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Principal W. A. Stewart studied medicine, graduated and is employed by a man of wealth to devote his whole time and skill to him.
Harry Elwood, after two years' study at the University of Buffalo, is doing something of this kind of work.
Under-graduates
Louis Van Kleet, class of 1910, Cornell : Stanley J. Brown, class of 1910, Buffalo University.
Some Dalton Physicians
Dr. J. W. Hamilton, druggist, lived but a few years : Dr. Carlton was at Dalton a short time ; Dr. J. C. Durgon in 1880-81 : Dr. Damon ( Buffalo Uni- versity), lost his health and went to the far West, returned and settled in Dansville, where he died.
Dr. Frederick Burt, born in Granger, was graduated from Buffalo Uni- versity, practiced at Dalton for several years ; is located at Hammonton, N. J.
Dr. Cyrus Haskins, now resides in Dalton, is a graduate of Buffalo Uni- versity and is securing a lucrative practice.
Rev. Wells, pastor of Methodist Church, was an M. D., Buffalo University.
Few towns have had so many skillful physicians. Both those who have gone from our town and those who have come to us from elsewhere have been alike skillful. As the mission of these men is to save and prolong life, they have chosen a noble vocation and deserve high commendation.
Nunda Dentists
If remembered with pain they are also remembered for removing the cause of the pain. In these days of applied science the dental office has lost its terrorizing power, and the care given to the teeth is simply regarded as care for the general health ; the ounce of prevention of more value than the pound of cure. Our dentists have not been numerous. W. M. Chipman, in 1832 : Nelson Chittenden, who lived on East Street, and whose shop was near the Methodist parsonage well, are the best remembered of the pioneer dentists. for the double reason that if he made one class of his patrons dance he made as many others sing, for he was a singing teacher as well as a dentist. Some of his dental work can still be found in the mouths of our very oldest citizens. His son, Charles, became a dentist, and was acknowledged to be without an equal in the State of Wisconsin. He died in 1906.
Dr. David M: Dake, State Street, practiced dentistry. M. F. Blanchard, a farmer's son, Nunda, became a dentist and practiced for a short time in Nunda. Dr. Bergen Galentine tried dentistry at one time, in C. W. Herrick's shop on State Street. He had for a partner for a short time, about 1860, a dentist by the name of Whipple.
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Dr. A. J. Kingsley was better prepared for the work and was regarded as very competent and successful. Dr. George Greig (a brother-in-law of Kings- ley ) succeeded him with as great skill, and with still greater success, as the
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demand for plate work increased with other improvements of the advancing century. He died at Nunda. Benjamin Conrad, of Brooks Grove and Nunda, was a good workman. He died in Nunda, 1904. Dr. Burkhart was here as a dentist in 1885. Dr. Mathews, of Virginia Beach, practiced his profession here for a short time.
Dr. William Baylor, the present dentist, has had the entire field to himself about half of the time since he established his office at Nunda. He is a native of Nunda, received his medical education at Philadelphia Dental College, and has been in practice about twenty years.
John B. Nelson studied dentistry at Cincinnati and had an office in the Livingston Block about the beginning of this century.
Dr. Robert Sabin, a son of Dr. John Sabin, became his partner, coming from Dalton, where he first commenced business, after graduation from Buf- falo University (1901). He proved to be an excellent dentist but remained only two years. He now resides at Heber. Utah.
J. Coit Bliss, D. D. S., has practiced dentistry at Dalton since 1905 ; pre- pared at Alfred Academy and University and graduated at Buffalo University. He is meeting with great success at Dalton.
Henry Wellington Mitchell. D. D. S., prepared at Nunda High School, was graduated from Buffalo University December, 1905. He is located at Emporium, Pa.
Pharmacists
W. Y. Robinson (for 45 years), Harrison Peck ( for 35 years), Mrs. J. W. Hamilton (for 30 years), John O'Connell (for 32 years) and Milo Eldridge (for 20 years) were pharmacists by former methods. Frank R. Wright, grad- uate of Buffalo University and New York University, 1900; Floyd Satterlee, Buffalo University, 1908: Leon Gilbert, Buffalo University, 1908; Frank E. Moyer, Buffalo University, 1900.
The Lawyers
Lawyers of Nunda, Allegany County
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A. Clinton Chipman, our first lawyer, came to Nunda in 1828, and re mained until he received some legal position at Geneseo. Benedict Bagley, about 1834, was a leading citizen of the town while he remained. He was prominent on all public occasions, was generally presiding officer. and at one time after the construction of the Erie Road was vice president of the road and legal advisor. Indeed at one time the road was virtually in the hands of Nunda men, Bagley and S. Swain being the principal managers and controller .. The road was in an experimental condition from Hornellsville to Attica, that being the only part over which this management had control. He removed to Dansville from here about 1857 and died there. He was president of the village for many terms.
Addison M. Crane, school teacher, studied law with B. Bagley and was admitted to the bar about 1836. He was as essential as secretary at public meetings as his chief was as moderator. He was pre-eminently the young man of the town. He has left his name engraved upon a pane of glass at the home of Utley Spencer where he boarded (now the home of Mrs. Yeomans.
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Mill Street). It bears the date 1839. Mr. Crane, not content to practice law. preferred to make laws, with the help of others. and, after removing from Nunda was elected member of the Assembly. Beside writing his name on the window pane, he built the cottage on the hill next to the cemetery, for he mar- ried while he lived liere a relative of the Judge Ashley family. He was about the age of Mrs. Mary Barron and of Hiram Grover and of the young people of nearly 75 years ago, i. e., those born about 1812. He wrote some verses for the canal celebration in 1836, which are given in connection with the recital of that important event. In fact he was equal to any emergency and reliable for any duty.
Hon. Luther C. Peck was the fourth lawyer mentioned. He had lived at Pike, had been Supervisor and Justice of the Peace several terms. He was elected from Allegany County to Congress and had served two terms when he came to Nunda. Those who knew him best as a Democrat in politics may be surprised to know he was elected as a Whig. He married Miss Cynthia Fletcher in Washington, and whether this had anything to do with what might seem a change in political views cannot be said. The Whig party broke on the rock of free labor, and half the party voted henceforth with that part of the Democratic party that endorsed the existing state of slavery in the Southern states. Virtually there were two new parties, though only one new name. Mr. Peck as a lawyer in those days stood on his power of expression. His strong use of sarcasm made him always a speaker who held the audience and made judge and jury fully awake to the strength of his arguments as well as to the versatility of his expression. Even in social conversation when men were assembled whatever he said had such originality of expression that it could be carried away to amuse or instruct others. Like Henry Ward Beecher, who had a Beecher mold through which he impressed his style of thought and expression, so Luther C. Peck had his, and both knew how to use them ; at least so he impressed those who listened. Two of his brothers studied law with him and both lived for a time in Nunda.
Linus Jones Peck had business capacity, and became a successful con- tractor on public works. George W. Peck was the other brother.
Henry Chalker, a teacher, became a lawyer and hung out his shingle in Nunda. He was well educated, spoke with force of expression and with well weighted arguments. It is said. however, that his anger was easily aroused and when his competitor gained that point Chalker nearly always lost control of his argument and also lost his case. This, once understood. was more effective for his opponent than winning the jury either with sentiment or sophistry.
Some law students about this time were: Edward Webster, a nephew of Judge Daniel Ashley: Andrew Barber. a brother of John F. Barber ; Jackson Sherwood, who studied law. probably with Lawyer Peck : Clark Adams, who also completed a course of law study and became a professional lawyer ; Ar . drew Barber, whose career as citizen and lawyer was cut short by death. Webster married and located elsewhere. Sherwood became a merchant. Adams located at Mt. Morris, but ended his life at its mid-day to the surprise and grief of his admirers here and there. George Bishop came here as a lawyer but did not remain long.
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Our Lawyers in Livingston County
in 1846 the town of Nunda became a part of Livingston County. Samuel 1. Crooks, Elnathan Packard, Henry P. Carver all studied law about this time. l'ackard and Carver completed their studies at Poughkeepsie Law School. A law school education was something unusual then. Of these E. W. Packard became the most successful in his profession, though Carver secured greater financial success. Crooks achieved fame during the Civil War by recruiting two regiments of cavalry and for a time commanded them. Walter S. Coffin, a superior teacher and commissioner. became a Nunda lawyer of average ability. George M. Osgoodby was a law student and completed and practiced liis profession in Nunda. Both Coffin and Osgoodby are living but in feeble health. Oomar Olney and Randsom Olney were added to the list of Nunda lawyers, and both were regarded as very successful. Neither are living.
Some college graduates soon after graduation commenced the study of law at Nunda. They were: William P. Warner, John P. Colby, Fletcher C. l'eck, and A. Jackson Knight. With their more thorough equipment it is not astonishing that they were successful. Mr. Warner went to St. Paul, where he stands high in his profession. John P. Colby went to St. Louis to practice law, became identified with the Eclectic Medical College of that city. and became professor of medical jurisprudence, and received the degree of LL. D. W. S. Orcott is the only lawyer who has been settled in Dalton and he became an editor.
B. Frank Dake also became a law student here and completed his course. He does not follow his profession but succeeds in business lines.
There was a class of law students before. and others just after the Civil War. Lewis Shepard studied with Walter Coffin, and Hall Turrell with his brother-in-law. G. M. Osgoodby. Shepard enlisted as a soldier and died of injuries received while in the service. Turrell also enlisted under another brother-in-law, Major Scott. of Pennsylvania, but made school work his occu- pation while he lived.
Myron Haver, William Burchard. Vilettus Smith, and William Smith from the River Road, but none of them, as far as known, followed their pro- fession. Haver became a life-long teacher and school commissioner. Burchard tried telegraphy and then preached. V. Smith was needed on the home farm but is serving his town as Justice of the Peace. Of William Smith I have no knowledge.
La Verne Walker studied law here and is making a reputation at his profession in Perry.
George R. Graves came to Nunda from Rochester, where he had but recently completed his course, and has made rapid progress in the few years he has been here.
J. Craig Roberts is the last of the legal forces Nunda has partly equipped for legal contests. Ile completed his legal course at the Albany Law School, now a department of Union College. He is located at Buffalo and has been practicing law but two or three years. llis future is before him with a fair probability for success. Fletcher W. Peck. A. B., is studying law with his father, and with such a legal ancestry his future is assured.
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HON. ALFRED BELL
L. B. WARNER Ex-Supervisor
NEWTON S. BARKER Ex-Supervisor
EMOLUS O. DICKINSON Ex-Supervisor
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OUR CIVIL LIST IN COUNTY AND TOWNS
Supervisors in Leicester. Jolin H. Jones, 1802 to 1805 : in Angelica, Gen- esee County, Benjamin Riggs, 1805 : Luke Goodspeed, 1806- 07.
There being but one Supervisor in Allegany County in 1805- 07 he met with the Genesee County Supervisors.
In Nunda from 1809 to 1818: Eli Griffith, 1809; Thomas Dole, 1810, 1811. 1813 to 1818: John Griffith, 1812.
Justice of the Peace: Eli Griffith, Thomas Dole.
Town Clerks: Asahel Trowbridge, 1809: John Griffith, 1810; Joshua Skiff, 1811, 1813, 1814, 1815 : David Hoyt, 1812; Ashahel Newcomb, 1816, 1817.
Assessor : Ephraim Kingsley ( Nunda ), 1811, 1813. 1814.
Commissioner of Highways ( Nunda), Phineas Bates, 1811, 1812.
County officers : Thomas Dole, Justice of Sessions, 1810: Philip Church. County Judge, 1807; Nunda (2). (front 1818 to 1827) : Supervisor Prosper Adams, 1818: George Williams. 1823; Sanford Hunt, Azel Fitch. Town . Clerks: Orrin Miller, 1818; Dr. Elisha D. Moses, 1819. Justices: Nathaniel B. Nichols, 1818: Jonathan Parmalee, William P. Wilcox, Lindsey Joslyn. John Waite, George W. Merrick. Azel Fitch.
County officials from Nunda, Allegany County: William P. Wilcox. Superintendent of the Poor: Lindsey Joslyn, Superintendent of the Poor: William P. Wilcox, Deputy Slieriff ; Ralph Spencer, John J. Rockafellow. Abraham Burgess, Superintendents of Schools.
Nunda, Allegany County (3) (from 1827 to 1846). Supervisors: George W. Merrick, 1827 to 1833 (records not found). Justices: George W. Merrick. ten years ; William Richardson, Henry C. Jones (many years) ; Daniel Ash- ley ; William D. Hammond, for 25 years; Nathaniel Coe, 20 years.
Nunda, Livingston County, 1846 to present time (Nunda, Livingston County, was taken from Allegany County in 1846) : Edward Swain, 1846-47 :
WILLIAM H. PAINE Ex-Supervisor
MRS. ELLA ( HITCHCOCK PAINE )
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E. W. MOSEL Speaker Wadsworth's Assembly Clerk
WM. D. BURT Supervisor of Nunda-Civil List
PLATT C. HALSTEAD Sheriff of Livingston County
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Samuel Skinner, 1848-49-50-51-53-54-55-60-61 ; Elisha Whipple, 1852; Lewis B. Warner, 1856-57-58-59; E. O. Dickinson, 1862-63-74-75 ; Alfred Bell, 1864; H. D. Page, 1865-66-67-68-69-70; Jared P. Dodge, 1871-73 ; Elijah Youngs, 1872 ; Plin D. Lyon, 1876-77; Wm. W. Hunt, 1878-82-83-84; W'm. Y. Robinson, 1879- 80-81 ; Chas. S. Lynde, 1885-86; Wm. H. Paine, 1887-88-89; James McNair, 1890; C. A. Norton, 1891-92-93-94-95-96-97-98: E. C. Olney, 1899-1900; Platt C. Halstead, 1901-02-03-04-05 : William D. Burt, 1906-07-08.
Town Clerks: Charles E. Crary, 1847-48; Edgar M. Brown, 1849-50; James H. Camp, 1851-52-53 ; Peter Carter, 1854; Bradford P. Richmond, 1855; David D. Tuttle, 1856; Hiram C. Grover, 1857; Lewis C. Skinner, 1858-59; Isaac Bronson, 1860; C. H. Herrick, 1861-62; Benjamin F. Rollah, 1863-72-73- 74-75-76-77-80-81-82-83; Whitman Metcalf, 1864-65-66; Edmond Daggett, 1868; George W. Daggett, 1869; Milo S. Goldthwait, 1870-71 ; Adelbert Moot, 1878; Wilford S. Willey, 1879 : Zenas A. Miller, 1883 to present time, 25 years.
Supervisors from Portage who have lived in Nunda : James H. Rawson, 1846-49-50-51; William Houghton, 1848: Benjamin T. Kneeland, 1869-1871; Charles D. Bennett, 1870.
Town Clerks from Portage: Corydon C. Gilbert ; H. Wells Hand (Town Clerk and J. P.) before coming to Nunda. From Ossian, James Lemen, before 1856; after teaching in Nunda. Supervisors, Isaac Hampton, II years, from 1863 to 1878; } . B. Dunn, 1885-86, after living in Nunda, Thayer H. LaMont, 1899, 1900-01-02.
Supervisors from Mt. Morris: Jared P. Dodge, before; and John C. Witt (five years 1894-98), after living in Nunda.
Of Grove, after leaving Nunda : James Craig.
Ex-Supervisors, who lived in Nunda before or after their election to office : From Grove and Granger, Samuel Swain, 1861-70 (after living in Nunda) ; Samuel C. Jones.
Justice and Supervisor : Jesse Brewer, also Elisha Scott, 1839; Samuel C. Jones, before 1840-46-47. Justice and Supervisor, William R. Tobey, 1854- 55, Omar C. Olney, 1863-64. Justice and Supervisor, Washington Moses, five years. Justice in Portage, Gurdon H. White, three years ; John N. Phinney, 1872-73-76-83-84, Justice (about fifteen years in Granger and Nunda).
Dr. William B. Alley served as County Clerk of Allegany before coming to Nunda. Ex-postmasters: George Chidsey of Mt. Morris. John J. Bowen, Hunts Hollow. E. W. Packard, Esq., delegate to Presidential convention.
County officials from Nunda: Deputy Sheriffs, Harvey Hill, Elizah Youngs, Platt C. Halstead. Jefferson Fox; Sheriffs, Harvey Hill, 1849-50; Elizah Youngs, 1873-74-75: Platt C. Halstead. 1906 to -
School Commissioners, Thomas J. Thorp, Robert W. Green.
Justices of Sessions. Daniel Ashley, Utley Spencer, William D. Ham- mond (Charles H. Randall, Portage ). John F. Olney; District Attorney, George W. Daggett, 1884-87. Deputy County Clerk and County Clerk, Na- thaniel Gearhart. Portage.
Thomas C. Chase of Avon. a former citizen of Nunda, was Sheriff of Liv- ingston County from 1871-74. He rendered excellent service by hanging Henry Wilson, the murderer of Henry Devoe. Horace Perkins, commissioner of schools, southern district, Livingston County.
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HON. LUTHER C. PECK, M. C.
HON. FLETCHER C. PECK Ex-U. S. Marshal
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY, ALLEGANY COUNTY-OUR LIST OF HONORABLES
"So are they all, all honorable men."
Allegany County. Hon. George Williams, 1823, Nunda ; Hon. Azel Fitch, 1826; Nunda ; Hon. Azel Fitch, 1827, Portage; Hon. Daniel Ashley, Nunda ; Hon. Nathaniel Coe, Nunda.
Livingston County. Hon. Nathaniel Coe, 1848, Nunda ; Hon. Alfred Bell, 1857-58. Nunda ; Hon. Samuel Skinner, 1862-63, Nunda ; Hon. William Y. Rob- inson, 1886-87. Nunda ; Hon. William Y. Robinson, 1903-04, Nunda.
Hon. Hiram Ashley from Ontario County, became a citizen of Nunda, and died here.
T. S. Hubbell (marble dealer) was for some reason called Hon. T. S Hubbell.
Hon. Washington Moses, member of Assembly from Allegany County, re- sides in Dalton.
Hon. Robert. Flint, a former townsman of Pike-Nunda became Assem- blyman from Allegany County.
Hon. Samuel Russell, of Hume-Nunda was Member of Assembly of Alle- gany County.
Hon. Luther C. Peck, Member of Congress, from Allegany County 1839- 1841.
STATE OFFICIALS (APPOINTIVE)
Clerks of Assemblymen : C. K. Sanders : E. W. Moses, to Speaker James W. Wadsworth, Jr .; Denton S. Robinson, Esq., special examiner, Court and Trust Funds, Comptroller's office, New York City.
Charles F. Peck Commissioner of Statistics of Labor and Capital, appointed by Gov. D. B. Hill.
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
Clerkships: Capt. James M. McNair, veteran; Aiken Aspinwall (vete- ran ) ; Mrs. Henry Chalker; Miss Nellie Tingley; Harry J. Decker (interior department ) ; James T. Ray ( printing ).
Major George M. Lockwood: Chief Clerk Interior Department during four administrations.
Fletcher C. Peck, has much of his father's ability and strength of expres- sion and ranks high as a city lawyer. he has also received Federal honors of a high order. (See Civil List.) A. Jackson Knight has resided in Arcade many years and has been honored by his county. (See Civil List. )
H. M. Dake might have been classed with these but after a course in col- lege he studied law, but was not as successful as a lawyer.
George W. Daggert. studied law here and at Mt. Morris, was admitted to practice and became District Attorney.
C. A. Norton was the next of the Nunda attorneys. He became Super- visor of the town for several consecutive terms and is still one of the legal magnates of the town.
Wilford Willey studied law in Nunda and became a lawyer of considerable ability.
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Ernest C. Olney grew up in the atmosphere of his father's law office, but not content with home instruction, sought instruction at the Law School at Al- bany and completed the course and is one of the few LL. B.'s, that have lived in Nunda. He has had the honor of being Supervisor of his town.
Adelbert Moot commenced the study of law in Nunda when he attended school at one time. He completed his studies at the Albany Law School. and is one of the foremost lawyers in Buffalo. He is a fine speaker and writer and having these important qualifications is achieving great success.
Denton S. Robinson became a lawyer and is one of the five lawyers of the village. He is a fine orator, a writer of culture cannot fail as an earnest advo- cate. He is in charge of many fine estates, and also transacts an extensive busi- ness as an insurance agent.
POSTMASTERS OF NUNDA
Russell G. Hurd, Nunda, Allegany County, (At Pike), appointed August 2, 1815; Elisha D. Moses, Nunda, Allegany County, (Oakhill), appointed July 27, 1818; George Willams, Nunda, Allegany County, (Oakhill), appointed April 12, 1822: Sanford Hunt, Nunda, Allegany County, ( Hunt's Hollow ), appointed February 3, 1823, when name of post office was changed to Hunt's Hollow.
And the Nunda post office changed to Wilcox Corners, May 1, 1827.
Nunda post office was established about the time that the other post office by the same name was changed to "Hunt's Hollow."
Wiliam P. Wilcox. Nunda, appointed May 1, 1827; George Null, Nunda, appointed November 24, 1828.
JOSEPH LOWELL Merchant Ex-President of Village
HARRISON PECK President of Village and Ex-Postmaster
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Lindsey Joslyn, Nunda Valley, Allegany County, appointed January 13. 1830; Utley Spencer, Nunda Valley, Allegany County, appointted March 8, 1836; Daniel Ashley, Nunda Valley, Allegany County, appointed March 26, 1841 ; Utley Spencer. Nunda Valley, Allegany County, appointed August 14, 1843; James Swain, Nunda Valley, Allegany County, appointed December 29, 1845.
Name of post office changed to Nunda, Allegany County.
James Swain, Nunda, Allegany County appointed June 4, 1846.
Edgar M. Brown, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed May 9, 1849; Charles H. Gardner, Nunda. Livingston County, appointed May 20, 1853; Utley Spencer. Nunda, Livingston County, appointed March 24, 1854; James Lemen, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed July 19, 1867: William C. Fuller, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed June 15, 1869; C. K. Sanders, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed March 3. 1879; Harrison Peck, Nunda, Living- ston County, appointed March 17. 1887: Homer C. Elwood, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed September 25, 1891 : Charles J. Swain, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed February 8. 1895: Benjamin E. Jones, Nunda, Livingston County, appointed February 15. 1899.
Fletcher C. Peck, Esq .. United States Marshal, appointed by President Cleveland. Harrison Peck was his Deputy.
John H. Hunt. Custom House, New York City.
Lias Lockwood. Custom House, New York City.
The Nunda post office followed the changes as to center of population. The fifth change brought it to Nunda Village, then called Nunda Valley, shortly be- fore the Nunda post office at Wilcox Corners was discontinued. We had but two in the town, the third one was at East Hill, but very near the Ossian line. This post office had but two postmasters. William Robinson from 1830 and Rufus Robinson, his son. It was moved to Bisbee, now West View, about 1860, in the town of Ossian.
NUNDA STATION OR DALTON POST OFFICE
Silas Grover, Nunda Station, appointed 1852; Lyman Ayrault, Nunda Sta- tion, appointed 1852.
Lyman Ayrault, Dorr A. Baker. Charles Lynde, A. D. Baker, G. E. Moses, appointed December 1897. (Name of post office changed to Dalton about 1880.)
OUR CIVIL LIST FROM NUNDA
"And there were giants in those days."
Hon. Joseph Weller. LL. D., Milpitas, Cal., taught school in Nunda, and vicinity in his youth, attended the first Nunda Academy, afterward at Temple Hill, Geneseo; graduated from Albany Normal school in 1846; taught in Wads- worth Agricultural College: taught in private seminary, Staten Island; settled in Milpitas in 1853 on a 950 acre farm; was Justice of the Peace for twenty- three years; Member of Constitutional Convention ( Hon.) : Governer of Cali- fornia.
Hon. Solon Otis Thacher. A. B., LL. D., principal Nunda Literary Insti- tute : member of New York Assembly: of Kansas Constitutional convention ; District Judge : State Senator, ( Kansas ), he died 1906.
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HON. WM. H. CHASE
MRS. NANCY BRACKETT CHASE
Hon. Addison M. Crane, our third lawyer and District School teacher of seventy-five years ago, went west, and became a legislator in Illinois.
Hon. William H. Chase, from East Street, Nunda, married Nancy Brackett. a cousin to Thomas Brackett Reed-Speaker of the House of Representatives ; and became a Member of Assembly. Both William and Nancy Chase, his wife, are still living and their son Frank has furnished their pictures for this book, they are now past eighty years of age. Joel Chase his brother distin- guished himself in military life and Major Levi Chase amassed a fortune, he died recently.
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