Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 17

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680

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(III) Rev. Hugh (2) Mosher, eldest son of Ensign Hugh (1) and Lydia (Maxon) Mosher, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1633, died 1713. He was a minister of the Baptist church, and a man of high standing. He married Rebecca, daughter of John and Sarah Herndell. Children: Nicholas, born

1666; John, 1668; Joseph, 1670; James, 1675; Rebecca, 1677; Daniel, 1678; Mary, 1679.

(IV) James, son of Rev. Hugh (2) and Rebecca (Herndell) Mosher, was born 1675. He removed to New London, Connecticut, where he died. He married (first), July 6, 1704, Catherine Tosh. He married ( second), May 23, 1714, Mary Duval. Children by first wife: Daniel, born October 13, 1705; Mary, January 1, 1707; James, December 11, 1709; John, 1711 ; William, November 9, 1712. Children of second wife: John William, of further mention; Timothy, born October 27. 1716: Jonathan, May 9, 1718; David, March 29, 1720; Jeremiah, June 16, 1722: James, April 24. 1724; Phebe, May 20, 1726.

(V) John William, son of James and his second wife, Mary (Duval) Mosher, was born June 4, 1715. He married, at Groton, Massa- chusetts, Elizabeth, born October 15, 1720, daughter of Zachariah and Abigail Lawrence. Children : 1. Mary, born April 11, 1743; mar- ried, 1772, William Graham. 2. John (lieu- tenant), a daring officer of the revolutionary war; married Hannah, daughter of William Warren, a lineal descendant of Arthur War- ren, one of the early settlers of Weymouth. 3. James, born July 31, 1747. 4. Abigail, born August 17, 1749; killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. 5. David, born August 2, 1752; killed at Bunker Hill. 6. Josiah, born May 31, 1757, an able and courageous officer of the revolu- tion ; married Rebecca Doolittle. Josiah and John settled in Oneida county, New York, after the revolution. 7. Elizabeth, born July 31. 1760; married Samuel Moody Emerson. 8. Hannah, born April 5, 1764.

(VI) A son of John William and Elizabeth (Lawrence) Mosher, presumably James, born July 31, 1747 ; served in the revolution, under two enlistments, from Pepperell, Massachu- setts. He marched, with Captain John Nut- ting's company, on the "Lexington Alarm" of April 19, 1775 ; served six days ; enlisted again, April 25, 1775, as corporal of the same com- pany ; served three months and six days.

(VII) Peter, grandson of John William Mosher, and believed to be a son of James Mosher, was born in Massachusetts, about 1775, died in Oppenheim, Fulton county. New York, 1816. He settled in Fulton county, in 1796. He purchased a farm in the then wilder- ness that is now in the possession of a grand- son, Chauncey Mosher. He married Mary Rarrick. Children : John P., Peter. Ephraim.

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Jeremiah, Abraham, Leonard, Elizabeth, Cor- nelia and Polly.

(VIII) Ephraim, son of Peter and Mary (Rarrick) Mosher, was born in Oppenheim, Fulton county, New York, 1804, died at Fal- coner, Chautauqua county, New York, 1875. He was reared and educated in Fulton county, where he remained until 1832, when he re- moved to Chautauqua county, settling first in the town of Ellington, where he purchased a farm. He later sold this farm and purchased another in Poland, same county. He owned two adjoining farms of sixty and seventy-five acres, in Poland, which he operated until his death. He was a Democrat until his later years, when he became a Republican. He served as collector of Ellington, and was high- ly regarded in his community. He was a dealer in fine stock and took active part in the development of his town. He married (first) Maria Helmick, (second), in 1844, Lucretia Abbey, born in Guilford, Chenango county, New York, 1816, died 1897, daughter of Henry and Eva (Ingersoll) Abbey. Henry Abbey was born September 3, 1787, died Au- gust 26, 1875. Eva Ingersoll was born Au- gust 8, 1789, died January 23, 1857. Lucretia was a woman of more than ordinary attain- ments. She took a prominent part in church and social affairs and left a noble, womanly record as a memorial. She was a founder and first president of the Pine Hill Cemetery Asso- ciation, of Falconer, and on each recurring Memorial Day her grave is decorated by her loving friends. Henry Abbey, her father, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, settled in Guil- ford, Chenango county, New York, coming from there to Ellington, Chautauqua county. He married Eva Ingersoll, May 1, 1814. Henry was a son of Thomas Abbey, who removed from Salem, Massachusetts, to Enfield, Con- necticut, in 1680. He built and operated a hotel there that is standing to-day. He served eight years in the English army during colonial wars and served in the continental army dur- ing the revolution. Children of first wife: Catherine, Margaret, Ephraim and Ezra. Chil- dren of second wife: Harriet M., born April 19, 1845, married Robert Cowden, of James- town; Victoria, December 25, 1847, married Samuel Ely, of Falconer ; Stiles Burt, of fur- ther mention.

(IX) Stiles Burt, only son of Ephraim and Lucretia (Abbey) Mosher, was born in Po- land, Chautauqua county, New York, March

27, 1851. He was educated in the public schools, and, for many years was engaged in farming. He has been engaged in broom mak- ing of late years, and in lighter pursuits. He resides on a part of the old homestead, which was a tract of about twenty acres that at pres- ent forms part of the village of Falconer. He is held in high esteem and has served as village trustee and on the school board. Mosher street, in the village, is named in the family honor. He is a Democrat in politics, and an attendant of the Unitarian church. He married, Octo- ber 29, 1879, Martha M. Cook, born in Attica, New York, February 11, 1858, died November 1, 1908, daughter of John N. and Anna (Koh- ley) Cook. Children: 1. Gertrude E., born July 29, 1880; graduate of Falconer high school, Fredonia Normal School and Syracuse University, class of 1903; taught at Goshen and Falconer, New York, in the public schools ; is now a resident of Falconer. 2. Harriet Anna, born August 7, 1884; married William W. Densmore; children : Burt Ellsworth and Dorothy Irene. 3. Harry Abbey, born June 18, 1892. 4. Henry Ephraim, twin of Harry Abbey; both sons were educated in the Fal- coner high school and reside at home. In 1911 Henry E. Mosher was honored by an appointment from New York state at large to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, by United States Senator James A. O'Gorman, of New York.

John Norbert Cook ( formerly Koch), father of Mrs. Martha M. (Cook) Mosher, was born at Ehrang, province of the Rhine, Germany, July 13, 1813, died at Olean, New York, June, 1889, son of John Koch, of Germany. John Norbert Cook received a classical education in the gymnasium of his native province and be- came a fluent linguist, speaking several lan- guages, also teaching them. He came to New York City, February 26, 1846, and from there went to Bennington, New York, from thence to Attica, New York, finally settling in Olean, where he died. He was a farmer in the United States, but probably lived a retired life after going to Olean. He was a member of the Cath- olic church and a man highly esteemed.

He married, in 1844, at Ehrang, Germany, Anna Kohley, who accompanied him to the United States. Children, all but the first born in New York state: Jacob, born in Germany, 1845; Grace, 1851; Kate, 1853; Frank C., 1855; Martha M., 1858, married Stiles Burt Mosher ; Anna, 1861 ; John W., 1862.

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John Koch, father of John Norbert Cook, was born 1769, died 1859. He was a man of good education, and a graduate of the Gym- nasium. His wife's name was Elizabeth. Chil- dren: Elizabeth, John Norbert, Peter, Ger- heart and Hans.

The antiquity of the Hutch- HUTCHINSON inson family is very great. Its origin has been assigned to one Uitchensis, said to have been a Nor- wegian, and to have come from Normandy with William the Conqueror, but there is no. record of the family after the Conquest until 1282, after which the history of the family is definitely known. The coat-of-arms : Per pale gules and azure semee of cross-crosslets or, a lion rampant argent. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a cockatrice with wings endorsed azure, beaked combed and wattled gules.

(I) Bernard Hutchinson, of Cowlan, York- shire, England, was living in 1282. He bore the coat-of-arms above described. His wife was the daughter of John Boyvill, Esq., of one of the best families of Yorkshire. Children : John, mentioned below ; Robert, married Newcomen, of Saltfleetlby, Lincolnshire ; Mary, married William Sutton, of Washingborough, Lincolnshire.

(II) John, son of Bernard Hutchinson, mar- ried Edith Wouldbie, of Wouldbie. Children : James, mentioned below; Barbara, married Lewis Ashton, of Spalding, Lincolnshire; Julia, married Allyne Bruxbie, of Shobie; Margaret, married William Champernowne, of Devon- shire.

(III) James, only son of John Hutchinson, was of Cowlam, and married Ursula Gregory, of Nafferton, Yorkshire. Children: William, mentioned below; John, married daughter of John Conyers; Barbara, married John Ha- thorne, of Cransweke (Cranswick) ; daughter, married John Ocam, Esq .; Eleanor, married Thomas Brown, Esq.

(IV) William, son of James Hutchinson, married Anne Bennett, daughter of William Bennett, of Thackley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Children : Anthony, men- tioned below; Oliver, married daughter of John Tindall; Mary, married Jervas Abtost ; Alice, married William English.

(V) Anthony, son of William Hutchinson, married (first) Judith Crosland, daughter of Thomas, (second) Isabel Harvie, daughter of Robert. Children of second wife: William; 6-W

Thomas, mentioned below ; John; Richard, sup- posed to have settled in Ireland; Leonard; Ed- mund; Francis; Andrew.

(VI) Thomas, son of Anthony Hutchinson, bought the principal part of the township of Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, the remaining por- tion afterward coming into the family of his descendants. He lived in the reign of Henry VIII. He owned also an estate at Colston Bassett, a few miles east of Owthorpe. His actual residence was at Cropwell Butler. He was living as late as October 9, 1550. Chil- dren : William; John; Lawrence, mentioned below.

(VII) Lawrence, son of Thomas Hutchin- son, resided at Tollertown, a town between Owthorpe and Nottingham. He married Isa- bel , who survived him. His will was dated July 2, 1577, and proved at York, Octo- ber 9, following. Children : Robert; Thomas, mentioned below; Agnes; Richard; William.

(VIII) Thomas (2), son of Lawrence Hutch- inson, resided at Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and died in 1598. His will was proved May II, that year, and dated March I. Children : William, died before his father ; Thomas, men- tioned below ; Joan.

(IX) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Hutch- inson, inherited his father's estate at Newark, but removed to Arnold, near Nottingham, be- tween 1601 and 1605. He married Alice. who survived him. He was buried at Arnold, August 17, 1618, his will being dated March 4, preceding. He bequeathed to all his children, most of whom were doubtless born at New- ark, before his removal to Arnold. Children: John, married twice, lived at Arnold; Isabel, married Adam Barker; Humphrey, living in 1618; Elizabeth; Robert, baptized at Newark, September 6, 1601, lived at Arnold; Richard, mentioned below ; Thomas, baptized at Arnold, June 16, 1605.

(X) Richard, son of Thomas (3) Hutchin- son, was born 1602-03. In 1660 he deposed that his age was fifty-eight. He married, at Cot- grave, county Nottingham, England, December 7, 1627, Alice Bosworth, probably daughter of Joseph Bosworth, of Southell, otherwise known as the Cathedral Church, of Nottinghamshire. He was the immigrant ancestor, and came to America, in 1634, with his wife Alice and four children, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. He had a grant of land from Salem in 1636, and the next year a grant of twenty acres more, "provided he will set up a plough." It is said

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that, at that time, there were but thirty-seven ploughs in the entire colony. In 1664 he had another parcel of land granted him, and, in 1660, still another. The land was situated in the vicinity of Hathorn's Hill, Beaver Dam Brook, now called Beaver Brook, which runs through Middleton into the Ipswich river. He and his wife were members of the Salem church as early as 1636. He bought a farm of a hundred and fifty acres, at Salem Village. now Danvers, of Elias Stillman, in 1648, which was his homestead afterward. He served on a committee of the town to survey Jeffrey's creek, now Manchester, and Mackerel Cove. He married (second), in October, 1668, Sarah Standish, widow of James Standish, of whose estate Hutchinson was appointed administrator, April 1, 1679. His will was dated January 19, 1679, and proved September 26, 1682. His widow married ( third) Thomas Roots, of Man- chester, whom she also survived. Children of first wife, the first five born in England: I. Alice, baptized at North Muskham, Notting- hamshire, September 27, 1628, died there same year. 2. Elizabeth, baptized at Arnold, August 30, 1629; married Deacon Nathaniel Putnam, of Danvers. 3. Mary, baptized at North Musk- ham, December 28, 1630 ; married Thomas Hale, of Newbury, Massachusetts. 4. Rebecca, born 1632 ; married James Hadlock, of Salem. 5. Joseph, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, baptized at Salem, December 25, 1636; married Anthony Ashby. 7. Hannah, baptized June 20, 1639: married, April 12, 1662, Daniel Boardman. 8. John, born May, 1643; married, July, 1672. Sarah Putnam.

(XI) Joseph, son of Richard Hutchinson, was born in England, in 1633. He came to America, with his father, and settled on part of the homestead conveyed to him by deed of gift, March 16, 1666. He also had a grant of land in Salem. In 1673 he was one of the com- mittee to build a parsonage at Danvers, and he gave the land. He was one of the petitioners for the setting off of the town of Danvers, then called Salem Village. He conveyed most of his real estate to his sons before his death, and died intestate. . He married (first) Abigail. daughter of John Gedney. (second), February 28, 1678, Lydia (Buxton) Small, widow of Jo- seph Small; she was admitted to the church at Danvers, April 27, 1690. Children of first wife. all baptized at the First Church, in Salem, Sep- tember 26, 1666: Abigail, died young ; Bethia. died 1690: Joseph, died May, 1751 ; John. died

1746, married May 7, 1694, Mary Gould ; Ben- jamin, baptized September 26, 1666, died intes- tate, 1733. Children of second wife: Abigail, born June 14, 1679; Richard, May 10, 1681, married, February 16, 1714, Rachel Bunce ; Samuel, of whom further ; Ambrose, June 4, 1684, married Ruth Leach; Lydia, September 13, 1685, married George Nourse; Robert, No- vember 3, 1687, married Elizabeth Putnam.

(XII) Samuel, son of Joseph Hutchinson, was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, October 9, 1682, third child of Lydia (Buxton) Small, ,second wife of Joseph Hutchinson. His tomb- stone, in Windham, Connecticut, reads : "Here lies the body of Mr. Samuel Hutchinson, who lived a sober, virtuous life and hopefully died in the faith of ye Lord Jesus, February 22nd, 1758, in the 77th year of his age." He removed to Windham, Connecticut, about 1710, as that year he ceased to be taxed in Danvers. He married, June 14, 1715, Rachel, sister of Will- iam Allen, who came to Windham with Sam- uel Hutchinson. Her gravestone, at Windham. reads: "In memory of Mrs. Rachel Hutchin- son, wife of Mr. Samuel Hutchinson, who died May ye 6th, 1752 (or 3), in ye 77th year of her age." Children : Sarah, born May 12, 1716: Samuel, April 18, 1718; Joseph, of whom fur- ther.

(XIII) Joseph, son of Samuel Hutchinson, was born in Windham, Connecticut, February 25, 1719-20, died there, November 21, 1804. He married (first), November 11, 1742, Ruth Read, of Windham. Children : Eleazer, born February 12. 1745, died February 29, 1824. married Olive Abbott; Elisha, of whom fur- ther; Rachel, born August 5, 1748, died No- vember, 1825. He married (second) Mary Warren, of Windham.

(XIV) Elisha, son of Joseph Hutchinson. was born in Windham, Connecticut, November 22, 1746, died there, May 12, 1824. He mar- ried, October 1, 1766, Eunice Hyde, of Frank- lin, Connecticut, who died May 1, 1833. He settled in Lebanon, Connecticut. Children, all born in Lebanon: 1. Daniel, of whom further. 2. Rachel, born August 21, 1769; in her forty- first year married Daniel Terry. 3. Eunice. born October 24. 1771. died April 16, 1815: married Deacon John Hayward. 4. Elisha, born December 25. 1774 : married Mary ( Polly ) Tilden. 5. Ruth, October 19, 1779, died May 4, 1810; married Timothy Bailey.

(XV) Dr. Daniel Hutchinson, son of Elisha Hutchinson, was born in Lebanon, Connecti-

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cut, November 23, 1767, died there, October 11, 1827. He married, October 20, 1787, Sus- anna Throop, of Lebanon, who died in Guil- ford, Connecticut, October 31, 1857, and is buried in Lebanon, beside her husband. Chil- dren, all born in Lebanon : 1. Joseph, born Au- gust 1, 1788; married Sarah Maxwell, died in Nevada City, November 24, 1873; served in the Mexican war, on the staff of General Scott. 2. Captain Erastus, born December 5, 1790, died August 4, 1843; married Nancy Loomis. 3. John, of whom further. 4. Eunice, born June 10, 1795; married Dr. Anson Foote, of Guilford. 5. Elisha, born October 12, 1800, died in Buffalo, New York, August, 1862 ; mar- ried Marietta Bailey, of Lebanon. 6. Daniel, born July 20, 1805, died at Black Rock, Erie county, New York, March 21, 1853. With the children of Dr. Daniel Hutchinson the history of the family in Erie county begins.

(XVI) John, third son of Dr. Daniel Hutch- inson, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Oc- tober 28, 1792; died in Williamsville, Erie county, New York, August 25, 1865. He first came to Buffalo in 1815, and, for a time, work- ed for Jonas Williams, who had a tannery at Williamsville, and was the first postmaster of that village, which was named in his honor. In 1818 he returned to Lebanon, married, and returned to Williamsville with his bride, mak- ing the entire journey by wagon and team. He later purchased the tannery from Mr. Will- iams, which he operated for about half a cen- tury. (This old plant was consumed by fire in 1865). The leather made at the tannery was sold through his son, John Martin Hutch- inson, who had a wholesale leather store in Buffalo. John Hutchinson was a man of im- portance in Williamsville and Erie county. He was a Whig in politics, and a pillar of the Bap- tist church. He was first chief of the village fire department, and seems to have transmitted to his posterity an interest in matters pertain- ing to fire protection, as both his son and grand- son were intimately connected with Buffalo's fire department in later days. He married, in 1818, Harriot Martin, of Connecticut. Chil- dren : John Martin, of whom further; Helen Mar, married William H. Randall, a Baptist minister, and chaplain in the civil war, holding the rank of major, no issue.

(XVII) John Martin, only son of John Hutchinson, was born in Williamsville, Erie county, New- York, March 25, 1820: died in Buffalo, New York, August 17, 1886. He

worked with his father and became familiar with the manufacture and qualities of leather at the Williamsville tannery. At the age of nineteen years, in 1839, he became head of the sales department, opening a warehouse and salesrooms in Buffalo. Here until 1867 he marketed the output of his father's tannery. Trade was established all through the middle and northern west, Buffalo being the distribut- ing center. He continued actively engaged in the leather business until the death of his father, in 1865. The business was then grad- ually closed up, and, in 1867, he retired, de- voting himself thereafter to his private con- cerns. He was one of Buffalo's great-hearted prominent men. He was appointed by Mayor Brush, in 1887, a member of the first board of fire commissioners, appointed under the act creating a paid fire department in Buffalo, and reappointed, in 1885, by Mayor Scoville. He was also a member of the old volunteer depart- ment, having become a charter member of Taylor Hose Company, No. 1, November 13, 1850, continuing until 1875. He was a director of the Marine Bank (then a state bank) ; di- rector of the Suspension Bridge Company, Niagara Falls; director of the Buffalo & Erie railroad, which was later merged into what is now the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad ; trustee of the Buffalo City and Coun- ty Hall; trustee of the Buffalo State Hospital : trustee of the Buffalo City Cemetery ; and one of the incorporators of the Church Charity Foundation of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Buffalo, and always took a deep interest in this society, which maintains homes for aged persons and rears and educates orphans. He was president of the Young Men's Association, and one of the trustees of its real estate. He was also one of the organizers of the Buffalo Driving Park Association. He was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and was a member of the vestry. Formerly a Whig, he became a Democrat when the Whig party dis- rupted, and was thereafter a loyal member of that party, serving, at one time, as chairman of the Democratic county committee. He was a man of generous impulse and ever ready to aid in charitable and philanthropic work. He stood high in his community, both as a man of business and in good citizenship.

He married, January, 1851, Eunice Alzina. died March 13, 1852. daughter of Rufus How- ard. of Frankfort, New York.

(XVIII) Edward Howard, only child of

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John Martin and Eunice A. (Howard) Hutch- inson, was born in Buffalo, New York, north- west corner of North Division and Ellicott streets, March 7, 1852, his mother dying a few days after his birth. He was educated in public school No. 10, private schools, and Cen- tral High School. While preparing to enter Harvard University failing eyesight frustrated his plans and hastened the beginning of his busi- ness career. In 1870, being then but eighteen . years of age, he became a partner (his father purchasing an interest for him) in the pork- packing firm of L. W. Drake & Company. He continued in this business until 1875, when the firm's packing house, in Buffalo, was destroyed by fire. Market conditions, at the time, not being favorable, it was decided not to rebuild, and the firm was dissolved. He then became interested in advertising, and, in the autumn of 1875, established the first newspaper advertis- ing agency ever operated in Buffalo. This necessitated printing machinery, from which the business broadened and developed into a complete printing and publishing plant, located in the Hutchinson building, especially con- structed for its home, with three large cylinder presses constantly employed in doing every kind of general printing. As the printing busi- ness grew the advertising branch was abandon- ed. Mr. Hutchinson conducted this enterprise most successfully until 1895, when it was closed out. Since then he has devoted himself to the management of his large estate. In 1882 he became a partner of Thurstone & Company, wholesale and retail drugs, and con- tinued this connection until 1886. He invested heavily in Buffalo real estate, as opportunity offered, much of which he has improved with buildings, office and apartment, maintaining a suite of offices in the "Hutchinson Building." He is senior member of the board of directors of the Marine National Bank, and chairman of the finance committee, having been elected a quarter of a century ago to fill the place made vacant by the death of his father.

He is also active in public city affairs; is president of the board of trustees of Buffalo City Cemetery (Forest Lawn) ; treasurer of the endowment fund of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and a member of the board of man- agers of the Church Charity Foundation of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which his father was an incorporator. A graceful tribute, to the memory of his parents' interest in the homes maintained by the society, is found in

the beautiful red sandstone Hutchinson Memo- rial Chapel, erected by Mr. Hutchinson and presented to the society as a memorial. He is a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and chairman of the finance committee. His interest in the welfare of St. Paul's impelled Mr. Hutchinson to have built and installed in the church a magnificent pipe organ, said to be without a peer in the United States for tone and the variety of its mechanical attachments. This organ is in sections, in different parts of the church, electrically connected, and all con- trolled by one keyboard. Its range is remark- able, varying from the flutelike notes of a bird to the grandest, deepest volume. Under the control of the skillful organist, Mr. Webster, this organ forms a most delightful addition to the impressive services of St. Paul's. The organ was presented to the church in the name of Mr. Hutchinson and his wife.

As president of the Buffalo City Cemetery, Mr. Hutchinson has done a great deal to secure burial facilities for the old soldiers of Buffalo, and on the walls of his office is a certificate of associate membership in Chapin Post, Grand Army of the Republic, acknowledging these favors and expressing their gratitude. He has always taken a deep interest in the early fam- ily home, Williamsville, having donated the site upon which the village hall and hose house now stands, and where the fire department, to which he has been most generous, has named a company in his honor. He has also been intimately connected with the fire depart- ment of Buffalo. In 1891 he was appointed fire commissioner by Mayor Bishop, and, in 1900, by Mayor Diehl, a member of the first union station commission, serving two years and being reappointed by Mayor Knight. Mr. Hutchinson enjoys the unique honor of having been the only Democrat ever elected to office from the old tenth ward, always known as the strongest Republican ward in Buffalo. In 1887 he was a candidate of his party for alderman, and was elected, running one thousand votes ahead of his ticket. He refused a renomina- tion, and, shortly afterward, the city was re- districted and old ward lines swept away. He is actively interested in the success of his party and has served as a member of the executive committee of the Democratic general commit- tee of Erie county. He is an honorary mem- ber of the Exempt Fireman's Association ; life member of the Veteran Volunteer Fireman's Association ; life member of the Buffalo Soci-

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 17

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 680

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680