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he returned from Michigan. He is also one of the directors of the Cataract bank at Niagara Falls.
On November 16, 1846, Mr. Wallace was married to Marietta West, a native of Or- leans county, Vermont, and they reared a family of five children : George W., a far- mer, living at Canandaigua, this State; Luke C., who died in 1884, leaving a family who live in Michigan; Frederick W., lives at Niagara Falls, but is a grain buyer on the exchange in the city of Buffalo for a mill at the Falls in which he is interested; Hamil- ton, who died in 1866; and William Cutler, now attending a law school at Buffalo, this State. Mrs. Margaret Wallace died May 28, 1888.
W ILLIAM H.WOOLWORTH, a noted
traveler, and a well known and popu- lar citizen of Niagara county, residing at Niagara Falls, is a son of William and Nancy (French ) Woolworth, and was born at Long Meadow, Massachusetts, May 26, 1824. The Woolworths are descended from an ancient English family, which was planted in America over two centuries ago. The first of the name to set eyes on the new world was Richard Woolworth, who left Walpole, England, in 1678, and settled at Suffield, Connecticut. He was a weaver by trade, and to him the Woolworths of the United States trace their origin. The great- grandfather of William H. was Richard Woolworth, of Connecticut, and his son, Azariah Woolworth (grandfather), also a native of that State, married Rebecca, daughter of Captain Moses Field, and to them was born a family of two sons and four daughters. One of these sons, William Woolworth (father), was born April 10, 1788. On March 5, 1813, he married Nancy
French, by whom he had seven children, two sons and five daughters : Philinda, born April 1, 1814, married March 29, 1855, to Jones Holland ( now deceased ), and resides at Belchertown, Massachusetts; Sophia, born July 21, 1817. married Simeon C. Bliss, January 11, 1837, who died on the 5th of the following May, after which she married John E. Howard (now deceased ). and died February 22, 1857; Fanny, born February 14, 1819, and deceased August 30, 1836; Nancy B., born Jannary 9, 1821, married J. B. Gleason in October, 1841, and died June 15, 1879; Sarah M., born October 11, 1822, married Albert Spooner, and is now deceased; William H., born May 26, 1824; and Richard C., born February 16, 1828, married Angelina Waite (now de- ceased ), on July 4, 1851, and after her death married Melinda Burt, of New Salem, Mas- sachusetts, and now resides at North New Salem, that State. The father, William Woolworth, was a farmer and merchant by occupation, a republican in sentiment, and a stanch anti-slavery advocate, and died February 2, 1843, aged fifty-five years. His wife, Nancy ( French ) Woolworth, was born January 17, 1786, and her parents, John and Abigail (Allen ) French, were natives of Connecticut, and descended from old English stock.
William H. Woolworth received his edn- cation in the common schools of his native State, where he lived until twenty years of age. He then removed to Putney, Vermont, and worked at the carriage business there for nearly three years. In 1848 he came to Oneida, Madison county, this State, where he lived for a time, having also business in- terests in Connecticut. In 1881 he removed to Niagara county and located at Niagara Falls, since which he has not been engaged
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in business until recently, but has devoted most of his time to travel. He has traveled extensively in Europe, visited all places of importance on the continent, and made trips through Egypt, Palestine, and other eastern countries. His foreign travel, how- ever, has not led him to neglect the places of interest in his own country, and he has made a number of tours through the west- ern part of the United States and up and down the Pacific coast, visiting all the noted spots in that wide stretch of territory, and feasting his eyes on its scenic treasures, magnificent alike in the mellow quiet of the flower-decked prairie, the grim and awe- inspiring grandeur of the mighty mountain peaks and fastnesses of the "Rockies," or the Edenic beauty that marks the purple landscapes near the golden gate.
On July 12, 1847, Mr. Woolworth was married to Emma Campbell, by whom he had two children: Helen, deceased, and Arabella C., married to M. J. Newhouse, who is engaged in the printing business in New York city. They have two children, Irene and Edith. After Mrs. Woolworth's death, Mr. Woolworth was united in mar- riage, January 30, 1869, to Caroline A. Macknet, and to this union was born one son, Felix M., who married Morelli Kings- ley, of Glens Falls, and has one child, Wen- dell Howard, born in 1891.
In political sentiment Mr. Woolworth has always been a republican, but has refrained by choice from active participation in prac- tical politics, preferring other and more tran- quil walks in life. Having tired to some extent of continued travel, he has lately en- gaged in business again, and is now inter- ested in the manufacture of silver plated goods and hardware at Niagara Falls, New York, and also in fruit farming.
J AMES LOW is one of the most promi-
nent and generally known citizens of Suspension Bridge, because of the deep in- terest he takes iu the general welfare of the community, and the positions of trust and political preferment that he has held with credit to himself and those who have honored him. He is a son of JJames and Elizabeth (Gill) Low, and was born Jan- uary 24, 1836, in Toronto, Canada. The paternal grandfather, JJames Low, was a native of Perthshire, Scotland, where he lived and died. In religion he was a Scotch Presbyterian. He was a farmer by occu- pation, owning fine lands in his native country, and after his demise, the lands were transmitted to his son, James Low (father), who was also a native of Scotland. James Low ( father), emigrated to Canada in 1833, and located in Toronto, where he resided for some time, and then came to Lockport in 1838, where he lived for several years. He died in 1869. He was a cousin of the celebrated William Lyon Mckenzie, of fame during the Patriot war of 1837. He was a farmer by occupation, in religion a Presbyterian, and a whig and republican in political belief. He was also an anti-slavery man. His first wife was Isabella Low, and after her death he married Elizabeth Gill, by whom he had three chil- dren : James Low (subject ) ; Thomas, now deceased, who entered the civil war in the Spring of 1861, in the 23d New York light battery, as a non-commissioned officer, but was soon promoted to second lientenant and then to captain. He was killed at the battle of Appomatox, being wounded on the 31st of March and dying on April 25th. Before the war he followed farming and teaching and enlisted from Lewiston, this county ; and Elizabeth, married to D. P. HI.
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Rose, (who is now deceased,) and lives in the city of Lockport.
In March, 1857, Mr. Low married Amanda Barnes, daughter of Thomas Barnes of En- gland. To Mr. and Mrs. Low have been born three children : James T., who is en- gaged in the retail coal business at Sus- pension Bridge; Stella I., and Bessie, who are both at home.
James Low was educated in the public schools of Niagara county, and Wilson collegiate institute. Hc commenced life as a farmer, which he followed until about twenty-five years of age, when he entered the custom house at Suspension Bridge, in 1861, as deputy collector and inspector. On August 22, 1862, he entered the army, being mustered in as a lieutenant of Company B, 129th New York volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He was pro- moted from time to time, until he was mustered out, on May 22, 1865, as major. He was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor. In 1865 he was appointed post- master at Suspension Bridge by President Johnson, was re-appointed by President Grant, and was retained in office until 1873, when he engaged in the coal business in connection with farming. In 1882 he was appointed United States consul at Clifton, Ontario, by President Arthur, which posi- tion he held for six months after President . Cleveland's inauguration. On May 1, 1890, he was appointed collector of customs at Suspension Bridge, and is still holding that office. He is chairman of the board of trustees of the Congregational church, to which his family belong. He belongs to a number of beneficiary societies, is a director of the Suspension Bridge bank, and has been a member of the board of education and board of water commission-
ers. In 1879 he was elected a member of the general assembly of the State of New York, in which he served three terms. His election to the third term is a high compli- ment to him for his ability and success, as it is customary to give only two terms. He Was appointed a member of the committee on railroads, commerce and navigation, and other leading and important committees. He is a republican in politics and believes in the principles and tenets of the party. He is proud of the record the party made in the civil war, and of the gallant deeds by the gallant heroes who settled forever the subjects of slavery and the right of a State to withdraw from the Union. He believes in a protective tariff and public improvements by the general government. He comes from the best blood of the Anglo- American race, that stands out foremest in the world to-day, for letters, law, liberty and land, and in whose hands civil and religious liberty will forever be safe. The country is proud to have such gallant de- fenders as this, and he merits all his country can give him.
ACOB J. VOGT, a retired farmer and real estate dealer, and prominent citi- zen of Suspension Bridge, is a son of Martin and Elizabeth (Rudy) Vogt, and was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1812. His grandfather, Mar- tin Vogt, Sr., was a native of Switzerland, where he lived and died. The Swiss peo- ple live in villages, around which are located their farms and vineyards, and in one of these pretty villages, named Frankindorf (meaning Frankin village), situated in a picturesque valley with the irregular out- line of rugged mountains plainly visible in
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the purple distance, dwelt Martin Vogt. He was a prominent man in the community and served for many years as mayor (schul- theis) of his village. He was largely en- gaged in grape culture and the manufacture of wine. He married and had two sons: Martin (father), and Henry, who succeeded to his father's office and estate, and con- tinued in office until his death. Martin Vogt (father ) was born in the canton of Basle, Switzerland, in 1787, and when only thirteen years of age, in 1800, he emigrated to America and located at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1828, when he removed to Niagara county, which was then mostly a dense forest. Here he lived until 1836, in which year he went to Maccutcheonsville, Wyandotte county, Ohio, and after a residence of nine years there, removed in 1845 to Bellevue, that State, where he died in January, 1849. He mar- ried Elizabeth Rudy and had a family of six sons and two daughters, his wife dying on June 18, 1849. In politics Mr. Vogt was a Jacksonian democrat, and took an active part in the public questions of his day. He was a member of the German Evangelical church, and was prominent in his denomination, being deeply con- cerned in the advancement of all religious interests. In business he was a man of great energy and enterprise. While in Philadelphia he ran a line of freight wagons between that city and Pittsburgh before the canal was constructed, and on going to New York purchased seventy- five acres of forest land from the Holland Land Company, and by hard work, con- verted it into a fertile farnı, which is now owned by the construction company, and known as the Cunningham farm. After removing to Ohio he was also engaged in
farming on an extensive scale, until old age terminated his activity. John Rudy, ma- ternal grandfather of Jacob J. Vogt, was born in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and emigrated to America in 1787, locating at Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1814, when about eighty years of age. He was a silk weaver by trade, and followed that occupation in Switzerland, but after coming to America was engaged in manag- ing a cotton factory in Phildelphia. He married, and reared a family of seven chil- dren : Frederick ; John, who was a minister of the German Reformed church and died in the city of New York while serving there as a missionary ; Jacob, a comb manu- facturer of Phildelphia; Adam, died in Philadelphia ; Henry, Magdaline, and Mariah.
Jacob J. Vogt received his education in the common schools of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Niagara county, this State, when sixteen years of age. For many years he engaged in the cultivation of the soil and fruit farm- ing, meeting with good success, but has also dealt considerably in real estate, and now owns a fine farm of two hundred and four acres in the town of Niagara, this county, his deed for which was procured from the State and signed by Governor Hunt. In 1885 he retired from active work and removed to Suspension Bridge, where he has since resided. In politics he was formerly a whig, but is now a democrat, and has served as commissioner, assessor, and overseer of highways for many years, giving general satisfaction in all his official relations. He is a member of the German Evangelical church, of which he was a trustee for twenty years, until his recent resignation.
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On April 17, 1834, Mr. Vogt united in marriage with Catherine Beaber, daughter of Philip Beaber, by whom he had a family of six children : Christiana, married William E. Sheoffer, a farmer of Lockport, this county ; Elizabeth, married Wm. P. Mentze ; Catherine, Fanny, Mariah, and Jacob. Mrs. Vogt was a French lady of refinement, and was born in Alsace, France, and emigrated to America with her parents in 1826, and settled in Erie county, this State. She died June 30, 1884. Mr. Vogt lived with her for over fifty years. He was again married in August, 1886, to Mrs. Henrietta (Schliner) Swatze.
As will be seen by the date of his coming into Niagara county, Mr. Vogt is one of her early pioneers, and has spent a long life of faithful work within her borders, aiding to develop the county and advance her material interests. In his occupation on the farm and as an operator in real estate he has been quite successful, and now enjoys a handsome competence and is honored and respected by his friends and fellow citizens. He is to give $4,000 on a new church, pro- vided the congregation gives $4,000, which they are now at work on. He has given in all about $20,000 to churches and chari- table objects.
W ALTER JONES, a good business
man, and the popular president of the Niagara Wood Paper Company, of Ni- agara Falls, was born at Sweden, Oxford county. Maine, January 15, 1851, and is a son of Simeon and Elizabeth II. (Stone) Jones. His grandfather, Sullivan Jones, was of old English stock, being born in En- gland, but emigrated to this country at an early day with two brothers, and settled in
Massachusetts. He afterward removed to Maine, where he was engaged in farming until his death, about 1846. He married Mary Sanderson, and reared a family of four sons and three daughters. His sons were : Sullivan (deceased), Stephen (deceased), Simeon (father ), and Aaron, who now lives at Sweden, Maine. Simeon Jones (father) was born January 14, 1816, at Waterford, Maine, and removed to Fryeburg, that State, where he lived and died. He married Eliza- beth H. Stone, by whom he had three sons and one daughter: Wyman H. (dead); J. Alvin, a farmer and cattle dealer, living at Fryeburg, Maine; Walter, and Hattie, who died young. Mrs. Jones is a daughter of James Stone, and was born at Sweden, Maine. Her father was of Scotch descent, was a man of good education, and an intelli- gent farmer, who lived and died near Swe- den, Maine.
Walter Jones was educated in the con- mon schools and at an academy in Maine, after which he studied civil engineering, and followed that pursuit for seven years. On August 15, 1875, Mr. Jones united in marriage with Lucy C. Walker, daughter of William Walker, a native of Lovell, Maine. He came to Niagara Falls in 1878, and erected the wood pulp mill, now owned by a stock company. The pulp mill has a capacity of four tons in twenty-four hours, and the paper mill of twelve tons a day. The latter mill is fitted up with two four-cylinder paper machines, and manufactures box-makers' specialties. The stock company owning it has a capital of one hundred thousand dol- lars, and Mr. Jones is its president, and has been its manager ever since its organization, in 1881. In politics he is a republican, but has never taken a very active part in politi- cal contests, contenting himself with dis-
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charging the ordinary duties of good citi- zenship. He is a member of the First Uni- versalist church of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and of Niagara Frontier Lodge, No. 132, Free and Accepted Masons, being the pres- ent master of this lodge. He is likewise a member of Niagara Chapter, No. 200, Royal Arch Masons, and of Genesee Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar, at Lockport. He is a business man of keen insight and quick perception, and withal amiable and com- panionable to a marked degree.
W ALTER D. HOUGH, M. D., a pop-
ular and promising young physician of Niagara Falls, is a son of Torrence and Jane E. (Woolverton ) Hough, and was born in the town of New Fane, Niagara county, New York, October 13, 1858. The Houghs are of English extraction. Dr. Hough's grand- father, Asal Hough, was a well-known farmer of Jefferson county, who married a lady named Russell, and reared a family of five children : Norman, a retired business man of Rochester; Torrence; Dennis, who resides at New Fane, this county ; Asal, a farmer, living in Jefferson county ; Nelson, who enlisted in the army in 1860, and was never afterwards heard from. Torrence, their second son, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Jefferson county about 1816, and emigrated to Canada, where he remained for a time engaged in teaching school, and then came to Niagara county, locating in the town of New Fane about 1866. After settling here he engaged in farming, which pursuit he has ever since followed. Politically he is a republican, but has never been particularly active in pol- itics. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Jane E. Woolverton,
born in 1828, and a daughter of Dennis Woolverton, of Canada. They had two children : Ida, married to Dr. Morcene Cole, who lives at New Fane, this county ; and Walter D.
Walter D. Hough received his early edu- cation in the common schools of his native county, and afterward attended Lockport Union school. He began the study of medicine with Dr. Evans, of Lockport, after which he entered the New York Homco- pathic institute, and was graduated from that institution in 1881. He then took a course in the Long Island college hospital, graduat- ing in 1883. During most of this time he was practicing in the city of New York. In 1884 he located at Niagara Falls, where he has since been engaged in his profession, and where he is building up a good practice. In politics he is a republican of positive convictions, and the courage to express them, but takes no very active part in political battles. He is a highly respected member of the Presbyterian church, and one of the church trustees.
On September 12, 1883, Dr. Hough was married to Ella L. Haynes, daughter of Edward Haynes, of New Fane, this county. This marriage has resulted in the birth of one child, Florence.
Dr. Hough is an earnest student of his chosen profession, and by extended reading and original thought endeavors to keep himself fully abreast of the progress which marks the science of medicine, in common with all other departments of human learn- ing. He is a member of the Western New York Homeopathic Society, the New York State Homeopathic Society, and the Amer- ican Institute of Homeopathy, and bids fair at no distant day to occupy a position of commanding influence.
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RANCIS R. DELANO, president of the Cataract bank at Niagara Falls, is prominently identified with the leading en- terprises of the village. He is a son of Dr. B. L. and Lavinia W. (Ralph) Delano, and was born September 6, 1842, in the city of Lockport. Philippe de La Noye, or De- La-Noue, was of noble French descent, and came to America from Leyden, Holland, in the good ship Fortuna before 1635. His grandson, Jonathan Delano (as the name came to be spelled in America), settled at Tolland, Connecticut, in 1722. The family coat of arms was that of the celebrated war- rior, De-La-Noue, called Bras de fer-arm of iron-no crest being recorded, as crests are seldom used in French heraldic dis- play.
Dr. B. L. Delano (father) was born in Williamstown, Vermont, January 5, 1807, and spent his boyhood on his father's farm. He received a common school education, and afterward studied medicine, graduating from the medical department of Dartmouth college. In 1833 he located at Lockport for the practice of his profession, in which he was actively engaged for more than thirty years at that place. About 1854 he became a partner with M. H. Tucker, Henry Walbridge, and ex-Governor Hunt in pur- chasing the formulas, rights and franchises of what soon came to be known everywhere as "Merchant's Gargling Oil," and when the Merchant's Gargling Oil Company was or- ganized Dr. Delano became its president, and so remained until his death-a position since then filled by his son. In 1864 he was appointed medical examiner for the Boston branch of the New York Life Insurance Company, and removed to Boston, where he resided until 1870, when he came to Niagara Falls and lived until his death, on October
24, 1877, at the age of seventy years. Sev- eral years prior to his death he retired from active business, but remained a partner with his son in the banking house of F. R. De- lano & Co., and when the Cataract bank was organized, July 9, 1877, to succeed this firm, he became a large stockholder in that enterprise, and was vice-president of the bank until his death. On September 25, 1835, he married Lavinia W. Ralph, of South Woodstock, Vermont, and to their union was born an only child, Francis R. Delano, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Delano died in Boston, Massachusetts, De- cember 29, 1866, and two years later Dr. Delano wedded Mrs. C. H. Burke, of the city of Boston, who survives him. He was an active worker in behalf of the educational interests and general prosperity of the com- munity in which he lived. His was a long, useful, and very successful career, both as physician and business man, and few names have been more widely known or more profoundly honored.
Francis R. Delano attended the Union school of Lockport when a lad, prepared for college at Meriden, Connecticut, and entered Trinity college, at Hartford, that State, from which he was graduated in the class of 1865. Three years later he was graduated with honors from Harvard law school, and ad- mitted to the Suffolk county bar in Boston. Two years later he removed to Niagara Falls, and in 1875 started a banking house in the village. This business was conducted under the firm name of F. R. Delano & Co., until 1877, when the Cataract bank was or- ganized with a capital stock of fifty thou- sand dollars. Five years later this capital was increased to one hundred thousand dol- lars, and in 1890 to three hundred thousand dollars, with fifty thousand dollars surplus.
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F. Q. Delavar
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Upon the organization of the bank Mr. De- lano became its cashier, and continued to act as such until 1883, since which time he has been its president. The Cataract bank is the oldest and by far the largest banking institution in the county.
On October 19, 1871, Mr. Delano was united in marriage to Elizabeth Grant, daughter of Alexander Grant, of Niagara Falls, and they have one daughter.
In addition to his banking house, Mr. Delano is identified with many of the im- portant business interests of the village. He is treasurer of the Carter Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of counter check books; president of the International Hotel Company ; treasurer of the Rodwell Manu- facturing Company, of Buffalo, manufac- turers of sign letters; treasurer of the Ni- agara Falls Power Company; a stockholder in the Cataract. Construction Company ; president of the Orpheus Park Theatre As- sociation, and president of the Merchant's Gargling Oil Company, of Lockport, New York, besides having smaller interests in many other business enterprises in Lock- port and elsewhere.
In political opinion Mr. Delano is a pro- nounced democrat, but his numerous busi- ness interests have made such demands on his time that he pays little attention to practical politics. He is a vestryman and treasurer of the Episcopal church at Ni- agara Falls, and noted for benevolence in re- ligious affairs. He is one of the wealthiest. and most popular men residing at Niagara Falls, and is alike eminent for strength of character and business enterprise. He is handsome and vigorous in appearance, affa- ble and genial in manner, and quite as pop- ular and well known in social circles as in the business world.
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