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boat transport launching wagon, launching ways, firing plank platforms (for mortar use), self-righting life car, detachable thills for ap- paratus wagon, breeches buoy runner block, double whip reel, patrol watch key safe and many others. He was a well-known, promi- nent figure in Buffalo, of sturdy frame, quick step and quiet, kindly eye. He was a promi- nent member of Trinity Episcopal Church, belonged to Hiram Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; was a life member of the Young Men's Association; Buffalo Historical Society (where his portrait may be seen) ; Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Buffalo Soci- ety of Natural Sciences. He died suddenly, August 19, 1892.
He married, in 1840, Mary Richards, whose father, John Richards, was an associate of his father, Daniel Dobbins, in building Perry's fleet at Erie. He was a native of Wales, and was an expert mechanic and shipbuilder. After the war he established a shipyard at Erie, and built many of the finest steamers and sailing vessels of his day. Mrs. Dobbins died April 5, 1885, aged sixty-seven years. Children : I. John R., served with distinction during the civil war as colonel of One Hundred and Six- teenth Regiment New York Volunteer Infan- try; later settled in Southern California. 2. Mary Anna, married James P. White.
In 1892 Colonel John R. Dobbins and his sister, Mrs. James P. White, presented to the Buffalo Historical Society, in accordance with the express wish of their father, a quan- tity of manuscript records in various forms, including many papers of their grandfather, Captain Daniel Dobbins, and sundry relics of early days on the lakes and of the war of 1812. Among these articles were a fine model of the square-rigged schooner "Dobbins," built in 1863; wood of the flagship "Lawrence," and the "Niagara," of Perry's fleet; an armchair of the "Lawrence," and Commodore Perry's wine case, a handsome mahogany brass-mount- ed case containing a dozen cut-glass bottles. This case was presented to Captain Daniel Dobbins by Commodore Perry on board his shattered flagship "Lawrence," at anchor in Misery Bay, off Erie, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1813. These articles are preserved in the museum of the Historical Society. The pa- pers, carefully arranged appear in Vol. viii of the publications of the society, published 1905.
William Knox, according to the KNOX history of Blandford, Massachu- setts, came to that town from Bel- fast, Ireland, in 1737. There was a large set- tlement of Scotch-Irish in this town. His brother, Adam Knox, said to have been born in 1718, in Ulster province, north of Ireland, settled in Boston in 1737. William had three sons: John, mentioned below; William and Adam, and probably daughters.
(II) John, son of William Knox, was born about 1730, and probably came with his father to Blandford, Massachusetts. The name of his wife is not known. He lived at Bland- ford, evidently following farming, as did his father. He had sons: William, James, men- tioned below; Elijah and John, and probably daughters.
(III) Captain James Knox, son of John Knox, was born as early as 1750. He was a private in Captain John Ferguson's company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's regiment, from Blandford, from April 20, 1775, to August, and later in the year. He was sergeant in 1777, from Blandford, in Captain Aaron Coe's company, Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Robin- son's regiment. Oliver and John, sons of Adam Knox, were also soldiers from Bland- ford, and David, son of William. Afterward, James Knox was known as captain, and doubtless held a commission in the militia as captain. He was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Windsor, Broome county, New York, whither he went after the war, living for a time apparently at Hillside, formerly Nobletown, Massachusetts, now of Orange county, New York. In 1790 he appears to be a resident of Hillside, according to the first federal census, but he must have removed soon to Broome county, as the history states that he came there in 1786, or a little later. The same authority states that he was an officer in the revolution, and we have given his record as sergeant. He may have had other service not appearing on the records, which are not complete. He is said to have been one of Washington's lifeguards. He located with his family near the north part of the valley on the old homestead, lately owned by Milton Knox, a descendant. He married Lydia Stratton. Children : James, mentioned below ; Hezekiah, Charles, Henry, William, Caleb and Ira.
(IV) James (2), son of James (1) Knox,
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was born September 25, 1788, and died Feb- ruary 10, 1865, at Russell, New York, where he followed farming most of his active life. -He held the rank of captain. He married, De- cember.24, 1811, Mrs. Betsey Gross, born No- vember 18, 1793, died March 8, 1854. Chil- dren : William Nathan, born November 10, 1812, died in February, 1845; Mary Orpha, born August 18, 1815, died January 17, 1876; Seymour Moses, born January 12, 1820; James Sullivan, born December 27, 1823, died August 31, 1827; James Horace, mentioned below.
(V) James Horace, son of James (2) Knox, was born at Russell, New York, No- vember 21, 1824, and died there March 12, 1894. He was a farmer all his active life. He and his family were members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. He married, February 6, 1855, Jane E. McBrier, born February 19, 1837, died January 27, 1891, daughter of Henry McBrier. Children : Seymour Horace, mentioned below; Carrie Ethel, married Charles E. Fowler; Burtiss Lorenzo, born November 20, 1869, now living at Arcade, New York; Henry Danforth, mentioned be- low.
(VI) Seymour Horace, son of James Hor- ace Knox, was born at Russell, New York, April 11, 1861. He received his education in the public schools and began his business life as clerk in a general store. In 1884 he en- tered the "five and ten cents store" business, and has continued in that line with wonderful success to the present time. From time to time he added store after store in different cities until he now has one hundred and ten. His business was incorporated in 1904 under the name of S. H. Knox & Company, of which he is president. He is also vice-president of the Columbus National Bank; vice-president of the Clauson & Wilson Company, dry goods dealers, Buffalo; director of the Central Na- tional Bank; director of the Henz & Kelly Company, the New York State Steel Com- pany, the United States Lumber Company, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and of the Missis- sippi Central Railroad. In politics he is an in- dependent Democrat. He is a trustee of the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, but is not a member. He married, June 11, 1890, Grace, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Avery ) Mil- lard, of Detroit, Michigan. Children : Gracia, Millard, born March 7, 1893, died July 30,
1895; Dorothy Virginia, Seymour Horace, Jr., born September 1, 1898; Marjorie.
(VI) Henry Danforth Knox, brother of Seymour Horace Knox, was born at Russell, New York, August 23, 1876. He attended the public schools and the Buffalo Business Col- lege. At the age of twelve he entered the em- ploy of W. H. Moore, at Watertown, in a five- and-ten-cent store, and at the age of fourteen, with his brother, Seymour Horace, in the same business. When twenty-one years of age he enlisted in the regular army of the United States, February 16, 1895, and served two years, one month and sixteen days, being discharged April 1, 1897. He was located at Fort Sheridan and Fort Bayard, New Mex- ico, with his regiment.
In 1906 he was elected a director of the S. H. Knox Company, owners of a large number of five-and-ten-cent stores; and in 1909, he was elected vice-president, and now holds that office. He is .also vice-president of Smith Sons' Manufacturing Company, of Buffalo, the largest hairpin manufacturers in the world. He is not active in politics, and has held no public offices. He attends the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church. He is a member of the Coun- try Club, the Buffalo Club, the Elks' Club, the Ellicott Club and the Park Club, and is a di- rector of the two latter. He is a prominent Free Mason, having taken all the degrees ex- cept the thirty-third in the Scottish Rite, and all of the York Rite. He is a member of Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 441 ; Ames Chapter, No. 88, Royal Arch Masons; of Bruce Council, No. 15, Royal and Select Mas- ters; of Hugh DePayen Commandery, Knights Templar ; of Buffalo Consistory, and of Ismai- lia Temple, Mystic Shrine.
He married, August 12, 1905, Alice Brown. born March 5, 1879, daughter of Jonathan and Priscilla (Ropes) Brown, of Salem, Massa- chusetts. Children : Alice Ropes, born Janu- ary 12, 1905; Henry Danforth, December 29. 1910; both these children died the day of their births.
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CURTISS a Norman French word, Cur- teis, or Curtois, meaning cour- teous, civil. The family is of early Saxon origin, from Nazing, county of Essex, Eng- land. John Curtiss married Elizabeth Hutch- ins, at Nazing, Essex, England, April 10, 1610.
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and had children: John, baptized at Nazing, February 26, 1614; William, baptized at Naz- ing, June 21, 1618. John Sr. was brother of William Curtiss, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, whose wife was Sarah Eliot, sister of the Apostle to the Indians. John and Elizabeth ( Hutchins) Curtiss, with their sons, John, William and Thomas, came over in the ship "Lion," William Peirce, master, with William Curtiss and Sarah Eliot, his wife, in the com- pany of Governor Winthrop, and landed in Boston in the summer of 1632. William Cur- tiss settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and John, Sr., probably died at Wethersfield, Con- necticut, about 1635, as we trace his family there, prior to the settlement of his family, his widow, Elizabeth, and sons John and Wil- liam, at Stratford, Connecticut, in the winter of 1638-39, where their descendants have ever since been very numerous.
(I) John Curtiss came to Boston, Massa- chusetts in the ship "Lion" in 1632, died at Wethersfield, Connecticut, near the end of the year 1635. His name appears as a landholder in the Roxbury, Massachusetts, records, al- though his stay was short. His wife was Elizabeth Hutchins. His children: John, William, Thomas and Mary. In 1639, Eliza- beth Curtiss, appears in Stratford, Connecti- cut, with her sons, John and William. The other son, Thomas, seems to have remained in Wethersfield. Thomas Uffott came in the "Lion" with William Curtiss (1), and it is probable that he induced the Curtisses to emi- grate to Stratford. John and William Cur- tiss both became prominent in Stratford, Wil- liam especially being much engaged in public affairs. William married (second) Sarah, widow of Ensign William Goodrich. He was captain of militia and sixteen times elected deputy. Elizabeth died in Stratford, in 1658, and her will was proved November 4, 1658. Children: John, of whom further; William (2), born 1621, died December 21, 1702, and Thomas (3), of Wethersfield.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) and Eliza- beth Curtiss, was born in England, in 1613, died at Stratford, Connecticut, December 2, 17.07. He came to Stratford, Connecticut, with his widowed mother and brother William in 1639. He lived to the great age of ninety- four years. He was prominent in the settle- ment of the town of Stratford. His wife Eliz- abeth died in 1682. Children : John, born Oc- tober 14, 1642, settled at Newark, New Jer-
sey ; Israel, April 3, 1644; Elizabeth, May 2, 1647; Thomas, January 14, 1648; Joseph, of whom further; Benjamin, September 30, 1652; Hannah, February 2, 1654.
(III) Joseph, son of John (2) and Eliza- beth Curtiss, was born in Stratford, Connecti- cut, November 12, 1650, died about 1727. He was among the most prominent citizens of Stratford for many years. He always wrote his name Curtiss. He was elected town clerk fifty successive years, and in 1698 was elected assistant, and held that office through twenty- two successive elections. He was for several years judge of the county court and served on several important state committees, one of them to locate the boundary between Con- necticut and New York. He was contem- porary with his father John fifty-seven years, and with his Uncle William fifty-two years. In 1727 he declined to serve longer as town clerk, and soon after died. He was known while living as "Worshipful Joseph Curtiss." He married, November 9, 1676, Bethia, daugh- ter of Richard Booth. Children : Elizabeth, married Samuel Uffott ; Ann, born September 1, 1679; Mary, married Joseph Nichols; Eph- raim, of whom further ; Joseph, born Novem- ber 6, 1687; Nathan, February 21, 1689; Jo- siah, died 1709; Bethia, married Benjamin Burton : Elizer, born July 30, 1699; Ebenezer ; Eliphalet. These last three were triplets, and it is said that the authorities voted the par- ents a medal in commemoration of this most unusual event.
(IV) Ephraim, son of Joseph and Bethia (Booth ) Curtiss, was born in Stratford, Con- necticut, December 31, 1684, died 1776, at the great age of ninety-two years. He was a vestryman of the Episcopal church, and must have been a man of property, as his subscrip- tion to the new church building was fifty pounds. He married, June 26, 1707, Eliza- beth, died October, 1775, daughter of Eph- raim Stiles. Children: Stiles, of whom fur- ther: Sarah, Henry, Ann, Phebe, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Elizabeth (2), Martha, Ruth, Ed- mund, Bathsheba, Elnathan.
(V) Captain Stiles Curtiss, eldest son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Stiles) Curtiss, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, March 18, 1708, died April 22, 1785. He was a land- owner and farmer of Stratford. He married, November 7, 1730, Rebecca Judson, died July I, 1798, aged eighty-nine years. Children : Sarah, Elizabeth, Elihu, Hannah, Ephraim,
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Elihu, Silas, John, of whom further; Rebecca and Catee.
(VI) John (3), son of Stiles and Rebecca (Judson) Curtiss, was born in Stratford, Con- necticut, September, 1745, died August 31, 1825. There are many of the name of John Curtiss enrolled as soldiers of the revolution. The particular service of Lieutenant John Cur- tiss, of Stratford, of which there is record, was in repelling Governor Tryon's raid. He was then lieutenant of light horse, enlisted in Strat- ford. He commanded his company, and was in service during the invasion at Fairfield, Norwalk and New Haven. He married, April 17, 1769, Mary Shelton, died the same day and hour as her husband (August 31, 1825), aged seventy-eight years. Both were buried in the same grave. Children : Sarah, Stiles, Judson, John, Ezekiel, Daniel, Julia and Harriet.
(VII) Ezekiel, son of John (3) and Mary (Shelton) Curtiss, was born at Stratford, Connecticut, July 1779, died at Utica, New York, November, 1840. He was born just one month before his father left home to join the revolutionary army. He was a sailor and was captured by the French and taken to Paris, where he was held prisoner until Ma- sonic friends secured his release. He settled in Oneida county, New York, in 1807, and in Utica in 1826. He married (first) Nancy Woos- ter, who - bore him two children; (second), Electa, daughter of Benjamin and Hulda (Emmons) Lord. There were eight children by second marriage.
(VIII) Charles Gould, youngest child of Ezekiel and Electa (Lord) Curtiss, was born in Utica, New York, August 29, 1827, died in Buffalo, September 27, 1893. He was a man of education and fine business ability. He came to Buffalo in 1857, where he engaged as a merchant, later as a maltster. This busi- ness that he founded is yet carried on by Alexander Main. Mr. Curtiss occupied high position in his city and state. He was a di- rector of the Third National Bank, trustee of the Buffalo Savings Bank, president of the Buffalo Board of Trade, trustee of the Buffalo State Hospital for the Insane, and inter- ested in many other public and private con- cerns. He was a Democrat in politics, and of commanding influence in his party. In 1884 he was presidential elector when the electoral vote of New York state was cast for the successful candidate, Grover Cleveland. He was a member of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church. He married, April 7, 1851, at St. Peter's Church, Albany, Amelia Lent Main, born in Augusta, Georgia, May 12, 1827, died in Buffalo, November 30, 1881, daughter of Alexander Main, born in New York City January 23, 1800, died at Piermont, New York, January 23, 1883. He was a railroad builder and leading financier. He was the first treasurer of the Erie Railroad Company, and held important position in the directorate of other corporations. He was a son of An- drew Main, born in Scotland, died in Bing- hamton, New York, a merchant of London, England, later in New York City, coming to the United States in 1792. He married Alice Bone, born 1756, in Norwich, England. died at Binghamton, New York, August, 1848, aged ninety-two years. On the day of her funeral the great bell of Christ Episcopal Church tolled solemnly the years of her age, this be- ing the last occasion when it had been so used. James Weber Lent, grandfather of Amelia Lent Main, was a lieutenant under General Wayne, at Stony Point, during the war of the revolution, and was also prominent in polit- ical life. He was inspector of pot and pearl ashes, and an extensive dealer in same, accum- ulating much wealth. He was registrar of New York City, also one of the founders of the Tammany Society, 1789, and grand sachem during Andrew Jackson's presidency.
Children of Charles Gould Curtiss : 1. Char- lotte Electa, born in New York City, Decem- ber 30, 1852, died in Buffalo, New York, Jan- uary 6, 1866. 2. Alexander Main, born in Utica, New York, October 6, 1856; now a resident of Buffalo. 3. Harlow Clarke, of whom further. 4. Mary, born in Buffalo, Oc- tober 13, 1861, died September 14, 1893; graduate of St. Agnes School, Albany, New York, 1881 ; married, June 10, 1891, Charles McClellan Clarke, of Buffalo.
(IX) Harlow Clarke, son of Charles Gould and Amelia Lent (Main) Curtiss, was born in Utica, New York, November 6, 1858. He re- ceived his early education in private and pub- lic schools of Buffalo, prepared for college at Central High School and entered Trinity Col- lege, Hartford, Connecticut, whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1881. In 1888 Trin- ity conferred upon him the A. M. degree. De- ciding upon the profession of law, he studied with the law firm of Cleveland & Bissell (the former president of the United States, the lat- ter his postmaster-general a few years later),
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and in October, 1883, was admitted to the bar and at once began practice in Buffalo. He practiced alone until 1887, when he was a partner of Swift, Weaver & Curtiss. In 1888 he resumed practice alone, and has always so continued. His practice is of a general char- acter, all forms of legal procedure being per- fectly familiar to him. He is well versed in the law, and has always maintained a high rep- utation at the bar, and with his clients. He is an active member of St. Andrew's Episco- pal Church; he was vestryman, 1891-95, and deputy to the triennial general convention from the diocese of Western New York in 1895 and 1898. He is an active Democrat, and is frequently a delegate to party conventions. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and the University Club, of Buffalo. His fraternity is Alpha Delta Phi (Trinity).
Mr. Curtiss married, June 18, 1896, at St. Paul's Church, Buffalo, Ethel, daughter of Dr. Matthew D. Mann, of Buffalo, the emi- nent physician and surgeon. Children, all born in Buffalo, tenth generation : Elizabeth, March 27, 1897; John Shelton, July 15, 1899; Stiles Judson, February 18, 1904; Charles Mann, July 14, 1906.
MOORE The subject of this memoir, Lieutenant Harry H. Moore, was born at Waterloo, New York, April 4, 1840, died at Lockport, New York, May 15, 1908. When but a lad he came to Lockport with Cook & Tyler, dry goods merchants, when that firm opened busi- ness in this city. He continued as clerk until the outbreak of the civil war, when he en- listed in Captain E. W. Roger's Nineteenth Independent Light Battery. He had a distin- guished military career, and won his lieuten- ant's commission by bravery on the field of battle. He served his full term of enlistment and was honorably discharged. After being mustered out he returned to Lockport, where he established in the retail tobacco business in a small way. As prosperity came he extended his lines and began a wholesale business. For forty-two years he continued in Lockport and built up a very large trade, in fact, was known as one of the largest wholesale and retail to- bacconists in Western New York. He was a man of untiring energy and fine business qual- ities which united made his life the success it was. His activities included other important enterprises. He was president of the Lock
City Brewing Company, continuing at the head of that company until his death. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, and a liberal supporter of all good causes. He stood high in the Masonic order, belonging to Red Jacket Lodge, No. 646, Free and Accepted Masons; Ames Chapter, No. 88, Royal Arch Masons; Bruce Council, No. 15, Royal and Select Masters; past eminent commander, Genesee Commandery, No. 10, 'Knights Temp- lar; of Buffalo Consistory, Scottish Rite, hold- ing the thirty-second degree, and president of the Masonic board of trustees of Lockport, and a noble of Ismailia Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine. He held a highly valued mem- bership in the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, an organization to which only officers of the civil war are admitted. He also held membership in the Elks and Foresters. In political faith his preference was for the Dem- ocratic party.
He married, October 21, 1868, at Lockport, Sarah A. Blackwell, born February 17, 1848, daughter of William and Diana (Ferguson) Blackwell, of Lockport. She was a grand- daughter of William Blackwell (1), born at Western, by Weeden, Northamptonshire. England, in 1788. William Blackwell (2) was born in England, April 7, 1823, came to the United States, arriving at New York City, July 11, 1837, and immediately settled in Lock- port, New York, where his after life was spent. He married Diana Ferguson, of Toronto, Canada. Children of Harry H. and Sarah A. (Blackwell) Moore: Child died in infancy; Emma Frances, married Harry H. Fenton, of Lockport, and has a son, Harry Moore Fen- ton. Mrs. Sarah A. Moore survives her hus- band, and continues her residence in Lock- pot, where she is held in high esteem.
WALSH The family from whom Rev. Father Thomas Joseph Walsh, of Buffalo, New York, springs, originally settled in Canada, at Montreal. The first of the family in Canada was Thomas Walsh, who married Mary McMeunen, who survives him and resides in Dunkirk, New York. She married a second husband, Michael Lynch. . Children by second husband: Mary, George, Eliza, Hugh, and one died in infancy.
(II) Thomas, only child of Thomas and Mary (McMeunen) Walsh, was born in Montreal, Canada, October 24, 1848, died at Wellsville, New York, March 18, 1909. When
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a boy he lived at Dunkirk, New York, and on growing to manhood became a contractor and oil operator. For the twenty-two years pre- ceding his death he was a resident of Wells- ville, New York. He was an Independent in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Helen Curtin, of county Clare, Ireland, who died at Wellsville, New York, daughter of Cornelius Curtin, who came to Pennsylvania and settled at Dukes Centre, dying in California. He was a deep student of the history of his native land and consid- ered an authority. He married Mary Kane, born in Ireland, who died and is buried near Dukes Centre, Pennsylvania. Children of Thomas and Helen (Curtin) Walsh: I. Thomas Joseph, of further mention. 2. Hugh F., born August 18, 1877, on the Starr farm, near Millersville, Pennsylvania; now a resi- dent of Farmington, West Virginia, engaged as a gas well driller; married, November 21, 1900, Mary E. Graham, of Wellsville, New York; children : Mary Ellen, born March 16, 1903, at Piney Fork, West Virginia; Kathleen Helena, born at Steele's Run, West Virginia, October 4, 1905; Richard Francis, born at Lynn Camp, West Virginia, December II, 1908. 3. William, living at Port Jervis, New York. 4. Cornelius James, born at Bolivar, New York, June 29, 1883; now a telegraph operator at Wellsville, New York; married, June 1, 1904, Teresa A. Corrigan: children living : Thomas P., born April 13, 1905; Ella Kathleen, August 30, 1907, at Wellsville, New York; Cornelius James, November 6, 1908, at Olean, New York ; Evelyn Mary Dolores, De- cember 15, 1909, at Wellsville; two children died in infancy. 5. Died in infancy, as did the first two children, not named here.
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(III) Rev. Thomas Joseph Walsh, D. D., D. C. L., eldest son of Thomas and Helen (Curtin) Walsh, was born at Parker's Land- ing, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1873. He was educated in public and parochial schools, the Seminary College of St. Bonaventure, Alle- gany, New York, near Olean, and University of St. Apollenaris, Rome, Italy. He was or- dained to the priesthood of the Roman Cath- olic church, January 27, 1900, by Bishop James E. Quigley, Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo; January 27, 1900, he was appointed assistant to the Cathedral Clergy. Buffalo; June 25. the same year, he was made Chancellor of the Dio- cese, and private secretary to Bishop Quigley, a position he now fills. The degree of D. C. L.
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