Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 27

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

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I. Junifor Twitch

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His mother is buried at Laurel Hill Ceme- tery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a druggist, having a store located at the corner of Second and New streets, Philadelphia. He married, April 5, 1808, at the "North meeting house" (Friends), Philadelphia, Mary Ogden, born "Ist month, 8th day, 1784, at 6 o'clock in the morning and 7th day of the week," and "died in (Blossburg) Tioga county, Pennsyl- vania, IIth month, 2nd day, 1838, Mary Smith, late Ogden, aged 54 years, 3 months, one day." She was the daughter of Hugh and Dorothy (Meng) Ogden. Children: 1. Franklin, mar- ried Mary Guest. 2. Hugh Ogden, died un- married. 3. Margaret, married James R. Wil- son. 4. Pemberton, of whom further. 5. Charles. 6. Charles Eastwick, born November, 1820, died 1900; he became a man of great promi- nence in Philadelphia; he joined the Union League, of Philadelphia, January 14, 1863, seventeen days after its organization, and was president, 1877-78; also president of Philadel- phia &: Reading railroad, from 1859 to 1869.

(VII) Pemberton, son of Charles Eastwick and Mary (Ogden) Smith, was born in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1816, died May 14, 1873, and is buried in .Laurel Hill Cemetery, with his wife Margaretta. He traveled in the south in 1835-36-37, in the em- ploy of the firm of Wilson, McCowan & Com- pany, who failed in 1837. Mr. Smith then came north and entered into partnership with Thomas Zell, his uncle, forming the hardware firm of Thomas Zell & Company, with store at the corner of Eighth and Market streets, Phila- delphia. Later the firm was Zell & Smith, and, from 1856-64, Pemberton Smith. After retir- ing from business, in 1864, he traveled abroad, with his wife, for one or two years, then re- turned to Philadelphia, which was his home until death. He gave much time and interest to educational and philanthropic societies and work, particularly the House of Refuge, in Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. He was a life member of this society, and a leader in advancing the cause of educa- tion of boys and girls. The schools, established by the society, were in a measure free schools, and, after they became factors in their sphere of good works, Mr. Smith became one of their stanchest supporters. Outside of his hard- ware business he made this his chief endeavor. On January 6 he was elected to the board of managers of the House of Refuge, and served

for many years. At various times he was secre- tary and active on committees. After 1864, when he retired from business, he continued his zeal and interest, which ceased only with his death, and was secretary of the society up to a short time previous to his decease. He was instrumental in having sewing taught to chil- dren in schools, in a practical way. At the sug- gestion of his son, T. Guilford Smith, he brought into execution the idea of introducing sewing machines into the Beck and Ludwig schools. He personally carried out the innovation, se- cured the machines from the manufacturers, and made the teaching of sewing in the schools of practical, valuable benefit. This idea was adopted in other schools, and is now an essential feature of public school work in many cities.

Pemberton Smith married, December 4, 1838, Margaretta E. Zell, a descendant of Jacob Zell, a German pioneer of note, who settled at Lower Merion, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1740.

(VIII) T. Guilford, son of Pemberton and Margaretta E. (Zell) Smith, was born in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1839. He was educated in private and public schools, and was graduated as salutatorian of the thirty- second class of the Central High School, of Philadelphia, with the degree of A. B., in 1858. He then entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, whence he was graduated civil engineer, in 1861. Immedi- ately after his degree was obtained Mr. Smith entered the engineering department of the Phil- adelphia & Reading railroad. In 1865 he re- signed to become manager of the Philadelphia Sugar Refinery, an office he held until 1869. In 1870-71 he was consulting engineer to sev- eral railroads and mineral enterprises in the south and west, and, in their interest, visited England and the continent, in 1872. Being deeply interested in prison reforms he was also chosen as delegate to the International Prison Congress, which met in London that year. On his return to the United States he located at Buffalo, New York, where he has had a long and most notable career, as secre- tary of the Union Iron Company, of that city, and representative of the great steel producing companies. In 1878 he became western sales agent of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, and, in 1883, of the firm of Albright & Smith, sales agents of the Phila- delphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, for New York state and Canada; for over

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twenty years he has been manager of sales for the Carnegie Steel Company, and also con- tinues to represent it and the Illinois Steel Company and the United States Steel Pro- ducts Export Company. For several years, during this period, he was also active as vice- president of the New York Car Wheel Works, and the St. Thomas Car Wheel Company, of St. Thomas, Ontario, and of the Canada Iron Furnace Company, limited. He is an author- ity in the iron and steel world, and commands respectful attention in that business.

Dr. Smith is noted for his work in the cause of education. Since 1890 he has served as a regent of the University of the State of New York, and, since 1891, as chairman of the museum committee of the board of regents. This position is an honored one, for the regents are elected for life by the legislature, and to them are entrusted all the institutions of higher learning in the commonwealth. Other institu- tions with which he was closely connected are the University of Buffalo, as member of coun- cil; Alfred University, which conferred the de- gree of LL. D. on him, in 1900, in recog- nition of his efforts in establishing, at Alfred, the New York State School of Clays and Ceramics. He was president of the Buffalo Library, and, during his term of office, suc- ceeded in having the library made free to the public, and secured an annual appropriation of $80,000 from the city. He was president of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy for several years, and has been president of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences since 1904, and president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute Alumni Association in 1889. In 1863 Central High School, of Philadelphia, con- ferred on him the degree of A. M .; Hobart College, in 1899, LL. D .; Alfred University, in 1900, LL. D. Since 1888 Dr. Smith has been president of the Charity Organization Society, of Buffalo, and is now honorary presi- dent of this pioneer society of the United States. He was a director of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1894-96, and, the same year, was delegate from the American Society of Civil Engineers to the Eleventh International Congress of Medicine and Sur- gery, at Rome, Italy. In 1894 and 1898 he visited the Orient and Europe, again visited Europe in 1901, and, in 1907, Egypt, Greece and Italy. In 1904 he was prominent in the reception of the members of the Iron and Steel Institute. While at Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute he was elected a member of Delta Chapter, Theta Delta Chi. In 1894 Hobart College made him an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. He belongs to many societies of a professional nature, among them the Frank- lin Institute, of Philadelphia; American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers, and the American In- stitute of Mining Engineers. His other soci- eties, of a scientific and economic nature, are : The American Academy of Political and Social Science ; the American Economic Association : American Protective Tariff League. His his- torical and patriotic societies are : The Histor- ical Society of Pennsylvania ; the Buffalo His- torical Society ; the Colonial Society of Penn - sylvania; the Welcome Society of Pennsyl- vania ; the New York State Historical Society ; the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York; the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth ; the Sons of the Revolution ; companion of the first hereditary class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. During the Pan-American Exposition, of 1901, he was chairman of the committee of fine arts, also a member of the committee on state and foreign relations. His alumni associations are : Central High School, of Philadelphia, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of which he was president in 1899. His clubs are the Buffalo and Park.

His liberality and reverence for an honored ancestry led Dr. Smith to patiently pursue a search of twenty years, and to bear the heavy expense of a compilation of "The Making of Smith," a work of four imperial quarto vol- umes, beautifully and securely bound, and pro- fusely illustrated, in order that the knowledge therein contained may be preserved to his chil- dren and to his children's children. The work is a valuable addition to the historical literature of this state and country. Three sets only were made of the work. The first he presented to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (on view at its building, 1300 Locust street, Phila- delphia ) ; the second to the New York State Library, at Albany, of which he is a trustee ; the third to the Buffalo Historical Society, on view at its building, in Delaware Park. The work is "a collection of the records, etc., of the Smith family of Cape Cod and Hingham, Massachusetts ; Burlington, New Jersey ; Phila -- delphia, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York, and of the forty-six families that have become allied therewith in America, since 1630, and in Europe prior thereto." It was prepared under the suggestions of Dr. Smith, by C. A.

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Hoppin, antiquary of Hartford, Connecticut, and London, England. It is from this work that the record herein contained is compiled.

Dr. Smith married, July 14, 1864, at St. Mark's Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rev. Dr. Tustin officiating, Mary Stewart Ives, born at Lansingburgh, New York, November 15, 1839, daughter of Chauncey Pelton and Char- lotte Brownell Stewart Ives, and a descendant of William Ives, an early settler at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1635. Children :

I. Pemberton, born June 3, 1865; now a civil engineer and South American representa- tive of the United States Steel Products Ex- port Company, located at Buenos Ayres, Argen- tina ; married (first) Edwina W. Winter, Janu- ary 5, 1897, at St. Paul, Minnesota ; child : Pem- berton (3), born December 18, 1897. He mar- ried (second) Pauline Croes ; child: Thomas Guilford, born July 31, 1907.

2. Chauncey Pelton, born October 27, 1869: graduated, 1892, from medical department of University of Pennsylvania, then took a post- graduate course at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; 1893-94 was assistant resident surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; 1894-99, assistant to Dr. Roswell Park, the noted surgeon of Buffalo; 1897- 1901, attending surgeon at Fitch Accident Hos- pital, Buffalo; 1900-1902, assistant surgeon at Buffalo General Hospital; 1897-1902, member of Civil Service Commission, of Buffalo; now established in successful general practice, in Buffalo (1911).

Among the famous American ancestors of Dr. Smith, all of whom took special part in the history of their times are : Nathaniel Sylves- ter, of Manor of Shelter Island (New York). The Sylvesters were Englishmen, who, through their adherence to their monarch, Charles I., and subsequently to Charles II., found it in- convenient to remain in England. The monu- ment, erected in memory of his life and serv- ices, is inscribed : .

To Nathaniel Sylvester, First resident proprietor of the Manor of Shelter Island, Under grant of Charles II., A. D., 1666. An Englishman, intrepid, loyal to duty, faithful to friendship, the soul of integrity and honor, hos- pitable to wealth and culture, sheltering even the persecuted for conscience sake.

On the south side : "Of the sufferings for con-

science sake of friends of Nathaniel Sylvester, most of whom sought shelter here, including George Fox, founder of the Society of Quakers, and of his followers : Mary Dyer, Marmaduke Stevenson, William Robinson, William Ted- dera, who were executed on Boston Common." On the east side: "Lawrence and Lassandra Southwick, deported, imprisoned, starved, whip- ped, banished, who fled here to die."

Another ancestor is George Allen, a prom- inent Quaker, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, whose descendants founded Allentown, New Jersey. Another ancestor is James Lloyd, of Bristol, England; Boston, Massachusetts, and Manor of Queens Village, Lloyd's Neck, Long Island, New York. Another is Henry How- land, of England and Duxbury, Massachusetts ; another, William Bullock, keeper of the cele- brated Three Crowns Tavern, in Philadelphia ; another, Abram Tunes, of Germantown, Penn- sylvania, part owner of the first paper mill in America; another, Arendt Klincken, of Ger- mantown, Pennsylvania, one of the signers of the first written protest against slavery in America, written in 1688; another, John Chris- topher Meng, builder and trustee of German- town Academy, with many more noted families of New England, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Mary Ogden, wife of Thomas Eastwick Smith, descended from David Ogden, who came in the "Welcome," with William Penn. 1632. He was a member of the first Friends' meeting within the present limits of Philadel- phia. He married Martha Houlston. Their son, Samuel Ogden, married Esther Lownes. Their son, George, married Mary Low. Their son, Hugh, married Anna Dorothea Meng. Their daughter, Mary Ogden, married Charles Eastwick Smith, grandfather of T. Guilford Smith, of Buffalo.

The blood of many nationalities has con- tributed to the "Making of Smith," ever since landing in America. English, German, Dutch and Welsh are strongly represented. This admixture has produced, in the twentieth cen- tury, a most perfect type of man, whom we are proud to call American. These families date from early colonial times, and cover every branch of the public service, civil and military. Many of them were Quakers and suffered for their faith; the revolutionary rolls teem with their names ; while the world of science has been enriched by their offerings. The name

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of Smith is an honored one in our own land, and the worthy members of the past were not one whit superior to those who now bear the name."

WARREN While the Warrens of Eng- land, Scotland and Ireland all spring, no doubt, from the com- mon ancestor, William de Warren, who came to England with the Conqueror, there is no evidence that the early Warrens, herein re- corded, were related to John Warren, the emi- grant, ancestor of another branch, with de- scendants in Western New York. This branch is believed to descend from James Warren, who was in Kittery, Maine, before 1656. This territory is now included in the town of South Berwick, lying along the New Hampshire line. Canadian records, on the authority of his daughter Grisel (who married and lived in Canada), say : "He was born in Berwick, Scot- land." Other records seem to show he was born in England. If born in Scotland he was of English descent. He married Margaret, a native of Ireland. Tradition says James War- ren was one of the prisoners taken by Crom- well, who, not knowing how else to dispose of them, sent them to America. James Warren settled in Kittery, in the upper part of the town now South Berwick. His farm fronted on Cow Cove, an inlet to the river. His first grant was very poor land, and later he had grants near Warren's Pond. He held vari- ous offices in the town, being selectman several years. He died in 1702. His will, made De- cember 9, 1700, was proved December 24, 1702. Margaret, his widow, made her will De- cember 13, 1712, probated October 15, 1713. Children: I. Gilbert, born 1656. 2. James, 1658. 3. Margaret, 1660. 4. Grisel, March 6, 1662; married Richard Otis, a blacksmith of Dover, New Hampshire; he and his daugh- ter Hannah were killed by Indians in the Dover massacre, June 28, 1689, and Grisel, with her babe Margaret, three months old, with others, were carried to Canada captives; she remained in Canada, married a second hus- band and died there. 5. Jane, died before the date of her father's will.

(II) James (2), son of James (1) and Margaret Warren, was born in Kittery, Maine, in 1658. He was selectman in 1701-02-03, and held other town offices; was one of a commit- tee of six, in 1713. to treat with a like com-

mittee of Kittery, on the division between the two towns, and, in 1719, was a surveyor to run the division line. He married, 1691, Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Foss, or Frost, of Dover, New Hampshire. Children: Mary Margaret, born February 23, 1692 ; James, men- tioned below; Rachel, August 26, 1700; Gil- bert, April 30, 1703; John, December 16, 1705.

(III) James (3), son of James (2) and Mary (Foss or Frost) Warren, was born Janu- ary 9, 1698. He married May, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Taylor) Goodwin, born September 18, 1699. He held various town offices, and was a well-to-do farmer. Children : Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Moses, James H., Samuel, Chadbourne, William, Martha.

(IV) Moses, son of James (3) and Mary (Goodwin) Warren, married, November 27, 1765, Mrs. Mary Cooper. Children: Moses (2), John, Daniel, James, Eunice Joy, Mary Mehitable.

(V) James (4), son of Moses and Mary (Cooper) Warren, was born about 1775. He removed to New York state, and was a farmer of eastern Otsego county. He married a first wife who bore him one son. He married (sec- ond) Phebe Love. Children : Horatio, Orsamus, Henry, Defour, Cynthia, Lucy.

(VI) Orsamus, son of James (4) and Phebe (Love) Warren, was born in Otsego county, New York, June 7, 1800. He died February 16, 1876. He was a farmer and pioneer of Wyoming county, New York, later removing to the town of Wales, Erie county, where he opened the first store in the town, at Wales Hollow, in 1823. James Wood later became his partner. Mr. Warren withdrew in 1827, removing to the town of Clarence, same coun- ty and state, where he carried on a general country store, was long a prominent business man, and cultivated a farm he had purchased in the town. He was supervisor of Clarence in 1843. He married (first) Nancy Sheldon (or Joslyn), of Lebanon, New Hampshire, born October 20, 1800, died July 8, 1843, (sec- ond) Harriet Tiffany. Children, all by first marriage : 1. James Dunlap, of whom further. 2. Betsey Elizabeth, born January 26, 1824, died February 7, 1850. 3. Harriet Nancy, born March 26, 1826: married, September 27, 1849, Spencer Marsh ; children : Wayne Dodge and James Warren. 4. Mary, born October 17, 1828; married, August 22, 1856, Albert Tracy Love, born November 11. 1826. died May

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6, 1897; children: i. Julia, born May 5, 1852, married, 1874, Guerdon Prince, and had Tracy (died young) and Frances Miller; ii. Laura, born June 11, 1854, married Charles O. Rareo; iii. Mary, born November 11, 1856, married Alpheus Prince, and had George, died at age of eighteen years, and Howard. 5. Sarah, born May 22, 1831, died August 3, 1898. 6. Sophia, twin of Sarah, died in 1836. 7 .. Charles, born March 30, 1834, died December 28, 1835. 8. Julia, born May 23, 1836 (see Warren-Smith). 9. Horatio Nelson (q. v.). 10. Seth William (q. v.). 11. Lucia, born May 10, 1843, died June 5, 1843.

(VII) James Dunlap, son of Orsamus and Nancy (Sheldon or Joslyn) Warren, was born in Bennington, Wyoming county, New York, January 19, 1823, died in Buffalo, December 17, 1886. He was two years of age when his parents removed to Erie county, settling finally in the town of Clarence. His boyhood was spent in school, on the farm, and in his father's store. When twenty years of age he made a tour of the south, spending a year and a half in Natchez, Mississippi, completing his educa- tion. After his return to Clarence he engaged in mercantile life, also in farming. Here he also began his public career. For several years he was supervisor of the town, and, in 1854, at the age of thirty-one years, was elected treas- urer of Erie county, serving three years. Later he served several terms as clerk of the board of supervisors. In April, 1861, Mr. Warren began his career as an editor and publisher, by the purchase, in connection with Rufus Wheeler and Joseph Cander, of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, which had been founded in 1811, as the Buffalo Gazette. After several changes of name and ownership it merged, in 1839, with the Buffalo Journal, and as the Commercial Advertiser has since had a prosperous career. The firm was first known as Rufus Wheeler & Company. In 1862 Mr. Cander withdrew, and James M. Matthews was admitted, the firm then taking the name of Wheeler, Mat- thews & Warren. April 29, 1865, Mr. Wheeler retired, and the firm style became Matthews & Warren, Mr. Matthews becoming chief editor. This arrangement continued until October 29, 1877, when the firm dissolved, Mr. Matthews retiring. From that date until his death Mr. Warren was sole owner and editor-in-chief. Under his management the paper became the leading Republican newspaper of Western New

York. He was an earnest steadfast Republican, belonging to what was then known as the stal- wart branch, and, as an editor, won a distinc- tive place as an exponent of stalwart Repub- lican principles. His conception of the duties of a journalist and of the proper sphere of a newspaper were very high, and he never sur- rendered them, but maintained his ideals with unfaltering constancy. In political life he be- came very prominent, and was the recognized leader of this party in Western New York, wielding wisely a very great influence. He was a member of the county and state central committees, and frequently a delegate to state and national party conventions. He was of great public spirit, and by personal effort and the influence of his paper, seconded all enterprises for the public good of Buffalo and Erie county. He maintained active control of the Commercial Advertiser until his death, in De- cember, 1886, when the ownership and control of the entire plant passed to his sons, Orsamus G. and William C., under the firm name of James D. Warren's Sons. The present corpora- tion name and style is James D. Warren's Sons Company; William C. Warren, president (1911). In 1890 the word Advertiser was drop- ped from the title page, and the name Buffalo Commercial retained. The sons have ably demonstrated their executive and editorial abil- ity, and The Commercial retains its rank as the leading exponent of Republican principles in Western New York.

Mr. Warren married (first) Laura Love, who bore him a son, Orsamus George, of whom further. He married (second) Mary Mills, who bore him three children: 1. William C., born August 4, 1859; he was educated in Briggs Classical School, graduating 1877 ; grad- uated from Yale University in 1880. He im- mediately associated with his father in journal- ism, and still continues in editorial manage- ment of The Commercial. He is president of J. D. Warren's Sons Company ; director of Buf- falo General Electric Company, and a member of various societies and clubs of Buffalo. He married, April 2, 1891, Clara S. Davock, born October 16, 1871. Children: i. William C. (2), born January 29, 1892; ii. Charles L .: September 1, 1894; iii. John Davock, June II, 1904. Clara Davock is a daughter of John Davock, a veteran of the civil war, who mar- ried Charlotte Lockwood, and died July 4, 1872. from accidental shooting. 2. Kate, mar-

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ried Isaac Brownley ; children : Isaac (2), Mary and Adelaide. 3. Mary, married John H. Vought (see Vought).

(VIII) Orsamus George, only son of James Dunlap and his first wife, Laura (Love) War- ren, was born in the town of Clarence, Erie county, New York, July 21, 1846. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the high school of Buffalo. At the age of seventeen years his father allowed him to make the tour of Europe, which was the finishing feature of his education. On his return to Buffalo, in 1867, he entered the count- ingroom of the Commercial Advertiser, as a bookkeeper, the paper, at that time, being pub- lished by Matthews & Warren. From this date, 1867, his connection with the paper was continuous, and only terminated by his death, May 6, 1892. When James D. Warren became sole proprietor, Orsamus G. became business manager and practical associate. On the death of James D., December 17, 1886, the business was reorganized as James D. Warren's Sons, by Orsamus G. and William C. Warren, the latter yet president of the company ( 1911). Orsamus G. Warren had a wonderful aptitude for business and newspaper management, and, from the date of his assuming the business management of The Commercial Advertiser, he was one of the busiest men in Buffalo. While he did not desire office he was ambitious to succeed his father as leader of the Repub- lican party in Western New York. The two men were the warmest of friends, and display- ed each for the other the deepest affection. When the father died the blow fell with crush- ing force upon the young man, who did not shrink, however, from assuming the respon- sibilities that devolved upon him as the eldest son. He was at once made a member of the Republican state committee and of the execu- tive committee. He was an earnest and un- tiring worker for party success, always sitting as a delegate in state and on two occasions in national conventions of the party. In Buffalo he was the recognized leader of the party, and, through his personal influence and through the columns of The Commercial, he wielded a great power. Not a man of his age had such vast political responsibility thrust upon him, and none administered a trust with greater concern for the public good and less for private aggrandizement. But he was always the alert man of business, and neither politics nor pleas- ure could divert him from the service of his

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 27

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