Kennedy, James K., was born in Pompey, and was the son of Thomas B., who came from Onondaga county and settled in Penfield in 1877, where they bought the old Hipp homestead. The mother was Mary McLinden Burns before her marriage. Thomas has six sons: William, a lawyer, served in the assembly two terms, from 1892 to 1894; Frank, Henry, George. John and James are engaged in agricultural pursuits. James Kennedy was elected justice of the peace in 1894, which office he now holds. There are two daughters, Rose A., a school teacher, and Mary E. Kennedy.

Parmenter, George W., was born in 1820, a son of Edmund and Sarah (Davis) Parmenter. Edmund came to Penfield about 1816 from Massachusetts, and his father was Rufus Parmenter, of that State. They were both agriculturists, and Edmund died in 1826. George W. married in 1865 Charlotte, daughter of Henry, and granddaughter of Gen. John Fellows. George lived on the homestead until 1861, then on the farm now owned by C. N. Leonard, which he sold in 1875, and built the home where he lives now.

Harris, James, was born in Penfield in 1821. His father, William Harris, emigrated from Scotland in 1802 and settled in Fulton county, this State, where he married Sally Shoecraft, a daughter of John Shoecraft, a Revolutionary soldier. In June, 1806, William Harris, in company with his wife's parents, removed to Western New York and settled in the town of Penfield, now Webster, with the early history of which his name is intimately associated as the first teacher in the schools of the pioneer settlement. A few years later he removed to the farm in the town of Penfield now owned by the family of his son, William Harris, jr., where he resided until his death in 1842. Eleven children were born to him, of whom nine settled in Penfield, and all of whom have reared large families. Of these, four sons still survive, viz.: James, George F., Robert and Peter. James Harris, the oldest living son, and the subject of this sketch, was reared a farmer, early inured to labor and disciplined in those rigid moral precepts and virtues so essential to a successful life. Like the youth of that day his education was limited to the common schools, except two terms at a select school in the village of Penfield. In his twentieth year he commenced teaching school, which he followed for several years. At the age of twenty-two he was elected justice of the peace, which office he held for a term of four years. In 1844 he was commissioned by Governor Bouck captain of a uniformed company of artillery attached to the 53d Regt. N. G. S. N. Y. He subsequently held the office of town clerk. Mr. Harris was always active in promoting the educational interests of the county. He was one of the charter members of the Board of Trustees of the Penfield Seminary, and for many years its president. He also served several years as superintendent of schools. In 1853 he was elected supervisor of the town of Penfield, and for fifteen years out of the following twenty-two served his town in that capacity. While yet supervisor, he was in 1875 elected county treasurer for a term of three years. Since then he has not held any public office. Politically Mr. Harris is a Republican, and during the war of the Rebellion he, together with his brothers, labored zealously and contributed largely to the support and successful prosecution of the war. Mr. Harris was engaged in trade in Penfield village from 1849 to 1856, after which he purchased and removed to the farm where he now resides. He was twice married, He was first married in 1847 to Martha Pope, a granddaughter of Gen. Jonathan Fassett, whose name is connected with the early history of this county. His second wife was Mrs. Mary L. Lewis, a daughter of the late Charles Lacy of Poughkeepsie. Mr. Harris has had six children. His second son Robert died in 1887 at the age of thirty-one. The other five survive. James D. lives at Fairport, N. Y.; George H., of the law firm of Werner & Harris of Rochester, N. Y.; Mary K., Charles L. and Angie K., who reside with their parents. Though he has passed the allotted age, Mr. Harris retains in a marked degree his faculties both mental and physical. He has been prominently connected with the interests and business of the county, and by judicious management has passed through the various financial revolutions without embarrassment. Conscientious in the discharge of all duties both public and private, he sustains a reputation of the highest integrity.

Hovey, Treat J., was born in Sweden, Monroe county, N. Y., a son of Ebenezer Hovey, who married Nancy A. Treat. Ebenezer Hovey acquired a competence in buying and selling real estate, and was a prominent man in local affairs. Treat J. was educated in the common schools, and February 17, 1864, married Nellie A., daughter of Roderick Chapin. She died February 28, 1872; she bore him Hubert and Herbert, twins, born July 25, 1865. Herbert Hovey died December 17, 1884. Mr. Hovey married second, Elizabeth M., daughter of Aaron Gage, by whom he had these children: Aaron E. and Newton B. Mr. T. J. Hovey is highly interested in church, schools and farming, and is a man of prominence in the community.

Burrows, Walter E., was born in Herkimer county in 1859, and in 1864 came to Penfield with his father, Silas, who was a stone mason. In 1874 he began working for Henry E. Stanley. Mr. Stanley was born in Connecticut in 1808, and died in 1877, leaving three daughters, Mary, Cora, and Addie, now Mrs. Burrows. Henry E. Stanley, son of Lucy and Erastus Stanley, came to Brighton in 1811, and settled the farm now known as the Joseph Thorp farm, Allen's Creek, Brighton, and then came to Penfield in 1870 and bought the Clement Austin farm, upon which they all reside.

Loud, William P., of Egypt, than whom in local history no man of the locality is more fully posted, was born here three-quarters of a century ago, May 17, 1819, of Scotch ancestry. His father, Oliver Loud, was born at Weymouth, Mass., and came to Palmyra, Wayne county, in the year 1804, where he met, and in 1806, married Charlotte Bateman of that town, a native of Vermont. Thence he removed in the same year to Egypt, in Perinton. Few, indeed, cherish definite memories of the period between 1812 and 1824, during which Oliver Loud kept hotel at Egypt, which at that time was the business center and place for holding courts for the town. He was also known as an almanac maker of great repute throughout Western New York, his copy being sought for by most printers in that part of the country. His family, consisting of six living to maturity, were Charles B., born in 1807 and died in 1854; Cullen, born in 1809 and died in 1889; and John, born in 1814, now living in Kansas; all of whom were mechanics and farmers, and although brought up in a hotel, they all lived temperate lives. Cullen also became a merchant and held the office of postmaster for the term of twenty to thirty years. Of the other sex, Susan, born in 1816, now living at this place; Charlotte, born in 1821, married Zadoc Stewart, of Niagara county, and died in 1878. William P. Loud was educated at at Macedon Center Academy, and by well-directed and indefatigable personal research. He was engaged in teaching from 1888 to 1845 in Wayne and Monroe counties. At the latter date he became interested in horticulture, and has for many years made a specialty of grape culture. A steadfast Republican since the organization of the party in 1854, he served as justice for the decade succeeding 1860, having declined further honors in that office, and has for many years been notary. Of wide and varied attainments, and of sterling personal character, Mr. Loud is a citizen of whom to know is to admire and respect. In 1847 he married Caroline Bortle of Egypt, and their only child, a son, died in infancy.

Minot, Morton, was born in Clarkson December 5, 1855. His father, Jonas Minot, was a native of Bristol, N. H., who came to Sweden in 1831, and through life was identified as a merchant at Brockport. He married Electa Frary Morton, a daughter of Oliver Morton, a well-known pastor of the Congregational churches of New Hampshire and Vermont and father of Gov. L. P. Morton. Mr. and Mrs. Minot were among the leading people of their town, actively identified with the leading events and best interests of the place. Mr. Minot died October 27, 1891, mourned by all who knew him. Both Mr. and Mrs. Minot trace their descent to the Pilgrim fathers of Massachusetts. Morton Minot was educated in the common schools, and in 1874 entered the Rochester University, from which he graduated in 1878. Later he entered the Kingsbury Bank, as cashier, remaining four years. In 1883 he engaged in his present business of dealer in general hardware. In 1888 he married Harriet Patterson, daughter of Mathew A. Patterson, a direct descendant of Elder Brewster of Plymouth colony, who came to this country in the Mayflower.

Brown, Prof. Frank H., principal of the Scottsville public school, was born in Ogden, this county, in 1856, a son of Nathaniel L., of the same place, born in 1827. He was one of seven children of Ezekiel F. Brown of Vermont, who came to Ogden in 1809 and settled. The latter while coming through the Oneida woods met with a serious accident by being struck with a falling tree. He was, however, kindly cared for by the Oneida Indians, with whom he e remained three years, and ever after that his home was open to the tribe, who often visited him. Nathaniel L., the father, was born, lived and died. on this farm. His wife was Mary A., daughter of Martin Kavanaugh, of Ireland, and their children were James N., Frank H., Adelbert L., and Mary A. He died in 1876. Our subject was educated in the schools at Adams Basin and the State Normal School at Brockport, and in 1877 began teaching. He has taught at Howard's Corners, Cattaraugus county, Adams Basin, and from 1880 to 1886 was principal of the public school at Spencerport. In 1886 he removed to Scottsville, where he has been engaged as principal ever since. He is a Democrat and was delegate to the May convention at Syracuse in 1891. He has been president of the Monroe County Teachers' Society for two years, is a member of the New York State Teachers' Association, and also a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he is elder and trustee, also Sunday school superintendent. He is a Mason, and a member of the Gamma Sigma fraternity. In 1879 he married. Charlotte M., daughter of William and Lydia Lynn, of Spencerport. and their children are N. Adelbert and Winne F. Mrs. Brown is an active member of the Presbyterian church.

Burnett, Giles, was born in Webster in 1829, and is a farmer on land where his father, Isaac Burnett, settled in 1815. The grandfather was Thomas Burnett, who came from Orange county to Phelps in 1800. The mother of Giles was a Miss Woodhull, whose father came to this town in 1811. Mr. Burnett married Mary J., daughter of Rufus Foster, who was also one of the earliest settlers, and they have one son, Foster J.,and one daughter, Pela May. Mrs. Burnett is a granddaughter of Abraham Foster, who settled in Webster about 1810.

Conover, L. A., of Egypt, is a son of the late Van Rensselaer Conover, who was born in Victor, Ontario County, and an early settler in Egypt. In 1845 he married Cynthia, daughter of Gersham Dunham, a well-remembered pioneer of Penfield. Mr. Dunham was for a period of eighteen years a justice, and for forty years a deacon in the Congregational church. His daughter Cynthia, now residing with her son Leander at Egypt, is nearly eighty years of age, but of unimpaired mental vigor, and her reminiscences of early times in Penfield are full of interest. Of her seven children all are deceased except Leander and one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Howe. Leander Conover was born at Egypt October 11, 1849, and now lives at the old home. He received an academic education at Lima and Macedon, and is a gentleman of broad views and sterling character. His first wife was Ella E. Warner of Lima, who at her death in 1888 left three children: George, Leander, jr., and Bessie. In 1892 he married Mrs. Harriet Shader, of Milo.

Farrell, James. was born in Henrietta in 1844, and began for himself when a lad of fourteen. In 1868 he purchased his present farm of 117 acres, which he has cleared and developed into a fine place, having also erected a comfortable residence and commodious barns, etc., and devoting much of his attention and time to the raising of fine stock. His father was Christopher Farrell of Ireland, born in 1812, who came to this country when a young man and engaged in farming, which he always followed. His wife was Rose Marr, of Ireland, born in 1814, who came to this country in 1834, in company with friends. Christopher and wife had four children: Ann, widow of John Kane, of Rochester; James, John, and Edward. The father died in 1850, leaving a little property, and the mother maintained the family and sent the children to be educated until they were able to care for themselves. She now spends much of her time at the home of our subject. In 1874 Mr. Farrell married Ellen Cassady. also a native of Ireland, and daughter of Peter and Ann Cassady. Their children are: Edward J., Walter B., Mary, Thomas, and Joseph.

White, John F., was born in Mittlene settlement in 1850; was a son of George W. White and grandson of Dr. Russel J. White of Albany, who was a practicing physician for over forty years of that place. In 1861 his mother died. In 1862 he enlisted as drummer, was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry and died shortly after, leaving him an orphan. In 1863 he commenced work for Mr. Buckingham, working summers and going to school winters, paying his own tuition. In 1868 he commenced work for G. W. Clark of Penfield, where he now resides. He has won the name of being one of the best farmers of Monroe county. In 1879 he married Minnie Hames, daughter of Benjamin Hames. He has one daughter, Clara.

Hixson, Fred R., was born April 23, 1852, at Rochester, N. Y., his father, Richard Hixson, an expert maltster, having emigrated to America from Essex, England, in 1849. The subject of this sketch continued to reside at Rochester until he was eighteen years old, during this time receiving a limited education at the public schools, and laid the foundation for his future. Was apprenticed to James Cunningham, the celebrated carriage manufacturer, and learned the trade of carriage painter. When eighteen years of age he left home and engaged at his trade in New York city, and on October 31, of the same year, removed to Clarkson, and in a few years started in business for himself in the manufacture of carriages, which was very successful, building for himself an excellent record for honest work. But factory work had an influence against hand. made work and he retired from the carriage business in 1895, and is now engaged in the grocery business, carrying on a general country store, In 1872 he married Isabel, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Brooks, and the following children bless this union of hearts: Jessie P., now Mrs. H. E. Hamil, of Hamlin, N. Y., Emma I., E. Louise, Frances M., and Sidney A. Mr. Hixson has served his town eight years as town clerk, and one year as collector of taxes. Has been notary public ten years and United States loan commissioner for eight years, receiving his appointment from Governers David B. Hill and Roswell P. Flower. He has also served as trustee of the First Congregational Society for the past seventeen years, also trustee of Clarkson High School for fifteen years. Thus proving him to be a public spirited man and so regarded in the town where he is so well known.

Eldridge, W. G., was born in 1842, a son of Elijah who was born in 1805 and died in 1894, and a grandson of William C., who came from Connecticut to Washington county in 1788, and later to Webster, where he died. Elijah Eldridge came to Western New York in 1850, and settled in Penfield in 1879. Our subject, after graduating at the Marion Academy, enlisted in Co. A, 111th N. Y. Vols., where he served two years, and after a residence in New York of one year, went West, where he remained till 1885, being engaged at various points in the secret service for the government. He returned to Penfield in 1885, where he has since been appointed deputy sheriff, and is now constable. In 1893 he and his wife started the Penfield Press, which is published under the firm name of W. G. and A. M. Eldridge. His wife was Auusta M. Van Wormer, a daughter of Rev, Aaron Van Wormer and granddaughter of Rev. Hugh Wallis of Genesee county, and their children are Jay G., and one daughter, Clara A.

Bartlett, Thomas J., son of Jedediah Bartlett, who was born September 5, 1797, in Massachusetts, and when quite young came from the East with his mother and first settled in the Genesee county, but removed from there to Kendall, Orleans county, where he purchased some land and also carried on the shoe business, being a shoemaker by trade. He married Lucinda Thomas in Kendall December 2, 1827. His children were Thomas J., William W., Phebe J., and Theodore. He died May 5, 1841, in Kendall. After his death his widow married Jeniah Hawkins, by whom she had one son, Willard H., one of the old and well known firm of Bartlett & Hawkins, of Parma. Thomas J. was born February 14, 1831, and spent his early days on the farm; at the age of eighteen he learned the blacksmith's trade at Adams Basin and then worked as journeyman for several years in that place and came to North Parma where he continued working at his trade for four or five years, and then went to Michigan where he became proprietor of a shop. In Oakland, Mich., April 30, 1857, he married Fanny H. Hazen. He returned to Parma in April, 1861, and permanently established himself in business at what is called Bartlett's Corners, deriving the name from his business being successful and prosperous, they deal in all kinds of agricultural implements, wagons, carriages, etc., and the firm of Bartlett & Hawkins is very well known to manufacturing establishments in the Western and also Eastern States, handling a large quantity of their goods in connection with their own manufactory. Mr. Bartlett has three children, Ida M., Helen M., and De Ette L. His wife died January 12, 1889. He is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and doubtless his success in business is due largely to his faithfulness and steady habits, being a total abstainer, drinking nothing but cold water all his life, never indulging in either tea or coffee, and by his correct life has gained the confidence and respect of all who know him; and on September 5, 1894, he married, again, Emily A., daughter of Ira H. Parker, and Widow of L. B. Arnold, from Brockport, Monroe county.

Prosser, Cicero J., (deceased), was born in Clarkson December 18, 1821. His father, Jonathan, was a native of Albany county. and came to this town in 1818, where he engaged in farming. C. J. Prosser was educated in Clarkson Academy, and in 1855 married Ellen M., daughter of Samuel and Susan Nixon, who came to this town in 1811 when the country was an unbroken wilderness, and they were obliged to travel on horseback. Mr. and Mrs. Prosser have these children: Jonathan, Arthur D., Norris B., Mrs. Louisa Selden, and Jessie M. Prosser. Our subject was one of the practical and successful farmers of his town, serving as supervisor several terms, and otherwise taking a leading position in town affairs. He died in 1888, respected by all.

Rowerdink, William H., the only surviving child of a large family of the late Henry Rowerdink of Brighton, was born at Brighton in 1859. Henry Rowerdink was of Holland birth, and came to America in 1850, purchasing and operating a farm near Allen's creek. He died in 1882. William H. Rowerdink, after leaving Hope College, taught school for about five years, also managing a dairy farm and milk route. His first experience in the carriage business was gained as a traveling salesman for Sullivan Brothers, of Brighton, whom he represented for two years. In 1889 he established himself in the business, and now has a large and constantly increasing trade, especially in carriages of fine grades. Mr. Rowerdink is vice-president of the Empire State Wagon Company of Buffalo, well-known producers of superior goods. He married, in 1883, Mary De Potter, of Brighton, and has two children, Henry J. and Mamie. He has been particularly prominent in local politics, resigning in 1891 the office of justice to accept that of supervisor for two years, and is again justice.

Otis, Dr. Charles F., was born in Rochester in 1860, a son of Dr. Clark Otis of Livingston county, whose father was Matson Otis, a Warsaw merchant, The mother of Charles F. was Mary Ann Shedd, daughter of Philander Shedd, and sister of K. P. Shedd. The ancestors of the Otis family were prominent in New England in the early history of the country and were among the early colonists. In 1859 Mr. Matson and Clark Otis went to Rochester and engaged in photography. Eight years later found Clark Otis in Cuba, where he was burned out. He had studied medicine, and next began practice in Byron, After this he went west, and in 1876 returned to Honeoye Falls. In 1881 he removed to Penn Yan, and was succeeded in his practice by Charles F., then a young man of twenty-one who had just taken his diploma from the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, and the latter has had a very successful practice. He married Mary A. Hutchinson, a niece of William Downey, and has two sons, William Kirk and Charles Francis, jr. Mrs. Otis has carried on a flourishing business in a millinery store.

Wing, Benjamin. - One of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of Brighton. Of Quaker extraction, Mr. Wing is a personal and living exemplification of the attributes which made that sect beloved of men. He was born at Duanesburg, N. Y., December 8, 1811, where his father, Joseph Wing, was a farmer and dealer in live stock. He had two wives, and Benjamin was the elder of two sons. Benjamin made his home when a young man with an uncle at Duanesburg, David Wing, by name, who was a very scholarly man and eminent in public affairs, and who had no children of his own. Benjamin's mother died when he was but three years old. When he was twenty-nine he came to Irondequoit and purchased a farm of two hundred acres. In 1837 he married Eliza, daughter of Isaac Babcock, of Rush. She died in 1888, leaving three children: David, Stephen and Liela. The sons are now engaged in the fruit and nursery business at Rogers, Ark., under the firm style of "D. Wing & Brother." Liela became the wife of Clarence De Puy, of Rochester, manager of the Collection Department of the Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Co. During Mr. Wing's thirty years' residence in Irondequoit he took an active and influential part in town affairs, as supervisor, assessor. school trustee and in other official and responsible capacities. In 1870 he sold his farm and settled in Brighton, where he is greatly esteemed for his many sterling and amiable qualities.

Brigham, John, came to Ogden from Oneida county in 1812, and took up 100 acres of land in the southern part of the town, returned for his family, and was drafted into service, and was ordered with his troops to Sackett's Harbor. His wife was Susan Moore, who came to the town in 1816. In 1838 Mr. Brigham bought the farm now owned by his son Milton, and here he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1863 and his wife in 1848. He was captain of a company of militia as long as the organization was maintained, and was also deacon in the Presbyterian church for many years. His children were Caroline E., who married George W. Hiscock; Orville P, late of Ogden; John D., who died in 1894; Alonzo, who died in 1859 at La Fayette, Ind.; Milton and Charles, both of this town; Sarah, who married Harvey Pratt; and Harriet who married W. W. Hart, of Spencerport. Milton Brigham was born June 18, 1825, and for more than forty years has been an active worker in all good causes in Ogden. After the death of his mother he and his brother Charles worked the home farm on shares for about ten years, and on the death of his father Milton bought the property, and has lived on the farm since 1858. ln 1850 he married Mary A., daughter of William and Clara Finch of Clarkson, and they have had four children: Carrie L., Henry M., John H., and Mary A. In the political life of Ogden our subject has been an active factor for the past forty years, though he is in no sense a politician.

The Stull Family. - Jacob Stull resides at Mann's Corners, in Rush, on the farm where he was born in the fall of 1812, and in the house built by his father, Jacob Stull in 1814. Jacob 1st was a native of Frederick, Md. His father died when Jacob was a boy, and Jacob was indentured to a tailor, and served his time. At the age of twenty-two he and his mother and two sisters came with a number of families and five teams to Lyons, this State, intending to go to Sodus Point. Parties who had promised to cut a road for them through Wayne county had failed to do so, and they came to Avon instead. One of the sisters of Jacob married Adam Price, son of Philip, members of the party coming with the Stulls from Maryland. They reared seven sons and one daughter, Susannah, who became the wife of Jacob Stull 1st, and the mother of our subject. Both families moved into Rush, the Stulls in 1802, and the Prices in 1803. Philip Price's sons were young men when they came here; they married and settled here, and reared large families, who on reaching manhood all went to Michigan excepting George and Peter. The old people died on this farm, which adjoins the Stull farm, he in 1829 and his wife in 1826. Jacob Stull was the first to settle in the town on the north side of Honeoye Creek. He died in the fall of 1845, aged sixty-seven, his wife having died in 1847. They had thirteen children. Augusta died in infancy, and the others were John P., Israel, George, who died in Illinois; Abigail, Isabel, Rebelsa, James S., Jacob, Peter P., Susan, Matthew, and Adaline, who died in Honeoye Falls. Jacob Stull, sr., was a leading politician of Rush, serving as assessor and clerk for many years. His son, John P., was supervisor, and well known in the county. When the subject of this sketch was five years old he suffered a severe attack of inflammation of the brain, which resulted in paralysis of his left side, and he never had any use of his left arm or hand, and was able to walk only by an effort. He was educated at the Seminary at Lima, and when his brothers left home he took the management of the farm, living with his sisters until they died, and since with people who have worked on the place. His farming has been successful and he has been able to give generously to the needy and to other enterprises. Peter Price Stull was born in 1814. He married Julia. daughter of Capt. Nathan H. Jeffords, who came from Richfield to Rush in 1805. Captain Jeffords was one of the noted characters in the early days, and died in 1867 at the age of eighty-three. He had twelve children, all but two of whom settled and died in Rush. The children of Peter P. Stull and Julia Jeffords were Horace G. and Sarah, who married William H. Mead, of Rush. Horace G. married Marietta A., daughter of William G. Norton, of Honeoye Falls, and they had one one son, Alfred Peter.

Stone, Franklin E., was born in Pittsford March 29, 1847, a son of Eber, born in Pittsford in 1807, whose father, Samuel Stone, was a native of Connecticut, and a Revolutionary soldier, who came to this county in 1790, and became a prosperous farmer of this region. He was also for many years deacon in the church. Eber married Eliza, daughter of Seth and Sally Cook of Vermont, early settlers of Wayne county. Their children were: Amy E., who died aged seven; Anna I., wife of William Lord of Mendon; Tirzah M., who died young; Samuel H., George F., and Miranda, who both died in infancy; Franklin E., and Helen E., who died aged twelve. His wife died in February, 1864, and he followed her in September of the same year. For a number of years Franklin and his brother conducted the home farm, and in 1872 he sold his interest to his brother, and removed to Henrietta where he purchased his present place of seventy-five acres. In 1871 he married Clara S., daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah Clark, and they have had four children: Helen E., born in 1872, a teacher in the Union School at Pittsford; F. Clark, born in 1881; Clarabel, born in 1886, and Amy May, born in 1889. Mr. Stone is a Republican in politics and holds the office of justice of the peace in Henrietta.

Chapman, George - Among the well-known and much esteemed personal landmarks of Brighton is George Chapman, who has for thirty years been a resident of that village. He was born in Hawkhurst, Kent, near London, England, May 12, 1820, at which place his father, Joseph Chapman, was engaged in farming. During his youth he was for several years employed as a dry goods salesman in London. When twenty-three years old he sailed for America, coming direct to Rochester; and being possessed of considerable mechanical skill, became a boat builder, that being in those days a large and important industry. In this occupation fourteen years passed, and since that time Mr. Chapman has been engaged in the nursery business. He has been a resident of Brighton since 1864. His first wife, Mary Gascoigne, to whom he was married before he was eighteen, died at Brighton in 1878, leaving three children: George, Mary and Charles. George is a resident of Brighton, while Charles and Mary, now Mrs. W. J. Winfield, live at Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Chapman married his present wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Franklin of Rochester, June 8, 1880. Her only son, Henry H. Franklin, is a distributing postal clerk in that city.

Mason, George G. - A business which has been in continuous existence for a period of probably sixty years necessarily merits special recognition. This remark applies to the business now conducted by Mr. George G. Mason. It was founded as near as we can trace by Timothy Corning, and after several changes the business passed into the hands of a Mr. Wolcott about 1861, he was succeeded by Dr. Pratt and in 1878 it was purchased by Mr. S. F. Mason, father of the present proprietor, who built the present fine store and building. It was carried on by him until 1885 when he was succeeded by his two sons George G. and S. F. Mason, jr., which partnership existed four years when Mr. Henry R. Mason purchased his brother, S. F. Mason's interests, and finally in 1890 Mr. George G. Mason assumed sole control of the business, and it is conducted to-day upon the same principle of liberality and honor for which all of Mr. Mason's transactions are noted and through which the business success has been builded and maintained for so many years. His store, which is 80x60 feet in dimensions, is finely appointed, heated by steam, and provided with every convenience. In the drug department, he carries a first class stock, one not usually found in a country drug store, comprising pure drugs, chemicals, all the standard proprietary remedies and medicines, toilet and fancy articles. Special attention is given to compounding physicians' prescriptions, in the preparation of which only the purest and most reliable drugs are used, which are compounded by Mr. Mason, who is a licensed pharmacist of many years' experience. In the grocery department he carries a very complete stock not surpassed in this village. Mr. Mason is one of our most progressive business men and highly esteemed citizens; who has always taken the keenest interest in the welfare and advancement of the village. For four consecutive terms he served his fellow citizens as town clerk from 1890 to 1894, being elected without opposition. He is now treasurer of the School Board. Socially, he is treasurer of Webster Lodge No. 588, F. & A. M., and a member of Webster Tent No. 498, K. O. T. M. In 1884 he married Mariette C., daughter of William R. Eaton, and has two sons, Russell B., born in 1887, and George H., born in 1889.

Meitzler, Charles, a self-made man, and held in high regard by all who know him. Mr. Meitzler was born at Kriegsfeld, Rhinepfalz, Germany, the son of a well to do farmer. In February, 1849, being then twenty-eight years of age, he sailed for America (on account of the Revolution in 1848, in which he took a prominent part), and began life here in the capacity of a farm laborer at eleven dollars per month. But a portion of that meagre salary was hoarded, and, with the help of money, brought from home, in a few years he was the owner of a small farm in the town of Henrietta. In 1854 he disposed of the farm at a good profit, invested the money in city property, and entered the employ of Ellwanger & Barry, which connection proved so mutually satisfactory that he remained with them until 1864. At that date he acquired, by purchasing, the hotel property at West Brighton, where he is still located, and which he has extensively rebuilt and improved. In 1851 he married Elizabeth Damm, whose birthplace was near his own in Germany, and who has borne him six children. Those living are George, Elizabeth and Carl. Two daughters, Eva May and Emma, died in early childhood, and a son, Edward, at twenty-three years of age. Mr. Meitzler, like the majority of his countrymen, is a Republican, and his great personal popularity is evinced by the fact that he held the office of town clerk for nineteen years, and has been postmaster of West Brighton since 1867 without interruption, a remarkable instance of tenure of that office.

Brown, Thomas A., M. D. - Eminent not alone among the medical profession, but as a citizen of the pioneer class; of those who have by personal effort and example contributed largely toward social advancement, stands the venerable Dr. Thomas A. Brown of Brighton, who has for full half century practiced the healing art. Born at Rahway, New Jersey, in 1815, he was a shoemaker's son, of Scotch ancestry, whose earliest American progenitors came in the Mayflower or her consorts. Apprenticed when a youth to a saddler at Newark, N. J., his spirit was not so tame as to embrace permanently a mechanical trade, and upon the attainment of his majority, he traveled westward to Buffalo by the Erie waterway, and soon after went to Palmyra, and entered the office of Dr. McIntyre, as a medical student. He afterward entered the Geneva Medical College and was graduated from there 1845. He practiced first at Palmyra, then at Manchester and Penfield, and in 1877 located at Brighton, where he has since practiced with much success. Dr. Brown has five children living, the youngest of whom is Dr. William M. Brown, who was born at Penfield in 1866, and who upon graduating in 1882 from the University of New York, spent eighteen months in Rochester City Hospital. He is now associated with his father at Brighton.

Reitz, Dr. Charles, was born in Ontario, Wayne county, where he spent his boyhood until 1888, when he attended for two years the University of Ann Arbor, Mich. He then went to Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York city where he graduated in the spring of 1890, after which he began practice in Webster, in partnership with Dr. John D. Dunning

Dean, Theodore S., was born in Syracuse July 26, 1845. The father was R. S. Dean, a native of Oswego county, and the family trace their descent to one of that name that came from Scotland about 1750. Theodore S. was educated in the Walwcrth Institute, and on August 10, 1862, enlisted in Co. G, 138th N.Y. Vols., afterwards transferred to 9th N.Y. H. Art. He participated in the several battles of the regiment at Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the Shenandoah Valley, remaining till the close of the war. Returning home he began the study of law in the office of James L. Bagg at Syracuse, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He was also with the firm of Ruger & Jenny. In 1868 he went to Chicago, and in 1871 came to Brockport, and engaged in practice, where he has since continued. He is attorney for several corporations, and has a large practice. He has served as justice of the peace sixteen years. In 1878 he married Alice Wood, who died in January, 1880. In 1888 he married Hattie B. McArthur. Their children are Marie A. and Edith M. Our subject is identified in advancing the best interests of his town and is prominent in Republican politics in Western New York.

Down, Charles B.- Prominent among the men who have at heart the well-being of their fellow- men and whose efforts are freely contributed toward reform and prosperity, is Charles B. Down, of Brighton, widely known as a successful teacher. Mr. Down is of English ancestry and was born at Webster, Monroe county, December 4, 1853. His grandfather, James Down, was a native of Somersetshire, England, where was born his father, John Down, in 1814, who still lives. Charles received an academic education at Marian Institute, after which he spent a year at Yale College preparatory to becoming a teacher. After teaching a short time in district schools, he was made principal of Brighton School, which position he filled acceptably fpr a period of seven consecutive years, retiring by his own act in 1889, having business interests demanding his attention. Having purchased the eligible location at corner South and East avenue, Brighton, Mr. Down erected a handsome business block in 1890, opening a market and grocery. Associated with him in the latter business was Clarence Butterfield, a former pupil, who in 1894 acquired by purchase Mr. Down's share. In 1883 Mr. Down married Phebe J., daughter of William and Ann Morrill, of Brighton, and has two children: Blanche, born September 6, 1885, and Clinton, born October 17, 1890. Both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

Jones, William H.- The ancestors of William H. Jones on his father's side were from Wales; his great-grandfather settled in Saratoga county, N. Y., and his grandfather, Joshua Jones, came from Madison county in 1815, and was among the pioneer settlers of the town of Webster, and engaged in farming and the tanning business. His grandfather on the maternal side, Capt. Samuel Millard, who served in the Revolutionary war, came from Providence, R. I., and settled in that vicinity about the same time. Chester Jones, the eldest of Joshua Jones's three sons, was a well known substantial citizen of Webster, whose family consisted of four daughters and eight sons: Harvey, Cordelia, Zardus, Edwin, Corlista, Nancy, Jerome, William H., Stephen, Allen, Laura, and Hon. Frank M., a merchant of Webster, whose political prominence in the State Legislature is well known. Our subject was born in 1841, and his early life was spent on his father's farm, where he attended the district school, and finished his education at the Webster and Macedon Academies. At the age of eighteen he went to Canada as a traveling salesman for a Rochester Nursery Company, at nineteen was engaged in the same business in Pennsylvania, at twenty was teaching school near San Francisco, Cal., at twenty-one to twenty-five he was in Nevada, where he was engaged as justice of the peace, teaching school, and secretary of some gold and silver mining companies, near Virginia City. In 1866 he returned to his native place and was married to Anna C., the estimable daughter of Jacob C. Rowe, then a farmer and nurseryman in the town of Webster. Since then he has resided at Williamsport. Pa., Osceola, Iowa, and Rochester, N.Y., but in 1878 he settled in the village of Brighton, Monroe county, where he still resides.

Curtis, Elias, was born in Saratoga, N.Y., May 17, 1804, where he lived until 1833, when he came to Parma. In 1835 with only $700 he bought 100 acres of the farm where he now resides. At that time it was an almost unbroken forest, and later he added 100 additional acres. September 13, 1835, he married Nancy Curtis, daughter of Philander Curtis, beginning their wedded life in a primitive log house which occupied the only cleared space on the farm. Throughout a long and prosperous life Mr. Curtis's most prominent characteristics have been a sterling integrity and force of character which have made deep and lasting impressions on the entire community. He has been almost a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church at North Parma. In this relation as in all others he has been staunch and faithful, giving liberally as the Lord prospered him. In all things his wife was a worthy help-mate; she is a woman of fervent piety. Her highest ambition through a busy life has been to win at last from the Master the truthful encomium, "She hath done what she could." In church work she was most active. She has been a good mother, a kind neighbor, a thrifty housewife. Seven children have blessed this union, all of whom are living. They are: Laura, now Mrs. Willard Judd, of North Parma; Sara, now Mrs. Sanford Meech, of Charlotte, N.Y.; Frances, now Mrs. Bela J. Buell, of Rochester, N. Y.; Luella, of North Parma; Rose, now Mrs. Stephen Rice, of Minneapolis; also two sons, Eli B. and Charles E. Curtis, both of North Parma. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis have been enabled to give all of their children good educational advantages, and have been well repaid and gratified to see each one take honored positions in the communities where they reside. Laura, Mrs. Willard Judd, has for many years been a recognized leader in all missionary matters and temperance reform. Eli B. has inherited many of his father's sterling traits. He was given a business education, but chose farming as a profession, in which he has been unusually successful. He is a progressive man in every sense of the word, and is classed by his fellow-citizens among the most intelligent, solid men of the community. He was born June 12, 1843, and in January, 1869, he was married to Celia F. Leonard. Two daughters were born to them, Lottie May and Josie. His wife died April 25, 1888. The youngest son, Charles E., is also a thrifty farmer, a kind husband and father. He was born May 19, 1862. December 25, 1889, he married Miss Maggie Love. They have one daughter, Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are living on their now beautiful farm, tenderly cared for by their children. A commodious, beautiful home has taken the place of the old log house, surrounded by every evidence of prosperity and thrift.

Shelmire, James D.- Occupying a prominent place among the progressive business men of Brighton, Mr. Shelmire purchased in 1878, of James Lusk, the coal yards adjacent to the Central railroad depot, and which business he has greatly extended, dealing also in plaster and fertilizers. Mr. Shelmire's mother was a member of one of the oldest families of Monroe county. She was Louisa Perrin, after whose father's family the town of Perrinton (or, according to a later spelling, Perinton) was named. His father was the late John Shelmire, who was a blacksmith by trade, and born at Germantown, Pa. The children of John and Louisa were: Kittie L., now deceased, who had married and removed to Fon-du-Lac, Wisconsin: William P. of Brighton; James D., and Louis J., a bookkeeper of Rochester. James graduated from Rochester Business University and entered the employ of Gould Bros., as a bookkeeper, remaining with them ten years, until engaging in his present business. In 1888 he married Hattie L. Parsons, whose father, the late Marshfield Parsons, was prominent among the pioneers of the Allen Creek District. Of unbounded personal popularity, Mr. Shelmire takes a leading part in town affairs, and is much esteemed for his sterling qualities. At the reorganization of the village he was elected a trustee and filled that position several years, later he was made treasurer, to which office he was again elected in March, 1895, without opposition. Of the Masonic fraternity, the Presbyterian church, and of society in general, he is a valued member.

Boardman, Miss Emily, is the elder daughter of Silas Boardman, a highly respected resident of Brighton, and who, at this writing, has attained the remarkable age of ninety-five years. Mr. Boardman was born March 19, 1800, in Albany county, N.Y. His father, Silas Boardman, the first of the name, was a colonel in the war of 1812. He was a tanner and also engaged in farming and nursery business. Silas Boardman, second, came to Rochester about 1828, interesting himself in the nursery business and as broker until 1840, when an inherent love for country life and horticultural pursuits led him to purchase a place near the village of Brighton and continue the nursery business until 1877, which has been his home for more than half a century. Mr. Boardman married at Rochester, in 1836, Ann Maria Smith, niece of E. F. Smith, whose birthplace was Stonington, Conn. Four sons and two daughters were born to them: Emily, John, Silas, Lucy, William, and Julius. John and William are deceased. Silas, jr., is a commission merchant at Mount Jewett, Pa., and Julius, a seedsman of San Francisco, while the sisters, Emily and Lucy, remained at home, ministering to the wants of their aged father, their mother dying in 1866.

Kincaid, Rev. John, whose long service as superintendent of the Sunday school at Ogden Center, has made his name well known throughout Ogden, was born in London, England, June 9, 1844, a son of William and Catharine Kincaid. In England the father was foreman in a silk factory, but in America gave his attention to agriculture, and lived in Clarkson and later in Brockport, dying however in his native country. Our subject was brought up to farm work, was well educated in the elementary studies, and became a student at Oberlin College, but failing health compelled him to leave the institution and also to abandon his early desire to enter professional life, and the ministry. He turned his attention to farm work and has so continued till the present, although he was ordained in 1893 a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and is now pastor at Chili. Always interested in Christian work, Mr. Kincaid became superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school at Ogden Center in 1875, which position he filled for seventeen years. In the same year he became a permanent resident of Ogden, where he possesses a fine farm of 100 acres. In 1876 John Kincaid married Julia, daughter of John McChesney of Ogden, by whom he had four children; three now living. His wife died in February, 1890, and in March, 1892, he married a second wife, Clara Ellsmore, of Greece.

Jackson, Morris S., is one of the prominent landmarks of Henrietta, born in this town April 5, 1825. His father was Isaac Jackson, who was born in Fairfield, Herkimer county, a son of William, who was a soldier in the war of 1812. Isaac came to Henrietta about 1815, and during his early residence here taught school. He bought a farm of 150 acres, partially improved, and served as town clerk as early as 1818, and later served eleven years on the Board of Supervisors. He married Chloe Wood, of Schuyler county, and their children were as follows: Calvin W., Melissa, Thomas J., Harvey, Morris S., Emily R., and Andrew, Emily and Morris being the only survivors. The father died in 1875, and the mother in 1889. Morris began for himself by purchasing fifty acres of the homestead, to which he added at intervals ninety-three acres, and has interested himself also in the cattle trade also dealing in sheep. This he followed many years also in connection with farming. Since 1874 he has been in the milk business, retailing in the city of Rochester, Mr. Jackson is located about four miles from the city of Rochester, and has the largest and finest residence in Henrietta, In 1851 he married Julia B. Crittenden, a native of Brighton, born in 1833, whose parents were Austin and Sarah (Warrant) Crittenden. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have had two children: Sarah C., who with her husband Wilber Rice, were killed in a railway accident at Prospect Park on Christmas Eve in 1875 while returning from their wedding tour. Austin Crittenden, son of our subject, resides in Rochester. Mrs. Jackson is a lady of culture and has been for many years a member of the Baptist church of Rochester, but since 1892 has been a member of the West Henrietta church.

Day, Eliphalet, came from Washington county in 1837, and settled west of Spencerport on the Lisle road. He had been a hotel keeper and wagon maker, but in this region followed farming. He died in Ogden, aged seventy-two years. His children were Mary A., who married George P. Hodges; O. H., now of Suspension Bridge; Sarah J., who married N. S. P. Crocker; Wealthy A., who married William Gridley; Samuel H.; Eliza, deceased; Delia M., who married Sylvester Warner; Harriet, who married William Bedle; and Spencer E., of Riga. Samuel H. Day was born April 7,1824, and though he worked in his father's hotel in Washington county when but eight years old, his main business has been farming. At the age of twenty-six be bought his first farm, and his efforts in life have been substantially rewarded, he being to-day the owner of one of the best farms in the county, which comprises 183 acres. In 1873 Mr. Davis left the farm, and has since lived in comfortable retirement at Spencerport. In 1851 he married Minerva Davis, and had six children: Albert H., Charles E., Charlotte E., Emma L., Celia M., and Sophronia. In 1872 Mrs. Day died, and he married, second, H. Augusta Davis, a sister of his first wife. Mr. Day has served as assessor, excise commissioner, village trustee, etc. and is deacon, trustee, treasurer and elder of the Congregational church. Horatio Davis was a native of Connecticut, who came to Riga in 1818, purchased his farm in 1819, and to this day it has remained in the family. By his wife, Sophronia Deming he had eight children. He died in 1871, aged seventy-three, and his widow died in 1878, aged seventy-seven.

FREEMAN CLARKE

Freeman Clarke, one of the most distinguished men who ever made Rochester their home, was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Clarke, and was born in Troy, New York, on March 22, 1809. In 1827, he moved to Albion, Orleans county, New York, and engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits. His enterprises were successful, and in 1837, he was elected cashier of the Bank of Orleans. In 1845 he moved to this city, where he organized and was president of the Rochester bank; he was chosen trustee and treasurer of the Monroe County Savings bank, and in 1857 he organized and became president of the Monroe County bank, subsequently the Clarke National bank. Mr. Clarke was treasurer and one of the first directors of the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara railroad, now the Niagara Falls branch of the New York Central. He also held the offices of president and director of the Genesee Valley railroad; was treasurer and director of the House Telegraph company; a director of the Western Union Telegraph company; a trustee and subsequently vice-president of the Union Trust company, New York; one of the first directors of the Fourth National bank, New York; and one of the organizers and a director of the Metropolitan Trust company, New York. Mr. Clarke was vice-president of the Whig State convention in 1850 and acted as president. in 1852 he was a delegate to the Whig National convention and in 1854 was vice-president of the first Republican convention in New York State. In 1862 he was elected a Representative from New York to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on the committees of Manufactures and Pensions. In 1865; he was appointed Comptroller of the Currency, by President Lincoln, and during his incumbency some of the most important financial legislation of the war time was enacted, including the organization of the National banks. He was a member of the State Constitutional convention in 1867; in 1870 he was elected a Representative to the Forty-second Congress, in which he served on the Committee of Appropriations. In 1872 he was elected to the Forty-third Congress and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Clarke served on the commission that had the Central railroad tracks in this city elevated, and he was a trustee of the University of Rochester. Mr. Clarke was married in 1833 to Miss Henrietta J. Ward, youngest daughter of Dr. Levi Ward, and died in this city June 24, 1887.

L. WARD CLARKE

Levi Ward Clarke, born in Albion, New York, on August 10, 1834, was the eldest son of the late Freeman Clarke, who was Comptroller of the Currency under President Lincoln, and for many years the recognized head of the financial world in Rochester. He was prepared for college at the Clover Street school in this city, and at College Hill, Poughkeepsie, but owing to severe illness was unable to enter college. About 1855 his father established the Monroe County bank, afterwards the Clarke National bank, and on taking office as Comptroller of the Currency in 1865, his son succeeded him as its president, being at the time the youngest bank president in the United States. His skill in managing the affairs of the bank was universally recognized, and established his reputation as one of the leading business men and financiers of the city. From banking Mr. Clarke became interested in the newspaper business, establishing, with others, the Rochester Printing company, publishers of the Democrat and Chronicle, and remaining treasurer of the company until the close of his life on July 28, 1894. Mr. Clarke was a generous friend of charitable institutions in this city. He was one of the founders of the Rochester club, and its president for a number of years, was also a member of the Genesee Valley club, the Whist club, the Rochester Yacht club, the Union Greys, and of several New York clubs. On July 18, 1861, he was married to Miss Mary E. Hall, daughter of the late John Meigs Hall of Wallingford, Connecticut, The later years of his life were spent in the enforced retirement of failing health; but were devoted to reading, study, and to countless deeds of charity, and thought for others-the prompting of a most generous, unselfish and kindly nature.

EDWIN PANCOST

Edwin Pancost was born at Scipio, Cayuga county, New York, June 1, 1812, and was the youngest of a family of fourteen children, He left the farm at nineteen with a common-school education, but was always a student. He was first engaged in business at Auburn, but came to Rochester in 1831, and soon after began the manufacture of boots and shoes, a business of which he subsequently became one of the most prominent representatives in the country. Shortly after starting business on his own account Mr. Pancost formed a partnership with Oren Sage which continued until 1856, when E. O. Sage was admitted and the firm name became Sage, Pancost & Company, and under that title carried on business until 186o, when Oren Sage retired and William N. Sage was admitted, when the firm name was changed to Pancost, Sage & Company, and as such conducted one of the largest boot and shoe manufacturies in the Union until his death. Mr. Pancost was not less conspicuous in social and official circles of the city than in business. He was a member of the board of trustees of the University of Rochester from the first; a practical friend of the Theological seminary; a trustee of the Monroe County Savings bank; a member of the Board of Trade ;a director of the First National bank, and for many years superintendent of the First Baptist church Sunday-school, of which church he was a deacon and trustee. Mr. Pancost was a man of independent mind and had a liberal hand for charitable purposes, but was discriminating and modest in the bestowal of his benefactions. In 1834 he married Miss Julia M., daughter of the late Oren Sage. He died at his home in this city June 22, 1867, survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Annie F. Bishop.

HON. WILLIAM C. BLOSS

One of Rochester's early agitators against slavery, William C. Bloss, was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, January 19, 1795. His ancestry was Pilgrim. His father, Joseph Bloss, a soldier of the Revolution, who carried the news of Andre's capture to General Washington, ties buried in the cemetery at Brighton. His education was obtained in the common schools. He came to this region about 1816. Not long after he went South, where he taught school in Maryland and the Carolinas, and obtained an insight into the horrors of slavery. He there and then became an Abolitionist. Returning to Brighton in 1823, he married Mary B. Blossom, also a native of Massachusetts, and built the brick tavern which still stands on East avenue. While its landlord, becoming convinced that spirituous liquors were an evil, he emptied the contents of his bar into the canal. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Rochester on the corner of Main and St. Paul streets with considerable capital for those times, hut did not make a success. This was his last business venture, and he found politics a more congenial field. He was sent by the Whig party three consecutive terms to the Legislature, but on account of his strong anti-slavery proclivities, and because while a member he one Sunday left his seat in church, passed over to the separated blacks and partook of the sacrament with them, he was not returned. In the meantime he was constantly working and speaking for temperance, and was instrumental in establishing a temperance society in every town in this county. In 1838 he edited and published, with the late Peter Cherry, the second anti-slavery paper in America, The Rights of Man, Garrison's being the first. Somewhere between 1850 and 1852 there originated a party called the "Know Nothings," whose purpose was to exclude those of foreign birth from holding office. This he bitterly opposed, believing ours - the land of freedom - was the heritage of all. During these riotous times he frequently faced and pacified mobs. The question whether Kansas should be a free or a slave state now came on. Mr. Bloss spent his time in raising money to re-enforce, arm and feed the free-state settlers, or squatters, in that land. In 1850, in a speech at Havana, Schuyler county, he prophesied the war and depicted its horrors almost in detail. In 1856 during the Freemont campaign, he originated and circulated a map showing the aggressions of the slave power and its probable conquests in the territories if not withstood. In this he painted the slave states in black, the free states in white, leaving the territories undefined. Charles Sumner, Joshua R. Giddings, Thaddeus Stevens, Salmon P. Chase and others, from their private purses purchased and distributed thousands of these maps. Mr. Bloss traveled through the eastern and western states, speaking and distributing them. He rejoiced in the election of Lincoln, and almost lived to see the Promised Land. He believed in religious revivals, and he loved to persuade men by any means and at all times to commit themselves to doing right. During the heat of the anti-slavery contest he insisted on carrying the discussion into the church, and those who there opposed him have since acknowledged that he was right. He so mixed religion with his politics, and his politics with religion, that one could not tell which was which. About this time he commenced his Sunday teaching at the county jail, and because of this fact he was frequently addressed as reverend. In one case a certain judge overlooked the fact that he had not been admitted to the bar, and allowed him to make a plea for the prisoner. A verdict of "not guilty" was rendered. When released the prisoners frequently visited him, and took counsel and strength from him for a new and better life. His speeches were on the impulse of the moment, but he was directed and guided by his conscience and not by some old musty law made for other men and other times. He loved to break the Fugitive Slave law, and his house was a station on the "Underground Railway," where slaves rested who were following the North Star. Mr. Bloss had a deep love for the common school, and believed that the state should give to its children as full an education as it was possible for them to obtain. He favored an extension of the ballot to women, believing that it was wrong to tax without representation, and that equally with men they were the supporters and makers of the State. He was an omnivorous reader, yet he said that the Bible and Shakespeare were the only books. It was a familiar sight to see him in the Reynolds arcade advocating some new measure for the public good, and one Winter he occupied Corinthian hall Sunday evenings denouncing the slave power. Mr. Bloss died in Rochester, April 18, 1863.