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of managers of the Buffalo State Hospital, the corner stone of which was laid with Masonic ceremonies, September 18, 1872. He was one of the founders of the Buffalo Club, the first meeting being held and organization effected in his office. He was a man of high ideals, and lived an honorable, useful life.
He married, at Albany, New York, in 1854, Jane Vail Goold, born September 30, 1834, died January 27, 1908; daughter of James and Elizabeth Vail Goold. Children: James Goold, of whom further; Gilbert Holland, born August 1, 1861, died July 11. 1869.
(XXXVII) James Goold, eldest child of Joseph and Jane Vail (Goold) Warren, was born in Buffalo, New York, September 12, 1858. He was early educated in the Heath- cote School, and in 1876 entered Phillips Exeter Academy, preparing for college and intending to enter Harvard. The death of his father changed the family plans, and instead of entering the university he obtained an ap- pointment as cadet at the United States Mili- tary Academy, West Point, entering July 1, 1877, and was graduated June 11, 1881, and commissioned in the army to additional sec- ond lieutenant, Corps of Engineers; served with the Battalion of Engineers at Willets Point, New York; April 5, 1882, promoted second lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, and served until August 4, 1884, on detached serv- ice at Creedmoor, New York. March 26, 1883, he was advanced to the rank of first lieutenant. In 1884 and 1885 he was assistant to Major King at Chattanooga, Tennessee; from Octo- ber 1, 1885, to August 20, 1886, assistant in- structor of civil and military engineering in United States Military Academy, West Point, New York ; from January 15, 1886, to Decem- ber 3, 1887, assistant instructor of practical military engineering in same institution, on duty with Company E, Battalion of Engineers, and in charge of Post schools. December 6, 1887, he was assigned to duty at Willets Point, with the Battalion of Engineers, on va- rious staff duties, and as inspector of small arms practice, December 17. 1887, to August 17, 1891. In July, 1890, he was the inspector of the Encampment of Pennsylvania National Guard at Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania ; from August 12, 1891, to December 27, 1893, as- sistant in local charge of construction of for- tifications at southern entrance to New York Harbor. From September 20 to December 15, 1892, he was a member of the board of en-
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gineer officers to test gun lift mechanism at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. From January I, to May 10, he was secretary and disbursing officer of the Missouri River Commission ; from June 13, 1894, to August 15, 1898, was stationed at Louisville, Kentucky, in charge of various works of internal improvements at the Falls of the Ohio and vicinity. From May to June, 1897, he was on duty at the lift-lock at Colbert Shoals, Tennessee river ; in December, 1897, on bridge across Ohio river at Marietta, Ohio; June to November, 1898, on harbor lines at Wheeling, West Vir- ginia ; August 16, 1898, assigned to duty at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in charge of various works of river and harbor improvement; in October, 1898, was in addition engineer in charge of the Ninth Lighthouse District, in charge of construction and repairs ; also mem- ber during same period of the Board of En- gineers on harbor lines at West Superior, Wisconsin. In 1905 he was assigned to duty at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1910 to Buffalo, where he is now stationed. In June, 1911, Lieutenant Colonel Warren will complete thirty continuous years of army service, chiefly spent in river, harbor and lake engineering work and improvement.
Lieutenant Colonel Warren is an active member of the Mississippi River Commission ; the Association of Graduates of United States Military Academy ; Western Association of Civil Engineering; Army and Navy Clubs of Washington and New York City, Buffalo and Saturn Clubs of Buffalo.
He married, July 6, 1881, Sarah Clifton Wheeler, born November 27, 1860; died May 4, 1901, daughter of Col. Junius B. Wheeler, late professor of civil and military engineer- ing. United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Children : I. Jennie, born February, 1882; died July, 1882. 2. Emily, born April 6, 1883. 3. Wheeler, June 19, 1886. 4. Josephine, February, 1889; died July, 1889.
WARREN (XXXII) John Warren (4), son of John (3) (q. v.) War- ren and his first wife, Abigail Hastings, was born April 3, 1701. He mar- ried Zippora Brigham, who died December 27, 1783. Children: Elizabeth, born March 31, 1734: John (5), 1735, died young ; Anne, born August 27, 1737: John (6), June 19, 1739; Persis, April 9, 1741 ; Hastings, February 20,
1743: Catherine. November 3, 1745; Thad- deus, of further mention.
(XXXIII) Thaddeus, youngest child and fourth son of John (4) and Zippora (Brig- ham) Warren, was born March 20, 1747 ; died June 12, 1821. He married Lucy Stevens. who died June 17. 1821. Children: Lydia, born January 28, 1773; John, December 2, 1774 ; Samuel, June 1, 1777 ; Hastings, of fur- ther mention : Lucy, October 18, 1781 ; Sarah, July 5, 1784; Edward, August 4, 1786; Eliza- beth, March 19, 1789; Sophia, February 16, 1792 ; Millicent, March 23. 1797.
(XXXIV) Hastings, third son of Thaddeus and Lucy (Stevens) Warren, was born July 20, 1779, died May 6, 1845. He resided at Middleboro, Massachusetts, and from 1800 at Middlebury, Vermont. He was a man of commanding presence, of high honor and great energy. In the war of 1812, when there was a call for troops to defend the Niagara frontier, he raised a company, was elected captain, and marched to Plattsburgh. He was promoted and at the battle commanded a wing of the American army. Shortly after the war he acquired cotton milling interests in Au- gusta, Georgia, which necessarily called him there for several winters. During these ab- sences the care of his business interests in Middlebury and of his family of young chil- dren devolved upon his wife. He died in Mid- dlebury, where he is buried. He married Janet Young, who died August 17, 1839. Chil- dren: William Young, born February 13, 1806; Jane Betsey, February 2, 1808; Thad- deus Hastings, February 13, 1810; Edward Stevens, of further mention; Henry John, born January 21, 1815.
(XXXV) Edward Stevens, third son of Hastings and Janet (Young) Warren, was born in Middlebury, Vermont, May 16, 1814, died in Buffalo, New York, May 20, 1863. He prepared for college at Wilbraham Acad- emy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts ; entered the Middlebury College, · Middlebury, Vermont, whence he was graduated, class of 1833. He chose the profession of law, and prepared under the preceptorship of Judge Samson, at Rochester, New York. He removed to Buf- falo in 1834, where he continued his legal studies under Hon. Israel T. Hatch. In Jan- uary, 1837, he was admitted to the bar, and later, in association with Henry K. Smith and George W. Clinton, formed the law firm of Smith, Clinton & Warren, which connection
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existed for a short time; then as Smith & Warren until about 1844. Mr. Warren stood high among his legal brethren and conducted an honorable, successful practice. The dull routine of professional life was distasteful to his active temperament, and in 1844 he aban- doned the law, and henceforth his splendid talents and energies were wholly directed to large business enterprises. In connection with his father-in-law, Sheldon Thompson, and Henry Roop, he organized the Buffalo White Lead Works, with factory at Sixth and Georgia streets, Buffalo, an enterprise then al- most novel in Western New York. To his sagacity and active management is largely due the success of this enterprise. In 1860 he withdrew from the white lead business, but to engage in larger enterprises. He lent his in- fluence and energy to the organization of the Niagara Street Railroad Company, became its first president, and by his industry, activity and tact accomplished many things essential to its success. The railroad having been placed upon a solid basis, he was ready for any new enterprise of promise to Buffalo, be- ing one of those true benefactors who have the courage to invest their capital in new ven- tures. There was an opening for a plant for the manufacture of iron, and in this business he was one of the pioneers. The Buffalo Union Iron Works was formed, which has had a lasting and salutary influence upon the prosperity of Buffalo. He was one of the original incorporators, and to his indomitable energy and liberal action much of the final success of this important experiment is due: The triumph of this enterprise demonstrated the superior natural advantages of Buffalo as not only an iron manufacturing city, but paved the way for other important manufacturing establishments that have made this city their home. He retained his active interest in the Iron Works until his sudden death, in 1863, aged forty-nine.
Lack of political ambition alone kept him from high civic position; the only office he ever consented to accept was that of alderman of Buffalo, an office he held at the time of his death. He was a Democrat in politics, but too whole-souled to be a mere partisan. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and a most devoted and liberal supporter. Dr. Shelton, his venerable pastor, spoke in his fun- eral discourse "of his keen sense of honor, his devotion to the public interest, his kind-
ness of heart, his frequent and unostentatious charities, his liberality to the church and his many social virtues." He had a soul attuned to nature and he loved all things, particularly such as needed protection. He delighted in watching the birds and provided dwellings for them about his residence, and shielded them and their nests from injury in adjacent grounds. But his kindliness was not limited to birds and animals. He loved his fellow- men, and used his means for their betterment. He had a talent for nursing, and some of the poor whom he visited thought him a regular physician. His family were ignorant of many of his kindly deeds and were surprised when some of those he had tended in sickness and helped in other ways asked to look upon the face of their dead friend and benefactor. To quote from his friend, Judge Clinton (as we have heretofore), who used this quotation from Shakespeare:
He was a man, take him for all in all, I ne'er shall look upon his like again.
He married, August 6, 1839, Agnes Latta Thompson, born January 19, 1819, died De- cember 17. 1899, daughter of Sheldon Thomp- son, of previous mention, an early pioneer, prominent citizen and churchman, of Buffalo. Children :
I. Sheldon Hastings, born May 10, 1840; died young.
2. Henry Porter, born November 22, 1841, died young.
3. Catherine, October 25, 1843, died young.
4. William Young, of further mention.
5. Tmnet, horn December 19, 1847 ; married George Brydges Rodney, U. S. A., now re- siding at Hollywood, California. General Rodney enlisted as a private in the First Pennsylvania Artillery, in April, 1861, and soon received a commission as second lieuten- ant in the regular army, and was assigned to the Fourth Regiment, U. S. Artillery. He served with distinction during the entire civil war, being brevetted captain at the battle of Stone River, and major at the battle of Chickamauga for gallantry in action. He served in many Indian campaigns, notably the Nez Percés and Bannock uprisings. He re- ceived successive promotions to brigadier-gen- eral in the regular army, and was retired in 1905, his entire term of service from second lieutenant to colonel having been with the Fourth Regiment, U. S. Artillery. Children :
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Warren and Walter Henry; the latter was a graduate of Lehigh University; he was ap- pointed second lieutenant First United States Cavalry and was promoted first lieutenant Second United States Cavalry. Lieutenant Rodney was assassinated in the Philippines, April 16, 1911, by a fanatical Mohammedan Moro, whose crazed brain conceived bliss in paradise if he shed Christian blood. He mar- ried Gladys E. Helliwell, and left a daughter, Janet Warren.
6. Edward Stevens, of further mention.
7. Laetitia Viele, born April 15, 1856, mar- ried Henry Cornelius Hasbrouck, U. S. A., died at Newburg, New York, December 17, 1910. She survives her husband, and resides at Newburg. Brigadier-General Henry Cor- nelius Hasbrouck was born in Newburg, New York, October 26, 1839, second son of Hon. William Cornelius and Mary Elizabeth Roe Hasbrouck. He entered the United States Military Academy, West Point, July 1, 1856, was graduated in the May class of 1861, going immediately to the front with Griffin's West Point battery. He served with the Army of the Potomac during the civil war; was in- valided home in 1863 : when convalescent, de- tailed to West Point as assistant to Professor Bartlett, and rejoined the army before Peters- burg. After the war he was in command of Battery B, Fourth Artillery, and partici- pated in several Indian campaigns ; Arapahoe, in 1870; Modoc, in 1873 : Nez Percés, 1877, and Bannock, in 1878. In the Modoc cam- paign he particularly distinguished himself and received a brevet for "gallant service in action against the Indians." He was commandant of cadets at West Point, 1882-88, and in 1887. with Inspector-General Absalom Baird, repre- sented the United States at manœuvers of the French army. He was a member of the board that prepared the drill regulations adopted by the War Department for use in the United States army ; on duty at artillery school, For- tress Monroe, Virginia, as director of the de- partment of artillery ballistics, chemistry and explosives, and artillery practice exercise for the First Battalion, from September 28, 1892, until appointed May 27, 1898, brigadier-gen- eral United States Volunteers, serving in vol- unteer army as commanding Second Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps. He was military governor of the province of Pinar del Rio during the American occupation of the island of Cuba until its evacuation. From
1899 to 1903 he was in command of the Nar- ragansett artillery district, and directed the army and navy manœuvers in the vicinity of Newport; in 1900-02 was a member of the commission to decide what lands were required for the use of the army and navy in the island of Porto Rico; in 1902 was appointed briga- dier-general in the regular army, and retired in 1903. He was a member of the Military Order, Loyal Legion of the United States; Lafayette Post, Grand Army of the Republic ; Lawton Post, Army and Navy Union; St. Nicholas Society of New York; Holland So- ciety of New York; Army and Navy Club of New York; University Club of New York ; vice-president of the board of trustees of Washington Headquarters, Newburg, New York; Historical Society of Newburg Bay, and the Highlands.
(XXXVI) William Young, son of Edward Stevens and Agnes Latta (Thompson) War- ren, was born in Buffalo, New York, August 30, 1845. His early education was obtained in public and private schools of Buffalo. He prepared for college at Walnut Hill School, Geneva, New York, after which he entered Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, where he took a special course in chemistry with a view of entering the Iron Works founded by his father and others. After fin- ishing his college years, Mr. Warren at once began an active business life. He was con- nected with the manufacturing department of the Union Iron Company for a few years ; was with Palmer & Company, and until 1872 was treasurer of the Akron Cement and Plas- ter Company. As junior of the firm of Phil- lips & Warren he was engaged in the manu- facture of opaque shade cloths, a business that was terminated by the destruction of their factory by fire. Subsequently he was again connected with the Union Iron Works, re- signing to accept a position in the office of the county treasurer of Erie county. On re- tiring from that position he became associated with the Barber Asphalt Paving Company as cashier of the Buffalo office, continuing in that position until his retirement from active business. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. His clubs are the Saturn and the Ellicott. He married, November 26, 1872, Clara Barton, daughter of William and Eliza P. (Whitte- more) Barton, of New York City.
(XXXVI) Edward Stevens (2), son of
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Edward Stevens (1) and Agnes Latta ( Thompson) Warren, was born in Buffalo, New York, April 6, 1850. His early education was obtained in public and private schools, after which he attended The Rectory School, near New Haven, Connecticut. After com- pleting his studies he was for fifteen years engaged as an iron manufacturer in Buffalo. He then became district manager of the Mu- tual Life Insurance Company of New York, for the territory in and around Buffalo, con- tinuing in the successful management of this office until 1891. In 1896 he became treasurer of the dry goods corporation of Flint & Kent, of Buffalo. He remained as treasurer of this corporation until 1910, when he resigned and retired from active business life. He was connected with the New York National Guard for several years as captain, serving in various departments, later assistant adjutant-general of the Fourth Brigade, resigning the latter position in 1898. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and an Independent in politics. His club is The Saturn. He mar- ried, June 1, 1886, Alida, daughter of Derick Lane and Mary Noble Boardman ; her father, born in Watertown, New York, son of a Pres- byterian minister. Children: Derick Board- man Warren, born March 27, 1887; Edward Hastings, born May 15, 1892, died August 27, 1893.
McLOUTH This family is of Scotch origin, but a search of Scotch records indicates that it was
not numerous. From Scotland one branch re- moved to Ulster Province, north of Ireland, and according to tradition and direct evidence came to Taunton, Massachusetts, perhaps land- ing at Boston and remaining there a short time. In the early records we find the name spelled McCloth, McCloath, McClouth, and in other forms.
(1) Lawrence McLouth, the first settler, was born probably as early as 1725, and was living in Taunton in 1775, when his son was called "Jr." On account of the loss of the Taunton vital records, we know little about the immigrant and the birth of his children. His sons made a magnificent record as sol- diers in the revolution. All the family left Taunton and settled in Lewisborough, Berk- shire county, soon after the close of the revo- lution. We give a paragraph to each son.
(II) Lawrence (2), son of Lawrence (I)
McLouth, and doubtless the eldest, was born probably as early as 1750. As Lawrence Jr. he was a soldier in the first year of the revo- lutionary war, in Captain Hodge's company, December, 1775, two months, and in 1776 is reported in Captain Noah Hall's company. He was also in Captain Edward Blake's company, Colonel George Williams' regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign of 1776. He was cor- poral in Captain Joshua Wilbur's company, Colonel John Hathaway's regiment, in Rhode Island, in April and May, 1777, and corporal in the same company under Colonel Josiah Whitney in September, 1777; also in Captain Caleb Richardson's company, Colonel Danforth Keyes' regiment, in 1777-78, and sergeant in December, 1777, at Providence. His name is on the list of men who went with Captain Fales in January, 1778, for three months at Slade's Ferry. He was sergeant in Captain Samuel Fales' company, Colonel J. Daggett's regiment, from January to April, 1778. in the Rhode Island campaign. (See vol. x. p. 437, etc., Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution ). Under the spelling McClouth, he is recorded also as in Captain Mathew Ran- dall's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's regiment, June to August, 1776. He was also a private in Captain Randall's company, same regiment, August to November. 1776; also in Captain Thompson J. Skinner's com- pany, Colonel Barnes' Berkshire county regi- ment, November 1 to 10, 1781. This company marched to western frontiers by order of Gen- eral John Stark on an alarm. The record was short, but shows that Lawrence had moved to Berkshire county before the close of the war and that his father was living during the revolution. Lawrence was in the war continuously, we conclude from the rec- ords, from 1775 to 1778. In the first federal census we find three of the family in Massa- chusetts, all then living in Lanesborough. Lawrence had two males over sixteen and five females in his family ; Solomon and John, the others, are mentioned below, but Lewis was also living, as proved by other records. The census was not complete and the name may have been misspelled. The census spells it McCloth in these three cases. The town of Cheshire was set off from Lanesborough.
(II) John, one of the elder sons of Law- rence (I) McLouth, was a soldier in the revo- lution as early as 1776. He was from Taun- ton, served with Lawrence in Captain Noah
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Hall's company at Winter Hill, in February, 1776; went to the Castle with Captain Ran- dall in May that year, serving six months; was fifer in Captain Edward Blake's company, Colonel George Williams' regiment, of Bristol county, in alarm of 1776; also fifer in Cap- tain Joshua Wilbur's company, Colonel John Hathaway's regiment, in Rhode Island, April- May, 1777 ; also in Captain Caleb Richardson's company, Colonel Danforth Keyes' regiment, and sergeant in Captain Jacob Haskin's com- pany, Colonel Hathaway's regiment. He moved to Lanesborough during the last of the revo- lution or directly afterward. In 1790 the cen- sus showed that he was living in Lanesbor- ough, and had one son under sixteen and two females in his family.
(II) Solomon, son of Lawrence (I) Mc- Louth, was a soldier in the revolution, from Taunton, in Captain Josiah Crocker's com- pany, Colonel Carpenter's regiment, in the summer of 1776; also in Captain Jacob Has- kins' company, Colonel John Hathaway's regi- ment, March 13, 1779, to April 15, 1779 ; also in Captain Edward Blake's company, Colonel Mitchell's regiment, in August, 1780, on the Rhode Island alarm, and other service. In the vital records of Lanesborough we find but one record of the family, and that is the mar- riage, November 2, 1788, of Solomon .Mc- Louth and Charity Mason. Solomon had in 1790 one son under sixteen and two females in his family, in Lanesborough.
(II) Lewis, son of Lawrence (1) McLouth, was a soldier in the revolution. He went with Captain Wilbur and Captain Leonard's party to Howland's Ferry in April, 1777, for three weeks. He was also in Captain Caleb Rich- ardson's company, Colonel Danforth Keyes' regiment, August 26, 1777, to January 1, 1778, in the Rhode Island campaign ; also went with Captain Fales to Slade's Ferry ; also in Cap- tain Samuel Fales' company, Colonel J. Dag- gett's regiment, January 6 to April 1, 1778, in Rhode Island, and he was with Captain Crocker and others in the six weeks campaign. Lewis McLouth and his son Lewis Jr. signed the petition of the inhabitants of Cheshire, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, July 8, 1814, requesting the punishment of British prisoners for misdemeanors (p. 205, Cheshire history). Lewis removed to Lanesborough with his brothers, as shown by this record, but was in Taunton as late as 1778, as other revolution- ary records show. He was in Captain Eben-
ezer Dean's company, Colonel Thomas Car- penter's regiment, in 1777, and in Captain Nathaniel Snow's company, Colonel George Williams' regiment, from Taunton, under General Sullivan; in Colonel Wade's regiment at Providence in 1778; also in Captain Josiah King's company, Colonel John Daggett's regi- ment, August 25, 1778, and later. Roll dated at Taunton.
(II) Peter, son of Lawrence (1) McLouth, was in Captain Haskins' company in March, 1781, in Rhode Island; no further trace of him.
(III) Lawrence (3), son of Lawrence (2) McLouth, was born at Taunton, before 1770, and removed with the family to Lanesborough, afterward to Cheshire, Massachusetts. Thence he moved to Ira, Rutland county, Vermont, where in 1790 he had two sons under sixteen and three females in his family. Most of the McLouths soon went to the westward and branches are now living at Palmyra, New York; Sandusky, Ohio, and Ray, Indiana. A picture of Lawrence has been preserved by descendants.
(IV) Dr. Charles McLouth, son of Law- rence (3) McLouth, was born in Cheshire, Massachusetts. He attended the winter terms of the district school in his native town, and worked on his father's farm in summer. After he removed with the family to western New York he entered upon the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Smith, of Clyde, Wayne county. In 1819 he was licensed to practice by the Seneca County Medical Society, and opened his office in Aurora, Erie county, New York. His original certificate has been pre- served, as well as a later one issued by the Cattaraugus County Medical Society, and both are in possession of descendants. In 1821 he located in Franklinville, Cattaraugus county, where he continued in active practice until his death, July 26, 1870. In 1825 he was sur- geon of the One Hundred and Seventy-third Regiment, New York militia. In 1837 he was . vice-president of the Cattaraugus County Medical Society. He became one of the best known physicians and surgeons of this section of the state, and in many cases was family physician in the same homes for more than half a century.
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