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(III) Franklin, son of Jonathan and Par- nell (St. John) Sidway, was born in Buffalo, New York, July 23, 1834. He was educated in private schools, Canandaigua Academy, the George W. Francis School at Yonkers, New York, and other institutions of learning. After completing his studies, in 1853 he toured Europe, and on his return began his active and useful business career. He organized and was one of the firm of Sidway, Skinner & Moore, general ship chandlers and grocers, Buffalo, a firm that did a large and success- ful business until the date of the civil war, when it was dissolved. After the war he became cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, continuing as such until his election to the vice-presidency, which office he held until the bank wound up its affairs in 1898. He also served as trustee of the Buf- falo Savings Bank. His long association with the financial interests of Buffalo developed
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the fact that he was peculiarly adapted to the banking business, being prudent, conserva- tive, quick of decision, and not afraid of large undertakings. He was a strong Union man, and during the civil war was commissioned colonel of volunteers, with authority to raise a regiment. He recruited several companies, but owing to the fact that the payment of bounties was discontinued, the organization was not completed, and the men already en- listed were transferred to another regiment. He has always taken a deep interest in many Buffalo institutions, both educational and charitable. He is a life member of the Buffalo Library, member of the Historical Society, and former treasurer and a member of the Buffalo General Hospital Board. He was also a trustee of the Buffalo City Cemetery (For- est Lawn). All his life Mr. Sidway has taken a keen interest in athletics and out-door sports. He was a member of the old Forester Gun Club ; was a member of one of the first four- oared rowing crews organized in Buffalo, and president of the Archery Club of Buffalo, the Toxophilites, and was one of the organizers of the Niagara Base Ball Club, one of the first amateur base ball clubs organized. His clubs are the Buffalo, of which he is an ex-presi- dent, and the Country. For many years he was president of the Falconwood Club. He married, February 27, 1866, Charlotte, daugh- ter of Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, of Buffalo (see Spaulding). Their surviving children are as follows :
I. Harold Spaulding Sidway, born in Buf- falo, New York, April 26, 1868; educated at Professor Shortlidge's Academy, Media, Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated in class of 1888. He was with the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank one year, and from September 7, 1888, to October, 1897, with the Buffalo Gas Light Company ; he is now a resident of New York City. He was a mem- ber of Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons; Hugh De Pay- ens Commandery, Knights Templar ; Buffalo Consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he held the thirty-second de- gree, and a noble of Ismailia Temple, Mystic Shrine, all of Buffalo. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He married, December 20, 1897, in London, England, Mary Chase, of Buffalo. Children : James, born September 28, 1898; Franklin, May 23, 1900.
2. Frank St. John Sidway, born December 5, 1869, in Buffalo. He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, and entered Har- vard University, class of '93. He afterward worked in the American Exchange Bank and the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Buffalo. Choosing the profession of law, he entered the Buffalo Law School, graduating and re- ceiving his degree in 1894. He also studied with the law firm of Lewis, Moot & Lewis, Buffalo, until his admission to the bar in 1894, when he practiced in the office of Sprague, Moot, Sprague & Brownell until 1897, when he began practice alone and has so continued, having a well established office business to which and in the care of estates he devotes himself chiefly. In March, 1894, he was elected second lieutenant of Company B, 74th Regiment New York National Guard. A year later he was promoted first lieutenant, and in the fall of 1897 was elected and com- missioned captain. When the Spanish-Ameri- can war broke out he was commissioned cap- tain, and organized Company C, 202d Regi- ment, being one of the first four captains mus- tered in. His regiment was the first body of United States troops to enter Havana. After being mustered out of the United States ser- vice, April 15, 1899, he returned to Buffalo. He was again elected captain of Company B, 74th Regiment, which rank he held until his resignation, October 1, 1902, having given eight years to state and government service as a soldier. He was chairman of the Re- publican county committee in 1909-10. He is a member of the Buffalo, Saturn and Elli- cott clubs; the United Spanish War Veterans' Association ; the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War; life member of the Buffalo Library ; the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy; and the Buffalo Historical Society. He married, April 16, 1903, Amelia, born December 4, 1881, daughter of James A. Rob- erts, former comptroller of the state of New York. Children: I. Margaret St. John, born May 16, 1907. 2. Martha Roberts, October 1, 1908. 3. Edith.
3. Edith, daughter of Franklin and Char- lotte (Spaulding ) Sidway, was born January 12, 1872; educated at Buffalo Seminary and Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Massachusetts. She married, April 26, 1892, William Allan Gardner, born in Buffalo, March 18, 1869, eld- est son of William Hamilton and Alice (Hop- kins) Gardner, grandson of Noah H. Gardner
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and of John Hopkins (see Gardner). Chil- dren : William Hamilton and Nancy Strong.
4. Clarence Spaulding Sidway, born Feb- ruary 12, 1877, in Buffalo, New York. He was early educated in the public schools, pre- pared for college at Canandaigua Academy, and entered Cornell University, class of 1897. After leaving college he entered the employ of the Manufacturers and Traders National Bank, after which he was chosen secretary and treasurer of the Robertson Electric Company, 1902 until 1909, when the merger with the Cataract Electric Supply Company dissolved the company, Mr. Sidway becoming treasurer of the new company. Mr. Sidway is a mem- ber of the Saturn and Country Clubs of Buf- falo. His college fraternity is the Kappa Al- pha. He married, October 16, 1901, Genevieve C. Hingston, born September 24, 1880. Chil- dren: Elbridge Spaulding, born September 22, 1903 ; and Charlotte Mary, born March 21, 1906.
5. Ralph H. Sidway, born December 15, 1884, in Buffalo, New York. His early edu- cation was obtained at the Heathcote School, Buffalo, and Thatcher, California, finishing his preparatory studies at Lawrenceville Prepara- tory School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. After leaving school he studied law with his brother, Frank St. John Sidway, for a short time.
He did not long pursue a legal course, but soon became actively engaged in business as director and secretary of the Cataract Elec- tric Supply Company of Buffalo, which later was merged with the Robertson Electric Com- pany under the name of the Robertson Cata- ract Company, of which he is secretary and a director. He is a director of the Buffalo So- ciety of Natural Science, and a member of the following clubs: Saturn, Country, Ellicott, Park, Niagara, Motor Boat, Launch, and Auto, all of Buffalo. He married, September 16, 1908, Stephana O. Barnum, daughter of Theodore D. and Sarah (Avery) Barnum, pa- ternal granddaughter of Stephen O. and Eliza- beth (Chatfield) Barnum, great-granddaugh- ter of Ezra and Mary Barnum. Theodore D. Barnum had three children: i. Fanny B., married Langford Keating, who died in 1896, son Theodore, born January 5, 1894; she married (second) April 28, 1903, James How (q. v.). ii. Evelyn, died at age of nineteen years. iii. Stephana O., married Ralph H. Sidway.
This family is of Scotch an- GARDNER cestry and has been located in America since the revolu- tion. The present representatives also are grandchildren of John A. Look.
(I) William Hamilton Gardner, immigrant ancestor, was born in Scotland, and came to America in 1778. He settled in Beaver, Penn- sylvania, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He married in Beaver, and had four children.
(II) Noah Hamilton, son of William Ham- ilton Gardner, was born in Beaver, Pennsyl- vania, in 1800. He came to Buffalo about 1824. He was prominent in business all his life. He was one of the incorporators of the Buffalo Savings Bank and of the Erie County Savings Bank, and was connected with these institutions in some official way throughout his life. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. He was one of the first tanners in Buffalo, being mentioned under that occupation in the directory of 1828. In 1830 he entered partnership with his brother- in-law, George Palmer, who had brought here for investment the large sum, for those days, of about $15,000. Their tannery soon became the principal one in the village. It adjoined the Indian Reservation on Seneca street, then a corduroy road, and the firm also maintained a store on Main street. Mr. Gardner after- ward became sole proprietor of the tannery, which he continued to operate until his death. His interest in public affairs is illustrated by his appointment in 1838 as a member of a citizens' committee to inquire into the condi- tion of the schools and report plans for their improvement. He married (first) Alice M. Brown, (second), in 1832, Fannie Foster, who was born in Palmyra, New York, about 1815, and died in Buffalo, in 1867. Mr. Gardner died in December, 1873. Children, all by sec- ond marriage: 1. May J., died unmarried, in 1872. 2. Edward Payson, married Martha Hall; children: Edward, Mary, Katharine, Raymond. 3. Alice M., married William P. Fisher, in 1860; has one daughter, Kate, who married Daniel McCool. 4. William Hamil- ton, mentioned below. 5. Frances, born 1848; married, 1874. George W. Frances ; children : Alice G. and Edith.
(III) William Hamilton, son of Noah Ham- ilton and Fannie (Foster) Gardner, was born in Buffalo in 1842. He was educated in the Buffalo schools. He has been an active busi-
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ness man all his life, following his father's occupation in the management of the tannery, and later becoming a manufacturer of freight cars and of automobiles. He is interested in many business enterprises, but is active only in the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, of which he is a director. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the First Presby- terian Church, of which he has been an elder, trustee and superintendent of the Sunday school. He was in the National Guard for about four years. He married, October 6, 1863, Alice B. Hopkins, who was born in Farmers Creek, Michigan, in 1843, and died in Buffalo, January 18, 1906. She was a woman of culture and was highly respected. Children : Harry Tifft, born in Buffalo, June, 1865, died 1867; William Allan, mentioned below; Lawrence Hamilton, mentioned be- low; Mabel, married William A. Stowall.
(IV) William Allan, son of William Hamil- ton and Alice B. (Hopkins) Gardner, was born in Buffalo, March 18, 1869. His early education was obtained in the Buffalo pub- lic schools. When he was ten years old the family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he finished his education, being graduated from Washington University with the class of 1887. Returning to Buffalo, he entered the employ of the Buffalo Car Company as as- sistant superintendent, but continued with that company for only a short time. He then formed an association with Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington in the brokerage business, which continued until 1902. In that year he be- came connected with the firm of Dann & Rob- inson. In 1905 Mr. Robinson retired and Mr. Gardner took his place, the firm becoming J. C. Dann & Company, bankers and brokers. Mr. Gardner is a member of Ancient Land- marks Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Saturn, Ellicott and Country clubs. He married, April 26, 1892, Edith, daughter of Franklin Sidway ; children : William Ham- ilton and Nancy Strong.
(IV) Lawrence Hamilton, second son of William Hamilton and Alice B. (Hopkins) Gardner, was born in 1872. He was educated at the Buffalo Preparatory School and at St. Paul's School, Garden City, Long Island. He fitted for the army, but gave up that plan and returned to Buffalo, where for a time he was employed by the Buffalo Car Company. Later he became connected with the Pierce- Arrow Motor Car Company and when it be-
came a corporation he was chosen its secre- tary. He served in the National Guard and was appointed by Governor Hughes, April 24, 1909, as first lieutenant of Company C, Sev- enty-fourth Regiment. His clubs are the Sat- urn and Automobile. He married (first) Isa- bel Gibson, of Buffalo, born October 22, 1873, died April 20, 1905, daughter of James Gib- son ; (second) June 22, 1910, Sally Field Oviatt, born August 22, 1878, daughter of and Sally (Field) Oviatt. Children by first wife: Alice Lydia, born September 22, 1895 ; Gibson, March 14, 1897.
SCOFIELD The branch of the Scofield family now residing in James- town, Chautauqua county, New York, claims descent from a passenger on the "Mayflower," which landed at Ply- mouth Rock, December, 1620, and the repre- sentatives of the family in the various gen- erations since then have displayed the char- acteristics of their Puritan ancestors.
(I) Daniel Scofield, the immigrant, was born in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire, England, between the years 1594 and 1600, and was a grandson of Sir Cuthbert Scofield, of Scofield Manor, the family being of ancient and honorable lineage. He resided for a time at Ipswich, Massachusetts, then removed to Hartford, Connecticut, and from there to Stamford, Connecticut, where he died in 1670, after a life of usefulness and activity. He was an active factor in the affairs of Stam- ford, and in 1658 served in the capacity of marshal. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. John Youngs. Children: I. Daniel, married Hannah Hoyt; children: Nathan, Daniel, Hannah, Abigail, Reuben, Miles. 2. Sarah, married John Pettit ; children: Sarah, John, Solomon, Mercy. 3. John (see for- ward). 4. Joseph, who suffered so much hardship in King Philip's war as to lose his life in 1696, leaving his estate to his brothers and sisters. 5. Richard, who must have died about the same time, from the fact that his inventory was recorded by his widow.
(II) John, son of Daniel and Mary (Youngs) Scofield, married, July 12, 1677, Hannah Mead. Children: 1. Samuel, born July 10, 1678; married Hannah Scofield; chil- dren : Samuel, Nehemiah, John Ely, Hannah, Mary. 2. John, born January 15, 1680; mar- ried, December 23, 1703, Mary Holly. 3. Ebenezer, born June 26, 1685; married Ruth
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Slater, April 10, 1712; children: Ebenezer, Hannah. 4. Nathaniel (see forward). 5. Mercy. 6. Mary. 7. Susannah. The father of these children died March 27, 1699.
(III) Nathaniel, son of John and Hannah (Mead) Scofield, was born December 10, 1688, died in 1768. He married, June 13, 1713-14, Elizabeth Scofield. Children : John, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Josiah (see forward), Elizabeth, David, Silvanus, Thankful, Silas, Abraham.
(IV) Josiah, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Scofield) Scofield, was born at Stamford, Connecticut, June 26, 1731. He served as first sergeant during the revolutionary war. In 1783, accompanied by his wife and chil- dren, he removed from Stamford to the town of Poundridge, Westchester county, New York. He married, February 3, 1757, Mary Smith, born July 14, 1738. Children : I. Tamison, born May 10, 1758, died January 14, 1777. 2. Henry, born March 28, 1760. 3. Sarah, March 25, 1762. 4. William, May 15, 1764. 5. Phebe, February 9, 1767. 6. Mary, August 2, 1769. 7. Lydia, September 14, 1771. 8. Josiah, February 2, 1774. 9. Tamison (2), April 25, 1778. 10. Ezra, Feb- ruary 4, 1781.
(V) William, son of Josiah and Mary (Smith) Scofield, was born at Stamford, Con- necticut, May 15, 1764, died at Ellery, Chau- tauqua county, New York, September 26, 1851. His early life was spent at Poundridge, Westchester county, New York, from whence he removed to Greenfield, Saratoga county, New York, and subsequently to Ellery. He served in the revolutionary war, enlisting from Greenfield, and by his patriotism and courage became noted, attaining the rank of captain of the state militia. The following is a copy of a letter which was written by him to the comptroller of the state of Connecticut :
I heare by Certify that I Was a Souldier in the Revolution War of Great Britain & the United States in the State of Connecticut County of Fair- field & towne of Stamford in the Militia of that State I went in to the Service in the year 1780 till the War Eighty three in Captain Hanford Hoyt Company And Colonel John Mead Reidgement in the State of Connecticut, Stamford this I certify to be the truth.
I being a Minor perhaps my name is not on the Records for my father took and turned my wages to the taxes or rates as was called in those times my fathers name was Josiah Scofield the fourth as it was put on the Stamford Record or Josiah Sco- field of new Field in the Statement. Furthermore
I have an Affidavit from one of my fathers Appren- tices that was in the Service with me By the Name of Oliver Stewart, whitch draw a pension. But I thought it was 'Necessary to have the Seal of the Comptroler of the State of Coneticut'.
If my name is on the Record I want you should Certify to it by giving a Certificut and the Seal of your office and if my name is not there and my Fathers name there Certify to that for my Father Drawd my wages and my Father was not in the Ser- vise then for he had been in the Servise before to Boston and peakeskill and had his legg Broke but he Drawed my wages for I was a minor my Brother Henry Scofield was in the Servise also
With Respect your Humble Servant WILLIAM SCOFIELD.
William Scofield married (first), August 2, 1786, Patty Seely. Children : William Seely (see forward) ; Patty, born November 16, 1789. Mrs. Scofield died December 7, 1789. Mr. Scofield married (second) November 21, 1790, Hannah Abbott. Children: Smith, born August 12, 1791 ; Polly, born April 16, 1794.
(VI) William Seely, son of William and Patty (Seely) Scofield, was born at Pound- ridge, Westchester county, New York, No- vember 3, 1787, died at Ellery, Chautauqua county, New York, November 22, 1871. He removed from his native place to Greenfield, Saratoga county, New York, and about 1819- 20 settled at Ellery, New York. He followed the occupation of farming and hotel keeping, both of which proved highly remunerative. During the war of 1812 he served as first sergeant for three months at Sackett's Harbor, under command of Captain Lewis Scott. He was a Universalist in his religious views, and an ardent supporter of the Democratic party. He served as postmaster of Ellery for many years. The following is a copy of his com- mission in the militia signed by Daniel D. Tompkins, then governor of New York.
The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent: To William S. Scofield, Greeting :
We, reposing especial trust and confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in your valor, and readiness to do us good and faithful service, have appointed and constituted, and by these presents do appoint and constitute you the said William S. Scofield Lieutenant of a Company in the 59th Regiment of Infantry of our said State, whereof John Prior Esquire, is Lieutenant Colonel Commandant : You are therefore to take the said Company into your charge and care, as Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Sol- diers of that company in arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive
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from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing this shall be your commission, for and during our good pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment.
In testimony whereof, we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed : Witness our trusty and well-beloved Daniel D. Tompkins, Esquire, Governor of our said State, General and Commander in chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the advice and consent of our said council of ap- pointment, at our city of Albany, the Second Day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty- eighth year of our Independence.
DANIEL D. TOMPKINS. Passed the Secretary's Office, the 29 day of March, 1814.
J. Rutseu Van Rensselaer, Secretary.
William S. Scofield married, at Greenfield, Westchester county, New York, September 27, 1810, Lois Ingham, born at Greenfield, Saratoga county, New York, November 6, 1791, died at Ellery, Chautauqua county, New York, January 18, 1863, daughter of Benja- min Ingham. Children: 1. Armenia, born July 10, 1811. 2. Smith W., March 26, 1813. 3. Laura Ann, April 4, 1816. 4. Patty Seely, March 17, 1818. 5. Catharine, December 13. 1819. 6. Seth (see forward). 7. Mary, July 13, 1825. 8. John, March 29, 1827. 9. Eme- line, August 25, 1828. 10. Ray, November 20, 1830. II. Marion, March 25, 1833. 12. Infant child.
(VII) Seth, son of William Seely and Lois (Ingham) Scofield, was born at Ellery, Chau- tanqua county, New York, March 3, 1823, died there, September 10, 1887, having been born, lived, and died on the same farm. He was successful in his farming operations, and was the owner of sixty acres. He was a member of the Christian church of Dewitt- ville, New York, a member of the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Royal Templars of Temperance. He was a Demo- crat in politics. He married (first) January 25, 1844, at Ellery, New York, Rua Eliza- beth Scofield, born October 3. 1825, died Feb- ruary 13, 1861, daughter of Demas and Han- nah (Benedict) Scofield. Children, born in Ellery, New York: 1. Harriet E., born Feb- ruary 28, 1845; married Benjamin Franklin Beach, a farmer; they removed to Cotton- wood Falls, Kansas; children : Anna Beach, Frank Irving Beach, Seth William Beach, Minnie Beach. They all reside in Kansas. 2.
Frank E., born June 8, 1848; married ( first) Lizzie Crofoot, (second) Anna Taylor; he now resides at Whittier, California, and has one child, Rua, by his first wife. 3. Armenia, born July 8, 1850, died October 7, 1862. 4. Earl A., born August 21, 1854; married Leo- nora Brown, March 24, 1875; he is a prac- ticing physician at Bemus Point, New York; children : i. Irving, died young. ii. Bessie, married Raymond Kohn; they reside at Be- mus Point, New York. iii. Bernice, married Lucien J. Warren; he is teller of the Bank of Jamestown, New York. iv. Georgia, mar- ried Rev. Lucius Bugbee, a Methodist min- ister, now a resident of Malden, Massachu- setts. 5. Era M. (see forward). 6. Mary J., born January 28, 1861. 7. Laura A., twin of Mary J. Mr. Scofield married (second ), in 1863, Sophronia Waterman, widow of Cal- vin Ingerson.
(VIII) Era M., son of Seth and Rua Eliza- beth (Scofield) Scofield, was born in Ellery, Chautauqua county, New York, December 23, 1856. He attended the public school of Ellery, thereby acquiring a practical educa- tion. In early life he worked at farming and cheese making, and also followed the latter occupation between college terms. By studying nights he prepared himself for college, and in the fall of 1882 entered the medical department of the University of Buf- falo, graduating therefrom February 26, 1884. On March 31, 1884, he located at Gerry, New York, for the active practice of his profession, and remained there until December 1, 1891, when he removed to Jamestown, New York, and became a partner of Dr. Henry P. Hall, which connection continued until April 1, 1893, since which time Dr. Scofield has prac- ticed alone. In addition to his private prac- tice, which is both extensive and remunerative, Dr. Scofield served in the capacity of sur- geon for the Erie railroad during the years 1892-93. He keeps in touch with the ad- vanced thought along the line of his work by membership in the National Medical Asso- ciation, New York State Medical Society, Chautauqua County Medical Society, which he served as president, and at the present time (1911) is president of the board of cen- sors of that body, and the Jamestown Medical Society, of which he has been president. He organized and became the first president of the Medical Library Association of James- town, New York. He also holds membership
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in the Chautauqua Historical Society ; Sylvan Lodge, No. 303, Free and Accepted Masons ; Jamestown Commandery, No. 61, Knights Templar; Ismailia Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Buffalo Consistory, . thirty-second degree; Ellicott Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Jamestown, and the Camp Fire Club, of Jamestown. He is a Democrat in politics, and from 1888 to 1891 served as treasurer of the Democratic county committee.
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