Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II, Part 58

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 646

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fortable order before service began, whether the minister was or was not of his own par- ticular faith. The covenant meetings of his church were usually held at his residence.

He married, November 27, 1794, Lydia · Gore, born May 7, 1768, died July 25, 1854 (see Gore VI). She was a woman of quiet manners, small in stature and attractive in ap- pearance, a true helpmeet and faithful mother. She was baptized with her husband and ad- mitted to the Baptist church in 1808. Chil- dren: 1. Sidney Smith, born November 22, 1795, died September, 1858; married, in 1818, Laura, daughter of Ebenezer Shaw. He was a manufacturer of leather, boots and shoes ; dealt in merchandise, lumber, cattle and was exceedingly active in business operations. He was a member of the Masonic Order and of the Methodist Episcopal church. 2. Benja- min F., died December 1, 1839; married, May 20, 1821, Catherine, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Stark. He settled in Abington, near Factoryville (now Wyoming county, Pennsyl- vania) where he successfully engaged in busi- ness. He filled several public offices of trust and late in life joined the Baptist church. 3. Benajah P., born November 26, 1799, died March 22, 1851 ; he was largely engaged in the manufacture of lumber and in merchan- dising. He was an officer of the civil war, serving as colonel of the Eighty-sixth Regi- ment, New York Volunteers; at the second battle of Bull Run he was wounded and re- tired from the army in shattered health, dy- ing not long afterward. He married (first) January 4, 1821, Parma, eldest daughter of Captain Hezekiah Parsons. He married (sec- ond) 1836, Martha Pierce. 4. Caroline, born February 10, 1802, died September 28, 1855; married Jeremiah Smith. 5. Hannah, born October 8, 1803, died December 1, 1839; mar- ried Samuel Wilcox. 6. Harriet, born De- cember 2, 1805, died March 22, 1851 ; mar- ried Cornelius Courtright and settled in Newark, Illinois. 7. Avery W., born July 7, 1808, died March 9, 1856; married Lydia At- water. 8. Milton, of whom further. 9. Dan- ie! Gore, born April 22, 1815; married Maria Scott, of English parentage.

Lydia Gore, wife of Benjamin Bailey, was a descendant of John (1) Gore, of England, who came to America in 1635. Obadiah Gore, of the fourth generation, was a lieu- tenant in the regular continental army and at the massacre of Wyoming, being old, was

left in the fort (Forty Fort) to help protect the women and children. Seven members of the Gore family were in the battle of Wyom- ing, one only escaping unhurt and five lay dead on the field of battle. Children of Oba- diah Gore: Obadiah, Samuel, Daniel, Silas, George, Asa, and John, also two daughters. Silas, George and Asa and the two sons-in- law were slain at Wyoming, July 3, 1778, Daniel losing an arm. Captain Daniel, son of Lieutenant Obadiah Gore, after his escape at Wyoming with the loss of an arm, ren- dered important service to the government during the revolution and became one of the most noted characters of western Pennsyl- vania. He married a Miss Parks and had Daniel, Obadiah, George, Polly, Rachel, Ly- dia and Thirza (or Theresa). Lydia Gore married Benjamin Bailey.

(IV) Milton, eighth child of Benjamin Bailey, was born February 13, 1812. He early attended the public district school, and when ten and one-half years of age became an inmate of the home of his brother, Sidney S., at Ulster, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where he finished his studies under the teach- ing of Miss Betsey Starks. As he grew to manhood he learned the trade of tanner, cur- rier and shoemaker. At the age of eighteen he often accompanied his brother on business trips to distant points. On one of these trips he traveled over the entire length of the rail- road from Frenchtown to Newcastle, Dela- ware, thefirst railroad ever built in this country for passenger travel upon which a locomotive was used for motive power. Also traveled over the road from Mauch Chunk to the great Summit coal mines, a distance of nine miles. At the age of twenty years he taught school and traveled the following years as a cattle and lumber salesman to eastern and southern markets in Pennsylvania. In 1835 he mar- ried and became associated in business with his brother. He was elected justice of the peace, serving some eight years until his re- moval from Bradford county. In 1840, he with his wife and two children were baptized. the parents uniting with the Methodist Epis- copal church. Soon after he was made an official member and from that time until his death held official position in that church, of which they were both devoted members. He was postmaster at Ulster several years and a school director. In 1844 he closed out his business in Ulster, which city had been his

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home for twenty-two years, and moved to Newark Valley, Tioga county, New York, where he established a boot and shoe busi- ness, but met with indifferent success. His health becoming impaired he acted on the ad- vice of his physician and made an extended trip as agent for the sale of Bibles and relig- ious books. He next obtained a position as bookkeeper at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, where he removed his family after disposing of the Newark Valley property. In 1850 he was ordained a local preacher by Bishop Elijah Hedding, of the Methodist Episcopal church at Philadelphia, on March 31. In 1855 he lost his wife and in 1856 married a second wife. While living in Tamaqua he was chosen a member of the borough council which con- summated the bringing to that town of an abundance of pure water from distant springs. After twelve years in Tamaqua he joined his brother, Benajah P. Bailey, at Corydon, War- ren county, Pennsylvania, as partner in the management of a large lumber manufacturing plant, removing to Corydon, December I, 1859. Here he was postmaster, member of the school board, and owing to the infrequency of ministerial services, buried the dead, per- formed marriages and other ministerial work. He was ordained an elder of the Methodist Episcopal church by Bishop Simpson, July 19, 1859. During his five years in Corydon he was superintendent of the Sunday school and a main pillar of the church.

In the fall of 1864 Mr. Bailey sold his in- terests in Corydon, where he had been very successful, and came to Jamestown, New York, where he bought an established gro- cery business at 38 Main street. This he op- 'erated for several years, then sold out and accepted a general fire, life and accident in- surance agency, to which later he added a loan department. He took an active interest in the establishment of the Chautauqua Lake Camp Meeting Association, in 1870-71, and built the first cottage within the grounds at Fairpoint. In 1875 he joined with Rev. Theo- dore 1. Flood in the publication of The Chau- tauqua Assembly Herald under an arrange- ment with the authorities of the Chautauqua Sunday School Assembly. Rev. Flood was the editor, Mr. Bailey the business manager. The paper met with marked success and af- ter four years a monthly magazine The Chau- tauquan was established under the same man- agement, the initial number being published

in August, 1880. At about this time Mr. Bailey sold his interest in the Chautauqua publications to Dr. Flood and entered into partnership with Charles L. Jeffords and Lu- ther S. Lakin for the manufacture of furni- ture. On the night of December 7, 1883, their factory burned to the ground, the work of an incendiary. For the succeeding eight years Mr. Bailey was employed as traveling salesman, quitting the road in the spring of 1890. While a resident of Jamestown he was elected a member of the board of education of the Jamestown union school and Collegiate Institute, serving eight years. He also con- tinued his public ministerial work, preaching in the surrounding towns, baptizing and per- forming much other work as his license al- lowed. He led a long, active and useful lite, rearing a large family and rendering efficient service in religious and public life. He died universally loved and respected by all. On a memorial window in the Methodist Episcopal church at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, is inscribed the name of Milton Bailey and his wife Mary. This was placed there thirty years after his removal, by the trustees, in remembrance of his active interest in church and Sunday school during his twelve years residence in that village.

He married (first) September 10, 1835, Lodoiska M. Lent, adopted daughter of James Elliott. She died at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1855, after a married life of over twenty years, the mother of four chil- dren. He married (second) December 24. 1856, Fanny G., daughter of Dr. Daniel An- drews, one of the early settlers of Smithfield, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, going there when young from Canaan, Connecticut. He was a physician of long practice and of great influence in the community and in the Metho- dist Episcopal church. Children of first mar- riage : 1. Maria Louise, born July 29, 1836; married Conrad F. Shindel, a veteran of the civil war; children : Ella, Clarence, Elizabeth, Charles, Louise. 2. Katherine Elliot, born August 25, 1838; married, June 28, 1860, William R. Allen. Children: Anna, Louise, and two who died in infancy. 3. Emma Ma- tilda, born February 20, 1841, died June 29. 1842. 4. Clarence Edward, born April 8, 1843, died December 13, 1862; enlisted in 1862 in Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He saw hard service with the Army of the Potomac.

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and at the battle of Fredericksburg, Deceni- ber 13, 1862, was shot through the heart. His body was never found, having been buried by the enemy. Children of second marriage: 5. Colonel Charles Austin, born June 21, 1859; appointed cadet at the military academy, West Point, 1876, after a competitive examination ; was graduated June 21, 1880, eighth in his class. He was at once attached to the First Regiment, United States Artillery ; took post- graduate course of two years at Fortress Mon- roe; in 1890 traveled six months in Europe visiting military stations; in 1893 was post quartermaster located at New York; now col- onel of a regiment in the coast artillery. He married, in San Francisco, California, Novem- ber 4, 189-, Mollie Dodge, of that city. Children : Ormira, Polly. 6. Benjamin Mil- ton, born April 29, 1861 ; educated at James- town union school and Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York; was treasurer of the Woolson Spice Company, To- ledo, Ohio ; manager of the Andrews Oil Com- pany, of Bradford, Pennsylvania; manager, secretary and treasurer of the Bradford Hard- wood Lumber Company; now (1911) one of the proprietors of the Bailey Table Company, of Jamestown, New York. He married, Oc- tober 18, 1888, Emily May, daughter of Frank W. Andrews, of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Children : Frances, Helen, Milton, Roger, Mary, Carol. 7. Mary Lodeska, born August 23, 1863, died July 20, 1887; unmarried. She was educated at Jamestown union school and afterward engaged in teaching. 8. Emma Bird, born October 24, 1866, died young. 9. William S., of whom further.

(V) William Shindel, son of Milton Bailey, was born in Jamestown, New York, January 7, 1869. He was educated at Jamestown union school and Collegiate Institute, leaving school at the age of fourteen years, owing to trouble with his eyes. He entered the employ of The Jamestown Journal, as office boy, and worked his way up to a partnership. He was connected with The Journal for fifteen years, the last years being treasurer of the company and in charge of the editorial department. In 1889 he disposed of his interest in The Journal and became director of publications for the Chautauqua Assembly, now the Chau- tauqua Institution. He continued in this po- sition four years, removing his residence to Cleveland, Ohio, where the assembly general office was located. He was in entire manage-

ment of the Chautauqua publications and edi- torial manager of The Assembly Daily Herald, at Chautauqua. His long years of training and experience with The Journal had fully qualified him for this important post, which he filled with great credit to himself and profit to the Chautauqua Institution. In Oc- tober, 1902, he resigned and in association with Cyrus E. Jones and John H. Wiggins, incorporated the "Chautauqua School of Nursing" at Jamestown, of which he is sec- retary and treasurer. The following resolu- tion was adopted by the board of trustees of the Chautauqua Institution, at the close of the last year of its department of publications, at which time Mr. Bailey severed his relation with the institution :

The committee to whom were referred the re- port of William S. Bailey, director of publica- tions, would respectfully report that we have ex- amined and discussed the document. We find that Mr. Bailey has displayed marked ability, loyalty to his institution and intelligent compre- hension of the needs of the publication depart- ment. To our personal knowledge he has la- bored unceasingly in the interest of Chautauqua, and we consider the exhibit that he has been able to make highly creditable to him as head of one of the important departments of the Insti- tution, and we recommend that the secretary of the board transmit to Mr. Bailey a copy of this report coupled with the hearty thanks and ap- preciation of the board.

Respectfully, Fred W. Hyde. Ira M. Miller. W. A. Duncan, Committee.

The Chautauqua School of Nursing re- ceived more extended notice in sketch of Cyrus E. Jones. The particular work of Mr. Bailey is in connection with the educational litera- ture of the school, which is of the very highest order.

Mr. Bailey enlisted in the Fenton Guards (now Thirteenth Separate Company, New York National Guards) in 1887, and was hon- orably discharged in October, 1892. For five years he was secretary of the civil organiza- tion of the "Guards." For six years he was a member of the Ellicott Hook and Ladder Company of the Jamestown Volunteer Fire Department, and secretary and treasurer of the company. He belongs to the Jamestown Club, and the Chadakoin Boat Club, which he served as commodore in 1908-09. During his administration the club removed from their old quarters at Greenhurst to the new club house and beautiful harbor at Lakewood, one

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of the very best locations on Chautauqua Lake. He is an independent Republican in politics, and served as a member of the James- town board of education, 1908-1I.

He married, October 14, 1896, at James- town, Sagrid Wilhelmina, born there June 28, 1875, daughter of Elof and Minnie (Burlin) Rosencrantz, both born in Sweden but mar- ried in Jamestown. Her father was one of the earliest Swedish settlers and is one of Jamestown's prominent, substantial citizens. Mrs. Bailey is a graduate of Jamestown high school, belongs to the First Congregational Church and the Mozart Club. Children : William Shindel, born October 2, 1898; Aleric Rosencrantz, June 26, 1909.

(The Gore Line).

(I) The immigrant ancestor, John Gore, and Rhoda, his wife, came from England to Amer- ica in 1635, settling at Roxbury, Massachu- setts.

(II) Samuel, son of John Gore, married Elizabeth Wells.

(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Gore, married Hannah Draper.

(IV) Lieutenant Obadiah Gore, son of Samuel (2) Gore, married Hannah Park.

(V) Captain Daniel Gore, son of Lieuten- ant Obadiah Gore, married Mary Parks.

(VI) Lydia, daughter of Captain Daniel Gore, married Benjamin Bailey (see Bailey III).

FULLER The Fuller family in America traces its ancestry back to Rob- ert Fuller, of Redenhall, Eng- land, a butcher, who in the beginning of the seventeenth century lived'in comfortable cir- cumstances with his wife, Frances, and some six or eight children, sons and daughters, for whom he provided amply at his death, in ac- cordance with his will which is on record and which is reproduced in the Genealogy of the Fuller Family. Among the sons of Robert Fuller of Redenhall were Edward and Sam- uel, who came over to this country in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Samuel, known as Dr. Samuel Fuller, was a physician, eminent in his profession, pious, and wise in counsel; he was one of the band of Pilgrims, persecuted on account of his religious convictions, who escaped from England to Holland in 1608, and settled in Leyden, emigrating to Amer- ica in 1620. Edward, his brother, who it

seems had remained in England, inheriting house and lands from his father, sailed direct from Southampton, where the "Speedwell," with the emigrants from Holland, joined the "Mayflower;" the "Speedwell," proving un- seaworthy, returned after the two vessels had started on the long journey across the Atlan- tic, and the "Mayflower" proceeded on the voyage alone.

(I) Edward Fuller, immigrant ancestor of this line of the family in America, was the son of Robert Fuller, butcher, and was bap- tized September 4, 1575, in the parish of Re- denhall, county of Norfolk, England. As no trace of him has been found to indicate that he was with the other Pilgrims in Holland, it would seem that he joined the others at Southampton, as stated above, coming over in the "Mayflower" in 1620, and landing at Cape Cod in November. As stated by Gov- ernor Bradford, "Edward Fuller and his wife died soon after they came on shore." Ed- ward died at Plymouth, between January 11 and April 10, 1621 ; his wife, whose name is sometimes given as Ann, but is really wholly unknown, died early in 1621, after January IIth. Their only child was Samuel, who came over with them in the "Mayflower."

(II) Samuel, son of Edward Fuller, was born about 1612, at some place in England not yet determined, no record of his birth or baptism having been discovered. He grew up under the care of his uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller, at Plymouth. He had three acres at the division of lands in 1623, receiving, it is thought, those of his father and mother, and one for himself; this is not quite certain, however, as it would seem to indicate that he must have been at least sixteen years of age at that time, and his birth therefore some years previous to the date which has been as- sumed. The land assigned to him was on the south side of the town brook, "to the woodward," and included what is now Wat- son's Hill. His neighbors were John How- land, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Winslow, Gilbert Winslow, and the Indian Hobomok. At the death of his uncle, of whose house he was an inmate; he was left certain cattle, swine, and personal effects, and having reached man's estate, being from twenty-one to twenty-five years of age, started out to seek a home. He became a freeman of the colony in 1634, and settled in the nearby town of Scituate, where on April 8-18, 1635, he

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married Jane, daughter of Rev. John Lathrop, the pastor of the Scituate Church. He joined this church, receiving a letter of dismissal from the church at Plymouth. In 1636 he built for himself the fifteenth house in Sci- tuate, on Greenfield street, "a small plaine pallizadse House;" the walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantel of rough stones and above of cob-work, the win- dows of oiled paper, and the floors of hand sawed planks. The kind of house has been described as "meane," but all the houses in the village were alike. He had about twenty acres of land, probably a grant from the town. In 1639 the Rev. Mr. Lathrop and many of the members of his church removed and founded the town of Barnstable, probably at the time the most easterly settlement on Cape Cod. If Samuel Fuller and his young wife did not at once follow him thither, they did so in a few years. Captain Matthew Fuller, Samuel's cousin, appears to have removed from Plymouth at about the same time, and together they bought of Secunke, an Indian, that portion of Scorton or Sandy Neck which lies within the town of Barnstable. Samuel also bought other lands, and lived in the northwest angle of the town in a secluded spot, where few had occasion to pass. He had been a constable at Scituate in 1641, and his name appears a few times as juryman, or on committees to settle difficulties with the Indians. He was the only one of the pas- sengers of the "Mayflower" who settled per- manently at Barnstable, and one of the late sur- vivors of that company. He died October 31 (November 10), 1683, at Barnstable, Massa- chusetts; and was buried, if not on his own estate, in the ancient burial place at Lathrop's Hill in Barnstable, near the site of the first meeting house. No gravestone now exists.

After his marriage to Jane Lathrop, daugh- ter of Rev. John Lathrop, "at Mr. Cudworth's house in Scituate, by Captain Miles Standish, magistrate, 'on ye fourthe daye of ye weeke,' April 8-18, 1635," there is perhaps only one mention to be found of her; this in 1650, when her consent is appended to a deed of sale by her husband. Her death, however, seems to have preceded her husband's. Their children were: I. Hannah, born in Scituate; married, January 1, 1658-59, Nicholas Bon- ham, of Barnstable. 2. Samuel, baptized Feb- ruary II, 1637, at Scituate. 3. Elizabeth,

married Joseph (?) Taylor. 4. Sarah, bap- tized August 1, 1641, by Rev. John Lathrop; died about 1651-54. 5. Mary, baptized June 16, 1644, by Rev. John Lathrop; married, in 1674, Joseph Williams, son of John Williams, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. 6. Thomas, born May 18, 1651, died young. 7. Sarah, born December 10, 1654; married - - Crowe (probably John Crowell Sr., of Yarmouth). 8. John, see further mention. 9. Infant, born February 8, 1658, died fifteen days after.

(III) John, son of Samuel and Jane (Lath- rop) Fuller, was born at Barnstable in about the year 1656. He was called "Little John," to distinguish him from his cousin, Dr. John Fuller. He lived on his father's estate at Scorton Neck until 1694, when he removed to East Haddam. Here he seems to have prospered in worldly estate; about 1721 he conveyed to each of his seven sons ample lands and farming implements; the signature of his will is very poor, showing extreme age or in- firmity. He died at East Haddam, Connecti- cut, between February 28 and May 20, 1726. About the year 1678 he married Mehitabel, daughter of Moses Rowley; she was born at Barnestable, Massachusetts, January 11, 1660- 61, died in East Haddam about 1732. Chil- dren : I. Thomas, see further mention. 2. Samuel, born about 1682, in Barnstable. 3.

Shubael, born about 1684, in Barnstable. 4. Thankful, born about 1688, in Barnstable; married Jabez Crippen, son of Thomas Crip- pen, of Falmouth. 5. Deborah, born about 1689; married, in 1716, John, son of Moses and Mary Rowley ; died in 1752, leaving chil- dren. 6. Edward, born about 1691, at Barn- stable. 7. Elizabeth, born about 1693, at Barnstable; married Samuel Rowley, her cousin, of East Haddam and Hebron, Con- necticut ; was living in 1766. 8. John, born November 10, 1697, at East Haddam. 9. Joseph, born March 1, 1699-1700, at East Haddam. 10. Benjamin, born October 20, 1701, at East Haddam. II. Anne, born about 1703-04; married in 1727, Jonathan Rowley, of East Haddam and Sharon. 12. Mehitabel, born April 6, 1706, at East Haddam ; married Benjamin Kneeland.

(IV) Thomas, son of John and Mehitabel (Rowley) Fuller, was born about 1679, in Barnstable, died April 9, 1772, in East Had- dam, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth -

born about 1689, died November 5, 1784, at East Haddam. Children: I. Ebenezer. see

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further mention. 2. Thomas, born April 5, 1717; married (first) Martha Rowley, ( sec- ond) Mary Hosmer. 3. Nathan, born April 20, 1719; married Abigail 4. Hannah, born March 21, 1720; married, in 1743, Cap- tain William Church, of East Haddam. 5. Jabez, born February 19, 1722; married Lois Hubbard. 6. Jonathan, born January 12, 1725, died 1758, unmarried. 7. Elizabeth, born March, 1727; married Samuel Church, of East Haddam.

(V) Ebenezer, son of Thomas and Eliza- beth Fuller, was born October 27, 1715, in East Haddam, died September 30, 1749, in Hebron, Connecticut. He married, Septem- ber 30, 1738, Mary Rowley, probably daugh- ter of Moses and Martha (Porter) Rowley, of Colchester and East Haddam, born Decem- ber 5, 1708, at Colchester, died at Hebron, February 5, 1798. Children : I. Ebenezer, born May 8, 1739, at Hebron. 2. Dimmis, born October 1, 1742, at Hebron; married Solomon Huntington, of Hebron; died at East Haddam in 1800. 3. Mary, born Au- gust 25, 1743; married John Filer. 4. Ozias, born September 25, 1745. 5. Roger, born July 21, 1747. 6. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1750; married, in 1769, Joshua Phelps Jr. All the above children born at Hebron.

(VI) Ebenezer (2). son of Ebenezer (I) and Mary (Rowley) Fuller, was born May 8, 1739, at Hebron, Connecticut. He enlisted May 8, 1762, in Captain Timothy Northam's company in the service of the Province of New York (see muster rolls in New York Historical Society Collection, 1891). He mar- ried Abigail Hendee, March 20, 1764. Chil- dren, born in Hebron: 1. Rowena, born March 3, 1765; married, in 1784, Jared Phelps, son of John and Deborah (Dewey) Phelps. 2. Abigail, born November 25, 1766, died 1853, in Becket, Massachusetts ; married Nathan Phelps, son of John and Deborah (Dewey) Phelps. 3. Mehitabel, born Febru- ary 13, 1770, died December 6. 1773. 4. Ebenezer, see further mention. 5. Mehitabel, born May 26, 1775, died April 17, 1869, in Becket, Massachusetts: married, January 9, 1800, Jesse Rudd. 6. Elizabeth, born May I, 1778. 7. Sally, born June 28, 1782; married Elihu Watrous, in 1812. 8. Arethusa, born April, 1785, died April 17, 1869; married, April 3, 1807, Isaiah Kingsley, died in Becket, Massachusetts.

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Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II, Part 58

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 646

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 646