The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century, Vol. I, Part 1

Author: Matthews, George E., & Co., pub
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y., G.E. Matthews & Co.
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THE MEN OF NEW YORK:


A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS OF CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE STATE PROMINENT IN BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL LIFE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.


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PREFACE


TO KNOW the .. men of a time is the first requisite to an under- standing of the time itself. Words alone can tell but half the


story. No man is more than half comprehended by those who have never seen him. History becomes comprehensible to even a sluggish imagination when a visit is paid to a great portrait collection like that at Hampton Court or The Hague. Then the name that has been a mere abstraction on the printed page, takes a new life as the student gazes into the very features of the statesman or the warrior; and feels that in his time there was a living man, with blood as warm and mind as keen as has the friend by his side to-day. One portrait by itself cannot bring out this feeling of the integrity and continuity of humanity; but a collection of the contemporaries of any character makes his environment realizable, and therefore his personality more comprehensible.


The compilers of this collection of portraits and biographies have not deluded themselves into the belief that they were making history. They know that much of biography is but the raw material upon which history is founded, and that photographic portraiture is but one of the humbler branches of art; but they have felt that there was room and need for the preservation of some record of the men who were a great part of the life of a great state in these last years of a great century.


The labor has been longer and more engrossing than anyone anticipated when it began, but the result will, they trust, meet the approval of even the highest expectations. No effort has been spared to obtain the most complete and accurate information concerning each


PREFACE


subject of a biography; and the portraits have been made with the greatest care from photographs in the majority of cases taken especially for the work.


* The conditions inseparable from printing in parts have made it impossible to preserve the alphabetical arrangement throughout the two volumes; but each volume will be found to have a separate index, and in the second volume will be found a synoptical index of the entire work. In this index is given an outline of the biography of each subject, and also the occurrences since the original publication of the biography. As these biographies were written and published continuously during the years 1896 and 1897, this outline has been found needful in bringing the information up to the beginning of 1898.


In the first volume are included the. biographies of citizens living in 1896 and 1897 in the western section of this state. The second volume is divided into several sections covering the rest of the state, and also contains the biographies of prominent citizens who died shortly before the work was undertaken. The synoptical index, also, will be found in this volume.


The compilers and publishers submit the work to the consideration of their friends and the public with the sincere belief that, though far from perfect, it will be found to be of permanent value, and by far the most monumental work of the kind ever undertaken. Certainly no expense has been spared to make it worthy of preservation.


INDEX OF SUBJECTS IN VOL. I


PAGE.


PAGE.


ABELL, C. LEE,


Buffalo,


449


BUNTING, THOMAS L.,


Hamburg,


93


ADAMS, S. CARY,


66


189


CAMPBELL, JAMES A.,


Buffalo,


321


ALEXANDER, D. S.,


66


17


CARY, CHARLES S.,


Olean, .


9-1


ALLEN, JAMES A., .


66


190


CARY, EUGENE, .


Niagara Falls, 433


ALTMAN, HENRY,


344


CASE, JASON D., .


Franklinville, 117


APPLEYARD, EDWARD,


Jamestown, 177


CHALMERS, JAMES,


Williamsville, 292


ASHLEY, EUGENE M.,


Lockport, .


431


CHESTER, CARL T.,


Buffalo,


45-4


ATKINS, ROBERT F ..


Buffalo,


450


CLARK, EDWARD, CLARK, JOSEPHIUS II.,


Jamestown, I18


BABCOCK, JEROME,


Jamestown,


113


CLARK, MYRON 11.,


Buffalo, 194


BALL, CHARLES A.,


Wellsville,


114


CLINTON, GEORGE,


412


BALTZ, GEORGE,


Buffalo,


303 305


CLINTON, SPENCER, CLOSE, EMORY P.,


196


BARNES, ALFRED J.,


66


144


COATSWORTH, EDWARD E ..


197


BARNUM, STEPHEN O.,


..


144


COBB, WILLARD A., COLE, IRVING W.,


Buffalo, 315


BARTLETT, EUGENE M.,


CONGDON, JOSEPH M.,


Gowanda, 293


BARTLETT, FRANK L.,


Olean, .


115


CONNERS, WILLIAM J ..


Buffalo, 283


BECKER, AUGUST,


Buffalo,


242


COOK, EDWARD L.,


198


BECKER, PHILIP',


CORBETT, CHARLES II.,


Sherman,


178


BECKER, TRACY C., BEDELL, OSSIAN,


Grand Island,


4:22


CORNELL, S. DOUGLAS,


25


BENNETT, EDWARD,


Buffalo,


453


CORNWELL, WILLIAM C.,


26


BENNETT, LEWIS J.,


145


COTHRAN, GEORGE W., COUCH, ASA STONE,


Fredonia,


119


BICKFORD, R. II.,


440


CRANGLE, ROLAND,


Buffalo,


891


BINGHAM, GEORGE, BIRGE, M. II.,


243


CROSTHWAITE, JOHN L.,


66


4:24


BISHOP, CILARLES F.,.


..


19


CUDDEBACK, WM. II., CUNNEEN, JOIN,


6.


149


BISSELL, WILSON S., .


20


27


BLASDELL, HEMAN M ..


North Collins, 289


21


DAMBACH, WILLIAM C.,


.:


323


BOOKSTAVER, WILLIAM,


Dunkirk,


290


DARRISON, JOHN T.,


Lockport, 96


BRADISHI, WILLIAM HI.,


Buffalo, 451


192


DEPEW, GANSON, DIEHL, CONRAD,


Buffalo, 66


324


BROWNELL, GEORGE F ..


New York, 411


Buffalo, 353


DOUGLASS, SILAS J.,


425


BRUNN, CHARLES A.,


DOW, ALBERT G.,


Randolph, 121


BRUSH, HARLAN W.,


DRAKE, MARCUS M.,


Buffalo,


306


BRYANT, JOHN C., .


North Tonawanda, 453 Buffalo, 23


DUCKWITZ, F. II.,


392


66


18


COREY, FRED D.,


Buffalo, 390


199


BERRICK, CHARLES,


281


441


CRONIN, PATRICK,


148


BISSELL, HERBERT P.,


..


304


CUSHMAN, CHARLES W., DAKE, MOSES W.


16


322


BLEISTEIN, GEORGE, . BLOCHER, JOIN,


147


DARK, THOMAS, .


201


BRENDEL, HENRY W., BRIGGS, ALBERT EI., . BRIGGS, GEORGE W., . BROADHEAD, WILLIAM,


Jamestown, 116


DORR, SAMUEL G .. . DOUGLASS, GIBSON I


455


BRUNDAGE, FRANK, .


423


DAVIS, GEORGE A., DEAN, BEN. S.,


Buffalo, 245


Jamestown, 97


150


Orchard Park, 432


151


BARTHOLOMEW, ABRAM,


250


421


Lockport, 95


244


BANTA, ROLLIN L.,


193


AUSTIN, JAMES R., .


241


191


200


Buffalo,


INDEX OF VOL. 1- Continued


PAGK.


DUDLEY, JOSEPII P., .


Buffalo, 28


HILL, HENRY W.,


Buffalo,


DUDLEY, WESLEY C.,


325


IHILL, HERBERT M.,


212


DUKE, GRANT,


Wellsville, 122


HINGSTON, EDWARD J.,


158


DUNBAR, CHARLES F.,


Buffalo, 153 HODSON, DEVOE P.,


327


DUSENBURY, JOIIN E ..


Portville,


123 HOOKER, WARREN B.,


Fredonia,


234


Buffalo,


202


HOPKINS, NELSON K.,


Buffalo,


41


Lockport, .


294


HORNADAY, WILLIAM T., HOTCHKISS, WILLIAM IL.,


New York,


43


Niagara Falls, 99


Buffalo, 159


397


EMERSON, HENRY P.,


252


332


HOWARD, HENRY C., .


398


429


FISIIER, JEROME B.,


Jamestown,


385


HUFF, JAMES B., .


Tonawanda,


458


FLAGLEK, BENJAMIN,


Niagara Falls,


125


IIUGHIES, JOIN,


Buffalo,


215


FLAGLER, THOMAS T.,


Lockport, .


Buffalo,


154


IIUGHSON, GEORGE H. IIULL, JOIIN M., .


Jamestown,


362


FOLSOM, BENJAMIN, FORSYTII, JAMES G., FOWLER, JOSEPII, . FRANCHOT, N. V. V.,


Olean, .


101


HUTCHINSON, E. H.,


45


FROST, GEORGE II.,


Buffalo,


396


IRISHI, WILLIAM M.,


Olean, .


107


FULLER, FRED'K A., JR., GASKILL, JOSHUA, .


Lockport,


102


JACKSON, WILLIS K.,


Buffalo,


161


GATCHIELL, GEORGE S. GAVIN, JOSEPH E.,


Buffalo,


33


JEWELL, J. R.,


Olean, . Buffalo,


255


GERST, PIIILIP,


GIBSON, BYRON D.,


East Aurora,


333


JEWETT, SHERMAN S.,


66


216


GILBERT, FRANK T.,


Buffalo,


206


KELDERHOUSE, JOIIN. KELLY, FAYETTE,


66


307


GLENN, WILLIAM J.,


Cuba,


179


GLUCK, JAMES FRASER,


Buffalo,


31


KENDALL, FREDERICK,


256


GOODYEAR, CHARLES W.,


35


KENEFICK, DANIEL J .. . KISSELBURGII. WM. E., JR., KLINCK, CHRISTIAN. .


6


399


GOULD, CHARLES A., .


New York,


207


66


47


GRATTAN, WILLIAM S.,


Buffalo,


370


KNIGHIT, ERASTUS C.,


48


GRAVES, JOHN C.,


KOERNER, HERMAN T., .


217


GREEN, ELEAZER,


Jamestown,


104


KRAUSS, WILLIAM C ..


285


GREEN, S. S.,


Buffalo,


208


LAMBERT, JOHN S.,


Fredonia,


435


GREENE, WALTER D.,


LAMY, CHARLES,


Buffalo,


25;


GROSS, ROBERT J., .


Dunkirk,


105


LAMY, GEORGE II .. LARKIN, JOHN D .. .


430


HALLER, FREDERICK,


354


LASCELLES, JOIN II.,


49


HAMMOND, CLARENCE W.,


442


LATTIMER, GEORGE E.,


400


HAMMOND, RICHARD,


..


426


LAUGHILIN, FRANK C ..


308


HAMMOND, WILLIAM W.,


39/


LAUGHLIN, JOHN, .


50


IIARRINGTON, DEVILLO W.


210


LETCHWORTHL, WM. P.,


162


HART, LOUIS B., .


LEWIS, GEORGE L.,


258


HASTINGS, ARTHUR C.,


Niagara Falls,


386


LEWIS, LORAN L., .


51


HATCHI, EDWARD W.,


Buffalo, 249


155


LITTELL, HARDIN HETIL, .


Buffalo,


53


HAWLEY, ELIAS S ..


413


LOCKWOOD, DANIEL N.,


54


HAWLEY, LUCIAN, .


250


LOTHROP, THOMAS,


164


HAYES, CHARLES E ..


251


LOVE, WILLIAM II.,


12


HAZEL, JOIIN R.,


66


212


LOVERIDGE, EDWARD D.


Cuba, .


181


HEFFORD, ROBERT K.,


66


372


LUND, JOHN,


Buffalo,


375


HENDERSON, WILLIAM IL.,


Randolph,


126


LYTH, ALFRED, MCCANN, JOHN A. MCEWEN, JOHN, .


260


HEQUEMBOURG, C. E.,


Dunkirk,


106


McGERALD, SAMUEL, MEMASTER, ALEXANDER,


HICKMAN, ARTHUR W


Buffalo,


326


MCMILLAN, DANIEL HI .. .


311


IHIGGINS, FRANK W.,


Olean, .


127 MCNAUGHTAN, D. NATHANIEL,


60


214


355


FLEISCHMANN, GUSTAV, FLEMING, EDWIN,


31


246


HULTGREN, CARL OTTO, HUMPHREY, JOIN W., JR .. . HUNTLEY, CHARLES R., HURD, HARVEY J ...


Buffalo,


160


44


Jamestown,


434


JACKSON, WILLIAM B.,


Holland,


295


205


JEWETT, EDGAR B.,


248


JEWETT, JOHN C., .


373


284


GOODYEAR, FRANK II.,


11


HAIGHT, ALBERT,


Buffalo,


38


LINCOLN, CHARLES Z.,


Little Valley, 108


HEALY, M. J.,


371


LOW, JAMES,


Niagara Falls, 182


250


IIENGEREK, WILLIAM, IIENNIG, HERMAN,


Buffalo,


40


427


Wellsville, 935 Buffalo, 347


HICKEY, CHARLES,


Lockport.


180


EGGERT, OLIVER J., ELLSWORTH, TIMOTHY E .. ELV, WILLIAM CARYL, EMERSON, GEORGE D.,


Buffalo, 369


30


HOWARD, ETHAN II., HOWARD, FREDERICK,


EMERY, EDWARD K., . FAIRCHILD, JOSEPII L .. FARNIIAM, CHARLES C., FENNER, MILTON M.,


Fredonia, 124


395


HOVT, WILLIAM B., HUBBELL, ALVIN A.,


IIUBBELL, MARK S.,


100


254


443


128


32


204


129


374


36


346


219


211


HAWKS, EDWARD C., .


PAGE.


393


INDEX OF VOL. I- Continued


MACK, NORMAN E.,


Buffalo,


377 220


RICE, EDWARD R.,


225


MACOMBER, WILLIAM,


262


RICHARDSON, WILLIAM,


227


MALIANY, ROWLAND B.,


66


310


RICHMOND, JEWETT M ..


444


MALLALIEU, WILLARD F ..


Boston,


55


RICHMOND, WILLIAM.


Niagara Falls, 187


Olean, .


131


Williamsville, 297


Buffalo, 69


MARCY, WILLIAM L.,


404


MARSHALL, CHARLES D.


172


MARVIN, ROBERT N., .


Jamestown, 100


70


MATTESON, PRICE A.,


Buffalo,


315


ROOT, FRANCIS S.,


380


MATTHEWS, GEORGE E.,


ROTHI, EDWARD C.,


..


459


MAYER, JOSEPH B.,


166


RUMSEY, BRONSON C., (portrait, )


7I


MESSER, L. F ...


66


66


72


MICKLE, HERBERT,


Sanborn,


387


MILLER, CHARLES H.,


Yorkshire,


183


Buffalo,


270


MILLER, CHARLES W.,


Buffalo, 379


57


Niagara Falls,


366


MILLER, PETER P.,


66


221


Buffalo,


406


MISCHKA, JOSEPII, .


401


407


MOONEY, JAMES,


0.6


169


SCOTT. ALLEN D., SEIBERT, SIMON, SESSIONS, FRANK E.,


Jamestown, 298


MORGAN, WILLIAM J.,


Buffalo,


264


SESSIONS, WALTER L.,


Buffalo,


73


MURRAY, CHARI.ES D.,


Dunkirk, II0


287


NEFF, JOHN W., .


Buffalo, 328


Cherry Creek,


438


NIXON, S. FREDERICK, NORTH, CHARLES J., .


Buffalo,


223


SILVER, DILWORTHI M., SKINNER, EDWARD A., SLATER, JONATHAN L.,


Buffalo,


274


O'BRIEN, E. C. W.,


Buffalo,


415


SMITH, ALBERT R.,


Nortli Tonawanda, 439 Jamestown, Buffalo, 317


75


ORCUTT, WILLIAM H.,


170


SMITHER, ROBERT K.,


445


OTTAWAY, ARTHUR B.,


Westfield, . 184


SOUTIIWICK, A. P.,


229


PANKOW, CHARLES G.,


Buffalo, 316


SPAULDING, E. G., .


66


76


PARK, ROSWELL,


61


Hamburg,


340


PATCH, MAURICE B., PATTERSON, GEORGE W.


Westfield, . 132


230


PAYNE, LEWIS S.,


North Tonawanda, 887


231


PERSONS, WILBER F.,


Delevan, 296


STEARNS, GEORGE R., STEARNS, LESTER F.,


Dunkirk,


185


PETERSON, JESSE,


Lockport, 133


STICKNEY, CHARLES D., STOCKTON, LEWIS,


Buffalo,


275


PETTEBONE. LAUREN W


Buffalo, 364


403


STOWITS, GEORGE II.,


14


PITT, WILLIAM II.,


63


STRASMER, WILLIAM F.,


418


PLUMLEY, EDMUND J.,


16


265


STRAUSS, MATHIAS,


66


79


POOLEV, CHARLES A.,


66


6-1


STROOTMAN, JOIIN.


66


318


PORTER, CYRUS K.,


66


65


SWEET, CHARLES A.,


66


80


PORTER, PETER A.,


Niagara Falls, 865


TABOR, CHARLES F., . TAYLOR, RODNEY M ..


..


408


PRATT, PASCAL P .. PRESTON, JEROME,


Jamestown, 134


THOMPSON, A. PORTER,


.6


350


PROUDFIT, WM. II.,


.6


339


THURSTONE, WILLIAM,


..


232


PUTNAM, EDGAR P.,


66


136


TIFFANY, NELSON O ..


.6


351


PUTNAM, JAMES (.,


Buffalo,


224


TILDEN, J. II.,


277


RAMSDELL, T. T.,


66


67


TILLINGHAST, JAMES,


81


RANDALL, EDWARD C ..


66


268


TILLINGHAST, JAMES W ..


233


REBADOW, ADOLPH,


269


TINDLE, THOMAS. .


175


REINECKE, OTTOMAR.


..


357


TITUS, ROBERT C.,


82


REYBURN, PERRY C., .


Buffalo,


PAGE. 358


MANDEVILLE, WM. II., MARCUS, LOUIS W.,


Buffalo,


165


313


314


RINEWALT, ADAM I .. , ROBERTS, JAMES A., ROBERTSON, ANDREW J. ROBINSON, JOHN W., ROGERS, SHERMAN S.,


452


MEADS, WILLIS H.,


167


RUPP, CHARLES A.,


RYAN, STEPHEN VINCENT, SANBORN, LEE R., . SCHATTNER, JOSEPH P., SCHEU, AUGUSTUS F.,


SCHOELLKOPF, ARTHUR, SCHOELLKOPF, JACOB F., SCHIOELLKOPF, LOUIS, SCHWARTZ, JOIIN L., .


459


MOOT, ADELBERT, . MOREY, NORRIS,


272


MORGAN, JOIIN C.,


Niagara Falls, 486


SHULTS, CHARLES J., SIGMAN, ALBERT J.,


Buffalo,


273


NORTON, NATHANIEL W. NORTON, S. M.,


59


Westfield,


383


O'DAY, DANIEL, .


New York, 60


SMITHI, HIRAM,


139


O'GRADY, DANIEL,


Buffalo, 402


SMITII, LEE II.,


OAKES, FRANK S., .


368


SMITII, T. GUILFORD,


SPENCER, HARVEY S., SPENCER, SETHI S., STAFFORD, JAMES B., STAFFORD, RICHARD II.,


Buffalo, 77


329


PETERSON, FRED'K R.,


Jamestown, 437


266


66


TENNANT, WILLIS II.,


Mayville, 367 Buffalo, 446


PRICE, OSCAR F.,


38I


THORNTON, GEORGE H.,


174


POTTER, WILLIAM W.,


Buffalo,


2.22


271


138


MOVIUS, EDWARD H.,


58


SEYMOUR, HENRY II., SHAFER, EDWARD C.,


417


Friendship,


336


66


349


PITKIN, JOHN T.,


Westfield, 112


263


168


228


MILLER, EDWIN G. S.,


356


13


PAGE.


MACKEY, WILLIAM F.,


171


INDEX OF VOL. I- Continued


TREFTS, JOIIN,


Buffalo, 330


WEBSTER, GEORGE B.,


Buffalo, 360


TRIPP, AUGUSTUS F.,


84


WEILL, HENRY. ..


238


URBAN, GEORGE, JR., .


85


WELLMAN, A. MINNER,


Friendship, 186


VAN DUSEN, ALMON A.,


Mayville, 140


WENDE, ERNEST,


VAN GORDER, GREENLEAF S.,


Buffalo,


234


WENDT, HENRY W.,


448


VEDDER, C. P.,


Ellicottville,


I4I


WENDT, WILLIAM F.,


419


VEDDER, HARRISON N.


Buffalo,


235


WENTWORTHI, ALEXANDER. .


Randolph,


142


VOGT, FREDERICK A.,


WEYAND, CHRISTIAN,


Buffalo,


420


VREELAND, EDWARD B.,


Salamanca,


341


WHEELER, CHARLES B.,


91


VREELAND, OLIVER S., .


WHEELER, GEORGE W.,


239


WADE, ARTHUR C.,


Jamestown,


384


WHITE, TRUMAN C., .


92


WADSWORTH, GEORGE,


Buffalo,


86


WICKS, CHARLES II.


Jamestown,


302


WAITE, RICHARD A.,


87


WICKS, JOIIN (.,


..


389


WALKER, WILLIAM D.,


Buffalo,


176


WII.COX, DAVID J.,


Springville,


342


WALLENMEIER, JOIIN G., JR.,


Tonawanda,


388


WILCOX, DE WITT G.,


Buffalo,


320


-WARD, FRANCIS G.,


Buffalo,


286


WILLIAMS, CHARLES E .. WOODBURY, EGBURT E.,


Jamestown,


3.43


WARNER, THOMAS E.,


North Tonawanda, 460


461


WRIGHIT, ALBERT J., .


Buffalo,


463


WEBER, JOIIN B.,


89


ZELLER, G. FREDERICK,


15


WEBSTER, ELLIS,


279


ZITTEL, WADSWORTH J.,


361


278


409


WILCOX, ANSLEY,


WALKER, WILLIAM II.,


WARD, WALDEN M.,


North Collins,


301


WOODWARD, JOHN,


188


WATERS, IRVING E.,


Buffalo,


PAGE.


PAGE.


Buffalo,


288


300


88


240


WESTERN SECTION


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In the Western Section are published the biographies of subjects from the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chau- tauqua, Erie, and Niagara.


MEN OF THE WESTERN SECTION


frank ID. Goodyear has achieved an unusual degree of success in the business world of Buffalo and northwestern Pennsylvania, where he has been an active figure for the past twenty-five years. He is of English and Scotch descent, and possesses the sturdy determination and shrewd common sense of both races. He is a son of Dr. Bradley Goodyear, formerly of Buffalo, and was born in Groton, N. Y., less than fifty years ago. His early education was obtained in the public schools, the academy at East Aurora, N. Y., and from private tutors.


On completing his education Mr. Goodyear taught a district school a few months, and later became a bookkeeper for Robert Looney, who operated exten- sive sawmills at Looneyville, N. Y. He was anxious, however, for a busy commercial career ; and in 1872 he went to Buffalo, where his brother Charles had recently established himself as a lawyer, and em- barked in the coal and lumber trade. Beginning at first on a small scale, he was soon able to enlarge his operations ; and before many years became a prominent factor in these industries throughout the section tributary to Buffalo. Becoming convinced of the desirability of manufacturing his own lumber, he built, in connection with his father, two sawmills in northwestern Pennsylvania ; and as this venture proved successful, he established others in different parts of the state, until he has built not less than fif- teen sawmills and more than four hundred miles of railroad, which have been constantly employed in supplying the demands of his extensive trade.


In 1887 Charles W. Goodyear, who had been for many years a prominent attorney of Buffalo, gave up his law business ; and the two brothers established the firm of F. H. & C. W. Goodyear, which for the past ten years has conducted a vast amount of busi- ness. In order to open up the regions of north-


western Pennsylvania, and facilitate the shipment of lumber therefrom, F. H. Goodyear in 1885 built at his own expense a little railroad known as the Sinnemahoning Valley, from Keating Summit, Penn., on the line of the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad, into that part of the lum- ber regions where he was then operating. The Goodyear brothers owned thousands of acres of the finest hemlock forest in Potter county ; and as their busy mills gradually devoured the timber and the hills grew bare, it became necessary to go farther for the supply of raw material, and more railroads had to be built in order to get the logs to the mills. For this purpose "the Goodyears," as the two brothers are familiarly called throughout that region, incorporated the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Co., of which the earlier lines became a part ; and extended the road as far east as Galeton and An- sonia. On New Year's Day, 1896, another branch was opened from Galeton to Wellsville, Allegany county, N. Y. Mr. Goodyear is. now the chief owner of the Buffalo & Susquehanna road, and has an important share in its management.


Mr. Goodyear's success in the conduct of his own commercial undertakings is evidence of his keen business foresight and marked executive ability. He has also had a part in the management of other important enterprises, notably the United States Leather Co., of which he is a director. Though so fully occupied with the demands of business, Mr. Goodyear is a progressive and public-spirited citizen. who may be counted on to help in any good cause. He has never interested himself actively in politics, and has never been a candidate for an elective office. In 1886 President Cleveland appointed him a com- missioner to examine government lands on the line of the Northern Pacific railroad, and he discharged


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the duties of the position with his customary energy and ability.


Mr. Goodyear is well known in social circles in Buffalo ; and is a member of several prominent clubs, including the Buffalo, Liberal, Ellicott,


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Country, and Falconwood. He belongs, also, to the Manhattan and Lawyers' clubs of New York city.


PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY- Frank Henry Goodyear was born at Groton, N. Y., March 17, 1849 ; was educated at East Aurora Academy ; was bookkeeper and teacher in a district school in 1871; married Josephine Looney of Looneyville, N. Y., Sep- tember 13, 1872 ; has engaged in the coal and lumber trade in Buffalo since 1872.


Wlilliam f. Love will be called a young man for some time yet ; but he has already attained distinction, not only in the profession of law, but also in that of teaching and school administration. Born in Buffalo while the Civil War was raging,


he was educated in the public schools of the city, graduating from the high school with the class of '81. District Attorney Kenefick, Congressman Mahany, and Frederick A. Vogt, now principal of the high school, were members of the same class.


For the next ten years Mr. Love en- gaged in school teaching. Soon after his graduation from the high school he was appointed by Christopher G. Fox prin- cipal of school No. 29 at South Buf- falo, and continued to teach there for four years. Appointed in 1885 to the principaiship of school No. 33, he re- mained in charge of that institution for the next five years, developing all the while decided talent as a teacher and organizer of school work. When he went to school No. 33 it was compara- tively small; but when he left it, in 1890, it was the largest school in South . Buffalo, and one of the largest in the city. His next school was No. 13, in the central district of Buffalo, to which he was transferred in the fall of 1890. He remained there until February, 1892, when he succeeded James F. Crooker as superintendent of schools. Mr. Love was appointed to this important position by a commission consisting of Mayor Bishop, Comptroller Gavin, and Coun- cilman Hanrahan. He was only thirty years old at the time, and the appoint- ment was a striking tribute to his charac- ter as a man and capacity as an edu- cator. He held the position until January 1, 1893. In the fall of 1892 he was unanimously nominated by the Democratic party to succeed himself as superintendent, but lost the election by a narrow margin after a hotly contested campaign.


While Mr. Love was in charge of the Buffalo schools the municipal ordinances relating thereto were revised under his advice and supervision. He also assisted materially in organizing the board of school examiners. Largely through his efforts a part of the public funds was set aside for the pur- pose of establishing kindergartens in Buffalo : and in recognition of his work in this regard he was elected the first honorary member of the Buffalo Free Kindergarten Association.


During the latter part of his teaching Mr. Love had been preparing himself to practice law. He filed his certificate as a student in the office of Cud- deback & Kenefick, and devoted his afternoons and


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Saturdays to the study of law in their office. By the time he left the position of superintendent of schools his studies were far advanced, and he was able to pass the bar examination at Rochester in March, 1893. He was elected president of the class of lawyers admitted at that time. In April, 1893, he formed a partnership for the general practice of law with Daniel J. Kenefick, under the firm name of Kenefick & Love. This association has continued to the present time, and has prospered markedly as regards volume of business, success in litigation, and solidity of clientage. The firm has a diversified practice consisting of contested work in the courts, the settlement of estates, and general office business. Without having made special efforts to obtain that kind of work, they have come to enjoy a con- siderable clientage among fraternal and benevolent societies. They are the attorneys, for example, of the Knights of the Macca- bees and the Buffalo Fire Department Beneficiary Association.


Mr. Love belongs to various social organizations, including the Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum, Buffalo Or- pheus, and Knights of the Maccabees. He has been prominent in the counsels of the Democratic party for several years, and has taken an active part in campaigns as a platform speaker.


PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY- William Henry Love was born at Buffalo November 18, 1862 ; was educated in the Buffalo public schools, graduating from the high school in 1881; was principal of various public schools in Buffalo, 1881-92, and superintendent of schools of that city in 1892 ; was admitted to the bar in 1803; married Helen A. Niendorf of Buffalo June 18, 1896 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1893.


Morris Morey, who has practiced law in Buffalo for upwards of thirty years, and has long been recognized as one of the leaders of his profession in that city, is a son of Joseph Morey, an Erie-county farmer. He received a common-school education, followed by a broken course of study at Oberlin College, from which he graduated in 1863. The next few years were divided between military service and study at the Albany Law School, and in 1866 he took up his residence in Buffalo, and began the practice of his profession.


In the early part of his professional career Mr. Morey devoted considerable time to public affairs. He served for a year as assistant city attorney, and for two years as assistant district attorney of Erie county ; and in 1874 he was the Republican candi- date for district attorney. Since that time he has held no public office, but has continued to practice his profession in Buffalo. In 1882 the Republican city convention nominated him for the office of mayor, but he declined for professional reasons to accept the nomination.


In 1885-86 Mr. Morey was chairman of a com- mittee of nine who framed new rules for the govern- ment of Republican caucuses and conventions in Erie county. These rules aimed, by a registry of all Republican voters and other safeguards, to secure to all such voters full opportunity to vote at the




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