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demonstrate the practicability of high-class illustration under the management of the elder Matthews, it had this field virtually to itself for some years, but with the appearance of competitors steady improvement and en- largement were necessary to maintain the primacy which has led its friends to declare it equal to the high-grade magazines. Only a publisher who knew the printing processes thoroughly, who had the taste of an artist and the literary judgment of a scholar, could have led in this field as Mr. Matthews did. But while so much of his energy was given to these branches of his business, he never neglected his duties as an editor. The inde- pendent tone of The Express never weakened. An early test came in 1889 when it felt obliged to bolt the nomination of James H. Carmichael for mayor and to support the regular Democratic nominee, Charles F. Bishop, who was elected. It supported vig- orously the movement for a new charter, which was adopted in 1891, although not fully satisfied with all the details of the instrument. It was strongly opposed to the domination of the Republican state organization by Thomas C. Platt, which it criticised unceasingly for years, but, being ever more strongly opposed to the methods and policies of the Democratic organization under David B. Hill, it usually supported Republican state candidates. It was at the front of the fight in 1893 when the people arose and overthrew the Demo- cratic régime to the amazement of the politi- cians of both parties. In the following year it heartily approved the nomination of Edgar B. Jewett for mayor, and gave energetic sup- port to his administration. At the beginning of 1896 the Republican state organization de- clared for the nomination of Governor Levi P. Morton for president, and set to work in the usual manner to elect delegates for him. The Express declared that the popular choice was unquestionably William Mckinley, that with him the party could be sure of winning, and that it was folly to ignore a popular de- mand for the sake of creating a local candi- date or of giving the political leaders a dele- gation which could be used in the convention for trading purposes. The response was im- mediate and inspiring. Business men, who never had shown any activity in politics ex- cept to vote, rushed to The Express office and urged that it take the lead in organizing a movement for the election of Mckinley dele-
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gates in Erie county, at least. Mr. Matthews consented. Caucuses had been called by the organization early in March and on very short notice, with a view to heading off opposition. But the independent forces refused to be overawed. Mr. Matthews and Wesley C. Dudley were elected delegates to the national convention from the Thirty-third district, and nineteen other delegates from Western New York and Brooklyn were elected for McKin- ley. Contesting delegations were sent to the state convention in New York, and the Mc- Kinley League was organized throughout the state, with Mr. Matthews as president, and he stumped the state for the league. At the con- vention in St. Louis he became involved in a sharp debate with Senator John Raines, an organization delegate. He was chosen to lead the cheering when the demonstrations for Mc- Kinley began. The work of the Mckinley League was continued during the campaign, and it had no small part in piling up the ma- jority by which the state was carried. This was Mr. Matthews' only venture in practical politics. His only political office was that of delegate to the St. Louis convention of 1896. President Mckinley intimated a personal de- sire to have him in the cabinet, but Mr. Mat- thews did not believe that an editor should be an office-holder. The Express continued to bolt Republicans and to support Democrats on occasions. It continued to fight strongly for Republican candidates when they were of the right kind. Mr. Matthews was always for the better man for local office, regardless of politics. He was always opposed to per- sonal machines, depending on patronage. When the independents pitted Joseph H. Choate against Thomas G. Platt as a candi- date for United States senator, Mr. Matthews made a canvass of Erie county which showed that local sentiment was strongly against Platt, and he fought the election of Platt fiercely. It was sometimes said sneeringly that The Express was always beaten. That was not true, but it went into many fights with full knowledge that they were hopeless, merely because its principle was to support what it believed to be right rather than to try to pick winners. Despite its admiration for McKinley, it was unable to follow him in the policy of annexing the Philippines, although it was less radical than were most of the anti- imperialists, and it supported Mckinley for re-election in 1900. It was an admirer and
supporter of Roosevelt, both as governor and as president. As an editorial writer, Mr. Mat- thews had his father's vigorous style com- bined with a felicity of phrase that made de- lightful reading. He was an omnivorous reader and was gifted with a memory which made all his sources of information imme- diately available. There were few subjects that did not interest him and he was able to turn nearly everything which he saw or thought to newspaper account. He originated many of the most successful departments and features of The Express. His rule for a busi- ness manager was: "In conflicts between my interests and those of others, be just; but if there is a doubt, give the benefit of the doubt to the other party." He was charitable even when he knew his charity was being imposed on. He was for several years president of the Buffalo Typothetæ and of the Buffalo Newspaper Publishers' Association. He was secretary to the Mckinley Monument Asso- ciation, a member of the Buffalo, University, Country and Ellicott clubs, the Historical So- ciety, the Fine Arts Academy, and was at one time president of the local Yale Club.
He married, July 12, 1887, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of George H. and Mary (Cook) Burrows, of Buffalo, who was born Novem- ber 24, 1866. Mr. Matthews' health began to break down in 1910, and he died at his home at Falconwood, Grand Island, June 11, 1911. Children: George Edward, born May II, 1888; married, April 20, 1911, Frances, daughter of William T. and Anna (Baker) Jebb, of Buffalo ; Harriet Wells, born Septem- ber 17, 1889, married June 11, 1911, J. Ran- dall Williams Jr., of Philadelphia ; Burrows, born January 27, 1893.
The surname Lockwood is LOCKWOOD of very ancient origin, and is mentioned in the Domes- day Book. It is a place name, and the family has several branches in England, in Stafford- shire, Yorkshire, Essex and Northampton. Burke's "General Armory" gives the arms of Lockwood: "Argent, a fesse between three martlets, sable. Crest, on the stump of an oak tree erased proper a martlet sable. Motto: Tutus in undis ('Secure against the waves')."
(I) Robert Lockwood, immigrant ancestor, came to New England about 1630, and set- tled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where six of his children were born. He was made a
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freeman March 9, 1636. About 1646 he re- moved to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he died in 1658. He was made a freeman of Connecti- cut, May 20, 1652 ; appointed sergeant of train band, May, 1657. He died intestate, and the court ordered the division of his property : one-third to the widow, the ten children divid- ing the remainder. His widow Susannah mar- ried (second) Jeffery Ferris, and died at "Grinwich," December 23, 1663. Children : I. Jonathan, of whom further. 2. Deborah, born October 12, 1636. 3. Joseph, August 6, 1638; "Sergeant Joseph Lockwood departed this life April 14, 1717, aged seventy-eight years, eight months and eight days." 4. Dan- iel, born March 21, 1640, died 1691. 5. Ephraim, born December 1, 1641; married Mercy Sention (St. John). 6. Gershom, born September 6, 1643, died March 12, 1718. "Lieutenant Gershom Lockwood was the prin- cipal carpenter and builder in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, and filled many offices of trust and importance." He married Lady Ann Millington. (This lady's romantic story has often been told, together with that of the chest containing a half bushel of guineas, and fine silk dresses. The chest is yet in evidence in Greenwich.) 7. John. 8. Abigail, married John Barlow. 9. Sarah. IO. Mary, married Jonathan Huested.
(II) Lieutenant Jonathan, son of Robert Lockwood, was born in Watertown, Massa- chusetts. September 10, 1634, died May 12, 1688, in Greenwich, Connecticut, in his fifty- fourth year. He married Mary, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris, who married, late in life, Mrs. Susannah Lockwood, widow of Robert Lock- wood, and Jonathan's mother. Jonathan signed a paper, January 1, 1657, at Easttowne, in the New Netherlands, in which he promised alle- giance to the Dutch governor as long as he lived within his jurisdiction. He lived in Stamford. Connecticut, October 16, 1660, and in 1665 sold his estate there and moved to Greenwich. He was made a freeman here in 1670, was assistant in May, 1671, and in 1672 was "one of the twenty-seven pro- prietors." He represented the town in the legislature for four years. At his death the people met in town meeting and passed reso- lutions deploring the loss of so valuable a citi- zen, and he was greatly mourned. He was deputy to the general assembly several times. He was appointed by the court, with three others, to determine the boundary line between
Greenwich and the colony of New York, from Mamaroneck river to Hudson river. On May 9, 1688, lie made a deed, a division of prop- erty, and named his wife and children. This was three days before his death. His wife, after his death, made provision for her chil- . dren, when about to marry Sergeant Thomas Merritt, of Rye, June 5, 1696. Children : Jonathan, born about 1663; Robert, of whom further ; Gershom ; Still John, about 1674; Jo- seph, 1675; Sarah; Abigail.
(III) Robert, son of Lieutenant Jonathan Lockwood, was born in Greenwich, Connecti- cut, died between May 7, 1731, and January 23, 1732. He made his will May 17, 1731, naming his wife Mary and son Jonathan as executors. He calls himself "Husbandman," and appears frequently in town records. His wife Mary survived him. Children: Phebe, Deborah, died young; Jonathan, Mary, Sam- uel, Susannah, David, of whom further, and Deborah (2).
(IV) Captain David, son of Robert Lock- wood (2), was born in Greenwich, Connecti- cut, August, 1707, died December 4, 1755. He was representative from Greenwich to the gen- eral assembly in 1745, and was commissioned captain of the train band, 1752. His will, made November 29. 1755, was probated December 9, 1755. His estate was appraised at £1753. His wife being dead at the time his will was made, there is no mention of her name. Chil- dren: David, Enos, Stephen, Timothy (of whom further), Abigail, Ephraim, Philip, Joshua and Sarah.
(V) Timothy, son of Captain David Lock- wood, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, October 26, 1735. He married Abigail Mead, born November 24, 1740, died November 29, 1826. She survived her husband and mar- ried (second) Samuel Guernsey. Timothy Lockwood was a soldier of the revolution, serving as drummer. Whether there was an- other Timothy Lockwood than Timothy, son of David, is not clear. The evidence seems to establish the fact that the latter Timothy was a member of the first company of Colonel Waterbury's Fifth regiment of Connecticut troops, enlisted May 8, 1775, discharged Octo- ber 30, 1775, later of Captain Bell's company, Colonel Charles Webb's regiment, January 10, 1777, for three years. (See "Connecticut in the Revolution.") Children: Timothy, Titus, Stephen, Henry, Ebenezer, of whom further, Abigail. married - - Knapp.
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(VI) Ebenezer, son of Timothy Lockwood, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, January 4, 1775 ; died in East Hamburg, Erie county, New York, August 19, 1856. He settled in Eastern New York when twenty years of age, later driving a team loaded with his house- hold goods from Brewster, Dutchess county, to Hamburg, Erie county, consuming twenty days on the journey. He cleared a farm in Hamburg, and was one of the prosperous men of that town. He married Betsey, daughter of Jesse Seymour. Children: 1. Nathaniel, married Lydia Hammond. 2. Philo, married Polly Utley. 3. Rachel, died aged seven years. 4. Malinda, married Salmon or Solomon Washburn. 5. Jesse, married (first) Wil- helmena Cook, (second) Mary Ann Law- rence. 6. Orrin, married Eliza Jamison ; he was in 1856 sheriff of Erie county. 7. Dr. Timothy T., in 1858 mayor of Buffalo; mar- ried (first) Charlotte Allen; (second) Louisa Fancher. . 8. Maria, married Daniel R. New- ton. 9. Harrison, of whom further. IO. Stephen.
(VII) Harrison, son of Ebenezer Lock- wood, was born January 15, 1816, died April 10, 1849. He came to Western New York at an early date, and was a farmer of Erie county, owning a small farm near Hamburg, where he died while still a young man. He married Martha Phillips, of New England an- cestry, who yet survives him, a resident of Hamburg, where on August 1, 1911, she cele- brated her ninetieth birthday. Left alone with her two children to maintain and educate without means, she nobly fulfilled her part and lived to see her son in honored position and eulogized by all men. Children: Daniel Newton, of whom further ; Harriet, born No- vember 13, 1845, died July 3, 1872.
(VIII) Daniel Newton, son of Harrison Lockwood, was born in the town of Hamburg, Erie county, New York, June 1, 1841, died on his birthday, June 1, 1906. His early edu- cation was obtained in the district public schools. When yet a boy he came to Buffalo and became an inmate of the home of his rela- tive. Hon. Timothy Lockwood, then mayor of Buffalo. He completed his preparatory education in Buffalo high school and under private instruction, entering Union College in 1861. The college was then presided over by the celebrated Dr. Eliphalet Nott. Mr. Lock- wood was graduated A. B. in 1865, his alma mater shortly afterward conferring the degree
of Master of Arts. After graduation he re- turned to Buffalo and began the study of law in the offices of Parsons & Humphrey, the junior member, James M. Humphrey, being at one time Member of Congress from the Buffalo district. In 1866 Mr. Lockwood was admitted to the bar and was at once admitted to the firm with whom he had studied. Mr. Parsons later retired, the firm becoming Hum- phrey & Lockwood. Later William B. Hoyt was admitted, the firm becoming Hum- phrey, Lockwood & Hoyt. Mr. Lockwood always remained a member of this firm, and at the time of his death was senior member and a leading figure of the Erie county bar. He was well known and held prominent rank in a generation that produced many unusually brilliant men for the City of Buffalo. His firm always occupied a commanding position, later generations fully maintaining the honor of the Lockwood name.
Immediately after his admission to the bar, Mr. Lockwood assumed a prominent part in city politics, and in 1871 was nominated by the Democratic party for the office of district attorney of Erie county, meeting defeat at the polls. In 1874 he was again the nominee of this party for the same office, and was elected by a handsome majority. He did not serve his full term, as in 1876 he was elected a member of the Forty-fifth Congress. He made a very creditable record in Congress, and in 1880 was a delegate to the Democratic na- tional convention which nominated General Winfield S. Hancock for president. In 1881, being then leader of his party in Erie county, he placed in nomination Grover Cleveland for mayor of Buffalo. In 1882, at the Democratic state convention he nominated Mr. Cleveland for governor of New York, and in 1884, at the Chicago convention he made the speech placing Mr. Cleveland in nomination for the high office of president of the United States. As Mr. Cleveland was elected to every office for which he was nominated by Mr. Lock- wood, the latter became known over the entire county as the "great nominator." From 1886 to 1889 he served as United States district attorney for the western district of the state of New York, retiring from that office owing to the stress of private business. In 1890 he was again the successful nominee of his party for Congress, and again in 1892, sitting in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He sustained his high reputation during these
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years, serving on important committees and influencing legislation valuable to his state and county. He was a candidate for lieuten- ant-governor of New York on the ticket with David B. Hill for governor, both going down in defeat, as did the entire state ticket. Mr. Lockwood being now in failing health, retired from active participation in politics. He be- gan to feel the effects of that disease which later caused his death, and found it necessary to watch over his health with a greater amount of care. In 1900 he was appointed by Governor Roosevelt, chairman of the New York State Commission of the Pan American Exposition, which office he filled with such efficiency that he was enabled to return to the state $50,000 as an unexpended balance of the amount appropriated. This money, with other funds, was later used on the erection of the McKinley Monument in Niagara square, which is one of the finest ornaments of the city of Buffalo. The Historical Society build- ing, located in Delaware Park, was also built under his supervision, from money jointly contributed by the state, the city of Buffalo and the Historical Society, for the use of the State Commission during the Pan American Exposition. The report of the State Commis- sion gives much interesting data concerning their expenditures, and of the entertainments given by them during the continuance of the exposition. In 1902 Mr. Lockwood was ap- pointed by Governor Odell as the legal mem- ber of the State Lunacy Commission, a posi- tion he held until his death. He was a mem- ber of the bar associations of city, county and state, and of many societies and associations, professional, political and scientific. His col- lege fraternity was Theta Delta Chi, which he joined while a student at Union College. In church membership he was connected with the First Presbyterian Church, of Buffalo. He died on his birthday, aged sixty-five years, leaving behind him a record of unusual ac- tivity and a reputation that classes him for all time as one of Buffalo's most eminent citizens.
He married, in 1870, Sarah E., daughter of Thomas Brown, of Buffalo, formerly of Caledonia, New York. Children: Elizabeth, married Bronson Rumsey, of Buffalo ; Thomas B., of whom further.
(IX) Thomas B., only son of Hon. Daniel N. Lockwood, was born in Buffalo, New York, February 7, 1873. He was educated in
the public schools, Buffalo, State Normal Col- lege, Buffalo High School, and entered Yale University in 1891, whence he was graduated, B. A., class of 1895. Returning to Buffalo, he read law with Rogers, Locke & Milburn, attended Cornell University Law School one year, and was admitted in 1897 to practice in the Supreme Court of the state of New York. He was at one time associated with the firm of Lockwood, Hoyt & Greene, but for some years has practiced alone. He was formerly a director of the Third National Bank, and a director of the Federal Tele- phone Company. In 1907 he was appointed by Mayor James N. Adam, a member of the board of park commissioners, and is at pres- ent (1911) president of the board. In 1910 he was appointed secretary of the Municipal Tuberculosis Commission of Buffalo, created by act of the state legislature. This position he resigned in 1911. In that year he was ap- pointed by Mayor Louis P. Fuhrman, a mem- ber of the Small Parks Commission. Politi- cally Mr. Lockwood is a Democrat. His fra- ternities are Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi. His clubs are the Saturn, Buf- falo, University, Country and Park of Buf- falo, and the University of New York City.
He married, November 1, 1904, Marion, daughter of George K. and Carrie (Hum- phrey) Birge, of Buffalo.
LANDY The paternal grandfather of Peter P. Landy, of Barker, Niagara county, New York, was James Landy, who was born, lived and died in county Tipperary, Ireland. He was mar- ried and had six children, all born in Ireland : John, William, James, George, Mary and Johannah. All came to this country except John, who purchased the old homestead and lived on same.
(II) William Landy, son of James Landy, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1823, died in Niagara county, New York, in 1902. In 1843 he emigrated to the United States, land- ing in New York City. He was a shoemaker by trade, and after a time settled in the town of Hartland, Niagara county, New York, where he followed his trade until later in life, when he purchased a small farm on the town line between Somerset and Hartland. Here he followed farming until his death. He married Elizabeth Monahan, born in Tip- perary, Ireland. Children: 1. James, owns
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a farm on Coomer road, town of Newfane, on which he now resides; he married Wini- fred, daughter of James and Margaret But- ler, of Hartland; they have children: Rena E., Roy P., Pierce, and Winifred. 2. John, lives at Niagara Falls; holds a position with the power company ; married, in 1904, Grace Mahon ; children : George and Carl. 3. Cath- erine, died in the fall of 1893. 4. Margaret, married, October 25, 1894, Richard McAvoy, died October 13, 1895. 5. Peter P., men- tioned below. 6. George E., resides in Barker, New York; also owns the Landy farm, on the town line between Hartland and Somerset, and is making a nice fruit farm out of same. He is very prominent with the people of the town, and is highway commis- sioner there, having held that position for the past six years, which goes to prove that he is giving good satisfaction. At the present time he is building a town and county road for his town. He is also street commissioner for the village of Barker. He is also past master of Somerset Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, No. 639 ; a member of the Independ- ent Order of Foresters; Knights of the Mac- cabees, and Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Barker Lodge No. 877. In the year 1900 he married Cora, daughter of John and Frances Denniston. 7. William, died at age of six months.
(III) Peter P., son of William and Eliza- beth (Monahan) Landy, was born in the town of Somerset, Niagara county, New York, March 1, 1868. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, finishing with a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, at Buffalo, New York. He worked with his father on the farm until he was nineteen years of age. He then became associated with the firm of Harden & Sweeting, fruit evaporators, con- tinuing with them until 1893, when he formed a partnership with P. L. Pallister, and as Pal- lister & Landy continued in business until 1901. They purchased the fruit business and evaporating plant of Harden & Sweeting, and operated along the same lines as the old firm. In 1901 Mr. Landy sold his interest to his partner and retired from the firm. In the same year he went south and for a short time operated an evaporating plant in Arkansas. On his return north he bought the old Adam Pease farm on the Somerset road, a tract of sixty-seven acres devoted entirely to the cul- ture of fruit and the growing of vegetables,
and where he now resides. He is also inter- ested in buying fruit and produce, having a large warehouse and evaporator on the farm. In 1906 he purchased a farm of two hundred acres on the lake road, known as the Homer Mead farm, bordering on Lake Ontario. He has sixty-five acres devoted to apples, fifty acres to peaches, ten acres to quinces, plums and prunes, ten acres to pears, the remainder being cultivated and used for general farming purposes. His orchards are yet young, but if the promise of the present is fulfilled he will have the finest fruit farm in Niagara county. Mr. Landy is an able man of af- fairs and an expert in fruit farming. He has been successful in his ventures and ranks high among the substantial, thrifty men of his town. He has been justice of the peace since 1897; was village clerk of Barker two years, and is now a member of the board of education. He is a Republican in politics. He is in high standing in the Masonic order, belonging to Somerset Lodge, No. 639, Free and Accepted Masons, of Barker, in which he has held office for fourteen years, having held the master's chair for four years, and has been re-elected for 1912. He is also affil- iated with Ames Chapter, No. 88, Royal Arch Masons, and Genesee Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, these latter two being of Lockport; also the Ismailia Temple, Mystic Shrine, Buffalo, New York. He was instru- mental in the organization and a charter member of Barker Lodge, No. 877, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held the office of noble grand; also a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and the Knights of Maccabees. He bears a high reputation among his brethren of these or- ders, and is a man of the best standing in his community, always ready to aid any new enterprise that will prove of benefit to the town of Somerset.
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