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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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VOL. 1
BUFFALO, N. Y. GEO. E. MATTHEWS & CO. 1898.
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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,
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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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