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Daniel Lawrence, father of our subject, was likewise a native of the town of Greenburg, Westchester county, born August 19, 1829. He learned the butcher's trade under the direction of C. T. Southan, in whose employ he remained for twenty years, when he formed a partnership with James E. Southan and purchased the business. After three years the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Lawrence continued the business alone for fifteen years, at the end of which time he was succeeded by his son, William. He then retired to private life, enjoying the rest made possible by his long years of former toil. He now resides in Ardsley, and is one of the directors of the Dobbs Ferry Bank, with which he has been connected in that capacity since its organization. He has long been regarded as one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Ardsley, has taken an active part in its affairs, and was the first president of the village, having served in that capacity for two years. He was for twelve years school trustee, is now school treasurer, and was appointed by Governor Black as state loan com- missioner for Westchester county. In his political affiliations he has always been a Republican, and stanchly advocates the principles of his party. In 1858 he married Miss Hannah T. Southan, a daughter of Cornelius T. and Mary E. (Edwards) Southan, and their only child is the subject of this review.
William C. Lawrence acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of Ardsley, and spent one year in the high school of Yonkers. On laying aside his text-books he entered his father's employ, was his assistant for several years, and when the latter retired from business became his suc- cessor as proprietor of the leading meat market in Dobbs Ferry. He has also established a market at Ardsley, and is now enjoying a very large and constantly increasing business. He has great energy, and his well directed and honorable efforts have brought to him a handsome competence. His reputation for reliable dealing is most enviable, and he occupies a high
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position in business circles. He is a man of resourceful ability, however, and his efforts have been by no means confined to one line. He is secretary and treasurer of the Ardsley Ice Company and a director of the Dobbs Ferry Savings Bank. His sound judgment in business matters renders his service and counsel valuable, and insures the success of any undertaking with which he is connected.
On the 7th of November, 1883, Mr. Lawrence was united in marriage to Miss Ella J. Ward, a daughter of William and Helen Ward, of Williams Bridge. They have one child, Ralph Howard, now a student in the Yonkers schools. Mr. Lawrence is a public-spirited citizen, and he quickly notes any measure or movement intended for the public good, forwarding the work by his aid and influence. He was president of the Ardsley Hose Company for two years, is a member of Diamond Lodge, No. 555, A. F. & A. M., of Dobbs Ferry, is president of the Lyceum, and is a valued representative of the Irvington Pastime Club. In his political views he has always been a stalwart Republican, exercising his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party. He takes an active interest in both local and state politics and has frequently been chosen delegate to the county, district and state conventions of his party. He has been receiver of taxes for the town of Greenburg for one term and is president of the board of health of Ardsley, but the honors or emoluments of political office have had no great attraction for him, as he prefers to devote his energies to his busi- ness interests, in which he has met with signal success. He is a recognized factor in commercial, political and social circles, and his genial manner ren- ders him very popular with all.
PELHAM L. MCCLELLAN.
It is an important duty to honor and perpetuate as far as is possible the memory of an eminent citizen,-one who has conferred honor and dignity upon society. As a successful lawyer Mr. McClellan was for many years prominently identified with the affairs of Westchester county. Admitted to the bar, he at once entered upon practice, and from the beginning was unusually prosperous in every respect. The success that he attained was due to his own efforts and merits. The possession of advantage is no guaranty whatever of professional success. This comes not of itself, nor can it be secured without integrity, ability and industry. Those qualities he possessed to an eminent degree, and he was faithful to every interest committed to his charge. Throughout his whole life, whatsoever his hand found to do, whether in his profession, his official duties, or in any other sphere, he did with all his might and with a deep sense of conscientious obligation.
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Mr. McClellan was born in 1832, and was a son of Hon. William McClellan, of New Rochelle. After attending the public schools of that place he entered the collegiate institute of William Bryson, from which he was graduated with honor. Soon afterward he commenced reading law in the office of his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. The same year he came to Mount Vernon and entered actively upon the practice of his profes- sion, with his main office at that place and an additional one in New York city. He became at once a prominent figure in local affairs, -was chosen clerk of the young village, and for a period of ten years served in the dual capacity as clerk and attorney. When the duties had grown to a larger vol- ume he was made corporation counsel, and he served his neighbors in that sphere at different periods for about fifteen years. For four consecutive years he was supervisor of the town of East Chester, and in 1862 was elected dis- trict attorney of Westchester county.
Politically Mr. McClellan was a Democrat of strong convictions; his devotion to his party was unswerving, and for years his service as an orator was in demand. In all campaigns of his day he made speeches throughout the county, and older citizens speak admiringly of his forcible and convincing arguments. He was a man of high intellectuality, broad human sympathies and tolerance, imbued with fine sensibilities and clearly defined principles. Honor and integrity were synonymous with his name, and he enjoyed the respect, confidence and high regard of all who knew him.
Mr. McClellan married Miss Sarah A. Ferden, who survives him, and to them were born two sons: William Wallace, now a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the founder of the Mount Vernon (New York) Argus; and Clarence S., who is a prominent citizen of Mount Vernon, and who is presi- dent of the People's Bank and a director of several other corporations.
THADDEUS K. GREEN.
Thaddeus K. Green, the well known and popular proprietor of the Katonah Hotel, at Katonah, New York, and a successful and enterprising business man, is a native of Westchester county, born in Newcastle town- ship, July 16, 1859. His parents were Alsoph and Hester A. Green. His father, whose death occurred March 24, 1884, was for many years one of the prominent representatives of the business interests of the county. Early in life he was connected with a cotton mill, later was proprietor of a hotel and prior to his death became interested in dealing in real estate. Upright and honorable in all his transactions he easily won the confidence and friend- ship of all with whom he came in contact, and no man in the community was held in higher regard or more richly deserves the esteem of his fellow
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townsmen. He was a man of fine personal appearance, weighing about two hundred pounds. Politically, he was connected with the Republican party, and socially he affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife, now a widow, is a most estimable lady who proved to him a valuable helpmeet.
Thaddeus K. Green pursued his education for a time in the Claverick Institute and is a graduate of the Williston Academy of Eastham, Massachu- setts. He received his business training in New York city, and on returning to Westchester county became interested in the hotel business in Katonah. Being frank and genial in manner and having an extended acquaintance in the state, he soon secured a liberal patronage and is now one of the most popular hotel proprietors in this section. In company with Dr. Carpenter, of Katonah, he is also extensively engaged in the real-estate business, and in this venture he is also meeting with excellent success.
In 1880 Mr. Green wedded Miss Ida M. Sturges, a lady of culture and refinement, and a daughter of McFarland Sturges. They now have one son, Alsoph, a lad of fifteen years. Mr. Green is a prominent Mason and in his life exemplifies the ennobling principles of the fraternity. He belongs to the blue lodge, chapter and commandery, and is also a Noble of Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In politics he is a stalwart Democrat, and in 1895 was the candidate of his party for representative to the state legislature. He made a strong canvass and ran about seven hundred votes ahead of his ticket, but like the other candidates of the party was defeated, his opponent being James W. Hunter, of Peekskill. He has always taken an active interest in political affairs, and is a recognized leader in the ranks of the Democracy, and a member of the Democratic Club of the city of New York, yet is popular with all parties, his genuine worth winning him the friendship and esteem of all with whom he is brought in contact.
JEREMIAH T. LOCKWOOD.
Deeds of valor and of heroism have been the theme of story and of song from the earliest ages, and tales of battle have stirred the blood and fired the ambition of many a youth. When the United States was engaged in civil war and the country needed the support of all her loyal sons, the sub- ject of this review, then a boy in years, went to the front as a defender of the stars and stripes. Thoughout his life he has manifested the same loyalty to his duties of citizenship and is equally firm in his defense of a principle in which he believes, so that at all times and in all places he com- mands the respect and confidence of those with whom he is associated.
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Mr. Lockwood is a native of New England, his birth having occurred in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1846. On the paternal side he is descended from good old Revolutionary stock, and on the maternal side from the French Huguenots who sought homes and liberty of conscience in America. The founder of the Lockwood family in the New World was Robert Lock- wood, who located in Watertown, Massachuetts, in 1630. His son, Lieu- tenant Jonathan Lockwood, served as a member of the Connecticut legisla- ture, and was also a member of the committee appointed to determine the Connecticut and New York boundary line. Joseph and James Lockwood were prominent actors in events which form the colonial and Revolutionary history of the country, and Jacob Lockwood served in the war of 1812: so that there has been no lack of patriotic devotion to the country in days both of peace and strife. The parents of our subject were Jeremiah T. and Jane (Sheragon) Lockwood, and the latter was of Holland descent.
Jeremiah T. Lockwood, Jr., the subject of this sketch, spent his boy- hood days in his native town and in New York city. He acquired a good practical English education in the common schools, and at the time the civil war was inaugurated he was living with his parents in Westchester county. Fired with the spirit of patriotism and loyalty, all through the summer of 1862 he endeavored to obtain the consent of his parents to his enlist ment. They, however, opposed him. They already had one son at the front, and believed this one was too young and small for field service. "Wait," they counseled; but while he was waiting the country was having a hard struggle to preserve the Union intact, and this lad of sixteen summers could not con- tent himself at home. Accordingly, on the 28th of August, 1862, having been sent by his father to New York to pay an insurance policy, he stepped into a recruiting office and enrolled his name among the defenders of the Union. Returning home, he informed his parents of the step he had taken, and though they wished he had done otherwise, they assisted him to prepare to go to the front, and a week after his enlistment he was assigned to Com- pany A, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, at Fort Franklin, Maryland, in the defense of Washington.
The headquarters of the regiment at that time were at Fort Ethan Allen, Virginia. In December, 1862, Mr. Lockwood went with his company to Fort Marcy, Virginia, where he remained until March, 1864. During his entire service in the army he was always found at his post of duty, ready for any task that might be assigned to him, with the exception of the time which he spent in the hospital after being wounded, and during a short furlough, which was granted him on account of his injuries. He was in all the battles in which his company engaged from the Wilderness to Petersburg. At the latter place he received what was nearly a fatal wound. He was in the front
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of the army on the 18th of June, 1864. At daybreak his company charged through a cornfield and captured one line of works. They then advanced out upon the plank road, where they remained until twenty minutes after eleven, when the order came to charge upon the last works. Together they dashed forward in the second charge. Lockwood was a little in advance, and had gone about fifty feet from the works, when he was struck by a bullet, which entered his right side between the second and third ribs, and, passing through the body, came out below the shoulder-blade. The line advanced beyond him, and finally the order came to fall back. As it was obeyed, two of his comrades helped him up and carried him into the works. Upon this spot Fort Hell, opposite Fort Damnation, was afterward built. Mr. Lockwood was later taken to the Carver United States General Hospital, where he remained until the end of the war.
On leaving home his mother had given him a Testament, which he car- ried in his inner pocket, and which is still in his possession, -stained with the blood which flowed from his wound on the day of the attack before Peters- burg. On the 28th of August, 1865, just three years after his enlistment, he received an honorable discharge, the war having ended, and his term having expired. He may justly be proud of his army record, as it is that of a brave and loyal soldier-boy, whose fearlessness and fidelity equaled that of many a veteran of twice his years. One of his most cherished mementoes is a letter from his old commander, General Hancock, dated February 25, 1879, writ- ten in response to a request for the General's photograph. The General sent two, and said:
They are the best I have. One was taken in 1864,-about January. I was not then per- fectly well; very thin. I had not recovered from my wound of Gettysburg, the previous July 3d. The second was taken in 1866, when I did not take quite so much exercise as during the war. I was then stationed in Baltimore, Maryland. I am very glad to comply with your wish. I always have a warm place in my breast for men who served under and with me.
I am very truly yours, WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
At the close of the war Mr. Lockwood returned to the pursuits of civil life, and he has been quite successful in his business ventures. Until 1880 he was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business with Hoyt Broth- ers, at Katonah, New York, and now has a fine establishment of his own in White Plains, New York. He is one of the leading undertakers of West- chester county, and is president of the Undertakers' Association of West- chester, Putnam and Rockland counties. His business career is character- ized by the strictest integrity and straightforward dealing, and by his well directed efforts he has acquired a comfortable competence.
Mr. Lockwood was united in marriage, in 1888, to Miss Louisa Carpen- ter, daughter of Franklin and Helen (Roberts) Carpenter, the former a
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native of Vermont and the latter of Connecticut. Mrs. Lockwood was born in Tiffin, Ohio, and by her marriage she has one son, Richard C.
In his social relations Mr. Lockwood is connected with McKeel Post, No. 120, G. A. R., of Katonah, New York. He was appointed by Governor Black a member of the board of managers of the State Reformatory for Women, at Bedford, New York, in 1898, but has never otherwise held office, preferring to devote his energies to his business. He is a valued and esteemed citizen of White Plains, prominent in business, and of sterling worth of character.
EDMUND SCHOLLDERFER, M. D.
Among the leading members of the medical profession of Westchester county is numbered this gentleman, whose practice in Yorktown Heights extends over a period of about fifteen years. He is a great student, pos- sesses a fine medical library and devotes much of his leisure time to research and reading along the line of his chosen work. Of genial manner and pleas- ing address, he impresses a new acquaintance favorably from the start and his friends are legion. He takes deep interest in everything pertaining to medical science and keeps fully abreast of modern methods of treatment of disease. A loyal adherent of the Republican party principles, he has never aspired to public honors, but does his duty as a citizen and voter. Socially, he is identified with Cortlandt Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M., of Peekshill.
A son of Leonard and Mary Elizabeth (Fisher) Schollderfer, both natives of Germany, the Doctor was born in Westchester county, December 31, 1855. His father died some years ago, in 1877, but the mother is still living, her home being in Yorktown. They were the parents of four sons and four daughters, two of whom have been summoned to the silent land. They are: George, who married Ella Miller and resides at Highland Station, Putnam county, New York; Emily, Mrs. William Maguire, also of Highland; Christina, Mrs. John Denike, also a resident of that place; Charlotte, Mrs. Arthur Smith, of Peekskill, this state; Leonard, who resides at Mount Kisco; and Henry and Elizabeth, deceased.
After completing his common-school education the Doctor attended the Peekskill Military Academy for some time, and about 1878 took up the study of medicine, under the guidance of Dr. John K. Tilden, of Peekskill, New York, for one year, and next was under the tuition of Ambrose L. Ranny, the uncle of Professor A. L. Loomis, of New York city. He then pur- sued a regular course of lectures and studies in the New York Med- ical University and was duly graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1881. For two or more years he practiced in Peekskill, and then removed to his present home. Here he has gained an excellent reputa-
Edmund Schollderfor
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tion as a family physician and finds his time pretty fully occupied in attend- ing to his numerous patients. He stands well with his medical brethren and is a member of the Westchester County Medical Society He is a mem- ber of the Methodist church and is an active worker in its varied branches of usefulness. He is an officer in the congregation and is zealous in forward- ing the best interests of the church. February 21, 1889, he married Mrs. Marietta Tompkins, a widow, a daughter of John B. Tompkins, but death claimed her upon the 10th of March, 1891.
ISAAC R. LOUNSBERRY.
Every nation must have its heroes, but it is to its quiet, level-headed, honest-hearted citizens that any nation must owe its permanent supremacy. There is as much heroism in work as in war. The quality of intellect that can direct a battle to a victorious issue might not be equal to the prolonged strain of a fight for commercial success. Integrity is the chief store in the foundation of every really successful business career, and the writer who records such success may work to better purpose than he knows. Isaac R. Lounsberry, a prominent and respected citizen of Yorktown, Westchester county, was a man whose sound common sense and able and vigorous man- agement of his affairs were important factors in his success, and his undoubted integrity of character gave him an honorable position among his fellow men.
Mr. Lounsberry was born on the old family homestead in Yorktown township, where his great-grandfather, Henry Lounsberry, a native of New York city, located probably before the close of the eighteenth century. Henry Lounsberry was a patriot soldier and risked his life in the Revolution- ary war in the service of the colonies. His son, Henry Lounsberry, grand- father of Isaac R. Lounsberry, was born on the homestead in Yorktown township. He married Miss Jean Covert, a representative of an old and prominent family of Welsh descent, and they became the parents of six chil- dren, the youngest, Henry, Jr., being the father of Isaac R. The mother of these children lived to the advanced age of ninety-one years, and both she and her husband were sincere and faithful members of the Methodist Episco- pal church.
Henry Lounsberry, Jr., Isaac R. Lounsberry's father, was born and reared on the old Lounsberry place in Yorktown township, and lived sixty- nine years. He, too, held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a life-long adherent to the principles of the Democratic party. When only nineteen he married Miss Catherine Quereau, a daughter of Elias Quereau. Mr. Quereau also was a native of Westchester county. He mar-
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ried Charity Rhodes, a daughter of Isaac Rhodes, once a man of prominence- here. To Henry and Catherine (Quereau) Lounsberry were born five chil- dren, the eldest living son being Isaac R., the subject of this sketch.
On the old homestead Isaac R. Lounsberry passed his early life like most farmer boys, attending the local schools and aiding in the work of the farm. When only thirteen years old he helped put up the first telegraph wires between New York and Jersey City, and by the time he reached the age of fifteen he had saved one hundred and fifty dollars, with which sum he pur- chased a meat market at Sing Sing, which he managed successfully for six years. In 1867 he disposed of valuable real-estate interests in that city and established a clothing business there which he conducted for some time. In 1872 he embarked in the ice business. Subsequently he again engaged in the clothing trade in Sing Sing and continued in it for twenty years, building up a large trade and gaining an enviable reputation as a progressive and reliable merchant. In 1896 he purchased the home farm, making many improve- ments, and there he passed the remainder of his life, which terminated Octo- ber 6, 1898.
Mr. Lounsberry was married April 12, 1863, to Miss Abbie J. Haight, daughter of James E. Haight, of Yorktown, who survives him. To them were born five children: Sarah, wife of Nelson Laraway, of Catskill, New York, who has one child, named Hope; Catharine; Ida, widow of Henry Palmer and mother of three children, named Mildred, Amy and Eunice; Jen- nie C .; and Isaac R., Jr., who married Florence Irene Walker, of Sing Sing, and has a son named Isaac R., the third of the name in the family and of the third generation in direct descent.
The success of Mr. Lounsberry was won fairly and openly, always in gen- erous competition. It came to him because he inspired confidence in men, and they trusted him and dealt with him because they knew that whatever he offered for their consideration was honest and worth whatever price he put on it. His success was the result, too, of good judgment, of wise plans well made and judiciously carried out, and of diligence in business and tire- less and exacting devotion to every interest demanding his attention. In his political affiliations Mr. Lounsberry was a Democrat, and his influence in the councils of his party was considerable. He was averse to accepting public office, but was several times chosen to local offices of responsibility, including those of trustee, town clerk and assessor. While he was not a member, he was an avowed adherent, of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Popular as was Mr. Lounsberry in the business, political and social world, it was in his private relations that he shone brightest, and placed others under the greatest obligations. Those who really knew the man knew that he was not only a good and loyal citizen, but also a sympathetic and help-
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ful neighbor and a faithful and reliable friend. It was in the home circle that he was at his best, and there he is mourned most deeply. He was a kind and loving husband and indulgent father. To him home was a sacred place, and his affection warmed everything within its walls. There was noth- ing that he thought too good for it, and it was his delight to supply it with every comfort and luxury at his command.
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