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Joseph Alden married, 1657, Mary Sim- mons, daughter of Moses, who came in the ship "Fortune." Children: Isaac; Joseph, Sarah, Mercy, Elizabeth (these three prob- ably), John, and perhaps Mary.
(III) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Mary (Simmons) Alden, was born about 1667, died 1747. He lived in South Bridge- water; married, 1690, Hannah, daughter of Daniel Dunham, of Plymouth. Children : Daniel; Joseph, died young ; Eleazer, Hannah, Mary, Joseph, Jonathan, Samuel, Mehitabel, Seth.
(IV) Daniel, son of Deacon Joseph (2) and Hannah (Dunham) Alden, was born 1690,.re- moved to Stratford, Connecticut, where he died 1770: married. 1717, Abigail, daughter of Joseph Shaw. Children: Joseph, Daniel,
Abigail, Zephaniah, Hannah, Hannah Mehitabel, Barnabas, Ebenezer, Mary.
(V) Joseph (3), son of Daniel and Abigail (Shaw) Alden, was born 1718 ; married, 1742, Susanna, daughter of Solomon Packard. Chil- dren: Zenas, Martha, Rev. Abishai, Joseph, and perhaps others.
(VI) Sergeant Joseph (4), son of Joseph (3) and Susannah (Packard) Alden, was born May 9, 1753, died January 1, 1832. He served in the revolution as sergeant of Captain Amos Wallbridge's company, Stafford, Connecticut, militia, Lexington Alarm. He married, Feb- ruary 28, 1782, Lydia Hyde, born at Stratford, Connecticut, January 6, 1761, died February 7, 1839. He was a farmer, and with his wife Lydia is buried in the new cemetery on the hill in Stafford. Children. Joseph, died in infancy ; Joseph, Horatio, Hannibal, Zephinah, Levi Harvey, Martha, Clarissa, of further mention ; Lydia, Almeda.
(VII) Clarissa, daughter of Sergeant Joseph (4) and Lydia (Hyde) Alden, was born at Stafford, Connecticut; married Stod- dard Ellsworth, son of Solomon and Mary (Moseley) Ellsworth. (See Ellsworth.)
(VIII) Clarissa Alden, daughter of Stod- dard and Clarissa (Alden) Ellsworth, married George Stringer. (See Stringer.)
(IX) George Alfred, son of George and Clarissa Alden (Ellsworth) Stringer. (See Stringer.)
(X) Geraldine, daughter of George Alfred and Eliza Coe (Walker) Stringer, born March, 1879.
(The Hyde Line).
(I) Lydia Hyde Alden, grandmother of Clarissa Alden (Ellsworth) Stringer, was a lineal descendant of William Hyde, of Nor- wich, Connecticut, who came from England, it is supposed, with Rev. Thomas Hooker, the first minister of Hartford; sojourned a short time at Newton, Massachusetts, and removed with him to Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. He later removed to Saybrook, thence to Nor- wich, Connecticut. He was a man of consid- erable importance among the settlers of Nor- wich, and was frequently elected selectman. He died at Norwich, January 6, 1681. No record has been found concerning his wife, and there is record of but two children, Sam- uel ; and Hester, who married John Post.
(II) Samuel, son of William Hyde, the emigrant, was born about 1637, at Hartford, Connecticut. He came with his wife to Nor-
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wich, Connecticut, in 1660. He was a farmer, and had lines assigned him at Norwich West Farms, where he died in 1677, at the age of forty ycars. He married, in June, 1659, Jane Lee, of East Saybrook, now Lyme, Connecti- cut, daughter of Thomas Lee, who came from England in 1641 with wife and three children. He died on the passage, his wife and children settling later at Saybrook. Children: Samuel, John, William, Thomas, Jabez, Elizabeth, Phebe, Saralı.
(III) Thomas, son of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde, was born at Norwich, Connecti- cut, July, 1672. He was a farmer of Nor- wich West Farms (now Franklin), where he died April 9, 1755. He married, December, 1697, Mary Backers, born November, 1672, at Norwich, died March 27, 1752, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Gardner) Backers, of Norwich. Children: Thomas, Jacob, Abner, Mary, Phebe, Jane.
(IV) Captain Jacob, son of Thomas and Mary (Backers) Hyde, was born at Norwich West Farms, Connecticut, January 20, 1703, died there January 22, 1782. He was a farmer. He married, October 1I, 1727, Hannah Kings- bury, born March 13, 1709, at Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts, died at Bennington, Vermont, while on a visit there, March 16, 1770. Chil- dren: Jacob, Ephraim, Joseph, Jonathan, Mary, Hannah, Ruth, Silence, Rebecca, Phebe.
(V) Ephraim, son of Captain Jacob and Hannah (Kingsbury) Hyde, was born at Nor- wich West Farms, April 23, 1734. He set- tled at Stafford, Connecticut, where he and his wife died. He married Martha Giddings, of Norwich. Children: Nathaniel, Ephraim, Jacob, Jasepr, Eli, Hannah, Lydia, Martha, Eunice.
(VI) Lydia, daughter of Ephraim and Martha (Giddings) Hyde, was born at Staf- ford, Connecticut, where she died February 7, 1839. She married, February 28, 1782, Ser- geant Joseph Alden. (See Alden).
(VII) Clarissa, daughter of Sergeant Jo- seph and Lydia (Hyde) Alden, married Stod- dard Ellsworth. (See Ellsworth).
(VIII) Clarissa Alden, daughter of Stod- dard and Clarissa (Alden) Ellsworth, married George Stringer. (See Stringer).
(IX) George Alfred, son of George and Clarissa Alden (Ellsworth) Stringer. (See Stringer ).
(X) Geraldine, daughter of George Alfred and Eliza Coe (Walker) Stringer.
BRYANT The name Bryant can be traced to Sir Guy De Bryant, who lived in the time of Edward III., and whose descendants had their seat in the Castle of Hereford, Wales. In 1640 there were four familes by the name of Bryant liv- ing in Plymouth Colony: John Briant, of Taunton, John Briant Sr., of Scituate ; Stephen Briant, of Plymouth ; and Lieutenant John, of Plympton. It does not appear that they were related, although tradition has it that John of Scituate and Stephen of Plymouth were brothers.
(I) The first mention made of Abraham Bryant, progenitor of Warren W. Bryant, of Buffalo, is in Reading, Massachusetts, at a date sufficiently later for him to have been a son of one of the above, but it does not so appear on the records. Abraham Bryant was a blacksmith, and lived on Elm street, Reading, Massachusetts. He was selectman in 1696 and 1701. He married (first) in 1664, Mary Kendall, born 1647, died 1688, daughter of Deacon Thomas Kendall, an original settler of Reading, removed there from Lynn. He was deacon and selectman, and died in 1681. His wife Rebecca died in 1703. He had no son who lived to adult age, but his eight daughters married and transmitted his blood through many different families. Abrahanı Bryant married (second) Ruth, widow of Samuel Frothingham. She died in 1693. Children by first wife: Mary, born 1668, married, 1684, John Weston; Rebecca, born 1668, died 1670; Abraham, born 1671; Thomas, 1674; Anna, 1676; William, of further mention ; Kendall, 1680; Abigail, 1683, died 1694; Tabitha, 1685.
(II) Kendall, son of Abraham and Mary (Kendall) Bryant, was born in Reading, Mas- sachusetts, 1680. He settled in the town of his birth, where he lived his entire life. He engaged in farming. He married there, in 1704, Elizabeth, daughter of Major Jeremiah and Mary (Smith) Swaine. Children, born in Reading: Elizabeth, 1705; Kendall, 1709; Anna, twin of Kendall; Jeremiah, 1714 ; Mary, 1717; James, 1719; Hepsibah, 1722: Abigail, 1724.
(III) Kendall (2), son of Kendall (I) and Elizabeth (Swaine) Bryant, was born in Read- ing, Massachusetts, in 1709, died at the home of his son, John or Thomas, at Jaffrey. New Hampshire, November 30, 1797. The "His- tory of Jaffrey" states that he came from Mas- sachusetts to Jaffrey, and lived on lot fourteen,
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range four, of that town. His homestead re- mained in the family until the death of Colonel George Bryant, in 1865. Kendall Bryant, his wife and son John, were charter members of the First Church of Jaffrey. He married Mary Martin, who died at Jaffrey, March 17, 1794. aged eighty-four years. Children, born in Reading and Peperell, Massachusetts : Thomas; John, 1750, died March 14, 1800, married Lucy Lawrence.
(IV) Thomas, eldest son of Kendall (2) and Mary (Martin) Bryant, was born between 1730 and 1740. He was living at Concord, Massachusetts, from 1762 to 1769, and doubt- less for a number of years thereafter, for his son, Captain Chandler Bryant, served in the revolution from Concord, New Hampshire, as late as 1779-80. Thomas settled later in Jaf- frey, New Hampshire, with his father and younger brother John. He probably also lived in other Massachusetts towns before remov- ing to New Hampshire, as he was fence viewer and taxpayer in Peperell as late as 1794. His widow died in Templeton, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 16, 1815, aged eighty-five years. She was then living with her son Nathan. Chil- dren, born at Concord, Massachusetts: Na- than, January 11, 1762, died at Templeton, Massachusetts, July 13, 1828; Elizabeth, born July 5, 1763; Chandler, November 18, 1764, served in the revolution as captain, married (first) Elizabeth -, (second) Susanna Byam; Daniel; Samuel, of further mention ; Reuben, born March II, 1769, lived at Con- cord.
(V) Samuel, son of Thomas Bryant, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, May 1, 1767. He removed to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he married, November 10, 1805, Esther Wright, born August 12, 1781, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth Wright. Later he removed to New Ipswich, New Hampshire, from there going to Utica, New York, where he con- ducted a general store. Children recorded in Woburn: Charles Austin, born August 17, 1806; Warren; George H., married Sarah Sweeney ; Samuel.
(VI) Warren, son of Samuel and Esther (Wright) Bryant, was born in Woburn, Mas- sachusetts, March 24, 1811, died in Buffalo, New York, 1893. He came to Buffalo first in 1827, when but a lad of sixteen years, making his first trip by boat and stage. He did not remain in Buffalo, but returned to Woburn, where he continued until 1831, when he came
again to Western New York, bringing with him some cash capital which he invested in a general store at Geneva. He did not like his location, but soon came to Buffalo and started business opposite the First Church. In 1847 he bought the building north of the corner of Main and Exchange, which block has ever since remained in the family. In 1848 he changed his store from a grocery to a toy and novelty store, which prospered exceed- ingly. He made several trips to Germany, buying his goods and importing them direct. For several years his brother, George H. Bryant, was associated in business with him. George H. was captain of the vessel "St. Joseph," trading on the lakes between Buffalo and Chicago. He was the organizer of the Western Transportation Company, of which he was vice-president. As his wealth in- creased, Mr. Bryant engaged in outside opera- tions. He was largely interested in the West- ern Transportation Company. In 1859-60-61 he was collector of the port of Buffalo. In 1861, with several others, he purchased the old Niagara Street railroad, made needed re- pairs and improvements, later selling the line to the Buffalo Street Railway Company. In 1864 he was elected president of the Buffalo Savings Bank, an office he held until his death in 1893, over a quarter of a century. He was a wise and conservative banker, closely safe- guarding the depositors' interests, yet extend- ing all needed financial aid to men and enter- prises that were deserving and substantial. He was a member of the Unitarian church, and was instrumental in having a congrega- tion started in Buffalo, the first in the city. He afterward left the congregation, not liking the minister in charge. He was active in the Volunteer Fire Department, and for some years was superintendent. He was a Demo- crat in politics, but never sought or held elec- tive office. He married Amelia Stebbins of Clinton, New York, who died September 9, 1890. They had ten children, three of whom lived to mature years: I. Warren Wright, of further mention. 2. Joseph, married Sarah Taft, of Whitingsville, Massachusetts; chil- dren : Warren Taft and Kendall S. 3. Mary S., died in 1907, unmarried; she resided in Buffalo with her brothers until her death; she was a most lovable woman, and one deeply mourned by her surviving brother and friends.
(VII) Warren Wright, son of Warren and Amelia (Stebbins) Bryant, was born in Buf-
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falo, New York, in 1844. He received his early education in the public schools, finishing at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was delicate when sent to the latter place, but before leaving had regained his health. In 1865 he entered the employ of the Buffalo Savings Bank as clerk, and worked his way up through successive grades until he became receiving teller. Later he resigned that posi- tion and has since lived retired from business life. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr Bryant is unmarried.
The surname Buck is ancient both BUCK in England and Germany, and seems to have been of German origin. The spelling varies greatly ; following are some of the forms: Boc, Bock, Boch, Bocke, Bok, Book, Bouke, Buc, Buch, Busq, Buke, and many others.
William Buck, emigrant ancestor, came to New England in the ship "Increase," sailing in April, 1635, from England, and landing a month later at Boston, Massachusetts. He gave his age as fifty years, and accordingly was born about 1585. His son Roger was with him, and his age was given as eighteen. He settled at Cambridge, and in 1652 had a grant of land twenty acres, lot No. 91, in Cam- bridge Survey, so-called. Here he built a new home for his family, in what was called the west field, northeast from Garden street, on what is now Raymond street. He was a ploughwright by trade. He died intestate January 24, 1658, and was buried in the old cemetery at Cambridge. His son Roger was administrator of his estate.
(I) The English habitation of Emanuel Buck, emigrant ancestor of this branch of the Buck family in America cannot be definitely stated, but strong proof leads to the conclusion he was from the county of Norfolk. Neither is the date, ship or place of landing known. It is supposed that Emanuel Buck was a rela- tive, and many suppose a son of William Buck, who came in the "Increase," although there is no record. He first appears in the records as of Wethersfield, Connecticut. There is con- clusive proof that Emanuel and Enoch Buck of that place were one and the same. It is said that the Puritans objected to his name, its meaning, "God with us," being too sacred. To please them he took the name of Enoch. However, his baptismal name Emanuel will here be used. He settled in Wethersfield in
1647, accompanied by his brother Henry. They were respectively twenty-three and twenty-one years of age. Emanuel was a miller, Henry a blacksmith, and each plied his trade in con- nection with farming during the remainder of their days. Henry married Elizabeth Churchill, and died July 7, 1712. Emanuel was admitted a freeman May 21, 1659; was juror, 1661-62- 75; grand juror, 1675; elected constable in 1668 ; selectman, 1669, and several re-elections. He is of frequent mention in Wethersfield rec- ords, made many land transfers, and seems to have been a good citizen. He died intestate in 1700. Nothing is known concerning his first wife's name further than that it was Sarah. Mary Kirby, his second wife, was a daughter of John Kirby, who came from Row- ington, near Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng- land, in the "Hopewell," 1635, aged twelve years. He was of Hartford, Middletown and Wethersfield, Connecticut. A deed on Middle- town records gives several parcels of land to "my daughter, Mary Buck." He left a wife, Mary, and eight children. Children, three by first wife: Ezekiel, born June 15, 1650; John, November, 1652 ; Jonathan, April, 1653 ; Mary, January, 1659; David, of whom further ; Sarah, born April, 1669; Hannah, April 12, 1671; Elizabeth, June 4, 1676; Thomas, June 10, 1678; Abigail, August 1, 1682. Mary sur- vived her husband, and her death occurred January 12, 1712.
(II) David, son of Emanuel and Mary (Kirby) Buck, was born at Wethersfield, Con- necticut, April, 1667. He continued a lifelong resident of that town, and was engaged in farming until his death, September 20, 1728. He married, June 14, 1690, Elizabeth Hub- bert, or Hubbard, born 1666, died March 25, 1735, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Jor- dan) Hubbard. Daniel was son of George and Mary (Bishop) Hubbard. Tradition says George Hubbard came to Watertown, Massa- chusetts, in 1633. He is recorded in Wethers- field October 15, 1635, where he lived three years, then removing to Milford, where he joined the church January 15, 1644. He bought land in Guilford, September 22, 1648. He married Mary, daughter of John and Anna Bishop, of Guilford. Children of David and Elizabeth Buck: Elizabeth, born February 16, 1690 ; Ann, April 25, 1693 ; Daniel, September 13, 1695; David, November 13, 1698; Mary, September 9, 1700; Josiah, of whom further ; Joseph, born April 5, 1705; John, January 18,
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1707; Eunice, December 19, 1709; Mabel, June 5, 1712.
(III) Josiah, son of David and Elizabeth (Hubbert) Buck, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, January 16, 1703, died February 8, 1793. He married, May 28, 1731, Ann, born 1711, died November 9, 1772, daughter of Charles Deming, of Boston. Children : Ann, born February 25, 1732; Mary, October 31, 1733; Elizabeth, April 7, 1735 ; Prudence, De- cember 15, 1737; Josiah, April 23, 1742; Daniel, of whom further; Mabel, March 12, 1748.
(IV) Daniel, son of Josiah and Ann (Dem- ing) Buck, was born June 13, 1744, died Jan- uary 6, 1808. He married, December 3, 1775, Saralı, daughter of General Gurdon Salton- stall, of Boston, and descendant of Thomas de Saltonstall, 1358. The first of the name known in America, Richard Saltonstall, son of Sir Richard, was closely identified with Connecticut colonial history. He married Muriel, daughter of Brampton Gurdon, of Suffolk county, England. Their son, Colonel Nathaniel Saltonstall, was of Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts, was assistant member of the gov- ernor's council and judge; he married Eliza- beth Ward. Their son Gurdon was born 1666, graduate of Harvard College, 1684, and was ordained minister at New London, Connecti- cut, in 1691. On the death of Governor John Winthrop in 1707 he was chosen his successor, and became governor of Connecticut in 1708, remaining in office until 1724. He married (first) Jerusha Richards; (second) Elizabeth Rosewell ; (third) Mary Clark. General Gur- don, ninth child of Governor Gurdon Salton- stall, was colonel and brigadier-general in the revolutionary army prior to 1776; was first collector of the port of New London, 1784; married, March 15, 1732, Rebecca, daughter of Henry John Winthrop, of New London; they had fourteen children. Their daughter Sarah, youngest child, born June 17, 1754, died November 19, 1828, married Daniel Buck. Children of Daniel Buck: Ann, born Novem- ber 28, 1776, died young; Gurdon, born De- cember 3, 1777, died August 4, 1852, married, April 20, 1805, Susan Manwaring, of New York ; Daniel, born October 27, 1779, married (first) Julia Mitchell, (second) Elizabeth Selden, who died March, 1887, aged one hun- dred years one month, twenty-four days : Charles, born November 21, 1782, married Sophronia Smith; Winthrop, of whom fur-
ther ; Ann, died young ; Dudley, born June 25, 1789, married Hetty G. Hempsted, (second) Martha Adams.
(V) Winthrop, son of Daniel and Sarah (Saltonstall) Buck, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, December 9, 1784, died August 19, 1862. He was a farmer of Wethersfield all his life. His home was one of the two houses built by Josiah Buck for his sons, Josiah and Daniel. The first was built for Josiah in 1774 on the east side of the street, and Daniel's in 1775 on the west side at the corner of Jordan Lane, directly on the site of the old home of his father, which was torn down to make way for the new. Both of these houses still stand in excellent condition. Winthrop's is still occupied by his youngest son Henry, whose son will in time inherit it, making five generations to own the farm and four to oc- cupy the homestead. Daniel's house is occu- pied by Edward, grandson of Winthrop Buck, making four generations which have occupied it, and Edward has a son, who will continue the occupancy. Winthrop Buck married (first) January 29, 1812, Eunice Parsons, died August 5, 1812, aged twenty-four years, daughter of Gideon Parsons, of Amherst, Massachusetts. He married (second), Decem- ber 28, 1814, Eunice, daughter of Dr. Abner Moseley, of Wethersfield, a descendant of John Moseley, or Maudsley, born in Lanca- shire, England, came to America with his wife, one account says, in the ship "Mary and John," Captain Soueb, which sailed from Plymouth, England, March 30, 1629, and landed at Dor- chester, Massachusetts, in 1630. Another ac- count says they came in the ship "James," in 1635, and settled at Matapan, near Dorchester. John was made freeman March 14, 1639, and was granted land in 1656. His wife was Cor- nelia or Elizabeth -, or perhaps he was twice married. His son. Captain John, born in Dorchester or Boston, Massachusetts, 1638, removed to Windsor, Connecticut, where he lived until 1677, when he removed to West- field. He returned to Windsor some time be- fore his death, August 18, 1690. He married, December 14, 1664, Mary Newberry, daughter of Benjamin. They had ten children. Their son Joseph, third child, was born December 21, 1670, removed to Glastonbury, Connecti- cut, after 1715, and died there in 1719 ; he mar- ried. in 1696, Abigail Root; there are eight children named in his will. Abigail was daughter of John (2) and granddaughter of
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John Roote (1), who came from England in 1640. Abner, eldest son of Joseph and Abigail (Root) Moseley, was born in Westfield, 1699, died February II, 1766; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Lyman, of Northampton, June 5, 1722. Their son, Joseph Moseley (2), born August 13, 1735, died October 25, 1806; inarried Hopy Robbins, December 10, 1761. Their son, Dr. Abner Moseley, born April 13, 1766, married, November 14, 1792, Eunice, daughter of William and Jerusha Welles. Their daughter, Eunice, born October 8, 1793, died August 24, 1862, married, December 28, 1814, Winthrop Buck. Children of Winthrop and Eunice Buck: I. Martha, born November 26, 1815, died August 12, 1900. 2. Winthrop (2), born December 16, 1816, died July 28, 1900; married Charlotte Woodhouse. 3. Eunice, born December 21, 1819, died March 12, 1897. 4. Maria, born January 30, 1821, died December 8, 1894. 5. Robert, born March 8, 1823, died August 16, 1881 ; married (first) at Hastings, Minnesota, Lucina M. Emerson ; (second) Helen Frances Jones. 6. Roswell Riley, of whom further. 7. Kate Moseley, born February 1, 1833, died December 31, 1907; married John Buckingham, of Brook- lyn, New York. 8. Henry, born December 6, 1834; married, November 30, 1875, Theresa, daughter of George Robinson ; he occupies the old homestead at Wethersfield, built by Josiah Buck in 1775; children: Henry Robinson, John Saltonstall, and Charles Howe.
(VI) Roswell Riley, sixth child and third son of Winthrop and Eunice (Moseley) Buck, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, Octo- ber 21, 1826, died in Buffalo, New York, Sep- tember 10, 1904. When about nine years of age he became an invalid from complicated hip trouble, and until the age of sixteen years he was an intense sufferer. Having a naturally sensitive disposition and an acquisitive mind, le read and studied extensively while confined to his bed. After reaching manhood and be- coming so far recovered as to engage in busi- ness, he found with satisfaction that he was fully able to hold his own intellectually with those with whom he came in contact. His first business experience was with Fales & Gray, car builders, of Hartford, to whom he went on crutches. He remained five years with this firm. In 1854 he went to Chicago, where he became associated with the firm of Sturges (Solomon) and Buckingham (John). George Sturges, an intimate friend of Mr.
Buck, finally took his father's place in the firm. Solomon Sturges was the pioneer in building elevators in Chicago for the storing of wheat. The growth of his business forced the building of elevators at Buffalo, and in 1864 Mr. Buck was sent there to superintend the building of the Sturges elevator. When completed he was retained in Buffalo as man- ager of the Sturges interests. The elevator burned October 27, 1897. In 1874 he returned to Chicago and remained two years, then was appointed again to Buffalo, where he was in charge of the Sturges & Fulton elevators, con- trolled by the Sturges Elevator Company, of which he was secretary and general manager. In 1888 this company was absorbed by the Buffalo Elevating Company, and Mr. Buck retired from active business life.
During his active years Mr. Buck was inti- mately connected with important Buffalo in- terests. During the years 1871-72-73 he was a trustee of the Board of Trade, and chairman of the reference committee of the Merchants' Exchange from 1886-89, and in 1890 was elected treasurer. The reference committee settled all disputes that arose between mem- bers of the Exchange. Here the judicial quality of his mind was of the greatest value. His rulings were undisputed and gave evidence of having been carefully arrived at. His office was at No. 16, Board of Trade, until toward the close of life, when he had a desk in the office of his son, George S. He was generous in his dealings with men and liberal in his benefactions. He was active in the Charity Organization Society, founded December II, 1877, and served on its various committees during its earlier years. He was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, which he served as trustee. In poli- tics he was a Republican.
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