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He married Katherine Ann Fish, born at Halls Corners, New York, September 2, 1852, died June 6, 1903. She was a daughter of John and Jane (Brown) Fish, of Halls Corners, staunch Presbyterian people, and her father was an able farmer, owning one hundred acres of land. The children of Charles and Katherine (Fish) McIntire are: I. Emma, who is now Mrs. McKelvie. 2. Jane Isabelle, born February 2, 1887 ; married, June 1, 1905, Ewin Collister, attorney for the Erie Railroad. 3. John Scott, born August 9, 1889.
MARKS.
William R. Marks, who has for many years been connected with the commercial interests of Yates and Ontario counties, New York, and has held numerous public offices, is descended from the early settlers in Con- necticut.
(I) William Marks, grandfather of William R. Marks, was born in Burlington, Connecticut. He was an influential member of the com- munity in which he lived. Served as a member of the legislature of Con- necticut, both houses ; was a justice of the peace for a period of forty years; and was prominently identified with church and Masonic affairs. He married Polly Roberts, of Burlington.
(II) William (2), son of William ( 1) and Polly ( Roberts) Marks. was born in Connecticut, and migrated to New York, where he was a merchant and farmer for many years at Naples, Ontario county. He married Emily Holcomb.
(III) William R., son of William (2) and Emily (Holcomb) Marks, was born in Naples, New York, July 27, 1852. He was the recipient of an excellent education, which was acquired at the Naples Academy ; the Hudson River Institute, Claverack, New York; and at the Hungerford Institute, Adams, New York. He established himself in the general merchandise business at Middlesex, Yates county, New
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York, which he conducted from 1875 until 1880. He was engaged in a similar business at Naples, New York, from 1883 to 1886. In Novem- ber, 1895, he established a business at Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, of which he is the head at the present time ( 1910). His political allegiance has always been given to the Republican party and he has been selected to fill a number of important offices. He served as assistant financial clerk to the New York assembly, 1872-3-4; was connected with the pension department at Washington, District of Columbia, 1882-3 ; county clerk of Ontario county, 1889-90-91 ; postmaster at Naples, New York, 1883 to 1886; for the past seven years has been a member of the board of water commissioners; served as justice of the peace for Yates county for a period of three years; and has served one term as village assessor for Canandaigua. He and his family are members of the First Methodist Church, and he is connected with the following organizations : Canandaigua Lodge, No. 294, Free and Accepted Masons of Canandai- gua, of which he is at present the treasurer; Royal Arch Masons of Canandaigua ; Canandaigua Grange, K. O. T. M.
Mr. Marks married (first) at Naples, April 14, 1874, Imogene, born October II, 1852, died May 1, 1897, daughter of Edward Knapp, of Naples. Children : 1. William H., born February 17, 1876; is a dentist in Palmyra, New York ; married Jessie Andrus, of Canandaigua, and has three children. 2. Frank, born December 17, 1877; is the assistant of his father in the latter's business; married Grace Canfield, of Canandaigua, and has two daughters. 3. Edgar, born February 6, 1881, died January 24, 1900. Mr. Marks married (second) at Gorham, New York, June 21, 1899, Cora, born March 8, 1864, daughter of J. Andrew Henry, of Gor- ham.
WHITWELL.
Frederic D. Whitwell, an attorney and counselor at law of the younger generation in Geneva, Ontario county, New York, is a member of an old and well-known family.
(I) John Whitwell, grandfather of Frederick D. Whitwell, was one of the early settlers in the state of New York, and was a man of import- ance in his day. For a number of years he filled very capably the office of justice of the peace.
(II) William, son of John Whitwell, was born in Geneva, New York, April 14, 1836. He is president of the J. W. Smith Dry Goods
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Company, is one of the largest stockholders and has been connected with the company for thirty-five years. He has also served as one of the cemetery commissioners. He married Caroline A. Davenport, born in Utica, New York. Children: Frederic D., see forward; Francis W., cashier of the First National Bank of Geneva; George H., treasurer and secretary of the Geneva Savings Bank.
(III) Frederic D., son of William and Caroline A. (Davenport) Whitwell, was born in Geneva, New York, September 2, 1876. He was a student at the Geneva high school, then at Hobart College and was graduated with honor from both institutions. Admitted to the bar, No- vember 17, 1903, he immediately established himself in practice in Geneva, where he is rapidly acquiring a large clientele. Prior to com- mencing the study of law he was a tutor of Latin and Greek in the Geneva high school. He is an active worker in the interests of the Republican party, has served as a representative of the executive commit- tee of the direct primaries, and was a civil service commissioner for three years. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, the Kanadasaga Club and the Episcopal church.
Mr. Whitwell is unmarried.
GARLOCK.
Peter Garlock, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was a descendant of Johann Christopher Gerlach, one of the immigrants from the Palatinate on the Rhine, in Germany. He was born not later than 1690. He was appointed the head man of the "dorfs" or villages in which a number of these immigrants were set- tled in 1710 and 1711. There were seven of these dorfs, on both sides of the Hudson river, in and opposite what is now Columbia county. Eliza- bethtown, over which Johann Christopher Gerlach was head man, was west of the river. In 1713 a body of these Palatines removed to Scho- harie. They were in a miserable condition, having been unfairly treated in their former settlement, but happily were kindly received and chari- tably assisted by the Indians. The richness of the soil soon enabled them to improve their condition. Others followed within a few years, and one of the villages formed by them was named Gerlach's or Garlock's dorf, after Elias Garlock. About 1722 Elias Garlock removed to the Mohawk valley. Several of the Garlocks have won distinction in the revolution
Chuck. N. Daslack.
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and in medicine. Peter Garlock had at least one child, Abram, referred to below.
(II) Abram, son of Peter Garlock, was a farmer in Manchester, New York. He married Catharine, daughter of Peter Cook, who was a native of New Jersey. The children of Abram and Catharine (Cook) Garlock were nine, including Cyrus, referred to below; Dr. Alfred, who lived in Michigan; and Peter, born in Phelps, October 6, 1832, mentioned below.
(III) Cyrus, son of Abram Garlock, was born in Manchester, August 26, 1826, died July 6, 1908. After his education he ran a lumber and stave factory and a cooper shop, and in later years engaged in farm- ing. He was supervisor of the town and justice of the peace. He mar- ried (first) Hester Ann Ferguson, and (second) Laura Burt, who died in 1892. Children of Cyrus and Laura (Burt) Garlock : Erastus Burt, married Mary Cramer, and they live in St. Louis, Missouri; children : Howard Burt, Laura Marguerite, Floyd, Ruth; William F., referred to below; Mary C.
(IV) William F., son of Cyrus and Laura (Burt) Garlock, was born in the town of Manchester, February 15, 1870. He was educated in the public schools, then engaged in farming until 1904. In that year he went to Port Gibson, where he engaged in the creamery business and runs a general store. July 1, 1910, he was appointed postmaster. In 1891 he married Nellie, daughter of Carroll C. and Lydia Terry. Chil- dren : Laura Fern, born in 1892; Alice, 1894; Terry, 1895; Emma, 1898; Vincent, 1901 ; Lydia, 1902; Everett, 1905; Albert, 1907; Doro- thy, 1910.
GARLOCK.
Charles H. Garlock, who has for many years served as trustee of the village of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, and is prominently con- nected with the financial and commercial interests of the county, is a descendant of one of the early Dutch settlers of this country, his great- great-grandfather having come to America from Holland. Another of his ancestors was Peter Cook, who was a native of New Jersey.
(III) Peter, son of Abram and Catharine (Cook) Garlock (q. v.), was one of nine children and was born in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, October 6, 1832, died February 17, 1904. Twenty-seven years of his life were spent in Arcadia, New York, and he then made his per-
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manent and final home in Phelps. In 1863 he commenced the distilling of cider brandy and peppermint oil, about two and one-half miles south- west of Newark, New York, continuing this plant for the distilling of cider brandy until about 1893, when he discontinued. In 1879 he built a cider mill in Phelps, New York, and in 1885 he added to the plant and put in new and improved machinery. The plant then had a capacity of three thousand barrels of cider annually, and this was constantly being increased as the demand for the excellent product became more extended. In 1890 he admitted his son Charles H. to a partnership in the business, under the firm name of P. Garlock & Son. Mr. Garlock married (first), in 1857, Maria Van De Vort, of Phelps, who died in 1886. Children : Ellen, married O. M. Lincoln; Abram, Thomas, Charles H., Kate, Alfred and Jessie M. He married ( second) Cecelia Smith, of Rochester, New York ; children : Arthur and Grace.
(IV) Charles H., son of Peter and Maria (Van De Vort) Garlock, was born in Arcadia, Wayne county, New York, May 7, 1864. His edu- cation was acquired in the public schools and in the Newark Union School, and he was engaged in various occupations until he had attained his majority. At the age of twenty-one years he went to South Dakota, and accepted a position in the hardware store of his brother, Thomas, remaining with him two years. He then went to Denver, Colorado, in which city he opened a cigar and confectionery store, in which he was successfully engaged for one year. He abandoned this in 1889, in order to return to the east and enter into the partnership which had been proffered him by his father. His energy and enterprise soon occasioned many innovations to be introduced, to the great benefit of the enterprise, and upon the death of his father Charles H. Garlock purchased his inter- est in the business, uniting them with his own. In 1910 he decided to incorporate the concern, a proceeding which was immediately put into effect, and a stock company organized. Charles H. Garlock is the presi- dent of this company ; C. W. Kelly, vice-president ; and J. Fred Helmer, secretary and treasurer. It is known commercially as the P. Garlock Company, and has largely increased facilities for the manufacture of their wares, this being rendered imperative by the increased demand. The annual output at the present time is from five to ten thousand barrels of cider and from three to five hundred barrels of apple brandy. The demands which his position as president of this important corporation make upon his time do not prevent Mr. Garlock from being actively inter- ested in a number of other enterprises. July 27, 1910, Mr. Garlock was the leading spirit in the organization of the Phelps National Bank, of
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which he was elected president, and under his able management this undertaking is proving a decided success. The Phelps National Bank of Phelps, New York, is one of the substantial financial institutions; the bank was opened for business, September 8, 1910, and it is receiving the patronage of a large number of people. The officers are: Charles H. Garlock, president ; A. T. Van Nostrand, vice-president; J. Fred Helmer, cashier ; Mae C. Van Buren, assistant cashier. The following is a state- ment made December 8, 1910, when the bank was but three months old :
RESOURCES.
LIABILITIES.
Loans and Discounts. $61,950 03
Capital Stock
$25,000 00
U. S. Bonds for Circulation.
25,000 00
Surplus
2,244 00
Other Bonds and Securities. 15,947 50
Circulating Notes
24,100 00
Premium on U. S. Bonds ... 285 00
Individual Deposits
52,227 OI
Furniture and Fixtures 247 00
Certificates of Deposit 18,866 48
National City Bank, N. Y ..
8,343 65
Discounts Received
1,098 64
Other National Banks. 271 86
Redemption Fund 5 per cent
1,250 00
Expense
862 85
Interest
106 60
Cash on Hand
9,594 03
$123,858 52
$123,858 52
He is also closely identified with the public affairs of the town, was elected as trustee of the village of Phelps, and re-elected in 1908, and is in office at the present time. In political belief he is a Democrat. His fraternal associations are with Sincerity Lodge, No. 200, Free and Accepted Masons, and he has served as treasurer since 1908.
Mr. Garlock married, June 12, 1895, Mrs. Mary E. Bulkley, daugh- ter of John Hosford, of Phelps. By her first marriage, she was the mother of Minnie A., who is now the wife of Marvin H. Durand; they had two children : Marvin and Lois M. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Gar- lock : Marjorie H., born May 14, 1896; Jessie I., born October 12, 1899; John M., born March 16, 1906.
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WYCKOFF.
Pieter Claesz Wyckoff, the immigrant ancestor of the Wyckoff fam- ily, came from the Netherlands in 1636 and finally settled in Flatlands. He married Grietje, daughter of Henrick Van Ness. He cultivated the bouwery of Director Petrus Stuyvesant in Flatlands in 1655, having pre-
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222 39
Suspense
100 00
Exchange
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viously, in 1653, bought of Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven twenty- nine morgens in that town and in 1656 another tract of Wolfert. He was a magistrate of Flatlands in 1655-62-63, on the patents of 1667 and 1686, and a member of the Flatlands Dutch Church in 1677. Children : 1. Annetje Pieterse, baptized November 27, 1650; married Roelif Mar- tense Schenck. 2. Mayken or Maria Pieterse, baptized October 17, 1653; married Willem Willemse, of Gravesend, who immigrated in 1657; their son Peter had a son Johannes Williamson, who took the name of Wyckoff at the instance of his great uncle Henrik Wyckoff, and his son John Wyckoff had a son Abram, of Gravesend, thought to be father of Abram Wyckoff, mentioned below. 3. Geertje Pieterse, married Christ- offel Janse Romeyn. 4. Margrietje Pieterse, married Matthias Adamse Brouwer. 5. Claes or Nicholas Pieterse, of Flatlands. 6. Cornelis Pieterse, of New Lotts. 7. Henrick Pieterse, of Flatlands. 8. Garret Pieterse, of Flatlands. 9. Jan Pieterse, of Flatlands. 10. Willemtje Pieterse.
(I) Abram Wyckoff, descendant of Pieter Claesz Wyckoff, the progenitor of all the early colonial Wyckoffs, was one of the early settlers in Seneca county.
(II) Cornelius, son of Abram Wyckoff, was born September II, 1823, and died in 1894. He resided in the town of Ovid, Seneca county, and was a farmer all his active life. He married, November 17, 1847. Mary Ann Swarthout, who was born in Ovid, Seneca county, December 17, 1826, daughter of Ralph and Catharine (Hurd) (Voorhees) Swarthout. Children : John, born at Lodi, New York, August 27, 1848; Ella, born at Ovid, August 18, 1856; Edson, born at Ovid, December 21, 1858; Abram Ralph, mentioned below ; Bertie, September 29, 1865.
(III) Abram Ralph, son of Cornelius Wyckoff, was born at Ovid, Seneca county, October 13, 1862. He attended the public schools of his native town and the academy and the high schools at Lodi and Ovid. He began to teach school and for several years followed that profession in the vicinity of his home. He began to study law in 1881, and was admitted to the bar in 1884. Since 1888 he has been practicing his pro- fession. He was elected justice of the peace and served a number of years as magistrate and member of the town board of Geneva. He was village attorney for four years prior to 1898, when Geneva became a city. He was one of the three lawyers who drafted the charter for the city. He was elected the first city judge for a term of six years and was re-elected to a second term. While holding the office of judge he was appointed postmaster of Geneva by President Roosevelt, and has been
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reappointed by President Taft. He is a prominent and influential Repub- lican. He is a member of Ark Lodge, No. 33, of Free Masons; of Geneva Chapter, No. 36, Royal Arch Masons; of Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Geneva Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar ; of the Mystic Shrine; of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 1054; of the Iroquois Club; the Masonic Club; and of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr. Wyckoff married, September 16, 1896, Ethel Agnes Catchpole, born in England, in the city of London. Children : Ralph Walter Grastone, born August 13, 1897 ; Mary Elizabeth, December 17, 1901.
WILSON.
Colonel William Wilson, who has been connected with various lines of business, and is now the head of a large hardware concern, is descended from an old colonial family through his maternal grandfather, Captain Jonathan Whitney, who earned distinction in the war of the revolution.
Colonel William Wilson was born in Seneca, Ontario county, New York, June 16, 1855. He was the recipient of an excellent education, being graduated respectively from the Canandaigua Academy, the Geneva Classical and Union School and Hobart College, leaving the latter in 1879 with the degree of Master of Arts. For the next two years he read law but abandoned this study in favor of the nursery business, with which he was identified until 1903, when he sold his interests. In 1898, in addition to carrying on his nursery business, he engaged in the hardware line, including all branches of this business-plumbing supplies, sheet iron and farming implements-and now owns the largest store of its kind in Ontario county. The business, which is steadily increasing annually, is almost entirely retail, and the trade is drawn from about fifteen miles around. In 1898 Colonel Wilson was senior major of the Third Regi- ment and they were called upon for active duty. They served from May I to November 10, of that year, principally in Virginia, and he was advanced to the colonelcy, May 9, 1907. The Third Regiment is attached to the Fourth Brigade of Buffalo, General Lauren W. Pettibone com- manding. Governor Hughes appointed Colonel Willson brevet brigadier general, and he is the first vice-president of the National Guard Associa- tion of the State of New York. He is a member of the Kanadasaga and
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University clubs and of the Sons of the American Revolution. His polit- ical affiliations are with the Independent Democratic party, and he is a member of the Presbyterian church. Colonel Wilson married, November 10, 1878, Mary E., born in Geneva, New York, June 2, 1857, daughter of George Hipple, of Geneva, and they have one child: James Whitney, mentioned below.
James Whitney Wilson was born in Geneva, New York, April 10, 1881. He was educated in the Geneva Classical and Union School, then became a student at Hobart College, from which he was graduated in 1905. He is now associated in business with his father, the firm name still continuing as William Wilson. He serves as battalion adjutant in the Third Infantry, National Guard of the State of New York, a member of Gen. White's staff and is a member of the Kanadasaga Club, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He married, April 12, 1909, Shirley Scholes.
WILSON.
Thomas B. Wilson, prominent in financial circles of the state of New York, in educational and agricultural matters, as well as in the farming industry, is a man of many-sided abilities. His mind is ever occupied with weighty problems for the advancement and improvement of the section of the country in which he lives, and in this manner he furthers the welfare of the entire nation. Bold and enterprising, he has an under- taking far on the way toward completion, while slower intellects are deliberating over the means to be employed to this end.
John C. Wilson, his father, was born on the family homestead at Hall, Ontario county, New York, August 2, 1821, the property having been in the family since 1817.
Thomas B. Wilson was born on this homestead, December 12, 1852, and it is his present home. He was educated in the district schools and Canandaigua Academy, at both of these institutions displaying marked and unusual ability, especially in mathematics. While still living with his parents, he commenced business for himself at an early age, and has been eminently successful in his many and varied enterprises. The farm consists of three hundred acres, ninety-five of which are devoted to the growing of fruit, and the entire place is managed with the strictest atten- tion to system and scientific cultivation, making the best of every point.
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Mr. Wilson also devotes a large part of his time to financial affairs, and is a director of the McKechney Bank of Canandaigua and the Savings Bank of Geneva. His interest in public affairs has been of so beneficial a nature that he was honored with the appointment of town supervisor by his fellow townsmen, an office he filled for seven years, being twice elected chairman of the board. He was appointed a member of the board of control of the New York State Experiment Station, and has held this office about nine years, now serving as chairman of the board. In 1909 he was appointed as a trustee of Cornell University by Governor Hughes, and is filling the position at the present time. While his political support is given to the Republican party, having been elected member of assembly in 1910, he is a man of wide and diversified reading, and keeps well abreast of the times. It is but natural, therefore, that in some cases, he gives his support to an independent candidate, when he thinks the best interests of the community will be furthered by this means. He is liberal and broad-minded in his opinions, and stands high in the respect and esteem of all with whom he comes in contact, irrespective of party opinion.
Mr. Wilson married, in 1876, Margaret Ann, born in Calhoun county, Michigan, a daughter of Charles R. Scoon. She graduated from the high school at Battle Creek, Michigan. Children: Charles Scoon, a graduate of Cornell University, who is now Professor of Pomol- ogy at Cornell University ; John C., graduate of Cornell University, who is assistant engineer of the Cutler Hammer Works of Milwaukee, Wis- consin ; and Mary Anna, a graduate of Vassar College.
WELCH.
William Harris Welch was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1862. He moved from there to Lock Haven with his parents the fol- lowing year, and was educated in private and public schools, finishing with a special one year's course in the State Normal at that place in 1879- 80. During the next five years he studied and practiced civil engineering with his father, Edwin H. Welch, on the Pennsylvania railroad. In February, 1885, he entered the maintenance of way department of the Northern Central railway at Elmira as rodman. In June of the same year he came to Canandaigua as assistant to Supervisor William J. Jeudevine. At the death of the latter in 1891 he was appointed supervisor of the
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Canandaigua division, which position he still holds. For a number of years he acted as village engineer, building a number of the village sewers, and in 1899 the Chapin street brick pavement, the first laid in the village.
He is on his father's side a direct descendant of William Bradford, who came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620, and Alice Carpenter, his wife. His father is still living and is practicing his profession in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. His mother died in September, 1893. A sister, L. Helen Welch, and a brother, Paul H. Welch, are still living at the old home.
On October 10, 1888, William H. Welch married Grace, second daughter of the late Hon. John Raines. They have three daughters, Catherine E., Edith H., and Alice Irene, and one son, William H. Jr.
VOSBURGH.
Lee Vosburgh, a prosperous farmer of Clifton Springs, Ontario county, New York, and a man of prominence in the educational affairs of the county, traces his ancestry to the earliest settlers who came to what was then the wilderness of the state of New York. They have been farmers for many generations, and the land has been constantly and steadily improving in value under their capable management.
(I) Richard Vosburgh, grandfather of Lee Vosburgh, spent his entire life in Hillsdale, Columbia county, New York, with which the family has been particularly associated. He married Caroline Van Dazen and they had six children : William, Barnard, Samuel, Arnold, referred to below, Eliza and Phoebe.
(II) Arnold, son of Richard Vosburgh, was born in Hillsdale, in 1831, died January 18, 1898. His education was acquired in the district schools, and was an excellent one for that time, and he added to this during his leisure hours by reading and studying the best literature obtainable. He removed to the town of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, in 1870, where he purchased a farm, and was engaged in its culti- vation until his death. He was one of the leaders in all public matters in Phelps, his opinion carrying great weight, and served his town in the office of assessor and other offices. He married Olive, daughter of Will- iam Coe, of Wayne county, New York, and they became the parents of two children : Carrie, born in 1860, married George Mott; Lee, referred to below.
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