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paper. He was the first man in the state to take steps to improve the press service, and, for eight years, served as chairman of the executive committee of the State Associated Press, and, the last year of his life, was presi- dent. He labored earnestly to improve the service and accomplished many reforms and betterments. Notwithstanding the exactions of his paper and political engagements he found time to devote to Buffalo enterprises. He was vice-president of the Buffalo Natural Gas and Fuel Company ; director of the American Ex- change Bank; trustee of the Buffalo Savings Bank; vice-president of the Depew Improve- ment Company ; director of the Bellevue Land Company, and deeply interested in real estate improvement. He was a natural leader of men. and secured his high position in Buffalo through ability, industry, accurate judgment. His rela- tions with staff and employees were the most cordial, and the resolutions passed after his death showed how truly they appreciated his greatness and goodness. His personality was most attractive, he was devotedly attached to all forms of manly sports, and was a liberal patron of the fine arts.
He married, October, 1875, Elizabeth B. Griffin, born July 21, 1857, died November 18. 1910. Children: 1. Gertrude, married John Olmsted (see Warren-Olmsted). 2. James D .. of whom further. 3. Helen, born February 23, 1883; married Raymond Bissell (q. v.). 4- Elizabeth Griffin, born March 13, 1885.
(IX) James Dunlap (2), only son of Or- samus G. and Elizabeth B. (Griffin) Warren, was born in Buffalo, December 25, 1879. He was educated in private schools until he reached the age of sixteen years, then entered the Hills School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, continuing until 1900. After completing his school years he entered the employ of J. D. Warren's Sons, continuing in different capacities until 1907. when the corporation of J. D. Warren's Sons Company was formed, with William C. War- ren, president, and James D. Warren (2), vice- president; William H. Ellis, secretary and treasurer. He is now occupying the vice- president's office, and in conduct of one of the leading publishing houses of the state. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. His clubs are the Saturn, Park and Automobile, all of Buffalo. He married, June 17, 1907, Mary Eleanor Bissell. Child : James Dunlap War- ren (3), born April 29, 1910.
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WARREN ninth child of Orsamus (q. v.) and Nancy (Sheldon or Jos- lyn) Warren, was born in the town of Clar- ence, Erie county, New York, October 26, 1838. He was educated in the public school and at Clarence Academy. After finishing his school years he went to West Middlesex, Penn- sylvania, where he secured a position as clerk in a general store, operated by a coal and iron company, later being advanced to the position of head bookkeeper. After some years spent in this position the company sold the store to C. W. Watson, and Mr. Warren, who operated it until 1862, under the firm name of C. W. Watson & Company; Mr. Warren receiving, as his share, one-third of the profits. The civil war was now in full progress, and Mr. Warren began recruiting a company of sol- diers, which, on August 22, 1862, was mustered in with ninety-six men, as Company A, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was chosen and commissioned captain of the company, and, with his regiment, was attached to the Army of the Potomac. He saw hard service, par- ticipating in every battle fought by that army, from Antietam to Appomattox. He was com- missioned major, February 2, 1864; lieutenant- colonel, September 17, 1864; colonel, June 3, 1865 ; gaining these promotions by having been on the field of battle. During the life of the regiment it lost seven hundred and twenty- five men, Colonel Warren bringing his regi- ment home, numbering only three hundred and twenty-five men, who were mustered out May 3, 1865. In his own Company A, which went out with ninety-six men, but twenty-two re- turned. The command of his regiment de- volved upon Colonel Warren from the date of his promotion as major, February 2, 1864, until the close of the war. At the battle of Dabney's Mills he had a horse shot under him. At the battle of Five Forks he was wounded by a minie ball in the side and was taken to City Point Hospital, where he was visited by his brother, James D. Warren. At the battle of Spottsylvania he was shot in the leg. Dur- ing the Spanish-American war Colonel Warren made application for a commission, but was refused on account of years.
After the close of the civil war Colonel War- ren returned to West Middlesex, where he was again engaged in mercantile life until 1876. He
(VII) Horatio Nelson Warren, then spent three years in Philadelphia, and came to Buffalo in 1879. For the following nine years he engaged in commercial life, then, for seven years, was connected with the United States Pension Department. For two years he was engaged in the manufacture of slate man- tels, and then became general agent for the Atna Life Insurance Company. He was employed in the Buffalo custom house for a year, and, for the past four years, has been connected with the Buffalo water .department. He is a member of Chapin Post, Grand Army of the Republic, by whom he was tendered the nomi- nation for commander (which he declined), and the Union Veteran Legion. He is a Re- publican in politics, and a member of the Pres- byterian church.
He married, September 9, 1861, Mary M. Everhart, who died May 12, 1911, after a long illness, daughter of Abraham and Susan (Hay- wood) Everhart. Children: 1. Helen, born June 9, 1865, died October, 1866. 2. Albert E., born November 29, 1869, died 1905 ; he was a physician and surgeon, located at Youngs- town, Ohio; he was also surgeon for the Lake Shore Railroad Company, and had an exten- sive practice. 3. Henry D., doctor of dental surgery, located at Warren, Ohio, and carry- ing on a prosperous practice; he married Ade- laide Howard.
WARREN (VII) Seth William Warren, tenth child of Orsamus (q. v.) and Nancy ( Sheldon or Joslyn) Warren, was born in Clarence, Erie county. New York, March 15, 1841. He was educated in the public school and at Clarence Academy, graduating from the latter. On leaving school he secured a position in the bank at Danville, New York, remaining there until he located in Buffalo. He was teller of the First National Bank of Buffalo until 1871 ; cashier of the Ger- man Bank of Buffalo until 1878; cashier of the White Bank until 1894, when the name was changed to the American Exchange Bank, which, in 1898, went into voluntary liquidation, by special act of the legislature. He then devoted two years to his private business concerns, and then began making a special business of the care of large estates, a line of activity he has been most successfully engaged in since 1894. He is a wise, conservative man of affairs, and closely safeguards the interests committed to his care. He is a member of Ancient Land-
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marks Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; a member of the Presbyterian church, and a Re- publican in politics.
He married, April 17, 1866, Henrietta, daugh- ter of Orsamus and Luanna (Sperry) Hins- dale, who were the parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy: I. Henrietta, married Seth W. Warren. 2. Sergeant Au- gustus M., married Martissa L. Kinley, Sep- tember 17, 1865, and has Louise and Fred- ericka. 3. Charles M., married Eva Vaughn ; children : i. Bessie, married, October 30, 1901, Vestor H. Morgan, and has three children : Charles Hinsdale, born December 20, 1902; John Augustus, August 31, 1904; Elizabeth, May 29, 1906; ii. Henry Vaughn, married, July 20, 1904, Luella Crockett, of Iowa City, Iowa, and has two children: Helen Louise, born April 16, 1905; Edwin Crockett, May 26, 1909; iii. Charles, deceased.
Children of Seth W. and Henrietta (Hins- dale) Warren: I. Emily, born August 22, 1868, died August 5, 1890. 2. Nancy, born Decem- ber 6, 1870; married, October 19, 1898, Ed- ward Carrington Bull, and has: Edward Car- rington (2), born August 20, 1899; Emily Warren, March 26, 1902 ; Julia Hinsdale, April 20, 1905; Nancy, October 29, 1907.
(VII) Julia (Warren) WARREN-SMITH Smith, eighth child of Orsamus and Nancy (Sheldon or Joslyn) Warren, was born May 23, 1836; she married, April 29, 1856, Elisha T. Smith, born June 14, 1834, died April 9, 1891, son of William Warner and Cynthia (Bailey) Smith.
Mr. Smith was educated in the public schools, and began business life as messenger boy, in the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Buffalo. He rose step by step in the banking business, to which he devoted the greater part of his active life. He was teller of the Marine Na- tional Bank of Buffalo, resigning that position to become cashier of the Third National Bank of Buffalo; in 1865 he was chosen cashier of the White Bank, continuing until 1888. In that year he severed his connection with the banking business, and, in association with his brother, founded the firm of A. B. Smith & Company, manufacturers of wood alcohol, with plant in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and continued active connection with the company until his death, in 1891. He was highly regarded in banking circles as an able, careful and thor-
oughly reliable financier. He was a member of the Church of the Ascension (Protestant Episcopal), of which he was vestryman for several years. At the outbreak of the civil war he responded to the call for three months' men, enlisting in the Seventy-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers. Children of Elisha T. and Julia (Warren) Smith: I. Lizzie, born February 10, 1857, died August 27, 1865. 2. Sarah, born September 8, 1859, died 1860. 3. Julia, born May 26, 1867, died 1872. 4. Will- iam Warren, of whom further.
(VIII) William Warren, only son and young- est child of Elisha T. and Julia (Warren) Smith, was born in Buffalo, New York, July II, 1872. He obtained his early education in private schools, then entered Yale University, whence he was graduated, class of 1893. After completing his studies he spent two years in manufacturing, then became associated with the A. B. Smith Chemical Company, manu- facturers of wood alcohol. In 1896 he was elected president of the company, a position he now fills (1911). He is an energetic man of affairs, capably administers the duties of his position, and conducts a successful corpora- tion. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Saturn and Country clubs of Buffalo.
He married, October 4, 1898, Mary Melissa Newhall, born June 22, 1873, daughter of Dan- iel E. and Anna S. (Hayden) Newhall, and granddaughter of Daniel and Melissa Newhall. Daniel E. and Anna S. Newhall had six chil- dren : Daniel; Mary Melissa; Edward; Mi- nerva; Hayden; Nathalie, married Jeffrey J. Letchworth. Children of William Warren and Mary M. (Newhall) Smith: Adrian Warren, born June 3, 1900; Hayden Newhall, June 22, 1902; Margaret, February 5, 1904.
WARREN-OLMSTED (IX) Gertrude (Warren) Olm- sted, eldest child of Orsamus G. and Elizabeth B. (Griffin ) War- ren, was born in Buffalo, and married, De- cember 31, 1906, John Olmsted, youngest son of William D. Olmsted and his wife, Mary Olive Mathews, who were the parents of three children: 1. George William, married Olive Eames ; child : George Brewster Mathews. 2. Lucy O., married Rev. Henry Buck Master ; children : William Olmsted Master, John Red- man Cox Master, Henry Buck Master. 3. John, of whom further.
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John Olmsted, son of William D. and Mary Olive (Mathews) Olmsted, was born in Buf- falo, New York, January 2, 1882. He was educated in private schools and at the Hotch- kiss Preparatory School. He then entered Yale College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1904. He came to Buffalo, after graduation, and was engaged in different lines until 1906, when he was elected secre- tary of the Niagara Falls Milling Company, manufacturers of flour, etc. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and is a Re- publican in politics. His club is the Saturn.
Children of John and Gertrude (Warren) Olmsted: Elizabeth Warren, born December 3, 1907 ; Mary Louise, May 27, 1910.
There is a strong probability BISSELL that this is one of the Huguenot families that escaped to Eng- land after the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, 1572. The name is derived from the French, and the family is not one well known in England. There is but one coat-of-arms recorded in Burke, and that is of a religious rather than a warlike character : "Bissell : Gules on a bend argent ; three escallops, sables. Crest : Ademi eagle with wings displayed sable charged on the neck with an escallop shell or. Motto: In Recto Decus (in rectitude honor).
The family of John Bissell, of Windsor, Connecticut, is the only one known to have come to America. Tradition states that he came from Somerset county, England, to Plym- outh, Massachusetts, in 1628, with a brother Thomas. That the latter died at Plymouth or returned to England, that he married an In- dian girl, daughter of the Poquennos Sachem, and died without issue, is probably a mixed ver- sion of a similar tradition concerning Thomas, son of John.
(I) John Bissell, founder of the Windsor, Connecticut, family of Bissells, settled there prior to 1640. In 1648-49 he received a grant, from the colonial court, of a monopoly of a ferry across the Connecticut river. In 1662 he gave his homestead, with the ferry, to his son John (2), and removed, with his son Na- thaniel, to the east side of the Connecticut, below the mouth of the Scantic, being prob- ably the first family to actually reside on that side of the river. Thirteen years later (King Philip's war) the Bissells had neighbors, and their house was fortified and garrisoned. In 1663 John, junior, asked to be released from
his ferry contract, which was granted. Per- haps from that time the ferry was removed down to the mouth of the Scantic, but certain- ly, as early as 1667, Nathaniel was ferryman there, and the ferry was still known as "Bis- sell's Ferry." John Bissell (1) was deputy to the general court, 1642, and, in later years, a member of the Windsor troop of horse, 1657- 58; captain of Windsor dragoons during King Philip's war, 1675; quartermaster of Hartford county troop of horse, 1677. His wife, whose name is not preserved, died May 21, 1641. John died October 3, 1677, aged eighty-six years. Children : Mary, married Jacob Drake ; John (2), Thomas, Samuel, all born in Eng- land; Nathaniel and Joyce, born in America.
(II) Nathaniel, youngest son of John Bis- sell, and the first child born to him in America, was born in Windsor, September 24, and bap- tized September 27, 1640, died March 12, 1713. He became a member of the Windsor church, 1673. He was ferryman at the mouth of the Scantic, under lease from the general court, 1677, and served in the Windsor troop of dragoons, in King Philip's war. He married (first), September 25, 1662, Mindwell Moore, died November 24, 1682, daughter of Deacon John Moore, of Windsor. He married (sec- ond), July 4, 1683, Dorothy Fitch, died June 28, 1691, daughter of Rev. James Fitch, born in Bocking, England, December 24, 1632, came to Norwich, Connecticut, 1648, died November 18, 1702. Children of Nathaniel, by first wife : Mindwell, Nathaniel, Jonathan (died young), Hannah, Abigail (died young), Jonathan (2), Abigail (2), Elizabeth, David. Children by second wife : A son (died in infancy), Dorothy.
(III) Lieutenant David, youngest child of Nathaniel and his first wife, Mindwell (Moore) Bissell, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, No- vember 18, 1681, died October 20, 1733. He married, February 24, 1703, Ruth Warner, died March 1, 1733, at the age of fifty-nine years. Children : Nathaniel, David, Hezekiah, Ruth, Noah and Noadiah.
(IV) Noah, youngest son of Lieutenant David and Ruth (Warner) Bissell, was born June 26, 1716. "Landord Noah" died August. 22, 1776. He married, December 2, 1741, Silence Burt, of Springfield, died July 22, 1761, aged forty-one years. Children : Sibyl (died young), Silence, Noah (died young), Nathan, Sibyl, Noah, Roxy.
(V) Noah (2), son of Noah (1) and Silence (Burt) Bissell, was born November 7, 1753.
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He married, November 17, 1776, Eunice Ol- cott, of East Windsor, who died November 12, 1798, aged forty-six years. Children: Noah (3), Amelia, Cynthia, Flavia, Ruth, Solomon, Emily (married Calvin Cowen, of Chester- field, Massachusetts, later of Jamestown, New York), Benoni Olcott.
(VI) Noah (3), eldest son of Noah (2) and Eunice (Olcott) Bissell, was born September 29, 1777; died in New York state, September 26, 1842. He removed to Vermont, later to New London, Oneida county, New York. He married and had sons, Amos A. and John.
(VII) John, son of Noah (3) Bissell, was born in Pompey, Onondaga county, New York, January 22, 1808. He died in Buffalo, August 27, 1889. When a boy, his father removed to Oneida county, where he was educated and lived until 1844. He worked with his father until attaining his majority, then became inter- ested in canal boat building and contracting. He built a section of the Black River canal, and a portion of what is now the New York Central railroad, near Rome. He came to Buffalo in 1852, which was ever afterward his home. He organized the Bissell Transporta- tion Company, and ran a line of boats between Buffalo and Albany. He was very successful in this business, which was the first individual line operated on the canal. In 1845-46-47 he spent much of his time away from Buffalo, but, in 1848, made it his permanent home, and, for many years, was a familiar figure around the canal docks. In 1875 he met with severe financial reverses, and withdrew from active business life. Shortly afterward he was ap- pointed canal inspector for the port of Buf- falo, holding the office two years. This was his last business engagement. He lived to be eighty-one years old, and was a well-known and highly respected citizen. In politics he was a Democrat.
He married, in 1834, Isabella Jeanette Hally, of Oneida county, New York. In 1884 they celebrated the golden anniversary of their wed- ding, and, in 1885, Mrs. Bissell died. Children : I. Mary Eleanor, married Dexter P. Rumsey ; she died in 1886. 2. Arthur Douglas, of whom further. 3. Wilson S., born in New London, Oneida county, New York, December 31, 1847, died in Buffalo. He prepared for college at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Con- necticut, entered Yale University, in 1865, was graduated in 1869, and at once began the study of law in Buffalo, with Laning, Cleveland &
Folsom. He was admitted to the bar in 1871, and at once began practice. His first law part- ner was Lyman K. Bass, and later he became the junior partner of Bass, Cleveland & Bis- sell. After Mr. Cleveland's election as mayor of Buffalo and the retirement of Mr. Bass, the firm became Cleveland, Bissell & Sicard. After Mr. Cleveland's election as governor he with- drew from the firm, and Mr. Bissell became senior of the great law firm of Bissell, Sicard, Goodyear & Carey. President Cleveland had a great admiration for his young partner, and, during his first term, offered him several flat- tering positions, but nothing could tempt him from the law. During President Cleveland's second administration he again offered him high position in his cabinet, which Mr. Bissell accepted. He became postmaster-general, hold- ing office for two years, 1893-95, and then re- signed for purely personal reasons, returning to the law and continuing until his death. He was learned in the law, a wise counselor, and in command of a large and profitable business. In 1888 he was presidential elector on the Dem- ocratic ticket, and was always a strong sup- porter of his party. He was a member of the Buffalo Historical Society, and of various clubs and organizations of his city and state. He married, February 6, 1890, Louise Sturgess, of Geneva, New York.
(VIII) Arthur Douglas, son of John and Isabella Jeanette (Hally) Bissell, was born January 10, 1844. He was educated in the public schools, Clinton Preparatory School, and Yale University, graduating from the lat- ter with the class of 1867. After completing his school years he returned to Buffalo and associated in business with his father, con- tinuing until 1884. He was appointed, in 1885, by President Cleveland, collector of customs for the district of Buffalo, and served in that office four years. In 1889 the People's Bank was organized, and Mr. Bissell was elected vice-president, continuing as such until 1903, when he was elected president, a position he now holds (1911). He has other varied busi- ness interests, including directorships in lead- ing companies. He is a trustee of the Ceme- tery Association and the Library Association of Buffalo, and is a member of the Ellicott and University clubs of Buffalo. He is politically a Democrat, and in religious faith a Presby- terian. He married, June 16, 1874, Fanny, daughter of Dan B. and Fanny A. (Durkee) Castle. Children : 1. Thomas Hally, born March
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1875; attended Buffalo public schools, was student one year in Lehigh University, Bethle- hem, Pennsylvania, and from there went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dying from an attack of typhoid fever in the middle of his senior year, December 20, 1907; he was a young man of great promise, and his death was seriously felt by his family and friends. 2. Mary Eleanor, married James D. Warren ( see Warren ). 3. Howard, of whom further. 4. Raymond, of whom further. 5. Arthur Douglas ; was prepared for college in Buffalo public schools, and graduated from Yale in class of 1906 ; has since been in office of Rogers, Brown & Company, manufacturers and dealers in pig iron and other products. 6. Jeanette, married Bradley Goodyear. 7. Lloyd.
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