Bacon, George S., was born in New York, March 21, 1842, where his father, John P., at that time operated a ship chandlery business. The latter removed afterwards to Middletown, Conn., turning his attention to financiering, and is at present vice- president of the Middletown Savings Bank. Our subject was educated at Middletown High School, and graduated from Daniel H. Chase's Preparatory School, and at an early age became salesman for a dry goods house in Worcester, Mass., when after six months, an accident obliged him to return to Middletown, when he entered the post-office as clerk. For two years he was employed as book-keeper by a mercantile house at Middletown, and at the age of nineteen embarked for Liverpool in a merchant ship, visiting many European ports. Just prior to the outbreak of the war Mr. Bacon was deputy-postmaster at Columbus, Wis., where he enlisted in Co. M, 4th Wis. Cavalry, and served nearly two years. He was at one time shot by an am- bushed enemy, and confined in a hospital at Vicksburg. Mr. Bacon has traveled largely, and is a true cosmopolite. A resident of Pittsford since 1884, he takes a leading place in all local affairs both in business and society. He has served on the village and health boards, as trustee, and is a prominent figure in the Masonic lodge and the Episcopal church. During a residence of six years at Manistee, Mich., where he was engaged in the lumber business, he was elected supervisor twice. He is treasurer of the local lodge of Knights of Sobriety, Fidelity and Integrity; is a very active member of the G. A. R., and was commander of E. J. Tyler Post No. 288 for two years.

Teare, Mrs. Eliza J., is the widow of Thomas Arthur Teare, who died April 7, 1878, at thirty-six years of age Mr. Teare was born in New York city and in early life was owner of a lime kiln business at Newark, N. J., of which he disposed in 1868 and purchased the Brighton farm. He married, at Newark in 1862, Eliza J., daughter of Robert Gelling. late a Rochester miller. Three children were born to them: William, Chester and Carrie. Mr. Teare served, with credit, in Company F, 27^th New Jersey Volunteers, under General Burnside.

Guenther, Frederick - One of the self-made men of Brighton is John F. Guenther, the well-known Park Avenue florist and gardener, whose business has now passed into the hands of his son Frederick. The elder Guenther was born in Germany in 1829, and was then apprenticed to the business which has been his life work, and the results of which speak well for that method of instruction He came to America in 1852, going directly to Rochester, where he entered the employ of Ellwanger & Barry. During his connection with this firm he traveled widely in their interest, at one time paying a visit to the old city of Mexico. In 1881 he established himself in business at Park Avenue, ten years later locating on Blossom street, Brighton, where his extensive greenhouses are flanked by a handsome modern residence. In 1868 he manned Helena Hanson, who became the mother of Frederick, and three years later of the only daughter, Elizabeth, who is now the wife of Alfred R. Clapper of Rochester. Frederick Guenther is a stirring business man and will without doubt achieve success in the line so ably mapped out by his father. In 1884 he married Lillian Houser of Rochester, and they have one daughter, Mattie, born March 14, 1892.

Butterfield, Clarence E., son of Edwin and Sarah (Hanks) Butterfield, was born in Centerville, Allegany county, N. Y., July 4. 1868, and moved with his parents to Brighton in 1883. He was educated in the district schools of his native town and at the Rochester Free Academy, and was graduated from the Rochester Business University in 1890. His parents were New Englanders. His father died in September, 1891. Upon his graduation in 1890 Mr. Butterfield formed a partnership with Charles B. Down, under the firm name of Down & Butterfield, and engaged in the grocery and provision business in the village of Brighton. December 4, 1893, this firm was dissolved, and since then Mr. Butterfield has conducted the business alone, materially increasing it, adding dry goods, boots and shoes, crockery, etc. A meat market is also connected, making the business now one of general merchandise. He is a member of the I. O. of R. M., and prominently identified with the welfare and advancement of the village and town. December 25, 1891, he married Miss Lena A.. daughter of Norman Peet, of Penfield, and they have one child, Ruth, born December 24, 1893.

Bohachek, Edward, was born in Bohemia in 1852, and came with his parents to America in 1865. He received a public school education in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, married Miss Gertrude Stewart, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and came to Rochester in 1881 and connected himself with the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York as general agent for Monroe, Orleans and Livingston counties, which position he efficiently fills at the present date. Mr. Bohachek is a member of the I. O. O. F., and deputy grand chief of the A. O. F. of A. of the State of New York.

Elwood, Frank Worcester, was born in Rochester, N.Y., April 4, 1850. His father, Isaac R. Elwood, was a law partner of Judge Henry Selden in Rochester for many years and clerk of the State Senate two terms about 1847-48; was one of the founders of the Western Union Telegraph Company and its secretary and treasurer at the time of his death in 1863. The family is of German origin, one branch settling in England many generations ago. To this branch belonged Thomas Ellwood, a Quaker, and a friend of and for a time a reader to the blind poet, Milton. Mr. Elwoods paternal great-grandfather, a mason by trade, came to America in 1748 and settled in the Mohawk valley. His old stone house near St. Johnsville, N.Y., still stands to attest his handiwork. The spelling of the family name underwent the variations of Ellwoode, Ellwood, and Elwood. The history of John R. Elwoods maternal ancestors in America is tragic. In 1728, during the "Old French War" the commandant of Fort Herkimer issued a call to the settlers to gather at the fort. Mrs. Bell, his grandmother, was accidentally left unwarned. Her family was surprised by the Indians and her husband and three children killed, one, an infant, having its brains dashed out in her presence. She was struck down, scalped, her nose nearly cut off, and left for dead. She was enciente, and for many weeks lay at the point of death. Her then unborn child was in process of time a mother, and her child was Mr. Elwoods mother. F. W. Elwood was educated in private schools. At the age of fourteen he went abroad and spent two years in studying Italian, French, and German. Returning to America he continued his studies under various eminent teachers, entered Hobart College at the age of nineteen, and left at the end of his sophomore year to enter Harvard College, from which he was graduated as A.B. in 1874. During his student life he was a member of a number of college societies. He received the degree of L.L.B. from Columbia College in 1877, was admitted to the bar the same year, and practiced law in the office of Judge Danforth in Rochester till 1879, when he erected the Elwood Memorial building as a memorial to his father. He was engaged in the stock brokerage business under the firm name of Frank W. Elwood & Co. from 1881 to 1884, inclusive, when he resumed the practice of his profession and the care of his real estate, which he has since continued. Mr. Elwood was formerly president of the Rochester Club, and is now vice-president of the Rochester Historical Society, a member of the board of managers of the Genesee Valley Club, vestryman of St. Pauls Episcopal church, trustee of the Riverside Cemetery Association and of the Chamber of Commerce, and member of the Board of Park Commissioners. In 1885 he married Frederica H., daughter of Frederick Pumpelly, of Owego, Tioga county, and they have one daughter, Dorothy

Graham, Merritt E., M. D., son of Gilbert, was born in Italy, Yates county, N.Y., September 21, 1855, was graduated from the Seminary at Lima, NY in 1874, and entered the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating as the head of his class in 1878. He began the practice of his profession at Clifton, Monroe county, but soon located in Brockport, where he remained twelve years. Desiring a larger and more congenial field of labor he removed to Rochester in 1890, where for the past five years he has been surgeon to the Hahnemann Hospital. He has been eminently successful both as surgeon and physician. For six years he has served as coroner of Monroe county. He is also a member of many of Rochesters more prominent social and fraternal organizations and examiner for several insurance companies. In 1877 he was married to Miss Fannie Carden, of Ann Arbor, Mich.

Grant, Rolla C., M. D., was born in 1854 in Rome, N. Y., where he received his early education. At the age of nine he removed with his parents to Auburn, N. Y., where he attended the high School, and where he studied medicine in the office of Dr. Charles E. Swift. He was graduated from the New York Homeopathic College and hospital in 1879, took a post graduate course at the medical department of the University of Boston, and commenced the practice of his profession in Portsmouth, N. H. After four years of active work there he removed to Rochester, where he has practiced successfully. In 1881 Dr. Grant married Miss Isabel Roberts, of Portsmouth. He is a member of the International Hahnemann Association, the Central New York Homeopathic Society, of which he was president one year (1893-4) and vice-president two years the Rochester Hahnemann Society, and of the staff of the Rochester Hahnemann Hospital, and has been physician to Windsor Lodge, Sons of St. George, since its organization in 1886.

Eastman, George, was born at Waterville. Oneida county, N.Y.. July 12, 1854, and moved with his parents to Rochester in 1861. He attended the public schools until fourteen years of age when he entered the insurance office of Cornelius Waydell. He was afterwards employed in the insurance office of Messrs. Buell & Brewster and later Buell & Hayden and in 1877 entered the Rochester Savings Bank as bookkeeper. where he remained until 1881. While in the banking business Mr. Eastman spent all his leisure experimenting in photographic processes and finally began the manufacture of dry plates in the Martin block on State street. This was in 1880. Since then the business has extended to a general line of photographic goods and has steadily grown until it is probably the largest of its kind in the world. It is now carried on by the Eastman Kodak Company, a corporation of which Mr. Eastman is treasurer and general manager. The general offices are located at the corner of Voght and State streets in this city and the works at Kodak Park, in the town of Greece. Mr. Eastman is the pioneer of the photographic business in this section; he is the originator of the phrase, "You press the button, we do the rest,"" and inventor of the kodak and other photographic apparatus and processes.

Padiera, Dr. George W., was born in Prussia, September 28, 1837, and, after passing successfully through all the branches of the common schools of his native country he became a student in the medical department of the University of Breslau, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1863. After passing the State examinations he began the practice of his profession in Germany. Later he entered the Prussian army and acted as surgeon in the Austrian and Prussian war, where he remained until the close of that conflict in 1866. He then practiced in Breslau until 1870, when he came to America and took up his residence in Rochester, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society and one of the leading physicians of the city.

Allen, Frederic P., was born in Rochester N Y.. and has been identified with the banking interests of this city for twenty-five years. He held the position of teller in the Traders National Bank for more than ten years, and since 1888 has been cashier of the German American Bank. He is also treasurer of the Rochester Railroad Company, the Rochester and Irondequoit Railroad Company, the Rochester Savings and Loan Association, and the Rochester State Hospital, commissioner of the Sinking Fund of the city of Rochester, and one of the managers of the Genesee Valley and Country clubs. In 1874 he married Miss Caroline Clarke, daughter of the late Hon. Freeman Clarke, of Rochester.

Everest, Charles Marvin, was born in Wisconsin, December 25, 1852, and received his first schooling in South Cleveland, Ohio. He removed with his father to Rochester in May, 1865, where he attended No. 13 school and Free Academy, also receiving a partial course in the University of Rochester. In 1868 he first entered the employ of the Vacuum Oil Company and has been vice-president and treasurer since 1879. His father, Hiram B., was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., in 1830, and was graduated from Middlebury Academy. He then went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the nursery business, remaining until 1856, when he removed to Cleveland, Ohio. There he purchased a tract of woodland, built a saw mill, and engaged in the lumber business. In 1865 he came to Rochester, his father, Joseph Everest, coming from Wyoming county about the same time; he became interested in the experiments of Mr. Ewing, which led to the organization of the Vacuum Oil Company in 1866. In 1878 Mr. Everest sr., leased a large tract of land in Wyoming county, which included the farm and birthplace of his father, and drilled for oil. Instead of oil he discovered salt, the large salt industry of Western New York resulting. He retired from active business in 1879, and removed to Denver, Col., afterwards removing to Riverside, Cal., at which place he planted and is now cultivating the largest grove of navel oranges in the world. known as the "Everest Ranch," consisting of 100 acres. In 1894 he picked 27,000 boxes, or ninety car-loads of fruit. His father, Joseph Everest, was born at Salisbury, Conn., emigrated to this State when quite young, and was one of the early settlers of Western New York. Mr. Everest is a descendant of Andrew Everest, of York, Maine, about 1650.

Paine, L. C. - The Paine Drug Company, the oldest drug house in Rochester, was founded in 1820 by William Pitkin, who was succeeded by L. B. Swan. Messrs. Lane & Paine became the proprietors in 1852, and in 1878 the style of the firm was changed to C. F. Paine & Co. ln 1878 the concern removed to its present location, 24 and 26 East Main street, and early in 1895 the Paine Drug Company was organized, being composed of Messrs. L. C. Paine, C. D. Van Zandt, and W. R. Barnum. The premises occupied by this leading establishment are worthy of its fame, comprising the spacious four-story and basement brick and stone building with stone front, 30 by 100 feet. The establishment is thoroughly stocked on every floor with a complete line of goods pertaining to the drug trade.

Ludolph, Andrew, was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 16, 1864, When a few months old his father died and Mr. Ludolph was adopted by the late Colonel Klinck, with whom and with other members of the family he lived until seventeen years of age. He attended No. 15 school, and in 1887 began the study of law in the office of Satterlee & Yeoman. He was admitted to the bar at the Rochester General Term in October, 1891. In the spring of that year he was appointed managing clerk in the city attorneys office and filled that position for two years, when he entered into partnership with Arthur Warren, under the firm name of Ludolph & Warren, for the general practice of law, with offices in the Granite building. He is a member of Yonondio Lodge, No. 163, F. & A. M., and for several years was prominently connected with the Rochester Athletic Club.

Allen, Charles M., was born in Rochester, N. Y., October 9, 1845, and was graduated from the Rochester High School in 1863, at which time he entered the University of Rochester, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1867. He then attended the Law School of Philadelphia for one year. when he commenced the study of law in the office of Hon. William Farrer, of Rochester. He was admitted to the bar at the Rochester General Term in December, 1868, and immediately began the practice of his profession. The has since been in constant and successful practice in this city, and has been attorney for the Genesee National Savings and Loan Association since March, 1892. This association was incorporated in March, 1891, and considering its age has developed into one of the most extensive and successful fiduciary organizations in the State, representing a subscribed capital stock of $2,000,000. Mr. Allen has passed all the chairs in the I. O. O. F., is a member of the Rochester Whist Club and the Bar Association, and has been treasurer of Ideal Union, No. 592, E. A. U., since its inception in 1887. He is the son of the late Newel Allen, D. D. S., the oldest dentist, at the time of his death in 1878,in Western New York.

Forsyth, Daniel W., was born in Caledonia, September 22, 1856. He received his early education in his native town and later became a student at the Genesee Normal School, after which he entered the Bennett Medical College, where, in 1880, he received the degree of M. D. He practiced medicine at Hammond, Indiana, where he was coroner of Lake county in 1878-9, and afterwards at Dowagiac, Mich., where he was elected city treasurer. He then began the study of law. was in 1884 admitted to the bar in Michigan, and two years afterwards, upon examination, became an attorney and counselor-at-law in New York State, located in Rochester, where he has since practiced his profession. He is a member of the law firm of Forsyth Brothers, who have a wide reputation as attorneys. In 1887 he was appointed assistant district attorney of Monroe county, under George A. Benton, district attorney; in 1891 he was nominated and elected school commissioner of the Eighth ward, which office he held until the passage of the Twentieth Ward Bill by the Legislature in 1892, which terminated his service as school commissioner. In the spring of that year he was elected alderman of the Nineteenth ward and served one term. Owing to the inability of his brother, George D. Forsyth, district attorney, he was appointed special district attorney, and acted from January to July, 1895. During that period he had charge of two noted murder trials, that of Gavin, who was charged with the murder of young Abbott at Charlotte, and that of Gallo, the Italian murderer, who was convicted and afterwards sentenced to death.

Atwood, H. Franklin was born in 1850 in Boston, where he attended the public schools for a number of years. He then went to Chicago and entered the insurance business and was rapidly promoted until in 1879 he became general agent in the West for the German Fire Insurance Company, of Rochester, and later was advanced to general adjuster. In 1883 he was elected secretary, which position he still retains. Mr. Atwood is a member of the Monroe Commandery and Hamilton Chapter, Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society of London, England, was two terms president of the Rochester Academy of Science, is vice-president of the Rochester Club, and a member of various other organizations of this city. In 1873 he married Nellie Roberts, of North Wales, and they have three children: Grace F., Isabel, and Edward S., the latter a student at Rochester University.

Cornell, Mrs. Walter. - Walter Cornell was born in Cayuga county, N. Y. in 1842. He came with his parents to Rochester when a boy and later came to Perinton, where he lived with an uncle and worked by the month until 1863, when he enlisted in Co. A, 140th N. Y. Vols. He was wounded in both arms at the battle of the Wilderness, after which he returned to Fairport. In 1869 he bought the farm in Penfield, where he has since been engaged in gardening. Mr. Cornell married Emeline, daughter of Joseph and granddaughter of Patrick Butler, of Fairport. They have one daughter, Louisa M., now Mrs. C. B. Rogers.

Caley, Mrs. Mary G. - The late Thomas Caley was born in the Isle of Man in 1821 and was the son of a clergyman of the Church of England. He was carefully educated with special attention devoted to bookkeeping, but evinced a strong preference for a mechanical trade, and, consequently, took up blacksmithing. When twenty-two years of age he came to Rochester and established a repair shop at Brighton, and acquired some local fame as an expert artificer in metal. He was the founder of the large business now conducted by Caley & Nash. In 1843 he was married to Mary G. Hickok, the daughter of an old Vermont family, and whose father was one of the first settlers of Irondequoit. Their four children are dead. Francis Herschel, the elder, was a member of the 21st New York Cavalry, and was unable to endure the horrors of prison life at Andersonville. He was a young man of especial promise. Thomas Irving, Charles Howard. and an infant daughter, did not survive childhood. Mr. Caley's death occurred October 18, 1884; it was widely mourned and felt to be a personal loss. Upright, honorable, always guided by conscience, stooping to do no wrong would that there were more men like him.

Charlton, John, was born in Wilkshire, England, November 19, 1835. His father Aaron Charlton, was a carpenter and joiner. John was, when a youth, apprenticed to a landscape gardener at one of the great country houses, a premium being paid, and no salary drawn. Alternating between "Langhath House" and the village school, he became master of a fine education and of his business at the same time. He came to America when twenty-one years old. He passed the winter of 1856 at Toronto with some fellow voyagers, and the ensuing spring advertised for a situation and received a reply from George J. Whitney, of Rochester, which resulted in Mr. Charlton being employed by him. Then for four years he was gardener for Joseph Hall, at the expiration of which term, he returned to the land of his birth for a brief visit, spending in that locality the winter of 1861. After returning, he took charge of Mr. Halls gardens and greenhouses until 1865, at which date he established the "University Avenue Nurseries," where he has built up and maintains an enormous business, strictly wholesale in its character. Mr. Charlton came to America with little or no available capital, and his present position is the result and the reward of his own industry and genius. In 1854 he married Sarah McAskae, of Rochester. Their children are: John, Joseph, Fanny, and Margaret. Both sons are now associated with the home business.

Crippin, Mrs. Sarah, is the daughter of John Turner and the widow of Norton R. Crippin, who died July 8, 1890, leaving one son, Norton B., and one daughter, Mary A. Mrs. Crippins father was among the early settlers in the northeastern part of Penfield, where he lived some years before moving to Michigan, where he died. Since the death of her husband. Mrs. Crippin has carried on the farm which Mr. Crippin settled in 18_5.

Craib, James, is of Scottish birth, having been born in Banffshire, in 1833. He was early apprenticed to a gardener at Edinburgh, his father, Charles Craib, having been a seed grower. When twenty-three years of age he sailed for America, having no capital save a few pounds, after paying passage, but the possessor of an indomitable will and a master of the art of landscape gardening. Mr. Craib became a valued employee and associate of the late James Vick, and was for eight years his foreman. He was soon enabled to purchase a small place of his own, and in 1869 came to his present location in Brighton township, but practically within the suburbs of Rochester. Here he has fifteen acres devoted to seed growing and horticulture, contacting largely with Ferry of Detroit and other firms of national renown. Surrounded by the fruits of his own toil and skill, he may indeed he called the architect of his own fortune.

Clark, George W., was born in Penfield in 1831, son of Alpheus, and grandson of Calvin Clark, who settled in Penfield in 1800. Mr. Clarks mother was Rhoda, daughter of Libeus Ross, also an early settler. The Clark family have been among the prominent families of the town for nearly a century, the men being noted for their integrity and public spirit. Mr. Clark was the first assessor of the town and was supervisor for several years, and in 1893 was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He has always been engaged in farming.

Carpenter, Lewis B., was born in Chili, December 8, 1850, son of John H., whom was a native of Vermont and came to Monroe county in 1830, settling at Pittsford. He afterwards came to Chili and engaged in farming, purchasing 150 acres on the banks oof the Genesee River. John H. held numerous town offices. justice of the peace, town clerk, etc. He married first, Mary Knapp, by whom he had one son, Lewis. Lewis Carpenter is among the prominent farmers of Chili. He was supervisor from 1888 to 1891. He was also assessor for a number of years. He is a member of the County Democratic Committee and chairman of the town Democratic Committee. He is also a member of the F. & A. M. Yonondio Lodge 163 of Rochester and a Knight Templar. Mr. Carpenter married, first, Emily Worcester, by whom he had two children John H. and Mary E. He afterwards married Libbie Trott, by whom he has one soon, Lewis B.

Curtis, James. - Philander Curtis son of Zacharia Curtis was born March 14, 1790, and died March 21, 1860. Ho was born in Vermont, but at an early date came to Camillus, N. Y. from which town Philander came to Parma. He became a successful farmer and accumulated a large property, having 325 acres of land. He furnished means to build one-half of the M. E. Church at North Parma and his house was the customary home of all itinerant preachers. In Camillus Mr. Curtis married Laura Goodrich, by whom he had these children: Harriet, who married William Foster; Charles, who lived and died in Parma; Nancy, who married Elias Curtis; and Caroline, who married Jacob Riker. His first wife died May 1, 1825, and August 14. 1825, Mr, Curtis married Catherine Scofield, by whom he had four children Philander, Benjamin,. Laura, and James. James was born September 3, 1843, and has always lived on the same farm, which is one of the best in Parma. He began raising high grade stock ten years ago. July 14, 1864, James Curtis married Emily L., daughter of J. Milton Webster of the Ridge. They have four children: Milton, Fred W., Albert B., and one other whom died in infancy. John Milton Webster was a native of Connecticut, born in March, 1810. and coming to Parma at the age of twenty-one. In Onondaga county he married Rebecca Mead, by whom he haol these children: Amelia, Jane, Charles M., Polly L., Mary, Ida J., John M., and Edmund D. Mr. Webster died August 20, 1885, and his wife, April 22, 1880.

Chase, James Darwin, son of James Chase, was born where he now lives, August 1, 1843, and with the exception of about two years spent in Iowa, he has always lived in Parma. His whole life and effort has been devoted to farm work and substantial success has been its result. Mr. Chase has been excise commissioner. He is a member and one of the deacons of the Christian Church. Mr. Chase has been twice married, his first wife being Rosetta, daughter of Henry Miller, of Greece, by whom he had one son, Frank E., now in the West. His wife died in 1872, and on March 25, 1874, Mr. Chase married Eunice Gallup of Maine, Broome county. Six children have been born of this union, three of whom are now living.

Collins, J. Byron. - Calvin Collins was one of the pioneers of the Ridge in Parma and was for many years one of the leading men of the town. He came from Litchfield, Conn., in 1814 and settled where his grandson, J. Byron Collins, now lives. He cleared and owned some 600 acres. His wife, whom he married in 1814, was Clarissa Guild, and their children were: John H., April 19, 1817, died October 4, 1894; Eliza, married William Stebbins. Cicero, was in the south and conscripted into the Confederate Service, escaped into Mexico, then went to Wisconsin where he now lives; Lovinia, married Darius Kendall, lives in Colorado; Tyranus died in Holley; and Byron, now in California. John H. always lived in Parma and became a successful farmer and extensive produce dealer. He was unfortunate in business and his fortune was wrecked. However, assisted by his sons, he recovered much of his lost ground, but he never lost his standing or good name in all his long career. His wife was Sarah M. Talmadge, whom he married February 18, 1843. Their children were: Irving, now in Minnesota; Samuel B., in Jackson, Mich. ; William A., and Mary J., both of whom died young; Gertrude, wife of O. B. Wood, of Ogden ; Franklin T., in Minnesota; James Byron, of Parma; and Charles H., of Parma Corners. James B.. who lives on the old farm, married Mary E. Davis by whom he has one child, Gertrude. Levi Talmadge came from Connecticut previous to 1812 and kept a log hotel at the Corners and owned the four corners. Alva Talmadge was also from Connecticut and was a carpenter. He died in 1876 and his wife in 1891. She was Mary Whitcomb, and their children were Sarah, who married John M. Collins; and Ferdinand, now in Battle Creek, Mich.

Clark, Francis, was born on the Clark homestead, September 21, 1830, a son of John, a native of Vermont, whom came from Madison county to Monroe in 1802, and settled on the farm where his son now resides. This property has been in the possession of the family for eighty-two years. John Clark married Rhoda Church, and his death occurred in 1856 in his seventy-sixth year. Francis Clark was educated in the public schools and in 1852 married Mary, daughter of Joseph Parker, by whom he has two children: Frederick and Mrs. Julia Fowler. Our subject is a practical and successful agriculturist.

Cook, R. J., was born in Sweden, July 21, 1829, a son of Justus Cook, a native of Madison county. who came from there in 1815 with an ox team, making the journey in a week. He married Elizabeth Bryant, and became a prosperous farmer. He took an active interest in the development of his town, and his death occurred in 1878 in his seventy-ninth year. R. J. Cook was educated at Brockport. after which he took up farming. In 1876 he married Imogene Capen, who died in 1879, and for his second wife he married Laura Burritt, daughter of Benjamin Sheldon. Our subject has taken an active interest in all local affairs for the development of his town.

Crary, Eli, was born in Sweden, this county, December 29, 1823, a son of Ephraim Crary, who was born in Albany and came to Monroe county in 18_9. He married Margaret Wetzel, and always followed agriculture. Eli Crary was educated in the common schools, which he has added by reading and observation, and like his father has engaged in farming. In 1854 he married Susan W., daughter of Isaac Houston, and they have these children: John H., Jay, and Henry. Mr. Crary occupies a prominent position among the farmers of this locality.

Castle, Isaac, was born in Roxbury, Conn., in 1787, and came with his brothers, Samuel and Abram, to Parma in 1810, in which town all were pioneers. Isaac served in the War of 1812, and was in all respects a worthy and loyal citizen. In 1833 he built the cobble house, now occupied by his son. Isaac married Laura Williams, and had ten children: Darwin S., John W., Orsamus A., Andrew J., Isaac M., Francis A., Laura L., Esther J., Rebecca, and Louisa M. In early life Isaac taught school in Parma, but chiefly followed agriculture. He died in 1875 and his wife in 1871. Darwin S. was born in Parma July 7, 1818, and is now among the oldest men in the town, perhaps the very oldest native here. He has accumulated a comfortable fortune and enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. In 1842 he married Emily R. Foster, by whom he had three children: Henry C. and Althea A., both of whom died in infancy; and Charles Edson, who lives on the homestead with his father. Mrs. Castle died October 16, 1891. Mr. Castle has been for many years a member of the M. E. church, and also its trustee for several years. Charles B. Castle was born January 18, 1863, and in 1887 married Ella B. Williams of Parma. They have one child.

Cromwell, James, was born in New York city, October 11, 1789, where he lived till 1823, doing a successful grocery business. On account of his large family of sons, however, he determined to take up farm life, and accordingly bought the David Corser farm in Ogden comprising 207 acres of good land, to which he brought his family, and in 1825 erected the large brick house now owned and occupied by his son Gilbert. Mr. Cromwell died on the old place March 8, 1870, and his wife January 2, 1868. Their children were Oliver, William Mary A., Bogart, Sally, George, Matilda, Margaret, James, Henry, John, Sally 2d, and Elizabeth. Gilbert was born October 24, 1834, on the farm he now owns, and with the exception of about five years has always lived there. He has led a quiet life, taking no part in he more active politics of his town. In 1869 he married Sarah Bradley, and has had two children, Frank and Maude. Samuel B. Bradley was born in Westmoreland Oneida county, and settled in Parma in 1820. He was a graduate of Union College, and read medicine with Dr. Seth Hastings of Clinton, N. Y., then came to Parma two years later, however, going to Canada, where he became a famous scholar, being conversant with Latin Greek, Hebrew, and many of the modern languages. He was also a prominent botanist, and an authority on many of the leading questions of the day. He was elected to the Assembly in 1823. He finally settled in West Greece, from which point he practiced medicine many years, dying October 3, 1880. His first wife was Cornelia Bradley, and his second was Sarah Bartlett Crane, who bore him three children: Cornelia, William, and Sarah.

Cox, Francis E., was born in the town of Rush, June 6, 1838, a son of Darius Cox, a native of Wheatland, born in 1809, whose father was Isaac Cox, of Dutchess county, who was born in 1786. The latter was a son of Samuel Cox. The family traces its ancestry back to 1640, when three brothers of the name came from Ireland. These were unusually stalwart men, over six feet tall, and well fitted to cope with the new country. Isaac, grandfather of our subject, came to this county in 1800, and followed farming and milling in Scottsville, where he owned considerable real estate. He donated the property used and known as the Cox Cemetery in Wheatland. His wife was Anna Shadbolt, a native of Westchester county, born in May, 1788 a daughter of Darius and Martha Shadbolt, who came to Monroe county in 1805. The father of our subject was a farmer, and spent most of his life in Livingston county. He married Sarah Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, and their children were Helen, Francis, George, Angeline, Cortez, and Isaac. He died in 1884, and his widow, now aged ninety, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Budlong of this town. Francis E. remained at home until the age of twenty-eight, when he removed to his present farm of 125 acres, and has since been actively engaged in general farming. In 1864 he married Henrietta Harris, of Putnam county, and their children are Lewis M., Walter S., and Robert B.

Conster, Bladwin, was born in Germany, and came to America in 1833. He resided in Rochester until 1865, then removed to Webster and bought the farm where he has since lived, engaged in general farming. He is the father of these children: Joseph H., Jacob H., Lewis B., Caroline M., wife of Peter Klein, who hives on the farm with her father.

Cowles, J. B., M. D., of Fairport, was born at Windham, Greene county. His father, Norman Cowles, was a furniture dealer of Rochester, where his son, the subject, was educated at the old Rochester High School. His medical studies began with Dr. Hoyt of Palmyra, with whom he remained three years then took a course of lectures at Ann Arbor. Mich. After some practice he took a postgraduate course at Long Island Hospital College in 1878, since which he has practiced at Fairport, making a specialty to some extent of the diseases of women and children. Dr. Cowles is a staunch Republican, an Odd Fellow and a Mason.

Crocker, A. J., born at Sardinia, Erie county, May 2, 1839, son of Philander C. Crocker, received his education at Marion Collegiate Institute, and his first business venture was as a traveling confectioner, in which he continued ten years. In 1884 be located on the Bostworth farm and has developed a talent for successful farming, the more noteworthy because of the widespread depression that industry has suffered. December 27, 1866, he married Emily L. Atwood of Marion.

Colby, Ephraim, and Mary, his wife, were among the pioneers of Ogden, the former born in 1747 and the latter in 1745. Their children were Ephraim, Mary, Zacheus, Mary 2d, Abraham, Isaac, Timothy, Eastman and Merrill. Col. Eastman Colby, frequently mentioned in Ogden town history, was one of the foremost men of the town, and received his title from service in the State militia during 1812. He married Hannah Niles, and their children were Harriet, Eastman, jr., Amos N. Hannah M., Edward H., Charles, Abram and Sarah. Of these Harriet, Eastman and Charles are deceased. Colonel Colby was horn in New Hampshire in 1785 and died in 1859. His wife was born in 1794 and died in 1860. The family settled on Colby street, north of where E. H. Colby now lives. The latter was born in his present home February 4, 1827, and has always lived in this immediate vicinity. He has followed agriculture, has always been interested in public affairs, and is a firm but conservative Republican. For thirty-five years he has been an active member and trustee of the Baptist church. In 1848 he married Sarah, daughter of William Webster, the latter a member of one of the pioneer families of this region, and they have had these children: Harriet, wife of Louis M. Millener; Frances, wife of A. D. Preston; George E., Ella, wife of Lewis W. Adams, and William W., all of Ogden.

Buckland, Leonard, than whom no man living in the town of Brighton can claim a longer residence, was born at Phelps, N. Y., in 1811, his parents removing to Brighton three years later. His father was Abner Buckland, from Hebron, Conn., who settled at Phelps in 1804. Of six sons and one daughter, Leonard is the sole survivor. For forty years he was a brick manufacturer, besides having large farming interests, and being a contracting builder in Rochester. Always a Republican, his life has been too busy for political affairs. Mr. Buckland was first married in 1834, and his three daughters, Almira, Edna, and Harriet, are married and residents of Brighton. He has also one son, Warren C. He has lived for sixty years on the same farm, and his personal reminiscences are naturally interesting. He distinctly recollects Sam Patch's acrobatic feats of 1825.

Burritt, Isaac, a native of Connecticut, came to Chili in 1816 bringing with him his young wife, and took up land in the town. In 1852 he removed to Ogden, living for a time at Spencerport. but later returned to Chili, where he died. His children were John, born in 1815, who died in the West Indies in 1835; Augusta, who married Dr. Joseph Bangs; James, deceased; Leonard, of Ogden; Ann, who married H. D. Vroom; Isaac, who died in Texas; Chauncey, also deceased. Leonard, was born in Chili, February 14, 1828, was educated in Riga Academy, and in Berkshire, Mass. He made his own way in life after reaching eighteen, and for a time resided in Michigan. In 1852 he returned to Ogden where his father lived, and here he has since resided. He has served as assessor, collector of government taxes, in 1871-3 was member of assembly; and from 1881 to 1889 was supervisor of this town. His has been an active political career, and a successful one. For forty years he has been a member of the Presbyterian church, as has also his wife. In 1856 Mr. Burritt married Sophronia, daughter of Horatio Davis, of Riga. and they have three children: Chauncey now La Peer, Mich. ; William I., of Rochester, and Horatio, of this town.

Burns, Capt. William H., was born in the town of Murray May 29, 1842, a son of Walton Burns, who came to the town of Sweden in 1812 with his father, Robert Burns. Walton married Hannah, daughter of Isaac Smith, who was a pioneer of Orleans county. William H. was educated in the common schools, and is a self-made man. In 1864 he married Laura Page, who died in 1866, and in 1867 he married Sophia Barrett, and they have seven children: Willard K., Henry A., Edward C., Mrs, Laura L. Townsend, Grace L., Alice M., and Bessie C. In 1869 he engaged in the hardware business at Leslie, Mich., then removed to Lansing, and sold musical instruments. In 1878 he returned to Murray and engaged in the real estate business, coming to Brockport in 1888, where he engaged in the steamboat business, at present owning and controlling a number of boats plying from Rochester to Buffalo. Our subject is one of the enterprising men of his town.

Bellinger, Charles H., was born in Clarkson, February 18, 1839, a son of John F. Bellinger, who came from Herkimer county to Clarkson in 1825. The latter married Ann Marcellus, and took a prominent part in the affairs of his town, and was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He died in 1885, in his eighty-second year. Charles H. was educated at the academy at Clarkson, and in 1862 enlisted in Co. A, 140th N. Y. Vols., participating in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and many other engagements of lesser note, receiving an honorable discharge at the close of the war in 1865. In 1893 he established his present business of general merchandise and groceries. In 1874 he married Harriet E. Flint, and has had two children: Frederick A. and Willis A. He has served as assessor and was appointed postmaster in 1893.

Brownson, Isaac, was born in Genesee county in 1819, a son of Gideon Brownson. Mr. Brownson worked in Mendon for some years, and was later engaged in business there. In 1861 he came to Rochester and opened a grocery store on Main street, east of the river. In 1867 he removed to Penfield, and in 1868 opened a store there, and postmaster for thirteen years, after which his daughter filled the office for three years. he has one son, Lewis, and two daughters.

Brailer, Leo, who is a native of Penfield, is one of four sons of Joseph Brailer, who came from Germany in 1857, and settled on a farm. Mr. Brailer is now engaged in the meat market business, having opened a store in 1886. He is also a butcher. He has one son, Louis.

Barker, Albert N., was born in Augusta, Oneida county, January 2, 1839, a son of Milo and Esther Barker. His father, a veterinary surgeon, came to Parma in 1844. Albert resided on a farm until 1872, when he learned the blacksmith trade, which he thereafter followed until his retirement in 1891. In 1861 Mr. Barker enlisted in Co. M, 3d N.Y. Cavalry, and served three years. He was present at the first attack on Petersburg in 1864. While on the Wilson raid Mr. Barker was wounded in the hip, and confined to the hospital for a month. He was mustered out at Suffolk, Va., in 1865. Returning home he resumed farming, but later spent three years in the oil regions. Since his retirement from blacksmithing he has dealt in agricultural implements. He has taken a prominent part in local politics, having served as justice of the peace and justice of sessions. October 17, 1893, he assumed the duties of postmaster of Spencerport. He is a Mason, a member of the G.A.R., of the A.O.U.W., and is serving his second term as village trustee. In 1861 Albert N. Barker married Mary J. Hinton, and of their five children two survive: George C.and Sarah E.

Blackford, Samuel, who for twenty-five years was among Ogdens business men, was born in Worcestershire England, and came to this country at the age of twenty-five. He was a miller by trade, and for a time worked in Rochester, and later worked on the Chapman farm for a time. Still later he came to Spencerport and was employed in the mills there. In 1844 he bought the mill, which he conducted till 1861, when he sold the property and bought a farm, which he operated till 1867, then removed to Greece. He died in Charlotte in 1875. His wife was Amy Jones, also born in England, by whom he had five children: Joseph, Sarah, Matilda, Susan and Jane (deceased). Mr. Blackford returned to England in 1850, having sold his mill, but repurchased it on his return to the town. Joseph Blackford was born August 18, 1842, and has always resided in this county, having been for several years an active central figure in business circles. He began business at Town Pump, drilling wells, and his wife taught school there. In 1868 he went to the Genesee country, but returned to Ogden, and after working as a carpenter and well driller, he came to Adams Basin for six years and engaged in the grocery and produce business, when he dropped the grocery business and engaged only in produce, which has since been a leading interest in the town, and by far the most extensive in its locality. The warehouse was built about 1884, and Mr. Blackford became its proprietor in 1894. He has served as constable, collector, overseer of the poor, etc. His first wife was Mary L. Foower (sic.), by whom he had five children. She died in 1883, and in 1884 he married Myra A., daughter of Silas Dole, by whom he has one child.

Bush, Conrad, came from Seneca county to Parma about 1828 with a large family of children, among them Henry, Gilbert, Rachael, Polly, Christopher and Peter, and of these only Gilbert survives. He was born in Seneca county in 1805, and married Mary Holmes. Of their children three grew to maturity: Rebecca A., who married Lewis Ireland; Hannah, wife of Willard S. Peek, and Mary C., who married George D. Kenyon, and resides in California. His first wife died about 1846, and Mr. Bush married, second, Charlotte Brewer, now deceased. Gilbert Bush is a self-educated and well informed man, who by frugality and industry has amassed a good property. He is still active, though ninety years old. Willard S. Peck was born in Lewiston, Niagara county, May 7, 1828, and was a son of Alva and Lovica Peek and the seventh of their nine children. Both parents are now deceased, having died when Willard was but nine. Since that time he has been forced to make his own way in life, and his efforts have been plentifully rewarded. He resided in various towns of this county before settling permanently in Parma, his first farm having been in Clarkson. He now owns and occupies one of the best appointed places in the town. In 1855 he married Hannah Bush, and they have had one child, Fanny Adelia, who died aged nineteen.

Berridge, William R., whose comfortable home and splendid farm are located just east of the village of North Parma, was born in Parma, September 28, 1843, a son of William Berridge, one of Parma's foremost men of his day. William R. was a farmer, and an active and energetic young man, whose career was suddenly cut short in 1879, he having died October 26, of that year. January 1, 1868. he married Bessie White Draffin, daughter of William Draffin, of this town and their children were Marietta, who married Philo P. Clapper, of Parma; Maggie I., and Mabel, who died in childhood. Mr. Berridge is remembered as one of the active young men of Parma, and a leader in the Democratic party. He was a member of the Baptist church.

Bulkeley, H. L., was born in the town of Sweden, January 27, 1848. His father, Guy R., was a native of Genesee county and came to Monroe in 1842. his wife was Elsie A., daughter of Peter Smith. His death occurred in 1889, in his seventy-second year. H. L. Bulkeley was educated in the Brockport Collegiate Institute, and in 1873 married Emeline, daughter of Seth Harris. Our subject is one of the prosperous and successful men of the town.

WILLIAM W. OSGOODBY

One of the men whose inventive faculties have contributed to the distinction of Rochester, and the benefit of all time rest of the world, is William W. Osgoodby, who was born in this city in April, 1834. His original business was printing, but while young he learned stenography and has since improved on the early systems until his method is regarded as one of the best in use. He began the practice of his profession as a stenographer in Michigan, during the Fremont campaign in 1856, and his services as a reporter of speeches have been in demand during every presidential contest since that time. For three terms he was official stenographer of the Michigan House of Representatives. In 1859 he returned to New York and was admitted to the bar. In 1862 he was appointed official stenographer for the seventh judicial district of the Supreme Court, and has held that position ever since. He has been president of the New York State Stenographers' association, and is a foreign associate of the Shorthand society of London. As an inventor of improvements in the art of shorthand writing and as an author of books on the subject his fame is world-wide. Seven editions of his Phonetic Shorthand Manual have been published. Mr. Osgoodby has been a resident of his native city for over thirty years.

GEORGE P. DAVIS

George P. Davis was born in this city February 24, 1838, and is the son of Philander Davis, who came to Rochester from Clairmont, New Hampshire, in 1831. He was educated in the Rochester public schools and in the Free Academy. At the age of twenty-one he entered the army with the rank of lieutenant and served under General Banks in the Department of the Gulf. After his honorable discharge, he engaged with his brother Charles A. in the manufacture of dental goods. The partnership continued for five years, when Dr. Maurice Leyden succeeded Charles A. Davis, and the firm name was changed to Davis & Leyden, which it remained until 1887, since which time Mr. Davis has carried on the business alone and has built up one of the largest dental goods manufactories in the country, his sales rooms occupying numbers 75, 77, 79 and 81 on East Main street, and an annex over 16 State street; his machine shop, No. 125 North Water street, and manufactory on South Water street employ a large number of hands, who turn out the finest mechanical goods in furniture and stock necessary for a dental outfit. In 1860 Mr. Davis was elected supervisor of the Fourteenth ward, and since then he has served as a member of the Board of Education for ten years, serving as chairman of the board one year. Mr. Davis was for twelve years superintendent of the North Street Methodist Episcopal church Sunday-school. He now resides just over the city line in Brighton. Mr. Davis in 1860 married Miss Lorena M. Ball of Spencerport, who died in 1881. Her children are Mrs. Myron T. Bly, Mrs. Howard Moore, of Brooklyn, Miss Frankie M. Davis, Philander J. Davis, in business with his father, and George C. Davis, at school. In 1891 Mr. Davis married Miss Lillie, daughter of the late I. F. Carter.

W. A. STACE

William A. Stace, one of the best known business men of Rochester, was born in London, England, in 1852, and came to this city with his parents in 1855. His father, W. R. Stace, established himself as a merchant tailor on East Main street, and the subject of this sketch, after passing through the public schools, complete mastery of the trade. Father and son were associated in business until the decease of the former, who died in 1874, at the age of forty-nine. W. A. Stace in 1875 located at 82 State street, where he has carried on high-grade merchant tailoring ever since. Rochester contains no more enthusiastic yachtsman than Mr. Stace, nor is his interest in the sport that alone of a sailor. His skill as an amateur designer and builder of yachts is equal to his love for the water and he has sailed many races on Lake Ontario. Mr. Stace is unmarried and lives with his sister at Emerson street. He is a member of Monroe Commandery, No. 12, Knights Templar; and of the Rochester Whist club and the Rochester Yacht club.

CROSMAN BROTHERS

The name of Crosman has for nearly half a century been know to every place on earth where the fame of the Flower city has spread. Charles F. Crosman, who established the seed business in Rochester in 1840, was born in Wilmington, Vermont, in 1802, and from the age of sixteen years lived for nineteen years with the community of Shakers in Columbia county, New York. In 1840 he came to Rochester and established the wholesale and retail seed business now carried on by his sons, Charles W. and George F. Crosman. In 1843 he married Mary L. Wilson of Fenner, New York. When C. F. Crosman died, in 1865, leaving to his minor sons the business which he had established by twenty-five years' work, no one could foresee that in a short time the young men would have fostered their inheritance so successfully that by the time they had reached middle age it would he one of the largest seed houses in the world. But such is nevertheless a fact. His son, Charles Wilson Crosman, was born in Rochester January 13, 1847, and received his education here. On the death of his father, while he was still under age he assumed the management of the business, and the trade now done by Crosman Brothers is the largest in the United States. Mr. Charles W. Crosman was married in 1884 to Josephine, daughter of C. W. Godard of Brooklyn, for many years captain of the Port of New York. He is a life member of the New York State and of the Western New York Agricultural societies, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, is prominent in Masonic circles, and president of the American Seedsmen's Protective league. George Frederick Crosman was born in Rochester in 1851 and was educated here. In 1885, on the death of his father, he took hold with his brother to carry on the business, and by untiring efforts succeeded long since in building up one of the most important interests in the city. Their wholesale and retail seed business is one of the largest in America. At their seed house on Monroe avenue two hundred persons are employed and they have dealings with thirty thousand country merchants. In addition to their Rochester interests they have large establishments at Cobourg and Wellington, Ontario, where large quantities of peas are grown for seed that is sent over the world. Mr. George F. Crosman in 1879 married Ella D., only daughter of Ira Todd of Brighton, New York. She died November 4, 1887, leaving two daughters, Clara M. and Beatrice E. Mr. George F. Crosman is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Masonic fraternity and the Rochester club.