Kircher, Charles, jr., was born in Rochester in 1852, a son of Charles, who came from Germany in 1848, and settled in Rochester, but in 1860 came to Webster, where he has been engaged in farming. Charles, jr., married Frances, daughter of John Springer, of Syracuse, and they have two sons, Charles and Irving, and two daughters, Helen and Estella. Mr. Kircher's farm is in the eastern part of Webster, where he is known as one of the thrifty farmers of the town.

Bridgeman, Robert, was born in Penfield in 1859, son of John, who was born in Burwell, England, in 1822. and came to Penfield in 1850 and settled on a farm west of the village. He died here March 17, 1894, leaving two sons, Robert and Charles, the latter now in Michigan. Robert lives on the farm where his father lived for twenty-seven years, one belonging to the Higbie estate. Mr. Bridgeman married Emma Thorp, of Brighton, by whom he has one son, Homer J., born in 1884.

Hiler, William H., was born in Clarkson, September 12, 1847. His father, Abram, was a native of Boonton, N. J., and came to Parma, this county, with his father, John N. Abram married Lydia Buzzard, a daughter of Jacob Buzzard, one of the practical and successful farmers of this town. William H. filer has always been a hard worker and successful farmer. He is largely a self-made man and has received but little training in the common schools, yet by a life of industry and economy he has obtained as the reward of his hard toil the beautiful property on which he now resides. In 1868 he married Laura M., daughter of Ebenezer Hovey, and they have had three children. The two daughters died in infancy. Henry E., born September 7, 1871, is their only son. He intends to enter the Methodist ministry and has been aided by his parents in gaining a liberal education. He graduated from the Brockport State Normal School in 1889, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in 1893, and will receive the degree of Bachelor of Divinity from Drew Theological Seminary in 1896. His plans are to complete his education at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He married Jessie B., daughter of William B. Williams, of Brockport, June 7, 1893.

Billinghurst, J. H., is the only son of Henry Billinghurst, of Rochester, well known as a skilled worker in wood, and builder of boats. He was at one time superintendent of streets, and also a member of the Common Council. He died in 1882, aged seventy. The brother, William, achieved a world-wide reputation among riflemen as the maker of very superior rifles and telescopic sights. J. H. Billinghurst spent his youth in the city of Rochester, eight years in Pittsford, and since 1882 has been engaged at farming at Bushnell Basin. In 1879 he married Augusta Kelly, of Brighton, and their son, Charles Henry, was born December 12, 1890.

Brydges, William, was born in Queen's county, Ireland, in 1837, came to America at the age of twenty-seven and settled in northern Perinton, where he now lives. His father, Henry, emigrated at the same time, and died here four years ago. Henry H. Brydges was born in New York city in 1855, and has lived in Fairport since 1871, and previous to that date in Canada. He possesses in a marked degree the qualities and characteristics by which success is wrested from the severest conditions. He had absolutely no capital at his command, and is an example of a self-made man, surrounded by a family of promising children who will owe their education and advancement to their father's industry and frugality. He has been in the hardware business six or seven years. Mr. Brydges is a Protestant in religious faith, and a Republican in politics. March 29, 1864, he married Hattie E. Sherman, of English birth, and they have had four children: George W., Burton, Frank and Mabel.

Bennett, Stephen, was born on the farm he now owns July 20, 1830, a son of Frederic, born in Massachusetts in 1787, whose father was Stephen Bennett. The latter served in the Continental army, was at Trenton and Valley Forge. He married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Gates, one of the early pioneers of the Wyoming District, Pa., who was present at the battle of Wyoming, and afterward served in the Continental army. Gates married a daughter of Captain Howard, of Connecticut, who was prominent in the French and Indian war. The Gates family, with most of the other settlers of the Connecticut claim in Northern Pennsylvania, were refugees in Connecticut for several years after the massacre of Wyoming, but eventually returned to their pioneer home on the Walland Paupac Creek, now Pike county, Pa., where he was joined by Stephen Bennett. of Massachusetts, who had married his daughter Mary in 1785. Frederic, the father of the subject of this sketch, grew to manhood in Pike county, Pa., where in early life he engaged in lumber manufacture. In 1811 he bought a farm in the Genesee country, in now the town of Chili; returned to Pennsylvania and resumed lumbering. The war of 1812 caused financial reverses and he was forced to sell his Genesee land; but in 1821 he moved his family to Western New York and in 1822 settled on the farm now occupied by Stephen. He married Jane, eldest daughter of Silas and Sarah Chapman Killam, who were among the first settlers of Palmyra, Pike county, Pa. The children of Frederic and Jane Bennett were: Erminda, Eliza, Sarah, Lucy, Asher, Horace, Otto, Stephen and Jane. In 1856 our subject married Jennette, daughter of Archibald M. Stewart, of Wheatland. In 1857 they moved to Commerce, Oakland county, Mich., and in 1866 returned and purchased the homestead, caring for his parents until their decease - his mother in 1871 and his father in 1874. His wife died in 1888. None of their children survive her.

Skinner, James Avery, was born in Union Square, Oswego county, November 15, 1835, a son of Avery Skinner, who was a native of Westmoreland, N. H., and came to Jefferson county in 1816. He was the originator of the first map of the city of Watertown, and in 1822 moved to Oswego county, where he was elected to the State Senate and Assembly, was made county judge and county treasurer. While in the Senate he advocated the building of a ship canal through the State of New York. His death occurred in 1876 at the age of eighty. James A. was educated at the Jefferson County Institute, Watertown, and was graduated from Hamilton College in 1857. The same year he entered the Union Theological Seminary of the City of New York, graduating in 1860, was ordained in the ministry in 1861. In 1863 he went to California and organized the Westminster Presbyterian church of Santa Clara and was pastor of the Presbyterian church of Stockton. In 1869 he returned to Cleveland, Ohio, where he organized the Memorial Presbyterian church in 1870, remaining till 1875. He then became district superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, remaining till 1880. In 1888 he was ordained to the diaconate in the Episcopal church, and to the priesthood in 1889. In 1890 he was appointed rector of St. Luke's church at Brockport, and under his ministrations the church has increased in membership and financial standing. In 1869 he married Octavia Lane, and they have three children. His present residence is in Syracuse, N.Y.

Holbrook, Silas H., was born at Catskill, September 13, 1845. His father, Rufus B., settled in Greene county, where he was identified with the brick manufacturing business. Silas H. was educated in the public schools, and in August, 1861, enlisted in the 7th N. Y. Cavalry and on the mustering out of that regiment re-enlisted in the 1st N. Y. Mounted Rifles, and was in the following engagements: Siege of Suffolk, Jackson, N. C., Petersburg, Chapin Farm, and the last battles around Petersburg, receiving an honorable discharge November 29, 1865, after which he went to Oswego county, and in 1875 came to Brockport, where he is a well-known contractor and builder. In 1872 he married Tilly M., daughter of Jonathan W. Graves, and their children are: Willard G., and Frederick S. Mr. Holbrook is a member of Cady Post No. 236, G. A. R., of which he has been twice commander, and is a member of Brockport Lodge No. 182, I.O.O.F.

Jones, Thomas O., was born in 1817, a son of Thomas, sr., of England, whose father, John, came with his family to America in 1801, settling in Philadelphia, where he spent his days in the tanning business. His sons John, Thomas, and David, and a daughter, Elizabeth, came to Henrietta in 1815, where they bought land and made homes for themselves. Thomas, the father, at the age of nineteen, bought his time from his father, for which he gave his note for fifty dollars, then borrowed money from members of the Masonic fraternity, and came to Henrietta. He was a tanner by trade, and soon paid back the borrowed money and took up the note. He purchased a farm, soon became one of the leading men of the town, and took an active interest in the building of the Monroe Academy, to which he devoted a great deal of his time, and of which he was later a trustee. He was a Mason and did much for the order during the Morgan excitement. His wife was Mercy Barber, of Vermont, an early school teacher of this locality, and their children were Thomas O., Mary, Daniel, Barlow, Lavina, and Edgar. The three latter are deceased. The father was killed by the falling of a tree in 1880, at the age of forty, and his wife survived him many years, dying at the residence of our subject, aged ninety-two. Thomas O. was for many years a farmer in Henrietta, and in 1865 removed to the village, and bought a store, a dwelling, and sixty acres of land, and for twenty years engaged in the general mercantile business, and also did a large insurance business. He was also for twelve years postmaster, and for eight years his daughter Cora held the office. In 1888 he removed to Grand Forks, North Dakota, and bought a 320 acre farm, which he conducted a few years, then returned to this town and resumed farming. He also traded his Dakota farm for Rochester property, and now divides his attention between that and his property in Henrietta. He has been very prominent in town affairs, having served as town clerk, assessor, commissioner of highways, etc. In 1839 he married Samantha, daughter of Samuel Titus. She was born in Henrietta in 1817. Their children are Julius, who died in 1893; Cora, Cassius, Mrs. Lavina Holcomb, of Henrietta; Frank, who died in New Orleans in 1884: and Samuel T., of Rochester.

Wiltsie, James M., of Pittsford, and one of the foremost business men of that place, was born in Duanesburg, N. Y., December 25, 1829. His late father, Thomas Wiltsie, one of a family of fifteen, came to Perinton in 1834, taking an active part in the affairs of that town, especially as an organizer and deacon of the Fairport Baptist church, and as a powerful enemy to the liquor traffic. Of his fourteen children. but three sons reached maturity; John T., the elder, died in 1867; James M., is the subject of this sketch, and the sole survivor or male representative of the family. The youngest son, George H., enlisted in 1862 in the 4th Heavy Artillery. and after surviving the vicissitudes of the field, and the horrors of a rebel prison, died at Annapolis, Md., in 1865. In 1849 James Wiltsie, with three companions, started for California overland, and the record in detail of that adventurous trip would alone furnish material for an interesting volume. Beyond St. Louis, which point they reached by raft down the Alleghany river from Warren, Pa., to Pittsburgh, thence from Pittsburgh by steamer to St. Louis, from St Louis by steamer up the Missouri river to Independence, Mo. Their path was almost untrodden save by the wiley savage and the bold argonaut himself. The last stage of 1,000 miles to Sacramento from Salt Lake, was made by a forced march of thirty days, a severe test of physical endurance. Mr. Wiltsie remained at the placer mines until the autumn of 1849, and returned via the isthmus, reaching New York on Christmas day. Mr. Wiltsie is senior member of the firm of Wiltsie & Crump, who conduct the largest retail business in Pittsford, and is also a heavy dealer in produce, coal and lumber. He is president of the Board of Health, member of the Board of Education, also of the Presbyterian church, and for three years represented Pittsford in the Board of Supervisors, the last year as chairman of that body

James McNall was born at Union, Conn., in 1796. He moved from Connecticut into Oneida county in 1806, and in April, 1811, he settled in Henrietta, where he lived up to the time of his death in 1885. When Mr. McNall took up his residence in Henrietta, the then village of Rochester was composed of an unfinished bridge, the ruins of an old mill, and a solitary log cabin. He commenced his pioneer life by splitting rails at fifty cents per hundred and receiving his pay in flour, pork and potatoes, which he transported to his home on his back. He sold his first crop of wheat for fifty cents per bushel and carried it up one flight of stairs. When the call was made for troops to defend Buffalo against the invasion of the British in the war of 1812, Mr. McNall, with his horse and wagon, were pressed into the service of transporting tents and military baggage from Avon to Buffalo, for which service he was in after years pensioned by the government. Mr. McNall had an excellent memory, and in his old age was fond of relating incidents connected with the early history of the country. He was present and witnessed the sham fight between the Yankees and the British opposite the present Arcade entrance on the first Fourth of July celebration in Rochester. He also took part in the great canal celebration here in 1824 and was among those who welcomed La Fayette to Rochester when he visited America the following year. In 1829 he was present and witnessed the last leap of Sam Patch at the Upper Genesee Falls. Mr. McNall's life reached back to the early days of the government under the present constitution. He was three years of age when Washington died, and nineteen when Napoleon fought the battle of Waterloo. He was one of the founders of the West Henrietta Baptist church, with which he held his membership up to the time of his death. Mr. McNall was twice married. He married Polly Brininstool for his first wife, and had four sons: Schuyler, James, Jacob, and William. His second wife was Susan Reynolds, by whom he had four children: Mary, Stephen, John, and Harriet. Of these eight children only four are living at the present time: James McNall, jr., Jacob B. McNall, Stephen R. McNall, and Mrs. Warren Caswell, all of whom reside in Henrietta, except the first named who lives in Chili.

Manning, William L., was born at Derrs, Columbia county, Pa., in 1846, at which place his father, the late Abraham Manning, was a miller. William remained in his native town until twenty-five years of age, having learned the carpenter's trade. In 1884 he came to Brighton and became associated with J. F. Le Clare, the well-known seedsman, and five years later established a copartnership under the style of Le Clare & Manning, at present controlling one of the most extensive and important industries of Brighton. Mr. Manning served with gallantry and distinction in the late war, as a member of Co. G, 178th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Among the battles in which he was a participant were, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and the seven days siege of Petersburg. At Chancellorsville he was slightly injured by a bursting shell. Mr. Manning has always taken a leading part in local affairs and government. While a resident of Columbia county he served the county as mercantile appraiser and was three years county auditor. Mr. Manning is a Democrat, and it evinces his personal popularity that in March of 1895, he was elected president of Brighton village with no opposition; he is also a notary public. In 1891 he completed a handsome modern residence on Park avenue. In 1866 he married Mary W. Derr, and their children are: Nancy K., now Mrs. De Hollander; D. Burnett, Myrtle , and Ivy Leona.

Shaw, Mrs. Alice E., is a daughter of Orisimus Ferris, and married Albert Shaw who died leaving two sons, Claude and Glenn. Mrs. Shaw came to Webster in 1891 to care for the household of Dana Smith, her deceased sister's husband, and who was then the owner of the farm which her grandfather settled in early life, and which she now owns. Dana Smith was born in Penfield, the son of Amos Smith, and removed to Webster more than fifty years ago and resided there during the remainder of his life. He married Phebe Ferris, the daughter of Sherman Ferris of Webster. For many years he conducted a hardware and tin shop but retired from active business on account of ill health, and died February 21, 1895. Mrs. Smith died March 27, 1892.

Denniston, W. H., was born in Rochester March 10, 1850, a son of William and Henrietta Denniston, the former a native of North Ireland, who came to this country in 1836. Mr. Denniston lived in Rochester until his eighteenth year, when he went to Parma; there he was employed as a farm hand, supporting his mother until her death. After the death of his mother he removed to Hamlin where he remained for about five years. He then returned to Parma, entering the employ of Demerest & Effner as clerk. In 1870 he purchased the store and stock at Parma Center, where he has conducted a large and successful business. In 1888 he purchased a farm north of Parma Center. Here he has been a successful breeder of trotters and the place is now known as the "Buttonwood stock farm." In politics Mr. Denniston is a Republican. For eight years he served as town clerk and overseer of the poor, and for four years supervisor of his town. In the fall of 1890 he was elected member of assembly from the 3d district of Monroe, in which office he served four years. While in the Legislature he was on various committees, the last year being chairman of the excise committee. His whole career in the State Legislature was marked by keen energetic work for his constituents.

Baker, Charles J. , is a son of Carl Baker, who came to Webster in 1859, and was a farmer having five sons. Mr. Baker was also a farmer until 1891, when he, in partnership with his brother and Charles Hockenburger, built a flouring mill at Union Hill, where they do a large business. Mr. Baker married a daughter of Andrew Martin, and their two sons are Ernest L. and Orrin D.

Defendorf, Frank J. , was born in Rochester, N. Y. , February 24, 1855, was educated in Rochester and the town of Greece. The family came to this town at an early day. Mr. Defendorf began business as a grocery merchant when eighteen years of age, which he has continued ever since. He is also a general produce dealer and handles the best variety of coal. His first appointment as postmaster at Barnard Crossing was May 6, 1878, under President Grant's administration, and was reappointed March 19, 1889, under President Harrison's administration. In 1882 he married Alice C., daughter of the late ex-Mayor Lutes of Rochester, N. Y. They have two children, Fred C. and Flossie L. Mr. Defendorf's father, Elijah, was born at Fort Plain, Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1813, and came to Rochester when a ,young man. He married twice, first to Maria Mott, and three children were born to them: Emmett, Emily, and Albert, who married Emily Bailey, and had three children, Emmett Fannie, and Lulu. Albert Defendorf died in 1882, and his brother and sister died when young. Mrs. Elijah Defendorf died in 1852. For his second wife he married Harriett Bevier of Cayuga, formerly of Ulster county, N. Y. They have five children: Frank J. , as above, George, Helen, Hattie, and Frederick. Mr. Defendorf resides with his father and people. The family are of Dutch and Swiss origin.

Dobbin, William H., of the firm of Dobbin & Moore, Fairport, dealers in lumber and manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds. Mr. Dobbin was born December 9, 1840, in Wellington, Ontario, where his father, John Dobbin, had been one of the earliest settlers, and where later in life, owing to his integrity, his courage and his good judgment in matters, pertaining to business and government, he came to be one of the leaders in social, intellectual and political circles, honored with numerous offices of trust and responsibility, and much sought after for his wise counsels in private affairs. Owing to the lack of educational advantages and to the obstacles incident to farm life in a new country, it was only by great persistence and pure grit that William Dobbin was able to acquire even a common school education, and yet such was his desire to attain the highest possible plane intellectually that he went farther than this and prepared himself for the profession of a teacher, largely by his own efforts. This, however, he never engaged in, and took up the trade of carpenter and builder. In 1864 he married Margaret Calder, and realizing that his surroundings did not offer the advantages necessary for a full development of his powers, he determined to come to the United States in search of a place better suited to his needs. In 1866 he came to Fairport and began his career there as a carpenter. It was not long, however, before he found opportunities to better himself and by his ability to see them, to grasp them and to make the most of them, he soon became one of the prominent business men of the town. For eight years he carried on a successful business in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. In 1879 he engaged in the lumber business, and since then has been associated with C. C. Moore, a much respected citizen and a gentleman of character and ability. By industry and economy they have built up one of the largest and most important industries in Fairport. When in 1882 their planing mill was destroyed by fire, it was but nine days before the machinery was again in operation, a striking instance of undaunted enterprise. Mr. Dobbin has also been one of the most extensive dealers in real estate in Fairport and has been largely engaged in building homes for the working classes, which are sold on easy terms, a form of practical philanthropy worthy of wider emulation. While never having aspired to political honors, Mr. Dobbin has taken a great interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of Fairport, and has given freely of his time and energy for the upbuilding of the various institutions connected therewith. As president of the School Board for a number of years he did much to advance the standard of education, and he was largely instrumental in securing the present excellent system of water works, He is president of the Young Men's Christian Association, a deacon in the First Congregational church, and superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Dobbin has five children: Clarence E., a graduate of Cornell University, and now a landscape architect in New York city; Mabel C., a student at Cornell University; Bessie C., Helen M. , and Margaret H.

Gaston, Daniel D. , was born in Wayne county in 1836, son of Joseph, who came from New Jersey and settled first in Penfield. Joseph Gaston then lived in Wayne county for some years, but afterward returned to Penfield, settling on the farm where Daniel D. now lives, where he died in 1879, leaving two sons, J. H. and Daniel D. , and five daughters, Mrs. Jane A. Weeks, Miss Mary E. .Gaston, Mrs. Emaline Foster, Mrs. Martha M. Holley, and Mrs. Margaret E. Voorhees. In 1860 Daniel D. married Jane A., daughter of James K. Vosburg, by whom he has one son and three daughters: William S., Elva (Mrs. John Wolf), Elizabeth, and Estella (Mrs. Carl Marlett).

Chandler, George A., was born in Gasport, Niagara county, N.Y., August 6, 1860, and came with his parents to Charlotte, April 4, 1863, where he was educated in the public schools. His early life was spent on his grandfather's farm. He became a carpenter and joiner, and has been in the employ of the Rochester Electric Railway Company, was foreman of the car repair shop until 1893, when hd was made second engineer in their electric power house at, or near, Charlotte. May 15, 1882, he married Nellie Archer, of Campbellford, Canada. They have one daughter, Alma, who is a student in the Union School at Charlotte. Mr. Chandler's father, George W., was born in Connecticut May 2,, 1825, and came to Moravia, Cayuga county, N. Y. , when he was a small boy. lie was educated in the district schools, and taught several years. In 1852 he went to California and worked in the gold mines and carried express and U. S. mail. He returned in 1858 to his home at Moravia. He married twice, first, in 1859, to Mary A. Olny, and went to reside at Gasport. They had one son, George A. Mrs. Chandler died March 29, 1873. October 15, 1878, he married Emma Mowatt, of Coburn, Canada. They had a son who died in infancy. Mr. Chandler died June 22, 1884. Mrs. George A. Chandler's father, Joshua Archer, was born in Scotland in 1830. His family moved to Belfast, Ireland, when he was a boy. He married Jane Atkinson, and came to Canada. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Mrs. Archer died in 1879. Mr. Archer resides at the old home in Canada. The ancestry of the family is English and Scotch.

Pearson, Harry M. , was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 11, 1851. The family moved to Superior City, Wisconsin, where he was educated in the common schools, and upon their returning to Philadelphia he completed his education there. He learned the tinner's trade and became an expert tin roofer, and is now a fruit grower in the town of Greece, where he has a fine fruit farm planted with the choicest varieties. December 19, 1878, he married Fannie S. Wilder, of this town, and they have three sons: Harry W. , Eugene S., and Morley H. Mr. Pearson's father was born in Reading, Pa., in September, 1824, and has an excellent education. He married Mary R. Widowfield, of Philadelphia. They had six children. Two girls died in infancy. The father and mother are both living.

George Brothers, David and James, were born in Genesee county, N. Y., sons of Thomas George, who died in Penfield in 1891. These brothers, after several years experience in the nursery and florist's business with prominent firms in the county, have opened extensive greenhouses in East Penfield, making a specialty of raising roses and clematis vines. By scientific research and long practical experience they are building up a trade of which they are justly proud.

Hopkins, J. W., youngest of eight children of Marvin and Jane (Phelps) Hopkins, was horn in Pittsford, August 11, 1857. The scion of an important and historic family, he bears character above reproach. and is genial and popular. His aged mother, who is an inmate of his home, is a remarkable instance of physical and mental preservation, despite her eighty-three years. It was in 1830 that she was united in marriage to Marvin Hopkins, and of her eight children all survive except Mary, who died in infancy. They are James, Clarissa M. , Mary, Dorothy P., Robert M. , George, Chauncey I., and Jared W. Marvin Hopkins was a man of great enterprise and public spirit, a prominent figure in the councils of the Democratic party, and in his town filled acceptably most of the public offices, having been supervisor in 1840, 1842, 1846, 1850, 1862. He died in 1867, and his death was widely considered as a public loss and a personal one. The elder son, James, is now in St. Louis, general manager of the Diamond Match Co. Dorothy is the wife of Charles W. Rogers, of Pittsford. Robert is a farmer, also of Pittsford. Clarissa is the widow of the late Lyman M. Barker. George is in business at Akron O., and Chauncey at Granger, O. The first of the family to become an American was John Hopkins, from Coventry, England, who settled at Cambridge, Mass., about 1634. Caleb, the father of Marvin, colonel of the 52d Regiment of militia, achieved distinction as a brave soldier no less than as a statesman. We are permitted to quote from a letter of Governor Tompkins dated Albany, February 21, 1817: "I recall the distinguished part you took in the militia and volunteers of the war, and the intrepid conduct exhibited by you in the various battles of that memorable struggle. I cannot communicate an acceptance of your resignation without adding personal acknowledgment of my gratitude and approbation. Your friend and servant, Daniel D. Tompkins." Jared W. Hopkins was married February 1, 1893, to Lettie Maie Nye, of Pittsford, N. Y., daughter of Alvin E. Nye. They have one child, Irving Nye Hopkins, born March 28, 1895.

Gray, George N., was born in Mexico, Oswego county, N. Y., July 4, 1860. He was educated in the public schools, and his early days were spent on the farm. He was employed on the Great Lakes for ten years, and was promoted to second mate on several vessels. In 1885 he joined the United States Life Saving Service at Oswego. N. Y., as a surf man. On December 12, 1894, he was promoted to the position of Captain of the United States Life Saving Station at Charlotte, N. Y. , having a crew of eight men in charge. February 12, 1878, he married Carrie E. Rickard, of his native place. Mr. Gray is a member of Genesee Lodge No. 507, F. & A. M. , Rochester, N. Y. Captain Gray's father, Sardious, was born in the Mohawk Valley, in 1829. His parents moved to Oswego county when he was two years old, where he was educated. He was married twice, first to Dora Harrington, and they had six children, one of whom was George N. Mrs. Gray died in 1875. The second time he married Miss Briggs, and they reside in Mexico, Oswego county. Mrs. Gray's father, Josiah Rickard, was born in Mexico, in 1836. He married Angerose McDonald, of his native town, and they have had three children, one son and two daughters. Mrs. Rickard died April 16, 1889. The ancestry of the family is Dutch and Scotch.

Beardsley, Warren F., was born in Warsaw, in 1839, and is the son of David and Meribah (Thayer) Beardsley, grandson of William, whose father was Andrew Beardsley. David Beardsley was born in 1813, and came to Penfield in 1846, and died in 1888, leaving one son, Warren F., who married in 1870, Celia, daughter of Richard Embury, and granddaughter of Thomas, who came from England and was an early settler of Penfield. Mr. Beardsley has always been a farmer and settled where he lives now in 1863. He has one son, Homer D., and one daughter, Mabel E.

Harris, George F., was born in Penfield in 1823, and was the son of William and Sally (Schocraft) Harris. In 1847 he started with his brother, Robert Harris, as a farmer, they having bought the farm together. In 1853 he bought Robert's share. He married Maria R., daughter of George Hart. She died in 1892, leaving one son, George F., of the firm of Harris & Nagle, of Webster, dealers in furniture and carrying on the undertaking business, and two daughters, Lydia M. and Minnie L., who have kept house for their father since their mother's death. Mr. Harris is one of the best farmers in Penfield, as is shown by the fine farm buildings, as well as by the thrifty condition of the stock and crops.

Loyd, Orrin, was born in Penfield, in 1857, and is the son of Orlando and Mary Loyd, and grandson of Armour Loyd, who settled in Penfield, in 1804, and died leaving three sons, William, Samuel and Orlando. The latter died in 1894, leaving one son, Orin, and one daughter, Florence, now Mrs. Ammon Curtis, of Chili, one other daughter, Effie, died in infancy. Orrin Loyd has always remained on the farm where his father lived and died. He married Sarah, daughter of George Salmon, and they have two daughters, Ethel M. and Mary E.

Whiting, Lawson J., was born in Webster in 1854, and is the son of Jonas, and grandson of John F. Whiting, who was one of the earliest settlers of Webster. In 1875 Mr. Whiting married Rosalia, daughter of Nathan Kelly, and in 1876 moved into the Kelly homestead in Penfield, where he is a farmer. Their six sons are Nathan P., Leslie M., Morse E., Reuben W., Edwin B. and John B. Mrs. Whiting's mother was a daughter of Ebenezer Pierce, and a granddaughter of Samuel Scribner, both of whom were among the early settlers of Penfield. Mrs. Rosalia Whiting is granddaughter of David Kelley, and the great-granddaughter of David, sr., who once owned all the land now comprising Penfield and Webster.

Weaver, William, was born in Perinton in 1855 and is a son of Michael Weaver, who came from Germany in 1840 and settled in Perinton. Later he bought a farm, where he now lives, in East Penfield. In 1877 Mr Weaver married Ellen Grenzebach, and bought the farm where he now resides. They have two children: William H. and Lillie C.

Turrill, Edward, was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1818, and came to Penfield with his father, James B., in 1828. James B. died in 1849 leaving five sons and two daughters. Jerome B., Leman W. and Edward remained in Penfield where Edward and Leman W. were for many years contractors and builders, but for the last few years Edward Turrill has lived retired. Mr. Turrill has been twice married, his first wife dying in 1889, leaving three daughters and two sons; he then married Ruamy Strong, daughter of Dewitt C. Strong, one of the early settlers of Webster.

Lotz, John, was born in Nassau, Germany, September 19, 1824. He was educated in his native land. He came to the United States in 1847, and was the second one to emigrate to America from that town; he located in Rockland county, N. Y. In 1849 he came to Rochester; being a shoemaker, he at once entered the employ of the firm of Sage & Pancost, for whom he worked seventeen years. His first purchase was five acres of land on Jenning Street, at that time not within the city limits. November 27, 1851, he married Catharine Herman, of Irondequoit, by whom he has seven children, Henry, Louisa. Emma, Charles, Ella, Clara, and George. Mr. Lotz's father, Peter, married Catherine Hild, by whom he had five children, Mr. Lotz being the youngest and the only one living. Mrs. Lotz's father, John J. Herman, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1790. He was an old soldier, having fought in Bonaparte's army. He married Catherine Nagle; they came to the United States in 1833, locating in this county; six children were born to them at this time, Mrs. Lotz being three years old, one child died while crossing, and was buried at sea, two children were born after they came to America. Mr. Herman died in 1862 and his wife in 1890. Mr. Lotz has been a resident in the town of Greece for twenty-five years; by his industry, he has acquired a fine property.

Stone, George B., was born in the town of Greece September 10, 1861, His education was obtained in the common schools, and is a fruit farmer by occupation April 19, 1888, he married Jessie M. Wilson, of his native town and they have two children, Hattie L, and George W. Mr. Stone's father, J. Bryant, was horn in the town of Greece May 3, 1837, was educated in the schools of that early day, and a farmer by occupation. November 22, 1859, he married Harriet Davis, of Charlotte. They had one son, George B., as above. Mr. Stone died November 28, 1867. Mrs. Stone's father, Mark Wilson, was born in Pennsylvania July 14, 1831, was educated in the common schools, and reared on his father's farm. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade. May 31, 1856, he married Esther Harding, of Pennsylvania, and they had four children: Edith, Carrie, Jessie H. as above, and Benjamin. Mrs. Wilson's great-grandfather's two oldest brothers were killed in the Wyoming massacre, and many of her relations in the early wars.

Pollard, Emma M. - The late Henry Pollard was born in Walsham, Suffolk county, England, June 20, 1811, was educated in their schools, and was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade, until he was twenty-one years old. At the expiration of that time, he came to Canada. June 11, 1837, he married Eliza M. Moxon, daughter of one of the oldest settlers of Charlotte. They had seven children: John H., who died in infancy, Edward, Frank H., Arthur W., who also died in infancy, Alfred B., John Z., and Emma M. Edward served in the late war, in two regiments, first in the 13th Infantry, New York State Volunteers, and afterwards as second lieutenant in the 24th Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was wounded twice in the ankles. He died in Boston in 1892. Frank H. was a soldier in the 188th Infantry, New York State Volunteers, in the late Rebellion. Mrs. Pollard died in 1868. For his second wife, he married Mrs. Mary H. Greer, nee Holden, June 16, 1870. Mr. Pollard worked at his trade from 1840 to 1872. He then retired and took charge of his real estate. Pollard avenue was named in his honor. He died August 13, 1889. His only daughter, Emma M., was educated in the public schools, and in the Rochester Free Academy, graduating from the latter in 1877. After teaching school several years she attended the Geneseo Normal School, graduating from that institution in 1891. She has charge of the grammar department in the graded school at Charlotte where she has taught twelve years.

Peet, Norman C., was born in Penfield in 1819, son of Minor A. and Ohonor (Austin) Peet, and grandson of Ebenezer Peet, who came to Penfield from Connecticut among the early settlers. Mr. Peet's father died when he was two years old and later his mother married Libeus Ross, with whom Mr. Peet lived until 1842, when he married Sophronia L., daughter of Hiram Peet, and settled where he now lives. He is one of the leading farmers of the town, although for the last few years his son-in-law, Mr. Atwood, has lived with him and looked after the farm.

Fuller, Harrison C., was horn in Penfield in 1851, and is the son of John F. and Harriet (Muliner) Fuller, and grandson of Joseph, who settled at Lovetts Corners in 1806, where Mr. Fuller now lives. John Fuller was born in 1826 and always lived on the homestead until he died, January 19, 1894. Mr. Harrison Fuller was elected justice in 1878, and in 1891 he became side judge, which position beheld three years. In 1873 he married Delia S. Tabor, who died in 1875. He married again, Elizabeth, daughter of A. C. Northrup and they have six children, John, Joseph E., Albert T., who died in infancy, and three daughters, Florence K., Martha E., and Helen H.

Clark, Henry S., was born in 1832 and is a son of Chester and Minerva (Rundell) Clark, and grandson of Calvin Clark, who came to Penfield in 1800 and was the founder of the Clark families in Penfield. He died in the war of 1812. Chester Clark settled at an early day on the land where Henry now lives, and died in 1870, leaving three sons and two daughters, Henry, Franklin, Horace, Elizabeth, and Laura I. Franklin and Horace died. Franklin left one son, Warren, who lives on the old homestead.

Sheldon, Abner, was the first of this name in the town of Mendon. He came from Deerfield, Mass., in 1801, and bought what was known as the Ball farm. Two years later he bought the farm in Mendon, which has ever since been in the possession of the family, and which is now owned and occupied by Judson F. Sheldon, his grandson. His family were as follows: Electa (Mrs. Hawks), Abner, Zelotes, Rebecca (Mrs. Anthony Case), Lucy (Mrs. Justin Baker), Ptolemy, Henry A., William Frederic, Timothy F. Three of his sons, Abner, Ptolemy and Henry served in the war of 1812. Henry settled on the home farm, remaining there until his death in 1864. The others all sought homes in other parts of the country. Henry married Eliza, daughter of Charles Gillett, of Mendon, in 1816. Their family consisted of seven children: Chas. A., who died in 1825, unmarried. Ransom T. , who married Elizabeth, daughter of Zebidee Bond, of Mendon; Louisa, who married Levi Carter, of Detroit. Mr. Carter, who was a railroad man, took the first passenger train, as its conductor, over the Michigan Central Railroad, which position he held until his death in 1874. Horace W. , who married Marie, daughter of Jotham Bickford, of Mendon; Judson F., married Mary, daughter of Martha Davis, of Mendon; Lucina, married Wm. W. Potter, of Greene county. They moved to Medina, Orleans county, where Mr. Potter founded the Union Bank of Medina, holding the position of its president until his death in 1870. Laura, who died in 1841, aged eight years. Of what was once so large a family, the fourth generation has only Frank A., son of Ransom, who married Alice Williams, of Henrietta; Estelle M., daughter of Ransom, who married Frank E. Hovey, of Lima; Catherine, daughter of Horace, who married William Clapp, of Mendon; Antoinette, daughter of Judson F., who married William J. Kirkpatrick, of Lansingburgh, N. Y.; and Chas. F., adopted son of Judson F. The politics of the family have always been first of the Whig, then of the Republican party. Judson F. Sheldon represented his town in the Board of Supervisors during the years of 1878-79 and 80, and his assembly district in 1882, and also in 1889.

Markham, Mrs. M. A. --- Willard Markham was horn in East Avon, then Ontario county, now Livingston county, November 1, 1805. He was educated in the schools of his day, and has been a successful farmer. He came to the town of Greece in his twenty-ninth year. October 1, 1885, he married Louise Bronson, of Greece, by whom he had seven children: Laurinda, Joseph, Betsey, Levi A., Eunice A., Frances L., and Eliza. Joseph, Eliza and Eunice are dead. Joseph was a soldier in the late war, in Company I, 18th Inf. , N. Y. S. Vol., and died at Yorktown, Virginia, May 15, 1862. Mrs. Markham died August 18, 1848. For his second wife he married Mary A. (Drake) Palmer, widow of Daniel Palmer, of Elba, Genesee county, N. Y. , by whom he had three children: Samuel W., Sylvia J , and Spencer S. Samuel W. was born March 10, 1851. He was educated in the public schools and is now a farmer at home. January 12, 1878, he married Florence W. Dewinell of this town, by whom he had seven children: Joseph W., Horace G., Florence E., Arthur W., Ida, Anna, and John D. Mrs. Markham's father, Samuel Drake, was born in Greene county, N. Y., in 1791. He married Sylvia Thorne of his native place, and by whom he had nine children: Edward, Orrin William, Moses, Samuel O., Mary A., S. Jane, Stephen A., and Elvira. The family at an early day came to Genesee county, N. Y. Mr. Drake died April 28, 1873, and his wife May 31, 1868. Mr. Markham is ninety years old, hale and hearty, and is one of the town's honored citizens.

Watson, George W., was born in 1842, and is a son of John M. and Elizabeth (Harris) Watson, and a grandson of Samuel Watson, who came from Maine to Penfield in 1816, and had three sons, John M., Daniel, and Franklin. John M. died in 1880. and left sons, Winfield S., Rufus E., and George W. Mr. G. W. Watson bought the farm where he now lives in 1884, and is one of the leading farmers of the town.

Busch, Frederick, was born in Germany in 1845, and came to America in 1866, settling near where he now lives on what is known as the "1600 acres tract." In 1878 he bought the farm where he now lives and is engaged in farming. He also does a large fruit evaporating business. His wife was Minnie Schutt, and their children are Frank H., a merchant tailor of Webster; Henry, John, William, Christlieb, and Otto, all farmers with their father. They also have four daughters: Lizzie, Fena, Mary, and Tena. They have also lost three sons: Fred, who died in 1889, Carl, and Julius, who died in 1895.

Baldwin, Addison R., was born in Topsham, Vt., August 6, 1832. His parents moved to Wells River, Vt., where he was educated in the public schools, one year at Newbury Seminary, and two years at the Military University at Norwich. On account of ill-health he had to abandon his studies, and he then became a clerk in a general store at Ogdensburg, N. Y. May 6, 1853, he came to Charlotte, which he has since made his permanent home, and entered the employ of Joshua Eaton, as clerk and general manager. January 2, 1856, he married Caroline Wheeler of the town of Greece, and five children were born to them: Charles A., who is a banker and broker in New York ; Frank E., a banker and broker in Boston, Mass., with a fine residence in Brookline, a suburb of Boston; Alvi T., general agent for several fire insurance companies, and is also President of the Massachusetts Chemical Company of South Boston, Mass.; Carolyn L., now Mrs. F. D. Hotchkiss of Rochester, N. Y.; and Daisy M., who resides in Brookline, Mass. Mr. Baldwin was superintendent of the Pittston Coal Company, at Pittston, Pa., where he remained during the years of 1859 and 1860. After he returned he again served Mr. Eaton in his old position, and was appointed agent of the Merchant's Union Express Company, after its consolidation with the American. He afterward became a produce dealer, doing a general business in grain, fruits, etc., which continued nine years. In the meantime he was village clerk, and trustee of the village by appointment. Upon the death of his brother at Groton Pond, Vt., be took charge of his business which was an immense lumber concern, and conducted it for three years. In 1893 he went to Boston, Mass., and was made vice-president of the Massachusetts Chemical Company, which position he now holds; six months later was made president of the Baldwin Bros. Company, and also of the National Telegraph Company. In the winter of 1894-95 he was appointed laud commissioner of the Suwanee River and Railway Land Company in Florida. Mr. Baldwin's father, Erastus, was born in Vermont in 1811, and married Lucinda C. Richardson, who was horn in his native State. They had four sons: Addison It, as above, Alvi T., Hammond T., who died at the age of fourteen, and Erastus, who is a resident of Wells River, Vt., president of the Wells River Savings Bank. and one of the directors of the National Bank of Newbury. Erastus Baldwin, sr., died in July 1889, aged seventy-eight. His widow resides at the old home. Mrs. Baldwin's father, Baruch C. Wheeler, was horn in the town of North East, Dutchess county, N. Y. November 27, 1805, he married Caroline E. Hollister, of Sharon, Conn., and came to the town of Greece in 1837, and located near North Greece. They had eight children, seven of whom are still living: Joseph H., Caroline, Hiram D., Benjamin F., Elizabeth D., Mary L., Phoebe L., and Julia, wife of Dr. Hess, of Grand Rapids, who died in 1873. Mr. Wheeler died January 2, 1895, aged ninety, and his wife April 14, 1890, aged eighty-three. In politics Mr. Baldwin is a Democrat, and has been member of the Central County Committee. Mrs. Baldwin's great-grandfather, Col. Thomas Wheeler, was a colonel in the French war. Mr. Baldwin's maternal grandfather was also a soldier in the French war.

GENERAL GEORGE J. OAKS

General Oaks was born in Rochester, February 9, 1842. His father, George Oaks, came from Germany in 1839. His mother, Mary Ann Pronguey, was a daughter of Jean Pierre Pronguey, who arrived with his family from France in May, 1823, and was one of the early settlers in Irondequoit. He was educated in the public schools of Rochester and at St. Charles college, Maryland. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Regiment of New York State volunteers, and was transferred the following September, with his company, to the Third Cavalry, New York State volunteers. In September, 1862, he was commissioned as second-lieutenant, Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-first New York Volunteer infantry, promoted in November, 1862, to be first-lieutenant of Company D, and in June, 1863, as captain of Company E. During this period he served as aide-de-camp to General William H. Morris, First Brigade, Sixth Army corps; later, in August, 1863, as aide-de-camp to Major-General James B. Ricketts and in September as ordinance officer of the Third Division, Sixth corps, commanded by Major-General Ricketts. He was in every skirmish or engagement in which his regiment, brigade or division was engaged, including the following battles: First Bull Run, Culpepper Court House, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Tolopotomay, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Monocacy (when a part of the Third Division fought Early's army and saved Washington), here he was wounded and after Ten days returned to his command at Charleston, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek - where by timely preparation he saved the Sixth Corps Ordinance train from capture; Petersburg's fall, April 2, 1865; where he was brevetted Major for conspicuous service; Sailors' Creek, and Appomatox. General Oaks had a twenty-days' leave of absence granted him on March 27, and while in Washington on his way home he learned of the desperate battle at Five Forks; he hastened at once to the front and arrived at about sundown, April 1. On the morning of April 2 the Sixth Army corps broke through the lines of the enemy and the doom of the Confederacy was sealed. July 1, 1865, General Oaks returned with his regiment to Rochester. The following September he entered the employ of S. Rosenblatt & Company, in which firm he became interested in 1876. On the death of Mr. Rosenblatt the firm was changed to Oaks & Stern. In July, 1877, the firm of Oaks & Calhoun was organized and carries on the wholesale and retail millinery and fancy goods business at 42 State street. General Oaks has been prominent in musical, Masonic and Grand Army circles. In 1892 he was elected department commander of the Union Veterans Union of the State of New York. In 1893 he was elected first deputy commander-in-chief at the encampment held in Boston, Massachusetts, and in August, 1894, he was unanimously elected commander-in-chief of the National organization, and this honor was conferred on him despite his declination. He is also a companion of the Commandery of the Loyal Legion. He is a member of Genesee Falls lodge No. 507, and one of its present trustees; a member of the Scottish Rite Masons, thirty-second degree; a member of Damascus Temple, Mystic Shrine; and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and has always taken a general interest in the welfare of his native city. General Oaks was married in 1878 to Miss Louise E. Colvin, daughter of Dr. Darwin Colvin of Clyde, New York. His father now resides with a brother, F. A. Oaks, in Cincinnati, and although in his eighty-third year he is hale and hearty. Dr. John F. Oaks, another brother, resides in Chicago, and a younger brother, Albert A. Oaks, well known in business and musical circles, resides in Bloomington, Illinois.

C. L. STOWELL

C. L. Stowell, son of Thomas and Henrietta Fowler Stowell, was born in the town of Ansonia, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1845. His father, who is still living, was educated in Virginia and has long been known as one of the ablest mathematicians of his time. From both his parents he inherited those sterling traits of character which have ever distinguished him. It may he interesting to note that in ancient times, in England, the family name of Stowell was spelled Stawel. The family ancestry is traced step by step back to the middle ages. During the rebellion against King Charles I and King Charles II nearly all the evidence and writings relating to the family were destroyed; but a history may be found in Camden's Britannia, Sir William Dugdale's Baronage, and Sir William Pool's MS., Survey of Devon. Among the names mentioned in the pedigree are those of Sir Henry Stawel, Knight of Somersetshire, A. D. 1261; Baron Stawel, of Somersetshire, A. D. 1682; Sir Geoffrey Stawel, who was a grandfather in the reign of King Henry III; and his son, Geoffrey Stawel, the younger, who died in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Edward III, being possessed of the lordships of Cotholston, Stawel, Stratton, Begbury, and other estates in England and Wales. The present branch of the family are descendants of Gerald Stawel, who was governor of Pembroke Castle in Wales, and a great favorite of Henry I. He married Nesta, the daughter of Rhees, Prince of South Wales. In the family are found the Earl of Pembroke, conqueror of Ireland; the Earls of Arundel, the Barons Dinham, and others of note. Sir John Stawel was one of the Knights of the Bath at the coronation of James I, and his son, John, one of the Knights of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I. The last named Sir John Stawel was one of the most eminent men of his time, and was possessed of vast estates, all of which he lost in adhering to the cause of the ill-fated monarch. He endured a long imprisonment in the Tower of London, and was reduced to want and misery, but lived to see the restoration of Charles II, and also the restoration of the family estates, In consideration of the loyalty and sufferings of his father, and in further consideration of his own services, Ralph Stawel, the eldest son, was created a peer of the realm by the style and title of Lord Stawel, and also Baron Stawel of Somerton, in 1682. William, Lord Stawel, in 1692, was one of the gentlemen of the court in the reign of Queen Anne, and succeeded to the estate and lordship of Aldermarston in Berkshire. The descendants of this branch of the family came to the United States in the "Mayflower" times, settled near Boston, Massachusetts, and have been citizens of the United States and sovereigns of this great Republic since that time. Mr. Stowell has been an extensive and observant traveler, and has found time in his busy career to do much literary work. His contributions to foreign and domestic periodicals amid magazines on scientific and mathematical subjects and art, have been marked by an originality and style that would have won for him a wider recognition and distinction in that field had he decided to follow his literary inclinations. He was brought up in the banking business, and at an early age began to make a good record for himself as a financier. Clear-headed, courageous and enterprising in whatever he undertook, fortune smiled upon him until at the present time he is at the head of a number of interests of great financial importance, being a director and an official in several steamship and railway conipanies and marine and fire insurance companies and other corporations. In 1867, while on a visit to his parents, who had at that time settled in Rochester, New York, he met Miss Jennie O. Hotchkiss, and on November 18, of the same year, they were married. They have ever since continued to reside in Rochester, where they have a beautiful home, surrounded by all that refined taste and culture can suggest, thoroughly happy in entertaining their many friends and in doing good in an unastentatious way.

RICHARD WHALEN

Richard Whalen, the subject of this sketch, was born in the city of Rochester, January 16, 1829, in what is now known as the First ward, and he may properly be styled "an old resident." The advantages of an education were not as much felt in those days as they are now, and Mr. Whalen was very well content with what he could get from the common schools of that time. Being one of a large family, and not blessed with an over-abundance of this world's goods, Mr. Whalen began the task of earning his own living at the age of ten years. He first worked in the tobacco factory of A. Van Slyke and continued with him until the Spring of 1845, when he went to Utica and entered the employ of D. A. Folsom, who was succeeded by Henry T. Miller. In the Fall of 1848 he took charge of the old tobacco factory of Warnick & Bryan, now the firm of Warnick & Brown, Utica, New York. Mr. Whalen remained with this firm in full charge of what was at that time the largest tobacco factory in New York State, until May, 1863, when he returned to Rochester and entered into partnership with the late Edmund F. Woodbury in the manufacturing of tobacco, under the firm name of Woodbury & Whalen. Two years later his brother, Timothy Whalen, purchased the interest of Mr. Woodbury and the firm was then known as R. & T. Whalen, under whichi title they contimiued until November, 1882, svhen they dissolved partnership and Mr. Whalen taking in his two sons James L. and Richard F., formed the present firm of R. Whalen & Company. Richard Whalen has been engaged in the tobacco business over half a century and is without doubt the oldest tobacco manufacturer now in business in this State. He has lived in the Second ward of this city for over thirty years and has been a member of St. Patrick's church over forty-seven years. Mr. Whalen has been twice married. Catherine Slammon, his first wife, who died in October, 1864, left surviving four children: Madam Whalen, Religiouse of the Sacred Heart, James L. , Richard F, and William, all of this city. Mr. Whalen's second marriage was in September, 1867, with Lucy Slammon. This estimable lady, after a long ill ness, departed this life March 6, 1894. By his second wife Mr. Whalen had three children: John S., of Norwich, New York; Elizabeth S. and Louis Whalen of this city. Richard Whalen was a member of the old Volunteer Fire department, having served for three years before his departure to Utica, as torch boy for old "Red Rover No. 3." He was a member of the Utica Fire department for over fifteen years. and for two years, up to the time of lea ving, was chief engineer of that department. In polities Mr. Whalen is a Democrat of the old school, and although very active in behalf of his party, could never be persuaded to become a candidate for any political office. Mr. Whalen is treasurer of St. Vincent De Paul's Conference, a charitiable society connected with St. Patrick's cathedral, which was organized over twenty-six years ago, and of the original members but one besides Mr. Whalen is now living. Mr. Whalen, although very near the three score and ten years allotted to man, is far from being an old man yet, and his erect, sturdy build, coupled with a constitution in which sickness has made no inroads, bespeaks for him many ears more before "death shall call its own."

JOHN F. WATTERS

For nearly half a century a resident of this city and for many years one of the best known business men of Rochester, the late John H. Watters will long he remembered as one of its leading citizens. He was born in the town of Greece in 1828, and was the son of Daniel Watters, who settled in this county in 1825. He attended No. 5 school and was also a pupil of Lindley Murray Moore. Mr. Watters was engaged in the grocery business for twenty years on State street, where he laid the foundation of his fortune, but during the last seventeen years of his life he carried on the coal business, in which his energy and business talent met with due reward. Mr. Watters was endowed with a rare voice and was an admired singer. His talent was inherited by his son and only child, the late George D. Watters, who was recognized as one of the most accomplished musicians ever born in this city, and whose death on March 19, 1890, was lamented by a large number of friends. Mr. Watters was a life member and a trustee of St. Patrick's cathedral. In politics he was a Democrat and had been requested to accept office but invariably declined. He was married in 1849 to Miss Bridget C. McGee, who survives him. His only descendant is a grandson, George D. Watters. Mr. Watters resided for thirty years at 439 State street, where he expired on March 17, 1892.