Weber, Frank. - The late Florian Weber, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 4, 1822, was educated in their schools, and was a farmer by occupation. At the age of twenty-five he came to this country, and located at Brighton, this county, and five years later returned to Germany, where he made a prolonged visit. Returning again to America he located at the above mentioned place. In September, 1854, he married Cecilia Fetser, formerly of his native place, and their children were: Frank, Peter, Joseph F., Mary A. and Catherine. Peter married Mary McKiver of Ogden, and they have two children: Frances and Cecilia. Mary A. married Blasius Leichtner of Rochester. Catherine married John Leibeck of Greece, and they have two children, John A. and Walter J. The family have resided on this homestead in the south part of the town twenty-eight years. Mr. Weber died in 1886. Frank and Joseph F. are farmers on the homestead.

Davis, Benjamin F., was born in Bangor, Maine, June 21, 1829. His education was obtained in the common schools, came to this State when he was fifteen years old, first locating in Rochester, and soon afterward in the town of Greece, and became a farmer by occupation. In July, 1853, he married Mary A. Loper of Charlotte, and they have three children: Dora A., Emma J., and Charles A. Dora A. married William Loper, and they have one son, Frank E. Emma J. married Thomas Hogan, and three children were born to them: Thomas A., Frank, and Mary A., Charles A. married Medora Worden of this town, and they have three sons: Earl, Albert, and Wilber. Mr. Davis's father, Benjamin, was born in Maine, in 1800. He married Mary A. Washburne of his native State, and they have two children: William W., and Benjamin F., as above. Mr. Davis died in 1835, and his wife in 1833. Mrs. Davis's father, Gabriel Loper, was born in Connecticut in 1793. He married Abzina Payne of that State, and they were the parents of fifteen children, two of whom died in infancy: Stephen, Halsey, Simon, Geter, Judson, Henry, James, William, John, Charles, Asmeth, Mary A., as above, and Eliza. Mr. Loper died in 1853, and his wife in 1864. Mr. Davis is a hotel keeper, and an ice dealer. The ancestry of the family is Dutch and Welch.

Fuller, George R., son of Wyman M. Fuller, was born at Massena, N. Y., April 7, 1850, and when an infant moved with his parents to Norwood, N. Y., where his father was a merchant and postmaster. After attending the public schools he became a clerk in his father's store and at the age of eighteen began active life as a telegraph operator at De Kalb Junction, N. Y. He was then successively a ticket agent, passenger conductor, and traveling auditor from the general offices of the R., W. & O. Railroad at Watertown. In 1876 he came to Rochester and purchased his present business from the estate of Dr. Douglass Bly. Mr. Fuller is one of the most extensive manufacturers of artificial limbs in the country. At the time he succeeded Dr. Bly the business consisted of this branch alone, but to it he has since added the manufacture of trusses, supporters, crutches, etc. His trade extends not only throughout the United States and Canada but into Europe, Africa, Australia, the South and Spanish Americas. and other foreign countries. Mr. Fuller also publishes the New York State Medical Reporter, a monthly journal which he started in March, 1894, and which has acquired a wide and influential circulation. He us a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Rochester Whist Club, was the first vice-president and is now president of the Park Avenue Loan Association, has been president since the organization and incorporation of the Buyer DiamondVineyard Company, of Farmer, Seneca county, which has 180 acres of Diamond grapes, being probably the largest vineyard of one variety of grapes in the State. This company was incorporated in 1891 and had met with unvarying success.

Conterman, Adam L., was born in Minden, Montgomery county, N. Y., January 16, 1819. He was educated in the schools of his day and moved with his parents to Oswego county when he was sixteen years of. age, and is a farmer by occupation, and has been a resident of Western New York since 1879. He was twice married, first on January 21, 1841, to Nancy Hoyt, 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, in the hospital 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 died February 10, 1895. John S. is a farmer living at home. He married Ella Garlock, of Greece. The ancestry of the family is Dutch and German.

Brown, Le Grand, son of Dyer D. S. Brown, at one time proprietor of the old Rochester Democrat and later president of the Democrat and Chronicle, whose biographical sketch appears on another page of this work, was born in Scottsville, Monroe county, October 19, 1863, and completed his education at the University of Rochester. Developing at an early age an aptitude for civil engineering, he devoted much time to the study of that profession and obtained a practical knowledge of its various branches. In 1882 he entered the employ of the Rochester & Ontario R. R. Co. (now the Rochester branch of the R., W. & O. R. R.) where he remained until his father having been appointed one of the commissioner to examine the Northern Pacific Railroad in the fall of 1883, he accompanied the party. Returning in 1884, he went to Florida as assistant engineer on the J., T. & K. W. R. R., and returning to Rochester in 1885, he entered the employ of the Central Union Transfer and Storage Company, where he remained a short time, being also engaged at several pieces of engineering work, among which with A. P. Bovier was the location of the line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Rochester to Honeoye Falls. In 1887 he formed a partnership with H. L. S. Hall and engaged in the coal and lumber business at Scottsville for a short time, after which returning to Rochester, opened in 1890 his present office. He was chief engineer for and had charge of the reconstruction of the Rochester Railway Company's lines and the Grand View Beach Railroad. In 1891 he took charge of the location of, and later was employed as assistant engineer on the construction of the new Rochester Water Works Conduit under Emil Kuichling, chief engineer, and continued in that capacity until its completion in 1895, carrying on also a large private engineering business. At present he does much work on surveys and maps in legal cases, electric railroads, water works, etc., being constructing engineer on Charlotte sewers, Canandaigua water works, Rochester and Glen Haven R. R. and other important works. He is a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and Academy of Science, and one of the best known civil engineers in Western New York. He is a Republican in politics with independent proclivities. In 1887 he was married to Miss Margaret E. Baker, daughter of W. V. Baker of Rochester, and they have two children: Margaret Louise and Roscoe Selden.

Singleton, Daniel R., was born in Massachusetts in 1857, and when a young man he came to Monroe county and settled in Parma, where he was later engaged for some years in the produce business, until 1884, when he came to Hamlin Center and bought the hotel which he has since run, and by the courtesy of himself and wife to their guests it gained the reputation of being one of the best in that section. Mr. Singleton also owns and runs the summer hotel at Oak Island Beach, which is becoming under his management to be favorably known as a first-class place to spend a few days for either rest or fishing. Mr. Singleton has always taken a keen interest in the public affairs of the town, and is in fact known as one of the leading spirits in all public enterprises.

Babcock, John W., born in Rochester, November 4, 1853, is a son of William Babcock, who was also a native of this city, born in August, 1822, being a son of John Babcock, who came here from New England at a very early day. The latter, a carpenter by trade, built many of the first buildings in the then village of Rochesterville, and was long a member of the old Alexander street M. E. church. William Babcock was a canal boatman for about forty years, running grain boats between Buffalo and New York and carrying large quantities of grain from Brockport, Spencerport, and other points to Albany. He stopped about ten years ago and now lives in Rochester. He married Eliza S., daughter of James Wilson, both natives of Scotland, and had six children, of whom John W. and George are living, John W. Babcock was educated at No. 13 school and the Free Academy, but during his first year in the latter institution sustained a severe injury, which compelled him to give up an academic course. Recovering, he was employed by Sargent & Greenleaf, lock manufacturers, for two and one-half years, and then attended business college. He was for eleven years bookkeeper for M. & E. Huntington, dealers in paints and oils, and their successors, B. H. Clark & Son, for three years bookkeeper for G. W. & C. T. Crouch &Sons, and two years for E. B. Chace, lumber dealers, and for five years a salesman, etc., for Doyle & Gallery, coal. In the spring of 1892 he established his present coal business at No. 321 South St. Paul street. He is a member of Yonondio Lodge, No. 163, F. & A. M. In July, 1877, he married Susie S., daughter of the late Col. Duncan McVicar of Rochester. She died in 1880, leaving an only daughter. In 1882 he married Lillia H., daughter of the late William Smeed, of this city, by whom he has one daughter and a son.

Ellsworth, Henry Mason, son of Henry Ellsworth, and Harriet Leroy Mason, was born in New York city May 21, 1833. His father, who died in 1840, was a native of East Windsor, Conn., a lineal descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and a merchant in New York city, and after his death young Ellsworth went to Vermont, where he was educated. In September, 1847, he came to Rochester, arriving on a Saturday practically a stranger. Introducing himself to Charles B. Stuart, then city surveyor and afterward State engineer and surveyor, he began the next Monday morning driving pegs for a surveying party for $1 a day, and remained with Mr. Stuart until the latter's election as State engineer. In the meantime Mr. Ellsworth finished his education here under Prof Dewey. From 1848 to 1858 he engaged as a civil engineer on the Erie Canal enlargement, and at the end of that period went to California, where he engaged in mining and lumbering. He was second lieutenant of Co. C. 1st Bat. Nevada Cay., and was post adjutant at Camp Douglass, Utah, under P. Edward Connor. When the Civil war closed he returned to California and remained there till December, 1867; he then came to Rochester and with others was engaged until 1871 on the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad through Minnesota. ln 1875 he formed a partnership with George H. Thompson and John Luther under the style of G. H. Thompson & Co., and carried on a large building and railroad contracting business until the death of Mr. Thompson in 1884, when J. H. Grant was admitted to the firm and the name became Ellsworth, Luther & Co. In 1885 Mr. Luther retired and since then the style has been Ellsworth & Grant. Among the important works with which Mr. Ellsworth has been connected are the Lyons & Geneva and the Rochester & Lake Ontario Railroads, the N. Y. C. and the B. R. &P. depots in Rochester, forty miles of the Pine Creek and twenty miles of the Beech Creek Railroads in Pennsylvania, twenty miles of railroad from Canastota to Camden, the road from Dresden to Penn Van for Gen. George J. Magee, of Watkins, the Erie double track from Attica to Portage, forty-two miles of the B. R. & P. Railroad from Ashford junction to Buffalo, forty miles of the Adirondack Railroad for Dr. W. Seward Webb, and others. He was also connected with the construction of the Elwood, Curtis, Martin Briggs, Reynolds & Eddy, Leary and other blocks in Rochester, the New Chamber of Commerce building, and in fact with more thin eighty-five buildings in this city. He is a 32d degree Mason, being a member of Frank R. Lawrence Lodge F. & A. M., Monroe Commandery K. T. and intermediate bodies, and is ex-vice-president and since 1877 a director of the German American Bank. May 10, 1878, he married Mrs. Helen L. Hartupee in Chicago, Ill.

Hamil, Aaron, was born in Clarkson, N. Y., in 1837. Daniel Hamil, father of Aaron H., came from East Bloomfield in 1828, and settled in Clarkson, where he died in the same year. Aaron H. remained on the farm until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. A, 140th N. Y. Vols., and served until the close of the war. He returned to Clarkson, where he engaged in farming until 1890. In 1894 he opened a hardware store in Hamlin, where he is still engaged in business. He married Amanda, daughter of Isaac Scott, of Clarkson, by whom he had these children: Edward E., Clarence V., H. E., who is in business with his father; Walter U., Willie N., Bertrand P., and Charley A. Mr. Hamil is a member of Cady Post, G. A. R., of Brockport. Mrs. Hamil died, and he married for his second wife, S. A. Peterson, of Philadelphia, Pa.

Emberry, A. J. and Willis - Robert, their father, came to Pittsford, N. Y., in 1831, where he lived five years, then returned to England for his sister Amelia, who came back with him and settled in Penfield and together they purchased the farm now owned by A. J. and Willis. About 1840 Robert Embery married Miss Quick. A few years later they built the stone house, which has given the farm the name of the "Stone House" farm. A. J. and Willis are two of six sons, and were born in 1854 and 1856 respectively. They were educated in the common schools and began farming with their brothers, with whom they continued until the death of their parents and aunt, when they divided the farm and bought out the other heirs. In 1886 A. J. Emberry married Elnora Morley, by whom he has two children: Mary and Richard. While not active politicians, these brothers are well read and keep posted in public affairs. They are members of the Penfield Masonic Lodge and the Patrons of Husbandry.

Denise, Daniel S., was born in the town of Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey, November 25, 1822. His parents moved to West Walworth, Wayne county, N. Y., when he was two years old, where he was partly educated in the public schools. In 1834 they moved to Macedon, and he attended the Macedon Academy nearly four years. In 1844 he went to his old home in New Jersey and taught school one year, and upon his return to Wayne county he entered the employ of a dry goods house in Palmyra, where he remained as a clerk two years and six months. In 1848 he went on a visit to Michigan, and February 21. 1849, he married Caroline Chapin, of Adrain, Mich., and came to this homestead May 8, 1850. They have had five children: Julian E., Edgar A., William H., Daniel S., Jr., who died when but three years old, and Albert L. Edgar married Addie J. Wilder, and they have two daughters, Lida A., and Mary W. William H. married M. Louisa Fry, and have had two children, Walter, who died in his fifth year, and Harry. Albert L. married Adelaide Davis, formerly of Canada, and they have one son, Edgar A. Mr. Denise's father, Dennise Denise, was also born in New Jersey at the old home, in 1799. He married Aletta Hulch, of his native place. She was born in 1797. Eleven children were born to them. Mr. D. Denise died in 1880, and his wife in 1865. Mrs. Daniel Denise's father, Silas Chapin, was born in New Hampshire, February 5, 1793. He married Charity Whitney, of Elmira, born September 6, 1803. They had three children. Mr. Chapin died in 1829; his wife survives and lives in Michigan. Mr. Denise has been trustee of the school in Charlotte for eighteen years. The ancestry of this family is Dutch, English and Welsh. The two older brothers are general merchants in the village of Charlotte, under the firm name of Denise Bros. The company was formed August 5, 1879.

Dyson, Robert, was born in Cambridge, England. June 7, 1839, and came to the United States with his parents at the age of fifteen, and was educated in the common schools. He is a farmer and fruit grower and also the owner of an extensive fruit evaporator by steam and heating processes known to himself, which he manufactures, and has applied for patents on them. The capacity of his evaporators is 400 bushels per day. He was married twice, first to Mary McCoy, of Rochester, N. Y. They had two children: John and Martha. John married Elizabeth Peeling, and they had two children: Alice Maud, and Mabel. Martha married William Lowden, of Pennsylvania, and they have three children: Cora M., William and Robert. Mrs. Robert Dyson died July 9, 1892. The second time he married Lucy Long, of Bunker Hill, Ill., and they have one daughter, Hattie M. Mr. Dyson's father, John, was born at the old home in England in 1799, was a farmer by occupation, and he married Martha Hall, of his native place. They had six children: Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Diana, John, and Robert, as above noted. The family came to the United States in 1854. Mr. Dyson's father died in 1872, and his mother in 1854. Mrs. Dyson's father, Joseph Long, was born in Illinois in 1837, and he married Mary Davis, of Kentucky. They had four children; Laura, Lucy, as above, Amanda, and Lloyd R. Mr. Long was a soldier in the late war in Co. D, 10th Kansas Vols., and was honorably discharged at the close of the war and died in 1871. Mr. Dyson is a member of Clio Lodge No. 776, F. & A. M., in Parma, N. Y.

Flynn, Jeremiah, was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., February 20, 1857, and was educated in the public schools. He worked in the lumber yard for J. L. Sherwood eleven years, and came to Charlotte. N. Y., in 1884. He is proprietor of the European Hotel at the Beach, which is conducted in first-class style. On November 22, 1887, he married M. Annie Heifner, formerly of Bavaria, Germany. Mr. Flynn's father, Jeremiah, was born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1825, and came to the United States when a young man and located at Canandaigua, N. Y. He married Catherine Kennedy, formerly of his native place, and they had nine chiidren. He died in 1870, and his wife some years later. Mrs. Flynn's father, Adam Heifner, was born at the old home in Bavaria, in 1828, and married Annie D. Wilhelm, of his native country. They had nine children, seven of whom are living. Mr. Heifner died July 4, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Flynn are members of the Holy Cross Catholic church at Charlotte.

Fry, Thomas J., was born in Mayfield, Sussex, England, May 27, 1822, and came to this country at the age of fifteen, with his parents. He worked at blacksmithing until 1864, when he became a farmer and market gardener as well as seedsman, making a specialty of pansy seeds for Vick, of Rochester. August 29, 1842, he married Matilda Mather, of Schuyler, Herkimer county, and they have had ten children: Eliza, Isabel, Lillian, Thomas J., Edward H., Francis W., Albert H., and three who died young. Four of the above seven are now deceased. Lillian married John Wright, formerly of Canada; Thomas J. married Ora Butler, of Parma, and has had five children: Daisy, Fernetta, Gertrude, Frank (deceased), and Jefferson H.; Francis W. married Frank S. Southwick, of South Butler, Wayne county, where they now live; their children are Persey, Edith, and Virginia. Mrs. Fry's father, Elizur Mather, was born in Connecticut in 1785, and their children were Elizur P., Laura. Avery, Laura, William, Prudence, Matilda, Mary, Prudence, Timothy and Jane A. He died February 10, 1869, and his wife March 3, 1863. Mrs. Fry's grandfather Mather was a soldier in the Revolution, and her father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and her brother William was a soldier in the late war. The ancestry of this family is English, German and Welsh.

Gallusser, John, was born in St. Gaull, Switzerland, December 5, 1850, was educated in the common schools there, and helped his father in his small store and farm. In 1872 he came to the United States, locating in Westchester county, N. Y., and came to Rochester in 1873, and worked in the coal yard of George Engart & Co., seven years. He then entered the employ of A. G. Yates & Co., and for the past fourteen years he has been foreman for that company at their coal docks at Port of Genesee at Charlotte. September 28, 1878, he married Catherine Rupp, formerly of Germany. Mr. Gallusser's father, John, was born at the home in Switzerland, September 20, 1826. He married Barbara Ulrick, of Germany, and had seven children: John, Ulrick, Jacob, Tobias, Barbara, Catrina and August. The last named died at the age of twenty-two years. Both father and mother are still living. Mrs. Gallusser's father, Conrad Rupp, was born in Schweinsburg, Hessen, Germany, and married Margaret Hahn, of his native place, and had four children: Conrad, August, Catherine and Annie. Mrs. Gallusser came to the United States in 1872. Mr. Gallusser is a member of Frontier Lodge, No. 638, I. O. O. F., of Charlotte, and was instrumental with others in the organization of the same.

Hillman, Dr. Walter B. - The late Dr. Lovinus L. Hillman was born in Cattaraugus county, March 22, 1825, was educated in the schools of his day and studied medicine at the Buffalo Medical College, from which he graduated and took a regular course in clinics in New York city. He began practice in Greece in 1850. May 7, 1860, he married Aurelia Benedict, of Greece, this county, and they have had four children: Flora, who died young; Jessie E., who graduated from the Brockport Normal School in 1872, and from the musical department in 1878, also having studied a year with Prof. W. Mason of New York city; Walter B., and Frank H., who died aged seven. Dr. L. L. Hillman died August 27, 1893, after a practice of over forty-three years. He was well known and beloved by the whole community. He was a genuine friend to the the poor, and was much interested in higher education. Selfishness had no part in his nature, and when called suddenly away, he was mourned by a bereaved wife and family, as well as by the entire community. His son, Walter, was born in Greece, January 10, 1876, he was educated in the common schools, and graduated from the Brockport State Normal School in 1885, from the Rochester University in 1889, with the degree of A. M., then took a four years' course in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. He was resident physician and surgeon in St. Mary's Hospital four months, when he was called to take his father's practice on the latter's death. He is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society. August 23, 1894, he married Mary D. Paine of his native town. He is now practicing with eminent success.

Henchen, Virginia, widow of the late John Henchen. The latter was born in Germany in 1819, and was twice married, his first wife being Magdalene Henchen, whom he married in Germany, by whom he had six children. His wife died and he married Virginia Renaud, born Root, and other four children, Julia died in infancy, the others being William, Florian and Annie. William married Julia Martin, and has one daughter, Frances. Mr. Henchen came to the United States soon after his first marriage; and died November 26, 1886. Mrs. Henchen married for her first husband Augustus Renaud, formerly of Switzerland, and they had four children, Joseph, Mary, Josephine and John. Joseph married Catharine Fetzner, and has seven children: Joseph, jr., Mary, Annie, Cicilia, Frank and Josephine; Mary married Louis Garmack and has two children, Lizzie and -----; Josephine married Isaac Smallworth and has four children, Jacob, Rose, Carrie and Estella; John married Magdelene Wischer, and has a son, William. The late Augustus Renaud was a soldier in the 20th N. Y. Vols., was present at the capture of Richmond, was shot below the heart, and died on his way to hospital. Mrs. Renaud was born in Metz, France.

Hedditch, Robert, was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 15, 1859, and his education was obtained in the public schools. He has always followed the butcher's trade, having learned the trade with his father. January 5, 1884, he formed a copartner-ship with George Clark, which was continued until 1888. The following June, Mr. Hedditch began business, keeping a first class market on his own account, which he has continued with success. December 19, 1881, he married Elizabeth McCready, of Brighton, Canada, and they have one son, Henry R. Mr. Hedditch's father, Henry, was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1835. In his early days he was a dairy farmer. At the age of twenty he came to the United States, locating in Rochester, N. Y., where he learned the butcher's trade. He began business on his own account with a partner in 1857. In 1856 he married Catharine Baker of Rochester and they had five sons: George, Robert, John, Henry, jr., and Frank. John died in 1894. Mrs. Hedditch's father, George McCready, was born in Scotland in 1830, was educated in the schools of that time, and was a farmer by occupation. He came with his parents to Canada, when a child. In 1856 he married Margaret Ortrum, of Brighton, Canada and they had seven children: William M., Jennie, Martha, Belle S., Elizabeth A., Maria A., and George H. Both father and mother are still living at the old home in Canada.

Jones, Charles B., was born in Charlotte, January 2, 1863, and his education was obtained at the public schools. He is an engineer by occupation. November 27, 1885, he married Sarah M. McPherson of Elmira, N. Y., and they have three children, George B., Russell R., and Marjorie. Mr. Jones's father, Charles H., was born in Canada, May 1, 1833, and came to Manchester, Ontario, with his parents when a boy, and was educated in the district schools. He, too, was an engineer by occupation. He married Mary Lash, of Rochester, N. Y., and had four children, Henry F., Henrietta, Charles B., as above, and Frank L. Mr. Jones died February 7, 1869, aged thirty-six years. Mrs. Chas. B. Jones's father, John McPherson, was born in Scotland, April 25, 1836. He came to the United States with his parents at the age of fourteen. He is an overseer in Rathbun Blast Furnace in Elmira. He married Eliza Colbraith, formerly of Scotland. They had seven children, Jennie, Sarah M., as above, Mary, Maggie M., Henrietta S., John B., jr., and Charles K. Both father and mother are living. Mr. C. B. Jones is chief engineer of the Rochester, Charlotte, and Manitou Power for their electric railway, and was chief for the Grand View Beach Company in 1891-92-94. He has also been chief engineer of the Elmira Reformatory steam system, also for the Eastman Dry Plate works on the Boulevard. He is a member of Frontier Lodge, No. 638, I. O. O. F., Charlotte, N. Y., and was largely instrumental with some others in its organization.

Kintz, Milton W. - The late Anthony Kintz was born in Easton, Pa., April 5, 1825, and came to this State with his parents when he was four years old. They located in the town of Greece, where he was educated in the district schools, and was a farmer by occupation. December 12, 1851, he married Lucretia Peterson, of the town of Greece, and they had four children: Emma E., John, who died in infancy, Milton W., and Homer M. Emma E. married William T. Kirk of this town, and they have five children: Bertha, Flora, Carrie, Daisy and John. Homer M. married Edith Hayner of the town of Parma. Mr. Kintz died April 13, 1893. Milton W. Kintz was born on the Kintz homestead on the Latta Road, November 6, 1856, and was educated in the public schools and at the Brockport State Normal School, and was a farmer by occupation. June 18, 1884, he married Ida F. Wilder of the town of Greece, and they have three children: William W., Caroline and Corinne. Mrs. Kintz's father, William Wilder, was born in the town of Parma, October 19, 1839, and was educated in the common schools and he, too, was a farmer. He married Caroline Lockwood, of Rochester, N. Y., and they had one daughter, Ida, as above noted. Mr. Wilder resides in Canada; his wife died August 25, 1889. William Hincher, the grandfather of Mrs. Anthony Kintz on the maternal side, was a native of Brookfield, Mass., and participated in the Shay Rebellion, and left there on that account with his father, William, and came to Newtown Point. N. Y., in 1791. Later they came to the mouth of the Genesee River, where they began to erect a log house, where the government lighthouse is now, and February, 1892, they settled across the river until their residence was completed, which was the first one erected between here and Fort Niagara. Their made of conveyance was an ox team and sleds. Upon the sale of their first property to the government, they erected a log house on what is now known as the Latta farm. He married Lucretia Granger, and they had eight children.

Kintz, John, was born in what is now known as Monroe county, Pa., October 24, 1816, and came to the town of Greece with his parents when eleven years old. They located north of Greece Center, where he was educated in the schools of that early day, and has always been a farmer by occupation. He married Rachel Miller, of the town of Greece, who died in 1884. Mr. Kintz's father, Anthony, was born in Pennsylvania, October 19, 1796, and married Mary Butz, of his native State, and they were the parents of ten children: John, as above, Sarah, Lovey, Susanna, Anthony, George W., Mary A., Henry J., Emeline, and Lizzey, the first five of whom were born in Pennsylvania. Anthony, Sr., died February 12, 1876, and his wife August 20, 1866. Mr. Kintz has been supervisor of the town one term, assessor two years, and justice of the peace twelve years. The family on both sides are of German extraction.

Luke, T. John, was born in Hamburg, Germany, February 27, l853, was educated in their schools, and a ship carpenter by trade. He first came to the United States in 1876, and returned to Germany in 1879. His first residence in this country was in Buffalo, and upon his return from the Fatherland in the latter part of 1879, he located in Rochester. He resided there nine years following his trade, and then moved to Charlotte, where he is employed as a skillful boat builder and ship carpenter. July 11, 1881, he married Sylvia Dumond, of Rochester, N. Y., formerly of Ulster county, N. Y., and they have four children: Florence L., Elizabeth M., John T., and Charles H. Mr. Luke's father, John O. P., was born at the old home in 1813. He married Henrietta G. Geysel, and they had thirteen children, three died in infancy, and the others are Henrietta, Phillipena, Joseph, Lucy, Louisa, Gotlieb, T. John, as above, Henry, Louis, and Robert. Mr. Luke came to the United States and returned in 1877. Mr. Luke's father, Philander Dumond, was born in Ulster county, N. Y. He married Mary J. Markle, and they have one daughter, Sylvia, as above. Mr. Dumond was a soldier in the late war, and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Six of his family were in that war. Mr. Luke is a member of Frontier Lodge, No, 638, I. O. O. F., and Genesaga Tribe of Red Men.

Lane, Almira. - The late Samuel T. Lane was born in Charlestown, Montgomery county, N. Y., July 7, 1803, and came to Greece with his parents when he was ten years old. His education was obtained in the common schools, and he was a farmer by occupation. January 15, 1826, he married Almira, daughter of Richard and Rhoda Wilder, of Parma, by whom he had five children: Theodore B., who is a farmer in town; Roderick W., who died at the age of twenty-three; Mary J., who resides with her mother; Rhoda C., who married John Butts, of Greece, and has two children, Franklin T, and Minnie E.: and Josephine A., who married Richard Bennish, of Greece, and has five children: John L., Myra, Richard, jr., Cora, and Franklin.

Latta, Mrs. Frances M. - James Mann, her father, was born in Buckinghamshire England, in 1794. He first married Maria Winters, by whom he had three children: Frances M., born in 1814, Alfred, and Henry. Mrs. Mann died in 1838, and in 1839 Mr. Mann married Julia M. Bird. of Canada, by whom he had these children: Jessie E. Griffith, George G., James F., and Frederick, who died in infancy. Mr. Mann died in 1870. The family came to the United States in 1821, locating in Monroe county. November 19, 1839, Frances M. married George C. Latta, one of the oldest settlers in the town of Greece. They had nine children: George C., Maria A., Agnes B., Mortimer D., James H., Frances J., Flora L., John W., and Manvelette, Mr. Latta died in 1877. Maria A. married Benjamin S. Abram, of Napanee, Canada. He was born April 12, 1846, and is an expert accountant. George C. married Gertrude Van Dresser, by whom he has two children: George B. and May. James H. married Isabella Chapman, by whom he has two children: Frances M. and Rubie E. Frances J. married Andrew J. Mulligan. Flora L. married Newkirk Barnes, and they have three children: William, Rubie M., and George. Manvelette married Emma Fay. Samuel Latta, brother of George C., was born in 1776, and cut a road from Charlotte to North Greece, which is the road of to-day.

Mitchell, William, was born in Sussex county, England, January 9, 1838, and came here with his parents in 1841, locating in Greece, this county, where he was educated in the public schools, and became a prosperous citizen. November 29, 1863, he married Maria Hillman, of this town, and they have had three children: William H., Charles E. and Susie May. William H. is manager of the Puget Sound Lumber Company, in California, and married Margaret South, of Newman, Cal. Charles E. is a farmer at home, and one of the town's bright and active citizens. Susie May is now a student in music. Mr. Mitchell's father, Henry, came to the town of Greece, as above, having married in England Harriet Davis. Their two children were William, and Harriet (who died in infancy). Mr. Mitchell died in 1874, and his first wife died in 1841. Mrs. Mitchell's father, William Hillman, was born in Devonshire, England, and married Harriet Tuckett of that county. Their children were Charles, who died aged five, Maria, as above, and George, who died in Colorado. The family came to this country in 1851, where he died in 1881.

Miller, Jorgen J., was born in Denmark, February 16, 1852, was educated in their schools, and a farmer by occupation. He served in the Danish cavalry two years, and came to the United States in 1881, and located first at Johnstown, Pa., where he remained fourteen mouths, and then came to Charlotte. April 3, 1884, he married Annie S. Falleson, of the town of Greece, formerly of Denmark. Two sons have been born to them, Charles A., born January 15, 1885, and Harry J., born November 17, 1888. Mr. Miller's father, Hans J. Miller, was born at the old home in Denmark, December 28, 1801, and was married three times, the third time to the mother of Jorgen J., a Miss Jansen, of his native country. They had seven children: Jorgen J., Anna M., and Catrina, who died in infancy, John C., Harry, Anna, and Catrina. Hans J. Miller died in 1872. Mrs. Miller's father, Andrew Falleson, was born at the old home in Denmark, and married Helen M. Peterson. They had twelve children: Anna M., who died young, Martha M., Andrew P., Hedwig C., Hans P., Maria C., Annie S., Anna M. 2d, Helen M., Catrina, Frederica L., and Jorgen P., and Catrina, by first marriage. Mr. Falleson died May 4, 1886, and his wife November 3, 1883. Mr. Jorgen J. Miller is a fruit grower, having several acres of vineyard, peaches, and other varieties of fruits.

Miller, Mrs. Laura A - The late John Miller was born on East avenue, near Brighton, N. Y., in 1804, was educated in the schools of that day, and was a gunsmith by occupation. March 4, 1843, he married Laura A. Paddock, who was born in Penfield. Mr. Miller died February 11, 1884, mourned by a bereaved wife and friends. Mr. Miller's father, John, sr., was born in Scotland, March 21, 1763, and came to the United States when a young man and located near Rochester, N. Y. He married and had twelve children. Mrs. Laura A. Miller's father, John Paddock, was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1802, and when a boy came with his parents to the town of Penfield, Monroe county, N. Y. He was educated in the schools of that day, and was a carpenter and contractor by occupation. He married Anna Kirby, of the Friends denomination, formerly of New Jersey. Four children were born to them, Laura A., Mary, Charles and Martha. Mr. Paddock died in 1856, and his wife in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Miller came to reside at Charlotte in 1865. The ancestry of the family on the paternal side was Scotch, on the maternal side, English.

Manning, Mrs. Frances. - William H. Manning was born in the town of Irondequoit, Monroe county, N. Y., March 11, 1850, was educated in the public schools, and is a marine engineer by occupation. July 3, 1877, he married Frances G. Howland, of Palmyra. She was born in Fairport. They have one son, W. Wallace, who is a student in the Union School. Mr. Manning's father, Jerome B., was born in 1815. He married Susan A. Leake of Irondequoit, and they had four children: William H., Bonaparte, Franklin, and Charles. The last three named are dead. Both father and mother reside on the old homestead in Irondequoit. Mrs. Manning's father, George P. Howland, was born in 1822. He married Sarah J. Ludington of Fairport, and had two children, Ella L., and Frances G. Ella L. married twice, first to Luther Sweeting, and they had two children, Claude L. and Bertha P. Mr. Sweeting died in 1890. Her second husband was H. B. Graves, of Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Howland died January 28, 1894, and his wife May 26, 1861. The ancestry of the family on the paternal side is English, on the maternal side Dutch.

Nelson, Mrs. William. - The late William Nelson was born in Hackering, Norfolk, England, April 19, 1824, was well educated in their public schools, and was steward for one of the large estates. July 22, 1849, he married Emeline Sendall, of his native place, and they had one son who survived, William S., who was born August 30, 1860. Mrs. Nelson was born January 17, 1830. The family came to the United States in 1865, locating at Independence, Iowa, where they remained until 1870, when they came to Rochester, N. Y. The son was educated in the public schools, and is a photographer by occupation, at Rochester. He married Lizzie Johnson, of that city, and they have two sons: William R. and Chester I. This family are distinctly related to the late Admiral Lord Nelson, of the British navy, of Trafalgar fame. Mr. Nelson was a prominent Odd Fellow, also a member of St. Andrews's Brotherhood. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson were members of the Episcopal church. He died August 30, 1892, mourned by a bereaved wife and son.

Northrup, Mrs. George W. - George W. Northrup was born on the old homestead October 17, 1839, was educated in the public schools, and is a farmer by occupation. December 17, 1864, he married Celia A., daughter of the late Ira Wilder of his native town, formerly of the town of Parma. They have three daughters: Junietta, Addie F., and Harriet. Junietta W. married John Bridgman of this town, and they have three children: Carrie E., George J., and William. Addie F. married Charles G. Warhois of the town of Parma, and they have two children: Ruth A., and a baby boy not named. The youngest daughter, Harriet, resides at home. Mr. Northrup's father, Joseph, was born in the town of Jefferson, Schoharie county, N. Y., March 6, 1806, and came to the city of Rochester when he was nineteen years old. A Saturday night found him at Brighton at Oliver Culver's hotel with one shilling in money and his worldly possessions tied up in a small bundle. He told Mr. Culver his story and he kindly let young Mr. Northrup stay over Sunday. The first part of the week he found employment with a Mr. Hogan at eleven dollars per month. He worked in the city about nine years, and excelled as a first-class teamster and horseman. He was in the employ of Jonathan Childs when he was elected mayor of Rochester in 1834. In that year he came to the town of Greece and bought on the east side, where he and his son reside, paying $100 per acre and lost $250 through a defective title, and let it for three years to his wife's brothers, the Wesleys. He married Maria A. Wesley of East Bloomfield, formerly of Windsor, Hartford county, Conn. They had seven children, five of whom grew to maturity: Mary A., Philip C., George W., as above, Joseph W., who died at the age of twenty-three years, and Francis M. Mrs. Northrup died in 1871. Mr. Northrup is residing with his son, George W., and family.

Shepard, John H., was born in Plantsville, Conn., January 20, 1849, and was first educated in the public schools, afterwards graduating from the Hudson River Institute at Claverack, N. Y. He resided in Dakota six years, as a speculator, then came to Chicago and was made superintendent of Oakwood Cemetery, which position he held four years. The authorities of Riverside Cemetery sought his services to superintend, lay out, and beautify this new cemetery on the banks of the Genesee River, which under his guiding hand is to be one of the best in New York State. August 31, 1870, he married Mary E. Hayden, of Port Byron, N. Y., and they have three children: Maibelle K., Charles H., and Stanley S. Mr. Shepard's father, Samuel, was born at the old home in Connecticut, July 10, 1820, and was educated in the schools of his day. He was a manufacturer of hardware stock until he retired. He is now living with his son. He married Lucy Carter of his native place, and they had four children, two died in infancy. Two sons still survive, John H., and Samuel, who is soon to reside in Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Shepard's father, Charles Hayden, was born at Port Byron, N. Y., in 1826. He married Lucinda Stokes of Montezuma, and they had two children. Mr. Hayden died November 24, 1893, and his wife in 1855. This family trace their ancestry in the United States to 1640. Two of Mr. Shepard's ancestors were in the war of 1812, and four in the Revolutionary war. The great-great-grandfather came from Wales.

Slater, William J. - The late James Slater was born in Chili, Monroe county, N. Y., and his education was obtained in the public schools. He was a contractor and farmer, and when the Erie Canal was enlarged, he had a contract from Clyde, Wayne county, to the Montezuma marshes, also built the slope wall between the above mentioned places. April 17, 1852, he married Ann Wheelahan, formerly of Kings county, Ireland. She came to the United States with her parents when but two years old. They had eight children, six grew to maturity Thomas, who married Effie Gallery of the town of Greece, Ann, Lizzie, who married Joseph Larkin and have four children; Josephine, who married John Beaty of Greece, and had four children: Julia, Mrs. Rigimy, died in 1883, and William J. The last named has been collector of the village of Charlotte one year. His father, James, was accidently killed by being thrown from a wagon on Lake avenue, Rochester, N. Y., August 30, 1871. Mrs. Slater's father, Thomas Wheelahan, was born in Kings county, Ireland, in 1810. He married Mary Ryan of his native place, and they had fourteen children. The family came to the United States in 1832, and located in the town of Greece. He died in 1890. and his wife in the spring of 1892. Mrs. James Slater was the only one who did not have fever and ague in the Montezuma swamp.

Smith, Jacob, was born in Herkimer county, November 18, 1824. His parents removed to Oswego county when he was two years old, thence to Ontario, and later to Clarkson, this county in 1834, and finally settled here in 1844, where he has ever since resided. He was educated in the district schools, and was a toll-keeper twenty-five years, but for the past seventeen years has been a farmer. He married Sarah Robbins, of Greece, and had one son, Theodore R., who married Mary Barber of San Francisco, Cal., and he has one son Albert T. Mr. Smith married second Mary J. Robbins, a sister of his first wife, and the have one son, Albert W. Mr. Smith has served as justice of the peace for a number of years, His father, John, was born in Dutchess county about 1788, and married Dolly Stever, by whom he had six children: Gertrude, Catharine, Caroline, Jacob, Maria, and one who died in infancy. He died in 1862, and his wife in 1858. Jehiel Robbins, father of Mrs. Smith, was born in the Mohawk valley in 1795. Of their eleven children nine grew to maturity: George, Phoebe, Anna, Sarah, Wilder, Ruth, Mary J., John, and Truman. Mr. Robbins died in 1865, and his wife in 1841. Jehiel Robbins was a soldier in the war of 1812. The ancestry of this family on both sides is Dutch.

Sexton, Lawrence, was born in Charlotte, N. Y., December 5, 1858. He was educated in the public school, and has a variety of occupations, and is now proprietor of the Beach Hotel, conducts a refreshment stand on the corner of Broadway and the Beach, also carries on a billiard parlor at No. 18 South St. Paul street, with choice brands of whiskeys, wines and cigars. He has been married twice, first to Catharine Wildner of Medina. N. Y., and they had one daughter, Katie M. B. Mrs. Sexton died May 22, 1891. For his second wife he married, January 3, 1893, Mary Brett of Holley, N. Y., and they have one son, Lawrence E .Mi. Sexton's father was born in the old country in 1812, and married Joanna Dailey of his native place and came to the United States, locating in the town of Greece. They had six living children: Jeremiah, Cornelius and David, twins, John, Lawrence and Anna. John Sexton died in July, 1893.

Skinner, George W., was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 12, 1854, was educated in the common schools in Rochester and the town of Greece, his parents having moved to Braddock's Bay, June 1, 1865, where his father opened up a summer resort which was continued after his death. George W. erected a new and commodious summer hotel which is conducted on liberal lines, and is growing in favor daily, being headquarters for fishermen and hunters. October 6, 1874, he married Margaret E. Frieson of the town of Greece, and they have two children: Alice, now Mrs. William Pfarrer of the town of Chili, and Charles, who is a student at school. Mr. Skinner's father, Roswell B., was also born in Rochester, March 18, 1820, was educated in the schools of Rochester, and married Adelia Fisk, formerly of New York city. They had nine children, only five of whom grew to maturity: George W., as above, William N., Falding W., Lewis B., and Frank. Mr. Skinner was identified with Rochester business interests in many ways before he moved to the town of Greece. He died November 10, 1889, and his wife August 21, 1874. Mrs. Skinner's father, Joab Frieson, was born in Germany in 1820, married Margaret Black, and came to the United States in 1854, locating in the town of Greece. They had four children: Michael, Margaret, as above, Jacob, and Rose. Both father and mother are still living.

Taft, Horace, was born in Woodstock, Windsor county, Vt.. April 24, 1826, and was educated in their schools. He came to Rochester with his parents in 1839, and to the town of Greece in 1840. He learned the comb trade and followed the business fourteen years, and is now a farmer and fruit grower. October 24, 1853, he married Edna Bonsteel, and they were the parents, of two daughters: Ella, now Mrs. Richard Husband, and Eva A., now Mrs. Edward Simpson, both of Rochester, N. Y. The Husband family have three children: Eva, Cora, and a baby not named. Mr. Simpson's family consists of two children, Horace and Edna C. Mrs. Taft died October 24, 1871. Mr. Taft's father, Samuel, was born at the old home in Vermont in 1791. He married Anna Sears of the old home, and they had six children: Mason, Sophronia, Henry, Mary, Horace, as above, and Sarah J. The family came to the town of Greece as above noted in 1840. Mr. Taft died in 1878, and his wife died of consumption when quite young. Mr. Taft's grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and the first Taft in the United States landed at Plymouth Rock from the ship Mayflower from Holland.

Worden, Edward, was born in Penfield in 1816, a son of Edward, who came from Johnstown and married a daughter of William Hill. When Edward, jr., was about one year old he came to East Penfield with his mother and settled on the Hill homestead, where he has since resided. He married Celia Cheeney, who died in 1892, leaving one son, Deyo S., who married a daughter of Artemas Fuller, of Penfield, and now lives on the homestead with his father and carries on the farm.

Hincher, Wheeler, was born near the old homestead where he now resides, August 1, 1835. His education was obtained in the district schools and he has always been engaged in farming. He married Catherine Doud, of Greece, and they have four daughters: Lucy, Gertie, Ada, and Edna. Mr. Hincher's father, William, was born in Charlotte in 1807. He too was educated in the public schools and was a farmer. He married Lucy Hekox, of this town, and had seven children: Wheeler, Irving, Adelaide, Juliette, who died at the age of twenty-one years, and Frank. The other children died in infancy. William Hincher died January 8, 1868, and his wife, June 15, 1878. Wheeler Hincher's great-grandfather, William Hincher, was the first settler west of the Genesee River and the first settler of Charlotte, having come there in 1792.

Clark, George C., was born in Chesterfield, N. H., June 22, 1830. He was educated in the schools of the day, then learned the machinist's trade. In 1852 he came to Rochester, N. Y., and worked at his trade until 1870. He and another gentleman organized a stock company that same year for the manufacture of machine screws. A factory was erected on Caledonia avenue, which has been in full operation ever since under the name of the Rochester Machine Screw Co. Mr. Clark has been superintendent of the company. In 1855 he married Mary Potter, of Oxford, N. Y., by whom he had these children: George P., Hattie L., Mildred, Nellie, Mary, and Charles N., a graduate of Aurora Academy, being captain of his company in the military department. George P. married Mary Haddock, of Greece. Hattie L. married Lewis A. Fountaine, by whom he has two children, Lewis and Hattie, Mildred married George Hedditch and has one daughter, Viola, Nellie married Charles Robbins, of Greece. Mary married Frederick Defendorf of Barnard's Crossing, and they have four children: Clark N., Mabel, Ralph and Frank. Mr. Clark is a member of Yonnondio Lodge, No, 103, F. & A. M., Rochester. N. Y. He has been a contributing member of this lodge for over forty years and in 1893 he was constituted a life member.

Canfield, James P., was born in the village of Chaumont, Jefferson county, N. Y., November 9, 1851. The family moved to Pinckney, Lewis county, when he was a child, where he was educated in the common schools, and graduated from Lowville Academy in 1868. He taught school winters and worked on the farm with his father summers until 1873. February 7, 1871, he married Ada J. Hodge of Adams Center. They have one son, De Forest, who has been a student in Brockport Normal School and Rochester Business University, and is now a clerk for his father in the New York Central and Hudson River Railway office at Charlotte. September 1, 1873, James P. entered the employ of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Company, as assistant station master at Adams Center, under Daniel Funks, until 1876, when he became station agent at Kent on their new railway through Orleans county to Niagara Falls, where he remained one year. In 1877 he was made station agent at Sodus, Wayne county, where he remained ten years. In 1887 he came to Charlotte, still in the employ of that company until 1893, when he became station agent for the New York Central and Hudson River Railway Company, jointly with the other company, and in the fall of the same year was station agent for the B. R. & P. Railway company, discharging his duty as station agent jointly for the three companies. Mr. Canfield is a member of Sodus Lodge, No. 376, F. &A. M. He is also a charter member of Wayne county Chapter, R. A. M., of Monroe Commandery, No. 12, K. T., of Damascus Temple, A. A. Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Canfield traces his family origin to the Huguenots of France who came to England and for some distinguished service to the British crown was given a large tract of land.

Corbitt, Robert C., jr., was born in the town of Greece on the Little Ridge Road, August 9, 1853. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, and is now a contractor and builder in Charlotte. He has married twice, first on November 27, 1873, to Lucy A. Baxter, formerly of Michigan. Seven children were born to them: Estella A., who died in her fifth year, a baby boy not named, Thurston A., Edith L., Wilbur B., Ward E., and Miles H. Mrs. Corbitt died March 29, 1892. The second time he married, October 7, 1892, Mrs. Clarissa Potter, nee Allen. She has four living children by her first marriage: Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Henry Schafer, Warren S., who married Augusta Clark, Ida B., who married Henry Walheiser, and Della C., who married Adelbert Baxter. Mr. Corbitt's father, Robert, was born in Scotland, in 1825, and married Rachel Wallace of his native place, and came to the United States, locating first in the town of Parma. They had five children Agnes, who died at the age of ten, John, who died at the age of eight, Robert, jr., as above, Charles, and Jennie. Both father and mother reside in the town of Parma. Mr. Corbitt has just been elected one of the trustees of the village of Charlotte. He is a member of the Clio Lodge, No. 779, F. & A. M. of the town of Parma. The ancestry of this family is Scotch and English.

Burling, George, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, September 26, 1842. At the age of thirteen years he came to this country with his father, locating in West Junius, Ontario county. He was educated in common schools, and in early life was a farmer. He has lived in Greece since 1859. June 30, 1870, he married Sarah Greenwood, of Oil City, Pa. They had five children: Mamie, who died in infancy; Alice M., who died at the age of five years; Cora M.; Alfred J.; and Julia E. Mrs. Burling died April 26, 1883. Mr. Burling's father, James, was born in England in 1819. He married Susan Hills, by whom he had twelve children: Mary A., George, Emma, James, Sarah, Alfred, Alice, Rebecca, Elizabeth, John, and Carrie L.. Mr. Burling died February 1, 1870. His widow married Henry Palmer and they now live in Greece. Mr. Burling now conducts a small fruit farm, also a large fruit evaporator, of which he is sole owner. He is in partnership with Mr. Casburn, which partnership has existed for nineteen years.

Beaty, Thomas, was born in the town of Greece, October 8, 1823, was educated in the public schools, and has always been a farmer until he retired from business. In 1870 he married Mary McCaffrey, of the town of Greece, formerly of Ireland. She died October 20, 1886. Mr. Beaty's father, James, was born in Ireland in 1789, and married Alice Burns of his native place. and came to the United States in 1818 and located at Mount Read. They had four children: Patrick, Nancy, Thomas, and Rosanna, Mr. Beaty died September 11, 1855, and his beloved wife June 8, 1849. This old Irish family has been identified with the material prosperity of the town from a very early day. Mr. Beaty is a member of Mount Read Catholic church located near his home.

Bolton, William R., was born in Birmingham, England, September 21, 1865, and his parents moved to Bambury, Oxfordshire, England, when he was one year old.He was educated in their schools, and began to learn the shoe trade with his father and followed the business until he became very skillful working on fine sewed work in the best shops of England, even for some members of the royal family. September 6, 1888, he came to the United States, and first located in New York city, and December 14, he came to Rochester, N. Y., and was immediately employed by his uncle, Thomas Bolton, in his shoe factory, and is there at the present time, He has recently erected a residence near Charlotte. July 14, 1889, he married Carrie Merrill of the town of Simcoe, Boston, Ontario, Canada. They have one daughter, Clara L. Mr. Bolton's father, William, was born at Bambury, Oxfordshire, England. He married Harriet Page, of his native place, and they had six children, five of whom survive: William B., Clara, John H., Louisa, and Percy H. The family, with the exception of our subject, reside in England. Mrs. Bolton's father, I. Warren Merrill, was born in the town of Simcoe, Canada, in 1826, and is a farmer by occupation. He married Sarah A., daughter of George Olmstead, formerly of Boston, Mass., and they have two children: George S.. and Carrie, as above noted, Mrs. Merrill died in 1867, and he married a second time. Mr. Bolton is a member of Keystone Lodge, No. 661, I. O. O. F., of Rochester. N. Y. He is also a member of Crystal Tent, No. 86, K. O. T. M.

Barney, John S., was born in the town of Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., July 18, 1840. His parents moved to Sackett's Harbor when he was one year old, and in 1848 the family came to Charlotte, where he was educated in the common schools, and in 1855 began his life work as a sailor. He has been captain of sailing vessels since 1867, and captain of the same harbor tug since 1875. January 7, 1868, he married Caroline L. Way of this place. Captain Barney's father, Benjamin F., was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1818, and was educated in the schools of his day at Sackett's Harbor, Being a zealous abolitionist, he had charge of one of the underground railway stations. He married Jane Stevens of that county, and they had five children, two died in infancy. John S., Earl W., and Adeline L., came here in 1848. He became manager in a general store at this place, and opened the first meat market here in 1850. He died in 1890, and his wife in 1856. Mrs. Barney's father, Joseph Way, was born in Vermont, and came to Watertown when a young man. He married Louisa Lord, who was born in Connecticut, and they had four children: John, Lydia, George W., and Caroline L. Mrs. Day died in 1886, and it is supposed that Mr. Day died in the West, when looking for a site for his carding mill. Captain Barney has been a contributing member of Genesee Falls Lodge, No. 507, F. & A. M., Rochester, N. Y., and is now a life member.

Bingham, James R., was born near Toronto, Canada, in 1863. He first attended the public schools, then the High School, and graduated from the medical department of Trinity University, Toronto, in 1891. He then took a post-graduate course of polyclinics in New York city, then practiced in the hospital in Toronto. He has practiced with success in Charlotte since 1893. The doctor comes of a family of physicians and surgeons, having two uncles and two brothers in the profession. He is a member of the Canada Ontario College of Pharmacy, and is one of Monroe county's most skillful physicians and surgeons.

Burke, James, was born in Canada in 1852, where be learned the harnessmaker's trade In 1870 he came to Hamlin and after a few months he bought a general horse furnishing and harness store, which he still runs. In 1879 he married a daughter of Michael Martin, by whom he has two sons: Joseph M. and Henry A. Mr. Burke was elected overseer of the poor in 1895, which office he still holds.

Estes, James W., was born in Clayton, Jefferson county, N. Y., October 15, 1852. The family moved to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, and from there to Charlotte, in 1860, where be was educated in the common schools, and is now chief engineer of the lake, bay, and sound steamers, and is one of the sewer commissioners of the village of Charlotte. August 11 1872, he married Margaret Hogg, of Charlotte. Two sons were born to them, Milo D., who is a clerk in Denise Bros.' general store, and George G., who is a student in the graded school. Mr. Estes's father, James B., was born on Long, or Wolf Island, in the St. Lawrence River, June 6, 1818. He was educated in the schools of his day, and has always followed the St. Lawrence River and the lakes. He was captain of a sailing vessel at the age of seventeen. In 1840 he married Hannah S. Adams, Watertown, Jefferson county, and they had three sons: Milo D., Eldnidge M., and James W. The sons are all loyal to the United States government, the two oldest were volunteers in the United States navy, and after serving one year were honorably discharged. Milo D. is now superintendent of the Albany and Troy line of steamboats. Eldridge M. enlisted in Co. A, 3d N. Y. Cavalry, was captured on the Wilson Raid, and starved to death in prison by the rebels in Florence, South Carolina, Mrs. Estes's father, John Hogg, was born in Scotland, January 1, 1817. In 1849 he married Jane Haig, of his native place, and came to Canada in 1857, and to the United States in 1867, locating at Charlotte. Four children were born to them: Jane, now Mrs. Conkling, of Saranac; James, who died at the age of twenty-five; Margaret, and Susan, now Mrs. Conrad, of Saranac. Mr. Hogg died at the age of thirty-seven.

Beaman, Cassius C., was born in Burke, Franklin county, N. Y., July 22, 1848, and is a son of Orson Beaman, who was born in 1820, and who came to Gates in 1882. He became a resident of Gates in 1868 and has been since then one of the representative farmers of the town. In 1872 he started a milk route in Rochester and has since continued it successfully. In 1874 he married Miss Julia E., youngest daughter of the late Frederick Rowe, upon whose homestead they have resided since 1877. They have two children, Charlie O. and Nellie J.

Smith, Uziel B., is a son of Samuel, who tame from Maine, and settled in Wayne county at an early day, where he died in 1871. Uziel B. Smith came to Penfield in 1864, where he was engaged in farming until 1893, when he removed to Webster, his present place of residence, He married Maria, daughter of Isaac Merritt, who was among the early settlers of Penfield, coming from New Jersey. They have one son, Nelson I.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS

"In Talbot county, Eastern Shore, State of Maryland, near Easton, the county town, there is a small district of country, thinly populated, and remarkable for nothing more than for the worn out, sandy, desert-like appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever. It was in this dull, flat, and unthrifty district or neighborhood, bordered by the Choptank river, among the laziest and muddiest of streams, surrounded by a white population of the lowest order, indolent and drunken to a proverb, and among slaves, who, in point of ignorance and indolence, were fully in accord with their surroundings, that I, without any fault of my own, was born, and spent the first years of my childhood."

This is Frederick Douglass' own picturesque account, in the opening chapter of his Life and Times, of the event which, in February, 1817, ushered into existence one of the grandest figures in history. and into the ranks of liberty one of its greatest apostles. Of his parentage he says: "Slavery had no recognition of fathers, as none of families." As years passed on and his great mental endowments compelled recognition, it was customary to attribute their possession to the Anglo-Saxon blood coursing in his veins, and to this he was undoubtedly indebted, but perhaps not more so than to the extraordinary character and ability of the unknown mother, who, in a country and community like that described above, in which all the powers of nature seemed to join with those of human law to forever bar the soul in gloomiest darkness, had learned to read, though where or how, none knew. As he himself says, "I am happy to attribute any love of letters I may have, not to my presumed Anglo-Saxon paternity, but to the native genius of my sable, unprotected, and uncultivated mother." As the ages go by, let them not forget this tribute, one of the noblest in history, and equally enobling mother and son. Very early separated, by the inexorable demands of slave custom, from this mother, the wonderful memory of Frederick Douglass cherished to the day of his death the keen recollection of her "dignified and impressive manner" on the last of the very few times she was permitted to soothe with a mother's caress, the grief of her child. For this few moments' embrace she had to walk, between two days' hard labor, twelve miles and back, between sunset and sunrise. From where but from this mother, came the unswerving purpose, the fidelity to duty that marked Frederick Douglass from the day of his birth to the day of his death? On page 157 of Prichard's Natural History of Man, is a picture of the great Rameses, and to this Frederick Douglass always reverently referred, as embodying in a greater degree than he had any where else observed, the characteristic expression of his mother, and which, he says, "So resembled my mother that I often recur to it with something of the feeling which I suppose others experience when looking upon the likenesses of their own dear departed ones." He himself was of herculean frame and of wonderfully perfected development, and when the vivacity of ordinary thoughts passed from his countenance, and his soul seemed possessed by a profounder contemplation, to nothing in this world did he bear such striking resemblance, as to some huge monolith of ancient Egypt, calm, dignified and inscrutable.

The details of his life have long been known to the world. We need not dwell upon them here. It is as a moral force that Frederick Douglass should be here presented. That he learned to read, and how he learned, the world knows. Let it pause for a moment in consideration of what he read. It was not without significance that the printed leaves, gathered out of the dirty gutters of Baltimore and carefully washed and dried, secreted in his little room and studied by stealth, were often the leaves of some torn Bible, the grand phraseology of which, as well as the grand truths, doubtless stirring that young soul as no other words could.

When about thirteen years of age, he secretly joined a little band of colored boys and selected for his declamation, an extract from an oration in the Co1umbian Orator, entitled "The Dignity of Human Nature." He already vaguely felt, as he in after years affirmed, the dignity and the worth of man, and the grandeur of noble periods. While boys of his age were playing marbles, and rising up in the morning and lying down at night without thought beyond their daily experience, this boy, for the degradation of whom the customs, the laws and the religion of his country had combined, was storing his young mind with such sentiments and sentences as these: "Surrounding creation subserves the wants and proclaims the dignity of man. For him day and night visit the world. For him the seasons walk their splendid round. For him the earth teems with riches, and the heavens smile with beneficence."

It is not to be supposed that during all this time the religious nature of this child remained inactive. The terrors of the law and the fear of damnation, at times wrung his soul fearfully. With that deep and abiding love for music, which was a permanent part of his character, he, in his abhorrence of sin, feared the violin might be Satan's instrument to work his ruin, and ran with all his might past any house where he heard its enchanting strains, and prayed earnestly as he walked the streets. Happily his soul awakened to a serener and more harmonious faith; to a clearer sense of his relation to an All Wise Father, and a reverence which was beyond expression.

As Frederick Douglass advanced towards manhood, he more and more hated slavery and determined to be free. Of his relation of various incidents connected with this period, William Lloyd Garrison says, "I think the most thrilling one of them all is the description that Douglass gives of his feelings, as he stood soliloquizing respecting his fate and the chances of his one day being a freeman, on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay—viewing the receding vessels as they flew with their white wings before the breeze, and apostrophizing them as animated with the living spirit of freedom. Who can read that passage, and be insensible to its pathos and sublimity? Compressed into it is a whole Alexandrian library of thought, feeling and sentiment—all that can, all that need be urged, in the form of expostulation, entreaty, rebuke, againstthat crime of crimes—making man the property of his fellow-man."

When, finally, he reached New Bedford and found employment, the other laborers refused to work with him on account of his color, and he was consequently forced to work for one dollar where he would otherwise have received three. He at one time worked in a brass foundry at a powerful bellows, six days and two nights in the week. Long-continued labor at this would have broken down even his strength. Even while at this exhausting work he was studying. On a post, where he could see it as he rose with each stroke of the bellows, he pinned his lesson, and thus fed his mind while he exhausted his body.

The careless prodigality of the ignorant masses was always a sad anxiety to him, who, when at one early time he was laboring hard and receiving only nine dollars a month and with a young family to care for, still laid by a little each month for future need.

In the Summer of 1841 Frederick Douglass, after nearly three years of unremitting toil, and feeling the need of a little rest, went over to Nantucket to attend an anti-slavery convention. He had no thought of addressing the convention, or of being known to any one. Through the efforts of Mr. William C. Coffin, a prominent abolitionist of the time, who had heard the young man address his colored friends in the school-house where they worshipped, Mr. Douglass was induced to speak. William Lloyd Garrison, present at the meeting, thus relates the effect of this unpremeditated speech: "I shall never forget his first speech at the convention—the extraordinary emotion in my own mind, the crowded auditory, completely taken by surprise—the applause which followed from beginning to end of his felicitous remarks . . . . There stood one, in physical proportion and stature commanding and exact—in intellect richly endowed–in natural eloquence a prodigy—in soul manifestly created but a little lower than the angels, trembling for his safety, hardly daring to believe that on the American soil a single white person could be found who would befriend him at all hazards, for the love of God and humanity; capable of high attainments as an intellectual and moral being, needing nothing but a comparatively small amount of cultivation to make him an ornament to society and a blessing to his race—by the law of the land, by the voice of the people, by the terms of the slave code, he was only a piece of property. . . . . As soon as he had taken his seat, filled with hope and admiration, I rose, and declared that Patrick Henry, of Revolutionary fame, never made a speech more eloquent in the cause of liberty. So I believed at that time—such is my belief now."

As a result of this incident Mr. Douglass was appointed an agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery society. Unknown to himself, he now left forever behind him the narrow path he had been treading, and entered an arena whose horizon widened and widened as the years rolled by, till suddenly it opened upon eternity.

In 1843, a year of remarkable anti-slavery activity, Mr. Douglass was chosen one of the agents to assist in carrying on a series of one hundred conventions. His strenuous opposition at Syracuse to surrendering the platform to the discussion of communism, called down upon him from some quarters the reproach of insubordination; but he always felt that lie was right in this matter. In his Life and Times he says, page 283, "In the growing city of Rochester we had in every way a better reception. Abolitionists of all shades of opinion were broad enough to give the Garrisonians (for such we were) a hearing; Samuel D. Porter and the Avery family, though they belonged to the Gerrit Smith, Myron Holly, and William Goodell school, were not so narrow as to refuse us the use of their church for the convention. . . . . During our stay at Rochester we were hospitably entertained by Isaac and Amy Post, two people of all-abounding benevolence, the truest and best of Long Island and Elias Hicks Quakers. They were not more amiable than brave, for they never seemed to ask, "What will the world say? but walked straight forward in what seemed to them the line of duty, please or offend whosoever it might. Many a poor fugitive slave found shelter under their roof when such shelter was hard to find elsewhere, and I mention them here in the warmth and fullness of earliest gratitude."

After the publication, in 1845, of his autobiography, safety compelled Mr. Douglass to flee to England. As he often said, there was in all this land no mountain so high, no valley so secluded as to give him security. In England his lectures aroused great enthusiasm, and it was almost pitiful to see the obsequiousness with which divines and other eminent personages from the United States, who never thought of recognizing Mr. Douglass' qualities here, seeking through him introductions to titled and prominent Englishmen. While in England, Miss Ellen Richardson and Mrs. Henry Richardson raised a fund and effected his ransom. One of the last letters written by Mr. Douglass, was one to Miss Ellen Richardson, between whom and himself the warmest friendship had always existed.

Mr. Douglass' withdrawal from the Garrisonian wing of the anti-slavery party, his establishment in Rochester, New York; his publication there of his paper, first called the North Star, a name afterwards changed to that of Frederick Douglass' Paper; his connection with John Brown, his activity in raising colored troops for the war, his intercourse with President Lincoln on this and other subjects, his removal to Washington, his appointment as member of the commission to Santo Domingo, as member of the Council of the District of Columbia, as Presidential elector-at-large in the State of New York, and to carry the electoral vote to Washington, as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, his marriage in 1884 to Miss Pitts of Western New York, his appointment by President Harrison as Minister to Hayti, and his subsequent appointment by the Government of Hayti as Haytian Commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition, are facts too well known to require comment.

Frederick Douglass was always true to the cause of woman. At the first Woman's Rights convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, he, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, persistently advocated the ninth resolution, demanding the elective franchise for women, and at last carried it. Mr. Douglass in his editorial in the North Star of July 28, 1848, said, "We go farther and express our conviction that all political rights which it is expedient for man to exercise, it is equally so for woman. All that distinguishes man as as intelligent and accountable being is equally true of woman; and if that government only is just, which governs with the free consent of the governed, there can be no reason in the world for denying to woman the exercise of the elective franchise, or a hand in making and administering the laws of the land." Mr. Douglass' last day on earth was spent in attendance at the Triennial Sessions of the National Council of Women, held in Washington.

Mr. Douglass' power as an orator has not been exaggerated. He had a commanding presence, a voice of remarkable power and richness of modulation, that indefinable something we call magnetism, and, underlying and pervading all, a tremendous moral earnestness that thrilled the heart, and stirred the conscience and carried conviction. He both saw and felt the temper of his audience. The late General Mussey, of Washington, D. C., once said that he never knew but two men who could capture a hostile audience and change their disgust to sympathy, and one of these two was Frederick Douglass. He related an incident which occurred at a political meeting in Philadelphia, when the demand was made for "Douglass! Douglass!" At length Mr. Douglass arose, and in a somewhat deprecating manner said that though he had both in this country and in England addressed larger audiences, he had never stood before one with more embarrassment than at this time. The audience was plainly against him, when he threw back his head in a most manly, courageous way, and poured forth such a torrent of eloquence as carried all before it. The changing temper of the audience was plainly visible, and the close of Mr. Douglass' address was the signal of a general ovation.

A writer in the Christian Advocate, New York, thus speaks of Mr. Douglass: "The personal appearance of Frederick Douglass was commanding in the extreme. For five years, from 1858 to 1862 inclusive, we attended the Garrisonian abolition meetings in the city of Boston, which lasted nearly a week in the month of May. No orator among them, not even Phillips, matchless in refinement, self-possession and voice, surpassed this man. . . . When Richmond fell and the news reached Boston, people flocked to Faneuil hall to rejoice over the tidings. Frederick Douglass was in the audience, and after several short speeches had been made, some one raised a cry for him to speak. It was caught up and repeated until it became a roar, and Douglass was finally carried to the platform on the shoulders of men who made their way through the dense crowd with difficulty. As he mounted the platform the applause became deafening. Hats, handkerchiefs, and even umbrellas and canes were thrown in the air, and it was some time before he could speak at all. He did not talk more than five minutes, hut wrought the feeling, already intense, to a white heat, and at the close compared the confederacy to the rich man and the colored people to Lazarus in a way that produced a fitting climax." Those who were wont to hear Frederick Douglass at Corinthian hall, Rochester, especially at the time of the assassination of Lincoln, will not need to have these scenes multiplied.

Superficial observers, missing in Mr. Douglass' lectures upon historical and philosophical subjects, the vehement eloquence that naturally marked his efforts in the anti-slavery field, and apparently failing to consider the necessary difference of treatment in these two classes of subjects, have ascribed the calmer philosophic method followed in these, to the waning of natural power. But the clearness, and purity and vigor of his style, was more than maintained to the last. Though slavery had passed away, wrongs remained, and in his powerful denunciations of the injustice and cruelty practiced by the South against the Negro, he was said, in his great lecture upon that subject, delivered in Washington, D. C., to equal his efforts of twenty years earlier. Of this speech Justice Harlan said that it was the most thoughtful address that had been delivered in the Capital for twenty years. Never swerving a hair's line in his devotion to duty, and in his loyalty to truth, it was fitting that, when the shadow fell, it should find him still in the glow of effort for the uplifting and sanctifying of humanity. It is fitting, too, that the body of Frederick Douglass should rest in Rochester, where the toils and achievements of twenty-five of his most active years were endured and won. Her tender reception of him, dead, was a grateful tribute to her appreciation of him living. Sorrow and triumph mingle in these tines of Mary Lowe Dickinson, accompanying the resolutions passed by the National Council of Women, on the death of Frederick Douglass:

Room for the stricken millions
    Unbound by freedom's wars,
To whom His strite meant light and life,
    And broken prison bars.
The love outpoured in prayers and tears
    Along the conqueror's track,
Is His spent love and life of years,
    Bringing their blessing back.

To live—that freedom, truth, and light
    Might never know eclipse,—
To die with woman's work and words
    Aglow upon his lips,—
To face the foes of humankind
    Through years of wounds and scars,–
It is enough!—Lead on,—to find
    Thy place among the stars.

Swing wide, O shining portal,
    That opes to God's own day,
Make room, ye ranks immortal,
    A conqueror comes your way.
With greeting meet for victors
    Your hands and hearts out-reach;—
Break with glad song, his silence,
    Too deep and grand for speech.

Greet him with martial music
    That fits a soldier's rest—
For braver heart for battle
    Ne'er beat in warrior's breast–
A great white heart of pity
    At war with sin and gloom,—
His home is with the heroes,
    Stand back—to give him room.