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From "Law Notes," Northport, New York, January, 1900: * We do not know whether the author has had previous experience in literary work, but his book shows no signs of the prentice hand. One may open it at any page, and reading a sentence, his attention and interest are fixed at once. *
In the short space of this notice we can give no adequate idea of the charm of this book for a thinking reader. Any one who has read Buckle with delight cannot fail to be delighted with Mr. Clarke's essay. In its lucid and vigorous style it resembles the work of the distinguished philo- sopher-historian. But a more striking resem- blance is found in the fact that our author, like Buckle, ramsacks the whole realm of human knowledge in ardent search for analogies that will support his argument. And he finds them too.
Hon. John J. Dillon writes of the book : I have delayed writing you until I could find the time to read the volume, which I have now done with both pleasure and instruction. Its pages are replete with proofs of your wide reading and research, and of your own studies and reflection, and the results are embodied in this delightful volume. With here and there a slight reserva- tion, I am able to agree with you concerning the important subjects which you discuss.
Hon. William L. Penfield, Solicitor of the State Department, Washington, 1904, etc., writes: * * * It is a solid contribution to the science of jurisprudence ; its style is lucid and engaging, and I find it very readable and instructive.
ELY, Albert Heman,
Physician, Surgeon.
Dr. Albert Heman Ely, one of the most prominent physicians of New York City, was born November 22, 1860, in Elyria, Ohio. His ancestor, Nathaniel Ely, was born in England, doubtless at Tenterden, County Kent, in 1606, and received a common school education, as evidenced by the records left behind him. He came to America, it is thought, in 1634, in the bark "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, England, with his wife Martha, and a son and a daughter. His name is not on the pas- senger list, but that of his friend, Robert Day, appears, and as they settled on ad- joining lots in Newtown, Massachusetts Bay, now the city of Cambridge, May 6, 1635, it is reasonable to believe that they came together. In 1639 he was one of the constables of Hartford, and in 1643- 49 one of the selectmen. The name of Nathaniel Ely is on the monument to the memory of the first settlers of Hartford. He died December 26, 1675, and his wife, Martha, October 23, 1688. Samuel Ely, son of Nathaniel and Martha Ely, was born probably at Hartford, or Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died March 19, 1692. He removed to Springfield with his par- ents and married there, October 28, 1659, Mary, youngest child of Robert Day. Their sixteen children were all born in Springfield. Deacon John Ely, son of Samuel and Mary (Day) Ely, was born January 28, 1678, at Springfield, and died at West Springfield, January 15, 1758. He married Mercy Bliss, and their son, Ensign John (2) Ely, was born Decem- ber 3, 1707, at West Springfield, and died there May 22, 1754. He married, Novem- ber 15, 1733, Eunice Colton, born at Longmeadow, February 22, 1705, died March 29, 1778. Justin Ely, son of En- sign John (2) and Eunice (Colton) Ely,
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was born August 10, 1739, at West Springfield, and died there June 26, 1817. He graduated from Harvard College, 1759, and became a successful merchant in his native town, where he conducted a larger business than any other merchant. During the Revolution he was active in aiding the country, especially in collect- ing men who were drafted into the serv- ice and in providing for them afterwards. He married, November 9, 1762, Ruth, daughter of Captain Joel and Ruth (Dart) White, of Bolton, Connecticut, and had four children.
Heman Ely, youngest child of Justin and Ruth (White) Ely, was born April 24, 1775, in West Springfield, and died February 2, 1852, in Elyria, Ohio. Early in the nineteenth century he became in- terested in the purchase of lands in Cen- tral and Western New York, and under his direction large tracts there were sur- veyed and sold to settlers. At about the same time he entered into partnership with his brother Theodore in New York City, and was for ten years engaged with him in commerce in Europe and the East Indies. During this time he visited Eng- land, Holland, France and Spain, largely in the interests of his business. In France he lived long enough to acquire the lan- guage, and was in Paris from July, 1809, to April, 1810, where he was witness of many social and political events of his- torical interest. He saw in August, 1809, the grand fete of Napoleon and the Em- press Josephine, and in the evening at- tended a ball at the Hotel de Ville, where a cotillion was danced by a set of kings and queens. The following April, the Empress Josephine having in the mean- time been divorced and dethroned, he witnessed the formal entrance into Paris of Napoleon and Marie Louise of Aus- tria, and the religious ceremony of mar- riage at the chapel of the Tuilleries. At that time all Europe was under arms and
passage from one country to another was attended with the greatest difficulty and danger. Mr. Ely and a friend, Charles R. Codman, of Boston, in 1809 embarked for Holland from England in a Dutch fishing boat, were fired upon by gen- darmes as they tried to land, and only after a long journey on foot reached Rot- terdam and finally Paris. In 1810 he re- turned to America and the following year visited Ohio, and returned to New Eng- land by way of Niagara Falls, the St. Lawrence, and Montreal. In 1816. he again visited Ohio, and in February, 1817, accompanied by a large company of skilled workmen and laborers, he left the east for his future home. The new settle- ment was named by Mr .Ely, Elyria, and owed its prosperity to his life-long efforts. Mr. Ely was a Federalist in politics, of the school of George Cabot, Harrison Gray Otis and Thomas Handyside Per- kins. He married at West Springfield, October 9, 1818, Celia Belden, daughter of Colonel Ezekiel Porter and Mary (Par- sons) Belden.
Heman (2) Ely, son of Heman (I) and Celia (Belden) Ely, was born October 30, 1820, at Elyria. His mother died in 1827, and he was brought up by Rev. Emerson Davis, D. D., and his wife, of Westfield, Massachusetts. Later he attended the high school at Elyria and Mr. Simeon Hart's school in Farmington, Connecti- cut. He then returned to Elyria and en- tered his father's office, where he received a business training particularly in the care of real estate. He soon assumed the entire business. He assisted in the or- ganization of the first bank in Elyria, was chosen a director in 1847 and from that time has been connected with it as direc- tor, vice-president and president. It be- came in 1883 the National Bank of Elyria. In 1852, with Judge Ebenezer Lane and others, he secured the building of that section of the present Lake Shore &
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Michigan Southern Railway, then known as the Junction Railroad, from Cleveland to Toledo. From 1870 to 1873 he was a member of the State Legislature, and in- terested himself especially in the forma- tion of the state insurance department. He was a member of King Solomon's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and was worshipful master from 1852 to 1871 ; of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Ohio, grand commander from 1864 to 1871 ; of the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States, and treasurer for some years. He was also a member of the Con- gregational church in Elyria, and for many years one of its officers. For ten years he served as superintendent of the Sunday school. He has spent some time in compiling the records of the Ely family. He married (first) in Elyria, September 1, 1841, Mary, daughter of Rev. John and Abigail (Harris) Montieth, born in Clin- ton, Oneida county, New York, Novem- ber 12, 1824, died in Elyria, March 1, 1849. He married (second) in Hartford, May 27, 1850, Mary Frances, daughter of Hon. Thomas and Sarah (Coit) Day, born in Hartford, May 7, 1826.
Dr. Albert Heman Ely, son of Heman (2) and Mary Frances (Day) Ely, pre- pared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and entered Yale University, where he was graduated in the class of 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered upon the study of his profession at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and was graduated there with the degree of M. D. in 1888. He received his hospital experience as interne at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. For about two years he traveled and studied abroad, attending lectures and acquiring hospital experience at Vienna. Since his return to this country he has been en-
gaged in general practice in New York City. He is a member of the County and State Medical societies, the American Medical Association, and is a Republican in politics. He belongs to the New Eng- land Society of New York, the Univer- sity, Yale and Southampton clubs, and is a communicant of the Protestant Epis- copal church. He married, at Rochester, New York, October 7, 1891, Maude Louise Merchant, born at Rutland, Illinois, daughter of George Eugene and Frances (Sherburne) Merchant. Children: Regi- nald Merchant, born August 10, 1892, died August 21, 1892; Albert Heman, March 21, 1894; Gerald Day, October 7, 1896, died December 29, 1900; Francis Sherburne, November 7, 1902. Albert H. Ely, Jr., graduated at Yale, 1915, pre- pared at Hill School and for a year before he entered college traveled with the Por- ter E. Sargent School of Travel, going through all Europe, the Eastern Medit- teranean, Greece and the Dalmatia Coast. During the summer of 1914 he made a complete trip around South America through the Straits of Magellan and Pana- ma Canal. At present he is studying in Columbia Law School.
MILLER, Charles Ransom, Journalist.
Charles Ransom Miller, editor of the "New York Times," one of the leading newspapers of the country, is a descend- ant of an old English family. His an- cestor, Thomas Miller, yeoman, of Bis- hops Stortford (called usually Stortford), England, had by his wife Bridget, daugh- ter of Thomas Jernegan, seven children. John Miller, of Stortford, son of Thomas and Bridget (Jernegan) Miller, was a butcher, as shown by his will dated March 26, 1601, proved November 9, 1602. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rich- ard Jardfeilde, of Stortford, and sister of
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John and George Jardfeilde. Their son, John (2) Miller, married, and had three children, according to parish records which run back to 1561. Thomas Miller, son of John (2) Miller, was born at Bis- hops Stortford, about 1610, came to Mas- sachusetts with his brother John in 1635, but did not settle in Dorchester, as the list of inhabitants of that town in Janu- ary, 1636, contains only John and Alex- ander. The first notice we have of Thom- as Miller is that he was enrolled as a free- man at Boston, May 22, 1639, residence Rowley. His first wife, Isabel, died in 1660, leaving one child, and he married (second) at Middletown, June 6, 1666, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Nettleton, of Milford, settled there in 1639. Benjamin Miller, son of Thomas and Sarah (Nettle- ton) Miller (senior so-called in Middle- town records), was born July 30, 1672, died September 12, 1737; he married, 1701, Mary Basset, born 1674, died De- cember 5, 1709. Their son, Benjamin (2) Miller, was born 1702, and removed to New Hampshire in 1738, as in the latter year and in 1753 we find him at Newing- ton, and as late as June 5, 1783. He mar- ried, about 1730, Hannah, surname un- known. Benjamin (3) Miller, son of Ben- jamin (2) and Hannah Miller, was born between 1731 and 1735. He was in New- ington, New Hampshire, prior to 1775, when he removed to Brookfield, Massa- chusetts, but returned to New Hampshire about 1778-80, settling at Lyme, where he probably died. He married, in 1773, Esther, daughter of Elijah Clapp, and had four children. Elijah Miller, son of Benjamin (3) and Esther (Clapp) Miller, was born at Newington, in 1774, as his recorded age at death in New Hampshire State Official Register was sixty-three. He was baptized June 23, 1776, died Janu- ary 10, 1837. He was in the town of Lyme, New Hampshire, from 1780 to 1798, when he removed to Hanover, and
married there Eunice, daughter of David and Susanna (Durkee) Tenney; she was born in Hanover, December 21, 1783, died February 21, 1870. Mr. Miller also held several local offices in Hanover town and Grafton county, and was state senator, June 23, 1829, to June 2, 1830, and from that date to June 1, 1831; and was a member of the governor's council 1834- 35-36, and died, according to New Hamp- shire Official Register of 1851, January 10, 1837, aged sixty-three. He was a man of ability and distinction. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Unitarian. By occupation he was a farmer. Elijah Tenney Miller, son of Elijah and Eunice (Tenney) Miller, was born August 15, 1815, at Hanover, New Hampshire, and died May 30, 1892. He married Chastina C. Hoyt, born about 1826, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Strong) Hoyt. They had three children: Fayette M., born July 25, 1844; Susan A., March 22, 1847, married David C. Tenney, of Han- over, and died 1873; and Charles Ran- som, of whom further.
Charles Ransom Miller, son of Elijah Tenney and Chastina C. (Hoyt) Miller, was born January 17, 1849, at Hanover. He attended the public schools of Han- over, the Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, New Hampshire, and the Green Mountain Institute at South Woodstock, Vermont, where he completed his prepa- ration for college. He entered Dart- mouth College and was graduated in the class of 1872 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1905 he was honored by his alma mater with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Columbia University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Letters in 1915, and that year also he was elected to membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters. From the time of his graduation from college until 1875 he was on the editorial staff of the "Republi- can," at Springfield, Massachusetts, and
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rose to the position of city editor of that newspaper. In July, 1875, he became a member of the staff of the "New York Times," and since then has been con- nected with that newspaper. He was foreign editor for a time, then editorial writer from 1881 to 1883, and since April, 1883, has been editor-in-chief. He is also vice-president and a stockholder of the New York Times Company. During the period of Mr. Miller's editorship "The Times" has become one of the foremost newspapers of the country. In the opin- ion of many of the best judges it is the best newspaper in New York City, and the success of the newspaper under the policy of "All the news that's fit to print" has been a wholesome example and inspiration to editors and publishers of newspapers throughout the whole country. In poli- tics Mr. Miller is an Independent, and in religion non-sectarian. He is a member of the Century Club, the Metropolitan Club, the Piping Rock Club, the Garden City Golf Club, the Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing Club of Pike County, Pennsylvania. He married, October 10, 1876, Frances Ann Daniels, born April 8, 1851, died December 8, 1906, daughter of William H. and Frances Cot- ton Daniels, who was a descendant of Rev. John Cotton, the Puritan divine. Children : Madge Daniels, born October 28, 1877; Hoyt Miller, March 18, 1883, in New York City. Mr. Miller resides at 21 East Ninth street, New York City, in summer at Great Neck, Long Island, and his business address is the Times office, New York City.
MUNGER, George Grover, Lawyer.
While several generations of Mr. Munger's immediate ancestors have lived in New York State, the family is origin- ally from Connecticut, descendants of
Nicholas Munger who settled in Guil- ford, Connecticut, not later than 1661 and resided on the north side of the Neck river, where he died October 16, 1668. He married, June 2, 1659, Sarah Hull, who survived him and became the wife of Dennis Crampton. James Munger, a descendant of Nicholas and Sarah Munger, moved to Central New York. His son, James (2) Munger, married Jane B. Thompson, and they were the parents of an only son, Rev. Reuben De- Witt Munger, D. D., and the grand- parents of George Grover Munger, of Syracuse. James (2) Munger died in Ithaca, New York, in 1848.
Rev. Reuben DeWitt Munger was born at Ithaca, New York, August 26, 1837, died at Syracuse, New York, March II, 1909. His early years were spent in Ithaca, the family home until the death of James (2) Munger in 1848. After being left a widow, Mrs. James Munger removed with her only son to Watkins, New York, where his education, begun in Ithaca public schools, was continued in the schools of Watkins. After complet- ing the courses there he prepared at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, a noted school located at Lima, New York, then entered Genesee College, whence he was graduated at the head of his class, 1861, and awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Later he was awarded Master of Arts, a degree he also received from Syracuse University in 1873. His college fraternity was Phi Beta Kappa.
His high order of scholarship attracted attention and after graduation he was offered college professorships, but all such offers were declined, his ambition being fixed upon the holy calling of ministry. He passed through the varied degrees of service until finally ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and a member of the East Gene- see Annual Conference. That conference
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was then very large and through changes in conference boundaries he was at times a member of the Western New York Con- ference, the Genesee Conference and the Central New York Conference. His first appointment was at Big Flats, New York, in 1861, and from that year until 1893, when he was chosen presiding elder, he was continuously in the active ministry. In 1862 he was pastor at Havana; at South Sodus in 1863-64; Painted Post in 1865; Dansville in 1866- 67; Addison in 1868; East Bloomfield in 1869-71; Rochester in 1872-74; Bath in 1877; Palmyra in 1878-80; Auburn in 1881-82; Ithaca, his birthplace, 1883-85 ; Waterloo in 1886-90; Geneva in 1891-92. In all the charges he filled he labored most acceptably and as he grew in years and experience he broadened intellec- tually and was regarded as one of the strong men of his conference.
In 1893 he was elected presiding elder of the Auburn district, a responsible position, now known in the church as district superintendent. During his term of office, five years, he resided in Auburn, from there keeping in close touch with the churches of his district. In 1896 he received from Syracuse University the degree of Doctor of Divinity, an honor conferred in recognition of his learning, piety and eminence as a theologian. At the annual conference of 1898 he was transferred as presiding elder to the Elmira district, serving that district until 1904. The conference of 1904 elected Dr. Munger secretary of the sustenation fund of the conference, an office he held until death with headquarters at Syracuse. During the five years he served as secre- tary of the fund he put forth every effort and did arouse the church to the neces- sity of more adequately providing for the support of its superannuated ministers and the campaign he inaugurated resulted
in a fund which has reached very large figures, available for the support of the aged clergymen of the conference. Dr. Munger was accorded the honor of elec- tion as delegate to the quadrennial gen- eral conference of his church in 1896 and reserve delegate to that of 1904. From 1873 until 1880 he was a trustee of Gene- see Wesleyan Seminary and of Syracuse University from 1895 until his death.
He was a member of Dansville Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Ithaca Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; St. Augustine Commandery, Knights Templar, of Ithaca. He was a member of the New York State Historical Society, taking a deep interest in the various bodies to which he belonged. Seventy-two years was the span of life allotted the devoted, eloquent divine, years of greatest useful- ness in the ministry and ended while still "in the harness" as he would have wished. He was actively interested in those ques- tions tending to the moral uplift of the communities in which he lived and could always be counted upon for active sup- port. The cause of temperance was very dear to him, and outside of his strictly ministerial work none other was so clear. He was a loyal supporter of Francis Murphy, that gifted Irishman whose crusade against rum so stirred the nation, and during that and other campaigns for temperance he lectured in nearly all of the Eastern and Middle States. He was greatly in demand for such service and proved a powerful advocate for the cause.
Dr. Munger married, in 1863, Estelle Hinman, daughter of Dr. George T. and Irene (Benson) Hinman, of Havana, New York, a descendant of Sergeant Edward Hinman, an officer of the Royal Life Guards of Charter I. Sergeant Hinman came to America in 1650 and is the ances- tor of all of the name in this country
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claiming early Colonial descent. He was a large land owner at Stratford, Con- necticut, and the first title holder to the old tide mill which stood between Strat- ford and what is now Bridgeport. The Hinman ancestry also includes Governor John Webster, of Connecticut, and Deputy-Governor Samuel Symonds, of Massachusetts. Dr. and Mrs. Munger were the parents of George Grover Munger, of further mention, and James De Witt Munger, of St. Paul, Minnesota.
George Grover Munger was born Janu- ary 29, 1865, at South Sodus, Wayne county, New York, his father then being pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at that place. His early education was obtained in the schools of the different charges his itinerant father filled, but he was reared under the best home influences and the instruction of his scholarly father and accomplished mother counted more in those formative days than school instruction. At Auburn and at Ithaca he had the benefit of the high school courses and was fully prepared for college admis- sion. He then entered Cornell Univer- sity, specialized in history and political economy and was graduated Bachelor of Arts, class of '88. Choosing the profes- sion of law he studied under the precep- torship of F. L. Manning, of Waterloo, New York, and in 1890 was admitted to the bar. He chose Syracuse as a location, was a partner with H. H. Bacon for one year, but since 1892 has practiced alone. While his practice is general in character he specializes in the law of real estate and of corporations, transacting a large business in the State and Federal courts of the district. In 1904 he was appointed receiver for the Royal Templars of Temperance, and has been called to fill other positions of trust and respon- sibility. He is devoted to his profession, but has outside business interests and is
highly regarded as both a professional and business man. He is a member of the various bar associations, and is interested in those movements intended to make communities better places in which to live. His church affiliation is with the denomination whose ministry his honored father graced, and he serves Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church of Syracuse as trustee. He is one of the stewards of the Central New York Conference, a member of the Permanent Fund Commis- sion and holds other positions of the con- ference open to a layman. He is a mem- ber of Central City Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Central City Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Central City Com- mandery, Knights Templar; the Citizens' and University clubs; the New York State Historical Society and American Historical Association. In political faith he is a Republican, but serves as a private in the ranks, seeking no political office for himself.
Mr. Munger married, September 26, 1894, Ada M. Bishop, of St. Paul, Minne- sota. Their only son, George DeWitt Munger, is a student at Syracuse Univer- sity, class of 1919.
NOLTE, Adolph, Jr.,
Manufacturer, Inventor.
Nolte, a name well known among Ger- many's higher classes, has been worthily borne in Rochester by two generations of the family, Adolph Nolte, senior and junior, the former an adopted, the latter a native son. The father was a noted editor of a newspaper, the son has won distinction in the mechanical world by his inventive genius and skill. His inven- tions cover a wide field, but his greatest fame has been won in connection with the Hydro-Press Company, of which he was president. The most important of his
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inventions is difficult to determine, for his machine for grinding the edges of lenses so that the milky surface is obtained, a result that eliminates the shadows and reflections of a bright surfaced edge, is used to-day all over the world by manu- facturers of optical and camera lenses. To him is also credited the first positive washing machine, Mr. Nolte perfecting that invention at the age of eighteen years while an employee of the Sprague Laundry Company. His hydraulic press, capable of removing the two wheels from the axle of a locomotive instantaneously, was the first machine of its kind ever built, and giant presses of fifteen thou- sand tons strength are the fruit of his mechanical genius and skill. Since 1908 his talents have been devoted to the serv- ice of the Eastman Kodak Company in experimental work and machine improve- ment. These are his greatest successes only. He is the inventor of many original machines, has taken out many patents, and is a member of the International Congress of Inventors. Originality, enterprise, determination and industry have marked his business life, while cour- tesy and kindliness show in his inter- course with his fellow-men. He is highly esteemed and holds a place in public regard fairly won and worthily filled.
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