Adler, Levi, was born October 24, 1834 in Germany, where he received a common school education. In 1851 he came to America, and after living in Albion, N. Y., a short time, became proprietor of a retail clothing store in Medina, Orleans county, where he remained until 1869, when he came to Rochester and opened a large wholesale clothing manufactory with Nathan Stein, under the firm name of Stein & Adler, which was afterwards changed to Stein, Adler & Co. In 1883 this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Adler became partner of the firm of L. Adler, Brothers & Co., which still continues, and occupies the spacious brick block erected by Mr. Adler in 1890. The firm is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and as manufacturer, makes a specialty of men's fine clothing, having an immense trade extending throughout the United States. In 1861 Mr. Adler married Miss Theresa Wile, daughter of the late Abram Wile of Rochester. They have seven children of whom Isaac Adler is a rising young lawyer and a member of the law firm of Adler & Adler.

Seymour, H. Franklin, was born in Lebanon, N. Y., December 16, 1845, came to Monroe county in 1859, and received his education in Satterlee's Collegiate Institute at Rochester, and also in Ames's Business College in Syracuse. Leaving the farm he went into a hardware store at Oneida, N. Y., where he remained about two and a half years. In February, 1872, he returned to Rochester, and engaged as a clerk in a large wholesale hardware store, which position he held for sixteen years. In 1888 he established his present business in partnership with William Eccleston, under the firm name of H. F. Seymour & Co. Two years later Mr. Eccleston retired and since then Mr. Seymour has continued the establishment alone, but has retained the old firm name. The business was originally started by J. W. McKindley about 1856, and after his death passed through various hands to C. C. Carey & Co., of which Mr. Eccleston was a member. Mr. Seymour has been very successful and enjoys a trade which extends not only throughout the city, but into the adjacent country. He wholesales and retails builders' supplies and kindred wares.

Chapin, Louis S., was born in Rochester. N. Y., April 11, 1846, and was educated in the public and private schools of that city. He first engaged as clerk for two years for Smith, Perkins & Co., wholesale grocers, and then for five years in the employ of George Gould, Son & Co., shoe manufacturers. He then formed a partnership with James M. Leonard, under the firm name of Chapin & Leonard, and engaged in the manufacture of shoes for several years, finally buying his partner out and continuing alone. In 1891, having closed out the shoe manufactory, he engaged with W. A. Page, as Page & Chapin, in the stained, ornamental and leaded glass business, of which he became sole owner in October, 1894. In this he has been very successful. His work adorns many of the finer and larger buildings of Rochester, such as the Third and Brick Presbyterian churches, the Monroe Avenue M. H., Christ Episcopal and Trinity churches and many others, the Eureka and other club houses and restaurants, the Chamber of Commerce building, and the Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon chapter houses. Mr. Chapin's father, Louis Chapin, was born in West Springfield, Mass., November 3, 1809, came to Rochester in 1827, and died August 1, 1894. Most of his life was spent in the milling business, in which he was very successful. He was a trustee, vice-president, and president of the Monroe County Savings Bank, and a director in the Rochester Gas Company and the Trust and Safe Deposit Company. April 3, 1859, he was ordained an elder in the Brick Presbyterian church, and held official relations with that society until his death.

Miner, Arthur M., son of Chauncey and S. J. (McKnutt) Miner, was born in Ontario county, in November. 1859. Chauncey Miner, a native of that county, was a son of Amos Miner, who came there from near Albany at an early day. The family descended from two brothers named Bullman, Englishmen, who were originally coal miners in Wales. When the king made a trip to France he took a picked guard from their mines, and for that favor to the king they were knighted, giving them the name of Miner, which they and their descendants retained. They came to America and settled near New London, Conn. Amos Miner, great-grandfather of Arthur M., enlisted at the beginning of the Revolutionary war and was wounded in one of the first battles, but served through that conflict. He was the father of Amos, jr., who came to Ontario county. Arthur M. Miner was educated in Palmyra, N. Y., where he began life in the nursery and fruit business, in which he remained until October, 1891. He then came to Rochester and engaged in the creamery business and continued until the fall of 1893, when he became an undertaker in partnership with Charles F. Scheuerman as Scheuerman & Miner. In February, 1895, they were appointed for three years keepers of the first public morgue established in Rochester. In October, 1884, Mr. Miner married Esther R., daughter of Lewis Randall of Rochester.

Stern, Morley A., son of Abram, was born in Rochester in January, 1854. The father came to this city from Germany in 1848 and still lives here.. At the age of fourteen young Stern began active life as a clerk in the clothing business, and when sixteen he became a traveling salesman in the hat and cap trade, which was followed a year later by a similar position in the dry goods line. In December, 1875, he became a member of the firm of H. Michaels & Co., wholesale clothing manufacturers. In 1876 the name was changed to Michaels, Stern & Co. In 1878 Henry Michaels retired from the active management, and since then the responsibility has devolved upon his oldest son, Joseph Michaels and Mr. Stern. Their trade extends over nearly every State and Territory in the Union, and practically there are between 5,000 and 6,000 people dependent upon their business. They employ about two hundred hands in the store in cutting, trimming, shipping, etc., the manufacturing being done outside. Mr. Stern is a prominent member of Yonondio Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the Rochester and Eureka Clubs.

Friederich, A., & Sons, masons and contractors. This business was founded by Adam Friederich in 1870. He came from Germany with his parents, Andrew and Elizabeth, when about fifteen years of age he was a practical mason, and in 1870 began general contracting on a small scale. He founded the present business of A. Friederich & Sons, which firm was organized in 1884 by himself and sons, J. J. L. and William M. This partnership continued until 1892, when Adam retired from active business and since then has lived in retirement. The firm, which still bears the original name, is composed of J. J. L., Wm. M., Adam G., and Louis J. Friederich, brothers, all natives of Rochester, and all practical masons by trade. The firm is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. J. J. L. Friederich, born July 8, 1856, in Rochester, was an organizer and is president of the Builders' Exchange, of which he was the first treasurer. He is also a director in the Flour City Bank, and a member of Germania Lodge F. & A. M. Among the buildings of which the firm was the contractor are the following : Monroe county court house, Ellwanger & Barry building, C. B. Woodworth building, American Brewing Co. buildings, Reynolds Laboratory, J. K. Hunt building, Cook Opera House, Y. M. C. A. building, Memorial Church, D. M. Child's buildings, Eastman Kodak buildings, M. Kolb & Son building, Riverside Cemetery, Homoepathic Hospital building, Rosenberg & Co. building, Rochester Power Co. buildings, Eureka Club House, Rochester State Hospital building.

Jones, Frank A., M.D., son of Dr. Ambrose and Sylvia (Ford) Jones, was born in Charlotte. October 23, 1849. Dr. Ambrose Jones came from Montgomery county to Charlotte and practiced medicine about fifty years and died there in 1883, aged seventy-nine; his wife died in October, 1892, aged eighty-two. They had ten children, of whom three are now living: Mrs. Orra Warren, Mrs. William Richmond, and Dr. F. A. Jones. The latter was educated at the Rochester Collegiate Institute, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1869. He began the practice of his profession at Charlotte the same year, and later practiced in Grand Rapids, Mich., returning to Charlotte in 1874. Since February, 1893, he has followed his profession in Rochester. He is a member of the Monroe County Medical, and Rochester Pathological Societies, being president of the former in 1890. He married, in 1869, Elizabeth Welles, daughter of Randolph and Mary Welles of Junius, Seneca county, N. Y. They have two children, Grace Louise and Charles F. D.

Swanton, Thomas J., was born in Fairport, N. Y., November 16, 1864, and is a son of Robert Swanton, who settled at that place about 1850. Mr. Swanton was graduated from the Rochester Free Academy in the class of 1881. He then began the study of law in the office of John R. Fanning, the city attorney, but after about one year he decided that his inclination ran in the direction of commercial lines more than anything else. He, therefore, entered the employ of the Commercial Bank as a clerk, succeeding Edward J. Raymond as general bookkeeper nine months later. He served in this capacity until October 1, 1890, when he was promoted to the position of teller. On January 28, 1895, by reason of long and faithful service, he was elected as the successor of Charles F. Pond, then the cashier. Mr. Swanton is the youngest man acting in the position of cashier in Western New York, and this probably holds true throughout the entire State. He is the vice-president of the Mutual Underwriter Company, one of Rochester's most successful publishing houses, and is a prominent member of the Rochester Whist Club.

Parker, Orin, was born June 5, 1845, in Plainfield, Ind., and is a son of John Parker, a millwright. He was reared on a farm, where he remained until the age of nineteen, and received his education in the public schools of his native State. February 24, 1864, he enlisted in the 10th Ind. Vol. Battery as a private and served until July, 1865, participating in the Atlanta campaign, the battles of Buzzard's Roost, Resaca and Altoona and many other skirmishes and engagements of his regiment, being under fire for about fifty days. After the war he served in the 7th U. S. Inf. in Florida, Utah and Montana for eight years, was promoted first sergeant, and at the end of his term of service, was changed to the Signal Service and Weather Bureau of the U. S. Army. He was stationed successively at Washington, D. C., Montgomery, Ala., New Orleans, La., Boston, Mass., Buffalo, N. Y., and Greencastle, Ind., where he pursued a course of law in the law department of Depaw University, taking the degree of LL. B. in 1886. Thence he was transferred to Columbus, O., and to Chicago, Ill., in the Signal Service of the army, and was retired October 19, 1893, on the World's Fair grounds, credited with thirty-three years' service in the U. S. Army. He then joined the Weather Bureau, which had been transferred to the Agricultural Department, July 1, 1891, at Chicago, and stationed at Columbus, O. In December, 1894, he was transferred to Rochester as observer in charge of the station here. Mr. Parker is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and the G. A. R., and one of the oldest officials connected with the government Weather Bureau.

McPhail, Percy R., cashier of the Merchants' Bank at Rochester, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 18, 1860, and is a son of Edward McPhail, who moved with his family to Rochester about 1869. Receiving a classical education in the University of Rochester, he became a clerk in Powers's Bank, where he remained until the organization of the Merchants' Bank in 1883, when he was made bookkeeper of that institution. Afterwards he was promoted teller, and since 1892 has officiated as cashier. Mr. McPhail is a member of the Rochester Chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. In 1887 he married a daughter of Rev. Isaac Gibbard of Rochester.

Ashley, William J., son of Rev. William Bliss Ashley, D. D., and Julia Cornwall Hall, his wife, was born in Portland, Middlesex Co., Conn. His father was a prominent Episcopal clergyman in the Diocese of Western New York from 1849 to 1860, after which he resided in Milwaukee, Wis. William J. Ashley was graduated from Hobart College at Geneva, N. Y., receiving the degrees of A. B. and A. M. in course. Since 1882 he has been a trustee, and is president of the Alumni Association of his alma mater, and is also a member of the Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa college fraternities. He was clerk in the U. S. quartermaster's department for two years; came to Rochester in July, 1866, in the employ of the First National Bank, and was a bank clerk thirteen years. From 1869 to 1884 he was secretary of the Safe Deposit Co. (now the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co.). He was one of the incorporators, in December, 1883, of the Merchants' Bank, its first cashier, a member of its board of directors since that time, and its vice-president since 1892. He was one of the organizers of the New York State Bankers' Association, chairman of the Rochester Group, and member of the council of administration for 1894-95. He has been a member of the vestry of Christ church for twenty-five years; member Diocesan Council of Western New York for about twenty years; is a trustee of the Church Home; was one of the organizers of the Church Club, and of the Infants' Summer Hospital, of which latter organization he was treasurer and member of the board of managers for four years. He married in 1871, Katharine, daughter of Arthur T. Lee, Colonel U. S. army, and has two daughters, Margaret Lee and Mary Janet Ashley.

Van Zandt, Clarence D., born in Rochester, March 21, 1853, is a son of the late John J. Van Zandt, who came here from Albany in 1844 and was the founder of the coffee and spice business in this city, and built the present residence of President Hill of the university. Clarence D. Van Zandt was educated in the public schools, Benedict & Satterlee's, and Carpenter's Collegiate Institute. He removed to East Saginaw, Mich., and in the 1868 engaged in the drug business, but returned to Rochester the following year, and became connected with the old drug firm of Lane & Paine, who were succeeded by the Paine Drug Co., of which he has been a member since 1881. He was formerly a member of the old Light Guard of Rochester. In 1881 he married Mary E. White, a daughter of Dr. J. Balsey White of New York city, and has one daughter. Marie, living.

Mead, Darwin W., son of Darwin M., was born in Oswego, N. Y., January 2, 1856, and received his education in the public schools of that city. He early became a clerk in his father's drug store, and remained there until 1878, after which he was for one season in Saratoga in the same business. He went thence to Buffalo in 1879 as clerk in the Erie street freight office of the N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad; in 1882 he was made chief clerk in the Buffalo freight and passenger office of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and held that position until July, 1886, when he removed to Harrisburg, Pa., as Interior New York and Pennsylvania agent of the Great Southern Despatch. March 1, 1894, he came to Rochester, succeeding F. W. Parsons as agent of the Atlantic Coast Despatch and Richmond and Dansville Despatch, all rail fast freight lines, operating between the New England and Middle States and the South and Southwest, having charge of the business from and to New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the New England States and Canada. He resides in Watkins with headquarters in this city.

Scofield, Warren D., son of Warren S. Scofield, was born in Palmyra, N. Y., April 21, 1844, and finished his education at the Union Classical School in that village. At the age of fourteen he became a clerk in the grocery store there and later went to work on a farm. The next year, however, he entered upon a clerkship in a dry goods store and remained there three years. In August, 1864, he enlisted in Co. F, 111th N. Y. Vols., and served till the close of the war, being detailed as regimental clerk. Returning from the army he settled in Rochester in September, 1865, and began clerking in the dry goods store of Hubbard & Northrup and six years later entered the establishment of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., with whom he remained nine years, during eight of which he was manager of the silk department. In the fall of 1879 he started business for himself under the firm name of Scofield & Strong, which continued until 1884, when they closed out. In January, 1887, he established his present store at 170 East Main street, and deals exclusively in fine dress goods and trimmings. Mr. Scofield is a member of Valley Lodge, No. 109, F. & A. M., Marshall Post G. A. R., and the Royal Arcanum, in which he has held all the lodge offices, and of which he was State deputy for two years.

Almy, Elmer E., proprietor of the New Osburn House, was born in Rochester, April 28, 1852, and, although a young man, is a veteran in the hotel business. He served his apprenticeship at the Reed House, Erie, Pa., and has held various responsible positions in such hotels as the Trans-Continental, Lafayette, and Continental, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Pacific, of Chicago; and St. James, of New York. He returned to Rochester in 1881, and has been the proprietor of the New Osburn House ever since. Mr. Almy is a member of the National Hotel-Keepers' Association, the New York State Hotel Association, and the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. He is also prominent in fraternal orders, and is a member of Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commaadery, Mystic Shrine, Consistory, B. P. 0. Elks, etc. He was formerly vice-president of the Commercial Travelers' Association of the State of New York and is an honorary member of the Commercial Travelers' Home Association of Binghamton. The New Oshurn House is in all respects a strictly first-class hotel. The appointments are rich, beautiful, and tasteful. The hotel was built and first opened to the public in 1881. N. Osburn, grandfather of the present proprietor; assumed control in 1882. Under the latter's efficient management the popularity of the house kept steadily growing, and, in order to meet the demands of the increased and increasing patronage, had the hotel rebuilt and refurnished in 1892-93. It is a handsome four-story brick structure, 175 feet on South St. Paul street, and 160 feet deep, and contains 194 rooms. It is thoroughly steam heated and perfectly ventilated, lighted by gas and electricity, and is conducted on the American plan.

Shedd, Kendrick P., clerk of Monroe county, was born in Trumansburg, October 22, 1837, is a son of Rev. P. Shedd. a Baptist clergyman, and was educated in the public schools at Dundee and at Warsaw Academy. His first business experience was acquired in a country store near Rochester. In 1855 he came to Rochester and obtained a position in the wholesale and retail grocery of Dewey & Monroe, where he spent several years. During the Rebellion he was in the pay department, with Major Wingard, for three years. At the close of the war he returned to Rochester, and in 1866 married Miss Emily E. Mudge, formerly principal of School No. 2. Six children have been the fruit of the union. Mr. Shedd then engaged in the grocery business in Rochester and continued in trade until elected county clerk in 1891, to which office he was re-elected in 1894 by the largest majority ever given in the county for any office. He is a member of Genesee Falls Lodge, Hamilton Chapter, Monroe Commandery, the A. O. U. W., Knights of Honor, Rochester Whist Club, and Columbia Rifle and and Pistol Club. Upon entering upon his duties as county clerk he at once inaugurated many changes in the routine work, and although the office has been twice moved, all papers and public documents have been carefully preserved and kept where they can be obtained at short notice. He will be the first county clerk to occupy the handsome new court house.

Elliott, Frank, was born October 11, 1852, in Hamlin, Monroe county, and is a son of German Elliott, a native of Hastings, Oswego county, who came to Hamlin about 1823, settling finally on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch. He was educated in the district school and the Brockport State Normal School, and has always been a farmer, and upon the death of his father in 1871, succeeded him on the homestead, where he still resides. In October, 1893, he became interested in a general store at Morton, which lie still continues, the firm being Elliott & Kenyon. He was collector for two years, and in 1893-94 was on the Board of Supervisors. He married, December 23, 1874, Ella E., daughter of A. R. Kenyon of Hamlin, and they have three sons, Allie K., Elmer, and Randall J.

Randall, Amos C., was born September 19, 1847, in Kendall, Orleans county, and is a son of Gideon Randall, whose father, Amos, was a very early settler of that town. He was educated in the public schools, the Brockport Collegiate Institute, and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima. He has always been a farmer (except four years when he resided in Brockport), and settled upon his present farm in April, 1879. Both in Kendall and in Brockport he was officially connected with the M. E. church, and in town and public affairs has always taken a keen but quiet interest. He was married in January, 1869, to Cordelia, daughter of the late Dr. Charles Farnham of Kendall, and they have two daughters: Florence, a graduate of the Rochester Business University, and Lucy Louise. now a student at the Brockport State Normal School.

Brownell, Frank A., son of Myron S. Brownell, a millwright, was born in Vienna, Ontario, Canada, February 4, 1859, and attended the grammar schools of his native town. In 18.6 the family moved to Rochester, where the father died in 1878. Mr. Brownell served out a five years' apprenticeship at cabinet making, and also followed the trade of pattern making for about one year. In 1883 he entered the employ of the Union View Company, making photographic apparatus, with which business he has ever since been identified. Since 1885 he has manufactured various kinds of photographic apparatus, and microscopic, and other fine goods on contract, and in this business he has been very successful.

Redman, James H., was born in Hamlin, in 1839. Hiram Redman, father of James H., was born in 1815, and came from Onondaga county, N. Y., to Clarkson with his father, John Redman, where be died in 1879. James H. Redman is now serving his town in the Board of Supervisors for the eleventh term, and has also been a justice since 1871. He engaged in farming until 1883, when he bought the store at Hamlin Center, which he now runs with his son, H. Elmer, who is also town clerk. Mr. Redman is also postmaster, having been appointed in 1884, and in 1894 was a member of the Constitutional Convention.

Palmer, Isaac, was born July 1, 1809, on the 4th Section road in the town of Sweden, Monroe county, on a farm now owned and occupied by Wm. Palmer. His father, Simeon, came there from Eaton, Madison county, in the winter of 1808-9, and died there in 1833. aged fifty-three years; he served in the war of 1812. Mr. Palmer in 1832 went to Brockport and read law with L. B. Holmes, and was admitted to the bar in 1836 and practiced in partnership with his preceptor until about 1855, when he became interested in farming, which he has since followed. In 1875 he moved to Hamlin settled upon his present farm, and is known as one of the best and the wealthiest farmer of Hamlin. He was for about six years master in chancery, but excepting this has held no public office. He was for five years a partner of Henry C. Wisner of Rochester in the crockery business, and has been the controlling owner of the gas works of Brockport for the past few years. In 1839 he married Eliza Spencer and they have three children: George, Emily P. (Mrs. Jonah D. Decker), and Fred, all residents or Monroe county.

Storer, George W., was born June 18, 1827, in Oswego county, N. Y., and is a son of George W. Storer, an early settler there. The family came to Hamlin (then Clarkson) about 1848 to a farm adjoining the place subsequently owned by the late John H. Storer, who died there in 1895. George W. Storer, jr., was educated in the schools of Hamlin and the Eastman Business College of Rochester, and has always been a farmer. He settled upon his present farm in the spring of 1866. He has always been a Republican, and has served as assessor nine years and three terms as supervisor, always taking a keen and active interest in the welfare of the town. He married in 1859 Helen, daughter of William C. Henion, who settled in Hamlin in 1834 and died in Clarkson in January, 1892. They have one son, Frank B., a physician of Holley, N. Y.

Timmerman, Albert T. - Solomon Timmerman moved from Montgomery county to Monroe county in the year 1837 and located on a farm just north of Brockport; in 1839 he removed to what is now the town of Hamlin and bought the farm now owned and occupied by his descendants. In the year 1828 he married Miss Maria Ehle, by whom he had six children, namely: Oliver, Delila F., Lany C., Zerlina, Albert and Helen M., all of whom are living except Oliver, Laney B., and Helen M. His wife died in 1855, and himself in 1552. Albert, the son, now owns and lives on the homestead in the town of Hamlin. He has been twice married; his first wife was Sarah A. Johnson, daughter of Asa L. Johnson, by whom he had one child named Elmer J., aged twenty-three years: his second wife was Clara E. Ferris, daughter of Walter A. Ferris, by whom he has four children, namely: Sarah Delila, Alberta Cordelia, Edeth Elizabeth and Marion Louise. The first record we have of the family is of five brothers, Jacob, George, Laurence, Henry and Theobald; he settled in Mendon, Montgomery county, N. Y., when he came from Switerland in 1759. His wife was Elizabeth Hawn; they had three sons, Thomas, John and Adin; he married Margaret Mattice, and Thomas married Elizabeth Sanders, and had ten children, one of which was Solomon, the father of Albert, the subject of this sketch.

Vogel, Charles, was born in Prussia, Germany, August 31, 1542, received his education in the schools of his native country, and came to America with his parents in 1853, settling in Rochester, where his father, Johannes Vogel formerly a contractor and builder, died in 1860. He first entered the employ of the late Louis Sacks, Sr. making band boxes, and in 1854 the family removed to Seneca Falls, N. Y., where he worked in a foundry and pump factory. The next year they moved to Waterloo, whence they soon returned to Rochester, where Charles Vogel was employed for one year by Smith & Harrington, manufacturers of and dealers in tinware. In 1857 he entered the, employ of the late John Siddons, manufacturer of tinware and roofing, where he remained until 1860, when he went to California. Returning to Rochester in 1865, he became foreman for Mr. Siddons, and in 1873 was given and interest in the business. In March, 1889, the John Siddons Company was incorporated, and Mr. Vogel became its vice-president, a position he held until the death of Mr. Siddons in 1890, when he was elected president, which office he has since held, and to which was added that of superintendent in 1895. The firm is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and one of the largest and best known roofing concerns in the United States. Among the many buildings which contain its work, are the Michigan State Capitol, the Stockton, Cal., court house, the inner dome of the Illinois State House, the court-houses at Joliet, Ill., Marion, Ind., Elyria Ohio, Smethport, Pa., and Lockport, N. Y., the U. S. Government buildings at Utica and Rochester, the City Hall at Rome, the Albright Library and High School at Scranton, Pa., two of the Cornell University buildings, the Granite, Chamber of Commerce, Eastman, Powers, and Rochester Savings Bank buildings and new court-house at Rochester, and many others. They also erected the copper statue of Mercury on the William S. Kimball factory in Rochester, which was designed by the sculptor, Guernsey Mitchell. Mr. Vogel was a member of Valley Lodge, F. & A. M., and for twenty-five years has been a member of Germania Lodge, No. 722, F. & A. M., of which he was a charter member and formerly senior warden. He is a charter member of Germania Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite, and of the Builders' Exchange, has served in Co. F, 54th Regt. N. Y. S. N. G., is a life member of the Council Princes of Jerusalem, Chapter Rose Croix, and Sovereign Grand Consistory, a member of Rochester Turn Verein, and for twenty-five years has been a member of the Mannechor. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and has been three times recommended for the thirty-third degree, and for the past eight years has served as T. P. G. M. of Germania Lodge of Perfection.

Colt, Mrs. Sarah A - Silas B. Colt, son of Samuel Dickenson Colt, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., January 11, 1813, received an academic education, and his early manhood was spent on his father's farm as a wool grower. In 1849 he came to Rochester, and owned the Cole farm on the Boulevard six years, sold it, and bought the homestead nearer to the city in 1856. May 26, 1856, he married Sarah A. Wells of Rochester, formerly of Shelby, Orleans county, N. Y., by whom he had three sons: Edward W., Walter S., and Silas B., all of whom conduct the farm and market gardening business. Mr. Colt died April 19, 1876. Mrs. Colt's father, Levi Wells, was born in St. Albans, Vt., in 1797, and was educated in the schools of that early day, after which he engaged in farming. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, after which he located in Orleans county. He married Rebecca Edgeworth of Hudson, N. Y., a cousin of Maria Edgeworth, the poet and writer, by whom he had seven children. Mr. Wells died in 1880, aged eighty-three years, and his wife the same year, aged seventy-four years. The family has resided in Michigan since the marriage of Mrs. Colt in 1856.

Alden, John F., son of Sidney Alden, was born in Cohoes, N. Y,, March 19, 1852, prepared for college in private schools in Albany, and was graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy in 1872, after which he was made assistant engineer on the Central-Hudson railroad bridge at Albany. He came to Rochester on January 1, 1875, to accept a similar position with the late Thomas Leighton, one of the most extensive iron bridge contractors in the country and the founder of the present Rochester Bridge and Iron Works. In 1878 he became engineer in charge and in 1879 was also admitted to partnership in the Leighton Bridge and Iron Works Company, incorporated. In 1880 he formed a co-partnership with Moritz Lassig, of Chicago, under the firm name of Alden & Lassig, and leased this establishment, which they continued for five years. During that period they also started a bridge and iron manufactory in Chicago under the style of Lassig & Alden. In 1885 the business was divided, Mr. Lassig taking the Chicago end and Mr. Alden the Rochester works. The name of the latter establishment was changed to the Rochester Bridge and Iron Works, which it has ever since borne, and of which Mr. Alden has been the sole proprietor, as at that time (1885) he purchased the entire Leighton interest. The works cover an area of about eight acres and are conveniently arranged and thoroughly equipped with powerful machinery for the easy handling and the rapid construction of large iron structures for railroads, etc. Mr. Alden not only manages the entire business but attends personally to all the engineering work. During the last ten years he has designed and constructed many large railroad and highway bridges, iron work for buildings, and other structural iron work between Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon, and along the principal railroads in the United States and Canada. Among the iron and steel structures may be mentioned the elevated railway tracks in New York city; the bridge over the Columbus River at Pasco, Wash.; two large viaducts at Los Angeles, Cal.; the upper suspension bridge at Niagara Falls; the tower and iron roof on the western House of Parliament at Ottawa, Can., much of the iron work at St. Paul and Chicago, including some of the World's Fair iron and steel work; and miles of other railroad bridges. In the past twenty-three years he has probably designed and superintended the construction of as many or more lineal feet and tons of bridge and other structural iron work as any one man in this line of business. He is a member, ex-third vice-president, and for several years a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce, member of the East Side Sewer Commission, since 1887 a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the Rensselaer Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the Alumni of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y. Mr. Alden traces his ancestry directly to the Hon. John Alden who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower and signed the compact in her cabin in 1620, being of the seventh generation of Aldens since the landing of the Pilgrims upon our shores.

Bausch, E. E., one of the leading and oldest opticians in Rochester, is a native of the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, and emigrated to this country in 1854, arriving in Rochester May 3. He had learned the business of optician with his brother, J. G. Bausch, in the fatherland. In 1857 he went to Philadelphia, but the same year returned to Rochester and became a clerk for his brother, J. J. Bausch, and Henry Lomb (Bausch & Lomb), where he remained about five years. With Thomas Dransfield he then bought Bausch & Lomb out, the latter firm themselves engaging in the manufacture of optical goods. The firm of Bausch & Dransfield continued a successful business at No. 20 Arcade for twenty-two years, when Mr. Bausch purchased his partner's interest and formed a copartnership with his son, George R. Bausch, under the firm name of E. F. Bausch & Son, which still continues, at No. 6 East Main street, in the Elwood Memorial building. Here Mr. Bausch has carried on a large business for about twelve years, doing prescription work and general repairing, and devotes special care to the eyes, and their motto is "Take care of your eyes."

Kent, J. H., son of Henry Kent, was born in Plattsburg, N.Y.; in 1848 he moved to Brockport, Monroe county, where he began his life work as a photographer. In 1868 he came to Rochester, where he has ever since resided and followed his profession. Mr. Kent is recognized not only as the leading photographer in Rochester and Western New York, but enjoys a reputation which extends throughout the country. He is a master of the art, and for several years has been recognized as one of the leaders in photographic work in America, being also well known among the profession abroad. For a time he was president of the National Photographic Association, embracing the United States and Canada. At the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876 he exhibited the best and largest photographs ever made at that time and probably larger than has ever been attempted since, receiving all the first prizes, five in number. He is the oldest and best known photographer in Rochester, where he is prominently identified with the city's material interests, and where he is one of the foremost citizens. He was one of the incorporators and is vice-president of the Eastman Kodak Company, the largest manufacturers of cameras and photographic materials in this country.

Adams, Abner, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y., March 31, 1838, and is a son of the late Myron Adams, whose grandfather, Capt. John Adams, was one of the pioneers of Western New York over one hundred years ago. Myron Adams, son of Abner Adams, who died in Adams Basin, Monroe county, in 1849, was born in Bloomfield in 1799 and died in Rochester in 1893. Abner Adams, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood at school and on his father's farm in his native place. During the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the 24th New York Battery, U. S. Vols., and was subsequently promoted to a lieutenancy in the Second North Carolina Union Vols., serving as military secretary on the staff of Gov. Edward Stanly, military governor of the Department of North Carolina, in 1862-3. He was first identified with the commercial industries of Rochester in 1886, when he became connected with the Wood-Mosaic Co., of this city, manufacturers of fine hardwood floors. This business was started about ten years ago, under the above title, and has developed from a comparatively small beginning into one of the largest concerns of the kind in the country. Originally, only endwood mosaic flooring (the invention of the projector of the company), was manufactured. Later, however, as the demand for hardwood floors became more general, the plant was extensively enlarged, and has since been devoted to the manufacture of parquetry, wood-carpet, mosaic, and other approved kinds of plain and ornamental hardwood flooring. For several years past Mr. Adams has been one of the principal representatives of the Wood Mosaic Co., and during his administration of the business in this city and Western New York, their goods have acquired an enviable reputation, having come to be regarded as a prime necessity. His success in this line of business is also supplemented by that of two sons, one of whom. Robert T. Adams, is now the New England representative of this successful Rochester enterprise, with headquarters in Boston. The other, John M. Adams, is manager of the company's branch office in Baltimore.

Kondolf, Mathias, son of Henry Kondolf, was born in Germany on April 19, 1835, and removed with his parents to Rochester when two years old. Educated in SS. Peter and Paul's Parochial School; he began life in his father's brewery, the second German brewery in the city, at the corner of Child and Jay streets, then in the town of Gates. This was in 1846, and there he remained about six years, thoroughly learning the business. He then learned and followed the carpenter's trade about four years, after which he engaged with his father and David Upton, at the same location, in the manufacture of flour barrel staves and heading. Henry Kondolf finally sold his interest to Mr. Upton and the firm became Michael Brayer & Co., who subsequently removed to Oak Street, where a large busiuess was conducted for some twelve years, when Mathias Kondolf sold out. Meanwhile he had become a heavy stockholder, director, and one of the originators of the Rochester Co-operative Foundry and the German Insurance Company; with the former he was long identified, and of the latter he is still a director Soon after settling the stave business he founded the Genesee Brewing Company, which was incorporated in 1878, and of which he served as president until 1888, when it passed into the hands of an English syndicate controlling this and the Bartholomay breweries, under the name of the Bartholomay Brewing Company, of which Mr. Kondolf is a director. He has also been an extensive dealer in real estate. He was the pioneer in securing pure ice from Hemlock Lake water for the city of Rochester about 1883, has ever since been identified with that business under the name of Kondolf Brothers, and has had several imitators. About 1885 he organized the Standard Sewer Pipe Company with a capital of S100,000, and has continuously been its president. He has been a director in the German American Bank since its inception, was for five years a member of the Board of Health, and was one of the originators of the present park system in 1888, serving ever since as one of the park commissioners. In this latter connection he has been especially active, buying considerable land for Seneca Park and the contemplated boulevard for public purposes, not for private gain or speculation. He is a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce and takes a lively interest in the general welfare of the city. He has been married twice and has thirteen children living.

Myers, Robert M., is a native of Herkimer county, and was first engaged in business at Ilion, N. Y. In 1874 he removed to Rochester and purchased an interest in the paper house of N. G. Hawley & Co. In 1880 he bought his partner out and changed the name of the firm to R. M. Myers & Co. Finding the structure then occupied by the firm inadequate to its increasing business, he bought in 1887 the site of the old Clinton Hotel on Exchange street, and erected a seven-story fire-proof building, which is one of the most substantially constructed in the city. He removed to the new building in April, 1888, where he is engaged in business at the present time, dealing in paper, cardboard, etc. Mr. Myers is a director of the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, vice-president of the Commercial Bank, formerly president and now a director of the Citizen's Light and Power Company, and is interested in other Rochester and Buffalo enterprises. Possessed of a sound, practical common sense and good judgment, his opinion is always valued, and while never taking an active part in politics, he is a most enthusiastic Republican. In 1886 he married Mary, daughter of the late Thomas Evershed.

Evershed, Thomas, civil engineer, was born in Sussex, England, February 20, 1817, and came to America with his parents in his youth. He was engaged on the Erie Canal enlargement, had charge of the combined locks at Lockport, and superintended the building of many of the structures on the Chemung and Crooked Lake Canals. In 1849 he went to California and built a levee around the city of Sacramento, and returning to Rochester was engaged on the Rochester and Niagara Falls Railroad, the Erie Canal, and the Grand Trunk Railroad in Canada. In 1878 he was appointed division engineer of the New York State Canals, and held that office until his death, February 9, 1890. He had the direction of the survey for the State Reservation at Niagara Falls, and while engaged in that work conceived the idea of utilizing the extensive water power there by means of a tunnel, an idea which resulted in the incorporation of the Niagara Falls Power Company, of which Mr. Evershed was made engineer. He originated and designed the present hydraulic tunnel, which was commenced October 4, 1890, and is 6,700 feet long. This is one of the greatest achievements of modern times. It will stand forever as a monument to Mr. Evershed's wonderful foresight and remarkable engineering skill.

Buck & Sanger, proprietors of the Powers fire-proof hotel, opened that celebrated hostelry in April, 1883, immediately after its completion, and have conducted it ever since. The firm consists of George A. Buck and William H. Sanger, and was organized in November, 1867, to take charge of the Revere House in Ottawa, Canada. In 1869 they went to Watertown, N. Y., as proprietors of the Woodruff House, and ten years later came to Rochester in charge of the Osborn House, which they continued until the opening of the Powers in 1883. Few hotels in America enjoy a wider reputation or a higher prestige among the better class of travelers and tourists than does this famous house. It is known abroad almost as well as nearer home, and ranks with the very best hotels in the country.

Otis, Lyman M., was born in Henrietta, Monroe county, November 12, 1831, and is the eldest son of David G. and Maria (Morris) Otis, the other children being Harrison G., of Rochester, and David G., of Battle Creek, Mich. David G. Otis. sr., came from Connecticut to Perry, N. Y., at a very early day, taught school in Monroe county, settled in Henrietta in 1829, and died there in 1837, being a general in the old State militia and school commissioner at the time of his death. He was practically a lifelong farmer. His wife's father, Lyman Morris, moved to Warsaw, N.Y., in 1804, where Maria Morris was born in 1806; she died in February, 1882. Lyman M. Otis was educated in the district schools, Monroe Academy, and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, and taught school winters and worked on the farm summers. In 1855 he engaged in the nursery business with D. W. Chase as Chase & Otis. They also bought wood, live stock, and produce, and in 1867 removed to Rochester, where they purchased the lumber business of J. H. Robinson & Son. This partnership continued until the death of Mr. Chase in 1888. On February 1, 1889, Charles H. Moody was admitted to the firm, which became L. M. Otis & Co. They are extensive wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of lumber, and have occupied the present premises at 734 East Main street since 1891, prior to that being first located where the Erie depot now stands and later (1882) on Crouch's Island, where they purchased the business of H. H. Edgerton. Mr. Otis was a Democrat until the organization of the Republican party, when he affiliated with that great political body. He has served as town clerk of Henrietta in 1857, justice of the peace for nine years from 1858, supervisor of the Fourth ward six terms, chairman of the board two terms, alderman two years, and treasurer of the Monroe County Agricultural Society, and is now chairman of the building committee of the new court-house, member of the West Side Sewer Commission, member of the Masonic fraternity about thirty-five years, and president of the Monroe Avenue Loan and Savings Association. He was married in 1864 to Miss Amanda M., daughter of Ambrose Cornwell, of Henrietta. They have one daughter, Mary S.

Palmer, Griff D., son of Henry T. Palmer, was born in Elmira, N. Y., March 26, 1847, and finished his education at the Elmira High School. He became a clerk in the hardware business in that city, being for a time associated with the wholesale firm of Pratt & Co., and in 1886 came to Rochester, where he organized the house of Weaver, Palmer & Richmond, wholesale and retail dealers in general hardware at 31 to 35 East Main street. Their business has been very successful, extending throughout the city and over a large surrounding territory. The firm has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since its organization. In 1871 he married a daughter of the late Erastus K. Weaver, formerly of Penfield, Monroe county. They have two children, S. Elizabeth and Carl G.

Grant, Justus Herbert, was born in Auburn, N. Y., June 19, 1849, was prepared for college at the Auburn Academy, and received the degree of Ph. D. from the Sheffield Scientific Department of Yale College in 1870. His practical experience in civil engineering, however, had commenced in 1866, when he was a rodman on the preliminary and locating surveys of the Southern Central Railroad, where he remained until 1867, when he began his collegiate course. In 1871 he was topographer and leveler on the location of the Utica, Chenango & Cortland Railroad; in 1872 leveler and assistant engineer in charge of the Central Valley Railroad, a short narrow gauge line in Chenango county, N. Y.; in 1872 and 1873 leveler on preliminary surveys on the Auburn & Homer Midland and the Canandaigua, Palmyra & Ontario Railroads; from 1873 to 1876 assistant engineer on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, making preliminary cross sections and estimates of earthwork of thirty miles between Syracuse and Rochester, measurements of old masonry and designs for extension and estimates of same, and in charge of construction with charge of party and office on sixteen miles and of thirty-two miles track laying and ballasting that line; and from 1876 to 1885 engineer and superintendent for George H. Thompson & Co., one of the largest railroad contractors in the State. Upon the death of Mr. Thompson in 1884 and the retirement of Mr. Luther in 1885, Mr. Grant became a member of the firm of Ellsworth & Grant. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a trustee of the Mechanics' Institute, and secretary of the Builders' Exchange since its organization. He was one of the organizers of the Exchange on January 10, 1888, and is the author of its constitution. In 1879 he married Miss Caroline L., daughter of Scott W. Updike, of Rochester. They have three children: Charles H., Richard H., and Laura Annesley.

Buckley, James, M. D., is a son of Charles Buckley, a native of Ireland, who came up the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario to Hanford's Landing and settled in that part of Rochester known as "Dublin" at a very early day. He engaged in milling, being in the employ of Charles J. Hill for many years, and died here. His wife was Julia Mulhare. Charles Buckley, deceased, was a native of this city, was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and successfully practiced his profession in Rochester until his death at Alexandria Bay, N. Y., September 1, 1891. He was for six years health officer of the city, was noted for his many acts of charity, for his genial good nature, and was regarded as one of the best physicians and surgeons in Western New York. He was universally esteemed, and acquired during his brief career a reputation as imperishable as it was pure. He was a prominent member of the Monroe County and New York State Medical Societies and the Rochester Pathological Society. Dr. James Buckley studied medicine with his brother and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City in 1883. After graduating he formed a partnership with Dr. Charles Buckley, and upon the latter's death succeeded to the entire practice, which he has successfully continued. He is a member of the Monroe County and New York State Medical Societies. In 1895 he married Miss Anna M. Stock, daughter of Nicholas Stock, of Brockport, N. Y.

Warner, Etta E. - Arsino B. Warner was born in Canandaigua, Ontario county, N. Y., June 22, 1820, and was educated in the public schools here. In 1821 his parents moved to the town of Greece, where he has since resided and followed the occupation of farming. May 27, 1854, he married Marietta Harroun, formerly of Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y., and they have had three children: Lillie A., Frank A., and Etta E. Lillie A. married Melzer Barrett, and had three children: Clara J., Olive L., and Mildred C. Mrs. Barrett died at the age of thirty-seven. Frank M. married Bertha E. Hart, and they had three children: Jessie E., Harry C., and a baby not named. Etta E. resides at home. Mr. Warner's father, Mertillow, was born in Connecticut in 1781, and came to Ontario county with his parents when he was fifteen years old. He married Eleanor Cassort, formerly of the Mohawk valley, and they had eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Mr. Warner died in 1854 and his wife died in 1864. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his grandfather Warner was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his brother, Mertillo, in the late war. Mrs. Warner's father, George Harroun, was born at White Creek, Washington county, N. Y., in 1800, and was a well educated man. He married twice, first to Lena Jones, of Cambridge, Washington county, and they had three children. Mrs. Harroun died in 1832. For his second wife he married Julia A. Hicks, of Bennington, Vt., and they had three children. The family came to Western New York in 1835. He died in 1844.

Martin & Brother, A. N. - This firm are among the stirring business men of the town of Webster, where they have a large lumber yard, being dealers in lumber of all kinds and also building contractors. They employ from twenty-five to forty men in their factory and building. The father of the above gentlemen was Andrew Martin, who was also engaged in the same line of business, being a first-class carpenter and builder.

Gaffney, Owen, was born in Ireland, June 6, 1824, came to America with his parents when but seven years of age, settled in Utica, where he gained his education. He early evinced a strong aptitude for mercantile pursuits, and when only seventeen years old was the owner of the most enterprising dry goods house of that city. Possessing a rare business tact, he saw early in his mercantile career the approaching necessity of seeking elsewhere a larger field. In those days Rochester and Buffalo were considered as belonging to the far west. Through the advice and encouragement of his friend, the late O. M. Benedict, he made choice of Rochester. In 1849 he married Louisa Burke, of Utica, a woman with rare mental qualities, whose death, December 1, 1891, caused universal sorrow. In the year of his marriage he removed to this city and laid the foundation of the dry goods establishment which is now known as the house of Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co. In 1853 he took into partnership with him, under the firm name of Gaffney, Burke & Co., his brother-in-law, the bate Charles J. Burke, the late Charles Fitz Simons, and Alexander B. Hone, who had been salesmen in his store. The firm enjoyed marked prosperity. In 1857 Mr. Gaffney retired from active connection with the concern, though still retaining a silent interest in the same, and in the sixties, withdrew entirely from the business, He next identified himself with various financial undertakings, and after a long and successful life died in 1895.

Greenleaf, Col. Halbert S., was born in Guilford county, Vt., April 12, 1827, was brought up on a farm, and received a common school and academic education. In 1856 he was commissioned justice of the peace, and August 29, 1857, a captain of the Massachusetts militia. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Union Army, and on September 12 of that year was commissioned captain of Co. E, 52d Regiment Mass. Vols. On October 23, 1862, he was unanimously elected colonel of the regiment, and subsequently served under General Banks in the Department of the Gulf. Colonel Greenleaf came to Rochester in 1867, and on July 1 of that year formed a co-partnership with Mr. Sargent, under the name of Sargent & Greenleaf, manufacturers of time combination, and key locks for general and special uses. He organized and commanded the Hancock Brigade in the fall of 1880, and was elected commander of the 1st New York Veteran Brigade in February, 1882, and re-elected in January, 1883. He was elected to the 48th Congress as a Democrat in a Republican district, and was re-elected to the 52d Congress, serving with honor and distinction. Colonel Greenleaf also extensively engaged in farming and stock raising. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Rochester Savings Bank, of the Rochester Park Commission, of the St. Lawrence University at Canton, and of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Bath.

Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., the oldest leading dry goods firm in Rochester, was founded by the late Owen Gaffney in 1848. In 1853 Charles J. Burke, Charles Fits Simons, and Alexander B. Hone, formerly clerks, were taken into partnership under the style of Gaffney, Burke & Co. Two years later Mr. Gaffney retired, though he continued to hold for some time afterward an interest in the business, and the style became Burke, Gaffney & Hone. In 1858 this was changed to Burke, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co., a name it has ever since retained and made famous throughout the country. At that time Patrick Mahon was admitted a partner; in 1872 Thomas J. Devine was given an interest, and upon Mr. Mahon's death in February, 1881, became one of the firm. The partnership thus formed expired by limitation in 1886, but it was renewed with the same members, and Daniel B. Murphy, who had had charge of the financial department since 1881, was given an interest Mr. Fitz Simons died in 1888, while on a visit with his family to Switzerland. January 1, 1891, a reorganization was effected under which those having a full interest in the business were Charles J. Burke, Alexander B. Howe, Thomas J. Devine, Daniel B. Murphy, and Alexander K. Hone, while Augustus L. McKittrick and Michael A. Stupp were given special interests. Mr. Burke died in May, 1892, and since then the business has been continued by the other partners. It has occupied the same site at the corner of East Main and North St. Paul streets since its inception, but the buildings have been several times enlarged. The wholesale department was built in 1876, the middle section in 1890, and the corner structure in 1894. Their retail business is one of the largest between New York and Chicago, while the wholesale trade extends throughout this State, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and both consist of everything in the line of dry goods. Charles J. Burke was born in Potsdam, N. Y., September 18, 1832, and died May 17, 1892. He was graduated from Perkins Academy at Utica in 1819, came to Rochester the same year and entered the employ of his brother-in-law, Owen Gaffney, and from 1853 until his death was actively identified with the firm of which he was long the senior member. He was a director in the Traders' National Bank, an organizer and trustee of Mechanics' Saving Bank, an organizer, the first vice-president, and later president of the Merchants' Bank, a director in the Rochester Safe and Trust Deposit Company, and one of the original members of the Park Commission. He was vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1884, and one of the organizers of the Rochester and Genesee Valley Clubs. Mr. Burke was always a public spirited citizen and took a constant interest in the affairs of the city whose development he had watched for so many years.

Peck, Henry J. - Both Mr. and Mrs. Peck, of Brighton, are descended from families who were pioneers of the town. Henry Peck's father was Hiram Peck, and Mrs. Peck is the daughter of the late Samuel R. Hart, farmer and lumberman. In the early annals of the town of Brighton both families occupied prominent positions in business, society and church. Henry Peck was born in Brighton in 1839, and has always been identified with the nursery industry. In 1868 he married Amelia Hart Their children are George H., Harry C., Robert C., and S. Ernest. George, the eldest son, has begun his business career by an association with A. L. Beardsley, of Fairport.

Wilder, Merion R., was born in the town of Greece, May 27, 1850, and his education was obtained in the public schools, his early life being spent on his father's farm. In 1876 he became a railroad man, and has been a conductor on the R., W. & O. Railroad eleven years. In 1895 he resigned the position of conductor after two years' service with the B., R. & P. Railway Company. On April 1, 1895, he opened a bakery and confectionery establishment on Broadway in Charlotte. He has married twice, first to Julia E. Denise, of this town, on February 15, 1870. They had four children, two sons and two daughters, only two sons survive, Charles O., who is a bookkeeper with the firm of Smith & Perkins, Rochester, N. Y., and George W., who assists his father in the bakery. Mrs. Wilder died November 14, 1886. He married April 18, 1889, Sarah M., youngest daughter of James H., and Sarah M. Upton, of the town of Greece. Mr. Wilder's father, Ira, was born in Vermont, December 11, 1811, and came with his parents to this locality when a child. He was educated in the common schools and became a farmer. He married Mary Goodell, of the town of Parma, and eleven children were born to them, six of whom survive: Simeon, who is in California; Celia, now Mrs. George Northrup, of this town; Belden, who is a resident of Parma; Virginia, now Mrs. Malon Atwell of Missouri; Merion R.; and Addie J., now Mrs. Edgar Denise, of Charlotte. Mr. Wilder died in 1883, and his wife in 1892. Mrs. M. R. Wilder's father, James H. Upton, was born near Albany, N. Y., in 1826. He received an academic education and came to the town of Greece with his parents when a boy. His early life was spent farming and was afterward a commission dealer in cattle in the West. He married Sarah M. Bigelow, and five sons were born to them. Mrs. James H. Upton died May 1, 1864. Mr. Wilder is a member of the Railway Conductors' Frontier Lodge, No. 167, also of the Knights of Pythias, Dingo Lodge, 249, Oswego, New York.

Woodworth, Frank J., son of the late Dwight J. Woodworth, was born in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1870. After attending the public schools of his native town and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima he began the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. R. H. Hofheinz, of Rochester, and in 1892 was graduated from the New York Dental College. Since then he has successfully practiced his profession in Rochester. Dr. Woodworth is an active member of the Seventh District Dental Society, a delegate to the New York State Dental Society, secretary and treasurer of the Rochester Dental Society, and a member of the Columbia Rifle and Pistol Club of this city.

Fillmore, Mrs. Sarah A. - Mrs. Fillmore's father, the late Christian Butts, was born in Northampton county, Pa., in 1790. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold of his native State, and they were the parents of six children: Simon; Sarah A., who married Hezekiah Fillmore, and had one son, Addison B., who was educated in the public schools, was graduated from Rochester Free Academy, and is now a fruit grower; Betsey, who married John Tennison, of Parma; Mary, now deceased, who became the wife of Timothy Wicks, of Tompkins county, N. Y.; Susan, now deceased, who married Peter McKenen, who was at one time a teacher in the Rochester Free Academy for twelve years; and Daniel, who resides near Long Pond Bridge. In 1817 or 1818 Mr. and Mrs. Butts first located at the Rapids, near Rochester, N. Y., and shortly afterward in the town of Greece. He died February 19, 1888, and Mrs. Butts in 1875. This old family have been identified with the best interests of this town and county the past seventy-eight years. Christian Butts was a veteran in the war of 1812, and participated in the battle of Chippeway and Lundy's Lane. At this time he passed through Rochester and was struck with its future advantages, and thus came to settle at Rochester. He was a man of great sociability and kindheartedness, especially toward the poor. He died at the age of about ninety-eight years.

Leonard, Charles N., is a son of Ichabod and Laura W (Northrup) Leonard, and grandson of Ichabod, Sr. Mr. Leonard's father came to Brighton in 1816, and to Penfield in 1823, his death occurring in 1867. He left two sons, Charles N. and George R. Mr. Leonard married Sarah P. De Shon, and settled in 1876 on the farm where he now lives. He takes an active part in the affairs of his town and has four times been elected supervisor, 1879-'80, '88 and '89.

Leonard, George R., was born in Penfield, in 1841, and is the son of Ichabod and Laura (Northrop) Leonard and grandson of Ichabod Leonard, sr., who came from Massachusetts to Brighton in 1816, and to Penfield in 1823, and settled where Mr. Leonard now lives. Mr. Leonard's father died in 1867, leaving two sons, Charles N. and George R., and one daughter. He married in 1879, Mary, daughter of William R. Thomas, and granddaughter of Alpheus Clark, who was one of the first settlers of Penfield.

LE GRAND BROWN

Le Grand Brown, the second son of the late D. D. S. Brown, was born at Scottsville, New York, October 19, 1863. After receiving a common school education he attended the University of Rochester in 1881-2, and in the Fall of 1882 began engineering work under A. J. Grant, who at that time was chief engineer and superintendent of the Rochester and Ontario Belt railway. In the Fall of 1883 his father was appointed by President Arthur commissioner to examine the last section of the Northern Pacific railroad for the Government, and he accompanied him to the Pacific coast and was present at the driving of the last spike that completed the road. In 1884 he went to Florida and opened an office with A. J. Grant at Enterprise, soon after, however, going on what is now the Indian River division of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railroad. He remained there until the Summer of 1885. In 1887 he formed a co-partnership with H. L. S. Hall at Scottsville in the coal and lumber business. He was also employed as assistant engineer on the location of the Rochester branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad. In 1890 he opened an engineering office in Rochester, and was employed as chief engineer of the Rochester railway in changing it to an electric line. This position he held until the Spring of 1891, when he was employed as chief engineer of the Grand View Beach railroad. This road was built in a remarkably short time and in the face of many engineering obstacles. In July, 1891, he was appointed assistant engineer on the new water-works conduit. Acting also as chief engineer for the Rochester Railway company until the Summer of 1892. He has been engaged on the best work in the city, having had considerable experience on street and sewer work and being thoroughly informed on electric railway and track work, acting as consulting engineer for a number of electric railroads. While he is a Republican he has never been a been active politician. In 1887 he married Miss Margaret E. Baker of this city. They have two children, Margaret Louise and Roscoe Selden. Mr. Brown resides at Scottsville, occupying the homestead where his father resided so many years. Mr. Brown's office is located at 16 State street, where he keeps a party of expert assistants.

D. W. POWERS

Daniel W. Powers was born in Batavia, New York. June 14, 1818. His parents, Asabel and Elizabeth Powell, his wife, were from Vermont and moved to Western New York among its earliest pioneers. They died while their son was in his boyhood and he was cared for by his uncle, working on a farm during his youth. At the age of nineteen he obtained employment in the hardware store of Ebenezer Watts in this city, and after passing twelve years in that business began his career as a banker and broker. On March 1, 1850, he published in the papers his intention to conduct his exchange business "in the Eagle block, Rochester, one door west of the Monroe hank in Buffalo street." How successful he was in his undertaking is evident to all who know that the site of the office in the Eagle Hotel block in which he began business is now occupied by his building, the first and most famous of the great modern commercial structures erected in Rochester. Except that he has devoted a great deal of his leisure time to the formation of his art gallery. Mr. Powers has not allowed anything to divert his attention from his business and no one familiar with the history of the city would contradict the statement that his conspicuous success has been fairly won. Mr. Powers has been elected alderman twice and he has been a member of commissions which directed the construction of the City Hall and the elevation of the Central-Hudson railroad tracks. He is president of the board of trustees of the Rochester City hospital. Mr. Powers was married in 1855 to Miss Helen M. Craig, daughter of the late John Craig of Niagara county, and has five children.

TIMOTHY B. CORNING

In the village of Williston, Vermont, July 9, 1803. occurred the birth of the subject of this sketch; he was the eldest son of the late Dr. Noah Corning, at that time the leading practitioner of that locality. He received his early education in the schools of his native town, and when nineteen years of age went to Boston and obtained a position as clerk in one of the leading mercantile houses of that city. In the year 1823 an uncle and aunt decided to come out to Western New York with a view of locating, and the young man was anxious to accompany them, as he was desirous of trying his fortune in this section of the country. Accordingly he left his home in Vermont with the determination to see what pluck and energy would do for him. On arriving here he obtained a situation as the head salesman in the general store located just east of the present Arcade building, which was then conducted by the late Ephraim Moore. After remaining in this position a number of years he took up his residence in the town of North Penfield, at that locality known at the present time as the village of Webster, from the fact that in the meantime, in the year 1827, he became the senior partner of the firm T. B. & W. Corning, which was at the time a branch store from the one where he was employed; and from that time forth the partnership thus formed by the two brothers was continued through the following years up to the time of his death. Along in the fifties T. B. Corning again returned to this city, taking up his residence on Scm street near to East avenue. At this time he had become one of the principal stockholders of the Rochester bank, which was established as the leading bank of this locality, and he placed his son, Gurdon Corning, therein as one of the bookkeepers. From the fact that the business relationship with this institution proved to be of an unsatisfactory nature, the stockholders concluded to close up the business, as it was apparent to Mr. Corning that he was not in harmony with the management; accordingly he withdrew from the bank, taking real estate for his interests. Shortly afterwards he removed with his immediate family to the city of Detroit, as he had concluded that with the aid of his brother he could conduct a business on his own account in making loans on real estate in Michigan and in negotiating the sale of municipal securities, leaving his brother William to take the charge of affairs in this section. After remaining in Detroit a number of years he transferred his residence to the city of Saginaw, as he had become interested with his son in the lumbering business and also having opened an office for the purpose of establishing a bank. Shortly afterwards he and others became the incorporators of the First National Bank of Saginaw, he becoming one of the principal stockholders and continued as one of the directors until the time of his death, which occurred at his residence on Washington avenue in the city of Saginaw on January 13, 1874. Mr. Corning not only gave considerable of his time to business affairs but he was also interested in his church and in all affairs generally pertaining to the welfare of the community where he resided. He was survived by his wife, Eliza Dickinson, his son, Gurdon Corning, and his daughter Louisa.

HENRY BRANT WILLIAMS

One of the men whose ability and character placed him in the front rank among the distinguished citizens of early Rochester was Henry Brant Williams. The first of his family to make America his home was Nathaniel Williams, who came to the New world from Scotland in 1754 and served in the patriot army during the Revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch was born in 1797, and received the name Brant from the Indian chief, Joseph Brant, who was a friend of the family, and who gave the boy the name by breaking an egg on his forehead. Mr. Williams was married to Mabel Hitchcock of Auburn, October 26, 1817, and came to Rochester in 1821. In company with Alfred Hovey he built the first Erie canal aqueduct over the Genesee river, and had other contracts on the canal. On the completion of the canal he bought a mill on Aqueduct street and was prominent as a miller and mill-builder in this city for several years. He built the Granite and Eagle mills. He was also a stockholder in the earliest railroad corporations of this vicinity. At one time Mr. Williams lived in Livingston park and there planted the old trees now standing on the east side of that park. In 1837 he, with some other business men, was caught in the financial panic and saw his fortune swept away, but did not lose heart. Instead he started to retrieve his losses and was one of the Argonauts of '49 who went to San Francisco, predicted the further growth of the city and state, and determined to make it his home. But in crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1850 he contracted cholera, died and was buried on the Isthmus.

J. W. SEWARD

Jason W. Seward, who died in Rochester on January 6, 1894, was a resident of the city for sixty years and one of its early school teachers. He was born at New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, December 23, 1806, and graduated from Williams college. In 1833 he came to Rochester and with his sister, Sarah T. Seward, opened a school for young ladies in the United States Hotel building on Buffalo (West Main) street. The school was so successful that in 1835 a building was erected for it on Alexander street, where the Seward seminary was long conducted. Mr. Seward represented the Seventh ward in the Board of Education and Common Council. He was deeply interested in horticulture and took great pleasure and the flowers of his own cultivation. Mr. Seward was, with one exception, the oldest living graduate of Williams college, and regularly attended the annual commencement exercises. His wife, whom he married in 1855, was Miss Ruth Ann Bedell of Philadelphia. She survives him. A gentleman of liberal education, Mr. Seward is remembered as brilliant in conversation, but his latter years were passed in comparative retirement from the world, in which so few of his early friends remained.

JOHN VAN VOORHIS

John Van Voorhis was born in the town of Decatur, Otsego county, New York, October 22, 1826. He is of Holland descent, his ancestors being among the early Dutch settlers of New York. The emmigrant ancestor from whom he is descended, Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees, who was born at Hego in Holland in 1600, came to this country in 1660 in the ship "Boutekoe," (Spotted Cow) bringing with him his wife and seven children. He settled at Flatland, Long Island. He purchased from Cornelius Dirksen Hoogland nine morgens of corn land, seven morgens of wood land, ten morgens of plain land and five morgens of salt meadow, at Flatlands, for three thousand guilders; also the house and house-plot lying in the village of "Amesfoort en Bergen," (Flatlands) with the brewery and all the brewing apparatus, etc. He died at Flatlands iii 1702. One of his grandsons, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhis, removed to Fishkill, Dutchess county, in 1730, where he purchased on June 20 of that year of Philip Verplanck a farm of two thousand seven hundred acres of land for six hundred and seventy pounds sterling. The original deed for that farm is now in the possession of William Henry Van Voorhis of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, Dutchess county, New York. The father of the subject of this sketch was a farmer and a Methodist local preacher. He was the great-grandson in the direct line from Johannes Coerte Van Voorhis of Fishkill. The latter changed the orthography of the name from Van Voorhees to Van Voorhis, before his death in 1757, and his descendants universally write the name "Van Voorhis." John Van Voorhis, whom we are now writing about, was brought up on his father's farm, receiving such education as he could pick up in the common schools, the school library and a few terms at Genesee Wesleyan seminary at Lima, New York. His father left Otsego county when he was about seven years of age, and after residing a few years in the town of Scott, Cortland county, New York, and in the town of Spafford, Onondaga county, he removed in March, 1843, to Mendon, Monroe county, and settled on a farm at Mendon Center. In 1848 he purchased the Peter Shulters farm in the southeast corner of Mendon, and resided there until his death, March 26, 1867. His son, John Van Voorhis, assisted his father on the farm, and in the Winter of 1848 taught a district school in the town of Victor. He continued to teach in the district schools of Victor until 1850. In the Summer of 1850 he entered the law office of Hon. John W. Stebbins as a law student. The succeeding Winter he taught Latin and mathematics in the East Bloomfield academy at East Bloomfield, New York. He continued teaching in that academy until the Spring of 1852, keeping up his law reading and being admitted to the bar in the meantime, December, 1851. In the Spring of 1853 he began the practice of law at Elmira in partnership with Hon. Gilbert O. Hulse. He succeeded in the business well enough, hut not liking the location opened his law office in Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1854, and has practiced law here for over forty years. He has held office as follows: In 1857 he was a member of the Board of Education for the Fifth ward; in 1859 he was city attorney; in 1862 he was appointed by Abraham Lincoln collector of internal revenue of this district and held the office for about six months, Senator Ira Harris succeeding in securing his rejection by the Senate; in 1864 he was a delegate to the Republican National convention at Baltimore which renominated Abraham Lincoln for President; in 1878 he was elected a representative in Congress from this district, and in 1886 was reölected; in 1892 he was again elected to Congress, and is now a member of the Fifty-third Congress. In 1858 he was married to Frances Aristine Galusha, a daughter of Martin Galusha, and a granddaughter of Governor Jonas Galusha, who was governor of Vermont for nine successive terms. Mr. Van Voorhis resides at 256 East avenue and has resided in that house twenty-five years. Soon after he was married he purchased the house on the southeast corner of East avenue and Chestnut street, where he resided for eleven years, so that he has been a resident of East avenue for thirty-six years. For a period of thirty-five years his law firm consisted of his brother, Quincy Van Voorhis, and himself, the firm name being J. & Q. Van Voorhis. For the last two years it has consisted of his two sons, Eugene Van Voorhis, Charles Van Voorhis and himself, under the name of John Van Voorhis & Sons.