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Mr. Adriance was a gentleman of the old school. In a personal way he was extremely generous, and his quiet benefactions, though oftentimes unknown to the general public, were many and great. He was deeply interested in Poughkeepsie and Pough- keepsians, and his knowledge of family history in this city, coupled with an exceptionally retentive memory, made him a real authority on bygone days. Few Poughkeepsians have had so exhaus- tive and authoritative a fund of local information as he.
The loss of Mr. Adriance will be keenly felt in this city in which he lived, and to which he con- tributed so much.
An epitome of the life that Mr. Adri- ance lived among his fellows was elo- quently given in an editorial by "The Evening Star and Enterprise" of Pough- keepsie, April 17, 1923, the day following his death :
The passing winter has exacted a severe toll from our membership.
In no case has the grim reaper been more cruel than in removing from our community that most unassuming yet estimable member, I. Reynolds Adriance.
His life among us was of the wholesome sort. A life of leisure did not appeal to him, though such a life was made possible by the accident of wealth. His money did not spoil him; on the contrary, it gave him the chance to cultivate the cultural side of life. He became a lover of books, of art and the sciences. Even in gratifying his tastes in that direction, our fellow-townsman was unselfish. He
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wished to share with his fellowmen his opportuni- ties for study and for cultivating acquaintance with authors of standard books. This explains his untiring devotion to the mission of the Adriance Memorial Library. In other fields of civic useful- ness he was also entitled to the credit which goes to the volunteer rather than to the drafted man. He became a military man because in that way he wished to serve his country. His Americanism was of the deep-seated variety, exemplified not in words of mouth but in years of devotion to the flag and its upholding.
Others have spoken and written of his ability as a banker, as a manufacturer.
We like to think of 'Ren' Adriance as a man who saw the finer things of life come within his grasp-and wish not only to enjoy them himself but to share them with others. No higher tribute could be paid to any citizen.
ADRIANCE, John Erskine, Business Man, Financier.
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John E. Adriance, second son of John P. and Mary Jane R. (Platt) Adriance, was born in New York City, December 23, 1853. He attended the Poughkeepsie Military Institute, Riverview Academy, Poughkeepsie, and the Churchill School at Ossining, and after a year spent in travel abroad, entered the counting room of Adriance, Platt & Company. He rose to the presidency of the corporation and was actively identified with its affairs until in 1913, in the era of business con- solidations, the Buckeye plant was sold to the Moline Plow Company, of Moline, Illinois.
John E. Adriance has maintained touch with the life of his own city in innumer- able ways and has promoted the interests of Poughkeepsie in a broad-minded spirit, giving largely of time, means and influ- ence. Since 1894 he has been a director of the Farmers' and Manufacturers' Bank, serving as vice-president 1912-1922, and again in 1924. He was elected a trus- tee of Vassar College in 1910, and was re- tained in that office eleven years, resign-
ing in 1921 on account of ill health. On the death of his brother, I. Reynolds Adriance, 1923, he was elected to succeed him as president of the Adriance Memo- rial Library of Poughkeepsie. He is a trustee of the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank, elected September 24, 1917; presi- dent of the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Association, elected 1913, and a trustee since 1900; trustee of the Poughkeepsie Young Men's Christian Association ; one of five who organized the Dutchess Golf and Country Club, April, 1897, and presi- dent for more than fifteen years ; member of Triune Lodge, No. 782, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; member of the Chapter Commandery and the Mystic Shrine; member of the Holland Society of New York State. He is a communicant of Christ Episcopal Church, of Pough- keepsie.
On April 27, 1882, Mr. Adriance mar- ried Mary Hasbrouck, daughter of Mat- thew and Jane Catherine (Hardenbergh) Hasbrouck, of Stone Ridge, Ulster County, New York. They are the parents of two children : Jean Hardenbergh, who died October 11, 1897; and Marguerite Platt.
ANDREWS, Robert W.,
Physician, Surgeon.
Dr. Robert W. Andrews, a prominent and widely known physician and surgeon of Dutchess County, New York, for more than two decades, and by reason of his expert professional services has contribu- ted to the physical well being of his com- munity, and thus to general advancement and progress, comes of old English stock.
The surname "Andrews" is a baptismal name, meaning "son-of-Andrew," and became very popular throughout the British Isles during the thirteenth cen-
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tury. Since Andrew was the name of the patron saint and knightly champion of Scotland, as title of the primatial See, the surname became especially wide spread in Scotland. As an apostolic name it became popular at an early date all over Europe, as is evidenced by the vast numbers who bear that name to-day in America, descendants, for the most part, of English and Scotch Andrews. The name has undergone many changes, and has been written as Anderewe, Andreu, Andree, Andre, Andrewes (still in ex- istence), and finally, Andrews.
The following coat-of-arms is the heraldic device used by the American Andrews:
Arms-Gules, a saltire or surmounted by another vert
Crest-A blackamoor's head in profile couped at the shoulders and wreathed about the temples all proper.
Motto-Virtute et fortuna.
One branch of the family were residents of Yorkshire, England, as early as the year 1379, for in the Poll Tax of Yorks of that year a Willelmus Anderewe is mentioned, this man probably being the common ancestor of all the Yorkshire Andrews. The branch of the English family herein considered begins with Robert Andrews, of whom forward.
(I) Robert Andrews, the progenitor of this branch of the family in America, was born September 6, 1823, in Mosely, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, where he was reared and educated. He immigrated to the United States as a young man, land- ing at Boston, Massachusetts, but settling in Vermont, where he followed the trade of wool carder, which he had learned in his native country, plying his trade both at Northfield and Northfield Falls, Ver- mont. Fraternally, he was a Mason, having been raised to the degree of
Master Mason before he emigrated from England. His religious affiliation was given to the Episcopal faith (Church of England). His death occurred at North- field Falls, Vermont, April 30, 1895. He took his wife Belinda Germaine, a native of Vermont, who bore him two children, as follows: Charles H., of whom for- ward; and Ellen, who became the wife of Fred N. Cook, of Northfield, Vermont.
(II) Charles H. Andrews, elder child and only son of Robert and Belinda (Ger- maine) Andrews, was born in Northfield, Vermont, in December, 1847, and is still living (1924). He was educated in the public schools of his natal town, following which he learned the trade of wool-carder under the expert tutelage of his father, and in this vocation he has been identi- fied all his life. He is also a musician of more than ordinary ability, and in addi- tion to serving as bandmaster of his native town, he has composed many band selections of note. Fraternally, Mr. Andrews is a member of Granite Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Barre, Vermont. In religion he adheres to the faith of his fathers. Charles H. Andrews was married at Rochdale, town of Pough- keepsie, New York, to Elenora F. Du Bois, a daughter of John M. and Mary Ann (Van Dyne) De Bois. Issue : Robert Wesley, of whom forward.
(III) Robert Wesley Andrews, M. D., only son of Charles H. and Elenora F. (Du Bois) Andrews, was born in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, Sep- tember 9, 1869. His early education was received in the public schools of his birth- place, and following his graduation from the Northfield High School in 1887, he entered the employ of A. M. Doty, a prominent druggist of Poughkeepsie. After becoming thoroughly familiar with the various phases of pharmaceutics-a
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praiseworthy pre-medical course of action -he took up the study of medicine, during which time he learned the art, trade, and mystery of a hollow glassware blower at the Poughkeepsie Glass Works, and in 1895 entered the Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1898, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then took up his desi- dence in Brooklyn, New York, and shortly after was appointed acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army, being stationed first at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and then transferred to the San Juan Hospital, at Porto Rico. In 1899 Dr. Andrews returned to Poughkeepsie, and in August of that year he was ap- pointed first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, United States Volunteers, and assigned to the Forty-Sixth Infantry, which was ordered to the Philippine Islands. Dr. Andrews remained in the Philippines for a period of twenty months, and was an active participant in many of the numerous engagements. Among the recommendations in the Forty-Sixth In- fantry for medals of honor, brevet com- missions, and certificates of merit, Dr. Andrews was thus honored: "First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Robert W. Andrews for Brevet rank of Captain; for coolness and good judgment dis- played at Battle of Montalban, Philip- pine Islands, December 27, 1899." Cap- tain Andrews was mustered out of service on March 17, 1901, at Poughkeepsie, New York.
In the same year, 1901, Dr. Andrews resumed the practice of his profession in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he has since remained, building up a large clientage and a reputation for ability, integrity and efficiency. To-day he is one of the foremost practitioners in the medical fraternity of Dutchess County.
Politically, he is a staunch supporter of the Democratic party, and served his party ably as coroner of Dutchess County in 1906; and as bacteriologist for the Poughkeepsie Board of Health in 1909-10. Dr. Andrews is a member and past presi- dent of the Dutchess County Medical Society, having been the second youngest physician to occupy this important office in the century and a quarter of the soci- ety's existence. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Society, the Dutchess-Putnam Medical Society, a Fellow of the American College of Sur- geons, and the Poughkeepsie Academy of Medicine. He is attending physician at the Vassar Brothers' Hospital and the Bowne Memorial Hospital, and is con- sulting surgeon at the Hudson River State Hospital of Poughkeepsie.
Fraternally, Dr. Andrews has been active in Masonic circles, as were also his forefathers, and is a member of Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 266, Free and Accepted Masons ; Poughkeepsie Chapter, No. 172, Royal Arch Masons; King Solomon's Council, No. 31, Royal and Select Masters; and Poughkeepsie Com- mandry, No. 43, Knights Templar. Dr. Andrews is also a Past Grand of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds membership in the Amrita Club, and the Dutchess County Golf and Country Club.
Dr. Robert Wesley Andrews was mar- ried at Poughkeepsie, New York, Sep- tember 27, 1898, to Minnie M. Marrill, a daughter of Dr. Joaquin and Amanda (Caire) Marrill, natives of Havana and Jersey City, New Jersey, respectively. Dr. Robert Wesley and Minnie M. (Mar- rill) Andrews are the parents of two chil- dren: 1. Robert Carlisle, born September 16, 1902, received his early education in the Poughkeepsie public schools, follow-
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ing which he entered and was graduated from the Poughkeepsie High School, then followed a preparatory course, after which he matriculated at West Point United States Military Academy, being graduated from this famous institution with the class of 1924, and receiving a commission as second lieutenant in the United States Army. 2. Helen Germaine, born March 8, 1904, educated in the Poughkeepsie public and high schools, and at Vassar College.
GUERNSEY, Stephen Gano, Lawyer, Banker.
The Poughkeepsie Bank was organized in 1830, and the same year the substantial bank building, with a portico of heavy plastered columns, was built and shel- tered the bank for three-quarters of a century, being torn down in 1906 to fur- nish a site for the building erected by the Poughkeepsie Trust Company, a corporation formed by the merger of the Poughkeepsie National Bank and the City Bank, the last named institution having been organized in 1860. It was to the service of the Poughkeepsie National Bank that Stephen Gano Guernsey came, and to the presidency of which he was elected in 1892, and when that bank and the City National Bank merged into the Poughkeepsie Trust Company in 1901, he became president of that institution, a position he yet most ably fills. He is a lawyer by profession, and has not aban- doned his first love, but still continues the general practice of law.
The Guernseys of Dutchess County, New York, trace descent from John Guernsey, who came to New England, and appeared in Milford, Connecticut, about 1634, and in that colony four gene- rations of the family lived, John Guern-
sey, of the fourth generation, removing to Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. From John Guernsey, the American an- cestor, the line is traced through his son, Joseph Guernsey, born in 1639, and his wife, Hannah (Coley) Guernsey ; their son, Joseph (2) Guernsey, a large land owner of Milford, and his wife, Hannah (Disbrow) Guernsey, daughter of General Disbrow, who died at Woodbury, Con- necticut, September 15, 1754; their son, John (2) Guernsey, born April 6, 1709, and his wife, Anna (Peck) Guernsey, daughter of Jeremiah Peck and grand- daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Peck, they re- moved to Litchfield, Connecticut, and thence to Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, where he died in 1783; their son, John (3) Guernsey, born October 28, 1734, died in 1799, and his wife, Azubah (Buel) Guernsey, with whom he removed to Broome County, New York, there owning one thousand acres of farm and timber land, but he returned East, joined his family in Dutchess County, New York, and was buried near his father; their son, Ezekiel Guernsey, a physician, born in 1755, died at Stanford, Dutchess County, New York, in 1856, and his wife, Lavoisa (Bennett) Guernsey, daughter of Colonel Peter Bennett ; their son, Stephen Gano Guernsey, born in Stanford, Dut- chess County, New York, September 8, 1799, died there in 1875, and his wife, Eleanor (Rogers) Guernsey, daughter of Dayton Rogers, of Litchfield, Connecti- cut, and granddaughter of a Revolution- ary soldier; their son, Stephen Gano (2) Guernsey, of whom further.
Stephen Gano (2) Guernsey, of the eighth American generation of the family founded in New England by John Guern- sey, son of Stephen Gano and Eleanor (Rogers) Guernsey, was born in the town of Stanford, Dutchess County, New York,
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April 22, 1848. Being the son of a farmer, he alternated school attendance with farm work until he had exhausted the advan- tages of the schools of his town. He then attended that famous northern New York school, Fort Edward Institute, and there completed his institutional education. He continued at the home farm, his father's assistant, until well over legal age, then in 1870 left the farm and settled in Pough- keepsie, New York, where his elder broth- er, Captain Daniel W. Guernsey, later County Judge (1884-96) was engaged in law practice.
Stephen G. Guernsey, having deter- mined to embrace the profession of law, began his studies in 1870 in the office of Charles Wheaton, ex-County Judge, later passing under the preceptorship of his brother, Captain Daniel W. Guernsey, a veteran of the Civil War, born in 1834, died in 1902. In 1872, Stephen G. Guern- sey was admitted to the New York bar, and at once began practice in Pough- keepsie and there continues in general practice, his career closely paralleling that of another veteran of the Dutchess County bar, Frank B. Lown, a sketch of whom also appears in this work, they be- ginning the study of law at about the same time, Mr. Guernsey about one year the elder in age, Mr. Lown one year the elder in professional age, both having practiced in Poughkeepsie for more than half a century, both eminent in the law, and both presidents of strong financial institutions, and both yet "in the harness" as professional men and financiers. Mr. Guernsey, in 1874, was appointed deputy county clerk, an office he held until 1876, when he resigned to engage in private practice in the office of Jacob Jewett. Shortly afterward, Mr. Jewett died, Mr. Guernsey continuing in the same offices.
In politics Mr. Guernsey is a Democrat,
and from 1890 until 1894 he was a member of the Poughkeepsie Board of Education. During the administration of Governor Lucius Robinson he was appointed loan commissioner for New York State, and was reappointed by succeeding governors. In 1892, he was elected president of the Poughkeepsie National Bank, and in 1901 president of the Poughkeepsie Trust Company, as heretofore outlined. His record as a financier has won him annual reëlection to the presidency during the more than two decades that have passed and the steady growth of the company in business and in public confidence is the best comment that can be made upon his efficiency and ability. He is a trustee of Vassar Brothers' Hospital, one of the early members of the Amrita Club, mem- ber of the Bar Association and other clubs and societies, and a member of the Congregational Church.
Stephen G. Guernsey married, April 18, 1877, Marianna Hicks, of Poughkeepsie, New York, and they are the parents of four children : Raymond G., Homer W., Louis G., Emmeline.
HARRINGTON, James Taylor, Surgeon.
When Dr. Harrington began his pro- fessional career he elected surgery as his special line of practice and so continues, having been since 1910 located in Pough- keepsie, New York, with the exception of about two years spent overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces and the Army of Occupation, serving as surgical director with the rank of major in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He is locally prominent both in his pro- fession and as a citizen.
(I) Dr. Harrington is a descendant of Robert Harrington, born in England in
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1616, died in Waltham, Massachusetts, May 7, 1707, and was buried there. He went to Watertown, Massachusetts, and there married, October 1, 1648, Susan George, born 1632, died July 6, 1694.
(II) John Harrington, son of Robert and Susan (George) Harrington, was born August 24, 1651, and died July 17, 1741, at Waltham, Massachusetts. His wife, Hannah (Winter) Harrington, whom he married November 16, 1681, died at Waltham, July 17, 1741, aged seventy-eight.
(III) John Harrington, son of John and Hannah (Winter) Harrington, was born in October, 1684. His wife, Sarah (Barnard) Harrington, whom he married November 13, 1740, bore him a son John.
(IV) John Harrington, son of John and Sarah (Barnard) Harrington, was born February 28, 1742, and died at West- bury, Massachusetts, January 23, 1829. His wife, Mary (Whitney) Harrington, whom he married December 20, 1766, bore him a son Thomas Wentworth.
(V) Thomas Wentworth Harrington, son of John and Mary (Whitney) Har- rington, was born October 1, 1774, and died about 1809. His wife, Rachel Eunice (Hyde) Harrington, died at Worcester, Massachusetts, about 1850.
(VI) Stephen Harrington, son of Thomas W. and Rachel E. (Hyde) Har- rington, was born at Southboro, Massa- chusetts, December 14, 1806, and died April 13, 1886. His second wife, Sarah Bachelder (Holbrook) Harrington, whom he married at Grafton, Massachusetts, in May, 1842, died at Worcester, Massa- chusetts, November 26, 1877.
cester, Massachusetts, and in 1869 went to New York City and became connected with the Sargent Hardware Company, and later formed an association with Tobias New, the original constructor of water-proof cellars. Since 1870 he has been connected with the Tobias New Construction Company, and is now its president. Lewis W. Harrington mar- ried, April 21, 1874, Mary Young Taylor, born in New York City, December 19, 1850, daughter of James and Olivia (Moody) Taylor, her parents both born in Scotland.
(VIII) James Taylor Harrington, son of Lewis W. and Mary Y. (Taylor) Har- rington, was born in New York City, May 7, 1877. He there attended the pub- lic schools, and for two years was a stu- dent at the College of the City of New York. Later he spent two years at Phillips-Andover Academy, and in 1895 he entered Harvard College, whence he was graduated Bachelor of Arts, class of "99". The following three years he spent in New York City engaged with a whole- sale woolen and silk house, but in the fall of 1902 he entered the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Columbia University, whence he was graduated Doctor of Medi- cine, class of June, 1906.
The three years following graduation, Dr. Harrington spent as interne at Roose- velt and Sloan hospitals, New York City, then for one year was assistant surgeon to "Overlook Hospital," Summit, New Jersey. On May 15, 1910, he located in Poughkeepsie, New York, as superintend- ent and surgeon at Vassar Brothers Hospital. In 1911 he resigned the super- intendency to devote his time entirely to his duties as attending surgeon, and so continued until August 16, 1917, when he was commissioned an officer of the medi-
(VII) Lewis Wentworth Harrington, son of Stephen and Sarah B. (Holbrook) Harrington, was born in Millbury, Massa- chusetts, September 23, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of Wor- cal Corps of the United States Army,
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serving overseas from April 8, 1918, until July 12, 1919, receiving honorable dis- charge with the rank of major, on August 9, 1919.
While abroad on military duty Dr. Harrington saw active service as a mem- ber of the surgical staff of Evacuation Hospital No. 6, American Expeditionary Forces, and as surgical director of Evacu- ation Hospital No. 27, with the Army of Occupation. He sailed for home, July 14, 1919, receiving honorable discharge after his return to the United States.
On his return to Poughkeepsie, Dr. Harrington resumed his duties as attend- ing surgeon to Vassar Brothers Hospital, and has since devoted himself exclusively to surgical practice. He is a member of the Poughkeepsie Academy of Medicine, of which he was president in 1916 and 1917. He is also a member of the Dutchess Putnam Medical Society, the American Medical Association, is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, mem- ber of the Harvard Club of New York, the Amrita Club, Dutchess Golf and Country Club, Rotary Club, University Club, Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Triune Lodge, No. 782, Free and Accepted Masons; director of Veterans Mountain Camp and of its medical board, member of the American Legion, the Military Order of the World War, Poughkeepsie Board of Health and its vice-president (1924). He heads the list of the nine Legionaires of the Dutchess County organization of the American Legion that have been appointed to the State Com- mittee of the Legion in New York State, he represented Lafayette Post on the Advisory Board of the Rehabilitation Committee. Major Harrington was a member of the National Rehabilitation Committee representing New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. In politics
Major Harrington is a Republican. He is a member of the Reformed Church of Poughkeepsie.
Dr. Harrington married Lavina Cornell Vail, born at Verbank, Dutchess County, New York, March 24, 1888, whom he married at Poughkeepsie, New York, January 7, 1914. Their children : Jocelyn, born December 26, 1914, and Willard Vail, born September 21, 1918, both of Poughkeepsie, New York, the latter de- ceased.
Mrs. James T. Harrington's father, Willard Cornell Vail, is a descendant of George Vail, who emigrated from Eng- land to Long Island, about 1680. His son, Moses Vail, died at Huntington, Long Island. He married Phoebe, sur- name unknown. Isaac Vail, the next in line, was born in 1741, died in 1801, at Verbank, Dutchess County, New York ; he married Lavina Ketcham. Their son, Elias Vail, lived at Verbank, Town of Unionvale, in the old Vail homestead and died in 1857; he married Hannah Duncan. Their son, Elias D. Vail, of Verbank, born 1823, died 1908; he was a gentleman farmer; he married Lavina Cornell, they are the parents of Willard Cornell Vail, born in Verbank, Dutchess County, New York, May 17, 1856, died in Poughkeepsie, August 5, 1910; he was born in the old Vail homestead and was educated in the district schools of his native town, Oswego Institute, and Poughkeepsie Military Institute. For some time he served as clerk and book- keeper in the hardware store of Valentine & Coleman, of Poughkeepsie, later taking up the study of law in the office of Tris- tram Coffin. Two years later he entered the Albany, New York, Law School, and was graduated in the class of 1876. Re- turning to the old homestead he was en- gaged in farming until 1895, when he re-
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