HORATIO G. WARNER

He occupied a place of so much prominence and respect in the community that although it is nearly twenty-five years since his career dosed the memory of Horato Gates Warner is still held in high esteem in the city where his life work was mainly done. He was born in Canaan, Columbia county, New York, in 1801, and was graduated from Union college in 1826, in which year he was admitted to the bar. In 1840 Mr. Warner moved to Rochester and continued the practice of law, having formed a partnership with Delos Wentworth. The bar was not the only field of activity in which Mr. Warner was prominent. He was owner and publisher of a daily paper, the Advertiser, before its consolidation with the Union. He was for several years president of the Bank of Rochester; was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1835 by Governor Marcy; and was appointed Regent of the University of New York in 1869. He received the degree of LL. D. from Union college in 1860 and soon thereafter established the "Warner Prize" which is given annually to students of Union for exemplary conduct. Mr. Warner was married May 5, 1831, to Sarah Warner to whom were born eight children, three of whom are living: J. B. Y. Warner, Clara D. Warner and Alida R. Brown. He departed this life in Greensboro, Georgia, February 11, 1876.

JUDGE WILLIAM E. WERNER

The phenominal success at the bar and in political life achieved by Hon. William E. Werner, County Judge of Monroe county, demonstrates the alacrity with which the people of Rochester and Monroe county recognize talent in young men when united with integrity, industry and prudence. Judge Werner was born in Buffalo, April 19, 1855, and attended public school in that city. He came to Rochester in 1877 and began the study of law in the office of W. H. Bowman. He received the appointment as Clerk of the Municipal Court and while acting in that capacity prosecuted his studies with such diligence that he was admitted to the bar in October, 1880. He made rapid progress and soon became recognized as one of the most promising young men of this city in the profession. In 1884 he was elected Special County Judge, and three years later was reëlected, to the office. On the death of County Judge John S. Morgan in 1889 Judge Werner was advanced by the choice of the people to the higher office and has borne its responsibilities so creditably that in 1894 he was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court of this district by both the Republican and Democratic conventions and was, of course, elected. He entered on the duties of his office January 1, 1895.

EX-JUDGE GEORGE F. YEOMAN

George F. Yeoman, ex-Justice of the Supreme Court for the Seventh Judicial district of this State, was born in Delaware county, New York, in 1846. He studied at the University of Rochester and began the practice of law in this city in 1875. The death of Judge Francis A. Macomber on October 13, 1893, caused a vacancy on the bench which Governor Flower filled on November so by appointing Mr. Yeoman to the office. He took the oath of office November 15, 1893, and retired December 31, 1894.

HON. CHARLES S. BAKER

Charles Simeon Baker is a native of Churchville, Monroe county, New York, where he was born February 18, 1839. On his paternal side Mr. Baker is of English origin, and on his maternal side, of Huguenot extraction. Mr. Baker's primary education was obtained in the one school of his native place, supplemented by a thorough course of training at the Lyons High school, the Cary Collegiate institute of Oakfield and the Lima seminary, all prominent institutions of learning in the State. In 1857 Mr. Baker began the study of law in Rochester in the office of Messrs. Danforth & Terry, leading lawyers of Western New York, and in December, 1860, was admitted to the practice of his profession. When the war of the Rebellion opened Mr. Baker was one of the first to enlist, and served as first lieutenant of. Company E, Twenty-Seventh New York Volunteers, until disabled, in consequence of which he was obliged to retire from service. On returning home he resumed the practice of his profession, in which he soon achieved fair success. In June, 1861, after his enlistment, Mr. Baker married Miss Jane E., only daughter of Silas A. and Susan S. Yerkes of Lima, the former now being the parents of five sons, two of whom are successful business and professional residents of Washington, D. C. In former years Mr. Baker was prominent in Rochester educational circles, being for one year president of the Board of Education. He was for three years a member of the Board of Supervisors. In 1878 Mr. Baker was elected to the Assembly where, with the exception of one term, he continued until 1883, when he was elected State Senator. During the Autumn of 1884 Mr. Baker was elected to the Forty-ninth, and subsequently reëlected to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses. During his terms of office, both at Albany and at Washington, Mr. Baker's position and influence in State and National affairs was such as to rank him among the most able men. During this period he was from time to time a contributor to several of the leading publications of the day on subjects of vital interest to the people, and his contributions attracted much attention. Since leaving Congress Mr. Baker has been closely identified with his profession and extensive business interests of a personal nature. From the outset of his political career he has been an ardent Republican whose rare loyalty to his party no one has ever questioned in the least. The following memoranda includes Mr. Baker's military record: First lieutenant Company E, Twenty-Seventh New York Volunteers; member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., No. 4; member of Sherman Command Union Veterans Union, G. A. R.; Colonel and Judge Advocate General on the staff of General John H. Roberts, commander-in-chief Union Veterans Union, National command; member of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, formerly of commandery of New York—now (by transfer) of the Commandery of the District of Columbia. As member of Congress Mr. Baker was member of the Committee on Territories, and had charge of the legislation through which the new states of North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington, Wyoming and Idaho came into the Union. He was a member of the committee on Election of President and Vice-president, etc., and in the Fifty-first Congress was chairman of the important committee on Commerce; was one of the tellers in the joint convention of the two houses on counting the votes of the Electoral College resulting in the formal election of Harrison and Morton. In society both Mr. and Mrs. Baker are much sought after because of their deep interest in all that relates to the happiness and welfare of the community in which they reside. Mr. Baker is a member of the Rochester Whist club, besides being especially prominent in Masonry, having been since its organization Master of Corinthian Temple Lodge No. 8o5. The ex-Congressman's residence on Lake avenue is one of the most delightful in the city, and there, on the part of the host and hostess, the most generous kindness and hospitality are at all times extended to their countless friends.

HORACE L. BENNETT

Horace L. Bennett was born in Brookfield, Madison county, New York, July 23, 1849, and received the rudiments of his education in the common school and academy of that place. He early evinced a taste for the law and determined to practice it as a profession. He was compelled, however, to resort to teaching to defray the expenses of his preparatory education, and it was while thus occupied at Fairfield seminary that he met and married Miss Amanda J. Sherman, a descendent of Philip Sherman, the first secretary of Rhode Island, and one of the thirteen persons who purchased that state of the Indians in 1638. After completing a clerkship in the office of M. J. Shoecraft, of Oneida, New York, he entered the law department of Union university, from which he graduated in 1874, and was therenpon admitted to the bar. He began the practice of his profession at Clyde, New York, but the superior advantages afforded the practitioner in this city induced his removal hither in 1875. He soon after formed a partnership with Joseph A. Stull, which continued several years, during which time the firm did a large and successful business. Mr. Bennett's business is chiefly of a litigated nature, for which he is admirably fitted both by taste and acquirement. His offices are 404 and 405 Powers building.

PHILETUS CHAMBERLAIN, JR.

Although he is still a comparatively young man, Philetus Chamberlain, Jr., has won a prominence at the bar and in political circles that might be envied by a majority of his seniors in age. Mr. Chamberlain is the son of Philetus and Julia L. Chamberlain, and was born in Rose, Wayne county, New York, April 14, 1855. His education was directed iii Genesee Wesleyan seminary and in Syracuse university. After graduating from the university he studied law in the office of Martindale & Oliver in this city and was admitted to the bar in 1879. He remained with that firm until 1880, when he began private practice. He is a Republican and occupies a prominence in the party counsels that, with his industry and ability, is pretty sure to lead to his future advancement in public life. Mr. Chamberlain was married November 13, 1884, to Miss Elizabeth S. Van Doorn of this city. He is a member of the Rochester Whist club and Past Master of Rochester lodge 660, F. & A. M., andRochester City lodge, Knights of Pythias.

HON. GEORGE F. DANFORTH

A resident for over fifty years in the city and for a long period assigned by general consent to the foremost place at the bar of Monroe county, ex-Judge George F. Danforth enjoys among his fellow citizens the high consideration that constitutes one of the chief rewards of an extended and honorable professional career. Judge Danforth was born in Boston, Massachusetts, July 5, 1819. His parents, Isaac and Dolly Danforth, were natives of New Hampshire. He was graduated at Union college in 1840, and in August of that year came to Rochester, where he studied law, and upon admission to the bar commenced practice on the first of June, 1843. Save during the period between January 1, 1879, and 1891, in which he was an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, his practice has been uninterrupted. Judge Danforth is a Republican and was a member of the Judiciary commission of 1892, but has held no other office. On the twenty-seventh of April, 1846, he married Miss Francis J. Wright, daughter of Orrin and Francis J. Gold Wright of Pittsford, Massachusetts.

CHARLES M. ALLEN

As an example of that class of men who are so absorbed in their profession that other pursuits have no power to draw them from the one they deliberately adopted, Charles Montgomery Allen must be regarded as representative. Born in Rochester, New York, October 9, 1845, he comes of old American stock, his father being a native of New Hampshire and his mother of New York. His education was obtained at the Rochester High school and at the University of Rochester. After graduating from the University lie studied law in Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar in Rochester January, 1869, and has devoted his time closely to his profession ever since. His office is 730 and 732 Granite building. Mr. Allen is a Republican but he has not sought office. His wife was Miss Florence Blossom, and their home is 179 South Fitzhugh street. He is a member of Psi Upsilon, the Rochester Bar Associathm and the Rochester Whist club.

C. C. DAVISON

Christopher C. Davison son of Jonathan L. and Maria Miller Davison, was born at Lyme, Connecticut, July 25, 1823. His father was a prominent builder and constructed the Erie canal aqueduct over Oak Orchard creek. Later he became a farmer and a resident of Lima, New York. His mother, a woman of uncommon talent, was the daughter of a merchautnian who early in the century sailed between New London, Connecticut, and Charleston, South Carolina. Mrs. Davison's father was of French and Welsh descent, a combination of blood to which the subject of this sketch may perhaps refer for his recognized versatility. Mr. Davison was educated at Genesee college, Lima, New York, at that time the Genesee Wesleyan seminary; taught school for six Winters after leaving college, read law, amid began to practice at Honeoye Falls in 1850. In 1864 he came to Rochester for the purpose of arguing a case in court, but the Board of Supervisors, by their committee, requested him to raise a regiment for the war, and complying with their invitation, was appointed Lieutenant and afterwards Major, which office he held until the close of the war, being in command of the regiment much of the time. Major Davison returned from the army July 11, 1865, and in the following November was elected District Attorney of Monroe county. In early life he was a Whig, hut has been a Republican since the organization of that party and was long recognized as one of the most earnest advocates and effective public speakers the party had in this city. He has of late left the field of public speaking to younger men and devotes his time to his profession, but the recollection of his services to the Republican party is not forgotten. He was School Commissioner from the Fourteenth ward in 1890, and is a member of the Masonic and the Odd Fellows' organizations. He was twice married, first, August 19, 1849, to Mary E., daughter of Rev. Joseph Badger, of Honenye Falls, and second, to Sarah E. Clark of the same place. He has one child, Mrs. Henry Barnard of this city.

HARVEY F. REMINGTON

Harvey F. Remington was born in Henrietta, Monroe county, June 28, 1863, and was a grandson of Alvah Remington, a pioneer who emigrated from the Green Mountains. He was educated at the Geneseo State Normal school, and after teaching school for one year entered the law office of H. H. Woodward and served asclerk, prior to his admission to the bar, in that office and the law office of Sullivan & Morris. In i886 he entered the law department of Union college and graduated in May, 1887. He was admitted to the bar at Albany the same year, and at once opened an office for the practice of his profession with the late Alfred Ely, in the offices which he continues to occupy. Mr. Remington has been somewhat identified with politics and stands high in the councils of his party. He was the last Supervisor of the old Sixteenth ward, then one of the largest constituencies in the State. In March, 1892, he was elected to represent the Fourteenth ward in the Board of Education, but resigned two months later to accept an appointment as Second Assistant City Attorney under C. D. Kiehel. He filled this position until June 1894, when, upon the election of A. J. Rodenbeck as City Attorney, he was appointed First Assistant. During his service in the law department lie has had entire charge of the legal matters pertaining to the acquisition of right of way for the additional water supply of Rochester. His practice as an attorney is large and he numbers among his clients niany prominent citizens. Mr. Remington has been intimately identified with loan and land associations. He is an active member of the First Baptist church, and, since his residence in Rochester, has been connected with Mission work. He married Agnes B., daughter of Thomas Brodie of Caledonia, New York, in 1889, and has three children. His residence is on Reservoir avenue.

EUGENE DWYER

When a young man, one scarcely out of his teens, is found competent to occupy, with credit to himself and advantage to the community, an important public office, it implies the possession by him of uncommon talents that have been thoroughly cultivated and of personal qualities that go to make troops of friends for the one so fortunate as to be endowed with such popular characteristics. Such an instance is presented in the case of Eugene Dwyer, Assistant City Attorney of Rochester. Mr. Dwyer was born in this city, of Irish parents, February 12, 1872. His education was obtained in the common schools, the Free Academy and the University of Rochester. On graduating from the University he attended the New York Law school, passed his clerkship with O'Brien & Paine, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1894. In June, 1894, he was appointed as Assistant City Attorney. He is the youngest man who has ever held the office, but has already given demonstration of the fact that in the management of a case he is much elder than he looks. Mr. Dwyer is a Sachem in the Order of Red Men and is vice-president of the local branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

GEORGE H. SMITH

George Herbert Smith was born at Elmira, New York, December 11, 1857, and until 1871 lived at the home of his parents in Livonia, Livingston county, whence they moved to their present residence in this city. His father, Lewis E. Smith, was a lawyer and traveled in the West, locating wild land for General Wadsworth. He also represented Livingston county in the Legislature. Mr. Smith's grandfather, George Smith, was a Colonel in the war of 1812 and was the first Member of Assembly from Livingston county. Mr. Smith's mother is a daughter of Allen Boardman and a sister of Hon. Truman Boardman and of Judge Douglass Boardman, First Dean of Cornell Law school. The subject of this sketch attended school in Livonia, received a scholarship to the University of Rochester in the Rochester Free Academy and graduated from the University in 1881. He then read law in the office of Smith & Briggs and the Columbia College Law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. In 1884 he opened an office in this city and in 1889 formed a partnership with Albert A. Davis, which continued until 1893, when he and J. Warrant Castleman formed a partnership under the name of Smith & Castleman, with offices in the Wilder building. Mr. Smith has the confidence of all who know him and many trusts are placed in his hands. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. Hisresidence is on Mount Vernon avenue.

ALVIN BLOCK

The junior bar of Rochester includes among its men of promise Alvin Block, who was born here, of German parentage, April 30, 1862. He was educated in the public schools and in the Free Academy, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1886, when he opened an office in the Wilder building and has been there ever since. Mr. Block was Search Clerk in the Monroe County Clerk's office during his last year as a student and obtained valuable experience in that capacity. He was elected Supervisor of the Twelfth ward in i886, and was reëlected in 1887. While in the Board he was Chairman of the Board of Canvassers and also rendered important service to the county as a member of a special committee appointed to go before the State Board of Equalization in opposition to a claim of New York county for increased assessment on this county. In 1888 he was nominated for Judge of the Municipal Court by the Republicans. Mr. Block is largely interested in real estate and has developed several large tracts of land now covered with buildings. He is attorney for the Genesee Falls Permanent Savings and Loan association, and an honorary member of the Eighth Separate Company, New York State militia. Mr. Block was married December 9, 1890, to Miss Sadie Summerhays and has two sons. He is a member of the Monroe club and resides at 298 South avenue.

JOHN F. DORTHY

John Franklin Dorthy was born in Urbana, New York, March 20, 1860, and received his early education in Wayne, Schuyler county, his parents having moved to that town during his childhood. He prepared for college by private study and pursued a classical collegiate course, supplemented by the aid of private tutors. He began the study of law in 1880 at Watkins, in the office of Oliver P. Hurd, County Judge and Surrogate of Schuyler county. While pursuing his law studies he enjoyed the advantage of acting as Chief Clerk of the Surrogate's court, a position in which much experience of value to a lawyer can be obtained. After three years, in which he combined the work of student and clerk, Mr. Dorthy entered the Albany Law school, from which he was graduated in i885 with the degree of LL. B. Before his graduation he had been admitted to the bar in the Albany district and determined to practice his profession in this city. In October, 1885, Mr. Dorthy opened his office here and has since had marked success at the bar. In 1877 he married Miss Ella May, daughter of James Marden of this city, and has three children. The family residence is 29 North Goodman street. Mr. Dorthy is trustee of the Second Baptist church, of which he has been a member since he came to Rochester. He is also a member of Genesee Falls lodge, 507, F. & A. M.

SELDEN S. BROWN

Although his professional and business interests are centered in Rochester, where he is so well known as to be generally taken for a resident of the city, Selden S. Brown is at home in Scottsville, Monroe county, where he was born October 23, 1855. Mr. Brown is the eldest son of the late D. D. S. Brown, who was a prominent citizen of the State and long identified with the business and political life of Monroe county. The subject of this sketch had more than the ordinary advantages enjoyed by young men for acquiring an education. He was a student at the Scottsville High school, the Rochester Collegiate Institute and the University of Rochester, from which latter he was graduated in 1879. Mr. Brown began the study of law in the office of Hubbell & McGuire in 1879, was admitted to the bar in 1882, and has practiced his profession ever since, his office in this city being in the Powers building. As a member of the Prize Essay Committee of the State Bar association Mr. Brown has a congenial sphere in which to exercise the literary taste acquired by extensive general and legal reading. Aside from his professional business Mr. Brown has various interests that engage his attention. He is a director and treasurer of the Central Union Transfer arid Storage company; a director of Genesee Graduate Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi; a school trustee of his town; senior warden of Grace church, Scottsville, and a member of the Genesee Valley club. His wife is Adell, daughter of the late Hiram Franklin of Scottsville, and they have one son, Selden King Brown.

CONSTANTINE D. KIEHEL

As it is a recognized fact that claims of long genealogical descent are not to he overlooked even in this republican land, ex-City Attorney C. D. Kiehel has reason to be pleased with the fact that he can trace his American ancestry back to the sturdy and liberty-loving emigrants who came to America with William Penn and took part in subduing the wilderness that extended over the territory now forming the Keystone state. It is an event in family history at which no one could fail to be pleased. But the subject of this sketch has had no intention to fall back on what his ancestors did as a title to credit, and Mr. Kiehel has been carving his own path to fame with great success. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1856, and received his education in Pennsylvania college, graduating in 1876. He came to Rochester in 1877 and began the study of law with such success that his fellow Republicans four years since elected him City Attorney. Mr. Kiehel was married December 17, 1890, to Miss Amy Roe of Long Island, and resides at 326 East avenue. He is a member of the Genesee Valley club and of the Whist club.

HEMAN W. MORRIS

Heman Wright Morris was horn in Conesus, Livingston county, New York, March 3, 1854, of New England parents who traced their ancestors to Old England, some of whom emigrated to Massachusetts in 1650. Mr. Morris was educated at Genesee college, Lima, and in Syracuse university, from which he was graduated in 1872. He taught for a year in the Gouverneur academy and in 1873 came to Rochester, where he read law in the office of Cogswell & Perkins and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He was assistant to the City Attorney in 1877 during the incumbency of James Breck Perkins. In 1877 Mr. Morris began private practice and in iSSi became a member of the firm of Sullivan, Sullivan & Morris, hut on September 1 of that year began practice for himself at his present office, 777-778 Powers building. Mr. Morris is a Republican, a member of the Genesee Valley club, of the Rochester Bar association and of the D. K. E. Alumni club. He was married in 1883 to Miss Emma H. Perkins of this city and has two sons. The family residence isat 186 South Goodman street.

JOHN W. WHITBECK, M. D.

The name at the head of this sketch is recognized by all as that of one of the most eminent physicians in Rochester. Dr. John W. Whitbeck was born in Lima, Livingston county, New York, November 9, 1844. His parents were John F. and Elizabeth Whitbeck. He began going to school in Lima when he was only four years old, but his parents moved to Rochester when he was five years old and his elementary education was obtained in the city schools. He was graduated from the Rochester High school in 1863; from the University of Rochester in 1867; from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1870; and after three years studying in Europe began practice in Rochester in the Fall of 1873. Dr. Whitbeck is a member of the Monroe County Medical society; the Rochester Pathological society; the State Medical society; was a member of the State Board of Health in 1893; and is a member of the Rochester Board of Health. In 1893 Dr. Whitbeck established a private hospital at 259 Park avenue. Dr. Whitbeck married Fannie A. Van Housan of Detroit, Michigan, and has two sons. He is a member of Genesee Valley club.