Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 71

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

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The ancestral home of the GOODYEAR English Goodyears was the parish of Monken Hadley, in the county of Middlesex. The American Goodyears trace their descent from Stephen Goodyear, deputy governor of New Haven colony from 1643 to 1658, one of the mer-

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chants who, on June 26, 1637, came from Lon- don to America with the Rev. John Daven- port in the ship "Hector." The New Haven adventurers were the most opulent company which came to New England, and they de- signed to plant a capital company. They laid out their town plat in squares, designing it for a large and beautiful city. Among the principal settlers was Stephen Goodyear, who was one of the leading merchants and specu- lators of the colony. His yearly land rent was second only to that paid by Theophilus Eaton. In 1641 he was chosen deputy gov- ernor of the colony, and held that office until his death in London in 1658. Dr. Bacon, in his historical discourse, said: "Stephen Good- year, who from the organization of the civil government of New Haven till his death, stood almost uniformly in the office of deputy governor, appears to have been one of the mer- chants who followed Mr. Davenport from London to this country, and whose commercial habits and tastes determined the location of the colony and plan of the town. Among specimens of his activity and public spirit, we find him in 1655 forward in proposing and get- ting up the iron works at East Haven, which he thought would be a great advantage to the town. He died in London in the year 1658. He was obviously considered by the colonists as second only to Governor Eaton in qualifica- tions for the service of the commonwealth." In 1646 his wife took passage for England in the ship laden by the colonists with their best commercial products, and placed under the command of Captain Lamberton. This ship was lost on the voyage and never heard from again. Governor Goodyear married (second) Mrs. Lamberton, widow of the lost captain. He had children by both wives. He returned to England in 1666 or 1667, and died shortly after.

(II) John, only son of Governor Stephen Goodyear and his second wife, was born in 1651. He was proprietor of New Haven in 1685, and lieutenant in the colonial militia. He married and had sons: Nathaniel, The- ophilus and Andrew.

(III) Andrew, son of Lieutenant John Goodyear, married Jane, daughter of Deputy Governor Matthew Gilbert. He had two sons, Timothy and Titus.

(IV) Titus, son of Andrew and Jane (Gil- bert) Goodyear, married and had five chil- dren : Andrew, John, Miles, Esther and Sibyl.

(V) John, son of Titus Goodyear, removed to Geneva and died in Barre, Orleans county, New York.

(VI) Dr. Bradley, son of John Goodyear, was born in Semphronius, New York, Decem- ber 6, 1816. He studied medicine with a rela- tive, Dr. Miles Goodyear, of Cortland, New York, but born in Hamden, Connecticut. Dr. Miles was a graduate of Yale, and practiced his profession over fifty years. After receiv- ing his degree Dr. Bradley Goodyear located in Cortland, New York, where he practiced his profession several years. Later he removed to Western New York, spending the last years of his life in Buffalo, where he died May 16, 1889. He married, November 26, 1845, Esther P., daughter of Moses and Polly Kinne, grand- daughter of Ira and Miriam (Godell) Kinne, and of Alexander Forbes, a native of Scotland. Children : Charles W., of whom further, and Frank H. Goodyear.

(VII) Charles Waterhouse, eldest son of Dr. Bradley and Esther P. (Kinne) Good- year, was born in Cortland, New York, Octo- ber 15, 1846, died on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1911, at his residence on Delaware avenue, Buffalo, New York. He was educated in the academies of Cortland, Wyoming and East Aurora, New York. He left school for a time when he was eighteen and taught in the win- ters, working on a farm in the summer. He finally decided upon the profession of law, and entered the offices of Lanning & Miller, Buf- falo, and later read with John C. Strong, from whose office he was admitted to the bar. Soon after his admission he became associated with District Attorney D. N. Lockwood. After the election of the latter to congress, Mr. Good- year was appointed to fill his unexpired term as district attorney. He practiced alone until 1875, then was in partnership with Major John Tyler until 1882, then with Henry J. Allen, as Goodyear & Allen. The year following the election of Grover Cleveland to the governor- ship, Mr. Goodyear entered the law firm of Cleveland, Bissell & Sicard, his own name be- ing added to the firm. He continued in prac- tice until 1887, achieving success in his pro- fession, and was destined to attain still higher distinction, but the distinction was to come from another source. His younger brother, Frank H., had become heavily engaged in lumbering, mining and manufacturing, and needed such a man as his brother to assist him in carrying out the plans he had laid for

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still more extensive operations. The induce- ments were so alluring that Mr. Goodyear abandoned his profession, and, with his trained legal mind and great business ability, joined forces, and under the firm name of F. H. & C. W. Goodyear, the brothers rose to the very pinnacle of commercial eminence. They were closely associated in great business enterprises until the death of Frank H. Goodyear, May 13, 1907, when the direction of the different in- dustries fell mainly upon Charles W. Good- year. After joining forces, the brothers in- corporated the Buffalo and Susquehanna Rail- road to facilitate their lumber shipments. Into this road was merged the earlier lines built by Frank H. Goodyear. This road now embraces nearly four hundred miles of main lines, in- cluding an extension to Buffalo, and traverses a rich agricultural, timber and bituminous coal district. They converted their timber into lumber at the forest's edge, and over their own rails carried it to connecting roads for dis- tribution to the markets of the country. In 1902 they incorporated under the name the Goodyear Lumber Company, under which name the development of their large timber holdings in Pennsylvania was carried on. The Goodyear Company became the largest holders of hemlock tracts, which were developed after the railroad was built. They also became own- ers of large coal properties in the Dubois dis- trict of Pennsylvania, which they developed as the Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal and Coke Company. To bring this coal to market, an extension of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Rail- road was built north to Buffalo, and another south toward Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. An- other Goodyear enterprise was the Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company, with a large plant at South Buffalo, extensive holdings of ore lands in the Lake Superior region, and a fleet of big lake steamers. With the depletion of the timber lands in Pennsylvania, the Good- years turned their attention to southern for- ests. In 1902 they purchased, with associates, large tracts of yellow pine lands in Louisi- anna and Mississippi, which, with later pur- chases, gave them control of five thousand acres, which was developed by them as the Great Southern Land Company. Here, as in Pennsylvania, railroads were needed to bring the lumber to a market. The New Orleans Great Northern railroad was built, which now, with its two hundred and fifty miles of tracks, gives trunk line connections north and south.

The town of Bogalusa, sixty-five miles north of New Orleans, was built by the company on land that in 1904 was virgin wilderness, and now has a population of five thousand, sup- ported by the company's mills, the largest in the world. In all these enterprises the brothers worked hand in hand, each having his own pe- culiar field of effort. Charles W. Goodyear, with his trained legal mind, was of especial service in their earlier business associations. Later, with his added business experience, he was of inestimable value in the development of their immense interests. Both were recog- nized heads of the lumber and allied interests, and for a time Charles W. was president of the National Lumbermen's Association. They were potent factors in the growth and development of Buffalo, both men of immense energy and public spirit. In his later years Charles W. was president of the Goodyear Lumber Company, the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Com- pany, the Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal and Coke Company, the Buffalo, Attica & Arcade Railway Company, the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company, the Frontier & Western Railroad Company, the Great South- ern Lumber Company, and the Hurd Publish- ing Company. He was vice-president of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company, and a director of the General Railway Signal Company, the Marine National Bank, the Netherlands Tramways Company and the Western New York Water Company. In no company was he a figurehead, but in any com- pany where he held office he was a living vital force and a leader. He was very popular with his associates, was of a sympathetic, kindly na- ture, with a heart quickly touched by an ap- peal to his charity. He was president of the Buffalo Club in 1899; also was a member of the Saturn, Country, Ellicott and Lawyers' Clubs of Buffalo, and of the Railroad Club of New York City. He was an interested mem- ber of the Buffalo Historical Society, which he served as director. He was an attendant of the Presbyterian church. In political faith Mr. Goodyear was a Democrat, and in earlier years a power in his party. Had not business claimed him he would, no doubt, have risen high in public official life. He was a warm friend of ex-President Cleveland, and with Wilson A. Bissell was largely responsible for his nomination for governor of New York. During his later years he became independent in politics. He was strongly talked of for

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governor on the Democratic ticket in 1904, but his private business interests demanded too much of his time and his name was not pre- sented to the convention. He was a liberal supporter of charitable and philanthropic in- stitutions, and quick to relieve distress when- ever brought to his notice. He was interested in all movements for the advancement of Buf- falo, and always lent a hand. He was chair- man of the commission which recommended the Cary site and plan for a new Union Sta- tion, and was sorely disappointed when the project failed.

He married, March 23, 1876, Ella Porter Conger, born in Collins Center, New York, daughter of Anson G. and Portia White Con- ger. Children: 1. Anson Conger, born June 20, 1877; married, June 29, 1904, Mary, daughter of George V. Forman, of Buffalo; children : George Forman, born July 9, 1906; Mary, September 19, 1907. He is a graduate of Yale University, class of 1899, and after leaving college became associated with his father and uncle in business. He is managing director of the Goodyear Lumber Company, vice-president of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company, vice-president of the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company, vice-president of the Great Southern Timber Company, and interested in other business en- terprises. He is a member of the Country and Saturn Clubs of Buffalo, and a Republican in politics. 2. Esther, married, January 20, 1909, Arnold B. Watson, of Buffalo; child: Ellen Porter, born December 12, 1910. 3. Charles W., of whom further. 4. Bradley, born Octo- ber 18, 1885 : entered Yale University and was graduated, class of 1907, LL. B., Harvard Law School, 1910. He is now associated with the Buffalo law firm of Kenefick, Cooke, Mitchell & Bass. He married, June 23, 1910. Jeanette, daughter of Arthur D. Bissell, of Buffalo, New York.

(VIII) Charles Waterhouse, son of Charles W. and Ella Porter (Conger) Goodyear, was born in Buffalo April 6, 1883. He prepared for college at the Hill School and entered Yale University, whence he was graduated. class of 1906. After leaving college he be- came associated with the Goodyear enter- prises, and spent five years in the south with the Great Southern Lumber Company. Later he returned north, and is now connected with the Goodyear Lumber Company in this city. He is a member of the Saturn and Country

Clubs. He married, June 2, 1908, Grace, daughter of Lawrence Dana Rumsey, of Buf- falo. Children : Charles Waterhouse, born June 8, 1909, and Jane, born October 29, 1910.

Burke says "The Clarks of Buck- CLARK lands were from the North, I be- lieve from Elgin. They settled down in Devon some time in 1500, are worthy, upright and respected people." Arms of the Clarks of Devon : Erm. a lion rampant az. or chief sa. or leopard's face arg. between two cross crosslets, or. Crest: A demi-lion gu. collard or. on the shoulder an etoille, in the paw a baton sa. Motto : Victor mortales est. It is a well confirmed tradition that the American family herein recorded descend from the Clarks of Bucklands, Devonshire, England, near Plymouth. The emigrant ancestor, Sam- uel Clark, came to Wethersfield. Connecticut, in 1636, "one of the company of restless and dissatisfied men" who forsook the colony, and one of the twenty men who bound themselves, May 16, 1640, to establish for themselves a home at Rippowams, now Stamford, Connecti- cut. He was born about 1619, in Devonshire. England, came to Stamford with the company from Wethersfield, and is on each of the first three lists made of the settlement. He ap- pears in the list of settlers until 1642. He is believed to have lived after that date at Mil- ford, Connecticut, to 1669, then removed to Hempstead, Long Island, and in New Haven, Connecticut, 1685. He died about 1690. He married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Robert Fordham, and had a large family.

(II) William, born in Stamford, 1645, son of Samuel and Hannah Clark, was one of the original proprietors of a part of the township of Bedford, Westchester county, New York. He with fifteen others purchased, December 23. 1680, the land where Bedford now stands, of the Mohegan chiefs. In 1704 Queen Anne confirmed to the town of Bedford twenty-three thousand acres to twenty-nine landholders. three of whom were the two Williams and Nathan Clark. There are many conveyances of land on record to William Clark, Sr., on the records of the town of Bedford, where he died in 1712. He was married, and the rec- ords show he had three sons: William (2). Nathan and Joseph.

(III) Nathan, second son of William Clark, was born about 1666. On July 24, 1703, he was a witness to a deed of land given by the

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Indians. He was one of the twenty-nine land- holders of (now) Bedford, Westchester county, New York, to whom Queen Anne con- firmed twenty-three thousand acres of land, April 8, 1704. He is also named among the freeholders of Bedford in 1713-14 In the county records is the following: "Jeuen 22, 1699-1700 the town by a maiger vote doth mack choice of Richard Holmes and Nathan Clarck for servairs for this year ensewing." His will, dated April 29, 1726, was probably made during a severe illness, as it recites that he "being sick and weak in body," etc., and he was also too weak to do more than make his mark. He settled in Bedford in 1680. He lived and died on the farm, a quar- ter of a mile north of the village, where his father, William Clark, also lived and died. Nathan owned mill rights and different par- cels of land, which he divided among his chil- dren. He was a prominent man in the village, and a member of the church. He married (first), about 1700, Clemence who died 1709. He married a second wife in 1710. As there is no mention of her in his will she no doubt preceded him to the grave. Chil- dren by first wife: Stephen, Nathan (2), Sil- vanus, died a young man; Sarah, Elizabeth and Martha, twins, who both probably died in infancy. Children by second wife: Jehiel, Jo- seph, Nathaniel, of whom further; Elizabeth, Deborah, Abigail, Esther and Comfort.

(IV) Nathaniel, son of Nathan Clark and his second wife, was born in Bedford, West- chester county, New York, in 1714, died June 2, 1784. He married Mary , died April 4, 1774. Children : 1. Stephen, born Decem- ber 12, 1746, died young. 2. Deborah, born December 22, 1747, died October 10, 1794. 3. Isaac, born March 6, 1749; married (first) Sarah Holmes, born April 7, 1753, died 1778; he married a second wife. 4. Daniel, born January 12. 1751. 5. Lydia, January 15, 1753, died March 30, 1777. 6. Peter, born March 26, 1754, died February 20, 1777. 7. Stephen, born February 17, 1756, died March 6, 1776. 8. Mary, born December 19, 1757, died February 3, 1775. 9. Titus, June 9, 1759. 10. Henry, September 11, 1761, died May 22, 1848. 11. Sarah, May 22, 1764, died April 22. 1785. 12. Amos, of whom further. 13. Zil- pah, died January 25, 1786.

(V) Amos, twelfth child and youngest son of Nathaniel and Mary Clark, was born in Bedford, New York, April 3, 1765, and died

there August 20, 1797, at the age of thirty- two years. He married Patience Newman. Children : 1. Pater, born February 26, 1789; married, August 26, 1812, Laura Russel, died January 16, 1861 ; children : Marie, Julia Ann, Amos Russel and Samuel Penfield. 2. Ste- phen, of whom further. 3. Elizabeth (Bet- sey), born April 10, 1794, died January 7, 1885; married, December 16, 1812, John F. Yerks, born May 6, 1788, died March 9, 1863.

(VI) Stephen, second son of Amos and Pa- tience (Newman) Clark, was born in Bedford, New York, September 20, 1791, died Decem- ber 25, 1847. He was a farmer of Salem, New York. He married, January 18, 1816, Lydia Howe, born March 26, 1795, died April 26, 1851. Children : I. Ebenezer H. G., born Oc- tober 2, 1817, died August 19, 1885; son, Isaac H. 2. Mary Amanda, born January 24, 1820, died October 22, 1834. 3. Henry, born May 6, 1822, died unmarried, April 4, 1887. 4. Stephen Augustus, of whom further. 5. Leroy, born August 12, 1831 ; was a lumber dealer of New York City, firm Crane & Clark ; married Mary E. Pinckney; children: Frank W., Edmund D. G. and LeRoy. 6. Lorin, born October 25, 1836; married Sarah Eugenia White; children : William Lincoln, Grace and Lillian Eugenia.

(VII) Stephen Augustus, fourth child and third son of Stephen and Lydia (Howe) Clark, was born June 7, 1825, and died Feb- ruary 24, 1890. His early life was spent in Salem and Somerston, New York, where he was educated in the public schools. He went to New York City when a young man, and for a time held a clerical position with a grain firm of that city. He was for a time employed in Ossinning, New York (then Sing Sing), after which he returned to Salem and the home farm. For a number of years dating from his return he was engaged in the produce com- mission business, shipping to New York City. He then purchased a farm at Croton Lake, New York, on which he resided four years, then sold and removed to Ossinning, New York, where his after life was spent. He there engaged in the dry goods business. While never a resident of Jamestown, New York, he had important business interests there, be- ing a partner with his son, Milton Howe Clark, in the hardware business. He was a member of the Baptist church, and a Republican. His grave is in Dale Cemetery, Ossinning, New York. He married, February 21, 1849, in New

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York City, Mary Elizabeth Foshay, born there October 8, 1829, died February 24, 1890, daughter of Benjamin and Deborah ( Banks) Foshay, and of French descent. She was active in the Baptist church of Ossinning, of which she was a member. Children: I. Mil- ton Howe, of whom further. 2. Isabel Gert- rude, born January 10, 1852; educated at Drew Seminary, Putnam county, New York; now resides at Auburn, New York, unmarried; she is a member of the Baptist church, and active in missionary work. 3. Matilda Romer, born September 25, 1859, died March 20, 1897; she was educated at Drew Seminary, and mar- ried, April 18, 1895, Charles Augustus Trow- bridge; child : Charles A. (2), born January 14, 1897, died March 25, 1897. Mother and son are buried at Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York.

(VIII) Milton Howe, only son and eldest child of Stephen Augustus and Mary Eliza- beth (Foshay) Clark, was born in New York City April 1, 1850, and died at Jamestown, New York, July 19, 1911. He was educated in public and private schools of New York City, finishing his studies at Eastman's Busi- ness College, Poughkeepsie, New York. He began his business career as a clerk, later join- ing his father in the Ossinning dry goods store. Leaving him, he went to Ohio, and for three years was engaged in the hardware business at Van Wert. He then spent two years in busi- ness in Cleveland, Ohio, then located in Jamestown, New York, where, in 1884, in company with his father, he purchased the hardware business of Windsor & Glidden. This business was founded about 1850 by Rufus Jones, whose successor was Windsor & Glidden. In 1888 they bought the D. C. Bachus hardware business, following in 1890 with the purchase of the stock and business of George T. Fenton, combining all in 1892 under the firm name of The Clark Hardware Company. The entire management of the business devolved upon Milton H. Clark even before the death of his father. He continued alone in business after the death of Stephen A. until 1897, when George B. Pitts was admitted a partner. The business, a copartnership, was incorporated in 1900. The Clark Hardware Company is a most successful one, and one of the largest hardware firms in the county. Mr. Clark was a man of rare business ability, and proved his worth in the character and quality of busi- ness which bears his name. He won high

standing in the business world and the unvary- ing respect of his community. He had other important business connections; he was con- nected with the Maddox Table Company, and was a director of the Home Telephone Com- pany, and others of lesser importance. He was public spirited, and always bore his full share in the improvement of Jamestown. His residence on East Fourth street is one of Jamestown's finest residences, and in other ways he demonstrated his devotion to the ma- terial interests of his city. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, which he served as trustee and treasurer. Politically he was a Republican. He married, at Ossinning, New York, October 25, 1877, Jane A. Hull, born in Newark, New Jersey, March 22, 1858, daughter of William Granville and Mary A. (Hossee) Hull. Children :

I. Mabel Gertrude, born at Van Wert, Ohio, April 13, 1879; educated at Jamestown high school, and National Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Maryland; she married, October 10, 1906, Horace Howard Bogue, a dry goods merchant, now in business at Alliance, Ne- braska ; children: Horace H. (2), born Octo- ber 10, 1907, and Jane, February 17, 1909.

2. Helen Norwood, born at Van Wert, Ohio, April 14, 1881; was educated in the same schools as her sister ; she married, June 18, 1907, Lyle Blystone Himebaugh, member of Himebaugh Bros., furniture manufacturers, of Jamestown.

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 71

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