A history of Ontario County, New York and its people, Volume II, Part 24

Author: Milliken, Charles F., 1854-; Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Publ. Co.
Number of Pages: 630


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(II) Tobias, son of Pieter and Aefje (van Tienhoven) Stouten- burg, was baptized January 18, 1660, died about 1716. He lived all his life in New York. He married, July 2, 1684, Anneken, daughter of Jan Joosten van Rollegom, from Haarlem, Holland, who was bap- tized July 15, 1665. She survived him many years. Children: Pieter, baptized April 26, 1688; Jan, baptized October 27, 1689; Lucas, bap- tized September 20, 1691; Jacobus, baptized December 31, 1693; Jo- hannas, baptized February 13, 1695; Jacobus, referred to below ; Tobias, baptized March 4, 1698; Tobias, baptized December 22, 1700; Cornelis, baptized May 23, 1703 ; Eva, baptized October 15, 1704.


(III) Jacobus, son of Tobias and Anneken (van Rollegom) Stout- enburg, was baptized June 7, 1696, and died about 1772. At some time after his marriage, he removed from New York City to the Philipse Manor, Westchester county. In 1741 or 1742, he moved to Dutchess county, in the present town of Hyde Park, where he had long owned land. Here he built a stone mansion, very fine for that day, with spacious rooms and handsomely finished paneling and woodwork. He was for some time county judge. He married in New York, May 25, 1717, Margrietje, daughter of William and Rachel (Kierstede) Teller, who was baptized February 2, 1696. She was a great-granddaughter of the celebrated Anneke Jans. Good portraits of this couple, painted on "panel," are still preserved. Children: I. Tobias, baptized February


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12, 1718, married, July 6, 1745, Catharina Van Vleck. 2. Rachel, bap- tized March 16, 1720, died young. 3. William, referred to below. 4. Anna, baptized November 1I, 1724, married in June, 1775, James Van Vleck. 5. Jacobus, married, June 23, 1764, Joanna Teller. 6. John, baptized March 29, 1729, died February 21, 1808; married, license No- vember 25, 1773, Catharine Teller. 7. Peter, married Rachel Van Steenburgh. 8. Margaret, baptized April 14, 1734, married, October 8, 1764, John Teller. 9. Luke, baptized June 5, 1736, married (first), August 2, 1762, Rachel Teller and (second ) November 24, 1782, Mary (Van Vleck) Minthorne.


(IV) William, son of Jacobus and Margrietje (Teller) Stouten- burg, was baptized June 3, 1722. He received from his father a large homestead farm, and built on it in 1765, a large stone house, near Union Corners, New York. He married, July 5, 1753, Maria, daughter of Abraham and Maria (Kip) Van Vleck, baptized July 25, 1725. Chil- dren : 1. James, died in 1807, married (first ), December 31, 1782, Mary Moss and (second), December 30, 1790, Hannah Marshall and (third) Comfort Bell. 2. Abraham W., married Margaret Van Vleck. 3. William W., born about 1759, died August 19, 1829; married, Jan- uary 28, 1783, Elizabeth Conklin. 4. Tobias W., referred to below. 5. Mary W., married Harmon Van Benschoten. 6. John W., baptized September 22, 1765. 7. Isaac, born December 17, 1767, died November 1, 1859 ; married, September 29, 1791, Elsie Schryver. 7. Henry, born June 22, 1770, died early.


(V) Tobias W., son of William and Maria ( Van Vleck) Stouten- burg, in 1820 advertised for sale his property at Union Corners and other lands. With part of his family, he removed in 1825, to Hopewell. He was a farmer. He married Mary Hill. Children: Barbara, born June 29, 1792, married James Hall; George, married three times; William, married; Mary Van Vleck, born November 4, 1797, died unmarried ; Abraham, died unmarried; John T., born September 21, 1799, married December 3, 1823, Mary Van Wagner; Sarah, born September 19, 1801, married Peter Reese; Isaac, referred to below; Jane, married Benja- min Prichard; Eliphalet, born October 15, 1811, married Clementine Knapp.


(VI) Isaac, son of Tobias W. and Mary (Hill) Stoutenburg, was born in Dutchess county, June 6, 1806, died April, 1881. He also was a farmer. Coming to Phelps, in 1866, he engaged in the manu- facture of plaster. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He married Ann, daughter of Peter Reese, who died in March, 1863. and


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whose father was a native of Maryland. Children: George B., born November 13, 1832; Frederick, referred to below; Angenette, born July 22, 1836, married Van Buren Wheat; Mary Jane, born September II, 1838, married J. F. Salisbury ; Angeline, born April 22, 1840, married George Simmons ; Martha, born October 20, 1843; married Elon Salis- bury.


(VII) Frederick, son of Isaac and Ann (Reese) Stoutenburg, was born in Hopewell, August 17, 1834. He was educated in the dis- trict school and the Wesleyan seminary at Lima. Then he engaged for a number of years in farming. In 1867 he sold his farm and went to Brooklyn, New York, where he entered into the flour, feed and grocery business. Selling this business, he manufactured doors, sashes and ยท blinds for a year and a half. He sold out this business and returned in 1870 to Phelps. Then he was engaged for five years in the plastering business. Later, he worked at carpentry and sold windmills. He married, February 5, 1861, Lucy M., daughter of Kendall and Anna (Stilwell) King, died October 31, 1902. Children: I. Adriana, mar- ried George C. Gates; they have one child, Lula A., who married John D. Bootes of Chicago, Illinois; she is a musician of considerable note and ability. 2. Jennie K. 3. Carrie M.


WHITE.


David White, the founder of this family, was the son of George White, a sea-captain, and was born in Scotland, in 1844. Emigrating to America, he settled in Phelps, Ontario county, and engaged in farm- ing. He was elected road commissioner at one time. He married Melissa Van der Mark, who died in 1884. Children: Edith, married Myron D. Crozer; Lillian, married George Peirce; Charles D., referred to below.


Charles D., son of David and Melissa (Van der Mark) White, was born in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, September 21, 1882, and is now living there. He received his education in the union school of Phelps, and in the Rochester Business College. He then for a time, held a position as clerk in a dry-goods store in Geneva, New York. After his marriage he spent five years in farming, and in 1906 came to the village of Phelps, where he worked for one year as a teamster, and in 1907 engaged in the coal and produce business with Ulysses


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Grant Burnette, under the firm name of Burnette & White. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of Phelps, and of Sincerity Lodge, No. 200, Free and Accepted Masons, of New York. In politics he is a Democrat. He married, April 2, 1902, Lois F., daughter of Archer and Laura Blount.


BUSHNELL.


Zina Bushnell, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was an early settler in Lakeport, Madison county, New York. The surname is prominent in the annals of several New Eng- land places, including Saybrook and Norwich, Connecticut. There was also another Bushnell in Lakeport, very early in the last century. Zina Bushnell, as early as 1818, built the first brick house in the northern part of the town of Sullivan, making the brick on his own farm. The name of his wife is unknown. Among his children was Almanza, re- ferred to below.


(II) Almanza, son of Zina Bushnell, was born at Lakeport, Madi- son county, New York, January 18, 1831, and died January 10, 1905. He was a farmer and one of the representative men of his town. He married Emma Ransom, who died in 1877. Children: Harriet, de- ceased; Lena, married A. C. Hess; Clifton; Wendell K., referred to below.


(III) Wendell K., son of Almanza and Emma ( Ransom) Bush- nell, was born at Lakeport, Madison county, New York, July 14, 1870. He was educated in the public schools and in 1888 he found employ- ment as a clerk in a general store at Chittenango. There he remained until 1890, when he came to Shortsville, where he worked in Mr. Bidwell's store, and after two years in this position, he traveled for a school-supply house. He returned to Shortsville in 1900, and entered into partnership with his old employer, Mr. Bidwell, under the firm name of Bidwell & Bushnell. June 4, 1910, he purchased Mr. Bidwell's interest and has continued the business by himself ever since. Besides this business in Shortsville, Mr. Bushnell is engaged in running a large farm at Lakeport. He was treasurer of the village of Shortsville for three years and is now president of the Business Men's Association. He is an elder of the Presbyterian church, a member of Canandaigua Lodge, No. 294, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Lodge No. 88, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married in 1899, Marie A., daughter of Philip and Emily Wager, of Chittenango.


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CAVANAUGH.


James Cavanaugh, the founder of the family at present under con- sideration, was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was killed in a railroad ac- cident at Phelps Junction, Ontario county, New York, February 15, 1888. At first he was destined for the Roman Catholic priesthood and he began his studies with that end in view. Finding, however, that he had no vocation, he ceased his studies and took a position as bookkeeper and overseer to a large estate. Later, he emigrated to America and settled in Auburn, Cayuga county, New York, where he worked for forty-three years for the New York Central railroads. He finally set- tled in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, where he was for many years a devout communicant of St. Francis church. He married Rose Burns, who was born in Ireland, and died in Phelps, New York, May 28, 1889. Children : I. Margaret, married F. H. Spray. 2. Mary, mar- ried Edward Benham of Clifton Springs. 3. John, living in Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Thomas, deceased. 5. Elizabeth, married Charles O'Connor. 6. James Francis, referred to below. Four children died in infancy.


James Francis, son of James and Rose (Burns) Cavanaugh, was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, December 27, 1868, and is now living in that place. He received his education in the union school of Phelps township and then began life as a farmer. In 1887 he went to Phelps Junction and learned telegraphy, obtaining a position with the New York Central Railroad, February 22, 1888. In October, 1891, he returned to Phelps, being appointed telegraph opera- tor for the railroad station there. This position he held until October 7, 1908, when he entered into partnership with C. W. Kipson, in the undertaking, delivery and insurance business for the village. He has been village collector for four terms ; he is a member of the C. M. B. A. and for several years its financial secretary. He is a communicant of St. Francis church, a member of the grange and of the Knights of Co- lumbus. He is a Democrat in politics but inclined to be Independent.


VAN VALKENBURG.


Glen Van Valkenberg, the first member of this family, of whom we have definite information, lived in Columbia county. and married


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Theodosia, daughter of Joel and Hannah ( Udell) Lobdell. Children : Caroline A., married Matthew Ridley ; William H., referred to below.


William H., son of Glen and Theodosia ( Lobdell) Van Valken- berg, was born in Columbia county, in 1836, died in Ontario county, in 1905. He came with his parents in 1841, on the packet boat to Wayne county. They were farmers. In 1870 he came to Ontario county, where he bought the old Flower farm and lived on it until his death. He was one of Phelps' representative business men. He was a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the grange. He married, in 1861, Charlotte A., daughter of Jonathan and Mary ( Finch) Sheldon. Her father was a farmer of Wayne county, New York, and her mother a resident in Chatham, Co- lumbia county. Their other children were: George, of Iowa; Emily. married Dr. O. C. Parsons, of Newark, Wayne county, New York ; Augusta, married John Westfall. Children of William H. and Char- lotte A. (Sheldon) Van Valkenberg: 1. May E. 2. Margaret A., married Nathan Oakes; children: Albert, Nathan and Carlton. 3. Edith, married William Spangle, a division freight agent of the Pennsylvania railroad ; children : Wilson and Lyell.


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Nathaniel Page, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, came from Conway, Massachusetts, to Seneca. New York, in 1812. His father or grandfather may have been The- ophilus Page, who was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, about 1745, and died at Conway, Massachusetts, about 1825.


(II) Levi A., son of Nathaniel Page, was born in Seneca, October 6, 1816, died in 1865. He was educated in the public schools and in Cazenovia Seminary, and was a farmer. He married (first) Deborah. daughter of Thomas Ottley of Seneca, who died in August, 1850, and (second) Mary Winters, of Seneca. Children, all by first marriage : Levi A., referred to below ; Joel ; Harriet J.


(III) Levi A. (2), son of Levi A. (1) and Deborah (Ottley) Page, was born on the homestead, near Seneca Castle, January 1, 1841. He was educated in the public schools and Lima Seminary, and has al- ways been a farmer. He was one of the assessors of the town for five years; supervisor of the town fourteen years; chairman of the board


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for a number of years; overseer of the poor for thirteen years; and one of the directors of the hospital at East Bloomfield. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one of its trustees, and has for years been its treasurer. He was a delegate to the general conference at Los Angeles, California, in 1904. He married, February 19, 1867, Margaret F., daughter of John H. Benham, of Hopewell, who died in Feb- ruary, 1886. Children : Clara Josephine; Laura Sophia; Mary Frances; John A., referred to below; Frank Murray; Levi Allen Jr .; Jessie Ben- ham.


(IV) John A., son of Levi A. (2) and Margaret F. (Benham) Page, was born at Seneca Castle, September II, 1877. He was edu- cated in the district school and Canandaigua Academy. He then en- gaged in farming, making specialties of fruit growing and of raising blooded stock. He was path master for a number of terms. He is a member of Castle Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. For three years he was secretary of the Ontario County Fruit Growing Association. Mr. Page is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Seneca Castle, secretary of its Sunday school and president of the Epworth League. He married, December 17, 1902, Lena C., daughter of H. S. Vrooman. Children : Henry L., born November 7, 1903; Mary, born March 17, 1905.


CROTHERS.


William L. Crothers, postmaster of Phelps, and who has filled a number of other public offices, is a member of a family which has re- sided in the state of New York for a number of generations.


Oliver Crothers, son of William Crothers, was born in Phelps, December 12, 1819. He was engaged as a farmer until he removed to Newark in 1867, when he established himself in the malt business in which he was engaged until 1875, when he sold it and returned to his farm near Phelps. Two years later he again established a malting business with which he was identified until his retirement in 1895. He was active in public affairs of the communities in which he lived. He served as supervisor of the town of Arcadia and as president and trus- tee of the village of Phelps. In 1883 he built a block known as the Crothers Block. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Elihu and Bet- sey Ridley. Children : William L .; Carrie C., married Dr. J. H. Has- iett; Mary, married W. K. McCoy, superintendent of the eastern di-


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vision of the West Shore railroad. He married (second) Eunice Nye, and by her had Nellie, who married Stuart Prichard.


William L., only son of Oliver and Mary (Ridley) Crothers, was born in Phelps, New York, April 25, 1865. He was very young when his parents removed to Newark, and received his preparatory education in his native town, upon their return to it. He then attended the Ro- chester Business College, from which he was graduated in 1883. For a year and a half he was employed as a clerk in a dry goods store, and in the fall of 1886 became associated with his father in the malting busi- ness, and in 1895, upon the retirement of his father, assumed the entire control of these interests until 1905. January 23, 1906, he was ap- pointed postmaster of Phelps, an office he filled with such entire satis- faction to the government that he was reappointed in 1910. He served as president of the village in 1900, was a member of the county commit- tee for a period of nine years, secretary of that committee for four years and a member of the town committee. His fraternal affiliations are with the following organizations: Sincerity Lodge, No. 200, Free and. Accepted Masons, of Phelps, of which he has been the master three years; Newark Chapter, No. 117, Royal Arch Masons; Geneva Com- mandery, Knights Templar.


Mr. Crothers married, 1892, Georgiana, daughter of Garrett and Jennie Frisbie, of Phelps. Children: Oliver F., born April 7, 1893; W. Everett, February 26, 1895; Frisbie E., September, 1898, deceased ; Gertrude, February 27, 1905.


FLOOD.


The first settler of the Flood family in America came to Andover, Massachusetts. His descendants located at Groton, Middlesex county, and in Shirley, Worcester county, formerly part of Groton, and at Marlborough, New Hampshire. Thence some of them went westward.


(I) Luther Flood was a farmer at Coldwater, Michigan. He married Ruth Caldwell, who married (second) Nathan Porter. Chil- dren of Luther and Ruth Flood: Ella, who died aged three years, and Herbert C., mentioned below. Children of Nathan and Ruth (Cald- well) (Flood) Porter : Ellsworth and Elmer (twins) ; Olive and Mar- guerite Porter.


(II) Herbert C., son of Luther Flood, was born in Coldwater,


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Michigan, February 18, 1860, and was educated there in the public schools. He came to Phelps, New York, when a young child and re- ceived his education in the public schools. He commenced his business life as a farm hand. Afterwards he leased a farm on shares and in 1903 bought it. He is one of the most industrious and prosperous farmers of the town, making a specialty of his dairy. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Phelps, and a member of its official board. In politics he is a Republican.


He married Rose E. Case, born September 11, 1875, daughter of Theodore and Eunice (Cobb) Case, whose other children were: Ada Frances Case, born October 14, 1865, married November 4, 1894, Will- iam Smalledge, and she died October 14, 1896; Edith M. Case, born February 2, 1868, died May 30, 1874; Bertha A. Case, born October 8, 1869, died August 19, 1888; Clara Belle Case, August 16, 1871, mar- ried, October 25, 1893, Charles Wheeler ; Nellie L. Case, May 13, 1873. married, December 4, 1894, Ellsworth Porter; William L. Case, July 7, 1877, married, June 24, 1903, Elizabeth Ottley; Charles Theodore Case, October 6, 1883, married, December 14, 1908, Bessie Gleason.


William Case, father of Theodore Case, was born March 6, 1813; married Lydia Haigh; children : Rachel Ann Case, born September 20, 1836, married, March 13, 1868, Charles L. Bigelow, and she died De- cember 17, 1904: Mary Frances Case, born June 22, 1839, died March 28, 1856; Thedore, mentioned above, married, December 20, 1863, Eunice Cobb, who died January 26, 1910: Wilbur B., born August 18, 1848, died April 23, 1864.


Enos Case, born in 1788 in Jersey City, New Jersey, married Sarah Spinning. His father, Ebenezer, was son of Elijah Case, who came from Holland in 1740 and settled near Jersey City.


Elijah Case was a soldier in the revolution from Essex county, New Jersey. The surname was originally spelled Kaes, Kes and finally Case.


Many of the New Jersey family are descended from John Philip Case (Kaes) and William Case, who were naturalized by act of the New Jersey assembly in July, 1730. Anthony of the same generation was probably a brother. There is reason to believe that the Case family of this sketch is related to these.


John Philip Case settled near Flemington, New Jersey, and bought, March 9, 1738, a part of the William Penn tract now known as the Mine farm; married (first) Anna Elizabeth and (second) Rachel died in 1756, leaving nine children mentioned in his will.


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William Case settled on Copper Hill near Flemington and died in 1769, naming his wife Elizabeth and eight children in his will. An- thony Case died in 1772, leaving a will in which he mentions his wife Eva Catherine and eight children.


Bastian Kes was naturalized November 12, 1744; Johannes and Matthias Kase, 1754; and Teunis and Peter Case, August 20, 1755.


Descendants of William Case, an Englishman, who settled at Southold, Long Island, coming to Rhode Island first in 1635, are also found early in New Jersey.


Children of Herbert and Rose E. (Case) Flood: Laura, born No. vember 7, 1900; Harold C., June 20, 1902; Eunice Ruth, July 12, 1904; Theodore H., July 24, 1907, Clara Lillie, May 14, 1909.


BARKER.


John Barker, a native of England, was a manufacturer of velvet. He came to this country and first settled in Orleans and later in Medina, New York, where he followed farming.


(II) John (2), son of John (1) Barker, was born in England in 1801. He came with his father to the town of Phelps, Ontario county. New York, in 1815, attended school there and assisted his father on the farm. When a young man he went to New York City and engaged in general contracting. Thence he went to Lexington, Kentucky, where he was in the millinery business until after the civil war. Re turning to Phelps, he bought a farm on which he lived the rest of his life. He died there in 1874. He was a member of the Christian church. He married Mary Smith, who died 1885. Children : John, Frank, Mary, Ida and Thomas W., mentioned below.


(III) Thomas W., son of John (2) Barker, was born in Lexing- ton, Kentucky, April 4, 1850, and was educated there in the public schools. At the age of sixteen, after the civil war, he came with his parents to Phelps, graduated from the high school in that town and completed his education in a commercial college in Canada and at Wes- leyan College at Bloomington, Illinois. He returned to Phelps and fol- lowed farming for two years. In 1887 he was one of a company that organized the Van Vrankin Company, which conducted a banking busi- ness at Clifton Springs, New York. After the death of Mr. Van Vrankin, Mr. Barker managed the bank for two years and then closed


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up its affairs. In 1904 he accepted a position as bookkeeper in John H. Roy's bank at Phelps, and continued until 1910, when he resigned.


He is a member of Newark Lodge, Free Masons; of Eagle Chap- ter, No. 79, Royal Arch Masons of Palmyra; of Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, Knights Templar; of Damascus Temple, Mystic Shrine, and of the Knights of Pythias, of which he was district deputy for several terms. In politics he is a Democrat. He married, in 1872, Sarah Wor- den, daughter of Luther and Sarah Worden. Children: Jesse W. and Ida M.


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JUDD.


William Arthur Judd, president of the Judd & Leland Company, has been largely instrumental in advancing the commercial interests of Clifton Springs, Ontario county, New York, and the adjoining terri- tory.


Calvin L. Judd, son of Levi Judd, was born in Geneva, New York, January 4, 1821, died September 20, 1889. He was a contractor and builder, and removed to Clifton Springs, New York, in 1866. There he followed his calling with great success, one of the most prominent buildings erected under his supervision being the Clifton Springs Sana- tarium. He was subsequently appointed to the office of steward in this institution, a position he filled for a period of twenty-five years. He was a member and trustee of the Methodist church and a member of Geneva Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He married Mary N. White, deceased, of Waterloo, New York: Children: William Arthur, see forward; Mary, married Frederick M. Cable.


William Arthur, only son of Calvin L. and Mary N. (White) Judd, was born in Geneva, New York, October 12, 1858. His educa- tion was acquired in the public schools of his native city, and he came with his parents to Clifton Springs in 1866. For two years he was en- gaged in the drug business in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and upon his re- turn to Clifton Springs established himself in the same line of business in association with E. W. Briggs, the firm name being Briggs & Judd. After a time he purchased the interest of his partner and continued the business alone for seven years. He then sold this concern and engaged in the manufacturing business, forming a partnership with J. R. Bost- wick, and doing business under the style of Bostwick & Judd. At the expiration of three years he purchased the sole rights of this enterprise


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and then formed a partnership with R. L. Leland, the firm operating as Judd & Leland for three years. The business was then incorporated under the name of The Judd & Leland Company, as which it is con- ducted at the present time ( 1910). They manufacture automobile pumps, tinware and leather goods, and their annual output is an enorm- ous one and highly profitable. Mr. Judd has served as trustee of the vil- lage of Clifton Springs and as school trustee for a number of years. He is a member of the Methodist church and is clerk of the board of trustees. He is affiliated in various capacities with the following or- ganizations : Formerly member of Sincerity Lodge, No. 200, now of Newark Lodge, No. 83, Free and Accepted Masons; Newark Chapter, No. 117, Royal Arch Masons; Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, Knights Templar ; Damascus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine; has served as grand sword bearer of the state of New York ; member of the K. O. T. M. ; secretary of the insurance department of the Knights of Phythias.




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