  actively  in  politics,  he 
has  taken  a  proper  interest  in  public  matters  ;  and 
in  1890  he  was  the  candidate  of  the  sound-money 
Democrats  for  member  of  assembly  in  his  district. 
He  is  a  member  of  Christ  Church,  Gloversville  ; 
and  belongs  to  various  Masonic  and  other  bodies, 
including  Herkimer  Lodge,  No.  423,  F.  &  A.  M.  : 
Iroquois  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  Ilion,  N.  Y.  ;  Little 
Falls  Commandery,  No.  2(i,  K.  T.  ; 
Ziyara  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  Utica,  N.  Y.  ;  and  (Jloversville 
Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  the  Calumet 
and  Transportation  clubs  of  New  York 
city,  and  the  Eccentric  Club  of  C.lov- 
ersville. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Robert  Tmeinsend  McKecTer  icas  burn  at 
Lake  Mahopae,  N.  Y.,  July  20,  1800  : 
icas  educated  at  St.  John's  School,  Sing 
Sing,  N.  Y.  ;  7vas  a  clerk  in  a  New  York 
house,  1885-88 ;  was  con?iected  7vith 
various  railroads.  East  and  West,  1888- 
98 ;  married  Erances  Converse  Webb  of 
Neiv  York  city  at  Shelbiirne,  Vt.,  October 
7,  1803 :  has  been  director  and  general 
manager  of  the  Eonda,  Johnstown  &= 
Gloversville  railroad,  with  headquarters 
at  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  since  189-i. 


■Millar&  2).  /iDclkinstrs.  editor 

of  the  Watertown  Daily  Times,  was  born 
in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York  ;  and 
his  general  education  and  early  news- 
paper training  were  received  in  that  part 
of  the  state.  After  attending  the  dis- 
trict school  and  academy  of  his  native 
town,  he  took  a  course  at  the  Fredonia 
Normal  School.  Then  followed  a  year's 
service  as  clerk  in  the  Fredonia  post 
office,  where  his  father  was  postmaster,  after  which 
he  took  up  what  has  since  been  his  life-work. 

Mr.  McKinstry  had  already  had  some  little  experi- 
ence in  newspaper  work  in  the  office  of  the  Fredonia 


Censor,  and  he  did  not  deem  it  necessary  to  undergo 
a  further  apprenticeship.  Accordingly  he  bought 
the  Dunkirk  /(w;vA7/ March  1,  1872,  and  became  its 
editor  and  publisher.  He  conducted  this  enterprise 
successfully  for  ten  years  on  his  own  account,  and 
then  admitted  to  partnership  in  the  business  Henry 
D.  farvis.  Three  years  later  he  sold  the  paper,  and 
it  was  afterward  con.solidated  with  the  Dunkirk 
Obsen'er. 

Having  thus  disposed  of  his  property  in  Dunkirk, 
Mr.  McKinstry  in  LS8(5  moved  to  the  other  end  of 
the  state,  taking  up  his  residence  in  Watertown,  and 
becoming  connected  with  the  'Watertown  Daily 
Times.  For  six  months  he  acted  as  news  editor, 
and  at  the  end  of  that  time  became  associate  editor 
with  the  late  Beman  Brockvvay.  On  the  death  of 
Mr.  Brockwav  in  December.    1S!I2,  Mr.    McKinstrv 


IV1LL.4RD  D.  !\rcK/.\srRy 


assumed  his  present  position  of  editor  in  chief  of  the 
paper.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Brockway  Sons 
Co.,  publishers  of  the  Daily  Times  and  of  the  semi- 
weekly  Times  and  Reformer. 


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MEN   OF  NEIV    y(^RK—  EASTERX  SECT/OA' 


Mr.  McKinstry  has  l)een  connected  more  or  less 
with  public  affairs  for  many  years.  While  publish- 
ing the  Dunkirk  ycw/'«a/ he  acted  as  inspector  at  the 
Dunkirk  customhouse  for  two  years.  In  1884  he 
was  clerk  of  the  judicial  committee  in  the  state 
assembly,  and  in  the  next  se.ssion  he  was  clerk  of  the 


DUUGL.iS   C.   MORIARTA 

ways  and  means  committee,  the  chairman  in  both 
cases  being  General  Husted.  In  November,  1892, 
Governor  Flower  appointed  Mr.  McKinstry  the 
Republican  member  of  the  state  civil-service  com- 
mission, and  he  held  the  position  until  January  1, 
1896.  His  associates  under  Governor  Flower  were 
E.  Prentiss  Bailey  of  Utica  and  De  Forest  Van  Vleet 
of  Ithaca  ;  and  when  these  gentlemen  retired  at  the 
close  of  Governor  Flower's  term,  Governor  Morton 
appointed  Willard  A.  Cobb  of  Lockport  and  Silas 
W.  Burt  of  New  York  city  as  Mr.  McKinstry's  co- 
workers. Mr.  McKinstry  devoted  much  time  and 
thought  to  his  duties  as  a  commissioner,  and  had  a 
large  part  in  the  important  work  of  the  commission 
in  rendering   the    cixil-service    law  effective.      The 


enforcement  of  the  law  had  been  hindered  by  the 
fact  that  the  statute  provided  no  penalty  for  its  viola- 
tion ;  and  Mr.  McKinstry  and  his  associates  under 
Governor  Flower  secured  the  passage  of  an  amend- 
ment which  authorized  the  state  comptroller  to  pay 
salaries  only  on  a  certificate  from  the  commission 
that  the  law  had  been  complied  with. 
This  amendment  greatly  facilitated  the 
work  of  the  commission,  and  under 
Governor  Morton's  administration  the 
civil-service  reform  system  in  the  state 
was  brought  to  a  high  degree  of  excel- 
lence. Mr.  McKinstry  takes  just  pride 
in  the  effective  part  taken  by  himself  and 
his  associates  in  this  work. 

journalism  is  one  of  the  most  exacting 
professions,  and  Mr.  McKinstry,  who 
has  been  an  editor  since  his  twenty- 
second  year,  has  had  no  time  for  outside 
enterprises.  He  takes  an  active  interest, 
however,  in  public  affairs  in  Watertown, 
and  is  ready  to  help  forward  any  worthy 
movement  both  professionally  and  pri- 
vately. At  the  present  time  he  is  vice 
president  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Watertown.  He  is  an 
(_)dd  Fellow,  and  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Willard  D.  McKinstry  was  born  at  Fre- 
doiiia,  N.  Y.,  October  1,  1850;  attended 
Fredonia  Academy  and  Fredonia  Normal 
School :  7(.'as  editor  and  publisher  of  the 
Dioikirk  '  'Journal, ' '  1872-85  ;  became 
news  editor  of  the  Watertown  {N  Y.) 
' '  Daily  Times ' '  in  1886,  and  associate 
editor  in  1887 ;  was  state  civil-service 
commissioner,  1892-95 ;  married  Mary 
A.  Lawyer  of  Watertoton  April  25, 
1805  :  lias  been  editor  in  chief  of  the  ''Daily  Times" 
since  December,  1892. 


BOlUjlaS  (I.  .flDOriarta,  one  of  the  ablest 
young  physicians  in  eastern  New  York,  was  born  in 
Saratoga  Springs  less  than  forty  years  ago,  and  has 
always  lived  there.  He  is  a  son  of  Peter  M.  Mori- 
arta,  and  a  grandson  of  the  Rev.  John  D.  Moriarta. 
Dr.  Moriarta  began  his  education  in  the  district 
schools  at  an  early  age,  and  continued  his  attend- 
ance there  for  about  ten  years.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen he  became  a  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store,  and  a 
few  months  later  entered  a  drug  store  in  a  similar 
capacity.  After  this  he  was  able  to  go  on  with  his 
education,  and    for  that   nuriiose  attended   the  high 


MEN  OF  NEW    YORK— EASTERN  SECTION 


school  of  his  native  town  tor  two  years.  His  expe- 
rience as  a  drug  clerk  had  developed  a  natural  taste 
for  work  in  that  line  ;  and  he  accordingly  entered 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  18J^2.  The  class  comprised  about  two 
hundred  pupils,  and  he  had  the  distinction  of  rank- 
ing second  in  all  that  number. 

By  this  time  the  young  man  had  decided  to  pur- 
sue his  studies  further,  and  to  become  a  physician. 
For  this  purpose  he  went  to  Albanv,  and  matricu- 
lated at  the  Albany  Medical  College,  graduating  in 
1885  at  the  head  of  his  class.  Dr.  Moriarta  made 
choice  of  his  native  place  as  the  field  of  his  profes- 
sional labor,  and  for  the  past  dozen  years  he  has 
practiced  at  Saratoga  Springs  with  uninterrupted 
success.  In  addition  to  his  general  private  practice, 
his  services  have  been  largely  in  demand  in  various 
official  capacities.  He  has  been  the  dis- 
trict   or   town  physician   ever  since    he  [ 

began  practice,  and  the  village  health 
officer  since  1894.  He  has  also  occiipietl 
the  post  of  surgeon  at  the  St.  Christina 
Hospital  throughout  his  medical  career, 
and  attending  surgeon  at  the  Saratoga 
Hospital  since  its  organization.  In  the 
fall  of  1886  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  coroner  of  Saratoga  county,  and 
held  the  office  for  three  years. 

Dr.  Moriarta  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  the 
New  York  State  Medical  Association,  as 
well  as  the  local  Medical  Society  of 
Saratoga  Springs.  Throughout  his  ]iro- 
fessional  career  he  has  written  more  or 
le.ss  for  medical  journals  and  for  the 
various  societies  to  which  he  belongs  ; 
but  in  the  main  he  has  devoted  himself 
to  active  practice,  in  which  he  has  been 
unusually  successful. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
Douglas   Calhoun    Moriarta  was  born  at 
Saratoga  Springs,   N'.   V. ,  July  8,  1839  ; 
7oas  educated  in  public   schools ;    zaas  a 
clerk    in    Saratoga     Springs,     1876-77  : 
graduated  /row  the  N'ew  York   College  of 
Pharmacy  in  1882  and  from  the  Albany 
Aledical  College  in  1885,  and  took  a  post- 
graduate course  at  the   New   York  Poly- 
clinic ;   has   been   district  physician    since 
1883,     and    health    officer    of   Saratoga 
Springs  since  189^  ;  was  coroner  of  Saratoga  county, 
1887-89 ;    married    Harriet    Frances    Merchant   of 
Saratoga  Springs  September  24,  1890  ;    has  practiced 
medicine  in  Saratoga  Springs  since  1883. 


C  /ID.  IParISC  of  (Moversville,  N.  Y.,  is  a  native 
of  Saratoga  county,  having  been  born  in  Clifton 
Park  in  1847.  After  acquiring  all  the  education 
that  could  be  gained  from  the  district  schools  of  forty 
years  ago,  with  their  somewhat  meager  equipment, 
he  went  to  Hamilton,  Madison  county,  in  the  fall  of 
1863,  and  spent  a  year  in  a  preparatory  school  there. 
He  then  entered  Madison  (now  Colgate)  Univer- 
sity, from  which  he  graduated  in  1868  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  Three  years  later  the  .same  institu- 
tion conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  A.  M. 

His  general  education  thus  completed,  Mr.  Parke 
read  law  for  two  years  with  Bullard  &  Davenport  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.  This  firm,  consisting  of  General  E.  F. 
Bullard  and  Nelson  Davenport,  carried  on  an  exten- 
sive business  ;  and  with  them  Mr.  Parke  had  an 
excellent  o|jportunity  to  familiarize  himself  with  the 


r.   .1/,   PARKE 


practical  work  of  a  busy  office,  at  the  same  time  that 
he  read  Kent  and  Blackstone,  and  other  legal  author- 
ities. Having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870,  he 
began  looking  about    for  a  suitable   opening    for  a 


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young  lawyer,  and  finally  decided  in  favor  of  Glov- 
ersville.  In  the  spring  of  1871  he  commenced 
practice  there  in  a  very  small  way,  sleeping  in  his 
office  for  the  first  year,  and  attending  to  such  busi- 
ness as  came  to  him.  The  next  year  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  H.  C.  McCartey  ;  but  this  lasted 
only  a  twelvemonth,  and  ever  since  then  he  has 
practiced  alone. 

Although  he  had  not  the  advantage  of  a  wide 
acquaintance  in  the  neighborhood,  nor  yet  of  impor- 
tant professional  connections,  Mr.  Parke  soon  attained 
a  high  standing  at  the  Fulton-county  bar,  and  laid 
the  foundations  of  his  present  extensive  practice. 
In  the  twenty-five  years  of  his  professional  life  he 
has  conducted  many  important  ca.ses,  and  has  met 
with  a  large  measure  of  success.  A  legal  triumph  in 
which  he  takes  special  pride  is  the  argument  of  a 
case  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
in  which  he  was  successful  against  P'rancis  Kernan 
of  Utica,  that  great  lawyer  and  statesman,  then  sena- 
tor. Mr.  Parke  is  a  scholarly  man,  and  has  given 
considerable  time  to  literary  work  connected  with 
his  profession,  having  a.ssi.sted  William  Wait  in  jjre- 
paring  his  ".Annotated  Code"  and  his  work  on 
''  Practice." 

Official  life  has  not  claimed  any  great  share  of  Mr. 
Parke's  attention,  though  he  has  held  several  posi- 
tions connected  with  his  profession.  He  was  clerk 
of  the  village  of  Gloversville  for  two  years,  and 
afterward  village  attorney  for  a  time.  In  the  fall  of 
1880  he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Fulton 
county,  and  was  re-elected  in  1883,  serving  for  six 
years  in  that  position.  For  the  last  ten  years  he  ha,s 
devoted  himself  wholly  to  the  care  of  his  private 
practice. 

Mr.  Parke  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kapjja  and 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  college  fraternities,  but  other- 
wise he  has  not  interested  himself  in  clubs  or  .socie- 
ties.     He  belongs  to  the  Baptist  church. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Clayton  More 
Parke  was  horn  at  Clifton  Park,  N.  V. ,  December  2, 
ISJfl  ;  graduated  from  Madison  Unii'ersity  in  1868  : 
studied  la7ti,  and  was  admitted  to  the  liar  in  1870  : 
married  Alice  M.  Clark  of  Eaton,  N.  V. ,  Novetiiher 
2,  1875 ;  was  district  attorney  of  Eulton  county, 
1881-86  ;  lias  practiced  laiv  at  Glove/sville,  A''.  Y. , 
since  1871. 


H.  1l3.  Sawder  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  is  prom- 
inent alike  in  legal,  commercial,  social,  and  religious 
circles  in  that  city,  where  he  has  lived  for  forty 
years  ;  and  no  man  in  the  community  is  more  highly 
respected  than  he.  His  paternal  ancestors  came 
from  England  in  1()36,  and  settled  in  Ma.ssachusetts. 


Members  of  the  family  took  part  in  the  Indian  and 
Colonial  wars,  and  Judge  Sawyer's  great-grandfather 
was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  army  ;  while  both 
of  his  grandfathers  served  in  the  .\merican  army 
in  the  war  of  1812. 

Judge  Sawyer  was  born  at  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  a  little 
more  than  sixty  years  ago.  He  prepared  for  college 
at  Lowville  (N.  Y.  )  Academy;  but  his  further 
studies  were  interrupted  by  long-continued  ill  health, 
and  he  was  finally  obliged  to  complete  his  education 
under  private  tutors.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  began 
the  study  of  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the 
spring  of  1857.  In  July  of  the  same  year  he  went 
to  Watertown,  and  began  his  long  service  at  the 
Jefferson-county  bar,  forming  a  partnership  with 
James  F..  Starbuck.  Mr.  Starbuck  was  one  of  the 
ablest  lawyers  in  the  state  ;  and  the  firm  of  Starbuck 
&  Sawyer,  which  lasted  until  the  death  of  its  senior 
member  in  December,  1880,  became  widely  and 
favorably  known,  and  gained  an  important  clientage 
throughout  an  extensive  territory.  Since  the  death 
of  his  partner  Mr.  Sawyer  has  carried  on  his  prac- 
tice alone,  and  has  ably  maintained  the  prestige  of 
the  old  association.  Of  late  years  his  work  has  been 
largely  connected  with  corporation  law,  a  branch  of 
the  profession  that  has  rapidly  increased  in  impor- 
tance with  the  modern  tendency  in  the  business  world 
toward  the  formation  of  such  organizations. 

During  the  Civil  W'ar  Judge  Sawyer  took  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs,  serving  as  president  of  the 
Union  League  of  Watertown  throughout  the  conflict, 
and  as  chairman  of  the  Union  and  Republican  county 
committees  from  1861  to  1867.  In  the  latter  year 
he  was  nominated  by  acclamation  for  county  judge 
of  Jefferson  county,  and  was  duly  elected  ;  and  at 
the  expiration  of  his  term  in  1871  he  was  renomina- 
ted in  the  .same  flattering  manner,  and  re-elected. 
In  1877  he  retired  from  the  bench,  and  has  since 
devoted  himself  to  private  practice. 

F'or  many  years  Judge  Sawyer's  advice  and  assist- 
ance have  been  sought  in  business  circles  in  Water- 
town,  and  he  has  been  conspicuous  for  his  able  and 
untiring  advocacy  of  all  measures  for  the  public  wel- 
fare. He  has  served  as  a  director  in  various  banks, 
insurance,  railroad,  and  manufacturing  corporations  ; 
and  is  now  vice  president  and  general  counsel  of  the 
Agricultural  Insurance  Co.  of  Watertown,  one  of  the 
foremost  institutions  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  W'ater- 
town  for  nine  years,  and  president  of  the  board 
during  part  of  that  tiine.  He  is  well  known  in 
Masonic  circles,  and  has  been  Master  of  the  Water- 
town  Lodge,  and  Eminent  Commander  of  Watertown 
Commanderv  of  Knights  Templar,  as  well  as  District 


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S<) 


Deputy  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  New  York  state. 
He  belongs  to  the  society  of  Sons  of  the  American 
Revohition,  and  to  the  Founders  and  Patriots  of 
America. 

In  religious  belief  Judge  Sawyer  is  an  Episcopal- 
ian, and  he  has  long  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  diocese  of  Central  New  York.      For 

the    past   fifteen    years    he   ha.s    been    a         : 

member  of  its  standing  committee,  and 
is  now  the  chancellor  of  the  diocese. 
For  more  than  a  (juarter  of  a  century  he 
has  been  a  warden  of  Trinity  Church, 
Watertown.  Hobart  College  conferred  , 
upon  him  in  1896  the  degree  of  LL.  D. 

PERS  ONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Azariah  H.  Sawyer  ic as  born  at  Potsclani, 
St.   Lawrence  county,   N.    V.,   June    19,  1 

183 i- ;  was  educated  in  public  schools  and  ^ 
by  private  tutors  .■  studied  hnv,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1857 ;  married 
Caroline  M.  Buckley  of  Watertoivn, 
N'.  v.,  JVbz'ember  3,  1859,  roho  died  in 
April,  1867 ;  married  Fra?tces  C.  Fox  of 
Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  December  15,  1869; 
7vas  county  Judge  of  Jefferson  county, 
1868-78;  has  practiced  law  at  I  later- 
toion  since  1857. 


jfrC&eriCi?  StCpbaU,  %X.,  promi- 
nent among  the  younger  members  of  the 
legal    profession   in   Kingston,    N.  Y'.,    is 
the  son  of  Frederick  Stephan,  ex-member 
of  assembly  of  Ulster  county,  and  Mag- 
dalena,  eldest  daughter  of  Major  (ieorge 
F.  Von  Beck.      Born    in    Rondout    less 
than  forty    years   ago,  he   attended  the 
common  schools  of  the  place  in    child- 
hood, and  afterward  graduated  from  the 
Ulster  Academy  there.     Having  decided 
to  make  the  legal  profession  his  life-work,  he  began 
his  training  therefor  in  the  ofiice  of  William  Lawton, 
then   county  judge,    and  his   partner,   Seymour  L. 
Stebbins.       Unexpected    financial    obstacles   arose, 
however,  and  Mr.  Stephan  was  compelled  to  aban- 
don his  studies  for  a  time.      Moving  to  Boston  he 
obtained  employment  as  a  bookkeeper,  and  worked 
thus  for  about  four  years. 

During  this  time  Mr.  Stephan  succeeded  by  the 
strictest  economy  in  accumulating  enough  capital  to 
enable  him  to  finish  his  legal  studies.  In  1884, 
accordingly,  he  entered  the  law  department  of  Union 
University  at  Albany,  graduating  thence  the  next 
year,  and  opening  an  office  in  Kingston  in  Ma}', 
1886.      In  the  decade  since  elapsed  he  has    firmly 


established  himself  in  his  profession,  building  up  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice  by  his  untiring  en- 
ergy and  tried  legal  ability.  He  has  always  practiced 
alone,  and  has  followed  a  general  line  of  law  business. 
Such  time  as  it  has  been  possible  to  spare  from  the 
exacting  demands  of  his  profession,  Mr.  Stephan  has 


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given  to  politics  for  some  years  past.  He  was  at 
one  time  the  Republican  candidate  for  the  office  of 
city  recorder,  but  was  unable  to  overcome  the  strong 
Democratic  sentiment  in  the  community.  He  was 
counsel  for  the  Ulster-county  board  of  supervisors  in 
1895  ;  and  in  the  same  year  was  elected  city  judge 
of  the  city  of  Kingston  by  a  large  majority,  and  has 
filled  the  position  since.  Kingston  is  usually  strongly 
Democratic,  and  Mr.  Stephan' s  election  may  be 
regarded  as  a  pergonal  triumph.  Other  political 
offices  have  been  within  his  reach,  notably  that  of 
alderman,  which  he  has  several  times  refused  ;  but 
he  has  felt  it  nece.ssary  to  devote  himself  chiefly  to 
the  interests  of  his  clients,  and  has  therefore  abstained 
from  taking  any  very  active  part  in  i)ublic  affairs. 


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In  1<S,S9  Judge  Stephan  helped  to  organize  the 
Home  Seekers'  Savings  and  Loan  Association  of 
Kingston,  which  has  proved  to  be  a  great  success 
and  a  benefit  to  the  city.  He  became  one  of  its 
charter  memliers,  and  has  served  as  attorney  for  the 
institution  ever  since.      He  is  a  member  of  Rondout 


FREDERICK  STEPHAX,  JR. 

Lodge,  No.  343,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
was  Master  of  the  same  in  1892.  He  is  also  a 
Knight  Templar  and  a  member  of  Cyprus  Temple, 
Order  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  belongs 
to  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  to  the  Rondout 
Club. 

FEUS  ONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Frederick 
Stephan,  Jr. ,  was  born  at  Rondtnif,  N.  Y. ,  May  20, 
1859 ;  7ciax  educated  in  common  scliools  and  Ulster 
Academy,  Rondout ;  worked  as  a  I'ookkeeper  in  Boston, 
1880-8 J^  ;  studied  laze,  and  7c<as  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1886 ;  ?narried  Alice  Vignes  of  Kingston,  N.  Y., 
February  22,  1888 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Kingston 
since  1880,  and  has  been  city  Judge  since  January  1, 
1800. 


flDartiu  flmjbam  iro\vusen&  of  Troy,  New 

York,  is  a  son  of  Nathaniel  Townsend  of  Massachu- 
setts, through  whom  he  inherited  the  blood  of  the 
Inghams  of  eastern  Connecticut  and  of  the  Trains  of 
Massachusetts ;  and  through  his  mother,  Cynthia 
Marsh  Townsend,  he  traces  his  descent  from  Henry 
Adams  of  Braintree  and  Miles  Standish 
of  Plymouth  and  Duxbury,  Mass. 

In  LS16  'Mr.  Townsend's  parents 
moved  to  Williamstown,  Mass.,  and  the 
three  sons  all  graduated  at  Williams  Col- 
lege, and  all  became  lawyers.  The 
eldest  brother,  Rufus  M.  Townsend, 
practiced  in  partnership  with  Martin  L 
Townsend  at  Troy  from  183G  to  1882, 
and  continued  active  professional  work 
until  his  death  at  the  age  of  eighty-one 
and  a  half  years.  The  third  brother, 
Randolph  W.  Townsend,  is  still  a  prac- 
ticing lawyer  in  New  York  city  at  the 
age  of  eighty-five.  Martin  L  Townsend 
graduated  from  college  in  1833,  studied 
law  under  David  Dudley  Field  of  New 
York  and  Henry  Z.  Hayner  of  Troy,  and 
has  practiced  his  profession  in  the  latter 
city  since  1836. 

Mr.   Townsend  was  for  four  years  an 
alderman  of  Troy,  was  district  attorney 
of  Rensselaer  county  from  1842  to  1845, 
delegate   at    large    to   the  constitutional 
convention  of   1867,  a  member  of  con- 
gress from  1875  to  1879,  United  States 
district  attorney  for  the  northern  district 
of  the  state  of  New  York  from  1879  to 
l.S,S7,  and    a   member   of  the  con.stitu- 
tional    commission    of   1890.      Williams 
College  conferred  upon  him  in  1866  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  and    he  has 
been  a  regent  of  the  University  of  the 
State  of  New  York  since  1873.      Until  1848  he  was 
a  Democrat  in  political  belief;   but  in  June  of  that 
year,  in  union  with  Thomas  V.. Carroll  and  Charles 
R.  McArthur,  he  called  and  held  the  first  meeting 
in  the  LInited  States  to  protest  against  the  nomina- 
tion of  Cass  on  a  pro-slavery  platform,  and  he  has 
ever  since  been  an  ardent,  unwavering  Republican. 

In  the  threefold  attributes  of  citizen,  lawyer,  and 
statesman,  Mr.  Townsend  has  been  generally  accep- 
ted for  half  a  century  as  the  representative  man  of 
his  county.  His  intellectual  equipment  is  marked 
by  quickness  and  breadth  of  comprehension,  original- 
ity of  conception,  sound  common  sense,  and  power 
of  presenting  and  enforcing  his  views.  His  tem- 
perament   is     nervous    and     enthusiastic,    his    sjiirit 


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inquisitive  and  aggressive,  his  moral  sense  hearty  and 
sincere.  He  has  always  combined  the  enthusiasm  of 
a  Huguenot  and  the  steadfastness  of  a  Covenanter. 
These  qualities  have  made  him  a  leader  of  men  from 
his  youth,  and  his  talents  are  of  that  large  degree 
that  approaches  to  genius.  A  born  radical,  not  of 
the  destructive  type  but  of  the  reforming,  in  muni- 
cipal matters,  in  the  law,  and  in  the  affairs  of  the 
nation,  he  has  ever  been  among  the  foremost  to 
recognize  and  advocate  every  movement  toward 
amelioration. 

Mr.  Townsend's  physical  energy  has  alw-ays  been 
so  abounding,  and  his  mind  so  broad,  that  he  has 
not  relished  the  deep  and  narrow  digging  in  a  single 
direction  that  is  needed  in  order  to  become  what  is 
known  as  a  "  learned  lawyer."  Still,  the  law  books 
show  a  highly  respectable  number  of  leading  cases 
in  which  he  has  originated  and  suc- 
cessfully enforced  unfamiliar  doctrines. 
Probably  the  most  celebrated  of  these  are 
the  Marshall  will  case  and  the  Meneely 
I)ell  case,  involving  respectively  the 
doctrines  of  charitable  trusts  and  unfair 
trade  competition.  As  a  jury  lawyer  he 
has  been  more  in  his  element.  In  his 
best  moments  he  can  never  have  been 
excelled.  Although  he  disdains  the  arts 
of  polished  rhetoric  and  declamation, 
his  quickness  and  adroitness,  versatility, 
courage,  presence  of  mind,  irresistible 
wit,  and  knowledge  of  human  nature, 
have  enabled  him  to  rise  to  great  heights 
of  forensic  power,  frequently  producing 
a  tremendous  and  ineffaceable  impres- 
sion. His  career  at  the  bar  has  been 
one  of  exceptional  success,  for  he  has 
always  had  the  foresight  and  wisdom  to 
try  in  public  none  but  good  cases  :  the 
others  he  has  settled  or  tried  out  of 
court.  Much  of  his  success  has  been 
due  to  his  invariable  habit  of  cross- 
examining  his  own  client  before  he  has 
embarked  in  a  suit.  Every  legal  reform 
in  the  state  has  found  in  him  an  earnest 
and  unwearied  advocate  ;  and  it  is  largely 
due  to  him  that  married  women  have 
their  rights,  and  that  parties  can  testify 
in  their  own  suits. 

Comparatively  little  as  Mr.  Townsend 
has  cared  for  the  books  of  the  law,  he 
has  always  loved  most  others  ;  and  from  his  youth 
has  read  nearly  everything,   by   night  and  by  day, 
in  science,  history,  literature,  and  theology  ;   so  that 
he  has  acquired  a  rare  fund    of  e.vact  and  general 


knowledge  which,  by  the  aid  of  an  infallible  mem- 
ory, is  always  readily  at  command.  He  has  also 
loved  and  practiced  farming  on  a  large  scale,  and  in 
these  two  avocations  he  has  found  the  solace  of  his 
long  life. 

Few  men  have  taken  so  commanding  a  position  in 
congress  in  a  first  or  second  term  as  Mr.  Townsend. 
In  this  he  has  overcome  the  tradition  that  a  new 
"M.  C,"  like  children,  "should  be  seen  and  not 
heard."  Something  of  this  was  due  to  his  mature 
age,  and  more  to  his  tact  and  wit.  In  his  short 
congressional  career  he  acquired  a  national  reputa- 
tion that  was  the  wonder  of  the  old  members,  and 
the  despair  of  the  new.  In  the  state  constitutional 
convention  he  took  and  maintained  a  similar  pre- 
eminence. He  has  never  cared  for  office,  and  the 
state  and  the  nation  have  been  the  losers,  because 


MARTIX  IXCHAM    TOW'XSEND 


he  has  lacked  and  despised  some  arts  necessary  to 
the  successful  politician. 

High    as    is    his    intellectual    stature,    it    is    of 
Mr.    Townsend's    grand     moral    qualities    that    his 


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contemporaries  best  love  to  speak,  and  for  which  he 
will  be  long  remembered.  Most  prominent  and  most 
essential  among  these  is  his  broad  humanity.  Like 
Abou  Ben  Adhem,  Mr.  Townsend  loves  his  fellow- 
men.  He  even  loves  the  cattle  on  the  hills  ;  and 
Covvper  would  call  him  friend,  for  he  would  not 
"needlessly  set  foot  upon  a  worm."  This  union  of 
tenderness  and  aggressiveness  is  rare  and  always 
strongly  attractive.  His  large  humanity  led  him  in 
1  S4'S  to  cast  off  the  shackles  of  party  allegiance,  and 
almost  alone  to  declare  the  unpopular  doctrine  of  re- 
striction of  slavery.  He  gloried  in  defying  the  wicked 
Fugitive  Slave  law.  In  the  early  and  discouraging 
years  of  the  great  Civil  War  his  was  one  of  the  clarion 
voices  that  never  faltered  in  its  patriotism.  Having 
convictions,  he  has  always  had  the  courage  of  them, 
and  a  grand  contempt  of  wrong.  Never  has  he 
taken  counsel  save  from  his  own  conscience  and  from 
God.  On  occasion  these  qualities  have  made  him 
seem  irascible,  and  impatient  of  mean  motives  and 
dull  and  mercenary  men  ;  but  generally  this  defect 
has  been  overbalanced  by  his  incisive  wit  and 
exuberant  sense  of  humor,  which  have  salved  the 
sores  that  his  unsparing  probe  may  have  made. 

PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Martin 
Ingham  Townsend  was  born  at  Hancock,  Mass., 
Febniary  0,  1810  ;  graduated  from  Williams  College 
in  1833 ;  married  Louisa  B.  Kellogg  of  ]Villiams- 
town,  Mass. ,  May  10,  1836  ;  was  district  attorney  of 
Rensselaer  county,  184-2— 45,  member  of  congress, 
1875-79,  and  United  States  attorney  for  the  northern 
district  of  Neio  York,  1879-87  ;  has  been  a  regent  of 
the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York  since  1873  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Troy,  N.   Y. ,  since  1836. 


3obn  E&garson  Dan  Etten,  one  of  the 

ablest  lawyers  of  eastern  New  York,  is  of  pure 
Knickerbocker  descent.  His  first  American  ances- 
tor was  Jacob  Jansen,  who  came  to  this  country  in 
1664  from  the  city  of  Etten  in  Brabant,  Holland,  and 
settled  in  Ulster  county.  New  York.  The  record  of 
his  marriage  to  one  of  his  countrywomen  on  January 
4,  1665,  may  still  be  seen  in  the  old  records  of  the 
First  Reformed  Church  of  Kingston,  where  he  is 
spoken  of  as  Jacob  Jansen  von  Etten  ;  and  from  this 
early  entry  may  be  traced  the  origin  of  the  family 
name.  John  Van  Etten,  the  grandfather  of  our  pres- 
ent subject,  was  a  direct  descendant  in  the  fourth 
or  fifth  generation  of  the  founder  of  the  American 
line.  He  was  Ijorn  May  31,  1750,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga  as  one 
of  Morgan's  regiment  of  sharpshooters.  Though  a 
mere  boy,  he  was  already  distinguished  by  the  great 
strength  for  which   the  family  has  long  been  famous, 


as  may  be  judged  from  the  gun  that  he  used  in  that 
battle.  This  ancient  weapon,  now  in  possession  of 
his  grandson,  measures  seven  feet  in  length  and 
weighs  sixteen  pounds.  It  was  called  "  Tower 
Hill,  "  and  was  considered  the  best  gun  in  the  regi- 
ment, being  the  only  one  that  would  carry  a  ball 
across  Saratoga  lake. 

After  the  close  of  the  revolutionary  war  John  Van 
Etten  married,  and  had  three  sons,  one  of  whom 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1.S12.  The  youngest, 
John  Aaron,  born  May  lil,  l-SOl,  was  married  Octo- 
ber 19,  1826,  to  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Peter  Vredeu- 
burgh,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Vaudale,  Ulster 
county,  afterward  called  Aaronton  out  of  respect  for 
him.  In  1869  he  sold  his  farm,  and  moved  to 
Kingston,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven. 
He  was  the  largest  and  strongest  of  a  family  noted 
for  size  and  strength,  and  these  qualities  more  than 
once  saved  his  life.  He  was  at  the  same  time  gentle 
and  kindly  in  disposition,  generous,  brave,  sincere, 
and  honest. 

John  E.  Van  Etten,  the  son  of  this  modern  Samson, 
was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in  1880.  His  early 
education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  of 
the  neighborhood,  and  he  afterward  studied  at  the 
Albany  Normal  College  under  George  R.  Perkins. 
He  graduated  thence  in  1850,  and  after  a  year  of 
further  cla.ssical  study,  he  prepared  himself  for  the 
legal  profession  under  Erastus  Cooke,  late  justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court.  In  1856  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  courts  of  New  Y''ork  state,  and  in 
1867  in  the  United  States  courts. 

Mr.  Van  Etten  has  now  followed  his  profession  in 
Kingston  for  forty  years,  and  has  given  his  whole 
time  and  talent  to  it.  He  has  his  reward  in  the  dis- 
tinguished position  he  has  attained  at  the  bar  and  in 
the  public  regard.  His  learning  and  ability  are 
amply  attested  by  the  legal  records  of  Ulster  county, 
where  he  has  won  many  cases  involving  intricate 
points  of  law,  and  requiring  an  intimate  and  accurate 
knowledge  of  the  i)rinciples  concerned.  A  few  of 
the  more  imjjortant  must  be  briefly  referred  to, 
though  lack  of  space  forbids  more  than  a  passing 
mention. 

In  the  case  of  Whitaker  vs.  Burhaus,  involving  the 
title  to  lands  received  by  patent  from  George  III., 
Mr.  Van  Etten,  after  being  beaten  in  the  Circuit- 
Court  and  in  the  General  Term,  secured  a  reversal 
before  the  Court  of  Appeals,  thus  overturning  two 
previously  reported  decisions  on  which  he  had  first 
been  defeated.  In  the  case  of  VVeyman  vs.  Smead, 
involving  the  question  of  the  rights  of  an  assignee, 
Mr.  Van  Etten  lost  his  ca.se  in  the  Circuit  Court, 
but  secured  a  reversal  in  the  General  Term  upon  the 


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point  that  the  assignee  of  a  mortgage,  though  a  pur- 
chaser in  good  faith  and  for  a  vahiable  considera- 
tion, stands  in  no  better  position  than  his  assignor. 
In  the  case  of  TiUson  vs.  Terwilliger,  reported  at 
page  273  of  vohnne  50  of  the  New  York  Court  of 
Appeals  reports,  Mr.  Van  Etten  carried  his  case  on 
a  point  then  new  in  the  law.  He  se- 
cured another  hardly  won  victory  in  the 
case  of  Donovan  vs.  Van  Demork,  which 
involved  the  complicated  subject  of 
trusts.  In  the  lower  courts  it  was  held 
that  the  trust  in  ([uestion  wa.s  passive, 
and  therefore  void  ;  but  in  the  Court  of 
Appeals  Mr.  Van  Etten  secured  a  re- 
versal of  the  decision,  and  established 
his  claim  that  the  trust  was  active  and 
valid.  The  late  Judge  Nelson,  who  had 
a  somewhat  similar  case  soon  after,  paid 
Mr.  Van  Etten  the  high  compliment  in 
open  court  of  resting  his  case  entirely 
upon  Mr.  Van  Etten's  argument ;  and 
Judge  Ingalls  stated  that  in  the  twenty - 
five  years  he  had  been  on  the  bench,  he 
had  never  seen  a  better  brief  This  case 
was  carried  a  second  time  to  the  Court 
of  Appeals  ;  but  Mr.  \'an  Etten  was  still 
successful,  thereby  overturning  two  pre- 
vious sheriff's  sales  and  a  previous  mort- 
gage and  judgment  of  foreclosure,  with 
the  deeds  given  thereunder. 

Mr.  Van  Etten  has  never  filled  a  politi- 
cal ofifice,  but  he  holds  a  high  position 
in  the  community  where  he  has  lived  so 
long.  His  home  in  Kingston  occupies 
a  commanding  situation  from  which  a 
magnificent  view  of  the  Catskill  and  Berk- 
shire mountains  is  obtained,  and  which 
has  been  named  Mt.  Cslum  on  that 
account.  Here  he  has  gathered  an  ex- 
tensive library,  and  devotes  his  leisure  time  to  his 
books  and  to  rural  affairs,  in  which  he  takes  great 
interest. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John  Edgar- 
so?i  Van  Etten  7vas  born  at  Va»dak,  Ulster  eounfv, 
N.  Y. ,  April  2,  1830 ;  was  educated  at  the  Albany 
Normal  College  ;  studied  law,  and  tvas  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1856 ;  married  Adelaide  Green  of  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  April  28,  1858  :  has  practiced  law  at  Kings- 
ton since  1856. 


hood,  his  parents  settling  in  Boonville,  Oneida 
county.  There  he  attended  the  common  schools, 
and  afterward  the  village  academy,  and  finally  com- 
pleted his  education  at  Whitestown  Seminary. 

In  1880  Mr.   Willard  began  his  connection  with 
the  newspaper  world  as  telegraph  editor  of  the  Water- 


jFranCiS  H.  TlClillar^,  editor  of  the  Newburgh 
Daily  Register,  was  born  in  Kentucky  about  forty 
years  ago.  He  did  not  stay  long  in  the  South,  how- 
ever, but  was  brought  to  New  York  state  in  child- 


JONX  EDCAKSO.X  V.l.X  ETTEX 

town  Morning  Dispatch,  and  the  next  year  he  was 
made  managing  editor  of  the  paper.  During  the 
political  campaign  of  1882  he  had  charge  of  the  edi- 
torial columns  of  the  Utica  Daily  Press,  then  ju.st 
organized.  In  the  fall  of  1882  he  returned  to  Boon- 
ville, and  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Willard  & 
Sons,  proprietors  of  the  Boonville  Herald.  He  con- 
tinued his  connection  with  this  paper  for  nearly  ten 
years,  gaining  a  great  deal  of  valuable  experience, 
and  helping  to  build  up  an  excellent  country  paper. 
But  Mr.  VVillard's  talents  as  an  editor  and  pub- 
lisher could  not  find  scope  in  the  management  of  so 
small  an  enterprise  ;  and  when,  in  1891,  an  oppor- 
tunity presented  itself  to  purchase  the  Newburgh 
Register,  he  sold   his    interest    in    the  Herald  and 


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sought  a  wider  field  of  activity.  W'lien  he  took 
charge  of  the  Register  the  paper  was  in  a  condition 
far  from  flourishing,  but  under  his  able  and  vigorous 
management  it  has  become  a  prosperous  and  thor- 
oughly well  conducted  journal.  Commodious  and 
attractive  quarters  have  been  secured,  modern  machi- 


FRANCIS  A.    WILLARD 

nery  has  been  put  in  operation,  and  improved  meth- 
ods of  conducting  the  work  have  been  adopted  ;  so 
that  to-day  the  Register  is  conceded  to  be  the  lead- 
ing newspaper  between  New  York  and  Albany.  Mr. 
Willard  exercises  a  general  supervision  over  every 
branch  of  the  large  establishment ;  but  the  editorial 
department  is  under  his  immediate  charge,  and  his 
forceful  articles  regarding  public  questions  are  quoted 
by  leading  Democratic  papers  throughout  the  state. 

Mr.  Willard's  public  service  began  soon  after  he 
reached  his  majority,  when  he  acted  for  two  years 
as  clerk  of  the  village  of  Boonville.  In  1885  he 
was  the  Boonville  member  of  the  Oneida-county 
board  of  supervisors,  being  the  first  Democrat  elec- 
ted to  that  office  on   the  regular  party  ticket  since 


the  war.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  work  of 
the  board,  and  although  one  of  its  youngest  mem- 
bers, was  recognized  as  the  leader  of  the  Democratic 
minority.  His  popularity  with  his  party  was  shown 
by  his  nomination  in  the  same  year  as  member  of 
assembly  from  the  third  Oneida-county  district,  but 
this  nomination  he  refused  to  accept. 
In  August,  1886,  President  Cleveland 
appointed  him  postmaster  of  Boonville, 
and  the  appointment  gave  great  satisfac- 
tion to  the  people  of  the  place.  On  his 
removal  to  Newburgh  he  at  once  took  an 
active  part  in  the  public  life  of  the  city, 
and  soon  became  one  of  the  leaders  of 
his  party  there.  Before  he  had  been  in 
the  city  two  years  he  was  selected  as  chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  city  committee  in 
one  of  the  most  closely  contested  conven- 
tions ever  held  there.  His  advice  and 
counsel  are  always  at  the  service  of  his 
party,  and  are  highly  respected  and  fre- 
quently sought.  For  three  years  he  held 
the  position  of  statistician  in  the  bureau 
of  labor  statistics  at  Albany. 

PERSONAL  CNR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Francis  A.  Willard  7vas  born  at  Mi(lwa\, 
Ky. ,  Aug/est  23,  1836  ;  7aas  educated  at 
Boonville  {N.  K)  Academy  and  Whites- 
town  Seminary ;  ivas  clerk  of  the  village  of 
Boonville,  1878-79 ;  married  Caroline 
L.  Mailer  of  Boonville  February  27, 
1880;  7iias  connected  with  the  Watcrtown 
' '  Morning  Dispatch  ' '  and  the  Utica 
''Daily  Press,"  1880-82;  zvas  one  of 
the  editors  of  the  Boonville  ' '  Herald, ' ' 
1882-91 ;  was  a  fnember  of  the  Oneida- 
county  board  of  supervisors,  1884-85,  and 
postmaster  of  Boonville,  1886-91 ;  has 
been  editor  and  senior  proprietor  of  the 
Nnvburgh   "Daily  Register''   since  1891. 


llDOrtOn  2).  Mrlgbt  of  Gloversville,  promi- 
nent among  the  younger  lawyers  at  the  Fulton-county 
bar,  is  the  son  of  Daniel  H.  Wright,  who  came  to 
the  United  States  from  Stratford-on-Avon  in  1845, 
and  settled  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  married  Sarah 
Abbott  of  Brunswick,  Rensselaer  county.  Horton 
Wright  was  born  in  Brunswick  thirty-five  years 
ago,  and  received  his  early  educational  training 
in  the  union  school  at  Salem,  N.  Y.  He  after- 
ward prepared  for  college  at  the  Hoosick  Falls 
High  School,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  entered 
Cornell  University,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years.      He  then  read  law  at    Troy,   N.  Y.,  and  at 


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Hoosick  Falls  ;    and   in   September,    LScSB,   was    ad- 
mitted to  the  bar. 

With  this  excellent  intellectual  equipment  Mr. 
Wright  began  his  career  as  a  lawyer.  The  impor- 
tant question  of  a  field  of  activity  he  decided  in 
favor  of  Gloversville,  a  thriving  little  city  that 
afforded  abundant  opportunity  for  achieving  success 
in  his  chosen  profession.  He  accordingly  opened 
an  office  there  in  October,  1886,  and  has  practiced 
there  continuously  during  the  decade  since  elapsed. 
He  has  always  conducted  his  practice  without  asso- 
ciates, and  has  built  up  an  important  clientage.  In 
1892,  when  barely  thirty  years  old,  he  was  elected 
district  attorney  of  Fulton  county,  and  filled  the 
position   for  three  years  with  distinguished  ability. 

Mr.  Wright  has  had  considerable  experience  in 
criminal  cases,  both  in  his  private  practice  and  in 
his  capacity  as  prosecuting  officer  of  the 
county ;  and  he  has  been  particularly 
successful  in  this  line.  He  has  conducted 
no  less  than  five  murder  trials.  In  the 
case  of  Josef  Zlamel  he  acted  as  counsel 
for  the  people,  and  secured  the  execution 
of  the  prisoner.  In  the  other  four  cases 
he  conducted  the  prosecution  as  district 
attorney,  and  in  three  of  them  he 
obtained  a  heavy  sentence  against  the 
defendant.  In  the  case  of  Walter  Brown, 
charged  with  the  murder  of  Hiram  Os- 
born,  a  rival  hotel  keeper,  John  L.  Hill 
was  associated  with  Mr.  Wright  in  the 
conduct  of  the  case.  When  first  elected 
district  attorney,  Mr.  Wright,  with  the 
assistance  of  Matthew  Hale,  conducted 
the  prosecution  of  Daniel  E.  Sutliff,  ex- 
sheriff  of  Fulton  county,  for  presenting 
to  the  board  of  supervisors  a  bill  contain- 
ing fraudulent  items. 

Aside  from  professional  work  Mr. 
Wright  is  prominent  in  many  ways  in  the 
life  of  Gloversville.  He  belongs  to  the 
Free  Masons  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
His  great  diversion  and  relaxation  from 
the  cares  of  business  is  chess ;  and  in 
this  difficult  field  he  has  gained  consid- 
erable distinction,  and  has  established 
a  reputation  as  the  best  player  in  his  part 
of  the  state.  He  is  fond  of  books,  read- 
ing largely  outside  of  professional  sub- 
jects ;  and  is  steadily  accumulating  an  excellent 
private  library. 

PERSONAL  CHR ONOL OGY—  Morton  D. 
Wright  was  born  at  Brunswick,  N.   Y. ,  December  7, 


1862 ;  K'as  educated  at  tlie  Hoosicf:  Falls  High  School 
and  Cornell  University ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1886  :  married  Gertrude  A.  Cam  rick  of 
Arietta,  N.  V.,  A  fay  27,  1885;  7cias  district  attorney 
of  Fulton  county,  1893-95  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Gloversville,  N.   V. ,  since  1886. 


/IDaUriCe  %.  MriCjbt,  justice  of  the  New  York 
state  Supreme  t'ourt,  and  widely  known  throughout 
northern  New  York  for  his  ability  at  the  bar  and  on 
the  bench,  was  born  in  Oswego  county  little  more 
than  fifty  years  since.  The  family  is  of  Scotch- 
English  descent,  his  great-great-grandfather,  Caleb 
Wright,  having  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in 
1740,  and  settled  in  Connecticut.  Caleb  Wright, 
Jr.,  the  next  of  the  line,  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Bennington,  supjilying  himself  with  bullets  by  melt- 


HORTOX  D.    WRIGHT 


ing  the  weights  of  his  eight-day  clock.  Lauchlin 
Wright,  the  son  of  this  revolutionary  hero,  lived  in 
Cambridge,  Washington  county,  N.  Y.  ;  and  his  son, 
David  P.,  was  the  father  of  our  present  subject.      On 


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his  mother's  side  Justice  Wright  is  descended  from 
Walter  Woodworth,  a  native  of  Kent,  England,  who 
settled  in  Scitiiate,  Mass.,  sometime  prior  to  1635. 
In  this  line,  also,  we  find  a  revolutionary  .soldier  ; 
Captain  William  Woodworth  of  Westchester  county. 
New  York,  having  served  under  General  Washing- 


MALKhh.    L.    WRIGHT 


ton,  and  commanded  for  a  time  the  Charlotte  pre- 
cinct in  his  county.  His  son.  Major  Lott  Wood- 
worth,  took  part  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  commanded 
his  regiment  at  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh. 

Justice  Wright  began  his  education  in  the  common 
schools,  afterward  attending  the  academy  at  Mexico, 
N.  Y.,  and  Falley  Seminary,  where  he  prepared  for 
college.  He  gave  up  for  a  time,  however,  his  plans 
for  further  study;  and  in  the  summer  of  1SG4, 
before  he  was  nineteen  years  old,  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  navy.  He  was  assigned  to  duty  on 
the  gunboat  "Valley  City"  in  the  North  Atlantic 
scjuadron,  commanded  by  Admiral  Porter.  Though 
he  entered  the  service  less  than  a  year  liefore  the 
close  of    the    war,   he   saw    hard    fighting,    and   had 


several  narrow  escai)es  from  death.  During  an 
engagement  in  the  Roanoke  expedition,  several  of 
the  gun's  crew  to  which  he  belonged  were  killed 
and  wounded,  the  man  who  stood  next  him  at  the 
gun  being  cut  to  pieces  by  a  shell.  On  another 
occasion,  when  on  shore  and  at  some  distance  from 
his  comrades,  he  was  mistaken  for  a 
rebel  by  a  company  of  Union  cavalry- 
men, and  commanded  to  surrender.  Sup- 
posing them  to  be  rebels,  he  fired  upon 
them,  and  received  in  return  a  volley 
at  a  distance  of  about  a  hundred  yards. 
By  some  marvelous  good  fortune  he  es- 
caped unharmed,  and  the  attacking  party 
discovered  their  mistake  in  time  to  pre- 
vent further  trouble. 

Returning    North    in     1805,     Justice 
Wright    finished   his  general   education, 
and  then  became  a  student  in  the   law 
office  of  Congressman  John  C.  Churchill 
of  Oswego.      The  next  year  he  entered 
Columbian  College  Law  School  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  graduated  therefrom 
in  1870.      He  then  formed  a  law  part- 
nership   at    Mexico,    N.    Y.,    with    his 
brother-in-law,   T.   W.   Skinner,  at   that 
time  surrogate  of  Oswego  county  ;    and 
for  the  next    twenty  years  he  practiced 
his  iirofession  there  with  increasing  suc- 
cess.    Yox  three  years,  beginning  in  1879, 
he  was  president  of  the  village  of  Mexico. 
In  1883  he  was  elected  by  the  Republi- 
can    party     county    judge    of    Oswego 
county,    and    was    re-elected    in    1889, 
holding    the    position  until  1891,   when 
he  resigned  in  order  to  accept  a  higher 
office.       In    1890  he  was  appornted  by 
Governor  Hill  a  member  of  the  constitu- 
tional commission  to  revise  the  judiciary 
article  of  the  state  constitution.     This  commission 
included  many  of  the  ablest  lawyers  of  the  state,  and 
its  work  was  most  favorably  received  by  the  consti- 
tutional convention  of  1894;    and  Justice  Wright's 
appointment    thereto  was  a  gratifying    evidence  of 
his  high  professional  standing.     In  IcSOl  he  received 
an  additional  proof  of  his  popularity  in  his  election 
from  the   5th  judicial    district  as  a   justice    of  the 
Supreme  Court. 

Justice  Wright  is  a  man  of  excellent  judgment  as 
well  as  sound  learning  in  the  law  ;  and  his  genial 
and  courteous  manners  have  won  for  him  many 
friends  throughout  the  state.  In  the  sjiring  of  1897 
his  name  was  prominently  mentioned  by  the  Repub- 
bcan  ])apers  in  his  part  of  the  state  for  the   office  of 


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judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  ;  and  the  fact  was 
made  the  occasion  of  some  very  flattering  expres- 
sions regarding  his  professional  work  on  the  (lart  of 
his  political  opponents. 

Justice  Wright  is  a  Mason  and  a  Knight  Templar, 
and  was  three  times  Master  of  Mexico  Lodge,  No. 
136,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  was  also  commander  of  the 
Grand  Army  Post  at  Mexico  for  three  terms.  He  is  a 
man  of  wide  general  culture,  and  his  private  library 
of  a  thousand  volumes  is  especially  rich  in  historical 
and  scientific  works.  Since  1893  he  has  made  his 
home  in  Oswego. 

PERSO NA L  CHR  ONOLOG  I '—  Maurice 
Laiiclilin  Wright  was  born  at  Sctiha,  N.  Y. ,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1845;  was  educated  at  Mexico  (yV.  K) 
Academy  and  Falley  Seminary  ;  served  in  the  Union 
navy,  1804-65  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
liar  in  1870  :  married  Mary  Grace  Skinner 
of  Mexico  Xfovember  3,  1869  ;  7C'as  presi- 
dent of  the  I'illage  of  Mexico,  1879—81  ; 
7Cias  county  Judge  of  Oswego  county, 
1884-91 ;  has  been  justice  of  the  New 
York  state  Supreme  Court  since  January 
1,  1892. 


IKlelSOn  lb.  Hnibal  is  well  known 
in  (iloversville,  N.  Y.,  and  throughout 
Fulton  county,  where  he  has  ])racticed 
law  for  the  past  eighteen  years.  He  was 
born  in  the  neighboring  county  of  Ham- 
ilton, and  has  spent  the  whole  of  his 
forty-odd  years  in  that  part  of  the  state. 
He  attended  public  and  private  schools, 
completing  the  course  in  the  (Moversville 
High  School,  and  going  thence  to  Fort 
Edward  Collegiate  Institute.  There  he 
took  a  Latin  and  scientific  course,  and 
graduated  in  June,  1874. 

Mr.  Anibal  was  now  twenty  years  old, 
and  had  the  world  before  him  in  which 
to  choose  his  future  career.  He  decided 
to  become  a  lawyer ;  and  to  that  end  he 
entered  the  office  of  C.  M.  Parke  of 
Cloversville,  and  prosecuted  his  studies 
vigorously  for  the  next  few  years.  In 
September,  1879,  at  a  general  term  of  the 
Supreme  Court  held  at  Saratoga  Springs, 
he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  all  the 
courts  of  New  York  state  ;  and  he  has 
since  been  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
United  States  courts.  On  K\m\  1,  1880,  he  opened 
an  office  on  his  own  account  in  Gloversville,  and 
that  city  has  continued  to  be  the  field  of  his  pro- 
fessional activitv. 


Mr.  Anibal  has  never  availed  himself  of  partner- 
ship assistance,  but  has  practiced  alone  from  the 
beginning,  preferring  to  succeed  or  fail  on  his  own 
merits.  He  has  not  made  a  specialty  of  any  one 
branch  of  his  profession,  but  has  carried  on  a  general 
practice.  In  this  he  has  been  entirely  successful, 
having  conducted  a  large  amount  of  business  through- 
out Fulton  county,  and  established  a  wide  reputa- 
tion as  a  conscientious  and  able  attorney. 

Though  always  an  uncompromising  Democrat  in 
political  belief,  Mr.  Anibal  has  been  content  to  work 
for  his  party  without  reward  ;  and  has  never  sought 
nor  held  public  office.  He  has  taken  part  as  a 
speaker  in  every  political  contest  since  the  Tilden 
campaign  of  1876,  and  has  rendered  substantial  aid 
to  the  Democratic  state  committee  in  this  way. 

Mr.  .Anibal   is  a  firm  believer   in   the  benefits  of 


NELSOX  H.  AXIBAI. 


fraternal  societies,  and  has  membership  in  many  such. 
He  belongs  to  Gloversville  Lodge,  No.  429,  F.  &  A. 
M.  ;  Johnstown  Chapter,  No.  78,  R.  A.  M.  ;  Holy 
Cross    Commandery,  No.  51,   K.  T.,   Gloversville, 


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of  which  he  has  been  Eminent  Commander  ;  and 
Cyprus  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Al- 
bany. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Maccabees. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY-— Nelson    H. 
Anibal  7aas  born  at  Benson,  N.   Y.,  July  20,  1854.: 


HADLEY  JOXES 

was  educated  at  the  Gloversville  (^N.  Y.  )  High  School 
and  Fort  Edward  Collegiate  Institute :  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879  ;  married  Mary 
Catharine  Warner  of  Gloziersville  June  26,  1884  • 
has  practiced  law  at  Gloversville  since  1880. 


IbaMe^  9-OneS  of  Little  Fails,  N.  Y.,  has 
attained  a  position  of  prominence  at  the  bar  and  in 
the  counsels  of  the  Republican  party  in  eastern  New 
York.  He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Danube,  Her- 
kimer county,  forty  years  ago,  and  is  a  son  of 
De  Witt  C.  Jones  and  Maria  Grove.  After  attend- 
ing the  common  schools,  and  graduating  from  Little 
Falls  Academy  at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  commenced 
reading  law  in  the  office  of  the  late  Samuel  Earl  in 


the  village  of  Herkimer.  Having  gained  some  pre- 
liminary legal  knowledge  in  this  way,  he  entered 
the  Albany  Law  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1880  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 

Mr.  Jones's  experience  thus  far  had  been  free  from 
the  struggles  that  beset  the  path  of  so  many  aspirants 
for  legal  honors,  and  he  began  his 
professional  career  with  every  condition 
favorable  to  success.  Opening  an  office 
in  Herkimer  on  his  admission  to  the 
bar,  he  practiced  there  for  two  years  ; 
and  then,  in  October,  1882,  moved  to 
Little  Falls,  where  he  has  practiced  for 
the  past  fifteen  years.  At  first  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  George  F.  Crumby 
under  the  style  of  Crumby  &:  Jones. 
After  his  partner's  death  in  1X87  he 
practiced  alone  for  a  time,  and  then  for 
two  years  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
McEvoy  &  Jones.  In  1892,  however, 
the  present  firm  of  Jones  &  Gilbert  was 
established,  with  Mr.  Jones  as  senior 
partner.  Ever  since  he  went  to  Little 
Falls  Mr.  Jones  has  been  recognized  as 
an  attorney  of  marked  ability  ;  and  his 
success  in  building  up  an  important  and 
lucrative  practice  has  been  most  gratify- 
ing. He  is  an  eloquent  and  effective 
advocate  before  a  jury,  and  is  deemed 
one  of  the  brightest  lawyers  at  the  Her- 
kimer-county  bar.  Some  of  his  greatest 
triumphs  have  been  won  against  railroad 
corporations,  several  large  cases  of  this 
kind  having  been  successfully  prosecuted 
by  him. 

As  has  been  said  above,  Mr.  Jones  is 
a  Republican,  and  an  earnest  worker  in 
the  ranks  of  his  party.  His  services  on 
the  stump  are  always  in  demand,  and 
his  eloquent  and  forceful  style  makes  him  at  once  an 
entertaining  and  convincing  public  speaker.  During 
the  campaigns  of  1892  and  1896  he  was  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  county  committee,  and  addressed  more 
than  twenty  different  audiences  in  behalf  of  the 
Republican  candidates.  In  the  senatorial  conven- 
tion of  1893  he  was  the  candidate  of  the  Herkimer- 
county  delegates  for  the  nomination  for  state  senator, 
and  was  strongly  supported  for  the  office.  In  1895 
he  was  prominently  mentioned  for  the  office  of 
county  judge,  and  received  a  large  number  of  votes 
in  the  county  convention. 

Mr.  Jones  is  interested  in  various  business  enter- 
prises, and  holds  office  in  several  corporations.  He 
is  secretary  of  the  Old  Forge  Co.,  an  Adirondack 


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land  and  hotel  company  at  Ukl  Forge,  N.  Y. , 
and  of  the  Crosby  Transi)ortation  Co.,  on  the  Ful- 
ton chain  of  lakes.  He  has  membership  in  a  number 
of  fraternal  societies,  such  as  the  Flks,  Odd  Fellows, 
and  Masons ;  and  belongs  to  Little  Falls  Lodge, 
No.  181,  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  Little  Falls  Commandery, 
No.  26,  K.  T.  ;  and  Ziyara  Temple,  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine,  Utica.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  and  of  the  Elks  City  Club  of 
Little  Falls. 

PERSONAL  CHR ONOL OGY—  Ha,Ucy Jones 
was  born  at  Danube,  N.  Y.,  November  12,  1857 ; 
was  educated  at  Little  Falls  {N.  K )  Academy  ; 
graduated  from  the  Albany  Law  School,  and  7vas 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S80  ;  practiced  law  at  Herki- 
mer, N.  V. ,  1880-82 ;  married  Emily  E.  Neff  of 
Philadelphia  June  2,  1807 :  has  practiced  law  at 
Little  Falls  since  1882. 


Milltam  lb.  IkaUfman  of  Am- 
sterdam, X.  v.,  was  born  about  forty- 
two  years  ago  in  the  Cerman  principal- 
ity of  Schaumburg-Lippe,  where  his 
father  was  an  architect  and  builder  for 
Duke  George,  the  ruler  of  the  province. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  fatherland,  and  at 
the  age  of  nine  was  sent  to  a  private 
school,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
He  then  entered  the  school  of  military 
music  at  Biickeburg ;  and  after  three 
years'  study  there  he  received  his  papers 
of  release,  and  was  recommended  to  the 
Marine  band  of  Washington,  D.  C.  He 
set  out,  accordingly,  for  the  new  world, 
landing  in  New  York  September  25, 
1872,  and  proceeding  at  once  to  the 
capital.  Professor  Snyder,  the  leader  of 
the  band,  was  anxious  to  enroll  him  in 
the  organization  ;  but  his  examination 
by  the  marine  surgeon  revealed  the  fact 
that  he  could  not  meet  the  physical  re- 
quirements, and  his  ai)plication  was  re- 
fused on  that  account. 

Mr.    Kaufman    was   barely    seventeen 
years  old  at  this  time,  and  the  failure  to 
carry  out  his  original  intentions  left  him 
to  make    his  way  unaided  in  a   strange 
land.      He   had    plenty   of  courage  and 
ability,  however;   and  he  soon  procured 
a  situation  in  (leorgetown,   D.  C,  w^here  he  learned 
the  confectioner's  trade.    The  next  year  he  obtained 
employment  in   one  of  the  best  catering  establish- 
ments in    Washington,   and  in    a    short   time  made 


himself  so  valuable  to  his  employer  that  he  was 
given  a  general  oversight  of  the  business.  He  re- 
mained there  until  1879,  and  the  next  five  years 
were  spent  in  New  Jersey,  Albany,  and  L^tica.  Up 
to  this  time  Mr.  Kaufman,  though  he  had  filled 
responsible  positions,  had  always  worked  as  an  em- 
ployee. In  1884,  however,  he  moved  to  Amster- 
dam, N.  Y.,  and  began  business  for  himself  as 
proprietor  of  a  confectioner's  and  caterer's  estab- 
lishment. This  he  has  conducted  ever  since,  and 
has  met  with  much  success. 

Mr.  Kaufman  interested  himself  actively  in  the 
prosperity  of  Amsterdam  from  the  time  he  took  up 
his  residence  there,  and  he  soon  became  known  as 
one  of  its  most  respected  citizens.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  various  other  organiza- 
tions.     In    politics    he    has    always    been    a    stanch 


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Republican,  and  has  done  good  work  for  his  party 
for  many  years.  In  the  fall  of  1893  he  was  elected 
without  opposition  as  alderman  from  the  first  ward 
of  the  citv,  and  held  the  office  for  three  years.      This 


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evidence  of  his  popularity  suggested  to  the  party 
managers  his  probable  strength  as  a  candidate  for 
a  more  important  office,  and  in  1896  he  was  nomi- 
nated by  acclamation  for  mayor  of  the  city.  He 
was  duly  elected,  and  assumed  the  office  January 
1,  1897.      In    the   fall   of  that   year  he  declined  a 


.tRTHlA'   A.  MtLIiAX 

renomination,  in  order  to  devote  his  entire  time  to 
his  business  affairs. 

Mr.  Kaufman  believes  heartily  in  fraternal  socie- 
ties, and  belongs  to  several  such  organizations.  He 
has  taken  the  32d  degree  in  Masonry  ;  and  is  a 
member  of  Artisan  Lodge,  No.  84,  F.  &  A.  M., 
Amsterdam,  and  of  the  Order  of  Nobles  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine.  For  the  past  si.v  years  he  has  been  treas- 
urer of  the  Pythian  Association  of  Amsterdam,  and 
he  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  erection  of 
the  society's  building.  He  has  also  acted  as  treas- 
urer of  Royal  Arcanum  Lodge  No.  1259.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  German  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church,  is  the  chairman  of  its  board  of  trustees,  and 
has  been  its  treasurer  for  eight  vears. 


PERSONA L     CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  William 
Henry  Kaufman  was  born  at  Hagenbiirg,  Germany, 
October  6,  1855  ;  7oas  educated  in   German  scJwols  ; 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1872  ;  7C'as  employed  as  a 
confectioner  and  caterer  in    Washington,   D.   C,  and 
else7vhere,  1872-84- ;  married  Alinnie  Rietz  of  Amster- 
dam,   N.    v.,    May   8,    1883;    was    an 
alderman    of  Amsterdam,   189^-90,   and 
mayor  of  the  city  in  1897 ;   has  conducted 
a  confectionery  and  catering  establishment 
in  Amsterdam  since  1884- 


artbur  a.  flOcXean,  one  of  the 

most    successl'ul    business    men   of    New- 
burgh,  N.  Y.,  and  well  known  in  Demo- 
cratic circles  throughout  the  state,  is  the 
son   of  Cornelius  and   Susan    (O'Neill) 
McLean.    After  attending  a  select  school 
in  childhood  he  completed  his  education 
at    the    Newburgh    Academy.      He    was 
then  prepared    to    enter  business.      The 
grocery  store    established    by  his   father 
long  before  on  a  small  scale,   had  pros- 
pered, and  assumed  considerable  propor- 
tions ;  and  Cornelius  McLean  was  glad 
to  avail  himself  of  his  son's  assistance  in 
its    management,    and    to    prepare    the 
young  man  to  take  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness  at    a    later  day.      Arthur  McLean, 
accordingly,   learned    the  business  thor- 
oughly step  by  step,  evincing  a  natural 
aptitude  for  practical  affairs  that  augured 
well  for  the  future  of  the  enterprise.      In 
j         1874  he  succeeded  his  father  as  proprietor 
I         of  the  establishment,  and  has  since  car- 
1  ried  it  on  alone.    From  the  humble  begin- 
ning of  1849  it  has  developed  into  a  thor- 
oughly equipped  modern  establishment, 
one  of  the  best  of  its  kind  in  the  state. 
Mr.  McLean  has  always  been  a  loyal  and  con.sist- 
ent    Democrat  in   political    belief,  and    enjoys    the 
respect  and  confidence  of   his  party.      In   1895  he 
received  an  appointment  from  Secretary  Carlisle  of 
the  Lhiited   States    treasury  department  as  superin- 
tendent of  construction  of  the  Newburgh  post  office; 
and  the  fact  that  this  position  was  wholly  unsought 
by  him  speaks  well  for  the  extent  and  character  of 
his  reputation.      He  was  one  of  the  delegates  to  the 
Democratic  national  convention  at  Chicago  in  1896, 
and  at  the  state  convention  at  Buffalo  in  the  same 
year  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Democratic 
state  committee. 

Being  of  a  social  nature  Mr.  McLean  has  mem- 
bershi]5  in  several    prominent    clubs    and   societies. 


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He  belongs  to  the  Friendly  Sons  of  St.  Patrick,  the 
Democratic  Chib,  and  the  Catholic  Club,  all  of  New- 
York  city  ;  as  well  as  to  the  Orange  Lake  and  City 
clubs  of  Newburgh.  He  is  one  of  the  trustees  of 
St.  Mary's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Newburgh,  of 
which  the  eloquent  and  talented  Dr.  Edward  Mc- 
Glynn,  well  known  for  his  advocacy  of  the  single- 
tax  theory,  and  for  his  consetjuent  censure  by  the 
authorities  of  his  church,  was  made  rector  January 
1,  1895. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Arthur  A. 
McLean  was  born  al  Newburgh,  N.  Y. ,  July  12, 
183S  ;  was  educated  at  Neivburgh  Academy  ;  entered 
his  father' s  store  in  Nervliurgh  in  1869 ;  married 
Nannie  I.  Murphy  of  Brooklyn  April  28,  1881 ; 
was  appointed  superintendent  of  construction  of  the 
new  post  office  at  Nezvburgh  in  1895  ;  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Democratic  national  convention  in 
1806,  and  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Democratic  state  co/nmittee  in  the  same 
rear:    has  carried  on  the  business  estab- 


5aC0b  Snell  of  Fonda,  N.  Y.,  is 
descended  from  a  family  that  has  been 
prominent  in  that  part  of  the  state  for 
several  generations.  He  is  a  great- 
grandson  of  Jacob  Snell,  who  fought  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  afterward 
served  for  five  terms  in  the  New  York 
state  assembly.  He  was  also  sheriff  of 
Tryon  county,  comprising  the  territory 
now  included  in  Fulton  and  Hamilton 
counties.  Alexander  Snell,  the  father  of 
our  present  subject,  was  born  in  Stone 
Arabia,  Montgomery  county,  which  was 
also  his  son's  native  place,  and  died 
there  in  1871.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  G.  Loucks,  and  had  nine 
children.  From  1861  to  1864  he  was 
sherifl'  of  Montgomery  county  ;  so  that 
his  son,  who  occupied  a  similar  |)osition 
in  1886-89,  was  the  third  of  the  family  |  / 
to  hold  the  office.  i 

Jacob  Snell  was  born  fifty  years  ago, 
and    received  a  good  general  education 

in  the  common   schools.      He  then  en-         ' 

gaged     in    farming,    and     followed    that 
occupation  for  upwards  of  fifteen  years, 
carrying  on  the  business  of  a  stone  con- 
tractor  at    the   same    time.      In    1881    he    left   his 
native   town  and  moved  to  Fonda,  which  has  since 
been  his   home.      He    took    up,    also,    an    entirely 
different  line  of  work    from  any  in   which   he  had 


hitherto  been  occupied,  becoming  the  proprietor  of 
a  hotel.  This  establishment  was  known  as  the 
Snell  House,  and  he  conducted  it  for  ten  years. 
No  man  has  a  better  opportunity  to  become  gener- 
ally known  than  a  hotel  keeper ;  and  Mr.  Snell, 
who  possessed  many  personal  characteristics  that 
rendered  him  well  qualified  for  the  position,  soon 
gained  a  reputation  as  an  excellent  host. 

In  1895  he  became  the  superintendent  of  the 
Mohawk  division  of  the  Erie  canal,  and  he  still  holds 
that  position.  He  is  also  interested  in  manufactur- 
ing, and  is  the  head  of  a  large  broom  factory  in 
Fonda. 

In  politics  Mr,  Snell  is  a  Republican,  and  has  been 
for  many  years  an  active  party  worker.  He  was 
supervisor  from  the  town  of  Palatine  for  one  term, 
and  town  clerk  for  two  terms.      In  1885,  soon  after 


JACOB  SSELL 

taking  up  his  residence  in  Fonda,  he  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Montgomery  county,  and  served  for  three 
years.  He  has  frequently  been  a  delegate  to  county 
and  state  conventions,   and   is  well   known   in   local 


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political  circles.      He  belongs  to  the  Improved  Order 
of  Red  Men  and  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY ~ Jacob  Snell 
was  born  at  Stone  Arabia,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  1S47  : 
was  educated  in  common  schools ;  married  Nancy  L. 
Nr//i<  of  Palatine  Bridge,  N.   Y,  July  1,  ISflS  .'  was 


JUJLX  1>L'.\J.,U'    U  EXDELL 

a  farmer  and  stone  contractor,  1867-81  ;  ioas  super- 
visor from  the  toion  of  Palatine  in  1880,  town  clerk, 
1869-79,  and  sheriff  of  Montgomery  county,  1886-89  : 
was  proprietor  of  the  Snell  House  at  Fonda,  N.  Y. , 
1881-91 ;  has  been  superintendent  if  the  Molunok 
division  of  the  Erie  canal  since  1895. 


30bn  Dunlap  Men&ell  is  a  native  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  New  York,  and  ha.s  always  lived 
there.  His  parents  were  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Fox) 
Wendell,  and  he  was  the  third  son  in  a  family  of 
ten  children.  Up  to  the  time  he  was  sixteen  years 
old  his  father  carried  on  his  trade  of  a  shoemaker  in 
the  little  village  of  Sprout  Brook.  During  a  part  of 
this  time  he  was  also  the   village  postmaster,  and 


Judge  Wendell  used  to  carry  the  mail  after  school  to 
and  from  the  little  settlement  of  Buel,  about  two 
miles  away.  In  1856  the  family  moved  to  a  farm 
between  Sprout  Brook  and  Fort  Plain,  and  from  that 
time  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old  Judge  Wen- 
dell worked  on  the  farm  for  a  great  part  of  the  time. 
His  winters,  however,  were  still  devoted 
to  his  books,  at  first  as  a  pupil,  and  after- 
ward as  teacher  of  a  school  in  the  neigh- 
boring village  of  Mapletown. 

As  soon  as  he  became  of  age  Judge 
Wendell  entered  the  Albany  Law  School, 
where  he  made  so  rapid  progress  that  he 
was  able  to  graduate  in  less  than  a  year. 
-Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1862,  he  began 
practice  at  once  in  Fort  Plain,  which  has 
ever  since  been  the  scene  of  his  profes- 
sional labors.  Becoming  associated  at 
the  beginning  of  his  legal  career  with 
Judge  Yost,  he  remained  in  his  office 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  became  well 
and  favorably  known  at  the  Montgomery- 
county  bar.  In  1874,  however,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Fred  Fox  Wendell.  Ten  years  later, 
when  F.  F.  Wendell  retired  to  accept 
the  superintendency  of  the  tax  depart- 
ment of  the  West  Shore  railroad,  where 
he  has  continued  up  to  the  present  time, 
Edwin  S.  Van  Deusen  was  admitted  to 
the  firm.  Judge  Wendell  and  Mr.  Van 
Deusen  continued  to  practice  together 
until  1888,  when  the  former  was  elected 
county  judge  and  surrogate  of  Montgom- 
ery county. 

Judge    Wendell     has     done    a    large 
amount  of  legal  work  for  the  West  Shore 
railroad  for  many  years.    \\'hile  the  road 
was  being  built    his  firm  was  employed 
to    secure    the   right  of  way  through  Montgomery, 
Herkimer,    and    Schenectady    counties ;    and    had 
charge  of  searching  the  titles,   drafting  deeds,  and 
trying  the  cases  incident  to  the  undertaking.     In  1883 
he   became  attorney   for    the   corporation,  and  has 
retained  the  office  ever  since.      During  the  thirty- 
odd  years  of  his  practice  at  the  bar  he  has  conducted 
a  large  amount  of  business,  and  has  had  a  part  in 
•some  of  the  most  important  trials  that  have  taken 
place  in  the  Mohawk  valley. 

A  man  of  Judge  Wendell's  standing  in  the  com- 
munity could  not  fail  to  be  called  upon  to  fill  posi- 
tions of  importance,  and  to  take  a  part  in  public 
affairs.  He  is  a  stanch  Republican  ;  and  has  served 
as  chairman  of  the  countv  committee,  and  otherwise 


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rendered  efficient  aid  in  the  councils  of  his  party. 
In  1871  he  was  elected  by  a  large  majority  district 
attorney  of  Montgomery  county,  and  served  for  three 
years.  In  1888  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
county  judge  and  surrogate,  and  is  still  holding  the 
position,  having  been  re-elected  in  1894.  His 
decisions  are  characterized  by  accurate  knowledge  of 
the  law,  and  sound  and  discriminating  judgment ;  and 
though  many  of  them  have  been  carried  to  a  higher 
court,  they  have  been  almost  universally  sustained. 

Judge  Wendell  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  citi- 
zens of  Fort  Plain,  and  takes  an  active  part  in  all 
matters  of  interest  there.  For  over  thirty  years  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  He 
was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Farmers'  and 
Mechanics'  Bank,  and  has  been  a  member  of  its 
board  of  directors  from  the  beginning ;  and  he 
is  the  president  of  the  Fort  Plain  Social 
and  Literary  Club.  He  belongs,  also, 
to  the  Holland  Society  of  New  York, 
and  has  been  for  several  years  a  vice 
president  of  the  New  York  State  Bar 
Association. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY — 
fohn  Diinlap  Wendell  luas  born  at  Sprout 
Brook,  N.  V. ,  September  13,  IS^O  :  mis 
educated  in  common  schools ;  graduated 
from  the  Albany  Law  School  in  1862  ; 
married  Luemma  King  of  Fort  Plain, 
N.  Y. ,  June  I't,  1802 ;  was  district 
attorney  of  Montgomery  county,  1872-7 Jf  ; 
has  been  county  Judge  of  Mo?ttgomery 
county  since  January  1,  1889;  has  prac- 
ticed law  at  Fort  Plain  since  1862. 


Bra&leg  Minslow,  weii  known 

at  the  bar  and  in  public  life  in  Jefferson 
county  and  throughout  northern  New 
York,  was  born  in  Watertown  si.\ty-odd 
years  ago,  and  has  always  lived  there. 
His  education,  begun  in  the  district 
school  of  his  native  place,  was  continued 
at  the  Oneida  Conference  Seminary,  at 
Falley  Seminary,  and  at  Wyoming  Sem- 
inary, Kingston,  Penn.  ;  and  at  the  age 
of  twenty-two  he  began  reading  law  in 
the  office  of  James  F.  Starbuck.  He 
afterward  spent  several  months  at  Pro- 
fessor Fowler's  Law  School  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.,  and  in  July,  1855,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  a  general  term  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  the  5th  judicial  district. 

General  Winslow  began  his  long  career  at  the  bar 
on   January    1,   1856,  associating   himself  for   that 


purpose  with  Lafayette  J.  Bigelow  in  the  firm  of  Wins- 
low  &  Bigelow.  He  quickly  became  known  as  a 
lawyer  of  ability  and  promise,  and  in  1860  was  made 
district  attorney  of  Jefferson  county.  This  office  he 
resigned  in  the  spring  of  1861,  and  devoted  the 
next  four  years  to  the  service  of  his  country  ;  but 
on  his  return  to  Watertown  in  1865  he  was  elected 
once  more,  and  served  for  the  next  three  years.  In 
1866  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hammond, 
Winslow  &  Williams,  consisting  of  the  late  Senator 
H.  S.  Hammond  and  Pardon  C.  Williams,  now  jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court.  General  Winslow  has 
continued  ever  since  to  practice  his  profession  in 
Watertown,  and  has  had  an  important  part  in  the 
legal  contests  of  that  section  of  the  state.  At 
present  he  conducts  his  busine.ss  without  partnership 
assistance. 


BRADLEY    \VI.\SLO\Y 


Never  unmindful  of  his  duties  as  a  citizen, 
whether  in  times  of  war  or  of  peace,  General  Winslow 
has  devoted  considerable  time  to  the  public  service. 
In  187-1  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Watertown.   He  had 


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previously  been  twice  elected  as  district  attorney  ; 
and  in  the  fall  of  1880  he  was  elected  state  senator 
from  the  21st  district,  consisting  of  the  counties  of 
Jefferson  and  Oswego. 

General  Winslow's  military  career,  of  which  men- 
tion has  already  been  made,  was  alike  honorable  to 
himself  and  useful  to  his  country.  Enlisting  in  May, 
1861,  he  was  elected  first  lieutenant  of  company 
A,  o5th  New  York  volunteers,  on  its  organization  ; 
became  captain  of  his  company  in  July  ;  and  was 
made  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  regiment  in  August. 
In  September,  18fi4,  he  was  appointed  and  commis- 
sioned colonel  of  the  18(ith  regiment.  New  York  vol- 
unteers, and  joined  the  .\rmy  of  the  Potomac.  He 
was  assigned  to  the  2d  brigade,  2d  division,  !)th 
army  corps  ;  and  in  the  assault  upon  the  rebel  for- 
tilications  before  Petersburg,  April  2,  1865,  was 
severely  wounded.  "  l'"or  gallant  and  meritorious 
conduct"    during    this    assault,   he    received    from 


President  Andrew  Johnson  a  brevet  commission  as 
brigadier  general,  and  the  appointment  was  con- 
firmed by  the  United  States  senate.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  General  Winslow  still  retained  his 
interest  in  military  affairs;  and  in  1868  he  was 
appointed  brigadier  general  in  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  assigned  to  the 
command  of  the  Ifith  brigade,  holding  the  position 
for  several  years. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Bradley 
Winslow  was  born  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  August  1, 
1831 ;  was  educated  in  district  schools  and  private 
seminaries  ;  studied  la7V,  and  rcas  admitted  to  the  Imr 
in  1855 ;  married  Geraldine  M.  Cooper  of  Adams, 
N.  Y. ,  November  15,  1855 ;  luas  district  attorney  of 
Jefferson  county,  1860-61  and  1866-68,  mayor  of 
\Vatert07vn  in  1874.,  c"d  state  senator,  1881-82 ;  has 
practiced  law  at  Watertoivn  since  1856,  with  the 
exception  of  four  years  spent  in  the  Union  army. 


CHEMUNG    SECTION 


In  the  Chemung  Section  are  pub- 
lished the  biographies  of  subjects  from 
the  counties  of  Broome,  Chemung,  Che- 
nango, Steuben,  and  Tompkins. 


MEN   OF  THE  CHEMUNG  SECTION 


(Beorge  C  JBa^leSS,  one  or  the  most  promi- 
nent citizens  of  P.ingliamton,  N.  Y.,  is  descended 
from  old  English  stock.  His  mother's  family,  the 
Corbetts,  came  from  England  in  the  early  part  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  settled  near  Braintree 
or  Quincy,  Mass.  ;  and  his  grandmother,  Chloe 
Smith,  was  a  cousin  of  John  Quincy  Adams.  Oji 
his  father's  side  the  family  record  concerns  some 
matters  of  considerable  general  interest  relating  to 
the  early  history  of  the  country.  The  founder 
of  the  line  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Connecti- 
cut, having  come  to  America  from  Holland,  whither 
he  had  fled  to  escape  religious  persecution  in  Eng- 
land. The  family  soon  moved  to  Long  Island  ;  and 
in  October,  l(i64.  Governor  Nichols  granted  a  peti- 
tion signed  by  John  Bayless  of  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  and 
three  others,  asking  permission  to  purchase  from  the 
Indians  a  large  tract  of  land  in  New  Jersey.  The 
purchase  was  made  soon  after,  and  was  confirmed  by 
the  governor  December  1,  1064.  The  original  deed 
from  the  Indians  is  now  in  the  office  of  the  secretary 
of  state  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  conveys  to  John 
Bayless,  Daniel  Denton,  Luke  Watson,  and  asso- 
ciates, the  land  now  occupied  by  Newark,  Elizabeth, 
Paterson,  Passaic,  and  other  cities  of  lesser  note — 
about  200,000  acres  in  all.  In  exchange  for  this 
land,  now  of  such  enormous  value,  the  settlers  made 
payment  as  follows:  "twenty  fathoms  of  Trayden 
cloth,  two  made  cotes,  two  gunnes,  two  kettles,  ten 
barrs  of  lead,  twenty  handfuUs  of  powder,  and  four 
hundred  fathoms  of  white  wampom."  This  land 
was  afterward  sold  to  Philip  Carteret,  governor  of 
New  Jersey. 

Born  in  the  village  of  Corbettsville,  Broome 
county,  thirty-five  years  ago,  Mr.  Bayless  was  taken 
to  Binghamton  by  his  parents  in  early  childhood, 
and  has  ever  since  resided  there.      He  was  educated 


in  the  Binghamton  public  schools,  and  afterward 
took  a  two  years'  course  at  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  Ma.ss.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1881 
at  the  age  of  nineteen.  After  spending  a  year  as 
clerk  in  the  City  National  Bank,  he  entered  upon 
his  career  as  a  manufacturer. 

Establishing  the  firm  of  Bayless  &  Co.,  he  began 
making  ground  and  chemical  wood  pulp  ;  and  five 
years  later  the  present  style  of  the  Bayless  Pulp  & 
Paper  Co.  was  adopted,  the  plant  enlarged,  and  the 
business  extended  to  include  the  manufacture  of  paper 
as  well  as  pulp.  The  prosperity  of  the  concern 
received  a  check  in  January,  1893,  when  the  mill 
was  destroyed  by  fire  ;  but,  though  the  loss  was  a 
serious  one,  Mr.  Bayless  immediately  set  about  re- 
establishing the  enterprise  on  a  firmer  basis.  Larger 
mills  were  erected,  and  on  March  16  the  business 
was  incorporated  with  a  jjaidup  capital  of  S75,O00. 
Mr.  Bayless  has  held  the  offices  of  president  and 
general  manager  from  the  beginning,  and  under  his 
able  and  progressive  management  the  business  has 
prospered  constantly.  Various  additions  to  the 
original  plant  from  time  to  time  have  increased  the 
output  from  10,000  to  about  40,000  pounds  of  fin- 
ished paper  per  day. 

Mr.  Bayless  has  always  been  an  earnest  Republi- 
can. In  1885  he  was  elected  alderman  from  his 
ward  ;  and  two  years  later,  when  less  than  t«-ent}-- 
five  years  old,  he  became  mayor  of  the  city.  Although 
the  responsibility  was  a  heavy  one  for  so  young  a 
man,  he  proved  himself  e(iual  to  the  occasion,  and 
discharged  the  duties  of  the  office  throughout  his 
term  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  constituents.  During 
this  time  the  appropriation  for  the  new  public  build- 
ing for  the  city  was  made,  a  matter  of  unusual  inter- 
est owing  to  the  difference  of  opinion  as  to  the  most 
suitable  location  for  the  structure.     Another  \aluable 


MEN   OF  NEW    YORK—  CHEMUNG   SECTION 


improvement  was  the  building  of  a  new  bridge  at 
Washington  street,  at  a  cost  of  So7,000,  to  replace 
the  old  covered  wooden  bridge  that  had  become 
unfit  for  further  use.  Mr.  Bayless  also  secured  for 
the  city  the  state  canal  lands  at  the  intersection  of 
Chenango,  State,  and  Pearne  streets,  on  which  was 


',EORC,E    (..  BAYLESS 

erected  the  building  of  the  Protection  Hose  Co.,  thus 
greatly  improving  the  locality,  and  affording  a 
needed  increase  in  the  fire  facilities  of  the  city. 
At  the  close  of  his  term  of  office  Mr.  Bayless  declined 
a  renomination,  and  he  has  not  taken  an  active  part 
in  public  affairs  since.  In  1S94,  however,  he 
accepted  an  appointment  from  Mayor  (Ireen  as 
chairman  of  the  excise  board  of  the  city,  and  held 
the  position  until  the  Raines  law  went  into  effect. 

Mr.  Bayless  is  generally  and  deservedly  popular 
in  Binghamton  in  both  public  and  private  life.  He 
is  a  charter  trustee  of  the  Barlow  School  of  Indus- 
trial Arts,  an  institution  founded  by  .^Uen  Barlow, 
one  of  Binghamton's  wealthy  and  public-spirited 
citizens,  for  the  manual  training  of  bovs  and  girls. 


Mr.  Bayless  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Binghamton,  and  of  the  leading  clubs  of 
the  city. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  George  Cor- 
hett  Bayless  was  bom  at  Corbctts'nllc,  N.  K,  April 
27,  1S62  ;  was  educated  in  Binghamton  (N.  Y.^  pub- 
lic schools  and  at  Phillips  Academy,  An- 
dover,  Mass.;  was  a  bank  clerk  in  Bing- 
hamton, 1881-S2 ;  began  business  as  a 
manufacturer  of  wood  pulp  in  Binghamton 
in  1882 ;  married  Georgie  L.  Healey  of 
Brooklyn  April  27,  1886  ;  was  an  alder- 
man of  Binghamton,  1885-86,  and  mayor 
of  the  city,  1887-88 ;  has  been  president 
of  the  Bayless  Pulp  &'  Paper  Co. ,  Bing- 
hamton, since  189S. 


Iberman  36ergbolt3  was  born  in 

Vernamo,  Sweden,  thirty-three  years 
ago.  His  father,  Johan  Ferdinand  Berg- 
holtz,  who  died  in  January,  1897,  at 
seventy-nine  years  of  age,  was  a  promi- 
nent inventor  and  capitalist,  conspicuous 
in  the  industrial  affairs  of  Sweden  for 
half  a  century.  He  created,  and  until 
his  retirement  from  active  affairs  con- 
trolled, the  match  industry,  and  other 
enormous  enterprises  of  his  country.  His 
father,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  surgeon-general  of  the 
Swedish  army  and  court  physician  to 
King  Charles  XIV.  In  origin,  the  Berg- 
holtz  family  is  of  the  Saxon  nobility, 
their  patents  being  of  great  antiquity  and 
distinction.  A  signet  ring  given  to  his 
intimate  personal  friend  and  medical  ad- 
viser by  Bernadotte  the  King,  is  now 
worn  by  his  grandson  here. 

Mr.  Bergholtz  received  an  excellent 
education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  land  ;  attend- 
ing first  the  elementary  school  at  lonkoping,  and 
afterwards  a  higher  school  in  the  city  of  Lund.  He 
then  took  a  course  at  Lund  University,  an  ancient 
institution  of  learning  that  has  maintained  its  pres- 
tige in  modern  times,  and  still  numbers  a  thousand 
students. 

His  education  completed,  Mr.  Bergholtz  came  to 
the  new  world  prepared  to  follow  the  calling  of  an 
electrician.  He  soon  became  connected  with  the 
Edison  Company  in  New  York  city,  with  whom  he 
remained  for  about  three  years  as  draughtsman  and 
electrical  engineer.  He  devoted  himself  to  this 
profession  for  about  ten  years  in  all,  being  associated 
in    turn    with    the    Mather,   the    Schuyler,  and  the 


MEN   OF  NEW    YORK— CHEMUNG   SECTION 


'rhomson-Houston  electric  companies  ;  and  acting 
as  general  manager  and  consulting  engineer  of  the 
Wightman  Electrical  Manufacturing  Co.  at  Scranton, 
Penn.,  for  two  years.  During  this  decade  he 
acquired  a  prestige  in  his  profession  that  gave  to 
his  opinion  and  testimony  as  an  expert  high  value 
and  influence  among  capitalists  and  inventors.  He 
is  retained  as  the  consulting  engineer  of  several  vast 
corporations  and  enterprises  having  electricity  as 
their  basis  of  operations. 

In  1893  Mr.  Bergholtz  took  up  his  residence  in 
Ithaca,  becoming  secretary,  treasurer,  and  general 
manager  of  the  Ithaca  Street  Railway  Co.,  the 
Brush-Swan  Electric  Light  Co.,  the  Ithaca  Transfer 
Co.,  and  the  Lake  View  Cemetery  Co.  He  is  also 
vice  president  of  the  Electric  Train  Bulletin  Co.,  the 
Cortland  &  Homer  Traction  Co.,  and  the  Cortland 
&:  Homer  Electric  Light  Co.  ;  president 

of  the  Cortland    Land  Co.  ;    and  a  di-         , 

rector  in  numerous  other  companies.  He 
is  equally  interested  with  Edward  Ci. 
Wyckoff,  of  Remington -typewriter  fame, 
in  the  ownership  of  the  "  Renwick  tract," 
an  immense  holding  of  valuable  land  in 
the  city  of  Ithaca,  comprising  more  than 
600  acres,  on  which  a  vast  lake-shore 
park  has  been  laid  out,  and  a  new  and 
model  cemetery  established  ;  and  upon 
which  stei)S  are  now  being  taken  for 
redeeming  a  considerable  amount  of  low 
land,  and  opening  of  villa  sites,  com- 
manding a  view  of  Cayuga  lake,  and 
Cornell  University  campus  upon  the  hill- 
sides. He  has  further  joined  the  Messrs. 
Wvckoft'  in  the  acquirement  of  a  large 
and  sightly  plateau  of  some  eighty  acres, 
immediately  north  of  the  Cornell  cam- 
pus, which  it  is  proposed  to  embellish 
with  beautiful  houses  for  professors,  and 
for  the  wealthy,  retired  class  of  metro- 
politans who  seek  the  educational  advan- 
tages of  Ithaca  for  their  families. 

In  the  short  time  that  he  has  made  his 
home  in  Ithaca,  Mr.  Bergholtz  has  be- 
come widely  known,  and  has  identified 
himself  thoroughly  and  actively  with  the 
interests  of  the  city.  He  belongs  to  the 
City  Club  and  the  Town  and  (lown  Club 
of  Ithaca  ;  and  to  the  Art  Club  of  Phila- 
delphia. He  is  also  a  Mason  and  a 
member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers. 

PERSONA L  CHR  ONOL  OGY—  Herman 
Bergholtz  loas  bor)i  at   Veniaino,   Sweden,  June  19, 


L 


1864 ;  was  edueated  in  Swedish  schools,  and  Lund 
University,  Sweden ;  eame  to  the  United  States  in 
188S ;  worked  for  different  electrical  companies, 
1883-9S ;  tnarried  Ada  Una  O.  Thomson  of  Philadel- 
phia October  13,  1890  ,•  has  made  his  home  in  Ithaca, 
N.    v.,  since  189S,  engaged  in  a  variety  of  business 

enterprises. 

•••^ 

Kelvin  C/b.  GOnklin,  postmaster  of  Elmira, 
N.  Y.,  is  a  native  of  Cayuga  county,  having  been 
born  there  in  the  town  of  Owasco  somewhat  more 
than  fifty  years  ago.  He  moved  to  the  western  end 
of  the  state  in  childhood,  and  his  early  education 
was  received  in  the  district  schools  of  Niagara  and 
Orleans  counties  and  the  academy  at  Millville, 
Orleans  county  ;  but  at  the  age  of  seventeen  he  left 
school,   enlisting  in  company  A,    151st    New    York 


MEL]-/.\  Af.   COXKIJX 


volunteers,  August  13,  1862.  He  remained  in  the 
army  nearly  three  years,  and  was  mustered  out  June 
25,  1865.  During  about  half  that  time  he  was  on 
duty  at  the  rebel  prison  camp  at  Elmira. 


AJEN  OF  NEW    YORK—  CHEMUNG   SECTION 


After  the  war  Mr.  Conklin  occupied  himself  in 
various  ways  for  several  years,  and  in  1878  he  estab- 
lished in  Elmira  the  grocery  and  bakery  that  he  has 
since  conducted.  He  has  always  carried  on  the 
business  alone,  depending  on  his  own  ability  to 
ensure  success  ;  and  the  result  has  justified  his  course 


DAM  EL   B.   LL'SJIMAX 

in  this  jjarticular.  For  a  time  he  did  a  retail  busi- 
ness only  ;  but  as  he  became  more  firmly  estab- 
lished, he  branched  out  into  the  wholesale  trade,  and 
he  now  does  a  large  business  of  both  kinds. 

Mr.  Conklin  is  an  enthusiastic  Republican,  and 
has  worked  hard  for  the  welfare  of  his  party  in  a 
county  where  the  Democrats  as  a  rule  have  an  easy 
victory.  He  has  received  the  nomination  for  mayor 
of  Elmira,  and  for  treasurer  of  Chemung  county  ; 
but  on  both  occasions  he  was  defeated.  In  May, 
11S!)7,  his  loyal  party  services  were  recognized  by 
his  appointment  to  his  present  position  as  ])Ostmaster 
of  Elmira. 

Mr.  Conklin  belongs  to  the  Century  Club  of 
Klmira.  to  the  Improved  ( )rder  of  Red  Men,  and  to 


Union  Lodge,  No.  93,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  a  trustee 
of  the  Masonic  Temple,  and  vice  president  of  the 
Southern  Tier  Masonic  Relief  Association.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Park  Church,  Elmira,  of  which  the 
Rev.  Thomas  K.  Beecher,  only  less  noted  than  his 
brother,  the  great  Brooklyn  preacher,  has  been  the 
pastor  for  many  years. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY  — 
Mclviii  Mott  Conklin  was  born  ai  Oivas- 
co,  N.  Y.,  October  15,  ISIfJi. ;  was  edu- 
cated in  common  schools;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1862-65;  married  Nettie /. 
Hutchins  of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  February  21)^, 
18G9  ;  toas  appointed  postmaster  of  Elmira 
in  May,  1897  ;  has  conducted  a  wholesale 
and  retail  grocery  store  and  bakery  in 
Elmira  siiice  1878. 


2>auiel  JS.  Cusbman,  one  of  the 

leading  lawyers  of  Chenango  county,  is 
a  direct  descendant  of  Robert  Cushman 
of  Kent,  England,  who  had  an  important 
part  in  the  affairs  of  the  Plymouth  Pil- 
grims.     In  company  with   Deacon   Car- 
ver, ilobert  Cushman  carried  on  the  early 
negotiations  with  the  Virginia  Company  ; 
and  finally  obtained  the  patent  from  the 
King  under  which  the  Plymouth  colony 
was  established,   collected  subscriptions, 
chartered    the   "Mayflower,"    and    con- 
ducted the  prejjarations  for  the  voyage. 
He  subsequently  returned  to  England  to 
look  after  the  interests  of  the  colonists, 
and    died    there    in    1625 ;    but  his  son 
I'homas    remained    on    this  side  of  the 
water,  and  was  the  confidential  friend  of 
(lovernor  Bradford,  and  ruling  elder  of 
the    church    after    the    death    of    Elder 
Brewster    in     1649.        Mr.     Cushman's 
father,  Danford  R.  Cushman,  and  his  mother,  Ruth 
Potter,  were  natives  of  Stafford  Springs,  Conn.,  and 
emigrated  to  Chenango  county,   where  Daniel  was 
born  shortly  after  the  middle  of  the  century.      His 
brother,   Cleorge   P.    Cushman,   who    died  in   1894, 
was  well  known  throughout  the  state,  having  occu- 
pied the  position  of  Master  of  the  State  (jrange  for 
several    years,    and    lectured    extensively    in    that 
capacity. 

Mr.  Cushman's  general  and  professional  training 
were  unusually  thorough,  and  were  obtained  in  the 
very  best  educational  institutions  in  the  country. 
Beginning  as  a  boy  in  the  district  schools  of  Che- 
nango county,  he  prepared  for  college  at  Norwich 
Academy,  and   entered  Yale  College  in   187'2.      He 


ME\  OF  NEIV   YORK—  CHEMUNG   SECTION 


graduated  thence  in  due  time  with  the  degree  of 
B.  A.,  and  afterward  spent  two  years  at  Columbia 
College  Law  School.  In  1878  he  received  from 
this  institution  the  degree  of  LL.  B.,  and  was  admit- 
ted to  jiractice  in  the  courts  of  New  York  state.  In 
1880  he  opened  an  office  in  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  and  has 
practiced  there  continuously  since.  He  has  never 
formed  a  partnership  connection,  but  has  conducted 
alone  an  important  practice  throughout  his  part  of 
the  state. 

Though  he  has  devoted  himself  closely  to  his  pro- 
fession, Mr.  Cushman  has  been  prominent  in  public 
affairs  in  Chenango  county  for  many  years.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  from  the  town 
of  Plymouth  for  seven  years  ;  and  served  for  three 
years,  by  appointment  from  (iovernor  Flower,  as  a 
trustee  of  the  State  Insane  Asylum  at  Binghamton. 
He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  board 

of  education  of  Norwich.     In  1882  he         p — 

was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  district 
attorney  of  the  county  ;  and  though  the  j 
normal  Republican  majority  is  1500,  he 
was  defeated  by  only  fifty-six  votes.  In 
view  of  his  strong  candidacy  at  this  time, 
it  is  but  natural  that  his  party  should 
have  wished  to  make  further  use  of  his 
name.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  he  has  fre- 
quently been  urged  to  accept  nomina- 
tions for  member  of  assembly  and  for 
county  judge  ;  but  he  has  preferred  to 
keep  aloof  from  active  politics  in  order 
to  have  more  time  for  profe.ssional  work. 

Mr.  Cushman  is  a  Mason,  a  member 
of  the  Psi  Upsilon  college  fraternity,  and 
attends  the  Methodist  church.  He  is 
largely  interested  in  real  estate,  holding 
extensive  tracts  of  farming  laud  in  Che- 
nango county. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Daniel  Burr  Cushman  was  boj-n  at  L-'/v- 
moutJi,  N.  Y. ,  December  18,  1S53  ;  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  1876,  and  from 
Columbia  College  Law  School  in  1878  ,• 
icas  a  member  of  the  Chenango-couiitv 
board  of  supervisors,  1882-89  ;  married 
Sadie  Van  Cleft  of  Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  De- 
cember S,  18.91 ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Nonoich,  N.   Y.,  since  1880. 


Usrael  XT.  Steve,  promiuont  at  the 
Broome-county  I'ar,  aud  well  known  throughout   the 
state    from    his    long   service  in   the  legislature,    is 
descended  from  one  of  the  old   Huguenot  families 
that  settled  in  Ulster  county.  New  York,  in  early 


times.  His  parents,  Richard  and  Caroline  (Acker) 
Deyo,  emigrated  from  Columbia  county  in  1850, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Broome  county  ;  and  there 
Israel  Deyo  was  born  forty-odd  years  ago. 

After  attending  the  district  schools  in  childhood 
Mr.  Deyo  entered  the  Binghamton  High  School, 
and  graduated  in  1875  as  valedictorian  of  his  class. 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  entered  Amherst  Col- 
lege, completing  the  course  four  years  later,  and 
receiving  the  degree  of  B.  A.  He  then  followed 
the  plan  adopted  by  so  many  ambitious  young  men, 
and  devoted  the  next  three  years  to  work  as  a  teacher. 
For  a  time  he  acted  as  principal  of  the  Whitney's 
Point  Academy,  and  he  subsequently  occupied  a 
chair  in  the  State  Normal  and  Training  School  at 
Cortland,  N.  Y.  He  applied  his  spare  time  during 
these  years  to  reading  law  ;  and  when,  in  the  s]jring 


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of  1882,  he  gave  up  teaching,  and  entered  the  office 
of  David  H.  Carver  of  Binghamton  as  a  law  student, 
he  was  able  to  prepare  himself  in  a  short  time  for  the 
bar  examinations.     These  were   successfully  passed 


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at  Albany  in  January,   1883,  and  he  was  duly  ad- 
mitted to  practice. 

Ever  since  he  began  professional  life  Mr.  Deyo 
has  been  associated  with  Mr.  Carver,  with  whom  he 
completed  his  legal  studies.  The  firm  of  Carver  & 
Deyo  lasted  until  January  1,  1888,  when  F.  W. 
Jenkins  was  taken  into  partnership,  and  the  present 
firm  of  Carver,  Deyo  &  Jenkins  was  established. 
Although  Mr.  Deyo  is  most  widely  known  as  a  legis- 
lator, and  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the 
Republican  party,  he  occupies  a  leading  position  in 
professional  circles  in  Broome  county  and  the  South- 
ern Tier.  He  enjoys  an  extensive  practice  through- 
out that  territory,  and  his  services  are  largely  in 
demand  in  the  conduct  of  legal  affairs.  His  firm 
are  the  attorneys  for  the  Security  Mutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Association  of  Binghamton,  the  Chenango 
Valley  Savings  Bank,  the  People's  Bank,  the  Strong 
State  Bank,  and  other  corporations. 

Mr.  Deyo  began  his  distinguished  career  in  the 
state  assembly  in  the  session  of  1890,  having  been 
elected  thereto  by  a  majority  of  about  a  thousand 
votes.  He  at  once  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
work  of  that  body,  and  his  re-election  for  a  second 
term  by  a  largely  increased  majority  followed 
almost  as  a  matter  of  course.  It  has  become  a  widely 
accepted  rule  of  political  management  that  two  years' 
continuous  service  in  the  assembly  is  all  to  which 
one  man  is  entitled  ;  but,  like  all  rules,  it  has  its 
exceptions,  and  Mr.  Deyo's  service  of  four  years  is 
the  most  striking  exception  that  has  ever  occurred  in 
ISroome  county.  His  constituents  recognized  in 
him  not  only  a  faithful  and  conscientious  representa- 
tive, but  an  able  and  gifted  legislator  ;  and  they 
were  proud  to  have  him  represent  his  district  at 
.■\lbany.  He  had  membership  in  some  of  the  most 
important  committees  in  the  assembly,  including 
the  judiciary  committee,  the  committee  on  codes, 
and  the  ways  and  means  committee.  In  March, 
1892,  he  secured  the  passage  of  a  tax  bill  that  was 
highly  complimented  by  Governor  Flower  as  likely 
to  remedy  an  evil  that  many  legislators  had  tried  in 
vain  to  correct. 

In  April,  1894,  Mr.  Deyo  was  appointed  by  (lov- 
ernor  Flower  a  member  of  the  commission  to  investi- 
gate charges  against  the  management  of  the  state 
reformatory  at  Elmira,  the  other  members  of  the 
commission  being  Judge  William  L.  Learned  of 
.'\lbany  and  Dr.  Austin  Flint  of  New  York.  He 
had  an  important  part  in  the  work  of  this  commis- 
sion ;  and  its  report,  submitted  to  the  governor  in 
December,  1894,  was  in  the  main  drafted  by  him, 
and  forms  an  important  contribution  to  current 
literature  regarding  the   treatment  of  criminals.      In 


1892  Superintendent  Draper  of  the  state  department 
of  public  instruction  appointed  him  a  member  of  the 
local  board  of  the  Cortland  Normal  School,  and  he 
still  holds  this  position. 

F"or  upwards  of  ten  years  Mr.  Deyo  has  taken  part 
in  every  state  and  national  campaign,  and  his  efforts 
as  a  public  speaker  have  contributed  materially  to 
his  own  po|)ularity  and  to  the  success  of  the  Repub- 
lican cause  in  his  part  of  the  state.  He  is  a  Scottish 
Rite  Mason  of  the  32d  degree  ;  and  a  member  of 
Otseningo  Lodge  and  Malta  Commandery,  both  of 
Binghamton.  He  belongs  to  the  Binghamton  Club, 
and  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
college  societies  ;  and  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  Binghamton. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLO^GY  —  Israel  T. 
Deyo  was  born  at  Union,  N.  Y. ,  January  28,  185 Jf  ; 
gra(fiia/ed  from  Amherst  College  in  1879 ;  faiiglit 
school  and  studied  hnv,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1883;  married  Edith  A.  Weld  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y., 
June  26,  1889  ;  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  state 
assembly,  1890-93  ;  has  practiced  hnc  at  Binghamton 
since  1883. 


MilUam  jf.  3cnk3,  "ho  has  been  promi- 
nent at  the  bar  and  on  the  bench  in  Chenango 
county  for  upwards  of  forty  years,  is  descended  from 
old  New  England  stock,  his  maternal  grandfather 
having  enlisted  in  the  revolutionary  army  from 
Hampton,  Windham  county,  Connecticut.  He  was 
born  in  Otsego  county  in  1831,  and  made  his  home 
there  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  old.  He  was 
brought  up  on  a  farm,  and  received  the  homely  and 
practical  training  of  a  country  boy  of  sixty  years 
ago.  After  exhausting  the  resources  of  the  country 
schools  of  the  neighborhood,  he  completed  his  edu- 
cation in  select  schools.  In  those  days  an  elaborate 
course  in  pedagogy  was  not  needed  in  preparation 
for  the  work  of  a  teacher  ;  and  Mr.  Jenks  resorted 
to  the  familiar  expedient  of  ambitious  young  men, 
and  taught  forTour  winters  in  the  district  schools. 
During  this  time  he  began  reading  law  in  the  office 
of  Gorhani  &  Foster  in  his  native  town  of  Burlington, 
afterward  comjileting  his  legal  studies  with  Cutler 
Field  of  Cooperstown. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  summer  of  1853,  Judge 
Jenks  at  once  began  practice  in  Friendship,  Alle- 
gany county.  In  December,  1855,  however,  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  Chenango  county,  forming 
a  partnership  with  O.  F.  Matterson,  and  opening  an 
office  in  the  town  of  New  Berlin.  For  the  next 
twenty  years  he  practiced  there  ;  but  at  the  end  of 
that  time  his  clientage  throughout  the  count}  had 
become  so  extensive  that  he  deemed  it  advisable  to 


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establish  himself  in  a  larger  place.      In  April,  1875, 
accordingly,  he  moved  to  Norwich. 

Judge  Jenks  had  served  one  term  on  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  Otsego  county  when  a  young  man, 
and  he  had  always  kept  up  an  interest  in  public 
affairs.  During  his  twenty  years  of  jiractice  in 
New  Berlin  he  had  become  widely  and 

favorably  known  in  the  county  as  an  able 

lawyer  and  a  good  citizen  ;  and  he  had 
not  been  long  in  Norwich  before  he  was 
elected  county  judge  and  surrogate  on 
the  Democratic  ticket  by  a  large  major- 
ity, although  the  county  was  strongly 
Republican.  This  was  in  the  fall  of 
1S77  ;  and  on  the  expiration  of  his  term, 
in  1883,  he  was  re-elected.  Having 
discharged  the  duties  of  these  offices 
efficiently  for  twelve  years,  he  retired 
from  the  bench  January  1,  1890,  and 
resumed  the  practice  of  law  in  Norwich. 
Since  that  time  his  services  have  been 
increasingly  in  demand,  his  long  judicial 
experience  having  given  him  a  store  of 
valuable  professional  knowledge,  and  a 
deep  and  comprehensive  grasp  of  legal 
problems. 

Judge  Jenks  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  various  commercial    enterprises,  par- 
ticularly the  Norwich  Produce  Company. 
He  is  a  trustee    in  the  Norwich   Water 
Works  Co.,  and  a  director  in  the  Excel- 
sior Mutual  Life  Association  of  Oxford, 
N.   Y.      He  has  interested  himself  con- 
siderably in  educational  matters,  serving 
in   New  Berlin  as  secretary  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  academy  there,  and  for 
fifteen  years  as  trustee  and  secretary  of 
the  board  of  education  of  the  Norwich 
High  School.     He  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  belonging  to  Phoebus 
Lodge,  No.  82,  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  Wor- 
shipful   Master  for  nine  years  ;    Harmony  Chapter, 
No.   151,   R.  A.   M.  ;  and   Norwich    Commandery, 
No.  46,  K.  T.      For  two  years  he  was  District  Dej)- 
uty  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  New  York  state.    He 
is  an  Episcopalian,  and  senior  warden  of  Emmanuel 
Church,  Norwich  ;  and  he  belongs  to  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association.      Having  been  born  and  bred 
a  farmer,  he  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in 
the  prosperity  of  the  farming  community. 

PERSONA L  CHR  O NOL  OGY—  William 
Flint  Jenks  was  born  at  Burlington,  N.  Y. ,  August 
39,  18S1 ;  was  educated  in  public  and priiiate  schools  : 
taught  school  and  studied  latu,  and  was  admitted  to  the 


bar  in  1S5S ;  married  Eliza  Matterson  of  Burlington 
JVovember  10,  185^ ;  practiced  law  in  Friendship, 
N.  }'.,  185S-55,  and  in  Nnu  Berlin,  N.  Y., 
1855-75  :  7vas  county  Judge  of  Chenango  county, 
1878-80  :  has  practiced  la7i<  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  since 
1875. 


WILLIAM  I-'.  JEXKS 

SUStin  Xatbrop,  superintendent  of  state 
prisons  tor  the  state  of  New  York,  and  otherwise 
widely  known  in  public  life,  was  born  at  Covington, 
Penn.,  in  1839.  After  attending  common  schools 
until  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  entered  upon  a  business 
career  at  Williamsport,  Penn.,  as  an  inspector  of 
lumber.  He  remained  in  this  position  for  about  two 
years,  or  until  1857,  when  he  left  Williamsport  and 
took  up  his  residence  in  Lawrenceville,  Penn.  After 
working  there  for  a  year  or  more  as  clerk  in  a  gen- 
eral store,  he  went  to  Corning,  N.  Y. ,  which  has 
been  his  home  ever  since. 

Taking  a  clerkship  in  the  hardware  and  lumber  busi- 
ness of  C.  C.  B.  Walker  in  Corning,  Mr.  Lathrop  made 
so  rapid  progress  in  mastering  the  business,  and  so 


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favorably  impressed  Mr.  Walker,  that  the  latter  took 
him  into  partnership  in  June,  1862,  when  he  had 
been  in  his  employ  about  three  years.  This  associa- 
tion proved  to  be  mutually  advantageous,  and  the 
two  men  maintained  a  prosperous  partnership  until 
the  death   of  Mr.  Walker  in  1888.      Mr.  Lathrop's 


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chief  business  interests  have  been  connected  with 
this  concern,  but  he  has  also  been  somewhat  active 
a-S  a  railroad  and  public-works  contractor. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Lathrop  has  been  prominent 
in  political  life.  He  began  his  public  career  in 
1860,  when  he  wa-s  made  president  of  the  village  of 
Corning,  holding  the  office  two  years.  In  1869  he 
was  elected  one  of  the  supervisors  of  the  town  of 
Corning.  He  held  this  office  continuously  until 
1878,  serving  as  chairman  of  the  board  during  four 
years  of  that  time.  In  1882  he  was  appointed  com- 
missary general  of  subsistence  on  Governor  Cleve- 
land's staff,  and  in  1885  he  was  appointed  quarter- 
master general  under  (Governor  Hill.  For  the  last 
ten  years   Mr.  I.athrop  has  been  suiierintendent  of 


state  prisons,  having  been  originally  appointed  to 
that  office  by  Governor  Hill  in  1887,  and  re- 
appointed by  Governor  Flower  in  1893.  In  this 
responsible  and  difficult  position  he  has  displayed 
conspicuous  executive  ability,  and  has  met  the  some- 
what trying  conditions  imposed  by  the  constitution 
of  1896  with  a  skdl  that  is  greatly 
to  his  credit. 

Mr.  Lathrop  has  been  a  vestryman  of 
the  Episcopal  church  in  Corning  ever 
since  he  first  became  a  resident  of  the 
place  nearly  forty  years  ago. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
Austin  Lathrop  was  born  at  Covington, 
Penn. ,  April  9,  1839 ;  was  eihicated  in 
common  schools ;  engaged  in  business  at 
Williamsport,  Penn.,  1855-57,  and  at 
Latorenccville,  Penn.,  1857-59;  7uas 
president  of  the  village  of  Corning,  N.  V. , 
1866-67,  and  supennsor  of  the  town  of 
Coi-?iing,  1869-78;  married  Mrs.  Enmia 
F.  IVellingtoti  of  New  York  city  November 
11,  1893  ;  has  been  superintendent  of  stale 
prisons  in  Ne7v  York  state  since  1887 ; 
has  engaged  in  the  liardware  and  lumber 
business  in  Corning,  and  in  railroad  and 
puhlic-iiwrks  contracting,  since  1859. 


(I^rUS    as.    /IDartin    of    Norwich, 
N.  Y.,  is  known  throughout  the  eastern 
and  central  portions  of  the  state,  where 
he  has  been  prominent  for  forty  years  in 
various  fields  of  activity.      He  was  born 
in    Washington    county  sixty-odd    years 
ago,  and  received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation.    At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  became 
an  apprentice  to   the  printer's   trade   in 
the    office    of  the   Glens  Falls    Clarion. 
After  four  years  in  this  position  he  spent 
a  year  as  an  employee  in   the  same   office,  and  in 
18.50  became  a  compositor  on  the  Albany  Journal, 
where  he  remained  for  the  next  five  years. 

Having  thus  thoroughly  acquainted  himself  with 
the  mechanical  work  of  a  new.spaper  office,  Mr. 
Martin  took  a  long  step  upward  in  the  journalistic 
world.  In  1855  he  bought  an  interest  in  the  Che- 
nango Telegraph  of  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  and  became 
one  of  the  editors  and  publishers  of  that  paper.  A 
few  years  in  that  position  served  to  familiarize  him 
with  the  general  management  of  such  an  enterprise, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1861  he  sought  a  more  impor- 
tant field.  Having  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the 
Telegraph  he  moved  to  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
bought   the   Highland  Cliieftain  from   its  proprietor. 


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Riifiis  A.  Reed,  and  assumed  the  entire  management 
of  that  paper.  Changing  its  name  to  the  Newburgh 
Journal,  he  improved  the  publication,  Itoth  typo- 
graphically and  editorially,  and  pushed  the  new- 
enterprise  vigorously.  The  ne.xt  year  he  began  the 
publication  of  the  Daily  Journal,  which  he  conducted 
for  fifteen  years  with  marked  ability. 

When  Mr.  Martin  first  went  to  Newburgh  the 
Civil  War  had  just  begun,  and  popular  feeling  ran 
high  on  all  sides.  Always  a  man  of  strong  convic- 
tions and  fearless  in  expressing  them,  he  came  out 
boldly  and  aggressively  in  behalf  of  the  Union 
cause ;  and  throughout  the  war  he  continued  one  of 
its  ablest  advocates.  By  his  clear  and  incisive  edi- 
torials he  did  much  to  stimulate  and  develop  the 
patriotic  sentiment  of  the  community,  and  to  instill 
in  others  the  .same  loyal  spirit  with  which  he  was 
animated.     .\  newspaper  editor,  by  the 

very  nature  of  his  profession,  is  brought         , 

into  intimate  connection  with  all  local 
movements,  and  exercises  an  important 
influence  upon  them.  Mr.  Martin  was 
always  ready  to  lend  his  support  to  any 
project  that  commended  itself  to  his 
judgment  ;  and  the  friends  of  law,  of 
order,  and  of  progress  could  count  on 
his  assistance.  He  interested  himself 
heartily  in  the  public-school  system  of 
Newburgh,  and  for  fi\e  )'ears  was  an 
active  member  of  the  board  of  education. 
For  the  last  three  years  of  his  residence 
in  Newburgh  he  was  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  Washington  Headquarters  there. 

Mr.  Martin's  genial  manner  and  many 
sterling  qualities  had  endeared  him  to  a 
wide  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances  ; 
and  when,  in  the  spring  of  1X77,  he 
determined  to  leave  Newburgh  and  re- 
tire from  the  newspaper  world,  the  ste]j 
caused  general  regret.  As  a  token  of 
their  appreciation  of  his  work,  the  lead- 
ing citizens  of  Newburgh  tendered  him 
a  complimentary  bamjuet,  which  was 
held  at  the  United  States  hotel  on  the 
evening  of  April  20,  1877.  John  J.  S. 
McCroskery,  mayor  of  the  city,  presided 
on  that  occasion,  and  the  most  ])romi- 
nent  men  of  the  community  testified  by 
their  presence  to  the  high  regard  in 
which  Mr.  Martin  was  held.  Speeches 
were  made  by  Charles  Emory  Smith,  editor  of  the 
Albany  Journal,  Senator  Daniel  B.  St.  John,  and 
others  ;  and  complimentary  letters  were  read  from 
jjersonal   friends   of  Mr.    Martin,    including  Roscoe 


Conkling,  Alonzo  B.  Cornell,  and  Kllis  H.  Roberts, 
of  the  Utica  Herald. 

For  the  past  tivent)-  )-ears  Mr.  Martin  has  made 
his  home  in  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  and  has  devoted  him- 
self to  business  life  there.  His  principal  interest  is 
the  David  Maydole  Hammer  Co.,  one  of  the  largest 
concerns  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  of  which  he  is 
president.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Chenango 
National  Bank,  and  is  engaged  in  various  other  busi- 
ness enterprises. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Cyrus  B. 
Martin  was  born  at  Argyle,  N.  V.,  September  6, 
IS.iO ;  laas  educated  in  conwion  scltools  and  Argxle 
Academy  ;  learned  the  printer'' s  trade,  and  ivorked  at 
the  same  in  Glens  Falls  and  Albany,  ISJ^H-bo  ;  laas 
one  of  the  editors  and  publishers  of  the  ' '  Chenango 
Telegraph  ' '   of  Nonmch,   N.   Y. ,  1855-(J1 .-  married 


CYRUS  IS.  .\f.th'T/\ 


Ann  Vernette  Maydole  of  Noncncli  June  16,  1S5S  : 
icas  editor  and  sole  owner  of  the  Newburgh  "Daily 
Journal,"  1861-77 :  has  engaged  in  manufacturing 
and  other  business  euter/'rises  in  Nor7oich  since  1877. 


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/IDUrra^  ]£.  pools  is  descended  from  an  old 
English  family  whose  history  may  be  distinctly 
traced  back  to  the  eleventh  century,  when  the  ]3ro- 
genitor  of  the  line  came  over  from  the  continent 
with  William  the  Conqueror.  The  founder  of  the 
American  branch  of  the  family  was  Edward  Poole, 


MURRAY  E.  POOLE 

who  came  from  Weymouth,  England,  in  1685,  and 
established  the  town  of  the  same  name  in  Massachu- 
setts. One  Samuel  Poole  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee of  safety  and  correspondence  during  the  War 
for  Independence  ;  and  his  son.  Lieutenant  Samuel 
Poole,  served  in  the  Continental  army.  Indeed,  no 
less  than  five  of  Mr.  Poole's  ancestors  were  soldiers 
in  the  revolutionary  war. 

Mr.  Poole  is  a  son  of  Edward  V.  Poole,  a  native 
of  Philadelphia,  and  a  .successful  business  man  and 
banker.  Born  in  Wyoming  county,  Pennsylvania, 
forty  years  ago,  Mr.  Poole  prepared  for  college  at 
Wyoming  Seminary,  Kingston,  Penn.,  which  his 
father  had  attended  before  him.  He  then  entered 
Cornell   University,  and  graduated  thence  in  l.S.SO 


with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Having  a  strong  inclina- 
tion for  the  legal  profession,  he  decided  to  make 
that  his  life-work  ;  and  after  studying  with  several 
eminent  preceptors,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Syracuse  in  May,  1889,  and  opened  an  office  in 
Ithaca.  He  advanced  rapidly  in  his  profession,  and 
soon  attained  a  high  rank  at  the  bar  of 
Tompkins  county,  where  he  conducts  a 
general  law  practice.  His  professional 
library  is  umusually  fine,  and  is  of  value 
to  young  students,  a  number  of  whom 
are  at  all  times  registered  in  his  office. 

Mr.  Poole  has  always  taken  an  active 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  he  has  received  several  nomi- 
nations for  important  offices.  He  was  a 
candidate  in  1889  for  special  county 
judge  of  Tompkins  county,  in  1893  for 
delegate  to  the  state  constitutional  con- 
vention, and  in  1894  for  district  attor- 
ney. His  party  services  and  his  ability 
in  the  law  were  both  fittingly  recognized 
by  an  appointment  from  Governor  Hill 
in  1889  as  sjiecial  county  judge. 

Mr.  Poole  has  gained  considerable 
reputation  as  a  writer  of  taste  and  altil- 
ity  ;  and  his  contributions  have  appeared 
in  some  of  the  leading  periodicals  of 
the  country,  including  the  Magazine  of 
American  History,  the  Green  Bag,  the 
American  University  Magazine,  Harper' s 
Weekly,  the  Buffalo  Illustrated  Express, 
the  Utica  Saturday  Globe,  and  the  De- 
troit Free  Press.  He  has  pulilished 
also  a  "  History  of  Edward  Poole  of 
Weymouth,  Mass.,  and  His  Descend- 
ants." 

Over  a  hundred  historical  and  learned 
societies  in  the  United  States  and  foreign 
countries  number  Mr.  Poole  on  their  list  of  mem- 
bers. Among  these  may  be  mentioned  the  follow- 
ing: the  American  Bar  Association,  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association,  the  American  Historical 
Association,  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  the 
New  P^ngland  Historic  Genealogical  Society,  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  the  Soci- 
ety of  the  War  of  1812,  the  Military  Order  of  For- 
eign Wars  of  the  United  States,  the  Order  of  Foun- 
ders and  Patriots  of  America,  the  Order  of  the  Old 
Guard,  the  American  Philological  Association,  the 
American  Authors'  Guild,  the  Shakespeare  Society 
of  New  York,  and  the  New  England  Society  of  New 
York  city.      Mr.  Poole  is  also  a  ;>2d  degree  Ma.son  ; 


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and  belongs  to  the  Episcopal  church,  in  whose  work 
he  takes  an  active  interest. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Murray  Ed- 
ward Pook  was  horn  at  Ceiitrcmorcland,  Penn. ,  July 
17,  1S57 :  graduated  from  Coruell  University  in  1880  : 
studied  taic.  and  7oas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1889  ; 
7Cias  special  county  judge  of  Tompkins  coimty  in  1889  ; 
married  Eva  Zeliffe  of  Limestone,  N.  Y.,  November  4, 
1891 :  has  practiced  hnv  at  Lthaca,  N.  K,  since  1889. 


CbarleS  1R.  Pratt,  county  judge  and  surro- 
gate of  Chemung  county,  New  York,  was  born  in 
Elmira  iifty  years  ago.  He  received  a  mental  train- 
ing unusually  broad  and  thorough,  and  was  thus  well 
fitted  by  education,  as  well  as  by  natural  endow- 
ments, to  take  an  important  place  in  the  community. 
After  spending  three  years  at  the  Elmira  .\cademy 
and  one  year  at  Union  School,  Schenec- 
tady, he  entered  Union  College  at  the  age 
of  eighteen.  He  remained  there  three 
years,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  deter- 
mined to  finish  his  course  at  Amherst. 
He  accordingly  went  thither  in  his  senior 
year,  and  graduated  with  the  cla.ss  of  1 869. 

For  a  man  of  Judge  Pratt's  scholarly 
tastes,  a  professional  career  was  the  only 
one  to  be  thought  of :  and  among  the 
different  professions  the  law  appealed  to 
him  most  strongly.  He  therefore  spent 
three  years  after  his  graduation  from  col- 
lege in  a  law  office  in  Elmira,  and  in 
1872  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  After  a 
further  experience  of  several  years  as  a 
lawyer's  clerk  he  formed  a  partnership 
in  April,  1875,  with  George  E.  Pratt, 
under  the  style  of  G.  E.  &  C.  R.  Pratt, 
that  lasted  for  about  four  years.  Judge 
Pratt  then  gave  up  for  a  short  time  his 
professional  work,  becoming  cashier  of 
the  Second  National  Bank  of  Elmira. 
He  filled  this  position  for  three  years 
beginning  in  September,  1879 ;  but 
commercial  life  proved  le.ss  congenial  to 
him  than  legal  work,  and  at  the  end  of 
that  time  he  took  up  again  the  active 
practice  of  the  law.  For  this  purpose 
he  associated  himself  with  Herman  Joerg 
in  the  firm  of  Pratt  &  Joerg,  which 
continued  until  1894.  Since  then  he 
has  practiced  alone. 

Judge  Pratt's  legal  career  outlined  above,  ha,s  been 
one  of  marked  success.  His  deep  learning  in  his 
profession  is  evident  from  the  fact  of  his  appoint- 
ment in  1891  as  assistant  professor  of  law  at  Cornell 


University  ;  and  his  general  reputation  as  a  lawyer 
and  citizen  is  attested  by  his  nomination  and  election 
to  the  office  of  county  judge  and  surrogate,  which  he 
now  holds.  When  first  nominated  for  this  office  in 
1890  he  was  defeated.  In  1896,  however,  he  was 
again  the  candidate  of  the  Republican  party  for 
the  office.  This  time  he  was  successful,  and  since 
January  1,  1897,  he  has  presided  over  the  county 
court  with  dignity  and  ability.  In  1894  he  served 
as  a  memlier  of  the  state  constitutional  conven- 
tion. 

Judge  Pratt  has  interested  himself  largely  in  the 
vexed  social  problems  of  the  day,  and  has  given 
considerable  time  and  thought  to  their  solution  ;  and 
he  has  delivered  lectures  on  political  economy  and 
sociology  that  show  the  result  of  careful  study  and 
research.      He  is  a  member  of  the  Alpha   Delta   Phi 


CHARLES  R.  PRATT 

college    fraternity,    and   attends    the    Presbyterian 
church. 

PERSONAL  Cf/R ONOL  OGY—  Charles  Ran- 
som Pratt  icas  horn  at  Elmira.  N.   Y. ,  January  24, 


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IS47 ;  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1869: 
studied  laiv,  and  7vas  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1872  ; 
married  Jane  E.  Carrier  of  Elmira  April  10,  1870  ; 
7aas  a  hank  eashier,  1879-82 ;  was  a  tnember  of  the 
eonstifi/fional  convention  in  189Jf.,  and  7C'as  elected 
county  judge  and  surrogate  of  Chemung  counts  in  1800  : 


J.I.\fES  //.   A'OB/iRTS 

has  practiced  law  at  Elmira  since  1S7-)  ivith  the  excep- 
tion of  three  years  spent  in  banking. 


James  lb.  IRObertS,  recorder  of  the  city  of 
Binghamton,  is  a  native  of  the  Far  West,  having 
l)een  liorn  in  California  considerably  less  than  forty 
years  ago.  His  education  was  begun  in  the  common 
schools  of  California,  but  he  was  brought  East  in 
childhood  by  his  family  ;  and  finished  his  prepara- 
tory training  at  the  academy  at  Windsor,  N.  Y.,  and 
at  the  Cortland  Normal  School.  He  then  entered 
upon  a  course  at  Hamilton  College,  in  the  class  of 
188(3,  remaining  at  that  institution  two  years.  In 
1897  his  alma  mater  conferred  upon  him  the  degree 
of  A.  B.,  nunc  pro  tunc. 


His  general  education  completed,  Mr.  Roberts  went 
at  once  to  Binghamton,  and  became  a  clerk  in  the 
law  office  of  Chapman  &  Lyon  ;  and  in  November, 
1887,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  a  general  term 
of  the  Supreme  Court  held  at  Syracuse.  Forming  a 
partnership  with  Charles  F.  O'Brien,  under  the  style 
of  Roberts  &  O'Brien,  he  began  practice 
at  once  in  Binghamton.  His  success 
from  the  first  was  marked  and  continuous, 
and  he  cpiickly  became  known  as  a  young 
lawyer  of  unusual  promise.  In  1894,  find- 
ing himself  largely  occupied  with  public 
duties,  he  withdrew  from  the  partnership 
with  Mr.  O'Brien  ;  and  since  that  time  he 
has  conducted  his  private  practice  alone. 
From  the  beginning  of  his  professional 
career  Mr.  Roberts  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  public  affairs.  Shortly  after 
his  admission  to  the  bar  he  was  ap- 
pointed attorney  and  secretary  to  the 
excise  board  of  Binghamton,  and  held 
the  position  for  the  next  three  years.  In 
February,  1894,  he  was  elected  recorder 
of  the  city,  taking  office  January  1, 
1895.  Since  that  time  his  judicial  du- 
ties have  occupied  a  large  .share  of  his 
time,  and  have  been  discharged  in  a 
most  able  and  acceptable  manner. 

Mr.  Roberts  is  })rominent  in  business 
and  social  circles  in  Binghamton,  as  well 
as  in  the  legal  profession.  He  ])ossesses 
a  certain  |)ractical  turn  of  mind  that  has 
caused  him  to  interest  himself  consider- 
ably of  late  years  in  various  industrial 
enterprises.  He  has  given  particular  at- 
tention to  the  recent  developments  in  the 
use  of  electricity  and  in  electrical  a])pli- 
ances.  He  is  at  present  a  director  in  the 
Binghamton  General  Electric  Co.;  and 
acts  as  attorney  for  that  corporation,  and  for  several 
other  commercial  organizations. 

Mr.  Roberts  is  a  devoted  member  of  the  Ma.sonic 
fraternity,  in  which  he  has  attained  the  32d  degree  ; 
belonging  to  Blue  Lodge,  Binghamton  Cha])ter, 
Malta  Commandery,  and  Otseningo  Consistory,  all 
of  Binghamton.  His  clubs  are  the  Binghamton  and 
the  Craftsman's  of  Binghamton,  and  he  attends  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  membership  in 
the  Chi  Psi  college  fraternity,  to  which  he  was 
admitted  during  his  course  at  Hamilton. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  James  H. 
Roberts  7vas  born  at  ALt.  Pleasant,  Cal.,  June  2 4, 
1860 ;  entered  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N'.  Y. ,  /// 
the  class  of  1886 :  studied  hue,  and  reus  admitted  to 


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the  bar  in  ISSl  :  married  Jennie  K.  Rowland  of  S/ter- 
luirne,  IS'.  I',  fiilv  1,  1890;  7vas  attorney  for  the 
exeise  hoard  of  Binghamton,  N.  V. ,  1888-91 ;  has 
practiced  law  at  Bitighamton  since  1887,  and  has  heen 
recorder  of  the  city  since  January  1,  1895. 


Be  iPorCSt  IDan  IDleet,  prominent  at  the  bar 
of  Tompkins  county,  and  well  known  in  political 
circles  throughout  the  state  of  New  York,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Fenton,  Broome  coimty,  about  forty 
years  ago.  He  had  the  benefit  of  a  thorough  edu- 
cational training,  attending  successively  Waverly 
Institute,  Candor  Free  Academy,  and  Cornell  Uni- 
versity. After  graduating  from  Cornell  in  June, 
1877,  he  took  up  the  study  of  law,  and  mastered  the 
essential  parts  of  the  subject  with  such  dispatch  that 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  June  30,  1880.  He  was 
the  first  college  graduate  of  New  York 

state  to  be  admitted  under  the  rule  allow-         

ing  such  graduates  access  to  the  bar  after  i 
two  years'  study.  Beginning  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Ithaca  in  1881, 
he  soon  attained  high  rank  among  the 
members  of  the  local  bar.  He  has  prac- 
ticed during  most  of  the  time  without 
partnership  assistance,  but  was  associated 
with  Edward  H.  Bostwick  from  February 
1,  18il4.  until  December  31,  189(3. 

From  the  very  beginning  of  his  profes- 
sional career  Mr.  Van  Vleet  has  taken  a 
deep  interest  in  political  affairs.  For 
about  ten  years  he  was  chairman  of  the 
Democratic  county  committee,  and  at 
various  times  was  a  member  of  the  state 
executive  and  advisory  committees.  In 
every  campaign  since  1880,  except  that 
of  1896,  he  has  taken  an  active  part  both 
on  the  stump  and  in  the  counsels  of  the 
party  leaders.  He  was  nominated  for 
the  assembly  in  the  fall  of  1888,  but  was 
not  elected.  He  served  as  city  attorney 
of  Ithaca  for  four-terms,  and  was  the  first 
recorder  of  the  city  to  receive  the  office 
by  appointment.  He  has  been  an  earn- 
est .supporter  of  the  cause  of  civil-ser- 
vice reform,  and  was  appropriately  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Flower  one  of  the 
civil-service  commissioners  of  the  state 
of  New  York. 

In  the  social  life  of  Ithaca  and  its  vicin- 
ity Mr.  Van  Vleet  has  enjoyed  a  position  consistent 
with  his  prominence  in  professional  and  in  public  life. 
He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  also  a  Mason,  having  ad- 
vanced in  the  order  of  Ma.sonry  as  far  as  the  Templar 


degree.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chi  Psi  college  fra- 
ternity, and  belongs  to  various  social  clubs.  He  has 
membership  in  the  Holland  Society  of  New  York 
city,  thereby  evincing  his  interest  in  the  sturdy  race 
from  which  he  is  descended. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Be  Forest 
Van  Vleet  icas  horn  at  Fenton,  N'.  V. ,  August  10, 
1857 ;  graduated  from  Cornell  University  in  1877; 
7(.'as  admitted  to  the  har  in  1880  ;  married  Ada  Belle 
Lacey  of  Dryden,  N.  Y.,  Octoher  19,  1881  ;  7ms 
city  attorney  of  Lthaca,  N.  Y. ,  1882-85  and  1890- 
91,  and  recorder  of  the  city,  1888-89 ;  tvas  a  state 
civil-service  commissioner,  1893-95  ;  has  practiced 
hnv  in  Lthaca  since  1881. 


JEDwarb  B.  l!)OUmanS,   prominent  at  the  bar 
of  Klmira,  where  he  has  ])racticed  for  a  i]uarter  of  a 


DE   FOREST   VAN   VLEET 

century,  and  known  throughout  Chemung  and  adjoin- 
ing counties  alike  in  legal  and  professional  circles, 
was  born  in  Otsego  county,  New  York,  about  sixty 
years  ago.      After  attending  the  district  schools  of 


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his  native  town,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  became  a 
])upil  in  the  Delaware  Literary  Institute  at  Franklin, 
Delaware  county,  from  which  he  graduated  four 
years  later.  He  next  spent  several  years  as  a  teacher  ; 
and  afterward,  hnvintr  delermined  to  become  a  law- 


EDWARD   B.    YOUMAXS 

yer,  he  entered  the  office  of  his  brother  William  at 
Delhi,  N.  Y.,  as  a  student  and  clerk. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  at  Binghamton  in  May,  1865, 
Mr.  Youmans  at  once  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother  in  Delhi,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. A  few  years  later  he  opened  an  office  alone 
in  Otego,  his  native  place,  whence  he  moved  on 
January  1,  1872,  to  Elmira.  The  change  from  a 
country  town  of  one  or  two  thousand  inhabitants  to 
a  city  like  Elmira  constitutes  an  e.xcellent  test  of  a 
man's  real  powers.  If  he  has  the  necessary  ability, 
the  enlarged  opportunities  will  bring  him  increased 
success  ;  but  many  a  man  who  has  gained  some  local 
reputation  in  a  village  is  left  hopelessly  behind  in 
the  keener  competition  of  a  city.  Mr.  Youmans, 
as  the  event   ]iroved,  made  no  mistake  in   seeking  a 


wider  field  of  professional  activity.  Beginning  in 
Elmira  alone,  he  soon  made  a  place  for  himself  there, 
and  acquired  an  excellent  practice.  Finding  the 
need  of  assistance  in  his  professional  work,  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Erwin  J.  Baldwin,  who  had  lieen 
a  student  in  his  office.  Mr.  Baldwin  re- 
tired from  the  firm  after  a  few  years,  and 
in  1880  Roswell  R.  Moss  joined  Mr. 
Youmans  as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  You- 
mans iV  Moss.  This  as.sociation  has  con- 
tinued ever  since ;  and  from  1884  to 
1891  the  firm  was  still  further  strength- 
ened by  the  addition  of  Charles  H. 
Knipp,  formerly  a  student  in  their  office, 
and  since  1892  the  able  district  attorney 
of  Chemung  county. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  Mr.  Youmans 
has  long  been  closely  identified  with  his 
party.  He  stands  high  in  its  counsels, 
and  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  Che- 
mung-county  committee.  For  several 
years  he  wa.s  chosen  by  popular  election 
to  represent  his  district  on  the  Elmira 
board  of  education,  and  served  as  the 
secretary  of  the  board.  Owing,  ])erhaps, 
to  his  early  experience  as  a  teacher,  he 
has  always  taken  special  interest  in  the 
cause  of  education,  and  has  done  good 
work  in  connection  with  the  public 
schools  of  his  adopted  city.  During 
President  Cleveland's  first  administration 
Mr.  Youmans  held  the  important  ])ost  of 
chief  clerk  of  the  treasury  department  at 
Washington,  and  made  his  home  in  that 
city  from  1885  to  1890. 

Mr.  Youmans  has  interested  himself 
in  various  manufacturing  enterpri.ses  of 
late  years,  and  has  held  office  in  several 
such  corporations.  He  is  prominent  in  the  social 
life  of  Elmira,  where  he  has  membership  in  the  City 
Club  and  the  Century  Club.  He  belongs,  also,  to 
the  Winnisook  Club,  whose  members  have  a  beauti- 
ful summer  camp  in  the  Catskills  ;  and  to  the  Army 
and  Navy  Club  of  Wa.shington.  He  is  a  Mason,  and 
attends  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  Elmira. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Edward  B. 
Youmans  was  bont  at  Otego,  N.  Y,  May  15,  1836 ; 
was  educated  at  Delaware  Literary  Lnstitute ;  taught 
school  and  studied  laiv,  and  was  admitted  to  the  />ar 
May  11,  1865 ;  married  Louise  Towner  of  Elmira. 
A\  Y.,  February  25,  1868 ;  practiced  law  at  Delhi 
and  Otego,  N.  Y,  1865—71;  7vas  chief  clerk  of  the 
treasury  department  at  Washington,  D.  C. ,  1885-90  ; 
lias  practiced  lan'  at  Elmira  since  fanuaiy  1 ,   1872. 


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Oeorge  36.  JSra&lep  is  a  justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  for  the  7th  judicial  district,  having  been 
elected  in  l.S,S8.  For  about  four  years,  from  January 
I,  188iJ,  he  was  on  the  bench  of  the  second  division 
of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  which  was  created,  pursuant 
to  a  provision  of  the  constitution,  to  clear  up  the 
retarded  and  congested  business  of  the 
regular  court.  During  this  long  service 
Judge  Bradley  has  passed  on  many  im- 
portant legal  and  constitutional  t|uestions. 
His  bearing  on  the  bench  is  dignified, 
and  he  is  admired  and  respected  by  both 
lawyers  and  litigants  for  his  extreme 
courtesy,  fairness,  and  deep  knowledge 
of  the  law. 

Mr.  Bradley  was  a  country  boy,  having 
been  born  in  Chenango  county  some 
seventy  years  ago.  He  attended  the 
country  schools,  and  studied  law  in 
country  offices.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  and  began 
to  practice  immediately  at  Addison, 
Steuben  county.  This  did  not  prove  to 
be  a  good  field,  and  he  soon  moved  to 
the  neighboring  town  of  Woodhull,  re- 
maining there  until  1852,  when  he  settled 
in  Corning.  Two  years  thereafter  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  D.  F.  Brown 
under  the  firm  name  of  Bradley  &  Brown. 
Later  he  associated  himself  with  A.  S. 
Kendall  ;  and  the  firm  of  Bradley  & 
Kendall  continued  until  Mr.  Bradley's 
election  to  the  bench. 

Judge  Bradley  began  to  take  an  active 
interest  in  politics  soon  after  he  moved 
to   Corning.      When  he  had  lived  there 
only  six  years,  and  was  but  thirty-three 
years    old,  he    received    the    Democratic 
nomination  for  congress  in  the  28th  dis- 
trict, consisting    then    of    Steuben    and    Livingston 
counties.     The  Republican  party  was  young  at  that 
time,  but  this  was  old  Whig  territory,  and  the  Re- 
publican   candidate    opposed    to    Mr.    Bradley    was 
naturally  elected. 

In  1878  Mr.  Bradley  was  elected  to  the  state 
senate,  in  which  he  served  two  terms,  taking  high 
rank  among  the  members  and  having  important  com- 
mittee assignments.  Shortly  after  his  retirement 
from  the  senate  he  was  placed  in  nomination  by 
the  Democratic  party  for  a  judgeship  of  the  Court 
of  Appeals.  The  Republican  candidate,  George 
Ft  Danforth,  was  elected,  receiving  391,112  votes 
against  356,451  for  Mr.  Bradley-  From  this  time 
(1878)    Mr.    Bradley     continued    to     practice     his 


profession  at  Corning,  until  he   was  called   to    the 
bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1883. 

Judge  Bradley  was  particularly  well  fitted  for  the 
bench  ;  for,  besides  having  been  in  active  practice  at 
the  bar  for  thirty-five  years,  he  had  taken  part  in 
revising  the  state  constitution.       The  work   of   the 


GEORGE   B.  BRADLEY 

constitutional  convention  of  1867-68  was  not  ap- 
proved by  the  people,  and  in  1872  the  legislature 
authorized  the  appointment  of  a  constitutional  com- 
mission to  institute  needed  reforms  in  the  fundamental 
law.  This  commission  consisted  of  thirty-two  emi- 
nent citizens  selected  equally,  four  from  each  judicial 
district,  from  the  two  great  political  parties.  Gov- 
ernor Hoffman  ajspointed  Mr.  Bradley  one  of  the 
commissioners  from  the  7th  district.  There  were 
many  notable  men  in  the  commission,  including  John 
D.  Van  Buren,  John  J.  Townsend,  Erastus  Brooks, 
Benjamin  D.  Silliman,  Francis  Kernan,  David  Rum- 
sey,  and  Sherman  S.  Rogers.  One  of  the  import- 
ant changes  which  Judge  Bradley  had  a  hand  in 
framing  was   that   striking   from   the  constitution  all 


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reference  to  persons  of  color  in  the  qualifications  of 
voters,  thus  making  the  New  York  constitution  con- 
sistent with  that  of  the  United  States  in  this  regard. 
PERSO NA  L  CHR ONOL OGY—  George 
Beckivith  Bradley  was  born  at  Greene,  Chenango 
county,  N.   Y. ,  Fehriiarx  5,   1825  ;    7oas  educated  in 


WILL    R.   COMPTOX 

common  schools  and  Ithaca  (jV.  K)  Academy ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1848  ;  married  Hannah  E. 
Lattimer  of  Woodhull,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  1850 ;  moved 
to  Corning,  N'.  Y. ,  in  1852  ;  was  nominated  for  con- 
gress in  1858,  and  for  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  in 
1878  ;  7vas  elected  state  senator  in  1873  and  in  1875  ; 
was  elected  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1883  ;  was 
judge  of  the  second  division  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
1889-92. 


TOIIUI  1R.  COmptOn  is  one  of  the  rising  poli- 
ticians and  business  men  of  the  Southern  Tier.  He 
has  been  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Chemung-county  Republican  committee  for  eight 
years.      He  is  a  frequent  delegate  to  state,  senatorial. 


and  congressional  conventions.  He  has  been  for  six 
years  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
state  league  of  Republican  clubs.  He  is  an  orator 
of  no  mean  ability,  and  has  been  in  great  demand 
as  a  stump  speaker  in  every  campaign  of  recent 
years.  He  has  also  delivered  numerous  orations  at 
observances  of  Fourth  of  July,  Decoration 

Day,  and  similar  occasions.      His  services 

to  his  party  in  the  presidential  campaign 
I  of  1888,  and  his  high  qualifications  for 

the  place,  led  to  his  appointment,  soon 
after  the  inauguration  of  President  Har- 
rison, as  chief  examiner  in  the  office  of 
the  auditor  of  the  treasury  for  the  post- 
office  department  at  Washington.  He 
!  performed  the  duties  of  this  office  with 

I  energy    and    ability   for  two   years,   and 

then  resigned  to  enter  the  real -estate 
business  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.  For  this  pur- 
pose he  formed  a  partnership  with  Charles 
F.  Hurlbut.  The  venture  met  with  the 
success  that  has  attended  all  of  Mr. 
Compton's  undertakings,  and  the  firm  of 
Compton  &  Hurlbut  is  now  well  and 
favorably  known  throughout  the  Southern 
Tier.  In  1892  Mr.  Compton  wa.s  pre- 
sented by  the  Chemung-county  delegates, 
at  a  convention  held  in  Corning,  as  their 
candidate  for  representative  in  congress 
for  the  29th  district.  He  was  ably  sup- 
ported, but  the  nomination  went  to 
Charles  W.  (iillett  of  Addison.  Mr. 
I  Compton,  however,  is  still  young,  full  of 

ambition,  and  possessed  of  great  popular- 
:  ity  ;    and  his  prospects  for  the  future  are 

all  the  brighter  for  that  candidacy,  even 

though  it  was  unsuccessful. 

Mr.  Compton  is  a  self-made  man.  He 
attended  the  common  schools  until  he 
was  ten  years  old.  By  that  time  his  services  at 
home  had  become  too  valuable  to  admit  of  his  going 
to  school  except  in  the  winter.  At  thirteen  he 
entered  the  Spencer  Academy  at  Spencer,  Tioga 
county,  N.  Y.,  which  he  attended  two  terms.  That 
was  the  extent  of  his  schooling.  He  continued  to 
study  by  himself,  however,  after  his  daily  work  was 
finished  ;  and  he  is  now  a  well-read,  cultured  man, 
taking  special  pride  in  the  collection  and  possession 
of  a  good  library. 

Until  he  was  sixteen  years  old  Mr.  Compton 
worked  on  a  farm.  Then  he  was  made  a  clerk  in 
the  Watkins  (  N.  Y.  )  post  office,  where  he  remained 
two  years.  He  left  that  place  to  attend  a  business 
college  at   Meadville,    Penn.      .After  completing  the 


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course  there  he  was  made  a  clerk  in  the  Meadville 
post  office,  holding  the  position  two  years.  He  then 
went  West,  and  worked  on  a  farm  in  Illinois  during 
the  summer  of  1880.  Returning  to  the  East,  he 
secured  a  position  with  the  United  States  Express 
Co.  at  Meadville,  but  soon  gave  up  this  work  to  en- 
gage in  the  manufacture  of  cigars,  in  partnership 
with  his  brother  at  SuUivanville.  The  business 
proved  distasteful,  and  he  became  a  traveling  sales- 
man, continuing  this  occupation  until  his  appoint- 
ment as  chief  examiner  in  the  postal  service. 

Mr.  Compton  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  of  the  Southern  Light  Lodge  of  Master 
Masons,  and  of  the  order  of  Elks.  He  has  written 
more  or  less  for  the  newspapers,  acting  as  regular 
correspondent  of  the  Cedar  Rapids  (Iowa)  Daily 
Republican  while  in  Washington,  and  writing  letters 
of  travel  for  that  paper  and  for  the  Elmira 
Advertiser.  About  four  )'ears  ago  Mr. 
Compton  built  for  himself  a  beautiful 
suburban  home  in  Elmira. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
William  R.  Compton  was  born  at  SuUivan- 
ville, Chemung  county,  N.  Y.,  April  S, 
1860  ;  was  educated  in  the  district  school 
and  Spencer  (^N.  Y.)  Academy  ;  married 
Alice  Forshee  of  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  June  8, 
1881  :  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cigars  at  SuUivanville  in  1881 ;  was 
appointed  chief  exatniner  in  the  post  office 
department  at  Washington  in  1889 ;  has 
conducted  a  real-estate  business  in  Elmira, 
N.  Y,  since  1891. 


Se\>tUOUr  SCIter  has  achieved  an 
honorable  reputation  as  a  lawyer,  a  judge, 
and  a  financier.  His  career  has  been 
that  of  the  American  boy  favored  with 
few  opportunities,  but  endowed  with  a 
resolute  will  and  noble  aspirations.  From 
a  country  lad  he  has  become  one  of 
Elmira's  conspicuous  citizens,  foremost 
in  its  business,  social,  and  religious  life. 

Mr.   Dexter  is  a  native  of  the  Empire 
State,  and  traces  his  ancestry  to  the  Rev. 
Gregory    Dexter,  who  came  over  to  the 
Providence  Plantation  with  Roger  Wil- 
liams.     After  attending  district  schools, 
young  Dexter  entered  Alfred  Academy, 
and  was  there  fitted  to  enter  Alfred  Uni- 
versity.    He  was  a  student  in  the  latter  institution 
at    the    time  of  the    firing  on  Fort  Sumter.     That 
event    stirred  his    youthful    patriotism,  and   he   laid 
aside  his  books,  to  enlist  as  a  private  in  company  K, 


2.3d  New  York  volunteers.  He  gave  two  full  years  to 
the  service  of  his  country,  and  after  he  was  mustered 
out,  resumed  his  college  work  and  graduated  in  1864. 
His  residence  in  Elmira  began  in  the  fall  of  that 
year,  when  he  entered  the  law  office  of  James  L. 
Wood,  pursuing  his  legal  studies  there  till  admitted 
to  the  bar.  After  spending  a  year  as  managing  clerk 
in  a  law  office,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Robert 
T.  Turner,  to  which  E.  C.  Van  Duzer  was  sub- 
sequently admitted.  The  firm  of  Turner,  Dexter 
&  Van  Duzer  soon  commanded  a  lucrative  practice, 
and  won  a  high  reputation  in  legal  circles.  The 
popularity  and  ability  of  Mr.  Dexter  led  to  his  ap- 
pointment, in  the  spring  of  1872,  as  city  attorney. 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  assembly  by  the  Republican  party,  with  which 
he    has   always   been  affiliated.       He  was  the  only 


SEYMOUR   DEXTER 

Republican  elected  from  Chemung  county  during 
a  period  of  sixteen  years.  Mr.  Dexter  had  now 
gained  both  the  esteem  of  the  bar  and  the  confidence 
of    the    people,  as    was    further   evidenced   by    his 


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CHEMUNG   SECT/ON 


election  as  county  judge,  for  two  terms  of  six  years 
each.  He  performed  the  duties  of  this  position  to 
the  satisfaction  of  all,  winning  new  fame  for  his  dili- 
gence, learning,  and  uprightness.  In  1889,  before 
the  expiration  of  his  second  term,  Judge  Dexter  re- 
signed from  the  bench  to  become  president  and  active 
manager  of  the  Second  National  Bank,  Elmira,  a 
position  of  trust  and  responsibility  that  he  still  oc- 
cupies. His  retirement  from  the  bench  was  made 
the  occasion  of  a  banquet  in  his  honor  by  his  profes- 
sional brethren,  at  which  resolutions  were  passed 
testifying  to  his  standing  as  a  lawyer  and  a  judge. 

In  the  field  of  banking  and  finance  Mr.  Dexter 
has  also  distinguished  himself.  His  management  of 
the  affairs  of  the  Second  National  Bank  has  been 
marked  by  prudence  and  firmness.  This  was  not, 
however,  his  first  experience  in  the  management  of 
financial  institutions,  for  he  had  been  president  of  the 
Chemung  Valley  Mutual  Loan  Association  since  its 
organization  in  1875.  In  the  administration  of  that 
institution  he  developed  a  deep  interest  in  the  theory 
and  practice  of  this  form  of  co-operation,  and  the 
results  of  his  studies  were  given  to  the  public  in  a 
volume  on  co-operative  savings  and  loan  associations 
published  by  the  Appletons  in  1889.  This  book  has 
had  great  influence  in  the  spread  of  these  associations 
on  a  sound  basis  throughout  the  United  .States.  On 
the  formation  of  the  New  York  State  League  of  Co- 
operative Savings  and  Building  Loan  Associations, 
Judge  Dexter  was  chosen  a  vice  president ;  and  he 
was  elected  president  in  1890  and  1891.  He  was  the 
leading  spirit  in  the  organization  of  the  United  States 
League  of  Local  Building  and  Loan  Associations,  and 
was  president  for  two  years.  He  had  the  further 
distinction  of  proposing  the  motto  of  the  League  : 
"The  American  Home  the  Safeguard  of  American 
Liberties." 

Judge  Dexter  is  a  thorough  student  of  political 
and  social  science,  and  has  read  papers  before  the 
American  Economic  Association  and  the  American 
Social  Science  Association.  His  address  before  the 
latter  society  on  "Compulsory  Arbitration"  re- 
ceived the  hearty  approval  of  men  competent  to  judge 
the  value  of  its  arguments.  To  extensive  learning 
and  deep  thinking  he  adds  an  eloquent  and  forcible 
style,  and  carries  conviction  by  his  logic  and  sincerity. 

Mr.  Dexter  is  a  member  of  the  Park  Church  in 
Elmira  and  an  active  worker  in  its  Sunday  school. 
He  is  a  charter  member  of  Baldwin  Post,  G.  A.  R., 
has  been  judge  advocate  of  the  state  department, 
and  is  still  prominent  in  the  organization. 

PERSO NA  L  CHR ONOL OGY~  Seymour 
Dexter  was  born  at  Independence,  N.  Y. ,  March  20, 
ISJfl  ;  served  in  the  Union  army,  ISiil-US  :  graduated 


at  Alfred  University  in  186 If  :  studied  law  at  Elmira, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866 ;  married 
Elcnor  E.  Weaver  of  Leonardsville,  N.  ¥.,  June 
17,  1868  ;  was  city  attorney  of  Elmira  in  1872,  mem- 
her  of  state  assembly  in  1873,  and  judge  of  the  County 
Court  of  Chetnutig  county,  1878-89 :  has  been  pres- 
ident of  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Elmira  since 
1889. 


%,  S.  jfflSSCtt  needs  no  introduction  to  readers 
of  contemporary  New  York  history.  His  name  is 
inseparably  associated  with  most  of  the  leading 
events  in  the  legislation  and  politics  of  the  Empire 
State  for  a  score  of  years.  At  an  unusually  early 
age  he  became  an  influential  factor  in  the  Republican 
party,  and  through  it  has  been  an  active  force  in 
both  state  and  national  politics.  In  all  these  years 
Mr.  Fassett  has  been  a  party  leader  :  not  a  "  boss," 
however,  nor  anybody's  "man."  He  has  been  a 
partisan,  but  only  because  of  his  profound  convic- 
tion of  the  virtue  and  mission  of  his  party.  He  is 
classed  with  the  Republican  leaders  of  the  state  who 
stand  highest  in  the  esteem  of  all  reputable  citizens. 
New  York  city  in  particular,  and  the  state  in  general, 
owe  Mr.  Fassett  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  fearless  and 
patriotic  exposure  of  Tammany  corruption  in  1889 
and  afterward.  His  efforts  did  not  result  immedi- 
ately in  reform  —  the  times  were  not  then  ripe  for 
that  —  but  they  paved  the  way  for  the  later  investi- 
gation and  consequent  purification  of  municipal 
government  in  New  York. 

Mr.  Fassett  was  born  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  where  his 
father  was  a  leading  member  of  the  bar.  He  had 
all  the  advantages  and  opportunities  that  comfortable 
means  and  a  cultured  home  could  give,  and  he  made 
full  and  proper  use  of  them.  He  was  not  spoiled  by 
his  surroundings,  as  are  many  young  men  born  in  the 
midst  of  plenty  ;  but  he  was  strengthened  in  mind 
and  character  by  the  circmnstances  and  environment 
in  which  he  grew  to  manhood. 

At  five  years  of  age  his  school  days  began.  He 
was  sent  to  a  private  school  for  a  year,  and  then 
wi.sely  transferred  to  the  public  schools.  He  passed 
through  the  various  grades,  and  in  time  entered  the 
famous  Elmira  Free  Academy,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1871.  He  then  matriculated  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Rochester,  took  the  full  cla,ssical  course,  and 
received  the  degree  of  .\.  B.  in  his  twenty-second 
year.  He  next  took  up  the  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  Smith,  Robertson  &  Fassett,  his  father's  firm. 
After  three  years'  study  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
as  an  attorney,  and  became  a  counselor  the  year  fol- 
lowing, the  courts  in  those  days  making  a  distinction 
between  the  two. 


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M 


Mr.  Fassett's  rise  at  the  bar  was  rapid,  as  his 
success  was  brilliant  and  substantial.  To  natural 
abilities  had  been  added  careful  educational  train- 
ing such  as  few  young  men  receive.  He  was  studious 
in  his  habits,  careful  and  thorough  in  his  preparation 
of  cases,  clear  and  forceful  in  their  presentation 
before  courts  and  juries.  He  was  ap- 
pointed district  attorney  by  Governor 
Robinson,  and  performed  the  duties  of 
that  office  during  his  first  year  of  practice. 
His  brilliant  political  career  began  with 
his  election  to  the  state  senate  in  1883, 
when  he  was  thirty  years  of  age.  He 
represented  the  old  27th  district,  com- 
posed of  Allegany,  Chemung,  and  Steuben 
counties,  for  four  successive  terms.  As  a 
senator  Mr.  Fassett  made  one  of  the  most 
enviable  records  in  that  body  in  recent 
years.  He  was  the  leader  of  his  party  on 
the  floor,  and  proved  himself  an  able  de- 
bater, a  skillful  parliamentarian,  and  a 
statesmanlike  legislator. 

At  the  close  of  his  term  in  the  senate 
Mr.  Fa.ssett  was  appointed  by  President 
Harrison  collector  of  the  port  of   New 
York.      He  had  discharged  the  duties  of 
that  responsible  position   only   a   month 
when   the    Republican    state   convention 
met,  and  he  was   enthusiastically    nomi- 
nated   for   governor.       Seeing   his   duty 
clearly,  Mr.  Fassett  resigned  the  lucrative 
office  of  collector  to  become  the  standard 
bearer  of  his  party.      His  ready  sacrifice 
and  unflinching  loyalty  won  the  admira- 
tion  of  all   men,    and   though    the  party 
met  defeat  at  the  polls,  the  campaign  will 
ever  be  remembered,  so  far  as  Mr.  Fassett 
is  concerned,  as  one  of  the  most  magnif- 
icent  in   the  history  of  the  Republican 
party.      His  reputation  spread  beyond   the  borders 
of  the  state,  and  in  the  Republican  national  conven- 
tion of  1892,  held   in  Minneapolis,  Mr.  Fassett  was 
chosen  temporary  chairman.     Of  late  years  he  has 
been  prominent  in  journalism,  owning  and  managing 
the  Elmira  Daily  Adverliser. 

Mr.  Fassett's  activity  has  been  marked  in  many 
directions.  He  has  been  vice  president  of  the 
Second  National  Bank  of  Elmira  for  five  years.  He 
is  interested  in  the  development  of  various  enter- 
prises in  New  Mexico,  and  is  president  of  the  Bank 
of  Deming,  and  of  the  Old  &  New  Mexico  Ranch  & 
Cattle  Co.,  situated  in  that  territory.  He  is  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Rochester  University,  Elmira  College, 
and  Cook  Academy   at    Havana,   N.   Y.      He    is  a 


member  of  numerous  clubs  and  associations,  includ- 
ing the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  the 
University  Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Union 
League.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Elmira,  and  belongs  to  the  Masonic 
fraternity. 


J.  S.  FASSETT 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Jacob  Sloat 
Fassett  ivas  born  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  November  IS, 
1853  ;  was  educated  in  public  schools  and  Elmira  Free 
Academy,  and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Roch- 
ester in  1875  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1878  ; 
married  Jennie  Louise  Crocker  of  Sacramento,  Cal. , 
February  13,  1879 ;  was  district  attorney,  1879-80, 
state  senator,  188^-91,  and  collector  of  the  port  of 
New  York  in  1891 ;  was  Republican  candidate  for 
governor  of  New  York  state  in  1891,  and  temporary 
chairman  of  the  Republican  national  convention,  held 
in  Minneapolis  in  189.3. 


It?.  /ID.   1F3il">bar&  had  the  immense  advantage 
of  birth  and  bringing  up  in  a  college   town.      This 


MEN  OF  XEW    YORK— CHEMUNG   SECTION 


is  not  saying  that  he  would  have  filled  a  smaller 
place  in  the  world  if  he  had  not  happened  to  live  in 
such  a  town ;  but  his  residence  there  gave  him 
opportunities  for  education  which  many  another 
young  man  would  sacrifice  much  to  obtain,  and 
which  Mr.  Hibbard  had  the  capacity  to  improve  to 


H.    V/.  HIBBARD 

the  utmost.  Born  in  Ithaca  forty-odd  years  ago, 
he  completed  his  preparatory  education  two  years 
after  Cornell  University  was  first  opened  to  students. 
He  was  able,  therefore,  to  enter  the  university 
in  one  of  the  earliest  classes,  and  had  the  special 
advantage  of  living  at  home  while  pursuing  his 
studies.  The  Cornell  of  that  day  was  not  the 
great  institution  that  it  has  since  become  ;  but  it 
was  in  the  hands  of  the  men  who  have  made  it  a 
great  institution,  and  some  of  the  most  notable  edu- 
cators ever  connected  with  it  were  then  giving  to  the 
college  an  amount  of  energy  and  time  that  would 
not  now  be  thought  necessary  from  any  of  the 
officers.  Moreover,  the  small  number  of  students 
made  it   possible  for  the  professors  to  give  to  each  a 


degree  of  personal  attention  that  would  not  have 
been  possible  in  any  of  the  older  and  more  firmly 
established  colleges.  In  accordance  with  the  ideas 
of  its  founder,  Cornell  at  that  time  was  a  technical 
as  well  as  a  classical  college.  The  excellent  course  in 
civil  engineering,  which  has  brought  so  much  fame  to 
the  institution,  was  then  established  ;  and 

1         Mr.   Hilibard  entered   upon    this    course 

when  somewhat  less  than  seventeen  years 
old.  The  youngest  age  at  which  any  stu- 
dent is  allowed  to  enter  is  sixteen.  Mr. 
Hibbard  graduated  with  honors,  and  at 
once  began  the  practice  of  the  profession 
that  he  had  thus  mastered.  For  six  years 
I  he  was  engaged  in  railroad  work.  After 
that  he  became  treasurer  of  the  Autophone 
Company  for  the  manufacture  of  musical 
instruments,  and  still  holds  that  position. 
Mr.  Hibbard's  talents  as  an  engineer 
have  been  turned  to  excellent  account  by 
his  fellow-citizens,  and  have  been  freely 
employed  in  the  improvement  of  his 
native  city.  He  was  elected  city  super- 
visor in  1888,  and  in  that  position  was 
able  to  accomplish  much  in  the  way  of 
public  improvements.  Later  he  became 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  board  of 
sewer  commissioners.  Ithaca  is  located 
on  low  ground  on  the  shores  of  a  lake 
with  a  scarcely  perceptible  current  and 
with  hills  on  all  sides,  and  the  sewerage 
of  the  city  has  always  presented  a  very 
difficult  problem.  The  final  and  success- 
ful accomplishment  of  the  task  reflects 
no  little  credit  on  the  men  who  had  a 
hand  in  it.  Mr.  Hibbard  was  also  a 
member  of  the  commission  that  framed 
the  initial  city  charter  of  Ithaca. 

Socially  Mr.  Hibbard  fills  an  important 
place  in  the  cultured  life  happily  characteristic  of  a 
small  college  town.  He  is  a  member  of  both  the 
Ithaca  and  the  City  clubs,  and  of  the  Town  and 
Gown  Club,  an  organization  that  aims  to  draw  to- 
gether the  society  of  the  campus  and  of  the  city. 
He  belongs,  also,  to  the  Protective  Police,  and  to  the 
order  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Horace  Mack 
Hibbard  was  born  at  Ilhaca,  A".  Y. ,  November  29, 
1853  ;  was  educated  in  private  schools,  Ithaca  Academy, 
arid  Cornell  University,  graduating  from  the  latter 
institution  in  181 J^  :  followed  the  profession  of  civil 
engineer  from  ISlJf.  to  1880 ;  was  city  supeiTisor  in 
1888  :  has  been  treasurer  of  the  Autophone  Company, 
Ithaca,  since  1880. 


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23 


Ibenrg  X.  IfJiUCftle?  has  had  a  notable  career 
as  a  citizen  and  a  business  man.  He  gave  his  coun- 
try the  highest  service  that  a  man  can  render  —  the 
offer  of  his  life,  at  a  time  when  the  life  of  the  nation 
could  be  saved  only  by  the  sacrifice  of  her  best  and 
noblest  citizens.  The  fact  that  fate  spared  him  was 
due  to  no  hesitation  on  his  part  in  meeting  the 
dangers  that  fall  to  the  lot  of  a  soldier.  Since  the 
war  the  greater  part  of  his  time  has  been  spent  in  the 
banking  business,  and  he  has  gradually  won  his  way 
to  a  high  place  among  the  bankers  of  central  New 
York. 

Mr.  Hinckley  was  a  Massachusetts  boy,  born  in 
the  famous  Berkshire  region,  which  has  been  the 
home,  permanent  or  temporary,  of  so  many  men  of 
high  repute,  and  the  beauty  of  which  is  celebrated 
throughout  the  world.  His  education  was  obtained 
at  Williams  Academy,  one  of  the  well- 
known  Xew  England  preparatory  schools         , 

that  draw  students  from  all  parts  of  the 
country.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
entered  business  life  as  a  clerk  in  a  store 
at  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  afterward  moving 
to  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  employed 
in  the  same  capacity  when  the  war  broke 
out. 

Of  the  volunteer  soldiers  of  that  day, 
there  were  some  who  rushed  off  at  the 
first  call,  burning  with  patriotism  but 
sharing  the  idea  then  prevalent,  even  in 
high  government  circles,  that  the  whole 
trouble  would  be  over  in  a  few  months, 
and  that  they  were  really  going  on  a 
little  pleasure  trip.  Many  of  these  lost 
heart  when  they  saw  the  seriousness  of 
the  work  they  had  to  do,  and  returned 
home  at  the  expiration  of  their  first  enlist- 
ment. A  larger  number,  perhaps,  grew 
more  determined  as  the  difficulties  in- 
creased, and  stayed  to  see  the  war 
through  —  or  to  die.  They  were  gallant 
men  all.  But  there  was  another  class  of 
volunteers,  who,  clinging  to  the  charms 
of  peaceful  business  life  so  long  as  the 
idea  prevailed  that  the  war  would  be 
short,  went   to  the  aid  of  their   country 

only  after  it  had  become  apparent    that  ' 

the  struggle  was  for  the  very  existence  of 

the    nation,    and    that    no    man    could 

prophesy   the    end.      Mr.    Hinckley    was 

one  of  these  latter.      He  enlisted  in  August,  1862. 

Note  the  significance  of  the  date.      It  was  just  after 

the   Peninsular  campaign   had  ended  in  disaster  and 

failure,  just  when  the  rebel  army  was  sweeping  up 


toward  Washington  to  encounter  Pope  in  the  second 
battle  of  Bull  Run.  It  was  the  darkest  hour  that  the 
nation  had  yet  seen.  With  all  due  appreciation  of 
the  earlier  and  of  the  later  volunteers,  it  may  be  said 
that  the  men  who  enlisted  in  August,  1862,  showed 
the  very  highest  type  of  patriotism.  Nor  was  Mr. 
Hinckley  attracted  by  the  promise  of  rank,  since  he 
entered  the  service  as  a  private.  He  was  mustered 
out,  after  having  obtained  the  rank  of  captain,  in 
Febniar)-,  1866,  and  every  grade  that  he  won  was  a 
reward  for  duty  well  performed.  He  was  connected 
most  of  the  time  with  the  19th  army  corps,  serving 
in  the  Department  of  the  Gulf 

On  returning  to  civil  life  Mr.  Hinckley  engaged  in 
business  as  a  railroad  contractor.  After  a  number  of 
years,  he  entered  the  bank  of  Henry  D.  Barto  &  Co. 
of  Trumansburgh,  N.  Y.,  as  cashier,  and  afterward 


NEXRY  L.   HIXCKLEY 


attained  the  position  of  president.  The  success  that  he 
achieved  here  won  for  him,  in  a  few  years,  a  call  to  a 
larger  field  :  as  he  was  appointed,  in  1881,  cashier  of 
the  Tompkins  County  National  Bank  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 


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MEX   OF  NEIV   YORK'—  CHEMUNG   SECT/OX 


He  has  held  this  position  ever  since,  discharging  its 
trying  duties  with  signal  success.  Mr.  Hinckley  is 
a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  Masonic  fraternit\-. 
PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Hetiry  Lester 
Hinekley  was  born  at  Stockbridge,   Mass.,   February 


CHARLES  H.   A'X/PP 


10,  ISJf^l  :  7cias  educated  at  Williams  Academy,  Stock- 
bridge  :  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  in  August,  1802, 
and  served  until  the  end  of  the  war;  engaged  in  rail- 
road contracting,  1866-74- ;  was  bank  cashier  and 
president  at  Trumansburgh,  N.  Y.,  1874-81 ;  married 
Helen  Mary  Noble  of  Trumansburgh  December  12, 
1883 :  has  been  cashier  of  the  Tompkins  County 
National  Bank,  Lthaca,  N'.    Y.,  since  1881. 

CbarleS  lb.  1f\nipp  is  now  serving  his  second 
consecutive  term  as  district  attorney  of  Chemung 
county.  This  fact  becomes  profoundly  suggestive 
of  his  popularity  and  ability  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  he  is  an  ardent  Republican,  and  that 
Chemung   is  naturally  a  strong   Democratic  county. 


At  his  first  election  he  received  the  narrow  plurality 
of  197,  thus  becoming  the  first  Republican  to  hold 
the  office  in  that  county  in  fifteen  years.  During 
his  term  there  fell  to  his  charge  a  large  amount  of 
important  work,  which  was  performed  with  a  skill 
and  thoroughness  that  won  the  commendation  of 
political  foes  as  well  as  friends.  He  dis- 
posed of  118  cases,  and  secured  107  con- 
victions. The  most  important  case  falling 
to  him  was  the  trial  of  Martin  V.  Strait 
for  the  murder  of  his  wife.  This  case 
attracted  general  attention  throughout 
the  state,  and  resulted  in  the  conviction 
of  the  accused.  Mr.  Knipp  had  the 
special  honor  of  receiving  the  thanks  by 
resolution  of  a  grand  jury  for  his  fairness 
and  courtesy  in  conducting  cases  brought 
before  them,  the  jury  declaring;  "His 
conception  of  the  duties  of  his  office  is 
not  based  on  the  idea  of  securing  a  prose- 
cution or  an  indictment  at  any  hazard, 
but  rather  of  obtaining  justice  towards 
possible  innocent  parties,  and  of  protect- 
ing the  people  from  useless  and  costly 
trials."  Mr.  Knipp's  record  received  so 
hearty  approval  from  the  \oters  that  when 
he  was  renominated,  although  he  was 
opposed  by  Erastus  F.  Babcock,  acknowl- 
edged to  be  one  of  the  best  lawyers  in 
the  county,  he  was  re-elected  by  a  pluralitv 
of  585. 

Mr.    Knipp's    rise    in    life    has    been 
achieved    by    his    own    unaided    efforts. 
His    parents    were    German   immigrants, 
who    settled   first  at  Syracuse  and  after- 
ward at  Corning,  where  Mr.  Knipp  was 
born.      .\s  a  boy  he  lived  on  a  farm  in  the 
town  of  Caton,  Steuben  county,  and  at- 
tended the  country  schools.      When    he 
became   old   enough,  he  entered  the  Corning   Free 
Academy,  and  afterward  took  a  course  in  a  business 
college  in  Palmira.      He  had   determined,  however, 
to  make   law   his    profession,  and    he   followed    the 
occupation    of  a   bookkeeper    only  as   a    means   of 
earning  money  with  which  to  complete  his  studies. 
When  twenty-two  years  old  he  entered  the  law  office 
of  E.    B.   Youmans  of  Elmira,   where  he    remained 
two  years.    He  then  entered  the  Albany  Law  School, 
from  which   he  obtained  his  degree.      He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  at  once,  and  was  taken  into  part- 
nership with   E.   B.   Youmans  and  R.    R.    Moss,   a 
connection  that  lasted  eight  years.    Then  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  H.  M.  Clarke,  which  continued  till 
Mr.  Knipp  was  elected  district  attorney.      Meanwhile 


MEN   OF  NFAV   YORK— CHEMiWG   SECT/OX 


his  old  friend,  Senator  Dennis  McCarthy,  had 
become  president  /ro  tempon-  of  the  state  senate, 
and  appointed  Mr.  Knijjp  his  private  secretary.  He 
retained  this  position  during  the  legislative  session  of 
1885,  thereby  acquiring  an  experience  in  public 
affairs  and  an  actiuaintance  with  public  men  that 
have  been  of  great  value  to  him. 

Mr.  Knipp  has  been  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
United  States  District  and  Circuit  courts  of  this 
state.  He  has  conducted  many  important  cases,  and 
has  earned  a  position  among  the  leading  trial  lawyers 
of  Chemung  county. 

Mr.  Knipp  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in 
politics,  having  served  several  years  on  the  Republi- 
can county  committee.  He  was  for  six  years  a 
member  of  the  30th  Separate  Company,  N.  G., 
S.  N.  Y.  He  is  a  Mason  and  a  member 
of  the  orders  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
the  Red  Men,  and  the  Elks. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Charles  Henry  Knipp  7uas  born  at  Corn- 
ing, N.  Y.,  August  1,1858 ;  was  educated 
in  district  schools  and  in  Corni?ig  Free 
Academy  ;  studied  law  in  the  Albany  Law 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
May,  1883  ;  married  Jennie  L.  Walker 
of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  April  11,  189S ;  was 
elected  district  attorney  of  Chemung  county 
in  1892,  and  was  re-elected  in  1895  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Elmira  since  188S. 


]£&mun&  ©'Connor  »as  bom  in 
County  Cork,  Ireland.  Perhaps  to  that 
fact  is  largely  due  his  pugnacity,  his  elo- 
quence, his  perseverance.  No  man  in 
the  Southern  Tier  is  better  known 
throughout  the  state  than  Mr.  O'Connor. 
His  long  and  distinguished  service  in  the 
state  senate,  as  well  as  his  high  standing 
in  the  legal  profession,  has  brought  him 
into  much  notice.  As  a  politician  he  is 
famed  for  his  ability  to  rally  the  people, 
to  arouse  their  enthusiasm,  to  gather  and 
hold  a  strong  following.  In  the  halls  of 
legislation  he  is  bold,  sometimes  defiant, 
ready  to  meet  any  and  all  comers  in  de- 
bate, prepared  to  resist  an  attempt  by 
opponents  to  profit  unfairly  by  any  situa- 
tion that  may  arise,  equally  quick  to 
secure  for  his  own  side  all  proper  advan- 
tages in  the  game  of  politics.  His  law  practice  is 
extensive  and  of  course  profitable.  He  is  one  of 
the  prominent  lawyers  of  Binghamton,  and  clients 
come  to  him  from  a  wide  range  of  territorv. 


The  qualities  that  brought  Mr.  O'Connor  success 
in  manhood  brought  him  success  in  youth.  His 
early  years  were  spent  in  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.  He 
was  but  eleven  years  old  when  his  father  died,  and 
he  had  to  begin  his  battle  with  the  world.  He  did 
not  hesitate.  He  was  ready  to  turn  his  hand  to 
whatever  honest  employment  he  could  find.  He  had 
already  attended  both  public  and  parochial  schools, 
but  the  question  of  further  education  presented  a 
serious  problem.  By  working  in  a  hammer  shop 
and  railroad  blacksmith  shops  at  Little  Falls  he 
finally  saved  enough  money  to  take  a  course  at  the 
Little  Falls  Academy,  and  later  at  the  Delaware 
Academy  at  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  where  he  graduated  in 
April,  1869.  He  began  the  study  of  law  at  once  in 
the  office  of  Judge  Rollin  H.  Smith  at  Little  Falls, 


EDMU.XD    OCOX.XOR 

and  in  a  little  over  two  years  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  In  August,  1873,  he  moved  to  Binghamton, 
where  he  has  since  lived,  an  honored  member  of  the 
communitv. 


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MEN  OF  NEW    YORK—  CHEMUNG   SECT/ON 


Mr.  O'Connor  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  His 
first  office  was  that  of  trustee  of  the  Binghamton 
Asylum  for  the  Chronic  Insane,  to  which  he  was 
appointed  in  1880  by  Governor  Cornell.  Since 
1881  he  has  been  chairman  of  the  auditing  com- 
mittee of  the  asylum  board,  and  bills  for  more  than 
$1,000,000  have  passed  through  his  hands.  Although 
he  had  been  for  some  years  actively  interested  in 
party  politics,  taking  the  stump  in  hotly  contested 
campaigns  and  giving  valued  advice  in  party  coun- 
cils, Mr.  O'Connor  never  held  an  elective  office 
until  he  was  chosen  in  1889  to  represent  the  24th 
senatorial  district,  comprising  the  counties  of  Broome, 
Delaware,  and  Chenango.  He  took  his  seat  in  the 
state  senate  on  January  1,  1890,  and  his  two  years' 
service  was  so  satisfactory  to  his  constituents  that  he 
was  re-elected  in  1891.  When  the  state  was  reappor- 
tioned the  counties  of  Tioga  and  Cortland  were 
added  to  the  three  first  named,  the  five  composing 
the  25th  district,  from  which  Mr.  O'Connor,  in 
1893,  was  sent  to  the  senate  for  his  fifth  and  sixth 
years. 

When  the  senate  of  1895  was  organized  Mr. 
O'Connor  was  chosen  president //v  tempore.  This 
was  a  recognition  of  his  able  service  as  the  leader  of 
his  party  on  the  floor,  and  of  his  ability  as  a  parlia- 
mentarian. During  his  si.x  years  in  the  senate  Mr. 
O'Connor  served  on  some  of  the  most  important 
committees  of  that  body,  and  was  at  different  times 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  commerce  and  navi- 
gation and  of  the  judiciary  committee.  Besides  the 
usual  run  of  bills  of  minor  or  local  interest  that  fall 
to  the  lot  of  every  senator,  Mr.  O'Connor's  name  is 
attached  to  some  legislation  of  state-wide  importance. 
Chief  among  these  measures  is  the  "  Bi-partisan 
Election  Inspectors  ' '  law,  now  in  force,  which  is 
designed  to  give  each  of  the  great  political  parties 
equal  official  power  and  representation  at  the  polls. 
This  bill  was  strenuously  opposed  in  some  quarters, 
but  Mr.  O'Connor's  masterly  management  won 
success.  He  took  an  active  part  in  passing  the  act 
providing  for  the  state  care  of  the  insane,  and  he 
derives  much  satisfaction  from  his  efforts  in  behalf  of 
this  humane  measure.  He  was  also  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  passage  of  successive  acts  raising  the 
age  of  consent  from  twelve  to  eighteen  years.  Mr. 
O'Connor  was  a  member  of  the  famous  Lexow  com- 
mittee, which  in  1894  exposed  the  monstrous  corrup- 
tion of  the  New  York  police  department,  and 
through  its  discoveries  wrought  an  entire  change  in 
the  governing  powers  of  the  metropolis. 

PERSO  NA  L  CHR  ONOL  OGY—  Edmund 
O'  Connor  was  born  in  Comity  Cork,  Ireland,  Novem- 
ber 26,    18^8 :  7vas    brought   to   this    country    by  his 


parents  in  ISol  :  7oas  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Oswego, 
N.  Y. ,  in  October,  1870  ;  married  Bridget  Murphy 
of  Deposit,  N.  V.,  November  17,  1880;  was 
elected  to  the  state  senate  from  the  mth  district  in 
1889  and  1891,  and  from  the  2oth  district  in  1893, 
serving  six  years  altogether ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Binghamton,  N.   Y. ,  since  1873. 


30bn  jf.  pari? burst  has  attained  a  profes- 
sional position  that  may  well  excite  the  envy  of 
other  aspirants  for  legal  honors,  having  built  up  a  law 
practice  that  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  in  central 
New  York.  In  political  life,  also,  Mr.  Parkhurst  has 
achieved  marked  .success,  and  he  is  one  of  the  most 
respected  leaders  of  the  Re])ublican  jiarty  in  his 
section  of  the  state. 

Mr.  Parkhurst  was  born  at  AVellsboro,  Penn.,  and 
received  his  education  at  Lawrenceville,  in  the  same 
state.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  moved  to  Bath,  N.  Y., 
and  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge 
Guy  Humphrey  McMaster.  Two  years  later  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Rochester,  and  at  once  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1872  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  former  instructor.  Judge 
McMaster,  which  lasted  until  the  death  of  the  latter 
in  1887.  The  firm  enjoyed  an  important  practice  in 
both  the  state  and  federal  courts,  Mr.  Parkhurst  de- 
voting his  special  attention  for  many  years  to  bank- 
ruptcy and  ecjuity  causes  in  the  United  States  District 
and  Circuit  courts. 

Among  the  important  cases  successfully  carried 
through  the  state  courts  by  him  was  that  of  Griffith 
Jones  against  the  Bradford  Oil  Co.  and  others.  Cor- 
porations are  proverbially  hard  to  fight,  and  it  was 
not  until  after  seven  years  of  litigation  and  three  jury 
trials  that  Mr.  Parkhurst  .succeeded  in  winning  a  ver- 
dict for  his  client.  But  the  victory  was  worth  all  it 
cost,  for  it  established  the  right  of  the  plaintiff  to  three 
hundred  acres  of  oil  land  valued  at  several  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  in  virtue  of  a  tax  title  that  cost  him 
less  than  fifty  cents  an  acre.  Another  of  Mr. 
Parkhurst's  legal  victories  was  the  case  of  Silvey 
against  Lindsay,  in  which  the  Court  of  Appeals  passed 
upon  the  constitutional  right  of  the  thou.sand  or  more 
inmates  of  the  State  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home  to 
acquire  a  voting  residence  in  the  town  of  Bath,  where 
the  institution  is  situated. 

While  Mr.  Parkhurst  has  not  sought  political 
office,  he  has  been  for  years  an  earnest  and  active 
Republican,  and  a  prominent  member  of  committees 
and  conventions.  Since  1889  he  has  been  chairman 
of  the  Republican  committee  of  Steuben  county,  and 
since  1890  he  has  represented  the  29th  congressional 
district  in  the  Republican  state  committee.      He  is 


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also  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
state  committee.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republi- 
can national  convention  of  18S.H,  and  alternate  dele- 
gate at  large  to  the  convention  of  1892.  He  was 
the  first  delegate  chosen  from  New  York  state  to  the 
Republican  national  convention  of  1896  in  St.  Louis. 
The  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by 
his  party  throughout  the  state  was  evi- 
denced by  his  election  as  state  delegate  at 
large  to  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1894.  He  exercised  an  important  in- 
fluence upon  the  deliberations  of  that 
body,  as  a  member  of  the  judiciary  and 
suffrage  committees,  and  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  county,  town,  and  village 
officers. 

Since  1890  Mr.  Parkhurst  has  added 
to  his  other  duties  that  of  editor  of  the 
Steuben  Qmiier,  one  of  the  leading  Re- 
publican weeklies  in  the  state.  It  goes 
without  saying  that  he  is  a  public-spirited 
citizen,  actively  interested  in  all  move- 
ments for  the  welfare  of  the  community 
of  which  he  is  an  honored  member.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
John  Foster  Parkhurst  was  born  at  ]Vells- 
horo,  Pemi. ,  February  17,  1843 ;  was 
educated  in  common  schools  and  bv  private 
tutors  :  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Roches- 
ter in  1S65  ;  married  Alice  McMaster  of 
Bath,  N.  Y.,July  22,  1886 ;  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Republican  national  contentions 
of  1888,  1892,  and  1896,  and  to  the 
New  York  state  constitutional  convention 
of  189 Jf  ;  has  been  chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican committee  of  Steuben  county  since 
1889,  and  member  of  the  Republican  state 
committee  since  1890:  has  edited  the  Steuben 
"  Courier"  since  1890. 


JaCl^SOn  1RiCbar&50U  is  one  of  the  men 
who,  by  their  prominence  in  the  business  life  of  a 
community,  become  exponents  of  the  enterprise  of 
the  cities  in  which  they  live.  Such  men  as  he  have 
made  American  cities,  by  building  up  the  industries 
that  draw  men  together.  As  a  manufacturer  he  has 
made  his  name  known  throughout  a  wide  territory, 
and  has  attained  prominence  among  the  business 
men,  not  only  of  his  own  city  but  of  the  whole  state. 
This  has  been  accomplished,  not  by  any  brilliant  or 
sensational  feat,  but  by  steady,  patient  attention 
to  whatever  work  lay  nearest  at  hand.  Never  in 
his   lite   has  he  speculated.      His    investments  have 


depended  not  on  chance,  but  on  legitimate  business 
conditions.  He  is  a  modest  man,  content  with  .such 
recognition  as  may  be  spontaneously  accorded  ;  but 
it  may  be  said  of  him,  altogether  in  keeping  with 
this  attitude,  that  the  rock  on  which  he  has  founded 
his  fortune  is  strict  business  integrity. 


JOHX  F.  PARKHURST 

Mr.  Richardson  comes  of  sturdy  New  England 
stock.  His  father,  when  a  young  man,  settled  in 
Utica,  then  a  part  of  "the  West"  in  the  view  of 
New  England  people.  Here  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born,  and  here  he  obtained,  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  such  education  as  sufficed  for  the 
business  life  in  which  he  was  to  engage.  When 
Jackson  was  eleven  years  old,  his  father  moved  to 
Almond,  Allegany  county,  then  a  little  settlement 
among  the  pine  lands,  devoted  to  lumber  camps  and 
desultory  attempts  at  farming.  Lumbermen  and 
farmers  need  shoes,  however,  and  Mr.  Richardson, 
who  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  set  out  to  meet  the 
need.  Jackson,  with  his  three  brothers,  was  set  to 
work  helping  his  father,  and  thus  received  practical 


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education  in  the  occupation  that  was  to  constitute 
his  life-work.  The  pioneer  shoe  factory  prospered, 
and  as  the  country  developed  the  demand  for  Rich- 
ardson shoes  increased.  The  enterprise  of  the 
family  led  them  to  push  out  into  new  markets,  until 
in  the  course  of  time  a  prosperous  business  had  been 


JACKSON  RICHARDSON 

built  up.  Jackson  worked  in  the  factory,  bought 
and  sold  goods,  and  attended  to  many  details,  thus 
forming  business  habits  of  accuracy  and  thoroughness 
to  which  much  of  his  later  success  has  been  due. 
On  coming  of  age  he  was  given  an  interest  in  the 
business.  Gradually  he  accumulated  capital  of  his 
own,  and  after  ten  years'  partnership  with  his  father, 
he  determined  to  seek  a  larger  field  on  his  own 
account. 

He  opened  a  factory  in  Elmira,  on  Water  street 
near  the  Erie-railway  bridge.  Boots  and  coarse 
shoes  were  turned  out,  and  were  sold  in  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania,  supplying  a  trade  of  the  same  class, 
for  the  most  part,  as  that  served  by  his  father.  Suc- 
cess came  slowlv  but  steadilv.      In  1865  his  building; 


was  wrecked  by  a  flood,  but  the  owner  rebuilt  it 
for  him,  and  after  several  months'  suspension  Mr. 
Richardson  was  able  to  resume  operations.  The 
busine.ss  was  gradually  e.xtended  until  in  time  it 
attained  its  present  rank  among  the  leading  shoe 
factories  of  central  New  York.  The  year  following 
the  flood,  Mr.  Richardson  bought  the 
building  in  which  he  was  located.  This 
soon  proved  inadequate,  and  he  finally 
built  his  present  factory  on  the  corner  of 
Railroad  avenue  and  Market  street.  He 
then  had  his  old  building  removed,  and 
erected  in  its  place  the  beautiful  structure 
known  as  the  Odd  Fellows'  Temple. 

Mr.  Richardson  has  always  been  a 
strong  Democrat,  but  has  never  sought 
nor  held  public  office.  He  joined  the 
Episcopal  church  soon  after  settling  in 
Elmira,  and  has  been  an  active  member 
ever  since,  contributing  liberally  to  the 
support  of  the  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Jackson  Richardson  was  born  at  Utica, 
N.  y. ,  A/>ri7  27,  1829  ;  was  educated  in 
common  schools ;  began  business,  with  his 
father,  at  Almond,  N.  Y. ,  in  1850  ; 
married  Emma  Hickman  November  10, 
1862  ;  has  carried  on  a  shoe  fnanufactory 
at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  sitice  1861. 


Milliam   jfin&lap   IRogers, 

superintendent  of  the  state  Soldiers'  and 
Sailors'  Home  at  Bath,  N.  Y.,  has  filled  a 
large  place  in  the  public  life  of  Buffalo 
and    western    New   York.      He    went    to 
Buffalo  in  1846,  to  work  at  his  trade  as  a 
printer  ;     and  both  the  Buftalo   Express 
and    the    Buffalo    Courier   include    Mr. 
Rogers  among  the  noted  men  who  have 
served  them  as  compositors.      He  established  one  of 
the  daily  newspapers  of  Buffalo,  the  Republic,  after- 
wards known  as  the    Times-Republic.      He  went  to 
the  front  with  the  first  Buffalo  regiment,  the  21st,  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  war,  and  served  his  country  for 
two  years  in  the  field.      During  the  later  'GO's   he 
filled  the  offices  successively  of  auditor,  comptroller, 
and    mayor    of  the    city.      His    public    career   was 
crowned,  before  his   removal  to  Bath,  by  election  as 
a  member  of  the  48th  congress. 

It  was  as  mayor,  however,  that  General  Rogers 
performed  the  service  for  which  he  is  best  entitled  to 
the  gratitude  of  all  Buffalonians.  During  his  term 
he  was  largely  instrumental  in  establishing  the  pres- 
ent beautiful    park  system   of  the  city.      He  was  the 


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first  president  of  the  board  of  park  commissioners, 
and  was  subsequently  its  secretary  and  treasurer  for 
many  years.  The  Buffalo  of  that  day  gave  little 
indication  of  its  present  greatness,  and  only  men  of 
remarkable  foresight  and  unbounded  faith  in  the 
future  of  the  city  could  have  had  the  sagacity  to  lay 
out  so  extensive  a  park  system  as  was  then  designed. 
Another  service  that  General  Rogers  rendered  to 
Buffalo  was  his  work  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Buffalo  Slate  Hospital  while  it  was  in  course  of 
construction. 

General  Rogers  was  born  near  Easton,  Penn.,  but 
was  taken  to  Philadelphia  early  in  life  when  his 
father,  General  'i'homas.  J.  Rogers,  was  appointed 
naval  officer  there.  Mr.  Rogers  attended  a  select 
school  in  Philadelphia  for  about  five  years,  but  was 
obliged  to  leave  school  at  the  age  of  twelve  on 
account  of  the  death  of  his  father.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  printer  in  the  office 
of  the  Easton  (Penn.  j  /F//4^  After 
mastering  the  art  he  worked  for  two  years 
in  Philadelphia,  and  then,  when  only 
twenty  years  of  age,  began  the  publication 
of  a  weekly  paper  of  his  own  at  Hones- 
dale,  Penn. 

The  establishment  of  the  Buffalo  Jic- 
public  was  due  to  the  desire  of  politicians 
of  the  "Barnburner"  faction  to  obtain 
an  organ.  Mr.  Rogers  was  the  manager 
of  the  paper  ;  and  his  partners  in  the 
enterprise  were  James  Albro,  Cieorge 
Livingston,  James  Stridiron,  and  Peter 
Howden. 

The  son  of  a  soldier,  Mr.  Rogers  had 
a  natural  inclination  for  military  affairs, 
and  on  going  to  Buffalo  he  joined  com- 
pany D,  Buffalo  City  Guards.  During 
his  thirty-two  years'  residence  in  Buffalo 
he  continued  his  connection  with  local 
military  organizations,  rising  through  the 
several  gradations  from  private  to  major 
general.  He  held  the  latter  position  until 
the  several  division  districts  of  the  State 
National  Guard  were  abolished,  when 
the  office  became  supernumerary.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  was  a  captain 
in  company  C,  74th  regiment.  The  regi- 
ment volunteered  under  the  first  call  of 
the  President  for  75,000  volunteers  for 
ninety  days,  but  the  order  for  its  move- 
ment to  the  front  was  countermanded,  and  volunteers 
for  two  years  called  for  instead.  Ten  companies 
recruited  in  Buffalo  and  vicinity,  rendezvoused  at 
Elmira,  and  were  organized  as   the  21st   regiment, 


New  York  volunteers  ;  and  Captain  Rogers  was 
unanimously  elected  colonel.  He  took  part  in  the 
Maryland  and  Virginia  campaigns,  and  was  mustered 
out  at  the  close  of  his  two  years'  service.  He  was 
brevetted  brigadier  general  by  President  Johnson  for 
faithful  service  in  the  field.  He  was  then  appointed 
commissioner  of  enrollment,  and  afterwards  provost 
marshal  of  the  oOth  district  of  New  York. 

( leneral  Rogers  stands  high  in  the  Masonic  order, 
having  been  Master  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  105, 
High  Priest  of  Buff"alo  Chapter,  and  Eminent  Com- 
mander of  Lake  Erie  Commandery.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  ;  and 
has  been  post  commander  of  Chapin  and  Bidwell- 
Wilkinson  posts,  past  department  commander  of  the 
Department  of  New  York,  and  past  president  of 
the  State   Military  Association.      He  was  appointed 


WILLIAM  FIXDLAY  ROGERS 

inspector  general  on  the  staff  of  General  Hartranft 
when  that  officer  was  elected  commander  in  chief. 

PERSONAL  CHR ONOL OGY—  William  Find- 
lay  Rogers  was  born  in  Forks  township,  Penn.,  March 


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1,  1820  :  published  a  paprr  at  Honesdale,  Peiin. , 
1840-4-^  ;  married  Cai-oline  M.  IValdroti  of  Hones- 
dale,  Peiin. ,  June  HO,  18^2,  and  Phoebe  Demony  of 
Buffalo  September  20,  ISJfS  ;  moiled  to  Buffalo  in 
18If6,  and  established  the  Buffalo  "■  Repiiblii'"  in 
1850 ;  serrcd  in  the    Union   army,    1861-liS ;     7c'as 


E.  M-    riHRXriY 


auditor  of  Buffalo  in  1SG4,  comptroller  in  IStiO,  and 
mayor  in  1868  ;  Toas  a  member  of  the  I^8th  congress, 
1883—85  :  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Soldiers' 
and  Sailors'  Home  at  Bath,  N.   Y. ,  since  1887. 


JE.  /id.  IliCrUC^  is  classed  with  the  most  ener- 
getic and  public-spirited  citizens  of  Binghamton. 
His  career  is  a  source  of  encouragement  to  young 
men  who  start  in  lile  with  no  capital  except  a  good 
character  and  the  blessings  of  a  public-school  educa- 
tion. He  was  born  in  Susquehanna,  Penn.,  where 
he  attended  school  till  his  fifteenth  year.  He  was 
a  bright  student  and  learned  quickly.  He  early 
evinced  a  decided  talent  for  literary  pursuits,  and 
served  as  correspondent  of  many  newspapers.      His 


contributions  to  the  press  elicited  most  favorable 
comments,  and  were  an  earnest  of  the  literary  pro- 
ductions of  more  mature  years.  He  has  been  a  close 
student,  devoting  his  leisure  time  and  thought  princi- 
pally to  pulilic  i]uestions  and  affairs;  and  his  opin- 
ions are  always  sought,  and  held  in  deserved  esteem. 
Mr.  Tierney's  first  business  position 
was  that  of  a  clerk  in  his  father's  grocery. 
He  spent  three  years  in  this  business,  and 
then  became  clerk  of  a  hotel,  thus  enter- 
ing upon  the  business  in  which  he  has 
earned  most  signal  success.  As  a  Boniface 
Mr.  Tierney  has  few  equals,  and  his  popu- 
larity among  his  as.sociates  has  been  re- 
peatedly attested  by  his  election  as  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  State  Hotel 
Association,  comprising  a  membership 
of  over  a  thou.sand  hotel-keepers.  Mr. 
Tierney's  rise  in  the  hotel  business  has 
been  unusually  rapid  and  successful.  It 
was  in  1885  that  he  made  his  first  venture, 
forming  in  that  year  a  partnership  with 
T.  |.  Brosnan  of  New  York,  and  leasing 
with  him  the  famous  old  Seaside  House 
at  Rockaway  Beach,  1^.  I.  Alter  two 
years  of  jjrosperous  management,  Mr. 
Tierney  sold  out  his  interest  to  his  part- 
ner, and  went  to  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

It  was  there  that  Mr.  Tierney's  capacity 
and  ability  first  had  an  ample  field.  In 
company  with  J.  W.  Kennedy  he  built 
the  magnificent  Arlington  hotel,  which 
to-day  constitutes  one  of  Binghamton's 
chief  attractions,  and  is  a  fitting  monu- 
ment to  the  sagacity  and  enterprise  of 
the  owners. 

Mr.  Tierney  is  especially  interested  in 
hotel  associations,  and  is  a  strong  advo- 
cate of  the  necessity  of  such  organization 
among  hotel-keepers.  Three  successive  times  he  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  New  York  State  Hotel 
As,sociation  ;  and  he  was  elected  first  vice  president 
of  the  National  Hotel  Keepers  Association  in  1894. 
He  is  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the 
Hotel  Men's  Mutual  Benefit  A.s.sociation  of  the 
L'nited  States. 

While  never  a  candidate  for  political  office,  Mr. 
Tierney  has  sat  as  a  delegate  in  Democratic  conven- 
tions, and  is  a  prominent  and  an  influential  member  of 
his  party.  He  has  many  qualities  that  would  make 
him  a  strong  candidate,  if  he  should  enter  the  po- 
litical field.  He  is  recognized  as  a  forcible  and  fluent 
speaker,  of  commanding  presence  and  pleasing  ad- 
dress,  and   possesses   marked   executive  ability.      As 


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presiding  officer  in  various  organizations,  Mr.  Tier- 
ney  has  delivered  many  notable  addresses  displaying 
a  high  order  of  literary  merit  and  a  wide  and 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  subjects  treated.  He 
has  been  an  active  factor  in  the  recent  develop- 
ment of  Binghamton,  and  his  value  has  received 
recognition  in  his  election  as  president  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  for  two  successive  years.  To  his 
zealous  efforts  the  city  owes  much  of  its  present  pro- 
gressive spirit.  Few  men  are  better  known  through- 
out the  state,  especially  to  legislators  ;  for  it  has 
been  one  of  Mr.  Tierney's  duties  as  president  of  the 
New  York  State  Hotel  Association  to  watch  legisla- 
tion at  .\lbany,  and  see  that  no  statutes  unjust  to  the 
calling  slipped  into  the  laws. 

Mr.    Tierney   is    a    member    of   various    fraternal 
bodies,   chiefly  of  a  benevolent  character.      He  is 
domestic  in  his  tastes,  and  is  happiest  in 
the   midst   of   his   family.      He   has   one 
daughter,  Mary  Genevieve,  aged  fourteen 
years,  and  one  son,  Edwin  M.,  aged  eight. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
Eilwani  M.  Tierney  7uas  bom  at  Susque- 
Jiaiiiia,  Penn.,  November  11,  1858;  was 
educated  in  the  piddic  schools ;  married 
Nellie  E.  Hogan  of  SiisqueJianna  December 
SO,  1879  ;  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
in  Susquehanna,  1879-85  ;  has  been  one 
of  the  owners  and  proprietors  of  the  Arling- 
ton hotel,  Binghamton,  M.  V.,  since  1887. 


^beron  Huoustus  Males   is 

descended  from  I'uritan  ancestry,  the 
earliest  American  progenitor  of  his  family 
having  settled  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  in 
1635.  Dr.  Wales  was  born  in  the  Bay 
State,  in  the  quaint  old  town  of  South 
Weymouth.  He  was  trained  in  the  public 
schools,  and  prepared  for  college  at  Kim- 
ball Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H., 
where  he  graduated  as  valedictorian  in  a 
class  of  fifty-six  students.  He  entered 
Dartmouth  College,  but  adverse  circmTi- 
stances  required  him  to  withdraw  and 
take  to  teaching.  He  was  afterwards 
able  to  pursue  a  special  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  and  subsequently 
matriculated  as  a  medical  student  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1873. 

Dr.  Wales  began  his  professional  life  at  Elmira  in 
partnership  with  Dr.  S.  O.  Gleason,  who  conducted 
the  well-known  Gleason  Sanitarium  there  for  many 
years.     This  association  continued  until  1879,  when 


the  partnership  was  dissolved  and  Dr.  Wales  opened 
a  (private  office,  and  has  since  practiced  alone. 

It  is  not  often  that  physicians  have  either  the  incli- 
nation or  the  aptitude  for  political  affairs,  but  it  is 
safe  to  assert  that  if  Dr.  Wales  had  chosen  the  pro- 
fession of  law  instead  of  that  of  medicine,  he  would 
have  filled  by  this  time  many  important  offices  in 
the  gift  of  the  people.  As  it  is,  he  has  frequently 
been  rei.|uested  to  run  for  various  positions,  but  has 
uniformly  declined  ;  and  he  has  accepted  appointive 
positions  only  when  they  were  in  line  with  his  pro- 
fession, or  involved  a  call  to  duty  not  to  be  ignored. 

Dr.  Wales  is  an  active  and  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Republican  party.  In  all  important  cam- 
paigns he  is  an  influential  factor,  both  by  counsel 
and  by  contributions  to  the  press,  in  directing  the 
efforts  of  his  party  and  promoting   its  success.      He 


THE  RON  AUGUSTUS    WALES 


has  held  the  responsible  position  of  United  States 
medical  examiner  for  pensions  under  Presidents 
Garfield,  Arthur,  and  Harrison.  During  Mayor 
Robinson's  administration  Dr.  Wales  was  appointed 


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and  served  as  police  commissioner  of  Klmira.  He 
inaugurated  the  police  patrol  system  there  during  his 
commissionership. 

Dr.  Wales  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  of  the  New  York  State  Medical 
Association.       He    has  been   president  of  the  Che- 


JAMES   E.    WALKER 

mung  County  Medical  Society.  Outside  the  duties 
of  his  profession  he  devotes  much  time  to  public 
services.  He  is  president  of  the  Humane  Society 
and  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  which 
is  erecting  a  handsome  building  for  its  accommoda- 
tion. In  fraternal  societies  he  is  a  popular  man. 
He  has  taken  all  the  degrees  of  Masonry,  and  is  a 
life  member  of  Corning  Consistory  32d  degree. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  For  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  been  a  warm 
personal  friend  and  physician  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
K.  Beecher,  and  a  leading  member  of  the  Park 
Church.  Dr.  Wales  embodies  what  are  everywhere 
recognized    as    the    prevailing    traits    of    American 


character.  This  might  be  expected  of  a  man  all  four 
of  whose  great-grandfathers  fought  in  the  Revolution. 
He  is  a  fit  representative  of  an  honored  lineage, 
[iroving  himself  by  his  daily  life  of  usefulness  worthy 
of  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens. 
PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Thenm  Au- 
gustus Wales  7vas  born  at  South  Wey- 
mouth, Mass.,  July  15,  18Jf2  ;  tvas  edu- 
cated ill  preparatory  schools,  Dartmouth 
College,  ant  the  University  of  Michigan  ; 
graduated  in  medicine  from  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  in  1873  ;  married  Zippie 
Brooks  of  Ebnira,  N.  Y. ,  September  26, 
1872 :  has  practiced  medicine  in  Ebnira 
since  1873. 


James  ]£.  Malher,  superinten- 
dent and  part  owner  of  the  Steuben  Sani- 
tarium at  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.,  has  won  a 
high  place  in  the  medical  profession, 
especially  by  his  study  and  successful 
treatment  of  tuberculous  diseases.  The 
Steuben  Sanitarium  is  a  new  establish- 
ment, but  it  has  already  attained  high 
rank  among  the  medical  and  surgical  in- 
stitutions of  the  country.  Since  Dr. 
Walker  bought  an  interest  in  the  sani- 
tarium the  buildings  have  been  equipped 
with  every  modern  improvement ;  and  it 
may  be  confidently  predicted  that  the 
reputation  of  the  institution  as  a  health 
resort,  though  already  much  above  the 
average,  will  grow  rapidly. 

Dr.  Walker  has  illustrated  in  his  life 
the  fact  that  a  successful  medical  career  is 
one  never-ending  course  of  study.  His 
preliminary  education  was  obtained  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  county 
and  in  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Geneseo.  He  began  his  medical  studies  when 
eighteen  years  of  age,  graduated  from  the  Cincinnati 
Medical  College  at  twenty-two,  and  immediately 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Arkport, 
Steuben  countv.  Though  he  rapidly  built  up  an  im- 
portant and  a  lucrative  practice,  he  was  by  no 
means  satisfied  with  such  knowledge  as  he  had  gained 
at  college,  and  had  obtained  by  experience  in  his 
somewhat  limited  field.  Within  a  few  years  he  left 
his  practice  in  charge  of  another  physician  and  went 
to  New  York,  where  he  spent  several  months  in 
postgraduate  work.  Returning  to  Steuben  county, 
he  soon  found  his  practice  so  large  that  he  was 
obliged  to  keep  another  physician  constantly  in  his 
service.    In  addition  to  his  medical  work  he  conducted 


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a  drug  store.  He  was  favored  by  nature  with 
a  vigorous  constitution,  but  his  manifold  duties 
proved  too  wearing,  and  finally,  for  the  sake  of  rest, 
after  having  lived  sixteen  years  in  Arkport,  he  sold 
his  entire  property  and  practice,  and  moved  to 
Buffalo. 

He  now  had  more  leisure  for  the  |iursuit  of  the 
special  studies  to  which  he  was  strongly  attracted. 
But  it  was  not  for  long.  Within  a  few  months  he 
accepted  flattering  inducements  to  enter  the  Ster- 
lingworth  Sanitarium  at  Lakewood,  N.  Y.  Here  he 
remained  about  a  year,  taking  charge  of  tubercular 
cases.  He  did  much  original  work,  making  a  spe- 
cialty of  tuberculosis.  The  desire  for  more  extended 
study  of  the  methods  employed  abroad  led  him  to 
give  up  his  position  and  make  a  tri]5  to  Europe.  He 
went  first  to  London,  where  he  spent  some,  weeks  in 
the  Brompton  Hospital  fordi.seases  of  the 
chest,  and  took  a  course  in  bacteriology 
and  microscopy  at  King's  College.  Next 
he  visited  Paris,  spending  much  time  in 
the  hospitals.  He  studied  especially  the 
methods  emploved  in  the  Pasteur  Insti- 
tute. From  Paris  he  went  to  Cologne 
and  Berlin,  where  he  investigated  the  dis- 
coveries of  Koch,  and  thence  to  Vienna. 
Here  he  remained  for  several  months, 
doing  special  work.  About  this  time  the 
International  Medical  Congress  met  at 
Rome.  Dr.  Walker  attended  its  .sessions, 
and  was  made  a  member  of  the  congress. 

After  his  return  to  the  United  States 
he  made  a  tour  of  this  country,  studying 
different  climates  and  health  re-sorts. 
When  he  finally  returned  to  his  home, 
therefore,  he  had  so  perfected  himself 
that  he  was  peculiarly  fitted  to  take 
charge  of  the  Steuben  Sanitarium.  He 
did  this,  accordingly,  at  the  solicitation 
of  friends  in  the  profession. 

Dr.  Walker  is  a  member  of  the  Horn- 
ellsville  Medical  and  Surgical  Association, 
the  Steuben  County  Medical  Society,  the 
New  York  State  Medical  Association,  and 
the  American  Medical  Association,  and 
has  honorary  meml)ership  in  several  other 
professional  societies. 

He   is   a   Mason   and   a   Noble  of   the 
Mystic   Shrine,    holding   membership    in 
the  Hornellsville   Lodge,   F.   &   A.   M., 
Steuben   Chapter,  DeMolay  Conimandery  of  Horn- 
ellsville, and  Ismailia  Temple  of  Buffalo. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— James  Everett 
Walker  7tias  I'orn  at  Nil ihia,  N.   Y.,  May '21,  185^: 


7uas  edueated  in  coininoii  schools  ami  Geneseo  Normal 
Sehonl ;  ;:;radi(atcil  from  the  Cincinnati  Medical  Col- 
lege in  1S76  ;  practiced  medicine  in  Arkport,  Steuben 
county,  N.  Y. ,  1S70-92 ;  traveled  and  studied  in 
various  European  cities,  1893-94. ;  lias  been  superin- 
tendent and  part  o^vner  of  the  Steuben  Sanitarium  at 
Ldornellsville,  N.   K,  since  November,  180 J,-. 


EbWari)  X.  HDamS,  editor  of  the  Klmirn 
Daily  Advertiser,  is  one  of  the  most  po|Jular  mem- 
bers of  his  profession  in  the  state.  A  genial,  cul- 
tured gentleman,  and  an  honest  and  independent 
journalist,  he  has  gained  in  an  unusual  degree  the 
respect  and  good  will  of  his  fellows,  and  has  made 
his  paper  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  exponents  of 
Republican  politics  and  clean  journalism  in  the 
Southern   Tier. 


ED\\AIU>    /.       //'.MAS' 

Mr.  Adams  was  born  at  Clarence,  Erie  county, 
where  his  father,  Benjamin  T.  Adams,  had  settled 
in  1832.  He  is  a  descendant  of  Deacon  John 
Adams,  who  became,  in  178(1,  the  first  white  settler 


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MEN   OF  NEW    YORK  —  CHEMUNG   SECTION 


of  the  Holland  Land  Purchase.  Mr.  Adams  attended 
the  academy  at  Clarence,  and  afterward  graduated 
from  the  State  Normal  School  at  Brockport,  N.  Y. 
He  was  ambitious  to  secure  a  college  education,  and 
was  not  deterred  by  the  fact  that  funds  for  carrying  out 
his  desires  were  lacking.  He  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Rochester,  and  worked  his  way  through, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1875.  He  made  his  first 
venture  in  the  field  of  journalism  at  this  time,  by 
acting  as  rejiorter  for  the  Rochester  Democmf  ami 
Chioiiiclf  during  the  last  two  years  of  his  college 
course. 

News]japer  work  proved  congenial  to  him,  and  he 
evinced  marked  ability  for  it ;  and  when  he  left  col- 
lege the  same  paper  gladly  made  a  place  for  him  on 
its  editorial  staff.  He  became  city  editor,  and  held 
that  responsible  position  until  January  1,  1880,  when 
he  was  compelled  by  ill  health  to  give  up  for  a  time 
the  exacting  profession  that  he  had  chosen.  He 
went  to  Bradford,  Penn.,  and  engaged  in  oil  pro- 
duction in  partnership  with  William  L.  Curtis. 
There  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  in  the  more 
active,  outdoor  life  he  had  undertaken,  regained  his 
health.  At  the  end  of  that  time  the  editorship  of 
the  Elmira  Daily  Advertiser  became  vacant,  and  Mr. 
Adams  was  urged  by  the  owners  of  the  ])aper  —  one 
of  whom  was  his  friend  and  college  classmate,  J.  S. 
Fassett  —  to  accept  the  position.  He  consented, 
and  went  to  Elmira  in  the  sjjring  of  18,S2  to  begin 
his  new  duties. 

Under  his  able  management  the  Advertiser  has 
grown  and  prospered,  and  has  gained  a  rejjutation 
of  which  any  editor  might  well  be  proud.  Mr. 
.'Vdams  is  intensely  American,  a  lover  of  justice  and 
fair  play,  and  a  hater  of  sham  ;  and  he  has  stamped 
his  own  strong  individuality  on  his  jiaper.  Though 
a  stcadlast  Republican,  he  has  avoided  extremes  of 
partisanship  ;  and  his  evident  fairmindedness,  united 
with  never-failing  courtesy,  has  gained  for  him  hosts 
of  friends  in  all  jsarties.  When  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Morton  a  member  of  the  board  of 
state  assessors,  in  November,  1895,  political  foes 
and  friends  alike  united  in  endorsing  the  appoint- 
ment. Mr.  Adams  has  long  been  a  student  of  the 
problems  of  taxation,  and  it  may  confidently  be 
expected  that  he  will  do  good  work  on  the  board. 
This  is  not  his  first  term  of  public  service,  as  he  was 
deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue  in  the  28th  New 
York  district  from  1891  to  1895.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  committee  in  1890 
and  1891. 

Mr.  Adams  possesses  much  literary  ability,  and 
in  addition  to  his  regular  editorial  work  he  has 
written  occasional   humorous  poems  and  sketches  of 


travel.  He  is  vice  president  of  the  Republican 
Editorial  Association  of  New  York  State.  He  at- 
tends the  Park  Church,  Elmira,  and  is  a  member  of 
Ivy  Lodge,  No.  397,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  fraternity. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Edward  Le- 
graiid  Adams  was  born  at  Clarence,  N.  Y. ,  January 
3,  1851  :  ivas  educated  at  the  State  N^ormal  Sclwal  at 
Brockport,  N.  K,  and  at  the  University  of  Rochester, 
from  K'liich  he  i^radimted  in  181.')  ,•  7vas  city  editor 
of  the  Rochester  ' '  Democrat  and  Chronicle, ' '  1875-80; 
married  Kate  Linn  Attoater  of  Elmira,  X'.  Y.,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1879  ;  engaged  in  oil  production  at  Bradford, 
Penn.,  1880-82  ;  loas  appointed  state  assessor  in  1895 
for  a  term  of  three  years  ;  has  been  editor  of  the  Elmira 
"  Daily  Advertiser"  since  1882. 


Jf  re5eriCl%  ]£.  JBateS  has  served  his  country 
on  the  field  of  battle,  in  the  arena  of  politics,  and  as 
a  private  citizen  whose  influence  counts  for  progress 
and  solid  attainments.  Born  at  Caroline,  N.  Y., 
the  greater  part  of  his  active  and  useful  life  has  been 
spent  there,  and  the  stamp  of  a  strong  personality 
has  thus  been  indelibly  impressed  upon  that  com- 
munity. His  education  did  not  end  with  the 
common  school,  as  did  that  of  so  many  men  who 
now  look  back  with  regret  at  their  eagerness  to  leave 
their  studies  and  begin  earning  money.  The  thrifty 
boy  was  wise  enough  to  see  that  a  little  more  time 
spent  in  study  then  would  be  a  profitable  investment, 
and  he  did  not  lay  aside  his  books  until  he  had  taken 
a  thorough  course  in  Ithaca  Academy  and  in  Char- 
lotteville  Seminary. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Bates  iden- 
tified himself  prominently  with  the  cause  of  the 
Union,  and  later  enlisted  in  company  B,  179th 
regiment,  serving  until  the  close  of  the  war.  With 
the  reticence  that  distinguishes  many  old  soldiers, 
he  talks  little  about  this  period  of  his  career.  His 
ex]jerience  was  like  that  of  thousands  of  other  brave 
men,  requiring  undaunted  courage  and  stern  physical 
endurance.  When  he  was  mustered  out  of  service 
at  Elmira,  by  order  of  the  war  department,  in 
1865,  he  was  not  among  the  unfortunate  men  who 
were  so  disabled  by  the  deprivations  they  had  long 
endured  or  by  bodily  injuries,  as  to  be  unfitted  for 
active  life.  Making  his  home  in  Ithaca,  he  gave  his 
attention  to  mercantile  pursuits,  and  accumulated  in 
eight  years  a  comfortable  fortune. 

He  then  returned  to  his  native  town,  and  invested 
some  of  his  money  in  an  extensive  farm.  The  work 
proved  most  congenial,  and  as  he  conducted  it  on 
scientific  jjrinciples  the  results  were  correspondingly 
gratifying.      The     ra])idlv     increasing     profits     were 


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invested  in  other  farm  lands,  and  he  now  has  some 
six  hundred  acres  under  cultivation.  He  improves 
his  property  with  well-constructed,  commodious 
buildings,  and  points  with  pardonable  pride  to  the 
barns  on  his  Caroline  homestead  as  equal  to  the  best 
in  Tompkins  county.  There  is  an  air  of  comfort  and 
prosperity,  as  well  as  evidence  of  the  most 
careful  oversight,  in  all  his  estates.  In 
addition  to  the  cares  of  such  extensive 
farming,  the  building  of  a  roller  mill  at 
Brookton  of  fifty-barrel  capacity  and  its 
superintendence  for  a  year,  are  among  Mr. 
Bates's  achievements.  His  industry  is 
tireless,  and  his  success  uninterrupted. 

His  fellow-citizens  at  Caroline,  rec- 
ognizing his  superior  executive  ability, 
elected  him  supervisor  of  the  town,  and 
he  served  in  this  capacity  four  years. 
In  the  fall  of  1XH5  he  was  nominated  for 
member  of  assembly  on  the  Republican 
ticket,  and  received  3941  votes  against 
2756  for  the  Democratic  candidate,  375 
for  the  Prohiliitionist,  and  81  for  the 
Populist.  Such  a  victory  shows  con- 
clusively the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held 
in  his  district. 

Mr.  Bates  is  a  member  of  Hobasco 
Lodge,  No.  710,  at  Ithaca,  and  a  charter 
member  of  David  Ireland  Post,  (.',.  A.  R., 
at  Brookton. 

Mr.  Bates  is  a  man  of  public  spirit  and 
progressive  ideas,  and  is  ably  seconded 
in  all  his  undertakings  by  his  accom- 
plished wife.  Mrs.  Bates  is  a  graduate 
of  Wheaton  College,  and  received  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity  from 
Oberiin  Theological  Seminary  ;  and  for 
two  years  previous  to  her  marriage  was 
the  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church 
at  Brookton,  N.  Y.  She  also  took  an  active  part  in 
the  Congress  of  Representative  Women  held  in 
Chicago  in  connection  with  the  World's  Fair. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  V—  Frederick  E. 
Bates  was  born  at  Caroline,  N.  K,  May  4,  184'3  ; 
tuas  educated  in  public  schools,  Ithaca  Academy,  and 
Charlottevillc  Seminary ;  served  in  the  Civil  War, 
180Jf-G5 ;  married  Juanita  Breckcnridge  of  Neio 
Windsor,  III,  September  2~ ,  189S ;  7oas  elected  mem- 
ber of  assembly  in  1S95  ;  has  been  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile business  and  farming  since  1865. 


of  the  Elmira  Telegram,  a  conspicuous  newspaper 
succe,ss.  Mr.  Brooks  is  now  in  the  prime  of  life, 
absorbed  in  his  work,  and  already  reaps  the  bene- 
fit of  years  of  hard  labor.  The  toil  and  drudgery 
of  the  profession  have  come  to  a  happy  fruition  in 
his  case. 


1l3arrV>  Saver  BrOOftS  of  Klmlra  is  one  of 
the  best-known  newspaper  men  in  southern  or 
western  New  York.      He  is  the  owner  and  publisher 


FREDERICI^  E.  BATES 


He  was  born  at  Waverly,  N.  Y.,  August  2,  1852. 
In  l.S(i()  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Elmira, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  graduating  in 
l.Sd!)  from  the  I'Mmira  Free  Academy.  He  at  once 
set  about  learning  the  printer's  trade,  beginning  his 
apijrenticeship  in  the  job  rooms  of  the  Elmira  Gazette 
during  the  first  year  of  David  B.  Hill's  ownership  of 
that  paper.  Mr.  Brooks  proved  himself  a  capable 
workman,  and  shortly  after  his  release  from  the 
apprenticeship  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
news-  and  job-composing  rooms.  His  taste  as  a 
printer  was  of  a  high  order,  and  the  job  department 
of  the  Gazette  was  for  some  years  noted  for  its  artistic 
perfection.  Having  mastered  the  technitpie  of  news- 
paper making  and  of  fine  printing  and  composing,  he 


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next  entered  the  countingroom,  and  was  made  secre- 
tary of  the  company.  He  had  for  a  time  entire 
charge  of  the  business  de])artment.  Later  on  he 
took  a  chair  in  the  editorial  department  of  the 
Gazette,  and  there  achieved  a  national  reputation  as 
a  paragrapher,  being  one  of  the  first  to  introduce  and 


Jf.t/ikV  .SAVER   UROOk'S 

make  popular  that  feature  of  journalism.  He  was  the 
eonfiere,  equal,  and  friend  of  such  paragraphers  and 
humorists  as  Ike  Gregory,  the  editor  of  /in/i^e,  and 
others.  Years  ago  iVTr.  Brooks  and  the  late  Eugene 
Field  were  chums  and  mutual  admirers. 

When  Mr.  lirooks  left  the  Gazette  he  abandoned 
his  famed  "Popular  Paragraphs,"  and  founded  the 
Elmira  Telegram,  thereby  beginning  the  accumulation 
of  a  fortime.  In  May,  1879,  the  first  issue  of  the 
Telegram  apjieared,  and  the  jiaper  was  from  the  start  a 
journalistic  and  financial  success.  In  its  inception 
Mr.  Brooks  was  its  busine.ss  and  editorial  manager. 
He  soon  purchased  the  interests  of  his  associates,  and 
thereby  acquired  complete  ownership  and  control  of 
what   was  chiefly   his  own   creation.      The    Te/eisrain 


was  imiquc  among  Sunday  jiapers,  and  was  the  first 
to  fiirnish  a  local  edition  for  the  cities,  sections,  and 
territories  in  which  it  was  circulated.  Mr.  Brooks 
also  established  two  other  papers,  one  at  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  and  the  other  at  Harrisburg,  Penn.,  both  of 
which  were  highly  successful  and  profitable.  These 
papers,  the  successful  establishment  of 
which  shows  Mr.  Brooks's  enter]irise  and 
lacility  in  organization,  are  not  now 
imder  his  management,  having  been  sold 
by  him  at  handsome  figures.  He  is  now 
wholly  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the 
Palmira  Telegram,  on  which  he  bestows 
all  his  time  and  study,  seeking  to  make 
the  paper  a  fitting  monument  to  his  in- 
dustry and  pains.  Con.sequently,  he  has 
made  himself  a  factor  in  Elmira,  and  an 
influence  for  good  throughout  the  state. 
In  days  gone  by  Mr.  Brooks  was  ac- 
tively interested  in  athletics,  and  now,  in 
more  mature  years,  he  retains  an  interest 
in  all  legitimate  sports,  and  is  always 
ready  to  advance  innocent  pleasure  and 
healthful  pastimes.  He  is  a  great  lover 
of  horses,  and  always  owns  several  of  the 
best  to  be  seen  in  Elmira.  He  is  a 
genial  gentleman,  and  a  member  of 
various  social  and  fraternal  societies, 
including  .  the  City  Club,  the  Cen- 
tury Club,  the  P^lks,  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
f-Tarry  Sayer  Brooks  was  born  at  Waverly, 
N.  Y. ,  August  S,  1852  ;  rcas  educateel  at 
Waverly  High  School  and  Elmira  Eree 
Aeadeinv  :  settleil  in  Elmira  in  1SG6,  and 
learned  the  printer  s  trade  :  married  Alice 
A.  Eiihcr  of  Lake  Ridge,  N.  Y.,  Septem- 
lerO,  1S7!) :  established  the  Elmira  ''Tele- 
gram ' '  in  May,  1S70,  and  has  been  its  owner  and 
general  manager  ever  since. 


(SCOrge  B.  CurtiSS,  whose  recent  treatise  on 
the  tariff  has  brought  him  deservedly  into  promi- 
nence, has  been  for  twenty  years  a  resident  of  Bing- 
hamton. 

Born  in  Livingston  county.  New  York,  he  was 
taken  to  Illinois  by  his  parents  in  early  childhood, 
and  there  brought  up  on  a  farm.  His  education  was 
received  in  the  West,  but  in  IXTfi  he  returned  to  his 
native  state,  and  settled  at  Binghamton.  For  the 
next  four  years  he  divided  his  time  between  teaching 
in  Lowell's  Business  College  and  reading  law  ;  and 
in   May,  l.SSO,  he  was  admitted   to  the   bar    at    the 


MEiV  OF  XEir    VORk'—CNEAfUNC   SECT/OX 


37 


General  Term  of  the  Supreme  Court  hekl  at  Ithaca. 
Beginning  at  once  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
he  was  quickly  recognized  as  a  lawyer  of  unusual 
ability.  Three  years  after  his  admission  to  the  bar 
he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Broome  county, 
and  held  the  office  for  six  years.  Since  his  retire- 
ment from  that  office  he  has  devoted  his  whole  time 
to  his  private  practice,  and  has  appeared  in  most  of 
the  important  cases  in  the  county.  Mr.  Curtiss 
pos.se.sses  unusual  natural  ability,  and  a  clear  compre- 
hension of  legal  principles ;  but  he  attributes  his 
success  in  great  part  to  untiring  energy,  perseverance, 
and  industry.  He  has  been  willing  to  work,  and  to 
work  hard  ;  and  this  fact,  not  less  than  natural 
ability,  doubtless  explains  the  prominent  place  he 
occupies  at  the  Broome-county  bar. 

Outside  the  practice  of  his  profession  Mr.  Curtiss 
has  been  a  wide  reader,  especially  on 
historical,  political,  and  economic  sub- 
jects ;  and  he  has  established  a  reputation 
as  a  writer.  Reference  has  already  been 
made  to  his  treatise  on  the  tariff.  This 
work,  entitled  "  Protection  and  Prosper- 
ity," is  the  most  exhaustive  treatise  in 
favor  of  a  protective  tariff  that  has  yet  \ 
been  written.  It  is  a  bulky  volume  of  ' 
900  pages,  and  evidences  a  vast  amount 
of  painstaking  research.  The  .subject  is  1 
treated  in  a  thoroughly  comprehensive 
manner,  and  with  great  ability  and  skill  ; 
and  the  work  will  no  doubt  become  a  rec- 
ognized  authority  on  the  tariff  question. 
Its  high  merit  is  attested  by  the  fact  that 
William  McKinley,  Thomas  B.  Reed,  and 
Levi  P.  Morton  have  all  written  intro- 
ductions to  the  book,  thus  giving  it  the 
stamp  of  approval  of  the  leaders  of  the 
great  jiolitical  party  that  has  espoused 
the  cause  of  protection. 

Mr.  Curtiss  has  for  years  been  honor- 
ably active  in  politics,  aiding  his  part)' 
with  both  tongue  and  pen  ;  l)\it,  aside 
from  his  service  as  district  attorney,  he 
has  never  held  political  office.  Profes- 
sional duties,  home  and  social  pleasures, 
and   an   active  and  heartv  interest  in  the 

affairs  of  the  community  where  he  lives,  '■ 

have    occupied   his   whole    time  and  at- 
tention ;     and    he  has   not  sought  polit- 
ical   preferment.      In   private    life   he   is 
a  most  cordial,  genial  gentleman,  and   worthy   citi- 
zen.     He  is  a  member    of   the  State   Bar    Associa- 
tion, and  of   Otseningo   Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons. 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— George 
Boughton  Curtiss  was  born  at  Mount  Morris,  N.  Y. , 
September  16,  1852  :  ivas  edueated  in  Illinois ;  luiis 
admitted  to  the  bur  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ,  in  18S0 ;  was 
elected  district  attorney  in  188S,  and  held  the  office  six 
years ;  married  Mary  D.  Bliss  of  Lisle,  N.  Y. ,  May 
1,  1888 ;  has  practiced  law  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y, 
since  1880. 


XOUiS  IDubl  affords  by  his  career  abundant 
proof  of  the  truth  of  Emerson's  aphorism  that  Amer- 
ica is  opportunity.  Mr.  Duhl  is  a  native  of  Kreuz- 
nach,  Cermany,  and  came  to  this  country  when  a 
boy.  His  education  was  received  in  the  high  school 
of  his  native  city.  The  rejiorts  that  made  their  way 
to  Kreuznach  of  the  advantages  of  a  new  country  had 
created  in  him  a  strong  desire  to  better  his  condition 


GEORGE   B.   CURTISS 


by  transferring  his  allegiance  to  a  land  where  all  men 
are  equal  before  the  law.  f lermany  has  given  us  a 
large  proportion  of  our  citizens,  and  they  rank  among 
the   highest   in   point   of  intelligence,   industry,  and 


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patriotism  ;    and    Mr.    Diihl's   character  and  career 
illustrate  this  fact. 

Mr.  Duhl  was  seventeen  years  old  when  he  came 
to  America  and  settled  in  Elniira,  N.  Y.  He  had  an 
ambition  to  make  his  way  in  the  world,  and  establish 
himself  in  business.      How  fully  this   ambition  has 


t 


LOC/S  DUHL 

been  satisfied,  not  only  in  achieving  mercantile  suc- 
cess, but  also  in  gaining  the  resiiect  and  confidence  of 
his  fellow-citizens,  is  best  indicated  by  the  positions 
he  has  been  elected  to  fill  in  commercial  enterprises 
and  in  the  body  politic.  He  embarked  in  Inisiness 
in  his  own  name  when  only  twenty-two  years  of  age, 
and  successfully  conducted  a  wholesale  and  retail  ice 
business  in  Elmira.  In  a  few  years  this  enterprise 
grew  to  such  proportions  that  in  conjunction  with 
several  others  he  organized  the  Elmira  Ice  Co.,  one 
of  the  strongest  concerns  of  its  kind  outside  of  New 
York  city.  Mr.  Duhl  has  been  general  manager 
and  treasurer  of  the  company  since  its  organization. 
One  success  frequently  leads  to  another,  and  Mr. 
Duhl  has  cultivated  with  sjilendid  results  other  fields 


of  commercial  activity.  In  recent  years  he  has  given 
much  time  and  attention  to  brick  making,  and  has  be- 
come a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  Empire  Brick 
Manufacturing  Co.,  as  well  as  one  of  the  directors  of 
the  newly  organized  Horseheads  Brick  Co.,  located 
at  Horseheads,  N.  Y. 

A  man  of  Mr.  Duhl's   ]jrominence    in 

_,  business  has  necessarily  a  wide  personal 

influence,  which  political  managers  are 
quick  to  utilize  by  party  nominations  to 
important  offices.  Mr.  Duhl  is  an  active 
and  earnest  Democrat,  and  has  repre- 
sented his  party  in  the  Elmira  board  of 
aldermen.  Later  he  served  as  park  com- 
missioner during  Mayor  Robinson's  ad- 
ministration. He  has  always  been  a 
warm  admirer  and  courageous  supporter 
of  Mr.  Cleveland,  and  was  conspicuous 
in  the  ranks  of  the  President's  New  York 
followers  in  the  contest  of  1892.  Mr. 
Duhl  joined  the  "Anti -Snappers  "in  that 
year,  and  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  their 
state  convention.  The  result  of  that 
movement  is  now  matter  of  general  his- 
tory, and  Mr.  Duhl's  important  part 
therein  entitles  him  to  credit  as  an  in- 
dependent man  and  a  loyal  friend.  Such 
is  his  reputation  in  business  ranks  and  in 
social  and  political  circles. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
Louis  Duhl  was  born  at  Kreuziiacli,  Ger- 
many, October  7,  1S52  ;  icas  ei/ueateit  in 
the  public  schools ;  came  to  America  atid 
settled  in  Elmira,  N.  Y. ,  in  1869  ;  mar- 
ried Harriet  A.  Bivwn  of  Elmira  October 
1,  1S70  ;  7Cias  elected  alder/nan  in  1885  : 
rcas  appointed /a  r/c  commissioner  in  1892  : 
has  been  general  manager  and  treasurer 
of  the  Elmira  Lee  Co.,  L' t'd,  since  188. i. 


XTbOtUaS  S.  jf  lOOC*  has  been  for  years  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  the  Inisiness  and  political  circles  of 
Elmira  and  the  surrounding  counties.  Men  do  not 
achieve  notable  .success  in  any  line  of  activity  with- 
out self-reliance,  personal  courage,  and  the  power  of 
prompt  decision.  These  traits  of  character  are  con- 
spicuous in  the  Flood  family,  which  has  long  been 
prominent  in  the  Southern  Tier. 

Mr.  Flood's  father  was  a  physician,  who  moved  to 
Elmira  when  Thomas  was  but  ten  years  old.  A  man 
of  decided  character  and  marked  ability,  he  exerted 
a  strong  influence  upon  the  community,  where  he 
filled  the  office  of  mayor  at  one  time  in  addition 
to  his  professional  duties.      He  taught  his  sons  the 


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39 


valuable  lesson  of  the  necessity  of  patient,  persistent, 
determined  industry  in  whatever  they  undertook. 

All  of  Dr.  Flood's  sons  were  recjuired  to  read 
medicine  under  the  supervision  of  their  father  ;  and 
all  but  Thomas  followed  in  their  father's  footsteps 
and  became  physicians.  The  profession  was  not 
attractive  to  Thomas,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  became  a  clerk  in  a  drug  store,  where  he  turned 
his  medical  knowledge  to  good  account.  After 
three  years  he  opened  a  similar  store  of  his  own  ; 
and  this  he  has  conducted  ever  since,  notwithstand- 
ing the  many  other  undertakings  in  which  he  has 
engaged. 

In  1874  Mr.  Flood  received  a  flattering  offer  to  go 
to  Dubois,  Penn.,  to  manage  the  extensive  lumber 
and  other  interests  of  John  Dubois,  the  founder  of 
the  town.  Here  he  found  a  fair  field  for  the  exer- 
cise of  his  sound  judgment  and  executive 
ability,  and  during  the  years  that  he  spent 
in  Pennsylvania  he  systematized  and 
greatly  enlarged  the  extensive  lumber, 
coal,  manufacturing,  and  mercantile  in- 
terests committed  to  his  charge.  After 
several  years  he  returned  to  Elmira,  and 
again  devoted  himself  to  his  drug  busi- 
ness, which  had  been  carried  on  by  em- 
ployees during  his  absence.  He  also 
turned  his  attention  to  horse  raising,  and 
was  very  successful.  But  he  was  soon 
recalled  to  Pennsylvania  to  straighten  out 
the  affairs  of  the  town  where  he  had 
already  done  so  good  work.  He  accom- 
plished the  task  satisfactorily,  and  again 
returned  to  Elmira. 

Mr.  Flood  had  long  been  a  zealous 
Republican,  and  was  recognized  in  his 
party  as  a  wise  counselor,  but  so  far  his 
only  public  office  had  been  that  of  alder- 
man. He  had  scarcely  resumed  his  place 
in  Elmira  when,  in  1886,  he  was  nomi- 
nated for  representative  in  the  .50th  con- 
gress. Although  his  district  was  strongly 
Democratic,  he  won  a  signal  victory, 
carrying  every  county  against  an  able  op- 
ponent of  state-wide  reputation.  Mr. 
Flood's  career  as  a  congressman  displayed 
the  same  ability  and  careful  attention  to 
detail  that  had  characterized  his  private 
life  ;  and  at  the  close  of  his  term  of 
office  he  was  renominated  without  oppo- 
sition, and  elected  by  an  increased  majority. 

During  his  residence  at  Washington   Mr 
became  largely  interested  in  the   Maryland  &:  Vir- 
ginia Steamboat  Co.      He  was  elected  president  of 


the  company,  and  for  several  years  was  its  general 
manager.  In  1.S91  he  was  chosen  trustee  and  vice 
president  of  the  Elmira  Savings  Bank.  He  has  also 
large  real-estate  interests  in  Elmira. 

Mr.  Flood  is  strong  in  his  attachments  to  friends, 
both  personal  and  political,  and  never  forgets  a  ser- 
vice rendered  or  a  kindness  shown.  He  is  actively 
interested  in  all  that  concerns  the  best  good  of 
Elmira,  and  is  one  of  the  sons  of  whom  the  city  is 
justly  proud. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Thomas  S. 
Flood  7ejas  born  at  Lodi,  Seneca  county,  N.  Y. ,  April 
12,  ISJfli. :  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Elmira  Free  Academy ;  began  work  as  clerk  in  a 
drug  store  at  Elmira,  N.  Y. ,  in  1865,  and  established 
there,  in  18G8,  a  drug  business  that  he  has  conducted 
CTcr  since  ;    married  Frances  Miller  of  FJiiiira  June 


THO.V.-IS  i\  FLOOD 


Flood 


2.?,  1870  :  raas  engaged  in  lumber  and  other  business  at 
Dubois,  Penn. ,  187^-79 ;  was  a  member  of  the  50th 
and  51st  congresses,  1887-91 ;  has  been  trustee  and 
vice  president  of  the  Elmira  Savings  Bank  since. 1891. 


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EtCVail  ailtOUiO  jf UerteS  may  not  be  able 
to  claim,  like  Themistocles  of  Greece,  that  he  could 
make  a  small  city  great,  but  he  has  been  able  to 
make  a  large  city  healthful.  As  director  of  the 
College  of  Civil  Engineering  of  Cornell  University, 
he  has  struck  out  from  the  beaten  paths  of  instruc- 
tion, and  has  developed  systems  of  study  and  work 
directly  bearing  on  the  ]ieculiar  economic  and  indus- 
trial conditions  of  the  United  States.  The  innova- 
tions in  his  department  at  Cornell,  though  regarded 
as  radical  at  first,  have  since  been  adopted  in 
the  leading  scientific  institutions  of  Europe  and 
America.  To-day  laboratory  work  is  required  in  all 
technical  schools  of  repute  ;  but  it  was  Cornell  Uni- 
versity that  led  the  way,  in  1873.  Professor  Fuertes 
began  his  service  at  Cornell  in  that  year,  when  he 
was  ajipointed  dean  of  the  department  of  engineer- 
ing. In  1889  he  was  ])romoted  to  the  office  of 
director,  a  post  that  he  still  occupies  with  dis- 
tinguished personal  success  and  to  the  renown  of  the 
college. 

Professor  Fuertes  is  an  American  citizen,  though  a 
Spaniard  by  birth — a  native  of  St.  John's,  Porto 
Rico,  W.  I.  He  has  had  an  interesting  and  a  varied 
professional  career.  He  was  educated  in  classical 
studies  at  the  Conciliar  Seminary  of  S.  Yldefonso, 
where  he  received  the  degrees  of  Ph.  B.  and  Ph.  D. 
Subsecjuently  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and  took 
a  course  at  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  at 
Troy,  from  which  he  graduated  as  a  civil  engineer  in 
the  cla.ss  of  18G0.  After  comjjleting  his  studies  in 
this  country  he  returned  to  the  West  Indies,  and 
served  first  as  assistant  director,  and  then  as  director 
of  public  works,  in  the  western  district  of  Porto  Rico. 
Three  years  later  he  returned  to  this  country,  and 
accepted  a  jjosition  as  assistant  engineer  of  the  Croton 
aijueduct  for  the  .supply  of  water  to  New  York  cit)'. 
He  soon  rose  to  the  position  of  engineer  of  the 
board  having  in  charge  that  important  work.  After 
six  years  of  service  he  was  discharged  in  person  by 
the  notorious  Tweed,  who  coveted  the  oi)portunitics 
for  dishonest  gains  in  the  engineer's  department,  and 
who  found  himself  balked  by  Professor  Fuertes.  The 
whirligig  of  time,  however,  brought  its  appropriate 
compensations,  for  on  the  downfall  of  the  Tweed 
Ring  Professor  Fuertes  was  elected  engineer  to  the 
commissioners  appointed  by  the  state  legislature  to 
investigate  the  frauds  of  the  corruptionists. 

Meanwhile  Professor  Fuertes  had  been  to  Mexico, 
under  apjjointment  by  President  Grant,  as  chief  en- 
gineer of  the  expedition  to  Tehuantepec  and 
Nicaragua,  to  determine  the  practicability  of  a  ship 
canal  across  the  isthmus  of  Tehuantepec.  After  de- 
voting a  year  and  a  half  to  this  work,  he  returned  to 


New  York  and  opened  an  office  as  consulting  en- 
gineer. Recognized  as  an  authority  on  engineering 
matters,  he  attained  |)rofessional  .success  at  the  start  ; 
and  he  withdrew  from  active  practice  only  to  accept 
the  highly  attractive  position  in  Cornell  University 
already  mentioned.  There  he  has  labored  incessantly 
for  higher  standards  of  instruction  and  work,  and 
has  been  a  stimulating  force  in  the  life  and  character 
of  the  scientific  students.  There  is  much  in  the 
career  of  Professor  Fuertes  to  impress  young  men. 
He  is  more  than  a  mere  theorizer  ;  he  is  pre- 
eminently a  practical  man,  one  who  has  applied  the 
teaching  of  science  to  the  everyday  problems  of  cities. 
It  was  in  this  field  that  he  achieved  a  great  engineer- 
ing feat. 

As  everybody  knows,  the  cur.se  of  cities  located  in 
tropical  latitudes  is  bad  sanitation.  Yellow  fever 
and  other  virulent  diseases  stalk  abroad  annuallv, 
and  gather  in  thousands  of  victims  before  their  fiu'v 
is  spent.  Among  the  most  ill-starred  of  tropical 
cities  at  one  time  was  Santos  in  Brazil.  Yellow 
fever  and  smallpox  had  decimated  the  peojile.  The 
death  rate  from  these  causes  in  one  year  had  reached 
the  awful  figure  of  205  deaths  per  1,000  of  the 
poinilation.  From  its  situation  and  natural  ad- 
vantages, Santos  should  be  one  of  the  healthiest  cities 
of  South  America.  Though  the  largest  coffee  port 
in  the  world,  its  growth  had  been  checked  by  re- 
peated pestilences,  and  the  government  and  people 
despaired  of  finding  relief  from  these  visitations.  In 
their  helplessness  they  turned  to  science,  and  made  a 
proposition  to  Profcs.sor  Fuertes  to  come  to  Brazil, 
and  establish  a  system  of  public  wojks  that  would,  so 
far  as  human  efforts  could  avail,  decrease  the  fright- 
ful mortality.  He  was  given  full  charge,  with 
authority  to  burn  and  build  the  city  anew  wherever 
such  steps  should  be  essential  to  success.  The  scope 
of  the  work  included  the  construction  of  wharves, 
quarantine  buildings  and  disinfecting  plant,  hos|)itals 
for  the  various  contagious  diseases,  the  improvement 
of  the  harbor,  and  finally  a  system  of  drainage, 
sewers,  and  waterworks.  On  the  completion  of  this 
great  undertaking  Santos  will  be  one  of  the  safest 
trading  ports  in  the  Western  hemisphere.  Whole 
blocks  were  condemned,  and  will  be  rebuilt  on  sani- 
tary principles,  new  parks  and  cemeteries  were  to  be 
laid  out,  public  halls  erected,  streets  paved,  and 
private  habitations  improved  and  placed  under  hy- 
gienic regulations.  The  herculean  task  is  employing 
many  kinds  of  engineers  and  an  army  of  laborers,  to 
complete  the  work  designed  by  Professor  Fuertes. 
Two  years  of  hard  labor  were  devoted  to  the  task  of 
studying  the  problems  involved.  For  this  purpose 
\isits  were  made  to  the  sanitary  works  of  Europe  and 


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41 


America  ;  and  such  specialists  as  Rudolph  Hering 
and  James  Fuertes,  the  professor's  son  and  pupil, 
helped  to  crown  the  work  with  complete  success. 
The  details  of  the  undertaking  have  been  set  forth  in 
a  voluminous  report  by  Professor  Fuertes,  in  which 
he  estimates  that  the  saving  in  money  to  the  city  in 
five  years  will  be  nearly  three  and  a  halt 
million  dollars,  not  to  speak  of  the  lives 
saved  and  suffering  averted  by  the  im- 
provements. For  his  services  in  planning 
and  executing  this  vast  series  of  compli- 
cated works,  Professor  Fuertes  received 
the  largest  fee  ever  paid  to  a  civil  engi- 
neer—  four  per  cent  net  of  the  total  cost 
of  the  undertaking,  estimated  at  nearly 
S4,000,000. 

Professor  Fuertes  is  a  member  of  many 
learned  societies  in  various  countries,  has 
been  decorated  by  foreign  governments, 
and  is  the  author  of  many  scientific  pub- 
lications. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
Ettvan  An /oh  id  Fuertes  vuis  born  at  St. 
Johns,  Porto  Rico,  W.  /.,  May  10,  ISilS  .■ 
received  the  degrees  of  Ph.  B.  and  Ph.  D. 
from  the  Conciliar  Seminary  of  S.  Yldcfonso: 
f;raduatcd from  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic 
[n^titute,  Troy,  in  1800  ;  married  Alary 
Stone  Perry  of  Troy  December  22,  18(10  ; 
was  assistant  director  and  director  of  public 
works  in  Porto  Rico,  1861-64,  """' 
assistant  engineer  of  the  Croton  aque- 
duct, and  engineer  of  the  Croton  aque- 
duct board.  New  York,  ISOJf-lO ;  went 
to  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  in  1873, 
as  dean  of  the  department  of  civil  en- 
gineering, and  has  been  director  of  the 
College  of  Civil  Enxineering  there  since 
1889. 


Samuel  S).  1E)alli5a5  has  spent  his  life  in 
Tompkins  county,  New  York.  His  lot  has  been 
cast  along  congenial  lines  among  tViends  and  neigh- 
bors, by  whom  he  is  held  in  high  respect.  His 
early  years  were  passed  in  the  town  of  Dryden, 
where  he  was  born.  His  education  was  begun  in 
the  district  school  at  that  ]ilace,  but  he  was  prepared 
for  college  at  Ithaca  Academy,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  l.SGC.  He  entered  the  so|)honiore  class  of 
Hamilton  College  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year. 
When  Cornell  University  opened  its  doors,  Mr. 
Halliday  was  one  of  the  first  to  enter  his  name  on 
the  roll  of  students.  This  was  in  TSfiS.  He  grad 
uated    from    Cornell    in    1870,    with    the   degree  of 


Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to 
the  law,  and  upon  passing  the  requisite  examinations 
at  once  began  the  practice  of  that  ])rofession.  On 
January  1,  1872,  he  opened  an  office  in  Ithaca, 
which  has  since  been  his  home.  There  he  has  iden- 
tified himself  with  all   that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of 


ETEV.4N  .-i.XTOXrO   FUERTES 

the  community,   and    has  long  been    recognized   as 
one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  the  place. 

Mr.  Halliday  has  been  and  is  to-day  in  great 
favor  with  the  people  of  Tompkins  county,  who 
have  on  more  than  one  occasion  given  evidence  ol 
the  fact  in  their  bestowment  of  political  honors. 
This  is  all  the  more  noteworthy  from  the  circumstance 
that  Tompkins  is  a  Republican  county,  while  Mr.  Hal- 
liday is  a  strong  Democrat.  His  first  political  office 
was  that  of  district  attorney,  to  which  he  was  elected 
in  1873  by  a  majority  of  4ir)  votes.  He  had  the 
further  honor  at  that  time  of  being  the  first  Demo- 
cratic county  official  elected  in  Tompkins  county 
for  over  twenty  years.  He  took  office  on  the  first 
of  January,  1874,  and  in  the  following  spring  was 


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also  chosen  corporation  counsel  of  Ithaca,  a  position 
that  he  held  for  a  number  of  years.  His  service  as 
district  attorney  was  of  short  duration,  for  in  the  fall 
of  187")  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  assembly 
from  the  county.  This  honor  came  to  him  prac- 
tically unsolicited,  since  he  spent  the  summer  of  that 


SA.\fiEL    D.   HALL/DAY 

year  in  European  travel,  and  did  not  return  to 
make  the  usual  preliminary  canvass.  His  nomina- 
tion followed  almost  immediately  upon  his  return 
home.  Before  taking  his  seat  in  the  legislature  he 
resigned  the  office  of  district  attorney,  but  retained 
that  of  corporation  counsel  of  Ithaca.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  legislature  of  1876,  and  was  looked 
upon  as  a  strong  and  an  able  man.  He  became 
very  much  attached  to  the  political  fortunes  of  Gov- 
ernor Samuel  J.  Tilden,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  that  nominated  him  as  the  presidential 
candidate  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  canvass  that  followed,  and  did 
much  to  increase  the  Democratic  vote  of  his  part  of 
the  state.      In  1877  he  was  elected  to  a  second  term 


in    the    legislature,     and    served    with    distinction 

throughout  the  sessions  of  1878. 

Mr.   Halliday    has    been    much    interested  in  the 

great  university  that  has  given  the  city  of  Ithaca  a 

world-wide  renown,  and  served  for  several  years  as  a 

trustee  of  the  institution. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY— 

Samuel  Dumont   Halliday  was    horn    at 

Dry  den,  Totnpkins  county,  N.  Y.,  January 
7,  1S4'7 :  i^raduated  from  Cornell  Uni- 
Tersity  in  1870  ;  was  district  attorney  of 
Tompkins  county,  1874-7-'>,  and  memher 
of  assemlily  in  llie  lej^islaturcs  of  1870  and 
1878  ;  married  Jennie  Leonard  of  Union 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  June  30,  1881;  has  prac- 
ticed laiv  in  Jtliaca,  N.   Y. ,  since  1872. 


Stepben  XT.  IbaVt,  when  asked  by 
an  interviewer,  "  In  what  have  you  been 
especially  interested  outside  of  your  busi- 
ness?" promptly  replied,  "The  growth 
and  prosperity  of  the  city  of  Corning." 
When  he  took  up  his  residence  there,  a 
lad  of  ten  years,  most  of  the  land  now 
occupied  by  the  city  was  a  dense  forest. 
A  little  over  half  a  century  has  elapsed 
since  then,  and  Corning  now  boasts  of 
extensive  manufactories  in  various  lines, 
including  stoves,  glass,  and  railroad  cars, 
while  its  population  has  reached  11,000. 
The  lumber  business  is  one  of  the  most 
prolific  sources  of  income,  vast  ijuantities 
of  timber,  shingles,  and  staves  passing 
over  the  railroad  system  that  terminates 
there,  and  through  the  feeder  that  con- 
nects with  the  Erie  canal.  The  lumber 
industry  is  that  with  which  Mr.  Hayt  has 
been  most  closely  identified. 

In  the  schools  of  Ithaca  and  Patterson 
he  prepared  himself  to  enter  Kno.wille  Academy,  an 
institution  in  what  was  then  Painted  Post,  within  the 
present  limits  of  Corning.  Leaving  school  at  si.\teen, 
he  began  working  steadily  and  saving  systematically. 
All  the  time  he  had  a  fixed  purpose  in  view  —  to  o|)en 
a  store  of  his  own  — and  four  years  later  he  purchased 
his  stock.  It  contained  all  sorts  of  wares,  from 
crockery  to  wearing  apparel,  and  was  the  old-time 
counterpart  of  the  modern  dry -goods  emporium.  In 
seven  years  he  had  accumulated  enough  cajiital  to 
warrant  a  bolder  venture,  and  accordingly  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Benjamin  A.  Towner,  a  dealer  in 
lumber.  Mr.  Towner  conducted  an  office  in  Albany, 
and  his  partner  furnished  the  yard  with  lumber  from 
the   neia;hV)orhood   of   Corning.      This  arrangement 


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continued  for  sixteen  years,  when  Mr.  Hayt  formed 
a  partnership  with  Alexander  Olcott  in  the  milling 
and  plaster  business.  The  firm  was  dissolved  in  a 
few  months,  and  the  work  has  been  carried  on  alone 
by  Mr.  Hayt  ever  since.  He  has  also  given  a  large 
share  of  his  attention  to  farming. 

Among  the  proofs  of  his  interest  in  the  adminis- 
trative affairs  of  his  adojited  city  is  term  after  term 
of  service  as  supervisor.  An  earnest  believer  in  the 
need  of  elevating  the  standard  of  the  public  schools, 
he  has  had  ample  opportunity,  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education,  to  carry  out  his  ideas. 

In  LSfi.i  and  in  LSC.")  his  district,  then  the  27th, 
elected  him  to  the  upper  house  of  the  state  legisla- 
ture. The  records  .show  that  he  was  faithful  to  the 
best  interests  of  his  constituents.  In  IcSlitJ  he  was 
elected  canal  commissioner  on  the  ticket  headed  by 
(lovernor  Fenton.  He  has  been  sent  as 
a  delegate  to  four  national  conventions  — 
that  of  l.SOO,  which  nominated  Lincoln  ; 
of  1808,  which  called  for  the  war  hero, 
Cleneral  Clrant ;  of  1884,  whose  choice 
was  the  "  Plumed  Knight  "  ;  and  of  1888, 
which  nominated  ISenjamin  Harrison. 

Mr.  Hayt  has  long  been  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Congregation,  and  has 
contributed  liberally  to  its  support.  In 
early  life  he  became  an  Odd  Fellow,  and 
is  a  loyal  adherent  to  the  jirinciples  of 
that  benevolent  and  social  order. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
Stephen  Thurston  Hayt  was  born  at  Pat- 
terson, N.  Y.,  June  S,  1823:  7cias  edu- 
cated in  Knoxville  Academy,  Painted  Post, 
N.  v.;  conducted  a  genera/  store  at  Corning, 
N.  Y.,  ] 8^3-50  ;  married  Margaret  Corn- 
stock  Townsend  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y. ,  No- 
vember 19,  1856 ;  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business,  1851-€7 ;  was  elected  state 
senator  in  1863  and  in  1865,  and  canal 
commissioner  in  1866  ;  7aas  a  delegate  to 
the  Republican  national  conventiofis  of 
1860,  1868,  1881^,  and  1888 ;  has  con- 
ducted a  milling  and  plaster  business  at 
Coming  since  1868. 


Jonas  Jacobs   has  done  much  to 
disprove    the    assertion    that    success     in 
the  medical  profession    can  be   attained 
only  after  long    years  of   patient   effort. 
Though  still  a  long  way  from  the  prime  of  life,  and 
comparatively  a  newcomer  in    Elniira,   he  occupies 
already  a  prominent  position  in  the  professional  and 
social  life  of  the  city. 


Dr.  Jacobs  was  born  in  New  York  city  little  more 
than  thirty  years  ago.  Had  he  passed  his  youth 
there  he  would  doubtless  have  succumbed  to  the 
fascination  that  the  great  metropolis  exerts  over  all 
who  come  within  its  influence  for  any  length  of  time, 
and  would  have  chosen  it  as  the  field  for  his  pro- 
fessional labors.  But  he  was  taken  to  New  Haven 
when  a  child,  and  it  was  there,  in  the  congenial 
environment  of  a  college  town,  that  his  general  edu- 
cation was  obtained.  After  graduating  from  the 
Hillhouse  High  School,  he  studied  for  two  years  in  the 
Yale  Medical  School.  He  then  spent  one  term  at  the 
University  Medical  College  in  New  York,  and  finally 
entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at 
Baltimore,  where  he  graduated  and  received  his  degree. 

The  young  physician  had  decided  to  Ijegin  his 
professional  career  in  Brooklyn,  and  on  completing 


STEPHEX   E   HAYT 


his  medical  studies  he  at  once  opened  an  oftice  in 
that  city.  He  had  scarcely  established  himself  there, 
however,  when  he  was  attracted  by  a  most  favorable 
opening  that  presented   itself  in  the  city  of  Elmira  ; 


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and  accordingly,  in  the  fall  of  1X80,  he  took  up  his 
residence  there.  An  ambitious  young  man  finds 
many  advantages  in  the  smaller  cities.  There  is 
plenty  of  room  for  growth  and  development,  for  jnish 
and  energy  ;  and  yet  the  smaller  number  of  com- 
petitors for  fame  and  fortune  renders  succe.ss  somewhat 


of  his  fellow-citizens.  He  also  holds  the  office  of 
medical  e.xaminer  for  a  number  of  associations,  among 
them  the  Northwestern  Masonic  Life  Association  of 
Chicago,  the  National  Life  Insurance  Co.  of  Vermont, 
the  Washington  Life  Insurance  Co.  of  New  York  city, 
and  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Co. 

Dr.  Jacobs  is  an  enthusiastic  believer 
in  the  benefits  of  fraternal  societies,  as  is 
evidenced  by  the  great  number  of  such 
organizations  with  which  he  is  connected. 
He  is  a  member  of  Ivy  Lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  the  order  of  Ellks,  the 
Kipiitable  Aid  Union,  the  order  of  United 
Friends,  the  B'nai  B'rith,  and  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men.  In  this  latter 
organization  he  is  Past  Sachem  of  Tomoka 
Tribe,  No.  128,  and  a  Creat  Representa- 
tive to  the  Great  Council  of  the  United 
States.  In  scientific  circles  Dr.  Jacobs  is 
equally  well  known.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  the  Patho- 
logical Society,  and  the  Academy  of 
Sciences,  all  of  Elmira,  and  president  of 
the  Chemung  County  Medical  Society. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Jonas  Jacobs  was  born  at  New  York  cil\ 
November  15,  18G2 ;  ivas  educated  in 
public  schools,  and  graduated  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Balti- 
more, in  ISSG  ;  loas  elected  coroner  of  the 
city  of  Elmira,  N  Y. ,  in  1SS8,  7t'as  ap- 
pointed health  inspector  in  1889,  and  has 
been  city  physician  since  1891 ;  has  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Elmira  since  1886. 


JUA'AS  JACU/iS 

less  difficult  of  attainment  than  in   the  great  centers 
of  population. 

The  ten  years'  residence  of  Dr.  Jacobs  in  Elmira 
has  been  fruitful  of  results.  He  has  devoted  himself 
to  the  duties  of  his  jirofession  with  characteristic 
energy  and  determination,  and  his  efforts  have  been 
well  repaid.  He  has  built  up  a  large  and  successful 
practice,  and  has  won  a  prominent  position  in  local 
affairs.  Two  years  after  going  to  the  city  he  wa.s 
elected  coroner.  The  following  year  he  was  a|)- 
pointed  health  inspector  of  Elmira,  and  in  1891  he 
was  appointed  city  physician,  and  surgeon  to  the  fire 
and  police  dejiartments  and  to  the  civil-service  board. 
He  has  held  these  positions  ever  since,  and  has  dis- 
charged their  many  duties  to  the  entire  satisfaction 


(BeOrflC  ]£.  priest  is  a  leading 
citizen  of  Tompkins  county,  and  the  edi- 
tor and  part  owner  of  that  flourishing 
newspaper,  the  \\haca.  Journal.  With  all 
things  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  famous  univer- 
sity city  in  which  he  lives,  Mr.  Priest  has  been 
closely  identified.  His  faith  in  the  future  of  Ithaca 
is  great,  and  he  has  done  much  to  develop  that 
jjlace  from  a  small  village  to  the  present  bustling 
metropolis  of  Tompkins  county.  He  ha.s  devotedly 
and  unstintedly  given  time,  labor,  and  means  to  the 
physical  and  civic  upbuilding  of  the  city.  His 
efforts  in  this  direction  have  met  with  success,  and 
have  received  marked  a])]irol)ation  from  his  fellow- 
citizens.  Both  personally  and  in  the  columns  of  the 
Journal  he  has  been  an  earnest  and  a  ])ersistent 
advocate  of  such  municipal  improvements  as 
modern  public  buildings,  sewers,  paving,  electric 
lights,  rapid   transit,    public   ]iarks,   l)oule^■ards,    and 


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manufactures — in  fact,  all  things  that  contribute  to 
the  material  welfare  of  a  wide-awake  American  city. 
In  these  directions  and  in  others  he  has  steadfastly 
proved  himself  to  be  the  ideal  citizen. 

Mr.  Priest  spent  nine  years  in  the  jiublic  schools 
and  the  academy  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  Though  a  life- 
long student  of  men  and  affairs,  he  says  of  him.self : 
"  Education  not  yet  completed  ;  no  diploma,  no 
degrees."  The  progre.ssive,  growing  man  never 
finds  his  education  completed.  The  absence  of 
diplomas  and  degrees  does  not  mean  that  a  man  is 
not  educated,  as  the  example  of  Mr.  Priest  clearly 
proves.  He  has  been  an  editor  in  active  service  for 
eighteen  years,  during  which  the  bound  files  of  his 
paper  comprise  fifty-four  volumes.  The  dullest  of 
men,  by  mere  unconscious  absorption,  must  have 
profited  from  such  a  school  of  discipline  as  that ; 
while  a  man  of  Mr.  Priest's  native 
ability,  industry,  and  mental  energy 
could  not  fail  to  obtain  the  finest  kind 
of  education  from  a  course  of  training  so 
thorough. 

For  three  years,  beginning  in  LSdo, 
Mr.  Priest  read  law  in  Ithaca,  whither  he 
had  moved  in  IfSli'i.  But  he  found  this 
profession  uncongenial,  and  he  made  no 
application  for  membership  in  the  bar. 
Drifting  into  jmlitics,  he  became  deputy 
county  clerk  of  Tompkins  county,  hold- 
ing the  office  in  1870.  Later  in  that 
year,  after  Alonzo  B.  Cornell  was  made 
surveyor  of  the  port  of  New  York  liy 
Cleneral  Grant,  Mr.  Priest  was  ajipointed 
to  a  place  in  the  special  agency  of  the 
treasury  department  in  the  customhouse 
at  New  York  city.  There  he  remained 
until  July,  1874.  Fortunately  he  realized 
that  ofifice-holding  offers  few  inducements 
to  the  ambitious  young  man  who  has  his 
way  to  make  in  the  world,  and  he  there- 
fore returned  to  Ithaca  and  engaged  in 
business.  It  was  in  February,  1877,  that 
with  several  associates  he  bought  the 
Ithaca y(W/vw/.  Here  he  found  himself 
engaged  in  a  calling  congenial  and 
ultimately  profitable.  Mr.  Priest,  with 
his  present  partner,  C.  M.  Benjamin,  has 
devoted  himself  untiringly  to  his  news- 
paper property,  and  has  attained  abund- 
ant success.  Both  the  daily  and  weekly 
editions  of  the  Joiinial  are  ncws))apers  of  much 
power  and  influence  in  the  territory  covered. 

Though   Mr.  Priest  has  held  no  elective  political 
office,  he   is  a   factor   in   Rejiublican  politics  in  his 


part  of  the  state.  No  im])ortant  move  is  made  by 
party  managers  there  without  his  advice  and  counsel. 
At  one  time  his  friends  made  him  a  candidate  for  the 
state  senatorial  nomination,  and  his  name  caused  a 
three  weeks'  deadlock  in  the  convention. 

Mr.  Priest  is  fond  of  society,  and  is  a  frequent 
visitor  at  the  various  organizations  in  which  he  has 
membership. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOLOG  V—  George 
Eugene  Priest  was  born  at  Anlnirii,  N'.  Y. ,  June  25, 
IfiJfS  :  studied  law,  Init  did  lutt  apply  for  admission  to 
the  Ihir :  married  Amelia  E.  Burritt  of  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.,  October  22,  1S05  ;  was  deputy  county  clerk  of 
Tompkins  county  in  1870  ;  sen>ed  in  the  special  agency 
of  the  treasury  department  at  New  York  city,  1870-7 ^  ; 
has  been  editor  and  part  cnciner  of  the  fthaea  '  fournal ' ' 
since  1877. 


GEORGE   E.   PRIEST 


XcrO\?  G.  tl0C>&,  "ho  was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city  of  Ithaca  in  March,  1805,  is  a  native  of 
Tompkins  county,  and  has  lived  there  always.  He 
brought  to  the  duties  of  the  mayoralty  an  intelligent 


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appreciation  of  its  responsibilities,  and  a  thorough 
acquaintance  with  the  needs  and  possibilities  of  the 
community,  acquired  through  a  residence  of  over 
twenty  years  in  Ithaca.  The  ([uaHties  that  enable  a 
man  to  manage  his  own  business  prudently,  saga- 
ciously, and  successfully  are  just  the  qualities  needed 


LEROV  a.    TODD 

for  the  successful  conduct  of  municipal  affairs ;  and 
thus  the  energetic,  experienced  business  man,  rather 
than  the  professional  politician,  is  best  fitted  for 
responsible  public  offices. 

Mr.  Todd  was  born  at  Newfield,  Tompkins 
county,  in  the  mid  year  of  the  century.  He  at- 
tended the  district  schools  at  the  neighboring  town 
of  West  Danby,  and  then  took  a  course  at  Ithaca 
Academy.  His  education  ended,  he  taught  school 
for  a  .short  time,  and  then  obtained  employment  as 
clerk  and  telegraph  operator  in  a  general  store  at 
Pond  Eddy,  Sullivan  county.  After  remaining  there 
a  little  more  than  two  years,  he  returned  to  Tomp- 
kins county  in  1872,  and  in  the  following  March 
took  up  his  residence  at   Ithaca.      His  experience  at 


Pond  Eddy  had  convinced  him  that  mercantile  life 
was  his  vocation,  and  he  now  became  general  sales- 
man in  the  dry-goods  house  of  Marsh  &  Hall.  He 
remained  with  this  firm  ten  years,  and  thoroughly 
familiarized  himself  with  all  the  details  of  such  an 
establishment.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  helped 
to  organize  the  firm  of  Hawkins,  Todd 

&  Co.,  successors  to  Hawkins,  Finch  & 

Co.,  dry-goods  merchants,  in  Ithaca. 
In  February,  1890,  Mr.  Rounseville,  the 
"  Co."  of  the  firm,  retired  from  the  busi- 
ness, and  it  has  since  been  conducted 
under  the  name  of  Hawkins  &  Todd. 

Mr.  'I'odd  has  always  been  a  loyal  citi- 
zen, interested  in  public  affairs,  and 
willing  to  devote  time  and  thought  to  the 
welfare  of  the  community  where  he  has 
lived.  His  first  ])ublic  office  was  held  in 
188(J  and  1887,  when  he  acted  as  trustee 
of  what  was  then  the  village  of  Ithaca. 
Later,  in  1893-95,  he  represented  the 
city  of  Ithaca  on  the  board  of  supervisors 
of  Tomjikins  county.  He  was  thus  well 
qualified  to  discharge  the  duties  of  mayor 
of  the  city,  when  subsequently  elected  to 
that  office. 

Business  cares  and  pulilic  duties  have 
occupied    Mr.    Todd's   attention    to  the 
exclusion  of  any  marked  outside  interests  ; 
but  he  has  not  allowed  himself  to  become 
so  absorbed  thereby  as  to  neglect  the  social 
side  of  his  nature.     He  is  a  member  of  Ho- 
basco  Lodge,  No.  716,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;    Eagle  Chapter,  No.  58,  Ro3al 
.\rch  Masons  ;    St.  Augustine  Command - 
ery.  No.  38  ;    Cascadilla  Lodge,  No.  89, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Ithaca  ;  and  Damas- 
cus Temple,  Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
Rochester.     He  belongs,  also,  to  Tornado 
Hook  and  Ladder  Company,  Ithaca  fire  department. 
PERSONAL   CHRONOLOGY—  Leroy  Goyne 
Todd  was  horn   at  N^fwfiehl,  N.   Y.,  September  17, 
1850 ;    was   educated  in   the   district  schools  and  at 
Lthaca  (iV.  K )   Academy ;   was  clerk  and  telegrapli 
operator  at  Pond  Eddy,  N.   Y.,  1869-72;    went  to 
Ithaca  in  1873,  and  acted  as  sa/esman  in  a  dry-goods 
store   until    1883 ;    was    village    trustee    of   Ithaca, 
1886-87,    member    of     the     board    of    supervisors, 
1893-95,  and  was  elected  mayor  in  Alarch,   1895  ; 
has  conducted  a  dr\-s;oods  store  at  Ithaca  since  1883. 


CauinCB  M.  MellingtOn  has  scaled  the 
ladder  of  successful  enterprise,  and  from  an  errand 
bov   in  a  countrv  store  has   become    a   banker  and 


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47 


capitalist.  His  father  came  from  the  Green  Moun- 
tain State,  and  settled  at  Moriah,  Essex  county, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  early  jiart  of  the  century.  There 
Quincy  was  born  in  183:i.  The  opportunities  afforded 
by  a  district  school  fifty  years  ago  were  meager 
indeed.  The  curriculum  was  limited  to  the  "  three 
R's,"  usually  taught  by  some  bright  collegian 
who  had  taken  up  teaching  as  a  stepping-stone  to  a 
profession.  Mr.  Wellington's  school  training  con- 
sisted of  this  rudimentary  drill,  but  like  many  others 
he  made  this  foundation  support  a  lofty  structure  of 
varied  knowledge  gathered  in  later  years. 

After  obtaining  all  the  education  afforded  by  the 
district  school,  Mr.  Wellington  spent  several  years 
in  Pennsylvania  as  a  clerk  in  mercantile  houses,  and 
for  a  time  conducted  a  business  of  his  own  with  the 
aid  of  a  partner.  When  a  little  past  his  majority  he 
went   to    Corning,  N.  Y.,  in   the  service 

of  the  New  York  &  Lake  Erie  railroad.        , 

He  terminated  his  connection  with  this 
road  to  enter  a  field  for  which,  as  events  , 
have  proved,  he  was  well  fitted.  He  en-  i 
tered  the  employ  of  the  (iCO.  Washington  [ 
Bank  at  Corning  in  1S59,  and  after  three 
years'  practical  training  in  that  institution 
he  organized,  in  com])any  with  Samuel 
Russell,  the  lianking  house  of  Q.  W. 
Wellington  &  Co.  For  more  than  thirty 
years  this  concern  has  received  the  sup]jort 
and  confidence  of  Coming's  business 
men  and  citizens  generally.  Mr.  Russell 
retired  from  the  firm  many  years  ago, 
and  Mr.  Wellington  subsequently  as.so- 
ciated  with  him  in  the  business  his  son, 
ex-Mayor  Wellington. 

No  profession  or  vocation  demands  a 
higher  order  of  talent  or  more  upright 
standards  of  morality  than  that  of  bank- 
ing and  financiering.  The  care  and  in- 
vestment of  other  people's  money,  the 
fluctuations  of  the  markets,  the  sliding 
scale  of  adjustment  needed  to  meet  the 
shrinkage  and  expansion  of  a  commu- 
nity's commercial  operations,  impose  re-  ! 
sponsibility  and  labor  that  none  can 
undertake  and    maintain  year  after  year 

unless  specially  equipped  for  that  purpose.        I 

Mr.  Wellington  fortunately  possesses  the 
requisite   talents,   together  with   the   tact 
so  valuable  and  essential  in  the  delicate 
relations  oftentimes  existing  between  a  lianker  and 
his    customers.     To   all    patrons   of  the  bank    Mr. 
Wellington    is   a   safe    custodian    of   their  funds,    a 
sagacious  officer,  and  a  trustworthy  adviser. 


The  talents  that  have  brought  Mr.  Wellington 
such  i)rosperity  in  private  pursuits  have  been  exerted 
freely  in  behalf  of  public  interests.  He  has  grudged 
neither  time,  effort,  nor  means,  in  the  advancement 
of  enterprises  having  for  their  object  the  develop- 
ment of  Corning.  He  is  vice  president  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  treasurer  of  the  board  of  education,  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  all  local  matters.  Politics 
he  eschews,  beyond  such  partici])ation  as  is  required 
of  every  public-spirited  man.  He  is  a  vestryman  of 
Christ's  Church,  and  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  and  of  the  City  Club. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Quincy  Win- 
thriip  W'elliih^ton  7vai  horn  at  Moriah,  N.  Y.,  Deccm- 
her  27,  1SS3 ;  was  educated  in  the  district  schools; 
enx'ajreJ  in  mercantile  hi/siness,  ISJfO-'jI^ ;  married 
Matilda  B.  W'ickham  of  Tio^a,  Penii.,  May  hi,  1857  ; 


Qi'/.ycY  n:  u'ELL/.vnTo.y 

was  employed  in  the  Geo.  Washington  Bank  of  Corn- 
ing, N.  Y. ,  1859-62  ;  organized  the  banking  house  of 
Q.  IF.  Wellington  C^  Co.  at  Corning  in  1SG2,  and  has 
been  president  thereof  since. 


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lRO0Cr  36.  MilllamS  is  a  man  who  delights  to 
devote  his  talent  and  energy  to  the  advancement  of 
the  town  in  which  he  lives.  The  city  of  Ithaca  has 
few  more  public-spirited  citizens  than  he.  In  fact, 
he  is  one  of  the  men  who  made  the  city,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  commission  that  framed  and 


ROGER   B.    \\  ILLIAMS 

helped  to  secure  the  adoption  of  its  first  charter. 
All  movements  for  the  civil  and  physical  betterment 
of  Ithaca  receive  his  earnest  assistance.  He  has 
been  especially  active  in  helping  to  solve  the  difficult 
sewerage  problem  that  troubled  the  people  of  Ithaca 
for  many  years.  A  highly  educated  gentleman 
himself,  he  has  taken  especial  interest  in  the  work 
of  public  education,  and  has  given  much  time  to 
organizing  and  building  up  the  public-school  system 
of  the  city. 

Love  for  Ithaca  is  natural  to  Mr.  Williams,  for  he 
was  born  there,  and  has  lived  there  all  his  years.  It 
was  in  the  public  schools  and  academy  of  Ithaca 
that  he  obtained  his  early  training,  and  probably  the 
only  reason  why  he  did   not    finish    his  education  at 


Cornell  University  is  that  Cornell  was  not  opened  in 
time  for  him.  As  it  was,  he  went  to  Yale,  where  he 
received  his  B.  A.  degree  at  the  age  of  twenty,  in 
the  same  year  that  Cornell  was  first  opened  to 
students.  He  won  the  higher  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  at  Yale  three  years  later. 

Yoimg  as  he  was,  he  became  cashier 
of  the  Merchants'  and  Farmers'  National 
Bank  of  Ithaca  as  soon  as  he  had  gradu- 
ated from  college.  He  held  the  place 
for  four  years,  and  then  resigned  to  enter 
the  firm  of  Williams  IJros. ,  manufacturers 
of  machinery  and  agricultural  imple- 
ments. Al)OUt  two  years  later  he  was 
guilty  of  his  first  and  only  disloyalty 
to  Ithaca,  for  he  went  to  Brooklyn  to 
secure  a  wife.  The  disloyalty  can  be 
easily  forgiven,  however,  since  he  brought 
his  wife  back  to  Ithaca  to  become  an 
addition  to  the  social  life  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Williams  is  now  the  sole  member 
of  the  firm  of  Williams  Bros.,  his  two 
former  ])artners  having  withdrawn,  at 
different  times,  many  years  ago.  His 
early  experience  in  banking  naturally  led 
him  to  look  to  the  banking  business  as  a 
good  field  in  which  to  invest  surplus 
capital  ;  and  he  has  been  for  .some  ten 
years  president  of  the  Ithaca  Savings 
Bank,  and  is  also  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Ithaca. 

Mr.  Williams  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
repeatedly  been  asked  to  accept  nomina- 
tions for  various  political  offices  ;    but  he 
has  always  declined.      He  likes  better  to 
serve  the  public  as  one  of  those  honorary 
commissioners,  who,  freed  from  the  tur- 
moil  of  partisan   struggles,  are  able    to 
give  their  whole  attention  to  municipal 
matters,  and  who  find  their  reward  in  the  conscious- 
ness of  work  well  done.      Thus  he  has  been  for  the 
last  six   years  president  of  the  board  of  education, 
and  chairman  of  the  board  of  sewer  commissioners 
since   its   creation    in   the    spring  of   1895,    besides 
serving  on  various  commissions  that  planned  and  put 
into  effect  the  present  sewerage  system  of  the  city. 

He  is  frequently  called  on  to  assume  private  as 
well  as  public  trusts,  and  has  acted  as  executor  and 
administrator  of  .several  important  estates.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Cornell  Library  Association  and  the 
Ithaca  City  Hospital  Association,  and  is  officially 
connected  with  various  other  corjiorations  and  asso- 
ciations of  a  public-spirited  or  philanthropic  charac- 
ter.     He  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian   church,  and  is 


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49 


a  member  of    the  Alpha  Delta  Phi   and    Phi    Beta 
Kappa  college  fraternities. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Roger  Butler 
U'i/Hams  7i'as  born  at  Ithaca,  N  V.,  May  S,  IS^S ; 
graditateJ from  Yak  College  in  1868 :  7tias  cashier  of 
the  Merchants'  and  Farmers'  National  Bank,  Ithaca, 
1868—72;  married  Carrie  L.  Ronicr  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  v.,  December  17,  1874.  •  ^"'^'  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  machinerv  and  agricultural  implements  in 
Ithaca  since  1872 ;  has  been  president  of  the  Ithaca 
Savings  Bank  since  1886. 


/IDartiU  H&Sit  has  lived  a  long,  useful,  and 
honorable  life.  He  has  had  two  distinct  careers, 
each  of  which  was  complete  in  itself,  and  either  of 
which  alone  would  be  deemed  unusually  successful. 
For  the  first  half  of  his  active  life  he  was  a  merchant, 
and  acquired  a  substantial  competence 
in  that  calling.  He  then  entered  upon 
a  new  vocation  —  that  of  a  banker  —  and 
for  the  last  thirty  years  he  has  been  so 
engaged.  A  thorough  mastery  of  busi- 
ne.ss  principles  and  long  experience  in 
the  practical  application  of  such  princi- 
ples, constitute  the  best  possible  founda- 
tion on  which  to  base  a  banking  career  ; 
and  almost  as  a  matter  of  course  Mr. 
Adsit  attained  success  from  the  begin- 
ning in  his  new  sphere  of  action. 

Martin  Adsit  was  born  in  Columbia 
county.  New  York,  so  long  ago  that  the 
date  suggests  strange  conditions  of  life  — 
in  December,  1812,  before  a  steamship 
had  cro.ssed  the  Atlantic,  or  a  railway 
had  been  heard  of,  or  numberless  essen- 
tials of  present-day  existence  had  been 
even  imagined.  His  people  did  not 
long  remain  in  the  Hudson-river  county, 
moving  to  Chenango  county  when  Mar- 
tin was  a  boy.  He  stayed  there  a  few 
years,  but  went  further  west  to  Hornells- 
ville  in  December,  1826,  to  live  with  his 
uncle,  Ira  Davenport.  Steuben  county 
was  then  a  wilderness,  and  Hornellsville 
had  only  twenty-five  houses.  Mr.  Dav- 
enport was  the  only  merchant  in  the 
place.  His  nephew  Martin  entered  the 
store  at  once,  as  a  general-utility  boy  for 
the  first  two  years,  and  after  that  as  clerk. 
He  worked  so  faithfully  that  his  uncle, 
in  ISo.'i,  gave  him  a  half  interest  in  the  profits  of 
the  business.  This  arrangement  continued  until 
1«44,  when  Mr.  Adsit,  then  only  thirty-two  years 
old,   bought  out   his  uncle.       A  general  store  in  a 


small  country  town  is  not  the  most  effective  weapon 
possible  with  which  to  carve  out  a  fortune,  and  Mr. 
Adsit  must  have  possessed  rare  business  talent  to 
accomplish  so  much  under  the  given  conditions. 
He  retained  his  interest  in  the  business  until  the 
'Go's,  finally  selling  out  in  order  to  devote  his  time 
to  banking  affairs. 

In  November,  1868,  Mr.  Adsit,  his  uncle  Ira 
Davenport,  and  Constant  Cook  of  Bath,  organized 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Hornellsville.  'I'hey  and 
two  others  constituted  the  first  board  of  directors, 
who  held  all  the  stock.  $50,000  capital  was  paid 
up,  and  the  bank  opened  its  doors  May  1,  1864,  with 
Ira  Davenport  as  president  and  Martin  Adsit  as  cash- 
ier. In  June,  1865,  on  the  resignation  of  the  presi- 
dent, Mr.  Adsit  assumed  the  office,  and  has  retained 
it  ever  since.      Under  his  efficient  manatrement   the 


MAKT/X  AllSIT 


institution  prospereil  greatly,  and  in  a  few  years  he 
was  able  to  buy  out  his  associates,  and  to  increase 
the  capital  stock  of  the  bank  to  $100,000.  Five  per 
cent  semi-annual  dividends  have  been  paid  for  many 


MEX   OF  jVEir    YORK—CHE.Ul-.XG   SECTION 


years,  and  a   large  surplus   has   been  accumulated. 
Mr.  Adsit's  son  Charles  is  cashier  of  the  bank. 

Martin  Adsit  has  now  lived  in  Hornellsville  more 
than  seventy  years.  He  has  seen  the  jjlace  grow 
from  a  part  of  the  primeval  forest.  He  has  himself 
had  much  to  do  with  this  development,  and  has  been 
in  a  degree  the  cause  of  it.  His  position  in  the 
business  of  the  town  ever  since  it  had  any  business 
has  made  him  universally  known  ;  while  his  honor- 
able and  straightforward  methods  have  made  him  as 
universally  respected  and  trusted. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Martin  Adsit 
was  born  at  Spencertown,  Columbia  county,  N.  Y. , 
December  2ij,  IS  12 ;  went  to  Hornells-eille,  N.  Y. , 
in  1826,  and  worked  in  his  uncle  s  store ;  became  a 
partner  in  the  business  in  183S,  and  bought  out  his 
uncle  in  18 4^  ;  married  Esther  Jane  Charles,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Richard  Charles  of  Angelica,  N.  Y,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1841;  helped  to  organise  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Hornellsville  in  1863,  and  has  been  president 
thereof  since  1865. 


HrCbie  E.  36a.Vter,  familiarly  known  in  politi- 
cal and  legal  circles  over  a  wide  area  as  "  Colonel 
Archie  Baxter,"  was  born  in  Port  (Uasgow,  Scot- 
land, about  fifty  years  ago.  In  early  boyhood  he 
was  brought  to  this  country,  attending  school  in 
New  York  city  about  two  years.  Having  moved  to 
Corning,  N.  Y.,  in  1852,  he  continued  his  educa- 
tion there,  and  graduated  from  Corning  Academy  in 
1860.  In  1862,  when  less  than  eighteen  years  old, 
he  enlisted  in  company  E,  141st  regiment.  New 
York  volunteers.  He  remained  in  the  army  through- 
out the  rest  of  the  war,  rising  rapidly  in  the  service, 
and  ultimately  attaining  successively  the  positions 
of  first  lieutenant,  captain,  and  brevet  major  of 
volunteers.  .'\t  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  made 
adjutant  of  the  lOlith  regiment,  N.  G.,  S.  N.  Y., 
and  a  few  years  later  he  became  lieutenant  colonel 
of  that  regiment.  He  retained  this  office  for  several 
years. 

Beginning  his  war  experience  near  Washington 
with  picket  duty  at  Long  Bridge  and  historic  Arling- 
ton, the  former  home  of  General  Lee,  Colonel 
Baxter  spent  the  spring  of  1863  under  General 
John  A.  Dix.  In  the  summer  of  the  same  year  he 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  VVauhatchie,  Lookout 
Mountain,  and  Missionary  Ridge.  In  the  spring  of 
1864  he  was  in  the  battles  between  Chattanooga  and 
Atlanta,  and  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Resaca, 
Ga.  During  this  engagement  he  was  stationed  near 
the  part  of  the  line  where  General  Harrison  made 
his  memorable  capture  of  a  rebel  batfery,  and 
in   the    Harrison   campaigns   Colonel    Baxter   often 


described  this  famous  exploit.  Having  passed 
through  Atlanta,  he  set  out  with  Sherman  on  the 
"March  to  the  Sea,"  was  present  at  the  capture  of 
Savannah,  proceeded  northward  through  the  Caro- 
linas,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bentonville 
just  after  Lee's  surrender.  Near  Raleigh,  N.  C, 
Colonel  Baxter  led  a  charge  across  a  bridge  at  the 
head  of  his  company,  under  a  galling  fire,  and  en- 
gaged the  enemy  while  the  bridge  was  being  re- 
paired. This  was  the  last  fighting  done  by  the  141st 
regiment. 

Colonel  Baxter's  military  career  .showed  remark- 
able advancement  for  so  young  a  man  ;  but  his 
later  achievements  in  the  field  of  politics  and  law 
have  eclipsed  the  brilliant  record  of  his  earlier  life. 
Having  returned  to  Corning  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
he  entered  the  service  of  the  Tioga  Railroad  Co. 
As  assistant  to  the  secretary  and  treasurer,  with  the 
office  of  paymaster  as  well,  he  remained  with  the 
Tioga  company  from  1865  until  1872.  At  this 
early  period  Colonel  Baxter  was  already  beginning 
to  interest  himself  in  political  affairs  ;  and  in  the 
fall  of  1874  he  was  elected  county  clerk  of  Steuben 
county.  He  held  this  office  three  years,  changing  his 
residence  from  Corning  to  Bath,  the  county  seat. 

Somewhat  later  in  life  than  would  have  been  most 
advantageous.  Colonel  Baxter  discovered  that  the 
legal  profession  was  his  proper  vocation.  While 
county  clerk  at  Bath  he  filed  his  certificate  as  a  law 
student  in  Judge  William  Rumsey's  office,  and  in 
1878-79  he  attended  the  Albany  Law  School. 
Having  graduated  from  that  institution  with  the 
class  of  1879,  of  which  he  was  elected  president,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  John  W.  Brown,  and 
began  practice  at  Elmira  in  the  September  follow- 
ing. The  partnership  with  Mr.  Brown  continued 
until  1884  ;  and  for  three  years,  beginning  in  1890, 
Colonel  Baxter  was  in  the  firm  of  Babcock,  Baxter  & 
Gibson.  Otherwise  he  has  carried  on  his  legal  work 
without  the  aid  of  associates.  Though  he  did  not 
begin  practice  until  he  was  nearly  thirty-five  years 
old.  Colonel  Baxter  quickly  recovered  lost  ground  ; 
and  he  has  long  been  known  as  one  of  the  ablest 
and  most  successful  lawyers  in  the  Southern  Tier. 

To  the  general  public,  however,  especially  to  the 
public  of  the  state  at  large  as  distinguished  trom  the 
people  of  Steuben  and  adjoining  counties,  Colonel 
Baxter  is  best  known  for  his  prominence  in  politi- 
cal life.  For  the  last  thirty  years  he  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  councils  and  the  field  work  of  the 
Republican  party.  He  has  gone  on  the  platform 
in  every  important  campaign  since  the  close  of 
the  war,  and  has  thereby  acejuired  a  wide  reputa- 
tion as  a  powerful  and  convincing   public  speaker. 


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.")I 


Nominated  for  congress  in  18S2,  he  failed  of  elec- 
tion, but  ran  2000  votes  ahead  of  the  party  ticket. 
He  was  appointed  United  States  marshal  by  Presi- 
dent Harrison  on  June  18,  1889,  and  held  the  office 
for  five  years  from  that  date. 

Colonel  Baxter  is  greatly  interested  in  Masonry, 
belonging  to  all  the  bodies  of  the  order 
up  to  and  including  the  32d  degree. 
He  is  also  an  Elk.  His  military  career 
naturally  makes  him  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
He  attends  the  Episcopal  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Archie  Easton  Baxter  ivas  born  at  Port 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  December  16,  1844  • 
roas  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ne7v 
York  city  and  at  Corning  {N.  Y.)  Acad- 
emy;  served  in  the  Union  army,  1862- 
65  ;  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Tioga  Rail- 
road Co.  at  Corning,  1865—72 ;  mar- 
ried Rosemond  E.  Wheeler  of  Cohocton, 
N.  Y.,  April  I),  1878;  was  county 
clerk  of  Steuben  county,  1875-77 ;  has 
practiced  law  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  since 
1879. 


HleranCer  C.  Eustace,  one  of 

the  most  successful  trial  lawyers  in  Che- 
mung county,  and  prominent  for  many 
years  in  the  councils  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  central  and  southern  New  York, 
was  born  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  in  1855.  His 
early  education  was  obtained  in  private 
schools,  and  later  he  attended  the  public 
schools.  When  he  was  twelve  years  of 
age  his  parents  moved  to  Elmira  from 
Lewis  county,  whence  they  had  gone 
from  Troy  ;  and  Elmira  has  ever  since 
been  his  home.  There  he  completed 
his  education,  graduating  from  Elmira  Academy  in 
1873  with  honors. 

For  the  next  two  years  Mr.  Eustace  was  engaged 
in  business,  occupying  his  time  outside  of  his  em- 
ployment with  a  course  of  reading  preparatory  to  the 
study  of  law.  Later  he  entered  upon  this  study 
zealously  at  Albany,  in  the  office  of  the  well-known 
firm  of  Smith,  Bancroft  &  Moak.  Admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1879,  he  opened  an  office  in  Elmira  the  same 
year,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
In  1890  he  associated  with  him  his  brother,  Joseph 
P.  Eustace,  then  just  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  the 
two  have  since  practiced  together  under  the  firm 
name  of  A.  C.  &  J.  P.  Eustace.  Their  office  is  one 
of   the    busiest    in    Elmira,   and    they   have  a  large 


clientage   throughout    Chemung  and    the   adjoining 
counties. 

Mr.  Eustace's  political  career  began  at  the  un- 
u.sually  early  age  of  twenty,  and  he  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  Democratic 
party  ever  since.      Elected  state  comptroller  in  the 


ARCHIE   E.  BAXTER 

fall  of  1875,  Lucius  Robinson  appointed  Mr.  Eus- 
tace an  assistant  in  the  tax  department  of  his  office. 
Mr.  Eustace  filled  this  position  with  such  satisfaction 
to  his  suiierior  that  in  1878  he  was  called  upon  by 
Mr.  Robinson,  then  governor  of  New  York  state,  to 
fill  a  vacancy  in  the  responsible  position  of  county 
clerk  of  Chemung  county.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  the  Democratic  party  nominated  Mr.  Eustace 
to  succeed  himself;  but  the  local  party  organization 
was  much  demoralized  that  year,  owing  to  the 
"greenback  craze,"  and  he  was  defeated  by  the 
Republican  candidate,  though  he  ran  several  hun- 
dred votes  ahead  of  his  ticket.  Three  years  later  he 
was  again  his  party's  choice  for  the  office,  and  was 
elected    over   his    former   opponent,    Theodore    C. 


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Smith,  by  a  decisive  majority.  In  December,  1889, 
Governor  Hill  appointed  Mr.  Eustace  one  of  the 
state  civil-service  commissioners,  and  his  colleagues 
on  the  board  elected  him  president  of  the  commis- 
sion. This  position  he  held  until  February,  1893. 
For  four  years,  beginning  in  1889,  he  was  a  member 


ALIiXAXDEK    C.   ECSTACE 

of  the  Democratic  state  committee,  and  in  1892  was 
a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  national  convention  at 
Chicago.  Since  his  resignation  from  the  state  com- 
mittee in  189.3  he  has  been  less  active  than  formerly 
in  political  affairs. 

In  the  social  life  of  Elmira  Mr.  Eustace  holds 
the  prominent  place  to  which  his  professional  and 
political  attainments  entitle  him.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  principal  clubs  of  the  city,  and  has 
many  friends  throughout  the  state  in  both  public 
and  private  life. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Alexander 
Christopher  Eustace  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  ALav 
12,  1855  ;  was  educated  in  private  and  public  schools  ; 
studied  huo  in  Albany,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 


1879 ;  was  county  clerk  of  Chemung  county  in  1878 
and  in  1882-84  ;  was  state  civil-service  commissioner, 
1889-93,  a  member  of  the  Democratic  state  committee, 
1889-93,  and  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  national 
convention  in  1892  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Elmira, 
N.   Y. ,  since  1879. 


(Beorge  i£.  ©reen,  mayor  of  Bing- 

hamton,  X.  Y.,  is  descended  from  Eng- 
lish ancestors  who  came  to  America 
nearly  two  centuries  ago.  His  grand- 
father, Samuel  Van  Buskirk  Green,  was 
a  gallant  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  ; 
and  his  great-grandfather  was  a  civil 
engineer  of  repute,  whose  signature  may 
still  be  found  on  the  old  surveying 
records  of  Baltimore.  Born  in  the  town 
of  Kirkwood,  Broome  county,  N.  Y.,  in 
1858,  Mr.  Green  spent  his  boyhood  on 
the  home  farm.  Over  fourteen  years  of 
his  early  life  were  passed  in  a  log  house 
on  a  larm  entirely  surrounded  by  wood- 
land. He  acipiired  some  fundamental 
knowledge  in  the  district  schools,  but 
was  obliged  to  devote  a  large  part  of  his 
time  to  work  on  the  farm.  After  the 
age  of  si.xteen,  indeed,  he  was  forced  by 
the  ill  health  and  financial  reverses  of 
his  parents  to  give  up  in  great  part  the 
benefits  of  home  life,  and  even  the  mea- 
ger schooling  previously  enjoyed.  Un- 
der such  circumstances  he  turned  to 
mercantile  life  as  the  readiest  means  of 
relief.  Obtaining  a  position  in  a  gen- 
eral store  at  Port  Crane,  N.  Y.,  at  a 
salary  of  three  dollars  weekly,  without 
board,  he  learned  the  rudiments  of  com- 
mercial knowledge.  Subsequently  he 
engaged  in  the  same  business  at  Tusca- 
rora,  Broome  county  ;  and  finally,  in  1879,  he  be- 
gan his  residence  in  Binghamton  by  taking  a  clerk- 
ship in  a  grocery  there. 

Mr.  Green  was  now  twenty-one  years  old.  He 
had  lived  in  the  country  all  his  life,  and  had  enjoyed 
only  slight  educational  advantages  ;  but  the  more 
important  conditions  of  character  and  disciplinary 
training  were  strongly  in  his  favor.  Becoming  a 
traveling  salesman,  he  obtained  more  time  for  his 
own  purpo.ses.  While  attending  strictly  to  business 
during  business  hours,  he  spent  his  evenings,  not 
to  say  a  considerable  part  of  his  nights,  in  reading 
and  hard  study.  He  continued  this  process  of  self- 
education  for  years,  and  in  that  way  made  up  in 
threat  measure  for  the  lack  of  a  collegiate  training. 


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Continuing  "on  the  road,"  Mr.  Cireen  entered 
the  service  of  Ford  &  Evans,  and  built  up  for  them 
a  substantial  trade  in  "Eureka"  bituminous  coal, 
mined  by  Berwind,  White  &  Co.  He  was  so  success- 
ful, indeed,  and  so  strongly  impressed  his  employers 
with  a  sense  of  his  character  and  business  capacity, 
that  he  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  on  the  retirement 
of  Captain  Evans,  as  a  full  partner.  The  style  was 
Ford  &  Green  for  four  years,  or  until  Mr.  Ford 
retired  from  the  concern.  Since  then  Mr.  Cireen 
has  conducted  the  business  alone,  representing  the 
Berwind-White  Coal  Mining  Co.  of  Philadelphia 
and  New  York  as  general  sales-agent  for  the  Empire 
State  and  Canada.  Having  canvassed  the  territory 
himself  for  years,  and  established  pleasant  business 
and  personal  relations  with  hundreds  of  customers, 
Mr.  Green  has  an  exceedingly  large  bituminous-coal 
trade  —  the  largest,  probably,  of  any  sin- 
gle dealer  in  the  state.  Aside  from  his 
coal  business  and  from  real-estate  inter- 
ests, he  is  concerned  with  various  enter- 
prises :  he  is  president  of  the  Bundy 
Mfg.  Co.,  making  the  Bundy  automatic 
time  recorders  ;  half  owner  and  manag- 
ing partner  of  the  Binghamton  Cigar 
Co. ;  partner  in  the  firm  of  Berry  & 
Green,  wholesale  dealers  in  flour,  feed, 
and  grain  ;  stockholder  and  director  in 
the  Binghamton  House  Furnishing  Co. 
and  in  several  other  enterprises. 

Having  so  many  and  so  varied  busi- 
ness interests,  and  devoting  thereto  an 
amount  of  time  and  energy  that  would 
more  than  exhaust  the  capacity  of  most 
men,  Mr.  Green  has  nevertheless  given 
much  attention  to  political  affairs.  He 
began  to  take  an  interest  in  such  matters 
as  a  young  man,  becoming  an  ardent 
Republican  early  in  life.  Elected  in 
1887  alderman  from  the  .'>d  ward  of  Bing- 
hamton, and  made  president  of  the  com- 
mon council  the  next  year,  he  devoted 
his  wonderful  business  ability  to  the 
benefit  of  the  city  in  various  ways.  To 
his  efforts  may  be  ascribed  in  great 
measure  Binghamton' s  effective  system 
of  sewers,  its  asphalt  pavements,  the  full- 
deck  bridge  across  the  Chenango  river, 
and  many  other  municipal  improvements. 
He  was  also  largely  instrumental  in 
securing  the  location  at  Binghamton  of  the  Home 
for  commercial  travelers.  He  has  long  been  a 
"diplomat  of  commerce  "  himself,  and  has  taken 
great  interest  in  the  Commercial  Travelers'  Home 


Association.  He  was  elected  president  of  the 
organization  in  October,  1895,  and  was  re-elected 
a  year  later. 

In  1889  the  Republican  party  nominated  Mr. 
(Ireen  for  the  mayoralty  of  Binghamton,  but  he 
failed  of  election  by  a  narrow  margin.  Nominated 
again  in  1893,  he  was  elected  by  a  substantial  major- 
ity ;  and  in  February,  189o,  he  was  re-elected  by 
the  largest  majority  ever  given  to  a  candidate  for 
mayor  in  Binghamton.  His  administration  has  been 
vigorous,  business-like,  and  conservative,  and  is 
regarded  by  men  of  all  parties  as  one  of  the  most 
efficient  that  the  city  has  ever  enjoyed.  His  term 
will  not  expire  until  January,  1898,  when  he  will 
have  completed  five  years  of  contiTiuous  service  in 
the  mayor's  chair.  In  June,  1893,  Mr.  Green  was 
unanimously   elected    president    of  the  Republican 


GEORGE   E.   GREEN 


League  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  was  re-elected 
each  succeeding  year  until  1896,  when  he  voluntarily 
retired.  He  is  chairman  of  the  Broome-county 
Republican  committee. 


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Mr.  Green  holds  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  order, 
and  in  various  similar  organizations  ;  and  his  promi- 
nence in  the  social  world  corresponds  with  his 
standing  in  business  and  political  life.  His  career 
must  be  deemed  strikingly  successful  from  all  ])oints 
of  view. 


THOMAS   G.   HAWKES 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  George  Ed- 
ward Green  laas  born  at  Kirkwood,  Broome  county, 
N.  Y. ,  August  SO,  1858 ;  was  educated  in  district 
schools ;  was  a  clerk  in  country  stores,  18H—~9 ; 
married  Sara  E.  Cole  of  Port  Crane,  N.  V.,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1880;  has  engaged  in  the  ivholesale  coal 
trade  and  in  other  business  enterprises  in  Binghamton, 
N.  Y. ,  since  1880 ;  has  been  mayor  of  Binghamton 
since  1893. 


XEbOmaS  (5.  IbawhCS  was  born  fifty  years 
ago  in  County  Cork,  Ireland,  where  his  people  were 
prominent  and  had  large  estates.  The  family,  in- 
deed; had  long  been  distinguished  for  its  character, 
culture,  learning,  and  material  possessions — ever  since 


the  martyr,  Thomas  Hawkes,  in  the  middle  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  had  willingly  suffered  death  at  the 
stake  as  the  price  of  his  unstained  honor  and  peace 
with  God.  Favored  thus  by  birth  and  inherited 
talents,  Mr.  Hawkes  obtained  an  excellent  education 
at  preparatory  schools  and  at  Queen's  College, 
Cork.  He  remained  in  the  latter  insti- 
tution two  years,  studying  civil  engi- 
neering, when  the  love  of  adventure  and 
the  desire  to  test  for  himself  the  oppor- 
tunities said  to  exist  in  America,  induced 
him  to  take  passage  for  New  York. 

He  landed  in  this  country  with  only 
fifty  dollars,  and  was  not  able  to  obtain 
employment   at    once.      He   had  practi- 
cally decided,  therefore,  to  return  home, 
when    a    fortunate    chance    brought  him 
into  contact  with  John  Hoare,  a  partner 
in  the  firm    of   Hoare    &    Dailey,   glass 
cutters.      He  gave  Mr.    Hawkes  a  posi- 
tion   as    draughtsman,  and    the   connec- 
tion thus  formed  lasted  for  many  years, 
and  proved  mutually  advantageous.     Mr. 
Hawkes  accompanied    Mr.    Hoare  when 
the  latter  changed  his  place  of  business 
from  Brooklyn  to  Corning,   N.  Y.,  and 
remained  with  him  until  1880.     At  first 
he  worked  as  a  draughtsman  exclusively  ; 
but  he  was  looking  ahead  all  the  time, 
and  «-as  not  content  until  he  had  mas- 
tered every  detail    of  the   business,   in- 
cluding the  selling  as  well  as  the  man- 
ufacturing   departments.      Some   of   Mr. 
Hawkes' s    ancestors   were    famous   glass 
makers  in  the  English    midlands.       His 
own  success  in  that  occupation  is  a  curi- 
ous coincidence,   though    possibly   some 
inherited  cast  of  mind  had  something  to 
do  with  his  choice  of  vocation. 
Most  men  of  ability  and  long-headed  views  would 
rather  have  an  independent   establi.shment  of  their 
own  than  almost  any  salaried  position  of  the  com- 
mon type  ;  and  Mr.  Hawkes  decided,  in  1880,  that 
the  time  had  come  for  him  to  make  a  start  on  his 
own  account.      His  means  were  limited,  and  he  was 
obliged  to  begin  in  a  small  way  ;  but  his  experience, 
energv,   and  judgment  more  than  made  up  for  his 
lack  of  capital.     The  result  amply  proved  his  wisdom 
in  making  the  change,  since  the  works  established 
by  him  quickly  became  an  important  factor  in  the 
cut-glass  trade.      He  gave  the  business,  especially  in 
its  earlier  years,  minute  supervision  in  every  depart- 
ment, knowing  that  success  could  not  otherwise  be 
obtained,  and  determined  that  the  Hawkes  brand  of 


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cut  glass  should  become  universally  known  for  its 
richness,  elegance,  and  general  value.  How  suc- 
cessfully he  has  carried  out  this  endeavor  may  be 
inferred  from  the  statement  that  his  establishment 
now  employs  250  men,  as  compared  with  twenty  at 
the  start,  and  that  his  product  has  won  its  way  into 
the  cultivated  homes  of  almost  all  the  civilized 
countries  of  the  globe.  At  the  Paris  Exposition  in 
1889  the  Hawkes  exhibit,  submitted  in  competition 
with  the  world,  was  awarded  the  "grand  prize"; 
and  many  pieces  there  displayed  were  purchased  Ijv 
the  nobility  of  Europe. 

In  some  cases,  fortunately  not  common  in  this 
country,  the  business  side  of  a  given  career  is  all 
that  need  be  presented  to  disclose  the  whole  man. 
This  is  not  at  all  the  case  with  Mr.  Hawkes.  As 
one  of  the  leading  manufacturers  of  Corning,  he  is 
naturally  an  important  factor  in  the  mer- 
cantile affairs  of  the  city  ;  but  his  in- 
fluence there  is  far  greater  than  mere 
business  pre-eminence  by  itself  would 
warrant.  In  social  and  civic  life,  and 
in  all  the  various  relations  by  which 
men  measure  and  appraise  their  fellow - 
mortals,  Mr.  Hawkes  stands  high.  He 
has  lived  in  Corning  nearly  thirty  years, 
and  the  people  know  him  well  and  re- 
spect him  greatly.  For  two  years  he 
was  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment. He  has  been  vice  president  of 
the  City  Club.  He  is  one  of  the  vestry 
of  Christ  Church.  He  is  a  strong  Re- 
publican in  political  belief,  but  has  never 
had  either  the  time  or  the  inclination  to 
run  for  office.  Hjs  private  and  home 
life  is  ideally  charming. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Thomas  Gibbons  Hawkes  was  born  in 
County  Cork,  Lr eland,  September  25, 
184.6 ;  completed  his  education  at  Queen' s 
College,  Cork  ;  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1865,  and  entered  the  employ  of  Hoare 
of  Dailey,  glass  cutters ;  married  Char- 
lotte Lsidore  Bissell  of  Corning,  N.  Y., 
June  15,  1876 ;  has  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  cut  glass  in  Corning  since  1880. 


®.  XlBl.  palmer  belongs  to  the  class 
of  men,  so  numerous  in  our  land,  whom 
we  call   "self-made" — in  other  words, 
men  who  have  .set  out  with  a  determination  to  achieve 
success  in    some   chosen  field  of  activity,   and  who 
have  accomplished  their  purpose,  without  aid  from 
others  and  in  the  face  of  unfavorable  circumstances. 


Mr.  Palmer's  grandparents  came  from  New 
England,  and  settled  in  what  was  then  the  wilderness 
of  central  New  York,  on  the  shores  of  Cayuga  lake  ; 
and  it  was  there  that  he  was  born.  He  was  brought 
up  on  a  farm,  with  only  the  limited  educational 
opportunities  of  a  farmer's  boy.  But  he  was  ambitious 
to  become  a  lawyer,  and  to  that  end  he  determined 
to  get  as  much  education  as  possible.  For  several 
years  he  divided  his  time  between  farm  work,  teach- 
ing, and  attendance  at  academies,  earning  enough 
money  from  the  two  former  occupations  to  pay  for 
his  schooling  ;  and  at  length,  in  the  winter  of  1848- 
49,  he  attended  Fowler's  Law  School  in  Cherry 
Valley,  N.  Y.  The  following  spring  he  entered  the 
office  of  lliven,  Hathaway  &  Woods  of  Elmira,  one 
of  the  leading  law  firms  in  central  New  York.  Three 
years  later  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  for  the 


O.   W.  PALMER 

next  ten  years  he  practiced  the  profession  of  his  choice 
in  Elmira.  During  that  time  he  was  associated  with 
Henry  \V.  Collins,  under  the  name  of  Palmer  & 
Collins,  and  with  G.  L.   Smith,  under  the  name  of 


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Smith  &  Palmer ;     but    for    the    last    five   years  he 
practiced  alone. 

We  hear  much  of  the  mental  and  moral  stimulus 
that  comes  from  the  discipline  undergone  by  the 
student  who  works  for  his  education,  and  practices 
strict  economy  in  order  to  obtain  it  ;  but  unfor- 
tunately there  is  another  side  to  the  story,  and  the 
physical  effects  of  such  a  course  are  sometimes  dis- 
astrous. Mr.  Palmer's  constitution  was  not  sufficiently 
strong  to  stand  the  strain  to  which  it  had  been  sub- 
jected in  his  youth,  and  after  ten  years  of  legal  prac- 
tice he  was  obliged  to  seek  a  less  confining  occupa- 
tion. In  the  spring  of  1862  he  moved  to  Washington, 
and  bought  a  wholesale  and  retail  coal  business, 
which  he  conducted  for  the  next  three  years.  Mr. 
Palmer's  residence  at  the  national  capital  during  the 
momentous  years  of  the  Civil  War,  and  the  intimate 
relations  he  there  enjoyed  with  well-known  public 
men,  stimulated  his  patriotic  impulses.  Unable  on 
account  of  ill  health  to  go  to  the  front  himself, 
he  sent  a  substitute,  though  he  was  not  drafted,  and 
did  all  in  his  power  to  relieve  the  wants  of  soldiers 
from  his  native  state  who  were  confined  in  hos])itals 
in  and  near  Washington. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Palmer  returned  to 
Elmira  ;  but  he  soon  moved  to  New  York  city,  where 
he  became  connected  with  the  Manhattan  Insurance 
Co.  When  the  great  fire  at  Chicago,  with  its 
tremendous  losses,  brought  ruin  to  so  many  insurance 
companies,  the  Manhattan  was  one  of  those  to  suc- 
cumb. Mr.  Palmer  then  set  himself  to  organize  a 
new  company,  called  the  Manhattan  Fire  Insurance 
Co.,  of  which  he  was  made  a  director  and  secretary. 
The  confining  duties  of  this  position  again  proved 
too  much  for  his  health,  and  in  1874  he  severed  his 
connection  with  this  company,  and  took  up  field 
work  for  the  Franklin  Fire  Insurance  Co.  of  Phila- 
delphia. For  twenty  years  he  carried  on  this  work 
with  distinguished  success,  and  during  a  great  part 
of  this  time  his  headquarters  were  again  in  Elmira. 
Recently  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  Franklin 
company,  and  now  devotes  his  time  to  the  adjust- 
ment of  fire  losses. 

Mr.  Palmer  has  done  much  to  promote  the  interests 
of  good  underwriting  in  New  York  state.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  New  York  State  Associa- 
tion of  Underwriters,  and  has  always  been  an  active 
member  of  the  organization.  He  was  at  one  time 
its  president.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Omer's  Com- 
mandery,  Elmira,  and  of  the  Century  Club. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Orson  Walker 
Palmer  7vas  born  at  Genoa,  N.  Y. ,  August  10,  1827  ; 
teias  educated  at  Genoa  Academy  and  Harford  {Penn.  ) 
Academv  :     7cias  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Max,  1851  ; 


practiced  law  in  Elmira,  lSi)l-tj2 ;  engaged  in  the 
coal  business  in  Washington,  D.  C. ,  1862-65 ;  was 
in  the  insurance  business  in  New  York  city  and  else- 
where, 18G7-0i  :  married  Mary  Moe  of  Lansing, 
N.  Y. ,  January  0,  1850,  Elizabeth  Groi'er  of  South- 
port,  N.  Y,  October  11,  1853,  and  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Bentley  of  Brandon,   Vt.,  April  2G,  1882. 


aieXauSer  CUmmina,  widely  known  in  Bing- 
hamton  and  adjacent  territory  as  a  leading  member 
of  the  bar,  was  born  in  Delaware  county,  New  York, 
a  few  days  after  Jackson  was  elected  to  the  White 
House  the  second  time.  His  family  was  one  of  the 
oldest  in  the  county,  his  grandfather,  for  whom  he 
was  named,  having  come  to  this  country  from  Scot- 
land in  childhood,  and  settled  in  Stamford,  Delaware 
county,  while  still  a  young  man.  There  he  married 
and  reared  his  family,  and  there  he  and  his  wife  both 
died,  at  ages  very  advanced.  They  were  Scotch 
Presbyterians,  and  were  among  the  founders  of  the 
church  of  that  faith  at  Stamford,  of  which  Mr. 
Cumming  was  a  deacon  for  many  years.  Their  son 
John,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  at  the 
beginning  of  the  century,  and  spent  his  life  as  a 
farmer  in  the  same  county,  where  he  died  at  a  ripe 
old  age. 

Brought  up  on  a  farm,  and  limited  in  educational 
opportunities  to  the  common  schools  of  Stamford 
and  to  local  academies,  Alexander  Cumming  had 
some  difficulty  in  preparing  himself  for  the  legal 
profession.  He  was  a  close  student,  however,  and 
made  the  most  of  such  advantages  as  came  in  his 
way.  After  reading  law  two  years  in  the  office  of 
James  R.  AUaben  of  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1858. 

Taking  up  his  residence  in  the  pretty  town  of 
Deposit  in  the  southwestern  corner  of  Delaware 
county,  Mr.  Cumming  began  his  career  as  a  lawyer 
in  the  fall  of  1858.  He  continued  to  practice  his 
profession  there  for  the  next  twenty  years,  and  built 
up  an  important  clientage.  He  had  no  partners  in 
this  period.  Deciding  that  his  long  and  successful 
experience  in  the  law  could  be  more  effectively 
utilized  in  a  larger  place,  Mr.  Cumming  moved  to 
Binghamton,  a  few  miles  west  of  Deposit,  in  1878. 
For  a  few  years  he  was  associated  with  W.  M.  Hand, 
and  afterward  for  a  short  time  with  David  Murray. 
In  recent  years  he  has  practiced  with  his  brother, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Alex.  &  A.  W.  Cumming. 

Mr.  Cumming  has  worked  hard  in  his  profession 
for  nearly  forty  years,  and  has  naturally  attained 
great  skill  in  the  conduct  of  legal  affairs.  Possessed 
of  deep  learning  in  the  principles  of  common  law, 
he  profits  also  from  a  wealth  of  experience  acquired 


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in  years  of  litigation.  His  practice  has  consisted 
largely  of  contested  cases,  because  he  developed 
early  in  professional  life  unusual  skill  in  this  branch 
of  the  attorney's  work.  He  is  a  formidable  an- 
tagonist in  jury  trials,  and  has  appeared  in  many 
cases  of  this  kind  in  the  southern  counties  of  the 
state.  He  also  enjoys  an  extensive  office 
practice. 

Mr.  Gumming  has  never  entered  polit- 
ical life,  preferring  to  devote  all  his  en- 
ergy to  his  professional  work.  He  is 
interested  in  public  affairs,  however,  and 
is  an  earnest  believer  in  the  principles 
of  the  Republican  party.  He  spends 
much  of  his  leisure  time  in  his  large 
library  at  home.  He  is  exceptionally 
well  read  in  modern  authors,  and  is 
thoroughly  informed  in  current  history. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Alexander  Cu mining  was  born  at  Stam- 
ford, N.  v.,  November  12,  1SS2 ;  at- 
tended common  sclwols  and  academies ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  185S  ;  married 
Hannah  Huguiner  of  Deposit,  N.  ¥., 
September  17,  1860 ;  practiced  law  at 
Deposit,  1858-78,  and  has  practiced  at 
Binghamton,  N.   Y. ,  since  1878. 


heartily  supported  by  his  party  throughout  the  state. 
This  honor  was  a  well  deserved  tribute  to  his  loyal 
allegiance  to  the  Prohibition  cause,  for  probably  no 
man  in  the  state  has  worked  harder  for  the  growth 
of  the  party  than  he.  In  1897  he  received  an  addi- 
tional proof  of  his  popularity  with  his  party  associates 


jfrancis  E.  J6al^^vin  of.Eimira 

is  known  throughout  the  Empire  State 
and  beyond,  for  his  able  and  zealous 
support  of  the  Prohibition  party.  Be- 
lieving thoroughly  in  the  principle  for 
which  it  stands,  and  accepting  its  methods 
as  those  most  likely  to  secure  the  desired 
result,  he  has  given  freely  of  his  time 
and  means,  and  has  worked  early  and 
late  with  both  voice  and  pen,  to  further 
its  interests.  Since  1883,  when  he  was 
less  than  thirty  years  old,  he  has  taken  the  stump 
in  every  election  in  behalf  of  this  party,  and  he 
has  been  a  member  of  its  executive  committee  con- 
tinuously since  188(5.  In  1888,  and  again  in  1896, 
he  was  the  president  of  the  Prohibition  state  con- 
vention ;  and  for  four  years  beginning  in  1889, 
he  was  the  chairman  of  the  state  committee.  In 
this  capacity  he  was  particularly  active,  holding 
conferences  and  addressing  meetings  in  every  county 
in  the  state  ;  and  as  a  result,  the  Prohibition 
vote  for  President  in  New  York  state  in  the 
campaign  of  1892  was  the  largest  ever  polled  there 
either  before  or  since.  Besides  various  local  poli- 
tical nominations,  Mr.  Baldwin  received  in  189-t 
the  Prohibition  nomination    for  governor,  and  was 


A  L  EX  A  XDER    CI  'MMING 

in  his  nomination   for  chief  judge  of  the  Court  of 
Appeals. 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  born  in  Otsego  county,  New 
York,,  little  more  than  forty  years  ago.  After 
attending  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town  of 
Otego,  he  entered  the  academy  at  Oneonta,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1877.  About  this  time  he 
spent  some  time  as  the  teacher  of  a  district  school, 
but  the  law  was  his  chosen  profession,  and  he  soon  set 
about  preparing  himself  for  the  bar.  Entering  the 
office  of  Ervvin  J.  Baldwin  of  Elmira,  he  devoted 
himself  to  legal  study,  and  to  familiarizing  him- 
self with  the  routine  work  of  a  lawyer's  office ; 
and  in  January,  1881,  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
He    immediately    formed    a   partnership    with    his 


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instructor  in  the  law,  under  the  style  of  Baldwin  & 
Baldwin,  that  has  continued  ever  since.  The  firm 
has  conducted  an  extensive  practice  in  Elmira  and 
its  vicinity,  and  has  attained  an  excellent  reinitation 
at  the  Cheniuntr-countv  liar. 


FRANCIS  E.  BALDWIN 

Mr.  Baldwin's  active  political  work,  of  which 
account  has  already  been  given,  has  necessarily 
occupied  most  of  the  time  that  could  be  spared  from 
his  profession  ;  and  he  has  frequently  sacrificed  his 
private  affairs  to  his  interest  in  outside  matters.  In 
1885  and  188fi,  in  addition  to  his  professional  work, 
he  edited  a  Prohibition  paper  in  Elmira.  He  has 
also  been  active  in  church  and  philanthropic  work 
of  various  kinds.  He  was  the  president  of  the 
Elmira  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union  for 
several  years,  during  which  the  association  conducted 
a  large  hotel ;  and  he  has  been  for  years  a  trustee  of 
the  Anchorage  at  Elmira,  an  institution  that  carries 
on  an  excellent  work  as  a  rescue  home  for  women. 

PERS  ON  A  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Francis 
Even'//  Balihs.'iii  nuts  /'oni  a/  0/rgo,  N.   Y.,  Ausriis/ 


10,  18iJG  ;  was  educa/ed  a/  Oneoii/a  (A".  Y. )  Acad- 
emy ;  s/udied  law,  and  was  admit/ed  to  the  bar  in 
1881;  married  Anna  E.  Grandin  of  Elmira,  N.  Y., 
A/in  7,  1882 ;  was  the  Prohihi/ion  candidate  for 
governor  of  New  York  state  in  189 J^,  and  for  chief 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  in  1897  : 
has  practiced  law  at  Elmira  since  1881. 


UsaaC  (5.  perrS,  commissioner  of 
the  New  York  state  capitol,  and  widely 
known  as  an  architect  and  builder,  was 
born  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  seventy-five 
years  ago.  The  family  is  of  Scotch 
origin;  but  Mr.  Perry's  grandfather, 
Valentine  Perry,  and  his  father,  Seneca 
Perry,  were  natives  of  White  Creek, 
N.  Y. 

A\'hen  Mr.  Perry  was  seven  years  old 
his  parents  moved  back  to  the  Empire 
State,  and  settled  in  Keeseville,  Essex 
county.  Seneca  Perry  was  a  carpenter 
and  joiner ;  and  his  son,  after  obtaining 
his  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
the  village,  began  work  in  his  father's 
shop.  He  learned  the  trade  thoroughly  ; 
and  soon  disjilayed  decided  talent  as  an 
architect,  and  won  considerable  local 
reputation.  For  several  years  he  worked 
as  a  contractor  and  builder  in  Essex 
county,  but  in  1852  he  made  a  new 
start  on  a  larger  scale.  He  moved  to 
New  York  city  and  opened  an  othce  as 
an  architect.  For  the  next  twenty  years 
he  made  his  headquarters  there,  and  his 
l)usiness  increased  and  prospered  stead- 
ily. In  1857  he  received  a  commission 
to  furnish  plans  for  the  New  York  State 
Inebriate  Asylum  at  Binghamton,  and  to 
superintend  its  construction ;  and  the  ability  he 
displayed  in  discharging  this  duty  did  much  to 
extend  and  strengthen  his  reputation. 

The  success  of  this  undertaking  brought  Mr.  Perry 
a  large  amount  of  business  in  Binghamton,  where 
he  designed  and  erected  many  notable  buildings,  in- 
cluding the  First  Baptist,  Centenary  Methodist  Epis- 
copal, Congregational,  and  St.  Patrick's  churches  ; 
the  Phelps  and  First  National  bank  buildings  ;  the 
McNamara,  Hagaman,  and  Perry  blocks  ;  the  high 
school,  Hotel  Bennett,  the  Phelps  mansion  ;  and 
other  edifices  equally  prominent.  His  work  had 
come  to  be  so  largely  in  that  part  of  the  country, 
that  in  1872  he  moved  to  Binghamton,  and  from 
that  time  on  did  a  large  business  in  southeastern 
New    York    and    northeastern     Pennsvbania.       He 


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built  the  court  house  at  Scranton,  the  Second 
National  and  Scranton  Trust  Company's  banks,  the 
library  buildings,  the  machine  shops  of  the  Dickson 
Manufacturing  Co.,  and  many  private  dwellings. 
At  Wilkesbarre  he  designed  and  erected  the  First 
National  Bank,  the  opera  house,  and  many  business 
blocks  and  residences.  The  Dutch  Refonned  and 
Catholic  churches  at  Port  Jervis,  the  FarnimT  & 
Howell  block,  and  other  buildings,  are  his  work. 
This  is  by  no  means  a  complete  catalogue  of  Mr. 
Perry's  achievements  ;  but  it  serves  to  give  some 
idea  of  their  extent  and  variety.  His  field  of  labor 
extended  into  many  western  states  and  other  sec- 
tions of  the  East  :  and  he  estimates  that  at  times 
the  work  under  contract  in  his  office  aggregated  as 
much  as  SI, 000, 000. 

In  1883  the  New  York  state  legislature  passed  a 
law  vesting  in  a  single  commissioner  the 
entire  charge  of  the  new  capitol,  which 
had  previously  been  committed  to  a 
board  of  commissioners  ;  and  on  March 
30,  the  day  he  signed  the  bill.  President 
Cleveland  appointed  Mr.  Perry  to  the 
responsible  position,  which  he  has  filled 
ever  since.  The  appointment  was  made 
without  solicitation  on  Mr.  Perry's  part, 
and  was  well  received  by  the  press  and 
the  general  public.  In  the  work  thus 
committed  to  his  care,  Mr.  Perry  has 
found  ample  scope  for  his  artistic  talents 
and  for  his  skill  as  a  practical  builder. 
Although  the  new  capitol  had  been  occu- 
pied by  the  legislature  for  several  years 
at  the  time  of  his  ap])ointment,  much 
remained  to  be  done  both  inside  and 
outside  the  structure  ;  and  much  that  was 
badly  done  before  had  to  be  done  o\  er 
again.  More  than  $8,000,000  has  been 
expended  on  the  work  since  Mr.  Perry 
took  charge  of  it,  and  it  is  now  estimated 
that  somewhat  less  than  $2,000,000  will 
complete  it.  Besides  superintending 
minutely  the  work  of  construction,  Mr. 
Perry  has  left  his  own  impress  on  the 
building  in  several  of  its  finest  features. 
He  designed  the  grand  western  stairway, 
and  the  beautiful  northeastern  stairway  ; 
and  the  eastern  approach  to  the  building 
and  its  western  fafadc  are  also  his  work. 
In  the  practical  matters  of  lighting  and 
ventilation  he  has  done  great  service  to  all  who  use 
the  Iniilding  by  putting  in  shafts  in  various  parts  to 
supply  needed  light  and  air.  Mr.  Perry's  several 
reappointments  to  the  office  are  sufficient  indication 


to  those  who  do  not  personally  know  his  work,  of 
the  energetic  and  able  manner  in  which  he  has 
discharged  the  duties  of  the  position. 

PERS  ONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Isaac  G. 
Perry  was  horn  at  Bennington,  Ft.,  March  34,  1822  ; 
7aas  educated  in  common  schools  ;  /earned  the  carpen- 
ter's  trade  7vith  his  father,  and  worked  at  the  same  in 
Kecseville,  N.  V.,  until  1852;  married  Lucretia  L. 
Gibson  of  Keeseville  in  December,  18^8 ;  engaged 
in  business  as  an  architect  and  builder  in  New  York 
city,  1852-72,  and  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y,  1872-83; 
has  been  capitol  commissioner  of  New  York  state  since 
March  .10,  1883. 


George  TOU.  TRa^,  for  many  years  a  leader  of 
the  bar  in  central  New  York,  and  prominent  in  pub- 
lic life  from  his  long  and  able  service  in  the  national 


ISAAC  G.  PERRY 


house  of  representatives,  is  descended  from  an  old 
Connecticut  family.  His  father,  Asher  M.  Ray,  a 
farmer  and  merchant  in  Stonington,  Conn.,  and 
afterward  in  Otselic,  N.  Y.,  held  a  high  position  in 


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the  community,  and  served  for  thirty-six   years  as 
justice  of  the  peace. 

Mr.  Ray  was  born  in  Otselic  .somewhat  more  than 
fifty  years  ago.  At  the  age  of  si.xteen  he  entered 
Norwich  (N.  Y. )  Academy,  but  his  course  there  was 
destined  to  suffer  a   long   interru])tion.      From    the 


GEORGE    11'.   RAY 

beginning  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  deeply  interested 
in  the  course  of  events,  and  in  the  summer  of  18t;2 
he  made  up  his  mind  to  have  an  active  part  in  the 
struggle.  He  enlisted,  accordingly,  in  company  I, 
11-tth  New  York  volunteers,  but  was  prevented  by 
long  sickness  from  going  to  the  front.  Later  he 
enlisted  in  company  B,  90th  New  York  volunteers, 
and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Returning 
North  in  June,  1865,  he  took  up  again  his  studies 
at  the  academy,  and  graduated  thence  in  1866. 
For  a  year  or  more  thereafter  he  read  law  in  the 
office  of  E.  H.  Priudle  of  Norwich,  and  in  Novem- 
ber, 1867,  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 

Opening  an  office  at  once  in  Norwich,  Mr.  Ray 
has   practiced  there  ever  since,  although   latterly  his 


public  duties  have  occupied  a  large  part  of  his  time. 
For  two  years  beginning  in  1871  he  wa.s  associated 
with  E.  H.  Prindle,  then  representative  in  congress, 
and  D.  H.  Knapp,  in  the  firm  of  Prindle,  Knapp  & 
Ray  ;  but  otherwise  he  has  practiced  alone.  Early 
in  his  profe.ssional  career  Mr.  Ray  became  noted  for 
his  success  as  a  criminal  lawyer,  and  for 
many  years  he  occupied  a  leading  posi- 
tion in  this  special  line.  He  took  part 
on  one  side  or  the  other  in  most  of  the 
inii)ortant  trials  in  his  part  of  the  state, 
including  several  capital  cases ;  but, 
though  many  of  them  were  severely  con- 
tested, he  was  almost  uniformly  success- 
ful. In  October,  1897,  he  defended 
William  E.  Lull,  indicted  for  murder  in 
the  first  degree  for  shooting  G.  Frank 
Cox  at  Plymouth,  N.  Y.  ;  and  secured 
an  acquittal. 

Mr.  Ray's  political  life  began  in  18.S1, 
when  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican state  committee.      He  at   once 
took  an   important  part  in  the  counsels 
of  the  party,  and  has  ever  since  been  an 
influential  factor  in  public  affairs  in  the 
state  and  nation.     In  1882  he  was  elected 
to  the  48th  congress.      Even  in  this,  his 
first   session,    he    became    known    as    a 
speaking  member,   his  plea  in  behalf  of 
General  Fitz  John  Porter  being  especially 
noteworthy.     After  an  interval  of  a  few 
years  Mr.  Ray  was  again  elected  a  con- 
gressman in  the  fall  of  1890,  and  since 
then  he  has  served  continuously  in  that 
honorable  capacity,  having  been  elected 
for   his    fifth    term    in    1896.       He    has 
served  on  a  number  of  important  com- 
mittees, especially  the  committee  on  the 
judiciary  ;     also    the    one   appointed    to 
investigate  the  strike  at  Homestead  in  the  summer 
of  1892,  and  the  one  to  report  on  the  federal  elec- 
tion laws.      In  the  55th  congress  he  was  chairman  of 
the   committee    on    invalid  pensions,  and  occupied 
the  second  place  in  the  judiciary  committee.      His 
repeated  elections  to  the  national  legislature  attest 
his  popularity  with  his  constituents,  and  his  public 
record  is  one  of  which  he  may  well  be  proud.      He 
is  a  ready  and  powerful  speaker,  a  hard  worker,  and 
a  man  of  broad  and  comprehensive  views — in  short, 
a  most  valuable  public  servant. 

In  spite  of  his  professional  and  public  duties,  Mr. 
Ray  finds  time  to  take  a  helpful  interest  in  all  that 
concerns  the  prosperity  of  the  town  of  Norwich. 
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Norwich  fire  department  as  chief  engineer  of  that 
organization.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
movement  that  resulted  in  the  erection  of  the  Nor- 
wich High  School,  one  of  the  finest  buildings  of  the 
kind  in  the  state  ;  and  has  been  a  member  of  its 
board  of  education  since  18.S6.  He  belongs  to 
Norwich  Commandery,  No.  46,  K.  r.,and  to  E.  B. 
Smith  Post,  G.  A.  R.;  and  attends  the  Congrega- 
tional church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— George  W. 
Ray  7uas  horn  at  Otselic,  N.  V.,  February  3,  ISU  : 
7i.ias  educated  at  Norwich  {N.  Y.)  Academy;  served 
in  the  Union  army,  1863-63  ;  7oas  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1867  ;  married  Mary  Johnson  of  North  Pitcher, 
N.  Y ,  June  28,  1871 ;  was  member  of  congress, 
1883-85,  and  has  served  in  that  body  continuously 
since  1891 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Norxoich  since  1867. 


operations  or  attend  difficult  cases  in  all  parts  of 
the  Southern  Tier  and  in  the  neighboring  state  of 
Pennsylvania  ;  but  his  chief  field  of  work  has  been 
Elmira,  where  he  occupies  one  of  the  finest  and 
best  equipped  suites  of  offices  in  that  section  of  the 
state.  These  are  necessitated  by  his  large  and 
varied  practice,  and  desire  to  keep  abreast  of  the 
times. 

Dr.  Ross  is  the  medical  examiner  for  a  great 
number  of  insurance  and  beneficiary  organizations. 
He  conducted  a  general  practice  at  first,  but  in 
recent  years  has  paid  particular  attention  to  diseases 
of  women  and  the  use  of  electricity  in  surgery  and 
gynecology.  In  the  course  of  his  practice  Dr.  Ross 
has  performed  a  number  of  very  difficult  major 
operations.  In  conjunction  with  Dr.  Thomas  A. 
Dundas  of  Elmira   he  performed  the  first  and  only 


jfranft    Mart)    IRoss,    widely 

known  in  Chemung  county  as  a  learned 
and  successful  physician,  belongs  to  an 
old  and  distinguished  family.  On  the 
paternal  side  he  is  descended  from  Lord 
Joshua  Ross  of  Scotland,  from  whom  the 
line  is  easily  traced  to  colonial  and  revo- 
lutionary times  in  this  country.  Dr. 
Ross's  great-great-grandfather  was  a 
captain  in  the  Continental  army,  and 
received  for  his  services  in  the  patriots' 
cause  a  land  grant  of  500  acres  about 
where  the  city  of  Elmira  now  stands. 
He  was  killed  by  the  Indians  on  the  way 
to  his  possessions  in  what  was  then 
regarded  as  the  Far  West.  Dr.  Ross's 
maternal  grandfather  was  the  inventor, 
lohn  Henderson,  who  was  a  descendant 
of  the  first  Dutch  settlers  of  Manhattan 
island.  Dr.  Ross's  father  was  the  late 
Charles  Dun  Ross,  a  well-known  busi- 
ness man  of  Elmira. 

Dr.  Ro.ss  has  always  lived  in  Chemung 
county,  having  been  born  at  Horseheads 
two  years  before  the  beginning  of  the 
Civil  War.  His  early  training  was  ob- 
tained in  the  public  schools  of  Elmira 
and  in  the  Elmira  Free  Academy.  After 
a    thorough     preliminary    education    he  — 

began  the  study  of  medicine,  graduating 
with    high    honors    in     18.So    from   the 
medical    department   of  the    University 
of  the  City  of  New  York.      Once  fairly  embarked 
on  his  professional  career,  he  made  rapid  progress 
as  regards  both  extent  of  practice  and  general  stand- 
ing.     He  has  freiiuently  been  summoned  to  conduct 


FRAXk'    WARD   ROSS 

succe.ssful  Caesarean  operation    ever    performed    in 
that  part  of  the  state. 

Dr.  Ross  has  been  a  member  of  the  staff  of  attend- 
ing physicians  and   surgeons  of  the    Arnot-Ogden 


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Memorial  Hospital  since  1888.  He  takes  an  active 
part  in  many  medical  and  scientific  bodies,  includ- 
ing the  International  Medical  Congress,  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  the  Academy  of  Sciences, 
and  the  American  Microscopical  Society.  In  1897 
he  was  made  a  Fellow  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  for 
special  work  in  science.  He  is  an  original  Fellow  of 
the  New  York  State  Medical  Association,  a  Fellow 
of  the  American  Electro-Therapeutical  Society,  vice 
president  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  County  of 
Chemung,  and  president  of  the  Elmira  Academy  of 
Medicine.  He  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  examin- 
ers of  Niagara  University,  and  formerly  lectured  on 
electro-therapeutics  in  that  institution.  The  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Loyola 
College,  Baltimore,  in  1896  ;  and  the  National  Col- 
lege of  Electro-Therapeutics  at  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
in  the  same  year  gave  him  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Electro-Therapeutics  for  special  proficiency  in  that 
branch  of  medical  science.  He  was  elected  to  a 
professorship  in  that  institution,  having  the  depart- 
ment of  "  X-ray  "  and  medico-legal  electricity.  In 
1897  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy  was  con- 
ferred upon  him. 

Outside  of  his  professional  practice  Dr.  Ross  has 
spent  much  of  his  time  in  scientific  research  and 
literary  work.  He  is  especially  interested  in  elec- 
trical subjects,  as  might  be  inferred  from  the  trend 
of  his  practice  ;  and  he  was  the  first  person  in 
Chemung  county  to  obtain  the  "  X-ray  "  apparatus 
and  to  produce  the  wonderful  Roentgen  pictures. 
He  has  written  many  scholarly  papers  on  medical 
and  scientific  subjects  for  publication  in  the  journals 
and  Transactions  of  the  various  societies  to  which  he 
belongs,  and  in  various  periodicals  and  newspapers. 
He  has  also  invented  several  electrical  and  surgical 
appliances  that  are  of  great  service  to  surgeons  and 
gynecologists. 

In  social  life  Dr.  Ross  is  highly  esteemed  through- 
out the  Southern  Tier.  He  has  membership  in 
various  fraternal  societies,  including  the  order  of 
Elks,  United  Friends,  and  Red  Men.  He  has  not 
cared  to  go  into  political  life,  though  opportunities 
to  do  so  have  not  been  lacking. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Frank  Ward 
Ross  was  born  at  Horseheads,  N.  Y. ,  July  10,  1859  ; 
was  educated  in  public  schools  and  Elmira  Free 
Academy  ;  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine 
from  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  iti  1883  ; 
married  Hattie  A .  Hart  of  Dorchester,  Ga. ,  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Miles  Standish ;  has  practiced  medicine 
and  surgery  in  Elmira  since  1883,  de^wting  special 
attention  to  the  use  of  electricity  in  surgery  and 
gvnecologv. 


StCpbCU  IRpan,  one  of  the  most  enterprising 
citizens  of  the  village  of  South  Otselic,  is  a  son  of 
Thomas  Ryan  of  Tompkins  county,  New  York.  He 
was  born  in  Homer,  Cortland  county,  less  than  forty 
years  ago,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  attending  first  the  district  schools, 
and  afterward  graduating  from  Homer  Academy. 

Mr.  Ryan  moved  to  South  Otselic  in  1881,  and 
after  obtaining  valuable  business  experience  in  vari- 
ous subordinate  capacities,  established,  in  1884,  a 
clothing  and  furnishing-goods  store,  which  he  con- 
ducted successfully  until  189.^.  He  had  not  been 
long  in  the  village  before  he  became  interested  in 
extending  the  telephone  lines  in  that  part  of  the 
state.  The  increase  of  such  methods  of  rapid  com- 
munication throughout  the  country  constitutes  one 
of  the  greatest  conveniences  of  modern  times.  Mr. 
Ryan  was  quick  to  appreciate  this  fact,  and  for  the 
past  eight  years  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in 
various  enterprises  of  this  kind.  In  1887  he  became 
manager  for  the  Central  New  York  Tele])hone  and 
Telegraph  Co.  at  South  Otselic,  and  he  has  held 
that  position  ever  since.  During  that  time  he  has 
raised  the  money  and  constructed  the  telephone  line 
from  Norwich,  the  county  seat  of  Chenango  county, 
to  Syracuse,  a  distance  of  fifty  miles  or  more  ;  as 
well  as  a  shorter  line  from  South  Otselic  to  Pitcher. 

South  Otselic  is  a  thriving  little  town,  and  Mr. 
Ryan  has  been  closely  identified  with  its  business 
interests  for  the  past  ten  years.  He  has  interested 
himself  particularly  in  the  matter  of  good  roads,  and 
has  done  much  to  improve  the  streets  of  the  village 
and  the  roads  in  that  part  of  the  country.  In  1896 
he  organized  the  Business  Men's  Association,  which 
has  promoted  in  various  ways  the  prosperity  of  the 
community.  In  connection  with  the  Binghamton 
Board  of  Trade  this  association  undertook  in  1897 
the  organization  of  a  company  to  construct  an  elec- 
tric railroad  between  Binghamton  and  South  Otselic, 
a  distance  of  about  fifty  miles  ;  and  Mr.  Ryan  was 
chosen  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association  having  the  matter  in  charge.  He 
was  largely  instrumental  in  securing  for  the  Erie  & 
Central  New  York  railroad  the  free  right  of  way 
through  the  town  of  Otselic,  and  thus  increasing  its 
transportation  facilities.  Realizing  the  importance 
of  education  in  all  true  progress,  he  has  served  for 
several  years  on  the  board  of  education  of  the  South 
Otselic  Union  School,  and  has  pursued  there  the 
same  vigorous  policy  that  has  characterized  his  busi- 
ness career. 

An  ardent  Democrat  in  political  belief,  Mr.  Ryan 
has  taken  an  active  |)art  in  politics  for  many  years. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Democratic  county 


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committee  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  occupies  an 
important  place  in  the  local  councils  of  his  party. 
In  1888  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  the 
office  of  county  clerk.  In  March,  1894,  President 
Cleveland  appointed  him  postmaster  of  South  Otselic, 
and  he  has  filled  the  office  ever  since.  In  this 
position  he  has  greatly  improved  the 
mail  facilities  of  the  village.  During 
1897  he  secured  changes  in  stage  sched- 
ules and  mail  connections  that  shortened 
by  twenty-four  hours  the  time  required 
for  sending  a  letter  to  New  York  city 
and  receiving  an  answer.  In  the  rush 
and  hurry  and  close  competition  of 
modern  commercial  life  such  a  gain  is  of 
decided  importance  to  the  business  of  a 
small  town ;  and  Mr.  Ryan  is  justly 
proud  of  his  achievements  in  this  direc- 
tion. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY — 
Stephen  Ryan  loas  Iwi-ii  at  Hamer,  N.  Y., 
November  10,  1S59 ;  7tias  educated  at 
Homer  Academy ;  married  Ettie  M.  Cook 
of  South  Otselic,  N.  Y. ,  June  6,  1883  ; 
conducted  a  clothing  and  fur?iishing-goods 
store  at  South  Otselic,  188^-93;  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Chenango-county 
Democratic  committee  since  1886,  and  post- 
master of  South  Otselic  since  18!)^. 


5.  /iDonroe  Sboemafter  occupies 

a   leading  position  in  the  business  world 

of  Elmira,  and  throughout  the  Southern 

Tier.       He    is    a    son    of    Smith    and 

Katherine  Shoemaker  of  Dundee,  Yates 

county,  New  York,  and  a  large  part  of 

his  life  was  spent  in  that  town.     There 

he  received  his  education,  begun  in  the 

little   district   school,  and  finished  —  so 

far    as    schools    were   concerned  —  in    the    village 

academy;  and  there  he  lived  until  1874,  with  the 

exception    of   three    years    which    he   spent    in    the 

army. 

In  April,  18fi2,  Mr.  Shoemaker  began  business  for 
himself  as  a  carriage  maker,  forming  a  partnership 
for  that  purpose  with  his  brother,  John  H.  Shoema- 
ker. This  association  was  destined  to  continue  but 
a  short  time ;  for  in  July  of  the  same  year  Mr. 
Shoemaker  gave  up  his  business,  and  enlisted  in 
company  B,  148th  New  York  volunteers.  After 
serving  for  a  short  time  as  first  sergeant  of  his  com- 
pany, he  was  transferred  to  the  regimental  band,  and 
continued  in  this  capacity  throughout  the  war,  being 
mustered  out  June  30,  18(>5. 


Returning  then  to  Dundee,  Mr.  Shoemaker  en- 
gaged once  more  in  his  former  trade  of  carriage 
making,  forming  a  partnership  with  L.  G.  Terry  that 
lasted  for  eight  years  or  more.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  determined  to  make  a  radical  change  in  both 
location  and  occupation,  and  to  seek  a  larger  field  of 


STEPHEN  RYAN 

enterprise.  Moving  to  Elmira,  accordingly,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1874,  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  oil  refin- 
ing with  D.  E.  Bedell  and  John  H.  Bruen,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Bedell,  Shoemaker  &  Co.  The 
firm  prospered  from  the  start,  and  four  years  after  its 
organization  the  business  was  .sold  to  the  Standard 
Oil  Company,  Mr.  Shoemaker  becoming  the  general 
manager  of  the  company  for  the  territory  of  southern 
New  York.  This  was  almost  twenty  years  ago,  and 
the  fact  that  he  has  retained  the  office  ever  since  is 
sufficient  evidence  of  his  ability  in  the  conduct  of 
extensive  business  enterprises.  The  corporation 
with  which  he  is  connected  is  universally  known  as 
one  of  the  wealthiest  and  most  powerful  in  the  coun- 
try ;  and  Mr.  Shoemaker,  by  virtue  of  his  position 


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therein,   is  an  important  factor   in  the   commercial 
world. 

Mr.  Shoemaker  is  far  too  busy  a  man  to  take  an 
active  part  in  political  affairs.  He  served  as  alder- 
man of  the  3d  ward  in  Elmira  for  two  years  begin- 
ning  in    lS!)o  ;   Init    though    he    has   been  urged    to 


J.  MOMiOE   SHOEMAKER 

accept  the  candidacy  for  prominent  positions  in  city 
and  county,  he  has  always  refused  to  allow  his  name 
to  be  used  in  connection  with  such  offices,  feeling 
that  the  faithful  discharge  of  their  duties  would  make 
a  greater  demand  upon  his  time  than  he  would  be 
able  to  meet.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Soldiers'  and 
Sailors'  Home  at  Bath,  N.  Y.,  and  is  the  chairman 
of  its  house  and  grounds  committee. 

Although  not  a  politician,  Mr.  Shoemaker  is  a 
public-spirited  citizen,  and  has  been  closely  identi- 
fied for  the  past  fifteen  years  with  every  movement 
in  behalf  of  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  Elmira. 
He  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade  for  four 
years,  and  in  that  capacity  was  instrumental  in  attract- 
ing many  new   industries  to  the  city,  and  thereby 


furthering  its  material  welfare  in  a  marked  degree. 
He  is  a  charter  trustee  of  the  Arnot-Ogden  Memo- 
rial Hospital,  and  has  been  one  of  the  managers  of 
the  City  Club  of  Elmira  since  its  organization.  He 
is  a  member  of  St.  Omer  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  and  of  Baldwin  Post,  No.  6,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  of  Elmira. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY — 
J.  Monroe  Shoemaker  7vas  bom  at  Dun- 
dee, N.  Y.,  July  SI,  18^2;  was  educated 
at  Dundee  Academy ;  married  Delia  M. 
Benedict  of  Dundee  September  11,  1862  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1862-65  ;  en- 
}(aged  in  the  manufacture  of  carriages  at 
Dundee,  1865-74  :  woit  to  Elmira,  N.  V. , 
in  1874,  and  engaged  in  oil  refning  ;  was 
alderman  of  Elmira,  1893-95  ;  has  been 
general  manager  of  the  Standard  Oil  Com- 
pany in  southern  New  York  since  1878. 


5.  Stewart  Mells,  one  of  Bing- 

hamton's  most  respected  and  jjublic- 
spirited  citizens,  was  born  near  that  city 
seventy-five  years  ago.  His  father, 
Chester  Wells,  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  of  Broome  county,  having  emi- 
grated thither  from  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1812  when  only  eighteen  years 
old.  There  he  married  Polly  Slyter, 
and  there  he  made  his  home  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Shortly  after  the  birth  of 
i  our  subject,  however,  the  family  moved 
to  Steuben  county,  where  Chester  Wells 
carried  on  a  mill  and  a  country  store 
until  his  death  in  1828. 

Stewart  Wells  was  but  si.\  years  old  at 
this  time,  and  for  the  ne.\t  eleven  years 
he  made  his  home  with  an  uncle  at  Mara- 
thon, Cortland  county.     After  attending 
the  district  schools  there  he  went  to  Binghamton  in 
1840,  and  completed  his  education  at  a  select  school. 
The  next  few  years  he  spent  in  New  York  city  ;  but 
in  1848  he  returned  to  Binghamton,  and  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  business  there  ever  since.      Be- 
ginning operations  as  a  builder  and  contractor,  he 
conducted  the  business  for  upwards  of  twenty  years, 
and  met  with  much  success. 

In  1870  Mr.  Wells  gave  up  this  occupation,  and 
bought  a  half  interest  in  the  Binghamton  Iron  Works, 
manufacturing  engines  and  boilers,  which  he  con- 
ducted with  M.  W.  Shapley  until  that  gentleman's 
death  in  1881.  Since  then  he  has  been  associated 
with  Mr.  Shapley's  sons,  J.  E.  and  W.  M.,  in  the 
management  of  the  enterprise. 


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In  1856  Mr.  Wells  began  the  manufacture  of  brick 
in  addition  to  his  other  business.  For  this  purpose 
he  formed  with  Elijah  \V.  Bingham  the  firm  of  Wells 
&  Bingham,  and  the  association  has  continued  ever 
since.  In  the  forty-two  years  since  its  organization 
the  business  has  entirely  outgrown  its  modest  begin- 
nings, and  is  to-day  one  of  the  large 
manufacturing  industries  of  Binghamton. 

The  marked  success  that  has  attended 
Mr.  Wells's  different  enterprises  is  am|>le 
evidence  of  his  strict  and  faithful  atten- 
tion to  the  many  demands  of  business 
life,  and  of  his  ability  in  the  manage- 
ment of  commercial  affairs.  His  fellow- 
citizens  have  been  sharers  in  this  pros- 
perity, for  he  is  always  liberal  in  his 
support  of  worthy  public  movements, 
and  has  given  largely  to  various  public 
institutions.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  board  of  managers  of  the  Susque- 
hanna Valley  Home  ever  since  it  was 
organized,  and  is  a  director  of  the  Bing- 
hamton Trust  Co. 

Mr.  Wells  has  always  been  more  or 
less  interested  in  political  affairs,  and 
has  several  times  consented  to  hold  pub- 
lic office.  So  far  back  as  185()  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Broome-county  board  of 
supervisors,  being  the  first  supervisor 
from  the  town  of  Binghamton,  which 
included  the  village  of  the  same  name, 
after  the  division  of  the  old  town  of 
Chenango.  In  1858  he  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  village  of  Binghamton.  In 
1865  he  was  one  of  the  commissioners 
that  had  charge  of  the  erection  of  the 
Court-street  bridge  ;  aud  in  1868  he  was 
appointed  a  member  of  the  first  com- 
mission to  build  the  waterworks  now 
owned  by  the  city  of  Binghamton,  and  valued  at 
12,000,000.  In  1888  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
Binghamton,  and  served  acceptably  for  one  term  in 
that  honorable  position. 

For  more  than  half  a  century  Mr.  Wells  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 


and  he  has  attended  Christ  Episcopal  Church.  Bing- 
hamton, for  many  years. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — J.  Stewart 
Wells  was  born  near  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  June  30, 
1S22 ;  7iias  educated  in  common  and  select  schools ; 
married  Hannah    Barnes   of  Statrn   Island,    N'.    Y. , 


^^"tSS 


J.  STEWART    WELLS 

October  12,  ISIfS ;  ivas  a  builder  and  contractor 
in  Binghamton,  181^8-70;  7vas  elected  mavor  of 
Binghamton  in  1883 ;  has  carried  on  the  manufac- 
ture of  brick  at  Binghamton  since  1856,  and  has 
been  half  oifncr  of  the  Binghamton  Iron  JForhs  since 
1870. 


GENESEE    SECTION 


In  the  Genesee  Section  are  pub- 
lished the  biographies  of  subjects  from 
the  counties  of  Cayuga,  Genesee,  Liv- 
ingston, Monroe,  Orleans,  Wayne,  and 
Wyoming. 


MEN   OF  THE  GENESEE  SECTION 


IReUbeU  a.  HC>amS,  who  in  the  medical  pro- 
fession of  Rochester  ably  represents  the  noted  New 
England  family  from  which  he  sprung,  was  born  at 
Marion,  N.  Y.,  April  3,  1841.  There  he  passed  his 
boyhood,  and  received  his  education,  at  first  in  the 
public  schools,  and  later  at  Marion  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute. 

In  August,  1<S()2,  Dr.  Adams  enlisted  in  company 
D,  KiOth  regiment,  New  York  volunteers,  and  went 
to  New  Orleans  with  General  Banks's  expedition, 
serving  under  him  throughout  the  Louisiana  cam- 
paign, including  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson.  Later 
he  fought  under  General  Sheridan  in  his  famous 
engagements  in  the  Shenandoah  valley,  iiarticipating 
actively  in  fourteen  battles  in  all.  He  was  wounded 
at  Fort  Bisland,  La.,  and  Cedar  Creek,  Va. ;  and 
when  mustered  out  of  .service  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
he  received  the  e.xceptional  honor  of  a  letter  of 
special  commendation  personally  signed  by  every 
surviving  officer  of  his  regiment.  The  doctor  has 
received  rare  and  valuable  presents,  and  "Thanks" 
from  the  imperial  household  of  Japan  for  services 
to  a  Prince  and  distinguished  officers  of  the  Japanese 
navy  and  army  :  but  this  letter  and  its  endorsements 
he  prizes  above  all  similar  things  he  possesses,  and 
of  it  he  is  justly  proud. 

Returning  from  the  war,  Dr.  Adams  took  up  his 
medical  studies  at  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  graduated  from  the  Hahnemann 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia  March  4,  1808.  In 
July  of  that  year  he  established  himself  at  Church- 
ville,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  suc- 
cessfully until  May,  1873.  Weary  of  the  hardshijis 
of  a  country  practice,  and  ambitious  for  a  field  pre- 
senting greater  possibilities,  he  then  moved  to  Roch- 
ester, where  he  rapidly  acquired  a  large  business, 
and  took  rank  with  the  most  prominent  and  esteemed 


physicians.  In  1874  he  served  as  city  physician, 
lieing  one  of  the  first  homeopathic  physicians  to 
occupy  that  position.  April  1,  1883,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Dr.  Y.  A.  Hoard  that  terminated 
December  31,  1880;  and  July  1,  1889,  Dr.  Myron 
H.  Adams  became  a  partner,  this  connection  being 
dissolved  January  1,  1893. 

Dr.  R.  A.  Adams  has  been  president  of  the  Mon- 
roe County  Homeopathic  Medical  Society,  vice 
president  of  the  Rochester  Hahnemann  Society,  and 
vice  president  of  the  New  York  State  Homeopathic 
Medical  Society.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Central 
New  York  Homeopathic  Medical  Society  and  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathv,  and  has  been 
consulting  physician  on  the  staff  of  the  Rochester 
Homeopathic  Hospital  since  its  incorporation  in 
1887.  He  is  a  member  of  George  H.  Thomas  Post, 
No.  4,  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  proud  to  have  taken  part 
with  that  post  in  the  original  presentation  of  a  fine 
United  States  flag  to  each  of  the  thirty-five  ijublic 
schools  of  Rochester,  thus  starting  a  patriotic  custom 
that  has  extended  pretty  generally  over  the  LInited 
States,  and  greatly  stimulated  patriotism  and  loyalty 
in  the  school  children  of  our  country.  Dr.  Adams 
is  also  a  member  of  Monroe  Commandery,  No.  12, 
Knights  Templar,  and  Rochester  Consistory,  in 
which  he  has  taken  the  32d  degree  in  Masonry.  He 
belongs  to  the  Rochester  Club,  and  various  other 
social,  professional,  and  business  organizations. 

During  the  last  thirty  years  Dr.  Adams  has  been 
an  aggre.ssive,  though  always  a  consistent  and  con- 
scientious worker  for  the  advancement  of  homeop- 
athy ;  and  in  his  work  and  words  he  has  long  been 
an  effective  advocate  and  uncompromising  defender 
of  his  medical  faith.  He  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
leading  representatives  of  that  school  of  practice  in 
this  section  of  the  country.     For  twenty-four  years 


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he  has  occupied  the  same  office  on  Fitzhugh  street, 
and  is  still  actively  engaged  in  his  professional  work, 
though  taking  time  to  direct  the  general  manage- 
ment of  a  large  grain  farm  in  North  Dakota,  and 
extensive  orange  groves  and  English-walnut  or- 
chards in  southern  California.     He  finds  his  principal 


REl-BE.X  A.  ADAAfS 

recreation  and  diversion  from  the  tension  and  con- 
suming demands  of  an  active  practice  in  occasional 
visits  to  these  estates. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Raihcn  A. 
Adams  was  born  at  Marion,  N.  Y'.,  April  S,  ISJfl : 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Marion  Col- 
legiate Institute  ;  graduated/row  the  Hahnemann  Med- 
ical College  of  Philadelphia  March  4,  ISOS,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  ;  served  iti  the  Unio?t  army,  1862- 
65 ;  married  Demmis  M.  Skinner  of  Wheatland, 
N.  Y.,  August  27,  1868  ;  practiced  medicine  at  Church- 
ville,  N.  Y'.,  1868-73;  has  practiced  medicine  in 
Rochester  since  1873  ;  has  interested  himself  of  late  in 
farming  and  fruit  growing  in  North  Dakota  and 
California. 


James  IF3.  3-aChSOn,  proprietor  of  the  famous 
Jackson  Sanatorium  of  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  is  descended 
from  an  old  colonial  family.  The  founder  of  the 
American  line  came  from  England  in  the  "  Defi- 
ance" in  1635,  and  settled  in  Massachusetts.  Dr. 
Jackson's  great-great-grandfather  was  Deacon  John 
Jackson  of  Weston,  Mass.,  whose  son, 
Colonel  Giles  Jackson,  played  an  im- 
portant part  in  the  drama  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  was  chief  of  General  Gates's 
staff  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  and  drew 
up  the  articles  of  capitulation  signed  by 
Burgoyne. 

Our  subject  is  the  third  Dr.  James 
Jackson  in  a  direct  line,  his  grandfather, 
the  first  of  the  trio,  having  been  an  army 
surgeon  in  the  war  of  1812  ;  and  his 
father,  Dr.  James  Caleb  Jackson,  the 
founder  of  the  Dansville  institution, 
which  was  established  in  1858  and  orig- 
inally known  as  "Our  Home  on  the 
Hillside."  He  was  a  farmer  when  a 
young  man  :  but  afterward  became  prom- 
inent among  the  early  anti -slavery  agita- 
tors as  a  lecturer,  writer,  and  editor. 
He  married  Lucretia  E.  Brewster,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Elder  William 
Brewster  of  the  Pilgrim  settlement. 

The  present  Dr.  Jackson  was  born  at 
Peterborough,  N.  Y.,  and  received  an 
academic  training  at  the  Dansville  Semi- 
nary. His  general  education  completed, 
he  at  once  became  associated  with  his 
father  ;  and  for  a  number  of  years  acted 
as  business  manager  of  the  Dansville  in- 
stitution. During  this  time  he  married 
Miss  Kate  Johnson,  who  afterward  grad- 
uated from  the  College  of  the  New  York 
Infirmary  for  Women,  and  with  her  hus- 
band took  part  in  the  medical  conduct  of  the  estab- 
lishment. 

In  1873  Dr.  Jackson  determined  to  fit  himself  to 
take  charge  of  the  professional  as  well  as  the  business 
management  of  the  sanatoriiun  ;  and  he  accordingl)' 
went  to  New  York  city,  and  became  a  student  in  the 
Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1876.  Returning  then  to  Dansville, 
he  assumed  the  position  that  he  has  ever  since  held 
as  head  of  the  medical  staff  of  the  sanatorium.  The 
institution,  which  was  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  coun- 
try, had  become  also  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
popular,  accommodating  several  hundred  guests,  and 
drawing  its  patients  from  every  state  and  territory  in 
the  Union  and  from  foreign  countries  as  well.      In 


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1882  the  main  building  was  burned,  but  this  disaster 
proved  a  blessing  in  disguise.  Dr.  Jackson  at  once 
set  about  the  erection  of  a  modern  fireproof  build- 
ing, which  for  many  years  after  its  completion  was 
the  only  such  structure  in  the  United  States  outside 
of  a  city,  used  as  a  hotel  or  sanatorium.  The  build- 
ing is  of  brick  and  iron,  300  feet  long,  and  five  stor- 
ies high  ;  and  is  thoroughly  equipped  for  hygienic 
and  hydropathic  treatment.  The  situation  is  unsur- 
passed, commanding  an  extensive  view  of  the  beauti- 
ful Genesee  valley,  with  the  town  of  Dansville  in 
the  foreground.  People  of  late  years  have  come 
to  appreciate  the  many  advantages  to  be  obtained  by 
invalids  in  an  institution  devoted  to  their  care  and 
comfort,  and  many  who  are  not  invalids  feel  the 
need  occasionally  of  the  rest  and  relaxation  that  such 
an  establishment  offers  ;  and  no  place  is  more  pop- 
ular with  both  classes  than  the  Jackson 
Sanatorium. 

Dr.  Jackson  was  for  years  the  editor 
of  T//^  Laws  of  Life  and  Jounial  of 
LLeallh,  one  of  the  oldest  health  jour- 
nals in  the  countrj',  and  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  its  columns.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Livingston  County  Medical  Soci- 
ety, and  was  one  of  the  advisory  council 
of  the  Medico-Climatological  Association 
of  the  World's  Fair  Auxiliary  Congress. 
He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason. 

PERSONAL  CHROXOLOGY  — 
James  ILatlunvay  Jackson  7cias  horn  at 
Peterborough,  Madison  county,  N.  Y., 
June  11,  18^1 ;  was  educated  at  the 
Dansville  i^N.  K)  Seminary;  7i'as  busi- 
ness manager  of  his  father '  s  sanatorium 
at  Dans7<ille,  18111-73 ;  married  Kate 
Johnson  of  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Septemlier 
IS,  186  If  ;  graduated  from  the  Bellevue 
LLospital  Medical  College,  New  York 
city,  in  1876 :  has  been  at  the  head  of 
the  Jackson  Sanatorium,  Dansville,  since 
1876. 


30bU  /ID.  /IDilne,  principal  of  the 
Geneseo  State  Normal  School,  is  a 
Scotchman  by  birth,  having  been  born 
in  that  country  somewhat  less  than  fifty 
years  ago.  When  he  was  two  years 
old  his  parents  came  to  America  with 
a  family  of  five  children,  of  whom  John 
was  the  youngest,  and  settled  in  Monroe 
New  York,  afterward  moving  to  Orleans 
Charles   Milne,    the   father,    was    a    miller 


throughout  a  long  life,  enjoyed  the  respect  and 
esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 

John  M.  Milne  began  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Holley,  Orleans  county  ;  but  as  soon 
as  he  became  old  enough  he  was  put  to  work  on  a 
farm,  attending  school  only  during  the  winter.  He 
was  fond  of  study,  however,  and  ambitious  for  a  pro- 
fessional life  ;  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  he  entered 
the  Brockport  Normal  School,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated four  years  later  w^ith  high  honors.  He  was 
now  qualified  to  act  as  a  teacher,  but  in  order  still 
further  to  perfect  his  mental  equipment,  he  spent  a 
year  at  the  University  of  Rochester. 

With  this  excellent  preparatory  training  Mr.  Milne 
began  his  professional  work  in  January,  1872,  as 
instructor  in  Greek  and  Latin  in  the  Geneseo  Normal 
School,  and  filled  that  position  for  the  next  eighteen 


county, 
county, 
by    oc- 


cupation, and  a  man  of  excellent  character,  who. 


J.-l.\fES  H.  JACA'.'iO.X 

years.  This  school  was  opened  in  11S71,  and  Pro- 
fessor Milne  has  therefore  been  connected  with  it 
almost  from  the  beginning.  In  November,  1889, 
he   was  ap|jointed  principal  of  the  institution,  and 


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has  since  discharged  the  responsible  duties  of  that 
position.  The  school  to-day  is  the  largest  and  per- 
haps the  most  popular  of  the  normal  schools  of  the 
state,  and  much  of  this  prosperity  is  uncpiestionably 
due  to  Professor  Milne's  efforts.  Its  membershi]) 
roll   numbered   in   the  year  189()-7  nearly  fourteen 


JOH\  .1/.   M/LNE 

hundred  pupils,  and  the  graduating  class  numbered 
one  hundred  and  seventy- five  ;  while  the  substantial 
and  well  equipped  buildings  are  valued  at  $226,000. 
Professor  Milne  has  fully  demonstrated  his  fitness 
for  the  management  of  such  an  institution,  and  has 
attained  an  excellent  reputation  throughout  the  state 
as  an  educator  of  uncommon  ability.  He  has  kept 
in  touch  with  the  wonderful  improvements  in  educa- 
tional methods  during  the  last  ten  or  fifteen  years, 
and  his  success  in  his  profession  has  been  conspicuous. 
The  four  walls  of  the  schoolroom  have  not  monop- 
olized Professor  Milne's  whole  attention.  On  the 
contrary,  he  is  a  practical  man  of  affairs,  actively 
interested  in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare  and  prog- 
ress of  the  communitv.      In  the  fall  of  1S9()  he  was 


elected  president  of  the  village  of  Geneseo,  and  he 
is  now  exercising  in  the  management  of  town  affairs 
the  same  executive  ability  that  has  long  dis- 
tinguished his  conduct  of  the  school. 

Professor  Milne  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Masonic  body,  belonging  to  Geneseo  Lodge,  F.  & 
A.  M.;  Hamilton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M., 
Rochester ;  and  Monroe  Commandery, 
K.  1'.,  Rochester.  In  1889  he  was  ap- 
pointed District  Deputy  Grand  Master  of 
the  22d  Masonic  district.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Rochester  chapter  of  the 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity.  The  degree 
of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his 
a/ma  mater  in  1882,  and  that  of  Ph.  I). 
by  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York  in  1890. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
John  M.  Milne  was  horn  at  Grange  Hill, 
Scotland,  March  3,  1850;  came  to  the 
United  States  in  IS 52 ;  was  educated  at 
the  Brockport  Normal  School  and  the 
University  of  Rochester;  has  been  a 
teacher  in  the  Geneseo  State  Normal 
School  since  1S72,  and  its  principal  since 
]SS!>. 


CbarleS    IF).    IROWe,   one   of    the 

leading  lawyers  of  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  and 
district  attorney  of  Livingston  county, 
is  a  grandson  of  Erhard  Rowe,  one  of 
the  early  settlers  of  that  part  of  the  state, 
who  reared  a  family  of  seventeen  chil- 
dren, and  died  there  at  the  advanced  age 
of  ninety-seven.  Mr.  Rowe's  father, 
George  Rowe,  died  in  Dansville  in  1895, 
aged  seventy-nine ;  and  his  mother, 
Sarah  Rowe,  is  still  living  there  at  the 
age  of  seventy-eight. 

Mr.  Rowe  was  born  on  a  farm  in  the  town  of 
Springwater  about  forty  years  ago,  but  moved  to 
Dansville  when  he  was  thirteen  years  old.  After 
completing  the  course  at  the  Dansville  Seminary, 
he  attended  Cook  Academy  at  Havana,  N.  Y.,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1870.  For  the  next  two  or 
three  years  he  read  law  in  Dansville  offices,  at  first 
with  Judge  John  A.  Van  Derlip,  and  later  with 
Noyes  &  Hedges.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
January  17,  1879,  and  at  once  began  practice  in 
Dansville.  For  about  ten  years  he  practiced  alone  ; 
but  in  1890  he  formed  a  partnership  with  John  H. 
Coyne  of  Geneseo,  under  the  style  of  Rowe  &  Coyne, 
that  lasted   for  about  a  \ear.      Again  he    practiced 


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alone  for  several  years;  but  in  May,  1896,  he 
established  with  Edward  T.  Fairchild  the  present 
firm  of  Rowe  &  Fairchild. 

Since  the  formation  of  this  partnership  Mr.  Rowe 
has  been  much  occupied  with  his  duties  as  district 
attorney  of  Livingston  county,  a  position  to  which 
he  was  elected  in  the  fall  of  l-SHG  by  the  Repub- 
licans of  the  district.  It  is  a  gratifying  evidence  of 
his  popularity  in  the  county,  and  of  his  recognized 
fitness  for  the  office,  that  he  received  at  that  time  a 
larger  number  of  votes  than  the  candidate  for  any 
other  office,  either  national,  state,  or  county.  He 
was  already  well  known  in  public  life  in  Dansville, 
where  he  had  filled  several  important  oflices.  In 
May,  1890,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  the 
place,  and  served  initil  July  31,  1894.  He  had 
been  three  times  justice  of  the  peace,  and  once  trus- 
tee of  the  village ;  and  in  1895  had 
acted  as  corporation  counsel  of  Dansville. 
Since  his  election  as  district  attorney  he 
has  displayed  the  same  ability  and  faith- 
fiilness  in  managing  the  legal  affairs  of 
the  county  that  he  has  always  shown  in 
guarding  the  interests  of  his  clients. 

Mr.  Rowe  has  been  an  active  member 
of  the  Protectives  Fire  Company  of  Dans- 
ville ever  since  he  left  college,  and  has 
filled  successively  all  the  different  oflices 
in  the  local  fire  department.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Merchants'  and  Farmers' 
National  Bank  of  Dansville  ;  and  acts  as 
attorney  for  that  institution,  as  also  for 
the  Dansville  Loan  Association,  which 
he  helped  to  organize.  He  is  an  Odd 
Fellow,  and  a  member  of  the  State  Bar 
Association  and  the  Rochester  Whist 
Club;  and  attends  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Dansville.  His  political  success  as  a 
Republican  in  a  Democratic  town  is  only 
one  evidence  of  his  popularity,  due  to 
his  agreeable  personal  qualities  and  gen- 
eral high  standing  in  the  community. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
Charles  Lf.  Rowe  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Sprmgwafer,  Livingston  county,  A'.   V. , 
May    17,    1856:    was   educated  at    the         ^ 
Dansville  {N.  Y.)  Seminary  and  at  Cook 
Academy,  Havana,   TV.   Y.  :  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the    bar   in   1870  ; 
married  Adina  Krein  of  Dansville  August 
29,  1883  ;  was  postmaster  of  Dansville,  1890-9^,  Jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  1883-96,  trustee  of  the  village  in  1894, 
and  corpora/ion  counsel  in   1895;    has  been    district 
attornev  of  Livingston  county  since  January  1,  1897 ■ 


©rlanbO  JF.  lEbOmaS,  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  was  born  in  Brook- 
lyn about  forty  years  ago.  The  family  is  descended 
from  Scotch  ancestry  through  later  English  branches, 
and  finally  became  established  in  New  York  state. 
Mr.  Thomas's  grandfather,  Clarence  Erastus  Thomas, 
was  a  farmer;  and  his  father,  Benjamin  Franklin 
Thomas,  \\as  a  lumber  dealer  in  Brooklyn  for  man)' 
years  before  his  death  in  1884. 

Mr.  Thomas  received  his  education  in  the  Brook- 
lyn Polytechnic  Institute,  and  afterward  at  Hines's 
Military  Academy  at  Garden  City,  Long  Island. 
He  left  school,  however,  when  about  fifteen  years  of 
age,  and  liegan  business  life.  His  first  position  was 
that  of  office  boy  in  a  Brooklyn  sugar  refinery,  and 
he  afterward  became  shipping  clerk  in  a  cofi'ee  ware- 
house.     With   some    unimportant    exceptions    these 


CHARLES  H.   ROWE 


two  positions  occupied  his  time  for  nearly  ten  years, 
and  in  both  he  gave  ample  evidence  of  the  excellent 
business  qualifications  that  have  since  been  so  fully 
displayed. 


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When  he  was  aliout  twenty-four  years  old  Mr. 
Thomas  made  a  business  engagement  that  laid 
the  foundation  for  his  remarkably  successful  career. 
He  accepted  a  position  as  traveling  salesman  for  the 
Manhattan  Silver  Plate  Co.,  then  a  very  modest 
establishment   in   New  York  city,   in  which   James 


ORLANDO   F.    THOMAS 

Hyde  Young  was  the  controlling  partner.  Mr. 
Thomas  not  only  .sold  the  goods  of  the  company 
successfully,  but  suggested  and  instituted  improve- 
ments that  materially  increased  the  prosperity  of  the 
business.  Three  years  later  he  purchased  the  inter- 
est of  Mr.  Young's  partner,  and  assumed  charge  of 
the  factory.  Under  his  management  the  line  of 
goods  manufactured  was  considerably  increased,  and 
within  a  short  time  the  company  moved  into  a  fac- 
tory of  their  own  in  Brooklyn.  In  1885  the  busi- 
ness was  incorporated,  under  the  style  of  the  Man- 
hattan Silver  Plate  Co.,  with  a  capital  of  $50,000, 
Mr.  Young  becoming  the  president  of  the  concern, 
and  Mr.  Thomas  its  secretary.  Since  that  time  the 
success  of  the  enterprise  has  been  continuous  and 


rapid.  In  1889  the  factory  and  general  offices  were 
moved  to  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  and  the  capital  stock 
increased  to  S75,000  ;  and  this  has  since  been  fur- 
ther increased  to  $100,000.  Mr.  Thomas  now 
holds  a  controlling  interest  in  the  corporation,  and 
is  its  president  and  treasurer.  In  addition  to  the 
factories  and  salesrooms  in  Lyons,  the 
company  maintain  branch  offices  in  a 
number  of  the  most  important  cities 
of  the  world,  including  New  York,  Chi- 
cago, St.  Louis,  San  Francisco,  London, 
Paris,  Melbourne,  and  Sydney.  All 
these  offices  are  managed  from  the  head- 
([uarters  at  Lyons,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
would  be  a  busy  man  if  he  did  nothing 
else  but  oversee  the  affairs  of  the  Man- 
hattan Silver  Plate  Co. 

This  is  but  one  of  his  many  enter- 
prises, however,  although  the  most  im- 
portant one.  He  is  largely  interested 
in  several  silverware  factories  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada;  and  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Standard  Silverware  Co.  of 
Toronto,  and  the  New  Haven  Silver 
Plate  Co.  of  Chicago.  Some  years  ago 
he  conceived  the  idea  of  uniting  the 
malting  establishments  of  the  country  ; 
and  in  company  with  Seymour  Scott  of 
Lyons  he  planned  and  organized  the 
American  Malting  Co.,  commonly  known 
as  the  Malt  Trust.  Mr.  Scott  is  now  man- 
ager of  the  company,  and  Mr.  Thomas  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors. 

In  1895  Mr.  Thomas,  in  company  with 
other  leading  citizens  of  Lyons,  organ- 
ized the  Bank  of  Wayne,  a  corporation 
with  a  capital  of  $50,000  and  a  surplus  of 
over  $10,000,  and  became  its  president. 
He  is  also  connected  with  the  Mercantile 
Supply  Co. ,  which  has  branch  offices  throughout  the 
United  States.      He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
the  Lyons  Board  of  Trade,  and  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  its  work  from  the  beginning. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOL  O  G  Y—  Orlando 
Franklin  T/iomas  was  born  at  Brooklyn  November 
12,  1856 ;  was  educated  at  the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic 
Institute  and  nines'  s  Military  Academy  ;  icas  employed 
in  various  Brooklyn  offices,  1871-80 ;  married  Emma 
Van  Cleaf  of  Brooklyn  June  25,  1880  ;  became  con- 
nected with  the  Manhattan  Silver  Plate  Co.,  now  of 
Lyons  N.  Y.,  in  1880,  and  has  been  its  president  since 
1890 ;  has  been  president  of  the  Bank  of  ll'ayne  at 
Lvons  since  its  organization  in  1805,  and  is  largely 
interested  in  a  number  of  business  enterprises. 


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1l3CUr5  H.  CEbilbS  is  most  favorably  known 
to  the  bar  of  western  New  York.  His  integrity  is 
beyond  dispute,  his  perception  of  legal  points  clear, 
quick,  and  sound,  and  his  trained  mind  dispatches 
business  with  ease ;  while  his  affability,  both  on  the 
bench  and  in  private  life,  is  such  as  to  win  the  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact.  

Justice  C'hilds  was  born  at  Carlton, 
Orleans  county,  New  York,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  Albion  and  Macedon  academies. 
In  the  spring  of  1859  he  moved  to 
Medina,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  the  following  year,  and 
where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  While  his 
early  education  had  been  good,  the  train- 
ing that  made  him  the  successful  advocate 
and  justice  was  received  after  he  had 
completed  his  .school  life.  It  was,  in 
fact,  the  friction  with  the  world,  the  active 
practice  of  law,  and  the  ideas  received 
from  men  of  affairs,  that  prepared  this 
young  la«\er  to  assume  at  an  early  age 
a  prominent  place  in  the  legal  and  politi- 
cal world  of  western  New  York.  In 
lfS()0  he  became  associated  in  the  practice 
of  law  with  the  firm  of  Sickels  &  Graves, 
and  until  1867  the  new  firm  of  Sickels, 
(Iraves  &  C'hilds  was  well  known  through- 
out the  western  part  of  the  state.  In 
1808  Mr.  Childs  was  elected  district  at- 
torney of  Orleans  county,  and  continued 
to  hold  that  office  until  1877.  In  187-'! 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Edmund  L. 
Pitts,  which  lasted  until  188;-!,  when  .Mr. 
Childs  was  raised  to  the  bench. 

In  business  enterprises  outside  of  his 
profe.ssion  Justice  Childs  has  never  be- 
come interested,  having  given  his  whole 
time  and  attention  to  the  theory  of  law  and  its 
]jractical  application  to  the  questions  constantly 
coming  before  him.  His  decisions  in  the  General 
Term  and  the  Circint  Court  are  conceded  to  be  good 
law.  and  are  almost  universally  affirmed  by  the  Court 
of  .\ppeals,  where  his  legal  mind,  wide  reading, 
and  sound  judgment  are  fully  appreciated,  .\lways 
willing  to  listen  and  give  attention  to  any  new  pha.se 
of  legal  questions,  he  rarely  makes  a  mistake  in  the 
settlement  of  a  test  case.  Like  the  rocking  stones 
reared  by  the  Druids  of  old,  which  the  finger  of  a 
child  can  vibrate  to  the  center,  but  which  the  might 
of  an  army  can  hardlv  stir  from  position.  Justice 
Childs  po.ssesses  a  mind  that  cannot  be  swayed  from 
the   fundamental    principles    of  justice    and    equity, 


though  yielding  to  others  in  nonessentials  and    the 
technicalities  of  the  law. 

In  the  Republican  state  convention  at  Saratoga  in 
1895,  Justice  Childs  was  favorably  mentioned  as  a 
candidate  for  a.ssociate  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  ; 
but  the  (|uestion  of  locality  told  against  his  candidacy. 


> 


///■:\A-)-  ./.  I  ///j./>s 

the  elevation  of  Justice  Haight  to  that  court  a  year 
before  ha\ing  given  western  New  York  a  representa- 
tive. In  politics  Justice  Childs  has  always  been  a 
stanch  Republican,  not  because  of  the  political  pre- 
ferment to  be  gained  from  the  party,  but  l)ecause  of 
his  belief  in  its  principles.  His  courteous  personality 
and  evident  desire  to  do  strict  and  impartial  justice 
according  to  tlie  spirit  and  letter  of  the  law,  have 
won  golden  opinions  from  men  of  all  political  faiths, 
who  agree  that  he  lias  done  much  to  bulwark  the 
judiciary  of  western  New  York  against  the  rising  tide 
of  popular  rancor  that  has  assailed  the  bench  in  .\ew 
York  citv. 

PERSONA L     CHR ONOL  O G Y  —  Henry 
Augustine  Childs  7vas  Iwrn  at  Carltott,  Orleans  county. 


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MEN   OF  NEW   YORK— GENESEE   SECTION 


N.  Y.,  July  17,  1836;  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Orleans  county,  and  at  Albion  and  Macedon 
(jV.  K)  academies;  married  Julia  B.  Freemati  No- 
vember 16,  1S59 ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1860, 
and  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Medina,  N.  Y. ,  tJie 
same  vear ;    was  district  attorney  of  Orleans  county, 


JAMES   G.   CUTLER 

1868-77  ;  7oas  elected  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in 
November,  1883;  received  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from 
Williams  College  in  October,  1893. 


3ai1lC5  (B.  Cutler  is  a  man  of  busy  brain 
and  fertile  ideas.  He  has  an  artistic  temperament, 
and  is  at  the  same  time  endowed  with  the  inventive 
instinct  so  characteristic  of  the  genuine  Yankee,  but 
not  confined  to  him.  Quick  to  appreciate  the  need 
of  improvements,  he  has  been  equally  quick  to  supply 
them.  Mental  activity  and  bodily  vigor  are  his  chief 
characteristics  ;  and  though  he  has  not  yet  passed 
the  half-century  mark,  the  length  of  his  life  is  not  to 
be  measured  by  his  years,  but  by  what  he  has  accom- 
1  dished. 


Mr.  Cutler  was  obliged  to  leave  school  when  only 
si.xteen  years  of  age,  and  to  go  to  work  in  a  carriage 
factory.  A  few  years  later  he  began  the  study  of 
architecture  in  the  office  of  Nichols  &  Brown  in  his 
native  city  of  Albany.  After  three  years'  study  and 
apprenticeship  in  this  office,  he  moved  to  Rochester 
to  become  the  principal  a,ssistant  in  the 
office  of  architect  A.  J.  Warner.  He 
held  this  position  for  several  years,  and 
was  then  Mr.  Warner's  partner  for  one 
year.  Beginning  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession alone  in  1876,  he  met  with  ex- 
cellent success  ;  and  the  city  of  Rochester 
contains  to-day  many  buildings  designed 
and  erected  by  him. 

The  need  of  better  mail  facilities  in 
modern  office  buildings  and  apartment 
houses  set  Mr.  Cutler's  inventive  mind 
to  work,  and  the  result  was  the  mail  chute 
now  so  generally  used  in  large  buildings. 
Mr.  Cutler  is  the  patentee  of  this  device, 
and  in  company  with  his  brother  he  owns 
and  conducts  the  extensive  business  of 
the  Cutler  Manufacturing  Co.,  which  is 
engaged  in  the  construction  of  mail 
chutes  and  the  Cutler  system  of  mail 
boxes.  During  the  last  twelve  years  Mr. 
Cutler's  time  has  been  so  fully  occupied 
with  this  concern  and  with  other  mer- 
cantile enterprises  that  he  has  found  it 
desirable  to  relinquish  his  professional 
work.  Few  men  in  Rochester  are  more 
prominently  identified  with  the  com- 
mercial life  of  the  city.  He  has  large 
real-estate  interests  ;  and  he  is  president 
of  the  Rochester  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
vice  president  of  the  Alliance  Bank,  and 
a  trustee  of  the  Post-Express  Printing  Co. 
In  public  life  Mr.  Cutler  is  a  growing 
political  factor.  An  ardent  Republican,  he  has  been 
fre(|uently  honored  by  his  party.  In  1<S!:)5  he  was 
ap])ointed  a  conunissioner  to  prepare  laws  for  the 
government  of  cities  of  the  second  class,  and  in 
1896  he  was  nominated  as  a  presidential  elector.  In 
social  and  church  life  he  is  equally  prominent.  He 
is  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  St.  Peter's 
Presbvterian  Church,  a  Fellow  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects,  and  a  member  of  numerous 
social  clubs,  including  the  Genesee  Valley,  Roch- 
ester Whist,  Thistle  Golf,  Half  Moon  Bowling,  and 
Rochester  Country  clubs.  Of  ante-revolutionary 
stock,  he  belongs  to  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 
in  the  State  of  New  York  and  to  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution. 


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PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— James  GooM 
Cutler  was  born  at  Albany,  N.  K,  April  2 J^,  18^8  : 
attended  Albany  Academy  three  years  ;  studied  archi- 
tecture, and  practiced  his  profession  at  Rochester, 
1872-84- ;  married  Anna  Katharine  Abbey  of  Kings- 
ton, N.  Y. ,  September  27,  1871 ;  invented  and 
patented  the  mail  chute,  and  organized  the  Cutler  Mfg. 
Co. ,  makers  of  the  same  :  has  been  manager  of  this 
company  since  ISS^. 


if  rank  Wi.  Ibawle^g  has  pushed  his  way  to 
prominence  liy  several  untried  paths.  Aggressive,  rad- 
ical, fearless,  sanguine,  Mr.  Hawley  is  a  splendid  type 
of  the  progressive  business  man  of  to-day.  He  has 
striven  successfully  to  harness  modern  inventions  to 
the  practical  arts,  and  to  apply  the  triumphs  of 
science  to  every  possible  improvement  in  living  ; 
and  he  is  to-day  one  of  the  best  known 
and  most  interesting  young  business  men 
in  New  York  state. 

On  the  completion  of  his  course  in 
Canandaigua  Academy,  at  the  age  of 
nineteen,  Mr.  Hawley  went  to  Rochester, 
and  commenced  reading  law  with  one  of 
the  leading  firms  of  that  city.  At  the 
same  time,  in  order  to  make  his  way  un- 
aided, he  undertook  the  duties  of  a 
reporter  for  one  of  the  local  newspapers. 
Journalism  proved  more  attractive  than 
the  law  ;  and  after  qualifying  himself  for 
admission  to  the  bar,  Mr.  Hawley  closed 
his  law  books,  and  took  up  the  pen  of 
the  newspaper  correspondent.  His  letters 
appeared  in  such  papers  as  the  New  York 
Times,  the  Chicago  Tribune,  and  the 
Philadelphia  Press,  and  attracted  such 
attention  as  to  indicate  that  marked  suc- 
cess awaited  him  in  journalism,  should 
he  not  turn  his  attention  to  other  things. 

When  but  twenty-two  years  of  age  Mr. 
Hawley  became  a  member  of  a  firm  that 
had  important  contracts  for  building  a 
section  of  the  Northern   Pacific  railroad 
and  other  large  works.      There  he  found 
unrestricted  chance  for  the  display  of  his 
energy  and  the  development  of  his  sug- 
gestive ideas  ;    and  so  well  did  he  meet 
his  responsibilities  that  within  three  years 
he  had  been  named  as  a  director  in  many 
important    boards,   and   as  a  member  of 
numerous  committees  of  organization  and  reorganiza- 
tion, in  both  New  York  and  Chicago.      His  ability 
as  an  organizer  brought  him  into  confidential   rela- 
tions with  the  men  who  have  been  prominent  in  the 


commercial  developments  of  the  past  twenty  years. 
He  had  that  felicitous  combination  of  qualities  which 
made  him  fearless  and,  as  it  sometimes  seemed, 
audacious,  and  yet  conservative  withal  ;  and  his 
restle.ss  and  impetuous  disposition  was  always  con- 
trolled by  sound  judgment.  He  has  been  the 
successful  promoter  of  several  important  and  exten- 
sive enterprises  ;  but  his  highest  achievements  have 
lieen  in  connection  with  those  electrical  develop- 
ments that  mark  the  greatest  progress  of  the  age. 

Mr.  Hawley  was  the  first  person  to  apply  electric- 
ity to  the  propulsion  of  boats  for  commercial  pur- 
poses. His  famous  test  was  made  in  November, 
189;),  on  the  Erie  canal,  near  Pittsford,  in  the 
presence  of  Governor  Flower  and  other  distinguished 
guests.  The  boat  that  made  the  trial  was  called  the 
"  Frank   W.  Hawley,"    a   name    that    will   rank    in 


/■7?.-/.\A"    ir.   //./  W'LEY 


history  with  Fulton's  famous  "Clermont."  A  second 
and  still  more  successful  test  was  made  in  October, 
1895,  and  there  seems  no  doubt  that  electricity  will 
ultimately  be  the  motive  power  in  canal  boats.      The 


MEiV  OF  .\Eir    )'ORh'—GE.\ESEE   SECT/OX 


Cataract  General  Electric  Co.,  of  which  Mr.  Haw- 
ley  is  vice  president,  will  receive  its  current  at 
Niagara  Falls  from  the  largest  alternator  for  the  gen- 
eration of  electricity  ever  constructed,  and  the  force 
thus  developed  will  be  transmitted  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  Empire  State  over  lines 
following  the  route  of  the  great  canals.  Mr.  Haw- 
ley  has  also  turned  his  attention  to  many  lesser 
applications  of  electricity  to  modern  life  :  among 
other  achievements,  for  example,  he  built  and 
equipped  the  first  carriage  lighted  and  heated  by 
electricity. 

Mr.  Hawley  is  widely  known  as  a  great  believer  in 
long-distance  electric-power  transmission,  and  his 
demonstration  of  the  possibilities  in  this  direction 
on  May  4,  1896,  when  he  successfully  carried  a 
current  of  electricity  from  Niagara  Falls  to  the  city  of 
New  York  over  an  ordinary  commercial  telegraph  wire, 
and  operated  machinery  in  the  National  Electrical 
Exposition,  has  given  him  international  distinction. 

Much  of  Mr.  Hawley's  time  is  devoted  to  his 
estate  of  "  Pittsford  Farms,"  situated  eight  miles 
from  the  city  of  Rochester.  Here  he  conducts,  upon 
an  extensive  scale,  a  system  of  scientific  dairy  farm- 
ing which,  in  many  respects,  has  no  equal  in  the 
country.  Upon  this  model  farm  Mr.  Hawley  has 
concentrated  his  unique  talent  for  organization,  and 
all  the  details  of  its  management  are  under  his  per- 
sonal supervision.  Horses  and  Shetland  ponies 
receive  a  share  of  his  attention  ;  but  the  great  fea- 
ture of  the  establishment  is  the  dairy,  and  the  famous 
"  P.  F. "  butter  is  known  and  recognized  by  epicures 
in  New  York  city  and  Boston  as  one  of  the  finest 
brands  on  the  market.  After  an  inspection  of  the 
dairy  at  "Pittsford  Farms"  one  no  longer  marvels 
at  this.  The  herd  of  thoroughbred  Jersey-  cows 
numbers  more  than  a  hundred  and  fifty,  and  every 
detail  of  food,  cleanliness,  and  comfort  is  cared 
for  as  scrupulously  as  if  the  splendid  animals  were 
indeed,  what  they  seem  almost  to  be,  intelligent 
human  beings. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Frank  Willis 
Hawley  ivas  born  at  Belleville,  Jeffersoii  county, 
N.  v.,  November  23,  1857;  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and  in  Canandaigua 
{N.  y. )  Academy;  studied  law  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.; 
married  Estelle  F.  Lves  of  Brooklyn  February  25, 
1886 ;  began  active  life  as  a  journalist,  but  soon 
turned  to  business  pursuits,  and  has  attained  high 
rank  as  a  promoter  and  organizer  of  industrial  concerns. 


■flJOrace  S.  IfJUtCbiUS  has  practiced  medicine 
in  Batavia  for  nearly  thirty-five  years,  and  is  known 
to    the    present    generation    as   a    hii^hlv    successful 


physician,  prominent  in  social  and  professional  life, 
and  in  all  movements  promoting  the  welfare  of  his 
fellow-citizens.  That  is  far  from  the  whole  story,  how- 
ever, for  Dr.  Hutchins  had  passed  through  an  eventful 
and  most  interesting  career  before  he  went  to  Batavia 
at  all.  Either  his  earlier  experience  as  a  teacher, 
traveler,  and  public  man  in  the  Far  West,  or  his  later 
career  as  a  general  practitioner  in  Genesee  county, 
New  York,  would  afford  ample  material  for  a  bio- 
graphical sketch :  the  two  parts  of  his  life  taken 
together  make  a  symmetrical  whole  that  is  at  once 
entertaining,  instructive,  and  inspiring. 

Dr.  Hutchins  traces  his  descent  from  excellent 
New  England  stock.  His  father  was  one  of  the  hardy 
pioneers  of  central  New  York,  and  Dr.  Hutchins  was 
born  there,  in  Onondaga  county,  just  before  Andrew 
Jackson  entered  the  White  House.  He  spent  his 
earlv  years  on  a  farm  and  in  district  schools,  after- 
ward taking  a  four  years'  course  at  Hamilton  Acad- 
emy in  Madison  county.  This  preparatory  study 
enabled  him  to  enter  Madison  (now  Colgate)  Uni- 
versity in  1853.  During  his  college  course  he  taught 
mathematics  for  about  three  years  in  the  Ladies'  Semi- 
nary at  Hamilton,  and  was  afterward  principal  of 
Peterboro  Academy  one  year.  He  was  looking  for- 
ward to  the  physician's  calling,  and  devoted  consid- 
erable time  during  these  years  of  teaching  to  the 
study  of  medicine,  under  Dr.  Green  of  Madison. 

Partly  for  the  purpose  of  restoring  his  health,  and 
partly  for  the  sake  of  seeing  something  of  the  world, 
Dr.  Hutchins  set  out,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four,  on  a 
journey  to  the  newly  discovered  El  Dorado.  The 
trip  to  California  was  adventurous,  not  to  say  peril- 
ous, in  those  days.  Dr.  Hutchins  departed  somewhat 
from  the  beaten  track  of  travel,  crossing  the  isthmus 
of  Panama  along  the  line  of  the  proposed  Nicaraugua 
canal,  and  following  the  San  Juan  river  from  Greytown 
to  Castillo  rapids.  Crossing  Lake  Nicaraugua  and  the 
highlands  of  Guatemala,  he  reached  the  Pacific  ocean, 
and  ascended  the  coasts  of  Mexico  and  California. 
He  rounded  the  Golden  Gate,  and  entered  the  beauti- 
ful bay  of  San  Francisco  in  the  month  of  May,  1853, 
when  the  gold  fever  was  at  its  height.  He  did  not 
stay  long  on  the  coast,  but  pushed  on  to  the  gold 
fields,  and  established  his  residence  in  Nevada  City. 
Though  still  a  young  man,  he  rose  at  once  to  promi- 
nence in  the  new  community.  For  three  years  he 
had  charge  of  the  schools  in  Nevada  City,  and  held 
various  other  official  positions  there.  During  his  stay 
in  California  the  famous  Vigilance  Committee  sprang 
to  life,  restoring  law  and  order  and  overthrowing  the 
enemies  of  the  state.  Dr.  Hutchins  had  a  part  in 
this  historical  uprising,  and  has  never  doubted  that 
the  movement  was  altogether  justifiable. 


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Permanent  residence  in  the  West  had  formed  no 
part  of  Dr.  Hutchins's  original  plan,  and  in  June, 
1857,  he  returned  East,  and  engaged  in  business  with 
his  brother  Harvey  in  Buffalo.  After  one  year  he 
decided  to  drop  everything  else,  and  devote  his  life 
to  the  practice  of  medicine.  He  had  left  college  in 
his  junior  year,  and  had  completed  his 
studies  in  California,  so  that,  in  1861,  he 
was  given  his  degrees  in  course  without 
further  study  in  the  university.  In  order  to 
perfect  him.self  as  far  as  possible,  he  spent 
some  time  in  New  York  city,  acquiring 
the  latest  results  of  medical  research,  and 
graduating  from  the  New  York  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  College.  He  then  returned 
to  Batavia,  where  he  has  since  practiced 
his  profession  with  marked  success. 

Dr.  Hutchins  has  been  an  active  mem- 
ber of  various  societies  connected  with 
his  calling.  He  has  been  one  of  the 
vice  presidents  of  the  New  York  State 
Homeopathic  Medical  Society,  and  one 
of  the  censors  of  the  same  society  for 
many  years.  For  nearly  thirty  years  he 
has  belonged  to  the  American  Institute 
of  Homeopathy.  He  has  l)een  a  member 
of  the  Medical  Society  of  Western  New 
York  since  its  organization.  He  has 
taken  an  active  and  important  part  in 
town  affairs,  having  been  especially  inter- 
ested in  the  cause  of  education,  and 
having  served  for  nearly  ten  years  as  the 
president  of  the  board  of  education.  He 
has  always  taken  great  interest  in  the 
growth  of  Batavia,  and  has  done  all  that 
he  could  to  promote  the  prosperity  of 
the  town.  For  over  twenty  years  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  local  Masonic 
chapter  and  commandery.  For  over 
thirty  years  he  has  had  various  official  relations  with 
the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Batavia. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Horace  S. 
Hutchim  was  born  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  January  5, 
1829;  attended  Hamilton  {N  Y)  Academy,  and 
graduated  from  Madison  University,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.; 
taught  sclwol,  ISJfl-oO  ;  went  West  in  18 53,  and  lived 
for  three  years  at  Nevada  City,  Cal.;  married  Harriet 
M.  Babcock  of  Georgeto7vn,  N.  Y,  September  2, 
1857 ;  graduated  from  the  Ne70  York  Homeopathic 
Medical  College  in  1861,  and  lias  practiced  medicine 
in  Batavia,  N.   Y,  since. 


law  and  politics  for  many  years.  It  may  be  said  that 
the  law  has  been  his  vocation,  and  politics  his  avoca- 
tion. The  one  has  been  his  profession,  and  the 
other  his  diversion,  though  the  two  have  been 
closely  allied.  There  are  few  callings  other  than  the 
law  that  permit  their  followers   to  devote  so  much 


11.  SaiU  JObUSOn  is  one  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  Wyoming  county,  where  he  has  been  a  power  in 


HORACE   .V.   HVTCIIIXS 

attention  to  politics  without  detriment  to  professional 
success.  It  is  doubtless  for  this  reason  that  so  many 
lawyers  become  active  in  party  affairs.  They  have  a 
direct  interest  in  the  making  of  laws,  as  well  as  in 
their  enforcement  and  application. 

Centerfield,  a  small  town  in  Ontario  county.  New 
York,  was  Mr.  John.son's  birthplace.  During  his 
boyhood  he  lived  in  several  places,  but  when  he  was 
si.xteen  years  old  his  parents  moved  to  Warsaw, 
Wyoming  county.  With  one  exception  this  has 
been  Mr.  John.son's  home  ever  since,  and  the  scene 
of  his  struggles  and  victories.  His  education  was 
obtained  at  the  common  schools,  the  Warsaw 
Academy,  and  the  (lenesee  Wesleyan  Seminary  at 
Lima,  N.  Y. 


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When  the  war  broke  out  Mr.  Johnson  was  just  of 
legal  age.  In  the  second  year  of  that  great  struggle  he 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  company  D,  136th  regiment, 
and  marched  to  the  front ;  and  for  a  year  and  a  half  he 
served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  the  Army  of 
the  Cumberland.    Ill  health  caused  his  discharge  early 


/.  S.^.\/  JONXSOX 

in  1864,  when  he  came  home,  as  fu'st  lieutenant,  with 
a  record  for  courage  and  coolness  in  times  of  danger. 

The  war  had  interrupted  the  young  man's  study  of 
the  law,  and  on  his  return  from  the  scenes  of  battle 
he  resumed  the  reading  of  Kent  and  Blackstone. 
Only  a  short  time  was  recjuired  to  fit  him  for  admis- 
sion to  the  bar,  and  in  May,  1864,  he  received  his 
diploma.  He  began  practice  with  M.  E.  Bartlett  at 
Warsaw,  where  he  remained  until  1866,  when  he  was 
induced  to  move  to  Arcade  in  the  same  county.  In 
August,  1870,  the  law  firm  of  Johnson  &  Knight  was 
formed,  and  continued  until  Mr.  Johnson  decided  to 
return  to  Warsaw  in  1876. 

Here  he  entered  the  thick  of  the  fight  at  once,  and 
was  soon  recognized  as  an  attornev  and  a  counselor 


of  high  merit.  llie  following  year  he  formed  a 
copartnership  with  S.  B.  Bartlett  under  the  style  of 
Johnson  &  Bartlett,  that  lasted  until  Mr.  Bartlett 
moved  to  Minnesota,  in  1881.  Then  Mr.  Johnson 
associated  himself  with  H.  E.  Dean,  and  their  part- 
nership continued  until  1885,  when  the  firm  of 
Johnson  &  Charles  was  formed.  This 
association  still  exists.  The  junior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm,  Elmer  E.  Charles,  is 
now  district  attorney  of  Wyoming  county. 
During  all  these  years  Mr.  Johnson 
has  been  actively  interested  in  political 
affairs.  He  is  an  ardent  Republican,  and 
early  became  a  favorite  campaign  orator 
and  a  wise  party  adviser.  He  was  fre- 
quently a  delegate  to  conventions,  and 
was  looked  upon  as  a  leader  of  the  party 
in  his  section  of  the  state.  His  first 
public  office  was  that  of  district  attorney, 
to  which  he  was  elected  in  1876.  His 
administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  office 
was  so  able  that  he  was  re-elected  in 
1879,  and  again  in  1882,  serving  con- 
tinuously for  nine  years  —  a  record  of 
which  any  man  might  be  proud.  In  1889 
he  was  chosen  to  represent  Wyoming 
county  in  the  lower  house  of  the  state 
legislature,  and  was  given  the  compliment 
of  a  re-election  in  1890.  He  was  also 
the  choice  of  his  county  as  its  repre- 
sentative in  the  constitutional  convention 
of  1894,  and  took  an  active  and  a  promi- 
nent part  in  the  work  of  that  body. 

Mr.   Johnson  is  a  member  of  various 
social  and  fraternal  organizations,  in  all 
of  which    he    is    a   valued    leader.      He 
belongs  to  the  Warsaw  Masonic  Lodge  i 
Wyoming    Chapter,   R.  A.  M.,  of  War- 
saw ;    Batavia    Commandery,   K.    T.,   of 
Batavia  ;    Damascus  Temple,   Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Rochester  ;     the  Odd  Fellows  ;    and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  F—  /.  Savi 
Johnson  7vas  born  at  Centerfield,  N.  V. ,  October  28, 
ISiO :  moved  to  Warsaw,  N.  Y. ,  in  1856 ;  was 
educated  in  common  schools,  and  in  Genesee  Wesleyan 
Seminary,  Lima,  N.  Y. ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
1862-61f ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  186 J^  ; 
married  Mary  E.  McFarland  of  Twinsburg,  O. ,  May 
5,  1865;  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Wyoming 
count}'  in  1876,  and  served  three  tertns  ;  was  member 
of  assembly,  1890-01,  and  of  the  state  constitutional 
convention  in  1894  :  has  practiced  laiv  at  JVarsaw 
since  1876. 


MEN   OF  NEW    YORK— GENESEE  SECTION 


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Simeon  2).  XeVViS,  in  the  course  of  his  forty 
years  of  business  life  in  Warsaw,  has  performed  pub- 
lic services  and  achieved  personal  success  in  a  degree 
rarely  attained  by  the  resident  of  a  small  village. 
The   Warsaw  salt   district   is   now  ranked   with   the 
leading  salt-producing  regions  of  the  world.      The 
Vacuum  Oil  Co.  of  Rochester,  in  searching  for  oil 
in  the  town  of  Middlebury,  five  miles  from  Warsaw, 
discovered    the  great  salt   deposit  of  western  New 
York.      The  public  spirit  and  enterprise  of  some  of 
Warsaw's  leading  citizens,  who  furnished  funds  to 
sink  an  experimental  well,   demonstrated   that  this 
deposit  was  not  local,  and  thus  created  an  industry 
that  has  become  one  of  great  magnitude.     Among 
these  men  was  Simeon  D.   Lewis.     As  the  general 
manager  of  the  Warsaw  Salt  Co.  he  had  the  distinc- 
tion of  manufacturing  the  first  salt  ever  produced  in 
Warsaw.      Mr.   Lewis    had    been   recog- 
nized,   long    before    the   successful    salt        - 
experiment,   as  a  man  who   had  the  in- 
terests of  his  town  and  county  at  heart, 
and   whose    prudence   and   conservatism 
entitled  him  to  the  highest  confidence. 
This  esteem  is  further  evidenced   in   the 
fact   that  he  served    for   eighteen    years 
as  treasurer  of  Wyoming  county. 

Mr.  Lewis  attended  the  public  schools 
in  his  native  village,  and  finished  his 
education  at  the  (ienesee  and  Wyoming 
Seminary  at  Alexander.  He  attained 
such  proficiency  in  his  studies  that  he 
was  taken  into  the  faculty  of  the  seminary  ' 
after  his  graduation,  as  instructor  in 
chemistry,  physics,  and  German.  He 
continued  to  teach,  here  and  at  the  War- 
saw Union  School,  for  three  years.  The 
work  was  agreeable,  but  the  compensation 
was  insufficient  to  satisfy  his  ambition,  and 
he  abandoned  teaching  to  become  a  mer- 
chant. His  first  partnership  was  with 
Charles  J.  Judd.  Afterward  he  was 
associated  in  business  with  Noble  Morris 
for  nineteen  years  ;  and  at  different  times 
with  his  son,  George  A.  Lewis,  and  with 
W.  C.  Gates,  Fred  B.  Rowe,  Herbert  L. 
Burr,  and  Bert  P.  (lage.  The  firm  is 
now  Lewis  &  Gage. 

As  his  property  has  accumulated  Mr. 
Lewis's   enterprises    have    naturally   ex- 
tended,   but    he    has   always   made    his 
investments    with    a   view  to  developing  his    town. 
Aside  from  his  work  in  establishing  the  salt  industry, 
he  has  been   for  many   years  a   director   and   vice 
president  of  the  Wyoming  County  National   Bank, 


and  for  more  than  twenty  years  he  was  president  of 
the  Citizens'  Gaslight  Co.  of  Warsaw. 

It  is  this  conservatism  and  attachment  to  home 
interests  that  have  won  for  Mr.  Lewis  his  high  place 
in  public  affairs.  His  six  elections  as  county  treas- 
urer were  secured  by  large  majorities,  and  he  was 
always  nominated  by  acclamation.  He  has  held  the 
office  of  supervisor  also  for  three  years.  He  has 
been  an  ardent  Republican  since  the  organization  of 
the  party,  and  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  county 
committee. 

For  more  than  forty  years  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Warsaw,  and  for 
thirteen  years  he  was  the  superintendent  of  its  Sun- 
day school. 

Mr.  Lewis  takes  great  pride  in  his  ancestry.  His 
father  held  a  commission  from  (lovernor   Daniel   D. 


SIMEOX  D.  LEWIS 

Tompkins  of  New  York  in  the  war  of  1812  ;  his 
grandfather  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolutionary  war  : 
and  his  great-grandfather  was  an  officer  in  the  British 
armv   in    the   French  and   Indian   war.      Mr.   Lewis 


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A/E.y  OF  XEir  yoh'A-—(;K.\ESKE  sEcr/o.y 


has  written  and  published  a  genealogy  of  his  branch 
of  the  Lewis  family,  in  which  the  line  of  descent  is 
traced  back  to  William  Lewis,  who  came  over 
in  the  ship  "Lion,"  and  landed  at  Boston  Sep- 
tember 16,  1682.  Mr.  Lewis  has  frequently  con- 
tributed  articles   on   local   and   political   matters   to 


JOII\   M.    MCKEMIE 

the  press  of  his  vicinity,  and  has  written  papers 
for  the  Wyoming  County  Pioneer  Association  and 
the  Warsaw  Historical  Society.  One  of  these 
papers  was  published  in  the  book  entitled  "  Robert 
Morris  and  the  Holland  Purchase,"  edited  by  John 
Kennedy. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Simeon  Dnn- 
liam  Leivis  was  horn  at  Orangeville,  N.  Y.,  Septem- 
ber 8,  18S0  ;  rt'as  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  Genesee  and  Wvoming  Seminary,  Alexander, 
N.  Y.  ;  married  Sarah  L.  Canfield  of  Alexander 
August  2,  1863 ;  taught  school  at  Alexander  and  at 
\Varsa7v,  N.  Y. ,  1852-55 ;  was  treasurer  of  JVyo- 
ming  county,  1875-92 ;  has  been  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile business  at  U'arsa7v  since  185/i. 


30bU  CSi.  /IDClReUjie  is  well  known  in  western 
New  York  for  his  extensive  business  operations,  and 
for  the  active  part  he  has  taken  in  public  affairs. 
He  is  a  native  New  Yorker,  having  been  born  in 
Lockport  fifty  years  ago  ;  but  he  was  taken  West  in 
childhood,  and  received  his  education  in  Wisconsin. 
As  a  lad  he  attended  school  in  a  log 
schoolhouse  in  the  town  of  lola,  and 
finally  finished  his  education,  at  the  age 
of  seventeen,  at  Waupaca  Academy.  But 
the  West  did  not  have  for  him  the  attrac- 
tion that  it  has  for  so  many  young  men  ; 
and  he  soon  returned  East,  to  settle  on  a 
farm  at  Elba,  N.  Y.,  in  1867.  For  four 
years  he  lived  the  laborious  but  healthful 
life  of  a  farmer,  but  in  1871  he  embarked 
on  the  mercantile  career  to  whi<h  he  has 
since  devoted  himself. 

He  became  a  clerk  for  R.  O.  Holden 
of  Batavia,  and  remained  with  him  ten 
years.  I'he  details  of  business  were  new 
to  Mr.  McKenzie,  but  he  found  them 
congenial  from  the  start,  and  rapidly 
acquired  a  mastery  of  business  methods  ; 
so  that  during  the  last  four  years  of  his 
connection  with  Mr.  Holden  he  was  the 
manager  of  the  concern. 

At  the  close  of  this  long  apprenticeship 
Mr.  McKenzie  went  into  business  for 
himself,  forming  a  partnership  with  C".  V. 
Pendill  under  the  firm  name  of  McKenzie 
&  Pendill,  for  the  sale  of  men's  clothing 
and  furnishing  goods.  After  several 
changes  the  business  was  reorganized  in 
1.S<S4,  under  the  name  of  McKenzie, 
Ryan  &  Storms,  and  that  style  continues 
to  the  present  time.  The  firm  carries  on 
stores  at  Batavia,  (Geneva,  and  Attica, 
and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  concerns  in  that  part  of  the  state. 

Mr.  McKenzie,  like  so  '\uany  men  of  the  present 
day,  has  many  interests  outside  of  his  main  business 
enterprise.  He  owns  and  manages  e.xtensive  flour- 
ing and  .saw  mills  at  Byron  Center,  N.  Y.  ;  and  he 
is  president  of  the  American  Fraternal  Insurance 
Union,  an  organization  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  New  York  to  furni.sh  life  insurance  on 
the  natural-premium  system.  He  has  also  manv 
duties  as  managing  executor  of  the  Wilson  estate, 
and  as  a  director  of  the  New  York  W'ood  Working 
Co.  of  Batavia. 

In  1888,  and  again  in  1889,  the  voters  of  Mr. 
McKenzie's  district  .showed  their  appreciation  of  his 
aliilitv  and   interest   in  pulilic  affairs  by  electing  him 


A/E.y  OF  .y/cir  yoj<k-~L,EXESEE  sec/vox 


as  their  rejiresentative  in  the  lower  house  of  the  state 
legislature.  During  his  first  term  he  served  on  five 
important  committees  :  and  when  he  went  back  to 
Albany  the  second  time,  he  was  made  a  member  of 
the  ways  and  means  committee,  the  most  important 
in  the  house,  as  well  as  of  two  others.  He  brought 
to  the  service  of  his  constituents  the  same  energy 
and  careful  attention  to  details  that  had  characterized 
his  conduct  of  his  own  l)usiness  affairs,  and  his 
re-election  was  an  evidence  of  the  people's  apjiroval 
of  his  course. 

Mr.  McKenzie  has  done  long  and  faithful  service 
in  the  cause  of  education  as  a  trustee  of  the  Batavia 
L'nion  School.  He  is  now  .serving  his  third  term, 
of  three  years  each,  on  this  board.  From  1884  to 
1891  he  was  the  .secretary  of  the  Genesee  County 
Agricultural  Society,  and  was  president  of  the  same 
in  1892.  He  is  a  Ma.son  and  a  Knight 
Templar,  and  has  been  for  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  an  earnest  member 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Batavia. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
John  M.  McKenzie  7vas  />orii  at  Lockport, 
N.  V. ,  September  IS,  1846 ;  zvas  ediuatei/ 
in  IVisconsin  ;  married  Mary  E.  Storms  of 
Elba,  N.  Y.,  January  15,  1867 ;  engaged 
in  farming  at  Elba,  1867-71  :  was 
employed  as  clerk  in  Bataina,  N.  K, 
1871-81 :  was  elected  member  of  as- 
sembly in  1888  and  1889 ;  has  conducted 
a  clothing  and  furnishing  store  in  Batavia 
since  1881. 


SatfOrJ)  JE.  IRortb  became  county 
judge  and  surrogate  of  Clenesee  county  at 
the  age  of  thirty-six.  His  career  has 
been  that  of  a  quick-witted  and  studious 
lawyer,  with  a  deep  interest  in  public 
affairs,  and  in  that  higher  type  of  politics 
that  seeks  the  general  good  rather  than 
mere  private  ends.  He  has  pro\ed  him- 
self to  be  a  man  of  imusual  energy,  and 
has  received  distinguished  evidence  of  the 
high  regard  in  which  he  is  held  by  the 
citizens  of  Genesee  county.  As  a  judge, 
and  as  referee  in  a  large  number  of  cases, 
his  course  has  been  marked  by  careful 
research  and  rigid  impartiality.  He  is 
respected  by  lawyers,  and  has  the  con- 
fidence of  litigants.  At  the  Republican 
convention  held  in  Buffalo  in  1895,  he  was  a  prom- 
inent candidate  for  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  8th  judicial  district.  In  addition  to  his 
legal   studies  Judge    North   has    found   time   to  read 


much  on  literary  and  scientific  subjects,  and  he  is  a 
cultured,  well-educated  man.  He  is  an  accomplished 
public  speaker,  having  for  many  years  delivered 
addresses  whenever  occasion  required  on  political, 
patriotic,  social,  and  other  topics.  While  still  a 
law  student  he  took  the  stump  in  the  exciting  presi- 
dential campaign  of  1876,  the  famous  Hayes-Tilden 
contest,  and  has  done  admirable  work  in  e\erv  ])resi- 
dential  campaign  since. 

Judge  North  was  a  (lenesee-county  boy,  and 
was  born  on  a  farm  about  tbrty-four  years  ago.  After 
spending  three  }'ears  in  the  Genesee  and  Wyoming 
Seminary  at  Alexander,  N.  Y.,  he  took  the  com- 
petitive examination  for  the  free  .scholarship  in 
Cornell  University,  won  the  prize,  and  entered, 
at  the  age  of  .sixteen,  the  first  freshman  class  of 
the    university.      After    taking    part    of    the    course 


S.U-FOKD   K.   XOKI'H 

at  Cornell,  he  was  ohligetl  to  leave  college.  He 
then  worked  in  summer  on  his  father's  farm,  and 
taught  countrv  schools  in  winter  imtil  he  became  of 
age.      Having  determined  to  become   a  lawver,   he 


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^fE^'   OF  XEir    VORK—iiEXESEE   SECTION 


began  his  studies  with  Judge  Lucius  N.  Bangs  of 
Le  Roy,  afterward  continuing  them  in  the  office  of 
William  C.  Watson  of  Batavia.  He  was  twenty-five 
years  old  when  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  was  well 
known  in  Batavia,  and  at  once  began  practice,  alone, 
in  that  place. 


^\  ^  r^ 


CHARLES    T.    SAXTUX 

Bringing  to  the  profession  a  mind  more  mature 
than  that  of  most  young  lawyers,  and  a  wider  experi  - 
ence  in  the  affairs  of  the  world,  he  built  up  a  practice 
rapidly.  He  was  elected  district  attorney  only  two 
years  after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  and  served  for 
.six  years.  Within  two  years  after  retiring  from  this 
office,  he  was  chosen  county  judge  and  surrogate,  and 
he  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  such. 

Judge  North  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  has  taken 
an  active  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  and  was  for  several  years  presi- 
dent of  the  organization  at  Batavia. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Saffoni  E. 
North  was  born  at  Alexander,  Genesee  county,  N.  Y. , 
Jaiuiar\  27,    1852 :    7i'as  educated  at    Genesee    and 


Wyoming  Seminary,  Alexander,  and  spent  one  year  at 
Cornell  University  ;  taught  school,  1869-73  ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  at  Syracuse  in  1878,  and  began  prac- 
tice at  Batavia,  N'.  Y.  :  married  Cora  Munroc 
Griswold  of  Batavia  November  23,  1881 ;  7oas 
elected  district  attorney  in  1880,  and  was  re-elected  in 
1883  :  has  been  county  judge  and  surrogate 
of  Genesee  countv  since  1888. 


Cbarles  Z.  Saiton  of  ciyde, 

lieutenant  governor  of  New  York,  was 
nominated  for  this  office  at  the  Repub- 
lican state  convention  of  18!J4.  There 
was  a  large  field  of  candidates.  Prob- 
ably the  most  skillful  speech  of  the  con- 
vention, all  things  considered,  was  that  of 
Mr.  Saxton's  sponsor,  Anson  S  Wood. 
It  dwelt,  not  on  the  candidate's  record 
as  a  statesman,  with  which  all  men's 
minds  were  filled,  but  on  his  service  as 
a  boy  soldier  in  the  Rebellion,  and  on 
his  estimable  qualities  as  a  man  and  a 
neighbor.  This  was  a  brand-new  side 
of  Saxton's  personality  to  most  of  the 
auditors,  and  it  is  a  story  well  worth 
telling  again. 

Mr.    Saxton  was  born   in  the  Wayne- 
county  village  where  he  still   lives.      At 
the    outbreak  of  the  war  he  was  fifteen 
years  old,  and   a    clerk   in  a   dry-goods 
store.      Previously    he   had  attended  the 
village    high    school,   and    he    was    then 
trying   to   fit   himself  for    college.      He 
enlisted  in  the  OOth  New  York  infantry. 
The   regiment   was  sent    to    Ke\-    W'est, 
Florida,  where  two  hundred  of  its  mem- 
bers died  of  yellow  fever.     Young  Saxton 
saw  his  first  service  at  the  siege  of  Port 
Hudson.      He  was  in  the  Red-river  cam- 
paign, and  in  the  Shenandoah  valley  with  Sheridan. 
The  ])rivations  of  the  march  through  the  valley  nearly 
ended  his  career.      He  was  sent  to  a  hospital  to  die, 
but  lived  to  be  mustered  out  as  sergeant  major.     To 
close  Mr.  Saxton's  military  record  here,  it  may  be 
said  that  he  never  "appealed  to  the  soldier  vote," 
though  he  has  held  high  office  in  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic. 

Mr.  Saxton  studied  law  after  his  return  to  Clyde. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  and  was  married  .soon  thereafter.  He  opened 
an  office  in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  but  returned  to 
the  East  after  two  years.  He  has  practiced  his 
profession  in  Clyde  ever  since,  where  he  has  been  a 
"counsel  learned  in  the  law." 


ME\   OF  XEW    YORK— GENESEE   SECTION 


The  rural  lawyer  almost  always  becomes  a  poli- 
tician. Mr.  Saxton  did  better  —  he  became  a  states- 
man. He  served  his  apprenticeship  in  various  village 
offices,  and  then  graduated  into  the  legislature.  He 
was  a  member  of  assembly,  1887-89,  and  a  state 
senator,  1X90-94.  His  term  as  lieutenant  governor 
began  January  1,  1895. 

The  name  of  Charles  T.  Saxton  is  associated  with 
most  of  the  reform  legislation  of  all  these  years. 
He  introduced  the  Australian  ballot  system  in  New 
York,  and  put  on  the  statute  books  the  first  and  only 
Corrupt  Practices  act  ever  passed  in  this  state.  As 
temporary  president  of  the  senate,  in  1894,  he  ap- 
pointed the  Lexow  committee,  which  investigated  the 
Tammany  government  of  New  York  with  so  startling 
results ;  and  by  a  resolution  of  his  colleagues  he 
served  as  a  member  of  that  committee  up  to  the  time 
of  his  election  as  lieutenant  governor. 
As  president  of  the  senate  he  was  of  great 
assistance  in  undoing  the  vicious  legis- 
lation which  a  previous  legislature  had 
fastened  upon  Buffalo.  His  words,  "  I 
will  call  the  roll,"  successfully  employed 
to  defeat  a  piece  of  political  chicanery, 
recall  an  historic  episode  in  the  methods 
of  presiding  officers. 

Charles  T.  Saxton  may  best  be  de- 
scribed as  a  practical  reformer.  He  is 
not  extreme  in  either  aims  or  methods. 
He  has  always  been  abreast  of  the  best 
political  sentiment  of  his  time.  He  has 
gone  about  his  work  unostentatiously,  and 
has  done  it  thoroughly.  His  judgment 
and  his  justice  are  praised  even  by  his 
opponents.  Probably  no  one  ever  dis- 
liked him  personally. 

Despite  the  interruptions  to  his  early 
education,  Mr.  Saxton' s  tastes  are  those 
of  the  scholar.  He  has  received  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Union  Uni- 
versity, and  in  1892  he  was  elected 
honorary  chancellor  of  that  institution. 
He  has  been  a  favorite  speaker  before 
educational  bodies.  He  was  the  legisla- 
tive champion  of  the  University  Ex- 
tension movement.  He  writes  fluently 
and  forcibly,  and  has  been  a  contributor 
to  the  newspaj^ers,  and  to  the  North 
American  Jierie'a>. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
Charles  T.  Saxton  7uas  born  at  Clyde,   Wayne  county, 
N.    V. ,  yu/y  2,  18Jf6 ;    tuas    educated  in  the    viUage 
schools  ;  served  in  the  Union  army,  1861-66 ;  7vas  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  December,  1S67  ;    married  Helen 


M.  Field  of  Clyde  October  1,  1868 :  was  member  of 
assembly,  1887-89,  and  state  senator,  1890-9 Jf ;  was 
inaugurated  lieutenant  governor  of  Nno  York  Janu- 
ary 1.  189-',. 


HlbCrt  %.  Swett  is  one  of  the  solid,  sub- 
stantial business  men  of  Medina,  where  he  has  lived 
for  the  past  thirty  years.  Practically  his  whole  life 
has  been  spent  in  Orleans  county.  He  was  born 
there  less  than  fifty  years  ago,  in  the  town  of  Ridge- 
way.  In  early  childhood  he  was  taken  to  Illinois, 
where  his  education  was  commenced  at  the  age 
of  seven  years.  In  his  sixteenth  year,  however, 
he  returned  to  his  native  county,  and  settled 
in  Medina,  which  has  ever  since  been  his  home. 
He  entered  Medina  Academy,  and  there  completed 
his  education. 


ALBERT  L.  S]VKTT 


The  following  year  he  left  school,  and  secured 
employment  in  the  foundry  of  the  Bignall  Mfg. 
Co.  of  Medina.  This  concern  does  a  large  business, 
and    during   the   seven  vears  that  he  remained  with 


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them  he  acciuired  a  knowledge  of  good  business 
methods,  and  slowly  accumulated  from  his  wages  a 
sum  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  go  into  business  for 
himself. 

Finally,  in  1873,  with  a  capital  of  S1200  that 
he  had  saved  in  this  way,  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  W.  H.  Samson,  under  the  firm  name  of  Samson 
&  Swett.  The  new  firm  followed  the  same  general 
line  of  business  with  which  Mr.  Swett  was  already 
familiar,  and  began  the  manufacture  of  iron  hardware 
specialties.  The  venture  was  successfiil  from  the 
start,  and  in  1<S89  Mr.  Swett  bought  out  the  interest 
of  his  partner,  and  has  since  carried  on  the  business 
alone,  under  the  style  of  the  A.  L.  Swett  Iron  Works. 
The  establishment  has  grown  from  the  small  beginning 
of  twenty-odd  years  ago,  until  to-day  it  is  one  of  the 
largest  in  western  New  York,  employing  nearly  two 
hundred  men.  The  factory  is  substantially  built  of 
Medina  sandstone,  and  the  water  supply,  taken  from 
Oak  Orchard  creek,  is  far  in  excess  of  the  demands 
of  the  present  extensive  business. 

In  politics  Mr.  Swett  is  an  earnest  Republican. 
He  has  often  given  his  party  the  benefit  of  his 
counsel  in  county  and  state  committees  ;  but  he  has 
steadfastly  refused  nominations  for  other  than  local 
offices,  feeling  that  the  interests  of  his  constantly 
increasing  business  demanded  his  undivided  attention. 
He  is  always  actively  concerned  in  securing  the 
nomination  of  suitable  men,  and  is  willing  to  work 
hard  to  support  them. 

Mr.  Swett  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  all  movements 
tending  to  advance  the  prosperity  of  his  community. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of 
Medina  for  nine  years,  and  has  done  good  work  in 
extending  and  building  up  the  public-school  system 
of  the  town.  He  is  now  president  of  the  Medina 
Business  Men's  Association  and  of  the  Boxwood 
Cemetery  Commission,  and  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Medina  and  Shelby  Water  Power  Co.  For 
nearly  thirty  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  Church  of  Medina,  and  he  is  one  of  its  most 
active  supporters.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  local  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and 
has  always  maintained  a  lively  interest  in  the  organ- 
ization. But  his  sympathies  are  not  bounded  by  the 
narrow  limits  of  the  town  in  which  he  lives  ;  and  all 
Christian  work,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  finds  in 
him  a  vigorous  champion. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  V—  Albert  Louis 
Swett  mas  born  at  Ridgeway,  Orleans  county,  N.  Y. , 
April  27,  1850  ;  was  educated  in  public  schools  and 
Medina  {Af.  K)  Academy ;  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Bignall  Mfg.  Co.,  at  Medina,  1866-73;  married 
Lucimla  M.  Fuller  of  Shelby,  N.   V. ,  September  18, 


1872  :  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  iron 
hardivare  specialties  at  Medina  since  1873. 
—  — —    •♦•        

Xemuel  %,  XTOjiCr,  having  lived  in  (Jenesee 
county  and  vicinitv  most  of  his  life,  and  having 
practiced  medicine  in  Batavia  for  more  than  thirty 
years,  is  widely  known  and  respected  in  western  New- 
York,  both  professionally  and  in  social  relations. 
His  forefathers  were  New  England  people,  and  their 
sterling  (jualities  doubtless  had  something  to  do  with 
his  own  successful  career.  In  the  choice  of  profes- 
sion, at  least,  the  influence  of  inherited  tastes  and 
predetermined  fitness  seems  clearly  apparent,  since 
both  his  father,  Joseph  C.  Tozier  of  Bangor,  Me., 
and  his  grandfather,  Joseph  Allen  of  Buckland, 
Mass.,  followed  the  medical  profession. 

Born  in  Livingston  county,  New  York,  fifty-seven 
years  ago,  Dr.  Tozier  received  an  excellent  element- 
ary and  academic  education.  He  was  not  able  to 
take  a  college  course,  and  instead  of  that  began  to 
teach  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  following  that 
calling  for  several  years.  All  the  time,  however,  his 
heart  was  set  upon  the  medical  profession,  and  he 
was  only  biding  his  time  until  circumstances  should 
enable  him  to  go  through  the  training  and  study 
required  for  the  doctor's  degree.  Where  the  will  is 
strong  the  way  rarely  fails  to  appear,  and  Dr.  Tozier 
was  soon  able  to  carry  out  his  plan.  Having  read 
medicine  under  the  direction  of  his  father,  Joseph  C. 
Tozier,  and  taken  a  thorough  course  of  study  under 
Dr.  Norris  G.  Clark  of  Batavia,  he  entered  the 
Bellevue  Medical  College  of  New  York  city  in  Octo- 
ber, 1862,  and  graduated  therefrom  in  March,  1864. 
He  was  thus  pursuing  his  studies  in  the  midst  of  the 
Civil  War,  and  he  turned  his  talents  to  excellent 
account  in  the  service  of  the  government  even  before 
his  acijuisition  of  a  degree.  Having  passed  the 
examination  of  the  United  States  army  medical  board, 
he  was  assigned  to  the  United  States  hospital  at 
Lexington  avenue  and  51st  street,  New  York  city, 
serving  on  the  staff  of  Surgeon  Alexander  B.  Mott. 
Dr.  Tozier  continued  his  work  in  this  institution 
after  his  graduation  until  the  close  of  the  war.  During 
a  part  of  this  time  he  was  released  from  hospital 
service,  and  was  made  medical  examiner  of  recruits 
at  the  Battery. 

The  army  hospital  in  New  York  was  happily  closed 
in  June,  1865,  and  Dr.  Tozier,  ordered  to  a  distant 
post,  chose  this  opportunity  to  leave  the  sen'ice  and 
engage  in  private  practice.  In  taking  this  step  he 
showed  excellent  judgment,  as  the  sequel  proved. 
Selecting  for  his  field  of  work  Batavia  and  Genesee 
county,  where  he  was  well  and  favorably  known, 
and  where  he  had  previously  married,  he  began  the 


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somewhat  difficult  task  of  building  up  a  large  general 
practice.  In  this  he  attained  success  more  quickly 
than  is  generally  the  case,  and  made  himself  known 
within  a  few  years  as  one  of  the  foremost  physicians 
in  his  town  and  county.  In  1.S69,  only  four  years 
after  settling  in  Batavia,  he  became  county  coroner, 
and  continued  to  hold  the  office  for 
fifteen  years,  or  until  lf!(S4.  He  was  a 
medical  director  of  the  Western  New 
York  Life  Insurance  Co.  in  1877-78. 

Dr.  Tozier  has  always  taken  a  broad 
view  of  his  profession  e.xtending  far 
beyond  the  commercial  side  of  it,  antl 
has  contributed  in  various  ways  to  the 
w'elfare  and  progress  of  his  calling.  He 
belongs  to  what  is  called  the  "old 
school  ' '  of  practitioners  :  but  he  is 
neither  narrow  nor  imreasonable  in  his 
views,  and  keeps  his  mind  open  to  the 
truth  in  whatever  quarter  it  may  be  found. 
He  was  secretary  of  the  (ienesee  Count)' 
Medical  Society  for  many  years,  and  was 
president  in  1879.  Dr.  Tozier's  chief 
interest  in  life  has  been  professional,  as 
is  natural  and  proper  :  but  outside  of  this 
he  has  devoted  considerable  attention  to 
farming  and  stock  raising. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— 
Lemuel  Lancaster  Tozier  tvas  born  at 
York,  Livingston  county,  N.  Y,  March 
16,  1839 ;  received  an  academic  educa- 
tion, and  taught  school,  1857-62  ;  gradu- 
ated from  Bellevue  Medical  College,  New 
York  city,  i?i  March,  186 Ji;  married  Emilv 
A.  Putnam  of  Batavia,  N.  Y,  May  SI, 
186^  ;  served  in  the  United  States  army 
hospital  at  Netii  York,  186^-65;  was  coro- 
ner of  Genesee  county,  1869-8 Ji. ;  has  prac- 
ticed medicine  at  Batavia  sifice  July,  1865. 


JObU  jf.  IBa{?er  is  a  notable  exception  to  the 
rule  which  too  often  bars  out  scientific  discoverers 
from  the  list  of  those  who  live  to  witness  the  wide 
recognition  of  the  value  of  their  research.  When 
but  a  mere  boy  he  resolved  to  study  medicine.  Un- 
discouraged  by  the  meager  opportunities  offered 
in  the  district  school,  he  managed  to  get  hold  of 
various  works  on  physiology  and  anatomy,  mastering 
them  in  the  hours  that  his  mates  devoted  to  boyish 
sports.  The  more  he  studied,  the  firmer  became 
the  conviction  that  he  must  be  a  physician,  and 
among  the  members  of  the  class  that  matriculated  at 
Geneva  Medical  College  in  the  fall  of  1836  there 
was   probably  no   happier   fellow   than  this  youth  of 


twenty,  who  now  saw  a  prospect  of  the  fulfillment  of 
his  great  ambition.  From  this  institution  he  gradu- 
ated with  honor  after  a  four  years'  course,  and  three 
months  later  he  established  an  office  in  Otselic, 
N.  Y.,  beginning  the  arduous  labors  of  a  country 
physician  and  surgeon. 


LEMUEL    L.    TOZIER 

Dr.  Baker's  territory  covered  many  square  miles, 
and  long  rides  over  bad  roads  at  all  hours  were  a 
necessary  condition  of  his  practice.  All  such  ser- 
vice was  given  cheerfully,  and  the  night  was  never 
so  stormy  nor  the  way  so  rough  as  to  constitute  an 
excuse  for  a  refusal  to  attend  a  case  where  suffering 
could  be  alleviated.  To  piece  out  his  scanty  earn- 
ings ^-  for  what  rural  doctor  ever  had  a  full  jjurse  ?  — 
he  accepted  an  appointment  as  postmaster  under 
President  William  Henry  Harrison.  Dr.  Baker  was 
then  the  youngest  man  holding  that  position  in  the 
United  States.  He  has  now  gone  to  the  other 
extreme,  for  the  authorities  at  Washington  say  that 
he  is  the  oldest  living  ex-postmaster.  In  those  earlv 
years  the  young  doctor's  interest   in   public  matters 


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was  shown  by  a  term  of  service  as  school  inspector 
for  the  town  of  Roxbury,  N.  Y.  Appreciating  his 
valuable  aid  in  educational  matters,  his  townsmen 
next  elected  him  school  commissioner,  but  the 
growing  demands  of  his  ])rofession  prevented  his 
filling  the  office. 


JOHN  F.   BAKER 

During  the  first  eight  years  of  his  practice  Dr. 
Baker  adhered  to  the  allopathic  doctrines  that  he  had 
been  taught ;  but  becoming  convinced  of  the  superior 
merits  of  homeopathy,  he  made  a  radical  change  in 
his  methods,  and  has  since  practiced  according  to 
the  "new  school."  About  this  time  he  moved  to 
Batavia,  and  the  town  has  lieen  proud  to  claim  him 
as  a  resident  for  nearly  half  a  century.  During  his 
long  practice  he  has  occupied  his  office  alone,  with 
the  exception  of  a  four  years'  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Dr.  Cyrus  C.  Baker,  and  a  two  years' 
partnership  later  with  his  son,  Dr.  John  Wells  Baker. 

In  1881  Mrs.  Baker  died  of  cancer.  An  intense 
desire  to  relieve  her  sufferings  had  led  her  husband 
to  make  a  special  study  of  that  di.sease.       He   was 


unable  to  save  her  life,  but  he  continued  his  re- 
searches untiringly,  firmly  believing  that  the  materia 
medica  contains  a  remedy  for  every  ailment.  After 
working  on  the  theory  accepted  by  other  physicians, 
he  tried  a  new  method  that  soon  proved  efficacious. 
The  treatment  is  entirely  by  internal  medication, 
which  kills  the  cancer  cells,  and  removes 
them  from  the  system.  Although  Dr. 
Baker  has  cured  many  of  the  most  malig- 
nant cases  of  cancer,  he  does  not  profess 
to  do  impossible  things.  Of  the  various 
kinds  of  cancerous  diseases  he  admits 
that  he  has  thus  far  been  able  to  conquer 
only  two  ;  but  these  are  the  most  com- 
mon species.  He  has  a  professional  prej- 
udice against  advertising,  and  his  fame 
has  spread  wholly  through  the  unsolicited 
testimony  of  those  whom  he  has  restored 
to  health.  His  patients  are  fond  of  tell- 
ing of  his  generosity  ;  for  one  of  his 
peculiarities  is  a  fear  of  overcharging  — 
a  trait  not  invariably  characteristic  of 
specialists. 

Although    Dr.    Baker   has    long    since 
|)assed  the  usual  period  of  life  allotted  to 
mortals,    many   a    younger    man    might 
emulate   the  activity  and   enthusiasm   of 
~A^  this  kindly,  liberal-hearted  octogenarian. 

"  He  maintains  a  lively  interest  in  Masonic 

affairs,  having  joined  that  fraternity    in 
18.54  with  the  Scottish  Rite  degree  ;  and 
also  in  the  Independent  Order  of  (iood 
'rem]3lars,  which  initiated  him  in   1887. 
The  church  of  his  choice  is  the  Episco- 
palian.     He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Homeopathic  Medical  Society 
tor  many  years.      His  treatise  on  cerebro- 
spinal  meningitis  and   hernia  published 
in  the  Hahncmaniiiaii  Journal,  Philadel- 
phia,  shows    that    he    is  accepted    as   an    authority 
on  other  disea.ses  besides  the  one  to  which  he  now 
devotes  so  usefully  all  his  time  and  energy. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John  Follett 
Baker  7C'as  horn  at  Roxbury,  Delaivare  county.  A'.  Y. , 
September  H,  ISlo  ;  graduated  from  Geneva  Med- 
ical College  January  21,  1839 ;  practiced  medicine 
in  Otselic  and  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  1839-Jf.8 ;  was 
school  inspector  of  Roxbury,  1835-37,  and  post- 
master in  ISJfl :  married  Sarah  Ann  Kimher  of 
Geneva,  N.  Y.,  January  26,  1839,  and  Jennie 
Cozvdin  of  Batavia,  N.  Y. ,  December  9,  1886 ;  has 
practiced  medicine  in  Batavia  since  181^8,  and  of  late 
has  devoted  his  entire  time  to  the  treatment  of  can- 
cerous diseases. 


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Cbarles  lb.  Carroll,  though  he  was. bom  in 

Canada  and  received  his  early  education  there,  is  a 
true  American,  and  comes  of  an  honorable  line. 
The  Carrolls  of  Maryland  were  one  of  the  most 
noted  families  of  colonial  days,  and  Charles  Carroll, 
who  died  in  Baltimore  in  1832,  the  last  surviving 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  was  the 
head  of  the  family.  "Charles  Carroll  of  Carroll- 
ton,"  as  he  signed  himself,  in  order  that  he  might 
not  in  any  way  compromise  a  kinsman  of  the  same 
name,  was  the  first  senator  elected  from  the  state  of 
Maryland  under  the  constitution  of  the  United 
States,  and  served  the  nation  and  the  state  in  many 
prominent  positions.  The  subject  of  our  sketch  is  a 
direct  descendant  of  John  Carroll,  a  cousin  of  this 
statesman  of  the  early  days. 

Mr.  Carroll's  education  was  begun  in 
.school  at  Sarnia,  Ont.,  from  which  he 
entered  the  high  school  at  Guelph,  where 
he  remained  two  years.  The  same  period 
at  Berlin  (Ont.  )  Academy  followed,  and 
he  finished  preparing  for  college  under  a 
private  tutor.  A  college  course,  how- 
ever, was  not  attractive  to  the  youth, 
who  longed  to  enter  the  mercantile 
world,  and  begin  the  actual  business  of 
life.  Accordingly,  at  the  age  of  eight- 
een, he  entered  the  service  of  G.  Doeltz 
&  Bro.  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  as  a  clerk. 
He  remained  with  this  firm  six  years, 
and  then  accepted  a  position  with  Barnes 
&  Bancroft  of  Buffalo.  The  firm  was 
one  of  the  largest  dry-goods  concerns 
in  western  New  York,  and  Mr.  Carroll 
found  exceptional  opportimities  to  fa- 
miliarize himself  with  the  working  details 
of  an  establishment  of  this  kind. 

After  five  years  in  Buffalo  Mr.  Carroll 
determined  to  embark  in  business  for 
himself  In  looking  about  for  a  good 
opening  he  was  attracted  to  Rochester, 
and  in  1880  he  moved  thither,  and  or- 
ganized the  firm  of  C.  H.  Carroll  &  Co., 
dry-goods  merchants.  Seven  years  later 
the  business  was  enlarged,  and  the  style 
became  Carroll,  Hutchings,  Southard  & 
Co.  In  1890  Messrs.  Hutchings  and 
Southard  withdrew  from  the  firm,  which 
has  since  been  known  a.s  Carroll,  Beadle 
&  Mudge. 

Mr.  Carroll  has  many  qualities  that  render  him 
peculiarly  fitted  for  the  management  of  a  large 
establishment,  and  his  business  has  grown  ever  since 
its  organization,  until  it  is  to-day  one  of  the  largest 


department  stores  in  Rochester.  He  is  blessed  with 
a  wonderful  memory  for  names  and  faces,  and  though 
his  em])loyees  number  several  hundred,  he  knows 
each  one  of  them  personally.  It  is  also  no  uncommon 
thing  for  him  to  recall  by  name  a  customer  whom  he 
has  met  but  once.  This  happy  faculty,  combined 
with  great  executive  ability  and  sound  business 
judgment,  has  brought  him  deserved  success,  and 
advanced  him  to  a  foremost  rank  in  his  chosen 
calling. 

Politics  has  never  claimed  any  great  share  of  Mr. 
Carroll's  attention,  for  he  has  realized  the  necessity 
of  devoting  all  his  energies  to  his  constantly  increas- 
ing business.  Yet  he  is  not  wholly  absorbed  in  his 
work,  but  is  mindful  of  the  various  social  duties  that 
devolve  upon  all.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Rochester 
Club   and    the    Yacht    Cluli,   of   the    Young    Men's 


CN.IJfJ./iS   H.    CARkOl.l. 


Christian     Association,     and     of    Christ     Episcopal 
Church. 

PERSONAL      CHR ONOL  OGY—  Charles 
Hamilton    Carroll  was   horn   at    War^oick,    Ontario, 


MKX   or  .VElf    YOKK—GKXESKK   SECT/OX 


June  I'l,  1851 :  luas  educated  a/  Giielph  High  School, 
Berlin  Academy,  and  by  a  private  tutor ;  was  in 
the  employ  of  G.  Doeltz  cf  Bro. ,  Detroit,  Mich. , 
1S69-7'),  and  of  Barnes  i>"  Bancroft,  Buffalo,  1S75- 
80 ;  has  conducted  a  drv-xvor/s  husiness  at  Rochestiv 
since  1880. 


.1.  n.   l..4U-KE.\CE 

H.  36.  XawrCUCC  l>elongs  to  a  family  that  has 
given  to  the  nation  many  men  distinguished  in  busi- 
ness, literature,  and  the  professions,  as  well  as  in 
military  and  public  life;  and  he  has  contributed  his 
share  in  maintaining  the  distinction  and  jirestige  of 
the  family  name. 

John  Lawrence,  the  founder  of  the  family  in  the 
United  States,  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Robert 
Lawrence,  who  followed  Richard  Cceur  dc  Lion  in  the 
Crusades,  and  was  knighted  for  his  bravery.  John 
Lawrence  came  to  this  country  with  Governor  Win- 
throp  in  1630,  and  settled  in  New  England.  In 
182(i,  Colonel  Lawrence's  parents  moved  from  Con- 
necticut, and  settled  in  Warsaw,  N.  Y.  ;  and  there 
Colonel  Lawrence  was  born  Ma\  IH,  LHo4. 


He  made  good  use  of  his  earl\  educational  advan- 
tages, and  was  already  well  advanced  in  his  studies 
when  he  was  put  to  work,  at  the  age  of  twelve,  in  a 
bookstore.  The  opportunities  for  acipiiring  addi- 
tional knowledge  were  most  valuable  to  a  lad  of  his 
studious  habits  and  ambition,  .\t  the  end  of  seven 
\ears  he  was  employed  by  a  large  pub- 
lishing house  in  Buffalo,  in  which  he 
held  a  res])onsible  position  until  1856. 
He  then  spent  two  years  in  the  drug 
business  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and  in 
liS.>8  returned  to  his  native  town  of  Wur- 
saw.  In  companv  with  associates,  in 
lcS59,  he  built  and  operated  the  Warsaw 
Gas  Light  Works,  purcha.sed  and  oper- 
ated a  foundry  and  machine  shop,  and 
conducted  a  mercantile  business. 

He  was  actively  engaged  in  these  oper- 
ations when  the  Civil  War,  with  its  call 
to  patriotism  and  .self-sacrifice,  broke  in 
upon  his  life.  He  entered  the  army,  as 
quartermaster  of  the  regiment  that  after- 
wards became  famous  as  the  1st  New 
York  dragoons.  Colonel  Lawrence's 
military  career  was  long  and  varied,  as 
he  served  in  the  commissary,  ordnance, 
and  quartermaster's  departments,  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  and  the  Army  of 
the  James,  and  in  the  4th,  7th,  10th, 
18th,  and  24th  army  corps  and  cavalry 
corps.  During  this  .service  he  received 
from  President  Lincoln  a  commission  as 
captain  and  a.ssistant  quartermaster  gen- 
eral United  States  volunteers ;  and  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  major,  and  later 
to  that  of  lieutenant  colonel,  in  the  quar- 
termaster's department,  U.  S.  A.  During 
the  campaign  that  ended  in  the  surren- 
der of  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  Colonel 
Lawrence  served  as  chief  quartermaster  of  the  Army 
of  the  James  ;  and  upon  the  capitulation  at  Appo- 
mattox Court  House,  he  was  designated  to  receive 
the  surrender,  to  dispose  of  the  property  of  that 
part  of  the  Confederate  army,  and  to  assist  in  pro- 
viding for  the  peaceable  return  to  their  homes  of 
the  Southern  officers  and  soldiers.  When  this  had 
been  accomplished,  Colonel  Lawrence  was  detailed 
for  duty  near  the  Rocky  mountains,  where  he 
rendered  efficient  service.  The  region  abounded  at 
that  time  with  buffalo,  antelopes,  wolves,  and  hos- 
tile Indians.  In  1866  he  was  mustered  out  of 
service,  receiving  brevet  commissions  from  the  war 
department  "for  faithful  and  meritorious  services 
during  the  war." 


MEN   OF  XEir    ]'ORK— GENESEE  SECTION 


VoT  a  tew  years  Colonel  Lawrence  then  engaged, 
among  other  interests,  in  the  development  of  the 
slate  industry  in  Canada.  In  1870  he  became  con- 
nected with  the  lumber  business  in  Buffalo,  and  later 
he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Warsaw.  There  he 
has  lived  since,  occupying  himself  with  various  man- 
ufacturing and  mercantile  pursuits  and  public  affairs. 

Colonel  Lawrence  has  been  interested  for  years  in 
the  National  Guard.  He  was  active  in  perfecting 
the  organization  of  the  National  Cuard  Association 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  was  for  ten  years  its 
recording  secretary  and  a  member  of  its  executive 
committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  .\rmy  of 
the  Republic,  and  was  chosen  delegate  at  large  from 
the  state  department  to  the  Centennial  National  En- 
campment held  in  Philadelphia  in  1876.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loval  Legion 
of  the  United  States,  and  of  other  mili- 
tary organizations  and  a.ssociations,  and 
is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Warsaw  Board  of  Trade,  and  has  been 
its  secretary  and  a  member  of  its  board 
of  directors.  He  served  for  five  consecu- 
tive years  as  president  of  the  Wyoming 
County  Agricultural  Society,  and  for  four 
years  as  president  of  the  state  association. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Abram  B.  Lawrence  was  Iwt-n  at  War- 
sa7v,  TV",  v.,  May  18,  18-U  ;  7vas  in 
business  in  Biijfalo,  185^-56,  and  in 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  V.,  1836-58;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Faulkner  of  Wheatland, 
N.  Y. ,  March  26,  1857  :  was  in  business 
i?t  Warsa70,  1858-62 ;  7inth  associates, 
built  and  operated  the  IFarsa7ci  Gas  Light 
Co. ,  1859-62  ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
1862-66 ;  engaged  in  slate  mining  and 
manufacturing  in  Canada,  18G7-70,  anil 
in  the  lumber  business  in  Bujfalo,  1870- 
71  :  has  lii'ed  at  Warsaw  since  187 1 , 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  and  in  pub- 
lic affairs. 


IFDenrV?   XT.  IHOVeS,  well  known  in 
Rochester    in    both    private    and   public 
life,    was   born    in    Yates    county.    New 
York.      He  is  of  Puritan  and  Huguenot 
stock,  his  paternal  ancestors  having  left 
Normandy    for    England   in   the   twelfth 
century.      One  of  his  forefathers  became  attorney- 
general   of  England  under  Queen  Elizabeth.      His 
family  were  among  the  first  Puritan  exiles  to  Hol- 
land, and  later  its  members  led  the  party  of  Puri- 


tans that  founded  Newburyport,  Mass.,  soon  after 
the  Pilgrim  settlement  at  Plymouth.  Descendants 
of  these  pioneers  settled  in  Connecticut,  and  one  of 
them  was  chairman  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of 
Yale  College,  and  a  generous  donor  to  its  first 
endowment.  On  the  other  side,  history  records 
that  General  Noyes's  mother  belonged  to  a  family 
that  originally  came  to  the  new  world  to  escape  the 
persecutions  of  the  Huguenots.  Among  her  ances- 
tors, also,  is  the  Ruscoe  who  suffered  for  the  Protes- 
tant faith  during  the  persecutions  of  James  IL 

With  such  inspiration  in  the  past,  (jeneral  Noyes 
began  early  in  life  to  maintain  the  honor  of  the 
family  name.  He  was  brought  up  under  the  whole- 
some discipline  of  a  rigid  Presbyterian  family,  and 
amid  the  endless  duties  of  a  farmer's  boy.  After 
graduating  from  Starkey  .Seminary  in  his  native  town 


HEXKV  T.  xo)/-:s 


at  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  taught  a  village  school  for  a 
year  in  a  neighboring  county.  He  then  studied  sur- 
veying, and  practiced  it  in  central  New  York. 
He    was    ambitious,    however,    to    follow    the    legal 


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MEN  OF  NEW   YORK— GENESEE  SECT/ON 


profession  ;  and  after  a  course  of  private  study  he 
entered  tfie  law  school  of  Columbia  College.  At 
the  beginning  of  his  senior  year,  in  August,  1862, 
he  left  the  law  school  and  entered  the  army.  He 
was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  as 
adjutant  of  the  148th  New  York  volunteers,  was 
promoted  to  be  major  of  the  same  regiment,  and 
later  colonel  of  United  States  volunteers  ;  and  dur- 
ing the  campaign  of  18(j4  he  was  inspector  general 
of  the  2d  division,  18th  army  corps.  His  first  ser- 
vice was  in  the  department  of  Virginia.  He  was 
afterward  with  the  Army  of  the  James,  and  then 
with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  General  Noyes  turned  his 
attention  to  mercantile  pursuits,  taking  up  his  resi- 
dence in  the  state  of  Michigan,  and  engaging  in  the 
lumber  business.  The  proceeds  of  his  various  com- 
mercial operations  have  been  largely  invested  in 
property  of  this  kind,  including  timber  lands  in  the 
Northwest  and  e.xtensive  tracts  of  red  wood  in  north- 
ern California.  In  1870  he  became  the  manager 
and  part  owner  of  the  National  Yeast  Co.  of  Seneca 
Falls,  N.  Y.  He  has  also  been  interested  to  some 
extent  in  miscellaneous  manufactures. 

In  political  affairs  General  Noyes  has  been  an 
ardent  Republican  ever  since  the  organization  of  the 
party,  and  he  was  a  delegate  from  his  town  to  county 
conventions  before  he  was  old  enough  to  vote. 
From  1870  until  1891,  with  the  exception  of  three 
years  spent  abroad,  he  lived  in  Seneca  Falls,  and 
took  a  prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.      In 

1880  he  was  elected  to  the  board  of  education,  be- 
coming president  of  the  board  the  next  year  ;  and  in 

1881  he  was  elected  president  of  the  village  of  Seneca 
Falls.  Since  1891  CJeneral  Noyes  has  made  his  resi- 
dence in  Rochester,  and  has  continued  to  share  in 
the  counsels  of  the  Republican  leaders.  In  1890 
he  was  nominated  for  congress  by  the  Republi- 
cans of  the  district  composed  of  Chemung,  Seneca, 
Tompkins,  and  Schuyler  counties.  The  election 
was  exceedingly  close,  and  a  protracted  contro- 
versy arose  over  the  congressional  count.  The 
following  summary  of  the  famous  case  is  taken  from 
an  authoritative  source  : 

■' 'Ihe  uiiginal  icUiriis  sliowed  General  Xoyes's  election  by 
several  hundred  pkirality.  Kvery  court  in  the  .state  of  New- 
York,  including  the  Court  of  Appeals,  a  majority  of  whose  mem- 
bers were  Democrats,  by  their  decisions  declared  Mr.  Noyes 
elected.  To  avoid  the  mandates  of  the  courts,  the  state  lioard 
of  canvassers  was  hastily  summoned,  in  advance  of  its  usual 
session,  and  the  certificate  of  election  was  awarded  to  his  op- 
ponent, although  the  records  on  file  to-day  in  the  office  of  the 
secretary  of  state  show  General  Noyes' s  election.  The  com 
mittee  on  elections  of  the  o2d  congress,  composed  of  nine  Dem- 
ocrats and  six  Republicans,  by  an  almost  unanimous  vote, 
declared  (General  Noves  elected.   The  house,  althouirh  I  )emocratic 


by  a  majority  of  nearly  l.">0,  declared  his  opponent  seated  by  a 
close  vote  of  only  twenty-two  majority.  Fifty  Democrats  voted 
against  such  action,  and  (ifty-seven  did  not  vote  at  all." 

General  Noyes  is  well  known  in  military  circles. 
The  years  1883-85  he  spent  in  Europe,  devoting 
considerable  time  to  the  study  of  modern  military 
science.  He  is  greatly  interested  in  the  subject,  and 
has  continued  the  study  at  irregular  intervals  since 
then.  Becoming  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  49th  reg- 
iment, N.  c;.,  S.  N.  Y.,  March  21,  1879,  he  was 
brevetted  colonel  June  9  of  the  same  year.  He  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Morton  commissary  general 
of  subsistence  of  the  state  of  New  York,  with  the 
rank  of  brigadier  general,  April  4,  1895  ;  and  was 
reappointed  to  the  same  office  by  Governor  Black 
January  1,  1897. 

General  Noyes  is  much  interested  in  yachting,  and 
is  one  of  the  older  members  of  the  New  York  Yacht 
Club.  He  has  a  delightful  summer  residence  on 
Nantucket  island,  where  he  spends  four  months  of 
the  year  and  indulges  his  love  of  the  sea.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  United  Service  Club  and  of  the 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  an  associate 
member  of  the  Military  Service  Institution,  and  a 
life  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Hairy  Taylor 
Noyes  ivas  boni  at  Starkey,  N.  Y. ,  August  10,  1840  ,• 
graduated  from  Starkey  Seminaty,  and  studied  at  Col- 
umbia College  Law  School ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
1862-65;  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  iWielu'gan, 
1865-70  :  married  Lu  Chamberlain  of  Seneca  Falls, 
N.  Y. ,  September  29,  1860 ;  was  manager  and  part 
ozvner  of  the  National  Yeast  Co.  of  Seneca  Falls, 
1870-79  :  has  been  commissary  general  of  subsistence 
of  the  state  of  Neiv  York  since  April  ^ ,  1895  :  has 
lived  in  Rochester  since  1801. 


iFranfi  /ID.  parsons  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Camillus,  Onondaga  county.  New  York,  in  1848. 
He  has  spent  virtually  his  whole  life  not  far  from 
the  place  of  his  nativity,  and  has  thus  become  thor- 
oughly identified  vvith  central  New  York.  His 
early  education  was  obtained  in  the  common  .schools 
of  Granby,  Oswego  Falls,  and  Van  Buren  ;  and  the 
academy  at  Baldwinsville  also  contributed  to  his 
preparatory  training.  His  ultimate  aim  during 
these  years  of  youth  was  the  legal  profession,  but 
he  was  forced  by  stress  of  circumstances  to  obtain 
his  end  by  somewhat  roundabout  methods.  He 
worked  on  a  farm  for  some  time,  became  a  clerk  in 
a  general  store,  and  taught  school  for  four  terms. 
His  plans  were  so  well  contrived,  however,  that  he 
was  able  in  his  nineteenth  year  to  enter  upon  the 


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35 


systematic  and  continuous  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  William  B.  Mills  at  VVeedsport,  N.  Y. 

The  office  method  of  learning  law  has  been  used 
with  great  success  by  many  distinguished  attorneys, 
and  Mr.  Parsons  had  no  difficulty  in  mastering  the 
subject   sufficiently    for   bar-examination    purposes 
Admitted    to   practice    in    the   spring   of 
1871,  he  opened  an  office  in  Weedsport, 
and  has  ever  since  carried  on    his  pro- 
fession  in  that  locality.      Until  April  1, 
1879,   he    practiced   alone,   but    for  ten 
years  thereafter  was  associated  with  Wil- 
liam I.  Cornwell  in  the  firm  of  Parsons 
&  Cornwell.      Since  1889    Mr.    Parsons 
has   been    much    occupied    with    public 
affairs,  and  has  found  it  possible  to  con  - 
duct  his  private  practice  without  partner- 
ship assistance. 

Interested  in  political  questions  at  an 
early  period  of  life,  Mr.  Parsons  has  be- 
come increasingly  prominent  in  public 
affairs.  He  believes  heartily  in  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
has  always  worked  hard  for  the  success 
of  the  cause.  He  has  held  various  posi- 
tions of  trust  and  responsibility  in  the 
public  service.  Becoming  village  clerk 
when  a  young  man,  he  was  afterward 
made  town  clerk,  and  then  a  special 
county  judge.  In  the  fall  of  1885  he 
was  elected  to  the  state  assembly  from 
the  first  assembly  district  of  Cayuga 
county,  and  in  1886  he  was  re-elected. 
In  1894  he  became  confidential  clerk  to 
the  attorney-general  of  the  state,  and 
later  in  the  same  year  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  deputy  attorney-generals.  He 
is  still  discharging  the  duties  of  that 
position. 

Mr.  Parsons  is  well  known  in  Weedsport  and 
Cayuga  county,  and  is  prominent  socially  as  well  as 
politically  and  professionally.  He  belongs  to  the 
order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
the  Good  Templars.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church. 

PERSONAL  CHJiONOLOGY—Frands  Mar- 
ion Parsons  rvas  born  at  Caniilliis,  A'.  Y.,  August 
19,  18Jf8  ;  was  educated  at  common  schools  and  Bald- 
winsville  {N.  Y.)  Academy :  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871 :  married  Hattie  E.  Bib- 
bens  of  Weedsport,  N'.  Y.,  October  2S,  1871:  was 
viember  of  assembly,  1886-87 ;  has  been  a  deputy 
attorney-general  since  1804  :  has  practiced  law  in 
Weedsport  since  1871. 


XClUUam  lb.  Se\Val•^  was  born  at  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  old  historic  family  homestead  erected  in 
1816  by  his  maternal  grandfather.  Judge  Elijah  Mil- 
ler, and  now  known  as  the  "Seward  mansion.  " 
He  is  the  third  and  youngest  son  of  the  late  Wil- 
liam H.  Seward,  secretary  of  state  under  President 


IRAXK  M-  IWRSOXS 

Lincoln.  In  personal  appearance  and  in  many  mental 
characteristics  General  Seward  strongly  resembles 
his  illustrious  father.  He  has  the  same  measured 
and  deliberate  manner  of  speech,  and  the  tone  and 
inflection  of  his  voice  remind  the  hearer  of  the 
utterance  of  the  great  statesman.  A  severe  afflic- 
tion of  the  eyes  in  childhood,  at  one  time  threaten- 
ing total  loss  of  sight,  rendered  close  and  continuous 
study  impossible  ;  but  the  indefatigable  assistance 
of  his  highly  intellectual  mother,  supplemented  later 
on  by  the  instruction  of  competent  tutors,  made  up 
to  a  great  e.xtent  for  this  misfortune. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen  young  Seward  secured  a 
clerkship  in  a  hardware  store  in  Albany,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years.    He  then  became  private  secretary 


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tor  his  father,  at  that  time  United  States  senator  ; 
and  in  that  capacity  made  the  personal  acquaintance 
of  many  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  the  day. 
The  next  year  he  organized  at  Auburn,  in  connection 
with  his  early  friend,  Clinton  D.  MacDougall,  the 
banking  house  of  William  H.  Seward  &  Co.      This 


WILLIAM  H.  SEWAfiD 

venture  was  interrupted  by  the  call  to  arms  in  1861, 
which  appealed  strongly  to  both  the  young  men. 
Early  in  1862,  his  partner  having  gone  to  the  front 
some  months  before,  young  Seward  was  appointed 
one  of  the  war  committee  of  his  congressional 
district,  and  became  secretary  of  the  committee. 
During  that  summer  he  vs'as  engaged  in  enlisting  and 
forwarding  troops.  In  August,  leaving  his  business 
in  trustworthy  hands,  he  accepted  an  appointment  as 
lieutenant  colonel  of  the  138th  New  York  volunteers, 
afterward  the  9th  New  York  heavy  artillery.  The 
regiment  was  assigned  to  duty  in  Haskins's  division, 
'22d  army  corps,  defense  of  Washington,  where  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Seward  took  an  active  part  in  the  con- 
struction of  several  large  forts  north  of  the  Potomac. 


The  most  important  of  these  was  Fort  Foote  at 
Rosier's  bluff,  which  still  remains  as  one  of  the  his- 
toric landmarks  of  the  Rebellion  ;  where  he  mounted 
and  first  used  the  largest  land  ordnance  then  known 
to  the  service.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  was  sent 
by  the  President  on  a  delicate  secret  mission  to  New 
Orleans,  and  to  General  Banks,  then 
operating  on  the  Bayou  Teche  in  Louisi- 
ana. 'I'his  service  he  satisfactorily  ac- 
complished, though  not  without  much 
danger  and  hardship.  The  ne.xt  year, 
having  been  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
colonel,  he  joined  the  .Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac with  his  regiment,  which  thereafter 
became  part  of  Rickett's  3d  division,  6th 
army  corps.  He  participated  in  many 
of  the  engagements  around  Petersburgh 
and  Richmond  ;  and  at  the  battle  of  Cold 
Harbor  led  a  successful  assault  on  the 
rebel  earthworks,  with  a  loss  to  his  regi- 
ment of  142  killed  and  wounded.  For 
its  gallant  service  in  this  engagement 
General  Rickett's  division  received  spe- 
cial commendation  from  General  Meade. 
On  July  6,  with  four  companies  of  his 
regiment.  Colonel  Seward  was  hurriedly 
sent  to  Frederick,  Md.,  to  oppose  the 
advance  of  General  Early  ;  and  at  the 
battle  of  Monocacy,  three  days  later,  he 
was  slightly  wounded  in  the  arm,  and 
received  a  broken  ankle  from  the  fall  of 
his  horse,  shot  under  him  in  the  final 
charge.  General  Lew  Wallace,  who 
commanded  the  Union  forces,  reported 
Colonel    Seward    as    having   acted    with 

^^' rare  gallantry  ;    and    he  soon   afterward 

received  an  appointment  as  brigadier 
general  of  volunteers  "for  gallant  and 
meritorious  services,"  accompanied  by  a 
complimentary  autograph  letter  from  Secretary  Stan- 
ton. As  soon  as  his  wounds  permitted.  General  Sew- 
ard was  sent  to  Martinsburgh  in  command  of  the  1st 
brigade,  3d  division,  department  of  West  Virginia, 
then  operating  in  the  Shenandoah  valley  ;  and  for  a 
short  time,  after  the  capture  of  General  Crook,  he  was 
in  command  of  the  same  division  at  Harper's  Ferry. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  General  Seward  returned 
to  Auburn,  and  resumed  his  place  at  the  head  of  his 
banking  house,  which,  through  his  energy  and  fore- 
sight, has  long  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  strong- 
est institutions  of  its  kind  in  central  New  York.  He 
has  also  been  connected  with  many  other  business 
enterprises,  and  has  had  a  prominent  part  in  the  pub- 
lic and  social  life  of  his  native  citv.      He  was  one  of 


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the  builders  of  the  Southern  Central  railroad,  now  a 
part  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  system,  and  acted  as  its 
financial  officer  for  several  years.  He  is  an  active 
director  of  the  American  Express  Co.  In  politics 
he  has  always  been  an  enthusiastic  adherent  of  the 
Republican  party  ;  but,  though  frequently  mentioned 
by  his  friends  for  political  honors,  he  has  usually 
preferred  to  devote  himself  to  business  life.  In  1884 
he  was  a  prominent  candidate  for  governor  of  New 
York  state.  He  has  twice  been  nominated  as  an 
elector  at  large  on  the  state  presidential  ticket,  and 
was  made  president  of  the  electoral  college  in  1889 
by  the  unanimous  choice  of  his  associates. 

For  several  years  General  Seward  has  maintained 
in  Auburn  at  his  own  expense,  free  reading  rooms, 
which  have  grown  in  popularity  until  the  average 
attendance  each  season  now  reaches  forty  thousand. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  he  is  univer- 
sally esteemed  and  respected  in  the 
community,  which  has  long  revered  the 
great  name  he  so  honorably  bears.  His 
ripened  judgment  on  public  afifairs  and 
in  business  enter]3rises  is  recognized  by 
his  fellow-citizens  ;  and  his  advice  and 
counsel  are  eagerly  sought,  and  freely 
given.  Hospitality  as  generous  as  it  is 
unostentatious  prevails  in  his  home,  and 
its  historic  treasures,  gathered  from  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  globe,  are  displayed 
to  all.  Mr.  Seward's  distinguishing  traits 
of  character  are  absolute  loyalty  to 
friends,  to  party,  and  to  principles  ;  un- 
swerving integrity  and  purity  of  life  ; 
and  a  generous  interest  in  all  things 
pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity. He  is  president  of  the  Cayuga 
County  Historical  Society  and  of  the 
City  Club  of  Auburn  ;  vice  president  of 
the  City  Hospital  and  of  the  Cayuga 
County  Savings  Bank  ;  and  a  trustee  of 
Wells  College,  Aurora,  N.  Y.  He  be- 
longs to  the  G.  A.  R.,  the  Loyal  Legion, 
and  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  ;  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Llnion  League  and 
Transportation  clubs  of  New  York  city, 
and  of  the  United  States  Service  Club. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
William  Henry  Seward  was  born  at  Au- 
burn,  N   Y.,  June  18,   1S39 ;  was  edu- 
cated by  private  tutors ;    was  clerk  in    a 
store  in  Albatiy,  1857-59,  and  private  secretary  to  his 
father,   1859-60  ;  married  Janet  McNeil  Watson  of 
Auburn  June  27,  1860  ;  served  in  the   Union  army, 
1862-05  ;  was  a  presidential  elector  at  large  in  1889  : 


since  the  close  of  the  war  has  made  his  home  in  Auburn, 
engaged  in  banking,  and  in  other  business  enterprises. 


50bU  ID.  XTcllCr,  ex^surrogateofCayuga  coun- 
ty, was  born  on  a  farm  in  Washington  county.  New 
York,  fifty-two  years  ago.  He  is  the  second  son  of 
Benjamin  F.  and  Elizabeth  Du  Bois  Teller,  both 
natives  of  Dutchess  county  ;  who,  after  living  for  a 
time  in  (ireene  county,  settled  near  Sandy  Hill, 
N.  Y.,  in  1845.  Judge  Teller's  childhood  was  passed 
on  the  home  farm,  but  when  he  was  seven  years 
old  his  parents  moved  to  the  neighboring  village  of 
Sandy  Hill.  There  he  attended  the  public  schools, 
and  afterward  prepared  for  college  in  the  classical 
school  of  William  McLaren,  somewhat  famous  in  its 
day.  Entering  Williams  College  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen, he  pursued  his  studies  with  the  same  persistent 


J(}H\  D.    TELLER 

application  that  has  characterized  his  professional 
career  ;  and  in  spite  of  the  disadvantage  of  somewhat 
insufficient  prejjaratory  training,  he  graduated  with 
his  class  in  18t)7,  and  had  the  honor  of  delivering 


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an  oration  on  commencement  day.  Among  his 
classmates  were  G.  Stanley  Hall,  Hamilton  W. 
Mabie,  Francis  Lynde  Stetson,  and  President  Dole 
of  the  Hawaiian  Republic. 

Having  succeeded  during  his  college  course  in 
overcoming  a  natural  timidity  in  public  speaking 
that  would  have  .seriously  interfered  with  his  success 
as  a  lawyer.  Judge  Teller  at  once  set  about  prepar- 
ing himself  for  the  profession  of  his  choice.  Enter- 
ing the  office  of  Hughes  &  Northup  at  Sandy  Hill, 
he  devoted  himself  for  three  years  to  the  work  of  a 
law  student.  The  firm  conducted  a  large  practice, 
and  the  young  man  was  able  to  gain  there  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  legal  science.  He  received  his  diploma 
at  a  general  term  of  the  Supreme  Court  held  at 
Schenectady  in  September,  1870  ;  and  after  practic- 
ing for  a  short  time  at  Sandy  Hill  he  moved,  in 
December,  1872,  to  Auburn,  where  he  has  ever  since 
resided. 

Until  May,  187"),  Judge  Teller  was  associated  in 
his  law  practice  with  the  late  David  Wright,  and 
thereafter  for  several  years  he  worked  alone.  Janu- 
ary 1,  1890,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  William 
H.  Hotchkiss,  a  young  lawyer  of  marked  ability  who 
had  been  a  student  in  his  office,  and  had  served  as 
clerk  of  the  court  during  the  latter  [jart  of  Judge 
Teller's  term  as  surrogate.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
Mr.  Hotchkiss  moved  to  Buffalo,  and  Judge  Teller 
then  formed  his  present  partnership  with  Thomas  M, 
Hunt,  who  had  likewise  studied  in  his  office.  Judge 
Teller's  practice  has  been  a  varied  one,  but  has  con- 
sisted largely  of  work  in  the  higher  courts.  His 
accurate  knowledge  of  his  profession,  keen  discrimi- 
nation regarding  nice  points  of  law,  and  close  atten- 
tion to  the  interests  of  his  clients,  are  well  known  ; 
and  he  has  also  an  enviable  reputation  for  uprightness 
and  love  of  justice. 

Judge  Teller's  political  career  began  while  he  was 
still  a  law  student,  when  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
village  of  Sandy  Hill  and  justice  of  the  peace  in 
1868,  defeating  the  Republican  candidate  in  a  town 
that  usually  gave  a  majority  of  a  hundred  to  that 
party.  In  1871  he  was  nominated  for  district  attor- 
ney of  Washington  county  :  but  was  defeated,  though 
he  reduced  somewhat  the  normal  Republican  major- 
ity. After  his  removal  to  Auburn  he  held  no  public 
office  until  1877,  when  he  became  police  justice  of 
the  city,  a  position  that  he  held  for  nearly  three 
years.  In  1883  he  was  elected  surrogate  of  Cayuga 
county  for  a  term  of  six  years.  In  1887  he  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  his  district,  and  in  1889  he  ran  for  state 
senator.  In  1893  he  was  strongly  recommended  by 
nearly  every  lawyer  in  his  own  county,  as  well  as  by 


many  in  the  other  counties  of  the  district,  to  fill  a 
vacancy  on  the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court ;  and  it 
is  altogether  likely  that  the  petition  would  have 
been  granted  had  not  Governor  Flower  felt  it  neces- 
sary that  the  appointment  should  go  to  Monroe 
county.  In  the  fall  of  1895  Judge  Teller  received 
the  honor  of  a  nomination  by  the  Democratic  party 
for  the  office  of  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals. 

Like  many  other  busy  men.  Judge  Teller  has  been 
called  upon  to  devote  much  time  to  charitable  and 
other  important  positions  of  trust.  Besides  being  a 
director  of  the  Cayuga  County  National  Bank,  he  is 
trustee  of  the  Auburn  City  Hospital,  the  Central 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  Auburn  Theological 
Seminary.  He  is  a  man  of  most  genial  disposition, 
and  during  his  residence  of  twenty-five  years  in 
Auburn  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  men  in 
the  city.  He  is  fond  of  books,  his  reading  extending 
over  a  wide  range  of  subjects.  His  special  diver- 
sions are  golf  and  driving.  He  takes  great  pride  in 
his  well  appointed  stables,  and  in  the  s])irited  ani- 
mals that  occupy  them. 

PERSO  NA  L  CHR  ONOLOG  Y—Jchn 
Du  Bois  Teller  was  born  near  Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y., 
May  11,  18If~)  :  graduated  frojn  Williams  College, 
WilliamsUnon,  Mass.,  in  lS(i7 ;  studied  law,  and  k'os 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870  ;  7iias  clerk  of  the  village 
of  Sandy  Hill  and  Justice  of  the  peace,  1868—72  ;  was 
police  Justice  of  Auburn,  N.  ¥.,  1877-80,  and  sur- 
rogate of  Cayuga  county,  1884.-89  ;  has  practiced  latv 
at  Auburn  since  1872. 


Ernest  IR.  MillarCt,  editor  in  chief  of  the 
Rochester  Democrat  and  Chronicle,  was  born  at 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  in  1854.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Jamestown  Collegiate  Institute,  in  wliich  he 
prepared  for  college,  and  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1873.  Instead  of  taking  a  collegiate  course  he 
entered  at  once  upon  journalistic  work.  At  that 
time  ex-Governor  M'aite  of  Colorado  was  editor  of 
the  Jamestown  Journal,  and  Mr.  Willard  began  his 
career  in  the  newspaper  world  as  local  editor  under 
Mr.  Waite.  After  remaining  with  the  Journal  two 
years,  Mr.  Willard  became  a  reporter  on  the  Buffalo 
Express,  and  continued  with  that  paper  about  a 
year.  He  then  moved  to  Rochester,  and  joined  the 
local  staff  of  the  Democrat  and  Chronicle.  Edw'ard 
L.  Adams,  who  has  long  been  identified  with  the 
Elmira  Daily  Advertiser,  was  in  those  days  city  editor 
of  the  Democrat  and  Chronicle;  and  Mr.  \\'illard 
succeeded  him  in  1880.  He  remained  in  this  posi- 
tion until  188(5,  when  he  was  advanced  to  the  post 
of  managing  editor  ;  and  in  1890  he  was  again  pro- 
moted to  his  present  position  of  editor  in  chief. 


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Mr.  Willard  is  a  clear,  concise,  and  vigorous 
writer,  and  is  an  adept  in  the  art  of  editorial  man- 
agement. He  is  thoroughly  informed  on  topics  of 
the  day,  and  has  the  courage  of  his  convictions. 
Early  in  his  career  he  developed  unusual  admin- 
istrative ability  in  his  chosen  profession.  With  an 
intuitive  knowledge  of  the  needs  of  a 
modern  daily  newspaper  and  quick  and 
accurate  judgment,  he  combines  rare 
skill  in  gathering  news  and  ability  in 
commenting  upon  it.  These  qualities, 
together  with  tact  in  his  relations  with 
his  associates,  have  contributed  largely 
to  the  success  that  he  has  achieved  in 
the  important  positions  held  by  him  in 
the  journalistic  profession.  When  called 
to  the  chief  editorship  of  the  Democrat 
atid  Chronicle,  he  was  the  youngest  man 
in  the  country  occupying  that  ])osition 
on  an  important  daily  newspaper. 

In  social  life  Mr.  Willard  is  widely 
known,  and  is  as  widely  liked.  P"or 
many  years  he  was  secretary  of  the 
Rochester  Club.  He  belongs,  also,  to 
the  (Genesee  Valley  Club,  the  Rochester 
Athletic  Association,  and  the  Country 
Club.  He  attends  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Ernest  Russell  Willard  was  born  al 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  March  11,  18 o  4  : 
7vas  educated  at  the  Jamestown  Collegiate 
Lnstitute :  was  local  editor  of  the  James- 
town '■^Journal,"  1873—75,  and  a  re- 
porter/or the  Buffalo  ' '  Express, ' '  1875— 
76  ,■  has  been  on  the  staff  of  the  Rochester 
' '  Democrat  and  Chronicle  ' '  since  1870, 
and  has  been  editor  in  chief  si?ice  1890. 


Elmer  JE.  HlniV  has  been  identified  with  hotel 
service  and  management  for  a  long  time,  and  is  now- 
one  of  the  best-known  men  in  the  business.  He  is 
descended  from  excellent  stock,  tracing  his  ancestry 
on  the  maternal  side  to  English  origin,  and  on  the 
other  side  to  a  family  of  Erench  Huguenots.  His 
great-grandfather,  John  Osborn,  fought  in  the  army 
of  the  Revolution,  and  thus  heljied  to  found  the 
republic. 

Mr.  Almy  was  born  in  Rochester  shortly  after  the 
middle  of  the  century.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  the  Flower  City,  and  afterward  took  a 
course  at  De  Graff's  Collegiate  Institute  in  Roches- 
ter. Having  acquired  a  good  general  education, 
he  left  school  at  the  age  of  eighteen  and  began  his 


business  career  in  the  store  of  his  father,  P.  G. 
Almy,  who  conducted  a  pharmacy  in  Rochester 
for  many  years.  He  remained  with  his  father  until 
LS72,  when  he  went  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  to  enter 
the  drug  business  of  Wheeler  &  Garfield.  He 
worked  with  them  about  one  year. 


KR.XEST  K.    WILLARD 

Mr.  Almy  had  now  reached  his  majority,  and  had 
to  decide  whether  to  make  the  drug  business  his 
life-work  or  to  select  some  other  calling  that  might 
seem  more  promising.  Having  obtained  a  favorable 
opening  in  the  hotel  business,  he  concluded  lo  try 
his  fortunes  in  that  field  of  enterprise.  He  began 
his  long  career  as  a  hotel  man  in  ]87o  by  entering 
the  service  of  the  Reed  House,  Erie,  Penn.,  as  a 
clerk.  He  remained  there  until  the  spring  of  187(), 
when  a  more  important  position  in  Philadelphia 
attracted  him  thither.  During  the  Centennial  Expo- 
sition he  entered  as  clerk  at  the  Transcontinental 
hotel  ;  and  then  served  in  the  same  capacity  at  the 
LaFayette,  also  in  Philadelphia.  After  staying  at 
the    latter   house   about  a  year,    he  transferred  his 


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services  to  the  Continental  hotel  in  the  same  city, 
where  he  remained  until  1880.  The  position  of 
cashier  at  the  CIrand  Pacific  hotel  next  occupied  his 
time,  and  a  similar  position  at  the  St.  James  hotel, 
New  York  city,  took  him  to  the  eastern  metropolis 
for  a  twelvemonth. 


ELMER    E.   ALM\ 

By  the  year  1882  Mr.  Almy  had  learned  thoroughly 
the  difficult  art  of  hotel-keeping.  He  had  passed 
through  a  long  apprenticeship  in  various  capacities, 
and  his  experience  included  service  in  small  hotels 
as  well  as  in  some  of  the  largest  in  the  country.  He 
was  amply  equipped  in  all  essential  respects  for  the 
duties  of  a  hotel  proprietor  —  in  general  education, 
experience,  knowledge  of  the  business,  tempera- 
ment, and  character.  He  made  no  mistake,  there- 
fore, in  returning  to  his  birthplace,  Rochester,  for 
the  purpose  of  becoming  proprietor  anti  manager  of 
the  New  Osborn  House.  He  has  since  conducted 
this  hostelry  with  entire  success,  and  has  built  up  a 
large  business  with  the  best  class  of  tourists  and 
business  travelers.      His  high  standing  among  hotel 


proprietors  is  sufficiently  attested  by  his  election  for 
the  year  1896  to  the  presidency  of  the  New  York 
State  Hotel  Men's  Association. 

Many  men  in  Mr.  Almy's  calling  find  it  inconve- 
nient to  take  part  in  social  life  outside  hotel  limits. 
Mr.  Almy,  however,  while  availing  himself  fully  of 
the  social  opportunities  incident  to  his 
business,  has  at  the  .same  time  associated 
with  his  fellow-citizens  in  various  pleas- 
ant relations.  He  has  interested  himself 
actively  in  the  Masonic  order,  having 
taken  the  32d  degree.  He  is  a  member  of 
Younondio  Lodge,  No.  163,  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  of  Monroe  Comniandery,  Knights 
Templar.  He  belongs  to  the  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine,  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Com- 
mercial Travelers'  Home  Association, 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.  He  has  been  vice 
president  of  the  Commercial  Travelers' 
.\ssoriation. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Elmer  Eugene  Almy  ivas  born  at  Rorl/es- 
ler,  N  K,  April  28,  1852;  attetuleJ  the 
public  schools  and  Dc  Graff '  s  Collegiate 
Institute  ;  engaged  in  the  drug  business, 
1870-73 ;  was  a  clerk  and  cashier  i?t 
various  hotels,  187S-82 ;  married  Nellie 
Bly  Card  of  Rochester  April  IG,  1884  ; 
has  been  proprietor  and  manager  of  the 
New  Osborn,  Rochester,  since  1882. 


/IDv?ron  lE.  JSartlett,  one  of  the 

most  distinguished  attorneys  of  Wyo- 
ming county,  New  York,  is  directly 
descended  from  Adam  Bartlett,  who 
accompanied  William  the  Conqueror 
from  Normandy,  and  fought  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Hastings  in  1066.  William  granted 
Adam  Bartlett  a  tract  of  land  in  Sussex  consisting 
of  5000  acres,  which  has  been  held  and  occupied 
by  the  Bartletts  ever  since.  The  family  mansion 
was  built  in  the  thirteenth  century,  and  is  still  in 
a  fine  state  of  preservation,  situate  in  a  beautiful 
jjark  filled  with  trees,  shrubs,  flowers,  and  fountains. 
.\n  old  Norman  stone  church  built  by  the  family 
in  1309  still  stands  on  the  estate,  and  is  regularly 
used.  Mr.  Bartlett  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  the 
ancestral  mansion  and  attending  service  in  the  old 
church  in  the  summer  of  1896.  The  property  is 
entailed,  and  limited  in  descent  to  the  male  heirs, 
the  present  owner  being  Sir  Walter  G.  Bartlett, 
Bart.,  the  twenty-fourth  of  the  line  since  the  Norman 
conquest. 


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Mr.  Bartlett's  first  American  ancestor  was  Richard 
Bartlett,  who  came  from  Sussex,  and  settled  at  New- 
bury, Mass.,  in  1636.  His  great-great-grandfather 
was  Stephen,  the  elder  brother  of  Josiah  Bartlett,  a 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  governor 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  United  States  senator.  Mr. 
Bartlett's  father  was  William  K.  Bartlett,  who  died 
at  Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  in  1869. 

Born  in  Orangeville,  Wyoming  county,  sixty-odd 
years  ago,  Mr.  Bartlett  obtained  a  good  academic 
training.  After  attending  the  Genesee  Seminary  at 
Alexander,  N.  Y.,  and  the  'I'winsburg  (O.)  Insti- 
tute, he  studied  law.  Beginning  practice  at  Warsaw 
in  1S61 ,  he  has  ever  since  made  that  place  his  home. 
For  the  first  three  years  he  had  no  partner  ;  but  in 
April,  1864,  he  associated  himself  with  I.  Sam  John- 
son in  the  firm  of  Bartlett  &  Johnson.  On  January 
1,  1866,  Mr.  Johnson  retired,  and  Mr. 
Bartlett  practiced  with  Beriah  N.  Pierce 
until  April,  1868.  After  a  brief  part 
nership  with  Leonard  W.  Smith,  termi- 
nated by  Mr.  Smith's  death  in  October, 
1869,  Mr.  Bartlett  carried  on  his  profes- 
sional work  without  a.ssistance  until  1877. 
At  that  time  the  firm  of  Bartlett  &  Bart- 
lett was  formed,  consisting  of  Myron  E. 
and  his  brother,  Cosan  T.  Bartlett.  This 
association  lasted  until  1881,  when  Mr. 
Bartlett  formed  with  his  son,  Eugene  M., 
the  firm  of  M.  E.  &  E.  M.  Bartlett. 
Father  and  son  then  carried  on  a  highlv 
successful  practice  for  fifteen  years.  In 
January,  1896,  Hayden  H.  Tozier  was 
admitted  to  the  firm,  and  the  style  of 
Bartlett,  Bartlett  &  Tozier  was  assumed  : 
the  partnership  still  exists  under  that 
firm  name. 

Mr.  Bartlett  has  now  been  practicing 
law  in  Warsaw  for  thirty-six  years.  He 
entered  upon  his  professional  work  some- 
what later  in  life  than  the  average  age, 
but  thereby  brought  to  his  labors  greater 
experience  and  maturer  intellectual  pow- 
ers. He  has  given  himself  little  relaxa- 
tion, and  has  engaged  in  no  outside 
pursuits,  so  that  he  has  been  able  to 
transact  a  large  amount  of  legal  business. 
Indeed,  for  many  years  he  has  been 
engaged  in  nearly  every  important  ac- 
tion before  the  Wyoming-county  courts. 
His  high  standing  in  his  profession 
denced  in  1897  when,  on  the  death 
Lorish,  he  was  appointed  county  judge  and  surro 
gate  by  Governor  Black,  receiving  without  solicita 


tion   the  unanimous  endorsement  of  the  Republican 
county  committee. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Myron 
Eugene  Bartlett  was  hiirn  at  Orangeville,  Wyoming 
county,  N.  V. ,  May  7,  1831 ;  7vas  educated  at  Ge?ie- 
see  Seminary  and  Twinsburg  (  O.  )  Institute  ;  married 
Cordelia  Elvira  McFarland  of  Twinsburg,  O., 
N^ovember  23,  1853 :  studied  hnv,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1861 ;  //as  practiced  la7V  in  IVarsaw, 
N.  Y. ,  since  1861 ;  was  appointed  county  judge  and 
surrogate  of  Wyoming  county  in  August,  1897. 


30bn  IHeWtOn  3BeCftley,  one  of  the  fore- 
most atturnc\s  at  the  liar  of  Rochester,  and  known 
over  a  large  part  of  the  country  as  an  organizer  and 
manager  of  street-railway  properties,  was  born  in 
Orleans  county.  New  York,  at  the  close  of  the   jear 


was    evi- 
of    Judge 


MYRON  E.  BARTLETT 

1848.  His  father,  W.  W.  Beckley,  was  a  native  of 
Connecticut,  while  his  mother  was  born  in  New 
York  ;  and  back  of  them  a  long  line  of  progenitors 
lived  correct  lives,  and  imparted  excellent  qualities 


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to  the  common  blood.  Mr.  Beckley's  successful 
career,  therefore,  may  doubtless  be  explained  in 
part  by  ancestral  influences  for  good.  Another 
cause  working  in  the  .same  direction  is  the  thorou^^h 
education  that  he  received  early  in  life.  After 
attending  the  district  schools  of  Clarendon,  his 
native  town,  he  sought  higher  instruction  at  the 
Brockport  Collegiate  Institute  in  an  adjacent  county. 
There  he  obtained  a  partial  preparation  for  college, 
fitting  himself  better  at  Genesee  Wesleyan  Semi- 
nary, Lima,  N.  Y.  Having  acquired  there  sufficient 
preparatory  instruction  to  make  a  college  course 
profitable,  he  entered  Genesee  College  at  Lima  in 
September,  1868. 

Obtaining  an  exceptional  opportunity  to  teach 
school  in  the  West,  Mr.  Beckley  left  college  at  the 
end  of  his  sophomore  year.  He  passed  the  winter 
of  1870-71  in  Lanesboro,  Minn.,  as  principal  of 
the  public  schools.  The  ne.xt  year  he  spent  in  the 
same  capacity  in  Rushford,  Minn.  By  this  time  he 
had  reached  the  conclusion  to  which  so  many  other 
teachers  have  come  —  the  conclusion  that  the  law  is 
better  than  teaching.  He  returned  to  western  New 
York,  accordingly,  and  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Wakeman  &  Watson,  Bata\ia,  making  such  progress 
that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June,  1875.  He 
then  practiced  at  Batavia  about  two  years,  when  he 
0])ened  an  office  alone  in  Rochester. 

The  change  of  occupation  was  undoubtedly  an 
excellent  thing  for  Mr.  Beckley,  and  the  change  of 
location  was  likewise  a  step  in  the  right  direction. 
His  success  in  Rochester,  at  the  bar,  in  political 
life,  and  in  business,  has  been  continuous  and 
marked.  (July  five  years  after  he  settled  there  he 
had  made  a  reputation  sufficiently  high  to  effect  his 
election  as  city  attorney.  In  that  office  his  record 
was  such  that  he  was  re-elected  in  1884  and  again 
two  years  later.  By  the  latter  date,  however,  his 
law  practice  had  increased  to  such  an  extent  that  it 
was  impossible  to  continue  in  the  service  of  the  city 
without  sacrificing  an  important  part  of  his  own 
business.  In  the  spring  of  1886  he  had  become  a 
partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Bacon,  Briggs  &  Beckley, 
and  their  practice  became  so  large  that  Mr.  Beckley 
felt  it  necessary  to  resign  the  office  of  city  attorney 
soon  after  his  election  for  the  third  time.  He  has 
continued  ever  since  to  take  a  prominent  part  in  the 
business  of  his  firm,  notwithstanding  engrossing 
duties  elsewhere.  The  firm  is  now  Bacon,  Briggs, 
Beckley  &  Bissell,  and  is  one  of  the  strongest  in 
western  New  York. 

In  recent  years  Mr.  Beckley  has  become  a  good 
deal  better  known  to  the  public  at  large  as  a  rail- 
road man  than  as  a  lawyer.    He  first  began  to  interest 


himself  in  the  important  field  of  street-railway 
management  in  the  fall  of  1887,  when  he  was  instru- 
mental in  organizing  a  new  company  in  Rochester. 
This  movement,  and  his  further  efforts  in  connec- 
tion therewith,  resulted  two  years  later  in  the 
purchase  of  the  plant  and  franchises  of  the  old  com- 
pany. The  two  organizations  were  then  consolidated, 
Mr.  Beckley  receiving  the  office  of  vice  president. 
The  next  year  he  was  elected  president,  and  has 
since  retained  that  office.  The  corporation  is  one 
of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  operating 
100  miles  of  track  and  150  cars.  It  employs  per- 
manently about  800  men,  and  uses  electric  energy 
exclusively  as  motive  power.  In  the  last  six  years 
Mr.  Beckley  has  extended  his  railroad  interests  con- 
siderably, having  taken  part  in  the  organization  and 
consolidation  of  street  railways  in  Paterson,  N.  J., 
Fall  River,  Lawrence,  and  Taunton,  Mass.,  and  in 
other  places.  He  has  shown  rare  talent  in  the 
economical  and  efficient  organization  of  such  prop- 
erties, and  has  become  well  known  as  an  expert 
adviser  in  questions  relating  to  street-railway  manage- 
ment. In  18!I2  he  was  president  of  the  Street  Rail- 
way Association  of  the  State  of  New  York.  He  is 
vice  president  of  the  Toronto,  Hamilton  &  Buffalo 
Railway  Co.,  and  president  of  the  Rochester  &  Lake 
Ontario  Railway  Co. 

FERS ONA L  CNR ONOL OGY—  John  New- 
ti)n  Beckle\  was  horn  at  Clarendon,  Orleans  county, 
N.  Y. ,  December  SO,  1848 ;  was  educated  at  pre- 
paratory schools  and  Genesee  College,  Lima,  N.  Y.  : 
taught  school,  1870-72 ;  studied  laiv,  and  ivas  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1875  ;  married  Belle  G.  Corwin 
of  Brighton,  N.  Y. ,  June  23,  1875  ;  practiced  la7v  at 
Batavia,  N.  Y.,  1875-77 ;  7vas  city  attorney  of 
Rochester,  1883-87;  has  been  president  of  the 
Rochester  Railway  Co.  since  1890;  has  practiced  law 
in  Rochester  since  1877. 


BUOUStUS  S.  H>0\VniUG,  supervisor  of  teach- 
ers' institutes  and  training  classes  in  the  office  of 
the  New  York  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion, was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  about  forty  years 
ago.  He  spent  his  boyhood  in  Pennsylvania,  enter- 
ing the  sophomore  class  of  Muhlenberg  College  at 
AUentown,  Penn.,  in  September,  1871.  The  next 
year  he  entered  the  junior  class  of  Pennsylvania 
College  at  Gettysburg,  completed  the  arts  course 
there,  and  graduated  from  the  institution  in  June, 
1 874.  Three  years  later  he  received  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  from  his  alma  mater. 

In  September,  1874,  shortly  after  leaving  college, 
Mr.  Downing  entered  upon  the  educational  work  to 
which  he  has  given  most  of  his  life  thus  f;ir.      He 


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43 


taught  first  in  a  private  institution  at  Arcadia,  Wayne 
county,  New  York,  afterward  taking  charge  for  two 
years  of  the  district  school  in  the  same  place.  He 
then  went  to  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  where  he  spent  six 
years  as  assistant  principal  of  the  union  school.  For 
the  ne.xt  five  years  he  was  principal  of  a  school  — 
for  three  years  at  Fairport,  Monroe  coun- 
ty, New  York,  and  for  two  years  there- 
after at  Palmyra  again.  He  then  fol- 
lowed his  calling  for  about  a  year  and  a 
half  in  the  high  school  at   Newark,  N.  J. 

Mr.  Downing  had  now  been  teaching 
for  si.\teen  years,  and  had  shown  unusual 
aptitude  for  the  work  of  a  public  edu- 
cator. He  had  risen  from  service  in  a 
village  district  school  to  a  position  in 
the  high  school  of  a  great  city,  and  had 
developed  his  powers  and  enriched  his 
experience  at  every  stage  of  his  career. 
On  September  1,  1890,  his  capacity  was 
fittingly  recognized  by  an  appointment 
from  Andrew  S.  Draper,  then  state  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction,  as  state 
institute  conductor.  Mr.  Downing  held 
this  position  for  five  years,  or  until  he 
was  appointed  by  Charles  R.  Skinner, 
Superintendent  Draper's  successor,  to  his 
present  office  of  supervisor  of  teachers' 
institutes  and  training  classes. 

Mr.  Downing  necessarily  spends  most 
of  his  time  at  the  state  capital,  but  he 
regards  Palmyra  as  his  legal  residence, 
and  has  many  cherished  associations 
there.  He  is  a  member  of  Palmyra 
Lodge,  No.  248,  F.  &  A.  M.;  of  Eagle 
Chapter,  No.  79,  R.  A.  M.:  and  of 
Zenobia  Commandery,  No.  41,  K.  T. 
He  formerly  paid  considerable  attention 
to  stock  farming,  taking  special  interest 
in  raising  Holstein-Friesian  cattle  and  Shropshire 
sheep.      He  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y~ Augustus  Seiss 
Dcnaning  was  honi  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  October  18, 
1856  :  graduated /rom  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettys- 
burg, Perm.,  in  1874- ■'  taught  school  in  various  places 
in  New  York  state  and  in  N'ervark,  N.  J. ,  187^-90  ; 
married  Louise  J.  Brown  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y. ,  July 
17,  1889  ;  was  state  institute  conductor,  1890-95  ; 
has  been  supervisor  of  teachers'  institutes  and  training 
classes  in  New  York  state  since  April,  1895. 


place,  for  nearly  a  score  of  years.  Born  in  1855,  he 
may  still  be  deemed  a  young  man,  and  may  look 
forward  to  a  prosperous  career  in  his  chosen  pro- 
fession. 

Mr.  Downs's  life  thus  far  has  not  been  an  event- 
ful one.      In  his  early  childhood  his  father  died,  and 


jf  re&  X.  S>0\VnS,  member  of  assembly  from 
Orleans  county  in  the  legislatures  of  1896  and  1897, 
has   been  a  successful   lawyer  in  Medina,  his  native 


AUGUSTUS  S.  DOUXING 

the  boy  went  to  live  with  an  uncle  about  three  miles 
from  the  village  of  Medina.  There  he  passed  the 
next  ten  years,  attending  the  district  school,  and 
leading  the  usual  life  of  a  farmer's  boy,  healthful 
alike  for  mind  and  body.  When  he  was  fifteen 
years  old,  having  exhausted  the  resources  of  the 
country  .school  without  satisfying  his  desire  for  edu- 
cation, he  returned  to  the  village  of  Medina,  and 
became  an  attendant  at  the  academy  there.  After 
taking  a  full  course  at  this  institution  he  found  him- 
self confronted  with  the  question  that  presents  itself 
to  all  young  men  sooner  or  later  —  the  choice  of  an 
occupation. 

The  legal  profession  seemed  best  suited  to  Mr. 
Downs's  tastes   and   abilities,  and   in  the  spring  of 


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1877  he  entered  the  office  of  Stanley  E.  Filkins,  a 
Medina  attorney,  as  a  student.  He  remained  there 
for  three  years,  reading  and  observing  diligently  ; 
and  at  the  end  of  that  time  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Rochester,  and  opened  an  office  in  Medina. 
When  other  things  are  equal,  a  young  lawyer  naturally 


IRF.D   L.   DOU'.XS 

advances  more  quickly  among  oki  friends  and  asso- 
ciates, who  know  him  thoroughly  and  appreciate  his 
worth  ;  and  Mr.  Downs' s  professional  career  goes  to 
prove  this  assertion.  He  has  practiced  alone  for  the 
most  part,  though  he  was  connected  for  a  short  time 
with  Morgan  L.  Brainard,  and  for  about  a  year  with 
H.  B.  Dayton,  both  of  Medina. 

In  public  affairs  Mr.  Downs  has  been  actively 
engaged  for  many  years,  his  first  term  of  public 
service  beginning  shortly  after  his  admission  to  the 
bar.  In  the  spring  of  1882  he  was  elected  justice 
of  the  peace  for  the  town  of  Ridgeway,  Orleans 
county,  taking  office  January  1,  1883,  and  holding  the 
position  for  four  years.  Beginning  in  March,  1885, 
he  served  on  the  hoard  of  trustees  of  the  village  of 


Medina  for  three  years,  and  in  March,  1892,  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  village.  This  honor  was 
repeated  in  1893,  and  again  in  1894.  The  suc- 
cessive elections  may  be  regarded  as  sufficient  proof 
of  Mr.  Downs's  ability  and  faithfulness  in  the  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  the  position.  He  has  been 
on  the  (Jrleans-county  Republican  com- 
mittee, acting  as  member  of  the  e.xecu- 
tive  committee  and  treasurer  for  three 
years.  In  1895  his  party  showed  their 
appreciation  of  his  efforts  by  nominating 
him  for  member  of  assembly  from  Or- 
leans county,  and  the  voters  of  the  dis- 
trict confirmed  the  nomination  by  giving 
him  a  substantial  majority  on  election 
day.  In  the  legislative  session  of  1896 
he  received  a  place  in  the  committees 
on  judiciary,  revision,  and  villages,  and 
did  such  work  for  his  constituents  that 
he  was  re-elected  for  the  year  1897. 

Mr.  Downs  is  a  member  of  the  lodges 
of  both  Masons  and  Odd  Fellows  in 
Medina,  and  of  Genesee  Commandery, 
No.  10,  Lockport.  He  belongs  to  the 
Presbyterian  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Fred  Lester  Downs  ti'as  born  at  A'ledina, 
N.  Y. ,  August  IJf,  1855 ;  attended  dis- 
trict schools  and  Medina  Academy ;  n>as 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880  ;  was  Justice 
of  the  peace,  1883-86,  trustee  of  the 
ri/lagc  of  Medina,  1885-88,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  village,  1892-95  ;  married 
Emma  A.  Hopkins  of  Medina  February 
11,  1890  :  7iias  elected  to  the  assembly  in 
1895  and  1896  :  has  practiced  law  in 
Medina  since  1880. 


IRobert  Xou&on  2>rummon5  is 

the  son  of  James  Drummond,  who  left  the  old  fam- 
ily home  in  Scotland  on  the  banks  of  the  Tweed, 
and  came  to  America  about  1827.  He  married 
Sarah  Loudon,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Loudon  of  Del- 
aware county.  New  York  ;  and  settled  in  New  York 
city,  where  he  conducted  a  successful  business  for 
many  years.  There  Robert  Drummond  was  born 
in  1842.  Soon  after  that,  however,  his  father  moved 
to  the  town  of  Victory  in  the  northern  part  of  Cay- 
uga county,  and  the  boy's  education  was  begun  in 
the  district  schools  of  that  place.  He  afterward 
attended  the  union  academy  in  the  neighboring 
town  of  Red  Creek,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
became  a  teacher  in  the  common  schools  of  Cayuga 
county. 


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45 


This  peaceful  occupation  was  interrupted  in 
August,  1864  ;  when  Mr.  Drummond,  becoming  con- 
vinced that  his  country  had  need  of  his  services  in 
crushing  out  the  Rebellion,  enlisted  in  company  H, 
111th  New  York  infantry.  In  the  fighting  before 
Petersburgh  in  October  of  the  same  year,  he  was 
taken  prisoner,  and  for  four  months  experienced  all 
the  horrors  of  prison  life.  He  was  confined  at 
Petersburgh  and  Libby  prisons ;  and  afterward  at 
Salisbury,  N.  C,  where  he  was  chosen  by  his  fellow- 
prisoners  to  bring  to  the  attention  of  the  Confeder- 
ate general,  Bradley  T.  Johnson,  the  wants  and 
miseries  of  the  men  confined  there.  He  was  paroled 
March  2,  1865,  and  sent  to  the  parole  camp  at 
Annapolis,  and  thence  to  St.  Mary's  Hospital,  New 
York,  where  he  received  an  honorable  discharge. 
He  continues  to  take  an  active  interest  in  all  that 
pertains  to  the  "  boys  in  blue  ";  and  his 
many  patriotic  addresses  on  Memorial 
Day  have  been  published,  and  eagerly 
read  by  the  old  soldiers  and  their  friends. 

In  the  fall  of  1865  Mr.  Drummond 
was  elected  school  commissioner  for  the 
first  district  of  Cayuga  county,  and  filled 
the  position  for  three  years.  He  then 
resumed  for  a  short  time  his  work  as  a 
teacher  ;  but  soon  resigned,  and  entered 
the  Albany  Law  School,  having  decided 
to  follow  the  legal  profession.  He  grad- 
uated thence  in  May,  1871,  with  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  ;  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  all  the  courts  of  New  York 
state  a  few  days  later.  After  serving  in 
the  legislative  session  of  1871-72  as 
clerk  of  the  assembly  committee  on 
insurance  and  banks,  he  went  to  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  spring  of  1872,  and 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  Edward 
A.  Thomas.  The  firm  of  Thomas  & 
Drummond  continued  until  the  appoint- 
ment of  Mr.  Thomas  as  United  States 
judge,  and  after  that  Mr.  Drummond 
practiced  alone  until  his  own  election  as 
district  attorney  in  1878.  On  taking 
up  private  practice  again  in  1888  he 
associated  himself  with  George  W.  Nellis 
in  the  firm  of  Drummond  &  Nellis,  but 
since  1890  he  has  conducted  his  business 
alone.  He  maintains  a  large  general 
practice,  but  has  gained  special  promi- 
nence from  his  connection  with  several  important 
criminal  cases,  notably  the  defense  of  Jerry  Morris- 
sey  for  grand  larceny,  that  of  Lee  Hong  for  sodomy, 
and  later  the  Burgess  and  Sheldon  murder  trials. 


From  the  time  he  attained  his  majority  Mr.  Drum- 
mond has  been  interested  in  public  affairs.  In  the 
fall  of  1878  he  was  elected  district  attorney  of 
Cayuga  county  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  was 
twice  re-elected,  serving  nine  years.  His  able  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  the  office  is  attested  by  his 
long-continued  service,  and  by  the  fact  that  no  con- 
victions secured  by  him  were  ever  reversed.  He 
always  conducts  his  criminal  trials  without  notes  or 
minutes  of  evidence  taken,  relying  entirely  upon  his 
memory.  For  many  years  Mr.  Drummoud's  polit- 
ical sympathies  were  with  the  Republican  party  ;  but 
in  Cleveland's  first  presidential  campaign  he  trans- 
ferred his  allegiance  to  the  Democrats,  and  has  ever 
since  worked  for  the  success  of  their  cause.  He  was 
particularly  active  in  1896,  when  he  took  the  stump 
for    Bryan  and    Sewall  throughout    Cayuga  county. 


ROBERT  LOUD  OX  DRUMMOND 


In  that  year,  also,  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  representative  in  congress  from  the  28th  congres- 
sional district,  comprising  the  counties  of  Cayuga, 
Cortland,  Wayne,  Ontario,  and  Yates. 


4f) 


MEX   OF  XEir    WRK— GENESEE  SKCTIOX 


Mr.  Dnmimond  is  a  prominent  member  of  Calvary 
Presbyterian  Church,  Auburn,  serving  as  treasurer 
of  the  society  and  one  of  its  elders,  and  as  president 
of  its  Sunday  School  Temperance  Society.  He  was 
formerly  a  trustee  of  the  society,  and  of  the  Auburn 


county,  1S66-68 ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1871 ;  married  Anna  E.  Burke  of  Meri- 
dian, N.  V. ,  October  11,.,  1872  ;  was  district  attorney 
of  Cayuga  count}',  1879-87 ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Auburn,  N.   Y. ,  since  1872. 


HIRAM    W.  HASCALL 

Theological  Seminary.  He  is  an  interesting  public 
speaker,  and  his  lecture  entitled  "  Personal  Remin- 
iscences of  Prison  Life  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion," 
a  stirring  account  of  an  episode  that  must  forever 
remain  vivid  in  his  memory,  was  once  delivered  by 
him  in  a  lecture  course  in  the  city  of  Boston.  For 
the  last  ten  years  Mr.  Drummond  has  given  consider- 
able attention  to  farming,  maintaining  a  dairy  farm 
of  150  acres  partly  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of 
Auburn,  which  is  stocked  with  Holstein  cattle,  and 
is  a  model  establishment  of  its  kind. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOLOG  Y—  Robert 
Loudon  Drummond  was  horn  at  New  York  city  August 
21,  18Jf2  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools  and  acade- 
mies ;  taught  school,  186 1-6 Jf ;  served  in  the  Union 
army,  186^-65  ;  was  school  commissioner  in   Cayuga 


iDiram  M.  IbaSCall  has  been  an 
important  factor  in  the  legal,  political, 
and  social  affairs  of  eastern  Genesee 
county,  and  especially  of  Le  Roy  vil- 
lage, ever  since  that  part  of  the  state  was 
opened  up  to  civilization.  He  was  born 
in  Le  Roy  in  Madison's  first  administra- 
tion, and  has  continued  to  live  there  for 
eighty-four  years.  His  parents  came 
from  New  England  in  1808,  and  vi-ere 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Genesee 
county.  His  father,  David  Ha.scall,  took 
part  in  the  war  of  1812  :  and  his  grand- 
father on  the  other  side,  Nathan  Walden 
of  Connecticut,  likewise  served  his  coun- 
try in  the  War  for  Independence,  suffer- 
ing imprisonment  for  nearly  a  year  in  an 
old  church  in  New  York  city.  Mr.  Has- 
call's  father  was  widely  respected,  and 
held  many  positions  of  trust  and  impor- 
tance. He  brought  up  his  son  on  the 
farm,  but  realized  the  advantages  of  edu- 
cation, and  gave  Hiram  the  best  train- 
ing that  could  be  obtained  in  the  local 
schools  and  academies.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  the  young  man  began  the  study 
of  law  in  an  office  at  Le  Roy,  and  was 
soon  admitted  to  practice  in  all  the 
courts  of  the  state. 

An  attorney  in  a  country  town  is  usu- 
ally much  more  than  an  attorney,  as  his 
profession  brings  him  into  contact  with 
men  in  various  relations,  and  paves  the  way  for 
business  or  political  connections  of  various  kinds. 
So  it  was  with  Mr.  Hascall.  In  1855  he  was 
elected  clerk  of  Genesee  county,  and  filled  the 
position  for  two  terms.  In  1864  he  was  made  col- 
lector of  internal  revenue  —  an  especially  important 
position  at  that  time  because  of  the  complicated  and 
numerous  taxes  imposed  in  the  course  of  the  war. 
He  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln  commissary 
of  subsistence  with  the  rank  of  captain.  In  1867  he 
became  postmaster  of  Le  Roy,  and  held  the  office 
for  sixteen  years.  He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  always 
had  an  important  part  in  the  counsels  of  political 
leaders.  His  influence,  of  course,  has  been  felt 
most  directly  in  the  settlement  of  local  questions, 


MEN   OF  XEIV    YORK—CE.XESEE   SECTIOX 


but  both  county  and  state  politics  have  received  the 
benefit  of  his  sagacious  advice  and  efficient  party 
services. 

In  recent  years  Mr.  Hascall  has  devoted  his  time 
for  the  most  part  to  the  demands  of  a  large  legal 
practice.  His  fourscore  years  and  more  rest  so 
lightly  upon  him  as  to  be  no  burden  ;  and  his  men- 
tal powers  are  markedly  vigorous  and  alert.  He 
has  the  benefits  of  age,  due  to  long  experience  and 
ripened  judgment,  without  the  drawbacks  that  some- 
times accompany  advancing  years.  That  he  may 
continue  for  a  long  time  to  come  in  the  full  enjoy- 
ment of  his  physical  vigor  and  rare  mental  gifts,  is 
the  earnest  wish  of  a  multitude  of  people  in  Genesee 
county  and  the  country  thereabout. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Hiram  IV. 
Hascall  rcas  born  at  Le  Roy,  N'.  Y.,  December  IS, 
IS  12 ;  received  a  common-school  ami  an 
academic  education;  studied  hnv  in  Le 
Roy,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
ISJfS  ;  was  clerk  of  Genesee  count}',  1S50- 
62,  and  collector  of  internal  revenue, 
1866-69;  was  post/naster  of  Le  Roy, 
1S67-SS ;  has  practiced  law  in  Le  Roy 
since  ISJ^S. 


JObn  J6.  IbOWe  is  stlll  distant  from 
the  fortieth  milestone  in  the  journey  of 
life  ;  but  he  has  already  mastered  a  diffi- 
cult profession,  and  has  reached  one  of 
the  higher  positions  therein.  His  prep- 
aration was  rather  limited  in  some  re- 
spects, so  that  his  progress  is  the  more 
noteworthy  and  commendable.  Born  at 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  two  years  before  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Howe 
received  his  early  scholastic  training  in 
the  Christian  Brothers'  School  at  Utica. 
He  also  attended  the  Utica  Free  Acad- 
emy, graduating  therefrom  with  the  class 
of  1875.  His  school  work  stopped  at 
this  point,  as  he  was  unable  to  take  a 
college  course. 

Mr.  Howe  made  an  early  start  in  his 
life-work    by    obtaining    a    position    as 
proof  reader  on   the  Utica    Observer  in 
May,  1879.    After  serving  several  months 
in  this  capacity  he  became  a  reporter  on 
the    Observer,  thus  entering  another  de- 
partment of  journalism,  and  one  that  was 
more  in  line  with  his  ultimate    aims  in  life.      His 
advancement  was  not  long  delayed,  since  he  became 
telegraph  editor  of  his  paper  in  1881  ;  and  in  the 
next    year  he   succeeded    Harold    Frederic,  now  a 


well-known  foreign  correspondent,  as  leading  edi- 
torial writer  on  the  Observer.  He  continued  in  this 
position  for  about  ten  years,  or  until  April  1,  1892, 
when  he  became  editor  of  the  Rochester  Herald. 

This  paper  is  a  stalwart  Democratic  organ,  and  as 
Mr.  Howe  is  himself  a  firm  believer  in  Democratic 
principles,  his  work  has  been  congenial.  He  was  a 
leading  spirit  in  the  Cleveland  Democracy,  and  has 
been  foremo.st  among  the  younger  Democrats  of  the 
city.  He  is  a  fluent  and  forcible  writer.  Though 
he  has  been  in  Rochester  only  a  few  years,  he 
has  already  made  an  excellent  reputation,  and  his 
circle  of  friends  in  western  New  York  is  rapidly 
widening.  He  is  a  member  of  Corpus  Christi 
Roman  Catholic  Church.  He  belongs  to  the  Flower 
City  Democracy,  but  has  not  otherwise  connected 
himself  with  clubs  or  fraternal  societies. 


JOHN  B.   HOWE 

[ournalism  is  a  most  absorbing  profession,  and 
Mr.  Howe  has  found  little  time  for  other  pursuits. 
He  has  made  one  exception,  however,  to  his  usual 
practice  concerning  outside  allurements  ;    that  is  to 


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ME  A   OF  NEIV   YORK— GENESEE  SECT/0  A 


say,  he  has  indulged  his  love  for  music.  Ever  since 
boyhood  he  has  been  interested  in  the  subject,  and 
he  has  made  a  thorough  study  of  instrumental  music 
and  musical  compositions. 

PERSONAL    CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—/o/in  Benedict 
Howe  7vas  born  ai  Utica,  N.    Y. ,  March  21,  1859  ; 


FRA\K  PARh'ER    HVLETTE 

was  educated  at  the  Christian  Brothers'  School  and 
Utica  Free  Academy ;  was  connected  with  the  Utica 
' '  Observer ' '  as  proof  reader,  reporter,  and  editorial 
tvriter,  1879-92  ;  married  Marietta  Gartlan  of  Utica 
June  25,  1890 ;  has  been  editor  of  the  Rochester 
"  Herald"  since  April  1,  1892. 


jf  rani?  Iparfier  IfjUlette,  editor  of  the  Wyo- 
ming County  Leader,  has  done  much  to  increase  the 
prestige  of  the  country  press  in  western  New  York, 
and  to  show  that  the  dailies  of  the  great  cities  do 
not  monopolize  all  the  ability  and  enterprising  spirit 
in  the  journalism  of  the  day.  He  was  born  in  Berk- 
shire county,  Massachusetts,  where  his  grandfather, 
Josiah  Hulette,  died   in   ISilO  at  the  unusual  age  of 


101,  having  been  the  oldest  man  in  New  England  to 
vote  for  President  Cleveland  two  years  before.  Mr. 
Hulette's  father.  Dr.  G.  S.  Hulette,  moved  to  west- 
ern New  York  when  a  young  man,  and  for  many 
years  practiced  medicine  at  Warsaw.  On  his  mother's 
side  Mr.  Hulette  is  a  grandson  of  Charles  R.  Parker, 
one  of  the  early  lawyers  of  Wyoming 
county,  whose  father,  Silas  Parker,  and 
grandfather,  Leonard  Parker,  were  the 
first  settlers  of  the  town  of  Arcade. 

Mr.  Hulette  began  his  education  in 
private  schools  ;  afterward  attending  the 
high  school  at  Great  Barrington,  Mass., 
the  E]3iscopal  Academy  of  Connecticut 
at  Cheshire,  and  other  preparatory 
schools  ;  and  entering  Trinity  College, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1879.  He  became 
a  student  in  the  Albany  Law  School  in 
1880.  He  also  read  law  with  his  cousin. 
Judge  Robert  S.  Parker  of  Bowling 
Green,  Ohio,  engaging  at  the  same  time 
with  him  in  the  brokerage  and  insurance 
business ;  but  he  soon  abandoned  the 
law  for  the  more  congenial  occupation 
of  newspaper  making. 

While  living  in  Albany   Mr.   Hulette 
acted  as  a  reporter  on  the  Albany  Argus. 
He  liked  the  work    from   the  first,  and 
ultimately  determined  to  adopt  journal- 
ism   as    his    profession.      After    holding 
jjositions  on  the    local    staffs  of  various 
newspapers  in  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Den- 
ver, Buffalo,  and  other  large  cities  for  a 
few  years,  he  became  in  1882  associate 
editor   of    the    Chautauqua    Farmer   at 
Dunkirk,    N.   Y.       In    connection    with 
Parker  &  Hendricks,  the  owners  of  that 
paper,  he  established  the  Dunkirk  Even- 
ing Observer,  and  became  its  editor  and 
manager.      Three  years  later  he  moved  to  Arcade, 
and  became  the  editor  and  publisher  of  the    Wyo- 
ming County  Leader,  which  he  has  conducted  most 
successfully  for  the  past  twelve  years. 

Mr.  Hulette  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics 
for  many  years,  and  has  been  on  the  stump  in  every 
campaign  since  1880.  He  was  a  warm  admirer  of 
Tames  (I.  Blaine,  and  is  proud  of  the  fact  that  his 
first  vote  was  cast  for  that  statesman.  Notwithstand- 
ing this,  he  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  in  a  district 
where  the  fact  means  inevitable  political  defeat. 
But  he  belongs  to  the  class  that  "never  sulks  and 
never  surrenders  ":  and  has  been  willing  on  several 
occasions  to  bear  the  standard  of  his  party,  and  to 
make  a  good  fight  to  lessen  the  opposing  majority. 


ME\   OF   XEir    ydA'K^OEXESEE   SECT/OX 


4'J 


In  IS!);")  he  was  nominated  for  state  senator  from  the 
46th  district,  receiv'ing  a  vote  somewhat  heavier  than 
the  head  of  the  ticket  ;  and  in  189(i  he  was  his  party's 
candidate  for  member  of  congress  from  the  oOth  con- 
gressional district.  He  received  an  unusually  large 
vote,  but  was  beaten  by  about  SOOO.  Mr.  Hulette's 
acquaintance  with  prominent  politicians  of  both  par- 
ties is  very  extensive  throughout  the  state,  but 
more  particularly  in  the  section  west  of  the  Hud- 
son river.  Indeed,  a  distinguished  senator  once 
gave  it  as  his  opinion  that  no  man  of  his  acquaintance 
in  western  New  York  had  a  more  intimate  knowledge 
of  public  men  and  events  in  the  Empire  State  than 
Mr.  Hulette. 

With  the  exception  of  a  few  dramatic  composi- 
tions, songs,  and  short  stories,  which  he  deems  of 
little  importance,  Mr.  Hulette's  writing  has  been 
entirely  confined  to  matter  for  the  press.  Probably 
the  eiiitorial  utterances  of  no  other  rural  weekly 
newspaper  in  the  state  are  more  widely  (|uoted  or 
commented  on  by  the  city  and  metropolitan  press, 
than  are  those  of  the  JFrom/'/if;'  County  Leader.  In 
addition  to  his  editorial  work  Mr.  Hulette  has  writ- 
ten considerable  news  matter  regarding  politics  in 
the  western  counties  of  the  state  for  the  Buffalo 
Courier,  and  for  the  New  York  World,  Advertiser, 
Recorder,  and  other  metropolitan  sheets. 

In  1831  Mr.  Hulette  took  a  leading  part  in  organ- 
izing the  Farmers'  Alliance,  which  was  for  a  time  a 


power  in  local  politics  in  the  state  :  and  he  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  permanent  organiza- 
tion. For  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  New 
York  State  Press  Association,  and  has  served  as  its 
vice  president.  He  is  now  secretary  of  the  Demo- 
cratic F^ditorial  A.ssociation  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  He  belongs  to  several  fraternal  societies,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church. 

In  October,  1897,  Mr.  Hulette  became  the  junior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Warner  &  Hulette,  editors 
and  publishers  of  the  daily,  semi -weekly,  and  weekly 
Ar<;us-,  the  only  Democratic  organ  in  the  growing 
"Twin  Cities"  of  'I'onawanda,  Erie  county,  and 
North  'Fonawanda,  Niagara  countv.  He  did  not, 
however,  part  with  the  ownership  or  control  of  the 
Il'rowi/ii;-  Cinmtv  Leader. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Frank  Par- 
ker Hulette  was  born  at  Alford,  Mass.,  March  -il, 
1863 :  attended  7'arious  preparatory  schools.  Trinity 
Colle^^e,  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  Allwiiy  Law  School: 
worked  on  different  newspapers  in  lar^^e  cities,  1880- 
82  :  icas  editor  and  nianai^er  of  the  Dunkirk  "  Even- 
ino-  Observer, ' '  1882-83  ;  married  Frances  Ibbotson 
Wrii^ht  of  Boston  April  7,  18.90:  ivas  Democratic 
candidate  for  state  senator  in  18,05,  and  for  member 
of  congress  in  1896  :  has  been  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  "  Jl'yoming  County  Leader,"  at  Arcade,  vV.  Y., 
since  1885,  and  of  the  Tonaivanda  ' '  Arf^i/s  ' '  since 
October,  1897. 


THE    DEPARTED 


In  this  Section  are  contained  the 
biographies  of  some  of  our  distinguished 
citizens  who  died  before  the  publication 
of  the  first  portion  of  this  work.  Their 
lives  are  a  part  of  the  contemporary  history 
of  this  State  in  the  closing  years  of  the 
century,  and  are  essential  elements  in  its 
composition. 


THE    DEPARTED 


Jfre&eric  imilliam  Bartlett,  m.  D.,  one 

of  tlie  best-liked  and  most  respected  physicians  oi 
Buftalo,  was  born  in  Kingston,  Mass.,  January  8, 
1826.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Uriah  and  Olive 
(Holmes)  Bartlett.  His  father  was  of  the  Plymouth 
(Mass.)  branch  of  the  Bartlett  family;  and  his 
parents  were  each  of  old  Pilgrim  stock,  both  being 
lineal  descendants  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  Cap- 
tain Miles  Standish,  John  Alden,  and  others  of  the 
"  Mayflower  "  Pilgrims. 

Dr.  Bartlett  was  educated  at  the  normal  school 
at  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  and  in  1845  took  charge  of 
the  Lafayette  Academy  in  Jeffersonville,  Ga.  He 
was  originally  intended  for  the  ministry;  but  re- 
linquished this  idea,  and  in  1846  became  the  puli- 
lisher  and  proprietor  of  the  Atlanta  Luminarx. 
Unwilling  to  sacrifice  his  feelings  upon  the  slavery 
question,  he  returned  North  in  1848,  and  in  con- 
nection with  Thomas  Drew  Stetson  (now  of  New- 
York  city),  established  the  Old  Colony  Reporter  in 
North  Bridgewater,  now  Brockton,  Mass.  Later  he 
sold  his  interest  in  this  paper  to  Mr.  Stetson,  and  in 
1850  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  New  York 
city.  He  graduated  February  28,  1854,  from  the 
New  York  Medical  College,  afterwards  reorganized 
as  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College.  In  March, 
1855,  he  went  to  Buffalo,  and  made  that  city  his 
home  until  his  death  March  17,  1897.  He  was  sur- 
vived by  his  wife  and  son.  Dr.  G.  Hunter  Bartlett 
of  Buffalo,  an  only  daughter,  Daisy  Lillian  Bartlett, 
having  died  in  childhood. 

As  a  family  physician  Dr.  Bartlett  won  the  con- 
fidence and  affection  of  his  patients  by  his  sympathy, 
his  happy  disposition,  and  his  forgetfulness  of  his 
own  convenience  in  attending  upon  the  sick.  The 
cares  of  a  large  practice  never  made  him  hasty  or 
unsympathetic,  his  very  presence  in  a  sick  room  was 


in  itself  a  healing  influence,  and  his  lifelong  kind- 
ness to  the  poor  is  well  known.  By  many  families 
in  Buffalo  his  name  will  long  be  held  in  affectionate 
and  grateful  remembrance. 

Dr.  Bartlett  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  medical 
literature.  His  paper  on  dii)htheria,  advocating 
original  methods  of  treatment,  was  reprinted  in 
foreign  journals.  During  the  prevalence  of  the 
very  fatal  disease  known  as  the  epizootic,  which 
attacked  horses  all  over  the  United  States,  he  made 
public  a  method  of  treatment  that  was  adopted 
eventually  throughout  the  country.  In  the  epidemic 
of  cerebro-spinal  meningitis  in  1868,  he  advocated 
and  used  an  original  treatment  —  the  "  hot  pack  ' ' — 
with  the  happiest  results.  His  papers  on  accidental 
hemorrhage  and  scarlet  fever  called  attention  to 
original  and  successful  methods  of  treatment.  In 
1883  he  demonstrated  the  value  of  enemas  of  weak 
solutions  of  bi-chloride  of  mercury  in  treating  dysen- 
tery, and  later  advocated  the  same  treatment  in 
typhoid  fever  and  in  ordinary  cases  of  entero-colitis  ; 
and  he  published  several  articles  that  attracted  wide 
attention,  giving  the  records  of  some  hundreds  of 
these  cases  treated  successfully  by  him.  He  also 
published  several  papers  relating  to  his  investiga- 
tions in  the  use  of  ozone  in  the  treatment  of  zymotic 
disease,  and  the  like. 

Among  the  official  positions  held  by  Dr.  Bartlett 
are  the  following  :  president  Buffalo  Medical  and 
Surgical  Association  in  1884  ;  president  Mechanics' 
Institute  (afterward  the  Polytechnic  Institute), 
1889-91  ;  president  Buffalo  Physicians'  Protective 
Association,  1893-94  ;  trustee  Buffalo  Academy  of 
Medicine,  1893-96  ;  vice  president  Medical  Society 
of  the  County  of  Erie  in  1894,  and  president  in 
1895  ;  consulting  physician  to  the  Harbor  Provident 
Mission,    1894-95  ;     consulting    physician    to    the 


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MEN  OF  NEW   YORK 


Hospital  of  the  Sisters  of  Charity  in  1895.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Soci- 
ety, and  a  communicant  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
Church. 

PERSONAL     CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Frederic 
Williiwi  Bartlelt  was  horn  at  Kingston,  Mass.,  Jan- 


FREDERIC    WILLIAM  BARTLETT 

uary  S,  1S26  ;  was  educated  at  Bridgewater  {Mass.  ) 
Normal  School ;  was  principal  of  Lafayette  Academy, 
Georgia,  ISJ^o-^B  ;  engaged  in  journalism  in  Georgia 
and  Massachusetts,  184-6-50;  graduated  from  the  New 
York  Medical  College  in  185^  :  married  Adelia  Lfun- 
ter,  daughter  of  Dr.  James  Hunter  of  Whitby,  Ont., 
December  28,  1854;  practiced  medicine  in  Buffalo 
from  1855  until  his  death,  March  17,  1897. 


]£rtC  %.  1be&StrOm,  who  for  over  thirty  years 
was  actively  identilied  with  the  coal,  coke,  and  pig- 
iron  trades  in  Buffalo,  was  born  in  Stockholm, 
Sweden,  in  1835.  His  parents  came  to  the  United 
States  when  he  was  a  lad,  and  settled  in  Illinois  ; 
and  when  he  was  twenty-one    years  old  he    began 


business  in  the  office  of  A.  B.  Meeker  &  Co.,  coal 
merchants  in  Chicago. 

Mr.  Hedstrom  moved  to  Buffalo  early  in  the  '60's, 
and  made  his  home  there  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  In 
company  with  the  late  Asa  Packer  he  became  the 
agent  for  the  Lehigh  Valley  Coal  Co.  in  that  city. 
Messrs.  Hedstrom  and  Packer  bought  a 
considerable  tract  of  land  on  the  Black- 
well  canal  and  Buffalo  creek,  and  erected 
the  first  coal  trestle  in  Buffalo.  Subse- 
quently they  built  the  Buffalo  Creek  rail- 
road, of  which  Mr.  Hedstrom  was  elected 
president.  About  1879  they  sold  out 
their  interests  to  the  Erie  railroad,  and 
Mr.  Hedstrom  allied  himself  with  the 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  Coal 
Co.,  with  which  he  remained  until  his 
death  in  1894.  The  Buffalo  business  of 
the  company  was  conducted  wholly  by 
him  and  in  his  name.  The  business  in 
Chicago  was  in  charge  of  the  firm  of 
E.  L.  Hedstrom  &  Co. ,  consisting  of 
Mr.  Hedstrom,  John  H.  Brown,  and 
Ceorge  W.  Meeker. 

In  spite  of  the  absorbing  demands  of 
his  own  busine.ss  concerns  Mr.  Hedstrom 
found    it    possible    to    take  a  prominent 
])art  in  public  affairs  in   Buffalo,  and  to 
devote  much  time    to  the  religious  and 
charitable  work  of  the  city.      He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Buffalo  Board  of 
Trade  and  of  the  Merchants'  P^xchange, 
and  served  as  president  of  the  latter  asso- 
ciation   in    1884   and    1885.       He    was 
greatly  interested  in  all  kinds  of  philan- 
thropic work   for  many  years  —  so  much 
so  that  at  one  time  he  was  president  of 
no  less  than  fourteen  religious  and  char- 
itable   organizations.       He   was   elected 
president  of  the  local  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation when  it  was  a  financial  wreck  ;   and  by  his 
faithful    and   judicious    management    saved    it   from 
dissolution,  and  established  it  once  more  on  a  firm 
footing.      His  benefactions  were  innumerable  ;  and 
he  possessed  the  traits  of  generosity,  unselfishness, 
and  magnanimity  in  a  degree  rarely  united  in  one 
man. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Eric  L. 
Hedstrom  was  born  at  Stockholm,  .Siceden,  August 
■21,  1835;  came  to  the  United  States  in  childhood: 
began  business  life  in  a  coal  office  in  Chicago  in 
1856 ;  moved  to  Buffalo  about  1860,  and  jvas  ac- 
tively engaged  in  the  coal  and  iron  business  there 
until  his  death  :  was  president  of  the  Buffalo   Young 


ME.\    OF  iXElV    YORK 


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Men's  Christian  Association,  1871-76,  and  of  the 
Merchants'  JExchange,  188^—85 ;  died  in  Buffalo 
October  17,  189Jf. 


(BibSOn  XT.  MilliamS,  for  many  years  one  of 
Buffalo's  wealthiest  and  most  highly  respected  citi- 
zens, was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in  1813.  His 
father  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  Williams,  a  revolution- 
ary soldier  who  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Bunker 
Hill,  Bennington,  and  Saratoga ;  and  his  early 
paternal  ancestors  were  Welsh,  while  those  on  his 
mother's  side  were  Scotch. 

When  (iibson  T.  Williams  was  eleven  years  old  his 
father  moved  to  Franklin  county,  Vermont,  where 
for  the  next  five  years  the  boy  worked  on  a  farm. 
He  then  spent  a  year  at  the  academy  in  the  neigh- 
boring town  of  St.  Albans,  after  which  he  began  his 
busine.ss  life  as  clerk  in  a  country  store 
in  the  .same  place.  After  three  years' 
experience  there  he  determined  to  go 
West  ;  and  accordingly  set  out  for  Buf- 
falo, accomplishing  the  journey  by  stage 
and  canal  in  seven  days.  This  was  in 
1833. 

Mr.  Williams  first  obtained  employ- 
ment in  a  hardware  store,  and  afterward 
became  a  clerk  in  the  ship  chandlery  and 
grocery  store  of  Kiml)erly  &  Waters  on 
the  dock.  He  remained  with  them  three 
years,  during  which  he  saved  sufficient 
capital  to  enable  him  to  purchase  an 
interest  in  the  firm  on  the  retirement  of 
the  original  partners  in  February,  1837. 
This  business  was  continued,  with  vari- 
ous changes  in  the  firm,  until  1850, 
when  Mr.  Williams  sold  out  his  interest 
therein.  The  next  year,  in  company  with 
Henry  Roop,  he  built  the  lead  works  at 
the  corner  of  Delaware  avenue  and  Vir- 
ginia street,  known  afterwards  as  the 
Cornell  works.  Mr.  Roop  withdrew 
from  the  concern  soon  after  ;  and  Sam- 
uel G.  Cornell  wa.s  admitted  to  the  firm, 
which  became  a  corporation,  under  the 
title  of  the  Niagara  White  Lead  Co. 
Messrs.  Williams  and  Cornell  carried  on 
the  business  together  with  marked  suc- 
cess until  1861,  when  Mr.  Cornell  bought 
out  his  partner's  interest. 

In   1862   the   Western   Insurance   Co. 
was  organized,  with  Dean  Richmond  as  president  and 
Mr.  Williams  as  vice  president ;  and  on  the  death  of 
Mr.  Richmond,  Mr.  Williams  became  the  executive 
head  of  the  company.      This  organization  enjoyed  a 


career  of  great  prosperity,  and  did  an  immense 
amount  of  business  for  several  years ;  but  the  Chi- 
cago fire  of  1871  swept  it  out  of  existence.  When 
the  Erie  County  Savings  Bank  was  organized  in 
1854  Mr.  Williams  was  one  of  the  incorporators,  and 
was  chosen  its  first  vice  president.  Later  he  became 
its  president,  and  held  the  office  until  his  death  in 
1891.  He  was  always  a  controlling  spirit  in  its 
management,  and  took  great  pride  in  its  impregnable 
financial  position.  At  the  time  of  his  death  the 
institution  had  a  larger  surplus  than  any  other  bank 
in  the  state  outside  of  New  York  city  ;  and  much  of 
its  success  was  due  to  his  keen  business  foresight, 
and  prudent  and  conservative  management. 

Mr.  Williams  was  prominent  throughout  his  long 
life  in  business  affairs  in  Buffalo.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Board  of  Trade  established 


ERIC  /..  HEDSTROM 

in  1844  ;  and  he  was  a  director  in  several  banks,  as 
well  as  in  the  Buffalo  Gas  Light  Co.  and  other 
organizations.  When  the  city's  park  system  was 
adopted  he  was  one  of  three  commissioners  appointed 


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MEIV   OF  NEW    YORK 


to  take  the  necessary  land  for  that  purpose  ;  and  his 
work  in  this  line  gave  general  satisfaction  to  all  con- 
cerned. Positions  of  trust  and  responsibility  almost 
without  number  were  offered  to  him  in  the  course  of 
the  half  century  and  more  durini;  which  he  made  his 


G/BSOX   T.    WILLIAMS 

home  in  Buffalo,  and  whatever  duties  he  undertook 
were  always  faithfully  and  ably  discharged. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  —  Gibson  T. 
Williafiis  was  born  at  Charlesto7v»,  N.  H.,  January 
15,  1813 ;  was  educated  in  common  schools  and  St. 
Albans  ( Vt. )  Academy ;  was  a  clerk  in  a  country 
store,  1830-33  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1833  ;  married 
Harriet  C.  Howard  of  Herkimer  county,  N.  V.,  in 
1844  .'  engaged  in  the  ship-chandlery  business  in  Buf- 
falo, 1837-50,  and  in  the  manufacture  of  white  lead, 
1851-61  ;  was  connected  with  the  Western  Insurance 
Co.  of  Buffalo,  as  vice  president  and  president, 
1862-71 ;  helped  to  organize  the  Erie  County  Savings 
Bank  in  1854,  and  was  its  president  at  the  time 
of  his  death;  died  at  Asheville,  A'.  C,  April  14, 
1801. 


IfDCnr^  3.  l!)atCS  was  a  direct  descendant  of 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Christopher  Peter  Yates,  who 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  whose  original 
commissions,  signed  by  John  Hancock,  President  of 
the  continental  congress,  were  in  Mr.  Yates's  pos- 
session at  the  time  of  his  death.  The 
Yates  family  have  been  residents  of  New 
York  state  for  a  century  and  a  half, 
moving  from  eastern  New  York  to  Chau- 
tauqua county  in  the  early  days  of  its 
settlement.  His  mother's  family  came 
from  Dover,  Vt.,  and  were  the  second 
family  to  settle  in  what  is  now  the  city 
of  Jamestown. 

Mr.  Yates  was  born  and  educated  in 
Jamestown,  and  in  due  time  entered  a 
grocery  there  as  a  clerk.  He  was  less 
than  nineteen  years  of  age  when  the 
storm  broke  that  threatened  to  wreck 
the  ship  of  state  ;  but  the  blood  of  his 
revolutionary  forefather  stirred  in  his 
veins,  and  he  threw  himself  eagerly  into 
the  conflict.  April  26,  18(51,  he  en- 
listed in  company  B,  72d  regiment,  New 
York  volunteers.  This  was  the  first  com- 
pany to  leave  Chautauqua  county,  and 
within  a  month  he  was  on  his  way  to 
the  front.  Enlisting  as  a  private,  he 
was  made  corporal  before  leaving  James- 
town, and  received  successive  promo- 
tions throughout  his  term  of  service  until 
he  reached  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant 
(captain  by  brevet).  Later  he  was 
appointed  adjutant  of  the  regiment.  Be- 
ginning active  service  at  the  siege  of 
Yorktown,  he  took  part  thereafter  in  the 
battles  of  Williamsburg  and  Fair  Oaks, 
in  the  advance  on  Richmond  and  the 
Seven  Days'  battle  during  the  retreat  to  Harrison's 
Landing,  in  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Chancel- 
lorsville,  Gettysburg,  Wapping  Heights,  Mine  Run, 
and  the  \Vilderness.  At  Gettysburg  he  commanded 
company  D  of  his  regiment,  and  in  the  battle  of 
Mine  Run  he  likewise  commanded  a  company.  His 
appointment  as  adjutant  of  the  regiment  followed 
soon  after  ;  and  in  the  next  engagement  —  the  bat- 
tle of  the  Wilderness  —  he  was  severely  wounded 
through  both  shoulders.  His  term  of  enlistment 
expiring  soon  after,  he  was  discharged  from  the 
service  while  still  suffering  from  his  wounds.  In- 
deed, he  never  fully  recovered  from  their  effects  ; 
and  his  death,  at  the  untimely  age  of  fifty-four,  was 
the  result  of  the.'^e  early  injuries  received  in  his 
country's  service. 


JfEX  OF  NEW    YORK 


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After  his  return  to  civil  life  Mr.  Yates  made  his 
home  in  Jamestown,  where  he  filled  various  posi- 
tions of  importance.  In  May,  1869,  President 
( irant  appointed  him  postmaster  of  the  village  ;  and 
he  held  the  office  until  February,  1873,  when  he 
was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  town  of 
Ellicott,  in  which  the  village  of  Jamestown  was  situ- 
ated. He  filled  this  position  until  188G,  when,  at 
the  first  election  of  officers  of  the  newly  organized 
city  of  Jamestown,  he  was  chosen  police  justice, 
holding  the  office  until  his  death.  For  six  years, 
beginning  in  1881,  he  was  one  of  the  coroners  of 
Chautauqua  county. 

Mr.  Yates  possessed  the  confidence  and  respect 
of  his  fellow-citizens  in  a  marked  degree.  He  had 
endeared  himself  to  them  by  an  honorable  and  use- 
ful life  enriched  by  many  deeds  of  kindness  to 
those  in  need,  and  by  the  able  discharge 
of  his  duties  as  police  justice  of  the  city. 
He  was  an  ideal  man  for  this  position  — 
conscientious  at  all  times,  never  daunted 
by  threats,  a  terror  to  evil  doers,  merci- 
ful to  those  who  deserved  mercy.  His 
clear  and  quick  perception  enabled  him 
to  reach  decisions  with  a  rapidity  that 
seemed  like  intuition,  and  with  an  accu- 
racy of  judgment  seldom  open  to  doubt. 
Under  his  administration  the  police  court 
of  Jamestown  attained  an  unusual  de- 
gree of  dignity  and  efficiency. 

Mr.  Yates  joined  the  Free  Masons  in 
his  soldier  days,  and  was  a  member  of 
Western  Sun  Chapter,  No.  67,  R.  A.  M., 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Jamestown  in  1878,  and  several  years 
later  was  chosen  an  elder  of  that  body. 
He  belonged  to  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen  ;  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  in  which  he  was  com- 
mander of  James  M.  Brown  Post  in 
1893  ;  the  Union  Veteran  Legion  ;  and 
the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of  the  United  States,  the  highest  associa- 
tion of  its  kind  in  America.  A  com- 
mittee appointed  by  this  organization  to 
draft  resolutions  relative  to  Mr.  Yates, 
reported  in  part  as  follows  :  "  Mr.  Yates 
was  one  of  the  best  type  of  the  Ameri- 
can volunteer.  He  enlisted  with  no 
other  motive  than  that  of  patriotism,  and  he  re- 
mained in  the  service  until  his  physical  condition 
incapacitated  him  for  duty.  His  comrades  and 
Ijrother   officers    testify    to    the   high    plane    of  his 


morality,  to  his  steadfastness  to  the  Union  cause, 
to  his  unfailing  courage.  He  was  always  ready  for 
duty,  confident  of  the  eventual  success  of  the  Fed- 
eral arms,  and  by  word  and  example  did  very  much 
to  inspire  others." 

A  widow  and  five  children  survived  Mr.  Yates. 
Mrs.  Julia  Harper  Yates  and  three  daughters  — 
Leonora  Faith,  Ellen  Proudfit,  and  Anna  Baker  — 
reside  in  Jamestown,  while  one  son,  Blinn,  lives 
in  Buffalo,  and  another,  Henry  Jones,  in  Mon- 
tana. 

PERSONAL  CHR ONOL OGY—  Henry  Jones 
Yates  was  born  at  James/own,  N.  V. ,  September  23, 
18Jf2  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools  ;  was  clerk  in 
a  grocery,  1859-61 ;  served  in  the  Union  army,  1861- 
64-;  married  Julia  Hai-per  Blinn  {adopted  daughter  of 
Colonel  Henry  Baker")  of  Jatncstonm  June  20,  1867  ; 


HEXRY  J.    YATES 

ivas  postmaster  of  Jamestown,  1869-73  ;  was  Justice 
of  the  peace  for  the  to7vn  of  Ellicott,  1873-86,  and 
police  justice  of  Jatnestoicn  from  1886  until  his  death 
January  18,  1897. 


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MEX   OF  A'Kir    VORK 


3UJ)S0n  :B.  Hn^reWS,  for  fourteen  years 
superintendent  of  the  Buffalo  State  Hospital  for  the 
Insane,  and  one  of  the  foremost  alienists  of  the 
country,  was  descended  from  an  old  New  England 
family,  his  ancestors  having  been  among  the  earliest 
settlers  of  the  New    Haven  colony.      Dr.   Andrews 


JUDSOX  B.  AXDREWS 

himself  was  born  in  Connecticut  in  1834,  and 
received  his  education  there,  graduating  from  Yale 
College  in  the  class  of  '55.  For  several  years  he 
taught  school  and  studied  medicine,  but  his  studies 
were  interrupted  by  the  otitbreak  of  the  Civil  War. 

Beginning  his  military  service  as  captain  in  the 
77th  New  York  regiment,  Dr.  Andrews  served  in 
the  Chickahominy  and  preceding  campaigns  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  but  resigned  becau.se  of  ill 
health  in  the  summer  of  1862.  Returning  North 
he  resumed  his  medical  studies,  and  in  February, 
1863,  graduated  from  the  medical  department  of 
Yale  College.  He  then  re-entered  the  army  as 
an  assistant  surgeon,  and  served  until  the  close  of 
the  war. 


In  1867  Dr.  Andrews  began  what  was  to  be  a  life- 
long connection  with  the  care  and  treatment  of  the 
insane,  becoming  third  assistant  physician  of  the 
State  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Utica.  Four  years  later  he 
became  first  assistant.  When  the  Buffalo  State  Hos- 
pital was  opened  in  1880  Dr.  Andrews  was  offered 
the  responsible  post  of  superintendent, 
and  from  that  time  until  his  death  in 
1894  he  had  charge  of  the  institution. 
He  had  an  extensive  knowledge  of  ner- 
vous and  mental  diseases  gained  from 
long  experience  and  wide  and  careful 
research ;  as  well  as  a  natural  faculty 
for  organization  that  peculiarly  qualified 
him  to  be  at  the  head  of  such  an  institu- 
tion. He  was  firm,  but  kindly  and  judi- 
cious ;  and  both  his  as.sociates  and  his 
patients  loved  and  trusted  him. 

Dr.  Andrews  was  a  man  of  wide  gen- 
eral culture,  a  student  of  literature  and  a 
connoisseur  of  art  ;  but  the  exacting  de- 
mands of  his  position  compelled  him  to 
devote  himself  closely  to  his  hospital 
work.  In  this,  as  has  been  said  above, 
he  achieved  marked  success,  and  gained 
an  extended  reputation  as  an  authority  in 
a  difficult  specialty.  For  some  years  he 
was  assistant  editor  of  the  American  Jour- 
nal of  Insanity,  and  he  was  president  of 
the  psychological  section  of  the  Ninth 
International  Medical  Congress  held  at 
Washington  in  September,  1887.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Medical  Society,  the  Erie  County  Medi- 
cal Society  (of  which  he  was  at  one  time 
president^,  and  the  Buffalo  Medical  Asso- 
ciation ;  as  well  as  lecturer  on  insanity  at 
the  Buffalo  Medical  College.  The  high 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  fel- 
low-practitioners was  voiced  by  one  of  the  most 
prominent  physicians  of  Buffalo  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Erie  County  Medical  Society  shortly  after  his  death, 
when  he  said:  "I  consider  him  personally  the  ideal 
of  what  a  professional  man  should  be." 

PE  R  S  O  NA  L  CUR  ONOLOGY  —  JuJson 
Boardman  Andrews  zuas  born  in  Conneciiciit  April 
23,  ISSJf. ;  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1855,  and 
from  Yale  Medical  School  in  1863 ;  served  in  the 
Union  arniv  during  the  greater  part  of  the  ii'ar :  mar- 
ried Agnes  Campbell,  daughter  of  Samuel  Campbell  of 
A^ew  York  Mills,  N.  Y.  ;  was  connected  with  the 
State  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Utica,  N.  Y,  1867-80; 
7e>as  superintendent  of  the  Buffalo  State  Hospital  from 
1880  until  his  death  August  3,  189 J^. 


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George  flD.  JBurrOWS,  for  twenty  years  super- 
intendent of  the  western  division  of  the  New  York 
Central  &  Hudson  River  railroad,  did  his  work  so 
well  that  it  will  be  a  standard  of  comparison  in  the 
railroad  world  so  long  as  present  methods  of  railroad 
operation  and  supervision  shall  continue.  He  was 
worth  more  to  the  owners  of  the  road  than 
can  be  exjjressed  in  figures.  It  has  been 
said  of  him,  "  He  managed  it  as  if  it  were 
his  own  property,"  and  that  is  true.  His 
whole  career  illustrates  the  success  that 
comes  from  thorough  acquaintance  with 
a  field  of  work,  and  a  full  appreciation 
of  responsibility,  united  to  untiring  effort 
and  marked  ability. 

His  railroad  work  dates  from  the  time 
when,  a  lad  of  sixteen  or  thereabouts,  he 
took  part  in  the  construction  work  of  the 
Connecticut  River  railroad,  whose  line 
was  building  across  his  father's  farm. 
When  he  was  twenty-one  he  first  left  home 
in  the  service  of  the  same  road.  It  is 
evident  that  he  began  building  up  a  repu- 
tation from  the  outset,  for  in  1852  he  was 
called  to  the  superintendency  of  the 
Rochester,  Lockport  &  Niagara  Falls 
road,  now  the  Falls  branch  of  the  Central. 
The  line  was  then  under  construction. 
Mr.  Burrows  saw  it  completed,  and  ran 
the  first  train  over  it  from  Rochester  to 
the  Falls.  His  home  was  then  in 
Rochester.  When  he  left  Rochester  for 
Toledo,  in  June,  1855,  to  become  general 
superintendent  of  the  Lake  Erie,  Wabash 
&  St.  Louis  road,  he  received  an  ovation 
which,  as  a  tribute  of  esteem  and  good 
will,  is  still  unique  in  the  railroad  history 
of  western  New  York. 

Continuing  with  the  Wabash  until 
1865,  Mr.  Burrows  for  the  next  four  years  built  and 
operated  the  Saratoga  &  Hudson  road.  He  then 
returned  to  the  enlarged  Wabash  system,  making  his 
home  in  Toledo  until  1873.  He  was  identified  with 
this  system  during  the  days  of  its  prosperous  growth, 
and  his  work  was  second  to  none  in  making  the 
Wabash  one  of  the  great  railroad  systems  of  the 
country.  When  Jay  Gould  obtained  control  of 
the  system,  in  1873,  Mr.  Burrows  voluntarily 
resigned. 

The  friendship  between  William  H.  Vanderbilt 
and  Mr.  Burrows  was  something  more  than  usually 
comes  from  a  mere  business  association.  It  was  a 
warm  personal  attachment.  Mr.  Burrows  ]30ssessed 
i[ualities  that  Mr.  Vanderbilt  valued  highly  ;   he  had, 


moreover,  Mr.  Vanderbilt's  implicit  confidence,  and 
it  was  therefore  a  source  of  great  satisfaction  to  the 
Central  directorate  when  he  accepted  the  superinten- 
dency of  the  western  division  of  the  New  York 
Central,  including  all  lines  operated  by  this  com- 
pany west  of  Syracuse. 


GEORGE   H.  BURROWS 

For  twenty  years,  until  his  voluntary  retirement  in 
1893,  the  condition  —  and  to  a  considerable  extent, 
the  prosperity  —  of  the  lines  in  this  division,  de- 
pended on  the  devotion,  energy,  practical  ability, 
and  sagacity  of  George  H.  Burrows.  He  and  his 
famous  pony  engine  were  everywhere,  day  or  night, 
in  winter  or  summer,  as  occasion  demanded.  Dur- 
ing his  incumbency,  the  Falls  and  Lockport  branches 
were  constructed  or  extended,  the  Buffalo  Cross-town 
road  was  built,  the  Central's  tracks  were  put  above 
grade  through  the  city  of  Rochester,  and  the  canti- 
lever bridge  at  Niagara  Falls  was  built  and  opened. 
In  his  special  engine  he  made  the  first  trip  over  the 
Niagara  on  the  cantilever  bridge,  December  5,  1884  ; 
he  had  also  been  on    the    first    train    to    cross    the 


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suspension  bridge,  March  18,  1855.  He  was  always 
first  when  it  was  his  duty  or  place  to  be  on  hand  ; 
but  he  was  always  last  when  it  came  to  putting  him- 
self before  the  public.  His  connection  with  the 
New  York  Central  extended  through  two  decades 
of  the  greatest  advance  in  the  history  of  railroads. 
What  part  he  bore  in  that  advance  is  evidenced  by  the 
work  he  did  —  work  that  will  stand  in  transportation 
annals  as  representing  the  century's  best  achievements 
in  railroad  construction  and  maintenance. 

Advancing  years  prompted  Mr.  Burrows,  in  1893, 
to  seek  retirement.  The  company  would  not  accept  a 
resignation,  but  instead  gave  him  a  year's  holiday 
abroad,  with  full  salary.  On  his  return  he  could  not  lie 
induced  to  resume  heavy  duties,  and  his  last  years  were 
divided  between  his  home  in  Buffalo  and  his  summer 
home  in  Bernardstown,  Mass.  He  died  at  Buffalo 
March  9,  189fi,  and  is  buried  at  Northampton,  Mass. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  George  Hunt 
Burrows  was  born  at  Bernardstown,  Mass. ,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1822  ;  attended  the  public  schools :  was  in  the 
sendee  of  the  Connecticut  River  railroad,  18^3-52  ; 
jnarried  Marx  Elizabeth  Cook  of  Northainpton,  Mass. , 
September  11,  18o0  :  7vas  connected  with  the  Wabash 
road,  with  headquarters  at  Toledo,  1855-65  and 
1869-7-3 ;  7vas  superintendent  of  the  western  division 
of  the  New  York  Central  road,  with  headquarters  at 
Buffalo,  1873-93;  died  at  Buffalo  March  9,  1896. 


Stepben  ^0.  Clement,  whose  death  occurred 
September  29,  1892,  was  for  more  than  two  genera- 
tions a  prominent  man  in  the  commercial,  social, 
and  religious  life  of  Fredonia  and  Buffalo.  As  a 
youth  he  displayed  those  characteristics  of  integrity 
and  sound  judgment  that  marked  his  later  career, 
and  gained  for  him  surpassing  influence  and  power. 
Calm,  dispassionate,  level-headed,  courteous,  and 
firm  withal,  he  possessed  in  an  eminent  degree  the 
qualities  requisite  for  the  responsible  duties  that 
devolve  upon  a  banker  and  trustee  of  other  people's 
funds. 

His  boyhood  was  spent  upon  his  father's  farm  in 
the  town  of  Manlius.  N.  Y.,  and  his  education  was 
such  as  farmers'  sons  in  bygone  days  were  accustomed 
to  secure  in  the  winter  district  schools.  At  sixteen 
he  went  to  work  as  a  clerk  in  a  general  store,  con- 
tributing from  his  wages  to  the  support  of  the  family, 
and  laying  aside  small  sums  against  the  day  when  he 
could  go  into  business  for  himself.  This  opportunity 
came  three  years  later,  when  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  another  young  man  to  conduct  a  general  country 
store.  The  venture  was  successful,  but  the  limita- 
tions of  the  business  were  obvious,  and  Mr.  Clement 
soon  went  to  Camden,  N.  Y.,  to  work  as  a  salesman 


for  two  years  in  a  large  dry-goods  house.      He  after- 
wards filled  a  similar  position  in  Rome,  N.  Y. 

In  1850  Mr.  Clement  moved  to  Fredonia,  N.  Y., 
where  he  conducted  a  general  store.  His  two 
brothers  were  a.ssociated  with  him  in  this  enterprise, 
and  he  eventually  disposed  of  the  business  to  them. 
It  was  now,  at  the  age  of  thirty,  that  he  began  his 
career  as  a  banker  —  a  career  to  which  his  tastes  and 
temperament  naturally  led  him,  and  for  which  his 
busine.ss  life  up  to  this  point  had  been  but  the  train- 
ing and  preparation.  After  a  year's  experience  as 
cashier  in  a  private  bank,  he  established  the  Fredonia 
Bank  (subsequently  organized  as  the  Fredonia  Na- 
tional Bank),  and  was  its  active  manager,  first  as 
cashier  till  18(57,  and  then  as  president  until  1881. 
In  1869  he.  became  the  cashier  and  manager  of  the 
Marine  Bank  of  Buffalo,  and  in  1881  was  elected  its 
president,  holding  this  position  until  his  death.  He 
was  also  president  of  the  Bankers'  Association  of 
Buffalo,  and  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  of 
Dunkirk  ;  andadirector  of  the  National  Bank  of  North 
America  of  New  York  city,  and  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Faribault,  Minn. 

During  his  long  residence  in  Fredonia  Mr.  Clement 
established  an  enviable  reputation.  He  held  the  un- 
reserved confidence  of  all  who  came  in  contact  with 
him,  proving  himself  a  wise  and  trustworthy  financier, 
free  from  any  speculative  tendency.  He  shaped  his 
conduct,  not  to  secure  personal  aggrandizement,  but 
to  co-operate  in  the  development  and  welfare  of  the 
entire  community.  He  was  pre-eminently  a  man  of 
conscience,  with  no  variable  standard  of  honesty, 
but  equally  rigorous  in  all  the  relations  of  life. 
United  with  this  quality,  he  had  a  kind  heart  and 
active  sympathies,  and  his  counsel  and  assistance  were 
never  sought  in  vain.  It  was  but  natural,  therefore, 
that  his  departure  from  Fredonia  drew  from  all 
classes  of  citizens  expressions  of  genuine  regret. 

Mr.  Clement's  life  in  Buffalo  covered  a  period  of 
nearly  twenty-four  years.  They  were  busy  years, 
filled  with  devotion  to  duty,  in  business,  home,  and 
church.  He  did  not  allow  the  banking  counter  to 
shut  out  his  view  of  the  rest  of  the  world.  He  was 
not  a  money-making  machine,  but  a  Christian  who 
felt  the  responsibility  imposed  upon  him  by  the 
possession  of  large  means.  He  gave  freely,  but 
wisely  and  without  ostentation.  He  was  active  in 
philanthropic  and  educational  work,  and  ever  ready 
to  contribute  of  his  time  and  resources  for  the  uplift- 
ing of  mankind.  He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  a  commissioner  of  the  Auburn 
Theological  Seminary,  and  represented  his  church  in 
the  presbytery,  synod,  and  general  a,ssembly.  His 
religion  was  part  of  his  daily  life,  and  even  in  the 


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midst  of  exacting  business  cares  he  found  time  to 
perform  his  duties  as  trustee  of  the  Buffalo  General 
Hospital  and  of  the  Buffalo  Orphan  Asylum,  and  as 
president  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  State 
Normal  School. 

Stephen  M.  Clement's  life  may  be  best  summed 
up  in  the  statement  that  he  was  indeed  a 
practical  Christian.  His  whole  career 
was  marked  by  the  utmost  honesty  of 
thought  and  purpose,  and  he  believed  a 
good  name  more  to  be  desired  than  great 
riches.  His  success  in  material  things, 
however,  was  continuous  and  marked  : 
and  this  success  was  won  worthily,  not  by 
speculative  ventures,  but  by  the  ob- 
servance of  honest  principles,  by  a 
thorough  mastery  of  his  profession,  by 
industry,  energy,  and  commanding  busi- 
ness ability.  In  commercial  and  in  moral 
life  alike,  he  was  steadfast  in  his  purpose, 
unswerving  in  his  integrity,  true  to  his 
responsibilities. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Stephen  M.  Clement  was  born  at  Manlius, 
N.  V. ,  February  26,  1825  ;  was  educated 
in  district  schools :  conducted  a  genera/ 
store  in  Fredonia,  N.  Y. ,  1850-55 ; 
organized  the  Fredonia  Bank  in  1856,  and 
was  president  of  tlie  same,  1867-81  : 
married  Sarah  E.  Leonard  of  De  Witt, 
N.  Y.,  November  3,  1851 :  became  cashier 
and  manager  of  the  Marine  Batik,  Buffalo, 
in  1869,  and  president  in  1881  :  died 
September  29,  1892. 


1R.  p.  dfaSSett  served  the  law  and 
his  fellow-citizens  of  Elmira  for  thirty- 
five  years,  and  left  a  record  for  sterling 
worth,  profound  legal  learning,  and  emi- 
nent Christian    character,  that    constitutes   a   price- 
less  heritage    to   his   descendants.      His    profession 
was  not  simply   a  means    of    livelihood.      He   was 
devoted   to    it,   and    practiced    it    for   love    of    the 
ideals  contained  in  the  law.    He  was  a  friend  of  young 
men,  many  of  whom  had  the  privilege  of  pursuing  their 
legal  studies  in  his  office.      His  influence  on  the  bar 
and  the  community  was  great,  and  always  good,  for 
he  was  essentially  a  man  of  sound  moral  principles. 

Mr.  Fassett  was  a  farmer's  son.  His  parents  went 
to  Pennsylvania  from  Vermont,  and  were  pioneers  in 
their  section  of  the  state.  They  had  to  clear  the 
ground  for  a  farm,  and  young  Fassett  shared  all  the 
hardships  and  all  the  advantages  of  country  rearing. 
Consequently  he  developed  a  vigorous  constitution 


and  a  robust  character,  which  marked  him  in  later 
years.  He  had  the  ambition  and  the  self-reliance  of 
so  many  country  boys  who  have  subsequently  risen 
to  eminence  in  the  United  States.  America  has  been 
the  poor  boy's  opportunity.  Mr.  Fassett  attended 
the  district  school  in  winter  until  he  was  eighteen 


STEPHEN  M.   CLEMEXT 

years  of  age.  He  then  taught  for  a  while  in  his 
home  school  at  South  Creek.  He  was  all  the  time 
eager  to  secure  a  higher  education.  To  do  this  no 
honorable  work  was  beneath  him.  At  one  period  he 
drove  the  stage  between  South  Creek  and  Elmira. 
When  finally  his  ambition  was  gratified,  and  he  was 
enabled  to  enter  the  Elmira  Free  Academy,  he  worked 
at  the  same  time  to  pay  his  board  while  in  school. 

He  pursued  his  law  studies  in  the  law  school  at 
Cherry  Valley,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1849. 
He  began  practice  at  once  in  Elmira,  forming  a  part- 
nership with  Archibald  Robertson.  Some  years  later 
H.  Boardman  Smith  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and 
thenceforth  the  partnership  of  Smith,  Robertson  & 
Fassett  became  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  trusted 


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combinations  of  legal  talent  in  central  New  York. 
Each  partner  possessed  a  peculiar  strength,  and  the 
trio  constituted  indeed  a  triple  alliance  of  brains, 
skill,  and  eloquence. 

A  lawyer  endowed  with  good  business  judgment  is 
sooner  or  later  drawn  into   commercial    enterprises 


.\".  P.  FASSETT 

where  legal  knowledge  is  an  element  of  success.  In 
this  way  Mr.  Fa.ssett  became  connected  with  several 
mercantile  concerns  and  manufacturing  enterprises. 
His  legal  ability  and  tried  integrity  made  him  a  valu- 
able man  in  a  directors'  meeting  ;  and  he  was  faithful 
in  his  relations  with  corporations  and  institutions 
whether  of  a  financial  or  philanthropic  character.  He 
was  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  popular  educa- 
tion, and  was  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  the 
Elmira  College,  one  of  the  first  institutions  in  the 
country  for  the  higher  education  of  women.  He  was 
president  for  many  years  of  the  Elmira  Advertiser 
Association,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  paper.  Mr.  Fassett  was  never  in  politics 
in  the  sense  of  seeking  office,  but  he  was  no  less  a 


force  in  public  affairs.      He  served  terms  as  supervisor 

and  school  trustee,  but  the  duties  of  his  profession 

engrossed  his  time  and  thought  to  the  exclusion  of 

political  life.      He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 

Church  of  Elmira  for  forty-two  years.      His  death 

occurred  at  his  residence  in  Elmira  January  17,  1894, 

in  the  seventy-second  year  of  his  age. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY— 

Newton  Pomroy  Fassett  ivas  born  at  Troy, 

Perm. ,  November  2G,  1822  ;  was  educated 

at  Elmira  Free  Academy ;    was  admitted 

to  the  bar  in  184-9  ;  married  Martha  Ellen 

S/oat   of  Sloatsburg,  N.   Y.,   October  20, 

1852  :    practiced  law  in  Elmira,  N.   Y., 

from    18Jf9   until  his   death    Jauuarv   17, 

1894. 

•♦• 

30bU  1bO&0C  was  most  widely  known 
for  his  prominence  in  the  Masonic  order. 
His  reputation  e.xtended  far  beyond  the 
limits  of  his  own  state,  and  there  were  few 
members  of  the  great  fraternal  order  who 
were  more  highly  respected  or  more  justly 
popular.  Outside  of  Masonic  circles, 
however,  the  people  of  western  New  York 
knew  him  as  an  unusually  successful  busi- 
ness man,  who  had  accumulated  a  large 
property  by  his  own  toil  and  business 
insight.  Among  his  own  townspeople  he 
was  respected  and  loved  as  a  man  of  great 
public  spirit,  large  charity,  generous  im- 
pulses, a  high  sen.se  of  honor,  and  strict 
integrity.  Few  men  have  done  more  for 
Lockport  than  he.  Few  have  been  more 
ready  to  help  the  needy,  or  to  promote 
any  charitable  or  benevolent  undertaking. 
No  worthy  object  ever  failed  to  receive 
the  support  of  his  energy  and  his  means. 
He  was  a  tireless  worker,  methodical  and 
as  he  must  have  been,  to  do  the  great 
work  which  he  took  upon  himself,  and 
which  finally,  in  great  part,  broke  him  down  and 
brought  about  his  death. 

Mr.  Hodge  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  and 
moved  to  Lock])ort  when  about  twenty-one  years 
of  age.  The  profession  of  law  was  attractive  to  him, 
and  he  studied  for  it,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
practiced  at  Lockport  for  two  or  three  years.  Like 
many  another  young  lawyer,  he  was  weaned  from 
his  profession  by  a  tempting  business  opening  before 
he  had  time  fairly  to  establish  a  clientage.  He  first 
became  connected  with  the  Gargling  Oil  Co.  in 
the  capacity  of  i  lerk.  On  the  death  of  George  W. 
Merchant,    the     originator    of    the     com|)ound,    he 


systematic, 
amount  of 


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succeeded  to  the  secretaryship  of  the  company,  and 
continued  in  this  position  for  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  The  business  was  a  large  one  when  he  took 
charge  of  it,  but  it  extended  rapidly  under  his  man- 
agement, until  the  name  and  product  of  the  firm 
became  familiar  throughout  the  continent. 

But  Mr.  Hodge  was  too  energetic  a  man  to  confine 
himself  to  a  single  line.  As  the  owner  and  manager 
of  the  Hodge  opera  house  he  became  widely  known 
in  quarters  unconnected  with  his  manufacturing  busi- 
ness. This  opera  house  was  built  about  fifteen  years 
ago,  replacing  one  which  was  then  destroyed  by  fire, 
and  which  had  also  been  built  by  Mr.  Hodge  some 
ten  years  earlier.  In  the  holding  of  offices  of  an 
honorary  and  a  business  character  his  record  is  ex- 
tremely significant.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  Lockport 
&  Buffalo  railway,  chief  engineer  of  the 
Lockport  fire  department,  president  of  the 
Union  Printing  &  Publishing  Co.,  presi- 
dent of  the  Firemen's  Life  Association 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  president  of 
the  Agricultural  Society,  director  of  the 
Masonic  State  Life  Association,  president 
of  the  Lockport  board  of  education,  presi- 
dent of  the  Cllenwood  Cemetery  Associa- 
tion, commissioner  of  the  Niagara  State 
Reservation,  president  of  the  Lockport 
Home  for  the  Friendless,  vestryman  and 
trustee  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  and 
Grand  Receiver  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  of 
the  State  of  New  York.  The  latter  office 
he  filled  for  twelve  consecutive  years. 

He  was  invested  with  the  supreme  grade 
of  the  33d  degree  Scottish  Rite  Masons 
in  US75,  and  was  a  member  of  Ames 
Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  Bruce  Council,  No. 
15,  R.  S.  M.,  Genesee  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  Lock  City  Lodge  of  Perfection, 
A.  A.  R.,  Rochester  Chapter,  Rose  Croix, 
and  Rochester  Consistory,  S.  P.  R.  S. 
His  long  and  faithful  service  in  the 
fraternity,  and  the  high  rank  he  had 
already  attained,  led  to  his  election  as 
Grand  Master  Mason  of  the  State  of  New 
York  about  a  year  before  his  death.  He 
declined  a  re-election,  and  it  was  while 
attending  the  ceremonies  incident  to  the 
installation  of  his  successor  that  he  suffered 
the  exposure  that  led  to  his  death. 

Mr.  Hodge  was  an  unswerving  Repub- 
lican in  politics.    In  1.S93  he  was  tendered  the  nomina- 
tion for  state  treasurer,  but  declined  it.    He  was  highly 
regarded  in  his  church,  the  officers  of  which  at  the 
time  of  his  death  adopted  a  resolution  in  which  he  was 


extolled  as  a  model  of  the  successful,  conscientious, 
business  man.  He  was  generous  as  a  friend,  and  during 
his  later  life  lost  much  money  through  his  willing- 
ness to  help  others  involved  in  business  troubles. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John  Hodge 
was  horn  in  Jefferson  cminty.  New  York,  in  18S9  ;  went 
to  Lockport,  N.  Y. ,  in  early  life,  and  practiced  law  a 
short  time ;  built  the  Hodge  opera  house,  Lockport,  in 
1871,  and  rebuilt  it  in  1881 ;  was  secretary  of  the  Garg- 
ling Oil  Co.  from  18G(J  until  his  death,  and  interested 
in  many  other  manufacturing  and  mercantile  enterprises 
in  Lockport ;  died  at  Lockport  August  7,  1895. 


Molcott  Julius  Ibumpbres,  who  died  at 

Warsaw,    N.  Y.,   January   19,  1890,  was  one  of  the 
most   honored  and   honorable  citizens  of  Wyoming 


JOHX  HODGE 

county,  and  iew  men   in  that   ])art  of  the  state  have 
been  so  widely  missed. 

Mr.  Humphrey  was  born  at  Canton,  Conn.,  which 
was  also  fhe  birthplace  of  his  father,  his  grandfather, 


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and  his  great-grandfather.  He  may  ahnost  be  re- 
garded as  a  native  of  New  York  state,  however,  since 
his  father  brought  his  family  to  Sheldon,  Wyoming 
county,  the  year  after  Wolcott  was  born.  One  of  a 
family  of  seventeen  children,  Wolcott  was  obliged 
to  content  himself  with  the  education  obtainable  in 


WOLCOTT  JVLIVS  HUMPHREY 

the  common  schools,  supplemented  by  instruction 
from  a  neighboring  clergyman.  His  natural  abili- 
ties, however,  were  of  a  high  order  ;  and  the  lessons 
learned  later  in  the  school  of  experience,  together 
with  wide  reading  and  extensive  travel,  served  to 
develop  his  character  as  a  polished,  cultured  gentle- 
man, and  a  keen  and  successful  business  man. 

Until  he  was  twenty-three  years  old  Mr.  Hum- 
phrey assisted  his  father  in  the  varied  occupations  of 
farming,  tanning,  shoemaking,  and  harness-making. 
Later  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  different 
places  in  Wyoming  county,  and  at  Bloomington, 
111.  While  residing  in  the  West,  he  was  largely 
interested  in  land  speculations,  which  proved  highly 
successful. 


In  1864  Mr.  Humphrey  returned  to  Wyoming 
county,  where  so  large  a  part  of  his  life  had  been 
spent,  and  settled  at  Warsaw,  which  continued  to  be 
his  home  until  his  death.  For  several  years  he  was 
extensively  engaged  in  the  tanning  business  ;  but  in 
1869  he  became  connected  with  the  Wyoming 
County  National  Bank.  Two  years  later 
he  was  chosen  president  of  the  institu- 
tion, and  filled  that  responsible  position 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Humphrey  had  an  important  voice 
in  the  management  of  local  affairs,  as  he 
was  president  of  the  water  and  the  gas 
companies,  and  of  the  cemetery  associa- 
tion. He  also  served  for  eight  years  as 
trustee  of  the  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
at  Batavia,  and  for  three  years  as  presi- 
dent of  the  board. 

Mr.  Humphrey's  political  record  is  a 
long  and  an  honorable  one.  A  Whig  so 
long  as  that  party  lasted,  he  was  ever 
afterwards  a  zealous  Republican.  He 
served  his  town  as  supervisor  and  as 
postmaster  for  a  number  of  years.  In 
1850,  when  but  thirty-three  years  of  age, 
he  was  elected  to  the  state  assembly,  and 
was  re-elected  the  following  year.  During 
his  second  term  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  railroads,  and  reported  the 
bill  for  consolidating  the  Central  road. 
Fourteen  years  later,  having  returned  to 
Wyoming  county  after  his  sojourn  in  the 
West,  he  was  elected  to  represent  the  13th 
district,  consisting  of  Wyoming,  Livings- 
ton, and  Allegany  counties,  in  the  state 
senate,  and  was  re-elected  two  years  later. 
Though  not  a  speech-making  member, 
Mr.  Humphrey  was  recognized  as  one  of 
the  most  able  men  in  the  senate.  He 
was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  roads  and  bridges, 
and  a  member  of  the  committees  on  internal  affairs, 
printing,  finances,  and  banks.  For  thirty  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Wyoming-county  Republican 
committee,  and  for  twenty  years  its  chairman. 
During  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  he  was  a 
delegate  to  more  than  half  the  Republican  state 
conventions  ;  and  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Repub- 
lican national  conventions  in  1876  and  1880.  For 
firmness  of  purpose,  political  sagacity,  unerring 
judgment,  and  strict  integrity,  Mr.  Humphrey  had 
few  equals  in  public  life. 

In  addition  to  his  business  and  political  cares 
Mr.  Humphrey  found  many  an  opportunity  to  help 
the  needv  and  the  afflicted.     The  wealth  that  he  had 


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23 


accumulated  was  freely  used  for  the  good  of  others. 
He  was  a  generous  supporter  of  the  Congregational 
church,  of  which  he  was  for  twenty  years  a  trustee. 
PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Wokott Julius 
Humphrev  ilhis  bor/i  at  Canton,  Conn.,  November  11, 
IS  17:  was  educated  in  common  schools :  engaged  i/i 
mercantile  business  in  Wyoming  county,  N.  K,  and 
at  Bloomingfon,  III.,  ISJfi-OJi.,  and  in  the  tanning 
business  at  Warsaw,  N.  V. ,  1864--f>9 :  married 
Amanda  B.  Martindale  of  Dorset,  J't. ,  March  30, 
ISJfl,  and  Hannah  Adams  of  Parma,  N.  Y.,  July  S, 
1874- ;  was  president  of  the  JVyoming  County  National 
Bank  of  IVarsajv,  1871—90  ;  died  at  Warsaw  Jan- 
uary 19,  1890. 


(Ilarh  Tld.  1f3Ur5  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Erie  county.  The  place  was  a  wilderness  when  he 
first  went  to  it ;  but  he  lived  to  see  the 
country  develop  into  a  thickly  settled 
district,  dotted  with  flourishing  farms 
and  inhabited  by  progressive  and  wide- 
awake people.  When  Mr.  Hurd  as  a 
young  man  left  his  native  place  in  Con- 
necticut, Buffalo  was  a  mere  village,  and 
the  surrounding  country  was  largely  an 
unbroken  forest.  The  few  inhabitants 
disputed  possession  with  the  Indians  and 
the  wild  beasts,  and  the  comforts  of  life 
as  known  to-day  were  wholly  lacking. 
Western  New  York  was  then  the  Far  West, 
and  none  but  the  plucky  and  the  hardy 
thought  of  leaving  their  eastern  homes  to 
struggle  with  nature  for  a  livelihood. 
But  Clark  W.  Hurd  had  just  the  qualities 
essential  to  success  under  such  conditions. 

Mr.  Hurd  first  settled  in  what  is  now 
Town  Line  station  on  the  Erie  railroad, 
about  ten  miles  east  of  Buffalo  :  but  he 
soon  took  up  his  abode  at  a  spot  that 
has  since  become  the  pretty  village  of 
Elma.  There  he  lived  for  nearly  three 
quarters  of  a  century,  and  there  he  died 
in  the  fullness  of  years,  honored  and 
respected  by  all  his  neighbors.  Of  his 
early  struggles  in  the  forest  with  floods 
and  drifting  snows,  with  Indians  and  wild 
beasts,  he  often  told  thrilling  stories  to 
those  who  gathered  about  his  hospitable 
fireside  in  the  later  years  of  his  life. 
They  were  stories  of  which  neither  he  nor 
his  hearers  ever  grew  tired.  While  many  settlers  in 
the  "Holland  Purchase"  gave  their  attention  to 
farming,  and  cleared  away  the  forest  for  the  purpose 
of  planting  crops  and  making  pasturage  for  their  cattle, 


i\Ir.  Hurd  saw  great  possibilities  in  utilizing  for  busi- 
ness purposes  the  timber  that  everywhere  covered  the 
ground.  He  therefore  embarked  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, and  gave  his  attention  thereto  for  many  years. 
When  the  Bufifalo  Creek  Indian  reservation  was  thrown 
open  to  settlers,  he  bought  large  tracts  of  land,  and 
proceeded  to  clear  them.  In  connection  with  his 
partner,  Joseph  B.  Briggs,  he  established  a  chain  of 
sawmills  along  Big  Buffalo  creek,  and  the  firm  of  Hurd 
&  Briggs  soon  became  known  as  the  leading  lumber 
concern  of  the  section.  Both  partners  were  resolute, 
persistent,  and  enterprising,  and  their  business  grew 
and  prospered  accordingly.  Their  headquarters  were 
established  at  what  is  now  Elma,  but  what  in  early 
}-ears  was  known  as  the  Hurd  &  Briggs  settlement. 
.Slowly  the  forest  fell  away,  settlers  came  in,  build- 
ings arose,  gardens  and   farms  spread   out,  churches 


CLARK    \V.  HURD 


and  schools  were  established,  and  wealth  was  accu- 
mulated ;  and  so,  in  the  course  of  time,  the  rough 
settlement  of  the  frontiersmen  became  the  thriving, 
happy  village  community  of  to-day. 


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MEN  OF  NEW    YORK 


Throughout  this  evolution  Mr.  Hurd  was  a  fore- 
most figure.  He  took  the  utmost  delight  in  the 
growth  of  the  settlement  where  he  had  been  almost 
the  first  comer,  and  was  ever  ready  to  do  all  that  lay 
in  his  power  to  further  its  best  interests.  He  was 
thoroughly  alive  to  the  necessity  of  providing  means 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Clark  Weed 
Hurd  was  born  at  Roxbury,  Conn.,  September  17, 
1806 ;  went  to  western  New  York  in  1821,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  business ;  married  Dulcena  E. 
Clark  of  Halifax,  Conn. ,  in  1836 ;  died  at  Ehua, 
Erie  county,  N.   Y.,  January  6,  189^. 


D.AS'IEL    Mc^rILL.4.\ 

for  religious,  social,  and  intellectual  progress,  and 
was  a  liberal  contributor  to  all  these  objects.  The 
closing  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  a  comfort  that 
he  delighted  to  share  with  others,  and  no  more  hos- 
pitable home  could  be  found  in  the  whole  of  western 
New  York  than  his. 

Mr.  Hurd  was  a  strong  Whig,  and  he  joined  the 
Republicans  on  their  organization,  believing  heart 
and  .soul  in  their  principles.  During  the  war  he  was 
an  ardent  Union  man,  and  gave  one  son  to  the  cause 
of  freedom  for  the  slave  and  unity  for  the  country. 
Mr.  Hurd  had  a  large  family,  and  four  of  his  sons 
are  to-day  among  the  leading  business  men  of  Buffalo. 
They  have  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  their  father, 
and  are  all  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 


S)antel  /Il5c/I15illan  suggests  in  his 

life  and  character  the  ]irophet's  words: 
"  As  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place,  as  the 
shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a  weary  land." 
Scotland  bred  his  father  at  a  time  when 
Covenanters  and  Puritans  were  made  — 
men  of  iron  consciences  hammered  out 
upon  the  anvil  of  adversity.  The  noble 
characteristics  of  a  sterling  ancestry  were 
transmitted  and  indelibly  stamped  upon 
the  son.  He  was  a  man  of  deep  religious 
conviction,  an  exacting  conscience,  stern 
probity,  and  indomitable  will.  No  one 
could  fairly  say  of  him  that  he  ever 
countenanced  or  did  an  unjust  act.  He 
loved  truth  and  disdained  wrong.  The 
stricken -hearted  found  in  him  a  friend, 
and  the  needy  a  helping  hand.  His 
heart,  when  moved  by  sympathy,  was  as 
tender  as  a  woman's ;  but  when  duty 
called  him,  he  was  fearle.ss.  He  had  an 
eye  and  an  iron  nerve  that  few  men  could 
withstand,  whenever  he  was  moved  to 
action  in  any  matter. 

Large-hearted  and  fearless,  he  was  fore- 
most among  the  few  men  who  first  openh' 
stood  up  against  the  field  of  opposition 
to  the  freedom  of  the  slaves.      He  organ- 
ized   the   anti-slavery    reformers    in    the 
Genesee  valley,  in  the  face  of  an  o]jpo- 
sition  that  burned  the  buildings  in  which 
they  met  above   their   heads.      Smooth- 
shaven   until  Sumter  was  fired  upon,   he    permitted 
no  razor  to  touch  his  face  until  every  slave  was  free  ; 
and  ever  after  he  wore  his  beard  aa  the  white  badge 
of  freedom. 

His  father,  John  McMillan,  came  from  Perthshire, 
Scotland,  during  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century, 
and  settled  in  the  Mohawk  valley  at  Johnstown.  He 
had  three  sons,  Duncan,  Hugh,  and  Daniel  ;  and  as 
the  two  eldest  came  to  manhood,  they  chafed  within 
the  narrow  limits  of  their  first  home  and  longed  for 
the  freedom  of  a  wider  range.  The  fame  of  the 
valley  of  the  Clene.see  had  reached  them,  and  in  1812 
the  family  moved  into  their  forest  home  and  settled 
at  York,  on  the  western  slope  of  what  came  to  be  to 
them  the  most  beautiful  of  all  the  fertile  vallevs  of 


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25 


this  or  any  other  countrv.  The  first  journey  from 
Johnstown  to  this  frontier  home  was  made  in  eleven 
days.  Ten  years  later  the  trip  was  made  by  carriage 
over  the  new  state  road  in  five  days.  The  last  visit 
made  by  Mr.  McMillan  to  his  birthplace  was  during 
his  ninetieth  year,  when  the  run  was  made  from 
Buffalo  to  Fonda,  a  distance  of  254  miles,  by  the 
"  Empire  State  Express  "  in  five  hours. 

Daniel  was  the  youngest  son.  He  attended  school 
at  Caledonia,  and  at  one  time  planned  to  take  up 
the  study  of  medicine  ;  but  in  1828  he  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Malcolm  McNaughton,  and 
settled  on  a  portion  of  the  tract  taken  up  by  his 
father.  In  this  same  year  he  associated  with  others, 
and  founded  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Congrega- 
tion of  York,  of  which  for  more  than  sixty  years  he 
was  a  ruling  elder.  He  was  active  in 
the  presbyteries,  and  as  late  as  his  nine- 
tieth year  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
synods  of  the  Reformed  church. 

Born  two  years  after  the  death  of 
Wa.shington,  he  lacked  less  than  seven 
years  of  spanning  the  entire  century. 
His  first  vote  was  cast  for  General  Jack- 
son in  1824,  and  he  lived  under  every 
President  except  two.  He  knew  Red 
Jacket,  and  sat  with  him  and  talked  with 
him  about  the  camp  fires  seventy  years 
ago,  in  the  forests  both  east  and  west 
of  the  Genesee.  He  was  fond  of  social 
companionship,  and  had  marked  conver- 
sational powers.  He  was  a  sincere  lover 
of  nature,  and  traveled  over  parts  of 
Europe  and  much  of  our  own  country. 

Although  his  physical  strength  was 
depleted,  his  intellectual  vigor  continued 
with  him  to  the  end.  His  life  was 
noble,  his  death  was  peaceful ;  God 
touched  him  as  he  sat  with  his  children 
and  grandchildren,  and  he  passed  to  rest. 

As  he  sleeps  in  the  quiet  old  church- 
yard at  York,  the  lieautiful  words  of  his 
namesake  and  kinsman  seem  most  appro- 
priate : 

"  The  wind  among  the  gravestones  softly  creeping, 

Breathes  in  low  sighs  the  grief  it  fears  to  tell. 
The  clouds  in  .sal:)le  garb  bend  o'er  him  weeping. 

Sent  l»y  tlie  hand  of  Him  he  loved  so  well." 

Of    his    ten    children    seven    lived    to 
maturity,  but  none  survive  him  save  his 
son,  Daniel  H.  McMillan  of  Buffalo,  and  Mrs.  John 
Ackroyd  West  of  Peoria,    111.      His  sons,    Malcolm 
M.    and    Duncan    A.,    died    in    Boonville,   Mo.,   in 
1880;    lohn    1).    died   in    early  manhood    in   l.S,54; 


Anna  F.,  wife  of  A.  F.  McKean  of  York,  died  in 
1871,  and  Mary  C,  wife  of  John  B.  Hamilton  of 
Rush,  died  in  1876. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Daniel  Mc- 
Millan was  horn  at  Johnstonin,  N.  V. ,  October  25, 
1801 ;  attended  school  at  Caledonia,  N.  Y.:  married 
Mar«;aret  AIcNaiighton  of  Caledonia  in  1828 :  lived 
at  York,  Livingston  county,  N.  Y.,  from  1812  until 
liis  death  March  12,  1895. 


IRiCbarC)  p.  /IDarvtn  had  a  great  and  an  active 
career,  extending  beyond  the  period  usually  allotted 
to  human  life.  Up  to  the  age  of  nineteen  he  worked 
on  a  farm  in  Tompkins  county.  New  York,  where  he 
acquired  strength  and  inspiration  to  fit  him  for  the 
duties  and  responsibilities  that  were  to  fall  to  his  lot 


RICHARD   i:   MAR  fix 


in  succeeding  years.  After  his  graduation  at  the 
common  and  select  schools,  he  taught  a  district 
school,  to  oljlain  money  to  complete  his  legal  educa- 
tion.     He  was  for  a  time  a  law  student  in  the  office 


MEX   OF  A'Eir    YORK 


of  Mark  H.  Sibley,  the  great  advocate  before  juries  ; 
and  we  may  well  believe  that  many  of  the  graces  that 
clustered  around  the  speech  of  Mr.  Marvin  came 
from  his  contact  with  a  man  who  was  master  of  all 
the  powers  of  oratory.  In  May,  1829,  Mr.  Marvin 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Supreme  Court  and 
Court  of  Chancery  of  the  state  of  New  York  ;  and 
ten  years  later,  on  the  motion  of  Daniel  Webster,  he 
was  admitted  as  an  attorney  and  counselor  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Marvin  went  to  Jame.stown,  N.  Y.,  to  com- 
mence his  professional  life  in  June,  1829,  when  that 
settlement  numbered  but  a  few  hundred  people  ;  but 
among  them  were  such  men  as  Judge  Foote,  Judge 
Hazeltine,  Henry  Baker,  the  Prendergasts,  and  others 
equally  able.  Most  of  the  houses  were  log  cabins 
beneath  the  shadows  of  the  great  pine  trees.  The 
region  was  practically  a  lumbering  camp,  and  the 
waters  of  the  outlet  of  Chautauqua  lake  had  but  just 
begun  to  turn  the  wheels  for  the  most  primitive  man- 
ufacturing. The  community  extended  to  Mr.  Mar\in 
a  cordial  welcome,  and  from  the  first  he  took  the  lead- 
ership of  this  gathering  of  heroic  men  and  women. 

In  183/3  Mr.  Marvin  was  elected  to  the  legislature, 
where  he  became  the  chief  advocate  of  the  Erie  rail- 
road, foreseeing,  with  the  wisdom  of  a  statesman, 
the  imperative  need  of  such  means  of  communica- 
tion. In  18.'i6  he  was  elected  a  member  of  congress, 
holding  office  for  two  terms.  He  was  an  ardent 
friend  of  Henry  Clay.  He  made  many  able  speeches 
on  the  different  topics  that  came  before  congress, 
and  exercised  a  wide  influence  over  the  deliberations 
of  that  body.  In  1846  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
state  constitutional  convention,  and  took  an  active 
and  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  change  made  in 
the  judiciary  system.  By  this  change  four  justices 
of  the  Supreme  Court  were  to  be  chosen  in  each  of 
the  eight  judicial  districts,  and  at  the  judicial  con- 
vention held  in  Buffalo  in  1847,  Mr.  Marvin  was 
first  nominated  by  a  unanimous  vote.  It  may  be 
truly  said  that  he  then  ranked  among  the  foremost 
citizens  of  western  New  York.  That  region  has 
sent  out  governors,  cabinet  ministers,  senators,  and 
presidents,  but  no  more  faithful  public  servant,  and 
no  man  more  worthy  of  high  positions,  than  Judge 
Marvin.  He  held  the  office  of  judge  for  twenty-four 
years,  leaving  in  his  opinions  an  enduring  monument 
to  his  purity,  learning,  and  ability.  One  of  his 
associates  on  the  bench  says  of  him  : 

"  ludge  Marvin's  public  career  was  most  distinguislied  in  his 
judicial  service,  for  which  he  posse.ssed  natural  gifts,  and  to  the 
discharge  of  whose  arduous  duties  he  industriously  and  zealously 
applied  the  energies  and  resources  of  his  strong  and  active  mind. 
His  influence  has  been  felt  and  acknowledged  by  tlie  bar,  and 
recognized  by  all  who  are  interested  in  the  faithful  and  impartial 


administration  of  justice,  and  in  the  maintenance  of  the  dignity 
and  learning  of  the  bench." 

Judge  Marvin's  private  character  was  above  criti- 
cism. He  had  a  high  and  an  honorable  ambition, 
but  no  intrigues,  no  corruption,  ever  tetnpted  him 
from  the  path  of  honesty.  He  was  as  far  removed 
from  the  new  generation  of  politicians  as  the  east  is 
from  the  west.  The  people  spontaneously  laid 
judicial  and  political  honors  at  his  feet,  because  they 
knew  he  deserved  them.  His  commanding  figure, 
his  strong,  kind  face,  still  linger  in  the  memory  of 
thousands.  He  was  ever  an  enthusiastic  and  a  care- 
ftil  student  of  the  history  of  nations,  and  of  the 
books  that  presented  the  best  thought  of  his  day  and 
generation.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  science  and 
in  art,  and  in  the  inventions  that  have  given  power 
and  beauty  and  hope  to  humanity  in  this  most  won- 
derful of  the  centuries.  He  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-eight,  leaving  to  his  descendants  that  best  of 
heritages,  an  honorable  and  a  distinguished  name. 

PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Richard  Pratt 
Marvin  ivas  born  at  Fairfield,  N.  Y. ,  December  23, 
1S03  ;  was  educated  in  public  schools  and  b\  private 
tutors :  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1829,  and  moved  to 
Jamestown,  N.  V.  ;  married  Isabella  Neivland  of 
Albany,  N.  V. ,  September  8,  183^  ;  was  member  of 
assembly  in  1836,  and  representative  in  congress, 
1837-Ji-l ;  was  Judge  of  the  8th  judicial  district, 
ISIfl-ll:  died  at  Jamestown  January  11,  1892. 


jf  raUCtS  lb.  IROOt  was  an  active  and  a  powerful 
force  in  Buffalo  for  more  than  fifty  years,  and  the  city 
to-day,  in  its  industrial,  civic,  and  social  aspects,  is 
not  the  same  as  it  would  have  been,  if  Mr.  Root  had 
never  lived  there.  These  are  profoundly  significant 
words,  but  even  a  brief  review  of  Mr.  Root's  career 
will  show  the  truth  of  the  statement. 

In  1835,  when  Mr.  Root  went  to  Buffalo,  there 
were  fewer  than  18,000  people  there.  He  was  at 
that  time  a  clerk  and  bookkeeper  for  Isaac  W.  Skin- 
ner, a  manufacturer  of  plows  and  castings.  So 
well  did  he  profit  by  his  opportunities  to  learn  the 
business,  that  in  the  following  year  he  and  two  others 
began  the  business  on  their  own  account,  succeed- 
ing Mr.  Skinner,  who  had  been  burned  out.  After 
various  changes  in  the  personnel  of  the  firm,  Mr. 
Root  in  1843  entered  into  a  partnership  with  S.  S. 
Jewett  that  lasted  thirty-five  years.  The  business 
was  the  manufacture  of  stoves,  which  were  .so  taste- 
fully designed  and  of  such  durability  that  they  rapidly 
])tished  their  way  in  the  market  and  reached  an  e.\- 
tensive  sale.  In  1878  Mr.  Root  disposed  of  his 
interest  in  this  concern,  and  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  hemlock  sole  leather. 


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In  early  life  Mr.  Root  united  with  the  Swan  Street 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Buffalo,  and  he 
always  maintained  an  active  interest  in  the  general 
work  of  that  denomination.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
and  most  ardent  friends  of  lay  delegation  in  the 
church  ;  and  was  appointed  by  the  Laymen's  Con- 
vention held  in  Philadelphia  in  1852  a 
representative  to  the  General  Conference 
held  in  Boston  the  same  year.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  committee  to  arrange 
for  the  centennial  celebration  of  Amer- 
ican Methodism  in  18t)6.  The  bishops 
appointed  him  a  delegate  to  the  First 
Ecumenical  Conference  held  in  London 
in  188L  Many  of  the  churches  of  Buf- 
falo have  received  substantial  proofs  of 
his  interest,  and  are  largely  indebted  to 
his  liberal  assistance  for  their  present 
flourishing  condition,  and  indeed  for  their 
very  existence. 

Mr.  Root's  sympathy  with  all  move- 
ments tending  to  the  enlightenment  of 
the  ma.sses  is  nowhere  better  shown  than 
in  his  support  of  the  Chautauqua  Assem- 
bly. He  saw  that  great  good  could  be 
accomplished  by  this  unique  institution, 
and  as  one  of  the  original  trustees  he  did 
all  in  his  power  to  further  its  aims. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  State  Normal  School  of 
Buffalo  from  its  establishment,  and  for 
some  years  was  president  of  the  board. 
He  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Syracuse 
(Methodist)  University,  and  for  several 
years  before  his  death  was  the  presiding 
officer  of  the  board.  His  connections 
with  financial  and  industrial  enterprises 
in  the  city  of  Bufl'alo  were  very  numer- 
ous, and  he  was  prominent  as  stock- 
holder, director,  and  trustee  in  many 
banks,  railroads,  and  other  corporations. 

In  politics  Mr.  Root  was  always  a  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party,  but  he  never  stepped  aside  from 
the  paths  of  business  and  of  philanthropic  labor  to 
accept  political  office.  Widely  known  from  his  ex- 
tensive business  operations,  which  ranked  him  in  that 
regard  among  the  foremost  members  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lived,  he  was  even  better  known 
and  respected  for  his  upright  and  useful  life,  and  his 
intelligent  furtherance  of  all  that  ennobles  modern 
civilization.  More  than  six  feet  in  height,  of  com- 
manding and  dignified  presence,  he  possessed  an 
endurance  seldom  surpassed.  Fatigue  he  never 
knew  until   long  after  he  was  seventy  years  of  age. 


Vacations  were  superfluous  with  him  ;  work  was  his 
recreation.  In  company  he  was  reserved  and  often 
silent  :  but  with  his  friends  or  close  acquaintances, 
he  conversed  readily  and  at  times  fluently.  Though 
possessed  of  strong  and  decided  convictions,  he 
was   always    ready    to    change    his    opinions    when 


Jh'.4M:/S   H.    KOUT 

convinced    by  sound    reasoning   that  such  a  course 
was  necessary. 

PERSO NA  L  CHR  ONOLOGY—  Francis 
Hinsdale  Root  was  born  at  New  Berlin,  N.  Y. ,  May 
SO,  1815  ;  attefided  the  district  schools  of  New  Berlin 
and  of  Lodi,  N.  Y. ,  and  studied  for  one  term  in  the 
acadentv  at  Springville,  N.  Y.  ;  went  to  Buffalo  in 
January,  18-35,  and  began  business  for  himself  in 
1836  as  a  manufacturer  of  stoves  ;  conducted  the  same 
business  with  S.  S.  Jewett,  ISJfS—TS  ;  married  Delia 
A[.  Spencer  of  Lodi  in  1838 ;  sold  out  his  stove  business 
in  1878,  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale 
if  hemlock  sole  leather;  died  at  Buffalo  September  6, 
1892. 


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MEN   OF  XEir    yORA- 


James  IW.  ScatCberC>  had  in  an  eminent 
degree  the  qualities  that  make  the  ideal  citizen.  He 
was  quiet  and  unobtrusive  in  manner,  but  there  was 
yet  something  about  him  that  showed  to  everyone 
his  conscientiousness,  devotion  to  duty,  and  noble 
strength  of  character.      For  years  one  of  Buffalo's 


J.-iMES  X.  SCATCHERD 

most  successful  business  men,  he  was  at  the  same 
time  actively  interested  in  its  charities,  giving  prodi- 
gally of  his  means,  his  time,  and  his  counsel  in  their 
management.  As  chairman  of  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  for  four  years,  he  had  the  satisfaction  of 
showing  his  fellow-citizens  that  an  important  branch  of 
the  city  government  could  be  conducted  on  strict  busi- 
ness jjrinciples,  without  becoming  the  prey  of  politi- 
cians. Had  he  not  been  firm  in  his  determination  so 
to  conduct  the  water  bureau,  it  is  exceedingly  doubt- 
ful that  the  department  would  have  reached  the  self- 
sustaining  point.  This  it  did  before  his  retirement. 
Not  only  was  this  accomplished,  but  water  rates  to 
consumers  were  steadily  decreased.  He  gave  to  Buf- 
falo a  splendid  object  lesson  in  mimicipal  ownership. 


Mr.    Scatcherd  was    a  Canadian    by    birth.      His 
father  was   a    vigorous    Yorkshire    lad,    who  feared 
neither    hard    labor    nor    the    wilderness   of  a   new 
country,  and  who,  when  twenty-one  years  old,  made 
his  way  into  the  wilds  of  Ontario,  and  bought  a  tract 
of   land  near  London.      This    tract  now   forms  the 
Scatcherd   homestead  at  Wyton,  and  is 
one  of  the  finest  farms  in  Ontario.     Here 
James  was  born.      The  Canadian  branch 
of  the  family  ha,s  for  years  been  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs,  and  several  mem- 
bers have  sat   in   parliament.      As  a  lad 
James   attended    common    schools,   and 
worked  on  the  farm.     Lumbering  was  an 
important   industry  of  that  vicinity,  and 
the    young   man    soon    engaged    in    the 
business.     As   an    agent    of  Farmer,  de 
Blaquiere    &     Deeds,    extensive    lumber 
manufacturers  and  dealers,  Mr.  Scatcherd 
went  to  Buffalo  in  1852.      His  ventures 
there  met  with  success,  and  in  1857  he 
succeeded  to  the   local    business    of  the 
firm    named.       For   nearly    thirty    years 
thereafter    James    N.     Scatcherd     stood 
among  the  leaders  of  the  lumber  business 
in  this  center.      His  business  as  a  dealer 
in  hardwoods  e.xtended  over  a  wide  area, 
and  under  his  shrewd  and   careful  man- 
agement became  very  profitable.     Some 
years  before  his  death,   which  occurred 
January  18,  1885,  his  son,  John  N.,  was 
admitted  to  partnership  with  him  ;    and 
the  business  has  since   been   carried  on 
under  the  firm  name  of  Scatcherd  &  Son. 
While  it  was  known  in  a  general  way 
that  Mr.  Scatcherd  was  a  liberal  contrib- 
utor   to    charity,  his    benefactions  were 
known    in  detail   only  to  himself      The 
Buffalo  Ceneral   Hospital  profited  largely 
from  his  benevolence.     He  took  a  great  interest  in  all 
its  aflairs,  and  on  many  occa.sions  proved  him.self  a 
friend  in  need.      For  many  years  it  was  his  practice 
to  visit  the  hospital  every  Sunday  afternoon,  and  his 
visits    were    looked    forward    to    with    pleasure   by 
attaches  and  patients  alike.      These  visits,  too,  were 
made  the  occasions  of  searching  inquiries  into  the 
condition  and  needs  of  the  hospital.      At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  president  of  the  lioard  of  trustees. 
Mr.  Scatcherd  was  connected  with  various  business 
enterprises  and  organizations   in   Buffalo.      He  held 
stock  in  several  banks,  and  in  the  fall  preceding  his 
death    was    elected    vice    president    of   the    Third 
National    Bank.      He   was   active    in    the    Delaware 
.'\ venue  Methodist  Church,  was  a  member  of  its  first 


MEX   OF  XEJV    VORK 


29 


board    of   trustees,   organized   November  2"2,   1870, 
and  never  retired  from  that  body. 

The  death  of  few  men  has  been  mourned  so 
deeply  and  generally  as  that  of  Mr.  Scatcherd. 
This  grief  found  expression  in  extended  obituaries  in 
the  city  papers,  and  in  memorials  adopted  by  the 
common  council,  the  board  of  water  commissioners, 
the  Merchants'  Exchange,  and  other  organizations. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— James  Newton 
Scateherd  was  born  at  Wyton,  Ontario,  December  4, 
182 J^  :  attended  conimon  schools ;  ivent  to  Buffalo  in 
1852  as  agent  for  a  firm  of  lumber  dealers  in  Canada  ; 
married  Annie  Belton  of  Wyton  November  7,  1835  ; 
was  chairman  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners  of 
Buffalo,  1880-84  ;  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in 
Buffalo,  1857-85  ;  died  at  Buffalo  January  18,  1885. 


Si&nep  Sbeparl)  was  long  a  prom- 
inent figure  in  the  commercial  life  of 
Buffalo,  and  in  later  years  was  closely 
identified  with  financial  affairs  in  New 
York  city.  He  had  the  good  fortune  to 
begin  life  with  a  vigorous  nature,  an  up- 
right character,  and  a  strong  intellectual- 
ity, inherited  from  a  sound  ancestry. 
His  education  in  youth  was  limited  to 
the  district  schools,  and  his  early  knowl- 
edge of  books  was  consequently  meager ; 
but  in  after  years  he  amply  repaired  this 
disadvantage  by  systematic  reading  and 
extended  travel. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  became  clerk 
in  his  brother's  hardware  store  in  Dans- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  and  the  liking  thus  acquired 
for  that  business  determined  his  vocation. 
After  similar  experiences  in  Rochester 
and  Bath,  he  purchased  a  small  store  in 
the  latter  place,  when  he  was  less  than 
twenty-one  years  old.  Aspiring  to  a 
larger  field,  he  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1836, 
and  bought  an  interest  in  a  hardware 
store  there.  In  the  following  year  he 
became  sole  proprietor,  and  soon  after 
the  firm  of  Sidney  Shepard  &  Co.  was 
formed,  and  the  manufacture  of  sheet- 
metal  ware  added  to  the  business.  Mr. 
Shepard  pushed  the  sale  of  his  products 
with  such  persistency  and  energy  that 
before  ten  years  had  passed  his  business 
had  become  thoroughly  established.  He 
made  commercial  trips  into  the  comparatively  unin- 
habited West,  and  opened  houses  in  Detroit  and 
Milwaukee.  About  1840  he  made  a  tour  by  way 
of  Chicago  and  St.    Louis  to   New  Orleans.       Such 


indefatigable  efforts  natural! v  brought  success.  In 
lS4i)  he  became  proprietor  of  the  Shejiard  Iron 
Works,  and  thereafter  gradually  added  to  his  under- 
takings, until  he  finally  became  one  of  the  largest 
importers  of  tin  plate,  manufacturers  of  stamped- 
metal  ware,  and  dealers  in  hardware  and  tinners' 
supplies,  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Shepard' s  activity  was  not  confined  to  his 
manufacturing  interests.  Realizing  the  advantages 
of  the  electric  telegraph,  he  personally  promoted 
several  pioneer  lines  in  the  West,  and  became  one 
of  the  largest  stockholders  in  the  Western  Union 
Telegraph  Co.,  of  which  he  was  a  director  until  he 
resigned  a  few  weeks  before  his  death.  He  was 
also  a  director  and  heavy  stockholder  in  several  rail- 
roads, and  was  prominently  interested  in  many  other 


StDXEY  SHEPARD 


enterprises.  Though  frequently  offered  positions  of 
trust,  he  accepted  but  few  of  them.  He  was  emphatic- 
ally a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  liberally  encouraged 
everv  movement  for  the  betterment  of  humanity. 


30 


MEN  OF  A'KW    YORK 


Relinquishing  the  active  supervision  of  his  busi- 
ness to  his  partners  in  1865,  he  spent  several  years 
in  foreign  travel  with  his  family,  visiting  Egypt  and 
the  Holy  Land  in  addition  to  the  more  frequented 
routes  of  pAiropean  travel.  Upon  his  return  he  set- 
tled in  New  Haven,  Oswego  county,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  remained  until  his  death  in  1.S93. 

Mr.  Shepard's  success  should  be  an  inspiration  to 
every  young  man  of  ability  and  character.  It  was 
due  to  a  clear  head,  sound  judgment,  and  untiring 
energy.  His  capacity  for  organization  amounted 
almost  to  genius.  His  judgment  of  men  was  remark- 
able, and  he  was  seldom  deceived  in  his  estimate' 
of  others.  In  private  life  he  was  a  sincere  Christian 
gentleman,  and  was  for  twenty-five  years  an  elder 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Buffalo.  Wealth 
brought  him  the  ability  to  bestow  happiness  on 
others  less  fortunate  than  himself,  and  he  did  so 
freely,  but  quietly,  and  with  the  same  di.scretion 
that  regulated  his  whole  life.  He  was  a  generous 
and  frequent  benefactor  of  the  General  Hospital,  the 
Orphan  Asylum,  and  the  Home  for  the  Friendless,  as 
well  as  numerous  other  charitable  institutions  in  the 
city  of  Buffalo  and  elsewhere.  After  a  long  and  use- 
ful life,  he  left  a  name  honored  and  respected  by  all. 
PERSO  NA  L  CHR  ONOLOGY—  Sidney 
Shepard  was  bofn  at  Cobleskill,  Schoharie  county, 
N.  v.,  September  28,  I8I4.;  began  business  in  1828 
as  c/erk  in  a  hardware  store  in  Dansville,  N.   V.  : 

purchased  a  hardware  store  in  Bath,  N.  Y. ,  in  1835  ; 
nwved  to  Buffalo  in  1836,  and  bought  an  interest  in 
a  similar  business,  of  ivhich  he  became  sole  owner  the 

following  year  ;  became  proprietor  of  the  Shepard  Iron 
Works  iti  18^9  ;  married  Elizabeth  De  Angelis  Wells 
of  Buffalo  June  12,  1851 ;  zvent  to  Europe  7oith  his 

family  for  several  years'  travel  in  1865,  and  on  his 
return  settled  in  N'eiu  Haven,  Oswego  county,  N.  Y. , 
ivherc  he  lived  until  his  death  December  26,  1893. 


36lirt  Dan  If^OrU  was  an  important  factor  for 
over  forty  years  in  the  business  and  political  life 
of  Niagara  county,  New  York.  Brought  up  at  the 
family  homestead  in  Newfane,  under  the  influence 
of  a  father  who  was  a  leader  in  all  things  among  his 
neighbors,  and  of  a  mother  whose  sweet  Christianity 
made  her  beloved  of  all,  young  Van  Horn  early  dis- 
Ijlayed  the  characteristics  that  are  now  so  well  known 
in  his  part  of  the  state.  He  was  always  foremost  in 
matters  engaging  public  attention  ;  and  throughout 
his  career  his  actions  were  guided  by  a  keen  sense 
of  what  he  owed  to  others  as  well  as  to  himself.  He 
preserved  at  all  times  unstained  a  strict  sense  of  per- 
sonal honor,  and  was  scrupulously  regardful  of  the 
rights  of  others. 


Ill  health  put  an  end  to  Mr.  Van  Horn's  attempt 
to  secure  a  college  education,  though  he  was  able 
to  spend  a  short  time  at  Madison,  now  Colgate, 
University.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  he  him- 
self followed  farming  until  1865,  when  he  left  New- 
fane  for  the  neighboring  town  of  Lockport. 

During  the  period  of  sharp  controversy  and  in- 
flamed pulilic  opinion  preceding  the  Civil  War,  Burt 
Van  Horn  was  an  ardent  and  a  ready  debater  with 
either  friend  or  foe.  He  had  ideas  on  the  great 
subjects  before  the  people,  and  acquired  fame  as  an 
eloquent  speaker  on  public  questions.  He  was 
greatly  concerned  in  the  problems  then  pressing  for 
solution.  His  friends  and  neighbors,  recognizing 
his  ability  and  his  earnestness,  elected  him  to  the 
state  assembly  in  the  fall  of  1857.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  a  political  career  that  continued  for 
many  years.  He  was  re-elected  in  1858,  and  again 
in  the  following  year,  and  thus  served  one  year 
longer  than  any  of  his  predecessors.  When  the  fact 
is  recalled  that  it  was,  and  is  to-day,  a  practice  in 
many  places  not  to  give  one  man  more  than  two 
successive  terms  in  the  assembly,  it  is  apparent  that 
Mr.  Van  Horn's  second  re-election  was  very  com- 
plimentary to  him.  While  in  the  legislature  he 
served  on  many  important  committees. 

Higher  honors,  however,  were  in  store  for  him. 
In  1860,  when  the  whole  country  was  alive  to  the 
impending  conflict,  and  every  section  was  putting 
forth  its  best  men  for  seats  in  congress,  the  Niagara- 
Orleans  district  cho.se  Burt  Van  Horn.  He  took  his 
seat  July  4,  1861,  at  the  opening  of  the  extra  session 
called  by  President  Lincoln.  Loyal  in  every  fiber 
of  his  being,  Mr.  Van  Horn  had  no  spare  moments 
in  the  next  {tw  years.  When  not  attending  sessions 
of  the  national  house  of  representatives,  he  w-as 
otherwise  engaged  in  efforts  to  aid  his  country. 
He  went  upon  the  stump,  inspiring  patriotism  where 
it  was  lacking,  tpiickening  patriotism  where  it  smol- 
dered. Nearly  four  thou.sand  men  went  to  the 
front  from  Mr.  Van  Horn's  district  during  the  war. 
How  many  of  these  accessions  to  the  federal  army 
were  due  to  his  personal  efforts,  it  is  of  course 
impossible  to  say  ;  but  there  can  be  no  doubt  that 
the  number  was  large,  since  Mr.  Van  Horn  gave 
without  stint  of  his  eloquence,  of  his  time,  and  of 
his  means,  to  raise  companies  for  the  defense  of  the 
Union.  Nor  did  his  interest  cease  when  his  sol- 
diers had  marched  away.  He  was  ever  active  in  his 
efforts  to  promote  theit  welfare  and  their  comfort ; 
and  much  was  accomplished  in  this  direction.  In 
after  life  it  was  one  of  his  greatest  delights  to  join 
a  party  of  veterans  in  recalling  the  events  of  those 
stirring  days. 


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Mr.  Van  Horn  did  not  serve  in  the  :38th  congress, 
but  in  1864  he  was  elected  to  the  39th  congress, 
and  two  years  later  to  the  40th,  his  district  then 
comprising  the  counties  of  Niagara,  Genesee,  and 
Wyoming.  One  of  his  pet  projects  while  in  the 
national  hou.se  was  the  construction  of  a  ship  canal 
around  Niagara  Falls,  connecting  lakes 
Erie  and  Ontario.  He  succeeded  in  carry- 
ing through  the  lower  house  a  bill  to  this 
end,  but  it  failed  of  passage  in  the  senate. 

The  last  public  office  held  by  Mr. 
Van  Horn  was  that  of  collector  of  in- 
ternal revenue  for  the  28th  New  York 
district,  with  headcjuarters  at  Rochester. 
He  \vas  appointed  to  this  office  by  Presi- 
dent Hayes  in  1877  :  and  when  he  re- 
tired after  a  service  of  five  years,  he  had 
the  satisfaction  of  receiving  the  high 
commendation  of  treasury-department  of- 
ficials for  his  effective  administration  of 
the  duties  of  the  office. 

Mr.  Van  Horn  passed  his  later  years 
quietly  though  not  idly  at  his  comfort- 
able home  in  Lockport.  He  found  many 
things  to  occupy  his  attention,  and  his 
interest  in  public  affairs  was  hardly  less 
keen  than  when  he  was  a  more  active 
participant  therein.  During  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  he  occupied  himself 
largely  with  literary  pursuits,  chiefly  in 
writing  and  speaking  upon  questions  of 
the  day.  In  his  later  years  he  devoted 
much  thought  and  study  to  religious 
subjects,  and  frequently  made  addresses 
upon  them.  He  was  long  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Baptist  denomination.  He 
died  April  1,  189(i,  universally  mourned 
in  Lockport  and  Niagara  county.  A 
widow,  two  sons,  Burt  and  Willis,  and 
a  daughter,  (irace,  survive  him.  Burt 
Van  Horn  is  superintendent  of  the  Buffalo  and 
Niagara  Falls  street  railway,  and  Willis  conducts  a 
cold-storage  warehouse  at  Niagara  Falls. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Burt  Van 
Horn  was  horn  at  Newfane,  N.  V.,  October  28, 
1S23 ;  attenied  common  schools,  Yates  Academy,  and 
Madison  ( nmv  Co/i^ate)  University ;  toas  elected  to  the 
state  assetnldy  in  1857,  18'>8,  and  1859 ;  ivas  elected 
to  the  37th,  the  39th,  and  the  J^Oth  congresses  ( 1861-63, 
1865-67,  1867-69)  ;  2vas  collecto?;  of  internal  revenue 
for  the  28th  New  York  district,  1877-82;  married 
Charlotte  T.  Goodell  of  Hartland,  N.  Y.,  July  9, 
1851,  and  Alicine  Schuyler  of  Lockport,  A'.  Y.,  June 
16,  1870  ;  died  at  Lockport  April  1.  1896. 


50bU  Xl<lIlilkCSOU  ^^s  a  high  type  of  American 
citizen.  His  lineage  assured  to  him  public  spirit 
and  supreme  loyalty  to  convictions.  All  his  fore- 
fathers were  heroic,  from  the  Scottish  Covenanters 
to  revolutionary  sires  and  other  glorious  American 
ancestors.      He  was   a   man    of   rare   dignity,   noble 


BURT   \  A.\  HORN 

character,  and  perfect  courage.  He  was  just  and 
generous,  bespeaking  and  compelling  faith  and  confi- 
dence from  others. 

Mr.  Wilkeson  was  born  at  Poland,  Ohio.  He  was 
a  son  of  Judge  Samuel  Wilkeson,  whose  father  had 
come  to  America  and  settled  in  Delaware  in  17(itl. 
When  eight  years  of  age,  John  was  brought  to  Buf- 
falo by  his  father.  Having  received  his  education 
at  private  institutions,  he  entered  mercantile  life, 
and  for  that  purpose  went  to  New  York,  where  he 
spent  several  years  in  business.  Thence  he  went  to 
Central  America,  and  resided  for  a  while  at  Tabasco. 
In  1840  he  returned  to  the  United  Stales,  and  be- 
came secretary  to  his  father,  who  had  charge  of  the 


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affairs  of  the  Colonization  Society.  This  work  made 
him  a  resident  of  the  national  capital,  where  he  kept 
in  touch  with  the  social  and  political  events  of  the 
day.  Two  years  later  he  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Tyler  United  States  consul  at  Turk's  Island  in 
the   West   Indies.      On   the   voyage    thither  he   wa.s 


JOH.\    I  f  //  KESOX 

shipwrecked  and  narrowly  escaped  drowning,  but 
was  picked  up  by  a  passing  vessel  bound  for  New- 
port, R.  I. 

After  his  resignation  from  the  consulship,  Mr. 
Wilkeson  directed  his  attention  to  the  manufacture 
of  iron,  a  business  in  which  he  spent  many  years 
of  his  life,  and  for  which  his  inventive  genius  wa.s 
peculiarly  fitted.  He  was  master  of  every  branch 
and  detail  of  this  giant  industry.  His  coal  lands, 
iron  beds,  furnaces,  and  foundries  were  under  his 
personal  supervision  and  care,  and  their  development 
and  improvement  were  the  result  of  his  own  thought 
and  effort.  In  connection  with  this  business  he 
visited  England,  and  studied  the  "Black  Country," 
and  on  the  continent  made  a  thorough  investigation 


of  the  various  methods  of  manufacturing  iron.  On 
his  return  to  the  IFnited  States  he  built,  at  Mahon- 
ing, Ohio,  the  first  successful  blast  furnace  in  the 
country  using  bituminous  coal  for  smelting  iron. 
He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  and  captains  of  the 
American  iron  industry.  In  1858  he  entered  a  new 
field  of  business  enterpri.se,  and  soon  at- 
tained marked  success  therein  :  he  was 
among  the  first  to  construct  grain  eleva- 
tors, and  the  later  years  of  his  life  were 
occupied  with  the  business  of  grain 
storage. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Wilkeson's  patri- 
otism was  displayed  on  every  occasion. 
Eight  members  of  his  family  were  in  the 
Union  army.  His  son,  John  Wilkes, 
fell  on  the  field  of  battle  at  Fair  Oaks, 
Va.  With  pen  and  voice  Mr.  Wilkeson 
aided  the  cause  of  the  Union  and  human- 
ity. A  large  part  of  his  time  from  IJSGI 
to  1865  was  devoted  to  inventions  for  the 
improvement  and  construction  of  mili- 
tary arms.  He  was  often  with  the  Union 
army,  and  witnessed  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg and  many  important  engagements. 
While  visiting  at  Fortress  Monroe  in 
May,  1862,  he  accompanied  President 
Lincoln  and  secretaries  Stanton,  Chase, 
and  Welles  on  a  trip  down  the  river 
to  witness  the  bombardment  of  Sewall's 
Point. 

In  private  life  Mr.  Wilkeson  was  a 
most  agreeable  and  companionable  man. 
As  a  conversationalist  he  was  more  than 
charming  and  entertaining  —  he  was  in- 
structive a,s  well.  There  was  no  ped- 
antry in  his  talk,  however ;  but  the 
immense  fund  of  knowledge  that  he  had 
derived  from  his  travels,  from  contact 
with  the  world,  and  from  books,  showed  itself  in 
conversation  on  every  topic.  He  was  a  constant 
reader,  and  accumulated  a  valuable  library  replete 
with  works  on  science,  art,  and  literature.  He  pur- 
sued antiquarian  research  with  keen  interest.  His 
knowledge  seemed  always  at  his  command,  and  his 
memory  was  phenomenal.  In  his  beautiful,  refined 
home  he  was  a  delightful  host,  and  no  one  could 
come  into  the  circle  of  his  friendship  without  ex- 
periencing the  benefit  of  association  with  a  high- 
minded,  pure-hearted,  and  cultured  gentleman. 
Even  in  his  last  years  he  retained  a  lively  interest 
in  current  events,  and  kept  his  mental  vigor  unim- 
paired. He  delighted  in  the  companionship  of  the 
young,    from   whom   he   received    both   respect  and 


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affection.  He  lived  far  beyond  the  span  of  life 
allotted  by  the  psalmist,  and  when  the  end  of  his 
well-rounded  life  came  he  was  in  his  eighty-ninth 
year. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— John  Wilkeson 
loas  horn  at  Poland,  O. ,  October  28,  1800 :  went 
to  Buffalo  with  his  father  in  1814  ;  it'as  educated  in 
private  schools ;  married  Maria  Louisa  IVilkes  of 
Portsmouth,  England,  at  Lyme,  O. ,  in  1832 ;  was 
secretary  to  his  father  at  JVashington,  D.  C,  18Ifl-Jf2, 
and  United  States  consul  at  Turk's  Island,  IF.  /., 
1842-4-3 ;  began  the  manufacture  of  iron  in  Ohio  in 
184s,  c'd  the  grain-elevating  business  in  Buffalo  in 
1858:  died  at  Buffalo  April  4,  1894- 


James  JSOlauD,  who  died  in  Buffalo  in  1893, 
was  a  striking  representative  of  a  large  class  of 
sterling  workmen  who  eventually  become 
employers  of  others.  He  was  an  excel- 
lent type  of  the  foreign -born  American 
citizens  who  prize  the  opportunities  pre- 
sented in  the  United  States  to  men  with 
active  minds,  and  hands  willing  to  work. 

Mr.  Boland's  parents  were  among  the 
early  immigrants  from  Ireland.  The 
quick-witted  people  of  the  Emerald  Isle 
were  among  the  first  to  see  the  advan- 
tages of  this  country,  and  to  come  here 
in  great  numbers.  The  country  needed 
them.  They  were  vigorous  and  indus- 
trious, and  quickly  adapted  themselves 
to  their  new  environment.  Some  of  our 
best  citizens  are  descendants  of  these 
early  Irish  immigrants. 

Mr.  Boland  was  born  in  County  Clare, 
Ireland,  in  the  year  1850.  That  un- 
happy country  was  then  suffering  from 
the  effects  of  bad  legislation  and  a  suc- 
cession of  poor  crops.  A  mighty  exodus 
of  the  people  followed  during  the  decade 
1850-60.  In  the  number  were  the  par- 
ents of  Mr.  Boland,  who  came  with  him 
to  this  country  in  the  year  1856,  and 
took  up  their  residence  in  Buffalo.  Mr. 
Boland  was  but  a  child  when  his  parents 
left  their  native  land,  and  his  education 
may  be  said  to  have  begun  in  this  coun- 
try. He  thus  received  the  benefit  of  a 
good  public-school  training,  and  grew 
up  among  the  boys  with  whom  he  was  to 
be  associated  in  later  life.  After  leaving  school, 
having  neither  cajjital  nor  a  business  awaiting  him, 
he  wisely  decided  to  learn  a  trade.  He  made  a 
judicious    choice,    not    only    in     the     line    of  work 


selected,  but  also  in  the  man  he  served.  No  one  in 
Buffalo  is  more  widely  known  or  generally  respected 
in  the  building  business  than  Charles  Berrick,  whose 
service  Mr.  Boland  entered  in  186G,  when  sixteen 
years  of  age.  He  worked  at  his  trade  continuous!)' 
for  nine  years,  proving  himself  a  faithful,  intelligent, 
and  capable  workman.  During  these  years  he  was 
ambitious  to  start  in  busine.ss  on  his  own  account ; 
and  if  a  workman  be  actuated  by  such  a  resolu- 
tion, it  is  only  a  question  of  time  when  he  will  be 
able  to  pass  from  the  rank  of  an  employee  to  that 
of  an  employer.  The  year  1875  found  Mr.  Boland 
established  in  the  building  business  in  Buffalo,  and 
from  that  time  until  his  death  he  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  extending  his  business,  and  in  becoming  a 
strong,  conservative  factor  in  the  commercial  com- 
munity.     Buffalo  has  undergone  a  rapid   transforma- 


JA.\fES  nor.AXD 

tion  for  the  better  in  its  architectural  appearance 
since  Mr.  Boland  entered  the  building  trade,  and 
he  had  a  large  share  in  what  might  lie  called  the 
rebuilding  of  the  city. 


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[n  political  and  in  social  life  Mr.  Boland  never 
sought  to  make  himself  prominent,  but  his  influence 
in  both  these  lines  of  human  interest  was  by  no 
means  small.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
was,  however,  never  an  aspirant  for  office,  and  his 
business  interests  fully  occupied  his  time.     He  never 


had  a  jjartner  in  business,  but  carried  on  all  his 
affairs  by  himself.  He  died  a  comparatively  young 
man  ;  but  he  lived  long  enough  to  impress  himself 
u|)on  the  community  in  which  his  life  was  spent. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— James  Boland 
■loas  horn  in  County  Clare,  Ireland,  January  (J,  1850 ; 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents  in  IS 'ill,  and 
settled  in  Buffalo ;  7C'as  educated  in  the  puldic  schools  : 
learned  the  bricklayer^  s  trade  in  the  service  of  Charles 
Berrick,  1SG6-7-')  :  married  Mary  A.  Handley  of 
Buffalo  October  17,  1881 ;  conducted  a  building  busi- 
ness in  Buffalo  from  1875  until  his  death  April  G,  18!)-i. 


HSOr   J6.   Cran^aU    «as    a   typical     American 
business  man.      He  i)ecamc   identified   with  two  im- 


portant lines  of  commercial  activity,  and  cared  for 
large  business  interests  with  apparent  ease  and  in  a 
masterly  manner.  He  was  one  of  the  most  widely 
known  men  of  western  New  York,  for  he  came  into 
contact  during  many  years  with  men  from  all  parts 
of  the  Union.  As  proprietor  and  manager  of  a 
famous  hotel,  and  as  the  principal  dealer 
in  one  of  the  largest  horse  markets  in 
the  world,  Mr.  (_"randall  was  an  impor- 
tant factor  in  the  social  and  business  life 
of  East  Buffalo. 

Having  spent  his  boyhood  and   early 
youth  in  Sloansville,   N.  Y.,  and  gradu- 
ated with  distinction  at  Schoharie  Col- 
lege, Mr.  Crandall,  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen,  repaired  to  New   York    city.      At 
first  he  engaged  in  the  clothing  business 
there,   afterward  becoming  proprietor  of 
the  old  Broadway  hotel.      This  was  then 
one    of   the    most    famous    hostelries   on 
Manhattan  island,  and  Mr.  Crandall  con- 
ciucted  the  house  with  gratifying  success. 
In   1860  he  represented  the  9th  ward  of 
Xew  York  city  on  the  board  of  aldermen. 
In  1879  Mr.  Crandall  moved  to  Buf- 
falo, to  conduct  the  old  Stock  Exchange 
hotel.      This  hou.se  soon  acquired  an  ex- 
cellent  reputation   among  travelers,  and 
became    the    principal    resort    for    men 
doing    business  at  the  stock  yards.      So 
rapid,  indeed,  was  the  increase  of  patron- 
age,  that  in  two  years  the   demand    for 
accommodations    exceeded    the    supply ; 
and   Mr.   Crandall  accordingly   secured, 
in  October,  1881,  the  largest  hotel  build- 
ing in  East  Buffalo.     This  structure  was 
then  called  the  "Brick   House,"  but  it 
soon    became    favoralily    known    among 
dealers  in  live  stock  in  both  Europe  and 
.America  as   the   Crandall   House.      This  institution 
was  Mr.  Crandall's  pride,  and  the  dearest  of  all  his 
possessions,   and   amply    demonstrated    his   aptitude 
for  the  hotel   business.      Genial,  tactful,  and  warm- 
hearted,   Mr.  Crandall,   or  "Asa,"  as  he  was  more 
generally  called,  numbered  his  friends  by  the  hun- 
dred and   his  acquaintances  by   the  thousand.      His 
memory  for  names  and    faces  was  remarkable,   and 
not    infreijuently    he    was   able    to    greet    correctly 
someone   whom    he   had    met    only    once,    and    that 
years  before. 

Mr.  Crandall  was  not  merely  a  successful  manager 
of  a  hotel :  he  was  an  exceedingly  shrewd  and  able 
business  man.  Seeing  clearly  the  advantages  of 
East   Buffalo  as  a  horse  market,  he  embarked  in  the 


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imsiness  on  an  e\tensi\e  scale  ;  and  it  was  largely 
owing  to  his  foresight  and  enterjjrise  that  the  district 
attained  its  present  supremacy  as  a  horse  market. 
He  began  the  practice  of  selling  horses  at  auction, 
and  at  the  first  sale  disposed  of  twenty-five  head  — 
a  piece  of  business  that  was  then  deemed  remarkably 
successful.  Starting  prudently  with  a  small  estab- 
lishment, but  with  a  broad  conception  of  the  possi- 
bilities of  the  business,  Mr.  Crandall  gradually 
enlarged  his  plant  and  operations  until  he  became 
the  largest  horse  dealer  in  East  Buffalo.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  the  business  had  reached  such  pro- 
])ortions  that  ten  large  stables  and  forty  men  were 
required  for  its  conduct.  In  a  single  day  the  firm  of 
Crandall  &  Co.  has  sold  775  horses,  while  the  aggre- 
gate number  sold  in  the  )ear  is;)4  was  2(),-5()l). 

Mr.  Crandall  was  a  generous  man,  and  no  deser\  ing 
person  ever  applied  to  him  in  vain.  In 
like  manner  every  worthy  cause  obtained 
his  ready  and  active  support.  When 
St.  Bartholomew's  Episcopal  Church  was 
organizing  at  East  Buffalo,  Mr.  Crandall 
promoted  the  jiroject  in  various  ways, 
and  opened  his  house  for  entertainments 
in  behalf  of  the  church.  \\'hen  the 
edifice  was  completed,  he  presented  the 
new  church  with  a  bell. 

Mr.  Crandall  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  37th  regiment,  N.  G., 
S.  N.  Y.  In  1862  he  received  a  gold 
medal  from  congress  for  services  in  the 
field.  He  was  a  strong  adherent  of  the 
Republican  party.  He  was  a  valued 
member  of  the  Gentlemen's  Driving  Park 
Association  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

PF.RSOX.4L  CHR  ONOL  OG I  '— 
Azo>-  Brmvn  Crandall  was  born  at  Sloans - 
ville,  N.  y.,  July  23,  1829;  lived  in 
New  York  city,  1847-79,  engaged  chiefly 
in  the  hotel  business ;  married  Marguerite 
Ida  Gilniore  of  JVeto  York  city  May  6, 
1858 ;  was  for  many  years  the  largest 
horse  dealer  in  East  Buffalo,  establishing 
the  firm  of  Crandall  &=  Co.  ;  conducted  a 
hotel  at  East  Buffalo  from  1879  until  his 
death  April  2,  1895. 


lather.  Dr.  .Augustus  Frank,  a  man  of  influence  and 
power,  was  prominent  in  the  anti-slavery  move- 
ment :  and  from  both  parents  the  son  inherited 
sterling  qualities.  With  a  mind  remarkably  alert 
and  receptive,  he  improved  to  the  utmost  the  educa- 
tional opportunities  aflbrded  by  the  schools  of  War- 
saw and  by  private  instructors.  E.xtended  travel  in 
this  country  and  abroad  afterward  enlarged  and  con- 
firmed his  knowledge  of  men  and  things. 

Mr.  Frank's  aptitude  for  the  management  of  affairs 
was  early  developed,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  began  business  for  himself.  In  this  he  continued 
until  1871,  when  he  established  the  Bank  of  War- 
saw, of  which  he  was  president  the  rest  of  his  life. 
His  mind,  however,  could  not  be  confined  to  mere 
matters  of  business.  His  antecedents,  education, 
and  entire  cast  of  life,  fitted  him  for  iiolitical  activitv. 


HugUStUS   Jfranft  was  one  of  the 

men    who    ha\  e    l)een    the    support    and 
strength  of  our  country.      He  was  born 
in  Warsaw,  Wyoming  county,  and  continued  to  live 
there   throughout  his  active  and  earnest  life.      He 
grew  up  among  influences  well  calculated  to  t'orm  a 
symmetrical  character  and  a  noble  manhood.      His 


.U-GCSTCS   FK.-I.XK 

Two  years  before  his  majority  he  was  made  chair- 
man of  a  Whig  convention.  He  helped  to  organize 
the  Republican  party,  and  \vas  a  delegate  to  its  first 
convention,  held  in  Philadelphia  in  1856.      He  was 


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elected  to  congress  in  1858,  was  returned  by  a  large 
majority  two  years  later,  and  was  again  re-elected  in 
1862.  His  service  thus  covered  the  entire  period  of 
the  Civil  War,  and  the  difficult  legislation  of  those 
fateful  years  was  shaped  in  part  by  him.  He  was  a 
member  of  important  committees,  and  was  otherwise 
influential  in  determining  the  conduct  of  affairs.  He 
was  especially  interested  in  the  passage  of  the  thir- 
teenth amendment,  which  abolished  slavery  within 
the  United  States,  and  hastened  the  close  of  the 
war.  In  the  intervals  of  public  labor  he  devoted 
unremitting  attention  to  the  wants  of  soldiers  in 
camp  and  hospital  ;  and  in  later  years,  taking  the 
deepest  interest  in  the  project,  he  rendered  efficient 
aid  in  the  erection  of  the  beautiful  soldiers'  monu- 
ment of  Wyoming  county. 

Mr.  Frank  was  a  member  of  the  state  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1867,  having  been  chosen  there- 
to on  the  general  ticket  with  (leorge  William  Curtis, 
Samuel  J.  Tilden,  William  M.  Evarts,  Horace  Gree- 
ley, and  other  distinguished  men.  Mr.  Frank  had 
an  important  part  in  the  deliberations  of  this  body. 
He  was  likewise  elected  as  a  delegate  at  large  to  the 
constitutional  convention  of  1894,  thus  becoming 
one  of  five  or  six  members  who  had  taken  part  in 
the  earlier  convention.  He  brought  to  this  im- 
portant work  mental  endowments  of  the  highest 
order,  and  ripened  experience  in  the  best  methods 
of  fundamental  government,  and  his  .services  to  the 
convention  were  correspondingly  valuable.  He  was 
especially  interested  in  the  anti-gambling  provision 
of  the  constitution  ;  and  it  is  agreed  that  the  ado])- 
tion  of  this  clause  was  largely  due  to  his  unflagging 
efforts  in  its  support. 

As  a  member  of  the  electoral  college  in  188H, 
Mr.  Frank  voted  for  Harrison  and  Morton.  The 
last  appointment  that  he  received  was  that  of  com- 
missioner for  the  preservation  of  public  parks  of  the 
state  of  New  York.  His  rare  executive  ability  and 
liberal  ideas  would  have  made  him  a  strong  mem- 
l)er  of  the  commission,  and  an  active  force  in  the 
preservation  of  the  picturescjue  and  beautiful  public 
reservations  of  the  Empire  State. 

Mr.  Frank  possessed  unusual  organizing  capacity, 
well-balanced  judgment,  energy,  and  firmness  of 
purpose ;  and  these  (pialities,  joined  to  spotless 
jjersonal  integrity,  made  him  remarkably  successful 
in  financial  enterprises.  His  ability  was  widely 
recognized,  and  his  counsel  was  frequently  sought  in 
the  management  of  business  affairs.  He  enjoyed  in 
large  measure  the  confidence  of  business  men,  and 
his  relations  with  them  often  proved  the  beginning 
of  valued  friendships.  He  helped  to  organize  the 
Wyoming  County  National  Bank,  and  was  a  director 


thereof  for  several  years.  As  president  of  the  Bank 
of  Warsaw  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  he 
developed  the  business  of  the  institution  to  a  degree 
rarely  equalled  by  any  bank  except  those  in  large 
cities  with  ample  capital  and  other  conditions  favor- 
able to  growth.  Municipal  bonds  and  choice  secu- 
rities of  various  kinds  were  obtained  by  Mr.  Frank, 
and  sold  to  investors.  This  branch  of  the  busi- 
ness ultimately  extended  to  all  jjarts  of  the  United 
States. 

Mr.  Frank  was  for  several  years  a  director  of  the 
Rochester  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company.  He 
was  one  of  the  projectors  and  a  director  of  what  is 
now  the  Buffalo,  Rochester  &  Pittsburg  railroad. 
Other  railroads,  water  and  gas  companies,  banking 
institutions,  and  the  like  received  the  benefit  of  his 
sound  judgment  and  business  acumen.  The  develop- 
ment of  the  salt  industry  in  Wyoming  county  was 
largely  due  to  his  foresight.  All  matters  of  general 
importance  in  his  town  and  county  received  his  atten- 
tion. In  all  the  pressure  of  outside  affairs  and  public 
matters  of  engrossing  interest,  he  yet  maintained  a 
close  watch  over  the  welfare  of  his  native  town.  He 
realized  fully  the  importance  of  local  historical 
records,  and  served  for  many  years  as  the  president 
of  the  Wyoming  County  Pioneer  Association.  Mr. 
Frank  appreciated  the  influence  of  the  press.  As  a 
writer  for  newspapers  he  was  always  practical,  and 
his  articles  had  a  iiuality  that  ensured  attention. 

Charitable  and  generous  in  a  marked  degree,  Mr. 
Frank  gave  a  large  part  of  his  time  to  various  kinds 
of  organized  philanthropy.  For  twelve  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  lioard  of  managers  of  the 
Buffalo  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane.  He  was  a 
trustee  in  several  educational  institutions.  His 
father  before  him  had  been  a  power  in  advancing 
the  temperance  cause,  and  the  son  was  indefatigable 
in  behalf  of  the  same  movement.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  a  trustee  for 
about  forty-five  years,  and  contributed  liberally  to 
its  support  both  at  home  and  in  foreign  lands.  He 
regarded  the  church  as  altogether  the  noblest  and 
most  effective  means  of  uplifting  the  human  race, 
and  gave  himself  unsparingly  to  its  service.  His 
attractive  personality  made  him  the  center  of  a 
hap]jy  home  life.  This  was  constantly  shared  with 
others,  and  friends  came  and  went,  the  better  for 
their  contact  with  a  mind  so  broad,  a  heart  .so 
kind  and  true.  The  distinguishing  traits  in  Mr. 
Frank's  character  included  high  ideals  of  duty  and 
unswerving  faithfulness  thereto,  broad  charity,  and 
self-sacrificing  kindness.  "Not  to  be  ministered 
unto,  but  to  minister,"  expresses  the  sjiirit  of  his 
unselfish  life. 


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PERSONA  L  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— Augustus 
Frank  was  boru  at  Warsaw,  N.  V.,  July  17,  1826 ; 
7Cjas  educated  in  public  schools  and  by  private  instructors : 
engaged  in  a  general  mercantile  business  at  Il'arsaw, 
1S47-71 ;  was  representative  in  congress,  1859-65  : 
7cias  a  delegate  to  the  state  constitutional  conventions  of 
1867  and  1894,  and  a  presidential  elector 
in  1889;  married  Agnes  McNfair  of 
Groveland,  iV.  Y.,  August  28,  1867; 
organized  the  Bank  of  Warsaw  in  1871, 
and  was  president  thereof  until  his  death 
April  29,  1895. 


p.  IbarOlC*  IbapeS  was  a  native  of 
Indiana,  hut  in  his  early  boyhood  his 
parents  moved  to  Ontario  county,  New 
York,  where  he  was  brought  up  on  a 
farm.  He  soon  displayed  an  eager  desire 
for  knowledge,  but,  as  his  parents  wished 
to  make  a  farmer  of  him,  he  was  forced 
to  overcome  many  obstacles  in  securing 
an  education.  His  first  knowledge  of 
Latin  was  obtained  while  driving  a  plow 
in  the  field,  when  he  would  hide  his 
grammar  in  the  hollow  stump  of  a  tree, 
and  snatch  a  few  moments  for  study 
while  his  team  was  resting.  When  he 
had  at  length  succeeded  in  fitting  himself 
to  enter  Canandaigua  Academy,  he  used 
to  walk  ten  miles  to  that  institution 
every  Monday  morning,  carrying  enough 
provisions  to  last  him  until  Friday  night, 
when  he  walked  home  again.  Having 
completed  his  preparatory  studies,  he 
entered  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  at 
Philadelphia,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1848.  In  spite  of  the  di.sadvantages 
under  which  he  had  labored  in  securing 
an  education,  he  was  but  twenty-four 
years  old  when  he  received  his  degree,  and  prepared 
to  battle  with  the  world. 

From  the  beginning  of  his  professional  career  Dr. 
Hayes  devoted  his  attention  chiefly  to  the  treatment 
of  chronic  diseases  —  the  field  in  which  he  was  to  win 
renown  in  later  years.  The  same  year  in  which  he 
graduated  he  took  charge  of  a  small  sanitarium  at 
Cuba,  N.  Y.,  and  was  successful  from  the  start.  The 
institution  soon  proved  too  small  to  accommodate 
those  who  wished  to  avail  themselves  of  his  atten- 
tion, and  he  bought  a  place  at  Wyoming,  which  he 
enlarged  and  improved  in  order  to  make  it  entirely 
suitable  for  his  purposes.  But  complications  arose  : 
he  failed  to  receive  the  financial  aid  which  had  been 
promised,  and  on  which  he  relied,  and  finally  he  was 


compelled  to  make  an  a,ssignment,  and  to  abandon 
the  enterprise.  During  the  next  fifteen  years  he  was 
connected,  at  one  time  or  another,  with  many  of  the 
principal  sanitariums  in  the  country  ;  and  he  thus  en- 
joyed exceptional  opport\mities  for  observation  and 
study,  of  which  he  made  good  use.      He  became  im- 


P.   HAROLD   HAYES 

pre.ssed  with  the  belief  that  asthma,  so  long  regarded 
as  an  incurable  disease,  could  be  cured. 

In  1871  Dr.  Hayes  spent  six  months  in  study,  and 
in  visiting  the  hospitals  in  New  York.  Four  years 
later  he  settled  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  general  practice  until  1885.  Throughout 
these  years  he  continued  his  investigations  of 
asthmatic  troubles.  As  his  remarkable  success  in 
this  line  became  known,  he  was  frequently  consulted 
by  patients  at  a  distance,  whom  he  treated  through 
correspondence  ;  and  he  soon  found  it  necessary  to 
give  up  his  general  practice,  and  devote  his  whole 
time  to  this  specialty.  Accordingly,  in  1885  he 
moved  to  Buffalo,  where  the  rest  of  his  life  was  spent. 
His   work   extended   rapidly,    and   patients   from  all 


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over  the  countn-  consulted  him.  The  greater  part 
of  his  practice  was  carried  on  by  correspondence  ; 
but  his  enthusiasm  for  his  work  and  devotion  to 
his  patients  was  such  that  many  who  had  never 
seen   him  came  to   regard  him  as  a  personal   friend. 


GERHARD    LA.XC, 

Dr.  Hayes  was  all  his  life  a  consistent  and  an 
earnest  Christian,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational and  Presbyterian  churches  in  the  different 
places  where  he  lived.  Of  genial  character  and 
hospitable,  he  was  also  very  sympathetic,  and  any 
one  with  a  pitiful  story  could  obtain  his  ear.  Ex- 
ceedingly conscientious,  he  .strictly  followed  the  code 
of  ethics  as  expressed  in  the  Clolden  Rule.  He  was 
a  man  of  great  perse\erance,  and  one  who  scorned 
the  word  failure.  He  was  accustomed,  by  the 
greatest  physical  and  mental  exertion,  to  overcome 
obstacles  that  would  have  appeared  insurmountable 
to  most  men.  A  man  of  e.xemplary  habits  and 
vigorous  constitution,  he  might  have  lived  ten  years 
longer  |)robably,  but  for  his  lifelong  custom  of  set- 
ting no  limit   to  his  powers  of  endurance.      Nothing 


could  have  been  more  in  accordance  with  his  desires 
than  to  die  in  the  harness,  in  full  ])ossession  of  his 
powers  of  both  mind  and  body.  Dr.  Hayes  died 
April  9,  lXi-)4,  but  he  still  lives  in  the  grateful 
memories  of  hundreds  of  his  fellow-men  who  ha\e 
reaped  the  benefit  of  his  years  of  study 
and  investigation  in  medical  science. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y— 
Pliny  Harold  Hayes  was  born  at  Clinton, 
Ind. ,  October  7,  18H  ;  attended  Canan- 
daigua  {N.  Y.)  Academy  and  the  semi- 
nary at  Lima,  N.  Y,  and  graduated  from 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia, 
in  18^8 :  married  Cornelia  Catherine 
Hall  of  West  Bloomfield,  N.  Y,  Septem- 
ber 5,  18Jf8 ;  was  connected  with  various 
sanitariums,  18^8-75  ;  engaged  in  general 
practice  at  Binghamton,  A^.  Y. ,  1875-85  ; 
made  a  specialty  of  the  treatment  of 
asthma  at  Buffalo,  1885-94 :  died  at 
Buffalo  April  9,  189 J^. 


— ♦♦♦ 


(5erbarJ>   Xang  arrived  in   Buffalo 
a  poor  (lerman  boy:    when  he  died  in 
the    same    city    forty-four    years    later, 
thousands  crowded  the  church  in  which 
his  funeral  was  held,  eager  to  honor  one 
whom    they    had    learned    to    love    and 
respect.      In  the  interval  he  had  labored 
early    and    late,    in    season    and    out    of 
season,  ac(|niring  an  ample  fortune,  and 
indelibly  imjaressing  himself  on  the  his- 
tory and  community  of  Buffalo.     He  was 
primarily  a  man  of  business,  fitted  for  the 
successful    undertaking    of    large    enter- 
prises ;   but  he  was  much  more  than  this, 
and  his  private  life  discloses  other  charac- 
teristics equally  interesting  and  admirable. 
Born  in  Germany  in  1(S84,  Mr.  Lang  was  brought 
to  this  country  fourteen   years  later  by  his  father. 
Jacob  Lang  was  a  butcher  by  trade,  and  he  engaged 
in  that  business  in  Buffalo  .soon  after  his  arrival  in 
the  country.      His  son  worked  with  him  for  twelve 
years,  learning  business  principles  and  the  English 
language  at  the  same  time. 

Early  in  the  '(iO's  Mr.  Lang  became  interested  in 
the  business  that  gave  him  a  wide  reputation,  and 
carried  his  name  beyond  the  grave.  At  first  he  was 
associated  with  Philip  Born,  who  owned  and  operated 
one  of  the  largest  breweries  in  Buffalo.  L^pon  the 
death  of  Mr.  Born  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
widow  that  continued  until  liS74.  Before  that  Mr. 
Lang  had  begun  the  erection  of  the  large  brewing 
|)lant    on   the   corner   of   Best  and  Jefferson   streets. 


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Buffalo.  This  establishment,  known  as  the  Park 
brewery,  has  a  capacity  of  800,000  barrels,  and  most 
of  the  product  is  sold  in  the  city  where  it  is  made. 
I'his  brewery  was  once  visited  by  a  number  of  men 
interested  in  the  business,  who  were  so  impressed  by 
the  perfection  of  the  arrangements  and  the  elegance 
of  the  furnishings  that  they  called  Mr.  Lang's  estab- 
lishment the  "palace  brewery."  In  a  city  noted 
for  its  breweries,  this  was  no  small  compliment.  Nor 
was  it  undeserved  ;  for  Mr.  I^ang,  before  deciding 
upon  his  building  plans,  personally  inspected  all  the 
leading  breweries  of  the  country,  and  adopted  for 
his  plant  the  best  features  of  the  many  places  visited. 

Engrossed  in  the  cares  of  a  va.st  enterprise,  Mr. 
Lang  had  little  time  for  active  participation  in  public 
affairs  beyond  what  can  fairly  be  demanded  of  a  con- 
.scientious  citizen.  His  name  was  often  mentioned 
as  that  of  a  suitable  candidate  for  high 
public  office,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
he  might  have  gained  great  distinction 
in  political  life  if  he  had  cared  to  do  so  ; 
but  he  preferred  to  remain  a  private 
citizen.  He  consented,  however,  to 
serve  two  terms  on  the  board  of  alder- 
men ;  and  a  short  time  before  his  death 
he  became  Democratic  state  committee- 
man from  his  district. 

While  thus  indisposed  to  take  an 
active  part  in  political  affairs,  Mr.  Lang 
found  time  for  various  interests  outside 
of  his  business  life.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  trustee  of  the  Western  Savings 
Bank,  and  his  sound  judgment  in  matters 
relating  to  business  and  finance  was  of 
much  value  to  that  institution.  His 
charities  will  long  be  remembered  by 
hundreds  of  grateful  men  and  women, 
and  his  benefactions  to  St.  Louis  Church 
in  Buffalo  were  manifold.  'I'he  follow 
ing  simple  but  impressive  characteri/.a- 
tion  of  Mr.  Lang  is  taken  from  Bishop 
Ryan's  address  at  the  funeral  : 

"His  genial  countenance,  which  be- 
spoke the  generosity  of  his  soul,  will  no 
more  be  seen  by  his  dear  friends,  but  1 
am  sure  he  will  look  down  from  heaven 
upon  the  earth  where  he  was  so  long 
engaged,  and  where  he  lived  so  well 
and  so  generously.  The  Holy  Scriptures 
give  us  in  a  few  words  a  description  of 
his  character,  'A  man  simple,  u]iright,  and  fearing 
the  Lord.'  " 

PERSON/IL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  Y—  Gerhard  Lang 
7vas   bom    at    Flerslieim,     Germany,    N^or ember   '34, 


1S.S4  ;  came  to  t/ie  United  States  in  IS^S  and  settled 
in  Buffalo  :  learned  the  Initeher  s  trade  and  7vorked  at 
the  same,  J,S'4S-60  ;  married  Barbara  Born  of  Buffalo 
in  1867,  and  Augusta  Gerhardt  in  1890  :  conducted  a 
brewery  at  Buffalo  from  1807  until  his  death  July 
I'f,  1892. 

30bll  (SJ.  /IDcH)OtlUell  was  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  Buffalo.  Of  New  England  birth, 
he  developed  a  character  notable  for  energy,  quick- 
ness of  insight,  and  ready  resource.  He  was  taught 
to  work  when  a  boy,  and  thus  learned  to  appreciate 
the  value  of  labor  and  the  importance  of  concentra- 
tion. At  the  head  of  a  firm  with  branches  in  many 
parts  of  the  country,  he  was  able  to  perform  the 
duties  of  his  position  with  enviable  skill.  He  was 
respected  as  a  citizen,  while  his  geniality  and  ready 


JOH.\      (i.    .\/lOO.\.\J:/.L 

conversational   ])Owers  made  him  highly  regarded  in 
social  life. 

Mr.  McDonnell  was  educated  at  the  famous  schools 
of  Quincy,  Mass.,  going  through  l)Oth  the  grammar 


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and  high  schools.  His  father  appreciated  the  im- 
portance of  education,  and  determined  to  give  his 
children  all  the  advantages  of  schooling  that  lay  in 
his  power.  That  John  was  an  apt  pupil,  and  used 
well  his  opportunities,  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact 
that  at  the  age  of  si.xteen  he  had  completed  the 
high-school  course.  Preferring  a  mercantile  to  a 
professional  life,  he  was  unwilling  to  enter  college, 
though  earnestly  urged  to  do  so  by  his  father  :  and 
instead  of  that  he  went  to  work  at  his  father's  trade, 
thoroughly  mastering  every  branch  of  the  stone- 
cutting  business.  To  this  practical  training  much 
of  the  success  of  his  later  life  was  due.  On  reach- 
ing his  majority  he  was  taken  into  partnership  with 
his  father  and  brother,  the  firm  name  becoming 
McDonnell  &  Sons. 

The  Buffalo  branch  of  the  firm  was  established  in 
1884.  On  visiting  the  city  Mr.  McDonnell  was  so 
well  pleased  with  its  prospects  and  desirability  as 
a  place  of  residence  that  he  determined  to  move 
his  family  there,  and  make  the  place  his  permanent 
home.  The  business  under  his  energetic  manage- 
ment became  one  of  the  most  extensive  in  the 
United  States.  McDonnell  cV  Sons  own  and  operate 
quarries  at  Quincy,  Mass.,  and  Barre,  Vt.,  with 
branch  yards  at  Buffalo,  West  Seneca,  and  (ieneva, 
N.  Y.,  and  Indianapolis,  Ind.  One  of  the  remark- 
able pieces  of  work  performed  in  the  city  of  Buffalo 
under  Mr.  McDonnell's  direction  was  the  reconstruc- 
tion of  the  soldiers'  monument,  the  old  structure 
having  been  condemned  by  the  park  commissioners. 
The  total  cost  of  this  work  was  not  far  from  820,000. 
Among  other  undertakings  of  special  importance 
successfully  carried  out  by  McDonnell  &  Sons  may 
be  mentioned  the  column  monument  at  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  marking  the  final  resting  place  of  General 
McClellan  ;  the  monument  in  Mount  Auburn  ceme- 
tery, Cambridge,  Mass.,  over  the  grave  of  Jared 
Sparks,  formerly  president  of  Harvard  University  ; 
and  the  Blocher  monument  in  Forest  Lawn  cemetery, 
Buffalo. 

Like  most  successful  business  men,  Mr.  McDonnell 
had  many  interests  aside  from  his  principal  enter- 
prise. He  was  vice  president  of  the  LTnion  Bank, 
director  of  the  Lake  View  Brewing  Co.,  and  director 
of  the  People's  (luarantee  Search  Co.  He  belonged, 
also,  to  the  Builders'  .Association  E.Kchange.  He 
was  president  of  Branch  22,  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit 
Association,  and  a  member  of  the  building  commit- 
tee of  the  Catholic  Institute.  He  was  connected 
with  various  land-improvement  companies,  and  did 
much  to  promote  the  development  of  Buffalo  real 
estate.  He  held  a  life  membership  in  the  German 
Young  Men's  .Association,  which   fills  an   important 


place  in  the  social  and  intellectual  life  of  Buffalo. 
His  death  at  the  early  age  of  forty-three  was  sincerely 
mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOL  O  G  Y—John  Q. 
McDo)i?u'll  7CI17S  born  at  Quitux,  Mass.,  September 
11,  ISoO  ;  was  ediicated  in  the  public  schools  :  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  McDotinell  &"  Sons,  granite 
cutters,  in  1871  ;  married  Emily  A.  Dinegan  of 
Quincy  June  23,  187 ^  ;  established  a  branch  business 
at  Buffalo  in  1884,  ««"'  mor'ed  thither  in  ISSG  :  died 
at  Buffalo  April  8.  189 4- 


Hleran5er  /IDel&rUm  was  for  nearly  a  quarter 
of  a  century  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Buffalo. 
His  life  covered  the  era  of  the  Queen  City's  most 
rapid  growth  and  business  e.xpansion,  and  was  syn- 
chronous with  the  rise  and  development  of  the 
department  store.  He  was  a  captain  of  modern  in- 
dustry, and  contributed  to  the  success  and  fame  of 
one  of  the  city's  noted  dry-goods  houses.  Mr. 
Meldrum  was  born  in  a  country  prolific  of  merchants 
and  mercantile-minded  men.  Perhaps  it  is  no 
exaggeration  to  say  that  more  men  of  this  class  have 
come  to  the  I'nited  States  from  Scotland  than  from 
any  other  land.  The  people  of  that  country  have 
ever  been  noted  for  thrift  and  common  sense,  the 
essential  elements  of  success  in  every  busine.ss  career. 
Every  leading  city  of  the  United  States  to-day  has 
among  its  foremost  merchants  men  of  Scottish  blood. 

Mr.  Meldrum's  birthplace  and  home  in  the  old 
country  was  Kenoway,  Fifeshire,  where  his  father  had 
charge  of  the  local  gas  works,  and  was  the  general 
agent  of  the  townspeople  in  the  disposal  of  their 
yarn.  In  that  town  Mr.  Meldrum  received  his 
schooling,  and  at  eleven  years  of  age  entered  a  dry- 
goods  house  in  Markinch.  Soon  after  arriving  at 
manhood's  estate,  he  migrated  to  this  country,  and 
landed  at  the  port  of  Boston  in  the  year  ISofi. 
His  first  engagement  was  with  the  well-known  dry- 
goods  establishment  of  Hogg,  Brown  &  Taylor  of 
the  "  Hub."  He  remained  in  their  employ,  rising 
step  by  step  in  the  concern,  until  in  1867  he  saw 
his  way  clear  to  move  to  Buffalo,  and  establish  him- 
self in  the  same  business.  A  fellow-countryman  of 
his,  together  with  an  .American  —  both  active,  vigor- 
ous, and  keen-minded  young  men  —  formed  a  part- 
nership with  him,  thus  laying  the  foundation  of  the 
house  of  Adam,  Meldrum  &  Whiting.  Starting  on 
a  modest  scale,  the  new  firm,  by  tact,  watchful  care, 
and  courtesy,  coupled  with  shrewd  buying,  soon  de- 
veloped a  large  business,  and  made  their  name  a 
household  word  in  western  New  York. 

While  his  partners  are  entitled  to  their  ftiU  share 
of  credit   for  the  success  of  the  firm,  Mr.  Meldrum 


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had  a  large  part  in  the  vast  transactions  of  the  house. 
Upon  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Whiting  in  1869  the 
firm  was  reorganized,  becoming  Adam  &  Meldrum. 
In  1875  Wm.  Anderson  became  a  member  of  the 
firm.  The  history  of  this  house  is  one  of  continuous 
progress.  Appreciating  with  the  foresight  of  trained 
merchants  the  tendency  of  modern  busi- 
ness   methods  toward  the  concentration         | 

of  many  branches  of  trade  under  one 
roof,  the  managers  of  this  business  were 
among  the  earliest  merchants  in  the 
country  to  turn  their  establishment  into 
that  joy  and  refuge  of  the  American 
shopper  —  the  department  store;  and  the 
present  house,  styled  the  .\dam,  Mel- 
drum &  Anderson  Co.,  enjoys  a  com- 
manding position  in  the  commercial  and 
financial  world,  and  is  one  of  the  land- 
marks of  Buffalo. 

Mr.  Meldrimi  was  so  wrapped  up  in 
his  business  that  he  had  practically  no 
time  for  outside  matters.  In  addition  to 
his  duties  with  the  firm  of  which  he  was 
a  member,  he  was  interested  in  the 
Queen  City  Underwear  Co. ;  and  he 
helped  establish  a  large  dry -goods  house 
in  Dayton,  Ohio.  With  these  interests 
on  his  hands  he  had  no  leisure  for  other 
pursuits.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, but  was  unable  to  take  an  active 
part  in  political  affairs.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  various  Scottish-American  soci 
eties,  and  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Alexander  Meldrum  was  born  in  Keno- 
7tiay,  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  November  S, 
l8liS :  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
settled  in  Boston  in  1856 ;  moved  to 
Buffalo  in  1867,  atid  established  a  dry- 
goods  house  there ;  married  A.  E.  Webster  of  Boston 
February  27,  1859 .-  died  at  Buffilo  October  22, 
1891. 


SolOtUOIl  ScbCU  was  a  conspicuous  figure  in 
the  commercial  and  political  life  of  Buffalo  for  nearly 
half  a  century.  His  history  reads  like  a  romance. 
From  a  poor  Bavarian  lad  he  rose  to  be  mayor  of  a 
great  American  city.  He  began  without  wealth  or 
influence  ;  he  ended  rich  in  this  world's  goods,  and 
possessed  of  a  power  that  was  felt  throughout  the 
Empire  State.  In  the  course  of  his  eventful  career 
he  conquered  countless  difficulties,  and  attracted  to 
himself  a  host  of  friends.  Only  sterling  qualities 
could  achieve  such  results.      While  the  battle  of  life 


is  not  of  necessity  to  the  physically  strong,  success 
in  the  modern  world  demands  strength  of  character. 
Mr.  Scheu  possessed  this  requisite  in  a  pre-eminent 
degree. 

He  was  born  in  a  Bavarian  province  on  the  Rhine 
in  1822.      He  was  a  farmer's  son,  and  early  learned 


^^^^     (^ 


■y^ 


ALEXASDKR   MELDRUM 

what  it  was  to  earn  his  bread  by  the  sweat  of  his 
brow.  What  education  the  local  schools  afforded 
he  gladly  availed  himself  of,  but  his  scholastic 
training  was  limited.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
migrated  to  the  United  States,  and  found  employ- 
ment in  a  bakery  in  New  York  city,  where  he  learned 
the  trade,  and  applied  himself  diligently  to  master- 
ing the  English  tongue.  Five  years  later  he  went 
to  Buffalo,  and  thenceforth  made  his  home  in  the 
(^ueen  City,  in  the  affairs  of  which  he  was  to  become 
a  prominent  factor.  At  first  he  followed  the  bakery 
business,  and  for  several  years  conducted  a  shop 
of  his  own.  This  he  abandoned  for  the  grocery 
business,  making  a  success  of  each  enterprise.  In 
18(50  he  embarked   in   what  eventually  became   his 


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chief  business  occupation.  He  built  a  malt  house 
at  the  foot  of  Hudson  street,  adjoining  the  Erie 
canal,  where  for  many  years  he  did  a  large  malting 
business.  To  his  original  establishment  he  was  twice 
compelled  by  growing  trade  to  make  large  additions. 


unknown  (lerman  youth.  In  this  honorable  office 
Mr.  Scheu  displayed  all  those  characteristics  that 
had  commended  him  to  the  notice  and  the  support 
of  the  community,  and  gave  the  city  a  highly  credit- 
able administration.  He  was  deeply  interested  in 
the  commercial  prosperity  of  Buffalo, 
and  was  at  one  time  a  trustee  of  the 
Hoard  of  Trade. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— 
Solomon  Scheu  was  born  at  Standenbuehl, 
Bavaria,  Germany,  January  6,  1S22  ; 
was  educated  in  local  schools  ;  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1839,  and  learned  the 
baker' s  trade  in  New  York  city  :  moved  to 
Buffalo  in  ISJ^If,  and  followed  the  bakery 
and  grocery  business  until  ISOO  :  married 
Miimie  Rinck  of  Buffalo  in  18^~ :  was 
receiver  of  taxes  for  Buffalo,  1856-.'>9, 
alderman,  18')4-55  and  1S66-(J7,  state- 
prison  inspector,  1868-73,  and  mayor  of 
Buffalo,  1878-79;  established  a  malt  house 
in  1860,  and  conducted  the  same  until  his 
death ;  died  at  Buffalo  November  23, 
1888. 


SOLOMOX  SCHFA' 

Meanwhile  Mr.  Scheu  had  become  an  influence 
in  local  politics.  His  .standing  in  the  community 
was  good,  and  among  his  fellow-countrymen  his 
[wpularity  was  unbounded.  In  1854  and  185-")  he 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen.  For  the 
next  four  years  he  held  the  responsible  position 
of  receiver  of  taxes  for  the  city  of  Buffalo.  Later, 
in  1860  and  1867,  he  served  again  as  alderman. 
During  six  years  he  acted  as  state-prison  inspector. 
This  long  and  varied  experience  in  matters  of  local 
public  concern,  and  his  honorable  reputation  among 
business  men,  suggested  to  the  leaders  of  the  local 
Democracy  his  availability  as  a  candidate  for  a  more 
important  office.  Accordingly,  in  the  fall  of  1877, 
he  was  nominated  and  elected  mayor  of  the  city 
to  which  he  had  come  thirty-odd  years  before  as  an 


jEben  Carleton  Sprague,  for 

half  a  century  a  leader  of  the  Krie-countv 
bar,  and  otherwise  distinguished  among 
the  eminent  men  of  the  Empire  State, 
was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in  1822. 
His  father,  Noah  P.  Sprague,  moved  to 
Buflalo  in  the  spring  of  1825,  and  the 
family  followed  one  year  later.  Mr. 
Sprague  had  the  benefit  of  an  excellent 
education,  obtained  in  the  best  schools 
of  the  country.  At  the  age  of  fifteen 
he  entered  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
the  famous  preparatory  school,  and  two 
years  later  began  his  course  at  Harvard  College, 
graduating  therefrom  with  the  class  of  '43.  Having 
determined  to  make  the  law  his  profession,  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  Fillmore  &  Haven,  Buffalo,  as  a 
student.  This  was  one  of  the  foremost  legal  firms  in 
western  New  York,  and  Mr.  Sprague  had  an  excel- 
lent opportunity  to  obtain  a  training  in  the  law  com- 
mensurate with  his  general  education  previously 
acquired.  He  made  full  use  of  this  opportunity, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1846,  richly 
ecjuipped  in  every  way  for  the  splendid  career  before 
him. 

No  history  of  the  Erie-county  bar  for  the  last  half 
of  the  nineteenth  century  would  be  complete  without 
devoting  liberal  space  to  Mr.  Sprague's  work.  His 
comprehensive  education,  dee])  learning  in  the  law. 


ME.\  OF  XEir  roA'A- 


4:; 


rare  mental  powers,  and  spotless,  well-ripened  char- 
acter, all  conspired  to  make  him  a  jurist  of  the  very 
first  rank.  One  may  say  of  him  what  a  eulogist  said 
of  Lord  Bowen,  "  He  was  so  great  a  lawyer  because 
he  was  so  much  else."  His  ability  became  evident 
earlv  in  his  career  at  the  bar,  and  within  a  few  years 
from  the  beginning  of  his  practice  he  was  entrusted 
with  legal  interests  of  great  importance.  In  1852 
he  was  appointed  the  Buffalo  attorney  of  the  Clreat 
Western  Railway  Co.,  and  in  1854  of  the  (Irand 
Trunk  Railway  Co.  Other  corporations  were  ijuick 
to  seek  his  aid  in  the  protection  of  their  legal  rights, 
and  his  work  came  to  be  largely  of  this  nature.  The 
Krie  County  Savings  Bank,  the  International  Bridge 
Co.,  the  New  York,  Lake  Erie  &  Western  Railroad 
Co.,  as  well  as  other  large  business  concerns  and 
individual  litigants,  made  up  his  clientage.  His 
al)ility  as  a  lawyer  was  not  confined  to  a 
single  aspect  of  practice,  but  included 
all  the  important  departments  of  legal 
procedure.  He  was  wise  and  sympa- 
thetic in  advising  office  clients  ;  he  was 
painstaking  and  .skillful  in  preparing 
legal  instnnnents  ;  he  w^as  alert,  resource- 
ful, and  rigidly  tenacious  of  his  clients' 
rights,  in  jury  trials  ;  he  was  eloquent, 
convincing,  and  perfectly  informed,  in 
his  addresses  before  the  courts  of  review. 

Political  honors  might  have  been  Mr. 
Sprague's  for  the  asking  —  or  rather  ibr 
the  acceptance,  since  he  was  repeatedly 
solicited  to  take  public  office.  But  he 
was  wrapped  up  in  his  profession,  and 
some  features  of  political  leadership  were 
particularly  distasteful  to  a  man  of  his 
independent  spirit.  He  consented,  how- 
ever, in  1875,  to  supply  a  vacancy  in 
the  state  senate  for  a  single  session. 
While  there  he  made  a  memorable 
speech  advocating  a  reduction  of  tolls 
on  the  Erie  canal  ;  and  he  otherwise 
demonstrated  his  superior  fitness  for 
public  life.  He  declined  a  re-election, 
however,  consistently  with  his  fixed  pur- 
pose. 

Though    Mr.    Sprague  was  thus  indif- 
ferent to  the  charms   of  political  office, 
he  gave    himself  unsparingly   to    public 
life  in  the  larger  sense.       In  all  move- 
ments for  the  purification  of  politics,  for 
the    efficient    and    honest    administration    of  public 
affairs,  for  the  betterment  of  civic  conditions  in  any 
respect,   he    was    tirelessly    active.      Identified   with 
many   charitable    associations,  he   served   as   trustee 


of  the  Children's  Aid  Society,  the  Charity  Organ- 
ization Society,  and  the  Society  for  the  Prevention 
of  Cruelty  to  Children.  He  was  at  one  time  secre- 
tary of  the  Buffalo  Orphan  Asylum.  For  several 
years  he  was  chancellor  of  the  L^niversity  of  Buffalo. 
He  was  president  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Western 
New  York  from  the  time  of  its  organization  in  1881. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Civil  Service  Reform 
Association,  believing  earnestly  in  its  principles  and 
supporting  actively  its  work.  He  was  president  of 
the  Liberal  Club,  of  the  Young  Men's  Association 
(now  the  Buffalo  Library),  and  of  the  Buffalo  Club. 
He  gave  his  time  abundantly  and  his  best  thought 
to  the  good  of  the  community.  AVell  might  ex- 
President  Hill  of  Harvard  University  name  Mr. 
Sprague  as  one  of  three  men  \\hom  he  regarded  as 
ideal  citizens. 


EBEN  CARI.kruX  StRAGUK 


Mr.  Sprague  was  liberally  educated  early  in  life, 
and  ever  afterward  indulged  his  love  of  learning  and 
of  letters.  In  June,  1892,  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  L^niver- 


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sity.  Mc  was  minutely  acquaintet)  with  the  best 
literature  of  various  languages,  and  his  occasional 
addresses  were  characterized  l>y  beautiful  diction  and 
stholiirly  taste.  He  w;ls  liroadly  cultured  as  well  as 
widely  read,  and  enriched  his  mind  with  the  treas- 


T/IOMAS    /HOKXroX 

ures  of  art  and  mu>ic  and  nature.  His  life  was  well 
rounded  on  all  sides. 

On  February  1^5,  IHilo,  in  his  seventy-third  year, 
Mr.  Sprague  was  taken  ill  without  warning  while 
reading  aloud  to  his  wife  an  extract  from  his  favorite 
Shelley.  The  end  came  the  next  day,  and  a  light 
went  out  that  had  illumined  a  wide  area,  and  had 
even  made  the  world  permanently  brighter.  Courts 
adjourned,  flags  were  made  an  emblem  of  mourning, 
and  every  mark  of  respect  was  |>aid  to  his  memory  ; 
but  the  sen.sc  of  personal  bereavement  that  shadowed 
a  multitude  of  hearts  was  the  most  significant  tribute 
to  the  character  and  influence  of  Kben  Carleton 
Sprague. 

I'EKSONAL  CUKONOLOGY—Ebdi  Carleton 
Sf-ragiif   loiii  Iwrii   at  /i,t//i,    X.    //. ,  Xirffm/'fr  20. 


1SJ2 :  [>r(lHireJ  /or  colltge  at  Phillipi  Exeter  Acade- 
my, and  f^radiiated  from  Han-ard  in  18-iS  ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  liar  in  IS^O :  married  Elizabeth  It. 
Williams  of  Buffalo  June  Jii,  1840;  was  state 
senator.  IS7fJ-77 :  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  from 
ISlfi!  until  /lis  death  February  J^,  isu:,. 


CbOmaS  TTbOrntOU  had  for  numy 
years  a  prominent  |url  in  the  tonuner- 
cial,  philanthropic,  and  social  life  of 
Buffalo.  He  wa.s  an  excellent  type  of 
the  Knglishman  imbued  with  American 
ideas,  .sturdy  in  his  convictions,  con- 
scientious in  all  his  dealings  with  his 
fellow-men,  unobtrusive  in  private  life, 
punctual  in  the  jjerfonnance  of  every 
duty.  He  left  a  name  untarnishetl, 
when  he  ])a.sscd  away  early  in  IKilU,  full 
of  years,  and  rich  in  the  rewards  of  a 
career  useful  to  others  and  honorable  to 
himself. 

.\Ir.  Thornton  was  born  in  the  city  of 
London  in  the  year  that  marked  the 
outbreak  of  our  second  war  with  Kng- 
land.  His  education  and  early  training 
were  received  in  his  native  land.  He 
was  by  profession  a  i)hysician,  and  took 
his  degree  of  Doctor  of  .Medicine  be- 
fore leaving  England.  Reaching  Buflalo 
when  he  had  just  attained  his  majorit) , 
Mr.  Thornton  practiced  his  profession 
there  for  twelve  years.  In  lM4o,  how- 
ever, he  turned  his  attention  to  the  sub- 
ject of  the  flour  supply  of  Buflalo.  At 
that  time  the  Queen  City,  and  in  fact 
all  the  western  |iart  of  New  York,  was 
supi)lied  with  flour  from  .Michigan  and 
Dhio,  brought  thither  in  .sailing  vessels. 
The  (juality  of  this  flour  was  very  ])oor,  and  Mr. 
Thornton  as  a  physician  became  convinced  that  the 
health  of  the  community  demanded  a  more  whole- 
.some  product  than  the  article  then  in  use  there. 

He  entered  into  partnership,  accordingly,  with 
'Thomas  Chester,  under  the  firm  name  of  Thornton 
iV  Chester,  and  began  his  career  a.s  a  flour  merchant. 
The  new  firm  introduced  the  latest  improvements  in 
machinery,  selected  the  best  ijualitics  of  wheat,  and 
made  their  famous  "  Clobe  "  flour  so  much  superior 
to  existing  brands  that  their  business  rapidly  outgrew 
its  original  jiroportions.  Thus  forced  to  .secure 
larger  accommodations,  the  firm  leased  the  North 
Buffalo  mills,  the  Frontier  mills  at  Black  Rock,  and 
the  S|>aulding  mills  at  I.ockport.  In  addition  to 
these  the\  built  the  Nati(ui.nl  mills,  situated  on  Krie 


.1/f.V   OF  .VEir    VORK 


street  in  Buffalo,  with  a  capacity  of  lOUO  barrels  of 
flour  a  day. 

Mr.  Thornton's  commercial  success  naturallv 
brought  him  into  intimate  business  relations  with 
the  leading  financial  men  of  Buffalo,  and  he  was 
actively  interested  in  various  enterprises  having  for 
their  object  the  development  of  the  city.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange  and  a  trustee 
of  the  Board  of  Trade.  He  was  for  a  long  time 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Commerce  of  Buffalo,  and  in 
his  later  years  a  large  real-estate  owner  and  capitalist. 

Mercantile  matters,  howe\'er,  could  not  suppress 
his  interest  in  letters  and  fine  arts,  and  in  the 
broader  concerns  of  his  fellow-citizens.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society  and  Fine 
Arts  Academy.  Reared  and  confirmed  in  the  Church 
of  England,  he  was  active  in  works  of  religion  and 
philanthropy.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and 
one  of  its  supporters  ;  and  was  for  several 
years  one  of  the  board  of  managers  of 
the  Church  Charity  Foundation. 

Mr.  Th'ornton's  vigorous  constitution 
enabled  him  to  transact  a  vast  amount  of 
business.  Even  in  old  age,  when  most 
men  seek  retirement,  often  equivalent  to 
stagnation,  he  attended  regularly  to  his 
duties  at  his  mills,  and  was  at  his  office 
the  very  last  day  of  his  life.  He  was 
stricken  with  apople.xy  in  the  afternoon 
on  his  return  from  business,  and  died 
the  same  evening.  His  death  was  an- 
nounced in  the  public  press  with  tributes 
of  respect  and  esteem. 

While  Mr.  Thornton's  busine.ss  life 
•was  full  and  varied,  his  private  life  was 
quiet  and  retired.  He  was  a  gentleman 
in  all  his  social  relations,  strict  in  his 
regard  for  the  conventions  and  amenities 
of  polite  life,  but  of  modest  demeanor 
and  habits. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  OGY— 
Thomas  Thornton  was  bom  at  London, 
England,  February  11,  1812 :  took  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  London 
in  1830 ;  practiced  medicine  in  Biiffa/o, 
1833-^5  :  married  Mary  Bailey  of  New- 
bury, Ft. ,  January  1,  18^5 :  engaged 
in  the  floi/r-tniiling  business  in  Buffalo 
from  18.'/>  until  his  dcatli  February  22, 
18'JG. 


and  his  death  deprived  the  community  of  a  useful  and 
an  honored  member.  As  lawyer,  judge,  and  private 
(  itizen,  his  record  is  worthy  of  praise  and  emulation. 
Judge  Wardwell  was  born  in  Providence,  R.  I., 
and  his  ancestors  were  among  the  early  settlers  in 
the  New  t;ngland  colonies,  coming  to  this  country 
in  1B36.  After  an  excellent  preparatory  education 
he  entered  Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  Penn., 
in  1848,  and  studied  there  three  years.  He  was 
ambitious,  however,  for  better  advantages  than  a 
small  college  afforded,  and  in  1851  he  entered 
Harvard  as  a  junior,  graduating  in  the  class  of  '.5.3, 
with  President  Eliot  as  a  cla.ssmate.  He  had 
already  decided  to  make  the  law  his  profession, 
and  he  entered  at  once  the  Dane  Law  School  at 
Cambridge,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of 
LL.B.   in  1855. 


OeorflC    S.    Xl^ar&Well   filled  an   important 
place  in  Buffalo,  whic  h  was  his  home  for  forty  years. 


GF.ORGE   S.    \\'ARi:)\\Kt./. 


The  following  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Buffalo  :  and  in  185.H  he  opened  an  office  there 
alone,  and  for  thirty-five  years  practiced  his  pro- 
fession without  a  partner.      Such  a  record   is  some- 


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.\f/:\    or   \EW    YORK 


what  iintisiial  in  these  days  of  larne  legal  fimis,  l)ut 
liuigc  W'anlwell  loiiml  it  |K)s.sil)le  to  luiild  u|i  an  ex- 
tensive prai-tice,  anil  make  a  plate  lor  himself  at  the 
Krie-coimty  lar,  without  the  aid  of  an  associate. 

Jnilge  Wardwell  tiegan  early  in  lite  to  take  |>art 
in  |Hil>lic  affairs.  In  IHC.d  and  IMdT  he  fdled  the 
ot!iie  of  city  attorney.  ei|uivalent  to  what  is  now 
known  as  eor|)oration  (oun.sel.  In  lX(i!l-7<l  he  wa.s 
( ity  clerk.  In  IXT'i  he  began  what  he  always 
<onsidereil  his  greatest  work  for  the  city,  and  one 
of  which  he  was  in.^tly  proud.  In  that  year  he  was 
ap])ointed  a  nieniher  of  the  commission  having  in 
charge  the  Imilding  of  the  new  City  and  County 
Mall,  an<l  in  the  following  year  he  was  made  chair- 
man of  the  (  ommission,  serving  without  lompen- 
sation.  This  handsome  structure  is  a  noteworthy 
exception  to  the  majority  of  public  buildings,  in 
that  it  was  built  within  the  appropriation,  anti  that 
no  suspicion  of  dishonesty  ever  attached  to  the  job. 
Time  has  shown  how  faithfully  the  work  was  done, 
anil  Judge  NN'ardwell  deserves  the  gratitude  of  his 
fellow-citizens  for  his  conscientious  oversight  and 
supervision  of  every  detail.  No  better  monument 
to  his  public  spirit  could  be  raised  than  this  build- 
ing, in  which  he  took  such  disinterested  pride. 

On  the  organization  of  the  Municipal  Court 
of  Bufialo,  in  July,  !««(»,  Judge  Wardwell  was 
appointed  one  of  two  judges  to  jireside  over  its 
work,  for  a  term  of  six  and  a  half  years.  .\t  the 
exjjiralion  of  that  time  the  office  became  elective, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1«.H(J  he  was  chosen  liy  the  peoi)le 
to  fill  the  same  position  for  another  six  years.  The 
duties  of  this  court  are  arduous  in  the  extreme, 
but  Judge  Wardwell  performed  them  faithfully  and 
efficiently.  On  his  retirement  from  the  bench  he 
resumed  the  practice  of  law,  taking  into  i>artnershi|) 
his  son,  Ceorge  T.  Wardwell,  and  Otto  W.  \olger, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Wardwell,  \"olger  iV  Ward- 
well.     This  association  lasted  until  his  death. 

Judge  Wardwell's  interest  in  all  movements  for 
the  good  of  the  community  was  always  active. 
He  was  one  of  the  sujiporters  of  the  Voung  Men's 
Association,  now  the  Buffalo  Library,  holding  vari- 
ous offices  therein,  and  becoming  its  president  in 
1H71.  He  held  a  profes-sorship  in  the  Ruflfalo  l^w 
School  from  its  organization.  In  politics  he  was  a 
strong  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Republican 
League.  He  was  a  warm  friend  of  Grover  Cleve- 
land, Oscar  Folsom,  and  Lyman  R.  Bass,  from  the 
early  days  when,  as  young  men,  they  were  all  begin- 
ning the  practice  of  law  in  Buffalo.  Judge  Ward- 
well  came  of  a  family  of  earnest  Methodists,  anil 
joined  the  Methodist  ihurch  when  a  young  man. 
He  was  a  uicml)er  of  the   I'niversitv   Club  and   the 


Harvard  Club  :  but  he  cared  little  for  club  life,  and 
was  devoted  to  his  home  and  to  his  books.  His 
private  library,  aside  from  his  law  books,  was  excel- 
lent, and  covered  a  wide  range  of  subjects.  He  was 
not  content  to  own  books  ;  he  read  them,  and  it  was 
no  uncommon  thing  for  him  to  spenil  the  whole 
night  among  them. 

J'KRSOXAL  CHKOXOLOGY—  Georj^e  Smilh 
U'lirihoell  was  horn  at  Prirriiifiuf,  R.  I. ,  August  J  J, 
18J!> :  j^raitualcii  from  J/anuin/  C  WAxr  in  IS/iS,  ami 
from  Ihf  Dane  /(/;<■  Siliool,  Caml>riii;^f,  in  JS'i'i  : 
was  at/mittri/  to  the  l>ar  at  HuffjiJo'^n  IH'tlj,  and  liej^an 
practice  there  in  185S :  marn'ei/  Mary  E.  Townsend 
of  Buffahi  June  !),  ISOJ  ;  was  city  attorney,  ]S0(i-ti7, 
city  clerk,  ISHH-IO,  and  juilt^e  of  the  Municipal  Court, 
ISSO-fl.'.    died  at  PutTiilo  Ocl,<l>er  IS.   IS!).;. 

IRobcrt    t>amiltoii    JBcst   iwd   a   useful, 

pi(  tiircsi|ue,  ami  hoiioiaiilc  career.  He  followed 
a  single  calling,  that  of  the  iletective,  during  most 
of  his  life.  He  worked  for  a  single  corixjration, 
the  .American  Express  Co.,  over  thirty  years.  He 
lived  in  a  single  city,  Buffalo,  eighty-one  years. 
His  life  was  remarkable  in  many  respeits. 

-Mr.  Best  was  born  in  a  little  town  of  central 
Pennsylvania  in  the  year  1X011  —  the  same  annus 
mirahilis  that  brought  into  the  world  Oliver  Weniiell 
Holmes,  Tennyson,  and  (Iladstone.  The  records 
of  the  Holland  Land  Company  show  that  William 
Best,  the  father  of  Robert  H.  Best,  jturchased  land 
in  what  is  now  Black  Rock,  Buffalo,  in  1K1((.  For 
a  short  time  during  the  second  war  with  Kngland 
the  Best  family  were  obliged  to  llee  Buffalo  for 
.safety  ;  but  with  that  exception  Robert  Best  lived 
in  the  Queen  City  from  the  time  he  was  a  year  old 
until  his  death  at  the  age  of  eighty-two.  When  he 
was  taken  to  BulTalo  the  |>la(  e  was  a  country  town 
of  twelve  or  thirteen  hundred  jjcople,  and  was  just 
discarding  its  early  name  of  New  .-Xmsterdam.  He 
lived  to  see  the  city  become  the  eleventh  in  the 
L'nited  States  in  i)oiiit  of  po|>ulation,  the  first  in  the 
country  in  some  important  respects,  and  the  first  in 
the  world  in  a  few  particulars. 

Mr.  Best  was  one  of  the  fortunate  mortals  whom 
nature  obviously  destines  for  certain  work,  and 
amply  e(iui])s  with  the  talents  and  aptitude  a|)i)ropri- 
ate  to  such  work.  He  was  a  born  iletective.  He 
came  into  the  world  with  a  mind  and  a  tempera- 
ment nicely  calculated  to  unveil  secret  crime. 
Sagacity,  clearness  of  mental  vision,  .subtlety  of 
insight,  strength  of  pur|)ose,  fearlessness,  personal 
integrity  —  these  trails  of  mind  and  character  Mr. 
Best  posses.sed  in  generous  measure.  His  genius  in 
unraveling  mysteries  was  ap|)arent  at  an  early  age. 


ArE\   OF  .XEU-    YORK 


47 


and  he  was  made  a  police  detective  in  Buffalo  at  the 
beginning  of  his  active  life. 

Aside  from  Mr.  Best's  public  career,  of  which 
more  anon,  the  business  of  his  life  was  his  work  as 
a  detective  for  the  American  Express  Co.  In  this 
trying  and  difficult  calling  he  was  signally  success- 
ful. He  served  the  company  faithfully 
from  the  time  of  its  early  and  uncertain 
ventures  until  it  had  become  one  of  the 
great  corporations  of  the  land.  In  the 
course  of  this  service  he  traveled  over 
all  parts  of  the  United  States  on  impor- 
tant and  sometimes  dangerous  missions, 
and  was  concerned  with  some  of  the 
most  famous  cases  in  the  annals  of  crime. 
Beginning  in  a  subordinate  capacity,  he 
rose  to  the  chief  position  in  his  depart- 
ment, and  was  fully  trusted  by  all  the 
high  officers  of  the  great  corporation. 
In  the  later  years  of  his  life  his  health 
was  such  that  he  could  not  perform  per- 
sonally some  of  the  duties  of  his  posi- 
tion ;  but  his  counsel  was  so  highly 
regarded  and  his  previous  work  so  much 
valued,  that  the  company  made  him  a 
confidential  adviser,  and  continued  his 
salary  as  if  he  were  still  in  active  service. 

In  public  life  Mr.   Best    held   various 
offices  suited  to  his  special  talents.      His 
first  position  was    that    of  constable  on 
the    police    force  of  Buffalo.      Later   in 
life  he  became  chief  of  police  of  the  city, 
and  had  an   important  part  in  organizing 
the  detective  work  of  the  police  depart- 
ment.     Up  to  1858  the  chief  of  police 
was  elected  by  the  people  ;   but  in  1857 
an    important    change    in    the    law    was 
made,  in  virtue  of  which   the  mayor  was 
authorized  to  appoint  the  chief  of  police 
and   subordinate   officers.      Mr.   Be,st    was    the    first 
chief  of  police   under   the   new  arrangement.      He 
began  his  duties,  at  the  head  of  eleven  police  con- 
stables,  in  1858,  resigning  at  the  end  of  his  term 
of  three    years.      Soon    after   this    he    was    elected 
sheriff  of  Erie  county.     Both  as  chief  of  police  and 
as  sheriff,  he  served  the  public    with   rare   fidelity. 
In  political  affairs  Mr.  Best  w-as  a  lifelong  Democrat, 
and  was  prominent  in  the  councils  of  party  leaders. 

PERSONAL  CHR  ONOL  O  G  V—  Robert  Ham- 
ilton Best  was  born  at  Melrose,  Penn.,  April  28, 
ISO'J  :  married  Ami  Elizabeth  Kortright  McGowan 
of  New  York  city  November  10,  18S5  ;  zvas  chief  of 
police  of  Buffalo,  1858-60,  and  sheriff  of  Erie  county, 
1862— 6'4  ;  7C'as  in  the  detective  service  of  tlie  American 


Ex/iress   Co.   at   Buffalo  from   ISiJii  until  his    death 
May  1,  1891. 


jf,  S.  iPcaSC  made  his  name  known  in  the 
trade  of  an  important  staple  over  a  large  part  of  the 
commercial   world.      Aside   from   his  prominence  in 


ROISERT  H.AMII^TO.X  BEST 

business,  he  gained  distinction  as  a  musician  and 
an  inventor.  He  was  versatile,  but  not  superficial. 
He  was,  indeed,  so  thorough  in  whatever  he  under- 
took that  he  carried  along  these  diverse  interests  as 
though  each  were  his  chief  concern  in  life. 

Mr.  Pease  was  born  in  Rochester,  near  the 
close  of  the  year  1822,  and  lived  there  for  fifteen 
years.  He  then  went  to  Buffalo,  which  was  already 
giving  promise  of  its  later  supremacy  among  the 
cities  of  western  New  York.  Becoming  interested 
in  the  manufacture  of  lubricating  oils,  he  determined 
to  make  himself  an  expert  in  the  subject.  Buffalo 
had  at  that  time  only  sixteen  or  seventeen  thousand 
people,  and  its  manufactures  were  neither  large  nor 
varied  ;   so  that  Mr.  Pease  was  obliged  to  visit  eastern 


4s 


.I/A".\"   or   A/://'    VOh'K 


cities  for  the  c\|>crit*ncc  and  working  knowledge 
that  he  needed.  He  left  HufTalo,  therefore,  after 
only  a  hrief  slay  there,  and  sjient  the  next  ten  years 
in  varioiLs  |>arts  of  the  VjisA.  This  long  jjeriod  of 
biLsiness  preiKiration  he  devoted  chiefly  to  s|>e(  ial 
study  of  lubricating  oils.      He  investigated  exhaus- 


/■    .V    I'l-   tSF 

lively  the  chemical  properties  of  the  best  existing 
oils,  and  thoroughly  mastered  ail  that  was  then 
known  about  the  subject. 

Returning  to  Hiiffalo  in  1«4H,  Mr.  IV-ase  estab- 
li.shed  on  lower  Main  street  the  nucleus  of  a  business 
that  was  destined  to  ex|)and  and  ramify  until  the 
industrial  world  was  covered.  Success  so  extraor- 
dinary could  hardly  have  been  predicted  at  the 
start :  but  the  foundations  of  substantial  success  had 
been  laid  in  the  years  before.  The  original  store 
was  small,  but  additions  were  required  from  time 
to  time,  and  the  establi.shment  soon  became  one  of 
the  most  important  in  Huffalo.  The  I'ease  lubri- 
cating oils  were  brought  to  the  attention  of  con- 
sumers over  a  wide  terrilorv,  and  won  their  wav  t" 


favor  wherever  introduced.  .\s  early  as  l>«t»2  a 
prize  medal  was  awarded  to  the  I'".  S.  I'ease  product 
at  the  London  Kx)X)sition  ;  and  similar  awards  were 
afterwards  made  at  Paris,  Vienna,  Santiago,  and 
Philadelphia.  Kven  in  distant  .Australia  prizes  were 
taken  at  Sidney  and  at  Melbourne.  Seven  medals 
were  received  at  the  .National  KxiK)sition 
of  Railroad  .■\|)i)lian<es  held  at  Chicago 
in  1XM8. 

During  the  Centennial  Kx|X)sition  at 
Philadelphia  in  IMTfi,  both  .Mr.  Pease 
and  his  product  a<  (|uircd  fame.  .\11  the 
machinery  of  the  ex[X)sition,  including 
nearly  three  miles  of  shafting  and  20,00(1 
bearings  and  journals  of  every  kind,  was 
run  with  Pease's  Improved  Oils.  The 
ex|)Osition  lasted  six  months,  and  in  all 
that  time  the  Pease  oils  did  their  work 
perfectly,  and  not  a  single  bearing  be- 
came overheated.  Probably  this  was 
the  most  severe  test  of  lubricating  oils 
ever  made.  Mr.  Pea.se  superintended 
personally  his  exhibit  at  the  Centennial, 
and  came  to  be  regarded  as  an  authority 
on  the  production  and  manufacture  of 
oils  in  this  country.  In  compliance  with 
requests  from  foreign  commissions  he 
prejKired  special  rejiorts  and  samples  for 
many  (ountrics,  and  thereby  established 
a  high  re|>utation  among  scientists  inter- 
ested in  the  subject. 

.\lr.  Pease  was  a  many-sided  man,  as 
has  been  said,  and  his  genius  as  an  in- 
ventor was  evident  in  numerous  ]iractical 
a|)i>liances.      Kxamples  may  be  found  in 
his   raking   platform   for  harvesting  ma- 
chines, cast-iron  movable  teeth  for  mow- 
ers and  reapers,  <  om|>ound  repeating  and 
printing  telegraph  instnmient,  a|>plian(  e 
for  the  testing  of  oil  by  electricity,  and  an  acolian 
attachment     for    the   guitar.       This    last    invention 
brings  to  mind  Mr.    Pea.se's  love    for   music.      Kor 
many  years  he  was  the  ])rinci|>al  tenor  in  the  Huffalo 
Kjiiscojial  churches,  and  he  was  also  a  composer  of 
music. 

PERSOXAL  CHROXOI.OG  Y—  Hrancii 
Stfbens  Pease  was  born  al  Rochester  December  2^, 
1S2J  :  moveJ  to  Buffalo  in  IS-M  :  eni;aj;eii  in  chemical 
studies  in  eastern  cities,  ISSS—^S ;  marrieJ  Lucretia 
Gooilale  of  Buffalo  in  lS4-'>,  ami  A.  tie  Etta  Blooil- 
i;oo<l  of  .\'eic  York  city  May  7,  ISS'i  ;  established  the 
nuinufaclure  of  lubricatiui;  oils  in  Buffalo  in  LSJfS, 
a II J  carried  on  the  same  until  his  death  Xorember  (i, 

IS' III 


MEN   OF  NEW    YORK 


49 


EnOS  W.  JSarneS,  for  many  years  one  of 
the  strongest  forces  in  the  journalism  of  the  South- 
ern Tier,  was  born  in  Yates  county,  New  York,  in 
1S36.  His  father,  Enos  Barnes,  a  prominent 
physician  of  central  New  York,  moved  his  family 
to  Geneva,  at  the  foot  of  Seneca  lake,  in  1839,  and 
there  our  present  subject  spent  his  boyhood.  After 
attending  the  common  schools  of  Geneva  until  he 
was  seventeen  years  old,  Mr.  Barnes  resolved  to 
finish  his  education  at  the  printer's  case.  This  has 
proved  a  veritable  college  for  many  an  eminent 
writer,  from  Howells  in  our  own  day  back  to  Frank- 
lin at  the  dawn  of  American  literature. 

Beginning  his  long  career  in  the  newspaper  world 
in  the  office  of  the  Steuhcii  County  Advocate  at  Bath 
in  1853,  Mr.  Barnes  rose  rapidly  in  his  chosen 
calling.  In  1856,  when  only  twenty  years  old,  he 
became  local  editor  of  the  Bath  Courier, 
and  eight  years  later  he  acquired  a  half 
interest  in  the  paper.  Remaining  in 
Bath  for  the  next  decade,  Mr.  Barnes 
changed  his  base  of  operations  to  Wells- 
ville  in  1875,  when  he  assumed  the  own- 
ership and  management  of  the  At/egany 
County  Reporter.  He  was  now  a  trained 
journalist  of  marked  ability,  and  the 
results  of  his  new  venture  were  so  en- 
couraging that  he  established  in  1880  the 
Wellsville  Daily  Reporter.  This  enter- 
prise was  likewise  successful  from  the 
start.  These  papers  were  enlarged  from 
time  to  time,  and  improved  in  various 
ways,  and  are  still  owned  and  published 
by  Mr.  Barnes's  sons,  E.  Willard  and 
Charles  M.  For  about  a  year,  in  1886- 
87,  Mr.  Barnes  extended  his  operations 
to  the  neighboring  state  of  Ohio,  pub- 
lishing a  family  paper  styled  the  Colum- 
bus Telegram.  Failing  health  caused 
him  to  dispose  of  this  property,  and  to 
give  up  some  other  promising  plans  con- 
nected with  his  publications. 

In  selecting  newspaper  work  as  his  life 
occupation  Mr.  Barnes  made  no  mistake. 
He  was  a  leader  in  thought  and  in  ac- 
tion, and  made  this  leadership  effective 
through  his  writings  for  the  press.      He 
possessed    a    forceful   style  —  sometimes 
much  too  forceful  for  the  comfort  of  his 
political  opponents.      His  contests,  how- 
ever, were  against  principles,  not  against  men  per- 
sonally ;    and   he    never    cherished   a   grudge,    nor 
displayed  any   kind  of  meanness  in  his  controver- 
sies.     He   was,   indeed,   incapable   of  such    things. 


and  was  singularly  loyal  in  his  friendships.  It  is 
worthy  of  note  that  he  always  kept  his  publica- 
tions scrupulously  clean  and  elevating  in  their 
moral  tone. 

Mr.  Barnes  filled  various  public  positions  with 
distinction.  During  his  residence  in  Bath  he  was 
for  four  years  assistant  assessor  and  deputy  collector 
of  United  States  internal  revenue.  For  somewhat 
more  than  a  year  he  held  the  office  of  special  United 
States  pension  examiner,  resigning  the  position  in 
1883.  In  1886  Governor  Hill  appointed  him  one 
of  the  three  commissioners  of  the  state  of  New 
York  on  prison-labor  reform.  The  arduous  work 
of  this  body  fell  largely  into  Mr.  Barnes's  hands  ; 
and  the  report  of  the  commission,  which  is  regarded 
as  a  valuable  public  document,  was  written  entirely 
bv  him. 


E\0^    If.  B.4RXES 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Enos  IVhit- 
t/esey  Barnes  7t'as  born  at  Rock  Stream,  N.  V. ,  March 
4,  1836 ;  attended  Geneva  public  schools ;  went  to 
Bath,  A'',   v.,  in   ISii-l  to  learn  the  printer's  trade : 


50 


AfEX  or  XKir  JVM' A' 


married  Sarah  Hiird  of  Bath  January  14,  180 U  ;  was 
(onneclfJ  with  the  Bath  "  Courier,"  as  heal  editor 
and  half  owner,  JS'ttt-lit  :  was  irivner  and  editor  of 
the  ''  Allegany  County  Ref>orter,"  Wetlsiille,  N.  }'., 
from  1S7'),  and  of  the  Wellsville  "Daily  Reporter" 
from  1880,  until  his  death  January  8,  1888. 


ARTHLR    CLEVEl.ASD    COXIi 

HrtbUr  ClCVClan^  COie,  I'oet,  preacher, 
and  prelate,  wxs  born  in  Morris  county,  New  Jersey, 
in  IHIH.  His  father,  Samuel  Hanson  Cox,  was  a 
tlistinguished  Presbyterian  clergyman,  and  many 
characteristics  of  the  son  were  foreshadowed  in  the 
father.  Becoming  pastor  of  a  church  in  New  York 
city  in  1H21,  Samuel  Cox  lived  there  for  the  next 
twelve  years.  He  took  a  leading  [art  in  the  founda- 
tion of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and 
his  son  Arthur  graduated  with  distinction  from  that 
institution  in  1838.  Influenced  by  maternal  rela- 
tives and  social  connections,  Arthur  Coxe  became  an 
adherent  of  the  Protestant  Kpi.sco(al  church  early  in 
life,  and  so  remained  until  his  death.  Kntering  the 
Cienerai    Theological   Seminary  of  that  church  after 


graduation  from  college,  he  completed  his  studies 
for  holy  orders  in  1841.  He  was  ordained  deacon 
June  27,  1^41,  and  priest  September  2o,  l'<42. 
Taking  charge  of  St.  Ann's  Church,  Morrisania, 
N.  Y.,  .shortly  after  his  ordination  to  the  diacon- 
ate,  he  moved  thence  in  1842  to  Hartford,  Conn., 
where  he  was  rector  of  St.  John's  from 
184.J  until  1H.J4.  In  the  latter  year  he 
accejited  a  call  to  (Irace  Church,  Balti- 
more. Klected  bishop  of  'I'e.xas  in  185(5, 
he  declined  to  ser\'e,  and  remained  in 
Baltimore  until  18()3.  In  that  year  he 
became  rector  of  Calvary  Church,  New 
York,  and  was  soon  afterward  elected 
a.ssistant  bishop  of  the  diocese  of  West- 
ern New  York.  He  was  consecrated  in 
Trinity  Church,  deneva,  N.  Y.,  January 
4,  lK(i,")  ;  and  on  the  death  of  Bishop 
I  )e  I^ncey  three  months  later,  he  suc- 
ceeded as  the  second  bishop  of  the  dio- 
cese. 

Trom  an  early  period  in  his  ministry 
Bishop  Coxe  took  [jart  in  the  councils  of 
his  church.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
(Jeneral  Conventions  held  in  1853  and 
in  lx5!(.  In  the  former  year  he  moved 
an  addition  to  the  Litany,  while  Bishop 
.\lon/o  Potter  made  a  similar  motion  in 
the  house  of  bishops  ;  and  this  unplanned 
concert  of  action  ultimately  resulted  in 
the  ado|)tion  of  additional  prayers,  and 
in  the  movement  for  the  revision  of  the 
Book  of  Common  Prayer.  'Taking  ac- 
tive interest  in  the  missionary  work  of 
the  church.  Bishop  Coxe  traveled  exten- 
sively abroad  in  jjromoting  this  branch 
of  the  service.  In  1872,  when  the  Epis- 
cojwl  missions  in  Hayti  were  placed  in 
his  charge,  he  visited  the  island,  organ- 
ized churches,  and  ordained  clergy.  He  retained 
the  oversight  of  the  Haytian  chun  h  imtil  the  con- 
secration of  its  own  bishop  in  1874. 

As  a  |)oet  and  prose  writer  Bishop  C  i)\e  acquired 
fame  early  in  life,  publishing  several  volumes  of 
poems  before  his  ordination.  The  poetical  work  by 
which  he  is  best  known  is  probably  his  "Christian 
Ballads,"  first  published  in  1845.  These  poems, 
jiartly  the  work  of  his  college  days,  reflected  the 
purity  and  ilevoutness  of  his  own  mind  and  heart, 
and  a])pealed  powerfully  to  all  earnest  thinkers  on 
spiritual  subjects.  More  important  than  these,  how- 
ever, or  any  other  jKiems  of  his,  were  his  contribu- 
tions to  theological  learning,  biblical  criticism,  and 
church  literature.      His  writings  of  this  nature  were 


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of  unequal  merit,  but  much  of  his  work  will  have 
value  for  a  long  time  to  come.  He  was  a  devoted 
student  of  the  early  Christian  Fathers,  and  his  edi- 
tion of  their  writings  has  been  widely  circulated  in 
this  country.  A  critical  scholar  and  a  polished 
writer,  he  was  a  formidable  controversialist.  He 
opposed  with  great  force  all  attempts  to  change  the 
text  of  the  Scriptures,  and  his  "Apology  for  the 
English  Bible,"  published  in  1854,  led  to  the  sup- 
pression of  the  new  and  crude  revisions  of  the  Bible 
made  at  great  cost  by  the  American  Bible  Society. 

It  has  been  said  of  Bishop  Coxe  that  his  antago- 
nism to  the  Church  of  Rome  knew  no  bounds,  and 
some  of  his  polemical  essays  certainly  explain,  if 
they  do  not  altogether  justify,  the  statement.  In 
1866  his  more  important  disputatious  writings  up  to 
that  time  were  gathered  into  a  volume  entitled 
"The  Criterion,"  which  defined  his 
position  clearly,  and  was  intended  to 
justify  his  standing  as  a  churchman,  and 
his  attitude  toward  Dr.  Newman  and  the 
Roman  Catholic  church.  In  1867-68 
he  contributed  to  the  "  Union  Chre- 
tienne,"  a  periodical  published  in  Paris 
in  the  interest  of  Gallicanism,  a  series  of 
articles  on  the  subject  of  "  Anglican  Or- 
ders." In  1869  he  published  an  "Open 
Letter  to  Pius  IX."  in  answer  to  the 
brief  convoking  the  Vatican  council. 
This  spirited  letter  was  translated  into 
various  languages,  and  had  a  wide  cir- 
culation on  the  continent  of  Europe. 
In  1872  there  appeared  in  Paris  his 
"L' episcopal  de  I' Occident,"  a  new 
presentation  of  the  history  of  the  Church 
of  England,  and  a  refutation  of  Roman 
Catholic  attacks.  Almost  his  last  piece 
of  intellectual  work  was  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles addressed  to  Cardinal  Satolli,  in 
which  he  emphasized  anew  his  hostility 
to  the  Church  of  Rome. 

Bishop  Coxe  was  endowed  with  rich 
gifts,  and  impressed  everyone  as  a  strong 
and  great  man.     His  intense  earnestness 
and  force  of  character,  and   remarkable 
ability    in    various    ways,    made     him    a 
bulwark   of  strength    to  any   movement 
that  gained  his  support ;  and  it  is  hardly 
too  much  to  say  that,  at  the  height  of 
his  influence,  his  advocacy  of  any  cause 
meant  the  success  of  the  cause.      Personally  he  was 
a  man  of  most  engaging  manners,  and  his  venerable 
presence  in  the  later  years  of  his  life  suggested  a 
certain  sense  of  graciousness  and  kindly  feeling. 


PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY— Arthur  Cleve- 
land Coxe  was  born  at  Mendham,  N.  J. ,  May  10, 
1818 ;  graduated  from  the  University  of  the  City  of 
New  York  in  18S8,  and  from  the  General  Theological 
Seminary,  Neiv  York  city,  in  18^1 ;  had  pastorates  at 
Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  Baltimore, 
Md. ,  and  New  York  city,  18^1-64  ;  became  assistant 
bishop  of  M'estern  New  York  January  Jf,  1865,  and 
bishop  of  IVestern  New  York  later  in  the  same  year  ; 
died  at  Clifton  Springs,  N.   Y. ,  July  20,  1896. 


Hsber  aSentOn  JEvanS,  one  of  the  fore- 
most American  mathematicians,  and  a  distinguished 
scholar  and  educator,  was  born  in  Tompkins  county. 
New  York,  in  September,  1834.  He  attended  the 
common  schools,  and  for  a  brief  period  a  private 
school,  under  a  sympathetic  teacher,  with  whom  he 


.ASHER  BENTON  EV.4NS 


began  to  develop  his  remarkable  talent  for  pure 
mathematics.  In  1848  his  father  moved  with  his 
family  to  the  town  of  Somerset,  Niagara  county, 
N.  Y. ,  and  settled  upon  a  farm,  where  Mr.    Evans 


.t/AW    ()/•"   .VA/C    )'('A'A' 


niadc  hi>  home  during  youth  anil  early  manhood. 
He  pursued  his  favorite  study  for  several  years, 
with  unflagging  /.eal,  hut  without  instruction  or 
assistam  c  c\<  ept  from  such  mathematical  treatises 
anil  journals  as  he  was  able  to  procure. 

l-"rom  the  age  of  seventeen  until  he  entered  college 
Mr.  Kvans  taught  country  schools  during  the  winter 
terms  with  marked  ability  anil  success.  He  was  a 
student  at  the  Wilson  C"ollegiale  Institute  in  ]><'>4, 
and  was  afterward  pre|>ared  for  college  at  Yates 
Academy  under  the  tutelage  of  Professor  Fairman. 
By  this  time  his  teaching  had  provided  a  fund  suf- 
ficient, with  strict  economy,  to  liefray  his  expenses 
through  college;  and  in  the  spring  of  iXolS  he 
entered  the  sophomore  class  of  the  I'niversity  of 
Rochester.  His  mathematical  knowledge  was  al- 
ready not  only  far  in  ad\ance  of  the  rc<|uirements 
of  the  ordinary  college  i  urriculum,  but  also  beyonil 
the  attainments  of  many  ju.stly  esteemed  university 
and  college  professors  of  mathematics.  In  the  fall 
of  1M5H  he  entered  the  junior  cla.ss  of  Madison  (  now 
Colgate)  University,  from  whiih  he  graduated  with 
honors  in  1?<K0.  He  then  entered  upon  his  life- 
work  as  an  educator,  becoming  the  princijial  of 
several  prominent  institutions  of  the  Kmpire  State, 
as  follows:  Nunda  Literary  Institute,  lX6()-64 ; 
Penfield  Academy,  l«(>4-ti.')  ;  Wilson  Collegiate 
Institute,  1>S()5-()G;  and  Lockjjort  L'nion  School 
from  IMH>  until  his  death  in  September,  1891. 

Professor  Kvans  was  in  frequent  corres|)ondence 
with  the  most  eminent  mathematicians  of  this  coun- 
try and  of  Kurope.  .Among  his  corrcsponilents  in 
this  country  were  Professor  Benjamin  Peirce,  LI..  D., 
of  Harvard  I'niversity;  Simon  Ncwcomb,  LL.  I)., 
and  .Artemas  Martin,  LL.  D.,  of  the  Naval  Ob- 
servatory at  Washington  ;  Asaph  Hall,  the  astrono- 
mer ;  Profes.sor  J.  D.  Runkle  of  Cambridge,  Mass.; 
and  Profes.sor  Trowbridge  of  Toledo,  Ohio.  He 
contributed  largely  to  various  advanced  mathemat- 
ical journals  pul>lished  here  and  abroad.  In  lH(i4 
he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  .Master  of  .Arts 
from  the  University  of  Rochester. 

For  many  years  Professor  Kvans  made  the  calcu- 
lations for  a  number  of  high-grade  almanacs.  His 
ability  to  solve  the  most  abstruse  mathematical  prob- 
lems was  at  once  the  desjjair  and  delight  of  his  fel- 
low mathematicians.  In  this  field  he  was  without  a 
rival  in  this  country  or  in  Kurope.  The  late  William 
Kingdon  Clifford  of  Kngland,  whose  es.says  are 
among  the  most  brilliant  and  profounil  contributions 
to  Knglish  literature,  was  his  only  noteworthy  com- 
petitor in  this  specialty. 

,An  appreciative  writer  in  the  Acaiiemy  for  Decem- 
ber,  IHitl,   ex|>res.sed    the    opinion    that    Profes.sor 


Kvans  was  easily  the  .strongest  man  connected  with 
secondary  education  in  the  state  of  New  York. 
He  |>osses.sed  extraordinary  executive  ability,  and 
almost  unrivaled  powers  as  a  disciplinarian.  Not- 
withstanding his  predilection  for  mathematics,  he 
was  thoroughly  grounded  and  well  read  in  latin  and 
Oreek,  both  of  which  he  taught  with  marked  success. 
He  was  a  diligent  student  of  the  natural  sciences, 
especially  geology,  botany,  and  mineralogy,  and 
had  a  decided  bent  towards  scientific  ob.servation, 
analysis,  and  classification.  He  showed  him.self 
entirely  competent  to  "drive  the  sciences  abreast." 

Professor  Kvans  was  for  many  years  a  Fellow  of 
the  .-Vmerican  .As.sociation  for  the  .Advancement  of 
Science,  attending  many  of  its  meetings  and  |jartici- 
jjating  prominently  in  its  proceedings.  He  was  a 
valued  member  of  the  New  York  Mathematical  So- 
ciety. He  also  belonged  to  the  .\Ia.sonic  order,  in 
whose  aims  he  was  deejily  interested. 

Profes-sor  Kvans  left  a  deep  im|>ress  for  good  upon 
the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  many  hundreds  of 
students  who,  during  his  long  career  a.s  a  teacher, 
came  within  the  range  of  his  inlluence  and  person- 
ality. His  most  distinguishing  mental  and  moral 
traits,  aside  from  his  mathematical  bias,  were  manli- 
ness, energy,  veracity,  thoroughness,  moral  courage, 
a  wise  reticence,  and  more  than  all  a  will  that  was 
daunted  by  no  obstacles  and  brooked  no  defeats. 
He  was  above  the  ordinary  height,  of  large  frame, 
commanding  presence,  great  physical  strength,  and 
with  a  caijacity  for  continued  labor  and  endurance 
that  was  simply  wonderful. 

Profesiior  Kvans's  social  tastes  were  best  satisfied 
by  the  calm  delights  of  domestic  life.  He  loved 
his  home,  his  family,  the  (juietude  and  society  of  his 
library,  and  the  studies  of  the  thinker  and  the 
scholar.  He  shunned  publicity  and  the  footlights. 
His  natural  gifts  were  so  extraordinary  in  one  direc- 
tion that  he  might  well  be  clas-sed  as  a  mathematical 
genius.  Preferring  and  zealously  jiromoting  the 
symmetrical  development  of  all  his  faculties,  he  be- 
came a  profound  scholar,  successful  teacher,  wise 
counselor,  honored  citizen,  faithful  friend,  affection- 
ate and  beloved  husband  and  father. 

PERSOXAL  CHRONOLOGY—  Asher  Pni- 
ton  Evans  7i<as  born  at  Hector,  X.  )'. ,  Septfmber  JI, 
1SJ4  :  taiif^/it  school  and  studied  at  various  prepara- 
tory institutions,  IS/Jl-oS;  attended  the  University  of 
Rochester,  and  graduated  from  Afadison  ( mm'  Col- 
gate)  University  in  18G0 ;  was  principal  of  various 
schools  in  western  Xejc  York,  ISOO-OO :  married 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Haines  of  Lockport,  N.  Y. ,  May  16, 
1800;  7vas  principal  of  the  Lockport  Union  School 
from  ISW  until  his  death  September  2J,,  Will. 


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53 


1Ru50lpF3  IbOffelD  was  prominent  in  com- 
mercial circles  in  Buffalo  for  many  years.  His  life 
may  be  regarded  as  eminently  successful,  since  he 
built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  and 
gained  in  unstinted  measure  the  respect  of  all  who 
knew  him.  Born  in  the  province  of  Westphalia, 
Prussia,  in  1833,  he  received  a  thorough 
general  education  in  his  native  land, 
taking  also  a  course  in  chemistry  at  a 
technical  school.  Thus  well  eiiuipped  for 
the  battle  of  life,  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
he  sought  the  friendly  shores  of  the  new 
world.  For  several  years  he  was  em- 
ployed as  a  druggist's  clerk  in  New 
Orleans  and  Cincinnati,  and  in  1859  he 
became  associated  with  (General  Rose- 
crans  in  the  production  of  oil  from  coal 
in  West  Virginia.  The  discovery  of  oil 
wells  about  this  time  compelled  the 
abandonment  of  the  business. 

Mr.  Hoffeld  had  thus  gained  a  good 
deal  of  general  experience,  and  had  be- 
come familiar  with  various  parts  of  the 
country  when,  in  1861,  he  began  his 
long  career  in  western  New  York.  Tak- 
ing up  his  residence  in  Lancaster,  Erie 
county,  he  started  and  carried  on  for 
many  years,  with  S.  H.  Koopmans,  a 
sole-leather  tannery,  under  the  firm  name 
of  R.  Hofifeld  &  Co.  Later  the  firm 
bought  the  Bush  &  Howard  tannery  at 
the  same  place,  which  they  ran  until  it 
was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1882.  Shortly 
after  the  close  of  the  war,  in  company 
with  L.  Geissler,  Mr.  Hoffeld  established 
in  Buffalo  the  firm  of  Hoffeld  &  Geissler, 
dealers  in  leather,  wool,  and  hides,  and 
continued  the  business  until  1890.  In 
1878  he  bought  the  Gardner  tannery  on 
Seneca  street,  Buffalo,  where  for  some  time  he  man- 
ufactured leather  belting.  This  business  was  finally 
moved  to  the  Hoffeld  building,  Nos.  61-69  Carroll 
street,  where  their  offices  and  warerooms  are  at 
present  located.  In  addition  to  the  manufacture  of 
belting,  several  related  industries  are  carried  on  by 
the  firm.  Only  the  best  part  cf  the  hides  can  be 
used  for  belting,  and  in  order  to  utilize  the  waste 
leather,  axle  washers,  trunk  handles,  straps,  and 
the  like  are  turned  out.  For  many  years  the  estab- 
lishment maintained  a  shop  where  the  machin- 
ery used  in  the  business  was  manufactured  and 
repaired.  This  led  to  the  acquaintance  of  J.  L. 
Osgood  ;  and  in  due  time  Mr.  Hoffeld,  always  ready 
to  embrace  a  favorable    opportunity   for    extending 


his  business  operations,  formed  with  him  a  company 
for  the  sale  of  all  kinds  of  machinery.  This  enter- 
prise is  still  continued  at  the  Carroll-street  building. 
In  1880  Mr.  Hoffeld  organized  with  O.  S.  Gar- 
retson  the  Buffalo  School  Furniture  Co.,  and  was  an 
officer    in    the   corporation    up   to    the   time   of    his 


RIDOLFH  HOFFELD 

death.  The  shops  constituting  the  present  wood- 
working department  of  the  company  were  built  on 
the  site  of  his  Seneca-street  tannery,  which  was 
torn  down  for  that  purpose.  Outside  corporations 
were  glad  to  avail  themselves  of  Mr.  Hoffeld's 
unusual  business  ability,  and  for  the  last  ten  years 
of  his  life  he  held  the  position  of  vice  ])resident  of 
the  German  Bank. 

Business  cares  so  many  and  varied  might  well 
have  absorbed  Mr.  Hoffeld's  whole  attention  ;  but 
he  had  tastes  in  other  directions,  and  managed  to 
find  time  to  cultivate  and  gratify  them.  He  was  a 
born  student,  and  acquired  such  familiarity  with 
different  languages  that  he  was  able  to  speak  and 
write  fluently  German,  French,  and  Spanish.      He 


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.l/A.V   <>/•"  .VA"/r    J'OA'A' 


was  a  gooil  I«itin  scholar  as  well.  During  the  early 
years  of  his  nsideiuc  in  Ijn<;L>iter  he  took  an 
active  |>art  in  the  formation  of  the  I^ncaster  Liter- 
ary Society,  and  maintained  his  interest  in  the 
orjjani/ation  ii|i  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
a  rcfjiilar  attendant   at    the  weekly    meetings  of  the 


ASHKK    W    .\tl.\I.R 

society,  reading  before  it  many  papers  on  a  variety 
of  subjects,  and  taking  an  active  part  in  its  debates. 
PERSO.XAL  ClIROXOLOGY— Rudolph  Hof- 
ffld  liuis  horn  at  Eni^er,  U'(st/>hiilui,  Prussia,  Afiirch  ■!, 
I8SS ;  received  a  _^enei-al  and  technical  education ;  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1851  ;  was  a  druggist' s  clerk, 
18')l—'i9 ;  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  coal  oil  in 
West  Virginia,  IS/ift-Ol ;  married  Henrietta  J. 
Koopmans  of  Lancaster,  N.  Y.,  January  12,  1803; 
established  a  tannery  at  Lancaster  in  ISGl,  and  was 
engaged  in  this  and  other  business  enterprises,  there 
and  in  Buffalo,  until  his  death  August  4,  18ftG. 


HSbCr  Id.  flDiUCr,  for  many  years  one  of  the 
strongest  comnicrciai,  political,  and  social   forces  of 


Allegany  county,  New  York,  was  descended  from 
an  old  and  distinguished  Knglish  family.  The  line 
of  ancestry  may  be  seen  clearly  running  lack 
through  Knglish  hi.story  to  mediaeval  times,  and  may 
be  traced  in  this  country  from  the  year  lti."?(t.  The 
familv  became  well  establishcti  in  Connecticut,  and 
.Mr.  Miner's  father  was  born  in  that 
state.  He  crossed  the  line  into  New 
York,  however,  with  other  enterprising 
emigrants,  early  in  the  westward  move- 
ment, settling  first  in  Madison  county, 
where  Asher  Miner  was  born,  and  after- 
ward in  Allegany.  The  journey  from 
central  New  York  through  the  wilder- 
ness to  .Mlegany  county  was  made  in 
l«"i!l,  and  was  attendeil  with  many  hard- 
ships and  some  dangers.  Asher  was 
then  a  boy  of  fifteen,  and  the  experience 
doubtless  had  some  influence  in  molding 
his  courageous  and  self-reliant  character. 
-Moreover,  the  trying  conditions  of  pio- 
neer life  involved  a  disciplinary  training 
of  the  highest  value  to  the  young  man. 
He  attended  the  primitive  schools  of  the 
settlement,  but  acquired  his  education 
largely  from  the  fireside  instruction  of 
his  intelligent  and  religious  |)arents.  In- 
deed his  whole  environment  was  well 
fitted  to  give  him  a  most  admirable  edu- 
cation in  the  original  and  best  sense  of 
the  word  —  to  make  him  self-restrained 
and  self-resourceful,  industrious,  frugal, 
sagacious,  thoroughly  honest.  These 
cardinal  virtues  of  character  and  capacity 
distinguished  Mr.  Miner  throughout  his 
career,  and  made  po.ssible  his  brilliant 
success  in  life. 

When  Mr.  Miner  was  emerging  from 
youth  into  manhood  Allegany  county 
was  densely  wooded,  and  its  people  were  largely 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business;  and  he  himself 
was  occupied  for  a  number  of  years  in  carrying  on 
an  e.xtensive  lumber  yard  at  Richburg.  He  also 
engaged  in  general  merchandising,  and  attained  in 
both  lines  of  business  an  unusual  degree  of  success. 
Becoming  well  and  favorably  known  over  a  wide 
area  in  the  .*^ollthern  Tier,  he  enlarged  his  business 
dealings  as  favoring  chances  came  to  hand,  and 
gradually  built  up,  by  entirely  legitimate  methods,  a 
substantial  fortune.  He  was  near  the  Allegany  oil 
fields,  and  naturally  became  interested  in  the  mar- 
velous developments  of  that  region.  Investing 
boldly,  but  discriminatingly,  he  profited  much  from 
his  transactions  in  the  oil  territory. 


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Mr.  Miner  became  best  known,  however,  in  the 
world  of  business  as  a  banker.  His  sound  judg- 
ment on  commercial  and  financial  matters,  wide 
experience,  and  spotless  probity,  fitted  him  to  dis- 
charge with  unusual  success  the  delicate  and  impor- 
tant functions  of  a  banker.  In  1864  he  assisted  in 
organizing  the  First  National  Bank  of  Friendship, 
and  was  president  of  the  institution  from  1870  until 
his  death  in  1892.  He  was  a  stockholder  and  a 
director  in  the  First  National  banks  of  Cuba,  Sala- 
manca, and  Franklinville,  in  the  Citizens'  Bank  of 
Arcade,  and  in  the  F'irst  National  Bank  of  Exeter, 
Neb.  He  was  interested  as  a  stockholder  in  various 
other  banking  institutions. 

In  political,  religious,  and  social  affairs  Mr. 
Miner  was  fortunate  in  a  measure  consistent  with 
the  business  success  already  described.  He  was  a 
strong  Republican  in  political  belief,  and 
stood  high  in  the  local  counsels  of  the 
party.  He  represented  his  fellow-citizens 
frequently  in  county  and  state  con- 
ventions ;  and  in  1888  he  was  a  member 
from  New  York  of  the  electoral  college. 
He  was  public-spirited  in  a  rare  degree. 
From  1860  on  he  made  his  home  in 
Friendship,  and  spent  thousands  of  dol- 
lars in  promoting  the  prosperity  of  the 
town  and  its  institutions.  He  bore  half 
the  cost  of  the  beautiful  church  erected 
by  the  Baptists  of  Friendship,  and  for  a 
long  time  he  made  up  from  his  own 
purse  the  annual  deficit  of  the  society. 
Upon  other  churches,  individuals,  and 
schools  he  lavished  gifts  in  comprehen- 
sive kindness.  Stricken  down  by  heart 
disease  on  Memorial  Day,  1892,  he 
passed  away  amid  the  sorrow  of  a  multi- 
tude of  friends,  closing  a  life  long  in 
years,  and  rich  in  deeds  of  charity. 

PERSONAL  CHRONOLOGY  — 
Asher  Wetmore  Miner  was  born  at  Brook- 
field,  Madison  county,  N.  ¥.,  December 
15,  18 IJ/.  ;  attended  district  schools ;  mar- 
ried Electa  R.  Carter  of  Friendship, 
N.  v.,  September  31,  1837 ;  engaged  in 
the  lumber  and  the  oil  business,  and  in 
general  merchandising,  in  Allegany  county, 
ISJfJ^-lO ;  was  a  presidential  elector  in 
1888  ;  was  president  of  the  First  A'ational 
Bank  of  Friendship  from  1870  until  his 
death  May  SO,  1892. 


ing  the  district  school  summer  and  winter  until  he 
was  old  enough  to  work  on  the  farm,  he  afterward 
received  the  benefit  of  winter  sessions  only.  That 
he  made  good  use  of  these  restricted  opportunities 
is  proved  by  the  fact  that  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
was  engaged  to  teach  in  the  school  where  he  had  so 
easily  outstripped  his  mates. 

Brief  periods  of  attendance  at  Alfred  University 
and  Friendship  Academy,  where  he  was  both  student 
and  assistant  teacher,  were  laying  solid  foundations 
for  a  thorough  education,  when  Mr.  Scott  heard  the 
call  for  volunteers  at  the  opening  of  the  Civil  War. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  President  Lincoln's  proc- 
lamation calling  for  75,000  men  was  issued  April  15, 
1861.  Early  in  May  the  name  of  Rufus  Scott  of 
Friendship  was  enrolled  on  the  list  of  the  23d  New 
York    infantry   for   a    ]iossible   i>eriod  of  two  years. 


rui-l:s  SCOTT 


IRUfUS   Scott  spent   his  early  years  after  the 
manner  of  thousands  of  other  farmer  boys.      Attend- 


Probably  he  had  but  faint  premonition  of  the  awful 
struggle  that  was  to  take  place  in  that  time,  and  did 
not  dream  that  further  service  still  would  be  re- 
quired.     Beginning  as   a   private,  he  was  promoted 


bft 


AfEX  or  XEir    VOKK 


and  commissioned  major  in  the  IJJOth  New  York 
volunteer  infantry  on  August  'I'l,  lH(i2.  The  regi- 
ment was  transferred  to  cavalry  in  lH(i."{,  and  named 
the  I'.lih  New  York  volunteer  cavalry,  and  later  the 
1st  New  York  dragoons.  Major  Scott  was  success- 
ively promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel, 
l)revet  colonel,  and  brigadier  general,  ami  was  in 
active  field  service  during  the  whole  of  the  war. 
He  was  wounded  six  times  in  Iwttle  —  four  times  in 
the  Shenandoah-valley  camjiaign  of  lH(j4.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  was  a|<|iointed  captain  of  cavalry 
in  the  regular  army,  Init  declined  the  ap|)ointment. 
It  is  an  interesting  coincidence  that  Mr.  Scott's 
funeral  occurred  on  October  l!l,  the  anniversary  of 
the  lattle  of  Cedar  Creek,  where  he  had  command 
of  his  regiment. 

.\ftcr  his  honorable  disi  harge  Mr.  S(  olt  took  up 
his  residence  in  Belmont,  N.  Y.,  and  began  the 
study  of  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  186(5, 
and  practiced  in  Belmont  until  1S«;5,  when  he 
moved  to  Wellsville,  where  he  lived  ami  practiced 
until  his  death. 

From  the  year  when,  before  his  majority,  he  took 
the  stump  for  Lincoln  in  Allegany  county,  Mr.  Scott 
was  an  enthusiastic  Rejuiblican.  He  was  much 
sought  as  a  speaker  in  the  cam|jaigns  of  New  York 
anil  Pennsylvania  until  he  determined  to  abandon 
active  politics.  He  held  the  office  of  supervisor 
four  times,  and  that  of  district  attorney  twice,  and 
was  never  defeateil.  ( )ther  pul)lic  offices  were  ten- 
dered to  him,  but  he  declined  to  accept  them. 

In  1881,  on  account  of  impaired  health,  and  as 
a  relief  from  constant  professional  work,  Mr.  Scott 
turned  to  oil  operations.  The  Allegany  oil  field 
had  then  just  been  discovered,  and  his  investments 
there  met  with  uniformly  good  success.  Opening 
anew  the  abandoned  Waugh  and  Porter  field,  he 
developed  it  into  a  valuable  property.  He  became 
one  of  the  projectors  of  the  Producers'  Oil  C"o., 
Limited,  and  the  |)olicy  of  the  comjjany  was  largely 
shajjed  by  him.  The  .same  may  be  said  of  the  kin- 
dred organization,  the  Pure  Oil  Co.  He  was  vice 
president  of  the  Producers'  Protective  As.sociation, 
and  a  member  of  its  executive  board.  The  "shut 
in  movement"  greatly  interested  him,  and  through 
its  agency  he  saw  between  three  and  four  million 
dollars  of  ])rofits  C(|uitably  and  satisfactorily  divided 
between  capital  and  labor. 

.About  twelve  years  ago  Mr.  Scott  turned  his  at- 
tention to  a  languishing  industry,  the  ])roduction  of 
carlion  black  from  natural  gas.  .Assuming  charge  of 
the  works  at  Allcntown,  N.  Y.,  and  Ludlow,  Penn., 
he  helped  develo|)  what  has  come  to  be  regarded  as 
an  unrivaled  carbon  black,  which  commands  its  own 


market  without  competition.  This  product  is  known 
as  the  "  Peerless  Carbon  Black." 

Mr.  Scott  was  interested  in  all  that  pertained  to 
the  welfare  of  his  neighborhood,  and  of  Wellsville 
[articularly.  He  often  contributed  editorials  to  the 
local  papers,  as  well  as  letters  over  his  own  signa- 
ture on  topics  of  current  interest.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  local  .social  organizations,  and  was  associ- 
ated with  the  Hpi.scopal  church. 

PERSOXAL  CHROXOLOGY—  Ru/us  Scott 
was  /win  at  FrienJship,  X.  V.,  Octobers,  ISSS  : 
loas  eiiticatfil  at  Alfrfit  C'niversitx  and  /•'nfni/sltlf> 
Academy  :  enliited  in  the  Union  army  in  ISlJl,  and 
sen'ed  tliroitj^/wtit  the  war :  married  Mary  M.  A.xlell 
of  Friendship  Xcn-emher  1^,  ISfH  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
liar  in  IStJO  ;  7C'as  district  attorney  o/  A/Zex'any  county, 
lSi!ft-74 ;  ww-f  "  member  of  the  Allegany-county 
board  of  superrisors,  lS<il-l>2  and  lS7ii-7!)  ;  prac- 
ticed la70  at  Belmont,  N.  v.,  ISaaS.i,  and  at  li'eNs- 
ville,  from  ISS-i  unfit  his  death  October  10,  1S!KJ. 


Isaac  tt.  'CaOCiart,  for  many  years  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  popular  men  in  Buffalo,  was 
born  in  Livingston  county  in  1H42.  He  moved 
from  there,  when  a  boy,  to  Krie,  Penn.,  and  spent 
his  youth  and  early  manhood  in  that  city.  .After 
obtaining  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Krie,  he  entered  the  service  of  the  l^ke  Shore  & 
Michigan  Southern  railroad  in  its  operating  deiKirt- 
ment.  He  remained  with  the  comjiany  about  twelve 
years,  holding  the  position  of  |)a.s.senger-irain  con- 
ductor most  of  the  time,  and  nnining  from  Buffalo 
to  Cleveland.  In  this  position  he  had  an  imu.sually 
good  opjjortimity  to  make  acquaintances  and  friends, 
and  he  betame  one  of  the  l)est-known  and  best-liked 
train  men  on  the  road. 

The  position  of  a  railroad  conductor  is  attractive 
in  many  ways,  but  rarely  holds  out  much  promise 
for  the  future.  Mr.  Taggart  was  sagacious  enough 
to  see  this,  and  in  1.S74  he  .severed  his  connection 
with  the  l^ke  Shore  company  and  established  him- 
self in  Buffalo.  For  many  years  thereafter  he  con- 
du<  ted  Tucker's  hotel,  at  the  corner  of  Mi(  higan 
and  Lxchange  streets.  This  house  became  the 
headcpiarters  of  many  railroad  men,  and  was  also 
much  favored  by  the  general  ]jublic.  Mr.  Taggart 
was  largely  interested,  also,  in  the  Stock  E.\change 
hotel  at  Last  Buffalo,  and  in  the  sales  stables  con- 
nected therewith.  He  was  a  great  lover  of  horses, 
and  was  never  so  happy  as  when  holding  the  reins 
over  a  jtair  of  spirited  animals. 

One  of  Mr.  Taggart's  characteristics  was  his 
tendency  to  look  into  the  fiiture,  and  not  to  rest 
content  with  existing  conditions.      This  jirudent  cast 


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of  mind  had  taken  him  out  of  raih-oading  into  a 
more  lucrative  and  generally  higher  position  in 
life,  and  so  it  took  him  out  of  the  hotel  business. 
Seeing  in  the  growth  of  Buffalo  an  excellent  chance 
to  engage  in  real-estate  operations,  he  gradually 
withdrew  his  capital  from  hotel  property,  and  con- 
centrated his  business  energy  on  land 
ventures.  He  acquired  considerable  real 
estate  in  this  way,  both  in  Buffalo  and  in 
other  parts  of  Erie  county. 

In  the  later  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Tag- 
gart  devoted  an  increasing  amount  of 
time  to  political  matters.  He  had  al- 
ways been  a  consistent  and  an  earnest 
Democrat,  but  he  held  no  public  office 
until  May  29,  1894,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed sheriff  of  Erie  county  by  Gov- 
ernor Flower,  to  succeed  August  Beck. 
Bringing  to  this  position  business  experi 
ence  of  an  unusually  varied  and  valu- 
able nature,  Mr.  Taggart  conducted  the 
sheriff's  office  with  marked  ability  and 
with  justice  to  all. 

From  his  early  career  on  the  road  be- 
tween Buffalo  and  Cleveland  imtil  his 
latter  days  in  the  sheriff's  office,  Mr. 
Taggart  wa.s  the  embodiment  of  good- 
fellowship.  His  generous  disposition 
and  kindly  impulses  endeared  him  to  a 
large  circle  of  friends  ;  and  his  death  on 
May  8,  1895,  was  greatly  lamented  in 
Buffalo  and  elsewhere. 

PERSONAL     CHRONOLOGY  — 
Isaac  Havens  Taggarf  ivas  born  at  Sparta, 
Livingston    county,   N.    ¥.,   September  !). 
lSi2 ;  7vas  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Erie,   Penn.  ;    7C'as  in    the   employ    of 
the   Lake   Shore   &=   Michigan    Southern 
railroad     company,      186S-H ;     married 
Frances  C.  Tuthill  of  Buffalo  July  1,  1865;  engaged 
in  the  hotel  business  and  in  real-estate  operations  at 
Buffalo,    187Jf-9Ji. ;    was    appointed  sheriff  of  Eric 
county  May  29,  189Jf  ;  died  at  Buffalo  May  8,  1895. 


He  was  a  "  leading  citizen  "  in  the  best  sense  of  the 
term,  and  could  be  counted  on  to  aid  in  every 
worthy  enterprise. 

"  Doctor  (ieorge,"  as  he  was  affectionately  called 
to  distinguish  him  from  his  fiither,  ac(|uired  his  early 
education   in  ])rivate  schools  in   Buffalo    before   the 


(Seorge  1R.  JSUrWell,  one  of  the  most  emi- 
nent and  best-beloved  of  Buffalo's  physicians,  was  a 
son  of  Dr.  Bryant  Burwell,  who  moved  to  Buffalo 
from  Herkimer  county,  New  York,  in  1824,  and 
associated  himself  in  the  practice  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  Cyrenius  Chapin,  whose  name  heads  the  list  of 
resident  physicians  of  the  settlement.  The  elder 
Dr.  Burwell  soon  attained  a  foremost  rank  in  his  pro- 
fession, and  was  prominent  for  many  years  in  the 
medical  associations  of  the  county,  state,  and  nation. 


/.SAAC  H.    lACGARr 

establishment  of  the  public-school  system.  He  was 
but  five  \^ears  old  when  the  family  moved  to  Buffalo, 
so  that  he  was  to  all  intents  and  purposes  a  native  of 
the  city.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  began  his 
medical  studies,  attending  a  course  of  lectures  at 
Geneva,  N.  Y.,  in  1840-41.  In  the  fall  of  the  latter 
year  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  graduated  in 
April,  1843.  The  next  year  he  returned  to  Buffalo, 
and  began  his  long  and  successful  career  as  a  physi- 
cian. Father  and  son  practiced  together  for  nearly 
twenty  years,  or  until  the  death  of  the  former  in 
1862.' 

Four  years  beginning  in  1868  Dr.  Burwell  spent 
in  Europe.  Most  of  this  time  was  passed  at  Berlin 
in  the   Pathological   Institute,  as  a  i)upil  of  Virchow 


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and  I.iclireich,  and  in  attendance  u|ion  Professor 
Traulic'  in  the  Charity  Hospital.  Returning  to  Hnf- 
falo  in  1H72,  he  |i;lssc(1  the  rest  of  his  life  in  devoted, 
skillful,  and  successful  ministration  to  his  fellow- 
men.  He  |)Os.ses.sed  in  large  measure  the  qualities 
that  make  the  ideal  physii  ian.      Hundreds  of  men 


GEORGE  N.  BUR  WELL 

and  women  in  Buffalo  owed  life  and  happiness  not 
alone  to  his  professional  skill,  but  to  his  cheery  hel|)- 
fulness  and  hopefulness.  He  was  the  friend  of  his 
patients  not  less  than  their  physician,  and  nothing 
that  might  add  to  their  comfort  of  body  or  mind  was 
beneath  his  notice  or  outside  his  province. 

High  xs  was  his  standing  as  a  physician,  it  is  as  a 
man  that  Dr.  Uurwell  deserves  the  highest  praise. 
No  one  in  Buffalo  had  more  friends  than  he,  and 
none  had  a  better  right  to  sincere  and  devoted 
friend.ship.  His  character  was  singularly  strong  and 
sweet,  and  his  tenderness  and  gentleness  were  like  a 
woman's.  Children,  those  intuitive  judges  of  hiunan 
nature,  loved  him  and  were  loved  by  him.  'i'ravel 
and  reading  and  study  had  enriched  a  mind  highly 


endowed  by  nature  :  and  he  was  a  delightful  con- 
versationalist, and  a  man  of  most  pleasing  personality. 
He  was  a  true  "gentleman  of  the  old  school," 
whose  deference  to  women  and  courtesy  to  all  were 
but  the  outward  expression  of  a  generous  and  noble 
character.  His  death  brought  a  sense  of  personal 
loss  to  many  hearts,  and  his  name  is  still 
cherished  in  many  homes  as  that  of  a 
beloved  physician  and  trusted  friend. 
PERSOXAL  CHROXOLOG  Y  — 
,  Geors^e  X.  Biinvdl  urns  Iwrn  in  Iltrki- 

mi-r  county,  Xrtv  York,  Mux  10,  1819  ; 
move  J  to  Buffalo  in  IS^I,,  and  7oas 
fJiicateJ  in  firivule  schools  there ;  studied 
medicine  in  ]'hiladelf>hia,  and  received  his 
degree  in  ISJfi  .•  />racticcd  his  profession 
in  Buffalo  from  1SJ,J,  until  his  death  Afay 
I'l,  lUftl,  joith  the  exception  of  four  years 
spent  in  study  in  Europe. 

3.  1R,  /IDattbCWS,  for  many  years 
one  of  the  foremost  editors  of  western 
New  York,  was  Ijorn  in  the  county  of 
Suffolk,  Kngland,  in  1«2«.  Unable  to 
pursue  a  systematic  and  thorough  course 
of  study,  he  became  an  ajiprentice  at  an 
early  age  to  the  printing  and  book -bind- 
ing business.  No  trade  affords  a  better 
substitute  for  .scholastic  training,  anil  the 
young  printer  made  the  most  of  his 
o])portunities.  By  the  time  he  was  seven- 
teen years  old  he  had  ac(|uired  unusual 
proficiency  in  his  trade,  and  had  also 
laid  the  groundwork  of  a  coni])rehensive 
general  education.  He  came  to  Amer- 
ica, therefore,  in  his  eighteenth  year, 
excellently  equip|)ed  for  the  great  work 
before  him. 

Proceeding  directly  to  Buffalo,  Mr. 
Matthews  made  that  city  his  home  all  the  rest  of  his 
life.  Entering  the  |)rinting  offiie  of  Jewett,  Thomas 
&  Co.,  connected  with  the  Commercial  Advertiser,  he 
([uickly  showed  his  su]jerior  technical  training,  and 
was  made  foreman  of  the  office  in  a  few  months.  He 
was  an  apprentice  still,  and  was  less  than  twenty 
years  old,  and  the  establishment  was  one  of  the  best 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  The  managing  jartner, 
C.  F.  S.  Thomas,  who  had  a  national  reputation  as 
a  |)rinter,  was  very  |)roud  of  his  young  foreman,  and 
valued  his  services  highly.  Mr.  Thomas  was  noted, 
however,  for  his  eccentric  and  choleric  head,  and  his 
apprentice  had  the  temjier  of  youth  anil  the  indei)en- 
dence  of  conscious  ability.  The  two  men,  in  short, 
could  not  get  on  together  ;  and  the  younger  left  the 


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office,  declaring  that  he  would  never  return  except 
as  its  master.  Such  proved  to  be,  indeed,  the  man- 
ner of  his  return. 

Thirteen  years  intervened,  however,  before  that 
event,  and  Mr.  Matthews  was  variously  occupied 
during  the  interval.  After  working  for  a  while,  in 
1848-49,  in  the  office  of  the  Buffalo  Republican  as 
foreman,  he  set  up  a  place  of  his  own  in  the  old 
building  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Washington  and 
E.xchange  streets,  directly  opposite  the  site  of  the 
Washington  block  which  he  afterward  built  with  a 
partner,  and  ultimately  owned  alone.  In  1850  he 
became  foreman  of  the  job-printing  office  attached 
to  the  Buffalo  Express,  of  which  A.  M.  Clapp  and 
Rufus  Wheeler  were  then  proprietors.  After  a  year 
he  was  admitted  to  partnership,  and  the  firm  of 
Clajjp,  Matthews  &  Co.  soon  became  celebrated  as 
the    foremost    railroad    printers    in    the 

country.      In   18()0  a  political  misunder-  ^ 

standing  between  Messrs.  Clapp  and 
Wheeler  caused  the  latter  to  withdraw 
from  the  Express.  He  was  strongly 
attached  to  Mr.  Matthews,  and  induced 
him  to  leave  the  paper  likewise,  and 
unite  with  himself  and  Tames  D.  Warren  i 
in  publishing  the  Commercial  Advertiser, 
and  conducting  the  printing  plant  con- 
nected therewith.  The  firm  of  Wheeler,  \ 
Matthews  &  Warren  thus  formed  was 
altogether  successful,  and  enjoyed  for  a  ' 
decade  or  more  a  virtual  monopoly  of 
the  fine  colored  printing  for  railroads. 
Mr.  Wheeler's  health  failing,  he  soon 
retired  on  a  competency,  and  the  two 
remaining  partners  bought  his  interest, 
and  continued  the  business  under  the 
well-known  style  of  Matthews  &  Warren. 
An  incident  of  their  business  was  the 
purchase,  in  1872,  of  a  controlling  inter- 
est in  the  Express.  They  sold  the  paper 
in  a  few  months,  but  carried  it  on,  as 
well  as  the  Commercial,  during  the  excit- 
ing campaign  of  1872  and  the  first  year 
of  CJrant's  second  term.  The  partner- 
ship of  Matthews  &  Warren  continued 
successful  and  harmonious  until  the  fall 
of  1877.  Then  a  disagreement  between 
the  partners  on  a  question  of  the  politi- 
cal policy  of  the  newspaper,  brought  a 
dissolution  of  their  interests.  They  had 
always  made  their  investments  together,  even  outside 
of  the  printing  business,  and  owned  a  large  amount  of 
real  estate  in  common.  It  so  happened  that  these 
outside  interests  about  ecjualed  the   Commercial  and 


the  printing  business  in  value.  The  two  partners 
went  over  the  account,  and  agreed  that  this  was 
substantially  the  state  of  affairs.  Mr.  Matthews 
offered  Mr.  Warren  his  choice  of  taking  the  one  or 
the  other;  and  Mr.  Warren,  after  a  day's  considera- 
tion, took  the  business. 

It  was  honorably  characteristic  of  Mr.  Matthews 
to  withdraw  voluntarily  from  his  cherished  and  lucra- 
tive post  on  the  Commercial  rather  than  sacrifice  an 
atom  of  self-respect  ;  and  his  devotion  to  principle 
is  evidenced  still  more  in  the  fact  that  he  supposed 
the  step  meant  his  retirement  forever  from  Buffalo 
journalism.  This  was  not  to  be,  however.  The 
fortunes  of  the  Buffalo  Express  were  then  at  a  very 
low  ebb.  'I'here  were  bright  spots  in  the  past  of  the 
paper  ;  but  at  that  time  it  was  the  tool  of  scheming 
]joliticians,   and    was   thoroughly    discredited.      Mr. 


J.  N.  M.-iTTHEWS 

Matthews  was  persuaded  to  attempt  the  rehabilitation 
of  the  property  ;  and  on  Monday  morning,  January 
7,  1878,  the  first  number  under  the  new  manage- 
ment appeared.      The  failure  of  the  venture  and  ruin 


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MEN  OF  NEW    VORK 


of  the  proprietor  were  freely  predicted  and  adver- 
tised in  some  i|iiarlers  ;  l>iit  the  elements  of  inevitable 
ultimate  siir<  ess  were  lioiintl  up  with  the  enterprise 
in  the  character  and  ca|>acity  of  J.  N.  Matthews. 
His  independence,  fearlessness,  and  unyielding  pro- 
bity were  united  to  rare  intellectual  vigor  and  power 
of  application.  He  was  a  strong  writer  and  a  for- 
midable controversialist.  His  editorials  had  great 
influence  in  Buffalo,  and  thou-sands  of  men  now 
living  formed  their  jxilitical  o|)inions,  and  especially 
their  notions  of  local  government,  very  largely  along 
the  lines  laid  down  consistently  and  convincingly  for 
many  years  by  Mr.  Matthews.  He  wa.s  an  earnest 
Republican  from  the  very  birth  of  the  party,  but  did 
not  believe  in  carrying  jwrtisanship  into  municijud 
alTairs.  The  standards  of  |)ublic  servic  e  demandeii 
by  him  were  high  and  invariable,  whatever  the 
exigeniies  of  |)olitical  policy  might  seem  to  reipiire. 
He  made  the  /ix/>ir.ss  a  |>owcrful  factor  for  clean  and 
honest  government. 

Controlled  by  such  principles,  the  Huffalo  Ex/'ress 
rose  rapidly  to  a  foremost  |K>sition  among  the  news- 
[japcrs  of   western    New    York,   and    Mr.    Matthews 


found  himself  more  fortunately  placed  from  all  points 
of  view  than  he  ever  could  have  been  in  his  earlier 
a.s.so(  iatioii.  The  printing  business  connected  with 
the  |»aper  grew  and  pros|)ered  likewise.  Mr. 
Matthews  had  ex(|uisite  taste  as  a  printer,  and 
thorough  tec  hnual  knowledge  of  the  art  in  all  its 
liranches;  and  the  printing  house  of  Matthews, 
Northrup  &:  fo.  became  under  his  management  one 
of  the  most  successfid  concerns  of  the  kind  in  the 
country. 

J'KKSOXAL  CHRONOLOGY  —  Janus  N. 
Miilthfivi  7i>as  born  at  Buns^ay,  county  of  Suffolk, 
Eui^/anJ,  Noi'fmher  21,  1S2S :  learned  the  printer' ■€ 
trade,  ami  came  to  the  United  States  in  ISJfG ;  mar- 
ried J/arriet  Wells  of  Westjield,  N.  J'.,  July  2 J,, 
IS't  I ;  was  employed  in  various  printiui;  offices  in 
Huffalo,  ISJ^tl-OO  ;  loas  editor  and  one  of  the  publishers 
of  the  "Commercial  Advertiser,'''  lSt!0-77 :  was  a 
delegate  at  large  to  the  Republican  national  conventions 
of  1S72  and  ISTH  :  published  the  Buffalo  ' '  Express  ' ' 
from  January  7,  1S7S,  until  his  death,  including  a 
Sunday  edition  after  No^'emher  '20,  ISSS  :  died  Decem- 
ber 20,  y,f,9,V. 


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^^^^ 


SYNOPTICAL    INDEX 


The  S\n()ptical  Index  comprises  an  out- 
line of  each  of  the  biographies  included  in 
the  two  volumes  of  A\en  of  Nhw  York, 
with  additional  items  necessary  to  complete 
the  record  up  to  January   1,  1898. 

Bioii^raphies  indexed  with  the  letter  W 
will  be  found  in  the  Western  Section,  in 
the  first  volume.  Biographies  indexed  with 
the  letters  M,  E.  C,  G,  and  D  will  be  found 
respectively  in  the  A'\anhattan,  Eastern,  Che- 
mung, Genesee,  and  Departed  Sections,  in 
the  second  volume. 


SYNOPTICAL    INDEX 


ABELL,  C.  LEE  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  October  4,  LSSG ;  held 
various  clerkships  in  Buffalo  and  Bradford, 
Penn.,  1872-80;  married  Emma  L.  Far- 
thing of  Buffalo  March  25,  1880  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  National  Guard  in  Buffalo, 
1881-94 ;  has  been  manager  and  part 
owner  of  the  Marine  elevator,  Buffalo, 
since  1881 449  W 

ABELL,  HENRY  E.  ;  resides  in  Brooklyn  ; 
was  born  at  Esperance,  Schoharie  count)-, 
N.  Y.,  June  25,  1837  ;  was  educated  at 
Delaware  Literary  Institute  and  Columbian 
University,  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  married 
Lucia  Smith  of  Cobleskill,  N.  Y.,  in  Jan- 
uary, 1861  ;  was  engaged  in  government 
work  in  Washington,  18(51-64;  published 
the  Schoharie  Union,  1864-69  ;  was  deputy 
surveyor  of  the  port  of  New  York,  1869- 
73,  and  private  secretary  to  Governor  Cor- 
nell, 1880-82  ;  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  in  1895  and  1897.         .      .      .        61  M 

ADAMS,  EDWARD  L.  ;  resides  in  Elmira ; 
was  born  at  Clarence,  N.  Y.,  January  3, 
1851  ;  was  educated  at  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Brockport,  N.  Y.,  and  at  the 
University  of  Rochester,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1875;  was  city  editor  of  the 
Kodae^lur  Democrat  and  Chronicle,  1875- 
80  ;  married  Kate  Linn  Atvvater  of  Elmira 
January  22,  1879  ;  engaged  in  oil  produc- 
tion at  Bradford,  Penn.,  1880-82;  was 
editor  of  the  Elmira  Daily  Advertiser, 
1882-97  ;  was  appointed  tax  commissioner 
of  New  York  state  in  1895  for  a  term 
of  three  years 33  C 

ADAMS,  REUBEN  A.  ;  resides  in  Roches- 
ter ;  was  born  at  Marion,  N.  Y.,  April  3, 
1841  ;  was  educated  in  the  ])ublic  schools 
and  at  Marion  Collegiate  Institute  :   gradu- 


ated from  the  Hahnemann  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Philadelphia  March  4,  18()8,  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  ;  served  in  the  Union 
army,  1862-65  ;  married  Demmis  M.  Skin- 
ner of  Wheatland,  N.  Y.,  August  27,  1868  ; 
practiced  medicine  at  Churchville,  N.  Y., 
1868-73  ;  has  practiced  medicine  in  Roch- 
ester since  1873  ;  has  interested  himself  of 
late  in  farming  and  fruit  growing  in  North 
Dakota  and  California 11  G 

ADAMS,  S.  GARY  ;  resided  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Federal  Stores,  N.  Y.,  December 
22,  1820;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  ;  taught  school  winters  and  worked 
as  a  carpenter  summers,  1841-50  ;  married 
Harriet  White  of  Collins,  N.  Y.,  October 
20,  1842  ;  was  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Collins,  1846-52,  supervisor,  1852-53, 
and  clerk  of  the  board,  1854-55  ;  was  mem- 
ber of  assembly  in  1857,  deputy  county 
clerk  of  Erie  county,  1859-64,  and  deputy 
collector  of  customs,  1865-67  ;  moved  to 
Buffalo  in  1859,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1863  ;  was  employed  as  confidential 
agent  and  legal  adviser  for  the  firm  of  Pratt 
&  Co.,  1867-86  ;  conducted  a  general  law- 
practice  in  Buffalo  from  1886  until  his 
death  November  17,  1896 189  W 

ADSIT,  MARTIN  ;  resides  in  Hornellsville  ; 
was  born  at  Spencertown,  Columbia  countv, 
N.  Y.,  December  26,  1812;  went  to 
Hornellsville  in  1826,  and  worked  in  his 
uncle's  store ;  became  a  partner  in  the 
business  in  1833,  and  bought  out  his  uncle 
in  1844  ;  married  Esther  Jane  Charles, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Richard  Charles  of  Angel- 
ica, N.  Y.,  September  8,  1841  ;  helped 
to  organize  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Hornellsville  in  1863,  and  has  been  presi- 
dent thereof  since  1865 49  C 


SV\OPr/C.4L    INPEX—  Con  thill  f,i 


AI,KXANnp:R,  D.  S.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Richmond,  Mc,  July  17, 
lK4(i  ;  served  three  years  in  the  army 
during  the  C"ivil  War  ;  was  educated  at 
Kdwaril  I.iltie  Institute,  Auburn,  Me.,  and 
at  Howdoin  C'ollege,  Hrunswick,  Me.  : 
edited  the  I'ort  Wayne  (  Ind.  )  Gazette, 
1X71-74;  was  admitted  to  the  lor  at  Indian- 
a|>obs  in  January,  1><77  ;  was  fifth  auditor 
of  the  treasury,  ISNl-^") ;  was  Inited 
States  district  attorney,  l«X!t-!)."{  ;  married 
Alice  Colby  of  Defiance,  ().,  Scjitember 
14,  1871,  and  Anne  Lucille  HIiss  of  Buf- 
falo l)e«  ember  ;iO,  l»!l.'{ ;  was  elected  to 
the  ooth  congress  in  November,  1«!H>.    .        17  W 

AM.KN,  JAMKS  A.;  resided  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  New  Ix)ndon,  Conn.,  January 
lit,  IH.'U;  was  educated  in  the  common 
.schools  of  New  London,  a  select  school  at 
Sinclairville,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Fredonia 
(  N.  Y.  )  Academy  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
l)ar  in  185(5 ;  practiced  law  in  Sini  iairville, 
|8r)(i-(;i  :  married  Jeanie  I'aulinc  Mack  of 
Buffalo  November  .'),  IMfi'i  ;  |)ractice<l  law 
in  Buffalo  from  |8t;i  until  his  death  Feb- 
ruary 4,  18!I7 HM)  W 

AI.MV,  KLMKR  K.  ;  resides  in  Rochester; 
was  born  at  Rochester  Ai>ril  28,  18.")2; 
attended  the  [jublic  schools  ami  l)e  draffs 
Collegiate  Institute  ;  engaged  in  the  drug 
business,  1870-78  ;  was  a  clerk  and  cashier 
in  various  hotels,  1873-82;  married  Nellie 
BIy  Card  of  Rochester  April  l(i,  1884; 
has  been  proprietor  and  manager  of  the 
New  (Xsborn,  Rochester,  since  1882.  .'>!•(; 

ALTMAN,  HKNRY;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Rochester  August  12,  1854  ; 
moved  to  Buffalo  in  185(i,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  there  ;  graduated  from 
Cornell  L'niversiiy  in  187:i;  married  Mrs. 
Sadie  Strauss  Rayner  of  Baltimore,  Md., 
at  London,  Fng.,  July  4,  1887;  was 
engaged  in  the  clothing  business  in  Buf- 
falo, 1873-97 344  W 

ANI)Ri:WS,  CHARLKS  ;  resides  in  Syra- 
cu.se  ;  was  born  at  New  York  Mills,  N.  Y., 
May  27,  1827;  was  educated  at  Oneida 
Conference  Seminary,  Ca/enovia.  N.  Y.  ; 
studied  law  in  Syra<  use,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  184!I  ;  was  district  attorney 
of  Onondaga  lounty,  1854— 5(i  ;  married 
Marcia  .\.  Shankland  of  Cortland,  N.  \'., 
May  17,  1855;  was  mayor  of  .Syracuse  in 
18(i2,  18K3,  and  18(!!l  ;' was  a  delegate  at 
large  to  the  state  constitutional  convention 
of  I8(i7  ;  practiced  law  at  Syracuse,  184!l- 
7'*  :    was    elected    a.ssociate   judge   of  the 


Court  of  .\ppeals  of  New  York  state  in 
1870,  and  chief  judge  in  18!I2;  retired 
from  the  bench  January  1,  I8}t8.        .      .  3  H 

ANIJRKWS,  JCDSON  B.  ;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  in  Connecticut  .\pril  25, 
18.34  ;  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1855,  and  from  Yale  Medical  School  in 
18(i:{;  served  in  the  L'nion  army  during 
the  greater  \ax\.  of  the  war  ;  married  Agnes 
I'ampbell,  daughter  of  Samuel  Campbell  of 
New  N'ork  .Mills,  .\.  Y.  ;  was  connected 
with  the  State  Lunatic  .Asylum  at  L'tica, 
N.  Y.,  18(i7-8() ;  was  superintendent  of  the 
Buffalo  Suite  Hospital  from  1880  until  his 
death  August  3,  18!t4 I  CI) 

ANIBAL,  NKLSON  H.;  resides  in  Glovers- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  Benson,  N.  Y.,  July  20, 
1854;  was  educated  at  the  (iloversville 
High  School  and  I-'ort  l-^dward  Collegiate 
Institute  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  187!) ;  married  Mary  Cathar- 
ine Warner  of  Gloversville  June  2(5,  1884  ; 
has  practiced  law  at  Cloversville  since 
1880 !»7  K 

ANIBAL,  ROBERT  P.  ;  resides  in  Johns- 
town ;  was  born  at  Benson,  N.  Y.,  Febru- 
ary 22,  1845  ;  was  educated  at  Fort  Edward 
Collegiate  Institute:  taught  school,  stud- 
ied, and  read  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  February,  1871  ;  married  Frances 
E.  \'an  Arnam  of  Northville,  N.  Y.,  .\pril 
24,  1872  ;  was  county  judge  of  Fulton 
county,  1872-77;  practiced  law  at  North- 
ville, 1872-8(i ;  has  practiced  law  at  Johns- 
town since  1886 4  E 

AIM'LEYARD,  EDWARD;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  in  the  jiarish  of  Keighley, 
Yorkshire.  England,  .\i)ril  15,  1840;  was 
educated  in  the  jarish  school  and  by  pri- 
vate study  ;  was  apprenticed  to  a  firm  of 
worsted  spinners  in  1855,  and  began  busi- 
ness for  himself  in  1865  ;  married  Isabella 
Stott  of  Halifa.x,  England,  July  15,  1868; 
has  been  engaged  in  worsted  and  aljaca 
manufa(  ture  at  Jamestown  since  1873.    .      177  W 

ASHLEY,  EC(;ENE  M.  ;  resides  in  Lock- 
|)ort  ;  was  born  at  Bethany,  (lenesee 
county,  N.  Y.,  June  1,  1850  ;  received 
his  education  in  common  schools  and  Ten- 
broeck  Academy,  and  from  [irivate  tutors  ; 
moved  to  Lock|>ort  September  1,  1875,  as 
United  States  revenue  agent  :  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  January,  1880  ;  married  Eli/a 
W.  .\driance  of  Lock|>ort  December  2!l, 
1880  ;  was  elected  district  attorney  of 
Niagara  county  in  188(»,  and  again  in 
188;{;  has  practiced  law  in  Lock|)ort  since 
18,s(i,  and  in  Buffalo  sin.  c  1  ^"  I  431  W 


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ATKINS,  ROBERT  F.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  at  London,  Eng.,  February  24, 
1837;  was  educated  at  Knox's  College, 
Toronto,  and  Bryant  &:  Stratton's  Busi- 
ness College,  Buffalo  ;  married  Susan  E. 
Wheeler  of  Buffalo  June  24,  1857  ;  served 
in  the  Union  army,  1861-65;  was  local 
editor  of  the  Evening  Post,  1866-69,  and 
paymaster  of  the  Anchor  line  of  steamers, 
1870-76  ;  was  Commander  of  the  Patri- 
archs Militant  of  the  Empire  State  in 
1886 ;  has  conducted  an  undertaking 
establishment  in  Buffalo  since  1877.        .     450  W 

AUSTIN,  JAMES  R.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  July  26, 
1847  ;  was  educated  in  public  schools  and 
Milwaukee  Military  .\cademy  ;  was  clerk  in 
a  whole.sale  dry -goods  house  in  Milwaukee, 
1863-66,  with  the  exception  of  a  year 
spent  in  the  Union  army  ;  was  agent  and 
manager  of  a  life-insurance  agency  at  Bos- 
ton, 1866-78  ;  engaged  in  mining  and  in 
the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements, 
I87i)-Sl:l  :  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1889  and 
began  real-estate  operations  ;  has  been  vice 
president  of  the  Security  Investment  Co. 
of  Buffalo  since  its  organization  in  1892.       241  W 

AVER,  FREDERICK  F.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  Lowell,  Mass. , 
September  12,  1851  ;  graduated  from  Har- 
vard LTniversity  in  1873  ;  studied  at  the 
Harvard  Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1875  ;  since  his  father's  death 
in  1878  has  been  occupied  with  the  care 
of  the  family  estate,  and  with  his  duties  as 
director  in  a  number  of  corporations.       .       41  M 

BABCOCK,  JEROME  ;  resides  in  James- 
town;  was  born  at  Busti,  N.  Y.,  July  21, 
1835  ;  spent  his  early  manhood  in  Penn- 
sylvania, in  the  lumber  and  oil  business 
and  in  farming  ;  married  Celia  O.  Smith 
of  Sugar  Grove,  Penn.,  January  1,  1863  ; 
was  supervisor  from  Busti,  1873-75  and 
1887-88  ;  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
assembly  in  1885  and  in  1895  ;  was  elected 
alderman  of  Jamestown  in  March,  1895  ; 
has  been  in  business  in  Jamestown  since 
1889 " 113  W 

BAILEY,  E.  PRENTISS  ;  resides  in  Utica  ; 
was  born  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  August  15, 
1834 ;  was  educated  in  the  Advanced 
School  and  Barrett's  Latin  Grammar 
School,  Utica ;  married  Julia  S.  Wetherby 
of  De  Witt,  N.  Y.,  September  23,  1857, 
and  Hannah  Chapman  of  LUica  June  24, 
1868;  was  school  commissioner  of  Utica, 
1868-73,  and  state  civil-.service  commis- 
sioner 1892-94  ;   was  postmaster  of  L'tica, 


1887-91,  and  was  re-appointed  in  1896; 
has  been  connected  with  the  Utica  Obser- 
ver, as  local  and  news  editor,  managing 
editor,  and  editor  in  chief,  since  1853  ; 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
St.  John's  College,  New  York,  in  lune, 
1897 "     .       45  E 

BAKER,  JOHN  F.  ;  resides  in  Batavia  ;  was 
born  at  Roxbury,  Delaware  county,  N.  Y., 
September  14,  1815  ;  graduated  from  Gen- 
eva Medical  College  January  21,  1839; 
practiced  medicine  in  Otselicand  Lebanon, 
N.  Y.,  1839-48;  was  school  inspector  of 
Roxbury,  1835-37,  and  postmaster  in 
1841  ;  married  Sarah  Ann  Kimber  of  Gen- 
eva, N.  Y.,  January  26,  1839,  and  Jennie 
Cowdin  of  Batavia,  N.  Y. ,  December  9, 
1886  ;  has  practiced  medicine  in  Batavia 
since  1848,  and  of  late  has  devoted  his 
entire  time  to  the  treatment  of  cancerous 
diseases 29  G 

BALDWIN,  FRANCIS  E.;  resides  in  El- 
mira ;  was  born  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  Aug- 
ust 10,  1856 ;  was  educated  at  Oneonta 
(N.  Y. )  Academy;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1881  ;  married 
Anna  E.  Grandin  of  Elmira  May  7,  1882  ; 
was  the  Prohibition  candidate  for  governor 
of  New  York  state  in  1894,  and  for  chief 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  in  1897  ; 
has  practiced  law  at  Elmira  since  1881.  .        57  C 

BALL,  CHARLES  A.  ;  resides  in  Wellsville  ; 
was  born  at  Almond,  Allegany  county, 
N.  Y.,  December  19,  1850;  was  educated 
in  Almond  Academy  and  in  Dickinson 
Seminary,  Williamsport,  Penn.  ;  married 
Clara  M.  Pooler  of  Wellsville  October  1, 
1873  ;  was  index  clerk  of  the  senate,  1888- 
89,  and  assistant  clerk,  1890-91  and  1894- 
96  ;  was  assistant  secretary  of  the  Repub- 
lican national  committee  in  1888  and 
1892  ;  has  lived  at  Wellsville  since  1871.      114  W 

BALTZ,  GEORGE  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  September  17,  1857  ;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  ;  engaged 
in  the  produce  commission  business,  1878- 
91  ;  married  Ida  A.  Becherer  of  Buffalo 
October  1,  1885  ;  was  tax  collector  of  the 
city  of  Buffalo,  1891-93 ;  was  elected 
county  treasurer  of  Erie  county  in  1893, 
for  the  term  1894-97 303  W 

BANTA,  ROLLIN  L.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  November  13,  1846  ; 
was  educated  in  public  and  private  schools 
in  Buffalo,  and  in  Manhattan  College,  New 
York  city  ;  graduated  from  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Buffalo  in 
1X71  ;   married   Sarah   M.   Aver  of  BulTalo 


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October  27,  \^~h;  practiced  medicine  at 
Krie,  I'cnn.,  lM7:i-7.s  ;  his  been  a  profes- 
sor in  the  meilicai  department  of  Niagara 
University  since  1X111  ;  has  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Buffalo  since  1H78 30.')  W 

UARBKR,  AMZI  L.  ;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  wxs  born  at  Saxtons  River,  Vt.,  June 
22,  1H4.'J  ;  graduated  from  ()i)crbn  College 
in  18()7  ;  married  C'elia  M.  Bradley  of 
Geneva,  ().,  in  IHIIH,  who  died  in  1«70; 
married  Julia  lx)uise  I^ngdon  of  Belmont, 
N'.  Y.,  in  1«71  ;  was  a  |)rofessor  in  How- 
ard University,  Washington,  I).  C,  1S68- 
72  :  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in 
Washington  in  1M72  ;  began  the  business 
of  street  iKiving  in  1H7H,  and  has  been 
president  of  the  Barlicr  As|)halt  I'aving  Co. 
since  188:i,  and  of  the  Trinidad  Asphalt 
Co.  since  Ihkk 7.{  M 

BARNES,  ALFRED  J.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  185(5; 
wiLS  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city,  and  received  a  technical  training  in  the 
Gurley  Mathematical  Instrument  Works  of 
Troy  ;  was  ein|)loyed  in  the  Manufacturers' 
National  Bank,  Troy,  187.S-82,  and  in 
the  Continental  National  Bank,  Chicago, 
188:j-!);{;  married  Margaret  L.  B.  Boyles 
of  Riverside,  Cook  county.  III.,  October 
22,  18!)4;  has  been  cashier  of  the  Citv 
Bank,  Buffalo,  since  iX'.i:} '   144  U 

BARNES,  IvNOS  W.  ;  resided  in  Wellsville  : 
was  born  at  Rock  Stream,  N.  \'.,  March  4, 
18;}() ;  attended  Geneva  public  schools ; 
went  to  Bath,  N.  Y.,  in  l.S.^.'i  to  learn  the 
printer's  trade ;  married  Sarah  Hurd  of 
Bath  January  12,  18(14  ;  was  connected 
with  the  Bath  Courier,  as  local  editor 
and  half  owner,  I8.")(i-7.") ;  was  owner  and 
editor  of  the  Allfi;aii\  CouiitY  Reporter, 
Wellsville,  N.  Y.',  from  187.'),  and  of 
the  Wellsville  Daily  Reporter,  from  1880, 
until  his  death  January  8,  1888.    .      .      .        4!»  1) 

BARNES,  WIJ.I.IAM,  JR.  ;  resides  in 
.Albany  ;  was  born  at  .Mbany  November 
17,  18(i();  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  18HX  ;  married  (Jrace  Davis  of 
Cincinnati,  ().,  June  12,  1888;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  commit- 
tee since  18!I2  ;  has  published  and  edited 
the  .Mliany  Morniii:^  Express,  since  Decem- 
ber 2.S,  1888,  and  the  Evenini;  Joiirna/, 
since  Aj.ril  2,  188!).        ......        1  7  I-. 

BARNUM,  STEl'HEN  O.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  January 
14,  181(1;  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  ;  liegan  business  in  I'tica  in  [wrt- 
nership  with  his  father  in   18:!8:  married 


Elizabeth  Chatfield  of  Utica  May  18,  1841  ; 
has  carried  on  a  general  notion  business  in 

Buffalo  since  184.') 144  W 

BARROWS,  SAMUEL  J.  ;  resides  in  Utica; 
was  born  at  McDonough,  Chenango  county, 
N.  Y.,  August  22,  182()  ;  was  educated  in 
district  schools  and  Norwich  ( N.  Y.  ) 
Academy  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Jan- 
uary, 18.")1  ;  was  city  attorney  of  Utica, 
lH.5;j_o4,  attorney  and  counselor  for  the 
lioard  of  excise  of  (Jneida  county,  18.")7-70, 
cor|)oration  counsel  of  Utica,  1871t-84, 
and  mayor  of  the  city,  1889-!)0  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Utica  since  18.52.  4(i  E 

BARTHOLO.MEW,  ABRAM  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Collins,  N.  Y.,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  18.'i7  ;  attended  Gowanda  Union 
School  and  Springville  Academy  ;  taught 
.school  for  a  time,  and  graduated  from  the 
State  Normal  School  at  .Mbany  in  18.')7  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1801  ;  married 
Florence  Cutler  of  Holland,  N.  Y.,  De- 
cember 29,  1804  ;  engaged  in  oil  oper- 
ations, 1804-00  ;  |)racticed  law  at  Ham- 
l)urg  and  Ebenezer,  N.  Y.,  1800-0!»  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  I801t.   .      .      280  W 

BAR TLEIT,  EUGENE  M.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Warsaw,  N.  Y.,  March 
li),  18'),5  ;  attentlcd  Warsaw  and  (Jene.seo 
academies  and  Cornell  I'niversity  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  January,  18«();  was 
district  attorney  of  Wyoming  county,  1 887- 
8SI  ;  married  Grace  M.  Sheldon  of  Hor- 
nellsville,  N.  Y.,  January  23,  189.5;  has 
practiced  law  in  W'arsaw  since  1880,  and 
in  Buffalo  since  June  1,  1890.        .      .      .      421  W 

BAR  TLEI  r,  FRANK  I..  :  resides  in  Olean  : 
was  born  at  Belfast,  .Vllegany  county, 
N.  Y.,  December  2-5,  18.58;  entered  the 
banking  business  in  1879  ;  moved  to  Olean 
in  1880  ;  became  cashier  of  the  Exchange 
National  Bank,  Olean,  in  188,5;  married 
Fannie  K.  England  of  Tidioute,  I'enn., 
July  1.5,  l88(i;  has  been  president  of  the 
l-^xchangc  National  Bank,  Olean,  since  Jan- 
uary 1,  189.5 .115  W 

BARTLETT,  FREDERIC  W.  :  resided  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Kingston,  Ma.ss., 
January  8,  182(5  ;  was  educated  at  Bridge- 
water  (  Mass.  )  Normal  S(  hool  ;  was  princi- 
l)al  of  l«ifayelte  .Academy,  Georgia,  1845- 
40  ;  engaged  in  journalism  in  (Icorgia  ami 
Ma.ssachusetts,  1840-50;  graduated  from 
the  New  York  .Medical  College  in  1854  ; 
married  .Adelia  Hunter,  daughter  of  Dr. 
James  Hunter  of  Whitby,  Ont.,  December 
28,  1854  ;  practiced  me<licine  in  Buffalo 
from  18.55  until  his  de.ith  Man  h  17.  1H97.     II   D 


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BARTLETT,  MYRON  E.  ;  resides  in  War- 
saw ;  was  born  at  Orangeville,  Wyoming 
county,  N.  Y.,  May  7,  1831  ;  was  edu- 
cated at  Genesee  Seminary  and  Twinsburg 
(O.)  Institute;  married  Cordelia  Elvira 
McFarland  of  Twinsburg,  O.,  November 
23,  1853  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1861  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Warsaw  since  1861  ;  was  appointed  county 
judge  and  surrogate  of  Wyoming  county  in 
August,  1897 40  G 

BATES,  FREDERICK  E.  ;  resides  in  Caro- 
line Depot;  was  born  at  Caroline,  N.  Y., 
May  4,  1842 ;  was  educated  in  public 
schools,  Ithaca  Academy,  and  Charlotte- 
ville  Seminary  ;  served  in  the  Civil  War, 
1864-65 ;  married  Juanita  Breckenridge 
of  New  Windsor,  111.,  September  27,  1893  ; 
was  elected  member  of  assembly  in  1895, 
and  re-elected  in  1896 ;  has  been  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  and  farming  since  1865.    34  C 

BATTERSHALL,  WALTON  W.  ;  resides 
in  Albany;  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1840  ;  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1864,  and  from  the  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  1866  ;  married  Anna 
Davidson  Williams,  daughter  of  Fletcher 
Williams,  of  Newark,  N.  Y.,  October  13, 
1864  ;  was  rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church, 
Ravenswood,  L.  I.,  in  1868,  and  of  Christ 
Church,  Rochester,  1869-74 ;  ha.s  been 
rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  since 
1874  ;  published  in  December,  1897, 
"  Interpretations  of  Life  and  Religion."        47  E 

BAXTER,  ARCHIE  E.  ;  resides  in  Elmira ; 
was  born  at  Port  Glasgow,  Scotland,  Dec- 
ember 16,  1844  ;  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  New  York  city  and  at  Corning 
(N.  Y. )  Academy;  served  in  the  Union 
army,  1862-65  ;  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Tioga  Railroad  Co.  at  Corning,  1865-72  ; 
married  Rosemond  E.  Wheeler  of  Cohoc- 
ton,  N.  Y.,  April  9,  1873;  was  county 
clerk  of  Steuben  county,  1875-77 ;  has 
practiced  law  at  Elmira  since  1879.   .      .        50  C 

BAYLF:SS,  GE0R(;E  C.  ;  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton  ;  was  l)orn  at  Corbettsville,  N.  Y., 
April  27,  1862  ;  was  educated  in  Bing- 
hamton  public  schools  and  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  ;  was  a  bank 
clerk  in  Binghamton,  1881-82 ;  began 
business  as  a  manufacturer  of  wood  pulp  in 
Binghamton  in  1882  ;  married  Georgie  L. 
Healey  of  Brooklyn  April  27,  11S86  ;  was 
an  alderman  of  Binghamton,  1.S85-86,  and 
mayor  of  the  city,  1887-88  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  Bayless  Pul|)  &  Paper  Co., 
Binghamton,  since  1893 3  C 


BECKER,  AUGUST;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  August  10,  1867  ;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city  ; 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Greene,  McMil- 
lan &  Gluck,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1888 :  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1891 242  W 

BECKER,  PHILIP;  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Oberotterbach,  Bavaria,  in  .-^pril, 
1830  ;  was  educated  in  German  and  French 
schools ;  came  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  in  Buffalo  in  1847  ;  married  Sarah 
Goetz  of  Buffalo  in  1852 ;  was  mayor  of 
Buffalo,  1876-77  and  1886-89  ;  was  presi- 
dential elector  in  1888  ;  has  been  president 
of  the  Buffalo  German  Insurance  Co.  since 
1869  ;  has  conducted  a  wholesale  grocery 
business  in  Buffalo  since  1854.       .      •      •      191  W 

BECKER,  TRACY  C.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  February  14, 
1855 ;  graduated  from  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  1874,  and  from 
Albany  Law  School  in  1876  ;  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  in  May, 
1876 ;  married  Minnie  A.  Le  Roy  of 
Cohoes  December  27,  1876  ;  was  2d  assist- 
ant district  attorney  of  Erie  county,  1881- 
85  ;  was  president  of  the  New  York  State 
Bar  Association  in  1894  ;  has  practiced  law 
in  Buffalo  since  1877 I''^^^' 

BECKLEY,  JOHN  N. ;  resides  in  Rochester  ; 
was  born  at  Clarendon,  Orleans  county, 
N.  Y.,  December  30,  1848;  was  educated 
at  preparatory  schools  and  Clenesee  Col- 
lege, Lima,  N.  Y.  ;  taught  school,  1870- 
72  :  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1875  ;  married  Belle  G.  Corwin  of 
Brighton,  N.  Y.,  June  23,  1875  ;  practiced 
law  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  1875-77;  was  city 
attorney  of  Rochester,  1883-87  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  Rochester  Railway  Co. 
since  1890  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Roches- 
ter since  1877 41  G 

BECKWITH,  GEORGE  H.  ;  resides  in 
Plattsburgh  ;  was  born  at  Plattsburgh  July 
26,  1835  ;  graduated  from  Williams  Col- 
lege, Williamstown,  Mass.,  in  1858;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1860  ;  was  district 
attorney  of  Clinton  county,  1862-68  ;  mar- 
ried Emeroy  E.  Vilas  of  Plattsburgh  Sep- 
tember 17,  1860,  who  died  July  29,  1891  : 
married  Mrs.  Harriet  Murchison  of  Balti- 
more, Md.,  December  2,  189(i  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  at  Plattsburgh  and  New  York  city 
since  1860,  maintaining  an  office  in  each 
place 65  E 


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BEDELL,  ()SSL\N ;  resides  in  Grand  Island  : 
was  born  at  (leorgia,  ^'t.,  June  ti,  1K32; 
wa.s  eduiatcd  in  common  schools  and  (Icne- 
scc  Wfslcvan  Seminary,  Lima,  N.  Y.  ; 
married  I'ermelia  Zimmerman  of  Tona- 
wanda,  N.  V.,  March  2K,  lH-)4 :  worked 
on  the  Erie  canal,  lS4.'{-<!.'{  ;  was  inspector 
ofi  iistomsat  (Jrand  Island  under  President 
Lincoln,  an<l  county  supervisor  from  the 
town  of  (iranil  Island,  lH(!2-(i.'J  ;  was 
assistant  superintendent  of  public  works 
for  the  western  division  of  the  Erie  canal, 
1SH1-H4:  was  L'nited  States  consul  to 
Fort  Erie,  Ont.,  1»!)0-'.I.{.  and  was  r.-- 
ap|K>inted  in  July,  1897  Vl'l  W 

BELDINC,  MILO  MERRICK.;  resides  in 
New  N'ork  city  :  was  born  at  Ash  field, 
Mxss. ,  April  .'{,  1h;?;{;  was  educated  at 
Shelburne  Kails  (  Mass.  )  Academy  ;  began 
business  as  an  itinerant  silk  merchant  in 
1S50;  married  Emily  C.  Leonard  of  Ash- 
field  April  1,  lM5(i  ;  began  the  manufacture 
of  silk  in  IXIKJ,  and  is  now  head  of  the  cor- 
|)oration  of  Beliling  Brothers  &:  Co.  ;  is 
president  of  the  Livonia  Salt  &  Mining 
Co.,  the  St.  I-awrence  .Marble  Co.,  and  the 
.American  Cnion  Life  Insurance  Co.,  and 
vice  president  of  ihi-  Cnmnidinvealth  Fire 
Insurance  Co.  ...       42  M 

BENEDICT,  HENRV  II.  ;  resides  in  Brook- 
lyn :  was  born  at  Cerman  Flats,  Herkimer 
county,  N.  V.,  October  !),  1H44;  gradu- 
ated from  Hamilton  College  in  18(51)  ;  mar- 
ried Maria  Nellis  of  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y., 
October  10,  1«67  ;  entered  the  employ  of 
v..  Remington  &  Sons  in  1M(;9  ;  has  been 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Wyckoff,  Seamans 
tV  Benedict  since  1HK2,  and  its  i)rcsident 
since  1M!».').  (;:]  M 

BENNETT,  EDWARD  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  February  21,  1H27; 
received  an  academic  education  ;  was  a 
clerk  in  a  dry-gooils  store,  1M41-48 ; 
engaged  in  mining  and  other  enter|(rises 
in  California,  IH4X-4!»,  and  in  the  real- 
estate  business  in  Buffalo,  lHoO-97  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Josephine  Osier-Auchinleck 
October  l!l,  1885  ;  was  an  alderman  from 
the  5th  ward,  Buffalo,  1854— 57,  and  a  park 
commissioner,  1872-88  ;  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Buffalo  Savings  Bank  since 
October,  I8!t.{ 453  W 

BENNETT,  LEWIS  J.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  : 
was  l>orn  at  Duanesburg,  N.  Y.,  July  7, 
18;}3  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ; 
conducted  a  general  store  in  Fultonville, 
N.  Y.,  I851-(it>  ;  married  Mary  Francelia 
Sjalding  of  Johnstown,  N,  Y.,  ( )( tolicr  (1, 


1857  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  18(;ti,  and 
engagetl  in  the  business  of  a  contractor  ; 
organized  the  Buffalo  Cement  Co.  in  1877, 
and  his  been  president  thereof  ever  since.      145  W 

BERCHOLTZ,  HERMAN  ;  resides  in  Itha- 
ca ;  was  born  at  \'ernamo,  Sweden,  June 
19,  18(i4  ;  was  educated  in  Swedish  schools, 
and  Lund  University,  Sweden  ;  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1883  ;  worked  for 
different  electrical  companies,  1883-93  ; 
married  Adalina  O.  Thom.son  of  Philadel- 
phia October  15,  189((;  has  maile  his 
home  in  Ithaca  since  1893,  engaged  in  a 
variety  of  busine.ss  enterprises.  -I  C 

BERRICK,  CHARLES:  resides  in  Buffalo  : 
was  born  at  Coleshill,  Warwickshire,  F-ng- 
land,  December  11,  1820;  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  lingland,  and 
learned  the  mason's  trade  ;  engaged  in  the 
same  in  luigland  until  185((,  when  became 
to  this  country  ;  married  Margaret  Callan 
of  Buffalo  December  24,  1852  ;  carried  on 
the  business  of  a  contractor  in  Buffalo, 
l,H.-)2-!t4.  -'.^^l  \\ 

BEST,  ROBERT  ll.\MII,TON;  resided  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  .Melrose,  Penn.,  April 
28,  18(1!)  ;  married  .\nn  Elizabeth  Kort- 
right  Mc(;owan  of  New  York  city  Novem- 
ber l)j,  1835  ;  was  chief  of  ])olice  of  Buf- 
falo, 1858-H(),  and  sherilT  of  F>ie  county, 
18(J2-64  ;  was  in  the  detective  ser\ice  of 
the  American  ICxpre.ss  Co.  at  Buffalo  from 
1851)  until  his  death  May  1,  1891.      .  411  D 

BICKFORD,  R.  TI.  ;  resides  in  BufTalo  :  was 
born  at  Rochester,  N.  H.,  Febniary  8, 
1830;  was  educated  in  common  schools; 
married  l^mma  J.  Tracy  of  Mercer,  .Maine, 
July  18,  1853  ;  learned  the  trade  of  a  belt 
and  ho.se  maker,  and  worked  at  the  same 
in  Lowell,  184!l-(i7  ;  has  carried  on  the 
manufacture  of  leather  belting  and  fire 
hose  in  Buffalo  since  18(57 440  W 

BINCHAM,  CF:oR(;E;  resides  in  I^ncas- 
ter ;  was  born  at  I-ancaster  December 
21,  1848;  was  educated  in  public  and 
|)rivate  .schools  ;  worketl  as  a  civil  engi- 
neer, l8(>(i-75;  married  Carrie  Lee  of 
l^ncaster  September  4,  1874  ;  engaged  in 
the  hide  and  leather  busine.ss  in  Buffalo, 
187(5-8(5,  and  in  electrical  business,  1888- 
91  ;  was  member  of  as.seml)ly  in  1881, 
L'nited  States  ai)praiser,  1891-94,  |)resi- 
denf  of  the  village  of  lancaster  in  1895, 
and  chairman  of  the  F>ie-county  Republi- 
can committee,  18il5-9(S  ;  was(ounty  clerk 
of  Erie  countv,  l89.")-!t7  411  W 


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BIRGE,  M.  H.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Underbill,  Vt.,  July  30,  1806; 
was  educated  in  district  schools  and  the 
village  academy  ;  was  clerk  in  a  general 
store  at  Middlebury,  Vt.,  1.S26-29,  and 
carried  on  a  similar  store  on  his  own 
account,  1829-34;  married  Elizabeth  Ann 
K^ingsley  of  Sheldon,  Vt.,  (October  21, 
1836  ;  opened  a  general  store  in  Buffalo 
in  1834  ;  established  the  manufacture  of 
wall  paper  in  1879,  and  remained  at  the 
head  of  the  firm  until  his  retirement  in 
1892 243  W 

BISHOP,  CHARLES  F.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Williamsville,  N.  Y.,  October 
14,  1844  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  his  boy- 
hood ;  attended  the  public  schools  until 
he  was  thirteen  years  old  ;  married  Kate 
Moran  of  Buffalo  August  6,1865  ;  was  elec- 
ted mayor  of  Buffalo  in  1889,  and  re- 
elected in  1891,  serving  five  years  alto- 
gether ;  has  conducted  a  wholesale  business 
in  tea,  coffee,  and  spices  since  1869.       .        19  W 

BISSELL,  HERBERT  P.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  New  London,  N.  Y., 
August  30,  1856  ;  was  educated  at  public 
schools,  De  Veaux  College,  and  the  Cym- 
nasium  Catharinareum,  Braunschweig,  Ger- 
many, and  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1880;  studied  law  in  Buffalo,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883  ;  married  Lucy 
Agnes  Coffey  of  Brooklyn  October  30, 
1883  ;  received  the  Democratic  nomina- 
tion for  state  senator  in  1885,  and  for  dis- 
trict attorney  in  1892  ;  has  practiced  law 
in  Buffalo  since  1885 304  \V 

BISSELL,  WILSON  S.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
wa,s  born  at  New  London,  N.  Y. ,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1847  ;  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1869  ;  married  Louise  Sturges  of 
Geneva,  N.  Y.,  February  6,  1890;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Buffalo  in  1871  ;  was 
presidential  elector  at  large  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  in  1888 ;  was  postmaster- 
general,  1893-95 ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1871 20  W 

BLASDELL,  HEMAN  M.  ;  resides  in  North 
Collins  ;  was  born  at  Perrysburg,  Cattar- 
augus county,  N.  Y.,  January  28,  1840; 
took  part  in  the  Civil  War,  1861-62 ; 
married  Lu.sannah  Sherman  of  North 
Collins  June  8,  1864  ;  was  telegraph  oper- 
ator and  station  agent  at  Smith's  Mills, 
N.  Y.,  1863-72;  conducted  a  general 
store  at  North  Collins,  1872-77  ;  was  super- 
visor of  North  Collins,  1878-80  ;  founded 
the  town  of  Blasdell,  Erie  county,  N.  Y., 
in   1883,  and  engaged  in  business    there. 


1883-87  ;  was  elected  member  of  a.ssembly 
in  November,  1895,  from  the  8th  Erie- 
county  district,  and  was  re-elected  in  1896  ; 
has  lived  in  North  Collins  since  1887.    .     289  W 

BLEISTEIN,  GEORGE  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  December  6,  1861  ; 
graduated  from  the  public  schools,  after 
spending  two  years  at  a  German  school  ; 
entered  the  service  of  the  Courier  Com- 
pany, in  Buffalo,  in  1876,  becoming  sup- 
erintendent of  the  company  in  1881  and 
president  in  1884  ;  married  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Wells  McCune  of  Buffalo  April  28,  18.SB  ; 
was  chosen  president  of  the  Home-Rule 
Democracy  of  Erie  county  in  1S93.    .  21  \\' 

BLISS,  CORNELIUS  N.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  Fall  River,  Ma.ss., 
January  26,  1833  ;  attended  public  schools 
at  Fall  River  and  New  Orleans,  La.  ;  was 
connected  with  James  M.  Beebe  &  Co., 
Boston,  1849-66  ;  married  Elizabeth  M. 
Plumer  of  Boston  March  30,  1859; 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  John  S.  & 
Eben  Wright  &  Co.,  Boston,  in  1866,  and 
resident  partner  in  New  York  city,  and  has 
been  engaged  in  the  dry -goods  commission 
business  in  New  York  city  ever  since  ;  was 
chairman  of  the  New  York  state  Republican 
committee,  1887-88,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Republican  national  committee  in  1892 
and  in  1896  ;  was  appointed  secretary  of 
the  interior  in  1897 17  M 

BLOCHER,  JOHN  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Scipio,  N.  Y.,  July  22,  1825  ;  was 
educated  in  district  schools  ;  conducted  a 
general  store  at  Williamsville,  N.  Y.,  1851- 
61  ;  married  Elizabeth  Neff  of  Williams- 
ville April  20,  1846 ;  enlisted  in  the 
LInion  army  in  1861,  and  served  one  year  ; 
established  a  boot  and  shoe  factory  in  Buf- 
falo in  1863,  and  has  been  connected  with 
that  industry  since 147  W 

BOLAND,  JAMES  ;  resided  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  in  County  Clare,  Ireland,  January  6, 
1850  ;  came  to  the  United  States  with  his 
parents  in  1856,  and  settled  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ;  learned 
the  bricklayer's  trade  in  the  service  of 
Charles  Berrick,  1866-75  ;  married  Mary 
A.  Handley  of  Buffalo  October  17,  1881  ; 
conducted  a  building  business  in  Buffalo 
from  1875  until  his  death  April  (i,  1893.       33  D 

BOOKSTAVER,  WILLIAM  ;  resides  in  Dun- 
kirk ;  was  born  at  Montgomery,  Orange 
county,  N.  Y.,  December  28,  1833  ;  was  ed- 
ucated in  Montgomery  .Academy  ;  studied 
law   in    Dunkirk  and   was  ailmittcd    to   the 


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.V )  SOI'TICAI.    IXPEX  —  Conlinufd 


lar  in  IHoH  ;  married  Mary  A.  Leonard  of 
Augusta,  Mc,  July  IS,  1«(>1  ;  wa.s  super- 
visor for  the  town  of  Dunkirk,  1H7')-!M(, 
with  the  ex<e|ition  of  one  year  ;  was  a 
dclej;ate  to  the  I  )eini)(  ratir  national  con- 
vention in  |X7ti:  was  mayor  of  Dunkirk, 
|,SH7-!I(),  and  wxs  aj^ain  elected  in  lH!Hi  ; 
h;us  iirartite<l  law  in  Dunkirk  and  engajjed 
in  real-estate  operations  there  since  INAS.    "iiHI  \V 

HORST,  HKNKY  V.;  resides  in  Amster- 
dam ;  was  born  at  t'obleskill,  N.  Y.,  July 
(i,  iXo:};  was  educated  at  Hrockport  Nor- 
mal School  and  Cornell  I  Diversity  ;  taught 
s<hool  and  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  liar  in  l«77  ;  married  Mattie  IJarner 
of  Mineral  Springs,  N.  \.,  in  June,  1M7X, 
and  Alida  Verdon  of  Fort  Plain,  N.  V.,  in 
May,  1KS"J  ;  ])racticed  law  at  Fort  I'lain, 
ls7,S-S7;  was  district  attorney  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  l.s.S-|-X(;,  and  county 
judge,  l»«»-8y  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Amsterdam  since  IXMH ')  1% 

MRACKETT,  KDdAR  T.  ;  resides  in  Sara- 
toga Springs  ;  was  born  at  F.merson's  Cor- 
ners, Saratoga  county,  N.  Y.,  July  80, 
iXo.'J  ;  graduated  from  Cornell  College, 
Mount  Vernon,  lo.,  in  1M72;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  l«7o  ;  mar- 
ried I-^mma  C"orliss  of  Saratoga  Sjirings 
November  2'2,  1)S)S2;  was  elected  state 
senator  in  1»{(5  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Sara- 
toga Springs  since  187() IH  I') 

HRADISH,  WILLIAM  H.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo;  was  born  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  Ajiril  7, 
1H5() ;  was  educated  in  Batavia  jniblic 
schools  ;  engaged  in  various  business  enter- 
prises in  Batavia,  lH70-7!t  ;  married  Louise 
H.  Keichert  of  Buflalo  .\\,x\\  2(i,  1««7  ;  was 
an  alderman  from  the  2')th  ward,  Buffalo, 
lH!i;{-!t7,  and  president  of  the  board  of 
aldermen  in  1(<9()  ;  has  lived  in  Buffalo 
since  1H7!I,  and  has  condu<  ted  a  brokerage 
and  insurance  business  since  1SU2.     .      .      -4">1   W 

BRADLKY,  C.KORGF:  B.  ;  resides  in  Corn- 
ing ;  was  born  at  Creene,  Chenango  coim- 
ty,  N.  Y.,  February  o,  1H2.') ;  was  educated 
in  common  schools  and  Ithaca  (N.  Y. ) 
Academy ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1K4H ;  married  Hannah  K.  lattimer  of 
Woodhull,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  IHr.O;  moved 
to  Corning  in  1X52  ;  was  nominated  for 
congress  in  1M.")«,  and  for  jutlge  of  the 
Court  of  Ap])eals  in  1S7><  :  was  elected 
slate  senator  in  1X78  and  in  1H7");  was 
elected  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in 
188.3  ;  was  judge  of  the  set.ond  division  of 
the  Court  of  A|>i)eals,  1««!MI2.  17  C 


BRFNDKL,  IIKNRY  W.  :  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  December  10, 
1H")7  ;  was  educated  in  the  Buffalo  public 
schools;  began  the  study  of  law  in  1^7 ">, 
and  was  admitte<l  to  the  l>ar  in  January, 
|S7'.I  :  was  nominated  for  the  state  assem- 
bly in  iSMi,  ISH7,  anil  iHK't;  wasappointed 
(  olle<  tor  of  the  port  of  Buffalo  (.'reek  Nov- 
ember 4,  1H!I7  :  ha>  pra<  tii  cd  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  D<7!> -'■-'  ^\ 

BRICC.S,  AI.BKRr  H.  :  resides  in  Buffalo: 
was  born  in  the  town  of  I^ncaster,  N.  V., 
September  !l,  1H42:  was  educated  in  vari- 
ous schools  and  academies,  and  graduated 
from  the  medical  dejiartment  of  the  I'ni- 
versity  of  Buffalo  in  1H71  :  married  Sarah 
America  Baker  of  Andover,  N.  Y.,  June  7, 
ISC'!  ;  was  health  physician  of  the  city  of 
Buffalo,  1K«0-.S1  and  1X84-87;  has  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Buffalo  since  1871.  1!>2  \\ 

BRICCS,  C.KORCF:  \V.  ;  resides  in  Orchard 
I'ark  :  was  born  at  Collins,  N.  Y.,  October 
10,  1H.")0;  was  educated  in  common  and 
select  schools  ;  married  Orcelia  \.  Bike  of 
West  Concord,  N.  \ .,  December  2!l,  1X7.">  ; 
taught  school,  lH(i«-80  ;  was  justice  of  the 
peace,  1  HM.8->i!( ;  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Krie-county  board  of  supervisors  since 
1 88!l ;  has  conducted  a  general  store  at 
Orchard  I'ark  since  1888 482  W 

BROADHKAD,  WILLIAM;  resides  in 
Jamestown  ;  was  born  at  Thornton,  York- 
shire, Kngland,  I-'ebruary  17,  181!l ;  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  in  January, 
1X48;  married  Lucy  Cobb  of  Jamestown 
Octolier  2!l,  lx4.'i  ;  was  a  manufacturer  of 
edge  tools  in  Jamestown,  1847-<>1  ;  con- 
ducted a  merchant-tailoring  establishment 
in  Jamestown,  I8(i4-7X  ;  built,  with  others, 
the  Jamestown  Worsted  Mills  in  1878  ; 
built  worsted  mills  himself  in  Jamestown  in 
1K7(!,  and  has  conducted  the  same  since.      1  Id  W 

BRtJOKS,  HARRY  .SAYLR  ;  resides  in 
Klmira ;  was  born  at  Waverly,  N.  Y., 
.\ugust  2,  18.52 ;  was  educated  at  Wav- 
erly High  School  and  FMmira  F'ree  .\cad- 
emv  ;  settled  in  Klmira  in  lX(i(),  and 
learned  the  printer's  trade  ;  married  .Mice 
\.  Fisher  of  I^ke  Ridge,  N.  Y.,  Sep- 
tember it,  187!)  ;  estalilished  the  Ivlmira 
TeUi^ram  in  May,  1871t,  and  has  been 
itsowner  and  general  manager  ever  si  nee.        8.")  C 

BROWNKLL,  (;f:oRC.K  F.  ;  resides  in  New 
\'ork  city;  was  born  at  Des  .Moines,  lo., 
June  .">,  181)1  ;  was  educated  in  New  York 
state  public  schools,  and  in  the  I'niversity 
of  Michigan.  .Vnn  .\rbor  ;  graduated  from 


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the  Albany  Law  School  in  1882,  and  from 
the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School  in 
1883  ;  was  appointed  general  solicitor  of 
the  Erie  railroad  in  May,  1897  ;  married 
Anne  Kniseley  Abbott  of  Buffalo  Jime  7, 
1897  ;  has  been  connected  with  the  firm 
of  Sprague,  Morey  &  Sprague  of  Buffalo 
and  their  successors  since  1883.     .      .      .     41 1  \\' 

BRUNDAGE,  FRANK  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Allen,  Allegany  county,  N.  Y., 
January  4,  1847  ;  completed  his  education 
at  Friendship  (N.  Y. )  Academy;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Albany  in  De- 
cember, 1868  ;  practiced  law  at  Angelica, 
N.  Y.,  1869-72  ;  married  Ella  S.  Brown  of 
Angelica  February  15,  1871  ;  moved  to 
Lockport,  N.  Y.,  in  October,  1872,  and 
resided  there  until  1883  ;  was  district  attor- 
ney of  Niagara  county,  1875-77,  and 
county  judge,  1879-83  ;  moved  to  Buffalo 
in  February,  1883,  and  has  practiced  law 
there  since 353  W 

BRUNN,  CHARLES  A.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  January  28, 
1858 ;  was  educated  in  public  schools ; 
was  telegraph  operator  for  the  Western 
Union  company  at  Buffalo,  1870-72,  and 
for  the  Buffalo  &  Jamestown  railroad, 
1872-77  ;  was  assistant  superintendent  of 
the  Buffalo  &  Southwestern  railroad,  1877- 
80  ;  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Erie 
railroad  as  division  superintendent  since 
1880,  with  headquarters  at  Buffalo  during 
most  of  that  time 423  W 

BRUSH,  HARLAN  W.  ;  resides  in  North 
Tonavvanda  ;  was  born  at  Nelson,  O.,  May 
27,  1865  ;  was  educated  at  common  schools 
and  Mt.  Union  (O.)  College;  learned 
the  printer's  trade  at  Alliance,  O.,  1880- 
85  ;  married  Annetta  Hamilton  of  Emlen- 
ton,  Penn.,  May  16,  1888  ;  conducted  a 
job-printing  office  in  Alliance,  1885-87, 
and  published  a  newspaper  there,  1887- 
94  ;  was  ap])ointed  United  States  consul 
at  Clifton,  Ont.,  in  1897  ;  has  been  pro- 
prietor and  editor  of  the  North  Tonawanda 
Z'(7/7r  ^\'i'Zi:'j- since  December,  1894.    .     .     453  W 

BRYANT,  JOHN  C.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Ebley,  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 
land, December  21,  1821  ;  attended  the 
Norwalk  (O.)  Academy  two  years,  and 
studied  medicine  three  years,  graduating 
from  the  Cleveland  Medical  College  in 
1846  ;  married  Hannah  M.  Clark  of  Wake- 
man,  O.,  May  21,  1851  ;  practiced  his 
profession  at  Amherst,  O.,  1847-56  ;  went 
to  Huffalo  in  1.H56,   and   formed  a  partner- 


ship with  H.  B.  Bryant  and  H.  D.  Stratton 
for  the  conduct  of  business  colleges ;  has 
been  president  of  the  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Buffalo  Business  College  since  18()0.        .        2;!  W 

BUCHANAN,  CHARLES  J.  ;  resides  in 
Albany ;  was  born  at  New  Berlin,  Che- 
nango county,  N.  Y.,  December  27,  1843  ; 
was  educated  at  New  Berlin  Academy ; 
served  in  the  LTnion  army,  1861-65 ; 
attended  the  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  1868-70;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1874 ;  married 
Caroline  Van  Valkenhurgh  of  Albany  Octo- 
ber 27,  1875  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Albany 
.since  1875 48  E 

BULGER,  CHARLES  N.  ;  resides  in  Os- 
wego ;  was  born  at  Volney,  Oswego 
county,  N.  Y.,  August  19,  1851  ;  gradu- 
ated from  St.  John's  College,  Fordham, 
New  York,  in  1875  ;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879 ;  was  city 
attorney  of  Oswego  in  1882;  married 
Caroline  A.  Dunn  of  Oswego  June  5, 
1883  ;  has  been  recorder  of  the  city  of 
Oswego  since  January  1,  1883  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Oswego  since  1879.    ...  6  E 

BUNTING,  THOMAS  L.  ;  resides  in  Ham- 
burg ;  was  born  in  the  town  of  Eden, 
N.  Y.,  April  24,  1844;  received  his  edu- 
cation at  a  district  school  and  the  Spring- 
ville  Academy  ;  taught  school  in  1861-62  ; 
married  Bettie  Maria  Newton  of  East  Ham- 
burg September  8,  1869 ;  established  a 
general  mercantile  business  in  Hamburg 
in  1868  ;  became  manager  of  the  Ham- 
burg Canning  Co.  in  1889  ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  52d  congress  (1891-93).  .      .       93  W 

BURKE,  H.  V.  ;  resides  in  Amsterdam ; 
was  born  at  Amsterdam  March  18,  1870  ; 
was  educated  in  public  and  parochial 
schools ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1891  ;  was  chairman  of  the 
Montgomery-county  Democratic  commit- 
tee and  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  state 
convention  in  1894  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Amsterdam  since  1891 13  E 

BURKE,  THOMAS  M.  A.  ;  resides  in  Al- 
bany ;  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1840  ;  grad- 
uated from  St.  Charles  College,  Ellicott 
City,  Md.,  and  from  St.  Mary's  Seminarv, 
Baltimore ;  was  assistant  at  St.  John's 
Church,  Albany,  1864-65,  and  at  St. 
Joseph's  Church,  Albany,  1865-94 ;  was 
vicar-general  of  the  Roman  Catholic  diocese 
of  Albany,  1887-94,  and  has  l)een  bishop 
of  the  same  diocese  since  1<S94.     .      .      .        31  E 


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SYNOPTICAL    IS  HEX—  Conlimi,;i 


HIRROVVS,  (IKORGK  H.  ;  resiiled  in  Buf- 
falo :  was  horn  at  Bcrnanlston,  Mass., 
Ucicml>cr  21,  l«'i'_':  atttMulctl  the  public 
schools  ;  was  in  the  scrviic  of  the  t'on- 
necticiit  River  railroad,  lH4.!-.'>2:  married 
Mary  I'.li/aheth  Cook  of  Northampton, 
Mass.,  Sejitemlier  11,  IMilO  ;  was  connec- 
ted with  the  Walwsh  road,  with  hea(li|iiar- 
ters  at  Toledo,  1  Hr).">-().")  and  lH(i!)- "."J ; 
was  superintendent  of  the  western  division 
of  the  .New  \'ork  Central  road,  with  head 
quarters  at  Buffalo.  IHT-'f-lt:!  ;  died  at  Buf- 
falo March  !t,  IHiXi ITU 

BIRWKI.I.,  CKORtlK  N.  ;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  in  Herkimer  county,  New 
York.  May  1!»,  inltl;  moved  to  Buffalo 
in  1.S24,  and  was  educated  in  jirivale 
SI  hools  there  ;  studied  medicine  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  received  his  degree  in  1H4."!  : 
practiced  his  profession  in  Bulfalo  from 
1K44  imtil  his  death  May  15,  l«!»l,  with 
the  exception  of  four  years  spent  in  study 
in  Kuro|)c 57  D 

C.M.I.K"*  )'r,  'I".  C  ;  resides  in  .Mbany  ;  was 
born  in  l-'airfax  county,  \'a.,  July  VI,  l.S"i(i  ; 
was  educated  at  the  I'ierrepont  School, 
Alexandria,  Va.,  (Iraham  .\cademy,  New 
London,  Fenn.,  and  Delaware  College, 
Newark,  Del.  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
New  York  city  in  1M47  ;  was  connected 
with  the  New  York  Commercial  Ailverliser, 
1M.52-")H  ;  was  member  of  assembly  in 
l«t;()aml  lH(i:5,  and  speaker  of  that  liody 
in  1H(;;{  ;  married  Kitzina  H.  Lyman  of 
New  York  city  in  June,  1K4(>,  anil  Freder- 
icka  H.  I,.  Weibezahl  of  New  York  May 
17,  1>S71  ;  was  editor  and  chief  owner  of 
the  Albany  Times,  l)S7-'5-!)l,  and  editor 
of  the  Times-Union,  lH!)l-9(i  ;  has  been 
editor  in  chief  of  the  .Albany  Argus,  since 
June,  iX'.Ki '."...        1«  K 

CAMl'BKI.L,  JAMi:S  A.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  wxs  born  at  Niagara  Falls,  Ont.,  July 
'24,  1M.">2:  was  educated  in  Buffalo  ])ublic 
schools  and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business 
College  :  was  a  clerk  in  insurance  offices, 
l«()M-7<i  :  married  I^meline  .\.  Short  of 
Buffalo  Sejitember  17,  DSJSX ;  was  i)resi- 
dent  of  the  lrish-.\merican  Savings  and 
Loan  A.ssociation,  1HH4— 1(4  ;  has  conduc- 
ted a  general  insurance  agency  in  Buffalo 
since  1M7I1 .'     .      .      .      :!21  W 

CARPKN  TKR,  RKKSK  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  Mile  Square  ( now 
Armonk),  Westchester  county,  N.  Y., 
December  22,  1X47  ;  was  educated  in  dis- 
trict schools ;  engaged  in  business  as  a 
butcher,  1K(;4_(!7  ;  went  to  New  N'ork  (  ilv 


in  18(i7.  and  established  an  iron  business  : 
married  Caroline  L.  'lownsend  of  Armonk, 
N.  Y.,  November  2,  1K7();  has  been 
actively  <  onne<  ted  with  the  management 
of  various  (cmeteries  since  1M9<K  4.'i  M 

CARROLL,  (  II.XRLKS  H,  ;  resides  in 
Rochester;  was  born  at  Warwick,  Ontario, 
June  15,  1><51  ;  was  educated  at  (iuelph 
High  School,  Berlin  Academy,  and  by  a 
private  tutor;  was  in  the  employ  of  (L 
Doelt/.  iV  Bro.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  l«t!S»-75, 
and  of  Barnes  iV  Bancroft,  Buffalo,  1X75- 
(S(( ;  has  coiulucted  a  dry -goods  business  at 
Rochester  since  l«H(l .Jl  C. 

CARY,  CHARLFS  S.  ;  resides  in  Olean; 
was  born  at  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1X27  ;  graduated  from  .Alfred 
( N.  Y. )  Academy  in  1H47,  and  from  the 
National  I^w  School,  Ballston  S|>a,  N.  V., 
in  1X5(1;  married  Sarah  A.  Mitchell  in 
1X51);  was  ajJiiointed  commissioner  of  the 
board  of  enrollment  by  President  Lincoln 
in  IXfJ.'J  ;  was  collector  of  internal  revenue, 
lX()5-ti(!  ;  was  a  member  of  the  state 
assembly  in  1XX8  ;  was  appointed  commis- 
sioner of  Pacific  railroads  in  1886,  and 
solicitor  of  the  L'nited  States  treasury  in 
18X7  ;  has  jiracticed  law  in  Olean  since 
1850 !I4  W 

I'.ARY,  FUCFNF  ;  resides  in  Niagara  Falls  ; 
was  born  at  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  November 
21,  1X57  ;  graduated  from  Cornell  l"ni- 
versity  in  1X7X;  was  engaged  in  teaching 
and  as  superintendent  of  schools,  and  in 
reading  law,  1X79-84  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  June,  1884;  married  Mary  M. 
Waud  of  Buffalo  July  5,  1882  ;  practi<  ed 
law  at  Forestville,  N.  Y.,  1XX4-X5;  was 
an  alternate  delegate  to  the  Republican 
national  convention  of  IXIMJ  ;  has  jiractii  ed 
law  at  Niagara  Falls  since  1885.    .  4:{:!  W 

C.ASF,  J.ASON  D.  ;  resides  in  Franklin- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  Lyndon,  N.  \.,  Octo- 
ber ;^,  1847;  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  and  in  Rushford  (  N.  Y. )  Academy  ; 
began  business  in  18(J3  as  assistant  to  his 
father,  an  extensive  produce  dealer  ;  accep- 
ted a  position  as  superintendent  of  an  oil 
company  in  Pennsylvania,  in  IXt!!)  ;  became 
manager  of  a  jirivate  bank  in  Franklinville 
in  1X73  ;  married  Helen  C.  Morgan  of 
Cuba,  N.  Y.,  January  27,  1x73;  has  been 
cashier  and  manager  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  I'ranklinville  since  1X77,  and 
president  of  the  Citizens'  Bank  of  Arcade. 
N.  N'..  since  IXX:! 117  W 


SVNOPT/CAL    IXDE.X—  Coufinnrd 


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CASSIDY,  DAVID  D.;  resides  in  Amster- 
dam ;  was  born  in  the  town  of  Florida, 
Montgomery  county,  N.  Y.,  April  6,  1827  ; 
was  educated  at  Poughkeepsie  Collegiate 
School ;  was  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store  at 
Amsterdam,  1844-49  ;  married  Mrs.  Cath- 
arine M.  Efner  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  April 
17,  1866  ;  began  his  connection  with  the 
Farmers'  National  Bank  of  Amsterdam  in 
1.S49,  and  was  its  cashier,  1859-89  ;  since 
1889  has  occupied  himself  with  various 
business  interests  in  Amsterdam.      ...        7  E 

CHALMERS,  JAMES  ;  resides  in  Williams- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  Gorgie  Mills,  near 
Edinburgh,  Scotland,  October  15,  1844  ; 
was  educated  at  Cillespie's  Free  School, 
Edinburgh  :  married  Helen  Wilson  of 
Peebles,  Scotland,  August  23,  186G  ;  came 
to  America  in  1872  ;  established  the  Chal- 
mers gelatine  factory  at  Williamsville  in 
1873,  and  has  conducted  the  same  since.     292  W 

CHESTER,  ALDEN;  resides  in  Albany; 
was  born  at  Westford,  N.  Y.,  September  4, 
1848  ;  graduated  from  Columbia  College 
Law  School  in  1871,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  the  same  year  ;  married  Lina  Thur- 
ber  of  East  Worcester,  N.  Y.,  October  5, 
1871  ;  was  deputy  clerk  of  the  New  York 
state  assembly  in  1874  and  in  1876,  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  public  instruction  of 
Albany,  1881-84,  and  assistant  United 
States  attorney,  1882-85 ;  practiced  law 
in  Albany,  1871-95  ;  was  elected  justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  in  November,  1895.     20  E 

CHESTER,  CARL  T.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  August  1, 
1853 ;  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1875,  and  from  Columbia  College  Law 
School  in  1877  ;  was  managing  clerk  in 
the  office  of  Bowen,  Rogers  &  Locke  of 
Buffalo,  1877-81  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1882 454  W 

CHILDS,  HENRY  A.  :  resides  in  Medina  : 
was  born  at  Carlton,  Orleans  county, 
N.  Y.,  July  17,  1836;  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  Orleans  county, 
and  at  Albion  and  Macedon  (  N.  Y. )  acad- 
emies ;  married  Julia  B.  Freeman  Novem- 
ber 16,  1859;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1869,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Medina  the  same  year  ;  was  district  attor- 
ney of  Orleans  county,  1868-77  ;  received 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Williams  Col- 
lege in  October,  1893  ;  was  elected  jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court  in  November, 
1X83,  and  re-elected  in  1897,  when  he 
received  the  nomination  from  both  Re- 
publicans and  Democrats 17  O 


CHOATE,  JOSEPH  H.  ;  re.sides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  Salem,  Mass.,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1832  ;  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  1852,  and  from  the  Harvard 
Law  School  in  1854  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1856  ;  married  Caroline  O.  Sterling 
in  1861  ;  was  ]:)resident  of  the  New  York 
state  constitutional  convention  in  1894; 
has  practiced  law  in  New  York  city  since 
1856 44  M 

CLARK,  EDWARD;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  October  28,  1852 ; 
wa.s  educated  in  the  public  schools  ;  grad- 
uated from  the  medical  department  of  the 
LTniversity  of  Buffalo  in  1880 ;  married 
Nellie  M.  Daniels  of  Buffalo  May  1,  1884  ; 
was  health  physician  of  the  city  of  Buffalo, 
1888-90  ;  has  practiced  medicine  there 
since  1880 193  W 

CLARK,  JOSEPHUS  H.  ;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  at  Petersham,  Mass., 
December  1,  1819  ;  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools ;  moved  to  western  New- 
York  in  1830;  married  Jane  E.  Marsh  of 
Panama,  N.  Y.,  July  13,  1851  ;  was  trus- 
tee of  Jamestown,  1859-69,  and  member 
of  the  board  of  education,  1870-91  :  has 
conducted  a  foundry  in  Jamestown  since 
1841 118  W 

CLARK,  MYRON  H.  ;  resides  in  Lancas- 
ter ;  was  born  at  what  is  now  Elma, 
N.  Y.,  June  20,  1853  ;  was  educated  at 
Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary,  Lima,  N.  Y., 
and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College, 
Buffalo  ;  married  Mary  Eliza  Bancroft  of 
Elma  May  24,  1876  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1883  ;  was  clerk  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  Erie  county  in  1881,  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  Elma,  1886-87,  chair- 
man of  the  Erie-county  board  of  super- 
visors in  1887,  and  member  of  assembly  in 
1892  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1883 194  W 

CLEARWATER,  A.  T.  ;  resides  in  Kings- 
ton ;  was  born  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1.S48  :  was  educated  in  New- 
York  city  and  at  Kingston  .Academy  ; 
studied  law,  and  w-as  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1871  ;  married  Anna  Houghtaling  Far- 
rand,  formerly  of  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
September  29,  1875  ;  w-as  district  attorney 
of  LTlster  county,  1878-86  i  has  been 
county  judge  of  Ulster  countv  since  Jan- 
uary 1,  1890 '...".        66  E 

CLEMENT,  STEPHEN  M.  ;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  Febru- 
ary 26,  1825  :  was  educated  in  district 
schools  :     conducted    a    general    store     in 


N 


.S-  VXOPr/l  A  I.    IM^EX  —  Continual 


Kretlonia,  N.  Y.,  lH5((-5r»  ;  organized  the 
I'rctionia  Itink  in  ix.'ili,  and  was  president 
(jf  the  ;^nine,  l.H(J7-Xl  ;  married  Sarah  K. 
Leonard  of  De  Witt,  N.  V.,  November  :?, 
1M.")1  ;  liecame  ea-shier  and  mana(,'er  of  the 
Marine  Ikink,  l!iinalo,  in  1)^(>!I,  and  jiresi- 
dent  in  l«Hl  ;  died  Sci)teml)er  2!»,  1X!»2.        Is  I) 

CI.KWS,  HKNRY;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  horn  at  Hilderstone,  StafTord- 
shire,  Knj;.  ;  was  educated  in  ICngland  ; 
olitiiined  a  clerkship  in  a  New  York  im- 
porting house  in  IXoS;  married  I.ucy 
Madison  Worthington  of  Kentucky  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1X74;  has  carried  on  a  Ixinking 
business  in  New  York  city  since  lxr)8, 
estabbshing  the  firm  of  Henry  Clews  &  C'o. 
in  1K77 4.")  M 

CLINTON,  (;K()R(;E;  resides  in  Huffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Itiifialo  September  7,  1X4(5; 
graduated  from  the  Buffalo  Central  High 
School  in  lXt(."(,  and  from  Columliia  Col- 
lege l^w  School  in  IKIiM  ;  practiced  law 
in  New  York  city,  iXdX-d'.l,  and  in  Hud- 
son, Wis.,  lK(il)-74;  married  Alice  Thorn- 
ton of  Buffalo  January  17,  lH7'i  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  New  York  state  legislature 
in  1KH4  ;  has  ]»racticed  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1»74 41'2W 

CLINTON,  SPENCER;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  June  2!t,  1839  ;  was 
educated  in  public  and  jirivate  schools ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
lX(i(l  ;  was  assistant  L'nited  States  district 
attorney,  18(J(>-(iH  ;  has  ])ra(  ticed  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1868. 244  W 

CLOSE,  EMORY  P.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  December  LS,  ixrjit; 
was  educated  in  the  jiublic  schools  ;  was 
assistant  librarian  of  the  Young  Men's  Asso- 
ciation Library  of  Buffalo,  1H74— 77  ;  was 
Supreme  Court  stenographer  for  the  8th 
judicial  district,  1880-88,  and  official 
stenographer  of  the  New  York  state  assem- 
bly, 18M4-87  ;  married  I^tta  S.  Cobb  of 
Buffalo  January  7,  18X5  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  18H(;,  and  has  |>racticed  law  in 
Buffalo  since  18XH  ;  was  appointed  Cnited 
States  district  attorney  for  northern  New 
York  in  September,  1897 l!»ii  W 

COATSWORTH,  EDWARD  IC.  :  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  November  5, 
l«(i)i  ;  was  educated  in  the  puljlic  schools, 
graduating  from  the  high  .school  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  lar  January  (>,  1888  ;  mar- 
ried limma  Marion  Blocking  of  Buffalo 
Jime  '2">,  IXJM  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  1««N  r.l7  W 


COBB,  WII.I.ARI)  A.;  resides  in  Lock- 
|)ort  ;  was  born  at  Rome,  N.  Y.,  July  2(1, 
1X42  ;  graduated  from  Hamilton  College 
in  1M(;4  ;  was  a  regent  of  the  University 
of  the  State  of  New  \'ork,  lX8()-!t.')  ;  was 
ap|K)inted  a  .state  civil -ser\'ice  commis- 
sioner in  1895,  and  elected  president  of  the 
board  ;  has  edited  the  Lockiwrt  Daily 
/tmrnii/ since  1871 !••'»  \\ 

COLE,  IRVINC;  W.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Covert,  N.  Y.,  September  21, 
18.'j!l  ;  attended  public  .schools  and  Cook's 
.Academy,  Havana,  N.  Y.  ;  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1H«;J  ;  practiced  law  in  Wat- 
kins,  N.  Y.,  18x;{-!t."i  ;  was  chairman  of  the 
Schuyler-county  Republican  committee, 
1X92-9:5;  married  Mrs.  Nelle  E.  Ingham 
of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  June  27,  189.'?;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1893.  .      .      34")  W 

COMP'TON,  W.  R.  ;  resides  in  Elmira ; 
was  born  at  Sullivanville,  Chemung  county, 
N.  Y.,  April  X,  18(50 ;  was  educated  in  the 
district  school  and  Spencer  (N.  Y. )  Acad- 
emy ;  married  Alice  Forshee  of  Watkins, 
N.  Y.,  June  8,  1881  ;  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  cigars  at  Sullivanville  in 
1X81  ;  was  appointed  chief  examiner  in 
the  ))Ost-office  dejiartment  at  Washington 
in  1889  ;  has  conducted  a  real-estate  busi- 
ness in  Elmira  since  1891.     .      .  !>;( 

CONGDON,  JOSEPH  M.  ;  resides  in 
(lowanda  ;  was  born  at  Napoli,  Cattaraugus 
county,  N.  Y.,  January  12,  1X4(5 ;  attended 
district  schools  and  Randolph  .\cademy  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1X70  ;  married 
Alice  M.  Jenkins  of  East  Randolph,  N.  Y., 
May  24,  1871  ;  practiced  law  at  ICast 
Randolph  and  at  Fredonia,  1x71-7")  ;  was 
member  of  assembly  from  Cattaraugus 
county,  1880-81  ;  was  elected  district 
attorney  of  Cattaraugus  coimty  in  Novem- 
ber, 1895;  lived  in  Buffalo,  l'882-84,  but 
has  otherwise  practiced  law  at  Cowanda 
since  Sei^tember,  1875 29.'!  \\' 

CONKLIN,  MELVIN  M.;  resides  in  El- 
mira; was  born  at  Owasco,  N.  Y..  Octo- 
ber 15,  1X44;  was  educated  in  common 
schools;  served  in  the  I'nion  army,  lX(i2- 
(55  ;  married  Nettie  J.  Hutchins  of  Elmira 
February  24,  18(59  ;  was  api)ointed  |)OSt- 
master  of  Elmira  in  May,  1897  ;  has  con- 
ducted a  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  store 
and  bakery  in  F^lmira  since  1878.  5  C 

CONNERS,  WILLIAM  J.  ;  resides  in  Buf 
falo  ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  January  3,  1857  ; 
attended  jiublic  schools,  but  began  work  as 


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a  porter  on  lake  steamers  at  the  age  of  thir- 
teen ;  has  carried  on  a  freight-transfer  busi- 
ness at  Buffalo  and  other  lake  ports  since 
1885  ;  married  Catherine  Mahany  of  Buf- 
falo in  November,  1881,  and  Mary  A.  Jor- 
dan of  West  Seneca,  N.  Y.,  August  2, 
1893  ;  became  president  of  the  Enquirer 
Co.,  aud  of  the  Magnus  Beck  Brewing  Co., 
Bufl'alo,  in  18U5,  and  owner  of  the  Conn'er- 
^ff^/v/in  May,  1897 283  W 

COOK,  EDWARD  L.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  March  29,  1839  ;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  ;  was  book- 
keeper for  a  firm  of  plumbers,  1859—62  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  18li2-65  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  E.  Moffett  of  Portageville, 
N.  Y.,  June  Ifi,  1869  ;  became  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  T.  W.  Toye  &  Co.,  plumbers, 
in  1870,  and  has  conducted  a  similar  busi- 
ness under  his  own  name  since  1878.       .      198  W 

CORBETT,  CHARLES  H.  ;  resides  in 
Sherman  ;  was  born  at  Mina,  N.  Y.,  Octo- 
ber 5,  1845 ;  was  educated  in  district 
schools  and  Eastman  Business  College, 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  ;  was  clerk  in  a  dry- 
goods  store  at  Sherman,  1866-71  ;  married 
Narcissa  Dutton  of  Sherman  May  13, 
1869  ;  was  elected  member  of  assembly  in 
1882 ;  has  conducted  a  dry -goods  and 
general-merchandise  business  at  Sherman 
since  1871 17.S  W 

COREY,  FRED  D.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Black  River,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  May  27,  1863  ;  graduated  from  the 
Watertown  (N.  Y.)  High  School  in  1884; 
taught  school,  1884-90 ;  married  Ella  L. 
Phelps  of  Sackett's  Harbor,  N.  Y.,  August 
17,  1887  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1892  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1892 390  W 

CORNELL,  S.  DOUGLAS  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Glenville,  Conn.,  De- 
cember 2,  1839  ;  graduated  from  Hobart 
College  in  1860  ;  married  Lydia  Hadfield 
of  Buffalo  January  29,  1862  ;  spent  about 
three  years  in  Colorado,  1862-64,  as  agent 
for  the  examination  of  gold  mines  ;  took 
part  in  his  father's  lead  business  for  two 
years  after  graduation,  returned  thereto  in 
1864,  and  remained  in  the  business  until 
1888  ;  served  on  the  staff  of  brigadier  gen- 
eral, afterwards  major  general,  William  F. 
Rogers,  in  command  of  4th  division,  N.  G. , 
S.  N.  Y.,  for  fifteen  years,  becoming 
assistant  adjutant  general  and  chief  of  staff, 
with  rank  of  colonel  ;  is  a  member  of  the 
ISuffalo,  Saturn,  University,  and  Country 
clubs  of  Buflalo,  and  the  'i'heta  Delta  Chi, 


United  Service,  and  Reform  clubs  of  New 

York  city 25  W 

CORNWELL,  WILLIAM  C.  ;  resides  in 
East  Aurora;  was  born  at  Lyons,  N.  Y., 
August  19,  1851  ;  attended  the  ])ublic 
schools  of  Buffalo  ;  married  Marian  W. 
Loomis  of  Buffalo  October  9,  1873  ;  was 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Buffalo,  1877-92  ; 
organized  the  City  Bank  of  Buffalo  in 
1892,  and  has  been  president  thereof  since  ; 
was  made  the  first  president  of  the  New 
York  State  Bankers'  Association  in  1894  ; 
was  a  member  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  American  Bankers'  Association, 
1894-96  ;  was  president  of  the  Buffalo 
Society  of  Artists,  1894-96  ;  has  been  fund 
commissioner  of  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts 
Academy  since  1880 26  W 

COTHRAN,  GEORGE  W.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Royalton,  Niagara 
county,  N.  Y. ,  February  25,  1834;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1857  ;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1861-63  ;  married  Jennie  \\' . 
Mann  of  Buffalo  May  26,  1863  ;  was  county 
judge  of  Erie  county  in  1877  ;  edited, 
annotated,  and  wrote  several  valuable 
books,  1875-89  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  1863,  with  the  exception  of  sev- 
eral years'  practice  in  Chicago,  1879-85.      199  W 

COUCH,  ASA  STONE;  resides  in  Fre- 
donia  ;  was  born  at  Westfield,  N.  Y.,  Oc- 
tober 22,  1833  ;  was  educated  at  Westfield 
Academy  and  Chamberlain  Institute  ;  grad- 
uated in  medicine  from  the  Homeopathic 
Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  in  1X55  ; 
married  Martha  L.  Sherman  of  Westfield 
April  2,  1857,  and  Mrs.  Ellen  S.  Barrett  of 
Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  February  6,  1878;  was 
appointed  a  member  of  the  state  board  of 
homeopathic  medical  examiners  in  1891  ; 
has  practiced  medicine  in  Fredonia  since 
1856 119  W 

COUDERT,  FREDERIC  R.  ;  resides  in 
New  York  city  ;  was  born  at  New  York 
city  March  1,  1832;  graduated  from  Col- 
umbia College  in  1850  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1853  ;  married  Miss  McCredy 
of  New  York  city  February  19,  1862  ;  has 
been  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Coudert 
Brothers  since  its  formation  about  1853.        64  M 

COXE,  ARTHUR  CLEVELAND;  resided 
in  Buffalo;  was  born  at  Mendham,  N.  J., 
May  10,  1818;  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1838, 
and  from  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary, New  York  city,  in  1841  ;  had  pastor- 
ates at  Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  Hartford,  Conn., 


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SVXOPT/CAI.    /XDE.y—  Conliniifd 


Kiltimore,  McL.and  New  York  city,  1H41- 
<i4  ;  liciame  assistant  bishop  of  Western 
New  York  January  4,  lK(i.'),  anil  bishop  of 
Western  New  York  later  in  the  same  year  ; 
died  at  t'lilinn  Sprini;>.  N.  N'..  jiilv  I'd, 
1896.  Vi  I) 

CRANDAI.I.,  A/.oK  1!.;  resided  in  liiif- 
faio  ;  was  born  at  Sloansville,  N.  \'.,  July 
•l.\,  lH2!t;  lived  in  New  York  rity,  1H47- 
7!l,  engajjei!  chiefly  in  the  hotel  business; 
married  Marguerite  Ida  (lilmore  of  New 
York  city  May  (i,  1«5«  ;  was  for  many 
years  the  larj^est  horse  dealer  in  Ir^st  Buf- 
falo, estaiilishing  the  firm  of  Crandall  iV 
Co.  ;  conducted  a  hotel  at  l-Iast  Hulfalo 
from  1S7!I  until  his  death  April  2,  1«!)').        :!4  D 

CRANt;i,K,  ROLAND;  resides  in  Buflaio  ; 
was  born  at  Hallyiiuintin,  County  Down, 
Ireland,  .\ugust  17,  1S()4  ;  was  educated 
in  the  .National  Schools  of  Ireland  ;  came 
to  the  United  States  in  IHXd,  and  worketi 
as  a  laborer  and  clerk  at  Buffalo,  1HH(»-.S,S  ; 
stuilied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  June,  1HH2  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  January,  1894 .'{91  W 

CRONIN,  l'.\  TRICK  :  resides  in  Buffalo; 
wa.s  born  at  I'allaskenry,  Limerick  county, 
Ireland,  March  1,  1835;  came  to  the 
I'nited  States  in  1H49  ;  was  educated  at 
the  St.  Louis  University  and  at  St.  Yin- 
cent's  College,  Cape  Cirardeau,  Mo.  ;  was 
ordained  to  the  priesthood  at  St.  Louis, 
.Mo.,  in  1M(;2,  and  was  connected  with  vari- 
ous jwrishes  in  that  state  until  1M70;  was 
|)rofessor  in  the  Seminary  of  Our  l^dy  of 
.\ngels,  .Suspension  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  1870- 
72:  has  been  editor  of  the  Catholic  Union 
(jW  7)>//f.f,  Buffalo,  since  1.S78.     .      .      .      148  W 

CROSTHWAUK,  JOHN  L.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  in  1854  ;  was 
educated  in  Buffalo  schools ;  engaged  in 
lake  traffic,  l«71-7(5  ;  married  Kli/abeth 
Sherman  .Morgan  of  Buffalo  .\pril  12,  l><7fi  ; 
was  deputy  collector  of  customs,  1H78-81  ; 
has  owned  and  operateil  lake  ves.sels  since 
1«H1 424  W 

CUDDKBACK,  WILLIAM  H.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  in  the  town  of  Deer 
Park,  N.  Y.,  Man  h  25,  1H54;  was  edu- 
cated at  Coshen  .Academy  and  Cornell 
I'niversity  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1><77  ;  practiced  law  at  Cioshen,  N.  Y., 
lH77-><5;  w;ls  chairman  of  the  Democratic 
general  committee,  Buffalo,  1X95-97  ;  has 
|)racticed  law  in  Buffalo  since  1885;  was 
elected  cor|ioratii)n  counsel  of  Buffalo  in 
November,  lx;)7.       .  l'imi  W 


CUMMINC,  Al.LXANDKR  :  resides  in 
Binghamton  ;  was  born  at  Stamford,  N.  Y., 
November  12,  1h:{2;  attended  common 
schools  and  academies  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1H5«  ;  married  Hannah  llugui- 
ner  of  De|)Osit,  .\.  Y.,  September  17, 
1H()0;  practiced  law  at  Deposit,  1X58-7X, 
and  has  practiced  at  Binghamton  since 
1878 •"><■>  C 

CUNNKKN,  JOHN;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Knis,  Ireland,  May  IK,  184H; 
came  to  the  United  States  in  IHfil,  and 
settled  in  Albion,  N.  Y.  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Rochester  in  1X74;  married 
Klizabeth  K.  liass  of  .Albion  January  20, 
1X70;  ])racti(ed  law  in  Albion,  l«74-9(), 
and  has  practiced  in  Buffalo  since  1X!K).        149  W 

CURl'LSS,  {;K0R(;K  B.  ;  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton ;  was  born  at  Mount  Morris, 
N.  Y.,  September  1(>,  1852  ;  was  educated 
in  Illinois  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  in  IHXO  ;  was  elected  dis- 
trict attorney  in  IHH:!,  and  held  the  office 
six  years  ;  married  Mary  D.  Bliss  of  Lisle, 
N.  Y.,  May  1,  18«H  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Binghamton  since  1880 .'](>  C 

CUSHMAN,  CllAKI.KS  W.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Cleveland,  O.,  .Aug- 
u.st  31,  1848  ;  attended  the  Cleveland  pub- 
lic schools  and  the  Rockford  (111.)  High 
School  ;  spent  two  years  in  the  army, 
lX(i4-(i5:  married  Ceorgie  L.  Doran  of 
Chicago  March  18,  1X73  ;  entered  the  ser- 
vice of  the  I^ke  Shore  iV  Michigan  South- 
ern railway  in  18(i9,  and  was  general  agent 
of  the  com])any,  1x72— X();  organized  the 
Railway  Car  .A.ssociation  in  1880,  and  has 
been  president  thereof  since 27  W 

CUSHMAN,  DANIKL  B.  ;  resides  in  Nor- 
wich ;  was  born  at  Plymouth,  N.  Y., 
December  18,  1852  ;  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  187<i,  and  from  Columbia  Col- 
lege Ijw  School  in  1878;  was  a  member 
of  the  Chenango-county  board  of  super- 
visors, 1X82-89  ;  married  Sadie  Yan  Cleft 
of  Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  December  3,  1891  ; 
has  prat  ticeil  law  at  Norwich  since  1880.  (!  C 

CUTLKR,  J.\MI".S  (;.  ;  resides  in  Roches- 
ter: was  born  at  .AUiany  .April  24,  1848; 
attended  .Albany  .Ac.idemy  three  years ; 
studied  architecture,  and  practiced  his 
profession  at  Rochester,  1X72-X4;  mar- 
ried Anna  Katharine  .Abbey  of  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  Sei)tember  27,  1X71  ;  invented 
and  latented  the  mail  chute,  anil  has  been 
manager  of  the  Cutler  Mfg.  Co.,  makers 
of  the  Kime,  since  1884;  was  a  presiden- 
tial elector  in  lX!»(i.  ISO 


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DAKE,  MOSES  W.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Portage,  N.  Y.,  March  23,  1841  ; 
was  educated  at  district  schools  and  Nunda 
Academy  ;  was  clerk  in  a  hardware  store 
at  Albion,  N.  Y.,  1864-68  ;  married  Har- 
riet T.  Hallenbake  of  Albion  December 
24,  1867  ;  engaged  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness at  Nunda,  1868-79  ;  has  carried  on 
the  Niagara  Baking  Co. ,  now  known  as 
the  Niagara  Bakery  Branch  U.  S.  Baking 
Co.,  Buffalo,  since  1883 322  W 

DAMBACH,  WILLIAM  C.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  June  13, 
1861  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools; 
served  as  clerk  in  a  drug  store,  1875-82  ; 
was  a  member  of  the  drug  firm  of  Ceorge 
1.  Thurstone  &  Co.,  1882-84;  studied 
medicine  for  one  year ;  has  conducted  a 
drug  business  in  Buffalo  since  1885.   .      .     323  W 

DANA,  CHARLES  A.  ;  resided  in  New 
York  city;  was  born  at  Hinsdale,  N.  H., 
August  8,  1819  ;  was  clerk  in  a  dry-goods 
store  in  Buffalo,  1830-37  ;  attended  Har- 
vard College,  1839-41  ;  lived  at  Brook 
Farm,  1842-47  ;  married  Eunice  Macdan- 
iel  of  New  York  city  March  2,  1846 ; 
worked  on  the  Boston  Chronotype,  1844- 
47,  and  on  the  New  York  Tribune,  1847- 
48  ;  was  foreign  correspondent  in  European 
capitals  in  1848  ;  was  a  proprietor  and 
managing  editor  of  the  New  York  Tribune, 
1849-62  ;  was  a.ssistant  secretary  of  war, 
1863-65  ;  was  editor  and  chief  owner  of 
the  New  York  Sun  from  January,  1868, 
until  his  death  October  17,  1897.       .      .        33  M 

DANIELS,  GEORGE  H.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city;  was  born  at  Hampshire,  111., 
December  1,  1842;  entered  the  railway 
service  in  1857  as  a  rodman  ;  was  general 
freight  and  passenger  agent  of  the  Chicago 
&  Pacific  railroad,  1872-80,  and  general 
ticket  agent  of  the  Wabash,  St.  Louis  &  Pa- 
cific railway,  1880-82  ;  was  commissioner 
of  various  traffic  associations,  1882-89  ;  has 
been  general  passenger  agent  of  the  New 
York  Central  &  Hudson  River  railroad 
since  April  1,  1889 65  M 

DANIELS,  WILLIAM  H.;  resides  in  Og- 
densluirg  ;  was  born  at  Ogdensburg  No- 
vember 3,  1840  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  ;  was  a  clerk  in  a  grocery 
store  at  Ogdensburg,  1856-61  ;  served  in 
the  Union  army,  1861-66  ;  married  Annie 
E.  Chatterton  of  Ogdensburg  February  16, 
1864 ;  engaged  in  the  grocery  business, 
1866-71  ;  was  collector  of  customs,  1880- 
87  ;  has  been  a  member  of  the  St.  Law- 
rence-countv  Republican  committee  since 


1882,  and  its  chairman  since  1890;  has 
conducted  a  wholesale  bakery  at  Ogdens- 
burg since  1871 14  !•; 

DARK,  THOMAS  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Kingswood,  near  Bristol,  England, 
December  21,  1814;  received  an  elemen- 
tary education,  and  learned  the  ma.son's 
trade  ;  married  Eliza  Willis  of  Kingswood 
in  1833  ;  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
settled  in  Buffalo  in  1857 ;  has  been  a 
ma.son  and  building  contractor  in  England 
and  the  United  States  since  1833.      .      .     201  W 

DARRISON,  JOHN  T.  ;  resides  in  Lock- 
port  ;  was  born  at  Lockport  October  20, 
1855  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ; 
married  Laura  A.  Lambert  of  Lockport 
September  29,  1880;  was  elected  alder- 
man of  Lockport  in  1885,  mayor  in  1892, 
and  school  trustee  in  1895  ;  was  appointed 
supervisor  in  1886,  member  of  the  board 
of  health  in  1889,  civil-service  commis- 
sioner in  1890,  railroad  commissioner  in 
1894,  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation in  1895  ;  has  conducted  a  flour,  feed, 
and  grain  business  in  Lockport  since  Janu- 
ary, 1873 "    .        90  W 

DAVENPORT,  NELSON  ;  resides  in  Troy  ; 
was  born  at  Varna,  N.  Y.,  September  13, 
1827  ;  was  educated  in  the  Troy  Con- 
ference Academy ;  graduated  from  the 
National  Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1850  ;  married  Helen  Caroline 
Osgood  of  Troy  November  25,  1857  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Troy  since  1852 ;  was 
appointed  one  of  the  state  commissioners 
of  prisons  in  1895  for  a  term  of  three 
years 32  E 

DAVIS,  GEORGE  A. ;  resides  in  Lancaster  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  August  5,  1858  ;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  ;  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880; 
married  Lillie  N.  (irimes  of  Lancaster  June 
4,  1885  ;  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
convention  in  1894,  and  was  elected  state 
senator  in  1895  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Erie- 
county  board  of  supervisors,  1885-97  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1880.    .      .     245  W 

DEAN,  BEN.  S.  ;  resides  in  Jamestown  ; 
was  born  at  Randolph,  N.  Y.,  May  10, 
1860  ;  began  work  as  a  newspaper  writer 
in  1878 ;  married  Emile  C.  Blasdell  of 
Attica,  N.  Y.,  June  27,  1883  ;  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  state  constitutional  con- 
vention in  1893  ;  organized  the  News  Pub- 
lishing Company  in  1885,  and  edited  the 
Jamestown  News  until  l.S!)7 97  W 


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SYNOPTICAL    IS  HEX—  Cpiitinued 


DEFEW,  CHAUNCEY  M.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  I'cekskill,  N.  Y., 
April  2.'{,  1h;{4  ;  ^;ratluate<l  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  IM.KJ,  and  was  admitted  to  the  lar 
in  1K.">«  ;  w;ls  memlicr  of  assembly,  1H(!2- 
(>:?,  anil  se<  retary  of  state,  lXt;4-(i.")  ;  was 
a|)|K)inted  attorney  for  the  New  N'ork  vt 
Harlem  Railroad  fo.  in  lM(i(),  general 
( ounsel  of  the  New  York  Central  &  Hud- 
son River  roati  on  its  organization  in  186!l, 
and  second  vice  president  of  the  road  in 
1><K2  ;  hxs  been  president  of  the  Central 
Hudson  road  since  1«'<5 l^  M 

DKl'KW,  (;ANS(JN;  resides  in  Hufialo ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  March  (i,  iMdfi  ;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  high  school  in  1MK4  :  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Creene,  McMillan  & 
(duck  in  Buffalo,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  IMHT  ;  married  (Irace  K.  (loodyear 
of  Buffalo  November  lo,  lH!t4  ;  has  been 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  McMillan,  (iluck, 
Booley  &  Depewsince  IX'JO 150  W 

DEXTER,  SEYMCH'R;  resides  in  Elmira  ; 
was  born  at  Independence,  N.  Y.,  March 
20,  1841  ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
18f>l-<>3;  graduated  at  Alfred  University 
in  1804;  studied  law  at  Elmira,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  18ti(i ;  married 
Elenor  E.  \Veaver  of  I.eonardsville,  N.  Y., 
June  17,  18(i8 ;  was  city  attorney  of 
Elmira  in  1872,  member  of  state  assembly 
in  1878,  and  judge  of  the  County  Court  of 
Chemung  county,  1X7H-}S!»  ;  was  president 
of  the  New  York  State  Bankers'  Associa- 
tion, l8!l(>-07  ;  has  been  president  of  the 
Second  National  Bank  of  Elmira  since 
1889 19  C 

DEVO,  ISRAEL  T.  ;  resides  in  Bingham- 
ton  ;  was  born  at  Union,  N.  Y.,  January 
28,  1854  ;  graduated  from  Amherst  Col- 
lege in  1X79  ;  taught  school  and  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883  ; 
married  Edith  A.  Weld  of  Binghamton 
June  2(),  1X«9  ;  was  a  member  of  the  New 
York  state  assembly,  1H9IMI3  ;  has  jjrac- 
ticed  law  at  Binghamton  since  18H3.       .  7  C 

niEHL,  CONRAD  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  July  17,  1843;  was  edu- 
( ated  in  public  and  private  schools  ;  grad- 
uated from  the  mediial  department  of  the 
University  of  Buffalo  in  1X(J(>  ;  was  (  oroner 
of  Erie  county,  lH(>.H-7();  mftrrietl  Caro- 
line Trautman  of  Weissembourg,  Alsace, 
May  5,  1H(J9,  and  Ix)is  M.  Masten  of 
Somerset,  Mass.,  May  28,  1892  ;  has  ])rac- 
ticed  medicine  in  Buffalo  since  18((7  ;  was 
a  member  of  the  Buffalo  board  of  s(  hool 


examiners  1892-97  ;  was  elected  mayor  of 
Buffalo  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  Novem- 
ber, 1897 324  W 

DOANE,  WII.I.IAM  CROSWEl.l,:  resides 
in  Allwiny  ;  was  born  at  Boston  March  2, 
1832  ;  graduated  from  Burlington  ( N.  J.  ) 
College  in  1M51  ;  was  ordained  to  the 
ministry  March  (>,  1853;  married  Sarah 
Katharine  Condit  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  Nov- 
ember 24,  11S53  ;  had  [arishcs  in  Burling- 
ton, N.  J.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  .-Ml^ny, 
N.  Y.,  1H53-0N  ;  has  been  bishop  of  the 
diocese  of  All«ny  since  February  2,  18((9.      21  I'. 

DORR,  SAMUEL  G.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  May  3((, 
1M4(I;  was  educated  at  Nunda  ( N.  Y. ) 
.•\cademy  and  .Mbion  State  .\cademy  in 
Wisconsin  ;  conducted  a  flour-milling  bu.si- 
ness  at  South  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  lK59-fi4  ; 
married  Rebecca  Bradley  of  Dansville  July 
7,  lH(i4  ;  engaged  in  oil  refining  and  in 
coojjerage  in  Pennsylvania,  lH(j5-72; 
graduated  from  the  medical  dejjartment  of 
the  L'niversity  of  Buffalo  in  1875,  and  has 
]>racticed  medicine  in  Buffalo  since.  151  W 

DOUGLASS,  GIBSON  L.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Chazy,  Clinton  county, 
N.  Y.,  January  22,  1839;  married  Anna 
M.  Ojers  of  Chicago  March  30,  1864; 
became  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  West- 
ern Transportation  Co.  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  in 
1><58,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the 
handling  and  transportation  of  freight  ever 
since  ;  has  been  vice  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Western  Transit  Co.,  with 
headtiuarters  at  Buffalo,  since  January  20, 
1897 455  W 

DOUGLASS,  SILAS  J.  ;  resides  in  East 
.Vurora  ;  was  born  at  Busti,  N.  Y.,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1847  :  was  edutated  in  Westfield 
(N.  Y.  )  Academy  and  Jamestown  (N.  Y. ) 
L'nion  School  and  Collegiate  Institute ; 
graduated  from  the  law  de|)artment  of 
Columbian  College,  Washington,  D.  C, 
in  1K72,  and  began  practice  in  Buffalo  in 
October,  187:{  ;  married  Leonora  (lodwin 
of  Buffalo  .May  S,  1M79  ;  was  supervisor  of 
census  for  the  11th  census  district  of  New 
York  state  in  IKMO  and  in  1890.    .      .      .     425  W 

DOW,  ALBERT  G.  ;  resides  in  Randolph; 
was  born  at  I'lainfield,  N.  H.,  August  l(i, 
l.SOH  ;  carried  on  a  shoe  business  in  Silver 
Creek,  N.  Y.,  1x27-40,  and  a  hard- 
ware business,  1840-45  ;  married  Freelove 
.\la.son  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  October  4,  1«29, 
and  Lydia  A.  Mason  April  23,  1850; 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in 
Randolph  lM45-(!3  ;    established  a  private 


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19 


bank  in  Randolph  in  18C0  ;  was  member 
of  assembly,  1868-(i4,  and  state  senator  in 
1873 ;  wa-s  president  of  the  Salamanca 
(N.  Y.)  National  Bank,  1881-90.      .      .      121  \\' 

DOWNING,  AUGUSTUS  S.  ;  resides  in 
Palmyra;  was  born  at  Baltimore,  Md., 
October  18,  1856;  graduated  from  Penn- 
sylvania College,  Gettysburg,  Penn.,  in 
1874  ;  taught  school  in  various  places  in 
New  York  state  and  in  Newark,  N.  J., 
1874-90;  married  Louise  J.  Brown  of 
Palmyra  July  17,  1889  ;  was  state  institute 
conductor,  1890-95  ;  has  been  supervisor 
of  teachers'  institutes  and  training  classes 
in  New  York  state  since  April,  1895.      .       42  G 

DOWNS,  FRED  L.  ;  resides  in  Medina; 
was  born  at  Medina  August  14,  1855 ; 
attended  district  schools  and  Medina  Acad- 
emy ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880 ; 
was  justice  of  the  peace,  1883-86,  trustee 
of  the  village  of  Medina,  1885-88,  and 
president  of  the  village,  1892-95  :  mar- 
ried Emma  A.  Hopkins  of  Medina  P^ebru- 
ary  11,  1890  ;  was  elected  to  the  assembly 
in  1895  and  1896  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Medina  since  1880 43  G 

DRAKE,  MARCUS  M.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Homer,  N.  Y.,  September  7, 
1835  ;  attended  common  schools  and  Fre- 
donia  (N.  Y. )  Academy  ;  served  as.  sailor, 
officer,  and  master  on  the  Great  Lakes, 
1851-62  ;  served  in  the  Union  army  from 
August,  1862,  until  the  close  of  the  war; 
married  Mary  A.  Ludlow  of  Buffalo  De- 
cember 17,  1867  ;  was  on  the  staff  of  the 
Erie  railway  as  captain  and  superinten- 
dent, 1865-88  ;  has  been  superintendent 
of  the  Lackawanna  Transportation  Co. 
since  August,  1888  ;  was  alderman  of  Buf- 
falo, 1879-90  ;  is  commissioner  of  public 
works,  Buffalo,  having  been  appointed  for 
the  term  1896-99 306  W 

DRUMMOND,  ROBERT  L.  ;  resides  in 
Auburn  ;  was  born  at  New  York  city  Au- 
gust 21,  1842;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  and  academies ;  taught  school, 
1861-64;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
18()4-(55  ;  was  school  commissioner  in 
Cayuga  county,  1866-68  ;  studied  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871  ;  married 
Anna  E.  Burke  of  Meridian,  N.  Y.,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1872 ;  was  district  attorney  of 
Cayuga  county,  1879-87  ;  has  practiced 
law  in  Auburn  since  1872 44  G 

DUCKWITZ,  F.  H.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Wheatfield,  N.  Y., 
August  11,  1858  ;  attended  district  schools 


and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College  ; 
studied  law  in  a  Lockport  office,  and  grad- 
uated from  the  law  department  of  Union 
University  in  1.S80 ;  married  Henrietta 
Waldron  Springsteed  of  Albany  Decem- 
ber 22,  18.S0  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1880. 392  W 

DUDLEY,  JOSEPH  P.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Candia,  N.  H.,  November  21, 
1832  ;  attended  country  schools,  and  grad- 
uated from  Pembroke  (N.  H.)  Academy 
in  1852  ;  married  Mary  F.  Underhill  of 
Concord,  Mass.,  in  1854  ;  moved  to  Buf- 
falo in  1858  ;  engaged  in  the  oil-refining 
business  from  1861  until  1882  in  the  firm 
of  Dudley  &  Co.  ;  has  been  manager  of 
the  Star  Oil  (Buffalo)  Branch  of  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company  since  1882 28  W 

DUDLEY,  WESLEY  C.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Colden,  Erie  county, 
N.  Y.,  May  31,  1867;  attended  district 
schools  and  East  Aurora  (N.  Y. )  Academy  ; 
taught  school,  1884-90  ;  was  elected  school 
commissioner  of  the  southern  part  of  Erie 
county  in  1890  ;  studied  law  in  Buffalo, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1894  ;  mar- 
ried Floy  Belle  Stickney  of  Buffalo  April 
18,  1895  ;  was  clerk  of  the  Erie-county 
board  of  supervisors,  1895-97  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Buffalo  since  1894;  was 
appointed  assistant  United  States  district 
attorney  in  September,  1897 325  W 

DUHL,  LOUIS ;  resides  in  Elmira ;  was 
born  at  Kreuznach,  Germany,  October  7, 
1852  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ; 
came  to  America  and  settled  in  Elmira  in 
1869  ;  married  Harriet  A.  Brown  of  Elmira 
October  1,  1876  ;  was  elected  alderman  in 
1885  ;  was  appointed  park  commissioner 
in  1892  ;  has  been  general  manager  and 
treasurer  of  the  Elmira  Ice  Co.,  Ltd.,  since 
1884 37  C 

DUKE,  GRANT  ;  resides  in  Wellsville  ; 
was  born  at  Wellsville  June  1,  1863;  was 
educated  at  the  Pennsylvania  Military 
Academy  and  at  Alfred  University  ;  mar- 
ried Anna  B.  Taylor  of  Wellsville,  March 
24,  1884  ;  was  president  of  the  village  of 
Wellsville,  1894-95  ;  has  been  engaged  in 
business  in  Wellsville  and  Allegany  county, 
as  lumber  merchant  and  oil  producer,  since 
1883 122  W 

DUN,  ROBERT  GRAHAM  ;  resides  in 
New  York  city  ;  was  born  at  Chillicothe, 
O.,  August  7,  1826;  went  to  New  York 
city  in  1850,  and  entered  the  mercantile- 
agency  business ;  married  Mary  D.  Brad- 
ford, a  descendant  of  Governor  Bradford  of 


20 


.S-  J  XOPT/L  A  I.    IS  HEX  —  Continiifd 


Massachusetts  ;  has  conducted  the  mercan- 
tile agency  of  R.  G.  Uun  &  Co.  since 
1«;j!(.     .    ' 4i;  \I 

DUNBAR,  tHARLKS  F.  ;  resi<les  in  Bui 
falo  ;  was  born  at  Boston  January  (i,  1K:{!»  ; 
was  educated  in  public  si  hools  ;  married 
Mrs.  Lucille  De  Wolf  Berston  of  I'elham, 
(Int.,  October  2«,  1«(!1  ;  carried  on  a 
dreilging  business  in  Buffalo,  lH(!(l-!)4; 
invented  a  submarine  drilling  machine  in 

i«7;{ io:i  w 

DUNCAN,  W  II.I.IAM  A.;  resides  in  Syra- 
cuse ;  was  horn  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 1,  1h;{7  ;  wa.s  educated  in  Syracu.se: 
married  Julia  B.  Coleman  of  Seneca  Falls, 
.\.  v.,  -May  21,  1?<(>.J  ;  has  made  his  home 
in  Syracuse  since  1X40,  and  has  devoted 
his  life  to  Sunday-school  and  general  edu- 
cational work '.•!•; 

DUSENBURV,  JOHN  F.  ;  resides  in  Port- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  I'ortville  June  10,  1H;J(!  ; 
was  educated  in  common  .schools  and 
at  Binghamton  (  N.  Y. )  Academy;  com- 
menced l)usiness  as  a  country  merchant  in 
Fortville  in  1H,1H  ;  engaged  in  lumbering 
in  the  same  jjlace  in  iMfiO,  and  later  in  the 
manufacture  of  leather  and  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness ;  married  Hattie  A.  Foster  of  Chili, 
N.  Y.,  in  February,  1861,  and  Delle  V. 
Mather  of  Southwick,  Ma.ss.,  in  July,  18<ii) ; 
established,  with  others,  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Olean,  .N.  Y.,  in  1K72,  and  has 
been  president  of  the  same  since  ISil."!.  .      Vl'?i  W 

DUTCH  FR,  JOHN  B.;  resides  in  Bawling; 
was  born  at  Dover,  Dutchess  county,  N.  Y., 
February  1.'5,  iX.'iO;  married  Christina 
Dodge  of  Pawling  May  20,  18(i()  ;  was 
member  of  the  New  York  state  a.ssembly, 
18(>1-G2,  and  of  the  state  senate,  lH(i4-»)5  ; 
has  been  a  director  of  the  New  York  & 
Harlem  railroad  since  18(i4,  and  has  had 
charge  of  the  de|)artment  of  live-stock 
transportation  of  the  .New  York  Central  & 
Hud.son  River  railroad  since  \H\')  ;  has 
lived  at  Pawling  since  lx(il,  where  he  has 
maintained  an  extensive  farm.        ...       4!^  M 

FAI'ON,  JAMFS  \V.  ;  resides  in  Albany; 
wxs  born  at  .\lbany  May  14,  lx.')(!;  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  187!»,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1M82  ;  married  Flora 
Cady  of  I.ockport,  N.  Y.,  September  2."!, 
1H8;?,  and  Mrs.  Hortense  Willey  Vibbard 
of  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  July  17,  18'.»4  ;  was 
district  attorney  of  .Mbany  comity,  18112- 
!I4  ;  has  practiced  law  in  .Mtianv  since 
1«K2  .      .  22  F 


FC.C.FRT,  Ol.IVFR  J.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Petersburg,  Penn.,  October 
.■?1,  1828  ;  received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation ;  conducted  a  general  store  at 
Fggertsville,  Frie  county,  N.  Y.,  1847-<)2  ; 
married  Susan  Frick  of  Fggert.sville  No- 
vember 15,  1?<4!(  ;  was  appointed  un<ier 
sheriff  of  I'lrie  county  in  lHt>2,  and  was 
elected  sheriff  for  the  years  iHC.Vfu  ;  has 
been  secretary  of  the  Buffalo  Ccmian 
Insurance  Co.  since  1874.  202  W 

FI.LSWORTH,  TIMOTHY  F.  ;  rcMdes  in 
Fockport  ;  was  born  at  Fast  \Vind.sor, 
Conn.,  September  21,  IH.'JO  ;  was  educated 
at  public  and  private  .schools,  and  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Rochester  in 
IM.57  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Roches- 
ter in  18.")8,  and  began  |>ractice  at  Ix)ck- 
port  ;  served  in  the  Union  army,  1861-65  ; 
married,  on  February  2,  1864,  Orissa  M. 
Shoemaker  of  I.ockport,  who  died  October 
2H,  iKIi.')  ;  was  collector  of  customs  at  Sus- 
pension Bridge,  N.  Y.,  1X70-7K,  and  state 
senator,  1M><2-Hr)  ;  was  elected  state  sena- 
tor from  the  4.Jth  district  in  IX!).")  ;  has 
practiced  law  at  Fockport  since  1865.     .      294  W 

FLY,  WILLIAM  CARYL:  resides  in  Niag- 
ara Falls:  was  born  at  Middlefield,  N.  Y., 
February  2.J,  lH5ti  ;  was  educated  at  Coop- 
erstown  (N.  Y.)  LInion  School,  Ciirard 
(Pa.)  Academy,  Delaware  Literary  Insti- 
tute (Franklin,  N.  Y.  ),  and  Cornell  Uni- 
versity ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  18«2  ; 
married  (Jrace  Keller  of  Cobleskill,  N.  Y., 
February  13,  18X4  ;  was  a  member  of  the 
state  as.sembly,  18X.S-X5  ;  has  practiced 
law  at  Niagara  Falls  since  1HN5  ;  was  ap- 
pointed director  general  of  the  Pan-.-\meri- 
can  Fxposition  in  18y7 !•!'  ^V 

FMFRSON,  GFORC.F  D.  :  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  .Abbott's  Corners,  N.  Y., 
December  4,  1847  :  was  educated  in  Buf- 
falo public  schools,  and  graduated  from 
the  high  school  in  iXO-'i  :  married  Susan 
K..  Corwin  of  Buffalo  December  11,  1872  ; 
was  connected  with  the  freight  de|)artnient 
of  the  Central- Hudson  railroad  at  Buffalo, 
1H74-H7,  and  with  the  inspection  bureau 
of  the  Central  Traffic  .\s.so<  iation,  188S- 
8!)  ;  was  s])ecial  agent  of  the  United  States 
census  bureau,  18!l()-!ll  ;  has  been  deputy 
clerk  of  the  New  York  state  senate  sin<  e 
1««I4 -'{fiil  W 

EMFRSON,  HFNRY  P.:  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Lynnfield,  Mass.,  January  11, 
1X47:  graduated  from  Phillips  .Vcademy, 
.\ndover,  .Ma.ss.,  in  1X67,  and  from  Roches- 
ter University  in   1X71   with  the  degree  of 


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21 


A.  B.,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from 
the  latter  institution  in  1874 ;  married 
Mary  A.  Estey  of  Middleton,  Mass.,  Aug- 
ust 4,  1874  ;  came  to  Buffalo  in  the  same 
year  as  teacher  of  tlreek  and  Latin  in  the 
Central  High  School,  of  which  he  was 
appointed  principal  in  1883;  was  elected 
su]ierintendent  of  education  of  the  city  of 
Buffalo  in  1892,  taking  office  January  1, 
1893,  for  a  term  of  three  years  ;  was  re- 
elected to  the  same  position  in  November, 
1895 30  W 

EMERY,  EDWARD  K.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  East  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  July  29, 
1851  ;  attended  the  district  schools  and 
academy  of  his  native  town  ;  taught  school 
and  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1877  ;  married  Clara  B.  Darbee  of 
East  Aurora  October  7,  188(5  ;  was  mem- 
ber of  assembly,  1887-88  ;  practiced  law 
in  Buffalo,  1877-95  ;  was  elected  judge  of 
the  Erie  County  Court  in  1895  for  the 
term  189(5-1901 332  W 

EUSTACE,  ALEXANDER  C.  ;  resides  in 
Elmira ;  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  May 
12,  1855 ;  was  educated  in  private  and 
public  schools  ;  studied  law  in  Albany, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879  ;  was 
county  clerk  of  Chemung  county  in  1878 
and  in  1882-84  ;  was  state  civil-service 
commissioner,  1889-93,  a  member  of  the 
Democratic  state  committee,  1889-93,  and 
a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  national  con- 
vention in  1892  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Elmira  since  1879 51  C 

EVANS,  ASHER  B.  ;  resided  in  Lockport ; 
was  born  at  Hector,  N.  Y.,  September  21, 
1834 ;  taught  school  and  studied  at  vari- 
ous preparatory  institutions,  1851-58  ;  at- 
tended the  University  of  Rochester,  and 
graduated  from  Madison  (now  (Colgate) 
University  in  1860 ;  was  principal  of 
various  schools  in  western  New  York, 
1860-()(i ;  married  Sarah  Elizabeth  Haines 
of  Lockport  May  16,  1869  ;  was  principal 
of  the  Lockport  Union  School  from  1866 
until  his  death  September  24,  1891.  .      .       51  D 

FAIRCHILD,  JOSEPH  L.  ;  resides  in 
Hamburg;  was  born  at  Waterloo,  N.  Y., 
April  8,  1831  ;  was  educated  in  private 
schools  and  Waterloo  Academy ;  studied 
law  in  a  Buffalo  office,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1853  ;  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo, 1853-67  ;  married  Anna  E.  Dennison 
of  Buffalo  November  13,  1862 ;  was  a 
member  of  the  Erie-county  board  of  su])er- 
visors,  186(5-67,  and  a  park  commissioner 


of  Buffalo  for  eight  years,  beginning  in 
1874  ;  wa.s  register  in  bankruptcy  at  Buf- 
falo, 1868-97 39;'.  W 

FARNHAM,  CHARLES  C.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Bradford,  Vt.,  May 
9,  1864  ;  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Vermont  in  1886,  and  from  Columbia 
College  Law  School  in  1889  ;  wa.s  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  at  Buffalo  in  1889  ;  married 
Grace  Hall  of  Ellington,  Conn.,  October 
30,  1889;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1889 395  W 

FASSETT,  J. '  S.  ;  resides  in  Elmira  ;  was 
born  at  Elmira  November  13,  1853  ;  was 
educated  in  jmblic  schools  and  Elmira  Free 
Academy,  and  graduated  from  the  Lhiiver- 
sity  of  Rochester  in  1875;  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1878  ;  married  Jennie  Louise 
Crocker  of  Sacramento,  Cal.,  February 
13,  1879  ;  was  district  attorney,  1879-80, 
state  senator,  1884-91,  and  collector  of 
the  port  of  New  York  in  1891  ;  was  Repub- 
lican candidate  for  governor  of  New  York 
state  in  1891,  and  temporary  chairman  of 
the  Republican  national  convention,  held 
in  Minneapolis  in  1892 20  C 

FASSETT,  N.  P.;  resided  in  Elmira;  was 
born  at  Troy,  Penn.,  November  26,  1822  ; 
was  educated  at  Elmira  Free  Academy  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1849  ;  married 
Martha  Ellen  Sloat  of  Sloatsburg,  N.  Y., 
October  20,  1852  ;  practiced  law  in  Elmira 
from  1849  until  his  death  January  17, 
1894 ;      .      .      .        19  D 

FELLOWS,  ISAIAH,  Jr.  ;  resides  in  Co- 
hoes  ;  was  born  at  Wednesbury,  Eng. , 
August  20,  1860 ;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1870,  and  settled  in  Cohoes  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1886,  and  has  prac- 
ticed in  Cohoes  ever  since  ;  was  appointed 
recorder  of  the  city  of  Cohoes  July  20, 
1896,  for  the  term  1896-1900.      ."     .      .       33  E 

FENNER,  MILTON  M.  ;  resides  in  Fre- 
donia  ;  was  born  at  South  Stockton,  N.  Y., 
July  28,  1837  ;  w-as  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  Ellington  (N.  Y.)  Academy,  and 
Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  I'enn.  ; 
graduated  from  the  F^clectic  Medical  In- 
stitute at  Cincinnati  in  1860;  married 
Georgianna  L.  Grandin  of  Jamestown, 
N.  Y.,  June  5,  1866,  and  Florence  E. 
Bondeson  of  Jamestown  March  28,  1883  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army  and  navy,  1861- 
64  ;  practiced  medicine  in  Michigan,  1859- 
61,  and  in  Jamestown,  1864-69  ;  was  mem- 
ber of  a.ssembly,  1881-82,  and  deputy 
collector  of  customs  at   the  ijort  of    New 


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York,  1890-!H  ;  has  practiced  medicine 
in  Krcdonia  simc  IXC!*,  and  carried  on  the 
manufacUirc  ol  |iro|)rictarv  nicdi«  incs  there 
since  1S72 ' 12»  U 

FISH,  I.KONARl)  I'.  ;  resides  in  Kuiton- 
ville  ;  was  i>orn  at  Kultonviile  March  "J"), 
l«(>7  :  wxs  educated  at  Clinton  I.ii>eral 
Institute  :  studied  law,  and  was  ailn)itted 
to  the  liar  in  1h;M)  ;  has  i>een  district  attor- 
ney of  Montj^omery  county  since  18H.'J; 
has  practiced  law  at  Kidtonville  since 
1891 10K 

KISHP:R,  JEROMK  B.  ;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  wasliornat  Russell,  Warren  county, 
I'cnn.,  February  i;{,  18.")1  ;  moved  to 
Jamestown  May  8,  18G4  ;  was  educated  at 
Jamestown  Union  School  and  Collegiate 
Institute,  and  Cornell  L'niversity  ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  l)ar  in  1878  ;  married  Julia 
K.  Hatch  of  Jamestown  December  1!>, 
1K78  ;  was  alternate  delegate  to  the  Repub- 
lican national  convention  in  1XX4,  and 
a  delegate  in  1888  ;  was  elected  county 
judge  of  Chautau(|ua  county  in  November, 
iHittj  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Jamestown 
since  1878 385  W 

FLACLER,  BEN'JAMIN;  resides  in  Niag- 
ara Falls;  was  born  at  Fockport,  N.  Y. , 
December  10,  183;^  ;  was  educated  in  |>ub- 
lic  schools;  married  Martha  J.  McKnight 
of  Newfane,  N.  Y.,  Noveml)er  !t,  18r)9; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  18(>l-(i2  ; 
settled  in  Niagara  Falls  in  18(J3;  was  in 
the  customs  service  at  Susjjension  Bridge, 
N.  Y.,  as  inspector,  deputy  collector,  and 
collector,  18()3-8(i  ;  has  been  president  of 
the  Suspension  Bridge  Bank  since  188(i, 
and  vice  president  of  the  Niagara  Falls 
Power  Co.  since  1891 125  \V 

FI.AC.FFR,  THOMAS  T.;  resided  in  I.ock- 
l)ort  ;  was  born  at  Pleasant  Valley,  N.  Y., 
October  12,  1811  ;  after  attending  country 
schools,  was  apprenticed  to  the  printing 
trade  at  Oxford,  N.  Y.,  in  1827  ;  became 
publisher  of  the  Chenango  Rtpiililican  in 
1X29,  and  of  the  Niagara  Courier  in  1838  ; 
was  elected  to  the  New  York  legislature  in 
1842,  1H43,  and  1800;  was  treasurer  of 
Niagara  county  in  1849  ;  was  representa- 
tive in  congress,  1853—57  ;  was  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  of  18(i7- 
(J8  ;  lived  in  I.ockport  from  IH.'^li  until  his 
death  Sei)tember  5,  1K97 100  W 

FI.FISCHMANN,  (lUSTAV;  resides  in 
Buffalo ;  was  born  at  Vienna,  Austria, 
March  22,  1850;  came  to  the  Inited 
Slates  in  18(U!;  married  Emilie  Robertson 


of  New  York  city  August  24,  1880 ;  has 
been  engaged  in  the  distilling  business 
in   Buffalo  since  1X77 154  W 

FI.FMINt;,  EDWIN;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  West  Lebanon,  Ind.,  Decem- 
ber 11,  1847  ;  graduated  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  in  1870  ;  engaged  in  news- 
|>aper  work  of  various  kinds  for  several 
Michigan  pajiers  until  1H73  ;  after  sjtend- 
ing  eighteen  months  abroad,  went  to  Wash- 
ington as  corresijondent  of  New  York, 
Detroit,  and  St.  Louis  newspapers,  and  of 
the  Buffalo  Courier:  married  Harriet  L. 
Stone  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  April  20, 
1881  ;  was  editor  of  the  Buffalo  Courier, 
18X5-97  ;  became  secretary  to  the  mayor 
of  Buffalo  January  1,  1898.'  31  W 

FLOOD,  THOMAS  S.  ;  resides  in  Elmira  ; 
was  born  at  Lodi,  Seneca  county,  N.  Y., 
.April  12,  1844  ;  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  Elmira  Free  Academy  ; 
began  work  as  clerk  in  a  drug  store  at 
I'".lmira  in  1X()5,  and  established  there,  in 
IXOX,  a  drug  business  that  he  has  conduc- 
ted ever  since  ;  married  Frances  Miller  of 
Elmira  June  23,  1870  ;  was  engaged  in 
iimiber  and  other  business  at  Dubois,  Penn., 
1874-79  ;  was  a  member  of  the  50th  and 
51st  congresses,  1887-91  ;  has  been  trustee 
and  vice  |)resident  of  the  Elmira  Savings 
Bank  since  1891 38  C 

FLOWER,  ROSWELL  P.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  ( ity  ;  was  born  at  Theresa,  N.  Y., 
.\ugust  7,  lx;i5  :  graduated  from  the  'The- 
resa High  School  in  1851  ;  was  clerk  in 
the  post  office  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  1854- 
00  ;  married  Sarah  M.  Woodruff  of  Water- 
town  December  20,  1859:  conducted  a 
jewelry  store  in  Watertown,  18()(>-fi9; 
engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  New 
York  city,  1X09-X1  ;  was  member  of  con- 
gress, 18'xl-x:{and  18X9-91  ;  was  governor 
of  New  York  state,   1892-94 19  M 

FOLSOM,  BENJAMIN;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Folsomdale,  Wyoming  county, 
N.  Y.,  December  5,  1847  ;  graduated  from 
the  L'niversity  of  Rochester  in  1871  ; 
served  as  newspaper  i  orres|)on(icnt,  1X71- 
72  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1875  ;  i)racticed  law  in  Buffalo, 
l«7H-80;  was  United  States  consul  at 
Sheffield,  Eng.,  1880-93;  married  Mrs. 
Ella  Blanchard  Howard  of  Rochester  Oc- 
tober 11,  1893;  resumed  the  ]>ractice  of 
law  in  BulTalo  in  1893 2-10  W 

FORSYTH,  JA.MES  C..;  resides  in  BulTalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  April  17,  1832;  was 
educated  in  the  ])ublic  schools  of  Kenosha, 


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Wis.;  married  Jane  Elizabeth  Dodge  of 
Buffalo  March  10,  1857  ;  entered  the  ser- 
vice of  Sidney  Shepard  &  Co.  of  Buffalo  in 
1856,  and  has  been  a  partner  in  the  firm 
since  1860 32  W 

FOSTER,  SAMUEL  ;  resides  in  Troy  ;  was 
born  at  Grafton,  N.  Y.,  September  26, 
1847  ;  attended  common  schools  ;  taught 
school,  186S-69;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  September  7,  1871  ; 
married  Charlotte  A.  Irving  of  Troy  April 
20,  1874;  was  assistant  district  attorney 
of  Rensselaer  county,  1876—78,  and  district 
attorney,  1870-81  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Troy  since  1871,  with  the  exception  of 
a  few  years  spent  in  business  in  Kansas 
City,  Mo 67  E 

FOWLER,  JOSEPH  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  in  Clifton  Park  township,  Sara- 
toga county,  N.  Y.,  May  3,  1847;  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  ; 
taught  school,  1864-60  ;  married  Cornelia 
F.  Cowles  of  Buffalo  in  1867  ;  graduated 
from  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo  in  1873  ;  was  elected  a 
coroner  of  Erie  county  in  1881  ;  was 
Republican  candidate  for  superintendent 
of  education  of  Buffalo  in  1889;  was 
appointed  surgeon  of  the  department  of 
police  in  1886,  and  has  held  the  position 
since  ;  has  practiced  medicine  in  Buffalo 
since  1873 204  W 

FRANCHOT,  N.  V.  V.;  resides  in  Olean  ; 
was  born  at  Morris,  Otsego  county,  N.  Y., 
August  21,  1855;  was  educated  at  Union 
School  and  at  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
graduating  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1875 ;  married  Annie  Coyne  Wood  of 
Warren,  Penn.,  November  5,  1879;  was 
elected  mayor  of  Olean  in  February,  1894  ; 
has  been  in  business  in  Olean,  as  an  oil 
producer,  since  1878 101  W 

FRANK,  AUGUSTUS  ;  resided  in  Warsaw  ; 
was  born  at  Warsaw  July  17,  1826  ;  was 
educated  in  public  schools  and  by  private 
instructors  ;  engaged  in  a  general  mercan- 
tile business  at  Warsaw,  1847-71  ;  was 
representative  in  congress,  1859-65  ;  was 
a  delegate  to  the  state  constitutional  con- 
ventions of  1867  and  1894,  and  a  presiden- 
tial elector  in  1889  ;  married  Agnes  Mc- 
Nair  of  Groveland,  N.  Y.,  August  28, 
1867  ;  organized  the  Bank  of  Warsaw  in 
1871,  and  was  president  thereof  until  his 
death  April  29,  1895 35  D 

FROST,  GEOR(iE  H.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  at  Cherry  Creek,  N.  Y.,  Decem- 
ber 15,   1850  ;    attended   district  schools, 


and  union  schools  at  Jamestown  and  Elling- 
ton ;  taught  .school  in  various  towns,  1870- 
82;  married  Helen  M.  Perrin  of  Dayton, 
N.  Y.,  December  18,  1879;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883 ; 
practiced  law  in  Cherry  Creek,  1883-89  ; 
was  member  of  assembly,  1887-88  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  November, 
1889 •■!!>6  W 

FUERTES,  E.  A.;  resides  in  Ithaca;  was 
born  at  St.  John's,  Porto  Rico,  W.  I., 
May  10,  1838  ;  received  the  degrees  of 
Ph.  B.  and  Ph.  D.  from  the  Conciliar 
Seminary  of  S.  Yldefonso  ;  graduated  from 
the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy, 
in  1860;  married  Mary  Stone  Perry  of 
Troy  December  22,  1860;  was  assistant 
director  and  director  of  public  works  in 
Porto  Rico,  1861-64,  and  assistant  engi- 
neer of  the  Croton  aqueduct,  and  engineer 
of  the  Croton  aqueduct  board.  New  York, 
1864-70 ;  went  to  Cornell  University, 
Ithaca,  in  1873,  as  dean  of  the  department 
of  civil  engineering,  and  has  been  director 
of  the  College  of  Civil  Engineering  there 
since  1889 40  C 

FULLER,  FREDERICK  A.,  Jr.;  resides 
in  Jamestown;  was  born  at  Rutland,  Vt., 
April  10,  1839 ;  was  educated  in  the 
Jamestown  Academy  ;  was  a  clerk  in  his 
father's  store  in  Jamestown,  1857-66 ; 
married  Cornelia  Ludlow  Benedict  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  24,  1866  ;  engaged 
in  the  jewelry  business  as  an  importer  in 
New  York  city,  1866-75  ;  was  a  presiden- 
tial elector  in  1884;  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Jamestown  board  of  education  since 
1884,  and  its  president  since  1890  ;  has 
conducted  a  jewelry  business  in  Jamestown 
since  1878 434  W 

GAINES,  C.  C;  resides  in  Poughkeepsie  ; 
was  born  at  Dowell,  Charlotte  county,  Va., 
March  15,  1857  ;  graduated  from  Hamp- 
den Sidney  College  in  1875  ;  taught  school 
in  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  1875-80 ; 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Virginia 
in  1882  ;  practiced  law  in  Chicago,  1882- 
83 ;  married  Mrs.  M.  M.  Eastman  of 
Poughkeepsie  October  29,  1884  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  Eastman  Business  Col- 
lege, Poughkeepsie,  since  November  25, 
1884  ;  esUiblished  the  New  York  Business 
College  in  1892,  and  has  carried  on  the 
same  since 15  E 

GASKILL,  JOSHUA  ;  resides  in  Lockport ; 
was  born  at  Royalton,  N.  Y.,  November  4, 
1835  ;  was  educated  at  the  Lock|:>ort  I'nion 


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School,  Wilson  Collegiate  Institute,  (las- 
l>ort  AiailL'iny,  and  the  Iniveniity  of 
RcM-hcster,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
l«.")!l;  was  admitted  to  the  lar  in  lH(i(); 
married  Salome  l"ox  of  l,o<k|>ort  May  2'), 
1K(58;  was  apjiointed  <  ity  i  lerk  of  l.otk- 
|»ort  in  lNti."i,  and  <  lerk  of  the  lioard  of 
sii|K.Tvisors  of  Niagara  county  the  same 
year  ;  was  elcctcil  treasurer  of  l.ock|)ort  in 
1x70,  and  surrogate  of  Niagara  county  in 
1«71  :  has  practiced  law  in  l.ock|>ort  since 
\m:\ lO-.MV 

(JATCHKLl,,  {;i;()k(;K  S.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  Itorn  at  Wheatfield,  N.  V'.,  Jan- 
uary 1(>,  1H47  :  attended  the  lx)ck|)ort 
I'nion  School  until  lH(i:{,  when  he  moved 
to  I'hiladeljihia  ;  enlisted  in  the  ."id  Penn- 
sylvania cavalry  in  June,  lM(i4,  and  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war;  moved  to  Huf- 
lalo  in  IStiti,  and  engaged  in  railroad  sur- 
veying ;  was  a])|)oinled  chief  engineer  in 
1K72  of  what  is  now  the  Western  New  York 
&  Pennsylvania  railroad,  and  was  general 
superintendent  of  that  comi)any,  lx7!l-Wi); 
married  Sarah  M.  Ketcham  of  HutTalo  Octo- 
ber 15,  1x74  ;  was  appointed  a  commis- 
sioner of  pulilic  works  of  the  city  of 
Buffalo  January  4,  l«!t'2,  for  a  term  of  one 
year,  and  was  reapix)inted  January  4, 
iHK.j,  for  three  years;  has  been  manager 
of  the  Buffalo  Klevating  Co.  since  IHHil ; 
was  appointed  in  1897  general  inspector 
for  the  state  railroad  commission.  XK  W 

CAVIN,  JOSKPH  K.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  horn  at  Buffalo  November  14,  1H.").t; 
was  educated  in  public  schools,  St.  Joseph's 
College,  Buffalo,  and  St.  Michael's  Col- 
lege, Toronto  ;  married  Sarah  K.  Candee 
of  Buffalo  October  .31,  1H81  ;  was  customs 
insitector  at  Buffalo,  188.5-89,  and  comp- 
troller of  the  city,  1«!>2-!I4;  has  been 
engaged  in  the  coal  and  wood  business  in 
Buffalo  since  188.3 20.5  W 

CKRSr,  PHILIP;  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  Sejitember  17,  lH(;:i;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College  :  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  Krie  railroad,  1K7!(-M(),  and 
of  Dakin  i\:  Sloan,  coal  dealers,  18«(5-''<H; 
was  member  of  assembly,  18!l4-!(.")  ;  was 
elected  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Buffalo  in 
18!).'),  for  the  term  189(i-!IJI ;  has  carried 
on  a  real-estate  and  insurance  business 
since  1888 248  W 

CIBSON,  BYRON  1).;  resides  in  Hast 
Aurora  ;  was  born  at  Kast  .\urora  Septem- 
ber 12,  18.5!)  ;  was  educated  in  district 
schools  and  .Aurora  .Academv  :   was  a  clerk 


in  his  father's  store  at  East  Aurora,  1878- 
!l();  married  Hattie  A.  Holmes  of  llast 
Aurora  September  4,  1882;  was  postmas- 
ter at  Willink,  189(Mt.3;  was  tni.stee  of 
the  village  of  Kast  .Aurora,  I«'.l2-!t4,  and 
its  president,  1H!I4— !Mi  ;  was  elected  sujier- 
visorof  the  town  of  .Aurora  in  .March,  189.5, 
for  two  years  ;  has  conducted  a  clothing 
store  at  Kast  .Aurora  since  189(1.      .      .      .   .38.3  ^^' 

(MI.BKR  r,  FRANK  T.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  : 
was  born  at  Brooklyn  October  1,  1K4(!  ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  at  Fal- 
ley  Seminary,  and  at  Ames's  Commercial 
C'ollege,  Syracuse ;  married  Helen  A. 
Briggs  of  Phoenix,  N.  Y.,  October  10, 
1H(J(!  ;  engaged  in  business  in  Phoenix, 
18()8-(i9;  studied  law,  lM(i9-71  ;  went  to 
Buffalo  in  1X71',  and  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile jiursuits  until  IMHO;  became  dcjiuty 
sheriff  of  Krie  county  in  1880,  under 
sheriff  in  1881,  sheriff  in  18.S.5,  and  under 
sheriff  again  in  189.5.  ...     2(Ki  W 

(ILKNN,  WILLIAM  J.;  resides  in  Cuba; 
was  born  at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  July  2, 
1802  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  at  Well.sville  (N.  Y. )  Academy; 
learned  the  jjrinter's  trade,  and  worked 
on  newspajjcrs,  1K79-83  ;  married  Jessie 
.A.  (Joodrich  of  Wellsville  December  .31, 
1XX2  ;  became  one  of  the  proprietors  and 
editors  of  the  Cuba  Patriot  January  1, 
1XX.3  ;  was  postmaster  of  Cuba,  1XX9-94  ; 
was  elected  doorkeeper  of  the  house  of 
representatives  in  189.5,  and  again  in 
1X97 179  W 

CLUCK.,  JA.MKS  IRASER  ;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y., 
April  28,  1852  ;  attended  common  schools. 
Upper  Canada  College,  at  Toronto,  Ont., 
and  C"ornell  University,  graduating  there- 
from in  1x74  ;  studied  law  in  Buffalo,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  187()  ;  married 
Kffie  D.  Tyler,  daughter  of  Profes,sor 
Charles  M.  Tyler  of  Cornell  University, 
June  15,  1877;  was  elected  a  trustee  of 
Cornell  in  1883  ;  was  curator  of  the  Buffalo 
Library  from  18X5  to  1887,  and  president 
of  the  tirosvenor  Library,  Buffalo,  from 
1885  until  his  death  ;  i)racticed  law  in 
Buffalo  from  1877  ;  died  in  New  \o\V 
city  December  15,  1897 34  \\ 

COOD,  JOHN;  resides  in  Far  Rockaway, 
N.  J.  ;  was  born  in  County  Roscommon, 
Ireland,  in  1X44;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  early  boyhood  ;  learned  the  bu.si- 
ness  of  rope  making  in  Brooklyn  in  his 
youth,  and  afterward  the  machinist's  trade  ; 


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became  foreman  of  a  ropewalk  in  Brook- 
lyn in  1865,  and  devoted  his  attention  to 
inventing  rope-making  machinery  ;  has 
carried  on  the  manufacture  of  such  machin- 
ery since  1869,  and  the  manufacture  of 
cordage  (in  this  country  and  in  England) 
since  1887.       .      .      .     ' 66  M 

GOODYEAR,  CHARLES  W.;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Cortland,  N.  Y. ,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1846;  com])leted  his  schooling  at 
the  Cortland  Academy  in  1867  ;  moved  to 
Buffalo  in  1868  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1871  ;  married  Ella  Portia  Conger  of 
Collins  Center,  N.  Y.,  March  23,  1876; 
was  appointed  assistant  district  attorney  of 
Erie  county  by  Daniel  N.  Lockwood,  tak- 
ing office  January  1,  1875  ;  was  appointed 
district  attorney  by  (lovernor  Robinson  to 
fill  an  unexpired  term  October  1,  1877, 
holding  oflfice  until  January  1,  1878; 
retired  from  the  practice  of  law  in  1887  to 
enter  the  lumber  and  railroad  business  with 
his  brother,  Frank  H.  Coodyear.        .      .        .la  W 

GOODYEAR,  FRANK  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Groton,  N.  Y.,  March  17, 
1849  ;  was  educated  at  East  Aurora  Acad- 
emy ;  was  bookkeeper  and  teacher  in  a 
district  school  in  1871  ;  married  Jose])hine 
Looney  of  Looneyville,  N.  Y.,  September 
13,  1872;  has  engaged  in  the  coal  and 
lumber  trade  in  Buffalo  since  1872.    .      .        11  W 

GOULD,  CHARLES  A.;  resides  in  New 
York  city;  was  born  at  Batavia,  N.  Y., 
January  13,  1849;  was  educated  in  public 
schools;  went  to  Buffalo  in  1869,  and 
began  work  as  an  accountant  ;  married 
Adelaide  Stocking  of  Batavia  September  1, 
1869  ;  was  deputy  postma.ster  of  Buffalo, 
1878-79,  and  collector  of  customs  there, 
1880-84  ;  went  into  business  for  himself  as 
a  partner  in  a  steam-forge  company  in 
1883,  and  later  established  a  forge  of  his 
own  ;  is  president  of  the  Gould  Coupler 
Co.  of  Depew,  N.  Y.,  and  the  Gould  Steel 
Co.  of  Anderson,  Ind 207  W 

GRACE,  WILLIAM  R.;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  Riverside,  Cove  of 
Cork,  Ireland,  in  1833;  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1846,  and  entered  the 
service  of  a  .shipping  house;  married  Lil- 
lius  Gilchrest  of  St.  George,  Me.,  in 
1859  ;  was  mayor  of  New  York  city,  1881- 
82  and  1885-86  ;  has  engaged  extensively 
in  the  shipping  trade,  exporting,  and  im- 
porting, with  headquarters  in  New  York 
city,  since  1865 34  M 


GRATTAN,  WILLIAM  S.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Shoemaker's,  Penn. ,  June 
8,  1846  ;  was  educated  in  district  .schools 
and  Blairstown  (N.  J.)  Seminary;  was  in 
the  emjjloy  of  the  Lackawanna  Iron  &  Coal 
Co.,  and  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  Railroad  Co.,  at  Scranton,  Penn., 
1862-70;  married  Amelia  C.  Mickens  of 
Hewitt,  N.  J.,  August  30,  1877;  had 
charge  of  various  railroad  and  other  con- 
tracts in  Massachusetts,  New  Jersey,  and 
western  New  York,  1870-83  ;  has  done  a 
general  contracting  business  in  Buffalo  since 
1883  ;  was  appointed  a  fire  commissioner 
of  Buffalo  in  1896 370  W 

GRAVES,  JOHN  C.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  November 
18,  1839 ;  attended  various  schools  and 
colleges ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
December,  1862 ;  married  Augusta  C. 
Moore  of  Buffalo  January  20,  1864 ;  was 
clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Buffalo, 
1874-86  ;  was  president  of  Frontier  Ele- 
vating Company,  1886-94  ;  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  park  commissioners  of  Buf- 
falo, 1883-97  ;  has  been  president  of  the 
Citizens'  Association  of  Buffalo  since  its 
organization  in  1889 36  W 

GREEN,  ELEAZER  ;  resides  in  Jamestown  ; 
was  born  at  Remsen,  N.  Y.,  March  16, 
1846;  was  educated  at  WestficId  (N.  Y.  ) 
Academy  and  at  the  Alliany  Law  School, 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1868  ;  married  Mary 
E.  Brown  of  Jamestown  November  5, 
1873  ;  was  elected  clerk  of  the  village  of 
Jamestown  in  1875,  and  mayor  of  the  city 
of  Jamestown  in  1894  ;  was  elected  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Chautauqua  county  in 
1895 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Jamestown 
since  1870 "...      104  W 

GREEN,  GEORGE  E.;  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton  ;  was  born  at  Kirkwood,  Broome 
county,  N.  Y.,  August  30,  1858  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  district  schools  ;  was  a  clerk  in 
country  stores,  1874-79  ;  married  Safa  E. 
Cole  of  Port  Crane,  N.  Y.,  February  27. 
1880;  has  engaged  in  the  wholesale  coal 
trade  and  in  other  business  enterprises  in 
Binghamton  since  1880 ;  was  mavor  of 
Binghamton,  1893-97 '.      .        52  C 

GREEN,  S.  S. ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was  born 
at  Starksboro,  Vt.,  January  6,  1839  ;  stud- 
ied medicine  at  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan, and  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine  from  the  University  of  the  City 
of  New  York  March  4,  1864  :  served  as  a 


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surgeon  in  the  United  States  navy,  l!S(i4— 
(15  :  married  Charlotte  S.  Cornell  of  (lays- 
villc,  \t.,  January  <>,  l«tJ(i  ;  has  practiced 
medicine  in  Hiiffalo  since  It*?").     .  20H  W 

C.kKKNK,  WAI.TKR  D.;  resides  in  Hut 
falo  ;  was  l)orn  at  Starksi>oro,  Vt.,  April 
20,  !><."».■} ;  tta.s  educated  in  district  s(  hools 
and  L'nion  Springs  (  N.  Y.  )  Academy,  and 
graduateil  from  the  medical  department  of 
the  Ciiiversity  of  liuffalo  in  1X7<>  ;  served 
on  the  staff  of  the  Rochester  City  Hospital, 
lJS7()-7«;  married  Mary  K.  I'ursel  of  Buf- 
falo November  2«,  1878;  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Mendon,  N.  Y.,  1X7H-K0;  was 
district  physician  in  the  health  dcjiartment 
of  Buffalo,  lXS2-.'<!t,  and  health  physic  ian 
of  the  city,  1K«!I-!M  ;  has  |>racticcd  medi- 
cine in  Buffalo  sine  e  iH.Sd;  was  a|)pointed 
deputy  health  <  ommissioner  of  Buffalo  Jan- 
uary i,  lHlt7,  for  a  term  of  five  years.     .     ;\M>  W 

(;R()SS,  ROBKRT  J.:  resides  in  Dunkirk; 
was  horn  at  Brighton,  Canada  West, 
November  21,  IH")!);  received  a  common - 
school  education  ;  was  in  the  telegraphic 
and  railway  service,  1SG.'}-S2 ;  married 
Helen  K.  Wheeler  of  Milnaiikce,  Wis., 
June  'IZ,  1MH7;  has  been  a  partner  in  the 
Brooks  Locomotive  Works,  Dunkirk,  since 
1«X2 ll>.".  U 

HAKIHI',  Al.BKRT;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  ICllicottville,  N.  Y.,  February 
20,  1.H42 ;  attended  district  schools  and 
S|»ringville  (  N.  Y.  )  Academy  ;  married 
.\ngeline  Waters  of  Wc^t  l-'alls,  N.  Y., 
November  20,  1SH4  ;  was  elected  succes- 
sively supervisor  from  the  second  ward  of 
Buffalo  in  DS6!t,  1H70,  and  1.S71,  county 
Judge  of  Krie  county  in  1X72,  and  justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  lor  the  Xth  judicial 
district  in  lK7ti  ;  was  re-elected  Supreme 
Court  Justice  in  1K!M>;  was  appointed  suc- 
cessively as.soi  iate  justice  of  the  Cencral 
'i'erm  of  the  Siii)reme  Court  for  the  fifth 
department  by  C.ovcrnor  Cleveland  in 
1XX4,  as.sociate  judge  of  the  second  division 
of  the  Court  of  -Appeals  by  Clovernor  Hill 
in  DSXJI,  and  as.sociate  ju.stice  of  the  (len- 
eral  Term  (again)  by  Governor  Flower  in 
lxy2;  was  elected  a.s,sociate  judge  of  the 
Court  of  Appeals  in  1H!I4 .•^X  W 

lIAl.l.HR,  FRFDKRICK;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  .Vugusta,  Ca..  .April  X, 
lX.i!(;  was  educated  in  common  schools; 
learned  the  cigar  maker's  trade  and  worked 
at  the  same,  in  .Savannah,  (la.,  anil  in  .New 
York  city,  1X71-XX;  married  .Anna  Zeip 
of   New  York  city   May  7,  1XX4  ;  studied 


law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  l>ar  in  iXill  ; 
was  a]>|)ointed  assistant  district  attorney  of 
Ivrie  county  January  1,  iXilG  ;  has  prac- 
ti.ed  law  in  Buffalo  since  ix;tl.     .      .      .     354  W 

HAI.I.IDAY,  SAMCKL  D.  ;  resides  in 
Ithaca  ;  was  Iwrn  at  Dryden,  Tompkins 
county,  N.  Y.,  January  7,  1X47  ;  gradu- 
ated from  Cornell  I'niversity  in  1X70; 
was  distrit  t  attorney  of  Tompkins  county, 
IX7-1-7"),  and  member  of  as.sembly  in  the 
legislatures  of  lx7(i  and  1X7X  ;  married 
Jennie  l.conaril  of  L'nion  Springs,  N.  \'., 
June  30,  IXXl  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Ithaca  since  1X72 41  C 

HA.MMOND,  C.  I).;  resides  in  Alliany  ; 
was  born  at  Rushford,  N.  Y.,  March  1, 
1X44  ;  was  educated  in  district  schools 
and  Friendship  (  N.  Y.  )  .Academy;  served 
in  the  Union  army,  1X(J4— (i5 ;  married 
ICunice  Klnora  Babcock  of  F'ricndshij)  Jan- 
uary 2!l,  lx(i(i  ;  was  in  the  eniploy  of  the 
Krie  railroad,  lX("i2-(>4  and  lX(;."(-72,  and 
of  the  New  York  &  Oswego  Midland  rail- 
road, 1X72-73  ;  has  been  in  the  employ  of 
the  Delaware  \-  Hudson  Canal  Co.  since 
1X74,  as  superintendent  of  the  northern 
railway  de|)artment  of  that  conijjany  since 
IXXO. ' CX  !•; 

HAMMOND,  CLARFNCK  W.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  l^ast  Jaffrey,  N.  H., 
June  3,  1X4X  ;  was  educated  in  Michigan 
schools  ;  began  business  life  in  1X()4  as  a 
bank  clerk,  and  afterward  engaged  in  lum- 
ber manufacture  in  Michigan  ;  conducted 
a  wholesale  lumber  business  in  Buffalo, 
lX7!»-X!t  ;  married  .Adele  V\.  Sirret  of  Buf- 
falo Jimc  2,  IXXl  ;  has  been  ca.shier  of  the 
People's  Bank,  Buffalo,  since  its  organiza- 
tion in  ixxit,  and  .second  vice  president 
since  January  1,  1X!I7 442  W 

HAMMOND,  RICHARD;  re.sides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  in  Ireland  January  27, 
lX4!t  ;  came  to  the  I'nitcd  Slates  in  boy- 
hood, and  learned  the  machinist's  trade  at 
Troy,  N.  Y.  ;  married  Johanna  Mahar  of 
Troy  .April  2o,  1X70;  engaged  in  business 
in  New  York  ami  Pennsylvania,  1X71-X2; 
has  conducted  the  Fake  l^rie  Boiler  Works 
at  Buffalo  since  1XX2,  and  the  l.ake  F;ric 
Fnginccring  Works  since  1X!)0.  42(5  W 

HAMMOND,  WILLIAM  W.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Hamburg,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1X31  ;  attended  common  schools 
and  Fredonia  (  N.  Y.  )  .Academy;  married 
.Amy  A.  Hurd  of  I^vans,  N.  Y.,  in  lx.')4, 
and  Louisa  .A.  Hurd  of  the  same  place  in 
ixci  ;   w.i.s  admitted  to  the  Iwr  in   BniTnlo 


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in  1861  ;  was  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  from  1852  to  1866 ;  was  elected 
county  judge  of  Erie  county  in  1 877,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1878  and  in  1883  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1890.   .  oil  A\' 

HARRINGTON,  DEVILLO  W.;  resides  in 
Buffalo ;  was  born  at  Sherburne,  N.  Y. , 
October  23,  1844;  attended  district 
schools,  and  taught  for  several  years ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1862-65; 
graduated  from  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Buffalo  in  1X71  ;  married 
Annie  Scott  of  Buffalo  October  10,  1875  ; 
has  practiced  medicine  at  Buffalo  since 
1871 210  W 

HART,  LOUIS  B.;  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Medina,  N.  Y.,  March  30,  1869; 
was  educated  in  the  Lockport  schools  and 
the  Buffalo  Law  School ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1892  ;  was  stenographer  and 
afterward  clerk  to  the  grand  jury  of  Erie 
county,  1890-95;  has  been  clerk  of  the 
Surrogate's  Court  of  Erie  county  since  Jan- 
uary 1,  1896 '     .      .  "  .     211  W 

HASCALL,  HIRAM  \V. ;  resides  in  Le  Roy  ; 
was  born  at  Le  Roy  December  18,  1812; 
received  a  common-school  and  an  academic 
education  ;  studied  law  in  Le  Roy,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1843  ;  was  clerk  of 
Genesee  county,  1856-62,  and  collector  of 
internal  revenue,  1866-69  ;  was  postmaster 
of  Le  Rov,  1867-83  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Le  Roy  s'ince  1843 46  G 

HASTINGS,  ARTHUR  C.;  resides  in  Niag- 
ara Falls;  was  born  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
July  13,  1860;  was  educated  in  Brooklyn 
public  schools  and  at  Smith  College,  Hat- 
field, Mass.;  married  Alice  \V.  Brown  of 
Rochester  January  13,  1887;  was  con- 
nected with  the  Rochester  Paper  Co., 
1877-89  ;  has  lieen  treasurer  and  manager 
of  the  Cliff  Paper  Co.,  Niagara  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  since  1892;  was  elected  mayor  of 
Niagara  Falls  in  March,  1897.        .     '.      .     386  W 

HATCH,  EDWARD  W. ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Friendship,  N.  Y.,  November 
26,  1852  ;  received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation ;  began  the  study  of  law  at  Attica, 
N.  Y.,  in  1872,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1876  ;  married  Helen  Woodruff  of 
Conneaut,  O.,  in  1878;  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo,  1876-86;  was  district  attorney  of 
Erie  county,  1881-86  ;  was  judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  Buffalo,  1887-95  ; 
became  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  Jan- 
uary 1,  1896,  and  was  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor   Morton    a])pellate    judge    for    the    2d 


department  of  that  court  for  a  term  of  five 

years 249  W 

HATHAWAY,  FRANKLIN  FLINT;  re- 
sides in  Platt.sburgh ;  was  born  at  Fall 
River,  Mass.,  May  2,  1845  ;  married  Sarah 
Imogen  Clark  of  Plattsburgh  September 
28,  1869  ;  engaged  in  business  in  Platts- 
burgh, 1865-70  and  1872-77  ;  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880 ; 
was  recorder  of  Plattsburgh,  1883-96; 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  Plattsl)urgh 
May  28,  1897  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Platts- 
burgh since  1880 (i9  E 

HAWKES,  THOMAS  (;.;  re.sides  in  Corn- 
ing ;  was  born  in  County  Cork,  Ireland, 
September  25,  1846  ;  completed  his  edu- 
cation at  Queen's  College,  Cork  ;  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1865,  and  entered  the 
employ  of  Hoare  &  Dailey,  gla.ss  cutters ; 
married  Charlotte  Isidore  Bissell  of  Corn- 
ing June  15,  1876 ;  has  carried  on  the 
manufacture  of  cut  glass  in  Corning  since 
1880 54  C 

HAWKS,  EDWARD  C;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  July  26,  1846  ;  gradu- 
ated from  the  Central  High  School  in 
1865;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869; 
was  city  attorney,  1880-81  ;  married,  on 
June  5,  1879,  .\manda  Smith  of  Buffalo,  a 
lineal  descendant  of  Richard  Smith,  Jr., 
the  crown  patentee  of  Narragansett,  Rhode 
Island,  1641  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1871 155  W 

HAWLEY,  ELIAS  S.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Moreau,  N.  Y.,  October  28, 
1812;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1823;  grad- 
uated from  Union  College  in  1833  ;  taught 
school,  1836-39 ;  was  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Buffalo  in  1844,  1846,  and 
1847  ;  married  Lavinia  Hurd  Selden  of 
Buffalo  May  30,  1845  :  was  in  the  employ 
of  Pratt  &  Co.  for  twenty-three  years  ;  was 
alderman  from  the  11th  ward,  Buffalo,  in 
1869,  and  member  of  assembly  in  18S3  ; 
has  been  engaged  of  late  years  in  the 
management  of  his  own  property  and  of 
trust  estates  in  Buffalo,  and  as  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Buffalo  Hospital.      .     413  W 

HAWLEY,  FRANK  W.;  resides  in  Pitts- 
ford  ;  was  born  at  Belleville,  Jefferson 
county,  N.  Y.,  November  23,  1857  ;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  and  in  Canandaigua  (N.  Y. )  Acad- 
emy ;  studied  law  in  Rochester  ;  married 
Estelle  F.  Ives  of  Brooklyn  Feliruary  25, 
1886  ;    began  active    lile    as    a    journalist, 


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but  soon  turned  to  business  pursuits,  and 
has  attained  high  rank  as  a  promoter  and 
organi/er  of  industrial  concerns.    .      .  lit  ("■ 

HAWl.KY,  I.ICIAN:  resides  in  BufTalo ; 
wa-s  born  at  Moreau,  N.  V.,  November  H, 
IXIH;  received  a  lomnion -school  educa- 
tion, and  was  achnitteii  to  the  bar  in  1H44  ; 
practiced  law  in  HiilTalo,  lH4-l-4il;  was 
ap|)ointed  deputy  coliei  tor  of  customs  in 
1H4!I  :  was  engaged  in  the  L'nited  States 
revenue  ser\-ice,  lX(i.")-7(i  ;  married  Irene 
Hurt  I.ecch  of  HufTalo  April  lit,  1H4H,  and 
I, ida  Williams  Jennings  of  l.ock|>ort,  N.  Y., 
December  ix,  1N77  :  has  made  his  home 
in  HulTalo  since  l«7ti 250  U 

HAYES,  CHARLKS  K.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
wa-s  born  at  Oakville,  Canada,  March  24, 
1H.").S  ;  was  educated  in  the  [niblic  schools 
of  Steubenville,  (>.,  and  Hryant  i\:  Stratton's 
lUisincss  College,  HulTalo  ;  l)ecanie  book- 
keeper for  the  firm  of  C"osack  &  Co.,  l'>uf- 
falo,  in  1H7M,  and  wa.s  admitted  to  the  firm 
in  IKXI  ;  married  Carrie  Kairchild  Spencer 
of  Buffalo  October  11,  IHKI  ;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Koerner  &  Hayes, 
successors  to  Cosack  &  Co.,  since  1HH2.       2")!  W 

HAYKS,  P.  HAROLD;  resided  in  Buffalo: 
was  born  at  Clinton,  Ind.,  (Jctober  7, 
1H24  ;  attended  Canandaigua  (N.  Y.  j 
.\(  adcmy  and  the  seminary  at  I-ima,  N.  Y., 
and  graduated  from  Jefferson  Medical  Col- 
lege, Philadelphia,  in  l.H4fS  ;  married  Cor- 
nelia Catherine  llall  of  West  Hloomfield, 
N.  Y.,  September  ."),  I^i4x  ;  was  connected 
with  various  sanitariums,  1H4X-75  ;  engaged 
in  general  jjractice  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y., 
l«7o-85;  made  a  sjjecialty  of  the  treat- 
ment of  asthma  at  Buffalo,  1885-!(4  ;  died 
at  HulTalo  Ajjril  !l,  1X!I4 ;{7  l» 

HAYT,  STKPHKN  T.;  resides  in  Corn- 
ing; was  born  at  Patterson,  N.  Y.,  June 
■"),  1X23  ;  was  educated  in  Kno.wille  -Acad- 
emy, Painted  Post,  N.  Y.;  conducted  a 
general  store  at  Corning,  1843-5(1  ;  mar- 
ried .Margaret  Comstoc  k  Town.send  of 
Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  November  l!l,  1H5(!  : 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  lM51-(!7  : 
was  elected  state  senator  in  1M()3  and  in 
1«(»5,  and  canal  commissioner  in  lH(i(;  ; 
wa.s  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
conventions  of  IXdIt,  iXfiH,  1HH4,  and 
IKKX  ;  ha-s  conducted  a  milling  and  plaster 
business  at  Corning  since  18()8.  42  C 

HAZEL,  JOHN  R.:  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  December  IX,  1«(!();  re- 
ceived a  common-school  education  ;  stud- 
ied law,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  .•\i)ril 


7,  1HX2;  was  ap[>ointcd  commissioner  of 
cor|)oration  tax  in  1H!I4  ;  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Republican  national  convention 
at  St.  Louis  in  iHlMi  :  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Rejjublican  state  committee  since 
lM!t2;  has  practiced  law  in   Buffalo  since 

1XX2 I'll'  W 

HLALY,  M.  J.;  resides  in  Buffalo:  was 
born  at  Buffalo  November  3,  lx5i(:  was 
educated  in  public  schools  and  St.  Joseph's 
College,  Buffalo ;  was  in  the  employ  of 
Pratt  \-  Co.,  187l!-78  ;  married  Kli/.al)eth 
Warner  of  Buffalo  February  K,  18!(7  ;  was 
apjiuinted  commissioner  of  public  works  of 
HulTalo  for  the  tenn  lH!t7-l!M)(» ;  has  car- 
ried on  a  grocery  and  meat  business  at 
Black  Rock  since 'l 878 371  W 

HKA  TH,  C.  WARREN  ;  resides  in  Fonda  ; 
was  born  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  August  2(>, 
IXliO;  was  educated  in  jmblic  schools  and 
Amsterdam  .Academy  ;  married  Lillian  M. 
Sammons  of  .Amsterdam  October  15,  1XH4  : 
was  employed  in  the  designing  dejartment 
of  Stephen  Sanford  &  Sons,  .Amsterdam, 
1878-115;  was  treasurer  of  the  city  of 
.Amsterdam,  18}(l-!l2  ;  has  been  sheriff  of 
Montgomery  county  since  1895,  making 
his  home  at  Fonda HE 

HED.SIRO.M,  KRIC  L.:  resided  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Stockholm,  Sweden,  .August 
21,  1x35;  came  to  the  United  Stattjs  in 
childhood  ;  began  business  life  in  a  coal 
office  in  Chicago  in  1850  ;  moved  to  Buf- 
falo about  18(50,  and  was  actively  engaged 
in  the  coal  and  iron  business  there  until  his 
death  ;  was  |)resident  of  the  Buffalo  Young 
Men's  Christian  .Association,  lx71-7(>,  and 
of  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  18X4-X5  : 
died  in  Buffalo  October  17,  18!»4.       .      .        12  1) 

HEES,  JAMES  LEDLIE  :  resides  in  Fonda  : 
was  born  at  Palatine  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  Janu- 
ary 24,  18C2  ;  was  educated  in  private 
schools  ;  was  a  clerk  in  a  New  York  office, 
lX7!t-81  ;  married  Adela  S.  Moore  of  De 
troit,  Mich.,  October  12,  1X87:  became 
connected  with  the  National  Mohawk  River 
Bank  of  Fonda  in  1881,  and  has  been  its 
president  since  January,  18i(7  :  has  been 
president  of  the  Herkimer,  Mohawk,  llion 
&  Frankfort  Electric  Railroad  Co.  since 
1X!(5,  and  of  the  Fonda,  Johnstown  & 
(iloversville  and  the  Cayachitta  Electric 
railroad  com[)anies  since  1X!17  ;  has  been 
dejiutv  state  treasurer  of  New  York  sine  e 
18!I4.' 12  E 

HEFFORD,  ROBERT  RODMAN;  roides 
in  Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  l-'ebruary 
25,  1x45  ;   was  educated  in  HulTalo  schools  ; 


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was  clerk  in  a  wholesale  house  in  Buffalo, 
18t)2-63,  and  in  the  canal  collector's  office 
in  1864 ;  married  Harriet  Rosalia  Whit- 
taker  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  January  4,  1870; 
was  alderman  from  the  2d  ward,  Buffalo, 
1879-82,  and  president  of  the  common 
council,  1883-84 ;  was  jjresident  of  the 
Republican  League  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  1887-88,  and  vice  president  of  the 
National  Republican  League,  188i)-9;i  ; 
was  president  of  the  Buffalo  Merchants' 
Exchange  and  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  1894- 
90  ;  has  been  engaged  in  the  coal  trade  in 
Buffalo  since  1865 372  W 

HENDERSON,  WILLIAM  H.;  resided  in 
Randolph  ;  was  born  at  TuUy,  N.  Y., 
December  4,  1828  ;  was  educated  at  Fre- 
donia  Academy  and  at  the  State  Normal 
College  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  ;  was  nominated 
for  treasurer  of  Cattaraugus  county  in  1851  ; 
was  appointed  county  judge  of  Cattaraugus 
county  in  1875,  and  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  for  the  8th  judicial  district  in 
1876  ;  was  delegate  to  the  Democratic 
national  convention  in  1880 ;  married 
Anna  M.  Morris  of  Ellicottville,  N.  Y., 
June  3,  1858,  and  Emily  A.  Thompson  of 
Randolph  July  9,  1885 ;  practiced  law 
in  Randolph  from  1852  until  his  death 
December  5,  1896 126  W 

HENGERER,  WILLIAM  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Wurtemburg,  Germany, 
March  2,  1839  ;  attended  common  schools  ; 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1849  ;  served 
in  the  I'nion  army,  1861-63  ;  married 
Louisa  Duerr  of  Buffalo  September  24, 
1863  ;  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Buffalo 
Normal  School  since  1885,  a  park  commis- 
sioner of  Buffalo  since  1884,  and  president 
of  the  board  since  April,  1897  ;  has  been 
a  member  of  the  dry-goods  house  now 
known  as  the  William  Hengerer  Co.  since 
1874 40  W 

HENNIG,  HERMAN  ;  resides  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  in  Saxony  October  16,  1852; 
was  educated  in  Buffalo  at  public  schools 
and  by  private  tutors  ;  studied  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1876  ;  was  city 
attorney  of  Buffalo,  1884-85  ;  has  been 
twice  married,  the  second  time  to  Sadie  G. 
Bowman  of  Buffalo  May  23,  1893 ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1876.   .      .     427  W 

HEQUEMBOURG,  CHARLES  E.;  resides 
in  Dunkirk  ;  was  born  at  Dunkirk  July  9, 
1845  ;  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  ;  served  in  the  United  States  army 
from  18()3  to  the  close  of  the  war  ;  mar- 
ried Harriet  E.   Thurlicr  of  St.  Louis,  Mo., 


July  31,  1872;  was  an  early  operator  in 
the  Pennsylvania  oil  fields,  and  a  pioneer 
in  the  development  of  natural-gas  transpor- 
tation ;  was  elected  mayor  of  Dunkirk  in 
March,  1894,  and  again  in  March,  1895  ; 
has  been  engaged  in  busine.ss,  chiefly  as 
civil  engineer  and  contractor,  in  Dunkirk 
since  1865 \W^  W 

HEWITT,  ABRAM  S.;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  July 
31,  1822  ;  graduated  from  Columbia  Col- 
lege in  1842  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1845  ;  was  a  member  of  the  national  house 
of  representatives,  1875-79  and  1881-87  ; 
was  mayor  of  New  York  city,  1887-88  ; 
married  Sarah  Amelia  Cooper,  the  only 
daughter  of  Peter  Cooper,  in  1855  ;  has 
engaged  in  the  business  of  iron  manufac- 
ture since  1845 67  M 

HIBBARD,  H.  M.;  resides  in  Ithaca;  was 
born  at  Ithaca  November  29,  1853  ;  was 
educated  in  private  schools,  Ithaca  Acad- 
emy, and  Cornell  University,  graduating 
from  the  latter  institution  in  1874  ;  fol- 
lowed the  profession  of  civil  engineer  from 
1874  to  1880  ;  was  city  supervisor  in  1888  ; 
has  been  treasurer  of  the  Autophone  Com- 
pany, Ithaca,  since  1880 21  C 

HICKEY,  CHARLES;  resides  in  Lock- 
port  ;  was  born  at  Somerset,  Niagara 
county,  N.  Y.,  April  18,  1857  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  district  schools  and  at  Lockport 
Union  School ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
October,  1884  ;  married  Frances  C.  Lam- 
bert of  Lockport  November  25,  1886  ;  was 
city  attorney  of  Lockport,  1892-95  ;  prac- 
ticed law  in  Lockport,  1885-95  ;  has  been 
county  judge  and  surrogate  of  Niagara 
county  since  January  1,  1896.        .      .      .      180  W 

HICKMAN,  ARTHUR  W.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Marshall,  Calhoun 
county,  Mich.,  June  18,  1850;  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Buffalo  public  .schools ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Rochester  in 
1871  ;  was  member  of  assembly  from  the 
3d  Erie-county  district,  1881-82;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1872.      .     326  W 

HKIGINS,  FRANK  W.;  resides  in  Olean  ; 
was  born  at  Rushford,  N.  Y.,  August  18, 
1856  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Riverview  Military  Academy,  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.  ;  was  in  business  in  Chi- 
cago and  Denver,  1874-76,  and  in  Stan- 
ton, Mich.,  1876-79  ;  married  Kate  C. 
Noble  of  Sparta,  Wis.,  June  5,  1878;  was 
a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national  con- 
vention in  l.S,S,S  ;   was  elected  state  senator 


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in  iHitS  and  re-elettcd  in  18!»5  ;  has  con- 
ducted a  general  mercantile  business  in 
Olean  since  l«7!l 127  W 

nil. I.,  DAVID  H.;  residc-s  in  Allany  ;  was 
liorn  at  Havana,  N.  \'.,  August  251,  184.'}; 
was  eiUicatcd  at  Havana  Academy  ;  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  l>ar  in  1S(>4  : 
was  city  attorney  of  Kimira,  N.  V.,  in 
1MG5;  practiced  law  in  Klmira,  I'<li4-X")  ; 
was  a  member  of  the  state  assembly,  1.S71- 
72;  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic 
state  conventions  of  IHCH-Xl,  and  to  the 
national  conventions  of  \^~^\,  1H.S4,  and 
lM!)tJ;  wius  an  alderman  of  Klmira,  IHKl- 
.'<2,  and  nuyor  in  lH>t2  ;  was  lieutenant 
governor  of  New  \'ork  state,  1«M,S-H4,  and 
governor,  IXK.J-Itl  ;  was  member  of  the 
United  States  senate,  1H91-1I7.     ...       4!l  K 

llll.l.,  HKNRY  W.:  resides  in  BufTalo  ;  was 
born  at  Isle  l.a  Motte,  \'t.,  November  1.'5, 
l^-^S;?;  prejiared  for  college  in  the  jxiblic 
schools,  and  graduated  from  the  Lniversity 
of  N'emiont  in  lH7t>:  was  ]>rincii»al  of 
Swanton  (  Vt.  )  Academy,  1)S77-7J),  and  of 
Chateaugay  (  N.  V.)  Academy,  1X7!»-H.S: 
married  Miss  Harriet  Augusta  Smith  of 
Swanton  August  11,  1«H0  ;  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  .Mbany  in  1H«4  :  was  elected 
member  of  the  New  York  constitutional 
convention  in  IH'.I.S,  and  of  the  New  \'ork 
as.sembly  in  l.sit.'i,  iS'Ki,  and  1S!)7  :  has 
practiced  law  in  liuffalo  since  l'SH4.  .  loC  \V 

HIM.,  HliRBKRl'  .M.:  resides  in  Huffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Burrs  Mills,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  May  lit,  lxr)(i  ;  graduated  from 
Hamilton  College  in  1X7!I ;  married  .Amanda 
Klizabeth  Isdell  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  June 
1,  IXSO  ;  was  a  professor  in  the  \Vatertown 
High  School,  l«!Sl-Xil,  and  princijal 
thereof,  1S,S,S-K<I;  was  chemi.st  to  the 
state  dairy  commission,  1HX.")-H!t ;  has  lived 
in  BufTalo  since  IfSSJt,  holding  professor- 
shi|)s  in  different  departments  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  BufTalo 212  W 

HINCKl.KY,  HKNRY  I,.;  resides  in  Ithaca  : 
was  born  at  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  February 
10,  1X41  :  wxs  educated  at  Williams  .Acad- 
emy, Stockbridge  :  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  in  .August,  lX(i2,  and  served  until 
the  end  of  the  war  ;  engaged  in  railroad 
contracting,  lK(it>-74  ;  was  bank  ca.shier 
and  |)resi(lent  at  Trumansburgh,  N.  Y., 
1M74-X1  ;  married  Helen  Mary  Noble  of 
Trumansburgh  December  12,  18H3  ;  has 
been  <ashier  of  the  Tompkins  County 
National  Bank,  Ithaca,  since  IXKI.  .      2".  C 


HINOSTON,  KDWARD  J.:  resides  in  Buf- 
falo :  was  born  at  'I'homaston,  .Me.,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1H44 :  was  educated  in  the 
National  Schools,  Kngland  :  taught  school 
at  l.iver|iool,  lH."iH-(i2;  returned  to  the 
I'nited  Slates,  and  settled  in  Buffalo  in 
1M(;2:  learned  the  .shipbuilder's  trade, 
lMri2-<!7  :  married  Mary  K.  Rees  of  Buf- 
falo July  22,  1X72  :  has  been  engaged  in 
the  dredging  business  in  Buffalo  since  Jan- 
uary 1,  1H7K LIS  W 

H()D(;K,  JOHN  :  resided  in  !x)cki)ort :  was 
born  in  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  in 
IK.'Jil  ;  went  to  I,ock|jort  in  early  life,  and 
practiced  law  a  short  time  ;  built  the  Hodge 
()])era  house,  l,ock|X)rt,  in  1X71,  and 
rebuilt  it  in  IMXl  ;  was  secretary  of  the 
(largling  Oil  Co.  from  IXlJti  until  his  death, 
and  interested  in  many  other  manufactur- 
ing and  mercantile  enterprises  in  I,ock- 
|iort  ;  died  at  I.ockport  .August  7,  1X})5.         21)  D 

HODSON,  DKV(  >K  V.:  resides  in  BufTalo; 
was  born  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  March  23, 
lxr)(>:  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Ithaca  and  in  Cornell  University  ;  .stud- 
ied law  in  Ithaca  law  offices,  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1X77  :  married  Mariette 
Wood  of  I'ainted  Post,  N.  Y.,  Decemlter 
2."i,  IXXO;  was  clerk  of  the  'I'ompkins- 
county  board  of  su|)ervisors,  lXS2-x;{,  and 
corporation  counsel  of  Ithaca,  IXX.l-Xti  ; 
practiced  law  in  Ithaca,  1X77-X9,  with  the 
e.\cei)tion  of  a  few  months  spent  in  .south- 
ern California,  and  has  practiced  in  Buf- 
falo since  iXXif  :  was  non-resident  coriwra- 
lion  counsel  of  Niagara  Kails,  N.  Y.,  1X!UI- 
5(2 ■■!27  W 

HOKKKLD,  RUDOl.I'H  :  resided  in  Un- 
caster :  was  born  at  Kngcr,  Westphalia, 
I'ru.ssia,  .March."?,  1X;}:J:  received  a  general 
and  technical  education  :  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1X51  :  was  a  druggist's 
clerk,  lX51-oJ) :  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  coal  oil  in  West  Virginia,  1X59-61  ; 
married  Henrietta  J.  Koopmans  of  l^ncas- 
ler  January  12,  IXti;?  :  establi.shed  a  tan- 
nery at  I^ncasier  in  lX(il,  and  was  engaged 
in  this  and  other  business  enterprises, 
there  and  in  BufTalo,  until  his  death  .August 
4,  IXitii .53  D 

HOI.I.ISTKR.  WILLIAM  H.,  Jr.;  resides 
in  Troy  :  was  born  at  Coxsaikie,  N.  Y., 
October  11,  1X47:  graduated  from  Wil- 
liams College,  Williamstown,  Mass.,  in 
1X70:  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1X74;  married  Julia  Krances 
Ilillman   of    I'rov   October   l(i,  1X7X  ;   w.xs 


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one  of  the  school  commissioners  of  Troy, 
1878-81  ;  has  been  vice  president  of  the 
Troy  Record  Co.  since  1890  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Troy  since  1874.        ...       34  E 

HOOKER,  WARREN  B.;  resides  in  Fre- 
donia ;  was  born  at  Perrysburg,  N.  Y. , 
November  24,  18.56 :  was  educated  at 
Forestville  (N.  Y. )  Academy  ;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  1879  :  was  elected  special  .surro- 
gate of  Chautauqua  county  in  1878  ;  mar- 
ried Etta  E.  Abbey  of  Fredonia  September 
11,  1884;  was  supervisor  of  the  town  of 
Pomfret,  1890-91  :  was  member  of  con- 
gress, 1891-98  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Fre- 
donia since  1884 334  W 

HOPKINS,  NELSON  K.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Williamsville,  N.  Y.,  March 
2,  1816  ;  attended  Fredonia  (  N.  Y. )  Acad- 
emy and  \Vesleyan  Seminary  at  Lima, 
N.  Y.,  and  graduated  from  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  1842  ;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  at  New  York  city  in  1846  ; 
married  Lucy  Ann  Allen  of  Buffalo  in 
1848,  and  Louise  Ann  Pratt  of  Buffalo  in 
185.5;  was  alderman  in  Buffalo,  1862-66: 
was  appointed  collector  of  internal  revenue 
by  President  Johnson  in  1866  ;  was  elec- 
ted comptroller  of  the  state  of  New  York 
in  1871,  and  was  re-elected  in  1873  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1S46.  .      .        41  W 

HORNADAY,  WILLIAM  T. :  resides  in 
New  York  city  ;  was  born  near  Plainfield, 
Ind.,  December  1,  1854;  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Knoxville,  Iowa,  Oska- 
loo.sa  (Iowa)  College,  and  the  Iowa  Agri- 
cultural College ;  studied  zoology,  taxi- 
dermy, and  muscology  in  Rochester  and 
in  various  European  museums ;  traveled 
extensively  from  1875  to  1879,  visiting  the 
W'est  Indies,  South  America,  and  the  Far 
East,  making  zoological  collections  ;  mar- 
ried Josephine  Chamberlain  of  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  September  11,  1879;  was 
made  chief  taxidermist  of  the  United  States 
National  Museum  in  1882  ;  proposed  the 
establishment  and  prepared  the  plans  of  the 
National  Zoological  Park  at  Washington  in 
1888  ;  was  engaged  in  the  real-estate  busi- 
ness in  Buffalo"^  1890-96  ;  in  March,  1896, 
was  apppointed  director  of  the  New  York 
Zoological  Park,  and  has  since  been  en- 
gaged in  preparing  plans  for  its  develop- 
ment  43  W 

HORNBLOWER,  WILLIAM  B. ;  resides  in 
New  York  city;  was  born  at  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  May  13,  1851  ;  graduated  from 
Princeton     College    in     1871,    and     from 


Columbia  Law  School  in  1875  ;  was  clerk 
in  a  New  York  city  law  office,  1875-77  ; 
married  Susie  C.  Sanford  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  April  26,  1882,  and  Mrs.  Emily 
Sanford  Nelson,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1894  ;  was  nominated  for  justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1893  :  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  New  York  city  since  1875.  21   M 

HOTCHKISS,  WILLIAM  H.;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Whitehall,  Washing- 
ton county,  N.  Y.,  September  7,  1864; 
was  educated  at  Glidden's  Cla.ssical  School, 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  and  Hamilton  College, 
Clinton,  N.  Y.,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1886 ;  was  clerk  of  the  Surrogate's 
Court  of  Cayuga  county,  1887-89  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1888;  married 
Katherine  Tremaine  Bush  of  Buffalo  April 
25,  1895 ;  was  elected  president  of  the 
Independent  Club  in  1897  ;  has  practiced 
law  in  Buffalo  since  1891 159  W 

HOWARD,  ETHAN  H.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Boston,  Erie  county,  N.  Y., 
February  13,  1812;  was  a  clerk  in  the 
Buffalo  post  office,  1827-28,  and  in  a  dry- 
goods  store,  1830-36 ;  married  Mary  E. 
Rumsey  of  Stafford,  N.  Y.,  October  24, 
1842,  and  Caroline  H.  Cogswell  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  September  1,  1846; 
engaged  in  the  dry-goods  business  at  Buf- 
falo, 1836-65  ;  was  treasurer  of  the  Courier 
Company,  Buffalo,  1868-69  ;  has  occupied 
positions  of  trust  in  various  corporations  in 
Buffalo  and  vicinity  since  1870.     .      .      .      397  W 

HOWARD,  FREDERICK ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  East  Aurora,  N.  Y. , 
September  12,  1855  ;  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools  of  Elma  and  at  Aurora 
Academy;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1874,  and 
began  the  study  of  law  in  1875  ;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1878  ;  married  Harriet 
Elizabeth  Mabie  of  Buffalo  October  25, 
1881  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1878 252  W 

HOWARD,  HENRY  C:  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  September  20,  1847  ; 
was  educated  in  public  and  private  schools  ; 
married  Jennie  Matilda  Jewett  of  Buffalo 
January  4,  1869  ;  has  devoted  himself  to 
various  business  enterprises  and  to  the  care 
of  the  family  estate  since  1865;  has  been 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Niagara,  Niagara 
Falls,  since  1882 398  W 

HOWARD,  WESLEY  O.;  resides  in  Troy  ; 
was  born  at  Troy  September  11,  1 863  ; 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
C.rafton,    N.    Y.,    and     at    Lansingburgh, 


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(  N.  Y. )  Academy;  taught  school,  1XM2- 
«()  ;  marrkil  Carrie  A.  Millias  of  Crafton 
October  1,  1«X4  ;  was  admitted  to  the  lar 
in  l«H!t;  was  elected  tiistriil  attorney  of 
Rensselaer  county  in  November,  IHJKi  ; 
has  ijracticed  law  in  Troy  since  October  1, 

IHM 23  K 

HOWK,  JOHN  B.;  resides  in  Rochester; 
was  born  at  Itica,  N.  Y.,  March  21,  1«59  : 
was  e<iu<ated  at  the  Christian  Brothers' 
School  and  Itita  Free  Academy  ;  was  con- 
nected with  the  L'tica  Ohset-cer  as  proof 
reaclcr,  reporter,  and  editorial  writer, 
l«7!l-;»2;  married  Marietta  llartlan  of 
Utica  June  25,  1890  ;  was  editor  of  the 
Rochester //i-r,//,/,  1892-1)7 47(1 

HOYT,  WILLIAM  B.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  l)orn  at  Kast  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  Ajiril  20, 
18o8  ;  preijared  for  college  at  Last  Aurora 
Academy  and  the  Buffalo  High  School, 
and  graduated  from  Cornell  L'niversity  in 
IHKl  ;  studied  law,  and  was  ailmitted  to 
the  bar  in  18H3  ;  married  Ksther  I^pham 
Hill  of  Buffalo  December  20,  1«H7  ;  was 
assistant  I'nited  States  district  attorney, 
lHHti-H9,  and  wasa])i)ointed  assistant  attor- 
ne\ -general  in  1^94  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1H«3 429  W 

HUBBELL,  ALVIN  A.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  C'onewango,  N.  Y.,  May  1, 
lS4t)  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  Randolph  Academy  ;  studied  medicine 
at  Philadelphia,  1807-09  ;  began  jiractice 
at  Leon,  Cattaraugus  county,  in  1809  ; 
married  Kvangeline  Kancher  of  Leon  June 
20,  1«72  ;  graduated  from  the  medical  de- 
jartmcnt  of  the  University  of  Buffalo  in 
1H70  ;  conducted  a  general  practice  in  Buf- 
falo from  1H80  to  1888,  and  has  since  con- 
fined his  jiractice  to  diseases  of  the  eye  and 
ear  ;  has  been  professor  of  diseases  of  the 
eye  and  ear  in  the  medical  department  of 
Niagara  University,  and  secretary  of  the 
facultv  of  that  dejKirtment,  since  its  organ- 
ization in  1883 214  \V 

HUBBKLL,  MARK.  S.;  resides  in  Buffalo: 
was  born  at  Buffalo  February  5,  18r)7  ; 
was  educated  in  Buffalo  schools,  and  in 
New  Jersey  military  academies  ;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  187H,  and  practiced  law 
a  short  time;  married  Lli/.abeth  J.  Oliver 
of  Buffalo  January  3,  1883  ;  was  connected 
with  various  news|)apers  in  New  York  and 
Buffalo,  188-2-94;  was  city  clerk  of  Buf- 
falo, 1.S94-97.  3")-)  W 

HUDSON,  CHARLKS  L;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  New  York  city 
August  20,  1X">2  ;  attended  public  schools  ; 


was  a  clerk  for  a  firm  of  Wall-street  bro- 
kers, 18()0-75  ;  married  Sara  K.  Kierstede 
of  Scranton,  Penn.,  June  8,  1870  ;  was 
governor  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange 
in  1891  and  in  1890  ;  has  carried  on  a 
stock -brokerage  business  in  New  York  since 
187') 4.S  M 

HUFF,  JAMES  B. ;  resides  in  Tonawanda  : 
was  born  at  Tonawanda  August  14,  18.")7  ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  :  nwr- 
ried  luta  L.  Ixing  of  Tonawanda  Decem- 
ber 21,  1^81  ;  has  served  as  clerk  of  the 
village  of  Tonawanda,  village  treasurer, 
and  village  trustee  ;  was  electetl  president 
of  the  village  in  March,  1897  ;  has  carried 
on  a  wholesale  lumber  business  at  Tona- 
wanda since  1892 41h^\\ 

HIC.HES,  JOHN  ;  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
i)orn  at  Dunmorc,  Kilkenny  county,  Ire- 
land, about  1X42  ;  came  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Buffalo  in  18o2  :  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College ;  married 
Mary  Duffev  of  Buffalo  luly  10,  1X04,  and 
Eli/al)eth  I.'ovett  of  Buffalo  May  8,  1883  ; 
has  been  engaged  in  the  live-stock  commis- 
sion business  since  18(i0 21')  W 

HUOHSON,  C;E(mc;E  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Oowanda,  Erie  county, 
N.  Y.,  August  1,  1834  ;  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  in  the  Normal 
School  at  Fredonia,  N.  Y. ;  moved  to  Buf- 
falo in  18r)0,  and  has  been  actively  engaged 
in  various  commercial  pursuits  there  ;  mar- 
ried Helen  McLeroth  of  Chicago  April  8, 
1858,  and  Mrs.  Juliet  Fergu.son  of  Buffalo 
March  30,  1892  ;  has  been  engaged  in  the 
fire-insurance  business  at  Buffalo  since 
1885 254  W 

HULIilTE,  FRANK.  P.:  resides  in  Ar- 
cade ;  was  born  at  .Mford,  Mass.,  March 
31,  1803;  attended  various  prejkiratory 
schools.  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  Albany  I^w  School ;  worked  on  differ- 
ent newsjapers  in  large  cities,  1880-82  ; 
was  editor  and  manager  of  the  Dunkirk 
A.-r///«^'  0/>.u'iTci;  I88'i-H5  ;  married  Fran- 
ces Ibbotson  Wright  of  Boston  .\|)ril  7, 
1890;  was  Democratic  candidate  for  state 
senator  in  1 895,  ami  for  member  of  congress 
in  1890  ;  has  been  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  Uyiwiing  Count}'  Leadfr,  at  Arcade, 
N.  Y.,  since  1885,  and  of  the  Tonawanda 
^/;i;//i- since  October,  1897 4x  O 

HULL,  JOHN  M.:  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  December  Iti,  1858; 
attended  Buffalo  public  schools  and  Cook 
\i.iiliiin      II.i\:iii.i,    N    Y.,  and  graduated 


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from  the  University  of  Rochester  in  1882  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1884;  was 
attorney    for    the    Erie-county    board    of 

supervisors,  1894-07  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1884. 44:!  W 

HULTGREN,  CARL  OTTO  ;  resides  in- 
Jamestow'n  ;  was  born  at  Hvena,  Sweden, 
December  25,  1832  ;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1853  ;  vva-s  educated  at  Illinois 
State  University,  Springfield,  111.,  and  at 
Augustana  College  and  Seminary,  Paxlon, 
111.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  18(i4  ; 
married  Annie  Truedson  at  Clalesburg,  111., 
lune  0,  LSOfi  ;  was  pastor  of  the  First  Swe- 
dish Lutheran  Church,  Jamestown,  18fi4- 
95 ;  has  been  president  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Gustavus  Adoljjhus  Or- 
phans' Home,  Jamestown,  since  its  organi- 
zation in  1883 3(i2  W 

HUMPHREY,  JOHN  W.,  Jr.;  resides  in 
Jamestown  ;  was  born  at  New  Britain, 
Conn.,  December  5,  1846;  was  educated 
in  various  preparatory  schools  and  at  Beloit 
College,  Beloit,  Wis.;  was  an  operator  in 
oil  and  coal  in  Pennsylvania,  1868-72  ; 
married  Mary  E.  Irwin  of  Erie,  Penn., 
October  31,  1872  ;  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business  at  Bradford,  Penn.,  1877-82  ; 
purchased  the  Humphrey  House  at  James- 
town March  1,  1883,  and  has  conducted 
the  same  since 128  W 

HUMPHREY,  WOLCOTT  J.;  resided  in 
Warsaw;  was  born  at  Canton,  Conn., 
November  11,  1817  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  ;  engaged  in  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Wyoming  county,  N.  Y.,  and  at 
Bloomington,  111.,  1840-64,  and  in  the 
tanning  business  at  Warsaw,  1864—69  ; 
married  Amanda  B.  Martindale  of  Dorset, 
Vt.,  March  30,  1841,  and  Hannah  Adams 
of  Parma,  N.  Y. ,  July  8,  1874;  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Wyoming  County  National 
Bank  of  Warsaw,  1871-90  ;  died  at  War- 
saw January  19,  1890 21  D 

HUNTLEY,  CHARLES  R.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Winfield,  N.  Y.,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1854  ;  graduated  from  Utica 
Academy  in  1870  ;  was  engaged  in  the 
hardware  business  and  with  Remington  & 
Sons,  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  1870-77  :  married  Ida 
L.  Richardson  of  Buffalo  June  12,  1878  ; 
was  agent  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co.  in  Penn- 
sylvania, 1877-83;  conducted  a  brokerage 
business  at  Bradford,  Penn.,  1883-88  ;  has 
been  connected  with  the  Buffalo  General 
Electric  Co.  and  its  predecessors  since 
1888  ;  was  appointed  a  park  commissioner 
of  Buffalo  in  1896 160  W 


HURD,  CLARKW.;  resided  in  Elma  ;  was 
born  at  Ro.xbury,  Conn.,  September  17, 
180()  ;  went  to  western  New  York  in  1821, 
and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business;  mar- 
ried Dulcena  E.  Clark  of  Halifa.x,  Conn., 
in  1836  ;  died  at  Elma,  Erie  countv, 
N.  Y.,  January  6,  1894 '      23  D 

HURD,  HARVEY  J.:  resides  in  Elma  ;  was 
born  at  Elma  I''ebruary  28,  1849  ;  was  edu- 
cated at  Buffalo  Academy  and  at  Cornell 
L^niversity,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1872  ;  was  a  member  of  the  New  York 
legislature,  1878-81  ;  has  been  engaged  in 
the  lumiier  business  in  Buffalo  since  1880.       44  W 

HUTCHINS,  HORACE  S.;  resides  in  Ba- 
tavia ;  was  born  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  Janu- 
ary 5,  1829;  attended  Hamilton  (N.  Y. ) 
Academy,  and  graduated  from  Madison 
University,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.;  taught 
school,  1847-50  ;  went  West  in  1853,  and 
lived  for  three  years  at  Nevada  City,  Cal.; 
married  Harriet  M.  Babcock  of  George- 
town, N.  Y.,  September  2,  1857  ;  gradu- 
ated from  the  New  York  Homeopathic 
Medical  College  in  1861,  and  has  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Batavia  since.    ...        20  G 

HUTCHINSON,  E.  H.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  March  7,  1852  ;  atten- 
ded various  public  and  private  schools  ; 
married  Jeanie  Blanche  Ganson  of  Buffalo 
September  25,  1872  ;  was  alderman  from 
the  old  10th  ward,  1888-89;  w^as  appoin- 
ted a  fire  commissioner  February  24,  1891, 
resigning  October  3,  1893.       ....        45  W 

INGALLS,  CHARLES  R.;  resides  in  Troy  ; 
was  born  at  Greenwdch,  N.  Y. ,  September 
14,  1819 ;  w-as  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1844  ;  practiced  law  at  Greenwich,  1844- 
60,  and  at  Troy,  1860-63  ;  married  Mar- 
garet L.  Marvin  of  Troy  November  3, 
1880  ;  was  justice  of  the  New  York  .state 
Supreme  Court,  1863-89 51  E 

IRISH,  WILLIAM  M.:  resides  in  Olean  ; 
was  born  at  Fairhaven,  Mass.,  July  3, 
1829  ;  attended  district  schools  in  early 
youth  ;  was  clerk  in  a  grocery,  1842-53  ; 
married  Sarah  Jane  Dunham  of  Fairhaven 
December  11,  1851  ;  was  a  customhouse 
clerk,  1853-61  ;  was  superintendent  of  oil 
concerns,  1861-65  ;  was  treasurer  and  su- 
perintendent of  Wamsutta  Oil  Co.,  McClin- 
tockville,  Penn.,  1865-72,  and  of  Octave 
Oil  Co.,  1872-76;  has  lived  at  Olean 
since  1880  as  manager  of  the  Acme  Oil 
Works 107  W 


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lACKSON,  JAMKS  H.;  resides  in  Dans 
\  illc  ;  was  born  at  l'ctcrlK>roiinh,  Madison 
toiinty,  N.  v.,  June  11,  1H4I  ;  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Dansville  Seminary  ;  was 
liusiness  niiinager  of  his  father's  sanatorium 
at  Dansville,  lH(il-7.S  ;  married  Kale  John- 
son of  Sturl)ridnc,  Mass.,  September  18, 
lMi;4  :  graduated  from  the  Hcllevue  Hos- 
pital Mediial  College,  New  York  <  ity,  in 
l«7l>  ;  has  been  at  the  head  of  the  Jack- 
son Sanatorium,  Dansville,  since  1M7<».    .        \'l  (i 

JACKSON,  Wll.l.lAM  H.:  resides  in  Hol- 
land ;  was  l)orn  at  Holland,  Erie  county, 
March  20,  1858  ;  attended  district  and 
select  schools ;  was  clerk  in  a  coimtry 
store,  1H74-70  ;  married  M.  Zina  Vaughan 
of  Holland  January  12,  IHMl  ;  was  town 
1  lerk  in  IHHd,  overseer  of  highways,  1HM7, 
1H8H,  and  1H'.I4,  and  [wstmastcr  of  Hol- 
land, 188!Mt.'l ;  became  a  member  of 
the  Erie-county  board  of  supervisors  in 
18!).j  ;  has  conducted  a  general  store  at 
Holland  since  187<»;  has  been  |)resident 
of  the  Bank  of  Holland  since  its  organiza- 
tion in  lH<i:? 2!t.j  \V 

JACKSON,  WILLIS  K.;  resides  in  KufTalo  : 
was  born  at  Edgerton,  Wis.,  September  22, 
1861  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1867,  and  was 
educated  in  the  jmblic  schools  there ;  was 
employed  in  forwarding  and  commission 
houses  and  in  a  mercantile  office,  lH77-8(i  ; 
married  Annette  I  indie  of  Buffalo  Septem- 
ber 22,  IXHii  ;  has  been  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Tindle  &  Co.,  cooperage  manufac- 
turers, since  1888 Kil  W 

JACOBS,  JONAS  ;  resides  in  Elmira  ;  was 
born  at  New  York  city  November  15, 
18(i2  :  was  educated  in  public  schools,  and 
graduated  from  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Baltimore,  in  l88(i  ;  was 
elected  coroner  of  the  city  of  Elmira  in 
1888  ;  was  a|)pointed  health  inspector  in 
1889,  and  city  jihysician  in  18!U  ;  has 
practiced  medicine  in  Elmira  since  188H.       43  C 

JENKINS,  ARTHUR  ;  resides  in  Syracuse  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  July  23,  1851  ;  was 
educated  in  Milwaukee  (Wis.)  ]>ublic 
schools ;  learned  the  printer's  trade  in 
1868,  and  worked  at  the  .same  in  various 
places,  1868-76  ;  married  ICmma  Hogan 
of  Syracuse  June  11,  1874  ;  established  the 
Syracuse  F.veniit:^  Heralii '\n  1877,  and  has 
been  ]>resident  and  general  manager  of  the 
Herald  Company  since  1878 70  E 

JENKS,  WILLIAM  E.;  resides  in  Norwich: 
was  born  at  Burlington,  N.  Y.,  August 
29,  1831  ;  was  educated  in  public  and  pri- 
vate schools ;    taught  school    and    studied 


law,  and  »a.s  admitted  to  the  l>ar  in  1853  ; 
married  Eli/a  Maiterson  of  Burlington  No- 
vember 1(»,  1X54  ;  pra(  tiled  law  in  Eriend- 
ship,  N.  Y..  1K53-55,  and  in  .New  Berlin, 
N.  Y.,  1M55-75  ;  was  cotmty  judge  of 
Chenango  county,  1878-89  :  hxs  practiced 
law  at  .Norwich  since  1875 ><  C 

lEWELL,  J.  R.;  resides  in  Glean  ;  was  born 
at  .Machia.s,  N.  Y.,  .\pril  15,  D<42  ;  was 
educated  in  the  district  .schools  and  in 
Rushford  and  .Arcade  academies ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Buffalo  in  1«67  ; 
married  Julia  E.  lumper  of  Conewango, 
N.  Y.,  September  5,  1870;  practiced  law 
in  Little  Yalley,  N.  Y.,  lH(i7-73  ;  was 
nominated  for  district  attorney  of  Cattar- 
augus county  in  1873;  was  a|)|K)inted 
L'nited  States  agent  for  the  New  S'ork  In- 
dians August  26,  1894  ;  has  practiced  law 
in  Olean  since  1873 12;i  W 

JEWEir,  EDC.AR  B.:  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  .\nn  Arbor,  Mich.,  December 
14,  1843;  was  educated  in  the  Buffalo 
piiblic  .schools  ;  married  Elizabeth  Eoster 
Danforth  of  .\nn  .\rbor  October  3,  18(i5  ; 
was  ap|)ointed  commissioner  of  police  of 
Buffalo  .March  1,  IM'U,  and  elected  mayor 
of  the  city  in  November  of  the  same  year 
for  the  term  l«95-97  ;  has  been  |)resident 
and  general  manager  of  the  John  C.  Jewett 
Mfg.  Co.  since  January  1,  1885,  having 
been  connected  with  the  same  since  18(50.   255  W 

JEWETT,  J(JHN  C:  resides  in  California; 
was  born  at  Moravia,  N.  Y.,  Eebruary  2, 
1820;  attended  district  schools;  married 
I'riscilla  Boardman  of  .Ann  .Arbor,  Mich.. 
Eebruary  2,  1843  ;  engaged  in  business  in 
Michigan,  1x37-49;  established  in  Buf 
falo  in  1H49  the  business  afterwards  styled 
the  John  C.  Jewett  Mfg.  Co.,  and  at  tively 
carried  on  the  same  until  18X5  ;  has  lived 
a  retired  life  in  southern  California  since 
1888 373  W 

JEWETT,  SHERMAN  S.;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Moravia,  N.  Y.,  January 
17,  1818  ;  was  educated  in  district  schools 
and  at  Kingsley's  High  School  in  Buffalo  ; 
went  to  Buffalo  in  1834,  and  began  work 
in  a  foundry  ;  married  Del>orah  Dusenberry 
of  Buffalo  .August  14,  1X39;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  common  council,  1845,  184(i, 
and  1848;  was  park  commi.ssioner  from 
the  organization  of  the  l>oard  in  1X71,  and 
president  of  the  board  from  1X79  until  his 
death  ;  carried  on  the  foundry  business, 
alone  or  in  lartnership,  from  1836  ;  died 
February  2X,  1897  2  Hi  W 


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JOHNSON,  I.  SAM  ;  resides  in  Warsaw  ; 
was  born  at  Centerfield,  N.  Y.,  October 
28,  1840  ;  moved  to  Warsaw  in  1850  ;  was 
educated  in  common  schools,  and  in  (iene- 
see  Wesleyan  Seminary,  Lima,  N.  Y.  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  18(52-64  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  181)4;  mar- 
ried Mary  E.  McFarland  of  'I'winsburg,  ()., 
May  5,  1865  ;  was  elected  district  attorney 
of  Wyoming  county  in  187(),  and  served 
three  terms ;  was  member  of  assembly, 
1890-91,  and  of  the  state  constitutional 
convention  in  1894;  has  practiced  law  at 
Warsaw  since  1876 21  (1 

JONES,  HADLEY  ;  resides  in  Little  Falls  ; 
was  born  at  Danube,  N.  Y.,  November  12. 
1857  ;  was  educated  at  Little  Falls  Acad- 
emy ;  graduated  from  the  Ali)any  Law 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1880;  practiced  law  at  Herkimer,  N.  Y., 
1880-82  ;  married  Emily  E.  Neff  of  Phila- 
delphia June  2,  1897  ;  has  practiced  law 
at  Little  Falls  since  1882 98  E 

JUDSON,  JOHN  B.;  resides  in  Gloversville  ; 
was  born  at  Kingsborough  ( now  Glovers- 
ville), N.  Y.,  August  20,  1861  ;  was  edu- 
cated at  Kingsborough  Academy  and  Wil- 
liston  (  Mass. )  Seminary  ;  married  Isabelle 
Stewart  of  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  September 
19,  1882;  was  secretary  of  the  F'ulton- 
county  Democratic  committee,  1890-94, 
and  chairman  of  the  same  committee, 
1894-97  ;  was  secretary  of  the  Democratic 
state  committee  in  1894,  1896,  and  1897  ; 
was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  state  comp- 
troller in  1S95  ;  has  carried  on  a  job-print- 
ing office  at  (iloversville  since  lf<77.  80  E 

KAUFMAN,  WILIJAM  H.;  resides  in 
Amsterdam  ;  was  horn  at  Hagenburg, 
Germany,  October  6,  1855;  was  educated 
in  German  schools  :  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1872  ;  was  employed  as  a  confec- 
tioner and  caterer  in  Washington,  D.  G., 
and  elsewhere,  1872-84  ;  married  Minnie 
Rietz  of  Amsterdam  May  8,  1883  ;  was  an 
alderman  of  Amsterdam,  1894—96,  and 
mayor  of  the  city  in  1897  ;  has  conducted 
a  confectionery  and  catering  establishment 
in  Amsterdam  since  1884 99  Y. 

KEACH,  GALVIN  Fl;  resides  in  Lansing- 
burgh  ;  was  born  at  Hoosick,  N.  Y.,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1844 ;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  and  Ball's  Academy  ;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1868  ;  mar- 
ried Alice  M.  Waite  of  Waterford,  N.  Y., 
.\pril  30,  1868  ;  practiced  law  at  Hoosick 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  1868-69  and  1874-78;  has 
practiced  law  at  Lansingburgh  since  1878.       35  E 


KEGK,  JEREMIAH  ;  resides  in  Johnstown  ; 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Johnstown  Novem- 
ber 9,  1845  ;  was  educated  at  Glinton  Lib- 
eral Institute  and  Whitestown  Seminary  ; 
served  in  the  LTnion  army  during  the  Pen- 
insular cam])aign  in  Virginia;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869  ;  mar- 
ried Jennie  A.  Kibbe  of  Johnstown  June 
10,  1874,  who  died  in  October,  188.S  ; 
married  Sara  R.  Riggs  of  Detroit,  Mich., 
in  November,  1890 ;  practiced  law  in 
Johnstown,  1869-83  ;  was  district  attorney 
of  Fulton  county,  1875-80 ;  has  lieen 
county  judge  and  surrogate  of  Fulton 
county  since  January  1,  1884.       ...        .si  E 

KELDERHOUSE,  JOHN;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Bethlehem,  N.  Y.,  March 
18,  1823;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1832,  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  there  ; 
began  business  as  a  wood  merchant  in  Buf- 
falo in  1845  ;  married  Jane  FHizabeth 
Goatsworth  of  Buffalo  June  9,  1874  ;  has 
been  engaged  in  lake  commerce,  as  ship 
builder  and  owner,  since  1.S61.  .      307  \\' 

KELLY,  FAYET'l'E  ;  resides  in  Hamburg  ; 
was  born  at  Boston,  N.  Y.,  June  5,  1849  ; 
graduated  from  .Aurora  Academy  in  1872, 
and  from  Hamilton  Gollege,  Glinton, 
N.  Y.,  in  1876;  taught  school,  1876-83; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1881  ;  married 
Katherine  B.  Keyes  of  Hamburg  .\ugust 
4,  1886  ;  has  practiced  law  at  Hamburg 
since  1884,  and  at  Buffalo  since  1890; 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Erie-county 
board  of  supervisors  since  1890.    .      .      .     374  W 

KENDALL,  FREDERIGK  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Darien,  N.  Y.,  January 
6,  1825  ;  attended  district  schools  ;  went 
to  Buffalo  in  1847  ;  engaged  in  business  in 
Detroit,  1849-51  ;  returned  to  Buffalo  in 
1851,  and  engaged  in  various  mercantile 
pursuits ;  married  Elsey  L.  Saunders  at 
Buffalo  March  23,  1854;  was  supervisor 
of  the  old  2d  ward  of  Buffalo,  1877-78 
and  1881-84,  and  alderman  of  the  same 
ward,  1887-88 ;  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Buffalo  grade-crossing  commission  since 
its  creation  in  1888 256  W 

KENEFIGK,  DANIEL  J.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  October  15, 
1863  ;  was  educated  in  the  ])ublic  .schools 
of  the  city,  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  in  1881  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1884  ;  married  Maysie  Germain  of  Buffalo 
June  30,  1891  ;  was  second  a.ssistant  dis- 
trict attorney   of   Erie    county,    1887-92, 


:in 


SyXOPT/CA/.    /XnEX—  Conlinuftt 


and  first  assistant  distrii  t  attorncv,  l.sit.'t- 
!I4  ;  was  elated  district  attorney  in  1H!H, 
and  re-cletted  in  lS!t7 -'•>  I  \\ 

KINNKAk,  I'KIKk;  resides  in  .Mlan>  ; 
was  born  in  Forfarshire,  Scotland,  April 
24,  IH'ili  :  was  educated  in  Siotland,  and 
learned  the  machinist's  trade  there  ;  came 
to  the  liiited  States  in  1M47  ;  married 
Annie  (lilihrist  of  Hamilton,  Ont.,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1M4!I  :  worked  at  his  trade  in 
AllKiny,  lH41l-7tl  ;  wassii])ervisor  from  the 
"Hh  ward,  AUany,  l«75-7li,  and  commis- 
sioner of  public  buildings,  lH91-y.S  ;  has 
carried  on  the  business  of  a  brass  founder 
and  finisher  at  Albany  since  1K7<>,  and  has 
been  largely  engaged  in  other  t  ommen  iai 
enterjirises .        ."i^  1'^ 

KISSI:LHL"R(;H,U11.L1AME.,  Jk.;  resides 
in  Htiffalo  ;  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  V'.,  Jan- 
uary 2H,  1M.")0;  graduated  from  the  'I'roy 
High  School  in  1M7."),  and  from  the  Albany 
\a\s  School  in  1«H'2;  married  Helen 
l^ura  Kilfoile  of  Troy  May  12,  IHHO  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  lHJ<:i ;  ])racticed 
law  in  Troy,  iMHo-XIl  ;  was  deputy  attor- 
ney-general of  New  York  state,  lH!t4-!l7  : 
has  practiced  law  in  HufTalo  since  IHH!).       .-ilMl  W 

KI.INCK,  CHRISTIAN  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  : 
was  born  in  the  Bavarian  village  of  Schon- 
enburg,  (lermany,  February  (!,  1><."};{ ;  came 
to  America  and  settled  in  Buffalo  in  1850  ; 
established  a  ])ork-|)acking  business  in 
IKtiX;  was  alilennan  from  the  l-'Jth  war<l, 
Buffalo,  lx(i:5-(i."» ;  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  Buffalo  board  of  councilmcn  in 
1  «;(.■{,  and  was  president  of  the  board, 
1«!H>-'.I7 47  W 

KNIC.H  r,  FRASTUS  C;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Buffalo  March  1,  lMr)7: 
altentled  the  public  schools  and  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College ;  engaged  in 
the  produce  commission  business  with  Wil- 
liam C.  Lennox,  1M80-H7  ;  married  Mary 
Flizabeth  fowles  of  Buffalo  May  14,  l«Hli 
established  a  real-estate  business  in  18S7, 
anil  formed  a  partnership  with  Oliver  A. 
lenkins  in  1H1I2;  was  elected  supervisor 
of  the  old  Uth  ward  of  Buffalo  in  1KH9. 
and  was  re-elected  in  the  new  24th  ward 
in  1h;»1  and  1X!(.'{,  serving  as  chairman  of 
the  board  in  1H!)4  ;  was  elected  comijtrol- 
ler  of  the  city  of  BulTalo  in  November. 
1H!I4,  and  re-elected  in  1897.        .      .      .        4H  W 

KNIIM',  CHARl,i:S  H.;  resides  in  Klmira ; 
was  born  at  Corning,  N.  Y.,  .Xugust  7, 
IK.^8  ;  was  educated  in  district  schools 
and    in  Corning  F'rce  Academy  ;    studied 


law  in  the  .Mbany  I.aw  School,  and  was 
.ulmitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  1X83;  mar- 
ried Jennie  I..  Walker  of  Flmira  .\pril  11, 
1M!»:{;  was  elected  district  attorney  of 
C"hemung  i  ounty  in  lX!t2,  and  was  re-elec- 
ted in  1X95  ;  has  prat  ticed  law  in  Flmira 
since  1883 24  C 

KOFHI.FR,  THFOnORF  ;  resides  in  Long 
Island  City  ;  was  born  in  Srhleswig-Hol- 
stein,  (iermany,  July  .'!(»,  lx5r)  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  Cierman  .schools  ;  was  employed 
in  a  busine.ss  house  in  Liibeck,  1871-71> ; 
came  to  the  I'nited  States  in  1K7(!,  and 
has  engaged  in  various  business  enterprises  ; 
was  supervisor  from  Long  Island  City, 
1X9.S-94  ;  was  elected  to  the  state  senate 
in  1XVI5 ()9  M 

KOFRNFR,  HFRMAN  T.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Brooklyn  November  9, 
1X55  ;  was  educated  in  the  jiublic  schools 
of  that  city  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  May, 
lX7(i,  to  take  a  position  as  lithograi)her  in 
the  establishment  of  Cosack  &  Co.;  has 
been  a  member  of  the  firm  now  styled 
Koerner  iV  Hayes  since  .August,  IXXl.    .      217  \^ 

K()SrF:R,  JOHNS.;  resides  in  Lyon  Falls; 
was  born  at  Lee,  Mass.,  June  21,  1X41  ; 
was  educated  in  |)ublic  .schools  ;  worked  in 
a  paper  mill  at  I'almer,  .Mass.,  lX5X-{il  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  lX(il-()4;  was 
employed  in  the  ])Ost  office  at  Boston, 
lX(i5-72;  married  Mary  L.  Rinzey  of 
.New  York  city  .\pril  (i,  18(;5  ;  was  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  ])a|>er  in  New  Hamp- 
shire and  .Nova  Scotia,  lX72-7ti;  was 
elected  to  the  state  assembly  in  1X95  and 
re-elected  in  ISlMi  ;  has  been  superinten- 
dent of  the  Herkimer  Paper  Co.  at  Lyon 
Falls  since  1X7() •'!'!  F 

K.RAUSS,  WILLIAM  C;  resides  in  BulTalo  ; 
was  born  at  .\ttica,  N.  Y.,  October  15. 
18(J.3  ;  graduated  from  Cornell  University 
in  1884,  and  from  Bellevue  Hospital  Mcdi 
cal  College,  .New  York  city,  in  188(i  ; 
studied  in  European  universities,  188(5-89  ; 
marrietl  Clara  Krieger  of  Salamanca,  N.  Y., 
Sejitember  4,  1X9(1;  was  ele<  ted  president 
of  the  Central  New  \ork  Medical  .As.socia- 
tion  in  October,  1X97  ;  has  practiced  in 
Buffalo  since  1X9(1,  confining  his  work  to 
diseases  of  the  mind  and  nervous  system  ; 
has  been  profes.sor  in  Niagara  University 
since  1891 285  W 

KRUM,  HOBART;  resides  in  Schoharie; 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Fulton,  Schoharie 
county,  N.  Y.,  January  12,  iX.'i.J  ;  was 
educated  in  district  and  select  schools,  and 


SY.XOPTJCAI.    lADE.X^  Contiiiiiai 


Union  P'ree  School,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass.  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1855  ;  married 
Frances  Amelia  Washburn  of  Fort  Edward, 
N.  Y.,  February  2(i,  18(58  ;  was  a  delegate 
to  the  state  constitutional  convention  oi 
1867,  and  to  the  Republican  national  con- 
ventions of  1884,  1888,  and  1892  ;  was 
elected  state  senator  in  November,  1895; 
has  practiced  law  in  Schoharie  since  1857.        53  E 

LAMBERT,  JOHN  S.;  resides  in  Fredonia ; 
was  born  at  Johnsonville,  N.  Y.,  F'ebruary 

4,  1851  ;  was  educated  at  Greenwich 
(N.  Y. )  Academy;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1877  ;  practiced 
law  at  Mayville,  N.  Y.,  1877-78,  and  at 
Fredonia,  1878-89  ;  married  Winnifred 
Phillips  of  Cassadaga,  N.  Y.,  August  19, 
1891  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Chautauqua- 
county  board  of  supervisors,  1880-81,  and 
county  judge  of  Chautauijua  county,  1882- 
89  ;  has  been  a  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  York  state  since    lanuarv  1, 

1890 "  .      .  '  .     435  W 

L'AMOREAUX,  JESSE  S.;  resides  in  Balls- 
ton  Spa;  was  born  at  Wilton,  N.  Y.,  De- 
cember 11,  1837  ;  was  educated  at  Fort 
Edward  Collegiate  institute  ;  married  Ellen 

5.  Holbrook  of  Ballston  Spa  June  8,  18(15  ; 
was  county  judge  of  Saratoga  county, 
1883-88  :  has  been  vice  president  of  the 
F'irst  National  Bank  of  Ballston  Spa  since 
1880;  has  practiced  law  at  Ballston  Spa 
since  1858 71  E 

LAMY,  CHARLES;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  East  Eden,  Erie  county, 
N.  Y.,  May  7,  1849  ;  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools  ;  went  to  work  in  a  grocery 
in  Buffalo  when  a  boy,  and  commenced 
business  for  himself  May  1,  1874,  as  a 
grocer ;  married  Magdalena  Urban  June 
10,  1875,  and  Clara  B.  Demeyer  June  10, 
1885  ;  was  president  of  the  Magnus  Beck 
Brewing  Co.  for  nearly  four  years,  retiring 
from  the  company  in  1895  ;  was  elected 
to  the  state  senate  as  a  Republican  in 
1893,  and  was  re-elected  in  1895.      .      .      257  W 

LAMY,  GEORGE  H.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  East  Eden,  Erie  county, 
N.  Y.,  March  19,  1846;  attended  district 
schools  and  Springville  Academy  ;  went  to 
Buffalo  in  1862,  and  engaged  in  lake  traffic, 
1863-71  ;  w'as  chief  keeper  at  the  House 
of  Correction,  Chicago,  1871-79  ;  married 
Lana  C.  Keller  of  North  Boston,  N.  Y., 
.\pril  1(),  1874  ;  was  appointed  office  dep- 
uty by  the  sheriff  of  Erie  county  in  1880, 
and  under  sheriff  in  1886  ;  was  sheriff  of 
Erie  county,  1895-97 219  W 


LANG,  GERHARD;  resided  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Flersheim,  (jermany,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1834  ;  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1848  and  settled  in  Buffalo  ;  learned  the 
butcher's  trade  and  worked  at  the  same, 
1848-60  ;  married  Barbara  Born  of  Buffalo 
in  1867,  ami  Augusta  Gerhardt  in  1890; 
conducted  a  brewerv  at  Buffalo  from  1867 
until  his  death  July'll,  1892.        .      .      .        38  D 

LANSING,  JAMES  ;  resides  in  Troy  ;  was 
born  at  Decatur,  Otsego  county,  N.  Y., 
May  9,  1834;  became  a  clerk  in  his  fath- 
er's store  in  1846  ;  attended  school,  taught, 
and  read  law,  1850-64 ;  married  Sarah  A. 
Richardson  of  Poultney,  Vt.,  July  4, 
1857  ;  graduated  from  the  Albany  Law 
School  in  1864,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  ;  was  surrogate  of  Rensselaer  county, 
1890-95  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Troy  since 
1866 72  E 

LARKIN,  JOHN  D.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  September  29,  1845  ; 
was  educated  in  Buffalo  public  schools  and 
Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College;  was 
emj)loyed  in  a  wholesale  millinery  store 
in  Buffalo,  1857-61  ;  was  engaged  in  soap 
manufacture,  as  employee  and  partner,  in 
Buffalo  and  Chicago,  181)2-75  ;  married 
Frances  H.  Hubbard  of  Hudson,  111.,  May 
10,  1874;  has  been  the  head  of  the  busi- 
ness now  known  as  the  Larkin  Soap  Manu- 
facturing Co.,  Buffalo,  since  its  establish- 
ment in  1875 430  W 

LASCELLES,  JOHN  H. ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Dimkirk,  N.  Y.,  March  3, 
1856;  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Dunkirk  ;  was  elected  cashier  of  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank  of  Dunkirk  in  1882  ; 
married  Annie  Moran  of  Buffalo  on  Thanks- 
giving Day,  1885 ;  was  elected  assistant 
cashier  of  the  Marine  Bank  of  Buffalo  in 
1892  ;  has  been  cashier  of  the  same  bank 
since  1893 49  W 

LATHROP,  AUSTIN;  resides  in  Corning; 
was  born  at  Covington,  Penn.,  April  9, 
1839;  was  educated  in  common  schools; 
engaged  in  business  at  Williamsport,  Penn. , 
1855-57,  and  at  Lawrenceville,  Penn., 
1857-59  ;  was  president  of  the  village  of 
Corning,  1866-67,  and  supervisor  of  the 
town  of  Corning,  18()9-78  ;  married  Mrs. 
Emma  F.  Wellington  of  New  York  city 
November  11,  1893  ;  has  been  superinten- 
dent of  state  prisons  in  New  York  state 
since  1887;  has  engaged  in  the  hardware 
and  lumber  business  in  Corning,  and  in 
railroad  and  public-works  contracting, 
since  1859 9  C 


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LATIIMKR.  C.KORC.K  K.:  resides  in  Buf- 
falo :  was  Worn  ;U  Huffalo  June  lit,  lH(i4  ; 
wxs  ciliK  atcil  in  ihc  Huflalo  |)iil>lic  schools  ; 
enjjaneil  in  a  j;cncral  tartinj^  Imsiness  in 
hulTalo,  1MM(>-Hti;  married  Annie  Jones  of 
HiilTalo  DcieniLer  Id.  IHIMI;  h;Ls' I.een  a 
niemlier  of  the  firm  of  drattan  &  lattimer, 
j;eneral  freight  »ontra<tors,  since   l«H(i.       -liiii  W 

l,Ar(;HI.IN,  frank  C;  resides  in  Huf- 
falo; was  iiorn  at  Newstead,  N.  V.,  July 
2it,  lK")tl;  was  educated  at  the  l.oi  lc|)ort 
(N.  Y. )  Union  School;  studied  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  lar  in  1MK2  ;  began 
practiie  in  Buffalo  in  1><X.1  ;  was  assistant 
( ity  attorney  and  city  attorney  of  Buffalo, 
1HX(;-!»1  ;  was  elected  cor|»oration  counsel 
of  Buffalo  in  \W.i:  married  Mrs.  Martha 
Itartlett  of  New  York  city,  formerly  Martha 
Taylor  of  Buffalo,  June  2,  1«H<»  ;  has  Ijeen 
a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  since  Jan- 
uary 1,  l«t»(i 30«  W 

I.ALf'.HLIN,  JOHN  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
l)orn  at  Newstead,  Krie  county,  N.  Y., 
March  14,  1  ><•")(!  ;  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  I'^rie  and  Niagara  counties, 
and  in  I,ocki>ort  Inion  School  ;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  l)ar  in  IHKI  ;  was  elected  state 
senator  in  1H«7,  and  re-elected  in  IHMit  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1!S81.  oO  W 

LAWRKNCK,  ABRAM  B. ;  resides  in  War- 
saw ;  was  liorn  at  Warsaw  May  IX,  iH'.iA  : 
was  in  business  in  Buffalo,  1H.34— ')<>,  and 
in  Niagara  Falls,  N.  V.,  iKofj-oX  ;  mar- 
ried lilizabeth  Faulkner  of  Wheatland, 
N.  Y.,  March  2(j,  1857;  was  in  business 
in  Warsaw,  185H-(;2;  with  associates, 
built  and  operated  the  Warsaw  Clas  Light 
Co.,  18.")!l-()2  :  served  in  the  Union  army, 
l«(i2-(it);  engaged  in  slate  mining  and 
nianufa<:turing  in  Canada,  IKdT-TO,  and  in 
the  lumber  business  in  Buffalo,  1M7()-71  ; 
has  lived  at  Warsaw  since  1H71,  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits  and  in  public  affairs.         H'2  (1 

I-KTCHWORIM,  WII.I.IAM  P.;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  l)orn  at  Brownville,  Jefferson 
coimty,  N.  Y.,  May  2(),  1H2.{  ;  engaged  in 
manufacturing  in  Buffalo,  1848-t)!»  ;  was 
ap|)ointed  a  member  of  the  state  board  of 
1  harities  in  .April,  1H7-'?,  vice  president  in 
June,  1«74,  and  |)resident  in  Man  h,  1H7«, 
holding  the  office  until  he  resigned  in 
1N!(7  ;  »vas  president  of  the  National  Con- 
ference of  Charities,  September,  IHH.S  ; 
rei  eived  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  l^ws 
from  the  University  of  New  York,  "for 
distinguished  service  to  the  state,"  !•'■'. rn 
arv  »,  lM!i:{ Iiij  W 


I.KWIS.  (W;()R(;K  I..;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  .May  :i\,  1X")7  ;  gradu- 
ateil  from  Yale  College  in  1K7!(;  was 
admitted  to  the  l>ar  in  IHHl  ;  married  Nel- 
lie .\ugusta  Sweet  of  Buffalo  May  81, 
1MX;{  ;  has  praitited  law  in  Buffalo  since 
IXHl' -.'.".s  W 

l.i;WIS,  I.OKAN  1,.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  .Mentz,  Ca\uga  county,  N.  Y., 
.May  !t,  ]H2.')  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  the  fall 
uf  iH4H  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1«48  ; 
married  Charlotte  I-;.  I'ierson  of  Flasi 
.Aurora,  N.  Y.,  June  1,  1H.')2  ;  was  elected 
state  senator  from  the  Krie-county  district 
in  lH(i9,  and  was  re-elected  in  1871  ;  was 
elected  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the 
Hth  judicial  district  in  1«82,  and  served 
until  Ixit."),  when  he  retired  by  limitation 
of  age.  .")1  \\ 

I.FWIS,  Sl.MKDN  D.:  resides  in  Warsaw; 
was  born  at  Orangeville,  N.  Y.,  September 
8,  1880;  was  educated  in  the  i)ublic 
schools  and  at  (ienesee  and  Wyoming  Semi- 
nary, .Alexander,  N.  Y.;  married  Sarah  L. 
Canfield  of  .Alexander  .August  2,  1858  ; 
taught  school  at  .Alexander  and  at  Warsaw, 
1852-55  ;  was  treasurer  of  Wyoming 
county,  1875-!t2  ;  has  been  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  at  Warsaw  since  1850.        28  Ci 

LINCOLN,  CHARI.i:S  /..:  resides  in  Little 
Yalley  ;  was  born  at  Crafion,  \'t.,  .August 
5,  1848;  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  Chamberlain  Institute,  Ran- 
dolph, N.  Y. ;  married  Lusette  Bonsieel  of 
Last  Otto,  N.  Y.,  November  12,  1874; 
was  a  member  from  the  82d  senatorial  dis- 
trict of  the  state  constitutional  convention 
in  18!(4;  was  apjiointed  chairman  of  the 
commission  of  statutory  revision  and  gov- 
ernor's confidential  legal  adviser,  by  (lov- 
ernor  Morton,  January  2,  18!»5,  and  reaj)- 
pointed  by  (lovcrnor  Black  in  18117  ;  was 
appointed  chairman  of  the  commission  to 
revise  the  New  York  code  of  civil  proced- 
ure June  15,  18!l5  ;  has  i)racticed  law  at 
Little  Valley  since  1874 KIK  W 

LiriKLL,  HARDIN  HKTH  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Corydon,  Harrison 
county,  Ind.,  .August  5,  1845  ;  attended 
country  schools  until  the  age  of  twelve; 
married  Nellie  Burton  Oreen  of  Ix)gans- 
port,  Ind.,  .April  2<i,  lM7fi;  entered  the 
service  of  the  Louisville  City  Railway  C'o. 
in  lX(i4,  and  became  superintendent  of 
the  conijany  in  lH(i7  ;  has  been  general 
manager  of  the  Buffalo  street-rail wn\  -.v.- 
tern  since  Jimc,  18!(1 .'I'l  W 


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LLOVI),  WILL  L.;  resides  in  Albany  ;  was 
born  at  Albany  May  27,  18(i0  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  Albany  schools  ;  married  Ida  C. 
Hanptner  of  New  York  city  February  21, 
l!S84  ;  was  connected  with  the  state  assem- 
bly as  page,  messenger,  and  otherwise, 
1X72-80  ;  was  a  newspaper  corresiiondent 
at  Albany,  1881-84  ;  has  been  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson 
River  railroad  since  1884,  and  since  1894 
has  been  assistant  tax  agent  of  the  com- 
pany  oS  I'L 

LOCKWOOD,  DANIEL  N.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Hamburg,  N.  Y.,  June 
1,  1844  ;  graduated  from  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  1865;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  May,  1866  ;  married 
Sarah  B.  Brown  of  Buffalo  October  18, 
1870  ;  was  district  attorney  for  Erie  county, 
1875-77  ;  was  a  delegate  to  Democratic 
national  conventions  in  1880  and  1884; 
was  LTnited  States  district  attorney  for  the 
northern  district  of  New  York,  1886-89  ; 
was  a  member  of  the  45th,  52d,  and  53d 
congresses  (1877-79  and  1891-95);  was 
nominated  for  lieutenant  governor  of  New 
York  state  in  September,  1894  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Buffalo  since  1866.     ...        54  W 

LOTHROP,  THOMAS  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  : 
was  born  at  Provincetown,  Ma.ss.,  April 
16,  1886  ;  graduated  from  the  Liberal  In- 
stitute, Clinton,  N.  Y. ,  in  1855,  and  from 
the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  in  1858  ;  was  superintendent 
of  education,  Buffalo,  1870-72  ;  has  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Buffalo  since  1859  ;  has 
been  professor  of  obstetrics  in  the  medical 
department  of  Niagara  University  since 
1883 164  W 

LOVE,  WILLIAM  H.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  November  18,  1862; 
was  educated  in  the  Buffalo  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  high  school  in  1881  ; 
was  principal  of  various  public  .schools  in 
Buffalo,  1881-92,  and  .superintendent  of 
schools  of  that  city  in  1892  ;  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1893  ;  married  Helen  A. 
Niendorf  of  Buffalo  June  18,  1896  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1893.   .      .        12  W 

LOVERILXIE,  EDWARD  D. ;  resided  in 
Cuba;  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Conn., 
December  11,  1824;  completed  his  edu- 
cational Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn.  ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1853  ;  married  Frances  Emily  Bartlett 
of  Granby,  Mass.,  October  19,  1854  ; 
practiced  law  at  Castile,  N.  Y.,  1853-56; 
was  member  of  assembly,   1862-63  ;    was 


president  of  the  Cuba  National  Bank, 
1868-96  ;  jiracticed  law  in  Cuba  from 
1856  until  his  death  Septemlier  10, 
1896 1X1  W 

LOW,  JAMES  ;  resides  in  Niagara  Falls ; 
was  born  at  Toronto,  Canada,  January  24, 
1836  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Niagara  county,  N.  Y.,  and  Wilson 
(N.  Y. )  Collegiate  In.stitute ;  married 
Amanda  Barnes  of  Cambria,  N.  Y.,  March 
25,  1858  ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
1862-65  ;  was  appointed  postmaster  at 
Suspension  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  in  1865,  and 
was  reappointed  in  1870  ;  was  member  of 
assembly,  1879-81,  United  States  consul 
at  Clifton,  Canada,  1882-87,  and  collec- 
tor of  customs  for  the  district  of  Niagara, 
1890-95  ;  has  carried  on  the  business  of 
a  coal  merchant  at  Niagara  Falls  since 
1875 182  W 

LOW,  SETH  ;  resides  in  New  York  city  ; 
was  born  at  Brooklyn  January  18,  1850  ; 
attended  the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute, and  graduated  from  Columliia  College 
in  1870  ;  was  employed  in  his  father's  tea 
warehouse,  1870-75,  and  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  in  the  latter  year;  married 
Annie  W.  S.  Curtis  of  Boston  December 
9,  1880  ;  was  mayor  of  Brooklyn,  1882- 
85;  has  been  president  of  Columbia  Col- 
lege since  1890  ;  was  the  candidate  of  the 
Citizens'  Union  for  mayor  of  Greater 
New  York  in  the  fall  of  1897.       .      .      .        22  M 

LUND,  JOHN ;  resides  in  Buffalo ;  was 
born  at  Hamburg,  Germany,  October  20, 
1859 ;  studied  music  under  Dinckler, 
1869-76,  and  in  the  Leipsic  Conservatory, 
1876-80  ;  was  connected  with  the  produc- 
tion of  grand  opera  in  (lermany  and  New 
York,  1880-86;  married  Ida  Louise  Zeller 
of  Buffalo  in  1888  ;  has  been  director  of 
the  Buffalo  Orpheus,  and  of  the  Buffalo 
Symphony  Orchestra,  since  1887.      .  375  W 

LYON,  JAMES  B.;  resides  in  Albany  ;  was 
born  at  Middle  Granville,  N.  Y.,  March 
25,  1858 ;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  ;  was  a  clerk  in  a  bookstore  at 
Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  1872-76;  moved  to 
.Mbany  in  1876,  and  began  manufacturing 
and  selling  blank  books  and  stationery  ; 
was  public  ])rinter  for  the  state  of  New 
York,  1888-95  ;  married  Anita  Thompson 
of  Albany  February  ix,  1890;  has  been 
l)roprietor  of  a  printing  and  binding  estab- 
lishment at  Albany  since  1876.     ...        82  E 

LYTH,  ALFRED  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  York,  England,  April  21,  1844  ; 
moved  to  Buffalo  in  1850 ;  was  educated 


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.V  J  XO/T/t  -.1 1.    IXPF.X  —  ( ontinuf.t 


in  ihc  imlilii.  schools;  enlisted  in  the  KHith 
rc>;inicnt,  New  N'ork  xoliinteers,  in  IMCJ, 
and  sencd  until  the  (lose  of  the  war  ;  \va.s 
a  nieml>er  of  the  74th  regiment,  N.  (I., 
S.  N.  v.,  1X1)7-74  ;  married  Kate  Kappler 
of  UiitTalu  |)e<einlier  ti,  IHIiil;  was  super 
visor  of  the  old  7th  ward  of  iiulTalo,  lK7li- 
74,  alderman  for  the  same  ward,  IMM.'{-X(i. 
and  1  ivilservii  c  commissioner,  1HH<I-!I(>; 
ha.s  liecn  a  memlier  of  the  firm  of  John 
l.yth  iV  Sons  sinte  |H(;((;  was  elected 
president  of  the  HiiiUlers'  Kxchangc,  Buf- 
falo, in  IHilti;  was  elected  senior  vice 
commander  in  chief  of  the  (Irand  Army 
of  the  Republic  at  the  National  Kncanip- 
ment  held  in  l?iimilo  in  l«!t7.        .      .      .      L'.">!l  W 

McCAId.,  JOHN  A.;  resides  in  New  \  ork 
city  ;  was  born  at  All>any  March  2,  1H4!I  : 
was  cflucated  in  public  schools  aiul  a  busi- 
ness college  ;  was  a  clerk  in  Albany  offices, 
l«(i7-(>!*:  marrieil  Mary  I.  Haran  of  Al- 
liany  July  VI,  l.S7();  was  connected  with 
the  insurance  de|wrtment  of  New  York 
state,  lx(>'.l->iti,  and  its  superintendent  for 
the  hist  three  years  :  was  comptroller  of 
the  l%i|uitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of 
New  York  city,  lXX(j-92;  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Co. 
since  l«!t2 \:\  \\ 

MtCANN,  JOHN  A.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Hatavia,  N.  Y.,  September  II, 
1850  ;  was  educated  in  public  schools  and 
a  business  college  ;  engaged  in  mercantile 
])ursuits,  lH(it)-7!)  ;  became  jart  owner  and 
editor  of  the  Chaulaui/ua  Lake  Ga'elte  in 
|H7!l,  an<i  founded  the  Jamestown  Sutulay 
I.diiicr  in  1K«1  ;  married  Chloe  Anna 
|)oane  of  Buffalo  Se|)teml)er  !(,  ISHH  ;  has 
been  editor  of  the  Buffalo  'finirs  at  inter- 
vals since  1Mk;3  ;  founded  tin-  X.i/iona/ 
Coopers'  Journal  \n\>^i^b.    .  .     260  W 

McCOOK,  ANSON  (;.;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  Steubenville,  ().,  October 
10,  1h;5.');  was  edu<ated  in  public  schools 
in  <  )hio  ;  studied  law  in  Steubenville,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  18(52;  served  in 
the  L'nion  army  throughout  the  war  ;  was 
L'nited  States  assessor  of  internal  revenue 
at  Steubenville,  lH()r)-72  ;  was  member  of 
congress  from  the  Hth  New  York  district, 
IH77-X.?;  married  Hettie  B.  McCook  of 
Steubenville  June  .'!,  iMSfi;  was  secretary 
of  the  Iniled  States  senate,  1HH.S-<I.S  ; 
was  chamberlain  of  the  cit\  of  New  York, 
1895-i)7.  :;fi  M 

McDonnell,  JOIIN  Q.;  rcMiled  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  (Juincy,  Mass.,  .Septem- 
ber II,  IH.'jO;  was  educated  in  the  public 


s<  hools  ;  lie<ame  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
M(l)onnell  iV  Sons,  granite  cutters,  in 
1«7I  ;  married  Kmily  A.  Dincgan  of 
(Jiiincy  June  23,  1H74  ;  established  a 
branch  business  at  Buffalo  in  1«H4,  and 
moved  thither  in  IKHIi;  died  at  Buffalo 
April  «,  |X!»4 ;;ii  D 

McDONOL'C.H,  JOHN  T.:  re.sides  m  W 
bany  ;  was  born  at  Birdhill,  Ireland,  Jidy 
12,  1X4.'?:  (ame  to  the  l'nited  States  in 
IM.jd,  and  settled  in  Dunkirk,  .\.  \'.;  was 
eihuated  at  St.  John's  College,  I'ordham, 
New  York,  and  at  Columliia  I  jw  .S(  hool  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  iXli!) ;  married 
Catherine  T.  \Vallace  of  Albany  June  10, 
1X74;  was  |K)lice  justice  of  Dunkirk, 
1X7(1-74,  and  special  surrogate  of  C"hau- 
tau<|ua  county,  1X7(>-7X  ;  practiced  law 
successively  at  Dunkirk,  .■\li>any,  Buffalo, 
and  New  \'ork  city,  1X7(I-X1  ;  was  a  dele- 
gate at  large  to  the  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  1X!»4  ;  has  pra(  ticed  law  in  .Mbanv 
since  IXXl '     24  K 

.McKWHN,  JOHN;  resides  in  Wellsville  ; 
was  born  at  New  York  city  April  21,  1X4!I  ; 
moved  to  Wellsville,  .Allegany  county,  in 
1X04  ;  married  Emma  .Mger  October  .30, 
1X79  ;  began  business  as  a  manufacturer  of 
machinery  at  Wellsville  in  lX(jX,  and  has 
(ontinuecl  the  same  since .S3o  W 

McC.ERALD,  SAMUEL  ;  re.sides  in  BufTalo  ; 
was  born  in  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  June 
2(1,  1X83  ;  was  educated  at  Cenesee  Wes- 
leyan  Seminary,  Lima,  N.  \ .,  and  Roches- 
ter Collegiate  Institute ;  married  lumice 
.Ada  Durand  of  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  Aug- 
ust 19,  1X.")X  ;  entered  the  ministry  in  18.5fj, 
and  held  various  pastorates  in  New  York 
state  until  1885:  was  a  delegate  to  the 
General  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Ejiis- 
cojwl  church  in  IXXX  and  1X92  ;  has  been 
editor  and  owner  of  the  Buffalo  Christian 
Advocate,  now  the  Christian  Uplook,  since 
1X85 347  W 

McKEEA'ER,  ROBERT  lOWNSEND  ;  re- 
sides in  (lloversville  ;  was  born  at  l.ake 
Mahopac,  N.  Y.,  July  20,  1X()()  ;  was  edu- 
cated at  St.  John's  School,  Sing  .Sing, 
N.  Y.;  was  a  clerk  in  a  New  York  house, 
1S85-88;  was  connected  with  various 
railroads.  East  and  West,  1888-93  ;  married 
Frances  Converse  Webb  of  New  York 
city  at  Shelburne,  Vt.,  October  7,  1X93; 
has  been  director  and  general  manager  of 
the  Fonda,  Johnstown  iV  Cloversville  rail- 
road, with  headipiarlers  at  Cloversville, 
since  1893 X4  E 


SYXOPI/CAI.    /X/>/:\ 


I  iintiniuil 


41 


McKENZIE,  JOHN  M,;  resides  in  liatavia  ; 
was  born  at  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  September 
13,  1846  ;  was  educated  in  Wisconsin  ; 
married  Mary  E.  Storms  of  Elba,  N.  Y. , 
January  15,  1867  ;  engaged  in  farming  at 
Elba,  1867-71  ;  was  employed  as  clerk  in 
Batavia,  1871-81  ;  was  elected  memlier 
of  assembly  in  1888  and  1889;  has  con- 
ducted a  clothing  and  furnishing  store  in 
Batavia  since  1881 24  (J 

McKINSTRY,  WlLLARl)  I).;  resides  in 
Watertown  ;  was  born  at  Fredonia,  N.  Y. , 
October  1,  1850;  attended  Fredonia 
Academy  and  Fredonia  Normal  School  ; 
was  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Dunkirk 
Journal,  1872-85  ;  became  news  editor  of 
the  Watertown  Daily  Times  in  1886,  and 
associate  editor  in  1887  ;  was  state  civil- 
service  commissioner,  18i(2-95;  married 
Mary  A.  Lawyer  of  Watertown  April  25, 
1895 ;  has  been  editor  in  chief  of  the 
Daily  T/'otm  since  December,  1892.        .        85  F^ 

McLEAN,  ARTHUR  A.;  resides  in  New- 
burgh  ;  was  born  at  Newburgh  July  12, 
1853  ;  was  educated  at  Newburgh  Acad- 
emy ;  entered  his  father's  store  in  New- 
burgh in  1869  ;  married  Nannie  I.  Murphy 
of  Brooklyn  April  28,  1881  ;  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  construction  of  the  new 
post  office  at  Newburgh  in  1895  ;  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Democratic  national  con- 
vention in  1896,  and  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Democratic  state  committee  in 
the  same  year ;  has  carried  on  the  business 
established  by  his  father  since  1874.        .      100  E 

McMASTER,  ALEXANDER;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Fort  Erie,  Out., 
October  10,  1842  ;  was  educated  in  pub- 
lic schools  ;  learned  the  machinist's  trade 
at  Brantford,  Ont.,  1858-62;  married 
Malinda  Cripps  of  Buffalo  May  3,  1862  ; 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  King  Iron  Works, 
Buffalo,  1862-72,  and  of  the  Commercial 
line  of  steamers,  1872-83  ;  was  ap])ointed 
United  States  local  inspector  of  boilers  in 
1883,  and  United  States  supervising  inspec- 
tor of  steam  vessels  in  1889  ;  has  been  vice 
president  of  the  Union  Bank,  Buffalo, 
.since  1893 348  W 

McMillan,  DANIEL  ;  resided  in  York  ; 
was  born  at  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  October  25, 
1801  ;  attended  school  at  Caledonia,  N.  Y.; 
married  Margaret  McNaughton  of  Cale- 
donia in  1828  ;  lived  at  York,  Livingston 
county,  N.  Y.,  from  1812  until  his  death 
March  12,  1895 24  D 


M(MILLAN,  DANIEL  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  York,  N.  Y.;  was  edu- 
cated at  Le  Roy  .Academy  and  Cornell 
University  ;  studied  law  in  P)iiffalo,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871  ;  was  state 
senator,  1880-87  ;  was  chosen  alternate 
delegate  at  large  to  the  Re|niblican  national 
conventions  of  1888,  1892,  and  1896,  and 
delegate  at  large  to  the  state  constitutional 
convention  of  1894 ;  married  Delphia 
Jackson  of  Sandusky,  N.  Y. ;  has  ])racticed 
law  in  Buffalo  since  1871 


311  W 


.McNAUC.HTAN,  D.  NATHANIEL;  resides 
in  Buffalo;  was  born  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
August  24,  18(i9  ;  was  educated  in  Auburn 
(N.  Y. )  public  schools  and  Weedsport 
(N.  Y. )  Academy;  worked  at  the  shoe- 
maker's trade  and  as  a  bookkeeper  in 
.\uburn,  1885-87  ;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1891  ;  practiced 
law  at  Auburn,  1891-94;  married  Eliza- 
beth Manro  of  Auburn  November  5,  1894  ; 
was  managing  clerk  in  a  law  office  in  Buf 
falo,  1894-96  ;  ha.s  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  Februarv,  1896 


78  W 


McNUTT,  JOSEPH  G.;  resides  in  Troy; 
was  born  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  April  4, 
1833  ;  engaged  in  the  fire-insurance  busi- 
ness, 1851-58,  and  in  teaching,  1858-61  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1861-65  ; 
married  Katie  Rilev  of  Greenfield,  N.  Y., 
April  28,  1852,  who  died  June  18,  1892  ; 
acted  as  agent  and  manager  for  a  life- 
insurance  company,  1865-87;  married 
Mrs.  Mittie  E.  Conant  of  Nassau,  N.  Y., 
March  7,  1893  ;  has  carried  on  the  prose- 
cution of  pension  and  other  government 
claims  since  1887,  and  has  engaged  in 
lecturing  and  public  speaking  ;  was  elected 
vice  ])resident  of  the  Society  of  the  .\rmy 
of  the  Potomac  August  20,  1897. 

MACK,  NORMAN  E.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  West  Williams,  Ont.,  July  24, 
1856  ;  was  clerk  in  a  store  at  Pontiac, 
Mich.,  1868-72;  engaged  in  the  adver- 
tising business  in  Detroit  and  Chicago, 
1872-74,  and  in  Buffalo,  1.S74-78  :  mar- 
ried Harrette  B.  Taggart  of  Buffalo  Decem- 
ber 22,  1891  ;  established  the  C/taiilain/iia 
Lake  Gazette  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  in 
1878,  and  the  Buffalo  Siiiiilav  Times  in 
1879  ;  was  alternate  delegate  to  the  Demo- 
cratic national  convention  in  1892  and 
delegate  in  1896 ;  has  been  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  Buffalo  Times  since  its 
establi.shment  in  1883 

MACKEY,  WILLIAM  F.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  .Albion,  N.  Y.,  lanuarv 


39  E 


377  W 


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.'{,  1M5H  ;  gradiiutcd  froin  l.oik|K)rt  I'nion 
Sthool  in  IMTti;  was  atlniittcd  lo  the  U-ir 
in  1M7!);  married  Hlla  1..  Roliin.son  of 
(.'amhria,  N.  Y.,  November  10,  1K77  : 
practiced  law  at  l.ockport,  N.  Y.,  lX7!t- 
M  ;  wa-s  assistant  city  attorney  of  BufTalo, 
lM!in-;i:{;  wa-s  a.N.sistant  United  States 
attornev,  l«!l.'{-!t7  :  ha>  pradiicd  law  in 
Hii(Tala  sin.c  1.HH4 -22(1  W 

MAfOMHKR,  WII.I.IAM;  re.sidcs  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  l)orn  at  Oakfield,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1X")7  :  was  educated  in  various 
|irei>aratory  schools,  and  at  the  Tniversity 
of  Rochester,  from  which  he  },'raduate(l  iti 
ISM.j;  was  admitteil  to  the  har  at  hulTaio 
in  January,  1«H7  ;  married  Augusta  S. 
Woodruff  of  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  May  IH, 
1KM7  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Huffalo  since 
1XS7 2(V2  W 

MAHANY.  ROWLAND  B.;  resides  in  Buf 
falo  :  was  liorn  at  Buffalo  Se|)temlier  2«, 
lXt)4;  was  educated  in  the  | ml )lic  schools 
of  BufTalo  :  studied  in  Hobart  t'ollege  two 
years,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  I'ni- 
versity  in  ISHS  ;  engaged  in  journalism  and 
taught  school,  1H8K-92  ;  was  ajjpointed 
minister  to  I'kiiador  in  lHi(2  ;  was  elected 
representative  to  the  ")4th  congress  in 
1M!»4,  and  to  the  .joth  in  1 «!!().  .      .      .nd  W 

MAI.I.ALIKL'.  WlI.l.ARl)  I-  ;  resides  in 
Boston  :  was  born  at  Sutton,  iMass.,  De- 
cember 11,  1H2?< ;  was  educated  at  various 
prejwratory  schools  and  at  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, Nlitldletown,  Conn.,  whence  he 
graduated  in  August,  lx.")7  :  married  Kliza 
F.  Atkins  of  Sandwich,  Mass.,  October 
i:i,  IKoK  ;  had  pa.storatcs  of  the  Methodist 
Kpisc0[>al  churi  h  succe.ssively  at  (Irafton, 
Chelsea,  Lynn,  Charlestown,  Boston,  and 
Worcester  (all  in  Massachusetts)  ;  was  ap- 
|>ointed  presiding  elder  of  the  Boston  dis- 
trict of  the  New  Lngland  Conference  in 
.April,  1X82  ;  was  elected  bi.shop  of  the 
Methodist  Kpisco|>al  church  in  1MM4  ;  lived 
in  New  Orleans,  l.SH4-!t2,  and  in  Buffalo, 
185(2-97,  when  he  moved  to  Ma.ssachu- 
setts 55  W 

MANDKVlLLi;,  WILLIAM  H.:  resides  in 
Olean  ;  was  born  at  Millport,  Chemung 
county,  N.  Y.,  .\ugust  15,  1X41  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  the  i>ubli(  schools  of  New  York 
city  and  of  Belmont,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Rush- 
ford  Academy  ;  entered  the  insurance  busi- 
ness in  I8(i8,  in  partnership  with  his 
father,  at  Belmont,  N.  Y.  ;  married  Helen 
L.  Kastman  of  Nashua,  N.  IL,  .August  22, 
1872;  has  been  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business  in  Olean  since  lX(i5.  l-'il  W 


M.ANNINt;,  W.  S. ;  resides  in  .Albany  ;  was 
born  at  Biiltimore.  Md.,  January  12,  18.14  ; 
completed  his  education  at  St.  .Mary's 
College,  Biiltimore  ;  was  a  civil  engineer 
on  theUaltimore  cV  Ohio  railroad,  1X51- 
5(!,  and  superintendent  of  the  .Avalon  Nail 
iV  Iron  Works,  1857-5!l  ;  married  Maria 
Lmelia  I'ahnestock  of  Baltimore  January 
12,  1X5X,  who  died  in  November,  1X.5X  ; 
married  Florence  Mary  Mayer  of  .New 
York  city  June  Ht,  IXlill  ;  engaged  in  the 
business  of  life  insurance,  chiefly  in  New 
York  city,  185!(-8t)  ;  has  been  travel- 
ing agent  for  the  Albany  Chemical  Co. 
since  188fi 25  F 

MARCUS,  LOUIS  W.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  May  IX,  lX(i;i:  was 
educated  in  the  Buffalo  schools  and  Cornell 
L'niversity  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1888  ;  married  Ray  R.  Dahlman  of  Buffalo 
November  lit,  1889  ;  was  elected  surrogate 
of  Krie  county  in  November,  1895.  .  Iti5  W 

.MARCY,  WILLIAM  1,.;  resides  in  BufTalo; 
was  born  at  I'etcrboro,  N.  Y.,  .August  2(i, 
1858  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Lockport  and  Buffalo,  graduating  from 
the  Buffalo  High  School  in  187()  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879;  married 
Carrie  Childs  of  Medina,  N.  Y.,  October 
7,  1XX5;  was  assistant  ilistrit  I  attorney  of 
Krie  countv,  18X7-9."1  ;  has  practiced  law 
in  Buffalo  since  1X79 .'U-MV 

MARSHALL,  CHARLFS  I).;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  BufTalo  November  14, 
1X41  ;  was  educated  at  ])ublic  and  private 
schools  ;  graduated  from  the  .Albany  l.aw 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  the  lar  in 
lX(i4;  has  ))ractited  law  in  BufTalo  since 
lX(i4 .114  W 

MARTIN,  CVRl'S  B.;  resides  in  Norwich; 
was  born  at  .Argyle,  N.  Y.,  September  (i, 
IX.Stl  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  .Argyle  .Academy  ;  learned  the  print- 
er's trade,  and  worked  at  the  .same  in 
Clens  Falls  and  .Albany,  1X45-55  ;  was 
one  of  the  editors  and  jiublishers  of  the 
Chenanj^o  Tele^^raph  of  Norwich,  1855-t)l  ; 
married  .Ann  Vernette  Maydole  of  Nor- 
wich June  Ifi,  1858;  was  editor  and  .sole 
owner  of  the  Newburgh  Daily  Journal, 
lX(>l-77  ;  has  engaged  in  manufacturing 
and  other  business  enterprises  in  Nonvi<  h 
since  1X77 10  C 

MARYIN,  RICll.VRD  I'.;  resided  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  at  Fairfield,  N.  Y.,  De- 
cember 2-'?,  1X0.'?  ;  was  educated  in  ])ublic 
s(  hools  and  bv  private  tutors  ;  was  admit- 
ted   to  the    bar   in   lx:i!»,  and    moved    to 


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O'ufifiitftf 


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Jamestown  ;  married  Isabella  Newlanil  of 
Albany  September  .S,  IX.'U  ;  was  member 
of  assembly  in  l<So(i,  and  representative  in 
congress,  1837-41  ;  was  justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  from  the  8th  judicial  dis- 
trict, 1847-71  ;  died  at  Jamestown  Jan- 
uary 11,  1892.       ..."....".        25  1) 

MARVIN,  ROBERT  N.;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  at  Jamestown  October  1.'!, 
1845  ;  attended  public  and  private  schools, 
Hartwick  Seminary,  and  Bryant  &  Strat- 
ton's  Business  College,  Buffalo ;  began 
business  as  bookkeejjer,  and  later  became 
manager  of  his  father's  business  ;  organized 
the  lumber  business  of  Marvin,  Rulofson 
&  Co.  in  1870,  and  has  been  manager  of 
the  same  ever  since  ;  was  Rejjublican 
candidate  for  state  senator  in  1><«1,  and 
presidential  elector  in  1)^84 ;  married 
Mary  Elizabeth  Warner  of  |amesto\vn 
February  6,  l.S9(» '  .      .      .      10!)  \\' 

MATTESON,  PRICE  A.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Darien,  N.  Y.,  January 
12,  1840  ;  was  educated  in  di.strict  schools 
and  Darien  Academy  ;  moved  to  Buffalo 
in  1855  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1861  :  married  Frances  E. 
Brown  of  Buffalo  May  20,  1865  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  Erie-county  board  of  su- 
pervisors in  1864,  and  city  attorney  of 
Buffalo,  1878-79  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1861 315  W 

M.ATTHEWS,  GEORGE  E.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  We.stfield,  N.  Y., 
March  17,  1855;  prepared  for  college  in 
private  schools  at  Buffalo,  and  graduated 
from  Yale  College  with  the  cla.ss  of  1877  ; 
held  various  positions  in  the  business  and 
editorial  departments  of  the  Buffalo  Ex- 
press, and  with  the  printing  establishment 
of  Matthews,  Northrup  &  Co.,  1878-88; 
married  Mary  Elizabeth  Burrows  of  Buf- 
falo July  12,  1887  ;  has  been  editor  of 
the  Buffalo  Express  and  president  of  the 
Matthews-Xorthrup  Co.  since  January  1, 
1889 356  VV 

MATTHEWS,  J.  N.  ;  resided  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Bungay,  county  of  Suffolk, 
England,  November  21,  1828;  learned 
the  printer's  trade,  and  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1846  ;  married  Harriet  Wells  of 
Westfield,  N.  Y.,  July  24,  1851  ;  was  em- 
ployed in  various  printing  offices  in  Buf- 
falo, 1846-60;  was  editor  and  one  of  the 
publishers  of  the  Cotntnercial  Advertiser, 
lX6(t-77  ;  was  a  delegate  at  large  to  the 
Republican  national  conventions  of  11^72 


and  lK7(i  ;  published  the  Buffalo  Express 
from  January  7,  1)S78,  until  his  death,  in- 
cluding a  Sunday  edition  after  November 
20,  1883  ;  died  December  20,  1H88.  .  5K  D 
.MAYER,  JOSEPH  B.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Baden,  Germany,  January  4, 
1849;  graduated  from  the  high  school  of 
Freiburg,  (iermany,  in  18()()  :  came  to  the 
United  States  in  ISOS,  an<l  began  business 
as  a  diamond  importer  in  Buffalo;  married 
Belle  Falck  of  Buffalo  July  15,  1X74;  has 
been  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in 
Buffalo  since  1891 166  W 

MEADS,  WILLIS  H.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  South  Limington,  Me.,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1846  ;  attended  Limerick  (Me.) 
Academy  and  Nichols  Latin  School,  Lewis- 
ton,  Me.,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
College  in  1870  ;  was  principal  of  Public 
School  No.  13,  Buffalo,  1870-80;  married 
Martha  Rose  of  Buffalo  December  24, 
1872,  and  Louise  Collingnon  of  Buffalo 
January  6,  1880  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Buffalo  in  1880;  was  Republican  can- 
didate for  superintendent  of  education  of 
Buffalo,  1881  ;  was  appointed  commis- 
sioner of  jurors  for  F^rie  county  in  1895.       167  W 

MEEGAN,  EDWARD  J.;  resides  in  Al- 
bany ;  was  born  at  Albany  September  28, 
1846 ;  attended  St.  Joseph's  jjarochial 
school,  Albany  ;  studied  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1867  ;  was  corporation 
counsel  of  Albany,  1869-74:  married 
Katie  E.  Welch  of  Albany  June  5,  187H, 
who  died  January  10,  1884:  married 
Mary  M.  Mattimore  of  Albany  September 
29,  1886 ;  has  been  one  of  the  police 
commissioners  of  Albany  since  Ajjril  27, 
1894  ;  has  practiced  law  in  .-Mbanv  since 
1867. '  .      .       40  E 

MEEGAN,  THOMAS  A. ;  resides  in  Albany  ; 
was  born  at  Albany  February  3,  1862 ; 
was  educated  at  the  Christian  Brothers' 
Academy,  .\lbany  :  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  188.3  ;  has  been 
justice  of  the  City  Court  of  Albany  since 
1893  ;  has  practiced  law  in  .Mbany  since 
1883 74  E 

MELDRUM,  ALEXANDER  ;  resided  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  in  Kenoway,  Fifeshire, 
Scotland,  November  3,  183."];  came  to 
the  United  States,  and  settled  in  Boston  in 
1856;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1S()7,  and 
established  the  dry-goods  house  afterwards 
known  as  the  ,\(lam,  Meldrum  &  .Anderson 
Co.;  married  A.  \\.  Webster  of  Boston 
February  27,  1«59;  died  -.w  Buffalo  ( )(tn- 
ber  22,  1891.  .        4ii  D 


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SVXOPT/CAI.    /.\/>/-:X—  ConlinuftI 


Mi;.SSi:k,  IA)1  IS  IRANKI.IN;  resides  in 
BiifTalo;  was  Ijorn  at  HiilTalo  lelmiary  7, 
IXoH  ;  gnuluated  from  Columbia  t'ollege 
in  1X«2,  ami  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
18«4  :  organized  the  Krie  County  (luaran 
teed  Search  Co.  in  ISitl,  and  hxs  lieen 
president  thereof  since  ;  has  practiced  law 
in  Huflalo  since  1HH4 2(i:{  W 

MlCKl.K.  HKRHKRT;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Cuelph,  Ontario,  April  :5(), 
1X61  :  graduated  from  Cjiper  Canada  Col- 
lege, Toronto,  in  1X77,  and  from  Trinity 
Medical  School,  'Toronto,  in  IHHI  ;  mar- 
ried Susette  I..  Ross  of  Brooklyn  July  27, 
1X1)2  ;  has  practiced  medi<  ine  in  BulTalo 
since  1XX8  ;  has  been  jjrofessor  of  surgery 
in  the  medical  de|)artment  of  Niagara  I'ni- 
versity  sin<e  IXill IC.s  W 

Mill  1;R,  CHARI.KS  H.:  resides  in  York- 
shire ;  was  born  at  Machias,  N.  Y.,  June 
2,  1X44  ;  served  in  the  L'nionarmy,  1X1)2- 
().■>  ;  was  educated  at  Arcade  (  N.  Y.  )  Acatl- 
emy  and  llriffith  Institute,  Springville, 
N.  Y.;  engaged  in  business  in  Delevan, 
N.  Y.,  1X72-X4,  and  in  the  railway  mail 
service,  1X72-76  ;  established  a  drug  and 
grocery  business  at  Yorkshire  in  1XX2,  and 
has  carried  on  the  same  since  ;  married 
Kmma  I..  Williams  of  Arcade,  N.  Y., 
December  l!l,  1x77  ;  was  chairman  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  Cattaraugns  county 
in  lx;»4,  and  member  of  assembly  from  the 
1st  Cattaraugus-county  district  in  IXJKi.       1X8  W 

MII.I.KR,  CHARI.KS  VV.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Buffalo  January  19, 
1X37  ;  was  superintendent  of  the  Buffalo 
Street  Railway  Co.,  lX()tMi4;  married 
Louise  L.  Noxon  in  \^i\\  ;  has  carried  on 
a  general  coach  anil  livery  business  in 
Buffalo  since  lXti4,  and  has  recently  ex- 
tended his  operations  to  Niagara  Falls, 
Cicorgia,  and  T'lorida .■{7!t  W 

MII.I.KR,  KDWI.N  ().  S.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Buffalo  March  !t,  lx.^4  ; 
was  educated  in  common  schools  ;  married 
Annie  K.  I.ang  of  Buffalo  in  Jime,  1XX4  ; 
was  a  Democratic  presitlential  elector  in 
1X92;  has  been  a  jartner  in  the  firm  of 
Urban  &  C"o.  (roller  flour  mills)  since 
1X74,  and  manager  of  the  Cerhard  l.ang 
Brewery  since  1XK4.  'u   \\ 

MII.I.KR,  I'K'TKR  I'.;  rcM.ics  in  Buffalo: 
was  born  at  Buffalo  November  20,  lx;{7  : 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
city  ;  learned  the  ma<  hinist's  trade,  and 
became    engineer  on  lake   steamers ;    was 


superintendent  of  the  Western  Transixirta- 
lion  Co.,  and  a  director  in  the  com|jany, 
lXtiO-X4;  was  secretary,  treasurer,  and 
managing  director  of  the  Citizens'  Gas 
Co.,  lXX.->-97 221  W 

MII.I.KR,  WARNKR  :  resides  in  Herkimer  ; 
was  born  at  Hannibal,  Oswego  county, 
N.  Y.,  August  12,  1X3X;  graduated  from 
Union  College  in  IXGO ;  ser\'ed  in  the 
I'nion  army,  lX(il-(i2;  married  Caroline 
C.  Chunhill  of  (llovcrsville,  N.  Y.,  July 
i:i,  lX(i4  ;  was  member  of  assenibly,  1X75- 
7(J  ;  was  elected  to  the  hou.se  of  represen- 
tatives in  lX7Xand  in  1XX((  :  .served  in  the 
United  States  senate,  1XX1-X7  ;  has  been 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  |iaper  at 
Herkimer  and  elsewhere  since  IXHo.  .■»4  K 

.Mll.I.S,  I).  O.;  resides  in  New  York  city  : 
was  born  at  North  Salem,  N.  Y.,  Septem- 
ber '),  lX2r»;  received  an  academic  edu- 
cation ;  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  New 
York  city,  1X44-47;  was  cashier  of  the 
Mcr(  hants'  Bank  of  Krie  County,  Buffalo, 
1X47-4X  ;  engaged  in  general  trading, 
banking,  and  mining  in  California,  with 
some  interru])tions,  1X49-79;  marrieil 
lane  T.  Cunningham  of  Irvington,  N.  Y., 
Se|)tember  5,  1X54  ;  has  lived  in  New 
York  city  since  1X79,  engaged  largely  in 
various  kinds  of  philanthropic  lal>or.  2."{  M 

MIl.NK,  JOHN  M.;  resides  in  Ceneseo: 
was  born  at  (Irange  Hill,  Scotland,  March 
.?,  1X50;  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1X52 ;  was  educated  at  the  Brockport 
Normal  School  and  the  University  of 
Rochester ;  has  been  a  teacher  in  the 
Ceneseo  State  Normal  School  since  1X72, 
and  its  ])rincii>al  since  1XX9 i:{  Ci 

MINKR,  ASHKR  W.  ;  resided  in  Friend- 
ship ;  was  born  at  Brookfield,  Madison 
cotmty,  N.  Y.,  December  15,  1X14:  at- 
tended district  schools :  married  F^lccta 
R.  Carter  of  Friend.ship  September  21, 
1X37  ;  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  the 
oil  business,  and  in  general  inerchandis- 
ing,  in  .MIegany  county,  1X44-70:  was  a 
presidential  elei  tor  in  IXXX;  was  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  of  PViend- 
shij)  from  1X70  until  his  death  May  30, 
ls>i2 .       54  D 

MISCllKA.  JOSKI'H:  resiilcs  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Hermanmcstec,  .Austria,  May 
X,  IX4(i;  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1X52,  and  settled  in  Buffalo:  was  chorus 
iTiaster  of  an  oi)era  troujie,  lX(;X-<i9  ;  en- 
gaged in  business  as  music  dealer  and 
jiublisher,    lX(i9-72  ;     married    (."atherine 


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Dietz  of  Buffalo  September  5,  1<S71  ;  was 
director  of  the  Buffalo  Liedertafel,  1870- 
77  and  l(S7!)-94;  has  held  various  promi- 
nent positions  as  teacher  of  music  and  as 
church  organist  in  Buffalo  since  1870.  401  ^^' 

MITCHELL,  J.  H.;  resides  in  Cohoes ; 
was  born  at  Meredith,  Delaware  county, 
N.  Y.,  October  1,  185()  :  graduated  from 
Delaware  Academy  in  1877,  and  from 
Albany  Medical  College  in  1881  ;  married 
Margaret  H.  Rowland  of  West  Kortright, 
N.  Y.,  November  21,  1882  ;  was  coro- 
ner's physician  for  Albany  county,  1888- 
92,  police  surgeon  of  Cohoes,  1884-85 
and  1891-95,  and  city-hall  commissioner, 
1895-90  ;  was  elected  mayor  of  Cohoes 
in  November,  1895,  and  re-elected  in 
1897  ;  has  practiced  medicine  in  Cohoes 
since  1881 5()  E 

MOFFl'lT,  STEPHEN  ;  resides  in  Platts- 
burgh  ;  was  born  at  Clintonville,  Clinton 
county,  N.  Y.,  August  6,  1837  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  common  schools  ;  was  em])loyed 
on  Lake  Champlain  steamers,  1853-61  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1861-6(i  ;  was 
county  clerk  of  Clinton  county,  18(18-73, 
and  warden  of  Clinton  prison,  1873-76; 
was  collector  of  customs  of  the  district  of 
Champlain,  1876-85  and  1889-93  :  was 
a  member  of  the  state  assembly  in  1889  ; 
has  been  president  of  the  Iron  National 
Bank  of  Plattsburgh  since  July  1,  1896.         57  E 

MOLLOY,  FRANCIS  J.;  resides  in  Troy; 
was  born  at  Troy  March  21,  1849;  was 
educated  at  St.  Joseph's  Academy,  Troy  ; 
was  clerk  in  his  brother's  wholesale  grocery 
house,  1865-70  ;  was  alderman  from  the 
1st  ward,  Troy,  in  1880,  and  police  com- 
missioner, 1890-94  ;  has  been  a  member 
of  the  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  J.  E. 
Molloy  &  Co.  since  1870 ;  was  elected 
mayor  of  Troy  in  1894,  and  re-elected  in 
1897 42  E 

MOONEY,  JAMES  ;  resides  in  Buffalo : 
was  born  in  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  and 
came  to  Buffalo  in  1850  ;  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools ;  married  Ellen  L. 
McRoden  of  Rochester  in  1873  ;  has  car- 
ried on  a  real-estate  business  at  Buffalo 
since  1860  ;  was  commissioner  of  public 
works  of  the  city  of  Buffalo,  1891-96.    .      222  W 

MOORE,  CHARLES  H.;  resides  in  Platts- 
burgh ;  was  born  at  Platt.sburgh  July  23, 
1844;  was  educated  at  the  University  of 
Wisconsin  (Madison)  and  at  Beloit  (Wis.  ) 
College  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to    the    bar   in    1.S74  :     marrietl    Rosa    M. 


Averili  of  Plattsburgh  October  21,  l.'<75; 
was  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  con- 
vention of  1894  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Plattsburgh  since  1874;  has  been  recorder 
of  the  village  of  Plattsburgh  since  June, 
1896 58  E 

MOOT,  ADELBERT;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Allen,  Allegany  county,  N.  Y., 
November  22,  1854  ;  was  educated  in  p\il)- 
lic  schools  and  the  Albany  Law  School  : 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  .Albany  in  1876  ; 
practiced  law  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  1877-79; 
married  Carrie  A.  Van  Ness  of  Cuba, 
N.  Y.,  July  22,  1882;  has  practiced  law 
in  Buffalo  since  1879 I<!9W 

MOREY,  NORRIS  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  :  was 
born  at  Brant,  Erie  county,  N.  Y.,  July 
20,  1838;  completed  his  education  at 
Oberlin  (O.)  College;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1861-62  and  1864-65  ;  stud- 
ied law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1866;  was  assistant  city  attorney  of  Buf- 
falo, 1870-71,  and  assistant  district  attor- 
ney of  Erie  county,  1872-74;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Buffalo  since  1866.    ...        13  W 

MORGAN,  JOHN  C.  ;  resides  in  Niagara 
Falls  ;  was  born  at  Fairview,  Erie  county, 
Penn.,  August  8,  1855;  attended  district 
schools  and  a  commercial  college  ;  married 
Hattie  Y..  Dewey  of  Shelby,  Mich.,  De- 
cember 22,  1880  ;  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  paper  at  l{;rie,  Penn.,  and  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  1878-90;  was  assistant 
general  manager  of  the  American  Straw- 
board  Co.,  1890-91  ;  organized  the  Niag- 
ara Falls  Paper  Co.  in  1891,  and  has  been 
secretary  and  general  manager  of  the  same 
since 43()  W 

MORGAN,  J.  PIERPONT  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city;  was  born  at  Hartford,  Conn., 
April  17,  1837  ;  was  educated  in  this 
country  and  in  Germany  ;  was  clerk  in  a 
New  York  banking  house,  1857-60  ;  has 
been  engaged  since  1860,  in  New  York 
city  and  other  financial  centers,  in  general 
banking,  including  the  purchase  and  sale 
of  government  bonds,  municipal  and  other 
corporate  securities,  the  drawing  of  inter- 
national exchange,  and  the  reorganization 
of  bankrupt  properties 25  M 

MORGAN,  WILLIAM  J.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  near  Peterboro,  Canada, 
October  16,  1840  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in 
1850,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  there  ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
1862-65  ;  married  Mary  C.  Reese  of  Buf- 
falo   September    23,    1X69;     was   on    the 


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SVXOPT/CAl.    /\I)K.\—  Contimiat 


editorial  stafT  of  the  Huffalo  Commerdiil 
Advertiser,  lM(i;i-M!l  ;  was  a|>|)ointeil  canal 
a|i|traiser  in  IKXO,  and  rollcttor  of  customs 
for  the  district  of  Buffalo  freck  in  1«M!»: 
has  been  dc|iiity  state  coinjitroUer  since 
January,  l«!t4.    ' 2li4  U 

MORIAKIA.  l)i)rt;i.AS  C;  resides  in 
Saratoga  Sjirings  ;  was  liorn  at  Saratoga 
Springs  July  «,  lX">!t;  was  educated  in 
puiilii  sihools  ;  was  a  clerk  in  Saratoga 
Sjirings,  lK7<i-77  ;  graduated  from  the 
New  Vork  College  of  I'harmacy  in  1««"J 
ami  tVom  the  Allany  Medical  College  in 
1SX'>,  and  took  a  postgraduate  course  at 
the  New  \ork  Polyclinic  ;  has  l)cen  dis- 
trict physician  since  IMSr),  and  health 
officer  of  Saratoga  Springs  since  1H94  : 
was  coroner  of  Saratoga  county,  1HH7-H!)  ; 
married  Harriet  I-'ran<es  Merchant  of  Sara- 
toga Springs  Seideniber  24,  iMitO:  has 
practiced  medicine  in  S;uatoga  Springs 
since  18^5 Hi;  K 

MORTON,  l.KVI  P.  ;  resides  in  New  Vork 
city;  was  born  at  Shoreham,  Vt.,  May 
IK,  1824  ;  was  a  member  of  the  dry -goods 
house  of  James  M.  Beebe  &  Co.,  18')1- 
,")4,  and  of  the  firm  of  Morton  &  (Irinnell, 
New  Vork  city,  lHr)4-til  :  established  the 
banking  house  of  I..  P.  Morton  &  Co., 
now  Morton,  Bliss  iV  Co.,  in  lJ<(i:5,  and 
the  London  house  of  .Morton,  Rose  &  Co. 
in  iHii'J  ;  married  l.ucy  Kimball  of  Flat- 
lands,  L.  I.,  October  1"),  l«5fi,  and  .\nna 
Livingston  Street  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 
February  12,  1H78  ;  was  member  of  con- 
gress, 1879-Hl,  minister  to  France,  1H81- 
S5,  vice  president  of  the  United  States, 
1  xh;»-!I3,  and  governor  of  New  Vork  state. 


lH!tr>-!)(i. 


.M 


MOTT,  H0PPF:RS.;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  New  Vork  city  .April 
l!l,  IH.^4  :  was  educated  at  Columt)ia  Col- 
lege :  married  May  l.cnox  of  New  Vork 
April  lit,  1875  ;  lias  devoted  himself  to 
the  care  of  the  family  estate  since  1H7.S.        75  .M 

MOVICS,  KDWARl)  H.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Vi)silanti,  Mich.,  Octo- 
ber lit,  1H48;  was  educated  in,  various 
prejtaratory  schools  in  this  country,  and 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Heidel- 
berg, Cermany,  in  lH(>!t  with  the  degrees 
of  Ph.  1).  and  .M.  .\.  ;  graduated  from 
Hamilton  College  law  school,  Clinton, 
N.  v.,  in  1H7H;  married  Mary  I.overing 
Rumsev  of  Buffalo  .Sejttembcr  2ti,  1H77  : 
was  ap|)ointed  receiver  of  the  First  Na- 
tional  Bank  of  Buffalo  in  1«H7  :   was  one 


of  the  board  of  three  L'nitcd  States  min- 
eral-land commissioners  in  the  Helena 
(Mont.  )  land  district,  189r)-J(7.    .      .      .        ^H  \V 

MIRRAV.  CHARI.FIS  I>.:  resides  in  Dun- 
kirk :  was  born  at  (luilford,  N.  ^'.,  May 
4,  \K\\  ;  received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation ;  engaged  in  conmierce  in  San 
l-'ranci.sco,  Ixrid—V)  ;  married  Orpha  .\. 
Bandfield  of  Hinsdale,  N.  V.,  May  20. 
IMlid:  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Buffalo 
in  IHCO;  was  president  of  the  board  of 
education  of  Dunkirk,  l«75-7tland  1><M.S- 
X()  :  was  first  jiresident  of  the  board  of 
water  commissioners  in  1x71,  and  mayor 
of  the  city  in  IXMO;  was  nominated  for 
congress  in  1X70  and  1872,  and  for  the 
assemlily  in  18M4  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Dtmkirk  since  lH(i4 Ill)  W 

NF;FF,  JOHN  W  .  ;  residc-s  in  Buffalo:  was 
born  at  Buffalo  .March  28,  1KH2  ;  attended 
publii-  .schools  ;  worked  for  the  Red  Line 
fast-freight  company,  1M80-HK;  married 
Kva  J.  Sloan  of  Buffalo  May  10,  IXXl, 
and  Fli/abeth  .\.  Menzies  of  Buffalo  Jan- 
uary 27,  ixilti  ;  was  elected  a  county 
supervisor  from  the  7th  ward  of  Buffalo 
in  18!(1,  and  was  re-elected  in  1X!I3  ;  was 
elet  tetl  auditor  of  Krie  county  in  Novem- 
ber, lX!t.">,  for  the  term  lHlt(WJ9  ;  has 
conducted  an  insurance  l)usines.s  in  Buffalo 
since  1««K 82X  W 

NKWKLL,  F:D(;AR  a.;  resides  in  Ogdens- 
burg  ;  was  born  at  Ogden.sburg  May  10, 
1853  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ; 
married  .Addie  B.  Priest  of  Potsdam, 
N.  v.,  .November  lit,  1879  ;  was  elected 
mayor  of  Ogdensburg  in  1889,  1890, 
1893,  and  1897:  established  in  1H79  the 
business  now  known  as  the  F!dgar  .X. 
Newell  Co.  at  Ogdensburg 59  Y. 

NIXON,  S.  FREDKRICK  :  resides  in  West- 
field  :  was  born  at  W'esttield  December 
:{,  lX(iO:  received  his  early  education 
at  the  Westfield  .Academy,  and  graduated 
from  Hamilton  College  in  IXXI  ;  married 
Myrtle  Hunting  Redfield  of  Westfield  -May 
21,  1X«5  ;  was  member  of  the  state  as.sem- 
bly,  lXXX-90  and  1894-9H ;  has  been 
supervisor  of  the  town  of  Westfield  since 
lxxr>,  and  was  chairman  of  the  ChauUiu- 
i|ua-county  board  of  supervisors,  1X92-94.  112  W 

NORTH,  CHARLKS  J.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Cha/y,  Clinton  county,  N.  V., 
.May  l"!,  1H47  :  was  educated  at  the  dis- 
trict .school,  with  a  few  terms  in  a  private 
school  :  worked  as  a  farm  hand,  lX(!2-7.'{  : 
was  a  clerk  in  an  insurance  office  in  Buffalo, 


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47 


187o-79  ;  married  Dora  C.  Briggs  of  Buf- 
falo June  30,  1881  ;  has  carried  on  an  in- 
surance business  since  1879,  and  since 
1881  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
North  &  Vedder 'il'^  W" 

NORTH,  SAFFORD  E.;  resides  in  Batavia  ; 
was  born  at  Alexander,  denesee  county, 
N.  Y.,  January  27,  1852;  was  educated 
at  Genesee  and  Wyoming  Seminary,  Alex- 
ander, and  spent  one  year  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versity ;  taught  school,  1869-73  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Syracuse  in  1878, 
and  began  ])ractice  at  Batavia  ;  married 
Cora  Munroe  Griswold  of  Batavia  Novem- 
ber 23,  1881  ;  was  elected  district  attor- 
ney in  1880,  and  was  re-elected  in  1883  ; 
has  been  county  judge  and  surrogate  of 
Genesee  county  since  1888 25  G 

NORTON,  NATHANIEL  W.;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Porter,  Me.,  March 
3,  1853  ;  spent  one  year  at  Bates  College, 
but  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College,  in 
1878  ;  was  principal  of  Ware  (Mass.  )  High 
School,  1878-79  ;  married  Mary  Estella 
Miner  of  Buffalo  June  30,  1880  ;  was  assis- 
tant United  States  district  attorney,  1889- 
90 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1880 .        59  W 

NORTON,  SHERIDAN  McARTHUR;  re- 
sides in  Friendship  ;  was  born  at  Belmont, 
N.  Y.,  May  1,  1848;  was  educated  in 
Friendship  Academy  and  the  Belmont 
graded  school  ;  taught  school  at  intervals, 
1865-72  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  Janu- 
ary 8,  1874,  and  began  practice  at  Friend- 
ship ;  married  May  Lilian  Robinson  of 
Friendship  September  1,  1880  ;  was  super- 
visor of  Friendship,  1879-81  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank 
of  Friendship  since  1882  ;  has  been  county 
judge  and  surrogate  of  .Allegany  county 
since  1890 336  W 

NO  YES,  HENRY  T.  ;  resides  in  Rochester  ; 
was  born  at  Starkey,  N.  Y.,  August  10, 
1840;  graduated  from  Starkey  Seminary, 
and  studied  at  Columbia  College  Law 
School  ;  served  in  the  L^nion  army,  1862- 
65  ;  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in 
Michigan,  1865-70  ;  married  Lu  Chamber- 
lain of  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Sei)tember 
29,  1869  ;  was  manager  and  part  owner  of 
the  National  Yea.st  Co.  of  Seneca  Falls, 
1870-79  ;  has  been  commissary  general  of 
subsistence  of  the  state  of  New  York  since 
April  4,  1895  ;  has  lived  in  Rochester 
since  1891  ;  is  a  member  of  the  Metro- 
politan Club  of  New  York  city.     .      .      .        33  G 


O'BRIEN,  DENIS;  resides  in  Watertown  ; 
was  born  near  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  March 
13,  1837;  was  educated  at  Ogdensburg 
.\cadcmy  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1861  ;  married  Margaret  T. 
McCahill  of  LUica,  N.  Y. ,  January  8, 
1863  ;  was  an  alderman  of  Watertown, 
1869-73,  and  mayor,  1878-79  ;  practiced 
law  at  Watertown,  1861-83  ;  was  attorney- 
general  for  New  York  state,  1884-87  ; 
has  been  a  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals 
of  New  York  state  since  January  1, 
1890 60  E 

O'BRIEN,  E.  C.  W.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Quebec,  Canada,  February  4, 
1843  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1859  ;  gradu- 
ated from  the  medical  department  of  the 
L^niversity  of  Buffalo  in  1867  ;  was  health 
physician  of  Buffalo,  1872-77  ;  married 
Monterey  AUis  of  New  York  city  October 
8,  1879  :  has  practiced  medicine  in  Buf- 
falo since  1867 415  W 

O'BRIEN,  JARVIS  P.  ;  resides  in  Troy  ; 
was  born  at  Fort  Edward,  N.  Y.,  May 
24,  1864 ;  was  educated  at  private  and 
public  schools  and  at  Fort  Edward  Col- 
legiate Institute ;  graduated  from  Colum- 
bian University  Law  School,  Washington, 
in  1891,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1893  ;  was  appointed  a,ssistant  district 
attorney  of  Rensselaer  county  January  1, 
1897  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Troy  since 
1893 43  E 

O'CONNOR,  EDMUND;  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton  ;  was  born  in  County  Cork,  Ire- 
land, November  26,  1848 ;  was  brought 
to  this  country  by  his  parents  in  1851  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Oswego,  N.  Y., 
in  October,  1870  ;  married  Bridget  Mur- 
phy of  Deposit,  N.  Y.,  November  17, 
1880 ;  was  elected  to  the  state  .senate 
from  the  24th  district  in  1889  and  1891, 
and  from  the  25th  district  in  1893,  serving 
six  years  altogether ;  has  jjracticed  law  in 
Binghamton  since  1873 25  C 

O'DAY,  DANIEL;  resides  in  New  York 
city;  was  born  at  Kildysart,  Ireland,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1844 ;  was  brought  to  this 
country  early  in  life,  and  lived  at  Ellicott- 
viile,  N.  Y.,  until  1862  ;  was  with  the 
New  York  Central  railroad,  1862-65 ; 
went  to  Pennsylvania  oil  fields  in  1865, 
and  ultimately  became  manager  of  the 
Standard  Oil  Company's  pipe-lines  ;  mar- 
ried Louise  Newell  of  Boston  in  1870  and 
Marv  Page  of  Nova  Scotia  in  1«92.    .      .        60  W 


■18 


syXOt'T/C.U.    /.\7)/:.\  —  Cm/i/n,,;/ 


()(;k.\l>\.  liAMI.I,;  ri-sules  in  Biinalo ; 
w;i.>  liorii  at  Rot  hcNlcr  l-'cliniary  17.  IXtil  ; 
«a>  L'lliKatol  in  (ommun  si  HikjIs  anil  Hry- 
ant  iV  Stniiton's  Hiisini-ss  ('ollff^c  ;  niar- 
rietl  Kli/aliL'th  Maloncv  of  S|)cntcr|K>rt, 
N.  Y.,  January  .'<((,  IXXl  ;  was  apjiointcd 
deputy  excise  commissioner  for  Btiflalo  in 
April,  1X!)(J  :  has  been  in  business  at  Mast 
Hiiffalo  sin.e  ISH.-) 4iiL'  \V 

OAKKS,  FRANK  S.;  resides  in  lUiffalo : 
was  born  at  China  (now  Arcade),  N.  Y., 
neieniber  2(i,  |X44  :  was  educated  in  dis- 
iri(  t  and  select  s<  hiiols  ;  was  employed  in 
a  hardware  store  at  Otto,  N.  Y.,  lH(i'.")-(i!)  ; 
married  Jennie  t'alver  of  Marblehead, 
Mass.,  September  II,  1H72;  was  president 
of  the  village  of  Cattaraugus,  N.  Y.,  iHiM- 
!17  ;  has  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
dairy  and  cheese-factory  ap|)aratus  at  Cat- 
taraugus since  1M7-4,  and  in  real-estate  and 
other  enterprises  in  HufTalo  since  iJSltl.         '■U<'-i  W 

OAKKS.TIIOiMAS  KI.KTCHKR  ;  resides  in 
Mamaroneck  ;  was  born  at  Boston  July  lo, 
1X4.'{  ;  was  educated  at  the  Kliot  School, 
Boston  ;  married  Abby  R.  Haskell  of 
(iloucester,  Mass.,  January  '27,  lX(i4  ;  oc- 
cupietl  important  po.sitions  with  the  Kansas 
Pacific  and  other  railroads,  l.H(i;!-Ml  ;  be- 
came vice  president  of  the  Northern  Pa- 
cific railroad  in  IHHl,  president  in  IMHM, 
and  one  of  the  receivers  of  the  comi)anv 
in  iS'Ki '      70  .\i 

ORCUTT,  WILLIAM  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Boston  November  15, 
1H47  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Boston  and  Cambridge,  and  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  IXIIII  ;  studied  law  at 
Harvard  Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  t)ar  of  Massachusetts  in  1^7")  ;  prac- 
ticed law  in  Boston,  lH7r)-M2;  was  ap- 
|iointed  judge  of  the  Disirict  Court  in  Mid- 
dlesex county  in  1X)S2  :  married  Leafie 
Sloan  of  Buffalo  June  4,  IHSK  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Buffalo  since  1889.    .      .      .      17(»\V 

OTIS,  NORTON  P.;  resides  in  Yonkers ; 
was  born  at  Halifax,  Vt.,  March  IX,  1840  ; 
attended  school  in  various  places  in  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  ;  learned  the  busi- 
ness of  manufacturing  elevators  in  his 
father's  factory,  lK,')H-(il  ;  took  charge  of 
the  business  with  his  brother  in  1X(!1  ;  mar- 
ried Li/./ie  A.  Fahs  of  York,  Penn.,  De- 
cember 2;>,  1877  ;  was  elected  mayor  of 
Yonkers  in  1880;  was  a  member  of  the 
New  York  legislature  in  1884  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  corporation  of  Otis  Broth- 
ers iV  Co.,  Yonkers,  since  18!H).    .  4!l  .M 


(»rr.\\\.\\.  .\RriICk  it.;  resides  in  West 
field  :  was  born  at  Mina,  Chautauijua 
•  ounty,  N.  \'.,  May  S,  ls.")4  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  the  district  sc  hools,  and  at  Sherman 
and  W'estfield  academies,  graduating  from 
the  latter  institution  in  1875;  taught 
school,  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  lX7!t  ;  was  district  attorney  of 
Chautauijua  county,  1XH4-H7  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Wc-stfield  since  1«7!».      .      .      IM  W 

OITKNDORFKR,  OSWALD:  resides  in 
New  York  city ;  was  born  at  Zwittau, 
Moravia,  February  2<>,  lX2(i  ;  was  edu- 
cated in  Austrian  schcjols  and  universities; 
came  to  the  I'nitcd  .States  in  1N.")0,  and 
entered  the  service  of  the  S/iiti/.\  /.ei- 
luiii^.  New  York,  soon  thereafter  ;  married 
Mrs.  Jabob  Chi  of  New  Ycjrk  city  in  18.")!)  ; 
has  1)een  editor  of  the  Slaats  Zeilii rif^  i,\ncc 
1X59 51  .\I 

PADDOCK,  FRKDKRICK  (;.;  resides  in 
Malone ;  was  born  at  Fort  Covington, 
N.  Y.,  April  15,  1H5!I;  was  educated  at 
F'ranklin  .Academy,  Malone,  and  at  Cor- 
nell L'niversity  ;  graduated  from  Columbia 
I'oUege  I.aw  School,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1884  ;  married  Katherine  L. 
Barnhart  of  Potsdam,  .N.  \.,  .\pril  7, 
IX'.M);  has  |)racticed  law  at  Malone  since 
18X4  ;  has  been  district  attorney  of  Frank- 
lin county  since  January  1,  lX!i;{.  75  F^ 

I'ALMF:R,  O.  W.  ;  resides  in  Klmira  ;  was 
born  at  (lenoa,  .V.  Y.,  .-Xugiist  10,  1X27; 
was  educated  at  Genoa  .-Vcademy  and  Har- 
ford (Penn.)  .Academy;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  .May,  1851  ;  ]jracticed  law  in 
l^lmira,  1X51-02  ;  engaged  in  the  coal 
business  in  Washington,  D.  C,  1802-05; 
was  in  the  insurance  business  in  New  York 
city  and  elsewhere,  18(57-94  ;  married 
Mary  .Moe  of  lansing,  N.  Y.,  January  9, 
1850,  F-lizabeth  Crover  of  South])ort, 
N.  Y.,  October  11,  1X5:?,  and  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Bentley  of  Brandon,  Vt..  April  20,  1X82.       55  C 

PANKOW,  CHARI.F-S  C..:  resides  in  Buf- 
falo: was  born  near  Feldberg,  (Icrmany, 
January  27,  1851  ;  learned  the  baker's 
and  confectioner's  trade,  and  worked  at 
the  same,  IXOX-XO  ;  married  Mary  (Iraf 
of  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  June  ."iO,  187<l  :  has 
conducted  a  grocery  business  in  Buffalo 
since  1880;  was  alderman  from  the  5th 
ward,  Buffalo,  1884—85;  was  elected  com- 
mi.ssioner  of  jiublic-  works,  Buffalo,  in 
November,  1X!I4,  for  the  term  1X9.5-97.      .'ilil  W 

I'.XkK,  ROSWKLL;  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
l>orn    at    Pomt'ret,   Conn.,   May  4,    1X52; 


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graduated  from  Racine  (Wis.)  College  in 
1872,  and  from  the  Chicago  Medical  Col- 
lege with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1876  : 
married  Martha  P.  Durkee  of  Chicago 
June  1,  1882  ;  served  upon  the  faculty  of 
the  Woman's  Medical  College  of  Chicago, 
the  Chicago  Medical  College,  and  Rush 
Medical  College,  successively,  1877-88  ; 
was  called  to  be  professor  of  surgery  in 
the  medical  department,  University  of 
Buffalo,  and  surgeon  to  the  Buffalo  Ceneral 
Hospital,  in  1883  ;  was  elected  president 
of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of 
New  York  for  1895-96 61  W 

PARKE,  C.  M.;  resides  in  Cloversville  ; 
was  born  at  Clifton  Park,  N.  Y.,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1847  ;  graduated  from  Madison 
University  in  1868  ;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870 ;  married 
Alice  M.  Clark  of  Eaton,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1875  ;  was  district  attorney  of  Ful- 
ton county,  1881-86 ;  has  practiced  law 
at  (jloversville  since  1871 87  E 

PARKHURST,  JOHN  F.  ;  resides  in  Path  ; 
was  born  at  Wellsboro,  Penn.,  February 
17,  1843;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  and  by  private  tutors;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  at  Rochester  in  1865  and 
began  practice  in  Bath  ;  married  Alice 
McMaster  of  Bath  July  22,  1886  ;  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Republican  national  con- 
ventions of  1888,  1892,  and  1896,  and  to 
the  New  York  state  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  1894  ;  has  been  chairman  ol  the 
Republican  committee  of  Steuben  county 
since  1889,  and  member  of  the  Republi- 
can state  committee  since  1890 ;  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  Court  of  Claims  in 
March,  1S97 26  C 

PARSONS,  CHARLES;  resides  in  New 
York  city  :  was  born  at  Alfred,  Me.,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1829  ;  was  educated  in  Yarmouth 
(Me.)  Academy  and  in  Providence,  R.  I.  ; 
engaged  in  the  produce  commission  busi- 
ness in  the  South,  1853-61  ;  married 
Sarah  I.  Shepley  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  in 
1855  ;  has  been  largely  interested  in  rail- 
road management  for  many  years,  and  has 
been  president  of  the  Rome,  Watertown  & 
Ogden.sburg  railroad  since  June,  1883.    .        71  M 

PARSONS,  FRANK  M.;  resides  in  Weeds- 
port  ;  was  born  at  Camillus,  N.  Y.,  .\ugust 
19,  1848  ;  was  educated  at  common  schools 
and  Baldwinsville  (N.  Y.)  Academy; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1871  ;  married  Hattie  E.  Bibbens  of 
Weedsport  October  23,  1871  ;  was  mem- 
ber of  assemlily.  1.S.S()-H7;    was  appointed 


deputy  attorney-general  of  New  York  state 
in  1894;  has  practiced  law  in  Weedsport 
since  1871 34  (; 

PARSONS,  WILLIAM  H.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city  :  was  born  on  Staten  Island, 
N.  Y.,  July  7,  1831  ;  was  engaged  as  clerk 
in  various  houses  in  New  York  city,  and 
partner  in  a  paper  house,  1855-60  ;  mar- 
ried Laura  C.  Palmer,  a  lineal  descendant 
of  Miles  Standish  and  Governor  Bradford, 
the  first  governor  of  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1857  ;  established  the  business 
now  known  as  the  corporation  of  W.  H. 
Parsons  &  Co.  in  1860,  and  has  been  at 
the  head  of  the  same  since 14  M 

PATCH,  MAURICE  B.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Otisfield,  Me.,  June  8,  1852  ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Lowell,  Ma.ss.,  and  graduated  from  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  in 
1872  ;  was  em|)loyed  as  a  mining  engineer 
in  Colorado,  1872-74;  married  Emily 
Isabella  White  of  Lowell  July  6,  1875  ; 
was  chemist  of  the  Detroit  &  Lake  Su])e- 
rior  Copper  Smelting  Co.,  1874-86,  and 
superintendent  of  the  Calumet  &  Hecla 
Mining  Co.'s  works  at  Lake  Linden, 
Mich.,  1886-90;  has  been  superintendent 
of  the  Buffalo  Smelting  Works  of  the  same 
company  since  1891 171  W 

PATTERSON,  CHARLES  E.;  resides  in 
Troy;  was  born  at  Corinth,  Vt.,  May  3, 
1842  ;  graduated  from  Union  College  in 
1860  ;  studied  law  in  Troy,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1863  ;  married  Fanny 
Maria  Seymour  of  New  York  city  April 
25,  1871  ;  was  member  of  assembly  from 
Rensselaer  county,  1881-82 ;  practiced 
law  in  Troy,  1863-97,  with  the  exception 
of  three  years  spent  in  New  York  city  ; 
formed  the  firm  of  Patterson,  Bulkeley  & 
Van  Kirk  for  the  practice  of  law  in  Albany 
in  1897 '     26  E 

PATTERSON,  GEORGE  W.;  resides  in 
Westfield  ;  was  born  at  Leicester,  N.  Y., 
February  25,  1826  ;  was  educated  at  vari- 
ous preparatory  schools  and  at  Dartmouth 
College,  graduating  therefrom  in  1848; 
studied  law  in  Buffalo,  1849-511;  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  edge  tools  at  West- 
field,  1851-54;  was  cashier  of  the  Geo. 
Washington  Bank  at  Corning,  N.  Y., 
1854-58,  and  president,  1858-75;  mar- 
ried Frances  De  Etta  Todd  of  Toddville, 
N.  Y.,  September  17,  1861  ;  has  lived  in 
Westfield  since  1876;  has  lieen  owner, 
legatee,  and  grantee  of  the  Holland  and 
Chautauciua  land  comiianics  since  1879.      132  W 


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I'.W  NK,  LEWIS  S.;  resides  in  North  Tona 
wanda  ;  was  born  at  Riga,  N.  Y.,  Janu- 
ary 21,  IMlH;  was  educated  in  common 
schools ;  was  i  Icrk  in  a  country  store, 
IH.'J.J—tO  ;  married  Marv  Tabor  of  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.,  November  '12,  1H40  :  served  in  the 
Union  army  throughout  the  war  ;  was  elec- 
ted a  member  of  the  Niagara-county  board 
of  su|)ervisors  in  1«44,  and  served  eleven 
terms  ;  was  clerk  of  Niagara  <oimly,  lf<rt2- 
54  and  lM(i(!-()H  ;  was  memi>er  of  assembly 
in  IHTO,  state  senator,  1«7H-7!I,  and  can- 
didate for  menii>er  of  congress  in  1«K."{; 
has  been  engaged  in  various  mercantile 
enterprises  at  North  Tonawanda  since 
1841 -V-M  W 

PEASE,  F.  S. ;  resided  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Rochester  December  22,  1K22  ; 
moved  to  Buffalo  in  1^37  ;  engaged  in 
chemical  .studies  in  eastern  cities,  183!^- 
48;  married  I.ucretia  (loodale  of  Buffalo 
in  1845,  and  A.  de  Etta  Bioodgood  of 
xNew  York  city  May  7,  1885;  established 
the  manufacture  of  lubricating  oils  in  Buf- 
falo in  1H48,  and  carried  on  thesame  until 
his  death  November  «,  18<»0.  .      .  47  I ) 

PERRY,  ISAAC  (;.;  resides  in  Hinghamton  ; 
was  born  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  March  24, 
1822  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools  ; 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  with  his 
father,  and  worked  at  the  same  in  Keese 
ville,  N.  Y.,  until  1852;  married  Eucretia 
L.  (libson  of  Keeseville  in  December, 
1848;  engaged  in  business  as  an  architect 
and  builder  in  New  York  city,  1852-72, 
and  in  Binghamton,  1872-83;  has  been 
capitol  commissioner  of  New  York  state 
since  March  30,  1883 58  C 

PERSONS,  Wll.lilvk  v.;  resides  in  Dele- 
van  ;  was  born  at  Delevan  November  24, 
1858;  lived  in  the  West,  1870-7(>,  grad- 
uating from  the  Omaha  High  School  in 
June,  1875  ;  married  Alice  Catharine 
Strong  of  Delevan  June  2,  1880;  was  in 
the  service  of  the  Union  Pacific  railroad, 
l875-7(i,  and  of  the  Buffalo,  New  York 
iS;  Philadeljihia  railroad,  lH7ti-84;  has 
conducted  various  weekly  news|)ii|)ers  in 
western  New  N'ork  since  1887.       .  2!M)  \\ 

PETERSON,  FREDERICK  R.  ;  resides  in 
Jamestown  ;  w;is  born  in  the  town  of  Elli- 
cott,  Chautaui|iia  <ounty,  N.  \'.,  January 
21,  1857;  graduated  from  the  Jamestown 
Union  School  and  Collegiate  Institute  in 
1880  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  ( )ctober, 
1884  ;  married  Edith  S.  Osgood  of  James- 
town April  8,  1885  ;  was  clerk  of  James- 
town,    1 88.3-88,     and  a   meniber    of    the 


board  of  supervisors,  1892-93  ;  was  elected 
to  the  state  assembly  in  18flH,  and  re-elec- 
ted in  1897  ;  has  jjracticed  law  in  James- 
town since  1884 437  W 

PETERSON,  JESSE;  re.sides  in  Lockport  ; 
was  born  at  Belfast,  Allegany  county, 
N.  Y.,  October  1,  1850;  was  eduoted  in 
l.ockport  I'nion  School  ;  married  Arabella 
.\.  Brown  of  l-ockjiort  January  20,  1^74; 
was  half  owner  of  the  Penfield  Block  Co. 
of  l.ock|)ort,  1875-85  ;  has  been  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  wood  pulp  and  in- 
durated fiber  in  Lockjjort  since  1883.   .       133  W 

PETIEBONE,  LAUREN  W.;  resides  in 
Hurtalo ;  was  born  at  Lock])ort,  N.  Y., 
June  20,  1848  ;  was  educated  in  private 
schools  in  Buffalo  ;  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Niagara  Falls  Paper  Mfg.  Co.,  18(J5- 
83  ;  married  I^vinia  Porter  Townsend  of 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  September  14,  1881  ; 
was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Pette- 
bone  Pai>er  Co.,  188.3-88,  and  president, 
1888-02  ;  has  been  vice  president  and 
director  of  the  Pettebone-Cataract  Paper 
Co.,  Niagara  Falls,  since  its  organization 
in  1892 364  W 

PIERCE,  JAMES  F.  ;  re.sides  in  Brooklyn  ; 
was  born  at  Madrid,  St.  I^wrence  county, 
N.  Y.,  Ajiril  8,  1830;  was  educated  at 
St.  Lawrence  .Academy,  Potsdam,  N.  Y.  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1851  ;  practiced 
his  profession  in  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  1852- 
55 ;  married  Anna  Maria  Redington  of 
Waddington,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1850  ;  i)rac- 
ticed  law  in  Canton,  N.  Y.,  185(>-6() ; 
was  state  senator,  1868-71,  1878-79,  and 
1886-89 ;  was  state  superintendent  of 
insurance,  1891-97  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
.New  York  city  .since  1866 52  M 

I'lERC  E,  JA.MES  H.;  resides  in  Blooming- 
dale:  was  born  at  New  Sweden,  N.  Y., 
.\ugust  27,  182(t;  married  Olive  C.  Len- 
non  at  Keeseville,  N.  Y.,  August  7,  1856  ; 
engaged  in  various  branches  of  business  in 
New  York,  Yirginia,  and  Wisconsin,  1843- 
5((,  and  in  lumbering,  manufacturing,  and 
farming  in  northern  .New  York,  1851-()2  : 
.served  in  the  Union  army,  l8(i2-<>4  ;  has 
been  engaged  in  farming  and  in  jiublic 
life  in  Franklin  and  Es.sex  counties.  New 
York,  sine  e  1865  ;  was  elected  to  the 
state  a.ssemblv  in  1806,  anil  re-elected  in 
1807.  28  E 

PITCHER,  JAMES  k.  ;  resides  in  Short 
Hills,  N.  J.  ;  was  born  at  Windham, 
N.  Y.,  March  5,  1845;  was  educated  at 
Whitestone  Seminary  ;  was  clerk  in  a  tan- 
nerv,  18(i.",-6(i,  and  in  a  New  ^'ork  house. 


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18fiG-(i8  ;  conducted  a  clothing  business 
in  New  York,  18()8-77  ;  married  Helen 
K.  Sweet  of  New  York  September  1,  1870  ; 
organized  the  Uniteil  States  Mutual  Acci- 
dent Association  in  1877,  and  conducted 
the  same  until  1893  ;  has  carried  on  exten- 
sive greenhouses  at  Short  Hills,  N.  J., 
since  1890  ;  is  now  president  of  the  Pe- 
trolia  Manufacturing  Co.  of  New  York,  and 
is  engaged  in  many  other  business  enter- 
prises  53  M 

PITKIN,  JOHN  T. ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  May  8,  1858; 
attended  Palmyra  Union  School  and  Heath - 
cote  School,  Buflalo  ;  held  various  posi- 
tions as  electrician  and  telegraph  operator, 
1874-81  ;  studied  medicine,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Buffalo  in  1884;  married 
Lizzie  Simons  Youngs  of  Buffalo  March 
4,  1886  ;  has  practiced  medicine  in  Buffalo 
since  1884 40:5  W 

PITT,  WILLIAM  H.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Short  Tract,  N.  Y.,  Sei)tem- 
ber  8,  1831  ;  prepared  for  college  at  Al- 
fred (N.  Y. )  Academy,  and  graduated 
from  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y., 
in  1860  ;  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Church 
of  Friendship,  N.  Y.,  May  18,  1861  ;  was 
superintendent  of  education  at  Warren, 
Ohio,  1867-68  ;  was  professor  of  physics 
and  chemistry  in  the  Buffalo  High  School, 
1872-90;  was  state  analyst  of  foods  and 
drugs,  1881-82  ;  has  been  professor  of 
general  chemistry  and  physics  in  the  medi- 
cal department  of  Niagara  University  since 
May  26,  1884 '.     .       63  W 

PLANT,  HENRY  B.;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  Branford,  Conn., 
October  27,  1819  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  and  by  private  tutors  ;  was  in 
the  employ  of  various  express  companies, 
1837-'61 ;  married,  on  September  25,  1843, 
Ellen  Elizabeth  Blackstone  of  Branford, 
Conn.,  a  direct  descendant  of  Thomas 
Blackstone,  who  settled  in  Boston  about 
1630  ;  after  her  death  in  1861,  married 
Margaret  Josephine  Loughman  of  New 
York  city  in  1873  ;  organized  the  South- 
ern Express  Co.  in  1861,  and  ha.s  since 
been  president  thereof;  since  1882  has 
been  president  of  the  Plant  Investment 
Co.,  devoted  to  railroad  and  other  opera- 
tions in  Florida  and  elsewhere.      .      .      .        54  .M 

PLUMLEY,  EDMUND  J.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo;  was  born  at  Canoga,  Seneca  county, 
N.  Y.,   October  7,   1845  ;  attended  Oen- 
esee  Weslevan  Seminary,  Lima,  N.  Y.,and 


(lenesee  College  (now  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity) ;  taught  school  at  intervals,  1863-68  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871  ;  married 
Flora  Ella  Crandall  of  Buffalo  July  9, 
1874  ;  was  deputy  city  clerk  of  Buffalo, 
1872-75 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1875 265  \V 

POOLE,  MURRAY  E.  ;  resides  in  Ithaca  ; 
was  born  at  Centremoreland,  Penn.,  July 
17,  1857  ;  graduated  from  Cornell  Uni- 
versity in  1880;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1889  ;  was  special 
county  judge  of  'l"om])kins  county  in  1889  ; 
married  Eva  Zeliffe  of  Limestone,  N.  Y., 
November  4,  1891  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Ithaca  since  1889 12  C 

POOLEY,  CHARLES  A.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  November  17, 
1854  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Buffalo  ;  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, 1873-75;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  April,  1879  ;  married  Carrie  Adams, 
daughter  of  S.  Cary  Adams  of  Buffalo, 
June  4,  1884  ;  has  practiced  law  since 
1879  with  the  firm  of  McMillan,  Gluck, 
Pooley  &  Depew  and  their  predecessors.       64  W 

PORTER,  CYRUS  K.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Cicero,  N.  Y.,  August  27, 
1828;  was  educated  in  common  schools; 
learned  the  builder's  trade,  and  became  an 
architect  in  1855;  founded  the  order  of 
Royal  Templars  of  Temperance  in  1870  ; 
went  to  Buffalo  in  1865,  and  has  practiced 
his  profession  there  since 65  W 

PORTER,  HORACE  ;  resides  in  New  York 
city  and  Paris  ;  was  born  at  Huntingdon, 
Penn.,  April  15,  1837;  was  educated  at 
the  Harrisburg  (Penn.)  .\cademy,  at  the 
Lawrence  Scientific  School  (  Harvard ),  and 
at  West  Point,  whence  he  graduated  in 
1860  ;  served  in  the  Union  army  through- 
out the  Civil  War  ;  married  Sophie  K. 
McHarg  of  Albany  December  15,  18()3  ; 
was  private  secretary  to  President  (Jrant, 
1869-73  ;  has  been  engaged  as  director 
and  executive  officer  in  various  corporations 
since  1873  ;  was  appointed  ambassador  to 
France  in  1897 2.s  M 

PORTER,  PETER  A.;  resides  in  Niagara 
Falls  ;  was  born  at  Niagara  Falls  Octol)er 
10,  1853  ;  graduated  from  Yale  College 
in  1874  ;  married  .\lice  Adele  Taylor  in 
1877  ;  was  member  of  the  New  York  state 
assembly,  1886-87 365  W 

POriER,  DELCOUR  S. ;  resides  in  (Jlens 
Falls;  was  born  at  Schuylerville,  N.  Y., 
.Al)ril    19,    1843;    attended    Schuylerville 


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Academy  and  Fort  Kdward  institute  ;  stud- 
ied law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  liar  in 
l«(i(J  ;  married  Anna  M.  MiNaujihton  of 
Schuylerville  Man  h  \'l,  \XW<  :  was  mem- 
ber of  assembly  in  iHHd,  1«H1,  and  1H«'2; 
pra<ticed  law  in  Schiiyler%ille,  IHdii-ilO, 
and  has  |)ractice<l  in  <"i1iti>  1".i11>  >in(e 
185)0 Tti  V. 

FOriKR,  HKNRV  CODMAN;  resides  in 
New  York  city  ;  was  born  at  Schenectady, 
N.  v..  May  25,  1M.S5  ;  was  educated  at  the 
K|)isco|<al  Academy  in  I'hiladelphia,  and 
at  the  'I'heological  Seminary  of  N'irginia, 
whence  he  graduated  in  lxr)7  ;  was  rector 
of  Christ  Church,  (Ireensburg,  I'enn., 
lH.->7-.V.»,  of  St.  John's,  Troy,  IK.lil-IKi, 
and  of  Cirace  Church,  New  York,  ISIJH- 
83  ;  was  assistant  bishop  of  the  diocese  of 
New  York,  1883-8(),  and  has  been  bishop 
thereof  since  1887 ;!7  M 

PDITKR,  WILLIAM  WARRKN ;  resides 
in  Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Strykersville,  N.  Y., 
December  31,  1838:  was  educated  at 
Arcade  Seminary,  and  (lenesee  Seminary 
and  College,  Lima,  N.  Y.;  graduated  from 
the  Buffalo  I'niversity  Medical  College  in 
185!)  ;  married  Kmily  A.  Bostwick  of  I-an- 
caster,  N.  Y.,  March  23,  1859:  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Cowlesville, 
N.  Y.,  185!)-()1  ;  served  as  a  surgeon  in 
the  L'nion  army,  18(il-G5  ;  has  followed 
his  |jrofession  in  Buffalo  since  18()(i.  2(i()  W 

PRATT,  CHARLES  R.  :  resides  in  Klmira  : 
was  born  at  I'Mmira  January  24,  1><47  ; 
graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  18(»1) ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1872  ;  married  Jane  li.  Carrier  of  Klmira 
April  10,  187!)  ;  was  a  bank  cashier,  1X7!!- 
82  ;  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
convention  in  1H!)4,  and  was  elected 
county  judge  and  surrogate  of  Chemung 
county  in  18!t(i  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Klmira  since  1H75  with  the  exception  of 
three  years  spent  in  banking 13  C 

PRATT,  PASCAL  P.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  September  15,  181!); 
was  educated  at  Hamilton  (N.  Y. )  Acad- 
emy and  at  Amherst  (Mass.)  Academy: 
married  Phoebe  Loren/  of  Pittsburg 
September  1,  1845:  was  a  Republican 
presidential  elector  in  1H72,  chairman  of 
the  Buffalo  |>ark  commission  from  lM(i!)  to 
187!),  and  one  of  the  three  commissioners 
ap|X)inted  by  the  Su|)reme  Court  in  18H3 
to  a))praise  the  value  of  the  ])ro|)erty  taken 
by  the  state  for  the  Reservation  at  Niagara 


Falls  ;  has  been  president  of  the  Manufac- 
turers' and  'Traders'  liank  of  Buffalo  since 
18H5 <»H  W 

PRESTON,  JERtJ.ME:  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  Iwrn  at  Farmington,  Penn., 
January  28,  1X34  ;  attended  common  and 
select  schools  and  the  Jamestown  .Acad- 
emy ;  married  Hannah  Broadhead  of 
Busli,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  lX5(i;  conducted  a 
general  store  in  Busti,  1«54— 5!);  was 
elected  member  of  assembly  from  the  2d 
t"hauiau(|ua  district  in  1871  ;  has  Iteen  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  and  manufacturing 
pursuits  (dry  goods,  oil  refining,  James- 
town Woolen  Mills,  etc.)  in  Jamestown 
si  me  1K5!) 134  W 

PRICK,  OSCAR  F.;  resides  in  Jamestown; 
was  born  at  Jamestown  September  1 1 , 
1H40;  was  educated  in  Jamestown  schools 
and  academies ;  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Jamestown  for  several 
years,  and  served  as  presiiient  of  the  board, 
1HX2-83  ;  was  meml)er  of  the  state  a.s.sem- 
bly,  18H3-84  :  was  the  first  mayor  of 
Jamestown,  holding  the  office,  188(i-l)4, 
and  was  elected  again  in  18!)G.  381  W 

PRIKS'T,  GKOROK  E.;  resides  in  Ithaca; 
was  born  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  June  25, 
1848  ;  studied  law,  but  did  not  apply  for 
admission  to  the  bar ;  married  .\melia  E. 
Burritt  of  Ithaca  October  22,  181)5;  was 
dejiuty  county  clerk  of  Tompkins  county 
in  1H70:  served  in  the  s]>ecial  agency  of 
the  treasury  department  at  New  York  city, 
lH7()-74  :  has  been  editor  and  |jart  owner 
of  the  Ithaca /('/////(//since  1877.  44  C 

PROCTOR,  WILLIAM  L.  ;  resided  in 
Ogdensburg;  was  born  at  East  Washing- 
ton, N.  H.,  March  21),  1837  :  was  edu- 
cated in  common  schools  and  academies  ; 
married  Dolly  Paulina  Howard  of  Ogdens- 
burg February  12,  18I>1  ;  was  mayor  of 
Ogdensburg,  1H71-75  and  1884-86;  was 
a  member  of  the  Republican  state  commit- 
tee from  1X82,  and  a  member  of  the  board 
of  managers  of  the  St.  I.awrence  State 
Hospital  from  1H87  until  his  death  ;  became 
(onnected  with  the  lumber  trade  in  1X57, 
and  was  vice  president  of  the  Skillings, 
Whitnevs  iV  Barnes  Lumber  Co.  :  died  at 
Likewo'od,   N.  J.,   November  1!".  lx!t7.       r.l  K 

I'kOlDFTT,  WILLIAM  H.  :  resides  in 
lauiestdwn  ;  was  born  at  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
December  15,  1841  :  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  academy  of  James- 
town ;  was  employed  as  clerk  and  book- 
keeper in  lamestown,  185()-()2  :   served  in 


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the  Union  army,  1862-65;  married  Ellen 
E.  Hall  of  Jamestown  October  2,  1866; 
has  conducted  a  clothing  house  in  James- 
town since  1866 339  W 

PUTNAM,  EDGAR  P.  ;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  at  Stockton,  Chautau(|ua 
county,  N.  Y.,  May  4,  1844;  was  edu- 
cated in  common  schools ;  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  9th  New  York  cavalry  in 
September,  1861,  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war  ;  was  United  States  deputy 
surveyor  in  Minnesota,  1866-75  ;  married 
Eppie  Mace  of  Jamestown  February  27, 

1878  ;  was  clerk  of  Chautauqua  county, 
1889-91  ;    has   lived  in    famestown  since 

1875 " 136  W 

PUTNAM,  JAMES  O.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Attica,  N.  Y.,  July  4,  1818; 
studied  at  Hamilton  and  at  Yale  colleges ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1842,  and  l)e- 
gan  the  practice  of  law  in  Buffalo  ;  mar- 
ried Harriet  Palmer  of  Buffalo  January  5, 
1842,  and  Kate  F.  Wright  of  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  March  15,  1855  ;  was  postmaster 
of  Buffalo,  1851-53,  and  state  senator, 
1854-55  ;  was  United  States  consul  at 
Havre,  France,  1861-66,  and  United  States 
minister  to  Belgium,  1880-81  ;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  council  of  the  University  of 
Buffalo  since  its  organization  in  1846,  was 
for  many  years  its  vice  chancellor,  and  is 
now  its  chancellor 224  W 

RAMSDELL,  T.  T.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo ;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  March  15,  1854  ;  graduated 
from  the  Buffalo  Classical  School  in  1871  ; 
began  liusiness  in  1873  as  a  clerk  for  O. 
P.  Ramsdell  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in 
boots,  shoes,  and  rubbers  ;  became  partner 
in  this  firm  in  1877  ;  organized  the  present 
firm   of  ().  P.  Ramsdell,  Sweet  &  Co.   in 

1879  ;  married  Louise  Miller  of  Sterling, 

111.,  November  10,  1881 67  W 

RANDALL,  EDWARD  C.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Ripley,  Chautauqua 
county,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1860  ;  was  edu- 
cated at  Ripley  Academy  and  Allegheny 
College  ;  studied  law  at  Fredonia  and  Dun- 
kirk, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Rochester  in  1883;  married  Maria  Louise 
Howard,  granddaughter  of  the  late  Rufus 
L.  Howard  of  Buffolo,  October  6,  1897  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1884.       268  W 

RAY,  GEORGE  W.  ;  resides  in  Norwich  ; 
was  born  at  Otselic,  N.  Y.,  February  3, 
1844  ;  was  educated  at  Norwich  Academy  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1863-65  ;  was 
admitted    to    the    bar    in    1867  :    married 


Mary  Johnson  of  North  Pitcher,  N.  Y., 
June  28,  1871  ;  was  member  of  congress, 
1883-85,  and  has  served  in  that  body  con- 
tinuously since  1891  ;  has  practiced  law 
in  Norwich  since  1867 59  C 

REBADOW,  ADOLPH  ;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  June  4,  1860;  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city  ; 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Marshall,  C'lin- 
ton  &  Wilson,  and  was  admitted  to  the  liar 
in  June,  1881  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1881 269  W 

REID,  WHITELAW  ;  resides  in  New  York 
city;  was  born  near  Xenia,  O.,  October 
27,  1837;  graduated  from  Miami  (O. ) 
University  in  1856  ;  taught  school  in  1857; 
was  connected  with  the  Xenia  News,  and 
the  Cincinnati  Gazette,  1857-68,  serv- 
ing as  war  correspondent  for  the  latter 
paper ;  married  Elizabeth  Mills,  daughter 
of  D.  O.  Mills  of  New  York  city,  April 
26,  1881  ;  was  United  States  minister  to 
France,  1889-92  ;  has  been  regent  of  the 
University  of  the  State  of  New  York  since 
1878  ;  has  been  connected  with  the  New 
York  Tribune  since  1868,  and  has  been  its 
editor  and  chief  owner  since  1872.    .      .       55  M 

REINECKE,  OTTOMAR;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Sondershausen,  Germany, 
November  20,  1840;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1852;  was  educated  in  German 
schools  and  in  Buffalo  public  schools ; 
worked  for  his  father  at  the  printer's  trade, 
1854-66  ;  married  Eva  Engel  of  Buffalo 
September  25,  1866  ;  has  been  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Reinecke  &  Zesch,  job 
printers  and  proprietors  of  the  Buffalo 
Frcie  Presse,  since  1867  ;  has  been  one  of 
the  park  commissioners  of  Buffalo  since 
1896 357  W 

REYBURN,  PERRY  C;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Buffalo  September  10, 
1859  ;  was  educated  in  public  schools 
there  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Rochester  October  8,  1880 ; 
married  Ida  A.  Schneider  of  Buffalo 
lanuarv  30,  1895  ;  has  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  since  1880 358  \\' 

RICE,  EDWARD  R.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Nashville,  Ind.,  June  21, 
1856  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools, 
and  graduated  from  the  Batavia  High 
School  ;  was  a  clerk  in  boot  and  shoe  houses 
in  Batavia  and  Rochester,  1871-81;  con- 
ducted a  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  house  in 
Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  1881-87  ;  married  Mary 
Lan>rlev  Fullauar  of  Dunkirk   Octolier  IH, 


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1S84  ;  has  conducted  a  wholesale  rubber 
boot  and  shoe  house  in  Buffalo  since 
1H«7 225  W 

kUll ARDSON,  JACKSON;  resided  in 
Klniira  ;  was  born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  April 
27,  lM2i) ;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  ;  began  business  with  his  father  at 
Almond,  N.  V'.,  in  18.')0  ;  married  Kmma 
Hickman  November  10,  lHr)2;  carried  on 
a  shoe  manufai  tory  at  Klmira  from  lNt!l 
until  his  death  July  1,  1H!»7.  J7  < 

RICHARDSON,  WII.I.IAM  ;  resuks  in 
Huflalo ;  was  born  at  Attlcboro,  Mass., 
January  "),  1M20  ;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  at  DeWitt,  N.  Y.  ;  married  Ann 
O'Day  of  Buffalo  in  November,  |xr)2;  en- 
gaged in  canal  rejjairing  and  in  dredging, 
1  KoO-itO  ;  was  a  member  of  the  common 
council  of  Buffalo,  1884-«7  ;  has  lived  in 
Buffalo  since  1«50 227  W 

RK'HMONI),  JKWETT  M.  ;  resides  in 
ButTalo  ;  was  born  at  Syracuse  December 
5),  1 830  ;  attended  common  schools ;  was 
a  clerk  in  coimtry  stores,  1847-53  ;  en- 
gageil  in  the  manufa<  ture  and  sale  of  salt, 
1854-C(I;  married  (leraldine  H.  Rudde- 
row  of  New  York  city  November  10,  1870; 
conducted  a  grain  commission  business  in 
Buffalo,  18()0-«1  ;  was  president  of  the 
Buffalo  iV  Jamestown  railroad,  1872-75  ; 
since  iHSl  has  been  occupied  with  the 
care  of  his  estate,  and  with  his  duties  as  an 
offi<  er  in  various  corporations.  .  444  \\ 

RICHMOND,  WILLIAM  ;  resides  in  Niag- 
ara Kails  ;  was  born  at  Mitton,  Worcester- 
shire, Kngland,  October  (!,  1M47;  was 
educated  at  a  private  school  in  Kngland  ; 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1K(;3:  mar- 
ried Mary  McC.ill  of  Lockport,  N.  Y., 
0(  tober  12,  1X70;  was  alderman  in  Lock- 
port,  1x,s|-h:!  and  IHXIMU,  mayor  of 
Lockport,  1.Sm;!-.S4,  water  commissioner, 
lHn4-87,  and  trustee  of  the  boaril  of  edu- 
cation, 1888-8!)  and  l«!)0-!)5  ;  has  been 
collector  of  customs  at  Niagara  Falls  since 
March  4.  1H!)5 1:17  W 

RILKY,  JOHN  li.  ;  resides  in  I'lattsburgh  ; 
was  born  at  Schuyler  I'alls,  N.  Y.,  Septem- 
ber !t,  1X52;  attended  I'latt.sburgh  Acad- 
emy and  Keescville  High  School  ;  taught 
.school,  lH(lil-74  ;  was  school  tonmiissioner 
for  Clinton  county,  1H75-H1  ;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  l.H7!l,  and  began  jjractice 
at  I'lattsburgh;  married  (ienevieve  Des- 
mond of  I'lattsburgh  .September  25,  1XX2  ; 
was  president  of  the  village  of  I'lattsburgh, 
1NK4— X5,  superintendent  of  Indian  schools. 


1885-87,  and  chief  e.xaminer  for  the  New 
York  state  civil-service  commission,  1887- 
!I3  ;  was  consul  general  for  Canada,  1893- 
!(7 (i3  K 

RINKWALI,  AD.\.\I  L.  ;  resides  in  Wil- 
liamsville  ;  was  born  at  Williamsvillc  May 
4,  184S(;  was  educated  in  district  schools 
anil  Williamsville  .\cademy  ;  learned  the 
printer's  trade  at  Beloit,  Wis.,  1805-70; 
worked  at  his  trade  in  Buffalo,  1X70-79  : 
married  Sarah  Kilena  Bloker  of  Williams- 
ville September  IX,  1X7X  ;  was  |)Ostmaster 
at  Williamsville,  lXX9-!»3;  e.stabli.shed  the 
Amhfiit  Hee  at  Williamsville  in  1X79, 
and  has  conducted  the  .same  since.  297  W 

ROBHRTS,  JAMKS  A.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Waterboro,  Me.,  March  8, 
1847;  fitted  for  college  at  .Auburn,  .Me., 
and  graduated  from  Bowdoin  in  1X70; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Buffalo  in  1X75  ; 
married  .Minnie  I'ineo  of  Calais,  .Me.,  in 
1X71,  and  Martha  Dresser  of  .Auburn,  Me., 
in  1XX4  ;  was  a  member  of  the  state 
assembly,  1879-80;  was  elected  comp- 
troller of  the  state  of  New  York  in  1893, 
and  was  re-elected  in  1X95 (J9  W 

ROBERTS,  JAMKS  H.  :  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton  ;  was  born  at  Ml.  Pleasant,  Cal., 
June  24,  lX(iO  ;  entered  Hamilton  College, 
Clinton,  N.  Y.,  in  the  class  of  18X(;  ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1XX7;  married  Jennie  K..  Rowland  of 
Sherburne,  N.  Y.,  July  1,  1X90;  wiisattor- 
ney  for  the  excise  board  of  Binghamton, 
1888-91  ;  has  practiced  law  at  Bingham- 
ton since  1887  ;  was  elected  recorder  of 
the  city  in  1X94 14  C 

ROBKRTSON,  ANDRKW  J.;  resides  in 
Buffalo ;  was  born  at  Andes,  Delaware 
county,  N.  Y.,  March  30,  1851  ;  attended 
district  schools  and  academies  and  Cornell 
University  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
lX7(i,  and  i)racticed  in  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  1876- 
77  ;  married  Martha  Hayt  Thompson  of 
Klmira,  N.  Y.,  December  19,  1X7X  ;  prac- 
ticed law  in  lOlmira,  1X77-93  ;  has  |)rac- 
ti(ed  law  in  Buffalo  since  April,  1X9:?.  .      4(14  W 

ROBINSON,  JOHN  W.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  in  Simcoe  county,  ( )ntario, 
October  14,  1X4X  ;  married  .Matilda  0.\- 
enham  May  22,  1X72;  was  connected 
with  the  lumber  business  in  Detroit,  1X7:{- 
88;  establi.shetl  a  lumber  business  at  North 
'Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  in  1X88,  and  has  lived 
in  Buffalo  since 172  NV' 

ROCHK.  WILLIAM  J.;  resides  in  Iroy  ; 
wa--  liiirn  at    Tmv    in   1  s."i.T     was  educated 


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at  St.  Mary's  Academy,  Troy;  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1874  ; 
married  Mary  L.  Campion  of  New  York 
city  June  15,  1880  ;  was  city  attorney  of 
Troy,  1883-86,  and  city  comptroller, 
1886-90  ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1894  ;  was  appointed 
corporation  counsel  of  Troy  in  1890  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Troy  since  1878.      .      .        29  E 

ROGERS,  SHERMAN  S. ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Bath,  N.  Y.,  April  16, 
1830  ;  prepared  for  college,  but  entered  a 
law  office  at  the  age  of  sixteen  without 
further  scholastic  training  ;  married  Chris- 
tina Cameron  Davenport  of  Bath  January 
6,  1858  ;  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
commission  to  revise  the  constitution  of 
the  state  of  New  York  in  1872 ;  was 
elected  state  senator  in  1875  ;  was  nomi- 
nated for  lieutenant  governor  in  1876,  on 
the  ticket  headed  by  E.  D.  Morgan  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1854.       .        70  \V 

ROCJERS,  WILLIAM  F.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  in  Forks  township,  Penn., 
March  1,  1820;  published  a  paper  at 
Honesdale,  Penn.,  1840-44;  married 
Caroline  M.  VValdron  of  Honesdale 
June  20,  1842,  and  Phoebe  Demony  of 
Buffalo  September  20,  1849  ;  moved  to 
Buffalo  in  1846,  and  established  the  Buf- 
falo Republic  in  1850 ;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1861-63  ;  was  auditor  of  Buf- 
falo in  18()4,  comptroller  in  1866,  and 
mayor  in  1868  ;  was  a  member  of  the  48th 
congress,  1883-85;  was  superintendent  of 
the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home  at  Bath, 
N.  Y.,  1887-97 28  C 

ROOSEVELT,  I'HEODORE;  resides  in 
New  York  city  ;  was  born  at  New  York 
city  October  27,  1858 ;  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  1880  ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  assembly,  1882-84  ; 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
convention  in  1884,  and  candidate  for 
mayor  of  New  York  city  in  1886  ;  married 
Edith  K.  Carow  of  New  York  city  De- 
cember 2,  1886;  was  United  States 
civil-service  commissioner,  1889-95  ;  was 
president  of  the  board  of  police  commis- 
sioners of  New  York  city,  1895-97  ;  was 
appointed  assistant  secretary  of  the  navy, 
1897 30  M 

ROOT,  FRANCIS  H.  ;  resided  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.,  May  30, 
1815 ;  attended  the  district  schools  of 
New  Berlin  and  of  Lodi,  N.  Y.,  and 
studied  for  one  term  in  the  academy  at 
Springville,   N.    Y.  ;    went    to    Buffalo    in 


January,  1835,  and  began  business  for  him- 
self in  1836  as  a  manufacturer  of  stoves; 
conducted  the  same  business  with  S.  S. 
Jewett,  1843-78  ;  married  Delia  M.  Spen- 
cer of  Lodi  in  1838  ;  sold  out  his  stove 
business  in  1878,  and  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  hemlock  sole 
leather ;  died  at  Buffalo  September  6, 
1892 26  D 

ROOT,  FRANCIS  S.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Port  Byron,  N.  Y.,  November 
4,  1869  ;  graduated  from  the  literary  de- 
partment of  the  Port  Byron  Academy  in 
1889,  and  from  the  law  department  of 
Cornell  University  in  1893  ;  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  March,  1895,  and  has  prac- 
ticed law  since  then  in  Buffalo.     .  .      380  W 

ROSS,  FRANK  W.;  resides  in  Elmira ;  was 
born  at  Horseheads,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1859  ; 
was  educated  in  public  schools  and  Elmira 
Free  Academy  ;  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  from  the  University  of 
the  City  of  New  York  in  1883  ;  married 
Hattie  A.  Hart  of  Dorchester,  Ga.,  a 
lineal  descendant  of  Miles  Standish  ;  has 
practiced  medicine  and  surgerv  in  F^lmira 
since  1883 '    .     .     .       61  C 

ROTH,  EDWARD  C;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  October  22,  1859  ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
city  ;  was  employed  in  a  hardware  store, 
1873-78  ;  was  clerk  in  an  insurance  office, 
1878-81  ;  married  Hattie  Weller  of  Buf- 
falo September  29,  1891  ;  has  conducted 
a  general  insurance  business  in  Buffalo 
since  1881 459  W 

ROWE,  CHARLES  H.;  resides  in  Dans- 
ville  ;  was  born  in  the  town  of  Spring- 
water,  Livingston  county,  N.  Y.,  May  17, 
1856  ;  was  educated  at  the  Dansville  Semi- 
nary and  at  Cook  Academy,  Havana,  N.  Y. ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1879  ;  married  Adina  Krein  of  Dans- 
ville August  29,  1883;  was  postmaster  of 
Dansville,  1890-94,  justice  of  the  peace, 
1883-9(i,  trustee  of  the  village  in  1894, 
and  corporation  counsel  in  1895  ;  has  been 
district  attorney  of  Livingston  county  since 
January  1,  1897 .        14  (1 

RUPP,  CHARLES  A.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  .\pril  1,  1850  ;  attend- 
ed the  district  schools  ;  married  Nellie 
I'ilot  of  Buffalo  September  11,  1872,  and 
Anna  T.  Henafelt  of  Buffalo  October  2, 
1889  ;  was  elected  alderman  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  in  1881  ;  was  appointed  a 
( ivil-service  commissioner  in  June,  1890, 


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and  a  police  and  excise  commissioner 
March  1,  1894;  entered  the  service  of 
Henry  Rumrill,  builder  and  contractor,  in 
1868,  and  formed  a  partnership  with  him 
in  1874  ;  has  been  in  business  alone,  as 
builder  and  contractor,  since  1893.    .      .        71  W 

RUSSELL,  LESLIE  W.  ;  resides  in  Can- 
ton ;  was  born  at  Canton  April  15,  1840  ; 
was  educated  at  Canton  Academy  ;  studied 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1861  ; 
married  Harriet  Lawrence  of  Malone, 
N.  Y.,  October  19,  1864  ;  practiced  law  at 
Canton,  1861-81,  and  at  New  York  city, 
1884—91  ;  was  district  attorney  of  St. 
Lawrence  county,  1869-72,  and  county 
judge,  1878-81  ;  was  attorney-general  of 
New  York  state,  1882-83  ;  was  a  regent  of 
the  LIniversity  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
1878-91  ;  was  elected  justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  New  York  state  in  1891.        64  E 

RYAN,  STEPHEN  ;  resides  in  South  Otse- 
lic ;  was  born  at  Homer,  N.  Y.,  November 
10,  1859  ;  was  educated  at  Homer  Acad- 
emy ;  married  Ettie  M.  Cook  of  South 
Otselic  June  6,  1883  ;  conducted  a  cloth- 
ing and  furnishing-goods  store  at  South 
Otselic,  1884-95  ;  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Chenango-county  Democratic  commit- 
tee since  1886,  and  postmaster  of  South 
Otselic  since  1894 62  C 

RYAN,  STEPHEN  VINCENT  ;  resided  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Almonte,  Ont.,  Janu- 
ary 1,  1825;  was  taken  by  his  parents 
when  a  child  to  Pottsville,  Penn. ;  was  sent 
to  St.  Charles's  Seminary,  Philadelphia, 
in  1840,  to  begin  a  course  of  study  to  fit 
him  for  the  priesthood  ;  was  ordained  at 
St.  Louis  in  1849  ;  was  consecrated  bishop 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  diocese  of  Buffalo 
November  8,  1868  ;  died  in  Buffalo  April 
10,  1896 72  W 

SAGE,  RUSSELL;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  Verona,  Oneida  county, 
N.  Y.,  Augu.st4,  1816  ;  established  a  gro- 
cery store  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  in  1837,  and  a 
similar  wholesale  establishment  in  1839  ; 
was  alderman  of  Troy,  1845-52,  treasurer 
of  Rensselaer  county  for  seven  years,  and 
member  of  congress,  1853-57  ;  married 
Maria  Winne  of  Troy  in  1841,  who  died 
in  1867  ;  married  Margaret  Olivia  Slocum 
of  Syracuse  in  1869;  has  been  increasingly 
interested  in  railroad  management  since 
1850,  and  in  Wall-street  operations  since 
1861 72  M 

SANBORN,  LEE  R. ;  resides  in  Sanborn  ; 
was  born  at  Sweden,  Monroe  county,  N.  Y., 


August  8,  1831  ;  was  educated  in  public 
schools ;  married  Julia  C.  Crawford  of 
Lewiston,  N.  Y.,  September  9,  1849; 
was  a  member  of  the  New  York  state 
assembly,  1870-71 ;  has  lived  at  Sanborn, 
engaged  in  lumber  dealing,  farming, 
and  various  commercial  enterprises,  since 
1848 387  W 

SAWYER,  A.  H.;  resides  in  Watertown  ; 
was  born  at  Potsdam,  St.  Lawrence  county, 
N.  Y.,  June  19,  1834;  was  educated  in 
public  schools  and  by  private  tutors ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1857  ;  married  Caroline  M.  Buckley  of 
Watertown  November  3,  1859,  who  died 
in  April,  1867  ;  married  Frances  C.  Fox 
of  Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  December  15,  1869; 
was  county  judge  of  Jefferson  county, 
1868-78  ;  has  practiced  law  at  Watertown 
since  1857 88  E 

SAXTON,  CHARLES  T. ;  resides  in  Clyde  ; 
was  born  at  Clyde,  Wayne  county,  July  2, 
1846  ;  was  educated  in  the  village  schools  ; 
served  in  the  L'nion  army,  1861-66  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  December,  1867  ; 
married  Helen  M.  Field  of  Clyde  October 
1,  1868  ;  was  member  of  assembly,  1887- 
89,  and  state  senator,  1890-94  ;  was  lieu- 
tenant governor  of  New  York  state,  1895- 
96 ;  was  appointed  by  Governor  Black 
presiding  judge  of  the  state  Court  of 
Claims  for  the  term  1898-1903.    ...        26  G 

SCATCHERD,  JAMES  N.;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Wyton,  Ontario,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1824;  attended  common  schools; 
went  to  Buffalo  in  1852  as  agent  for  a  firm  of 
lumber  dealers  in  Canada  ;  married  Annie 
Belton  of  Wyton  November  7,  1855  ;  was 
chairman  of  the  board  of  water  commis- 
sioners of  Buffalo,  1880-84  ;  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  in  Buffalo,  1857-85  ; 
died  at  Buffalo  January  18,  1885.       .      .        28  D 

SCHATTNER,  JOSEPH  P.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  August  5,  1859  ; 
was  educated  at  St.  Mary's  Roman  Catho- 
lic School  ;  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Abram  Bartholomew,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1881  ;  has  been  secretary  of  the 
Broadway  Brewing  &  Malting  Co.  since 
1886,  and  of  the  Erie  County  Natural  Gas 
&  Fuel  Co.,  Limited,  since  1893;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1881.         .      270  W 

SCHEU,  AUGUSTUS  F.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  November  7, 
1855;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  the  Buffalo  Normal  School,  from 
which    he    trraduated    in    1872 ;     married 


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Anna  Frances  Kraft  of  Buffalo  January  8, 
1879  ;  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for 
sheriff  of  Erie  county  in  1885  ;  entered  the 
malting  business  with  his  father  in  1872, 
and  has  managed  the  business  since  1888.     228  W 

SCHEU,  SOLOMON  ;  resided  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Standenbuehl,  Bavaria,  Ger- 
many, January  (i,  1"822  ;  was  educated  in 
local  schools  ;  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1839,  and  learned  the  baker's  trade  in 
New  York  city  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1844, 
and  followed  the  bakery  and  grocery  busi- 
ness until  1860 ;  married  Minnie  Rinck 
of  Buffalo  in  1847  ;  was  receiver  of  taxes 
for  Buffalo,  1856-59,  alderman,  1854-55 
and  186()-67,  state-prison  inspector,  1868- 
78,  and  mayor  of  Buffalo,  1878-79  ;  estab- 
lished a  malt  house  in  18(i0,  and  conducted 
the  same  until  his  death  ;  died  at  Buffalo 
November  23,  1888 41   I) 

SCHOELLKOPF,  ARTHUR;  resides  in 
Niagara  Falls  ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  June 
13,  1856  ;  was  educated  in  Buffalo  and  in 
(lermany;  learned  the  miller's  trade  in 
Buffalo,  1873-77  ;  married  Jessie  Oluck 
of  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  October  13,  1880  ; 
has  been  local  manager  of  the  Niagara 
Flouring  Mills  since  1877,  and  secretary 
and  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Niagara 
Falls  Hydraulic  Power  &  Mfg.  Co.  since 
1878,  and  is  an  officer  in  many  other  com- 
mercial and  financial  organizations  in  Niag- 
ara Falls  ;  was  mayor  of  Niagara  Falls  in 
1896 ' 366  \V 

SCHOELLKOPF,  JACOB  F.;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Kirchheim-unter- 
Teck,  Germany,  November  15,  1819  ;  was 
educated  in  Clerman  schools,  and  learned 
the  tanner's  trade  in  his  native  land  ;  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1841,  and  settled 
in  Buffalo  in  January,  1844  ;  married 
Christiana  Sophie  Duerr  of  Kirchheim- 
unter-'l'eck  March  12,  1848  ;  has  been 
engaged  in  the  tanning  business  since 
1844,  in  milling  since  1857,  and  in  the 
management  of  various  corporations  for 
many  years 40()  W 

SCHOELLKOPF,  LOUIS  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  March  25,  1855  ; 
studied  in  Buffalo  schools  and  colleges  and 
in  Germany  ;  learned  the  tanner's  trade  in 
Buffalo,  1873-77  ;  married  Myra  Lee  Hor- 
ton  of  Sheffield,  Penn.,  May  18,  1881; 
has  been  engaged  in  the  tanning  business 
in  Buffalo  since  1877  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  J.  F.  Schoellkopf's  Sons.  .      .      .      407  W 

SCHWARTZ,  JOHN  L.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  April  13,  1859  ; 


was  educated  at  St.  Canisius  College,  Buf- 
falo ;  worked  in  his  father's  planing  mill, 
1874-78,  and  in  a  coal  office,  1878-79; 
carried  on  a  coal  and  wood  business  in 
Buffalo,  1880-92 ;  married  Elizabeth  J. 
Zegewitz  of  Rochester  October  12,  1887; 
has  been  manager  and  part  owner  of  the 
Star  Brewery,  Buffalo,  since  1892.      .      .     459  W 

SCOTT,  ALLEN  D.  ;  resided  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  at  Springville,  N.  Y.,  January 
15,  1831  ;  was  educated  at  Springville 
Academy  and  Genesee  Wesleyan  Semi- 
nary, Lima,  N.  Y. ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1857,  and  began  practice  at  Ellicott- 
ville,  N.  Y.  ;  married  Elizabeth  Louisa 
Noyes  of  North  Collins,  N.  Y.,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1854,  and  Vida  Cox  of  Otto, 
N.  Y.,  in  May,  1862;  was  elected  sur- 
rogate of  Cattaraugus  county  in  1857  and 
again  in  1861  ;  was  state  senator,  1870-71, 
and  county  judge,  1876-87 ;  was  ap- 
pointed receiver  of  the  Alleghany  &  Kin- 
zua  railroad  in  1892 ;  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  from   1892   until   his  death   March 

7,  1897 271  W 

SCOTT,  RUFUS;  resided  in  Wellsville : 
was  born  at  Friendship,   N.  Y.,   October 

8,  1838  ;  was  educated  at  Alfred  Univer- 
sity and  Friendship  Academy  ;  enlisted  in 
the  Union  army  in  1861,  and  served 
throughout  the  war ;  married  Mary  M. 
Axtell  of  Friendship  November  12,  1864  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866;  was 
district  attorney  of  Allegany  county, 
1869-74  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Allegany- 
county  board  of  supervisors,  1861-62  and 
1876-79;  practiced  law  at  Belmont,  N.  Y.; 
1866-83,    and   at    Wellsville    from    1883 

until  his  death  October  16,  1896.     .      .       55  D 

SEIBERT,  SIMON  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Buffalo  September  12,  1857  ;  was 
educated  in  public  schools  and  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College  ;  was  in  busi- 
ness, 1878-89;  was  I'nited  States  ganger, 
1889-93  ;  was  elected  member  of  assembly 
in  1893  and  1894,  and  state  senator  in 
1895 ;  has  been  connected  with  the 
Magnus  Beck  Brewing  Co.,  Buffalo,  since 
1893 272  W 

SESSIONS,  FRANK  E.  ;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  at  Chautaucjua,  N.  Y., 
May  22,  1847  ;  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Wisconsin  ;  taught  school 
in  Wisconsin  and  in  Chautauqua  county, 
N.  Y.,  1862-69  ;  studied  law  and  engaged 
in  business,  1869-74,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  the  latter  year  ;  married  Julia  R. 
Bush    of   Jamestown    June   1,    1876;    was 


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appointed  special  county  judge  in  1(H80, 
and  elected  to  the  same  office  for  a  term  of 
three  years  in  the  same  \ear  ;  has  practiced 
law  in  Jamestown  since  1><7() ;  was  elected 
an  alderman  of  Jamestown  in  1895.    .  '2i>.s  \\ 

SESSIONS,  WALTER  L.  ;  resided  in 
Panama  ;  was  born  at  Brandon,  Rutland 
county,  Vt.  ;  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  in  Westfield  (N.  Y.)  Academy; 
married  Mary  R.  Terry  of  Clymer,  N.  Y., 
in  1848  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1840; 
was  member  of  assembly,  1853-54,  state 
senator,  18fi0-(;i  and  1806-67,  member  of 
congress,  1871-75  and  1885-87  ;  lived  in 
Panama,  Chautauqua  county,  from  1846 
until  his  death  May  27,  1896.       .     .     .      l:!.s  W 

SEWARD,  W11,I,I.\M  H.  ;  resides  in 
Auburn  ;  was  born  at  Auburn  June  18, 
1889;  was  educated  by  private  tutors; 
was  clerk  in  a  store  in  Albany,  1857-59, 
and  private  secretary  to  his  father,  1859- 
60 ;  married  Janet  McNeil  Watson  of 
Auburn  June  27,  1860;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1862-65  ;  was  a  presidential 
elector  at  large  in  1889  ;  since  the  close  of 
the  war  has  made  his  home  in  Auburn, 
engaged  in  banking,  and  in  other  business 
enterprises .■)5  (1 

SEYMOUR,  HENRY  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Mount  Morris,  N.  Y., 
October  27,  1849  ;  prepared  for  college  at 
Mount  Morris  Academy  ;  after  one  year  in 
Dartmouth  College  entered  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  graduated  in  1871 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  ; 
studied  law  at  Mount  Morris,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1874  ;  served  as 
judge  advocate  of  the  4th  division,  N.  G., 
S.  N.  Y.,  1880-85;  was  appointed  com- 
missioner of  jurors  for  the  northern  district 
of  New  York  state  in  the  United  States 
District  Court  in  1889,  and  deputy  com- 
missioner of  jurors  for  Erie  county  in  1895  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1874.  78  W 

SHAKER,  EDWARD  C;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Honesdale,  Penn., 
Ajjril  17,  1850  ;  received  a  common- 
school  and  an  academic  education  in 
Pennsylvania  ;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1872  ; 
married  Elizabeth  Anderson  of  Buffalo 
June  25,  1874  ;  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business,  1877-83  ;  was  appointed  police 
commissioner  of  Buffalo  May  7,  1887; 
was  city  comptroller,  1890-91  ;  has  been 
connected  with  the  Buffalo  School  Furni- 
ture Co.  since  1883 287  W 


SHAW,  ALBERT  DUANE ;  resides  in 
\\'atertown  ;  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Lyme,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1841  ;  was  educated  at  Belleville 
(  N.  Y.  )  Union  Academy  and  St.  Lawrence 
University,  Canton,  N.  Y.;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1861-65;  was  a  member  of 
the  New  York  state  assembly  in  1867  ; 
married  Mary  Sherwood  Keith  of  Chicago 
October  12,  1872;  was  United  States 
consul  at  Toronto,  Ont.,  1868-78,  and  at 
Manchester,  Eng.,  1878-86;  has  been 
engaged  in  the  development  of  Niagara 
water  power  since  1890  ;  was  elected  de- 
partment commander  of  the  C.  A.  R.  for 
New  York  state  in  1897 77  E 

SHEPARD,  SIDNEY;  resided  in  New 
Haven  ;  was  born  at  Cobleskill,  Schoharie 
county,  N.  Y.,  September  28,  1814; 
began  business  in  1828  as  clerk  in  a  hard- 
ware store  in  Dansville,  N.  Y.;  purchased 
a  hardware  store  in  Bath,  N.  Y.,  in  1835  ; 
moved  to  Buffalo  in  1836,  and  l)ought  an 
interest  in  a  similar  business,  of  which  he 
became  sole  owner  the  following  year ; 
became  proprietor  of  the  Shepard  Iron 
Works  in  1849 ;  married  Elizabeth  De 
Angelis  Wells  of  Buffalo  June  12,  1851  ; 
went  to  Europe  with  his  family  for  several 
years'  travel  in  1865,  and  on  his  return 
settled  in  New  Haven,  Oswego  county, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  died  December  26, 
1893 29  1) 

SHOEMAKER,  J.  MONROE;  resides  in 
Elmira ;  was  born  at  Dundee,  N.  Y.,  July 
81,  1842  ;  was  educated  at  Dundee  Acad- 
emy ;  married  Delia  M.  Benedict  of  Dun- 
dee September  11,  1862;  served  in  the 
L'nion  army,  1862-65  ;  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  carriages  at  Dundee, 
1865-74;  went  to  Elmira  in  1874,  and 
engaged  in  oil  refining  ;  was  alderman  of 
Elmira,  1893-95  ;  has  been  general  man- 
ager of  the  Standard  Oil  Company  in 
southern  New  York  since  1878.    .  .        63  C 

SHULTS,  CHARLES  J.;  resides  in  Cherry 
Creek;  was  born  at  Ellicottville,  N.  Y., 
February  23,  1867  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  ;  married  Eva  M.  Morian  of 
Cherry  Creek  May  4,  1887  ;  learned  the 
printer's  trade  at  Ellicottville ;  was  ap- 
])ointed  District  Deputy  (Irand  Master  of 
Masons  in  1894,  and  again  in  18!)();  has 
been  a  newspaper  owner  and  publisher  in 
western  New  York  since  1882.  438  W 

SIGMAN,  ALBERT  J.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Cattaraugus,  N.  Y. ;  was  edu- 
cated in  district  schools  and  Chamberlain 


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Institute,  Randolph,  N.  Y. ;  taught  school, 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Buffalo  in  June,  1877  ;  has  practiced 
law  in  Buffalo  since  January  1,  1878.      .     273  W 

SILVER,  DILWORTH  M.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Peruville,  N.  Y.,  March 
10,  1853 ;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  and  academies  ;  studied  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880  ;  married 
Elizabeth  t^nglehart  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  in 
January,  1888;  has  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  February,  1880 417  W 

SIMMONS,  J.  EDWARD  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y., 
September  9,  1841  ;  graduated  from  Wil- 
liams College  in  1862,  and  from  the  Al- 
bany Law  School  in  1863  ;  practiced  law 
in  Troy,  1863-67  ;  married  Julia  Greer  of 
New  York  city  April  12,  186() ;  was  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange, 
1884-85,  and  of  the  board  of  education 
of  New  York  city,  1886-91  ;  was  made 
president  of  the  New  York  Clearing  House 
Association  in  October,  1896;  has  been 
engaged  in  banking  in  NewYork  city  since 
1888 '.      .        31  M 

SKINNER,  CHARLES  R.;  resides  in  Al- 
bany ;  was  born  at  Union  Square,  Oswego 
county,  N.  Y.,  August  4,  1844  ;  was  educa- 
ted at  common  schools  and  academies  and 
Clinton  Liberal  Institute  ;  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  New  York  city,  1867-70  ;  was 
manager  and  part  owner  of  the  Watertown 
(N.  Y. )  Daily  Times,  1870-74;  married 
Elizabeth  Baldwin  of  Watertown  October 
16,  1873  ;  was  member  of  assembly,  1877- 
81,  and  representative  in  congress,  1881- 
85 ;  was  deputy  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  1886-92,  and  supervisor 
of  teachers'  institutes  and  training  classes, 
1892-96  ;  has  been  state  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  since  April  7,  1895  ; 
was  elected  president  of  the  National  Edu- 
cational Association  in  July,  1896.     .      .       30  E 

SKINNER,  EDWARD  A.;  resides  in  West- 
field  ;  was  born  at  Griffin's  Mills,  Erie 
county,  N.  Y.,  May  10,  1841;  was  edu- 
cated at  Westfield  Academy ;  served  in 
the  Union  army,  1861-64  ;  was  assistant 
cashier  and  cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Westfield,  1864-70  ;  engaged  in 
banking  at  Ottawa,  Kan.,  1870-73  ;  mar- 
ried Frances  M.  Barger  of  Westfield  Octo- 
ber 20,  1864,  who  died  June  16,  1872; 
married  Augusta  Wheeler  of  Portville, 
N.  Y.,  August  19,  1874;  became  vice 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Westfield  in  1874,  and  has  been  president 


of  that  bank  and  its  successor,  the  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Westfield,  since  1876  ;  has 
been  Supreme  Treasurer  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum  since  1880 383  W 

SLATER,  JONATHAN  L.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  Ellington,  Chautau- 
qua county,  N.  Y.,  March  26,  1857: 
attended  public  schools  and  fc;ilington 
Academy,   and  graduated  from  Chamber- 

.  lain  Institute,  Randolph,  N.  Y.,  in  1880; 
taught  school  and  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883 ;  married 
Susan  A.  Jameson  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1885 ;  was  president  of  the 
Buffalo  Sunday  School  A.ssociation,  1890- 
92,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Erie 
County  Sunday  School  Association  since 
1893  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1883. 274  W 

SMITH,  ALBERT  R.  ;  resides  in  North 
Tonawanda ;  was  born  at  North  Tona- 
wanda  August  18,  1871  ;  was  educated  in 
public  schools  and  a  business  college  ;  was 
clerk  for  a  lumber  firm  in  North  Tona- 
wanda, 1889-93 ;  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1896  ;  was  elected 
city  judge  of  North  Tonawanda  in  the 
spring  of  1897 439  W 

SMITH,  HIRAM ;  resides  in  Jamestown  ; 
was  born  at  Hanover,  N.  Y.,  October  25, 
1819  ;  vvas  educated  in  the  district  school 
and  Fredonia  Academy  ;  engaged  in  gen- 
eral mercantile  business,  1836-61  ;  was 
elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  1859, 
and  re-elected  in  1860 ;  served  in  the 
Union  army,  1861-65  ;  was  nominated  for 
member  of  congress  from  the  34th  district 
in  1884  and  1890;  married  Melissa  P. 
Love  of  Forestville,  N.  Y.,  September  10, 
1844,  and  Anna  L.  Gray  of  Jamestown 
September  10,  1894;  has  lived  in  James- 
town since  1867,  and  has  been  engaged  in 
the  insurance  business  there  since  1870.      139  W 

SMITH,  LEE  H.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Conneaut,  O.,  August  10,  1856.; 
moved  to  Buffalo  in  1868  ;  graduated  from 
the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Buffalo  in  1877,  and  from  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 
city,  in  1881  ;  married  Corrie  Emma  Lacy 
of  Buffalo  October  5,  1880  ;  has  been  vice 
president  of  the  World's  Dispensary  Medi- 
cal Association  since  1889 317  W 

SMITH,  T.  GUILFORD;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Philadelphia  August  27, 
1839  ;  graduated  from  the  Central  High 
School  of  Philadelphia  with  the  degree  of 


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B.  A.  in  1858,  and  from  Rensselaer  Poly- 
technic Institute  in  iXfil  ;  married  Mary 
Stewart  Ives  of  Lansingbiirgh,  N.  Y., 
July  14,  1864;  was  with  the  Philadelphia 
&  Reading  railroad  as  civil  engineer, 
18(il-65 ;  was  general  manager  of  the 
Philadelphia  Sugar  Refinery,  1866-69  ; 
was  secretary  of  the  Union  Iron  Co.  of 
Buffalo,  1873-78  ;  was  sales-agent  of  the 
Philadelphia  &  Reading  Coal  and  Iron  Co., 
1878-92  ;  ha.s  been  sales-agent  of  the  Car- 
negie Steel  Co.,  Ltd.,  since  lS8il;  has 
been  a  regent  of  the  University  of  the  State 
of  New  York  since  1890 7')  W 

SMITHER,  ROBERT  K.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Winchester,  Eng., 
October  10,  18ol  ;  came  to  America  in 
1858  ;  became  a  clerk  in  a  Buffalo  drug 
store  in  1868  ;  married  Lucretia  C.  New- 
kirk  of  Buffalo  August  23,  1874;  was  a 
member  of  the  Erie-county  board  of  super- 
visors, 1880-87  ;  was  alderman  from  the 
24th  ward,  Buffalo,  1892-97,  acting  as 
president  of  the  common  council  in  1894 
and  president  of  the  board  of  aldermen 
in  1895  ;  has  conducted  a  drug  business 
in  Buffalo  since  1875 445  W 

SNELL,  JACOB ;  resides  in  Fontia  ;  was 
born  at  Stone  Arabia,  N.  Y.,  July  11, 
1847  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools  ; 
married  Nancy  L.  Nellis  of  Palatine 
Bridge,  N.  Y.,  July  1,  1868  ;  was  a  farmer 
and  stone  contractor,  1867-81 ;  was  super- 
visor from  the  town  of  Palatine  in  1880, 
town  clerk,  1869-79,  and  sheriff  of 
Montgomery  county,  1886-89  ;  was  pro- 
prietor of  the  Snell  House  at  Fonda, 
1881-91  ;  has  been  superintendent  of  the 
Mohawk  division  of  the  Erie  canal  since 
1895 101  E 

SOUTHWICK,  A.  P.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Ashtabula,  O.,  May  18,  1826  ; 
was  educated  in  the  pulilic  schools  ;  en- 
gaged in  the  steamlioat  business,  1844-62, 
becoming  chief  engineer  of  the  Western 
Transit  Co.  at  Buffalo  in  1855  ;  married 
Mary  M.  Flinn  of  Buffalo  May  26,  1853  ; 
has  practiced  dentistry  in  Buffalo  since 
1862 229  W 

SPAULDING,  E.  G.  ;  resided  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  at  Summer  Hill,  N.  Y.,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1809  ;  received  a  common-school 
education ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Batavia,  N.  Y.,  in  1834;  was  city  clerk 
of  Buffalo  in  1836,  alderman  in  1841,  and 
mayor  in  1847  ;  married  Antonette  Rich 
of  Attica,  N.  Y.,  in  1837;  was  member 
of  the  state  legislature  in  1.S4S  ;  was  rep- 


resentative in  the  31st,  36th,  and  37th 
congre-sses  ( 1849-51  and  1859-63);  was 
treasurer  of  New  York  state,  1854—55 ; 
was  president  of  the  Farmers'  and  Me- 
chanics'   Bank,    Buffalo,    1850-96  ;    died 

May  5,  1897 76  W 

SPENCER,  HARVEY  S.;  resides  in  Ham- 
burg ;  was  born  at  Turin,  N.  Y.,  July  15, 
1839  ;  was  educated  at  Lowville  and  Fair- 
field academies  and  Whitestown  Seminary  ; 
taught  school,  1863-65  ;  established  an  in- 
surance agency  at  Hamburg  in  1865  ;  mar- 
ried Julia  A.  Bunting  of  Eden,  N.  Y., 
October  12,  1870  ;  was  a  member  of  the 
Erie-county  board  of  supervisors,  1881- 
82  ;  has  been  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Ham- 
burg since  its  organization  in  1883.   .      .      340  W 

SPENCER,  SETH  S.;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  August  25, 
1 838  ;  was  educated  in  country  schools 
and  at  Rural  Seminary,  East  Pembroke, 
N.  Y. ;  was  a  railway  mail  clerk,  1861-73  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1865,  but  never 
practiced  law  ;  married  Mrs.  Agnes  J. 
Derrick  of  Buffalo  December  22,  1870; 
has  been  manager  of  the  R.  Ovens  Branch 
U.  S.  Baking  Co.,  Buffalo,  since  1883.   .       77  ^^' 

SPR,\C;UE,  EBEN  CARLETON  ;  resided 
in  Buffalo;  was  born  at  Bath,  N.  H., 
November  26,  1822  ;  prepared  for  college 
at  Phillips  Exeter  .\cademy,  and  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  1843  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1846 ;  married  Elizabeth  H. 
Williams  of  Buffalo  June  25,  1849  ;  was 
state  senator,  1876-77  ;  practiced  law  in 
Buffalo  from  1846  until  his  death  Februarv 
14,  1895 '     42  D 

STAFFORD,  J.A.MES  B.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Dublin,  Ireland,  September 
23,  1853  ;  came  to  the  United  States  in 
childhood,  and  settled  in  Buffalo  in  1863  : 
married  Henrietta  Ella  HoUoway  of  Buf- 
falo June  13,  1878  ;  carried  on  a  grocery 
business,  with  various  partners,  1874-92; 
has  been  president  of  the  Security  Invest- 
ment Co.  of  Buffalo  since  1892.   .     .     .     230  W 

STAFFORD,  RICHARD  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Dublin,  Ireland,  August 
10,  1848  ;  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Dublin  ;  came  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Buffalo  in  1861  ;  was 
a  clerk  in  grocery  houses,  1861-72  ;  was 
associated  with  his  brother  in  the  manage- 
ment of  Fulton  Market,  1873-92  ;  married 
Ella  S.  (latchell  of  Medina,  N.  Y.,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1877  ;  has  been  treasurer  of  the 
Security  Investment  Co.  of  Buffalo  since 
1892 231  W 


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STEARNS,  GEORCE  R.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  ISIarch  20,  \'6'^:\  : 
attended  Buffalo  public  schools,  and  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Rochester  in 
1875 ;  graduated  from  the  New  York 
Homeopathic  Medical  College  and  Hospi- 
tal in  1878,  and  spent  the  following  year 
in  Ward's  Island  Homeopathic  Hosjjital, 
New  York  city  ;  married  Jennie  S.  Olver 
of  Buffalo  May  25,  1880;  has  practiced 
medicine  in  Buffalo  since  1879.      .      .  .'ISO  \V 

STEARNS,  LESTER  F.  ;  resides  in  Dun- 
kirk ;  was  born  at  Villanova,  Chautau(|ua 
county,  N.  Y.,  July  27,  1856  ;  graduated 
from  Forestville  Free  Academy  in  1878  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Dunkirk  in 
1882 ;  was  elected  special  surrogate  in 
1884 ;  was  elected  district  attorney  in 
1886,  and  re-elected  in  1889  ;  married 
Mary  M.  Hillerof  Dunkirk  July  16,  1889  ; 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
convention  in  18il()  ;  in  ^larch,  1897,  was 
■  offered  the  position  of  third  assistant  post- 
master-general ;  has  practiced  law  in  Dun- 
kirk since  1882 185  W 

STEPHAN,  FREDERICK,  Jr.  ;  resides  in 
Kingston ;  was  born  at  Rondout,  N.  Y. , 
May  20,  1859  ;  was  educated  in  common 
schools  and  Ulster  Academy,  Rondout ; 
worked  as  a  bookkeeper  in  Boston,  1880- 
84 ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1886  ;  married  Alice  Vignes  of 
Kingston  February  22,  1888  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Kingston  since  1886';  was 
elected  city  judge  of  Kingston  in  the  fall 
of  1895 89  E 

STICKNEY,  CHARLES  D.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Holland,  N.  Y., 
August  9,  1857  ;  was  educated  at  Ten 
Broeck  Academy,  Franklinville,  N.  Y.  ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Rochester  in 
1882 ;  married  Ida  M.  West  of  West  Val- 
ley, N.  Y.,  April  30,  1882;  was  clerk  of 
the  board  of  supervisors  of  Erie  county  in 
1888  ;  has  been  attorney  for  New  York 
state  in  the  transfer-tax  department  since 
1894 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since 
1882 275  W 

STOCKTON,  LEWIS  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Evansburg,  Penn.,  March  12, 
1862  ;  graduated  from  Lehigh  University 
in  1881,  and  taught  at  South  Bethlehem, 
Penn.,  1881-83  ;  was  admitted  to  the  Buf- 
falo bar  in  1885  ;  married  Eloise  Gilbert 
of  Glencoe,  Md.,  April  5,  1885;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Buffalo  since  1886.     .      .      .     349  \V 

STOWITS,  GEORGE  H. ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Fort  Plain,  N.  Y. ,  November 


10,  1822  ;  was  educated  at  common  schools 
and  academies  ;  married  Adaline  Stowits 
of  Starkville,  N.  Y.,  October  26,  1845  ; 
served  in  the  Union  army,  1862-65  ;  has 
taught  school  since  1843,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  years  spent  in  the  army,  and 
since  1867  has  been  continuously  em- 
ployed as  principal  of  various  ijublic 
schools  in   Buffalo 1 4  W 

STRASMER,  WILLIAM  F.  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo ;  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Buffalo  and  Roches- 
ter University,  whence  he  graduated  in 
1881  ;  taught  at  Whitney's  Point  (N.  Y. ) 
Academy,  1881-83;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1885  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
and  engaged  in  various  business  enter- 
prises since  1887  ;  has  been  a  civil-ser- 
vice commissioner  of  Buffalo  since  April, 
1896 418  W 

S  TRAUSS,  MATHIAS  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Remich,  Germany,  April  15, 
183(i  ;  married  Elizabeth  Brosart  of  Buf- 
falo November  15,  1859 ;  was  elected 
councilman  of  the  city  of  Buffalo  for  the 
year  1892,  and  again  for  the  years  1893-95 ; 
went  to  Buffalo  in  1850,  and  has  been  en- 
gaged there  since  in  the  manufacture  of 
leather  and  wool 79  W 

STRONG,  WILLIAM  L.  ;  resides  in  New 
York  city;  was  born  at  Loudenville,  O., 
March  22,  1827  ;  was  a  clerk  in  dry -goods 
houses  in  Ohio  and  New  York  city,  1842— 
62  ;  married  Mary  Aborn  of  New  York 
city  April  25,  1866  ;  was  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Sutton,  Smith  &  Co.,  1863-69, 
and  has  been  head  of  the  dry -goods  house 
of  W.  L.  Strong  &  Co.  since  January  1, 
1870  ;  was  elected  mayor  of  New  York 
city  for  the  term  1895-97 38  M 

STROOTMAN,  JOHN  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  April  2,  1851  ;  was 
educated  in  public  and  private  schools ; 
learned  the  shoemaker's  business,  and 
worked  for  his  father  in  the  same,  1865- 
72  :  has  been  a  director  of  the  L'nion 
Bank,  Buffalo,  since  1892  ;  has  carried  on 
a  shoe  manufactory  in  Buffalo  since  1873.     318  W 

SWEET,  CHARLES  A.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Hancock,  Mass.,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1836  ;  was  educated  in  country 
schools ;  went  to  Buffalo  and  engaged  in 
the  transportation  business  in  1862  ;  was 
a  memlier  of  the  board  of  general  managers 
for  New  York  state  at  the  World's  Fair, 
1893 ;  has  been  president  of  the  Third 
National  Bank  of  Buffalo  since  1881.       .       80  W 


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SWETT,  ALBERT  L.;  resides  in  Medina; 
was  born  at  Ridgeway,  Orleans  county, 
N.  Y.,  April  27,  1850  ;  was  educated  in 
I)ublic  schools  and  Medina  Academy  ;  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Bignall  Mfg.  Co. 
at  Medina,  18GG-78;  married  Lucinda 
M.  Fuller  of  Shelby,  N.  Y.,  September 
18,  1872  ;  has  been  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  iron  hardware  specialties  at 
Medina  since  1873 27  (1 

TABOR,  CHARLES  F.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  wa-s  born  at  White  Pigeon,  St.  Jo- 
seph county,  Mich.,  June  28,  1841  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1863;  married 
Phebe  S.  Andrews  of  Pembroke,  N.  Y., 
December  24,  1863 ;  was  member  of 
a.ssembly,  1876-77,  deputy  attorney-gen- 
eral for  New  York  state,  188(i-87,  and 
attorney-general,  1888-91  ;  has  practiced 
law  in  Buffalo  since  1865 174  W 

TAGGART,  ISAAC  H.  ;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Sparta,  Livingston 
county,  N.  Y.,  September  1),  1842;  was 
educated  in  the  pul)lic  .schools  of  Erie, 
Penn.  ;  was  in  the  em])loy  of  the  Lake 
Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  railroad,  1858- 
74;  married  Frances  C.  Tuthill  of  Buffalo 
July  1,  1865  ;  engaged  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness and  in  real-estate  operations  at  Buf- 
falo, 1874-94;  was  appointed  sheriff  of 
Erie  county  May  29,  1894  ;  died  at  Buffalo 
May  8,  1895 56  D 

TAYLOR,  RODNEY  M.  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Dryden,  Tompkins 
county,  N.  Y.,  September  19,  1820  ;  was 
educated  in  common  schools  ;  was  a  clerk 
in  stores  in  New  York  city  and  Buffalo, 
1847-48;  carried  on  a  grocery  business 
in  Buffalo,  1848-54  ;  married  Elizabeth 
Beers  of  Jerusalem,  N.  Y.,  September  4, 
1844,  her  sister  Mary  Beers  June  21,  1851, 
and  Sarah  J.  Dash  of  Angola,  N.  Y. ,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1857  ;  was  a  commissioned  officer 
in  the  volunteer  army  of  the  Lhiited  States, 
1862-65,  and  in  the  regular  army,  1866- 
84;  has  been  engaged  since  1884  in  the 
care  and  development  of  his  extensive 
property 408  W 

TELLER,  JOHN  D.;  resides  in  Auburn; 
was  born  near  Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y. ,  May 
11,  1845;  graduated  from  Williams  Col- 
lege, Williamstown,  Mass.,  in  1867;  stud- 
ied law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1870  ;  was  clerk  of  the  village  of  Sandy 
Hill  and  justice  of  the  peace,  1868-72  ; 
was  police  justice  of  Auburn,  1877-80, 
and  surrogate  of  Cayuga  county,  1884—89  ; 
has  practiced  law  at  Auburn  since  1872.         37  G 


TENNANT,  WILLIS  H.;  resides  in  May- 
ville ;  was  born  at  Chautauqua,  N.  Y., 
April  20,  1854  ;  was  educated  in  district 
schools  and  the  Mayville  Union  School ; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880;  married 
DeEmma  Van  Valkenburgh  of  Mayville 
December  24,  18M4  :  has  practiced  law  in 
Mayville  since  1880  ;  was  elected  president 
of  the  village  of  Mayville  in  March,  1896, 
and  supervisor  in  P'ebruary,  1897.      .      .      367  W 

THAYER,  LEWIS  V.  ;  resides  in  Water- 
vliet  ;  was  born  at  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y., 
.\pril  28,  1863;  was  educated  in  Troy 
public  schools  and  business  college  ;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  A.  Humphrey  of  West  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  April  30,  1884;  was  in  the  employ 
of  the  National  Express  Co.  in  various 
capacities,  1870-87  ;  has  carried  on  a 
livery  business  in  Troy  since  1890  ;  was 
elected  sheriff  of  Albany  county  in  No- 
vember, 1894,  for  the  term  1895-97.      .        44  E 

THOMAS,  ORLANDO  F.  ;  resides  in 
Lyons  ;  was  born  at  Brooklyn  November 
12,  1856;  was  educated  at  the  Brooklyn 
Polytechnic  Institute  and  Hines's  Military 
Academy  ;  was  employed  in  various  Brook- 
lyn offices,  1871-80  ;  married  Emma  Van 
Cleaf  of  Brooklyn  June  25,  1880;  became 
connected  with  the  Manhattan  Silver  Plate 
Co.,  now  of  Lyons,  in  1880,  and  has  been 
its  president  since  1890;  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Bank  of  Wayne  at  Lyons  since 
its  organization  in  1895,  and  is  largely  in- 
terested in  a  number  of  business  enter- 
prises         15  G 

THOMPSON,  A.  PORTER  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Black  Rock,  N.  V. , 
February  14,  1825;  was  educated  in  pri- 
vate schools  and  academies  ;  married  Ma- 
tilda Cass  Jones  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  June 
9,  1853;  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Thompson  &  Co.,  Buffalo,  manufacturers 
of  white  lead,  1846-60;  engaged  in  iron 
manufacture  in  Buffalo,  1860-66  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  Cornell  Lead  Co.  from 
1867  until  it  became  the  Buffalo  branch  of 
the  National  Lead  Co.,  and  has  been  its 
manager  since 44()  W 

THORNTON,  GEORGE  H.;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Watertown,  N.  Y., 
April  28,  1851  ;  attended  Jefferson  County 
Institute,  the  Watertown  High  School, 
and  Rochester  University,  whence  he 
graduated  in  1872 ;  married  Delia  L. 
Cragin  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  May  30,  1874: 
was  assistant  stenographer  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  Buffalo,  1872-82  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1882  ;  was  elected  president  of 


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63 


the  New  York  State  Stenographers'  Asso- 
ciation in  1882,  and  again  in  18i((i,  and  of 
the  International  Stenograjihers'  Associa- 
tion in  1884  ;  has  been  official  stenographer 
of  the  Supreme  CJourt,  Buffalo,  since 
1882 350  W 

THORNTON,  THOMAS;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  London,  England,  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1812  ;  took  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine  in  London  in  1830  ;  practiced 
medicine  in  Buff;ilo,  1833-45  ;  married 
Mary  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  January  1, 
1845  ;  engaged  in  the  Hour-milling  busi- 
ness in  Buffalo  from  1845  imtil  his  death 
February  22,  1896 44  D 

THURBER,  F.  B.;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  Delhi,  Delaware  county, 
N.  Y.,  November  13,  1842  ;  attended  the 
common  schools,  Delaware  Academy  at 
Delhi,  and  Lfnion  Hall  Academy,  Jamaica, 
L.  I.;  went  into  business  in  1859  with  the 
interrelated  concerns  known  as  T.  M. 
Wheeler  cS:  Co.  and  Robert  &  Williams, 
in  the  warehousing,  lighterage,  and  im- 
porting business.  New  York  city  ;  joined 
his  brother,  H.  K.  Thurber,  in  the  firm 
of  H.  K.  Thurber  &  Co.,  wholesale  gro- 
cers, in  1865  ;  continued  in  that  liusiness, 
under  various  styles,  until  1893;  since 
then  has  been  president  of  the  American 
Grocer  Publishing  Co.,  publishing  the 
trade  paper  known  as  the  American 
Grocer 57  M 

THURSrONE,  WILLIAM  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  London,  England,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1826  ;  was  educated  in  a  private 

.  school ;  was  apprenticed  as  printer,  1840- 
47  ;  married  Mary  Anne  Dillon  of  Here- 
ford, England,  Junel,  1848  ;  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1854,  and  settled  in  Buf- 
falo in  1855  ;  occupied  various  positions 
there  on  the  Express,  Courier,  and  Com- 
mercial Advertiser,  1855-85 ;  has  been 
secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade  since 
1863,  and  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange 
since  1882 232  W 

TIERNEY,  EDWARD  M.;  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton  ;  was  born  at  Susquehanna,  Penn., 
November  11,  1858;  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  ;  married  Nellie  E.  Hogan 
of  Susquehanna  December  30,  1879  ;  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  in  Susque- 
hanna, 1879-85;  has  been  one  of  the 
owners  and  proprietors  of  the  Arlington 
hotel,  Binghamton,  since  1887.    .      .      .       30  C 

TIFFANY,  CHARLES  L. ;  resides  in  New 
York   city  ;    was    born    at    Danielsonville, 


Conn.,  February  15,  1812;  was  educated 
in  common  schools ;  was  a  clerk  in  his 
father's  country  store,  1827-37 ;  began 
business  in  New  York  city  in  1837  ;  mar- 
ried Harriet  Olivia  Avery  Young  of  Kil- 
lingly,  Conn.,  November  30,  1841  ;  has 
been  the  head  of  what  is  now  the  house 
of  Tiffany  &  Co.  since  the  business  was 
established  in  1837,  and  president  and 
treasurer  since  its  incorporation  in  1868.       58  M 

TIFFANY,  NELSON  O.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Lancaster,  N.  Y. ,  February 
1,  1842  ;  worked  on  a  farm  and  in  a  lum- 
ber camp,  1860-61  ;  engaged  in  the  fur- 
niture business  as  manager  and  designer, 
1864-67  :  married  Julia  Charlotte  Cha.se 
of  Buffalo  January  28,  1868  ;  traveled  for 
the  Howe  Sewing  Machine  Co.  as  manager 
and  suijerintendent  of  agencies,  1867-77; 
conducted  the  sewing-machine  business  in 
Buffalo  on  his  own  account,  1877-82  ;  was 
manager  of  the  New  York  office  of  the 
Household  Sewing  Machine  Co.  in  1882; 
has  been  secretary  and  general  agent  in 
Buffalo  of  the  Masonic  Life  Association  of 
Western  New  York  since  1884.      .      .      .      351  W 

TILDEN,  J.  H.;  resides  in  Buffalo;  was 
born  at  Franklin,  Conn.,  April  30,  1828  ; 
moved  to  Buffalo  in  1837,  and  attended 
public  and  private  schools  there  ;  studied 
medicine  in  Cincinnati,  and  took  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  in  1850 ;  married  Caro- 
line Elizabeth  Hedge  of  Buffalo  October 
3,  1855;  practiced  medicine  in  Buffalo, 
1851-59  ;  has  conducted  a  building  busi- 
ness in  Buffalo  since  1859 277  W 

TILFORD,  FRANK  ;  resides  in  New  York 
city  ;  was  born  at  New  York  city  July  22, 
1852  ;  was  educated  in  New  York  schools 
and  Mount  Washington  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute, New  York  city  ;  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Park  &  Tilford  in  1871  ;  married 
Julia  Greer  of  New  York  November  16, 
1881  ;  was  vice  president  of  the  Bank  of 
New  Amsterdam,  1889-96,  and  has  been 
its  president  since  ;  has  been  vice  president 
of  the  corporation  of  Park  &  Tilford  since 
1891 15  M 

TILLINGHAST,  JAMES;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Cooperstown,  N.  Y., 
May  8,  1822;  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools ;  engaged  in  business,  1837-42, 
and  in  lake  traffic,  1843-46  and  1862-64  ; 
was  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Rome 
&  Watertown  railroad,  1852-56,  superin- 
tendent of  motive  power  of  the  Northern 
Railway  of  Canada,  1856-62,  division  and 


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general  superintendent  ot"  the  Central- 
Hudson  railroad,  l)S(io-!Sl,  and  assistant 
to  the  president  of  that  road  in  1!S<S1  ;  was 
president  of  the  Wagner  Sleeping  Car 
Co.,  1884-85;  married  Mary  Williams  of 
Limerick,  N.  Y.,  October  2,  1843,  and 
Mrs.  Susan  Williams  of  Buffalo  luly  2"), 
1882 "     .      .        81  W 

I'll.l.lXCH.^ST,  JAMES  W.;  resides  in 
Hiiffalo  ;  was  born  at  Brownville,  N.  V., 
November  o,  1844  ;  was  educated  at  Rome 
Academy  and  Fort  Edward  Collegiate 
Institute;  commenced  business  as  clerk  in 
the  office  of  the  Northern  Railway  of 
Canada  at  Toronto,  in  If^oS  ;  entered  the 
service  of  the  \\'estern  Union  Telegraph 
Co.  at  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  in  1861  ;  married 
Sara  .\.  Dannals  of  Pittsburg  October  (i, 
18()3,  Mrs.  Anna  Kelley  of  Lockport,  N.  Y. , 
Fel)ruary  1,  1868,  and  Anna  Bergmann  of 
Erie,  Penn.,  August  26,  181(6;  has  been 
manager  of  the  Western  Union  telegraph 
office  at  Buffalo  since  1870 2.33  W 

TINDLE,  THOMAS ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Broomfleet,  York.shire,  Eng- 
land, April  7,  1836 ;  was  educated  in 
common  schools  in  England  ;  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1855,  and  engaged  in 
farming  in  St.  Lawrence  county,  N.  Y. ; 
was  agent  for  canal  forwarders  in  Buffalo, 
1866-80  ;  married  Harriet  Braithwaite  of 
Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1><56;  has 
carried  on  a  jobbing  and  manufacturing 
business  in  cooperage  stock  at  Buffalo 
since  1880 175  W 

TITUS,  ROBERT  C;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Eden,  N.  Y.,  Octolier  24, 
1839;  attended  Oberlin  College  ;  married 
Arvilla  R.  Clark  of  Cowanda,  N.  Y. ,  Aug- 
ust 22,  1867  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Buffalo  in  1865  ;  was  district  attorney  of 
Erie  county,  1878-80  ;  was  state  .senator 
for  Erie  county,  1882-85  ;  was  elected 
judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Buffalo  in 
the  fall  of  1885  ;  was  chief  judge  of  that 
court  at  the  time  of  its  absorption  into  the 
Supreme  Court  January  1,  18!M!,  when  he 
became  a  member  of  the  bench  of  the  Su- 
preme Court ;  was  a  candidate  for  judge  of 
the  Court  of  Appeals  in  1896.       .     .     .       82  W 

TODD,  LEROY  (;.;  resides  in  Ithaca;  was 
born  at  Newfield,  N.  Y.,  September  17, 
1850  ;  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
and  at  Ithaca  Academy ;  was  clerk  and 
telegraph  operator  at  Pond  Eddy,  N.  Y. , 
1869-72;  went  to  Ithaca  in  1873,  and 
acted  as  salesman  in  a  dry-goods  store 
until  1883  ;    was  village  trustee  of  Ithaca, 


1886-87,  member  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors, 1893-95,  and  was  elected  mayor  in 
March,  1895  :  has  conducted  a  dry -goods 
store  at  Ithaca  since  1883 45  C 

TOWNSEXD,  MARTIN  I.;  resides  in  Troy  ; 
wa.s  born  at  Hancock,  Mass.,  February  6, 
1810;  graduated  from  Williams  College 
in  1833;  married  Louisa  B.  Kellogg  of 
Williamstown,  Mass.,  May  10,  1836;  was 
district  attorney  of  Rensselaer  county, 
1842-45,  member  of  congre.ss,  1875-79, 
and  L^nited  States  attorney  for  the  north- 
ern district  of  New  York,  1879-87  ;  has 
been  a  regent  of  the  University  of  the 
State  of  New  York  since  1873  ;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Troy  since  1836.        ...        90  E 

TOZIER,  LEMUEL  L.;  resides  in  Batavia  ; 
was  born  at  York,  Living.ston  county, 
X.  \.,  March  16,  1839;  received  an  aca- 
demic education,  and  taught  school,  1857- 
62  ;  graduated  from  Bellevue  Medical  Col- 
lege, New  York  city,  in  March,  1864 ; 
married  Emily  A.  Putnam  of  Batavia  May 
31,  1864 ;  served  in  the  United  States 
army  hospital  at  New  York,  1864-65  ; 
was  coroner  of  Genesee  county,  1869-84  ; 
has  practiced  medicine  at  Batavia  since 
July,  1865 28  G 

TRACY,  BENJAMIN  F.;  resides  in  New 
York  city;  was  born  at  Owego,  N.  Y., 
.\pril  26,  1830  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  May,  1851  ;  married  Delinda  E.  Catlin 
of  Owego  in  January,  1851  ;  was  di.strict 
attorney  of  Tioga  county,  1854-59  ;  was 
elected  to  the  state  assembly  in  1861  ; 
served  in  the  L'nion  army,  1862-64  :  was 
United  States  district  attorney  in  eastern 
New  York,  1866-73;  was  associate  justice 
of  the  state  Court  of  .\ppeals,  1881-83  ; 
was  secretary  of  the  navy,  1889-93  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  New  York  city  and  Brook- 
lyn, with  some  interruptions,  since  1865  ; 
was  Reimblican  candidate  for  mayor  of 
Greater  New  York  in  the  fall  of  1897.    .        39  M 

TREFTS,  JOHN ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
passed  his  youth  in  Pittsburg  ;  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  Buftalo  Steam  Engine 
Works  and  their  successors,  1845-64  ;  en- 
gaged in  oil  ])roduction,  1859-64  ;  has 
conducted  a  foundry  and  general  iron 
works  at  Buffalo  since  1864 330  W 

TRIPP,  AUGUSTUS  F.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  New  Haven,  Vt.,  September 
30,  1822;  went  West  in  1840— first  to 
Painesville,  O.,  and  thence  to  Cleveland  ; 

went  to  Buffalo  in  1847,  and  entered  the 


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employ  of  John  D.  Shepard  &  Co. ;  en- 
gaged in  l)usiness  with  his  brothers-in-law 
in  Ohio,  liS50-52  ;  married  Mary  M.  Steele 
of  Painesville,  ().,  August  17,  1847,  and 
Caroline  M.  Brown  of  Chelsea,  Mass., 
January  22,  liS(i8  ;  entered  the  service  of 
Sidney  Shepard  &:  Co.  of  Buffalo  in  1852, 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm  since 
1857 84  W 

URBAN,  GEORGE,  Jr.  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  July  12,  1800;  was 
educated  in  the  pulilic  schools  ;  entered 
the  firm  of  Urban  &  Co.,  millers,  in  1870  ; 
married  Ada  E.  Winspear  of  Buffalo  in 
October,  1875  ;  was  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican county  committee,  1892-95.     .       So  W 

VAN  DUSEN,  ALMON  A.;  resides  in  May- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1843 ;  was  educated  in  public 
schools  and  in  Randolph  Academy  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  180()  ;  married 
Jettie  E.  Merchant  of  Brocton,  N.  Y., 
January  30,  1871  ;  was  ap])ointed  judge 
of  the  County  Court  of  Chautauqua  county 
January  2,  1890,  and  w^as  subsequently 
elected  to  succeed  himself;  was  nominated 
for  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  1X95  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  Mayville  since  1871.     140  ^^' 

VAN  ETTEN,  JOHN  E.;  resides  in  Kings- 
ton ;  was  born  at  Vaudale,  Ulster  county, 
N.  Y.,  April  2,  1830;  was  educated  at 
the  Albany  Normal  College  ;  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1856  ; 
married  Adelaide  (Ireen  of  Kingston  April 
28,  1858  ;  has  practiced  law  at  Kingston 
since  1856 92  E 

VANGORDER,  GREENLEAF  S.;  resides 
in  Buffalo  ;  was  born  at  York,  Livingston 
county,  N.  Y.,  June  2,  1855;  received  a 
common-school  and  an  academic  educa- 
tion ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  June  15,  1877  ;  moved  to  Pike, 
N.  Y.,  August  7,  1877  ;  married  Eva  E. 
Lyon  of  Pike  August  29,  1878  ;  was  super- 
visor of  Pike,  1883-88,  member  of  assem- 
bly, 1888-89,  and  state  senator,  1890-93  ; 
practiced  law  at  Pike,  1877-96  ;  has  been 
president  of  the  State  Bank  of  Pike  since 
January,  1894  ;  has  practiced  law  at  Buf- 
falo since  June  1,  1896 234  W 

VAN  HORN,  BURT  ;  resided  in  Lockport ; 
was  born  at  Newfane,  N.  Y.,  October  28, 
1823 ;  attended  common  schools,  Yates 
Academy,  and  Madison  (now  Colgate) 
University  ;  was  elected  to  the  state  as- 
sembly in  1857,  1858,  and  1859;  was 
elected  to  the  37th,  the  39th,  and  the  40th 


congresses  (1861-63,  1865-67,  1867-69); 
was  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the 
2«th  New  York  district,  1877-82  ;  married 
Charlotte  T.  Goodell  of  Hartland,  N.  Y., 
July  9,  1851,  and  Alicine  Schuyler  of  i,ock- 
"por't,  N.  Y.,  June  16,  1870  ;  died  at  Lock- 
port  April  1,  1896 30  D 

VAN  VLEET,  DE  FOREST;  resides  in 
Ithaca;  was  born  at  Fenton,  N.  Y.,  Aug- 
ust 10,  1857  ;  graduated  from  Cornell 
University  in  1877  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1880  ;  married  Ada  Belle  Lacey  of 
Dryden,  N.  Y.,  October  19,  1881  ;  was 
city  attorney  of  Ithaca,  1882-85  and 
1890-91,  and  recorder  of  the  city,  1888- 
89  ;  was  a  state  civil-service  commissioner, 
1893-95  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Ithaca 
since  1881 15  C 

VEDDER,  C.  P.;  resides  in  Ellicottville ; 
was  born  at  Ellicottville  February  23, 
1^38  ;  was  educated  at  SjiringviUe  (N.  Y.  ) 
Academy  ;  served  in  the  Union  army, 
l8()2-65,  rising  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
colonel ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866  ; 
was  register  in  l)ankru|)tcy,  1 867-75 ; 
was  United  States  a.ssessor  of  internal 
revenue,  1869-71  ;  was  member  of  the  as- 
sembly, 1872-75,  and  state  senator,  1876- 
77  and  1884-91  ;  was  .state  a.ssessor, 
1880-83 ;  married  Bettie  E.  Squires  of 
Springville,  N.  Y.,  September  2,  1862, 
and  Mrs.  Clenevieve  A.  Wheeler  of 
Chicago  July  12,  1892 141  W 

VEDDER,  HARRISON  N.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  September  11, 
1858  ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ; 
was  clerk  in  an  in.surance  office,  1872-80  ; 
married  Ida  Elizabeth  Loveridge  of  Buf- 
falo September  13,  1881  ;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  insurance  firm  of  North  & 
Vedder  since  1881 235  \V 

VOGT,  FREDERICK  A.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  March  24,  1860  ; 
was  educated  in  the  Buffalo  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  high  school  in  1881  ; 
was  appointed  principal  of  Public  School 
No.  9  in  September,  1881,  principal  of 
school  No.  26  in  1883,  and  professor  of 
English  history  and  literature  in  the  Buffalo 
High  School  in  March,  1892  :  has  been 
principal  of  the  high  school  since  Tanuarv, 
1893 "     .      .'    278  W 

VREELAND,  EDWARD  B.;  resides  in 
Salamanca;  was  born  at  Cuba,  N.  Y., 
December  7,  1857  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  and  Friendship  Academy  ; 
was    principal    of    the   Salamanca    public 


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schools,  1877-X2;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1881  ;  married  Myra 
S.  Price  of  Friendship,  N.  Y.,  July  27, 
1881  ;  established  an  insurance  agency  in 
Salamanca  in  1882 ;  was  postmaster  of 
Salamanca,  1889-98;  has  been  supervisor 
of  the  town  of  Salamanca  since  1898  ;  has 
been  president  of  the  Salamanca  National 
Bank  since  1891 841  W 

VREELAND,  OLIVER  S.;  resided  in  Sala- 
manca; was  born  at  Cuba,  N.  Y.,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1842  ;  attended  various  schools 
and  academies,  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Michigan  in  1869  ;  married 
Anna  M.  (Juilford  of  Cuba  September  15, 
1869  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1872, 
and  began  practice  at  Salamanca ;  was 
president  of  the  village  of  Salamanca, 
1879-82,  and  supervisor,  1882-86;  was 
county  judge  of  Cattaraugus  county  from 
januarv  1,  18.S8,  until  his  death  Mav  20, 
1897.  ' '    .      800  W 

WADE,  ARTHUR  C;  resides  in  James- 
town; was  born  at  Charlotte,  N.  Y., 
December  12,  1852;  was  educated  at 
Ellington  (N.  Y. )  Academy,  and  Cham- 
berlain Institute,  Randolph,  N.  Y.;  gradu- 
ated from  the  Albany  Law  School  in  1877, 
and  was  at  once  admitted  to  the  bar ;  mar- 
ried M.  Franc  Briggs  of  F^llington  August 
22,  1877  ;  practiced  law  at  Ellington, 
1877-82 ;  was  Republican  candidate  for 
comptroller  of  the  state  of  New  York  in 
1891  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Jamestown 
since  1883 384  W 

WADSWOR  TH,  GEORGE  ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Conn.,  March 
10,  1830;  attended  common  schools  and 
academies  at  Litchfield  and  Danbury 
(Conn.);  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Connecticut  and  of  New  York  in  1851  ; 
married  Emily  O.  Marshall  of  Utica,  N.  Y., 
in  June,  1858  ;  was  city  attorney  of  Buf- 
falo, 1860-61  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buf- 
falo since  1852 86  W 

WAITE,  RICHARD  A.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Camberwell,  county  of 
Surrey,  England,  May  14,  1848  ;  came  to 
the  United  States  and  settled  in  Buffalo  in 
1856  ;  married  Sarah  H  HoUoway  of  Buf- 
falo September  22,  1869  ;  has  pursued  the 
profession  of  architecture  in  Buffalo  since 
1871 87  W 

WALES,  THERON  A.;  resides  in  Elmira  ; 
was  born  at  South  Weymouth,  Mass.,  July 
15,    1842 ;    was    educated    in    preparatory 


schools,  Dartmouth  College,  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  ;  graduated  in  medi- 
cine from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
in  1873  ;  married  Zippie  Brooks  of  Elmira 
September  26,  1872  ;  has  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Elmira  since  1878  ;  organized  the 
Newtown  Battle  Chapter,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  at  Elmira  Novem- 
ber 10,  1897,  and  became  its  first  ]iresi- 
dent 81  C 

WALKER,  JAMES  E.;  resides  in  Hornells- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  May  21, 
1854 ;  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  Geneseo  Normal  School ;  graduated 
from  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College  in 
1876 ;  practiced  medicine  in  Arkport, 
Steuben  county,  N.  Y.,  1876-92  ;  traveled 
and  studied  in  various  European  cities, 
1893-94  ;  has  been  su|ierintendent  and 
part  owner  of  the  Steuben  Sanitarium  at 
Hornellsville  since  November,  1894.       .        32  C 

WALKER,  JOHN  BRISBEN ;  resides  in 
New  York  city  ;  was  born  in  Pennsylvania 
September  10,  1847  ;  attended  Cleorge- 
town  College,  and  West  Point  Military 
Academy  ;  was  in  the  Chinese  military 
service,  1868-70 ;  engaged  in  manufac- 
turing in  West  Virginia,  1870-73  :  mar- 
ried Emily  Strother  of  Berkeley  Springs, 
W.  Va.,  in  1871  ;  was  emjjloyed  on  vari- 
ous new.spapers,  as  writer  and  editor,  1878- 
79  ;  carried  on  an  extensive  alfalfa  larm  in 
Colorado,  1879-89  ;  has  been  the  owner 
and  publisher  of  the  Cosmopolitan  magazine 
since  1889 59  M 

WALKER,  WILLIAM  D.:  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  New  York  city  June  29, 
1839  ;  graduated  from  Columbia  College  in 
1859,  and  from  the  General  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  in  1862 ;  was  vicar  of  Calvary 
Chapel,  New  York  city,  1862-83 ;  was 
bishop  of  the  missionary  district  of  North 
Dakota,  1888-96  ;  was  elected  bishop  of 
the  diocese  of  Western  New  York  October 
7,  1896 409  W 

WALKER,  WILLIAM  H.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  August 
20,  1826  ;  was  educated  at  the  Buffalo 
Academy ;  entered  the  wholesale  shoe 
house  of  O.  P.  Ramsdell  in  1844,  and  was 
associated  in  partnership  with  him,  1856- 
76 ;  married  Edith  Kimberly  of  Buffalo 
October  21,  1869  ;  was  nominated  for 
jiresidential  elector  in  1888  ;  has  conduc- 
ted the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  business 
of  Wm.  H.  Walker  &  Co.  since  1876.    .        88  W 


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WALLENMEIER,  JOHN  G.,  Jr.;  resides 
in  Tonawanda  ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  Octo- 
ber 10,  18(52  ;  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Tonawanda  ;  married  Hattie 
May  Koch  of  Tonawanda  November  14, 
1883 ;  conducted  a  grocery  and  meat 
market  at  Tonawanda,  1883-9-t  ;  was 
president  of  the  Niagara  Savings  and  Loan 
Association,  1895-96;  has  been  police 
justice  of  Tonawanda  since  1894.        .      .     388  W 

WARD,  FRANCIS  G. ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Jordan,  N.  Y.,  March  8, 
1856  ;  was  educated  in  the  United  States 
and  France ;  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Laflin  &  Rand  Powder  Co.,  at  New  York 
and  Buffalo,  1873-76,  and  of  the  New- 
York  Central  &  Hudson  River  railroad, 
-1877-85  ;  was  employed  by  the  Cie  Uni- 
versellc  Canal  Panama,  at  Aspinwall  and 
elsewhere,  1885-89;  married  Christine 
Meday  at  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  November 
3,  1886  :  was  appointed  superintendent 
of  the  bureau  of  water  of  Buffalo  in  May, 
1896 '    236  W 

WARD,  VVALDEX  M.;  resides  in  North 
Collins  ;  was  born  at  Perrysburg,  Cattarau- 
gus county,  N.  Y.,  January  11,  1859; 
attended  district  schools  and  Angola 
Academy  ;  married  Jennie  Waters  of  Ver- 
sailles, N.  Y.,  January  1,  1883  ;  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Buffalo  in  February, 
1885  ;  has  practiced  medicine  at  North 
Collins  since  May,  1885 301  W 

WARDWELL,  GEORGE  S.;  resided  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Providence,  R.  I., 
August  22,  1829  ;  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College  in  1853,  and  from  the  Dane 
Law  School,  Cambridge,  in  1)S55  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Buffalo  in  1856,  and 
began  practice  there  in  1858 ;  married 
Mary  E.  Townsend  of  Buffalo  June  9, 
1863  ;  was  city  attorney,  1866-67,  city 
clerk,  1869-70,  and  judge  of  the  Muni- 
cipal Court,  1880-92;  died  at  Buffalo 
October  18,  1895 45  D 

WARNER,  THOMAS  E.;  resides  in  North 
Tonawanda  ;  was  born  at  Orleans,  N.  Y. , 
March  23,  1844  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  ;  learned  the  printer's  trade 
and  worked  at  the  same  in  various  cities, 
1860-77 ;  married  Florence  Elizabeth 
Hanaford  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  September 
18,  1876  ;  was  warden  of  the  Jersey  City 
Charity  Hospital,  1877-80 ;  was  one  of 
the  ])ublishers  of  the  Tonawanda  Herald, 
1880-97  ;    has  been  clerk  of  the   village 


and  city  of  North  Tonawanda  since  1886  ; 
established  the  Tonawanda  Argus  in  Octo- 
ber, 1897 460  W 

WATERS,  1RVL\(;  E.;  re.sides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Little  Falls,  N.  Y. ,  August  13, 
1846  ;  wa.s  educated  at  Little  Falls  Acad- 
emy ;  was  employed  in  various  capacities 
in  Little  Falls,  1863-73;  married  Eliza 
I.  Waterman  of  Little  Falls  February  4, 
1875;  was  teller  of  the  Bank  of  Com- 
merce, Buffalo,  1873-76  ;  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Little  Falls,  1876-80;  was  book- 
keeper of  the  Herkimer  County  National 
Bank  of  Little  Falls,  1880-90;  has  been 
cashier  of  the  Citizens'  Bank,  Buffalo, 
since  1890 461  W 

WEBB,  WM.  SEWARD;  resides  in  New 
York  city  ;  was  born  at  New  York  city 
January  31,  1851  ;  attended  Columbia 
College  ;  studied  medicine  abroad  and  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
New  York,  and  received  his  degree  in 
1875 ;  practiced  his  profession  in  New 
York,  1875-78 ;  married  Eliza  Osgood 
Vanderbilt  of  New  York  December  20, 
1881  ;  engaged  in  the  stock-brokerage 
business,  1878-83;  has  been  president  of 
the  Wagner  Palace  Car  Co.  since  1883.         75  M 

WEBER,  JOHN  B. ;  resides  in  West  Seneca  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  September  21,  1842; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
the  Central  High  School  of  Buffalo  ;  en- 
listed as  a  volunteer  .soldier  in  the  Union 
army  in  August,  1861,  and  served  three 
years  ;  married  Elizabeth  J.  Farthing  of 
Buffalo  January  7,  1864 ;  was  assistant 
postmaster  at  Buffalo,  1871-73,  sheriff  of 
Erie  county,  1874-76,  representative  in 
congress,  1885-89,  and  commissioner  of 
immigration  at  the  port  of  New  York, 
l,S90-93  ;  was  cashier  of  American  E.\- 
change  Bank  of  Buffalo,  1894-97.     .      .        89  W 

WEBSTER,  ELLIS  ;  resides  in  Buffalo ; 
was  born  at  Eden,  N.  Y. ,  August  27, 
1823  ;  was  educated  in  district  schools  ; 
engaged  in  the  grocery  and  produce  busi- 
ness in  Buffalo,  1847-68  ;  married  Char- 
lotte W.  Whitney  of  Kenosha,  Wis., 
September  11,  1850  ;  was  alderman  of  the 
old  2d  ward,  Buffalo,  1873-74  ;  has  car- 
ried on  a  coal  and  ice  business  in  Buffalo 
since  1868 279  W 

WEBSTER,  GEORGE  B.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  March  8,  1859  ; 
was  educated  in  public  and  private  .schools 
in  Buffalo  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880  ; 


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married  Agnes  Jeanette  Ovens  of  Buffalo 
June  27,  1883  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1886 .'{(iO  \V 

WEILL,  HENRY  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ;  was 
born  at  Miittersholt/,  Alsace,  France, 
December  17,  1847  ;  graduated  from  the 
college  de  Schlestadt,  Academic  de  Stras- 
bourg, in  1803:  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  18(i7  ;  married  Fannie  Shire  of 
Buffalo  October  16,  1870  ;  carried  on  a 
wholesale  jewelry  business  in  Buffalo, 
1868-92^  has  been  president  of  the  Metro- 
])olitan  Bank  of  Buffiilo  since  18<)3.         .      238  \V 

WELLINGTON,  O.  W.;  resides  in  Corn- 
ing; was  born  at  Moriah,  N.  Y.,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1832  ;  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  :  engaged  in  mercantile  business, 
1849-54;  married  Matilda  B.  Wickham 
of  Tioga,  Penn.,  May  13,  1857  ;  was 
employed  in  the  Geo.  Washington  Bank 
of  Corning,  1859-62:  organized  the  bank- 
ing house  of  Q.  W.  Wellington  &  Co.  at 
Corning  in  1862,  and  has  been  president 
thereof  since 46  C 

WELLMAN,  A.  MINER  ;  resides  in  Friend- 
ship ;  was  born  at  Friendshij)  November 
13,  1866:  prepared  for  college  at  Hopkins 
Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
and  graduated  from  Yale  in  1888  ;  became 
a  clerk  in  the  First  National  Banlc  of 
Friendship  in  18S,S,  a  director  in  1889, 
and  has  been  cashier  of  the  same  bank 
since  1890  ;  married  Hattie  Prior  Baldwin 
of  Saxtons  River,  \'t.,  June  28,  1893.    .      186  W 

WELLS,  EDWIN  M.;  resides  in  Syracuse  ; 
was  born  at  South  New  Berlin,  Chenango 
county,  N.  Y.,  August  2,  1857  :  gradu- 
ated from  Syracuse  University  in  1882  ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Utica  in  September,  1884 ;  married 
Nellie  S.  Morgan  of  Syracuse  January  23, 
1893;  was  supervisor  of  Syracuse,  1882- 
84  and  1893-95  ;  was  member  of  assem- 
bly, 1896-97  ;  has  practiced  law  in  Syra- 
cuse since  1884 78  E 

WELLS,  J.  STEWART;  resides  in  Bing- 
hamton  ;  was  born  near  Binghamton  June 
30,  1822  ;  was  educated  in  common  and 
select  schools  ;  married  Hannah  Barnes  of 
Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  October  12,  1848; 
was  a  builder  and  contractor  in  Bingham- 
ton, 1848-70  ;  was  elected  mayor  of  Bing- 
hamton in  1883  ;  has  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  brick  at  Binghamton  since  1856, 
and  has  been  half  owner  of  the  Bingham- 
ton Iron  Works  since  1870 64  C 


WENDE,  ERNES  r  ;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Mill  Grove,  N.  Y.,  July  23, 
1853  ;  graduated  from  the  Buffalo  High 
School  in  1874,  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Buffalo  in  1878, 
and  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
in  1884  ;  studied  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Columbia  College,  18«l-82,  and 
in  the  universities  of  Berlin  and  Vienna, 
1885-86  ;  married  Frances  Harriet  Cutler 
of  Omaha,  Neb.,  August  25,  1881;  has 
practiced  his  profession  at  Buffalo  since 
November,  1886  ;  has  been  health  com- 
missioner of  Buffalo  since  January,  1892.      288  W 

WENDELL,  JOHN  D.;  resides  in  Fort 
Plain;  was  born  at  Sprout  Brook,  N.  Y., 
September  13,  1840;  was  educated  in 
common  schools ;  graduated  from  the 
.\lbany  Law  School  in  1862 ;  married 
Luemma  King  of  Fort  Plain  June  15, 
1862 ;  was  district  attorney  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  1872-74;  has  lieen  count)' 
judge  of  Montgomery  county  since  Janu- 
ary 1,  1889  ;  has  practiced  law  at  Fort 
Plain  since  1862 102  E 

WENDT,  HENRY  W.;  resides  in  Buffalo  ; 
was  born  at  Buffalo  June  19,  1863  ;  was 
educated  in  Buffalo  public  schools  ;  learned 
the  machinist's  trade  with  the  Buffalo 
Forge  Co.,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
corporation  since  1886 44'S  W 

WENDT,  WILLIAM  F. :  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Buffalo  July  2,  1858  ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Gies  of  Buffalo  November  8, 
1882  ;  bought  an  interest  in  the  Buffalo 
Forge  Co.  in  1878,  and  has  been  at  the 
head  of  the  business  since  1883.  .     .     .     419  W 

WENTWORTH,  ALEXANDER  ;  resides  in 
Randolph  ;  was  born  at  East  Aurora,  Erie 
county,  N.  Y.,  July  26,  1837;  was  edu- 
cated in  common  schools  and  at  Randolph 
Academy  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Buffalo  in  1859  :  married  Ellen  C.  Crow- 
ley of  Randolijh  October  10,  1859  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Randolph  since  1859, 
forming  in  December,  1896,  with  his  son, 
the  firm  of  Wentworth  &  Wentworth.     .      142  W 

WEYAND,  CHRISTIAN;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  in  Lorraine,  France,  May 
11,  1826;  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1847,  and  settled  in  Buffalo  ;  worked  at 
the  shoemaker's  trade,  1847-66  ;  married 
Magdalena  Mayer  of  Buffalo  May  9,  1852  ; 
has  carried  on  a  brewerv  in  Bufl'alo  since 
1866 ' 420  W 


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(id 


WHEELER,  CHARLES  B.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Poplar  Ridge,  Cayuga 
county,  N.  Y.,  December  27,  1851  ;  grad- 
uated from  Williams  College  with  the 
class  of  1878  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1876;  married  Frances  Munro  Rochester 
of  Buffalo  June  28,  1883  ;  was  appointed 
member  of  the  Buffalo  civil-service  com- 
mission March  11,  1889,  and  was  elected 
chairman  of  the  board  February  8,  1892; 
has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1876.         91  W 

WHEELER,  GEORGE  W. ;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y., 
September  1,  1856;  was  educated  at  De 
Veaux  College ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
October  10,  1879  ;  married  Jennie  F. 
Farrar  of  Buffalo  October  17,  1882;  has 
practiced  law  in  Buffalo  since  1880.        .     2.39  W 

WHITE,  TRUMAN  C;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Perrysburg,  N.  Y.,  Ajjril  30, 
1840  ;  attended  country  schools  and  Spring- 
ville  ( N.  Y. )  Academy;  enlisted  in  the 
10th  New  York  cavalry  in  1861,  and  served 
throughout  the  war,  being  discharged 
in  July,  1865,  as  1st  lieutenant ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Buffalo  in  Novem- 
ber, 1867  ;  married  Emma  Kate  Haskins 
of  Buffalo  February  10,  1869  ;  was  elected 
judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Buffalo  in 
the  fall  of  1891,  serving  until  January  1, 
1896,  when,  on  the  abolishment  of  the 
Superior  Court,  he  took  his  seat  on  the 
bench  of  the  Supreme  Court 92  W 

WICKS,  CHARLES  H.;  resides  in  Lake- 
wood  ;  was  born  at  Ellery,  N.  Y.,  October 
15,  1849 ;  graduated  from  Jamestown 
Union  School  and  Collegiate  Institute  in 
1869  ;  married  Florence  R.  Robbins  of 
Spartansburg,  Penn.,  November  6,  1873; 
taught  school,  1870-78;  served  as  school 
commissioner  in  the  first  district  of  Chau- 
tauqua county,  1879-90 ;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board  of  Lake- 
wood  since  1891,  and  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  village  since  1893 ;  has 
lived  at  Lakewood  since  1891,  engaged  in 
real-estate  business  there  and  in  James- 
town  302  W 

WICKS,  JOHN  G.;  resides  in  Jamestown  ; 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Carroll,  Chautau- 
qua county,  N.  Y.,  January  10,  1855  ; 
was  educated  in  country  schools  and  the 
Jamestown  High  School  ;  graduated  from 
the  Albany  Law  School,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1876 ;  married  Emma  L. 
Russell  in  December,  1876  ;  was  an  alder- 
man of  the  city  of  Jamestown,  1886-90, 


and  city  attorney,  1891-95  ;   has  practiced 

law  in  Jamestown  since  1876.        .      .      .     389  W 

WILCOX,  ANSLEY;  resides  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Summerville,  Ga.,  January  27, 
1856  ;  prepared  for  college  at  Hopkins 
Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
and  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1874  ; 
studied  at  Lhiiversity  College,  Oxford, 
England,  1875-76  ;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1878  ;  married  Cornelia  C.  Rum- 
sey  of  Buffalo  January  17,  1878,  and  her 
sister,  Mary  Grace  Rumsey,  November 
20,  1883 ;  has  practiced  law  in  Buffalo 
since  1878 176  W 

WILCOX,  DAVID  J.;  resides  in  Spring- 
ville  ;  was  born  at  Leon,  N.  Y. ,  October  27, 
1847  ;  was  educated  at  preparatory  schools 
and  Cornell  LTniversity  ;  graduated  from 
the  Albany  Law  School,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1878;  married  Happie  H. 
Slowell  of  East  Ashford,  N.  Y.,  August 
22,  1 878  ;  was  clerk  of  the  Cattaraugus- 
county  board  of  supervisors  in  1873, 
member  of  assembly,  1883-84,  and  finan- 
cial clerk  of  the  assembly,  1890-91  ;  has 
practiced  law  in  Springville  since  1878, 
with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in 
Walla  Walla,  Wash.,  as  receiver  of  the 
United  States  land  office 342  W 

WILCOX,  DE  WITT  G.;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Akron,  O.,  January  15, 
1858  ;  was  educated  in  the  Akron  public 
schools  and  Buchtel  ( O. )  College  ;  gradu- 
ated from  the  Cleveland  Homeopathic 
Hospital  Medical  College  in  1880  ;  mar- 
ried Jennie  Irene  Green  of  Alfred  Centre, 
N.  Y.,  September  5,  1883;  practiced 
medicine  in  Akron,  1880-88,  with  the 
excejition  of  a  year  spent  in  surgical  study 
abroad  ;  has  practiced  in  Buffalo  since 
1888,  devoting  himself  especially  to  surgi- 
cal and  hospital  work 320  W 

WILKESON,  JOHN;  resided  in  Buffalo; 
was  born  at  Poland,  O.,  October  28,  1806  ; 
went  to  Buffalo  with  his  father  in  1814; 
was  educated  in  private  schools  ;  married 
Maria  Louisa  Wilkes  of  Portsmouth,  Eng- 
land, at  Lyme,  O.,  in  1832  ;  was  secretary 
to  his  father  at  Washington,  D.  C,  1840- 
42,  and  United  States  consul  at  Turk's 
Island,  W.  I.,  1842-43;  began  the  manu- 
facture of  iron  in  Ohio  in  1846,  and  the 
grain-elevating  business  in  Buffalo  in 
1858  ;  died  at  Buffalo  April  4,  1894.      .       31  D 

WILLARD,  ERNEST  R.;  resides  in 
Rochester  ;  was  born  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y., 
March    11,    1854;    was   educated   at    the 


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Jamestown  Collegiate  Institute;  was  local 
editor  of  the  Jamestown  Journal,  1K73- 
75,  and  a  reporter  for  the  Huft'alo  Express, 
1875-76  ;  has  been  on  the  staff  of  the 
Rochester  Democrat  and  Chronicle  since 
187(),  and  has  been  editor  in  chief  since 

isDo .38  (; 

WlLl.ARD,  FRANCIS  A.;  resides  in  New- 
burgh  ;  was  born  at  Midway,  Ky.,  August 
23,  1856  ;  was  educated  at  Boonville 
(N.  Y.)  Academy  and  Whitestown  Semi- 
nary ;  was  clerk  of  the  village  of  Boon- 
ville, 1878-79  ;  married  Caroline  L.  Miil- 
ler  of  Boonville  February  '11,  1880;  was 
connected  with  the  Watertown  Morning 
Dispatch  anA  the  \]\.\c3i  Daiiy  Press,  1880- 
82  ;  was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Boon- 
ville Herald,  1882-91  ;  was  a  member  of 
the  Oneida-county  board  of  supervisors, 
1884-85,  and  postmaster  of  Boonville, 
1886-91  ;  has  been  editor  and  senior  pro- 
])rietor  of  the  Newbiirgh  Daily  Jicgistcr 
since  1891 '.."..'.       93  E 

WILLIAMS,  CHARLES  E.:  resides  in  Buf- 
falo; was  born  at  Buffalo  February  21, 
1852  :  was  educated  in  the  jxiblic  schools 
and  the  Heathcote  School  of  Buffalo,  and 
the  Polytechnic  Institute,  Stuttgart,  Ger- 
many ;  has  carried  on  the  business  of  a 
[laving  and  general  contractor  at  Buffalo 
since  1876 240  \V 

WILLIAMS,  GIBSON  T.;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo ;  was  born  at  Charlestown,  N.  H., 
January  15,  1813  ;  was  educated  in  com- 
mon schools  and  St.  Albans  (Vt. )  Acad- 
emy ;  was  a  clerk  in  a  country  store,  1830- 
33;  moved  to  Buffalo  in  1833;  married 
Harriet  C.  Howard  of  Herkimer  county, 
N.  Y.,  in  1844;  engaged  in  the  ship- 
chandlery  business  in  Buffalo,  1837-50, 
and  in  the  manufacture  of  white  lead, 
1851-61  ;  was  connected  with  the  Western 
Insurance  Co.  of  Buffalo,  as  vice  president 
and  president,  1862-71  ;  helped  to  organ- 
ize the  Erie  County  Savings  Bank  in 
1854,  and  was  its  president  at  the  time  of 
his  death  ;  died  at  Asheville,  N.  C,  April 
14,  1891 13  D 

WILLIAMS,  ROGER  B.;  resides  in  Ithaca  ; 
was  born  at  Ithaca  May  8,  1848  ;  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  18()8;  was 
cashier  of  the  Merchants'  and  Farmers' 
National  Bank,  Ithaca,  1868-72;  married 
Carrie  L.  Romer  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
December  17,  1874;  has  carried  on  the 
manufacture  of  machinery  and  agricultural 
implements    in    Ithaca   since    1872  ;     has 


been  president  of  the  Ithaca  Savings  Bank 
since  1886 48  C 

WINSLOW,  BRADLEY  ;  resides  in  Water- 
town  ;  was  born  at  Watertown  August  1, 
1831;  was  educated  in  district  schools 
and  private  seminaries  ;  studied  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1855  ;  married 
Geraldine  M.  Cooper  of  Adams,  N.  Y., 
November  15,  1855  ;  was  district  attorney 
of  Jefferson  county,  1860-61  and  1866- 
68,  mayor  of  Watertown  in  1874,  and  state 
senator,  1881-82;  has  practiced  law  at 
Watertown  since  1856,  with  the  exce|)tion 
of  four  years  spent  in  the  L^nion  army.   .      103  E 

WISE,  JAMES  B.;  resides  in  Watertown  ; 
was  born  at  Branford,  Conn.,  December 
27,  1858  ;  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  a  liusiness  college  ;  was  a  news  agent, 
1872-77  ;  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
hardware  with  his  father,  at  Watertown,  in 
1877 ;  married  Hattie  C.  Willard  of 
Watertown  Se])tember  8,  1881  ;  was  an 
alderman  of  Watertown,  1889-90,  and  has 
been  mayor  of  the  city  since  January  1, 
1895,  having  been  elected  the  fourth  time 
in  November,  1897,  for  a  term  of  two 
years  ;  is  now  engaged  in  various  manu- 
facturing enterprises  in  Watertown.    .      .        79  E 

WOODBURY,  EGBURT  E.;  resides  in 
Jamestown  ;  was  born  at  Cherry  Creek, 
Chautau(|ua  county,  N.  Y.,  March  29, 
1861  ;  attended  district  schools  and  Cham- 
berlain Institute,  Randolph,  N.  Y.;  mar- 
ried Florence  E.  Holbrook  of  Randolph 
December  25,  1880  ;  studied  law,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1884  ;  was  justice 
of  the  peace,  1886-89,  member  of  the 
ChautaiKiua-county  Republican  committee, 
1889-91,  and  member  of  a.ssembly,  1891- 
93 ;  has  been  surrogate  of  Chautauqua 
county  since  January  1,  1895;  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Jamestown  since  1884.   .     .     343  W 

WOODWARD,  JOHN;  resides  in  James- 
town ;  was  born  at  Charlotte,  Chautauqua 
county,  N.  Y.,  August  19,  1859  ;  received 
a  common-school  education,  and  graduated 
from  the  Fredonia  Normal  School  in  1878  ; 
graduated  from  the  law  school  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1881, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year  ; 
practiced  law  in  F'redonia,  N.  Y.,  1881- 
83  ;  married  Mary  E.  Barker  of  F'redonia 
May  26,  1886  ;  was  city  attorney  of  James- 
town, 1886-88,  member  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  Chautauqua  county,  1887- 
92,  and  district  attorney  of  Chautauqua 
county,  1892-95;  was  appointed  a  justice 


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of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  state  of  New- 
York  in  January,  189(i,  and  elected  for 
a  full  term  in  November,  1896;  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  appellate  division  in  De- 
cember, 1897 188  W 

WRAY,  ALBERT  A.;  resides  in  Brooklyn; 
was  born  at  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1858;  was  educated  in  public 
schools  in  Missouri;  taught  school,  1876- 
78  ;  studied  law  in  New  York  city,  and 
.was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1885;  was 
member  of  assembly,  1894-95;  was  elec- 
ted to  the  state  senate  in  the  fall  of  1895  ; 
has  practiced  law  in  New  York  city  since 
1885 '.      .        60  M 

WRKIHT,  ALBERT  J.;  resides  in  P.ulTalo  ; 
was  born  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  August  24, 
1858 ;  was  educated  in  Buffalo  schools 
and  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown, 
Conn.;  married  Gertrude  Bent  of  Middle- 
town  September  25,  1878  ;  engaged  in  the 
grain  commission  business  in  Buffalo, 
1878-90;  was  president  of  the  Merchants' 
Exchange  and  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Buf- 
falo in  1884  ;  has  carried  on  a  banking  and 
brokerage  business  in  Buffalo  since  1890.     463  W 

WRIGHT,  HORTON  D.;  resides  in  Glov- 
ersville  ;  was  born  at  Brunswick,  N.  Y. , 
December  7,  1862  ;  was  educated  at  the 
Hoosick  Falls  High  School  and  Cornell 
LIniversity  ;  studied  law,  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1886  ;  married  Gertrude 
A.  Carnrick  of  Arietta,  N.  Y.,  May  27, 
1885 ;  was  district  attorney  of  Fulton 
county,  1893-95  ;  has  practiced  law  at 
Gloversville  since  1886 94  E 

WRIGHT,  MAURICE  L.;  resides  in  Os- 
wego ;  was  born  at  Scriba,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1845 ;  was  educated  at  Mexico 
(N.  Y. )  Academy  and  Falley  Seminary; 
served  in  the  Union  navy,  1864—65  ;  stud- 
ied law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1870 ;  married  Mary  Grace  Skinner  of 
Mexico  November  3,  1869  ;  was  president 
of  the  village  of  Mexico,  1879-81 ;  was 
county  judge  of  Oswego  county,  1884-91  ; 


has   been  justice  of  the   New  York   state 
Supreme  Court  since  January  1,  1892.  95  V, 

YATES,  HENRY  J. ;  resided  in  Jamestown  ; 
was  born  at  Jamestown  September  23, 
1842;  was  educated  in  common  schools; 
was  clerk  in  a  grocery,  1859-61  ;  served 
in  the  Union  army,  1861-64;  married 
Julia  Harper  Blinn  (adopted  daughter  of 
Colonel  Henry  Baker)  of  Jamestown  June 
20,  1867  ;  was  postmaster  of  Jamestown, 
1869-73  ;  was  justice  of  the  ])eace  for  the 
town  of  Ellicott,  1873-86,  and  jjolice  jus- 
tice of  Jamestown  from  1886  until  his 
death  January  18,  1897 14  1) 

YOUMANS,  EDWARD  B.;  resides  in  Kl- 
raira  ;  was  born  at  Otego,  N.  Y.,  May  15, 
1836;  was  educated  at  Delaware  Literary 
Institute  ;  taught  school  and  studied  law, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  May  11,  1865  ; 
married  Louise  Towner  of  Fllmira  February 
25,  1868  ;  practiced  law  at  Delhi  and  Ot- 
ego, N.  Y.,  1865-71  ;  was  chief  clerk  of 
the  treasury  department  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  1885-90;  has  practiced  law  at  El- 
mira  since  January  1,  1872 15  C 

ZELLER,  G.  FREDERICK  ;  resides  in 
Buffalo  ;  was  born  in  Wiirttemberg,  Ger- 
many, February  8,  1836  ;  was  educated  in 
German  and  American  schools ;  married 
Barbara  Mochel  of  Buffalo  May  17,  18.59; 
was  in  the  employ  of  J.  F.  Schoellkopf, 
1855-65  ;  was  an  alderman  of  Buffalo, 
1874-75,  and  a  member  of  the  board 
of  fire  commissioners,  1884-96;  has  con- 
ducted a  tannery  in  Buffalo  since  18()5.  15  W 

Zn  TEL,  WADSWORTH  J.;  resides  in 
Buffalo;  was  born  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  No- 
vember 24,  1855  ;  was  educated  in  public 
schools  and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business 
College  ;  was  clerk  in  a  wholesale  drug 
and  grocery  house  at  Akron,  O.,  1870-73  ; 
was  in  the  employ  of  Philip  Becker  &  Co., 
Buffalo,  1873-88  ;  married  Sarah  Goetz  of 
Buffalo  May  13,  1880  ;  has  been  a  proprie- 
tor of  the  Buffalo  Candy  Co.  since  1891  : 
was  elected  treasurer  of  Erie  county  in 
November,  1897 3(il  W 


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