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(X) William Lee Dodge, M. D., son of James (3) Dodge, was born in Henderson, Jefferson county, New York, February 4.
1873. He attended the public schools of his native town, and studied medicine at the Uni- versity of Buffalo, from the medical school of which he was graduated in 1897 with the de- gree of M. D. For four years he practiced medicine at Coventry, New York, and in 1902 removed to Afton, where he has been in gen- eral practice to the present time. IJe is a member of the New York State Medical So- ciety : the American Medical Association ; the Chenango County Medical Society: Afton Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Royal Arch Masons: Knights Templar, of Norwich ; Katurah Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bingham- ton. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church of Afton.
He married, July 5. 1898, Abigail Quinn, of Clayville, New York, daughter of John and Maria ( Walker ) Quinn. Children : I. Lynn Quinn, born at Coventry, October 8. 1899. 2. Alice A., July 26. 1902, in Afton. 3. Marie W., twin of Alice A. 4. Benjamin Lee, December 22, 1905. at Afton.
JOHNSON On July 1. 1690, occurred the battle of the Boyne in Ire- land. Under King William fought the Johnstons, who settled in county Cavan, Ireland. One of these Johnstons had thirteen children, several of whom came to America, among them James, who is men- tioned below, and Michael, both of whom made their homes in Ulster county, New York. Through two generations the name was spelled Johnston, though later generations spell the name Johnson. Johnston is derived from a place name meaning John's town, while Johnson is a patronymic, meaning son of John. Johnston or Johnstone is preemi- nently a Scotch surname. The family was in Dumfriesshire about 1300, and possessed af- terward the marquisate of Annandale, the earldom of Annandale and Hartfield, viscount- cy of Annan and lordships of Evandale, Loch- maben and Moffat. The name is very numer- ous in Ireland, especially among the Scotch of Ulster province in the Protestant counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, Ca- van and Londonderry.
(1) James Johnston was born in county Cavan, Ireland, in 1737. He came with the early Scotch-Irish immigration to Ulster county, when a young man, and settled in the town of New Paltz, where he had a large family and lived until he died. His brother
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Michael was executor of his will in 1782. He was a soldier in the revolution, as shown by the record of his land bounty rights. He married, June 30. 1763. Mary, daughter of Dr. George Graham, Children, all born at New Paltz: James, George, William, men- tioned below; Michael, Elizabeth, Christina. (II) William, son of James Johnston, was born in New Paltz, August 13, 1772, died Oc- tober 10, 1850, in a place called Johnsons Railroad Station, Orange county, New York. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupa- tion. He married, December 18, 1800, Ra- chel, born December 18, 1776, died December 31, 1841, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth ( Bookstaver) Millspaugh. Children : I. Eliza- beth, December 18, 1801 ; married Benjamin Sawyer. 2. James. February 7, 1804, in Orange county. 3. Jacob Millspaugh, De- cember 7, 1805. 4. Christina, September 12, 1807 : married Lewis Stewart. 5. Ellen AI., October 20, 1809. 6. Alexander T., mentioned below. 7. Susan. October 27, 1813; married Eber Lane. 8. William C., April 13, 1816.
(III ) Alexander T. Johnson, son of Will- iam Johnston, was born November 13, 18II. died at Port Jervis, New York, August 29, 1898. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany. He was for many years a school teacher, and for a time county superintendent of schools. In later years he was a farmer, and lived during the greater part of his life at Port Jervis. He was active in the state militia when a young man and captain of his company. He married, October 27, 1836, Jane Cuddeback, born at Port Jervis, December 22, ISII, died in Waverly, September 28, 1904, daughter of Benjamin and Blandina (Van Etten) Cuddeback. Children : I. William Elting, born at Port Jervis, Orange county, New York, October 17, 1837; is a physician in Waverly. 2. Blandina Ellen, born at Port Jervis, March 29. 1841, died at Port Jervis, March 20, 1897 : married, November 18, 1869. Benjamin Dunning, son of General Dunning. 3. Thomas Benjamin, mentioned below. 4. Lyman Hoyt, born at Port Jervis, March 9, 1847.
(IV) Thomas Benjamin, son of Alexander T. Johnson, was born in Florida. Orange county. New York, May 14, 1844. He attend- ed the public schools of Port Jervis and Mount Retirement Seminary at Deckertown. He studied in the offices of Dr. N. F. Marsh
and Dr. D. W. Cooper. of Port Jervis, and attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, from which he was graduated March 1, 1868. During the civil war he was a hospital steward in the Union army for nearly three years, located at Washington, D. C., and Nashville, Tennessee. He located at Towanda. Bradford county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1868, and since then has practiced his profession in that town. He is a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the Bradford County Medical Society. He has been president of the Bradford County Medi- cal Society. In politics he is an Independent. He has been a member of the Towanda school board for six years.
He married (first) Henrietta Barstow, born in Towanda, March 14, 1845, died May 4, 1892, daughter of David F. and Amelia A. (Mix) Barstow (see Barstow VII). He mar- ried (second ). June 29, 1897, Nellie H. Lesh- er, born June 19, 1857, at Easton, Pennsyl- vania, died March 10, 1899, at Towanda, Penn- sylvania, daughter of John A. Nightingale, of Easton, Pennsylvania. He married (third), October 16, 1902, Caroline Amelia Barstow, sister of his first wife. Children by first wife : I. Caroline Barstow, born September 12, 1872; married, December 28, 1897, John H. Mur- ray, of South Waverly, Pennsylvania ; chil- dren: Henrietta Barstow Murray, born Feb- ruary 3, 1899; John Harris, March 6, 1901 ; Jane. July 5, 1908. 2. Alexander T., born at Towanda, March 25, 1876; gradnate of Le- high University, now a mining engineer ; mar- ried Marion Scott, of Dallas, Texas, and had Alexander T., born March 13, 1910. 3. Dr. Thomas Benjamin Jr., born at Towanda, Oc- tober 18, 1879: a graduate of the Towanda high school and the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute and Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia ; was an interne at the hospital at Sayre, Pennsylvania, for two years : since then a practicing physician at Towanda.
(The Barstow Line).
The Barstow family is of English origin, from West Riding of Yorkshire, where some of the name still live. Edmond Barstow, Esq., justice of the peace for the North Riding of Yorkshire. owned Hingerskil, formerly the seat of the Hoptons, having married Ellinor Hopton. He was son of Edward, son of Thomas, of North Allerton. His brother Wal-
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ter was father of Mr. Jeremiah Barstow, of Leeds, who was father of Jeremiah, mayor of Leeds, 1706. The coat-of-arms of the fam- ily of Naburn Hall, York, is: "Ermine, on a fesse sable, three crescents. or." The crest : "A horse's head, couped or.'
There were four brothers of the Barstow family who came to New England, settling at Cambridge. Watertown and Dedham, Mas- sachusetts. On September 20, 1635. George Barstow, aged twenty-one, with his brother William, mentioned below, embarked for New England in the ship. "Truelove," and settled in Dedham: he also lived in Scituate and died in Cambridge, August 18, 1652. It has not been found when the other two brothers, Mi- chael and John, came over.
(I) William Barstow, immigrant ancestor. was one of four brothers of that name who settled in Massachusetts. He came over with his brother when he was twenty-three years of age, sailing in the "Truelove." September 20, 1635. He was in Dedham in 1636, and signed the petition for the incorporation of that town under the name of Contentment. On February 16. 1642, he and his brother George received grants of "upland ground fit for improvement with the plough." In 1649 he was a freeman at Scituate, and he was the first settler of whom there is record at Han- over, Massachusetts. He was a prominent man and well to do, owning a large amount of real estate. He died in Scituate in 1668. aged fifty-six years. His widow was adminis- tratrix on his estate. He left no will, but in the will of his brother Michael, mention is made of his eight children, though the names of only five have been found. He married. probably in New England, Anne -. Chil- dren : Joseph, mentioned below ; Patience, born in Dedham, December 3. 1643 : Deborah, in Scituate, August, 1650: William, in Scitu- ate. September. 1652: Martha, in Scituate. 1655.
(II) Joseph, son of William Barstow, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, June 6. 1639, died April 17, 1712. He owned much real estate, receiving large grants from Colonial Court, chiefly in what is now Abington. In March, 1672. he was granted permission to keep an "ordinary" at his house, on condition that he "be provided always with necessaries for the entertainment of travellers, and keep good order in his house, that there be no just cause for complaint against him in that be-
halfe." When the town of Hanover was in- corporated. Benjamin, Captain Joseph, and Samuel Barstow represented the family there. Joseph Barstow married. May 16, 1666, Su- sanna Lincoln, of Hingham, Massachusetts, and she died January 31, 1730, being very aged. Children : Susanna, born June 3, 1667 ; Joseph. January 22, 1675: Benjamin, March I, 1679; probably died young as he is not named in his father's will: Deborah, Decem- ber 26, 1681 : Samuel, mentioned below.
(III) Samuel, son of Joseph Barstow, was born January 1, 1683, died October 23, 1730. He probably lived near the center meeting house, where he owned much land, as well as land in the westerly part of the town. The inventory of his estate amounted to three thousand seven hundred pounds, and it was divided into nine shares, his son Samuel re- ceiving two shares, and the other children one share apiece. His widow Lydia was adminis- tratrix. 1731. She gave her final account in 1741, when she was called Lydia Tracy. In 1729 Samuel Barstow was selectman. He married. March 17. 1708, Lydia Randall. She married ( second ) Thomas Tracy, of Pemble- ton. May 28, 1733. Children: Samuel, men- tioned below: Deborah, baptized October 5, 1712: Lydia, born April 1, 1717; Job. bap- tized April 3. 1720: Michael, born January 9, 1723: Joseph, baptized June 13. 1725 : Eliza- beth. born May 8, 1727: Priscilla, born Octo- ber 5. 1729.
( IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( I ) Bars- tow. was born February 7. 1709. died Novem- ber 19. 1801. For many years he was deacon of the First Church in Hanover. He was selectman in 1745-46. He married, November 26, 1731, Margaret Stockbridge, who died April 12. 1788, aged eighty years. Children : Susannah, born October 9, 1732 : Samuel. July 28, 1734: Lydia, March 14, 1736; Margaret, February 20, 1738, died June 1, 1739 : Charles. May 3, 1740: Seth, mentioned below ; Daniel, July 1. 1744: Margaret, June 1, 1746, died January 24. 1757 : Grace. May 27. 1748.
(V) Seth, son of Deacon Samuel (2) Bars- tow, was born June 15, 1742, died in Sharon, Connecticut, in 1822. He lived in Martha's Vineyard for a time and then moved to Matta- poisett, Massachusetts. In 1777 he moved to Sharon, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a shipwright by trade. He married Ruth Allen, of Martha's Vineyard, and she died in 1816 at Sharon. Children :
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Allen, mentioned below : Peggy, born Septem- ber. 1769; Olive, November, 1771 : Mary, Feb- ruary, 1775; Samuel, May, 1777: Seth T., October 30, 1779: Betsey. December, 1781 : Gamaliel H., 1783; Charles, 1787.
(VI) Allen, son of Seth Barstow, was born September 2, 1767, and lived in Canaan, New York. He married Olive Fostor, of Sharon. Connecticut, in 1794, and she died, a widow. in 1845. Children : Two daughters, who died in infancy : David F., mentioned below : Sam- uel, born about 1801.
(VII) David F., son of Allen Barstow. was born November 6. 1796. He married Amelia A. Mix. He was a lawyer of Towan- da, Pennsylvania, where his children were born. Children: Henry: Henrietta, born March 14, 1845, died May 4, 1892, married Thomas B. Johnson ( see Johnson IV) ; Caro- line Amelia .*
TARBELL Gage Eli Tarbell, whose name has occupied a foremost place in all insurance and real es- tate operations of importance for a number of years, is descended from an old New Eng- land family, and may claim membership in the Sons of the American Revolution by rea- son of the services of some of his ancestors.
(I) Thomas Tarbell, the ancestor of all the early Tarbell families of New England, set- tled in Watertown as early as 1647, the town records showing that he owned land there at that time. He and his wife, Mary, sold their house and land there, March 30, 1663, and removed to Groton, where she died at the age of fifty-four years, April 29, 1674. After the destruction of Groton during King Phil- lip's war, the family removed to Charlestown. where he married ( second ), August 15. 1676. Susanna, widow of John Lawrence, and where he died of the smallpox, June 11. 1678. Au- gust 17, of the same year, administration was . granted upon his estate to his son John, and the papers show children : I. Thomas. died April 27, 1678; married Hannah or Anna, daughter of William and Joanna Longley, and had children: Thomas, married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Alice ( Rushton) Woods: Anna. married John Lawrence, of Lexington : William, was "a souldier at the Eastward," according to the Danvers Church
* For further information of Barstows, see Historical Sketch of Town of Hanover. Massa- chusetts, by John S. Barry, Boston, 1853.
records : Mary, perhaps the Mary Tarbell who married James Smith in Salem. 2. Mary, married Jonathan Sawtell, of Groton, and died April 26, 1676. 3. Sarah, born 1648, died at Salem, 1715 ; married Cornelius Church, of Groton and Charlestown. 4. Abigail, mar- ried Joshua Whitney, of Watertown and Gro- ton. 5. Jolin, see forward. 6. Elizabeth, born January 5, 1656-57. died July 25. 1684 ; mar- ried James Bennett, of Charlestown. 7. Will- iam, born February 26, 1658-59: was a sol- dier in King Philip's war. 8. Martha, mar- ried, in Salem, Thomas Mitchell.
(II) John, son of Thomas and Mary Tar- bell, was probably born at Watertown about 1654. died at Salem village, March 25. 1715. Before his marriage, while still living in Charlestown, he was a soldier in King Philip's war, being styled ensign, and for these serv- ices his heirs received a grant of land in what is now Amherst, New Hampshire. He mar- ried, at Salem, October 25. 1678, Mary Nurse, born 1659, died June 28, 1749. daughter of Francis and Rebecca Nurse, the latter being hanged for witchcraft in 1692. In conse- quence of these persecutions, John Tarbell was at the head of a movement against the Rev. Samuel Parrish, which resulted in his dismissal from the church in 1697. Children : 1. John, see forward. 2. Mary, born April 3. 1688: became the second wife of Abraham Goodale, of Salem. 3. Cornelius. born March 25. 1690, died at Danvers, August 2, 1765 : married Mary, daughter of Robert and Mary (French ) Sharp: children: Sarah, married Samuel Stewart, of Souhegan West, now Am- herst, New Hampshire: Jonathan, married Mary, daughter of Jonathan Felton : Corne- lins, married Elizabeth Giles: David: Mary ; Nathaniel, married Rachel Osborn : William; Mary : Ruth. 4. Jonathan. born February 21, 1691. died unmarried, between May 18, 1715, and June 18, 1718, leaving half of his estate to his mother, the other half to Elizabeth Mitchell, providing she remained unmarried. 5. Elizabeth, born March 22, 1693-94. died May 29. 1752 : married Obed Abbott, of Bed- ford. 6. Sarah, born October 2. 1696, died April 12, 1767: married Benjamin Hutchin- son, of Bedford.
(III) John (2), son of John ( 1) and Mary ( Nurse) Tarbell, was born Angust 9, 1680, died February 5. 1757. He removed with his family to Billerica about 1727. He married, at Salem, August 21, 1705. Hannah, daugh-
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ter of John Flint : she died in her ninety-fifth year, December 14. 1779. Children: 1. Will- iam, died between April 17. 1790, the date of his will, and February 7. 1800, the time of probate : married (first ) Ruth, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Richardson, and ( second ) Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Margery ( Bruce) Walker, and widow of Joseph Walker : children : William ; John : Ruth ; Abi- gail, married Samuel Walker : Hannah. Sarah : Thomas : William, married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Barron) French. 2. John, was a sergeant and lieuten- ant in the French and Indian wars, and died November, 1804, aged about ninety-four years. He married Esther, daughter of Captain Lei- cester and Mary (Hubbard) Grosvenor, of Pomfret, Connecticut : children : Jerusha, mar- ried Abel Allen : John, married ( first ) Huldah Lee, (second) Susanna Hobbs : Sarah ; Frances, married Silas Hooker ; Elijah, mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Ezekiel and Re- becca Upham: Esther, married Malachi Ewell. 3. Thomas, baptized October 12, 1712. 4. Hannah, stillborn. June 19. 1714. 5. Anna, married ( first ) Samuel Parker, (second) Na- than Crosby. 6. Elizabeth, died March 31. 1779; married (first ) John Horsly. ( second ) Samuel Baldwin. 7. Mary, baptized. May, 1722, died July 7, 1770; married Thomas Marshall. 8. Jonathan, see forward. 9. 1)a- vid, born September 15, 1726, twin of Jona- than, died 1805: married (first ) Hannah. daughter of Benjamin and Miriam (Gray) Fitch. (second ) Esther : children : Hannah ; Hannah, married Spaulding : Betty, married Woods; John : Lydia.
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AlcGilvarey or McGilvany: Esther : Rhoda, married Silas Roby Jr. : Jesse : William : John ; Samuel.
(IV) Jonathan, son of John ( 2) and Han- nah (Flint ) Tarbell, was born September 15. 1726, died April 9. 1788. Deeds show that he lived at various times in Billerica, Dun- stable (now Nashua). New Hampshire, Gro- ton, Westminster and Rockingham, Vermont. and finally in Chester. Vermont, where he died. In 1775 he was chosen lieutenant of a company in Chester, which served in the revo- lutionary war. He married ( first ) Mary -. and had: 1. John, baptized December 2. 1753. probably died young. 2. Reuben, baptized January 17. 1755. died February 17,
1820: married Elizabeth, and had children : William : Samuel ; Reuben ; Heber, Horace : Polly, married Wilson : Betsey, mar- ried -- Aldridge : Azubah, married Hiram Barney ; Henrietta, married Daniel Palmer, of Grafton, Vermont : Melinda, married
Dale. Jonathan Tarbell married ( second ) Anna, widow of Thomas Patch. of Hollis. New Hampshire, and daughter of Joseph Gil- son. of Groton. Children: 3. Jonathan, born November 13, 1757; married Jane Gleason : children : Lucena ; Hannah, married Augus- tus Wheelock, of Rockingham, Vermont ; Jonathan : Daniel, married Harriet Earle ; Jane, married John Stearns, of Rockingham : Lucinda ; Theoda : Arathusa. 4. Mary, mar- ried Uriah Morris. 5. Benjamin, baptized Au- gust 16, 1761. 6. Peter, married - Fre- thel and had: Joseph, and probably others. 7. Isaac, see forward. 8. Sarah, married Arte- mas Earle.
(\') Isaac, son of Jonathan and Anna ( Gil- son ) ( Patch) Tarbell, was born October 9. 1763. died in March, 1841. His will, dated October 21, 1837, styles him of Houndsfield. Jefferson county, New York. He married (first ) Joanna Gleason, born 1771, died at Chester, Vermont. April 22. 1808. He mar- ried ( second ), at Chester, February 8, 1809. Mrs. Lydia Wilson, who died January 3. 1832. Children by first marriage: 1. Isaac, born March 20. 1788, died May 6, 1832: married Melinda Lyon and had children : Cornelia,
Willard C., Morgan, Elizabeth, Daniel and Eleanor. 2. Eli, see forward. 3. Jonathan, born February 16, 1793, died in Illinois, after 1841 ; married Betsey Lamb and had children : Abigail, Eliza, Jane, Charlotte, Horace, Lewis, Isaac and Royal. 4. John, born February 22. 1795, died near Portsmouth, Virginia. Octo- ber 16. 1838; married Frances and had children: Jane, Mary, Harriet, John, and perhaps others. 5. Willard, born May 25. 1799. died in Lafargeville. New York: mar- ried Aurelia Ransom, and had children : Ed- win Elting and Sarah Ransom. 6. Henry. born February 20, 1808, died young. Chil- dren by second marriage: 7. Thomas, born July 5, 1810, died at Three Mile Bay, New York, July, 1877: married Harriet Earle Bunce, granddaughter of Artemas and Sally ( Tarbell) Earle, and had children: Laura Eusebia, Lydia Sophia, Horace Edward and Charles Bunce. 8. Henry, born December I, 1811, died unmarried. 1870. 9. Joanna Glea-
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son, born February 23, 1814, died December 12, 1870 ; married Dr. Rufus Thayer and lived at Smithville, New York. 10. Sarah, born December 27, 1817, died May 8, 1892; mar- ried William Thayer, of Dimmock, Pennsyl- vania, a brother of Dr. Rufus Thayer, men- tioned above.
(VI) Eli, second son and child of Isaac and Joanna (Gleason ) Tarbell, was born in Vermont, September 25, 1790, died October 4, 1845. He resided in Smithville, New York. He married Sibyl Parker, born March 7, 1798. died September 22, 1879. Children: Sewell, Laura, John Seymour, Mary, Charles Parker, see forward; George L., Francis, James Ilenry.
(VII ) Charles Parker, third son of Eli and Sibyl ( Parker) Tarbell, was born December 4, 1824, in Smithville, where he passed his life, and died at the old homestead, May 15. 1908. He was a progressive, hard working farmer, of the old school, and always took a great in- terest in everything that was of benefit to his town and county. He was particularly in- terested in the town and county fairs, believ- ing that they furnished a stimulus that led to better farming and more care and attention to the all-important matter of breeding farm animals. He was a staunch advocate of the public school system and believed that the very best thing that could be done for the children of our country was to give them a good education. He married Mabell MI., born July 7. 1824, died at the old homestead, March 24, 1905, daughter of Abraham and Lucy Tillotson. She was a most remarkable woman in every way-a great reader, thoroughly informed on all the public questions of the day, a reasoner and debater of extraordinary ability, and a woman of sterling character and integrity. She was a staunch believer in woman's rights and always predicted that woman suffrage would become general in the United States, for many reasons, but particu- larly because it was right. Children: Charles Tillotson, born June 25, 1854: Gage Eli, men- tioned below; Frank Parker, born September [], 1859, died March 11, 1880; Bessie Ma- bell, born March 3. 1862; all born at Smith- ville Flats.
(VIII) Gage Eli, son of Charles Parker and Mabell M1. ( Tillotson ) Tarbell, was born September 20, 1856, at Smithville Flats. He was educated at Clinton Liberal Institute. graduating from the collegiate department in
1876. He taught school for one year, and then commenced the study of law at Greene, New York. He was admitted to the bar at the general term of the supreme court in Ithaca, New York, in 1880. Soon thereafter he located at Marathon, Cortland county, New York, and practiced in state and United States courts until 1884, when he removed to Bing- hamton, New York, to become general agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society for the southern tier of counties. In 1886 he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as state agent for the same company, and from there was transferred to Chicago on January I, 1889, to become a partner in the management of the Equitable for the northwestern de- partment. embracing nine states. The growth of the business under his management was so great that two years later he was appointed resident secretary of the company, his head- quarters remaining at Chicago, and in 1893 he was elected third vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and re- moved to New York, where he had charge of the agencies throughout the United States and Canada. In 1899 he was elected second vice- president, a position which he held until he resigned in 1907. The growth of the Equi- table's business under his management was phenomenal and attracted world-wide atten- tion. He still remains a director of the so- ciety. Since 1907 he has been operating in real estate, and in 1910 he made the largest single sale of suburban improved property that has ever been made in this vicinity. He has also been connected with other large fi- nancial institutions, including the Mercantile Trust Company and the Equitable Trust Com- pany of New York. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Aero Club of America, Automobile Club of America, and the Union League, Ardsley, Lawyers', Gar- den City and New York Riding clubs.
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