Gordon, George C., president of the First National Bank of Brockport, was born in Rushford, Allegany county, July 1, 1849, and his father, Luther Gordon, was a native of the same place. The grandfather, John, came from Cavendish, Vt., about 1809. In 1809 John G. visited the site of Rochester, but not liking it, settled in Rushford. Luther Gordon, the second son, formed a partnership with Samuel White in the furnace business, during which he invented the Genesee Plow. Disposing of the furnace business, he afterwards erected a large store at Rushford and engaged in general merchandise and the buying and shipping of stock. In 1856 he bought the lumber business of Boswell, Walker & Hood at Brockport, and in 1858 erected the family residence, to which he removed his family a year later. For some time he gave his attention to the lumber business, buying large tracts of western lands, mostly in Michigan. In 1863 he organized the first National, Bank of Brockport, and was elected president, which office he held to the time of his death, March 26, 1881. He married Florilla Cooley of Attica, Wyoming county, who died in 1869, leaving one son, George C. The latter was educated at Brockport College, and finished with a business course in Rochester. In 1874 he married Ida M., daughter of Thomas C. Hooker, and they have these children: Luther, George C., jr., William H., Frederick H., Thomas C., of whom William H. died in infancy. In 1881 our subject was elected president of the bank, which office he now fills, having begun his banking experience with Waters, Bishop & Co. In June, 1863, he was assaulted by thieves, thrown into the vault, and when aid reached him life was nearly extinct. Mr. Gordon is the leading business man of his town, and interested in all that tends to its advancement.

Raymond, Alonzo B., was born in Chenango county, July 18, 1819. His father, Alphius, was born in Massachusetts, and married a Miss Daniels. They first settled in McDonough, Chenango county, but in 1830 came to Monroe county and settled in the town of Byron, and later in Parma. Alonzo B. was educated in the common schools and is pre-eminently a self-made man. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school, and continued for four years; was engaged in the mercantile business at North Parma, Spencerport, and Adams Basin for about twelve years, after which he confined himself to dealing in produce. In the spring of 1860 he was appointed pastor of the Universalist Church at Portage, Wyoming county, remaining in the ministry four years, after which he again engaged in the produce business and has so continued. In 1843 he married Elizabeth A., daughter of Samuel Wyman, and their children are A. Clayton, attorney at Detroit, Mich., counsel for the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railroad; and George H., of Buffalo. Our subject is one of the representative men of the town.

Holmes, Daniel, was born in West Bloomfield, September 11, 1828, a son of Daniel, sr., a native of Massachusetts, who, with his father, Alpheus, came to Ontario about 1811, among the pioneer settlers of that town. Daniel, sr., served in the war of 1812, and was at the burning of Buffalo by the British. He married Susan Stuart. Daniel, jr., was educated at Brockport Collegiate Institute in 1846, and was graduated from Yale College in 1848, after which he taught school in Woodford county; Ky., for two and a half years, spent a year in Canandaigua as professor of Latin, and then began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1852, and married Mary J. Hawes of Brookfield, Mass., the well-known writer of fiction. Our subject has served in various positions of public trust and responsibility, and is regarded as one of the cultured and intelligent men of the town.

Richards, Dorwain, was born in Fulton county, N. Y., March 11, 1844, a son of Rev. William I. Richards, a native of Vermont, who came to Monroe county in 1860, and settled in the town of Clarkson, where he bought a farm, and remained to recover his health. In 1863 he resumed his labors in the ministry, which were continued up to the date of his death in 1875. Dorwain Richards was educated in the public schools, to which he has added by reading and close observation. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 140th N. Y. Vols., and participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, and the Wilderness, receiving an honorable discharge in 1865 at the close of the war, returning to the farm, where he remained till 1875. He then came to Brockport, and entered the employ of D. S. Morgan, remaining till 1888, then established his present business, carrying a, full line of fire, life, and accident insurance, and deals also in real estate. In 1868 he married Jane E. Moore, and their children are Mrs. Mabel B. Mitchell, and Jessie G. Richards.

Telfair, Dr. William. was born in North Carolina in 1857. He graduated from the University of Baltimore, Md., in 1882, and studied in the medical department of that institution, graduating the same year. He practiced in New York city eight years. After a scientific investigation of the treatment of inebriates for the past six years, he opened, on March 1, 1893, a sanitarium at Fort Erie, Canada, which he conducts with success. In the course of a year he came to Rochester, and made arrangements to open the Telfair Sanitarium on West Avenue, which up to date has been a great success, especially in the treatment of inebriates, who are also addicted to the use of opium, etc. Almost every day some liberated captive goes forth from this institution a free and happy man.

Owens, John, was born in Roscommon, Ireland, March 13, 1834, and came to America in 1851. He settled in Brockport, where he followed farming a few years, and in 1856 started in the grocery business in a small way, and now has the leading store in that line in the town, doing both a wholesale and retail business. Our subject is one of the representative men of Brockport, who by his own efforts has been able to achieve a fine success.

Cole, Mary I., of Pittsford. - Her paternal grandfather, Abram Cole, was born in in 1793 at Pittstown, Rensselaer county, to which place his parents had removed from Rhode Island. When he was eighteen years old they removed to Mendon, then part of Bloomfield, and the center of an almost unbroken wilderness. With our present facilities for easy and rapid transportation, it is difficult to realize the real hardships attendant upon such an exodus, but the men of those times were sturdy and the women were brave, and soon found contentment within the rude log cabins which sheltered themselves and their household goods. Abram Cole was endowed with the most estimable qualities of head and heart, and impressed something of his virtues and principles upon those who came within the sphere of his influence. In 1818 he married Polly Benjamin of Phelps, and they had seven children. The elder son, Elijah M., married Catholine Shulters, the mother of our subject, and also of Charles H. Cole, of Pittsford.

Killmer, Harry A, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., of Fairport, was born December 14, 1869, at Hudson. Owing to delicate health in childhood he was unable to attend school, but under the home tuition of a good mother he acquired a rudimentary education, supplementing it later by persevering personal research. Prior to 1893 he had been associated in a clerical capacity with a building and loan company, and also in life insurance, but in 1889 assumed an active position in the affairs temporal of the M. E. Church, and having long been impressed by the work and methods of the Y. M. C. A., accepted in 1893 a call to Fairport as secretary, in which capacity his labors have been surrounded by success, and the association placed on a sound financial footing and suitably equipped for its great work.

Pierce, Martin, is a son of Martin R., who was a native of Jefferson county, and came to Honeoye Falls in 1828, having resided previously in Yates county, where he married his first wife, Nancy Bartlett. They had two sons, Francis and Byron. Mrs. Pierce died soon after coming to Mendon, and he married second, Emily M. Graham, also of Yates county, by whom he had eight children. Of these Martin and Seymour are in the lumber business, and have a factory at Honeoye Falls; Mrs. M. L. Briggs, and Mrs. J. M. Pride, also of Honeoye Falls; Mrs. D. D. Adams of Livonia; and Mrs. Dr. Smith of Rochester. The elder Pierce was quite a strong temperance man, an active member of the Methodist Church, and a prominent business man. Martin, jr., was born in Honeoye in 1837, reared on the farm, and educated in the public schools. In the spring of 1861 he went to Missouri, and while there enlisted in the war. Later he re-enlisted in the 126th N. Y. Vols., serving till the fall of 1863, when he was severely wounded at the battle of Bristow Station. Receiving his discharge he returned home and married Mary Ritchie of Buffalo, and they have one son, Charles R., who is cashier in the local bank.

Hawley, Wm. S., was born in Greene county, and came to this town in 1829, where his father, James Hawley, engaged in farming. He lived with his father until the year 1847. Mr. Hawley then engaged in the business of nurseryman and farming until the year 1858. He then went to the State of Illinois and engaged in the nursery business for two years. In 1860 he came back to the town of Webster and conducted the business of farming and fruit-growing until the year 1870. Mr. Hawley then engaged in the mercantile business with W. H. Stratton, known as the firm of Hawley & Stratton, for a term of ten years. In the year 1880 Mr. Hawley built the store on the southeast corner in the centre of the village, and was in business with his son until the year 1888. The store is now conducted by his son, George N. Hawley. Mr. Hawley was for many years trustee of the Webster Union School, being one of the building committee that erected the present Union School building. Mr. Hawley has one son, Jay R. Hawley of Jordan, N. Y.

Hanford, Frederick S., was born in the town of Greece, Hanford's Landing, now in the city of Rochester, in 1843, a son of Frederick, whose father was Jesse C., one of seven brothers who came from Connecticut in 1809 by teams to the Genesee country, and bought a great tract of land of the Indians. Frederick and Abram, two of the brothers, built the Steamboat Hotel; Frederick was also connected with various enterprises and became in company with his brother Charles quite wealthy. Haynes built a store near the Steamboat Hotel, while Jesse C. and Gorham were farmers. Frederick, son of Jesse, married Elvira Sexton and reared two children, Frederick S. and Mrs. M. H. Goodsell, a practicing physician and lecturer in the medical college at Minneapolis. Frederick S. was educated in Rochester, and came to Honeoye Falls in 1861. He clerked in a store until 1865, when he married Eliza J., daughter of William Campbell, and went into the dry goods business, on his own account, in which he has been successful. He has one son, Fred C., who was educated at Fort Plain and Cornell University, and studied law. He married Kate, daughter of S. B. Dewey of Rochester, where he is now practicing law, and is assistant district attorney of the county.

Adams, J. W., was born at Adams Basin in October, 1838. His father, William, was a native of Connecticut, who came to West Bloomfield with his parents when an infant; this was in the year 1790. William married Lurany, daughter of Ashbel Beach, and of their nine children four survive. Julian, only brother of J. W., was the first soldier in Sweden to respond to the call of Abraham Lincoln for 75,000 men in 1861, and died in the army after the second battle of Bull Run. Mr. Adams was in the custom house in New York for several years. From 1878 to the present time he has been interested in business and mining enterprises in Colorado. In 1852 he married Loama, daughter of Alexander S. Brown; and they have two children, James S. and Frederick W. The mother of Mrs. Adams was Alice, oldest daughter of Hiel Brockway, the founder of Brockport.

Edgett, Harriet Roscoe, of Fairport, was a daughter of the late Caleb Roscoe, of Sing Sing, N. Y. In 1825 Mr. Roscoe bought the Westchester Herald, and devoted his life and best energies to its editorship and management, being then twenty-five years of age, and the son of Luke Roscoe, who came from England in 1790. Caleb Roscoe made himself a power in Westchester county affairs, and his talent and force were allied always with its best interests. He was one of the original Board of Directors of the Westchester Mutual Insurance Company, incorporated in 1837; was prominent as a school trustee, and in Sunday school and temperance work, and for thirty-four years was treasurer of the Westchester County Bible Society. In 1856 his newspaper buildings were destroyed by fire, and thenceforward his life was one of comparative retirement. Harriet, his elder daughter, married, in 1848, A. S. Edgett, who was the pioneer of the great fruit-preserving industry of Central New York, erecting in 1853 the first plant west of New York city devoted to that work. July 17, 1885, he died in Fairport, aged fifty-seven years. His living children are Mary H. Edgett of Fairport, and Mrs. F. O. Edgett of Minneapolis. Mrs. Roscoe Edgett is widely known as the author of many beautiful poems, chiefly of a pastoral and devotional character, and she inherits much of her father's literary talent. For many years she has acted as local correspondent for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The whole family were God-fearing people, consistent, earnest and practical in the execution of their religions duties.

Ewer, Spencer, was born at Irondequoit June 8, 1834, a son of Nathaniel, a native of Sandwich, Mass. He came to this county about 1825 where he was for many years a leading farmer. He married Rhoda Mosher. He was recognized as a man of conservative character and strict Quaker principles. He was the first man to open Irondequoit Bay as a summer resort. His death occurred in 1861, at the age of sixty-eight. Spencer Ewer was educated in the common schools, and in 1865 married Martha Rush. In 1866 he came to Brockport and established his present business, which he has continued in the same location up to the present time. He is recognized as one of the leading business men of the town.

Cornish, Clement, was horn in Marion, Wayne county, N. Y., January 28, 1838. His father was William, who in early life was a printer by trade and for many years a compositor in the office of Harper Brothers at New York. By his first wife he had three children, Albert, Maria, and Clement, the elder son being deceased. Edwin S. and Charlotte A. were the children of a second wife. Clement Cornish has made his own way in life, acquiring a good business education by personal research. He is a very popular and genial gentlemen, but steadfastly refuses political preference. Prior to making his home in Fairport in 1860 he had been engaged at farming in Coldwater, Mich., for four years. December 17, 1867, he married Harriet A., daughter of Francis Dunbar of Fairport. Both are members of the First Congregational church, and much esteemed.

Reichel, Rev. George Valentine, was born in the city of Brooklyn on June 6, 1863. He is a son of Richard L. Reichel, a native of Cassel, Germany, who came to America in 1850 and settled in this country, where he soon became engaged with the Bureau of Emigration in New York city. George V. was educated in Boston and New York, and in 1883 entered the Auburn Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated with honor in 1886. In the same year he located at Dryden, N. Y., as pastor of the First Presbyterian church. In 1890 he received a call from the First church of Brockport, where he now is, and where his efforts have met with much success. His church has a membership of over three hundred, great activity prevailing in all its departments of work. He is an entirely self-made man. Some years ago he received several honorary degrees in recognition of special attainments. He is also a well-known writer on religious subjects and a contributor to our current literature. In 1885 he married Miss May L. Arnett of Auburn, N. Y., daughter of Silas H. Arnett. Their children are May, Haines, Paul and Christabel. Mrs. Reichel is a graduate of the Auburn Young Ladies' Institute, and is an efficient co-laborer with her husband in church work.

Watson, W. S., postmaster of Fairport, was appointed to that office December 12, 1894, proving a most efficient and popular man for the place. Mr. Watson's first public service was as deputy county treasurer (1876 - 79), under James Harris, and in 1883 was made deputy county clerk associated in that office with Henry D. McNaughton. He was born in Penfield, a son of the late John M. Watson, an early settler from the State of Maine, and his principal business has been farming. In 1864 he married Mary Riley of Greece. Their son, John M. Watson, is a farmer of Perinton An only daughter, Gertrude, died in 1890, aged twenty-six. She was the wife of Dr. A. J. Burns of Fairport.

Scribner, O. C., long a personal landmark of this locality, was born in Penfield December 1, 1827, the oldest of two sons of Nathan and Sarah Scribner. The younger son, Moses, is a resident of Windsor, Ontario, and by occupation a broker. Oliver C. Scribner is a veteran of the Mexican war, enlisting in Co. D, 10th Infantry in 1847, and serving with credit two years under Winfield Scott. Prior to 1874 he was engaged in various enterprises, and largely ag foreman in the construction of railroad and canal work. In 1862 he married Julia Mulvaney of New York, whose children are Milton W., Frank V., Sarah J. and Julia Isabell. Milton, the elder son is engaged in the jewelry business at Fairport. Mr. Scribner has served as trustee and marshal of the Fire Department since 1885. In 1874 he established the business bearing his name at Fairport, dealing in family groceries, flour, feed and grain.

Miner, John B., was born in Clarkson April 9, 1836. His father, Hiram, was a native of Littleton, N. H., and came to Monroe county in 1824, bringing his young wife (Mehitable Martin, also of Littleton, N. H.), and a few necessaries for housekeeping, and settled in the western part of the town of Sweden. In 1831 he removed to Clarkson and settled on the farm now owned by his youngest son, John E., a part of which was owned by Hiram T., another son, who died in 1881. Besides these two sons there were four daughters born to Mr. M., of whom only one is now living - Mrs. Abigail Miller of Brockport. In 1875 the wife and mother died, a few months after they had celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary, a happy event, in which their children and grandchildren joyfully anticipated. In 1878 he married Mrs. Marietta Butler of Brockport, who died in August, 1892, about three months previous to his own death. Mr. Miner was a man thoroughly interested in agriculture; in politics a staunch Republican. He was a man honored and loved by all who knew him. An earnest Christian worker, one ever ready with heart and hand to aid in the causes of religion and education. For sixty-five years he served as trustee of the M. E. church of Brockport, and was chairman of the board for forty-five years. He died in 1892 in his ninety-second year. John B. Miner was educated in the public schools. In 1859 he married Louise A., daughter of Smith Glidden of Clarendon, Orleans county. They have one daughter, Charlotte H. Our subject has followed in the footsteps of his father, and has filled various positions of trust and responsibility in the town.

Benedict, Allen, late of Fairport, and a valued member of society and church, was born in Tioga county, January 30, 1834. His father, Nathan, came to Penfield in 1844, engaging in farming, as did Allen until 1876, when he removed to Fairport. During the late war Mr. Benedict served eighteen months in the 8th N. Y. Cavalry, after which his health was greatly impaired, and his death occurred September 10, 1893. He married Lovinia J. Gowdy of Watertown, N. Y., in 1884, who survives him. A constant attendant of the Congregational church, he was one of the trustees for several years. Reserved without being morose, strict without a censorious spirit, his quiet thoughtful ways won the esteem of a1l who were intimate with him.

Kingsbury, John H., was born in Brockport, August 16, 1844, a son of Samuel, a native of Tolland county, Conn., who married Phoebe, daughter of Silas Spaulding. The Spauldings trace their lineage back to England and the year 1300. Samuel Kingsbury came to Monroe county about 1835, settled in Brockport, became one of the leading business men of the town and engaged in the produce business. He died in 1855. John H. was educated in Brockport, and later took a business course at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, and returning to Brockport was appointed clerk in the canal collector's office, where he remained three years. In 1805 he entered the First National Bank as teller, and remained seven years. In 1872 he established the private bank of Allen & Kingsbury, and on Mr. Allen's withdrawal in 1875, the business was continued by Mr. Kingsbury, who has since conducted it. In 1874 he married Emily, daughter of Ezra H. Graves, and they have had three children, John C., Emily M. and Ida G. Mr. Kingsbury has served five terms as village president, seven years as treasurer, and for ten years has served as a member of the Local Board of the State Normal School, being its treasurer for five years. He has also filled the position of junior warden of St. Luke's Episcopal church for ten years.

Berry, Thomas C., was born in the town of Riga, September 6, 1832, a son of John, born in Manchester, England, who settled in Riga in 1820 with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Berry. They bought a farm on Black Creek, where the father died shortly after, leaving his wife to take care of a large family. John and Mary Berry, his wife, resided at Hardack Corners for several years, later, in 1832, coming to Brockport, where he followed trucking for a time, and also engaged in the coal business. His death occurred in 1891, in his eighty-fifth year. He was a prominent factor in town affairs, and was poormaster for nine years. Thomas Berry was educated at Brockport Collegiate Institute, and learned the moulder's trade, being foreman of D. S. Morgan & Co.'s works for years; also a stone mason. He has also been engaged in the whip, glove and mitten business. In 1856 he married Mary E. Lewis of Syracuse, who died in 1888, leaving three children: Thomas L., Ed. J., and Katy A. He is now living with his second wife, who was M. J. Kelley of Brockport, N. Y.

Gee, Horace B., was born in the town of Virgil, Cortland county, May 11, 1859. His parents moved to Arcadia, Wayne county, N. Y., in 1861, and he was educated in the public schools and the Normal School at Mansfield, Pa. He studied medicine at Newark, N. Y., with Dr. Nutten about three years, and was also in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and in the medical department of the Buffalo University, graduating therefrom in 1885. He practiced in West Bloomfield, Ontario county, two years, and is now located in Rochester, in which city he has practiced for the past seven years. He is now editor of the New York State Medical Reporter, and a member of the Monroe County Medical Society. September 23, 1884, he married Ellen W. Da Foe, of this city, and they have had two children, Ethel G. and Mildred W.

Goff, Henry H., who since 1879 has been well known throughout this State as secretary of the New York State Grange, was born in Henrietta September 20, 1821, a son of Roswell Goff, who married Betsey Thompson. The grandfather, Elder Goff, was an earnest worker in the Baptist ministry, and came to Western New York before 1800. He settled in Rush in an early day, and the place was named Goff's Settlement after him. Here he died after forty-two years in the ministry. Roswell Goff was a farmer in Rush for many years, and died in Michigan. At the age of nine years Henry Goff began work for himself. His mother had died during his young childhood, and he was forced to make his own way in life. At the age of sixteen he began teaching, which he continued winters for ten years. He was then chosen town superintendent, and finally county superintendent for the western district, in both of which capacities be served with satisfaction. We next find him as a teacher in the House of Refuge, but failing health compelled his retirement. He came to Spencerport in 1850, and taught school one year, but soon became interested in the construction of the railroad through the town, and he was appointed first station agent, in 1852. He removed to Holley in 1854. and was agent there several years. In both places he was interested in the produce business, his local partner at Spencerport being Charles Brigham. Their association continued about twelve years, when in 1874 Mr. Goff succeeded the firm. In this year he joined the then infant Grange, and soon became a leading member. In 1879 he was elected secretary of the State organization, which he has filled to the present time, much of its success being due to his efforts. Mr. Goff purchased the old Colonel Brown farm in Ogden, in 1802, where be has since resided. In 1850 Henry H. Goff married Sarah B., daughter of Harvey J. Wright, and their children are Frank M., a practicing lawyer of Rochester, and Burton M., connected with his father's produce business in Spencerport.

Drake, John N., was born in Clarkson, N. Y., February 2, 1854. His father, Elijah, was a native of Cayuga county, and came to Monroe county in 1832. He married Martha E., daughter of Rev. Morris Bull, D. D., and died January 26, 1889, in his sixty-ninth year. The family trace their descent to Sir Francis Drake. Samuel Drake, his great-grandfather, was a colonel in the Revolutionary war. John N. was educated at the Brockport and Geneseo Normal Schools, graduating in 1872. He began the study of law in Rochester, and was admitted to the bar in 1876. Removing to Brockport in 1881 he established a general practice. In 1878 he married Louise B., daughter of Rev. Alfred A. Graley, and their children are Merle G., Henry J., Margaret L., and Catherine M. Our subject has served as justice of the peace ten years and clerk and attorney of the village of Brockport since 1883. He has compiled and published a volume entitled "The Village Charter," which is a complete compilation of the laws governing all villages in the State.

Foskett, William A., was born at Walworth, Wayne county, May 29, 1834, of an old Massachusetts family. His father, Asaph G., was instantly killed, December 23, 1834, by the bursting of a threshing cylinder at his farm. Mr. Foskett in 1887 engaged in the grocery trade at Fairport, retiring from that business in 1891. He is a man of wide information, original character, and independent views. He has for many years been a notary public here and in Wayne county, and a trustee of the village of Fairport. His early educational advantages were limited, but he has by personal research become thoroughly conversant with legal and business forms, and his services have been in frequent demand in formulating testamentary documents and in the settlement of estates. He married, February 4,1863, Lucy V. Wyman, daughter of Abel and Artemissa Wyman of Walworth, Wayne county, N. Y.

Nichols, Isaac, one of the pioneers of Ogden, came from Becket, Mass., in 1804, cleared a place in the forest, built a log cabin, and returned for his family, which comprised two sons and three daughters. He died at the age of sixty-four. Of his sons, Charles K. was for many years an enterprising farmer of Ogden. He married Wealthy Wheeler, by whom he had six children: Isaac, Lester S., Hiram D., Kimball C., Wealthy A., and Warner. Mr. Nichols died January 27, 1894, and his wife in 1890. Lester S. Nichols, one of Ogden's enterprising business men, was born February 8, 1829, and his life has been one of constant activity. At the age of twenty-six he bought a farm of fifty acres in Ogden, where he lived seven years, then purchased the flour mill at Spencerport, which he rebuilt and conducted from 1861 to 1867 with success. Later he was a merchant at Spencerport. He has also followed farming, and is the owner of one of the finest farms of the town. In 1855 he married Parley K., daughter of Josiah Rich of this town, and their children are Fleming W., a merchant at Spencerport; Nancy M., Ernest L., in business in Paris, France; Alice P., wife of Dr. F. A. Winnie of Brockport; and Sidney S. Lester S. Nichols has been a prominent factor in county politics, having served as assessor nine years, supervisor two terms, postmaster under Cleveland's first administration, trustee of the village several years, besides holding other positions of trust and responsibility. Josiah Rich came from Washington county in an early day, and in 1818 kept a hotel at Spencerport village, where he died in 1844. His first wife was Hannah Skinner, by whom he had six children; his second wife was Polly M. Brookins, and they had eight children.

Cook, Willis C.. M. D., was born in Bergen, Genesee county, June 25, 1832. Was educated in the common schools and in 1883 entered the medical department of the Niagara University of Buffalo; in 1884 he entered the Northwestern University of Ohio, medical department, and in 1885, graduating from the Toledo Medical College in the same year. He located in Brockport where he engaged in the practice of his profession, and is now enjoying a very large practice. In 1855 he married Adeline Hawks, who died in 1857; second he married Mary, daughter of Philip Williams of Paw Paw, Mich., and their children are Francis W., Karl R., Jay W., Curtis L. and Lenoir. Dr. Cook served during the late war as follows: First enlisted in November 16, 1861, as a sergeant in Co. K, 13th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was discharged at Detroit for disability November 3, 1862; enlisted again as veterinary surgeon 9th Mich. Cav., and served till the close of the war, being discharged at Lexington, N. C., July 21, 1865. His father, Curtis Cook, was a native of Pompey Hill, Onondaga county, and settled in Bergen in an early day, later moved to Clarendon, Orleans county, where he died December 1, 1883, aged eighty-one years; he married Betsey Snow Brown, daughter of Elijah Brown of Vermont, who was one of the first three white men to settle in Byron; took a farm where he died in 1852, at the age of eighty-six years. Lemuel Cook, grandfather of Willis Cook, was a native of Norwich, Conn., and served in the Revolutionary war under General Washington, who personally signed his discharge papers. After the war he settled at Pompey Hill, and later moved to Bergen, from there he went to Clarendon, where he died at the advanced age of one hundred and seven years, the only Revolutionary soldier known to be alive at that date, March 6, 1863. Betsey Snow, wife of Curtis Cook, still lives on the old homestead in Clarendon at the age of ninety-one years.

McGill, J. W., M. D., one of the foremost medical practitioners of Fairport, was born in Durham county, Canada, March 31, 1862. His father was Benjamin McGill, of Scotch ancestry, who has spent much of his life as a farmer; he died February 7, 1895, in Peterborough, Canada, at the advanced age of eighty years. His wife was Jane Byers, of Irish nativity, hy whom he had ten children. Our subject began his medical studies with Dr. P. D. Carpenter of Pittsford in 1882, later entering the University of Buffalo, from which he graduated in March, 1886, and began practice at Fairport, where he is already highly esteemed, both as a man and a physician. His wife is Sarah Helen, daughter of Julian McVean, who died in Wheatland, Monroe county, March 20, 1895, and a niece of Alexander McVean of Rochester, N. Y. They have a son, Donald Cameron, born May 11, 1891. At the present writing Dr. McGill is engaged in the completion of an elegant residence at No. 28 South Main street, Fairport.

Arnold, William B., who died July 16, 1888, was one of the best known and most influential men Ogden has ever produced. He served as justice of the peace thirty-four years, and supervisor several terms, and enjoyed the highest esteem and confidence of his fellow townsmen all his life. He was born April 23, 1827, and was a son of Enoch Arnold, and a grandson of pioneer Daniel Arnold. William attended school at Brockport, and later at Rochester, graduating from Union College in 1850. He also read law, though he never practiced, having promised his father to live on the farm in Ogden. However, he possessed the qualifications of a successful lawyer, and his abilities were appreciated by those in authority, for he was frequently appointed manager of estates and property of deceased persons. He was chairman of the Republican County Committee two years, and for many years trustee and clerk of the Center Presbyterian Church. His farm, which comprised 300 acres, he worked, though doing little of the manual labor himself. In 1850 he married Emma, daughter of Rev. A. Sedgwick, by whom he had six children; William S., of Adams Basin; Fred, Anna, who married Charles J. Smith; Ida, Fred W. 2d, and Edward W., of Ogden. Rev. Alvin Sedgwick was a native of Connecticut, a graduate of Williams College, and entered the ministry in early life. His first pastorate was Ogden Center, and his service has covered a period of twenty-five years. By his first wife, Lucy Whitman, he had three children, Henry, Emma L., and George F. His second wife was Harriet Thompson, and they had one child, Hattie L.

Bown, George G., who in 1862 established the Fairport Carriage Works, was born at Ancaster, Ontario, November 1, 1835. His father, Edwin A., was a blacksmith, and in straitened circumstances, so at the age of thirteen George came to live with an uncle at Penfield, and thereafter made his own way through life. He first learned blacksmithing, which he followed several years, locating first at Walworth, later at Penfield, and in 1862 came to Fairport, where he began carriage making in a small way. In 1886 the factory was destroyed by fire, but rebuilt the next year, when Mr. Bown took his three sons; F. F., G. W. and W. E. Bown into partnership, the firm being George Bown & Sons. A younger son, Byron A., graduated from Colgate University in 1894, and is reading medicine in Buffalo. Mr. Bown had three daughters: Mrs. H. Leavens of Rochester; Mrs. R. L. Estes of Fairport; and Gertrude, who died a short time after her marriage to Rev. W. A. Harris. Mr. Bown married in 1856 Mary Forman of Walworth. In the Baptist Church of Fairport, in local politics, in business circles and society in general Mr. Bown has always taken a leading part and has done as much or more than any other citizen towards building up the place by building and general improvements.

Butcher, Ephraim, whose excellent farm in the eastern part of Parma is among the best in the county, was born in Suffolk county, England. With his father, Charles, he came to Parma in 1856, and worked by the month two years. About 1859 he bought a farm of sixty-four acres and lived on it seven years. About 1866 he bought the farm he now owns and lives upon, which is north And directly opposite the first farm he owned. His father moved to Yates county about twenty years ago. Mr. Butcher has been a farmer singe his youth and is a man of much determination of character, hence his success in life. He is a member and trustee of the Christian church. In Parma Mr. Butcher married Sarah Rushforth, by whom he had five children: Charles E., and J. Milton,. of Parma; Alfred R., of Elmira; William Wadsworth, of Parma; and one other, who died in infancy.

Staples, Robert, was born in Branford, Conn., in 1793, and came to the town of Sweden in 1816, where he was recognized as one of the largest farm operators in the town. He married Eunice, daughter of Perry G. Smith, and of their family one daughter, Mrs. Kendall of West Sweden, survives. Our subject was one of the leading men of the town, holding office as supervisor, assemblyman (two terms), and being active in all charitable and benevolent works. His band was ever extended to the needy, and his influence given to advance and benefit his townspeople. His death occurred September 4, 1891, in his seventy-eighth year.

Spencer, Joseph A., was born at Spencerport September 12, 1828, a son of Daniel Spencer for whom the village was named. When Joseph was six years of age his father died, but the mother kept her family together, and sent our subject to school, and later to the then famous Canandaigua Academy. At the age of seventeen Joseph began work for himself, and engaged in farming, soon being regarded as one of the town's active and successful young men, and today has a competency as the result of his early industry. A part of his father's estate came to him, independently of which Mr. Spencer has been a self-made man. A leader of his party in the town, he is by no means an office seeker. The farm on which he now lives was taken up by his uncle, Austin Spencer, in 1808, the latter purchasing of John Carl Joseph A. Spencer married Isabelle G., daughter of Harvey Wright, by whom he had four children: Foster W., of Spencerport; Frederick C., who died aged twelve; Mary B., wife of Burton H. Goff; and Edward C., of Spencerport. The wife of our subject died in August, 1890.

Walker, Henry A., although but a recent comer to Fairport, is already rated high as a man and citizen, as well as an attorney. He was born at Charlestown, Mass., in 1844. His father, George Walker, was a sea captain in the East India trade. Although but a boy at the outbreak of the war, he ran away from home and enlisted in Co. A, Fifth Maine Infantry, and during his service, which continued from April, 1861, to February 10, 1866, he was for personal- bravery successively promoted to first lieutenant, captain, and brevet-major; he was severely wounded at Malvern Hill, and while a member of General Sheridan's personal staff, was again severely wounded at Cedar Creek. After the war he studied law at Harvard College, and in 1871 opened at office at Boston, Mass., afterwards removing to West Medway, Mass. He was sent to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1873 and 1874, and was for twenty one years a justice, besides holding various other minor official offices.

Goetzman, Charles, has been one of the active business men of Webster since 1870, when he bought the store then at West Webster, and in 1873 built the store now conducted by his sons, Charles L. and John E. Mr. Charles Goetzman represented his town on the Board of Supervisors in 1882-83, '84-85, has also served as postmaster since 1870, which position he now holds. Before coming to this town he conducted a store in Rochester for ten years.

Payne, George W., was born in South Greece, Monroe county, May 17, 1846. He was educated in the public schools, supplemented by two terms of academic instruction at Parma Institute. He was a farmer until the age of thirty-one; at thirty-three he became foreman for Henry Brinker & Co., of South Greece, in the general produce business, for four years. At the age of thirty-five he began a business in evaporating fruit, to the extent of many thousand bushels annually, which he carried on for thirteen years. He has also been a produce dealer in connection with the above, for the past six years, doing a very successful business. June 26, 1894, he married Hattie P. Gorsline of Lake Avenue, Rochester. Mr. Payne's business is at South Greece, but since his marriage he resides in Rochester. His father, Seth P., was born in St. Lawrence county, August 3, 1817, was educated in the schools of that day, and was a carpenter and later a farmer. In 1842 he married Rachel S. Bull of this county, and they have have had four children: Julia E., who married John Hart; George W., as above; Manley H., and Sarah L., who died in her fourteenth year. Seth P. Payne came to this town in 1839, and now lives retired, as one of the town's representative men.

Holmes, Harris, was born in Franklin county, Vt., January 1, 1844. His father, Lucas Holmes, was a native of the same place, and the family were of English descent, settling at an early date in Connecticut. Lucas Holmes married Jane M., daughter of Alfred Wheeler, and came to Monroe county in 1848, where he was identified with the farming interests of the locality. He died in 1885 in his seventy-third year. Harris Holmes received his education in the common schools, and in 1883 married Mary E., daughter of James Sime.

Capen, Franklin F., was born in Brockport, June 15, l835, a son of Benjamin F. Capen, the latter a native of Scipio, N. Y, who came to this town in 1818, where he engaged in farming. He married twice, his first wife having died early in life. His second wife was Phoebe Fitch of Salem, Washington county, N. Y. F. F. Capen was educated in the common schools and at Brockport Collegiate Institute, and finished his studies at the M. B. Seminary at Lima. Returning to the farm, he married in 1857 De Ette Baker of Bridgewater, Oneida county, and in 1882 removed to the village of Brockport and engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, fertilizers, harness, etc. In 1887 he organized a shoe factory, and in 1892 organized a piano factory, being president of both companies, which are now in successful operation. Our subject is a leading business man in his town, identified with all interests tending to promote the growth of the community, and has served as president of the village, supervisor, etc.

Henion, E. B., was born in Kendall, Orleans county, August 31, 1840, a son of William C. of New York city, whose father, David, came from Holland before the Revolution, moved from Albany to Buffalo by ox team and bought 200 acres of land at Cold Spring near Buffalo, later purchasing the Craig property, where he died in 1833. William C. Henion married Elizabeth B., daughter of Courtlandt Elliot, and was a farmer. He died in 1892 in his eighty-fourth year.

Efner, Charles, of Fairport, dealer in coal, produce, wagons, etc. About 1798 three brothers, Jonathan, Silas and Lewis Leonard, then aged respectively eighteen, twenty, and twenty-two, left their Connecticut home on foot, carrying on their backs their earthly possessions, also provisions for the journey, and after enduring the usual hardships of such a trip, with minor adventures, such as crossing the Genesee River on a broken ice-floe at Hanford's Crossing, and getting lost in the dense woods, they at last reached Atchison Settlement near Parma Center, where they located. Undiscouraged by hardships they hewed their way to comfortable homes, and all lived to extreme old age. Silas, the older brother, became the father of Mrs. Lucinda Efner, she being the youngest of a family of nine. Mr. Efner was born March 13, 1828, in Middleburg, Schoharie county, N. Y., where his father, Harvey, was a dealer in boots and shoes. He reached the age of ninety-four, and in fact the family on both sides are noted for their longevity. Charles Efner has spent most of his life in Monroe county, and has always been an active factor in business circles. In 1865 he kept a general store and lumber yard at North Parma, where he was for three years a director during the building of the R. W. & O. Railroad. After the opening of said railroad he conducted a coal and produce business at North Parma until 1895, when he established, with George Holman the extensive business conducted under the style of Charles Efner & Co. He has held all the official positions within the gift of his townsmen, from supervisor to postmaster, and was for sixteen successive years a justice and twenty-six years a notary.

White, A. M., was born in the town of Sweden November 13, 1845, and now resides on the land settled by his grandfather, John White, in 1821; he is a son of L. S. White, also of this town, who removed to Painesville, O., in 1851, and has since lived in Ohio and Michigan. He married Anna, daughter of Rev. Moses Gillett. A. M. White returned to Sweden in 1866 and made his home with his uncle, Chauncey S. White, who was a prominent and successful farmer and business man in his town, and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He represented Sweden in the Board of Supervisors for the years 1859-60; he was a life-long and very useful member of the Sweden Presbyterian church, and an honorable, upright man. He died March 11, 1880. A. M. White married, in 1868, Sara M., daughter of Lucas Holmes, and they have three children, Mrs. Margaret M. Decker, Burton A. and John H. White.

Allen, G. H. (deceased), was born in Brockport March 24, 1825, a son of George, a native of Fairfield, Conn., who came to Brockport in 1819. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Hart, and was a merchant during his lifetime. George H., his son, married Mary, daughter of Hon. Jeremiah E. Cary, and their children were Joseph M., an attorney of New York city, Mary H., Elizabeth B., and Margaret. Mr. Allen was always identified in advancing the best interests of his town. In 1852 he entered into partnership with W. H. Seymour and D. S. Morgan, manufacturers of reapers, and in 1874, in connection with J. H. Kingsbury, purchased Raines Brothers' banking business, and at the reorganization of the D. S. Morgan works he was elected treasurer of that corporation. He also served as a member of the Local Board of the State Normal School of Brockport for many years, and at his death was president of the board. He was called upon to fill numerous positions of honor and. trust, but it was difficult to obtain his consent to accept office of any kind. His death occurred July 4, 1892, in his sixty-eighth year, mourned by all who knew him.

Chapman, H. D., was born in the town of Hebron, Washington county, N. Y., September 24, 1829, a son of Steven Chapman, who came to Wyoming county in 1837. He was a millwright by occupation, and a man of upright character who had the esteem of all who knew him. H. D. Chapman was educated in the common schools and engaged in agriculture. In 1874 he removed to Brockport, and engaged in the fruit business. In 1877 he began evaporating fruit, and now has an output of about 30,000 pounds of dried fruit per year. In 1854 he married Jennett, daughter of Reuben Mather. and they have one daughter, Mrs. Ella Wilson. Our subject takes an active part in all local affairs, and has served as commissioner of highways. He has also been an active Sabbath school worker for forty years, and is interested in the V. M. C. A. of Brockport; also in all institutions which have for their object the upbuilding of suffering humanity.

Murray, William, a native of County Down, Ireland, was born in 1818, a son of Robert and Agnes (Croll) Murray, who had twelve children. Six of these, and the father, died in Ireland. The rest of the family came to America, William being the first to come. He went to South Bristol and engaged at farm work for Colonel J. M. Parmley for six years. He then married Rose Smyth, who was reared in his native county, and he then rented a farm of 800 acres in South Bristol. He remained there four years, then went to the Henry Shelters farm for two years. then on a farm he bought in Lima for twelve years. He then lived on a rented farm for seven years, which he conducted with great success, then came to the Daniel Gillett farm where he afterwards lived. When he landed in New York in 1842, he had but twenty-five cents; he now owns the Gillett farm, which cost him $15,000, all made by hard work. There were seven children, of whom three died, two in infancy and John at the age of twenty-one. The other four are Sarah (Mrs. Thomas McKenna) of Canandaigua; Susan, William, and Robert T., all living on the home farm. William married Ellen Jennings of Honeoye Falls, and had six children. Mr. Murray suffered the great loss of his life in 1893, when his wife died. The family are devoted members of the Catholic church.

Newman, William M., senior member of the firm of Newman & Son, one of the leading manufacturers of Fairport, was born at Enfield, Tompkins county, September 1, 1826. He is the elder of five sons of the late Nathaniel and Hannah (Davenport) Newman. The family is of English nativity and among the earlier settlers of Pawling, Dutchess county. James, the father of Nathaniel, was a captain in the Revolution. William is the builder of his own fortune. Beyond a single term at the Ithaca Academy, his education was acquired in the common schools of his native town. His business life began at Byron, Genesee county, where he was for five years engaged in mercantile business, coming in 1856 to Fairport as an employee of the late D. B; De Land, in whose employ he remained for twelve years. In 1874 he established the business now operated by Newman & Son, manufacturers and dealers in baking powder, soda and saleratus, spices and extracts, which has grown into one of the important industries of Fairport. Mr. Newman is a citizen of character and influence. He has filled many positions of local trust and responsibility, and took an active part in the prohibition movement in Fairport. A prominent member of the Baptist church, he was in 1892 their historian, and prepared an exhaustive and masterely resume of its temporal and spiritual affairs, dating from 1842. His first wife was Permelia E. Nelson, a daughter of Rev. C. Nelson, who died after twelve years of married life. Her children were Willard D., Ida, and Lena P., the latter alone surviving, and is a teacher in the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Rochester. Mr. Newman married as second wife Mrs. Susan Leonard, a sister of his first wife, and they have had two children, Arthur B. and Mary D., wife of Prof. Carey De W. Brown, of the High School at Erie, Pa.

DANIEL A. WOODBURY

The fame of the Woodbury steam engine has gone around the world carrying to the most remote quarters of the globe the name of the city where its manufacture was long one of the most important branches of industry. Daniel A. Woodbury, founder of the manufactory, was born at Baltimore, Windsor county, Vermont, April 12, 1827, and is a descendant of John Woodbury, who came to America from England in 1624. In 1840 he moved to Whitehall, New York, with his parents, Jonathan Woodbury and his wife Sally Frost. Four years later he left home to learn the machinist trade, his chosen occupation, and in 1848 he came to Rochester, where he has ever since resided. In 1851 he began the manufacture of steam engines, reducing the work to a system and devoting his attention entirely to that work. He introduced important improvements in the construction of steam engines and was one of the first to increase the speed and shorten the stroke of the piston, an innovation which has since become the universal practice. He also adopted ahead of nearly all other manufacturers the horizontal tubular boiler with return flues, a feature of great value in the steam boiler, and one which, in addition to other points of superiority in the Woodbury engine led to the marked success of its maker. Mr. Woodbury's business was well established when he took his father and E. F. Woodbury, his brother, into partnership with him. James E. Booth and Henry H. Pryor subsequently became associated with him under the firm names of D. A. Woodbury & Company; Woodbury, Booth & Company; Woodbury, Booth & Pryor; and the Woodbury Engine company. In 1891 the business in this city was closed, the patterns, patents and good will of the company having been sold to the Stearns manufacturing company of Erie, Pennsylvania, where the engines covered by the Woodbury patents are still made under the old name. Mr. Woodbutry was always a staunch, somewhat independent, Republican, who never aspired to hold political office but represented the Second ward in the Common Council in 1860-2. His activities outside of his business have in the main been in the direction of church and Sunday school work. For nearly half of his life he has been a trustee and member of the executive committee of the Rochester Theological seminary. Mr. Woodbury's health became so impaired ten years ago that he gave up all business and has since passed much of his time in home and foreign travel. He was married in 1854 to Miss Minerva C. Boughton of Rochester, who died in 1892, leaving two sons, Willis E. and Edward J. Woodbury of this city. It is a tradition in the family that Peter Woodbury, ani ancestor who was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, in 1736, was with two other members of the family in the battle of Bunker Hill, and that several of the members were soldiers in the Revolutionary war.

J. GEORGE WAGNER

John George Wagner left monuments in Rochester that will bear testimony for ages to his ability as a builder, liberality as a citizen and sincerity as a churchman. He was born on August 10, 1824, at Bischmisheim, Prussia, and came to America when fourteen years old. In this city he learned the carpenters' trade and soon became recognized as one of the leading contractors of the city. His services as a builder were in constant demand, and he was called on to construct many of the most admired edifices in the city, among them the First Baptist church, one of the finest structures in Rochester. Mr. Wagner gave more attention to his regular business than to politics, but he was a member of the Board of Supervisors from the Sixth ward. He was one of the incorporators of the Rochester German Insurance company, and a director; for twelve years a director of the Genesee Brewing company; senior deacon of Zion German Lutheran church and president of the board of trustees. Mr. Wagner's devotion to religion was a marked feature of his whole career and his consistency was demonstrated by his gift of $30,000 to found the Wagner Memorial Lutheran college in this city. Mr. Wagner expired at his home it this city August 13, 1891. His wife and one child, Mrs. Charles W. Voshall, survive him.

DELLON M. DEWEY

Although five years have passed since the late Dellon M. Dewey departed this life, he was so long and so well known to the people of this city that at the mention of his name his personality is recalled by thousands who only knew him as one of their fellow citizens who was at early resident of Rochester and for over fifty years was of its most respected business men. Mr. Dewey was born in Cooperstown, New York, May 18, 1819, and came to Rochester in 1833. He soon after engaged in the book trade and for a period of forty-five years was the most prominent dealer in books and current literature then residing in the city. Nor was his interest in books confided to their financial aspect; he wrote extensively for the press and was the author of several books that were widely read and still have an interest. Among them was the first History of Western New York and an account of the "Rochester Rappings" which mystified the world forty years ago. From writing and dealing in books it was an easy step to the world of art and in that field Mr. Dewey was long eminent as a connoisseur and critic. His familiarity with the masterpieces of painting and sculpture was widely recognized and his opinion regarding the merits of disputed work was eagerly sought for; he was also actively interested in music. Mr. Dewey delivered the first lecture on "Art" ever heard in the University of Rochester and on several occasions spoke on that subject under the auspices of the Atheneum association of this city, when public lectures were a popular form of entertainment in this country. Mr. Dewey was married to Miss Sarah J. Childs of this city in 1844. He was a member of St. Luke's church congregation and a founder of Christ church, of which he was a vestryman at the time of his death. His decease took place January 17, 1889, and that of his widow on April 28, 1890. Their surviving children are Dellon M. and Miss Fannie C. Dewey and Mrs. Edwin A. Medcalf of this city.

CHARLES H. WILLIAMS

The name of Williams is intimately associated with early Rochester, for Rev. Comfort Williams was the first settled pastor in the young village, having taken charge of the First Presbyterian church in January, 1816. His son, Charles H. Williams, was born in Rochester, November 10, 1824, and lost his parents during his infancy. His childhood was passed among relatives in Connecticut, where he was educated. In 1836 he returned to Rochester and became managing clerk for Mitchell Loder, a prominent merchant of the city. In 1847 Mr. Williams formed a partnership with Colonel George Brown, and the firm of Brown & Williams began a career of enterprise and success, as dealers in carpets, that continued during a period of over twenty-five years, and was only terminated by an accident which made Mr. Williams an invalid for the rest of his days. Mr. Williams was recognized at an early date as one of the brightest and most honorable business men in the city, and his fellow Republicans repeatedly induced him to represent them in public office. He was alderman of the Sixth ward in 1861-2 and supervisor in 1863-6. His nomination for supervisor in 1865, by both parties, was in recognition of his fairness and ability during his previous terms. As chairman of the Bounty Committee of the Board of Supervisors during the war time he had rendered important service to the county and the Nation in raising troops. Mr. Williams was a trustee of the Second Baptist church from 1861 to 1865, and its treasurer in 1861. During the last nineteen years of his life he was an invalid, in consequence of a fall, but he did not allow his misfortune to change the temper of his mind, which was of a cast that rendered him very popular. He was married to Susan W. Miller, daughter of Timothy Miller, in this city, November 7, 1848, and died Septetnber 26, 1889, at his residence, 6 Franklin square, where he had resided for forty years. He left surviving, his widow and two sons, Charles M. Williams of the law firm of Fanning & Williams, and Dr. Henry T. Williams, both of whom have achieved marked success in their respective professions.

W. S. OSGOOD

The late Wainwright Scott Osgood, for many years one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Rochester and whose memory is held it respect by all who knew him, was born July 20, 1830, at Bellows Falls, New Hampshire, a town named after his mother's ancestors. His parents were also born in the Granite State and it was amid his ancestral hills that he was educated. Mr. Osgood's first business experience was in the oil trade with Osgood Miller at Bellows Falls. He next went to Boston, and in 1854, at the age of twenty, came to Rochester, which has since been his home. On coming here he at once engaged in the resin oil business, at 115 Buffalo street; he afterwards removed to Front street, where the firm name was Osgood & Porter. Mr. Osgood had to educate the people of this city in the use of resin oil as an illuminant, for it was before the day of kerosene. When the latter was introduced the firm dealt in it extensively and the business prospered so greatly that Mr. Osgood became the owner of large landed properties in this city and Chicago. Mr. Osgood was a public-spirited citizen and a liberal contributor to interests of which he approved. He was for a long period a generous supporter of Plymouth church. He was married in 1868 to Miss Emma Lewis, daughter of the late Daniel E. Lewis of Penfield, who suirvives him. The family residence is on South Washington street, where Mr. Osgood expired on May 9, 1889.