BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF NOTABLE PEOPLE FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK  (--1927)


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ADAMS, John Quincy

    Born September 26, 1849 at Watertown, New York. He is the son of John
and Electa (Fox) Adams, the father a native of Vermont and a farmer, having
died in 1884, the mother a native of Adams, New York, who died in 1887.
Married in  1874 Amelia Burnett, of Cape Vincent, New York, daughter of
Mosely and Almira (Simmons) Burnett. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have one daughter,
Mabel B., wife of Charles H. Morrison, having three children living:  Edwin
Quincy, Elva and Gladys. John Quincy Adams was  vice-president of the
Agricultural Insurance
Company of Watertown, New York since 1867 as an office boy.

ADAMS, Edgar Lyman

    Born in Marathon in 1857, son of Lyman and Ruth (Squires) Adams, and
descended from Henry Adams of Braintree, now Quincy, Massachusetts, who
settled there in 1634. His descendants in direct line were:  Edward, Henry,
Joseph, Moses, a soldier of the Revolution who died at Valley Forge; Moses
(2) and Moses (3) father of Lyman Adams and grandfather of the subject of
this record.  The son of Lyman Adams and his first wife, Ruth (Squires)
Adams, was Edgar L. Adams, who grew up in Marathon and was given the
fundamentals of education in the schools of Marathon. Mr. Adams became a
member of the Marathon Lodge, No. 438, Free and Accepted Masons, in 1881,
and is now (1926) Master. He is a member of Cortland Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons; Cortland Commandery, Knights Templar; Kalurah Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Binghamton. On May 13, 1879, Edgar L.
Adams married Ella V. Courtney, of Marathon, daughter of  Oscar and Carshena
(Dyer) Courtney.

ALBERTSON, M.D. Harvey S.

    Born in Monroe County, December 14, 1875, a son of Dr. Charles S. and
Lillian S. (Sprague) Albertson. His father was also a native of Monroe
County where he was a practicing physician for many years until his death in
1914. Harvey S. Albertson was educated in the public and high schools of his
native region and then attended the University of Buffalo, after which he
took up the study of medicine at the Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College,
Cleveland, Ohio, of which his father also had been a graduate. He was
graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1907. Secured additional
knowledge and experience as an interne in several Cleveland hospitals. In
the same year he came to Oswego and established himself there as a general
practitioner, where he has since continued. He has been especially
interested in the treatment of Tuberculosis. He was one of the organizers
and a prime mover in the founding of the Oswego Tuberculosis Sanitarium. He
is a Fellow of the American Medical Association and a member of the New York
State and of the Oswego County Medical Societies, as well as of the Oswego
Academy of Medicine. Since 1921 he has been health officer of the town of
Oswego, succeeding in this office Dr. J. A. Mansfield. He has also been a
member for some ten years of the New York National Guard with the rank of
captain  and as such saw service with the One Hundred and Eighth Infantry on
the Mexican border and during the World War. Member of the City club and of
the Oswego Country Club. Supporter of the Republican Party. Dr. Albertson
never married and makes his home at No. 131 West Fourth Street, Oswego,
where he also maintains his professional offices.

ALDRICH, Hon. Newton A.

    Was born in Luzerne, Warren County, New York, June 6, 1830 of English
ancestry,  his parents being Seth and Mira (Adams) Aldrich, the father a
successful farmer and leading citizen of Warren County. The son Newton
received his education in the local public schools and at Glens Falls
Academy. In 1862 he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Warren
County.Mr. Aldrich was a large stockholder in and a director of the Aldrich
Paper Company, vice-president of the United States Talc Company and of the
International Lace Manufacturing  Company. His prominence in financial
circles began in 1892, when he was elected president of the Bank of
Gouverneur, and he held this office for seventeen years, until his death in
1909.. In 1886 he was appointed by Governor Levi P. Morton chairman of the
State Board of Charities on which he gave valued service until the time of
his death. Hon. Newton A. Aldrich married, at Granville, New York, March 17,
1858, Catherine J. (Kate) Griffin, who was born August 10, 1832. To Mr. and
Mrs. Aldrich was born a son,
Herbert Griffin Aldrich.

ALDRICH,  Herbert Griffin

     A native of Warren County, New York, but a resident of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence County, New York, for some sixty years from his early childhood to
the time of his death in 1926, the late Mr. Aldrich for many years was the
leading  industrialist, banker, capitalist and philanthropist of his
community.
    Herbert Griffin Aldrich was born in Luzerne, Warren County, New York,
December 3, 1860, the only son of Hon. Newton A. and Catherine J. (Kate)
(Griffin) Aldrich.  He came to Gouverneur with his parents in 1866 at the
age of six years, and from then on to the time of his death it remained his
home. Educated at Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, from which he graduated in
1880. Then went to Hamilton College, being elected to membership in the Phi
Beta Kappa Fraternity and graduating in 1884. Mr. Aldrich married (first),
September 14, 1890, Jennie A. Loucks, daughter of James and Catherine
Loucks, of Hermon, New York, who died February 3, 1900. He married (second),
April 20, 1905, Mrs. Anne (Crane) Fish, daughter of James E. and Elizabeth
(Colman) Crane, of New York City, both deceased. By her first marriage Mrs.
Anne (Crane) Aldrich is the mother of one daughter, Dorothy Emerson Fish,
who was summoned home from her studies in England by the death of her
step-father. Mr. Aldrich was the father of three children, one son and one
daughter of his first marriage; 1. Newton Harald, who died in infancy. 2.
Ruth Katherine, who married Clyde W. Bame, of Auburn, New York. There is a
son of his second marriage, Robert, who entered Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in 1925. Mr. Aldrich died at his home in Gouverneur, January 24,
1926, after an illness of about one month, and was laid to rest in Riverside
Cemetery. The funeral took place January 27, at his home, with Rev. W. F.
Skinner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.

ALLEN, M.D. Oakley Arnold

    Dr. Oakley Arnold Allen was born August 27, 1887, at Burdette, Schuyler
County, and he was graduated at Syracuse University in 1912 with his
Bachelor of Arts degree, and at the Medical School of that University in
1916, with his degree of Doctor of Medicine. After his interneship at the
University Hospital of the Good Shepherd, he engaged in practice in Cayuga
County for eight months. He then established himself in practice at Watkins:
and besides his office as coroner of Schuyler County, he is a member of the
County and State Medical societies. Throughout his career as a general
medical practitioner, he has successfully sought the highest standards of
his profession, and his excellent record both as physician and surgeon is
based upon his steadfast zeal for his profession.  Fraternally, Dr. Allen is
affiliated
with Canadesoga Lodge, No. 169, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with
Watkins Odd Fellowship encampment, No. 38; with Jefferson Lodge, No. 332,
Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master; Watkins Chapter, No.
182, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is High Priest; Corning Consistory,
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite;  St. Omar Commandery, No. 19, Knights
Templar, of Elmira; Kalurah Temple, Ancient Arabic order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine; and he is also a member of the Southern Tier Shrine
Association; Acacia Fraternity, Syracuse Chapter; and Glen Springs Golf
Club. Dr. Oakley Arnold Allen is a son of Dr. Seth B. and Elizabeth H.
(Hager) Allen; Dr. Seth B. Allen who was born January 3, 1854, in Cortland
County, was graduated at the Medical School of Syracuse University in 1878,

practiced in Brudette forty-seven years; he died, May 31, 1925; his wife
died June 5, 1912.
    Dr. O.A. Allen married, July 18, 1917, Harriette E. Fisher, of Bellona,
daughter of Floyd H. and Mary (Archer) Fisher, her mother deceased. Dr. and
Mrs. Allen have one son, John G. Allen.

AMES,  Morse Elliott

    A son of Fred L. and Cora (Cross) Ames, Morse E. Ames was born October
16, 1888, in De Ruyter, and after his graduation from the Norwich High
School in the class of 1907, he spent a year at Binghamton Business College.
He prepared for his profession in the Law School of Syracuse University,
where he was graduated in 1911 with his degree of Bachelor of Laws, and he
was admitted to the bar in September of that year. Morse E. Ames, member of
one of the most prominent legal firms in this section of the State, is an
attorney of broad training and experience.
    Fraternally, Mr. Ames is affiliated with Cortlandville Lodge, No. 470,
Free and Accepted Masons: with Cortland Chapter, No. 194, Royal Arch Masons;
and the Cortland Lodge of Perfection; Central City bodies, Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite. He is president of the New York State Affiliated
Exchange clubs, member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and
New York State and Cortland County Bar associations.
    Morse E. Ames married, June 25, 1913, Lulu Buckingham, of New Woodstock,
daughter of Clayton A. and Maude M. (Perkins) Buckingham. Their children are
Martha E., born May 29, 1916; Frederick B., born September 29, 1918; and
Richard N., born December 30, 1919.

AMOS,  Jacob Frederick

     He is a son of John G. Amos, a cabinetmaker, of Wurttemberg, Germany,
who died in Syracuse, New York in 1904, and Fredericka R. (Rauss) Amos, of
Stuttgart, Germany, who died in Syracuse, New York, in 1894; both parents
came to the United States in 1864.
    Jacob Frederick Amos was born, November 11, 1867, in Syracuse, where he
attended the public schools. Mr. Amos is vice-president of the Watertown
Savings Bank, and a member of the board of directors of the Northern New
York Trust Company; a director of the Utica Mutual Insurance Company, and
the Allied Fire Insurance Company home office, of Utica. He is a member of
Central City Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Watertown Commandery, Knights
Templar; Syracuse Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second
degree; and the ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of
Watertown.
    Jacob F. Amos married, October 18, 1893, Wilhelmina L. Harth, of
Syracuse, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Metzger) Harth; their children:
1. Roland H., superintendent of the bag making department of the Taggart
Brothers Company, Inc.; he married Louise Bibbins, daughter of Dr. Charles
N. and Lucy Bibbins, and they have two daughters: Carolyn Louise and Barbara
Elizabeth. 2. Robert J., attending Hamilton College, class of 1927,
unmarried.

ANDERSON,  David Minott

    A descendant of early comers to Westchester County, New York, he is a
son of David Anderson, grandson of Joseph H. Anderson, great-grandson of
Jeremiah Anderson, and great-great-grandson of William Anderson. His father,
David Anderson, was a farmer, who died in 1869. He married Caroline Minott
(Mitchell) Anderson, of White Plains, who died in 1886. David Minott
Anderson, son of David and Caroline M. (Mitchell) Anderson, was born October
9, 1855, at Harrison, Westchester County, where he attended the public and
high schools; and he was afterwards graduated at Brooklyn Polytechnical
Institute. He began his business career at No. 25 Cliff Street, New York
City, where he was employed as a clerk and traveling salesman for a concern
that handled tinware. In 1900 he was one of the organizers and founders of
the St. Regis Paper Company; and in 1914 he retired from active
participation in manufacturing .  He was vice-president of the St. Regis
Paper company, the Raquette River Power Company, and the Brownville Paper
Company; director of the St. Regis Falls Wood Corporation, Northern New York
Trust Company, Northern New York Utilities, Inc., Jefferson County Savings
Bank, Agricultural Insurance Company, Power Corporation of New York and a
large number of other concerns in which he is a heavy stockholder. David
Minott Anderson married, December 6, 1882, Ida M. Lydecker, of Englewood,
New Jersey, daughter of John R. and Elizabeth (Ward) Lydecker; and they have
one daughter, Elizabeth L., who married J. C. Wise, and they have two
children: Henry Alexander Wise, and Elizabeth Anderson Wise.

ANDREWS, M.D. Harold Edwin

    Born August 3, 1898 in Fabius, Onondaga County, a son of James E. and
Grace C. (Gallinger) Andrews, who are living in Cortland, New York. Harold
E. Andrews was educated in the public and high schools of Fabius, and after
graduating from the latter, entered Syracuse University to prepare himself
for the study of medicine. After one year's study at Syracuse University
Medical School he continued his medical studies at the Medical School of
Boston University, from which he graduated with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine in 1925. He is a member of the Cortland County Medical Association
and of the medical staff of Cortland County Hospital. He is a member of
Homer Lodge, No. 352, Free and Accepted Masons. Dr. Harold E. Andrews
married, September 6, 1925, Sybil Spinney, of Chelsea, Massachusetts,
daughter of Henry Spinney.

ARCHER, Captain Howard L.

    Son of Charles Archer, a carpenter, and Eva (Gavett) Archer, both of
whom reside in Walton, was born August 2, 1894, in Middletown, New York, and
he attended the public and the high schools in Walton. Mr. Archer was one of
the foremost factors in the interests of the World War in this section. He
enlisted, October 6, 1917, in Company G, 303d Infantr;y, and joining the
Officers' Training School, he was commissioned second lieutenant June 1,
1918. Assigned to overseas duty with his company, he continued his service
in France on September 8, 1918, and he was discharged as a first lieutenant,
July 22, 1919.  He now holds the office of captain of Company F, Tenth
Infantry, at Walton. Captain Howard L. Archer married, August 22, 1917,
Marion Judd, daughter of Tunis and Mattie (Clark) Judd, and their children
are: Howard L., Jr.; and Judd C. Archer.

ATKINSON,  Earl Edward

    He was born in Onondaga County, New York, August 26, 1877, the son of
James and Julia (Moore) Atkinson. James Atkinson, the father, was a stone
cutter by trade, having acquired high  proficiency before he left England,
his native country, to cast his lot in the United States. Earl E. Atkinson
was educated in Manlius, New York; also in Syracuse. He took an
apprenticeship at the printer's art with aptitude and skill, made rapid
progress and worked at printing in various capacities from job printing  to
newspaper work, and mastering each one, he came to Ithaca as an attractive
field for the career he had in view. With a partner, Bert R. Mitchell, in
1905, he took over the old  Ithaca "Democrat," published at No. 122 South
Tioga Street, and conducted it for a time.The partners changed its name to
the one it originally carried at the time it was established and called it
the "Ithaca Chronicle.". They merged it in 1911 with the Ithaca "Daily
News," and became a part of the Forest City Printing Company. It was
composed of Earl E. Atkinson, Charles E. Westervelt, and Bert R. Mitchell.
Mr. Atkinson was elected alderman of the Fourth Ward in September, 1925,
member and Past Master of Dryden Lodge, No. 472, Free and Accepted Masons;
of Eagle Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of St. Augustine Commandery, Knights
Templar; and of Kalurah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. He also was director and treasurer of the Ithaca Automobile Club and
secretary and treasurer of the Ithaca Rotary Club. Mr. Atkinson was married,
June 14, 1899, to Anna L. Steele of Dryden, New York, daughter of Andrew and
Marion (Hamilton) Steele, both deceased. They are the parents of a daughter
and a son, Jean and Robert Earl Atkinson. The family home is at No. 110
Ferris Place, while the Atkinson Press has its offices and plant at No. 106
East State Street, Ithaca, New York.

AUGSBURY,  Willard Shurtleff

    He combines the ancestral heritages of long established and sturdy
English and German stock, for it is interesting to note that prior to the
union of his father and mother, both his maternal and paternal ancestors had
married into pure English and German families. respectively. Mr. Augsbury
traces his descent directly to Hans (John) and Anna (Reichlin) Augsbury, who
with their three sons and five daughters were among the last of the
Palatinates who came to America. They settled at Minden, in the Mohawk
Valley, New York, in 1750, bearing a recommendation signed May 2, 1750, by
the Counselors of the County Rappaltzeiler, Principality of Zneilacken,
Bavaria. From Hans (John) Augsbury is descended his son, John (2), whose
son, Nicholas, was born in 1797 and died January 26, 1840, at Plessis, New
York. His son, Morgan Augsbury, was born at Pamelia, Jefferson County, New
York, October 14, 1827, whence the family had removed. He was a merchant and
later engaged in the flour  and feed business at Antwerp, where he died in
February, 1916. Morgan Augsbury engaged for a time variously in the
mercantile trade in Cohoes, Watertown, and finally at Plessis, New York.
>From 1863 until 1867, he was clerk and later warden of Auburn State Prison.
He married Minerva Shurtleff, born in Theresa, New York, November 8, 1829,
and died in Antwerp, January 29, 1903. She like her husband traced her
descent to an early date in Colonial history, through the Shurtleff and
Parker families, who settled in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1638. She was
also ninth in direct descent from John Howland, of the "Mayflower."  Mr. and
Mrs. Morgan Augsbury were the parents of the following children: (1).
Gertrude, who died in 1924, and was a member of the Mayflower Society and
the Daughters of the American Revolution. (2) Willard Shurtleff, (3) Frank
Addison of Ogdensburg, New York. (4) John Charles of San Francisco,
California. Willard Shurtleff Augsbury was born August 31, 1858 in Plessis,
Jefferson County, New York. He received a liberal education in the public
schools, at Ives Seminary, Phillips-Exeter Academy and at Yale University,
in which institution he was a former member of the class of 1881,
discontinuing his studies at the end of his freshman year to enter business.
The Bank of Antwerp was reorganized and in 1914, he was elected president of
the institution, which position he still holds (1927). He was a member of
the New York State Assembly in 1915, 1916 and 1917: and in 1922 he was
elected to the Senate of New York State, where he served for a term of two
years. He was one of the founders of the Antwerp Free Library in 1908, and
was its president until 1919 at which time the original library was
succeeded by the Crosby Public Library, of which he was elected president
and has continued to serve in that capacity. His fraternal affiliations are
with Antwerp Lodge, No. 226, Free and Accepted Masons: Watertown Commandery,
Knights Templar; and Media Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. On September 12, 1893, Willard Shurtleff Augsbury married Mary
Ellis, who was born in Antwerp, New York, April 25, 1863, and died suddenly
in New York City, June 17, 1920, a daughter of John D. and Mary J. (Buell)
Ellis. There were no children of this marriage.

AULLS,      Frank R.

    He was born in Bradford, August 7, 1878, son of Frank and Elizabeth
(Rowlett) Aulls, both born in Wayne, New York, in 1840. His ancestry was of
excellent American stock, and his great-grandfather, William Aulls, made his
way to Pleasant Valley with William Baker in 1793, seventeen years before
the arrival of the Hammond family, whose name was given to the town of
Hammondsport.  His son, Ephraim Aulls, came from Connecticut and settled in
Pleasant Valley; he was one of the early white settlers of that region. His
son, Frank Aulls, father of the subject of this record, lived in Bradford
until his death in 1893, and prospered as a lumberman and farmer. He was a
member of Company 104, State Militia, during the Civil War. Frank R. Aulls
attended the Bradford Public School and the Haverling School at Bath. He put
aside his books at the age of fifteen and engaged in farming. In 1898, he
built a feed mill in Bradford, Steuben County, and two years later purchased
the waterpower mills at Campbell, where in 1921 he also erected the Aulls
Hydro-Electric Plant, in which he owned ninety eight per cent of the stock.
His mill, under his presidency, was in operation for some twenty-five years,
and in 1925 he sold out. He thus provided his section with many of the
lighting and milling facilities enjoyed by cities, and his plants and
equipment were matters of local pride. From 1914 to 1921, he was chairman of
the committee named to locate and build the Pleasant Valley Tuberculosis
Sanitorium, which was completed and opened in the fall of 1918. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Savona Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
and the Corning Consistory, and he holds the thirty-second degree. Frank R.
Aulls married (first), February 22, 1900, Mae Charlton, of Peekskill, New
York, who died in 1906. He married (second), in 1909. Margaret E. Cox, of
Cleveland, Ohio, by whom he has three children:  Anna E., born February 9,
1911; Frank W., born August 30, 1914; and Virginia M., born April 20, 1919.

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BABCOCK, Linn H.

    Born in Norwich, New York, on May 11, 1876, a son of the late Linn and
Mary Eliza (Potter) Babcock, the latter of whom a native of Laurens, New
York, is still living (1926). The father, Linn Babcock, was born in New
Berlin, New York, and became a well-known musician and an expert pianist,
establishing a general musical business in Norwich in the year 1866, in
association with his brother. Linn H. Babcock received his early education
in the public schools of his home town, following which he attended and was
graduated from the Norwich High School. He then embarked upon his business
career by entering the general music business which his father and uncle had
established in Norwich in 1866. In 1916 he took Alva Babcock into the
business on a partnership basis, and since that time the firm has continued
successfully under the name of L. & A. Babcock Company. Fraternally, Mr.
Babcock holds active membership with many of the important Masonic bodies,
being a Past Commander of the Knights Templar; with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows; and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which
he is a Past Exalted Ruler. He is also a member of the Masonic Club, the Odd
Fellows' Club, the Norwich Club, and the Norwich Country Club. Linn H.
Babcock was married, in Sherburne, New York, June 14, 1899, to Marion O.
Whitmore, born in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of George B. and Marion A.
Whitmore both of whom are now deceased. Linn H. and Marion O. (Whitmore)
Babcock are the parents  of the following children:  (1) George B. W. (2)
Marion Olive. (3) Jane Whitmore. (4) Elsa Lucile. (5) Adrian, deceased. (6)
Linn, deceased.

BABCOCK,  Henry H.

    It is a rich heritage into which Henry H. Babcock, scion of an old and
honorable family, has come as the representative head of its interests,
whose largest exponent is the H. H. Babcock Company, of Watertown, one of
the most important concerns in the country engaged in the manufacture of
automobile bodies, Mr. Babcock being the third member of his family to
occupy the office of president of the company. In 1878, Mr. Babcock received
his four sons into the firm, which then went under the name of H.H. Babcock
& Sons. At this time, the manufacture of buggy gears was started. In 1882 R.
P. and A. R. Flower acquired an interest in the business which was
incorporated as the H.H. Babcock Buggy Company. In 1909, the Babcock Company
and the Watertown Carriage Company effected a consolidation and the
manufacture of automobiles was started. From 1909 to 1912, the two combined
concerns produced and marketed hundreds of automobiles, which, as were the
Babcock carriages, ranked in first place as well-built dependable cars, many
of which are still in use. During the United States' participation in the
World War, the company devoted all its plant resources to the manufacture of
ambulance bodies and army stretchers. The Babcock type of ambulance body was
declared to be superior to all other makes by the War Department and was
adopted for use in the army, some five thousand of these bodies being
shipped overseas for use of the American Expeditionary Forces, and they were
the only bodies from this country to get into active service in transferring
the injured from front-line stations to base hospitals.Upon the death of
Henry Holmes Babcock, his son, G.H. Babcock, became president, and at his
death, in 1916, Henry H. Babcock, grandson of the founder, became president
and occupies also the office of treasurer. As Watertown's only
representative manufacturer in the automotive field, the Babcock Company
enjoys a prestige and good will that are world-wide.
    Henry H. Babcock, president and treasurer of the H.H. Babcock Company,
was born in Watertown, New York, April 21, 1879, the son of Herbert P. and
Rose (Monroe) Babcock, the former of whom died in 1883, and the latter in
1908. From the grammar schools of Watertown he entered St. Paul's
Preparatory School of Concord, New Hampshire, where he prepared for Yale
College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1901 with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. Henry H. Babcock married, April 19, 1910, Marion Kent
Ayres, and they have two children: Ann, born June 25, 1911, and Henry
Holmes, born September 30, 1913.

BACON,  M.D. Carroll Burton

    He was born in Leyden, New York, on October 16, 1868, son of William
Wallace and Alma L. (Birdsey) Bacon. Prepared for college in the public and
high schools of Boonville, New York, he entered Hamilton College with the
class of 1893, taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon the completion of
his course. He studied for his profession at the Jefferson Medical College,
receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1896. Post-graduate work at
Hamilton College won for him the degree of Master of Arts in 1916. The first
year of his career as a practicing physician he spent at Constableville, New
York, then removing to Waterloo, he established himself in the town to which
he has given himself in service since that time. Since 1910 he has been a
member of the Board of Education, and is now(1926) the president of the
board. Among professional organizations Dr. Bacon is affiliated with the
County and State Medial societies, and Fellow of the American Medical
Association. He is a life-member of the New York State Historical Society.
Fraternally, Dr. Bacon is a Past Master of Seneca Lodge, No. 113, Free and
Accepted Masons, and is a member of  Salem Town Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
Geneva Commandery of the Knights Templar, and a life-member of Damascus
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. On June 29, 1904,
Carroll B. Bacon married Jennie F. Yells, of Waterloo, daughter of John H.
and Nettie (Gruss) Yells. The family residence is at No. 44 West Main
Street.

BAGLEY,  Hon. George Augustus

    Watertown, New York today owes its flourishing progress to the public
spirit and ability of such men as the Hon. George Augustus Bagley, founder
of the Bagley and Sewall Company. Besides heading that outstanding
enterprise, he was a prominent factor in the organization and management of
others, as well as in municipal affairs and in representing Watertown before
the Nation-at-large in the capacity of Congressman. George Augustus Bagley
was born in Watertown, July 22, 1826, son of Bernard and Zurviah (Gates)
Bagley. His father, born in Durham, Greene County, New York, November 5,
1791, moved from there to Jefferson County in 1812, the year of the second
war with England. He made his way in those early years by building roads in
Antwerp, in the pursuit of his profession as surveyor, and by teaching
school. By 1816, however, he was able to turn his attention to the law, for
which he had a natural bent. In 1826, he was admitted to the Jefferson
County bar. He served as a member of the New York Legislature for some time.
He died at his home in Watertown, June 26, 1878. George A. Bagley acquired
the foundation of his education in the Watertown public schools, and began
to read law with his father, proving so apt a pupil that he was admitted to
the bar before he attained his majority. In 1853 he entered into association
with Edmund Quincy Sewall  and George Goulding in establishing the Bagley
and Sewall Machine Works. Mr. Bagley was president until his death. He was
also president of the Newton Falls Paper Company. From 1875 to 1879, he
represented his district in the Congress of the United States. In 1858,
George Augustus Bagley married Sabine P. Clark, daughter of Colonel Ambrose
W. Clark. Children: (1) Jessie, wife of Virgil K. Kellog. (2) Carrie,
married to Stuart D. Lansing, now president of Bagley and Sewall Machine
Works. (3) Madaline. (4) Ambrose Bagley.

BAILEY,  George William

    He was born in Ogdensburg, New York, July 6, 1896, a son of Charles O.
and Belle (Pickup) Bailey, his father a highly reputed optometrist of
Ogdensburg. George W. Bailey was educated in the public schools and at
Ogdensburg Free Academy, from which he graduated in the class of 1915. He
then entered the School of Optometry at Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, but interrupted his studies on May 10, 1917, when he enlisted in the
Medical Corps of the United States Navy. He received his training in the
Newport Naval Training Station, the Philadelphia Navy Yard Hospital, the
Brooklyn Naval Hospital, the Naval Medical School, Washington, District of
Columbia, and the Marine  Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, where he was
attached to the Eleventh Regiment, United States Medical Corps. In March,
1918, he joined a casual company of one hundred hospital corpsmen, sailing
for France on the U.S.S. "Henderson," with the Third Replacement Battalion,
United States Medical Corps, American Expeditionary Force duty. Landing at
Brest, France, he was attached as first aid man in the Second Platoon, 17th
Company, Fifth Regiment, United States Medical Corps, Second Division,
American Expeditionary Forces. His overseas service covered a period of
fourteen months, during which he took part in some of the heaviest fighting
of the American Expeditionary Force. He was twice cited for valor, being
given Divisional Citation, and receiving the Distinguished  Service Cross.
After the Armistice he marched to Germany with the United States Army of
Occupation, and continued to serve until August 29, 1919, when he received
his honorable discharge at Bay Ridge Barracks with the rank of Pharmacist
mate, second class. After his return to the United States he resumed his
studies, entering the Rochester School of Optometry, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1921 The next year he spent in the practice of
his profession with his father at Ogdensburg, removing then to Cortland,
where he entered the practice of his profession for himself at Nos. 304-306
Savings Bank Building, specializing in refraction of the eye. Mr. Bailey is
a member of the Syracuse Optometric Society, American Optometric
Association, and the Cortland Exchange Club; vice-commander of the Cortland
Post, No. 489, of the American Legion; member of the board of trustees of
the Cortland Free Library Association; and a member of Cortlandville Lodge,
No. 470, Free and Accepted Masons. George William Bailey married February
14, 1923, Grace Putman, daughter of Jeremiah M. and Anna (Wright) Putman, of
Ogdensburg.

BAKER,  John W.

    Vice-president and general manager of the "Ithaca Journal-News,"
foreseeing a great advance in the mechanics of newspaper publishing and the
graphic arts, applied the early years of his life to training in the hard,
practical school of the print shop.
    Mr. Baker was born in Malone, New York, in 1869, the son of John and
Betsy P. (Barnum) Baker. His early education was gained in the public
schools and his business career began with his employment in the McKean
Miner office at Smethport, Pennsylvania. Here he learned the fundamentals of
the printing art. In 1889 he went to Olean, New York, to gain wider
experience in his chosen field, and two years later established the "Kane
(Pennsylvania) Republican," a weekly newspaper. He believed that a newspaper
to be readable should be well dressed, typographically, and that its news
and editorial columns should reflect the personality of its. editor. In
1912, when Mr. Gannett purchased the "Ithaca Journal," Mr. Baker came to
Ithaca as superintendent of the Journal Publishing Company.His ability was
speedily recognized by his associates and soon he became general manager of
the present "Journal-News". In 1924 the New York State Publishers'
Association founded the Empire State School of Printing at Ithaca and made
him chairman of its committee of education which controls the operation of
the school. On November 17, 1891, Mr. Baker married Frances E. West, of
Olean, New York. They are the parents of ten children, nine of whom survive:
(1) Wester W., advertising manager of the "Journal News", who served in the
World War as a lieutenant in Company M, Sixteenth Regiment, First Division,
and spent eighteen months overseas. (2) Jean Gillespie, wife of John W.
Cutler, of Ithaca. (3) Florence J., wife of Charles N. Abbey, of Salamanca,
New York. (4) William J., a pressman on the "Journal-News," who served
eighteen months with the Red Cross overseas during the great war. (5) Frank
S., also an overseas veteran of Company I, 108th Infantry, a part of New
York's Twenty-seventh Division of National Guardsmen-volunteers of Virginia;
resides in Ithaca. (6) Raymond R., a student. (7) Doris P., now pursuing
musical studies at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music. (8) Zelma F., also a
student. (9) Walter J., the youngest, who is also in high school. The family
resides at No. 511 North Tioga Street, Ithaca. Mr. Baker is a member of the
Masonic Club.

BAKER, Hon. Gilbert Hedges

    A public servant of pronounced efficiency, and for a long period
administrator of the interests of the law in Yates County and in other
courts throughout the State, both in his general practice and as a bench
official has rendered a service of permanent value to his profession. In his
rulings and decisions he has received universal recognition as a judge of
broad understanding and practical comprehension, and as a dispenser of
impartial and well-considered legal measures. His great-grandfather,
Jonathan Baker, served in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War,
from Westchester County; his son, Gilbert Baker, who was born in Columbia
County, came to Yates County, then Ontario, in 1810, where he established a
homestead which is still in the family, in Milo Township; he was a soldier
in the War of 1812, was a friend of President Martin Van Buren; and he
married Margaret Knickerbocker, of White Plains, New York. Gilbert D. Baker,
son of Gilbert and Margaret (Knickerbocker) Baker, spent his life on the
family homestead, where he engaged in farming; he was a public-spirited
citizen and shared in all movements for the general progress and common
welfare. He married Eliza Hedges, of Tiffin, Ohio, descendant of Sir Charles
Hedges.
    Hon. Gilbert Hedges Baker, son of Gilbert D. and Eliza (Hedges) Baker,
was born April 10, 1870, in Milo, Yates County, where he attended the public
and preparatory schools. He then read law with the firm of Briggs and
Kimball, at Penn Yan, and was admitted to practice in 1897. In 1907 he was
elected judge of Yates County and has held court outside of this county,
often sitting in New York City and in Brooklyn, New York. Fraternally, Judge
Baker is affiliated with Milo Lodge, No. 108, Free and Accepted Masons;
Geneva Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; with the local
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; Rotary Club; and the Country Club. Honorable
Gilbert Hedges Baker married, December 18, 1895, Carrie Veeder, of Penn Yan.
Their Children; (1) Richard Gilbert (2) Donald Veeder.

BAKER,  Bert T.

    A veteran and able lawyer practicing in Ithaca, New York, was born in
Enfield, Tompkins County, March 3, 1872, the son of Theodore J. and Eloise
(Titus) Baker. He attended school in Ithaca and was graduated from the
Ithaca High School, class of 1892. He entered Cornell University, and was
graduated in 1897 with the degree of  Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to
the bar in September, 1897, since which time he has engaged in a general law
practice in Ithaca. For six years (1921-1926 inclusive), he served as
Election Commissioner of Tompkins County. He was city attorney of Ithaca for
two years (1916-1917); and clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins
County for ten years (1900-1908; 1910-1912). He was county attorney for four
years (1906-1908; 1910-1912). He was treasurer of the Tompkins County Bar
Association for many years. He is a member of the Ithaca Chamber of
Commerce, of Hobasco Lodge, No. 716, Free and Accepted Masons, of Balbec
Grotto, of Cornell Club of Ithaca, of the Craftman's Club. Mr. Baker resides
at No. 117 Hudson Street and has his law offices in Rooms 215-217, Savings
Bank Building, Ithaca.

BALDWIN, Hugh J.

    Was born in Elmira, New York, in 1842. He was brought to Waverly when he
was but four years of age and was brought up in Waverly, attending the
Waverly Academy. During the Civil War he served in Company E, New York
Volunteer Infantry, entering as second lieutenant and being mustered out as
captain after two years service in the Army of the Potomac. After leaving
the army Mr. Balwin was employed in the lumber business in Buffalo, New
York, and continued to work for a Buffalo concern until he founded his own
business in Waverly in 1877. While still in the employ of the Buffalo
concern he built a number of structures in Waverly for that firm, among them
the old Opera House and the Tioga Hotel. In 1898 he admitted his son, Harry
C. Baldwin, into partnership, after which the firm name became H.J. Baldwin
and Son. About 1890 Mr. Baldwin went into the Lawrence-Letts Elbow
manufacturing business in association with O. H. Lawrence, and his son,
Seward Baldwin, and this enterprise was operated successfully until 1910
when the business was sold. Under Hugh J. Baldwin's administration as
Village president, the Town Hall was erected and the first street paving was
put through. Mr. Baldwin was a member of the Loyal Legion and Waverly Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons. Hugh J. Baldwin married Charlotte Elizabeth Colter
of Middletown, New York, and they were the parents of the following
children: (1) Walter H., a resident of Highland Park, Illinois,
vice-president and treasurer of the Adams and Westlake Company. (2) Seward,
now of Waverly, interested in Canadian lumber. (3) Harry C., who succeeded
his father as manager of the firm of H.J. Baldwin & Son. Mr. Baldwin died in
Waverly, January 7, 1907, at the age of sixty-five.

BANKS,  Stephen Edwin

    Judge S. Edwin Banks, son of Stephen B. and Josephine A. (Truman) Banks,
both deceased, was born January 17, 1861, in Millport. His father was a
merchant miller for many years but finally sold his business and retired.
Judge Banks attended the public schools in Chillicothe, Missouri, afterwards
graduating at the Law School of Cornell University in 1895 with his degree
of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the bar that year, he has engaged in real
estate and surrogate practice. He is president of the Ithaca Realty Company,
and one of its organizers; and is a former president of the Ithaca
Conservatory of Music. He is also a member of the State Bar Association, and
was president of the County Bar Association in 1923-1924. Fraternally, Judge
Banks is affiliated with Fidelity Lodge, No. 51, Free and Accepted Masons;
Eagle Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; St. Augustine Commandery, Knights Templar;
and with Delta Chi College Fraternity. He is a member of  the University
Club, the Cornell Union, and the Cornell Union Country Club, of Ithaca.
Judge S. Edwin Banks married, October 4, 1898, Bertha Calvina O'Daniel, of
Ithaca, New York daughter of Addison M. and Harriet (Gardener) O'Daniel,
both deceased, and their children are: (1) Robert Treman Banks, graduate of
Cornell University in the class of 1923, now a law student. (2) Richard
Edwin Banks, who died in 1924, at nineteen years of age. (3) Virginia G.
Banks, a high school student.

BANKS,  Charles L.

    One of New Berlin's most active and honored citizens  is Charles L.
Banks, proprietor of the New Eagle Hotel and owner of a large farm of four
hundred and thirty-six acres. Mr. Banks was born in the township of
Edmeston, Otsego County, on January 22, 1865. His father, Levi B. Banks, was
a farmer there until his death, which occurred in 1897. His mother, who is
still living (1926) was born in Columbus, New York, in 1836. Charles L.
Banks was educated at the New Berlin Academy and at the State School at
Albany, and for fourteen years following, was a farmer in the town of
Edmeston. It was in 1895 that he bought a hotel in New Berlin, and four
years' later, the building was entirely destroyed by fire. The new hotel,
which he now manages and owns, he erected in its place, and was opened on
May 2, 1900. He also is a director of the National Bank of New Berlin. For
fourteen years he was supervisor of the town of New Berlin, and for eight
years was a trustee of the village. In 1926 he was elected to the office of
president of the village. In the years 1922-1923, he sat as a member of the
State Assembly at Albany. Fraternally, he is identified with Lodge No. 82,
Free and Accepted Masons, Hilton Chapter, No. 224, Norwich Commandery, No.
46, and Ziyara Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of
Utica. In this Order, he holds the thirty-second degree, and was a Grand
Steward of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York in 1910-1911. He is also
affiliated with Norwich Lodge, No. 1222, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, of which he is a charter member. On April 19, 1888, Charles L. Banks
married Jessie Steere, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asel Steere, of South New
Berlin. To Mr. and Mrs. Banks a son and a daughter were born; (1) Dr. Ray
Steere, a graduate of Cornell University, class of 1911, is now a
veterinarian in Rhinebeck, New York. He married Jessie I. Unger. (2)
Marjorie Elizabeth, a graduate of Syracuse University, class of 1913, is now
residing in Unadilla, New York. She married Arthur T. Kirby.

BARBER, Jr. Jacob J.

    A native and life-long resident of Erie County, New York, Mr Barber has
followed the printing business in Buffalo for some eighteen years, until in
1920 he came to Lackawanna and there established together with Thomas C.
Bodkin the firm of Barber & Bodkin, which since its organization has owned
and published with great success the Lackawanna "News."  Much of the steady
and healthy growth of this publication during recent years has been due to
Mr. Barber's thorough knowledge of the printing business, his untiring
energy and his executive ability.
     Jacob J. Barber, Jr., was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York,
December 5, 1888, a son of Jacob H. and Lydia (McClan) Barber, both natives
and residents of Buffalo, where the former has been engaged for many years
as a high speed steel expert. Jacob J Barber, Jr. was educated in the public
and parochial schools of Buffalo, and after leaving school entered the
printing business in which he has been engaged ever since, for a total
period of almost a quarter of a century. Since 1920 he has been senior
partner for the printing firm of Barber & Bodkin, Electric Avenue,
Lackawanna, owners and publishers of the Lackawanna "News." It was conducted
by Mr. Buffum until Mr. Barber and his partner acquired control, since which
time it has become one of the best known and most ably managed weekly
newspapers in Erie County, with a weekly circulation of 3,700 copies. During
the World War, Mr. Barber served for twenty-two months with Company G,
Sixty-first Infantry, Fifth Division, United States Army, spending fifteen
months overseas and participating in the fighting at St. Mihiel and in the
Argonne. He received his honorable discharge in July, 1919, at Camp Upton
and after returning to civilian life resumed his activities in the printing
business. He is a member of the Press Association, the American Legion, the
Buffalo Gymnastic Association and the Lackawanna Social Club. Mr. Barber is
not married and makes his home in Lackawanna.

BARFORD,  George Frederick

    Possessed of a vigorous personality, still in the prime of life, and
experienced in teaching and in the directing of teachers, George F. Barford,
superintendent of schools of Auburn, New York, is giving to that city a
wholesome and efficient educational administration. George F. Barford was
born in New Concord, Columbia County, New York, on June 29, 1878, son of
John and Alice T. (Abriel) Barford. His early education occurred in the
village school, and at twelve he began the course in the ungraded schools at
East Chatham.  At the age of twenty he passed the State examinations,
obtained a license to teach, and accepted a position in the Schilling
District for a year, 1898-99. Thus enabled to continue his education he
returned to Chatham High School, from which he graduated in 1900, and then
completed the classical course at Oneonta Normal School in 1903. For five
years he was principal of the Union Springs High School in Cayuga County,
whence he went in 1908 to Newark Valley, Tioga County, where he remained
until 1914. He was then principal of the Hamilton High School until 1919.
Ambitious for further college work, he studied for and obtained the degree
of Bachelor of Arts at Colgate University, graduating in 1921, in the
meantime teaching there as student instructor in mathematics. He was
appointed to the position of principal of the Auburn Junior High School in
1921.Two years of devoted and successful work there brought, on March 1,
1923, his election as acting superintendent of the Auburn schools, then on
June 3, 1924, he was elected to the position of superintendent. He is a
member of the Chamber of Commerce, of Newark Valley Lodge, No. 614, Free and
Accepted Masons: Cyrus Chapter, No.50, Royal Arch Masons: Salem Towne
Commandery, No. 16, Knights Templar; and of the Grand Council, Order De
Molay, Auburn Chapter.On June 23, 1906, George F. Barford married Clarice J.
Robedee of Elbridge, New York, daughter of William and Jane (Harrington)
Robedee, who died July 13, 1923. Mrs. Barford was a graduate of Monroe
Collegiate Institute, Elbridge, New York, of New York State Teachers'
College, 1903. She was a member of Onyx Chapter, Eastern Star; a member of
Newark Valley Chapter, P.E.O. Mr. and Mrs. Barford's children were: Brenda
Louise, born 1910; and Clarice Estelle, born, 1916. The family residence is
at No. 208 Jeannette Street.

BARKER,  Jonathan M.

    As an educator, Jonathan M. Barker has been a leading factor in the
advancement of Western New York. During the six years (1926) since he has
been in the forefront of the ranks of up-to-date school superintendents. Mr.
Barker is the son of David M. Barker, born in 1846, in Niobe, died in 1892,
and Rosetta Ann Trusler, born in 1847, in Lottsville, Pennsylvania, Mr.
Barker's father engaged for many years in farming and lumbering. As a member
of the Ninth Regiment of New York State Cavalry, his Civil War record was of
the best.
    Born March 22, 1874, in Niobe, Chautauqua County, Jonathan M. Barker
went to school as a boy in the country schools of his birthplace and later
attended the high school at Jamestown, New York. In 1902 he was graduated
from the Buffalo State Normal and Teachers Training School, and in 1909 from
the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology. Mr. Barker was
principal of the high schools at Dayton, Constableville and Randolph, all in
New York State, and before he came to Depew in 1921 he held the position of
District Superintendent of Schools, in Chautauqua County, for nine years. He
holds membership in the following Masonic bodies: Lodge No. 145, Free and
Accepted Masons, at Jamestown; Jamestown Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Buffalo
Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, and Ismailia Temple. He
also belongs to the Masonic Shrine at Buffalo and to the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, at Depew, and was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
from which he resigned in good standing. In February, 1921, Mr. Barker
married Jennie Willyoung, of Bowmansville, New York.

BARNES,  O.Palmer

    He was born in Lewis County, New York, September 19, 1881. Mr. Barnes is
a son of Robert H. and Louisa A. (Tisse) Barnes. The father, who was a
native of England, was engaged in clerical work until his death in 1901; the
mother, a native of Lewis County, New York, is still living. O. Palmer
Barnes attended the elementary and high schools and also a technical school.
He took up public accounting, business administration and finance. For a
time in 1912 he became associated with the Sherman Paper Company of
Watertown, New York, as  secretary-treasurer. Fraternally he is affiliated
with Watertown Lodge, No. 49, Free and Accepted Masons; Watertown Chapter
Mandery, No. 11, Knights Templar; Central City Consistory, holding the
thirty-second degree; and also is a member of Media Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  During the World War he served as a
member of the local Draft Board. Mr. Barnes married, September 1, 1908,
Jessie M. Adams, of Watertown, New York, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth
(Long) Adams, her father deceased.

BARNES,  Earle Howard

    He was born at Lyonsdale, Lewis County, October 1, 1883, a son of Eri E.
and Janet (Meeker) Barnes, both natives of Lewis County, He was educated in
the public schools of Lowville and then attended the Utica Business
Institute. Having completed his education, he became associated in business
with his father, in 1906, an association in the lumber business, which has
continued ever since. In 1918, he was elected county treasurer. In Masonic
affairs, too, he has been prominently active for many years, being a member
of Lowville Lodge, No. 134, Free and Accepted Masons; Lowville Chapter, No.
223, Royal Arch Masons of which he is Past High Priest: Central City
Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and of Media Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Barnes Married, December 27,
1906, Elizabeth Sheldon, of Lewis County, a daughter of Hezekiah and Addie
(Feller) Sheldon. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are the parents of three children: (1)
Adeline J., born December 31, 1908. (2) Earle E., born December 1, 1914. (3)
Frederick S., born July 11, 1923. The family residence is at Lowville.

BARON,  J. Victor

    He was born November 27, 1877, in Watertown, Jefferson County, son of
Amile E. Baron, a merchant of Watertown, who died January 25, 1901, and
Josephine R. (Rivet) Baron, of Watertown. He attended the public and high
schools, and was graduated at the Northern Business College. He entered upon
his business career as a stenographer and bookkeeper with various concerns,
such as St. Lawrence Mills, at Dexter, New York Central Railroad, and the
International Paper Company. In 1900 he became associated with the St.
Regis-Taggarts Paper Companies; and in 1914 was made vice-president and
general manager of the Sherman Paper Company. During the World War, he
served on the draft board. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus; Black
River Valley Club; Jefferson County Golf Club; Chamber of Commerce. J.
Victor Baron married, August 15, 1906, Grace L. Hadcock, of Rutland,
daughter of Charles E. and Carolyn E. (Olney) Hadcock.

BARRY,  Richard William

    Dr. Barry was born at Lockport, New York, November 7, 1875, son of
William and Frances L. (Gallagher) Barry. His father a native of Rochester,
New York, who died May 7, 1915, after engaging in mercantile work for some
years, followed his natural bent and invented appliances of great value.
Some of these are used throughout the country, and one, a machine for
cancelling stamps, together with that for sorting and distributing mail, has
been in general use in the United States postal department. The mother, a
native of Carthage, New York, died in 1916. Dr. Barry attended the St.
Paul's Parochial School in Oswego and received his professional training at
the University of Buffalo, graduating in 1902 with the degree of Doctor of
Dental Surgery. He began to practice dentistry in Oswego. Dr. Barry is a
member of the American Dental Association, New York State Dental Society,
and the Fifth District Dental Society, also of the Alumni Association of the
University of Buffalo Dental College, and a member of the Knights of
Columbus, fourth degree. On October 21, 1913, Dr. Barry married Anne L.
O'Connor, of Oswego, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (Holleran) O'Connor.
Children:  William F., born in 1917; Richard M., born in 1919; and Frances
L., born in 1921.

BARTLETT, D. D. , Rev. Murray

    He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, March 29, 1871, son of Stanley
and Lida Carolina (Simpson) Bartlett, and descended from an old New England
family founded in America by Robert Bartlett, who arrived in this country
from England in the good ship "Ann" in 1620. His mother's family was of
Scotch origin. Murray Bartlett was liberally educated at Riverview Academy
at Poughkeepsie, at Harvard University, which bestowed on him the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in 1892 and Master of Arts in 1893, and where his scholarly
attainments were such as to win for him membership in the Phi Beta Kappa
Society. He then took a course in divinity at the General Theological
Seminary, completing it in 1896, and began to serve as curate of Grace
Church, of the Episcopal faith, in New York City. Keenly interested in
education, he was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Philippines in
1910 and as president began the organization of a junior college, the
University of the Philippines. In five years' time he organized seven
schools and colleges, serving 1,200 students. He founded the Graduate School
of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, of which he became president
emeritus in 1915. Active in local affairs, he served as chaplain of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he is a member, as well as
of the Free and Accepted Masons and the American Legion. The University of
Rochester in 1908 conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity, action which was repeated in 1922 by Trinity College. On April 15,
1903, Dr. Murray Bartlett married Blanchard Howard, of Buffalo, and they are
the parents of a child, Blanchard Bartlett, student of languages in Europe.

BASSETT,  Robert V. R.

    He was born November 30, 1884, in Owego, a son of James A. and Mary G.
(Gallagher) Bassett. He attended Owego Free Academy. Graduating from Cornell
University in the class of 1906, with his degree of Bachelor of Laws, he was
admitted to the bar in September, that year. He was associated at first with
the firm of Herendeen and Mandeville, of Elmira, for three or four years,
and locating in Owego, January 1, 1911, he continued alone in practice until
January 1, 1925, when he formed a partnership, that of Truman and Bassett,
so continuing to February 1, 1926, when Nathan M. Wood was taken into the
firm, the name of the present firm being Truman, Bassett and Wood.
Fraternally, Mr. Bassett is affiliated with Friendship Lodge, No. 153, Free
and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master; with Tioga Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which he is a Past Noble Grand; and the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;.  Robert V. R. Bassett married,
April 10, 1912. Harriett Hibbard, of Owego; and they are the parents of:
Robert V. R. Bassett, Jr.; and Charles H. Bassett. The family reside at N.
317 Front Street, Owego.

BATES,  William W.

     He was born January 26, 1878 in Westbury. Son of Frank A. Bates, a
retail merchant, who is now deceased and of Laura (McIntyre) Bates, who
survives her husband. W. W. Bates attended the public schools, and was
afterwards graduated from Redcreek Union Seminary. In 1906, Mr. Bates
established a real estate and insurance headquarters at Sidney, which he has
conducted to the present, with pronounced success. He also held the position
of clerk of the Senate Codes Committee at Albany. On November 1, 1923, he
was appointed to his present office as postmaster of Sidney. Fraternally he
is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. William W. Bates married, in October,
1912, in Sidney, Beatrice Johnston, daughter of George and Emma Johnston.
They have one daughter, Katherine Jean.


BEAN,  Charles Danford

    He was born April 21, 1861, in Marion, New York. His father, Charles
Bean, was a native of England, having been born in Holme, a town in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, February 2, 1826. Mr. Bean was married, February 29,
1860, to Cloa Maria, daughter of the late Samuel Danford, and Charles
Danford Bean was their only child. It is from the maternal side that Charles
Danford Bean received the ancestry which connects him with some of the
prominent figures of Colonial and Revolutionary days. Captain Job Ellsworth
is recorded as being in the Continental Service in 1781. Benjamin Ellsworth
(1696-1747) served in the French War. One of Mr. Bean's great-grandfathers,
Sergeant Joshua Danford, was a prominent figure in the War of the
Revolution. Another member of the family, Judge Oliver Ellsworth, was for
four years chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sophia
Ellsworth, the grand-daughter of Captain Ellsworth, married the son of
Joshua Danford, and it was their daughter, Cloa Maria, who was the mother of
Charles Danford Bean. Many honors were given to Charles Danford Bean during
his career. His early years were spent in New York City where he obtained
his preliminary education at St. John's Trinity Parish School, and North
Moore Grammar. School. He also took a course at Franklin Academy of
Prattsburg, and came to Geneva in 1874. He received his preparatory
education for college at the Union School of Geneva. He matriculated at
Hobart College, from which institution he graduated in 1882, with the degree
of Bachelor of Science. Later Syracuse University conferred upon him the
degree of Bachelor of Philosophy; and Allegheny College, Meadville,
Pennsylvania, that of Master of Arts. He was for four years Professor of
Law, and Dean of the Department of Law, at Keuka College. He was President
of the Board of Trustees, and Professor of History and Political Science in
Endymion Military Preparatory School, up to the outbreak of the World War,
etc. Mr. Bean is an ardent member of the order of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons and for two terms was Worshipful Master of Ark Lodge, No. 33. He is a
member of the college fraternity of Phi Kappa Psi, and of Geneva Commandery,
Knights Templar, the Benevolent and Protective order of Elks, the Loyal
order of Moose, the Fraternities Club of New York City. He was secretary of
the Geneva Masonic Historical Society.

BEEBE,  Will L.

    Mr. Beebe was born in Genesee County, New York, on May 9, 1869, and
entered on his newspaper career when only twelve years of age, working first
on the "Brookfied Courier", New York, where he gained wide experience in tae
various ramifications of newspaper publishing and general printing. Mr.
Beebe is a member of the Candor Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and the
Independent Order of Red Men. Mr. Beebe married (first), in 1890, May A.
Payne, (second) Anna Personius. The Children of the first union are: Susan,
wife of L. W. Stevens, Knoxville, Pennsylvania, and C. Arthur, who is his
father's assistant in his publishing venture. The Beebes reside at Candor.

BEEMAN,  Charles A.

    Mr. Beeman was born December 1, 1871, in Erie County and was educated in
the Public schools. He is the son of William Beeman, who was born in Erie
County and died April 2, 1914, and Catherine (Hurd) Beeman, who was also
born in Erie County, and died 1912. Mr. William Beeman was a well-known
farmer of Erie County. For two years after leaving school , Mr. Charles A
Beeman farmed, and then began a general contracting business in Depew which
he carried on for eight years. In 1907 he received from President Roosevelt
the appointment to the postmastership of Depew, and continued in this office
until 1916. Being appointed Deputy Sheriff of Erie County in 1917, he held
this position until 1921, when he was reappointed to the office of
postmaster, this time receiving the appointment from President Harding. In
1925 President Coolidge confirmed the appointment for another term. Mr.
Beeman is much interested in Masonic bodies and holds membership in the
following: Lodge No. 823, Free and Accepted Masons; Ismailia Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Buffalo Consistory, Sublime
Princes of the Royal Secret. On April 6, 1893, Mr. Beeman was married to
Lottie Meahl  of Erie County, who died November 10, 1923.

BEGENT,  Gordon Crittenden

    Mr. Begent was born in Groton, July 28, 1897, the son of Frank A. and
Helen (Crittenden) Begent. He was a leader in the automobile industry of
Ithaca, New York, secretary-treasurer of the Finger Lakes Garage, Nos.
109-119 West State Street, Ithaca, is also the general manager of this
important business. Until 1924, the concern maintained a service and storage
garage for Studebaker and Franklin cars. In 1924 it discontinued the garage
and sales of the cars previously handled, and the entire energy of the
managers was concentrated on the sales and service of the Ford products,
covering Ithaca and its vicinity. Mr. Begent, who engaged in the automobile
business in 1914, is a member of the Ithaca Lodge, Benevolent and Protective
order of Elks; of Groton Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of Moravia
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and of Balbeck Grotto. Mr. Begent was married,
December 31, 1920, to Leslie D. Dickerson of Fayetteville, New York,
daughter of Charles L. and Julia (Cohan) Dickerson, both living. Mr. and
Mrs. Begent are the parents of one child, Gordon C. Begent, Jr., born
February 9, 1922. The family home is at No. 113 Brandon Place, Ithaca.

BENEDICT,  John N.

    He was born in North Norwich, New York, October 5, 1878, son of John B.
and Annis (Dalrymple) Benedict, both natives of North Norwich and both now
deceased. His father was a farmer. John N. Benedict was educated in the
Sherburne High School and Albany Business College.Endowed with salesmanship
of a high order, he devoted himself for twelve years to life insurance as a
special agent of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company, with Binghamton as
his headquarters. He also established an agency for the Cadillac Motor Car
Company in Sherburne, New York, in 1905 under the incorporated name of John
N. Benedict Company, of which he is president. He is a member of Lodge No.
444, Free and Accepted Masons; Sherburne Chapter, No. 253, Royal Arch
Masons; and Lodge No. 1222, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On
December 24, 1902, John N. Benedict married Grace E. Wilcox, of Sherburne,
and they are the parents of a son, J. Frederic Benedict, born in 1910.

BENEDICT, M.D., Archibald  K.

    He was born in Sherburne, February 23, 1892. Dr. Benedict is a son of
Frank Benedict, of Sherburne, and Cora (Brooks) Benedict, who is a native of
Broome County. Both are living in Sherburne. After attending the public and
high schools of Sherburne, Archibald K. Benedict studied medicine in the New
York Homoeopathic Medical College, completing the prescribed course in 1917.
Almost immediately he went into the Medical Department of the army, serving
consecutively from August, 1917, to August, 1919. For one year during this
time he was overseas as first lieutenant and captain of a Medical Corps, and
received his discharge papers at Mitchel Field in August, 1919. In 1921 he
came to Sherburne and began to practice medicine. He is visiting physician
on the staff of the Norwich Hospital, and is now Superintendent of the
Tuberculosis Sanitarium of Sherburne. He is enrolled in the New York State
Medical Association, the Chenango County Medical Association and the
American Medical Association. Fraternally, he belongs to the Sherburne
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is Past Master; belongs to the
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; the Buffalo Consistory, and the Masonic Club of
Sherburne. Dr. Benedict married, June 2, 1917, Ethel M. Spooner, daughter of
Fred O. Spooner (deceased), and Ella G. (Van Duesen) Spooner. They are the
parents of two daughters: Dorothy, born December 28, 1918, and Jean, born
March 12, 1922.

BENNETT,  Edward Harry

    He was born February 5, 1884, at Pulaski, Oswego County, where he
attended the public schools. He is a son of Edward DeWitt Bennett, of
Pulaski, Oswego County, a retired contractor and builder, and of Maruva A.
(Minot) Bennett. Edward H. Bennett was graduated at Hamilton College in
1906, with his Bachelor of Arts degree, and in 1909 he received his Master
of Arts degree from his alma mater. After attending Albany Law School in an
uncompleted course with the class of 1908, he was admitted to the bar in
1909, and was associated with the offices of the firm of Cobb & Cosgrove for
a period. After a valued experience as confidential clerk to Judge Irving T.
Hobbs, Mr. Bennett in 1915 entered into a law partnership with Francis M.
Hugo, so to the present he is a member of the County and State Bar
Association. Mr. Bennett served as State supervisor of the New York State
census in 1915. He enlisted to serve in the World War, May 12, 1917 and
received his discharge on February 12, 1919. Fraternally, Mr. Bennett is
affiliated with Lodge No. 415, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pulaski, New
York, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree; and with Media
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; member of the
Benevolent and Protective order of Elks;  the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and the Loyal Order of Moose.etc.

BENSON,  Cadwell Belden

    Born in Apulia, Onondaga County, New York, February 3, 1841, Cadwell
Belden Benson died January 2, 1915, the son of David and Harriett (Belden)
Benson, his father a physician for many years, who died in 1854; his mother
having died in 1895. His education was received in the public school at
Oswego, New York, . At the age of 12 years he entered upon his first regular
employment, with the firm of Page & Card, to learn the lumber business. In
1864 he accepted an offer from Clark & Page of Minetto to locate in that
village and execute a commission of working up a large shipment of timber
from Canada and superintending the manufacture of lumber for the concern.
Among his earlier business associations was that entered into with James J.
Belden and Cadwell Belden, of Syracuse, New York, who did a contracting
business on a very large scale. They executed such important commissions as
the opening of Hell Gate, New York Harbor, to navigation, the building of a
railroad in Pennsylvania etc. Cadwell Belden Benson married, March 10, 1864,
Helen Cunningham, daughter of LeForest, who died in 1895, and Eunice
(Benson) Cunningham, who died in 1905. On both the paternal and maternal
sides Mrs. Benson is of ancient English ancestry, being a direct descendant
of Captain John Cunningham, and is descended from American colonial stock,
forebears on both sides having been officers in the Revolutionary War. She
has been very active in the affairs of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.

BETOWSKI, M.D.,  Leon S.

    Mr. Betowski was born at Waverly, New York on October 19, 1877, of
Polish descent. He is a son of W.L. and Mary E. (Muraski) Betowski. After
attending the local public schools he entered Columbia University and
graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City in
the class of 1902 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Betowski was
interne for a time at the Robert Packer Hospital at Sayre, Pennsylvania.
Later he came to Waverly and for eighteen years was a member of the Waverly
School Board and for twenty years coroner of Tioga County in addition to
carrying on a regular practice. Dr. Betowski is examiner for the New York
State Department of Labor in the Syracuse District. He holds membership in
the County, State, and American Medical societies and is highly regarded
within the profession.Dr. Betowski married, in April, 1909, Aleyne Donnelly,
of Elmira, New York, and they have two children: Leon Donnelly and Edward
Paul.

BINGHAM,  Honorable Charles Darwin

    He was born April 5, 1846, at Carthage, Jefferson County. Mr. Bingham is
the son of Rev. Isaac S. Bingham, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, who died in 1893, and Jane (Mills) Bingham, who died in 1894.He was
educated at Rome Academy, Rome, New York, and at Falley Seminary, Fulton,
New York. He was supervisor of Watertown in 1881, 1882 and 1883; he was
mayor of the city in 1904-1905; police commissioner from 1896 to 1904.
Fraternally, he is affiliated with Watertown Lodge, No. 49, Free and
Accepted Masons; Watertown Chapter, No. 59, Royal Arch Masons: Watertown
Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar; the Consistory, Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree; was Grand Commander of the Grand
Commandery of the State of New York in 1903---04. He received the honorary
thirty-third degree in Masonry in 1896. Mr. Bingham married, May 13, 1868,
Sophie D. Button, and their children are: J. Grace;  Annie T.;  Josephine
M.;  and Alice E., who died in 1895.

BISSELL,  Dr. Addison H.

    He was born in Milford, New York, November 5, 1888. His father , George
N. Bissell, was born in Milford, New York, in 1848 and was a farmer and
livestock dealer. He died in 1901. His mother, Hannah (Hayes) Bissell, was
born in Rome, New York, in 1858, and is still living.Dr. Bissell began his
schooling in Newark, New Jersey, where he was graduated from the academy in
1907. Graduated from Princeton University in 1912, as Bachelor of
Literature.Graduated from the Medical College of Cornell University in 1916
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He served as interne in the New York
Hospital House of Relief. He is attending surgeon on the staff of the
Thanksgiving Hospital, and consulting Urological Surgeon of the Fox
Hospital, Oneonta, New York. He is a member of the Otsego County Medical
Society, also a member of the New York State Medical Society. Dr. Bissell
married, in December, 1918, Genevieve Cooke, of Montreal, Canada. They are
the parents of two children; A.H. Bissell, Jr., born September 2, 1919, and
Genevieve Ruth Bissell, born November 14, 1921. His address is Cooperstown,
New York.

BLAUVELT,  Arthur Eugene

    He was born in Cayuga County, New York, December 9, 1873, son of James
R. and Mary E. (Treat) Blauvelt, both deceased. Arthur E. Blauvelt was
educated in the local public schools and at the Albany Business College. He
studied law in the office of John Van Sickle, and of the succeeding firm of
Payne & Van Sickle, winning admission to the bar in 1898. On January 1,
1897, he went to Washington, as private secretary to Sereno E. Payne,
Congressman, in which capacity he remained until April, 1910. In April,
1910, he returned to Auburn to begin the practice of his profession, to
which he has since devoted himself.  Since 1910 he has been attorney for the
village of Port Byron and has served a term as village president.Gave 15
years of service as a member of the Board of Education of the local high
school, as clerk and secretary. Mr. Blauvelt is a member of Port Byron
Lodge, No. 130, Free and Accepted Masons; the Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;
Auburn Commandery, Knights Templar; the Port Byron, Rock Spring Lodge,
No.568, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On January 3, 1899, Arthur E.
Blauvelt married Eva A. Burdick, of Port Byron, New York, daughter of
Willard and Sarah (Johnson) Burdick. Their children: (1) Eunice, who
received her degree of Bachelor of Arts at Smith College, after two years at
Oberlin University, studied law at the University of Chicago, being admitted
to the bar on January 14, 1926, at the Appellate Division in Rochester, now
in partnership with her father, under the firm name of Blauvelt & Blauvelt.
(2) Arthur Ervin, student at Cornell University, class of 1926. (3) Marion
Lucille, in her first year at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. (4) Alice E.,
educated in Port Byron High School, class of June, 1926. (5) Willard James,
High School (6) Robert Pershing, grammar school.

BLOOD,  Hon. Charles H.

    He was born April 7, 1866 in Ithaca, New York, His father was Charles
F., and his mother Stella (Hazen) Blood. He was educated in the public
schools of Ithaca and graduated  from the high school. He finished his term
at Cornell University in 1888 with the degree of  Doctor of Philosophy. He
continued his preparation for law in the law school of the university and
received his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1890. He was elected District
Attorney of Tompkins County two years later, at twenty-six. He served nine
years and gained such prestige at the bar that in 1900, at age thirty-four,
he was elected to the bench as County Judge of Tompkins County, an office he
filled for six years, from 1901 to 1907. He has been a trustee of Cornell
University for twenty-five years, Director of the Ithaca Trust Company and
the Tompkins National Bank. He is a member of the Hobasco Lodge, Free and
Accepted Masons; of Eagle Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of St. Augustine
Commandery, Knights Templar; also of Kalurah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Binghamton. Judge Blood was married, in
1905, to Louise McBeth, of Charleston, South Carolina, a granddaughter of
the Confederate States cabinet under Jefferson Davis.  They are the parents
of one child, Emily Blood.  Judge Blood and his wife live at No. 508
Highland Road, Ithaca, New York.

BODINE,  Honorable George Floyd.,

    Member of an old and honorable family who settled in Seneca County in
the final years of the eighteenth century, and from which have come able
representatives of the professions, law, or the ministry, or medicine, or
other notable callings.  George Floyd Bodine was born in Ovid,
Seneca County, New York, August 30, 1875, a son of Joseph S. and Maria
(Jones) Bodine. His father, now deceased, was a well-known farmer of Upper
Seneca County. The ancestors of the Bodine family settled in Seneca County
in 1799. Cornelius Bodine, great-grandfather of Judge Bodine, was a soldier
of the Revolution. His son, George Bodine, was a worthy representative of
the family, and through him the line was carried down with commendable
service to his day and generation. Judge Bodine received his early education
in the schools of his native district, and from the Ovid High School. In
1896 he entered Cornell University, from whose law school he was graduated
in the class of 1898 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the
bar in 1900, opened a law office in Waterloo, New York. District Attorney
during the years 1905-1907. President of the village of Waterloo, 1913-1914.
In 1914 elevated to judge of the Seneca County Court. Twelve years occupied
his place on the bench. Judge Bodine is a director of the First National
Bank of Waterloo; trustee of the Waterloo Historical Society; and member of
the American Bar Association. Affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Patrons of
Husbandry. He is an active member of the Waterloo Presbyterian Church. Judge
Bodine married, May 24, 1902, Sarah Hoffman, of Waterloo, New York, daughter
of Warren and Helen L. (Buck) Hoffman. Children: (1) James Seward, graduate
of Columbia University, 1925 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.Now a
student of Columbia University, 1927. (2) Gertrude Helen, student in the
secretarial course at the Miss Gibbs' School New York City. (3) Joseph
Warren, Waterloo High School student, 1926.

BODKIN,  Thomas C.

    He was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, July 18, 1888, a son of
Patrick and Margaret (Nagle) Bodkin, both natives and residents of Buffalo.
Thomas C. Bodkin was educated in the public grammar and high schools of
Buffalo and as a young lad entered the printing business in his native city
in 1901. In 1920 he purchased together with Jacob J. Barber the weekly
Lackawanna "News", formerly known as "The Journal" During the World War, Mr.
Bodkin proved his patriotism by working in shipyards. During 1919 and 1920
he served as acting judge of the Lackawanna City Court. A Democrat. He is a
member of the Lackawanna Council, Knights of Columbus, and of the Lackawanna
Business Men's Club.His religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic
church, and more particularly with Church of Our Lady of Victory, of
Lackawanna. Thomas C. Bodkin married, June 26, 1912, at Lackawanna,
Katherine Jordan, a native of West Seneca, Erie County, New York, and a
daughter of the late Martin Jordan and Susanne (McDonald) Jordan, the latter
living (1927). Mr. and Mrs. Bodkin are the parents of five children:
Katherine, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Thmas and Jack. The family home is located in
Lackawanna.

BOLAND,  Berchmans J.

    He was born at Buffalo, New York, February 20, 1889, a son of James and
Mary (Handley) Boland, both now deceased, the former, born in Ireland in
1854, a successful general contractor in Buffalo to the time of his death in
1893. Berchmans J. Boland was educated in Buffalo at St. Joseph's Collegiate
Institute, at Canisius High School, from which he graduated in 1906, then
Canisius College, graduating in 1910 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Later he continued his studies at the  College of the Sacred Heart, also
known as the Woodstock College of Baltimore County, in Maryland, from which
institution he received the degree of Master of Arts in 1916. In 1916 he
became a member of the faculty of Holy Cross College, Worcester,
Massachusetts, where he lectured in inorganic chemistry for five years. In
1921 he accepted an appointment as instructor of Latin and History at the
Lackawanna High School, until 1925. He is a member of the Knights of
Columbus, and his religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church,
and more particularly with the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas, of Buffalo. Mr.
Boland is married and makes his home at No. 23 McClellan Circle, Buffalo,
New York.


BOWMAN,  Frank

    He was born in Lewis County, October 10, 1866, son of George L. and
Crescenda (Heimhilger) Bowman,  of Bavaria, the former of whom died in 1875,
the latter in 1913. Frank Bowman enjoyed liberal educational opportunities,
attending the public schools Lowville Academy, and Cornell University, from
which he graduated in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He also
pursued his legal studies at Cornell, which conferred on him the degree of
Bachelor of Laws in 1893. In 1894 he won admission to the Lewis County bar
and for five years was associated in practice with Judge Henry E. Turner. He
is a member of the Lewis County and New York State Bar associations. In
political inclinations Mr. Bowman is Democratic. During the World War he was
chairman of the Legal Advisory Board for Lewis County and a "four-minute'
speaker whose generous response to invitations to speak brought him medals
and a certificate. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows;
of Lowville Lodge, No. 134, Free and Accepted Masons;  the Chamber of
Commerce; and the Sons of Veterans,, of which body he is Past Commander. He
is a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity.  On June 10, 1896 Frank Bowman
married Mary E. Greeley, of Lewis County, daughter of William Henry and
Sarah (Schofield) Greeley, and they are the parents of two daughters: (1)
Helen G., now Mrs. G.H.P. Gould, of Lyons Falls, New York and they have one
child, Jane B. (2) Katherine L., now Mrs. N.A. Burns, of Dallas, Texas, and
they have one child, Jean Mary.

BRACHIN,  M.D., Newton

    He has been practicing the profession of medicine in Greene, New York,
since 1920, has made a place for himself there and is very highly regarded.
Dr. Brachin is a son of Hilel and Liba (Betzer) Brachin.His father, was born
in Russia in 1863. His mother was also born in Russia in 1863. Newton
Brachin was born in Russia, August 14, 1888 and received his education there

and in this country. Upon coming to the United States in 1915, he entered
Columbia University and studied there for a year, after which he became a
medical student at Long Island College Hospital, graduating from there in
1919, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He settled in Greene in 1920
and since that time has built up a substantial practice. He is a member of
the County, State and American Medical associations. Politically, Dr.
Brachin is a Democrat and his religious affiliations are with the Catholic
church. Dr. Newton Brachin married, in September, 1912, Dorothy Itelson of
Russian birth.

BRANDT,  M.D.,  George Mason

    He was born in Walworth, Wayne County, New York, April 27, 1881, a son
of Mason and Elizabeth (Church) Brandt. George M. Brandt was educated in the
public schools of his native region and after graduating from high school at
Ontario, Wayne County, in 1901 spent one year at Keuka College, Keuka Park,
New York. He then became a student at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, where he eventually took up the study of medicine and graduated in
1909 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After some time as an interne at
the Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York, he established himself
in practice, in 1911, at Yakima, Washington, where he remained until 1916.
In 1916 he returned East and settled at Seneca Falls, Seneca County In 1926
he was made chief of the staff of the Seneca Falls Hospital and in the same
year also was elected president of the Seneca County Medical Society. He is
also a member of the Geneva Academy of Medicine; of the New York State
Medical Society, and of the Central New York Medical Society. During the
World War he served in 1918 and 1919 at Camp Humphreys, Virginia, with the
rank of first lieutenant. He is a member of the American Legion; Yakima
Lodge, No. 24 Free and Accepted Masons; Salem Town Chapter, No. 173, Royal
Arch Masons;  Geneva Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar; etc. His office of
practice is located at No. 31 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls. Dr. Brandt
married, June 25, 1912, Anna Kalb, of Rochester, New York, daughter of John
F. Kalb. Dr. and Mrs. Brandt are the parents of one son, Richard Jones.

BREEN,  William J.

    He was born in Pompey, New York, February 27, 1880, son of Michael and
Amy (Zumlan) Breen. The father, born in Ireland, in 1835, was a farmer until
his death in 1913; and the mother, also of Irish birth, in 1837, died in
February, 1906. William J. Breen was educated in the schools of Pompey,
completing the academy course, and received his high school training at
Tully, from which he graduated in 1900. After teaching school for two years,
he attended Buffalo State Normal, Oneonta State Normal, and pursued
Extension studies at Canisius College, in Buffalo. His teaching career
included two years of service at North Evans and nine at Ebenezer. In 1915
he moved to Lackawanna to assume the principalship of the school; was
elected superintendent in 1918, and has since remained in the town. His
fraternal affiliations are with the Loyal Order of Moose, No. 810, and the
Knights of Columbus, of which he is Past Dictator. Mr. Breen has devoted
himself to his many civic and religious interests and has never married. He
is a communicant of Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church.

BREWER,  Charles R.,

    Engaged in banking in Gilbertsville, New York, has been president of the
village of Gilbertsville since 1920. He is a son of E.C. Brewer, born in
Otego, New York, in 1846, died in 1916, who established in 1868 the first
and only bank in Gilbertsville and continued to operate it until his death
in 1916, when it was taken over by his son. Charles R. Brewer was born in
Gilbertsville, New York, and attended the local schools, graduating from the
Gilbertsville High School in 1905, after which he entered Williams College
and graduated from that institution in 1910 with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. Mr. Brewer taught school in Asheville, North Carolina, until 1916,
when he returned to Gilbertsville to assume the responsibilites of looking
after the bank which his father had established in 1868. During the World
War, Mr. Brewer was with the Seventy-sixth Division and later was stationed
at Camp Gordon, Georgia, with replacement troops, being discharged in
December, 1918, with rank of captain in the Infantry. Mr. Brewer is
affiliated with Lodge No. 1222, Benevolent and Protective order of Elks at
Norwich, and he is a member of the Williams Club of New York City. In
politics he is an Independent voter and is unmarried.

BREWSTER,  Osceola Byron

    He was born in North Elbe, Essex County, July 23, 1886. He was the son
of Byron Remembrance and Bidney (Conoboy) Brewster, both descendants of old
American stock which located many generations ago in upper New York State.
Byron Remembrance Brewster was born in Keene, Essex County, January 12,
1846, the son of Jackson and Sarah (Nash) Brewster. Byron Remembrance
Brewster died on January 25, 1925. He was married, in 1880, at Upper Jay, to
Bidney Conoboy, the daughter of Patrick and Lucy (Warren) Conoboy. They had
three children, as follows: (1) Cassius Jackson, born July 5, 1882. (2)
Osceola Byron. (3) Jesse Gerald, born October 2, 1890. Mrs. Bidney (Conoboy)
Brewster was born in Wilmington, Essex County, April 2, 1858, and died
August 12, 1926. Osceola Byron Brewster obtained his early education in the
public schools of his community and graduated from the Lake Placid High
School in 1904. He took two years at Amherst College, later taking a course
at Syracuse University, from which he graduated in 1908 with the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy. He then entered the Albany Law School, from which he
received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1910. From 1911 to 1915, Mr.
Brewster served as Commissioner of Elections fro Essex County, from 1916 to
1927 as district attorney of the same county. From 1918 to date has been a
member of the Board of Education of the Union Free School, District No. 1 of
Elizabethtown. He is an active member of Adirondack Lodge, No. 621, Free and
Accepted Masons, having sat in the East as Master from 1920 to 1922; of
Cedar Point Chapter, No. 269, Royal Arch Masons; of Lake Champlain
Commandery, No. 74, Knights Templar, etc. Mr. Brewster is a member of the
New York State Bar Association and of the American Bar Association. On
December 21, 1911, Mr. Brewster was married, at Albany, to Maria Georgia
Herie, the daughter of Ralph and Olive (Gregory) Herie. Mr. and Mrs.
Brewster are the parents of four children, as follows; (1) Byron Gregory,
born September 2, 1914. (2) Martha Warren, born June 30, 1917. (3) Jane
Herie, born January 20, 1921. (4) Patricia Sumner, born April 24, 1923.

BRIDGES,  Merritt Lyman

       He was born in Morris, New York August 25, 1868, son of Nathan and
Fannie (Bingham) Bridges. His father, native of Vienna, Oneida County, New
York, where he was born in 1839, died in 1905 and his mother, born in
Canajoharie, New York, in 1840, died in 1902. The son graduated from the
Morris High School in 1887, and from Albany Law School in 1890 with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the bar in 1890, Mr. Bridges began
the practice of his profession in Omaha, Nebraska, and in South Dakota,
where he remained for only a year. Returning to Morris, he opened offices
under his own name and has since continued to practice independently. From
1900 to 1906 he was district attorney for Otsego County, a nominee of the
Republican party. He is Past Master of Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted
Masons; member of Morris Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Norwich Commandery,
No. 42, Knights Templar. On May 14, 1902, Merritt L. Bridges married Anna M.
Shanessy, of Morris, and they are the parents of three children;  Maurice
N., born 1905, a member of the class of 1928 at Yale University;  Elsie
Mary, born 1907, a teacher in the Morris High School, having graduated from
Oneonta Normal School; and Merritt L., Jr., born 1910.

BRIGGS,  John Bailey

      He was born in Homer, Cortland County, April 6, 1893, a son of Walter
D. and Fannie D. (Frisbie) Briggs, his father, now retired, being one of the
leading business men of the village of Homer. John Bailey Briggs was
educated in the public schools of his native town and at Homer Academy.
After leaving school he entered the automobile business conducted by his
father and uncle under the name of Briggs Brothers, but established his own
business in 1918, when he took over the sales agency for Cadillac motor cars
in Cortland County.   He is also a member of Homer Lodge, No. 352, Free and
Accepted Masons; Washington Chapter, No. 29, Royal Arch Masons; Cortland
Lodge of Perfection; Cortland Exchange Club; Cortland Country Club;
Automobile Club; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  Mr. Briggs
married, in 1914, Florence Wallace of Cortland, daughter of J.H. and Clara
O. (Hotchkiss) Wallace.  Mr. and Mrs. Briggs are the parents of two
children: Walter W., born January 17, 1915; and Barbara Abbott, born July
26, 1919. They make their home at No. 81 South Main Street, Homer.

BROWN,  Robert

      He was born at Newburgh, Orange County, New York, July 5, 1854, son of
Calvin and Jane Smith, both deceased. Robert Brown was educated in the
common schools. He then learned the trade of cabinet-maker at Walden, New
York, and displayed the skill and artistry which had distinguished his
father. His first business enterprise was in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County,
New York, where he opened a furniture and undertaking business of his own.
He is a member of the Deposit Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Robert Brown
married, in Walden, New York, in 1880, Emma Andrews, Daughter of Rollin and
Rachel Andrews. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born the following children;
Floyd A.,  Ada K., and Rollin.

BROWN,  Charles Farmer

      He was born in Homer, Cortland County, on January 14, 1858, son of
Isaac W. and Mary A. (Harvey) Brown. His ancestors came to New York State
from Connecticut among the earliest settlers of the Empire State, and have
since resided in that neighborhood. He was educated in the Cortland Public
and Normal Schools, and when his studies were finished, found employment
with a druggist. He was sent to the State Assembly by his constituents,
where he served from 1907 to 1912. He worked on the School Board of Cortland
for nine years. An active Mason, he holds his member-ship with Cortlandville
Lodge, No. 470, Free and Accepted Masons; Cortland Chapter, No. 194, Royal
Arch Masons;  Cortland Commandery, No. 50, Knights Templar; and the Lodge of
Perfection, Central City Consistory. He is also affiliated with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a trustee of the Cortland
Rural Cemetery. On November 22, 1887, Charles F. Brown was united in
marriage to Sarah Keator, of  Cortland, daughter of Samuel and Ann (Stuart)
Ketor. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown two children were born: (1) Samuel K., (2)
Florence B., widow of Myron J. Walter; she has three children: Myron James,
Barbara S., and Sally. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.

BROWNELL, M.D., Morton Emmons

      He was born February 1, 1893, in Oneonta, Otsego County, a son of Dr.
Arthur Hamilton and Ella (Mills) Brownell. His father, Arthur Hamilton
Brownell, M.D. was born in Hamilton, Madison County, January 22, 1863, a son
of Hamilton and Lucy (Simmons) Brownell, the former, born in Hamilton in
1821, a farmer and later superintendent of the Cemetery Association in
Clinton, Oneida County, dying in 1901; the latter, born also in Hamilton in
1818, dying in 1898. Morton Emmons Brownell was educated in the public
schools of his native city, and after graduating from Oneonta High School,
entered Hamilton College, Clinton, Oneida County, which he attended from
1909 to 1911. He then attended the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, graduating from this institution in 1914 with the degree of
Bachelor of  Science, and in 1916 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine
at this university's Medical School. Having completed his studies and having
received the degree of Doctor of Medicine, he spent the next year as an
interne at the University of Michigan Hospital.In 1917 he joined the faculty
of the University of Michigan Medical School as an instructor in the
diseases of the eye, remaining for one year. During part of the World War he
was a member of the United States Army Medical Corps, serving as instructor
in the diseases of the eye in the Army Medical Officers' Training Camp. He
then saw service for some time as chief ophthalmologist for the Near East
Relief in Syria. In 1920 he returned to this country and to the city of his
birth where he has since practiced his profession  under his own name with
offices at No. 325 Main Street, specializing in ophthalmology. He is a
member of the New York State Medical Society, the Otsego County Medical
Society, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, visiting
ophthalmologist at the Fox Memorial Hospital. His fraternal affiliations are
with Lodge No. 466, Free and Accepted Masons, and with Oneonta Chapter, No.
277,  Royal Arch Masons, of which latter he is a Past High Priest. He is
also a member of the Oneonta Post of the American Legion, Oneonta Country
Club and Kiwanis Club. His religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian
church. Dr. Brownell married, March 28, 1917, Anna M. Auch, of Sebewaing,
Michigan. Dr. and Mrs. Brownell are the parents of four children: (1) Morton
Emmons, Jr., born in 1918. (2) William Mills, born in 1920. (3) John
Frederick, born in 1921. (4) Eunice Anne, born in 1924. The family residence
is located at No. 8 Taft Avenue, Oneonta.

BUCK,  Asahel J.

      A son of Edward C. and Estira C. (Williams) Buck, the latter deceased,
was born June 19, 1881, in East Lansing, Tompkins County, where he attended
the public schools and he was afterwards graduated from the Groton High
School. Preparing for his profession at the Law School of Cornell
University, he was graduated there with his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1904,
and he was admitted to the bar June 30, that year. Mr. Buck became
associated in partnership with George N. Champlin, and he so continued until
December 31, 1917. In May 1918, he formed partnership with Clayton R. Lusk,
and in January, 1922, Morse E. Ames was admitted to that partnership. Mr.
Buck was appointed city attorney January 1, 1917. Fraternally Mr. Buck is
affiliated with Cortlandville Lodge, No. 470, Free and Accepted Masons; with
Chapter No. 194, Royal Arch Masons; and with Commandery No. 50, Knights
Templar; and he is also a member of the County and State Bar associations.
Asahel J. Buck married, August 10, 1904, Jessie E. Steinberg, of East
Lansing, daughter of Peter W. and Emma Annette (Conger) Steinberg, the
father deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Buck are the parents of : Marian E. and Alfred
J.

BUGBEE,  Percy I.

      He was born April 21, 1858, at Colton, New York. His father, John F.
Bugbee, Born in Cornish, New Hampshire, was a lawyer in New York State,
practicing in Canton for twenty-five years. Percy I. Bugbee was educated in
the schools of Colton and Brooklyn, New York; and of Canton. He was
graduated from Saint Lawrence University, at Canton in 1879, as Bachelor of
Arts; in 1882 he received the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1898 he was
made Doctor of Science. Professor Bugbee began teaching school two years
before graduation. He was a year at South Canton, and another year at
Hermon, New York. He taught for a year at Colton; and was in Naples, New
York, for four years as principal and superintendent of schools. This same
dual office he filled at Newark, New York, for five years from 1884 to 1889,
when he came to the Normal School at Oneonta, teaching mathematics until
1895. He was a conductor of institutes for the State Department of Public
Instruction, 1895-1898. He returned to the State Normal School at Oneonta as
principal in 1898, and has served as such ever since. In the World War  he
was a member of the Board of Draft Exemption, appointed for Oneonta by
President Wilson. He is a member of Oneonta Lodge, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks; of the Beta Theta Phi of Saint Lawrence University. Percy I.
Bugbee married, August 28, 1883, in Canton, Ida M. Farnes, of South Canton.
The address of Mr. Bugbee is the State Normal School, Oneonta, New York.

BURCH,  Clayton I.

     He is a son of  William C. Burch, who was born in Brookfield, and Clara
(Burdick) Burch, a native of De Ruyter, both parents now deceased;. Clayton
I. Burch was born April 6, 1874, in Brookfield, where he attended the public
schools, and was graduated at the high school with the class of 1890. He
also attended a commercial school in Paxton, Illinois. Mr. Burch has been
engaged in journalism all his life. In 1895 he became associated with the
news and advertising business of the "Standard" and he has so continued to
the present, recently in partnership with E.L. Blanchard. Mr. Burch was
postmaster of Earlville from 1915 to 1924. Fraternally, he is affiliated
with the lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons at Sherburne, with the Royal
Arch Chapter of Masons, and with Mokauno Grotto, Veiled Prophets of the
Enchanted Realm, at Hamilton. He is a member of the State Press Association.
His religious faith is that of the Baptist church. Clayton I. Burch married,
August 13, 1895, Amelia Briggs, of Earlville, daughter of Rufus Briggs, who
is now deceased, and Laura (Morgan) Briggs, who survives her husband. Their
children;  Harold W., born April 13, 1898; and Laura B., born July 21, 1902.

BURRITT,  Robert Johnson

      He was born at Ira, Cayuga County, New York, May 20, 1874, son of
Calvin M. and Lucy (Johnson) Burritt. His education was acquired in the
grammar and high schools of Auburn, and his profesional training at Albany
Law School, from which he graduated in 1899 with the degree of Bachelor of
Laws. Admitted to the bar in February, 1899, Mr. Burritt began immediately
to practice independently in Auburn, where he has since remained. His share
in public affairs has been significant since 1900, when he was appointed
Assistant District Attorney, a six-year incumbency which led to his election
to the post of district attorney in 1906, a position which he held for six
years also. Mr. Burritt is a member of the County and State Bar
associations, being president of the former for 1926. His fraternal
affiliations are with the Auburn Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Lodge
No.474, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In June, 1902, Mr. Burritt
married Salina Hoag, daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Horsefall) Hoag, of
Barker, Niagara County, New York, and they are the parents of a daughter,
Lucy Elizabeth. The family residence is at No. 197 Genesee Street, Auburn,
New York.

BUSH,  William Theodore

      Mr. Bush is a son of Horace and  Ellen P. (Hodge) Bush, his father,
Horace Bush, having established a pharmacy in Lowville, in 1867. The father
died December 31, 1913; the mother February 22, 1903. William Theodore Bush
was born in Canajoharie, New York, September 30, 1860. He attended the
public schools of Lowville and Lowville Academy, from which he was graduated
in 1879, after which he became a student at Hamilton College and graduated
there in 1883 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1886, he received the
degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. On January 1, 1884, he
was admitted to partnership in the pharmacy, the name Horace Bush & Son
being adopted at that time and used ever since, although the elder Mr. Bush
died in 1913.  Since his death, William Theodore Bush has carried on the
pharmacy alone, maintaining the same standards of service and keeping pace
with the times by the introduction of many modern features. Fraternally he
is affiliated with and a Past Master of Lowville Lodge, No. 134, Free and
Accepted Masons, and its treasurer since 1912; is Past High Priest of
Lowville Chapter, No. 223, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Bush has been a trustee of
the Lowville Rural Cemetery since 1914. Mr. Bush married, on October 2,
1884, Hattie Benedict Settle, a daughter of the late Eli and Harriet
(Benedict) Settle, of Watertown, New York, who died on January 3, 1915. To
Mr. and Mrs. Bush was born a daughter, Vera Isabel, who married Arthur C.
MacKenzie, of Lowville, and has a son, William Bush MacKenzie.

C

CADY,  D.O.,  James D.

     Dr. Cady is a member of a long-established family, pioneers in this
part of the State, Elias Cady, his great-grandfather, having settled at the
town of Brutus, in Cayuga County, about 1806; his grandfather, Darwin E.
Cady, was next in line; and his father, Dwight W. Cady, followed farming, as
his ancestors had done, at the old homestead. James D. Cady, a son of Dwight
W. and Addie (Putnam) Cady, was born June 22, 1880, at Weedsport. His mother
was a direct descendant of General Putnam, of Connecticut. He attended the
high school in Weedsport, and matriculated at the American School of
Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, where he  graduated with his degree in
the class of 1907, and at once began to practice his profession in Cortland.
He is a member of the National Association of Osteopaths; and his fraternal
affiliations are with the Cortlandville Lodge, No. 470. Free and Accepted
Masons;  with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and with the Rotary
Club. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Dr. James D.
Cady married, June 7, 1906, Willie Sue Armstrong, of Comanche, Texas,
daughter of Richard G. and Narcissa (Sheltridge) Armstrong. Their children
are:  Richard C., a student in Colgate University; and Sara Jane.

CALKINS,  M.D.,  Frederic Russell

     Dr. Calkins was born in Jefferson County, New York, April 16, 1871, son
of Edmund B. and Rose Anne (Bibbins), Calkins, both natives of Jefferson
County, where the paternal family dates from the year 1800. The father, a
contractor, died in April, 1914. Dr. Calkins was educated in the local
public schools and at Ives Seminary, obtaining his professional preparation
at Bellevue Medical College, New York City, which conferred on him in 1894
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. That same year he began a general practice
in Watertown which he continued for a decade. In 1904, that specialization
in surgery began which has made him one of the most famous surgeons in New
York State. He combines an accuracy of diagnosis, delicacy and precision of
touch, carefulness of technique and sympathy for the patient in all his work
and thus accomplishes wonderful results. He is a member of the Jefferson
County, New York State, and American Medical Association, and a Fellow of
the American College of Surgeons. He is chief of the surgical staff of the
Good Samaritan Hospital, and of Mercy Hospital.He served as a coroner of
Jefferson County from 1901 to 1907. During World War was on the Examining
Board. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Watertown Lodge, No.
49, Watertown Chapter, No. 59, Watertown Commandery, No. 11, Central
Consistory, holding the thirty-second degree,  and of Media Temple, Ancient
Arabic order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows; and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On April 23, 1896,
Frederic R. Calkins married Evangeline P. Cadwell, a native of his own
county, daughter of Henry V. and Matilda (Miller) Cadwell. Her father died
in 1901, and her mother is still living. A son was born to them; Frederic
Russell Calkins, Jr., graduate of Johns Hopkins University with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts. He married Martha Stewart, of Oklahoma, by whom he has
a son, Frederic Russell (3).

CAMP,  Earl W.

     He was born in South New Berlin, New York, July 6, 1888, son of Jay H.
and Jane A. (Sage) Camp, both natives of that village. His father, died May
18, 1924. Earl W. Camp was educated in the local public schools and in the
Norwich, New York, High School. His inclinations were naturally in the line
of banking, and for finance he has a real aptitude. Mr. Camp entered the
Chenango National Bank at Norwich, New York, in February,1907 and remained
in that association until April 1, 1922, rising from one position to another
of increasing responsibility, until he became teller. He resigned in order
to assist in the organization of the First National Bank of Greene, which
occurred in March, 1922. Mr. Camp enlisted for service in the World War,
leaving this country on November 23, 1917, and remaining overseas for one
year. He was regimental supply sergeant of the Three Hundred and Third
Ammunition Train of the Seventy-eighth Division. In May, 1919, Sergeant Camp
was honorably discharged at Camp Dix, New Jersey. He is a member of the
Societe 40 Hommes at 8 Chevaux and of the Eastern Light Lodge, No. 126, Free
and Accepted Masons, and Norwich Lodge, No. 1222, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. On September 17, 1913 in Binghamton, New York, Earl W. Camp
married Mabel D. Folmsbee, born in that town, daughter of Charles E. and
Jeannette (Moffat) Folmsbee.

CAMPBELL,  Dr. Clarence Wellington

     Vice-president and general manager of the Dexter Sulphite Pulp and
Paper Company, of Dexter, New York, is one of Dexter's leading citizens. He
is a son of Dr. Charles E. and Eugenia W. (Gillespie) Campbell, the father,
who was a physician and surgeon, having died in 1913. The mother, a native
of Knoxville, Tennessee, is still living. Clarence W. Campbell was born in
New York City, December 7, 1873. He was educated for the medical profession,
his preliminary training being received in the public schools and by private
tuition. He attended Yale, and later Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons, from which he graduated in 1898 with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. Dr. Campbell took post-graduate work at Bellevue Hospital in New
York City and practiced medicine until 1902. In that year he came to Dexter
and became interested in a manufacturing and mechanical line of business,
instead of carrying on his professional work, and has since been connected
with the Dexter Sulphite Pulp and Paper Company, as vice-president and
general manager up to the present time. Fraternally he is affiliated with
Watertown Lodge, No. 49, Free and Accepted Masons, Watertown Chapter, No.
59, Royal Arch Masons; and Media Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. Dr. Campbell married, February 15, 1903, Alice M. Oxley, of
New York City, daughter of John Oxley.

CAREY,  Henry Arthur

     He was born at Saranac Lake, New York, April 14, 1890, the son of
Patrick H., and Anna (Finnegan) Carey. He was educated in the public
schools, and was graduated from the Saranac Lake High School. He chose
Cornell University for the completion of his studies and was graduated in
1912 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar March
14, 1913, and practiced in Cortland, New York, for a year.  In 1914 he
established himself in the Insurance business in Ithaca from October 20,
1914, until January 1, 1924 when it was incorporated. He was president of
the H.A. Carey Company, Inc. which is a general agent for the Fidelity and
Casualty Company of New York. Mr. Carey has served as a director of the New
York State Insurance Agents Association. He is a director of the Ithaca
Board of Commerce. Mr. Carey also is one of the organizers of the Ithaca
Theater Company, Inc. It was created by the consolidation of the Strand
Theater Corporation, the Crescent Corporation, and the Star Theater, Inc.,
which took place in April, 1920. Mr. Carey was general manager, secretary
and treasurer of the Ithaca Theater Company, Inc. He is a member of the
Ithaca Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Knights of
Columbus; and the Roman Catholic church, attending the church of the
Immaculate Conception. Mr. Carey was married, September 22, 1915, to Miss
Margaret Driscoll, daughter of Patrick and Lucy (Tehan) Driscoll, of Ithaca.
They are the parents of Lucy Rita, born August 3, 1916; Patricia, born
November 11, 1918; Henry A. Carey, Jr., born August 1, 1920; William Robert,
born March 7, 1924. The family residence is at No. 106 Dunmore Place.

CALVERT,  Charles Crossman

     He was born in Sterling, New York, March 12, 1893, son of Harvey J. and
Gertrude (Crossman) Calvert. His father is a prosperous farmer. The son
attended public grammar and high schools at Hannibal, Oswego County, New
York and took a two-year special course at Cornell University. Until 1922 he
was farming.He then joined the selling forces of the New York Life Insurance
Company, in Syracuse, and was, on October 15, 1925, promoted to his present
position as agency director in Watertown.  Mr. Calvert is a member of  Lodge
No. 49, Free and Accepted Masons, as well as of the Kiwanis Club. On June
27, 1917, C. Crossman Calvert married Edith B. Hall, daughter of John and
Rachel (Hunt) Hall, of Wellesley, Massachusetts.

CARPENTER, Bert Ray

     He was the son of Frank W. and Bessie L. (Westacott) Carpenter, and was
born June 3, 1885, in Batavia, where he attended the public schools,
afterwards being associated for five years with musical and theatrical
matters. In August, 1908, Mr. Carpenter entered the insurance field, at once
becoming associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; and in
1916, he was appointed assistant manager of the Malone, New York, section of
the Plattsburg district. Mr. Carpenter was stationed at Malone, New York,
until March, 1923, when he was promoted to its manager and on December 3,
1924, he was transferred to the Cortland offices. Fraternally, Mr. Carpenter
is a member of Constellation Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Malone: of
Constellation Chapter No. 28, Royal Arch Masons; and of the Commandery,
Knights Templar. Bert R. Carpenter married, January 7, 1916, Maude B.
Powell, of Buffalo, adopted daughter of E.H. and Emma (Powell) Lowe, and
their children are:  Jean W.; and Elizabeth M. The family resides at No. 109
North Main street, Cortland.

CARRIER,  Charles L.

      He is the son of Rush and Lovisa (Rees) Carrier, both parents having
been born in Sherburne. The father, who was born in 1829 and died in 1896,
was a harness maker by trade. The mother was born in 1832 and died in
February, 1925, at the age of ninety-two. Charles L. Carrier was born in
Sherburne, New York, March 13, 1871. He was educated in the local public
schools and in a military school at Fort Plain, New York, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1891. In 1893 he started in the boot and shoe
business in Sherburne with a Mr. Collins under the firm name, Collins and
Carrier. Two years later they went into the undertaking business as well,
under the firm name of Charles L. Carrier and Company. After ten years of
success, Mr. Carrier sold out his interest in both concerns. He also went
into business with Mr. Fred H. Wilcox under the firm name of Wilcox and
Carrier, for 14 years, dealers in flour, feed and grain. He was appointed to
the office of acting postmaster on January 18, 1923, and in 1924 received
the regular appointment for four years from President Coolidge. Fraternally
Mr. Carrier is a member of Lodge No. 444, Free and Accepted Masons; Chapter
No. 253, of Chenango, Royal Arch Masons; Norwich Commandery, No. 46, Knights
Templar; Ziyara Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at
Utica. Mr. Carrier married, March 13, 1895, Louise Adelaide Fuller of
Sherburne, and they have two children:  Harriet de Forrest Carrier, born in
1898; and Rush Fuller, born in 1900.

CARTER,  A. Bion

     Of an old Jefferson County family, Mr. Carter is a son of Asa T.
Carter, a farmer, who died in 1893, and Amanda (Cross) Carter, of Antwerp,
who died in 1897. A. Bion Carter was born June 23, 1857, at Great Bend, in
Jefferson County, and after attending the public schools, he was graduated
at Ives Seminary. He entered upon his business career as a telegraph
operator, and he was associated with the activities of railroad work until
he was twenty-one years old, when he joined with L.J. Goodale in the
management of the Ray estate, of France. He officiated as superintendent of
the Otter Lake and Mosse River tanneries, and was connected with the
business of the United States Leather Company, at Fine, New York, until
1901, when he became the organizer and founder of the National Exchange Bank
of Carthage. Fraternally Mr. Carter is affiliated with Carthage Lodge, No.
158, Free and Accepted Masons: Carthage Chapter, No. 259, Royal Arch Masons:
Watertown Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar; and with Media Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  He is a member of the
Carthage Chamber of Commerce and of the Black River Valley, Jefferson County
Golf, of Watertown, and Carthage clubs. A. Bion Carter married, October 17,
1883, Lelia M. Wentworth, who died on January 24, 1923, at City Hospital,
Watertown, and is buried in the family lot in Carthage. She was a daughter
of Oliver C. and Melissa (Winsor) Wentworth. Their Children: (1) Lulu I., a
graduate of Fort Edward Seminary; married S. M. Strickland, and their
children are: Carter, Margaret, Janet, and Lelia M.  (2) Helen W., a
graduate of Emerson College, of Boston; Married P.M. Lee. (3) Erma L., a
graduate of the Sargent School of Physical Eduction, of Cambridge,
Massachusetts.

CARTER,  Hon. Milton

     He was born at South Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, April. 10,
1865, the eldest of three sons of Cornelius and Mary Elizabeth (Knox)
Carter. His father, son of Isaac Carter, was born in Martinsburg, Lewis
County, New York, August 29, 1816, and died February 12, 1905. The father
first married Polly Winslow, at South Edwards, New York, who died about
1863, survived by their four children: Hale Carter, Cora, who died in
infancy; Orpha (Carter) Dancer, now deceased; and Lyle Carter, who now
resides at Elbridge, near Syracuse, New York. For his second wife he married
Mary Elizabeth Knox, a daughter of William H. and Maria (Earl) Knox, who
survived him until March 21, 1911. They had three children: Milton, of whom
further; Ellsworth J., who died August 16, 1899; Charles A., who resides at
Lowville, New York. Milton Carter was educated in the public school at South
Edwards and at the Wesleyan Seminary, Gouverneur, New York, deciding to
adopt the profession of Law. To accomplish this purpose he pursued a
preparatory course of reading and study in the offices of Earl Bancroft, of
Edwards, New York, and of Hon. Edward H. Neary of Gouverneur, New York, and
was eventually admitted to the bar in November, 1893. He settled in
Harrisville, town of Diana, Lewis County, New York where he practiced law.
In 1902 he was elected District Attorney of Lewis County from January 1,
1903, to January 1, 1909. On February 17, 1910 he was appointed by Governor
Charles E. Hughes to the office County Judge and Surrogate of Lewis County.
His offices are in the county courthouse at Lowville, New York, and he
resides with his family at No. 102 Dayan Street, Lowville, New York. Judge
Carter is a member of the Lowville Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Lowville Club. He is also a member
of the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 2, of Lowville.
Judge Carter married, at South Edwards, New York, May 23, 1896, Minnie Olin,
a daughter of Russell and Harriet J. (Crocker) Olin, and born near Orwell,
New York, October 4, 1878. Judge and Mrs. Carter are the parents of six
children: (1) Theodore R., born January 7, 1899. (2) Ellsworth J., (3) Verna
M., born December 26, 1904. (4) Ruth M., born January 1, 1905 (5) Milton,
born October 12, 1908. (6) Margaret E., born September 15, 1910.

CARTWRIGHT, M.D., Silas S. Cartwright

     He was born in Roxbury, Delaware County, October 16, 1833, and with the
exception of the years which he spent away from his native place while
attending school and college he spent his entire long and useful life in the
town of his birth. Silas S. Cartwright received his early education in the
public schools of Roxbury, and then attended high school at Hobart, Delaware
County. He came to New York City to take up the study of medicine at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he was graduated with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1852. In 1852 he established himself in the
general practice of his profession at Roxbury up to the time of his death,
July 31, 1910. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War, he was
postmaster, but gave up this work as well as his private practice to become
a surgeon in the Medical Corps with the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth
Regiment, New York Volunteers. From 1903 to 1910 he again occupied the
office of postmaster. He was a member of the New York State Medical Society
and of the Delaware County Medical Society. Dr. Cartwright married, at
Roxbury, November 6, 1854, Mary Mead, daughter of Levi and Harriet (Keator)
Mead. Dr. and Mrs. Cartwright were the parents of eight children: Almerin;
Cyrus; Hattie; George; Mary L.; Elizabeth; Henry G.; and Susan A., the
latter the wife of William Barrett of Roxbury.

CASWELL,  Nelson Remington

     He was born at Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, August 25, 1864, a
son of the late Nelson and Robey C. (Remington) Caswell, both natives and
lifelong residents of Onondaga County, where the former was for many years a
successful gunsmith. He was educated in the public grammar and high schools
of his native town, and upon leaving school entered the banking business,
being connected for some six years with the Merchants National Bank of
Syracuse. He then became treasurer of the Remington Paper and Power Company;
treasurer of the Harrisville Lumber Company, director of the Watertown
Manufacturing Company and the Watertown Canning Company. He served nine
years on the school board of Gouverneur, he also was president of the First
National Bank of Gouverneur. Nelson R. Caswell married  Myra Augusta Frost,
a daughter of George Philip and Emily (Cool) Frost, of Syracuse, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Caswell are the parents of five children: (1) Edna Remington,
married to Leslie Earle David. (2) George Rollin, (3) Nelson Alfred (4)
Robert Frost (5) Richard Remington.

CAVANAGH, D.D.S., George L.

     Dr. Cavanagh's father, William T. Cavanagh, who died in 1924, was a
native of the Province of Ontario, Canada. His mother was Mary Brennan of
Jefferson County, New York. Mr. Cavanagh was for many years a prosperous
coal and wood merchant. George L. Cavanagh was born at Watertown, July 3,
1893, and after attending the public high schools of his native town entered
Pittsburgh University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1918,
with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. After completing his dental
course, Dr. Cavanagh was associated with Dr. Casler of Watertown, until
1921, when he established independent practice, with offices in the
Woolworth Building. He is a member of the Jefferson County Dental
Association, the New York State Dental Association, and the National Dental
Association. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of the
Black River Valley Club, the Kiwanis Club of Watertown. Early in the World
War he enlisted and was sent to Camp Greenleaf, Officers' Training Corps. He
received his honorable discharge with the rank of first lieutenant. Dr.
George L. Cavanagh married, May 18, 1923, Helen M. Warren, daughter of J.J.
and Ellen M. (Tuft) Warren, and they are the parents of one child.

CEPERLEY,  Hon. Andrew E.

      He is a son of Chauncey Ceperley, a farmer, and of Emaline (Ackley)
Ceperley, both natives of Oneonta, and both parents now deceased. Andrew E.
Ceperley was born January 21, 1858, in Laurens, Otsego County. He attended
the public schools at Oneonta, after which he taught school for about eight
years. Entering upon a business career, Mr. Ceperley was instrumental in
establishing one of the first steam laundries in this section, under the
firm name Ceperley & Gardner, which continued successfully ten years. Mr.
Ceperley  then sold his interest therein to accept his appointment as
secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, which had just then
completed its new building in Oneonta, which he held that office for ten
years. In 1913, the Ceperley & Morgan Real Estate Company, Inc., was
organized, with Mr. Ceperley as president and manager at 198--200 Main
Street. He was elected Mayor of Oneonta in 1917, 1919 and 1921. Fraternally
he is affiliated with Lodge No. 466, Free and Accepted Masons: Lodge No.
1312, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Order of the Maccabees;
and with the Oneonta Club, and the Oneonta Country Club. Hon. Andrew E.
Ceperley married, March 12, 1879, Ruth Gifford; they have one son, Clarence
V. Ceperley, who is engaged in the printing business in Oneonta.

CHAMPLIN,  Hon. George Major

     County Judge and Surrogate of Cortland County, New York, was born
November 18, 1877, in the town of Summer Hill, Cayuga County, New York. His
father was Byron G. Champlin, and his mother Lucy (Brink) Champlin, both
deceased. He received his early education in the Moravia High School, and
took the classical course at the State Normal School in Cortland, from which
he was graduated in 1900. In 1901, he entered the Law School of Cornell
University, and was graduated from there in 1904. He was admitted to the bar
of the State of New York in July of that year, and established himself in
Cortland, forming a partnership with A.J.Buck. This partnership continued
for thirteen years, until January, 1918. In 1907 Mr. Champlin was elected
City Judge of the City of Cortland , serving his city for six years. In 1917
he was elected County Judge and Surrogate of Cortland County, and in 1923
was reelected for a term of six years. He is a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Cortland State Normal School, being the secretary and
treasurer of the Board. He was formerly a member of the Board of Trustees of
the New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis at Raybrook, New
York. Since 1922 Judge Champlin has acted as Judge of the County Children's
Court in which the rights and interests of neglected and delinquent children
are looked after. Judge Champlin is a member of the American Bar
Association, the New York State Bar Association, Cortland County Bar
Association. Judge Champlin was married, July 22, 1903, to Susan A. Delavan,
of Willet, Cortland County, daughter of Wilbur J. and Adaline (Crittenden)
Delavan, both deceased. Judge and Mrs. Champlin are the parents of two
children: Ruth Delavan, Helen Elizabeth. The home address of Judge Champlin
is No. 47 West Court; his office is the Court House, Cortland.

CHANDLER,  Harlan Dye

     He was born in Brookfield, Madison County, March 7, 1885, son of
Charles C. and Ruby A. (Dye) Chandler. His father, born in Columbus, New
York in 1859 was a general contractor and owner of the Earlville Telephone
Company, until his death, June 24, 1924. His mother, born in Brookfield in
1859, is alive and hearty. Harlan Dye Chandler was educated in the
Brookfield High School, from which he graduated in 1902. After reading law
with Norman A. Crumb for two years and ten months in Brookfield, he attended
Syracuse University for two years, and in 1907 was graduated with the degree
of Bachelor of Laws. In March he was admitted to the bar and practiced for
three years in an office of his own in Earlville. He is a member of the
County Bar Association. In 1910 Mr. Chandler joined his father in the
operation of the Earlville Telephone Company and has since been general
manager and secretary. In 1917 he purchased the Morrisville Telephone
Company and now controls about nine hundred stations. Mr. Chandler is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 622, and Sherburne
Lodge, No. 444, Free and Accepted Masons, as well as the Canasawacta Country
Club of Norwich. He attends the Methodist church. On May 14, 1908, Harlan
Dye Chandler married Mary E. Clarke of Brookfield, New York and they reside
in Earlville.

CHANEY,  Judge Ceylon Glenn

      He is judge of the surrogate court. Judge Chaney was born at De Kalb,
St. Lawrence County, New York, December 27, 1881, son of Rufus and Sarah
(Sayles) Partridge, of De Kalb, New York. The name Partridge was changed to
Chaney by order of the Supreme Court at the time of the marriage of Sarah
(Sayles) Partridge to Gaylord T. Chaney. Judge Chaney's father, Rufus
Partridge, died in 1884. Gaylord T.Chaney, Judge Chaney's stepfather, is a
prominent attorney in Hermon, New York. Judge Ceylon G. Chaney was educated
in the public and high school of his locality, at Union College, and at
Albany Law School, from which he graduated in 1903 with the degree of
Bachelor of Laws.  He was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1903. That same
year Judge Chaney established himself in law offices of his own at Canton
and has built up a large and lucrative clientele in the intervening
twenty-two years. He served for five years as the justice of the peace, for
ten years as supervisor of Canton, for many years as clerk of the Surrogate
Court. His appointment as judge came January 1, 1924. He is a member of
Lodge No. 111, Free and Accepted Masons, holding the thirty-second degree,
and of Media Temple, Ancient Arabic order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Clubs: The Club of Canton; the Potsdam Country; and the Citizens. On October
3, 1905, Ceylon G. Chaney married Maud Kelly, of Hermon, New York, daughter
of James and Maria (Burnham) Kelly, and they are the parents of a daughter;
Marian Elizabeth, a graduate of Canton High School, now (1926) in St.
Lawrence College.

CHAPIN,  M.D., Claude Erastus

      Dr. Claude E. Chapin, a son of William and Addie (Crook) Chapin, was
born April 17, 1890, in Philadelphia, New York, where he attended the high
school. Preparing for his profession at Medill Medical College, Montreal,
Canada, he was graduated there in the class of 1915, with his degree of
Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Chapin, during the World War, enlisted in June,
1917, in the Medical Reserve Corps and was called for active service
Nobember 1, 1917, and assigned to duty at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; sailed
for France with the Seventh Division, August 13, 1918, commanding the
Twenty-second Field Hospital Train. He returned to the United States in
June, 1919, and was honorably discharged at Camp Dix, June 23, 1919, with
the rank of captain.After his return from World War, Dr. Chapin began to
reside in Homer, and with his office in Cortland, he gives special attention
to children's diseases. He is a member of the staff of Cortland County
Hospital; and he was president of the Cortland County Medical Society,
1924-25; and a member of the State Medical Society; and the American Medical
Association; and of the Syracuse Academy of Medicine. Fraternally he is a
member of Homer Lodge, No. 352, Free and Accepted Masons; and of the
American legion; also is a member of the Exchange Club of Cortland. Dr.
Claude E. Chapin married, September 24, 1913, June M. Gray, of Philadelphia;
and they are the parents of a daughter, Betty June, who was born in Homer,
June 16, 1922.

CHARLEBOIS,  John Philip

      The father of John Philip Charlebois, was born in the province of
Quebec, Canada, but came in early life to Jefferson County and established
himself on a farm near Clayton. He married Helen Bertrand, of Cape Vincent,
New York, and on February 17, 1877, a son was born, in Clayton, New York,
whom they named John Philip. This son was reared on the farm, attending the
district school until his studies were finished and he was prepared for
business.  He at once became connected with the building and contracting
business, being employed by Charlebois Brothers. He remained with this firm
for about ten years, and then, in 1908, established himself in the
contracting business, and since that time has constructed many of the finest
buildings in that section of New York State, including banks, theaters,
office buildings, schools, fine residences, and some of the large and
beautiful hotels of Northern New York. Mr. Charlebois is director of the
Community Building Association. John P. Charlebois married, February 4,
1902, Edith M. Knight, who died October 19, 1918, daughter of Royal and Mary
(McKay) Knight. They were the parents of two daughters: Eva M., wife of
Kenneth Rogers; they