Charles Winslow SMITH, associated with the business interests of Rochester as treasurer of the SHERWOOD SHOE COMPANY, belongs to one of the old New England families, his ancestry being distinctively American in its lineal and collateral lines for many generations. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, June 6, 1880, and was a grandson of Norman SMITH, a native of Connecticut, who was reared in Plymouth, and followed farming as a life occupation. Unto him and his wife were born two sons and a daughter : Charles Wiard SMITH, who has a plantation and extensive lumber interests in Florida; Edward Winslow, deceased; and Jennie, now the wife of Cornelius TERRY, of New York city.

Edward Winslow SMITH was born in Plymouth, Connecticut, where he spent his early life, removing thence to Waterbury, Connecticut, and subsequently to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he was connected with the TERRY CLOCK COMPANY, being engaged in business there as a clock manufacturer until the company sold out, when he removed to East Hampton and engaged in the coal and lumber business. He died there in December, 1904, at the age of fifty-eight years. In early manhood he wedded Jennie WEBB, who was born in Brighton, England, and was a descendant of the Earl of DERWINWATER. Her father, William WEBB, was also a native of Brighton, England, and was connected with the queen's mail service in that country. He came to America about 1859 and engaged in contracting and in brass work in Waterbury, Connecticut, taking the contract for making dies for coining Mexican money. His wife bore the maiden name of Barbara SCOTT and both are still living in Waterbury at the age of eighty-one years. They have a family of one son and three daughters: Jennie, now Mrs. SMITH; Elizabeth, the wife of Albert WATSON, of Ovid, Michigan; William, who is now residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Eva, the wife of W. A. PLUMPTON, of Waterbury. Unto Mr. and Mrs. SMITH were born two sons, Burton Webb and Charles Winslow. The mother is still living, and makes her home with a brother.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. SMITH were members of the Congregational church and he was prominent in community affairs. He held a number of municipal offices, being clerk of the selectmen, city assessor and a member of the town board. He was also chairman of the parish committee and member of several other offices, his influence and labors constituting an important factor in the substantial development of the community along material, intellectual and moral lines. His wife came to America with her parents when a maiden of ten summers and was reared to womanhood in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Charles Winslow SMITH accompanied his parents on their removal from Waterbury to Pittsfield, Connecticut., and afterward to East Hampton, Massachusetts. He prepared for college at Williston Seminary and was graduated from Yale University in 1902, with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He afterward engaged in teaching for two years in Hoosie, New York, and in the fall of 1904 came to Rochester, where he entered the employ of the SHERWOOD SHOE COMPANY. His business capacity, enterprise and laudable ambition gained him recognition and when one and a half years passed he was made treasurer of the company, which is his present official connection therewith. The business of the house is extensive, its output being shipped to all parts of the United States.

On the 28th of September, 1905, Mr. SMITH was united in marriage to Miss Carolyn A. SHERWOOD, a daughter of Frederick A. and Effie C. (DODD) SHERWOOD. The young couple are prominent socially and are active and valued members of the First Presbyterian church. Mr. SMITH is serving at the present writing as superintendent of the Sunday school. He is also a member of the Rochester Tennis Club. Although one of the more recent additions to business circles here, he has already demonstrated his worth to an extent that causes him to be classed with the valued young men of the city.

George A. SMITH is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and sixty-three acres, constituting a model property of the town of Parma. A self-made man, all that he possesses has come to him as the result of his own labors and diligence and his life record may well serve to encourage and inspire others. Born in this locality on the 12th of February, 1857, he is a son of George and Eliza (BERRIDGE) SMITH, both of whom were natives of England. The father came to America when a lad of nine years and settled in the town of Parma, where he died in 1893 after a long residence here, in which he became one of the worthy and respected citizens of his community. His wife was eighteen years of age when she crossed the Atlantic to the new world and at the age of twenty-two she gave her hand in marriage to George SMITH.

Upon the old homestead farm George A. SMITH spent the days of his boyhood and the public schools afforded him his educational privileges. After he had put aside his text-books and started upon his business career he operated his father's farm for four years and then made purchase of a part of his present farm. This was in 1884. He had no capital and had to incur an indebtedness of eight hundred dollars for his team and tools, while he also borrowed three hundred dollars to make his first payment on his place. Hopeful of the future, ambitious to secure success and with strong determination to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path, he started out upon his independent venture, arranging to purchase one hundred and twenty-three acres of land at a cost of thirteen thousand dollars. In the years which have since come and gone he has met with prosperity. He was married on the 3d of November, 1880, to Miss Mary G. LANGTON, who was born in the town of Parma in 1862. He has since provided well for his family, rearing five children and paying more than twelve hundred dollars in educational fees, also investing over three thousand dollars in improvements on the buildings on the place, while three hundred dollars has been put into peach trees. He now has twenty acres of peaches and will set out ten acres more in the spring of 1908. Besides this he has a fourteen acre apple orchard. It required much strenuous labor to bring the field to its present state of fertility and productiveness but for a long period the farm has been a paying property and in 1902 his net profits amounted to more than seven thousand dollars. In 1905 he bought an additional tract of forty acres for twenty-one hundred dollars and was able to pay cash for this. His farm therefore today comprises one hundred and sixty-three acres, in the midst of which stands a fine residence with large and substantial barns, unsurpassed in the locality. The house and barns are supplied with water piped from a spring on the hill. Mr. SMITH has a good bank account at his command and upon his home place is found every modern convenience in the shape of tools and agricultural implements. He has carriages and horses for the use of the family and they are now enabled to live in comfort.

His sons, appreciating what the father has done for them, remain with him upon the home farm. They are following in his footsteps, each having started a bank account of his own. The family numbers five children : Nellie G., born in 1883 ; Oscar B., in 1885; Burton Lloyd, in 1888; George L., in 1893; and Mabel, in 1899. The sons are now of much assistance to the father and are manifesting a spirit of enterprise and progress in carrying on the work of the home place.

Mr. SMITH holds membership in the Baptist church at Parma Corners, in the work of which he is deeply interested, while to its support he contributes generously. For the last twenty years he has been one of the church trustees and is much interested in its development and growth. His political allegiance is usually given to the republican party, although in local affairs he is independent. He is an exceptional man and one who may well serve as an example to the young.

J. Hungerford SMITH, of Rochester, New York, is the founder, promoter and upbuilder of what is today the most extensive and best equipped plant in the world devoted to the preparation of fruits and fruit syrups for soda fountain use. The business is conducted under the name of J. HUNGERFORD SMITH COMPANY. He has displayed in his business career such fertility of resource, marked enterprise and well defined plans as to deserve classification with the "captains of industry" who are controlling the trade relations of the country. Moreover, he is further entitled to distinction from the fact that he is a worthy scion of his race. Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished and happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. The ancestral history of the family to which Mr. SMITH belongs is indeed a creditable one and the record is one of which he has every reason to be proud. The line is traced back to England, as follows:

(I)    Silas SMITH, born and married in England, came to America with the "Plymouth Company" and settled at Taunton, Massachusetts.

(II)    Silas SMITH (2), son of Silas SMITH (1), married Hannah GAZINE, daughter of Daniel GAZINE, who came over with the London Company. Their children were: Isaac; Elijah; Silas; Cornelius; Elkanah; Bial; Samuel; Hannah, who died in Oneida, county, New York; Rachel; and Sally.

(III)    Samuel SMITH, seventh son and child of Silas (2) and Hannah (GAZINE) SMITH, served in the Continental army during the Revolution. He married Abigail WRIGHT, daughter of John WRIGHT, and died at Henderson, New York, April 17, 1827. Their children were : Amasa, who died at the age of one and a half years; Daniel; Mary; Abigail; Sylvester; Lydia; Polly; Samuel, Jr.; Sally; Mercy; Anna; and Amasa (2). Of these children Abigail married Rev. Elisha P. SANGWORTHY, of Ralston Springs, New York; Sylvester married Nancy KNIFFIN, of Rutland, New York, March 19, 1806; Lydia married Sylvester SKELLINGER; Polly married Dr. William PRIEST; Sally married Samuel MILLS; Mercy married Henry MILLARD; Anna married Jonathan RUFF; Amasa (2) married Sally SYKES of Watertown, New York.

(IV)    Daniel SMITH, born in Spencertown, Columbia county, New York, February 26, 1775, was educated in the common schools, was a farmer by occupation and in 1802 came to Ellisburg, Jefferson county, and spent the summer there "clearing lands." In the fall of that year he went to Schuyler, Herkimer county, where he married, and in December, 1803, with his wife and infant daughter, came to Rutland, Jefferson county, and purchased a farm near Burr's Mills. Two years later he moved to Hounsfield, same county, purchased some land and erected a sawmill, the place being known for some time as SMITH'S MILLS, later CAMP'S MILLS. From Hounsfield he returned to Rutland, purchased another farm, built a frame house, where he lived until 1818, when he purchased and removed to a large farm in Rodman, where he spent the remainder of his life, and which is still owned by his descendants. He was a lieutenant in the war of 1812-14, distinguished himself by his bravery at the battle of Sackett's Harbor, when their house was practically a hospital for sick soldiers.

Daniel SMITH married Susan HOLMES, of Keene, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, who, for some time previous to her marriage, lived with her aunt, Mrs. Lucy (HOLMES) WHEELER, wife of John WHEELER, of Keene, New Hampshire. Their children were : Abigail, born November 6, 1803, who passed away March 14, 1854; Laura, who was born January 30, 1805, and died in 1891; an infant son, who was born August 1, 1806, and died the same day; Nancy M., who was born September 1, 1807, and passed away February 1, 1887,; Almira H., whose birth occurred May 2, 1809, and who died December 25, 1896; Daniel, born February 26, 1811, who was called to his final rest December 19, 1813; William P., who was born February 7, 1813, and died January 5, 1899; Daniel, Jr., born March 19, 1815, who passed away August 2, 1896; an infant daughter, who was born April 19, 1817, and died the same day; Susan H., born May 6, 1818; Lucy Ann, whose birth occurred September 15, 1819, and who died March, 1900; Eveline M., born May 2, 1821, who passed away March 13, 1905; Emeline L., born September 10, 1823; Mary M., born May 5, 1825, who died August 14, 1845; Nelson Slater, born July 11, 1827; Martha Jane, born June 19, 1829, whose demise occurred October 12, 1867. Daniel SMITH, Sr., died March 11, 1854. His wife, Susan (HOLMES) Smith, died August 5, 1864.

Thomas HOLMES, father of Susan (HOLMES) SMITH, was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, in 1756, and died in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

The following items were copied from "Record of Connecticut Men" in war of Revolution, State House Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Thomas HOLMES enlisted May 15, 1775, discharged December 17, 1775. Ninth Company, Second Connecticut Regiment, Colonel SPENCER, Captain John CHESTER, of Wethersfield. This regiment was raised on first call for troops by state in April, 1775, marching by companies to the camps about Boston, it took part at Roxbury and served during the siege till expiration of term of service. Detachments of officers and men were in the battle of Bunker Hill and with ARNOLD'S Quebec expedition September to December, 1775. His name appears in list of KNOWLTON'S Rangers, 1776, Connecticut, by Lieutenant Colonel KNOWLTON. He was detached from Wyllys Connecticut regiment and was taken prisoner at surrender of Fort Washington, New York, island, November 16, 1776. Thomas HOLMES, of Wethersfield, sergeant in Captain WHITING'S company, Colonel WEBB'S regiment, enlisted March 1, 1777, for the war. Colonel WEBB'S regiment was one of sixteen infantry regiments raised at large for "Continental Line" of 1777 and served in PARSON'S brigade under PUTNAM the following summer and fall. In October crossed to west side of Hudson and served under Governor CLINTON of New York, for a time. In summer of 1778 was attached to VARNUM'S brigade and went to Rhode Island commended in battle there August 29, 1778. Wintered in Rhode Island, 1778-9. In the fall of 1779 marched to winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey. Assigned to STARK'S brigade at battle of Springfield, New Jersey, June 23, 1780, and during summer served with main army on the Hudson. Thomas HOLMES was sergeant in Captain RILEY'S company, Wethersfield, Third Regiment, Connecticut Line, 1781-83. Recorded as paid from January 1, 1781, to December 31, 1781. Sergeant Thomas Holmes is reported as a Revolutionary pensioner on list of Connecticut pensioners in 1818. His name is among pensioners dated 1832 and recorded as residing in Hartford, Connecticut. His name appears on list of pensioners as returned in census of 1840. Residence, Wethersfield, Connecticut, age eighty-four. His name appears on list of applicants for pension on file in county clerk's office Hartford, Connecticut, residence Wethersfield.

Thomas HOLMES married Tamar HARRIS, and their children were: Sally, who married Eldad GRANGER; Lucy, who became the wife of John WHEELER ; John ; Mary ; Rachel ; Joseph ; Lydia, who married Ashael CLEVELAND, in Buffalo, about 1814; Abigail, who became the wife of Jonathan SLATER, of Champlain, New York; and Susan, who married Daniel SMITH afore mentioned.

(V)    William PREIST SMITH, born February 7, 1813, at Hounsfield, New York, died January 5, 1899. He was educated at Rodman, New York. He was at one time colonel of the old time Thirty-sixth Regiment, New York State Militia, which was composed of men from Jefferson and Lewis counties. After his marriage he removed to St. Lawrence county, engaging in the business of manufacturing lumber, and became the owner of valuable farming and timber land. He served as justice of the peace and supervisor, being chairman of the board of supervisors. Later in life he was for three successive terms elected associate judge of the county court. In politics he was a republican from the very organization of that party, and by his voice, efforts and vote contributed to its success. William P. SMITH married July 9, 1843, Sarah PORTER HUNGERFORD, born April 18, 1823, who traces her ancestry to Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD, who in 1369 purchased from Lord BURGHERSH, Farley Castle, county of Somerset, England, which castle for more than three hundred years continued to be the principal seat of his descendants, down to 1686. Sir Thomas was steward for JOHN OF GHENT, DUKE OF LANCASTER, son of KING EDWARD III, and in the thirty-first year of that king's reign was elected speaker of the English house of commons, being reputed to be the first person chosen to that high office. He died December 3, 1398. His son, Sir Walter, afterward Lord HUNGERFORD, K. G., was the first to 'adopt the crest of a garb, or wheat-sheaf, between two sickles erect, with the motto "Et Dieu Mon Appuy" (God is my support). This has since been the crest of the HUNGERFORD family.

John HUNGERFORD, a lineal descendant of the above named, resided at Southington, Connecticut, where he died December. 24, 1787. He served with distinction in the colonial wars, holding the ranks of ensign, lieutenant and captain. He took an active part in the siege of Crown Point on Lake Champlain. His son Amasa served in the Revolutionary army, participating in the battle of Bennington, where he served as colonel. His son, Amasa, Jr., was the father of Sarah (HUNGERFORD) SMITH, was enrolled as one of the "minute men" in the war of 1812. He resided in Henderson, Jefferson county, New York, and was a prosperous farmer and widely known. At one time he was interested in ship building at Stony Point on Lake Ontario. He died December 18, 1859, aged seventy-nine years.

Mr. and Mrs. William P. SMITH were attendants at the Baptist church. They had eleven children, as follows : Lois Elizabeth married William G. BROWN and passed away December 10, 1882. Amasa Daniel, Chemist and druggist of Manchester, New Hampshire, married Josephine L. JONES on the 18th of September, 1883. Annie Eliza died February 26, 1873. Frances Sally died January 12, 1899. George William, attorney and counsellor at law of Keeseville, New York, wedded Harriet P. WELLS on May 19, 1887. Jay Hungerford, Ph. C., manufacturing chemist, president of J. HUNGERFORD SMITH COMPANY, resides at Rochester, New York. Mary Louise died March 27, 1857. Jennie Venila, of Manchester, New Hampshire, married Edgar Ellsworth CASTOR, May 9, 1894. Joseph Brodie, vice president and general manager of the MANCHESTER TRACTION, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was born April 6, 1861. Frank Robbins, manufacturing chemist of Toronto, Ontario, married Ada Margaret PERKINS, May 6, 1903. May Lillian, of Manchester, New Hampshire, is the youngest member of the family.

J. HUNGERFORD SMITH was born at Fine, St. Lawrence county, New York, February 20, 1855, and after obtaining a common-school, education in Richville, New York, he pursued a course in the HUNGERFORD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE prior to entering the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1877 with the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. In 1880 he entered the wholesale and retail drug business at Ausable Forks, New York, and the enterprise proved a profitable one. His skill and interest in chemistry led him to experimenting with fruit syrups with the idea of improving the various beverages dispensed from the soda fountains, and he thus became the originator of cold process true fruit fountain syrups, now so universally used. He is the recognized authority on fruit syrups in the world and his efforts and experiments have led to a high degree of perfection. Removing to Rochester in 1890, Mr. Smith organized the J. HUNGERFORD SMITH COMPANY and began the manufacture of "True Fruit" syrups, which are today known throughout the world. He has been the president from the beginning and the splendid success of this enterprise, now grown to mammoth proportions, is attributable to his efforts. The syrups have won the highest awards at various expositions and the sale is not confined to this country but includes export trade. The company owns their elegant factory buildings on North Goodman street, having one hundred and fifteen thousand square feet floor space. The plant is splendidly equipped with everything needed to promote perfection in manufacture, and the sales of the house more than double those of any other enterprise of the character in the world.

Mr. SMITH was married on the 17th of May, 1882, to Miss Jean DAWSON, of Ausable Forks, Essex county, New York, a daughter of John A. DAWSON. Their children, six in number, are: James HUNGERFORD, Anna DAWSON, Florence (who died in infancy), Jay Elwood, Lois and Helen HUNGERFORD.

Because of the prominence which Mr. SMITH had attained as a chemist and pharmacist, he was appointed when only twenty-eight years of age one of the five members of the state board of pharmacy and served eight years. He is a republican in politics but without desire for official preferment as a reward for party fealty. Deeply interested in Rochester's welfare and progress, he co-operates with all the progressive movements for municipal improvement instituted by the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a member and trustee, and in other ways gives his aid and influence to the city's development.

He is vice president of Cascade Lakes Club, in Adirondack preserve, director of Masonic Temple Association and president of Masonic Club of Rochester, and one of the best known Masons in this state. He was raised in Richville lodge, No. 633, F. & A. M., in 1880; demitted to Frank R. LAWRENCE lodge, No. 797, in 1892; and served as worshipful master in 1897-8. He is a member of Hamilton chapter, No. 62; Doric council, No. 19, R. & S. M.; Monroe commandery, No. 12 ; and Rochester consistory, S. P. R. S., of which he is now commander in chief. He received the thirty-third degree A. A. Scottish rite September 15. 1896. He has again and again been a member of the grand lodge; was senior grand deacon in 1898; chairman of committee on work and lectures in 1899, introducing two important additions to the monitorial work which are now a part of the ritual. He was commissioner of appeals of the grand lodge, 1905, 1906 and 1907, and has been the grand representative of the grand lodge! of Canada from the grand lodge of New York since April, 1900. He is now a custodian of the work.

His interests are varied and each organization, enterprise or movement with which he becomes connected feels the stimulus of his indefatigable energy and progressive spirit. His opinions carry weight in social, fraternal and political circles and in business life he has attained a measure of success that classes him with New York's most prominent manufacturers.

In the Scottish rite especially, his dramatic ability has had free scope and won ready and glad acknowledgment. Many of its degrees have been illuminated by a new meaning because of his talent in adding those details which are not to be found in rituals - but in the master mind. Under his administration the rite has grown not only in numbers but its personnel has taken on a luster which shines throughout the state, judges, lawyers, clergymen and physicians have been led to give him such a support as has lifted Scottish rite Masonry in one empire jurisdiction into a prominence that has demanded and received a fitting recognition.

His administration has opened the way for Masonic advancement and Masonic distinction. The lines of national boundaries have been wiped out, and Mr. SMITH has received well merited honors from the official leaders in the grand lodge of Canada, bearing the title and consequent honors of grand representative. Masonry counts him one of her most highly esteemed sons and Masonry has written his name on the pages of her history in characters that time cannot fade nor years forget.

A life of activity crowned with honors and successes constitutes the record made by J. Moreau SMITH, president of the ROCHESTER TRUST & SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY. He has a clear and comprehensive mind and is able not only to conceive great projects but also to execute well directed plans, as is evidenced by the fact that he is today at the head of the largest institution of the kind in the state of New York outside of New York city. His entrance into business life was characterized by no specially advantageous circumstances but the recognition of the opportune moment and the improvement of advantages such as come to the great majority have enabled him to make steady advance until Rochester numbers him among its most prominent financiers, while in banking circles throughout the state he is well known.

Mr. SMITH was born in Burlington, Otsego county, New York, October 17, 1829, his parents being Robert HARTWICK and Harriet (WATSON) SMITH. His father was born in Massachusetts and there married Miss WATSON, who belonged to one of the most prominent pioneer families of New England, her father being Joseph WATSON. The family is also closely connected with the SARGENT family descended from William SARGENT, who came from England in 1638 and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Her father was one of the Revolutionary heroes, who, at the outbreak of the war, participated in the opening battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. The family removed from Burlington to Nassau, Rensselaer county, New York, during the early childhood of our subject, and the father was there connected with a cotton mill. When his son was only seven years of age he removed to Orleans county, where he was engaged in farming until the death of his wife about two or three years later. She was born December 20, 1801, gave her hand in marriage to Robert H. SMITH on the 28th of December, 1823, and died on the 12th of February, 1838. After the death of his wife Mr. SMITH removed to Michigan and spent his last days in Marshall, that state.

Owing to his mother's early death J. Moreau SMITH spent the period of his boyhood with an uncle in Buffalo, where he attended the common schools prior to continuing his education in the academy at Albion, Orleans county. He entered business life in connection with merchandising and was thus engaged until 1857, when he was elected deputy clerk in the general assembly. Later he did clerical work in the comptroller's office under Sanford E. CHURCH, who subsequently became chief justice of New. York. He was married on the 20th of November, 1861, to Miss Helen Estelle HERRICK, a daughter of Dr. Lewis R. HERRICK of Albany, and soon afterward joined his father-in-law in the manufacture of proprietary goods. His continuance in that business covered the period until April, 1869, when he left Albany for Rochester.

Throughout the period of his residence in the latter city he has figured in financial circles, and various banking and moneyed institutions have felt the stimulus of his sound judgment and careful direction. He aided in incorporating the EAST SIDE SAVINGS BANK, of which he became a director, and he was president of the old SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, the predecessor of the ROCHESTER TRUST COMPANY. He served on the committee which secured an amended charter for the company in 1884. This was before the enactment of the new law concerning corporations, when charters were obtained by special act, and that of the trust company became a perpetual one-a valuable requisite for such a company. From the beginning success has attended the ROCHESTER TRUST & SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY. Steadily it has advanced in public favor, its patronage continually growing until it now stands first among the trust companies in the Empire state outside of the metropolis. In relation of capital to surplus it ranks tenth in the United States in a list of over five hundred institutions - a record which certainly reflects credit upon those who manage its business affairs. The deposits have now reached the sum of ten million dollars. The building occupied by the company is one of the finest in the city and was erected and opened for business on the 5th of June, 1888.

While varied and important financial affairs have largely claimed the time and energies of Mr. SMITH his interest has centered in his home, but on the 21st of March, 1901, the death of his wife occurred. Two sons survive: V. Moreau, who is secretary of the TRUST COMPANY; and L. Walton, who is a shoe manufacturer of Rochester. The family have a beautiful home at No. 227 East avenue.

In his social relations Mr. SMITH is connected with the Genesee Valley Club and through a long period he has been senior warden of Christ Episcopal church, of which he is a most helpful member. He is a pleasant and affable gentleman and a stranger in his presence soon feels perfectly at ease. Close application to all the details of his business, strong executive force and remarkably keen discernment have enabled him to reach the position - conceded to him by all - that he occupies as a leading financier of Rochester.

Frederick G. CUMMINGS, founder, promoter and owner of the ROCHESTER MOULDING WORKS, was born at Stony Point in Rockland county, New York, on the 26th of April, 1867, and is a son of Charles Moody and Alma (GOODSPEED) Cummings. The mother is now deceased while the father resides in New Jersey and has retired from business life. The two sisters of the family are Miss E. M. CUMMINGS and Mrs. Blanche DUMPHY.

Following the removal of the family to Brooklyn, New York, in his early childhood, Frederick G. CUMMINGS pursued his education in the schools of that city and when a young man came to Rochester, where he learned the trade of manufacturing picture moulding, serving a regular apprenticeship thereto. In 1900 he established the ROCHESTER MOULDING WORKS, of which he is the sole proprietor and has built up a very large and profitable business in his line as a manufacturer of all kinds of picture frames and mouldings, his trade covering the entire United States. He employs from twenty-five to thirty skilled workmen and his output finds a ready market in various parts of the country.

In 1901 Mr. CUMMINGS was married at Little Falls, New York, to Miss Helen E. WALRATH and they now have one son, Frederick W., born in Rochester. In politics Mr. CUMMINGS is an earnest republican. He has no fraternal or secret society affiliations, but in the community where the greater part of his life has been passed is recognized as a sound business man, having many friends both in social and in business circles though he does not court popularity in either, high regard being given him in recognition of his sterling qualities.

William H. COOLEY, well known throughout the city as the successful patent solicitor and mechanical and electrical expert, was born in Brockport, New York, June 22, 1852. The family had for generations settled around what is now Brockport. The great-great-grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandmother of our subject are buried in the East Sweden cemetery, while the grandfather, grandmother, father and mother are laid to rest in the Brockport cemetery. They were all long-lived, many of them living to the age of eighty and ninety years. The grandfather and the father, Levi, Jr., were both contractors, the latter being the architect for the original building of the State Normal School at Brockport. The father died of typhoid fever when a young man. The mother, Elizabeth Mabel (STORY) COOLEY, a near relative of the late Judge STORY, was a well known musician, who died in 1894. Three of the five children born to this union died in infancy. The two living are B. Frank COOLEY, now connected with Brown's Business College in Brooklyn, New York, and William H. COOLEY.

William H. COOLEY was educated in the State Normal School of Brockport. At the time of his father's death he was studying in the University of Rochester, but was obliged before completing the course to leave in order to close his father's business, a task which took several years. During this time he pursued the study of law, and, although he has never taken the examination for admission to the bar, he could have taken it and been admitted. He is so well posted in legal matters that he can settle many questions at law as well as the best attorneys. Having won as a boy in an important case of a patent that was pending in Washington he became so interested in the law pertaining thereto that he concluded to devote his energies to the special practice of patent law. His offices are in the Powers building, and he has built up a large and ever-increasing clientage. He is also an inventor and expert on mechanical and electrical appliances, having some forty or fifty inventions, many of which he has patented and are now in use. So efficient is his service in this business that he is often called to New York city, Washington, D. C., and elsewhere as an expert in his special field.

On December 11, 1888, occurred his marriage to Miss Augusta H. HARRISON, a native of Ontario. He is a member of the International Inventors' Congress and the Society of the Genesee and the Rochester Chamber of Commerce.

There is no better criterion concerning the life and work of any individual than his position in the regard of his fellow townsmen. The community that knows him in his every day life becomes cognizant of his real worth and judges him by his character rather than by any special success he may have attained in business or any single line of activity. Throughout the community in which he made his home Gilbert CURTIS was held in warmest regard, winning not only the respect but also the closer ties of friendship from the great majority of those with whom he came in contact.

A native of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, he was born January 8, 1818, his parents being Barnabus and Asenath CURTIS, who were likewise natives of the old Bay state.

Their family numbered seven children, of whom Gilbert CURTIS was the eldest. For a short time he attended school in his native town and in 1825 accompanied his parents on their removal to Monroe county, New York, his father purchasing a farm in the town of Brighton from Daniel PENFIELD, one of the early and prominent settlers, for whom the town of Penfield was named. This farm afterward became the property of Gilbert CURTIS and upon it his last days were passed.

Following his arrival in Monroe county, Mr. CURTIS continued his studies in the common schools of the town of Brighton and afterward in the high school at Rochester. Putting aside his text-books, he left home and for three years was on a whaling vessel, which made voyages to many parts of the world. It was an interesting experience, bringing into his life many incidents unknown to the landsman, and his reminiscences in later years concerning his life on a whaler were always a source of entertainment to his friends. Upon his return he took ship at Boston and went to New Orleans, where he enlisted for service in the Mexican war, his commanding officer being Colonel DENT, afterward a brother-in-law of General U. S. GRANT. He served for about three years in the army, the regiment being discharged in California soon after the discovery of gold in that state.

His military life having ended in 1849, Mr. CURTIS continued a resident of California until 1855 but met with only a fair degree of success in his mining operations. He became, however, familiar with that life that constitutes the romantic, unique and interesting chapter in the history of American development. When six years had been passed on the Pacific coast. he returned to Monroe county and settled upon the old homestead farm in the town of Brighton, his remaining days being devoted to general agricultural and horticultural pursuits, in which he was quite successful. He brought his place under a high state of cultivation. With its rich harvests and large fruit crops it presented a most attractive appearance, proving one of the pleasing features in the landscape.

In his political affiliation Mr. CURTIS was in early life a stanch whig and later he became an earnest retpublican [sic]. The only office he ever held, however, was that of school trustee. He was especially interested in the cause of education and in a quiet way did everything he could to promote good schools and advance the intellectual development of the community. He was himself a well informed man on all topics of general interest, reading broadly and thinking deeply. He was charitable and of kindly spirit, giving generously of his means to those in need, yet in his beneficence was entirely unostentatious, and throughout his life was at all times unassuming. To see him in his later years, quietly pursuing the work of the farm, amid scenes of great peacefulness and activity, one would hardly dream that there were in his life history chapters of intense interest connecting him with the varied experiences of a whaling vessel on the deep, with military service in the lands of the Montezumas and with the mining excitement of early days in the golden west. Reminiscences of those times, however, enriched his conversation and added an intensely interesting element to it. To know Mr. CURTIS was to respect him, and his genuine worth was recognized by all who knew him in Monroe county. He died upon the old homestead farm, June 1, 1885, and was laid to rest in Brighton cemetery.

The name of CURTIS has from an early period been identified with the agricultural interests of Monroe county, for the family was established here in 1825, when Barnabus CURTIS came from Stockbridge, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, to this state, making the journey with team and wagon, while his household goods were shipped by canal boat. This was during the pioneer development of Monroe county, and in the work of progress and improvement Mr. CURTIS bore his part in bringing this section of the state to its present standard. Although he has long since passed away, his memory still lives in the minds of many of the residents of this portion of the state.

Upon his arrival in Monroe county, Mr. CURTIS made his way to Brighton, where he purchased fifty acres of unimproved land, on which was a log house, and in this the family lived in true pioneer style. The father at once undertook the work of cultivating his land and making improvements upon the place and in due course of time it was transformed into a valuable property. As time passed and he accumulated from the sale of his crops an income that justified the purchase of more land, he added to his original holdings a tract of forty acres, making in all ninety acres. He was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout a long period, and at that early day the nearest market was at Rochester, to which city the products of the farm were hauled with ox teams. There were many other inconveniences which the family had to endure, for the work of progress and improvement remained to the future and there was little promise of early development, owing to the fact that as yet few settlers had dared to venture into this wild and unbroken district.

Mr. CURTIS was united in marriage to Miss A. MARTIN, who was a native of Vermont, and they became the parents of seven children, of whom two still survive. He gave his political allegiance to the whig party and served in the war of 1812, where he distinguished himself as a brave and gallant soldier. As a pioneer of the Empire state Mr. CURTIS nobly did his duty during the quarter of a century in which he resided here in establishing and maintaining the material interests of his community, and thus he is still remembered as one of its most honorable and honored citizens.

Miss Electa E. CURTIS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barnabus CURTIS, was reared under the parental roof and during her girlhood and early womanhood was trained to the duties of the household, while in the winter seasons she pursued her studies at the Allen Creek school and in Clover Street Seminary. After the death of her father, which occurred in 1859, the daughter assumed the management of the homestead property and she has since capably conducted the same. She has carried on the work of improvement which was begun by the father, has replaced the original residence by a more modern and up-to-date structure, has built a barn and set out a good orchard, devoting about sixty acres of the place to horticultural pursuits. The property is well located, the main line of the New York Central Railroad having been built through the place, as is also the Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad.

Miss Curtis possesses excellent business ability and sound judgment and is therefore able to manage her affairs in capable manner. She has spent her entire life on the farm which is still her home and which has been in possession of the CURTIS family for more than eighty years, and she is therefore well known in this locality, where she has many warm personal friends.

The death of John REEVE, which occurred November 14, 1906, was the occasion of deep regret to his many friends, as well as to the members of his own household, for he had from an early day been closely identified with the agricultural life of Monroe county, where his entire life was passed, and he was therefore widely and favorably known. A native of this county, he was born in Henrietta, February 27, 1832.

His father, William REEVE, was born in London, England, in 1796, and upon his emigration to America in 1816 he settled in Henrietta and after a residence of ten years there purchased a farm. He arrived here at the time when Monroe county was being surveyed and assisted in this work, this being previous to the time the canal was finished. He was married in this county to Miss Anna TAYLOR, who was also born in England, in 1804, and it was at the time of his marriage that he made his first purchase of land and established a home on the frontier. He was throughout a long period connected with the development and improvement of this section of the state and as his financial resources permitted he added to his landed possessions from time to time until at the time of his death, in 1857, he was the owner of three hundred acres. His family numbered eleven children.

John REEVE spent the period of his boyhood and youth on the home farm, assisting his father in the operation of the homestead property, and he pursued his studies in the country schools and in the academy. It was about 1870 that he took up his abode in Pittsford township, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and was engaged in general agricultural pursuits. He made all of the improvements upon his place, including a good house and substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and eventually made his property one of the best in the county. He carried on the work of the farm until about 1900, when his health failed, after which he lived practically retired until his death, which occurred November 14, 1906. He was a man of domestic tastes and habits, loved his home and his family, and it is in the household that his loss is most deeply felt.

It was on the 17th of February, 1870, in Hillsdale county, Michigan, that Mr. REEVE was united in marriage to Miss Jane H. PROUDLEY, who was born in Caledonia, New York, a daughter of Charles PROUDLEY. Their home was blessed with one son and one daughter : Thomas J., who died December 12, 1897; and Mrs. Ida BURNS, who with the widow still survives. The family are communicants of the Episcopal church and are highly respected in the community in which they reside.

Walter I. SCOTT, one of the youngest members of the Rochester bar, who has. however, attained distinction that many an older practitioner might well envy, was born at Southampton, New Hampshire, September 29, 1878. He is a son of the Rev. Ernest L. and Belle F. (ROBBINS) SCOTT, natives of Massachusetts and of Maine respectively. The father was a Baptist minister, well known throughout New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania. He served as clerk of the Baptist state convention of Vermont, where he made an excellent record for the accuracy of his work. He was also on the executive committee of the board of managers of the Vermont board of ministerial union and he held other offices in connection with church work in different states in which he filled pastorates, becoming recognized as one of the strong and able divines of his denomination. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Rev. Eleazor ROBBINS, was also a Baptist minister and on both sides the family are descended from Puritan ancestry, related to Governor ANDREW, the war governor of Massachusetts, and to Franklin PIERCE, at one time president of the United States. One of the ancestors of our subject in the ROBBINS line fought at the battle of Bunker Hill and in other engagements of the Revolutionary war: Walter I. SCOTT is a representative of the family in the fifth generation on this side the water.

Owing to his father's removals in the line of his ministerial duties, Walter I. SCOTT pursued his education in different towns and completed a high school course at Fairport, New York, where he was graduated in the class of 1897. He afterward went to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he learned the trade of pattern making in connection with the manufacture of boots and shoes. He there spent nearly two years, after which he returned to Rochester and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in November, 1902, and has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession. Here he has displayed keen analytical power, combined with strength in argument, and the excellent work which he does in the preparation of his cases as well as in the courtroom has already gained him recognition as an able member of the Rochester bar. He has practiced to a considerable extent both in civil and criminal law and has the record of beginning and completing two murder cases in one month. Although only five years have elapsed, since his admission to the bar he. has been retained on several murder cases and is making an excellent record as a young lawyer of marked oratorical power.

On the 27th of July, 1904, Mr. SCOTT was united in marriage to Miss Dora E. COVEY, of Penfield, New York, and they have one child, Helen Eugenia. Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT hold membership in the Penfield Baptist church, take an active interest in its work and Mr. SCOTT is serving as one of the teachers in the Sunday school. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to the Woodmen camp and to the Independent Order of Foresters and is well known as a young man of genuine personal worth, of high ideals in his profession and of high principles in his daily life.

Hon. George E. WARNER, a prominent figure in democratic circles in Rochester and by the consensus of public opinion ranked with the leading members of the bar, possesses the strong mentality and force of character which have enabled him to work toward high ideals in his profession and in citizenship. A native of the Empire state, he was born in Fairhaven, Cayuga county, on the 7th of November, 1855, his parents being George L. and Mary (WAUGH) WARNER, who were natives of the state of New York and of Scotland respectively. The mother became a resident of Rochester in early life. The father was a carpenter by trade and died in this city in 1894, being still survived by his widow.

George E. WARNER was a public school student in Rochester, and after the completion of his more specifically literary course he took up the study of law when in his teens and was admitted to the bar in January, 1877. He began the practice of his profession in Rochester, where he has since remained, and in a calling where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and capability he has gained distinction as a lawyer of broad mind, clear discrimination and wide knowledge.

In 1881 Mr. WARNER was first called to public office, being elected judge of the municipal court for a term of six years. So entirely satisfactory were the affairs of the court conducted under his able management that he was persuaded to again become the candidate for office, being re-elected in 1887 and for a third term in 1893. No higher endorsement can be given than that which comes through popular suffrage. Judge WARNER did not serve out his third term, however, for he was called by his party to accept the nomination for mayor. He received the endorsement of the Good Government Club, which at that time was composed of many prominent and influential citizens. The campaign proved a short and decisive victory for Judge WARNER. He was a worthy representative of the people and a more thoroughly energetic and businesslike administration Rochester never had. Two years later he again proved to be the choice of the people and was elected mayor for a second term. He has taken a very active interest in democratic politics and is one of the able leaders of the party. He is a statesman with an eye to practical results and not glittering generalities. His mind is eminently judicial and free from the bias of animosity. While he is unfaltering in his advocacy of the principles which he supports he is not aggressively partisan and has the good will and respect of the leaders of both parties. He is well informed concerning the great political questions and issues of the day and has also studied the lessons of actual life, arriving at his conclusions as a result of careful consideration and thorough familiarity with the situation. Such men, whether in office or out of it, are the natural leaders of whichever party they may be identified with, especially in that movement toward higher politics which is common to both parties and which constitutes the most hopeful political sign of the period.

Mr. WARNER was married in 1877 to Miss Marie SANDERS of Rochester, and they have two children, George H. and Florence MATTHEWS. Mr. WARNER is a member of the Genesee Whist Club, the Knights of Pythias fraternity and a number of societies. He possesses the genial nature of a kindly spirit who is interested in his fellowmen from a broad humanitarian standpoint and added to this is a force of character and a depth of principle which well qualify him for leadership.

William H. SOURS, proprietor of the Newport House and grounds at Irondequoit Bay, is thus in control of one of the finest and most popular summer resorts in this part of the state and in this connection has a wide acquaintance, while his business is conducted along such practical and enterprising lines that he is meeting with well merited prosperity. Mr. SOURS is a native of Irondequoit township, where he was born in January, 1851. His father, Frederick SOURS, was one of the oldest settlers of the township, to which he removed from Scottsville, New York. The family was founded in Monroe county in pioneer days and has since been represented here. The father engaged in farming in Irondequoit township and there reared his family of seven children, five of whom are yet living, all being residents of Rochester with the exception of the subject of this review.

William H. SOURS was reared at the old homestead and pursued a public-school education. Since 1881 he has been proprietor of the NEWPORT HOUSE and now owns the hotel, ten cottages and twenty acres of ground, constituting one of the most beautiful resorts on Irondequoit Bay. He purchased the place from the estate of Henry WALZER, who had previously bought it from James VINTON, of the IRONDEQUOIT WINE COMPANY. In an early day it was an old sawmill property, which bore little resemblance to the fine and well improved resort seen here today. His uncle, Henry WALZER, began the improvement of the property and established the summer resort. Mr. SOURS, however, has added many modern improvements since he purchased it in 1881. The original property was four and a half acres of land but Mr. SOURS has since added to this until he now has twenty acres. When Henry WALZER owned the place he was in partnership with three brothers but finally bought out their interests and conducted the resort alone until he disposed of it to his nephew, Mr. Sours, in 1881. He has built all of the cottages here and has also built three launches, which are fifty feet long and carry from fifty to sixty passengers. They are used in making trips between Glen Haven and Sea Breeze and are of much convenience and benefit to the summer tourists who sojourn on Irondequoit Bay. The club house of the Rochester Canoe Club is also situated on ground belonging to Mr. SOURS and he is, moreover, interested in business at No. 100 Main street West, Rochester, is a member of the firm of RYAN & SOURS.

In November, 1905, Mr. SOURS was united in marriage to Mrs. Nellie E. FROST of Monroe county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has attained the Knight Templar degree in the commandery. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is much interested in its work and growth. He served as supervisor for eight years from Irondequoit township and for one term was chairman of the board. The consensus of public opinion concerning him is altogether favorable and he, moreover, deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, justly meriting the proud American title of a self-made man, for all that he possesses has come to him through his own labors. The NEWPORT HOUSE, of which he is proprietor, is very popular and has a liberal patronage, owing to the earnest effort that he puts forth to please his patrons and make the resort a model in its way.

In the history of Rochester's successful business men, mention should be made of Casper MEISENZAHL, one of the successful German-American born citizens, who is now extensively engaged in coal trade. He had no financial assistance when he started on his business career, but his spirit and strong determination have enabled him to surmount difficulties and overcome obstacles, and as a coal merchant he is now conducting a large and profitable business.

He was born in Penfield, Monroe county, March 7, 1854, and is a son of Karl J. and Barbara K. (GRIM) MEISENZAHL, who emigrated here from Beirn, Germany, in the year of 1848, and at that time resided on William street, Rochester, and the father worked in a stove foundry. City life not being to his liking, he removed to Penfield and worked for Mr. BARNES for one year. After that he bought a farm in Penfield flats, which he sold later on and moved his family to Irondequoit. His family consisted of five boys and three girls. Casper MEISENZAHL was the third son and worked for his father on the farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years. In those days they did not get the education that they are giving children nowadays. His schooling consisted of two years at St. Joseph's School, Rochester, and two winters at Irondequoit.

In 1876 he was married to Mary A. STREB. She was the daughter of John STREB, who was the manager of W. B. MORSE lumberyard for thirty years and died at the age of ninety-two years. After he was married he started in the dairy business, which he conducted at Portland avenue successfully for eleven years. As he believed he could better his financial condition in other lines of business he disposed of his cows and milk route and went with S. B. SUART, coal company, in 1886. He furnished teams and men for delivering the company's coal for seventeen years, and was very successful in managing the business. He started with fourteen horses and seven wagons, and at the seventeenth year had fifty horses and twenty-five wagons.

His industry and careful expenditure brought him the capital which enabled him to engage in the same line of business on his own account, and he is now numbered among the leading coal merchants of Rochester. From the beginning he met with success, and his increasing sales have brought his trade up to eighteen thousand to twenty thousand tons of coal in the past year. He employs at present fifteen men and thirty horses for hauling purposes, and the business is steadily growing.

His family consists of ten children, four boys and six girls. He owns considerable property throughout the city, having made judicious investments in realty, and in 1907 was elected president of the ONTARIO AND HUMMING-BIRD MINING COMPANY at Colorado Springs. The peaceful, quiet walks of business life are more to his liking than political conquest, and he has found therein the true sphere of his usefulness and success. His present home is at 736 Portland avenue, where he has resided ever since his marriage.

Joseph B. ROE is now living retired on the Roeside farm in the town of Penfield, Monroe county, after many years of active and successful connection with business interests. He was born upon the farm where he now resides June 27, 1842. His father, Joseph Brewster ROE, SR., was born in Long Island, New York, and in Butler, Wayne county, this state, was married to Charlotte WISNER, a daughter of Moses WISNER, who was one of the early settlers and pioneer farmers of Wayne county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. ROE were born seven children but the subject of this review is the only one now living. The father followed farming in Wayne county until 1835, when he removed with his wife and two oldest children to Monroe county, purchasing the farm Roeside, upon which his son and namesake is now living. In 1845 he removed to the village of Penfield, where he engaged in the milling business for some years. He then removed to Rochester, where he remained for three years, after which he returned to the old farm, where he died in March, 1858, at the age of forty-eight years. His widow long survived him and died at the home of our subject in Detroit, Michigan, in 1891, at the age of seventy-eight years.

In the common schools of Penfield township, Joseph B. ROE, of this review, acquired his early education, which was supplemented by study in the Penfield Academy. For five years following the time when he became twelve years of age he spent the summer months in taking cream to a confectioner in Rochester and in carrying other market products to that city. At the age of sixteen he was left fatherless and the management of the home farm devolved upon him and his older brother Jerome. When eighteen years of age he was obliged to abandon farm work on account of ill health and went to Brantford, Ontario, where he entered the employment of an uncle, being engaged in the selling of fanning mills to the farmers. After a few months, however, he returned to Monroe county and secured employment in MOULSON'S provision store in Rochester, but after a brief period he identified himself with the nursery business, with which he was connected for three years, delivering and selling nursery stock. For the succeeding three years Mr. ROE conducted the old farm, as his brother had married and left the place.

On the 4th of June, 1867, occurred the marriage of our subject to Miss Maria ALLEN, of Williamson, Wayne county, New York. For a few years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. ROE resided on the home farm and then went to Michigan, where Mr. ROE became a member of the firm of F. W. BEERS & COMPANY in the publication of county atlases. In 1874 he removed to Portland, Michigan, where for fourteen years he was one of the firm of MAYNARD, ALLEN & COMPANY, bankers of that city. He also engaged in general grain and produce business for six years as a member of the firm of MAYNARD & ROE, and on the expiration of that period he purchased his partner's interest and continued in the grain business alone for eight years, carrying on a more extensive trade in grains and produce than any other dealer in that portion of the state. He would buy anything which the farmer raised and could sell him anything he wanted to buy. In 1875 he became a member of the Detroit Board of Trade, but in 1887 he had to abandon the grain business on account of ill health. He never expected to be again able to enter commercial circles, but after recuperating in northern Michigan for a year he sold out his banking interests and removed to Detroit, where he became actively engaged in the grain and commission business, becoming one of the best known representatives in the state; in fact, the name of J. B. ROE was known throughout Michigan and he met with excellent success in his undertakings, but in June, 1900, he retired from business, owing to ill health, and returned to the farm. He leases his land, but still makes his home at the old place, in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. In politics Mr. ROE is a democrat, and socially he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to both the blue lodge and chapter.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. ROE have been born two children : Helen Orrena, who died in 1880, at the age of five years; and J. Etheleen, who is the wife of Herbert F. CASWELL, of Portland, Michigan. Mr. CASWELL is one of Portland's successful business men, being manager and treasurer of the VERITY CASWELL table manufactory of Portland. Mrs. CASWELL is of a literary turn of mind, being prominent in all church work and president of the literary organization of the place. They have two children : Orrena Frances and Mildred Roe.

Mrs. ROE was born August 6, 1845, in Williamson, Wayne county, New York. Her father was Peters ALLEN, a prosperous farmer of that place, having removed there in his early manhood from Dutchess county, New York. He died at the age of fifty-five. Mrs. ROE'S mother bore the maiden name of N. Jane MAYNARD and was a native of Williamson, New York. She gave her hand in marriage to Mr. ALLEN in 1840 and survived him many years, passing away in 1906, at Roeside, the home of Mr. and Mrs. ROE, at the advanced age of eighty-five. They had but two children, their son being Captain E. M. ALLEN, a banker living in Portland. Mrs. ROE received her early education in the common schools of the township, passing from there to Marion Collegiate Institute, Wayne county, New York, and then to Brockport Collegiate Institute, Monroe county, New York, graduating from the latter in 1864 as valedictorian of her class. From that time until her marriage she was a popular teacher. Upon moving to Portland, Michigan, she became one of the charter members organizing the Ladies Literary Club of the place and was its first president. Her influence was widely felt in the Methodist Episcopal church, to which she and Mr. ROE belonged, she being president of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and organizer of the Mission Store under the management of the Ladies Aid Society of said church. Upon moving to Detroit she still continued her church work, having a bible class of young married people, numbering seventy-two, and also for many years was corresponding secretary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Detroit district. Voluntarily she took up hospital visitation and for three years hardly missed her weekly visits to the patients, carrying flowers and reading to them. For many years Mr. and Mrs. ROE had a summer home at Bay View in northern Michigan, the Chautauqua of the west, and had been identified with the literary and educational work there. In 1897 Mrs. ROE accepted the position of field secretary of the Bay View Reading Circle and was instrumental in organizing a large number of literary circles in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Upon retiring to the old homestead, Roeside, she was made secretary of New York State and many circles in the state look to her as their organizer. Mrs. ROE is at this writing an invalid, but, by her pen, still continues to some extent her literary work.

Maurice Joseph DORAN, born in Rochester, January 21, 1862, is a son of Edward and Margaret DORAN and the eldest of a family of seven children. His father was born in Dublin, Ireland. The tide of emigration was then moving to the new world and the elder Mr. DORAN came to our shores with his mother when only six years of age, becoming one of the early settlers of Rochester. In the schools of this city he acquired his education and here he learned the molder's trade with John M. FRENCH on the site of the present city barns. He was a stalwart democrat and widely known for his active work in the political interests of his party.

The subject of this sketch received his early education in the public schools, supplementing it later by his studies at the Immaculate Conception parochial school. At the age of seventeen years he learned the shoe business with various houses but this had little attraction for him and he determined to exert himself in a different direction. He accordingly became a wholesale liquor dealer and has shown remarkable business ability, transacting a large and lucrative business and maintaining a high class of trade.

In 1889 Mr. Doran was united in marriage to Anna L. CORCORAN, and to them were born four sons and one daughter, namely: Edward, who died in infancy; Maurice, now thirteen years old; Henry, aged ten years; Anna, eight; and Theobold, seven. Mr. DORAN is a member of the Immaculate Conception church. He is identified with the Elks lodge and is independent in his political relations. Personally he is sociable, ever willing to accord to anyone his courtesy and his time.

Henry J. UTZ, senior member of the firm of UTZ & DUNN, manufacturers of ladies', misses' and children's shoes, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 28, 1850, a son of Andrew J. and Margaret (SCHMIDT) UTZ. The father died in Germany and the mother came to the United States of America in 1880 and remained a resident of Rochester until her decease in December, 1906, when she was eighty-four years of age.

In his native country Henry J. UTZ attended school and learned the shoemaker's trade, after which he came to the United States of America to test the truth of the favorable reports which he had heard concerning the opportunities and advantages of the new world. He was eighteen years of age, when, in 1868, he arrived in Rochester, where he has since made his home. For some time he worked at his trade on the bench and was afterward employed in different shoe factories at Rochester, thus acquainting himself with the manufacturing business in detail. With the savings from his earnings he was at length prepared to start manufacturing in a small way, for his own account. Having made the acquaintance of William H. DUNN, his present partner, who was then engaged in the retail cigar business, an agreement was made to engage in the slipper manufacturing business, Mr. DUNN agreeing to come in when he had disposed of his cigar business. The business was started in September, 1881, on Water street, and Mr. DUNN joined same the following January. By hard work, careful attention to detail, and by Mr. DUNN'S ability as a trade winner and a sales-man, thus providing a market for the product, the business increased and prospered. Later the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's fine shoes was undertaken, and the firm is today probably the largest in that line in the city of Rochester, their output including such famous makes as the Acme Cushion shoe, St. Cecilia, Little Wanderer, etc. Their trade not only extends to all parts of this country, but also embraces a large export business. They turn out three thousand five hundred pairs of shoes daily and employ eight hundred people. They occupy eighty thousand square feet of flour space, and their products are of a high class of material and workman-ship.

Mr. UTZ is a member of Zions German Lutheran church. He is also identified with the Rochester Club and Rochester lodge, No. 660, F. &. A. M.

William VAN ZANDT, formerly the secretary of the Payne drug company, of Rochester, was born in 1862 and was a son of John J. and Mary (HARRIS) VAN ZANDT. The father was of Holland Dutch descent, representatives of the family first coming to this country in 1543 and settling in Albany. He was an old hotel man who came to Rochester from Albany in 1845 and established a coffee and spice business, which he conducted until early in the '60s and then sold out to his brother. His wife was a daughter of Captain Richard HARRIS, who was an English army officer. In their family were three sons and one daughter.

William VAN ZANDT acquired his early education in the public schools, but like many boys became so eager to enter the business world that he left school before his graduation and came to Rochester, where he entered the employ of C. F. PAYNE & COMPANY. Here he did everything from errand boy up, and so faithfully did he serve his employers that he finally became secretary of the firm. A business career of this nature should always be of interest to the young men starting out for themselves. Too often their ambitions begin at the top, and having laid no foundation for the position find themselves unable to cope with its problems.

Mr. VAN ZANDT married Ella C. RUSSELL and to their union was born one daughter and one son. He and his wife were members of the church of Christ, while his political convictions were those of the republican party. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen and much interested in its growth in Rochester. His life was well spent and it can truthfully be said that what he did he did well and that his life was a success. He started out in the business world as poor as the poorest of boys and his success was due solely to ability, steadfastness of purpose and indefatigable industry. He died in the early part of 1907.

To the business men who have made their own way to success a town is accustomed to look for aid in its growth. They are men who have the energy and the determination not only to see what is best for a town, but to carry their plans to fulfillment. For this reason Brockport has always relied on Dean L. BUTLER. He was born there on the 19th of March, 1867, and is a son of David J. and Mary BUTLER. Although a resident of Brockport, the father was engaged in the furniture business in Rochester for fifteen years, but in 1877 he embarked in business in his home town, dealing in flour and feed for some time. He was also interested in other enterprises, but is now living a retired life. In 1862, during the dark days of the Civil war, he enlisted in the Twenty-first New York Cavalry and served for three years.

Dean L. BUTLER began his education at the age of seven years in the Brockport Normal School, where he continued his studies until 1891. He then assumed charge of his father's flour and feed business, which he carried on most successfully. In 1899 he began carrying mail, a position in which he served efficiently for six years. The opportunity for starting in the coal business presented itself and he has since devoted his attention to that line of trade and has built up an excellent business.

In 1895 Mr. BUTLER was united in marriage to Miss Margaret DETCHER, of Rochester, and to them has been born one child, Dorothy Dean, now five years of age. He is a much respected member of the Sons of Veterans and is also connected with the Business Men's Association of Brockport. In 1896 he joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has held several offices in his lodge. In politics he is a stalwart republican and he holds membership in the Presbyterian church. In business affairs he is notably reliable and his prosperity has not been based on others' losses, but is due to his own efforts, and in promoting his own interests he has advanced the general welfare.

Charles S. GIBBS was born in Rochester, New York, October 21, 1863. He attended the grammar schools, but at the age of twelve years was obliged to begin work. This did not deter him from pursuing his studies, for he attended night school and has since by his own reading and observation acquired a good general education. His first work was for the old firm of A. V. SMITH & COMPANY, who were engaged in the harness business. He was first employed as an errand boy, and it would be well for the modern youth to take heed and learn the secret of his advancement. This errand boy was so alert and active in the interests of his employers that he remained but a short time in this subordinate position. From that time he was always busy and actively engaged in promoting the best interests of the firm, so that in 1897 he succeeded to the business. He has broadened its trade and now employs eight men. In his store may be found everything for the equipment of the horse and stable from low priced goods to the very best goods to be found anywhere, fine handmade harness especially.

Mr. GIBBS belongs to the Masonic order, being a member of Corinthian Temple lodge, No. 9. He is president of the National Harness Manufacturers Association and was formerly a member of the Eighth Separate Company of the National Guard. He is independent in politics and in religion is a Baptist, being trustee of the Lake Avenue Baptist church.

Rochester is proud of men like Mr. GIBBS. It is upon their sterling characters that its prosperity rests. He has worked his own way from humble beginnings and is today respected and esteemed by a wide circle of friends.

James PAMMENTER is an alert and enterprising farmer of this county, owning and operating a farm of ten acres of rich garden land in Irondequoit. He was a son of Joseph and Eliza (SARGENT) PAMMENTER, both natives of England, and was born June 3, 1860, in Irondequoit. The father, Joseph PAMMENTER, set sail for America in 1849. He commenced his life in this county as a day laborer in Riga, building stone walls and clearing the land, and by strict economy and careful management he at length succeeded in buying a small home. He passed away in 1881, but is still survived by his widow. Unto this worthy couple were born twelve children.

James PAMMENTER was united in marriage to Jennie HEFFOR, who was born in September, 1861, and their home has been blessed with three children: Arthur T., who was born September 4, 1886; Mattie M., May 1, 1891; and Elmer James, August 4, 1894. Arthur is attending the University of Rochester and will graduate in 1908; Mattie is in the East high school at Rochester; and Elmer is attending the Union school at Irondequoit. It will be seen that though the educational advantages of James PAMMENTER and his wife were limited, they appreciate fully the value of such training and are determined that their children shall have what they have missed in this direction.

Mr. PAMMENTER'S home farm is well stocked with thrifty fruit trees. He has erected a large glass house, which enables him to grow the early vegetables, and a fine dwelling, a large barn, a vegetable house and has everything to facilitate the work upon his farm and procure the best returns in his business. He has worked his way upward step by step to his present position, has added every improvement which makes his home so attractive today and has done this within a very short period. When he bought this place he had only enough money to make a very small payment, but has by his hard work, his good habits and his untiring industry succeeded in paying for the place and bringing it to its present improved condition. His political affiliation has always been with the republican party. He belongs to the Maccabees, the Woodmen and the Grange and is a member of the North Avenue Methodist church.

Holmes B. STEVENS, an attorney at law, was born in the city of Rochester, November 29, 1856, a son of Sydney A. STEVENS. He was admitted to the bar on the 6th of January, 1881, and, opening an office in Rochester, has remained in the active practice of law here for twenty-six years

Hon. John B. STEPHENS, special county judge at Rochester, was born in Middletown, Orange county, New York, and is a son of Holloway W. and Maria (MILLS) STEPHENS, both of whom were natives of Orange county, New York, the father following the occupation of farming in order to provide for his family.

In early boyhood Judge STEPHENS accompanied his parents on their removal to Steuben county, New York, where he attended the Cook Academy at Montour Falls until his graduation. His education was further continued in the University of Rochester, in which he matriculated in the class of 1880. He was graduated in 1884 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and, having made choice of the law as a life work, he entered upon preparation for the bar and after thorough preliminary study was admitted to practice in the courts of New York in 1886.

Soon after entering upon the active work of his profession he was appointed special judge by Governor Theodore ROOSEVELT in January, 1900, and was elected in the fall of the same year. In the fall of 1903 he was re-elected for a second term and in the fall of 1906 he was elected county judge. Upon the bench he has rendered able service to the county through his thorough understanding of the law and his correct application of its principles. He is strictly fair and impartial in his decisions, which have received the endorsement of the members of the bar and of the general public. In presiding on the bench he fully sustains the dignity of court, discharging his duties with a sense of conscientious obligation.

Judge STEPHENS belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and also the Phi Beta Kappa. He is a man of genial, social nature, whose friends are many, and he possesses a spirit of progress that is manifest in his devotion to various interests which promise to prove of benefit to the city and are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride.

Harvey K. STEVENS was for many years numbered among the highly respected citizens of Monroe county and although he has now passed away he is still remembered by many friends in Churchville and Monroe county, where he so long made his home. He was born in 1828, and acquired his education in Righter Academy, near Churchville, Monroe county. Upon entering business life on his account he chose farming as his occupation and was thus successfully engaged near Churchville for a long period, but for a number of years prior to his death lived retired. In politics he was a republican.

Mr. STEVENS was twice married, his first union being with Mrs. Maria (CHAPPELL) HILL, while for his second wife he wedded Miss Julia CHAPPELL, a cousin of his first wife. The latter was born in Brockport, a daughter of Ansel and Julia CHAPPELL. Her father was born in 1805, while his death occurred in 1873, when he had reached the age of sixty-eight years. He was a farmer by occupation. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Julia RICHMOND, was horn in 1803, and her death occurred in 1893, when she had reached the very advanced age of ninety years.

Mrs. STEVENS acquired her education in the Brockport Institute, and by her mother was trained in the duties of the household, so that she was well qualified for taking charge of a home of her own, when, in 1895, she gave her hand in marriage to Harvey K. STEVENS. She still survives her husband, whose death occurred in 1899, when he had reached the age of seventy-one years.. Mrs. STEVENS now makes her home in Brockport, her native city, and is a communicant of the Episcopal church. She is a lady who possesses many sterling traits of chcaracter [sic] and by her gentle, kindly manner has won the esteem of a host of warm friends. She is prominent in Brockport and the surrounding community and the hospitality of her own pleasant home is greatly enjoyed by many with whom she is associated.

William Holt AVERELL was for thirty years a resident of Rochester and public opinion accorded to him a place among the trustworthy and respected business men of the city. He was born in Morristown, New York, on the 1st of August, 1849, and was descended from an old colonial family that settled in Cooperstown, New York. His father, William John AVERELL, was a native of Ogdensburg, New York, where he became a banker and a gentleman farmer, owning large land interests in St. Lawrence county. His mother, Mary WILLIAMSON, was also a member of a prominent New York family. Her grandfather, Nathaniel WILLIAMSON, was graduated from Princeton College and was a leading lawyer of his day; and her father, after having graduated from Annapolis, became an officer in the navy. He died at Havana, where his remains were buried. When her father was in service at Havana Mary WILLIAMSON resided in New York city, living in lower Broadway. It was there that she married William John AVERELL, of Ogdensburg.

Their son, William Holt AVERELL, obtained his early education in the schools of Ogdensburg and later attended the Northampton Preparatory School prior to entering Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated at that institute in 1872. Returning to Ogdensburg, he resided there until 1874, when he removed to Rochester and founded the FURNACEVILLE IRON COMPANY. He became partner in the firm of GEORGE C. BUELL & COMPANY, where he continued in business until his death October 14, 1904. This enterprise was developed along conservative yet progressive lines until it became a leading industry of the city.

In 1878 Mr. AVERELL was married to Mary BLOSSOM, daughter of George C. BUELL and Mary House BLOSSOM. They had three children : William Holt, Elizabeth Buell and Ruth.

Although Halbert S. GREENLEAF passed away in August, 1906, his memory is yet cherished by many who knew him because of his personal qualities and his worth in business life. He belonged to that class of men who by a genial nature shed around them much of the sunshine of life and few hold a warmer place in the affection of their friends than did Mr. GREENLEAF. He, moreover, gained distinction in connection with public interests bearing upon the welfare of his city and state and at all times his devotion to the public good was above question.

A native of Vermont, Mr. GREENLEAF was born in Guilford, April 12, 1827, and was a son of Jeremiah and Eunice Elvira (STEVENS) GREENLEAF, the latter a daughter of Dr. Simon and Susanna (GREENLEAF) STEVENS. The father of our subject was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, December 7, 1791, and died in Guilford, April 4, 1864. He was an author and teacher and published GRAMMER SIMPLIFIED, GREENLEAF'S GAZETEER and GREENLEAF'S ATLAS.

The family was founded in America by Edmund GREENLEAF, who came from Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, in 1635, and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, but later removed to Boston. He bore a high reputation for probity and saw active service as captain of militia. His son, Stephen GREENLEAF, served as ensign in KING PHILLIP'S WAR and rose to the rank of lieutenant. He was born in England in 1628 and died in 1696 in Newbury. His wife was Elizabeth COFFIN, of Newbury. Their son, Stephen Greenleaf (2d), was born in 1652 and died in Newbury in 1743. He married Elizabeth GERRISH, of Newbury, and he served as ensign in a regiment raised for the reduction of Canada. His son, Rev. Daniel GREENLEAF, who was born in 1680, married Elizabeth GOOKIN and died in Newbury in 1763. Their son, Dr. Daniel GREENLEAF, served as a surgeon at the siege of Lewisburg. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1702, and died in 1795. His wife bore the maiden name of Silence MARSH. Their son, Stephen GREENLEAF, married Eunice FAIRBANKS, of Boston. He was born in Boston in 1735 and died in Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1802. His son, Daniel GREENLEAF, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Boston in 1764 and died in Bernardston, Massachusetts, in 1845. He married Huldah HOPKINS. They were the parents of Jeremiah GREENLEAF, our subject's father, who entered the army as a private in the war of 1812 and was made lieutenant at the battle of Plattsburg.

Halbert S. Greenleaf attended the common schools of Guilford, Vermont, and Greenfield, Massachusetts, and later was a student in the seminary at Brattleboro, Vermont. He taught school for a time in Guilford and Greenfield and was afterward with SARGENT & FOSTER in business at Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. For a time he was engaged in the lock manufacturing business at that place as a member of the firm of YALE & GREENLEAF, and in the manufacture of bits and gimlets as a member of the firm of MILLER & GREENLEAF. He was superintendent of salt mines at Avery Island, Louisiana, from 1865 to 1867. During the Civil war, however, he put aside his business interests in order to respond to the country's call for aid, becoming Colonel of the Fifty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in September, 1862, and he participated in the battle of Indian Ridge and ,the siege of Port Hudson. He commanded that regiment until August 14, 1863, and later was captain of the Colonel Benedict, a steamer on the Mississippi river in the government service until 1865.

On leaving the south in 1867, Mr. GREENLEAF came to Rochester and joined James SARGENT in the manufacture of bank, safe and key locks, under the name of SARGENT & GREENLEAF, which was changed in 1896 to the SARGENT & GREENLEAF COMPANY, with Mr. SARGENT as president and Mr. GREENLEAF as vice president. They built up an extensive business and our subject continued in that line throughout his remaining days. Their plant was located at No. 178 Court street, and a constantly increasing trade gave them prominence in industrial circles. Mr. GREENLEAF was also a trustee of the ROCHESTER SAVINGS BANK.

In his political views he was a democrat and was much interested in the political situation of the country. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, called him to public office and honors, and he represented his district in the forty-eighth and fifty-second congresses, taking an active part in the councils of the law-making body of the nation. He ever stood firm in support of his honest convictions, neither fear nor favor swerving him from a course which he believed to be right. In community affairs he was also deeply interested and became a charter member of the board of park commissioners of Rochester in 1888 and served until his death. He was also a charter member of the Mechanics' Institute of Rochester, with which he was connected for twelve years from 1885. No public trust reposed in him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree, and he stood for all that is honorable in man's relations with his fellowmen, his home locality and to his country. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for many years and was likewise a member of the Genesee Valley Club and active in the Universalist church, contributing liberally to its support and doing all in his power to advance its interests.

On the 24th of June, 1852, in Wilmington, Vermont, Mr. GREENLEAF married Miss Jean Frances BROOKS, who was born in Bernardston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Dr. John BROOKS and a sister of Mrs. YALE. Mr. and Mrs. GREENLEAF traveled life's journey happily together as man and wife for fifty-four years, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years passed by. They bore together the joys and sorrows, the adversity and prosperity which checker the career of all. Mrs. GREENLEAF still occupies the home at No. 196 North Goodman street, Rochester, which her husband built for her thirty-six years ago. His personal characteristics were those which everywhere win friends. He possessed a most cheerful, genial nature and kindly spirit. It is doubtful if he ever did anything in his life as a matter of policy and yet he was always doing kind things for others out of the goodness of his heart. He did not seek notoriety and his public service was ever performed from a sense of conscientious obligation. He loved his fellowmen because of his broad humanitarianism and his interest in everything that pertained to the public welfare was deep and sincere. He had the happy faculty of not only winning friends but also retaining them, and his death came with a sense of great personal bereavement to the great majority of all with whom he had come in contact through an active, useful and honorable career.

Wright, Hiram W. is the son of O. E. Wright, whose father, Thomas, camefrom Pennsylvania and settled in Henrietta, Monroe county, where he diedin 1890. Hiram W. married Mary Stroger, of this town, and has since 1888conducted a summer pavilion at Nine Mile Point, Lake Ontario. He is alsoa farmer on the Stroger homestead, near there. His one son is Earl.

Webster, Albert, was born on the homestead in Henrietta in May, 1848, ason of Henry Morgan Webster of New Lebanon, Columbia county, whosefather, Samuel, came to Monroe county in 1808, and located in the townof Mendon. In 1817 he came to Henrietta, and settled. His wife was MercyGreen, who lived to be over seventy years of age. His father, Aaron, wasa sergeant in the Revolutionary war, and died at the home of his sonaged ninety-two years. Harry, father of Albert, was born in 1811, anddied on the home farm at the age of seventy-five years. His wife wasPhoebe Nichols, born in Henrietta in 1812, and they had these children:Freelove A., Albert and Andrew. His wife died in 1885. Our subject beganas a farmer on the home place, where he continued until 1888, when heerected a custom feed and cider mill near the Erie Railroad depot, whichhe has successfully conducted since, leasing his farm of ninety-eightacres. He is a Mason of West Henrietta Lodge. In 1877 he married Mary,daughter of Daniel C. and Hulda (Edmunds) Perry of this town, and theyhave one child, Clara, This family dates back in America over 250 years,John Webster being the founder of the family in America. He was thefifth governor of Connecticut, and died in 1661.

Young, Elijah W., was born in Cleveland, O., April 28, 1825, a son ofWarren Young, a native of Connecticut; who removed to Ohio by ox team,the journey taking forty-two days. Elijah W. married, in 1846, Electa,daughter of James Stickney, and in 1852 settled in the town of Sweden.Their children are Cassius W., Arthur C., and Mrs. Helen Knowles. Oursubject is a representative farmer, and has served as assessor,commissioner of highways, and supervisor, taking a prominent part in alltown interests.

Wadsworth, John, was born in Sheffield, England, and came to America in1858. He first settled in Portland, Me., but in 1871 removed to Swedenwith his father, John Wadsworth, who was a builder. John, Jr., waseducated in the common schools and learned his father's trade, bothfather and son being well known in their business in Monroe county, aswell as Wayne. They have also erected several churches and businessblocks in the city of Rochester. In 1879 our subject married Belle H.Draper, and they have had two daughters: Alice and Ellen. Mr. Wadsworthtakes a leading part in all local affairs and is a man of sterlingintegrity.

Hinchey, Franklin, was born in Gates, on the farm he now owns, in 1828,son of William S. Hinchcy, who came from Saratoga county, N. Y., toGates in 1824 and settled on a farm and engaged in farming until 1855,when he sold the farm to Wm. Jeffrey, for a nursery and went to Michiganwhere he died in 1878. Mr. Hinchey acted as foreman for Frost & Co., whorented the farm, until 1860, when he entered the employ of the N. Y. C.R. R., as tax agent and real estate agent, which office he has sincefilled. In 1861 he bought the homestead of Jeffrey, and since made itone of the most attractive farms in Gates. In 1873 he purchased theright of way for the third and fourth tracks between Buffalo and Albany.In 1882 he purchased all the lands in Rochester for the elevated tracks.

Barber, Charles Russell, M. D., son of Russell Barber, a prominentmerchant, was born in Middlebury, Wyoming county, N. Y., December 30,1853, and received his rudimentary education in the public schools ofhis native town. He spent two years In the medical department of theUniversity of New York city and was graduated from the Buffalo MedicalCollege in 1889. After graduating he came to Rochester, where he hassince followed his profession. In 1883 he was appointed consultingphysician for the poor, which position he held three years; in November,1884, he received the appointment of coroner's physician, which positionhe still holds. He is an ardent Repnblican and active in the councils ofhis, party. Reorganized the first Maccabee lodge in Rochester and is itsmedical examiner, a position he also fills for several insurancecompanies. He is a member of the Monroe Conuty Medical and RochesterPathological Societies, being president of the latter, and is also amember of the Central New York Medical Society, of Genesee Falls LodgeF. & A. M., and of Orient Lodge I. O. O. F.

Dann, Archibald, M. D., was born in Mendon, Monroe county, February 3,1845. and is a son of Selleck Dann, a native of that town, who died inLima, N. Y., in 1859, aged sixty-three years. Nathaniel Dann, father ofSellcck, came to Merdon from Nova Scotia at a very early day, and diedthere of cholera. Both were farmers. Dr. Dann, after passing through thedistrict schools, was graduated from Middlebury Academy in 1859. Hesubsequently took chemistry under Prof. Lattimorc of Genesee College atLima and then read medicine for three years in the office of Dr. SolomonBarrett, of Le Roy, Gcnesee county. In March, 1866, he received thedegree of M. D. from the medical department of the University ofPennsylvania and in June of the same year began the practice of hisprofession at Honeoye Falls, N. Y., where he remained six and one-halfyears. He then removed to Rochester, where he has since resided, andwhere he has successfully followed his chosen calling. Dr. Dann is anex-president, an ex-vice-president and a member of the Central New YorkMedical Association, and a permanent member of the New York StateMedical Society. February 3, 1869, he married Miss Lydia J., daughter ofWilliam Rogers, of Honeoye Falls.

Keith, Linus, was born in Canada, November 30, 1837. When a young man he learned the machinist's trade, and after working for some time in theMichigan Central Railroad shops he began running a locomotive on thatroad, and remained there fourteen years. In 1866 he moved to Penfieldand was an engineer on the New York Central and Hndson River Railroadfor twenty-four years. Since then he has devoted his attention tofarming. In December, 1861, he married Mrs. Mary R. St. John, daughterof Thomas Stevenson, of Penfield, and their children are Carrie J., ofSyracuse; Walter Castle, an artist in Syracuse: Ida R. (Mrs. C. M.Rich), of Penfield; and Charles, who was an engineer at the time of hisdeath in 1892. Mrs. Keith also has one daughter. Zitella K. (wife of Dr.F. H. Butler, of Syracuse), by her first marriage.

Sibley, Wallace, M.D., was born in the town of Cuba, Allegany county,N.Y., June 15, 1846. Educated in the common schools, he was graduatedfrom the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1875, andhas filled various positions of responsibility and trust, such aspostmaster and town clerk in the town of Ischua, Cattaraugus county. Hewas president of the School Board of Portville, N.Y., was electedpresident of the Cattaraugus County Medical Society, is now president ofthe Monroe County Medical Society, and is the present health officer, ofthe city of Rochester, His parents came from New England and settledin the eastern part of New York State at a comparatively early day.

Howard, Eugene H., M.D., superintendent of the Rochester State Hospital, was born in Erie county in 1850, and secured his early education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and College at Lima, N.Y., and the BuffaloMedical College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1873. Hebegan practicing in Rochester the same year, and has made a specialstudy of mental diseases from date of graduation. He has beensunerintendent of the institution for the care of the insane in thisdistrict since 1885. He is an active member of the RochesterPathological Society, the Monroe County Medical Society, and the NewYork State Medical Society. The Rochester State Hospital is one of theten institutions in New York State for the care of the insane which aresupplied with a uniform allowance by the State Commission in Lunacy, andare conducted as hospitals for the curative treatment of persons ofunsound mind. It was incorporated July 1, 1891, in accordance with theprovisions of Chapter 335 of the Laws of 189l, which is entitled an Actfor the conversion of Monroe County Insane Asylum into a State Hospital.

Bissell, Dr. Elmer Jefferson, born in Vernon, N.Y., is a son of the Rev. S. J. Bissell, D. D., a graduate of Wesleyan University and a prominentminister of the Methodist denomination. After graduating from theRochester Free Academy. Dr. Bissell entered Michigan University andpursued a course in general medicine, with special attention to eye andear work, and was graduated from there in 1882. He remained one year asassistant professor of the eye and ear department, and then located inRochester. He has perfected himself in his specialty by further study inthe hospitals of this country and the old world. Dr. Bissell was one ofthe oculists chosen to present papers before the World's MedicalCongress held at Chicago at the time of the World's Fair. He has alwaysbeen a regular contributor to the magazines of his own land, and some ofthe articles have been copied in foreign journals. He was one of thefirst to present papers an the relations between nose troubles and eyediseases, and is now one of the assistant editors of the HomoeopathicEye and Ear Journal of New York. Dr. Bissell has also taken a prominentpart in the medical societies; has been vice president of the State, andpresident of the Western New York and Monroe County Medical Societies;is a member of the American Institute Homoeopathy, and also of theRochester Academy of Science, and is oculist and to the RochesterHomoeopathic Hospital and Rochester Free Dispensary. He very ingeniousin inventing several new appliances for testing the vision, prepared aspecial battery for treating diseases of the eye and ear by electricity.His vibrometer for the treatment of the deaf has had remarkable successin cases, and a description of its novel mechanism has been freely givento physicians from Nova Scotia to Texas, for he does not believe inpatenting a device which relieves the sufferings of mankind. Dr. Bissellhas been urged to accept of his specialty in the college of anotherState, but he could not he persuaded to give up his home and practice inour beautiful city.

Remington, Harvey F. - Prominent among the younger members of the Monroe county bar and well and favorably known in Western New York is Harvey F. Remington. His ancestors emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1837,settling in Newbury, Mass., and the descendants of John Remington, thefirst settler, are very numerous; one of the number, Jonathan, was formany years a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Massachusetts,Others have held positions upon the bench and filled honorable places atthe bar, in the pulpit, the press, the medical profession, in commercialpursuits, and in fact in all worthy avocations. Frederic Remington, theartist, a son of a former editor of the Albany Express, is a cousin ofthe subject of this sketch, Mr. Remington was born in Henrietta, Monroecounty, June 28, 1863, and is the son of the late William T. Remington,who was born in a log house in Henrietta that his father, AlvahRemington, erected when he emigrated from Vermont in 1817. Harvey F.Remington was educated in the common schools, at the Genesee StateNormal School, and at the Law Department of Union University, graduatingin 1887. He was at once admitted to the bar and opened an office in theElwood building in Rochester with the late Hon. Alfred Ely, which officehe still occupies. Having from boyhood had a taste for politics, Mr.Remington has frequently been a delegate to State and other partyconventions, and often a presiding officer, and he has enjoyed thefriendship and confidence of prominent officials irrespective of partyfor years. In 1891, during a warm local contest in the Sixteenth ward,then containing nearly one-fourth of the population of Rochester, he wasinduced to make a canvass for the nomination for supervisor, and afterthe most exciting caucus ever held in Rochester, lasting an entire day,at which over 1,500 votes were cast, he was nominated and later electedsupervisor. He served one year, and was elected a member of the Board ofEducation, resigning this position to accept the appointment of secondassistant city attorney under Hon. C. D. Kiehel. He filled this positionfor two years, and upon the election of Hon. A. J. Rodenbeck ascorporation counsel, he was made first assistant, succeeding Mr.Rodenbeck in that position. Mr. Remington is largely interested insuburban property, and is actively engaged in church and mission work.He is a member of the First Baptist church and a trustee of the WestBrighton Chapel Society. He is also affiliated with the Masonic andother fraternal societies, He married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Brodie,of Caledonia, N.Y., in 1889, and four children are the result of thisunion. He resides on Reservoir avenue, in a residence which overlooksthe city from the Highland Park range of hills, and it is evident thathere in a happy home he finds the keenest enjoyment in life, for his isa home in its broadest sense.

Terrill, Harmon, was born in Rutland county, Vt., in 1838, son ofThaddeus and Lydia (Loomis) Terrill. Thaddeus Terrill was born in 1803and died in 1874, Harmon Terrill came to Ogden in 1860, where he engagedin farming until 1882, when he removed to Gates, where he now resides,He married Althera A., daughter of Albert Goodridge, who came fromVermont to Ogden in 1830, where he died in 1882, aged seventy-six.Harmon Terrill has two daughters, Ellen O. and Anna E., having lost one,Lydia A., who died in 1875, aged nine years.

Cole, Josiah H., was born in the town of Mendon, Monroe county, N.Y.,November 20, 1832, came with his parents to the town of Irondequoit whenhe was thirteen years old, and was educated in the district schools, inthe old High School and Peck's Commercial School of Rochester. He is afarmer and market gardener. November 11, 1856, he married Mary Eaton,and they have four children: Mason, Harriet L., Annette L., and CharlesW. Mason married Lillie C. Hardison, of this town, and they have sevenchildren: Harriet H., Clarice, Edward G., John H., June, Ruby and SarahC. Harriet L. married Charles Griffin, of Bradford, Pa., and they havetwo children: Frank and Mary C. Annette L. married Frank Winchell, ofRose, Wayne county, N.Y. and they have one son, Robert. Charles W.married May Rogers, of Fenville, Mich. Mr. Cole's father, Mason, wasborn in Otsego county. N.Y., September 14, 1803, and came with hisparents to Mendon in 1811. In 1831 he married Harriet M. Hand, formerlyof Montauk Point, Long Island, and they had six children: Josiah H.,Sarah C., Richard D., Jay M., John H., and Harriet L. Mr. Cole diedJanuary 27, 1887, and his wife in March, 1861. Mrs. Cole's father, JoelEaton, was born in Arlington, Vt., February 3, 1800, and came toRochester with his parents in 1812, was educated in the district schoolsin the town of Brighton, and was a farnier by occupation. He marriedtwice, first to Permelia Colwell, and they had three children, Rhoda,Ennice and Alfred, For his second wife he married Sarah Sibley, of thetown of Rush, and they were the parents of eleven children: Mary, Rice,Webster, Daniel, Orsamus, Julius and Julia L. (twins), Olive, and threewho died in infancy, He died May 28, 1884, and his wife August 10, 1884.The ancestry of the family is English and Dutch.

Patten, E. S., was born in Gates in 1834, son of Alexhnder Patton, whocame from Washington county to Gates among the early settlers, and diedin Chili in 1860. Mr. Patten settled on the farm, where he now lives,when he was married, and is one of the leading men of the town, beingone of the assessors. In 1863 he began running a milk route toRochester, which his son still continues. He has one son, Edward A., andone daughter, Kittie L. Smith.

Simpson, Benjamin F.. was born in Rochester, N. Y., April 15, 1828, waseducated in the public schools, a carpenter by occupation, andeventually a contractor with his father, He came to the old homestead onthe Boulevard in 1877. December 8, 1848, he married Margaret Barry, ofhis native city, and they have four children: Jane P., William H., MaryA., James, who died February 12, 1858, and B. Frank. Mr. Simpson'sfather, William, was born in County Austin, Ireland, in 1798, and cameto the United States in 1816, locating in Rochester, N. Y. He was one ofthe first blacksmiths there, and carried on a general business, alsocarriage making, on Front street.

Titus, Frank C., was born on the homestead, near Titus avenue, in thetown of Irondequoit, August 10, 1859. He was educated in the publicschools, and is one of the foremost market gardeners of the town, Heowns nine acres of garden on the Ridge Road, and is in partnership withhis brother, under the firm name of Stephen B. Titus & Bro. March 28,1883, he married Moneka Serth of this town, by whom he has two children:George W. and Cora N. Mrs. Titus's father, George Serth, was born inHessendarmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States when a youngman. He married Mary Sneck, of Rochester, formerly of his native place,by whom he had eight children: Barbara, John, Catherine, Moneka,William, George, Louis, and Tracy. Mr. Serth died about 1875, but hiswife still survives. This family are of English and German extraction.

Vanauken, George W., was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, N.Y., September 20, 1821, was educated in the district and select schoolsof the town, and has always followed the occupation of farming. He hasmarried twice, first on May 1, 1843, to Margaret Vannetten, of Lyons, N.Y., and three children were born to them: Horatio, Mary F., and Laura,all married, Mrs. Vanauken died May 30, 1848. For his second wife hemarried Adeline Humphrey, of his native town, and they have sixchildren: Imogene, Charles L., Flora, Grace, Henry, and Adaline, Imogenemarried James Tompkins, and they have two children: Henry L. and JennieE. Charles L. married Minnie Pardee, and they have nine children:Ellery, George, Grace, Nellie, Lura, Minnie, Carl, Milton, and Maude.Flora married Chester Bagley, and they were the parents of one son,Herschel, Mrs. Bagley died at the age of thirty-four years. Gracemarried Clarence Critendon, and they have three children: Alice, Earl,and Ross. Henry married Minnie Williams of Michigan, and two childrenwere born to them: Charles M, and Hazel B. Mr. Vanauken's father,Daniel, was born at the old home in Phelps, in 1800, was educated in theschools of that early day, and was a farmer by occupation. He marriedLaura Barker, of his native town, and they had two sons: George W. andHulbert. Mr. Vanaukcn died February 6, 1875. Mrs. Laura Vananken died in1829. John Humphrey was born in the town of Phelps, in 1800, waseducated in the district schools, and a farmer. He married ElizabethHowell, who was born in the town of Junius, Seneca county, and they hadsix children: Elizabeth, Charles, William, Adeline, Sophia, andCharlotte. He died in November 24, 1860, and his wife in May 21, 1859.Mr. Vanauken's grandfather, was a drummer boy in the Revolutionary war.The family of G. W. Vanauken came here to reside April 16, 1887. Theancestry of the family is Dutch, English, and Scotch.

Roe, Thomas, was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1813, and came toAmerica in 1834, and lived for two years in Rochester. In 1836 he cameto Gates and bought the farm where he now lives, and engaged in farming.In 1834 he married Lydia Moore, also born in Portsmouth, who died in1865, leaving three sons: Henry, Edwin and George M., also twodaughters. In 1881 he married for his present wife, Mrs. Henry Murch, ofGates. Mr. Roe has always taken an active interest in the affairs of thetown, and for the last thirty years has been one of the assessors; wasalso trustee and school clerk for twenty years. In 1845 the FirstPresbyterian church of Gates was built, and his interest in it has beenconstant and untiring, serving it as trustee, treasurer, and secretary,and has been one of its elders about twenty years.

Crane, John H., was born at Port Byron, Cayuga county, February 16,1823, was educated in the common schools after his arrival in the townof Gates with his parents in 1827, and also in the Collegiate Instituteat Rochester, and is one of the town's intelligent farmers. In 1845 hemarried Jane W. Speer of this town, who was born in Michigan, and theyhad two children: Abram E., who married first Mary Handee and had oneson, Sherman; his wife died in 1877 and he married second Eva Jewett,and they have these children, Mary J., Herbert J., Edgar A., and WilliamW. The second son of our subject is Daniel W., who married JennieWilkinson, and they have one son, Harry W. Nathaniel Crane, father ofour subject, was born in Goshen, Orange county, in 1798, came to thiscounty, and married Sophia Hopper, born in New Jersey in 1798. Theirnine children were William, Sarah J., John H., Polly, Augustus, Susan,Nathaniel, De Forrest, and Gertrude, He died in 1874 and his wife in1862. Mr. Crane's great-grandfather, Daniel Knapp, was a soldier in theRevolution. Mrs. Crane's father, Abraham Speer, was born in Speertown,N. J., in 1787, married Sarah Moore in 1805, and came to this county in1812, removing to Michigan three years later, Their nine children wereCatherine, Madison, Charles, Ferrin, John, Maria, Eliza, the wife ofDavid Todd, Jane W. and Sarah A. Mr. Speer died in 1857 and his wife in1867. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was one of Michigan'spioneers, he drew the first seine for white fish in Detroit River thatwhite man ever drew; he picked up the bones of the soldiers that wereslaughtered at the River Raisin by the British and Indians and buried ina trench; his team was a yoke of oxen; he returned to the town of Greecein 1826.

Barnum, William R., is a grandson of Richard Barnum, and an earlysettler of Danbury, Conn., and a son of George B. Barnum, who came fromthat place to Brighton, Monroe county, in 1850, and died in Rochesterabout 1870. He was born in Brighton, May 14, 1858, and received hiseducation in the public schools of Rochester and the Rochester FreeAcademy. At an early age he became a clerk for Lane & Paine, druggists,with whom he remained until 1887, when he was admitted to partnership inthe present Paine Drug Company, their successors, In 1887 Mr. Barnummarried a daughter of the late Gen. William E. Lathrop, of Rochester.

Miller, Ardean R., was born in Gates, in 1855, son of Ransom, andgrandson of Eli Miller, who came from Connecticut in 1812 and settled inBrighton. In 1880 Mr. Miller married Miss Sarah Love, and they havethree children: Ardean, jr. Ora M., and Iva M. Mr. Miller settled on thefarm where he now lives in 1890, and is one of the best farmers of thetown. In 1891 he was elected highway conmmissioner, which office he nowholds.

Foster, Ozias, was born in Hammond, St. Lawrence county, March 6,1819,and his parents came to Rochester when he was a child. His father diedwhen Ozias was five years old, leaving a wife and five small children toshift for themselves. He was taken by strangers, and received but alimited education, which he has supplemented however, by reading andobservation. May 18, 1843, he married a daughter of Samuel Davison ofthis town, and they have had ten children: Charles, who enlisted in the140th N. Y. Vols., and died of typhoid fever, at Alexandria, Va., andtwo others who are also deceased; Frank F., a minister of Pittsburgh,Pa.; Samuel D., a farmer of Michigan; Glentsworth, of Greenfield, Mass.;Nellie, wife of Alden Budd, of Rochester: Emma, wife of William Elliott,of Rochester; Josephine, who resides at home; Eugene, also a farmer onthe home place; Frank, who married Lillie Arnold. Glentsworth marriedfirst, Mary Turk, of this town, and second Lillian Crowell. Samuel D.married Jennie Easton. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have resided on theirhomestead forty-nine years, and their marriage dates back fifty-twoyears, when he erected a small house in the forest, his capital beingbut fifty dollars, and a good honest reputation.

Schwartz, Peter M., was born in the town of Lancaster, Erie county,N.Y., March 25, 1868, and his education was obtained in the commonschools. He has been a trusted employee with the New York Central &Hudson River Railway Company since 1883, first at Churchville, astelegraph operator, then at Batavia, Genesee county, next at HoneoyeFalls, and from there to Charlotte, where he has filled the office ofticket agent and telegraph operator for the past five years. November27, 1894, he married Lizzie O'Conner, of Charlotte. Mr. Schwartz'sfather, Louis, was born in Alsace-Loraine, Germany, July 5, 1828, andcame to the United States with his parents in 1883. They located on afarm near Lancaster. Louis was educated in the schools of that time, andis a farmer by occupation. He married Theresa Bachman, formerly of hisnative country, and they have five children: Mary, now Mrs. Dr.Hoffmeyer of Buffalo; Louis J., a passenger conductor on the N. Y. C. &H. R. Railway; Theresa M., resides at home; Peter M., as above, andJohn, a farmer at home. Both father and mother reside on the oldhomestead, Peter E. is a Democrat, and represents the town of Greece inthe county committee. He has served as clerk of the village board untillast year, and was re-appointed to the same position in 1895.

Haight, Jacob S., was born in Chili, in 1854, son of John Haight, whowas a farmer of that town. Mr. Haight followed the occupation of farmertill 1880, at which time he began clerking for Mr. Benjamin in the coalbusiness at Lincoln Park, In 1888 he purchased the coal interest of Mr.Benjamin, where he has since engaged in the business, In politics Mr.Haight was always a Democrat, In 1888 he was elected justice of thepeace of the town of Gates; in 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, he representedthe town of Gates in the Board of Supervisors of Monroe county; in 1893,he was nominated for sheriff, but was defeated. In 1881 Mr. Haightmarried a daughter of Francis A. Muller, of the town of Ogden, and tookup his residence in the town of Gates, where he has since resided.

Woodworth, Clark, was born in Gates, in 1826, son of Spencer Woodworth,who came from Connecticut to Gates in 1819, and died in 1855, leavingfive sons. Clark remained on the homestead until 1865, when he boughtthe farm where he now lives. Mr. Woodworth married Julia Annis, daughterof William R. Booth, and they have one son, William A.

Croft, James, was born in Kent, England, March 21, 1841, and came to the United States with his mother when six years of age. The family landedat Port Hope, Canada, when he was two years old, where his father wasdrowned the night of his arrival. Mrs. Croft married a second time, anddied when James was thirteen years old, and he came from Rochester(where they had lived for about seven years) to Greece and lived with aMr. Vick. James is now a marine engineer. September 8, 1864, he enlistedin Co B, 188th N. Y. Vols., and participated in nine generalengagements. This regiment was in the grand review at the close of thewar in Washington. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war.April 25, 1866, he married Mary J. Morse, of Charlotte. Mr. Croft'sfather, William, was born in England in 1804. He married Serena Palmer,by whom he had eight children: Serena, Sarah, Mary, William, Eliza,Harriet, James, and David, who was born in Canada. Mrs. Croft's father,Charles Morse, was born in New Hampshire in 1807, and married HannahCone, who was born in Vermont, Their families came to Rochester in 1826,where the young people were married. They had three children: CharlesH., Watson C., and Mary J. Mrs. Morse then married a second time, Mr.Howard, and had one daughter, Alice A. Howard, who died aged nineteenyears. Mrs. Howard died June 19, 1895, aged eighty-one years.

Whitlock, George L., was born in Chatham, Columbia county, July 26,1835, and married Mary A. Lyon, and resided in Palmyra, Wayne county,until 1871, when they came to this town where they have since residedMrs. Whitlock's father, the late James L. Lyon, was born in Hillsdale,Columbia county, N.Y., in 1799. He was a graduate of Lenox Academy, anda farmer by occupation. He married Jane McGonegal, of this county, wherehe came in 1836, and five children were born to them: Mary A., deceased,William F., deceased, Celia A., Mary A., and William A. Celia marriedAlexander Wilson, and they had four children, two of whom survive: JamesL. and Jennie M. Mrs. Wilson died in 1888. William A. married JennieDay, of Charlotte. Mr. Lyon died September 1, 1872, and his wife in1879. Mr. Whitlock's father, David L., was born in Vermont in 1802, andcame to Columbia county, where he married Theresa Shepard, of Dutchesscounty, and they had four children: Henry R., George L., Augusta B., andOphelia A. Mr. Whitlock died in 1885 and his wife in 1886. The ancestryof the family is Scotch.

Payne, Erwin C., was born in the town of Diana, Lewis county, N. Y.,December 16, 1838. His parents moved to Pitcairn, St. Lawrence county,N. Y., from there to Russell, of that county, from there to Antwerp, andcame to Rochester, Monroe county, when Erwin C. was eight years of age.They left Rochester, returning in 1853, and soon after settled in thetown of Irondequoit. Erwin C. was educated in the common schools ofvarious places, in a private school taught by Sidney B. Grant and AlbionAcademy. He has always been a farmer, and February 24, 1863, he marriedHannah B. Ewer of Irondequoit, by whom he had three children: George W.,Hattie E., and C. Jennie. George W. married Minnie A. Stilwell ofWebster, N. Y. and they have two children: Alice Maud and Florence L.Hattie B. married Edward C. Spencer of Speneerport. C. Jennie ishousekeeper for her father. Mrs. Payne died December 11, 1889. July 27,1862, Mr. Payne enlisted in Company B, 108th N. Y. Vols., was wounded inthe battle of Antietam, and was honorably discharged on a surgeon'scertificate of disability the same year. He had been assessor of thetown one year, also justice of the peace for six years. His father,Alonzo L. Payne, was born in the town of Champion, Jefferson county, in1810. He married Selecta Harris of his native place, by whom he had fourchildren: Erwin C., Perley E., Hattie E., and Rubie A. He died in 1886,but his wife still survives. Three brothers on the maternal side of thename of Butler were in the Revolutionary war. Erwin C. Payne was amessenger for the Sub-Committee of the Whole in Albany in 1877, and inJanuary, 1890, was watchman in the State, War and Navy building atWashington.

McDonald, David, came from Attica to Adams Basin, and was foreman on the canal as early as 1825. He moved to Elba, but later returned to Ogden,and finally engaged in farming. He died December 10, 1889. His childrenwere Lydia, who married Watson Bradley; Delia, who married John J.Jewett; John, who was killed in the Rebellion; George, of Byron; JohnMcDonald enlisted at the age of twenty-four in the 8th N. Y. HeavyArtillery, and was killed at Cold Harbor June 3, 1864. He left a widowand one son, John K. jr. John Jewett was born in Parma, a son of Dr.Gideon Jewett. In 1850 he married Delia McDonald, and they had twochildren: Frank G., of Ogden, and William, who died young. In April,1861, Mr. Jewett enlisted under the first call for three months' men,and at the expiration of his time re-enlisted and served to the end ofthe year, his only wound being a not serious injury to the right arm.Mr. Jewett died in 1880, survived by his widow and son. Frank G. Thelatter was born in Ogden, July 24, 1860, and in 1874 he married Kate,daughter of Michael Smith of Lowville, Lewis county, and they have threechildren, all living. Mr. Jewett is an active member of the OgdenGrange.

Grant, Theodore W., was born on the homestead on the Boulevard,February 20. 1858, and educated in the Irondequoit schools, theCollegiate Institute, Free Academy, and the Commercial College ofRochester, N. Y., and is a market gardener by occupation. February 26,1884, he married Flora M. Town of Jackson, Mich., by whom he had fourchildren: Frank L. Samuel W, Flora I., and Dora A., twins. Sidney B.Grant, father of Theodore W., was born at Fort Edward, N. Y., April 2,1820, and was educated in the schools of his day, after which he taughtschool at the old home, and after coming to Brighton, which took placewhen he was a young man. July 16, 1845, he married Adaline L. Hayward,of Brighton, now Rochester, by whom he had three children; Edward S..Francis E., and Theodore W. Mr. Grant died June 12. 1881, and his wifeSeptember 26, 1895. The ancestors of the Hayward family came over onthe ship "Mayflower," and located in Brighton in 1823. Mrs. Grant'sfather, Samuel P. Town, was born in Canastota, N. Y.. April 28. 1822,and was educated in the public schools, and graduated as a physicianfrom the Homoeopathic Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, and is asuccessful practicing physician in Jackson, Michigan. In 1846 hemarried Martha A. Barrett, who was born in Mason, New Hampshire, in1823, by whom he had six children; James B., who died in infancy;Dora A., Martha A., Frank E.. Flora M., and William A. Mr. Grant is amember of Flower City Lodge No. 535, I O. O. F., Rochester, N. Y.

Howk, Loron Whitney, M.D., son of John C. Howk, an extensive coal andlumber dealer, was born in Ontario, Wayne county, N. Y., October 1.1860, and received his rudimentary education in the public schools ofhis native town. He was graduated from the Union Free School at Webster,Monroe county, in 1883, and from the University of Rochester in 1887,where he was a leading member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Heentered the Medical Department of the University of Michigan at AnnArbor and received his degree of M. D. in 1891, since which time he hasfollowed his profession in Rochester. While a student in the last namedinstitution he held the post of assistant surgeon, and in Rochester isnow city physician for the county poor. He is a member of the RochesterPathological Society, the Monroe County Medical Society, and the CentralNew York Medical Society. February 28, 1894. Dr. Howk married Miss EllaGertrude Hildreth, of San Francisco, California.

Farnan, James, was born near Charlotte in the town of Greece, March 31,1843, and his education was obtained in the common schools. He beganlearning to be an engineer when but fourteen years old in his father'ssteam saw mill at Charlotte, where his parents moved when he was sevenyears of age. For the past six years he has been chief, engineer for theRochester Electric Railway Company, in their power house at Charlotte.November 15, 1871, he married Margaret Kernan, of the town of Greece,and they have six children: Francis John, Charles E., Julia A., Leo K.,P. Joseph, and Clyde. The eldest son is an electrician for the ManitouBeach Railway Company. Mr. Farnan's father, John, was born in the cityDublin. Ireland, in 1811, and came to America with his parents when butfive years old. They first located in Cayuga county, N. Y., and in 1828moved to the town of Greece. Mr. Farnan was a farmer for many years. In1856 he sold his farm and came to Charlotte and became a ship builder,and has built some very large ones, as well as smaller crafts. He had asteam saw mill where he prepared his own lumber for ship building. Hemarried Mary Carroll, of Greece. She was born in County Cavan, Ireland,and came with her parents to Plattsburg. N. Y. when she was three yearsold. They had nine children, six sons and three daughters. Mr. Farnandied in December, 1892. His wife was killed by an electric car, July 20,1889. Mr. and Mrs James Farnan are members of the Holy Cross Catholicchurch of Charlotte.

Tone, Joseph C., was born in Rochester, N. Y., and educated in thepublic schools and Saterlee's Institute. He was clerk in Powers's Bankfor seven years. and afterwards was in partnership with Stittheimer,Tone & Co., as bankers, which firm continued ten years. He then becameinterestcd in real estate and railroads, and in 1872 began to developSummerville and Windsor Beach, and he also built the railwuy fromRochester to the lake, now known as the Rome, Watertown & OgdensburgRailroad. In 1874 he purchased the Manning Ferry, which connectedSummerville with Charlotte and he caused the lower ferry to he erected,and which is now running in first-class order. In 1892 he began theerection of the Boulevard, from the city line to Summerville, and of theElectric Railway, and of the above ferry. Mr. Tone originated the ideaof the construction of the above named enterprises and unfolded hisplans to the Rochester and Irondequoit Bay Railway Company, which wasfavorably received by the Company, and which have been thoroughlydeveloped by them since to the convenience of the traveling public, andalso being a profitable enterprise. Mr. Tone says regarding theinception and development of Summerville: "The original notion of makinga summer village on the shore of Lake Ontario first presented itself tome in the year 1870, before anything of the kind was talked of. Twoyears later the summer village plot, now called Summerville and WindsorBeach was purchased by me, and property prepared for such purposes,since which time it has steadily increased in members and value, and isto-day a thriving and valuable community, and bids fair to outstrip itslarger and better equipped neighbor, Charlotte, if it cannot already besaid to have reached that point." He owns a farm of two hundred acres,which he is constantly improving, and which was the birth-place ofEx-Governor Haighte, of California.

Stace, Mrs. Stephen.-The late Alamander Wilder was born in Wilmington,Vt., December 14, 1805. His parents moved to Churchville, Monroe county,in 1811, where he was educated in the common schools. He was engaged infarming until he came to Charlotte in 1854. He went to Parma at the ageof sixteen years. June 6, 1839, he married Jerasha Goodell, by whom hehad nine children: Josephine W., who married Stephen Stace, a fruitgrower, of Greece; William R., who married Caroline Lockwood, of Greece,and has one child, Ida F.; Mary E., who died at the age of forty; HenryC., a soldier of the late war, starved to death in Salisbury prison;Eugenia, who married Isaac Wickwire, of Akron, Erie county; Sarah E.,who married Alexander Ferguson; Emogine, who married John M. Allen;Nancy L., who married Frederick G. Miller, of Waterport, Orleans county,and had five children, Hattie J., Cora, George, Ward W., and Beulah, anddied October 25, 1888; and Fannie S., who married Harry M. Pierson, ofPhiladelphia, Pa., and has three children: Harry W., Eugene S., andMorley H. Mr. Wilder was one of the town's foremost citizens for years.He served as president of the village of Charlotte. He died April 14,1875, and Mrs. Wilder died March 12, 1862.

Loomis, George W., was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1851, son of Rev.George Loomis, D. D., late of Clifton Springs, N. Y., a well-knowneducator, who was principal of Lima Seminary, president of AlleghenyCollege, Meadville, Pa., and at his death at the head ef Foster Schoolfor Young Ladies, Clifton Springs, N. Y. Mr. Loomis was for some yearsinterested in banking, but is now not in active business, In 1887 hemarried Celeste M., only daughter of Judge Gardiner, and lives at theold Gardiner homestead on Gardiner avenue.

Neuhart, Michael, was born in Alsace, France, September 6, 1820, wherehe was educated in their schools. In 1844 he married ElizabethFraushaar, of his native country. He came to the United States in 1845,and she followed a year later. They were the parents of seven children:Michael, who died at sea coming over with his mother; Emil, who was welleducated, and was town clerk of Irondequoit for three years, and diedwhile on a visit to Switzerland, aged thirty-four years; and the othersare dead with the exception of Emma, who married George Burger. Mr. andMrs. Burger have six children: Flora, Hattie, Libbie, Charles, George,jr., and John. Mrs. Neuhart died September 7, 1891. Mr. Neuhart was amachinist by trade, which he followed for ten years, and then kept agrocery and saloon until 1878, when he came to the town of Irondeqaoitand purchased the Forrest House, conducting it with success for sevenyears. In 1885 he sold it to Daniel Forman, and in 1879 purchased thefarm opposite the hotel, on which he erected two houses and opened agravel pit, which is a continual source of revenue.

Conterman, Adam M., was born in Mendon, Montgomery county, N. Y.,January 16, 1819. He was educated in the schools of his day, and movedwith his parents to Oswego county when he was sixteen years of age, andis a farmer by occupation, and has been a resident of Western New Yorksince 1879. He was twice married, first on January 21, 1841, to NancyHoyt, of West Monroe, by whom he had four children: George H., Betsey,James S. (who was a soldier in the late war, and died April 12, 1865, inhospital at Point of Rocks, Va.), and Nancy. Mrs. Conterman died May 23,1858. January 14. 1860, he married Betsey A. Smith. of Chenango county,N. Y. They had two children: Ferma and John S. Mrs. Conterman diedFebruary 10, 1895. John S. is a farmer living at home. He married EllaGarlock, of Greece. The ancestry of the family is Dutch and German.

Williams, Charles A., of Fairport, succeeded November 1, 1894, to thehardware business of H. H. Brydges, on North Main street. Besidesgeneral hardware and stoves, Mr. Williams has a department devoted tosteamfitting and plumbing, roofing and repair work. He was born inSyracuse, August 28, 1847, where his father, Russell C., was a cooper,and where Charles lived prior to 1871. In 1880 Mr. Williams marriedDella Sherman, of Fairport, and their children are Winfield, Edward andBella.

Casburn, George, was born in Cambridge, England, February 12, 1845, andcame to the United States with his parents at the age of nine. Theylocated in Penfield. He was educated in Watertown, Jefferson county, andis a fruit grocer, having an interest in four fruit evaporatingestablishments in the West, and is also proprietor of one in Kendall,Orleans county. He has been in partnership with George Burling, ofGreece, in small fruit and evaporating business for about fifteen years,and now owns a fruit farm of sixty acres near West Greece. In 1880 hemarried Mary Nordrum, of the town of Greece, formerly of Norway, andtheir children are Ellen E., Martha M., Alfred G. and Grace Ambrose. Thefather of our subject was born at the old home in 1824, married MaryDyson, of his native place, by whom he had eight children: George, Ann,Alfred, Rebecca, Sarah, Robert, Martha, and one who died in infancy. Thefamily came to this country as above noted, and now reside in Illinois,with the exception of George, who has resided in Greece since 1874. Mrs.Casburn's father, Egbert Nordrum, was born in Norway in 1829 and marriedMary Lusta, of his native place. Their two children were Mary, as above,and Ellen. They came to the United States in 1855 and located in thistown. The father died in 1889 and his wife in 1862. The ancestry of thefamily is English and Norwegian.