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Mr. Sterling was married June 12, 1856, to Elizabeth P. Bigelow, daughter of Ward and Sarah ( Woodworth) Bigelow, natives of Sut- ton, Canada and Burlington, Vermont. Mrs. Sterling was born Decem- ber 11, 1838, in Macomb. St. Lawrence county, this state. Four of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling are living, namely : Frank, Ella and William B., at home with parents, and Ola, wife of William E. Fitzgerald, residing near Sigourney, Iowa. Ezra C. was drowned when nine years old, and Edward Bradford died at the age of three years.
(IX) James Lloyd Sterling, third son and fourth child of James
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R. and Roxana S. Sterling, was born June 4. 1838, in the town of Ant- werp, and has passed most of his life there. His education was begun in the district school near his home, and was supplemented by two years at a select school and a like period in the public schools of the village of Gouverneur. Leaving school at the age of twenty years he secured employment in a woolen mill at Wegatchie, and subsequently traveled in the interest of its owners, as salesman. After looking about the country he concluded that his native town was good enough for him, and purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land near the village. This he tilled until 1874. when he moved to his present location on Lot 618. for which he traded the former farm. The present homestead inchides two hundred and forty-three acres, and is now conducted by Mr Sterling's sons, the father being retired from active life on account of lameness. The dairy on this farm employs forty Holstein grade cows, and much hay and grain are produced for market. Mr. Sterling is a member of Antwerp Grange, and endeavors to keep abreast of the times, not only in agricultural methods, but in all lines of thought and action. He is a respected farmer and citizen. and endeavors to make the Golden Rule his guide. While not affiliated with any church organ- ization. he sustains the worship of the Episcopal church. A sincere Re- publican in political principle, he seeks to perform his duty as a citizen. by voice and vote, but desires no official honors. Being a friend of education, he has consented to serve as school trustee, but has declined any other offices.
Mr. Sterling was married December 24. 1861. to Mariette Weeks. who was born in Antwerp. a daughter of James Wait, and reared by Alvah and Almira ( Palmer ) Weeks. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling are a credit to their parents and the community, and are named. in order of birth. Fred C., John Riley and Georgia B. All remain at home, and are unmarried. The sons are progressive farmers, and well known as industrious and successful citizens.
JAMES DOLAN. deceased, was for many years one of the prom- inent and influential citizens of Watertown. Jefferson county. New York, and one of the best known civil war veterans in northern New York, being remembered by old soldiers as one of their best friends in procuring recognition from the government for their arduous serv- ices. He was a fair representative of the intelligence, ardor and patri- otism of the men who first went into the Union army, not influenced
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by bounties, but actuated by the purest and noblest motives. He was born at Ballyshannon, Ireland, July 15, 1840. He came to this country with his parents when he was six years of age, the family settling in Belleville, Canada, where they have since resided.
When fourteen years old the boy left home to seek his fortune in the world, and came to Sackets Harbor, where he remained a short time and then went on to Adams. New York. For two or three years he worked for different persons in that village, attending school. and improving his time to the utmost in his determined efforts to acquire an education. In 1856 or '57 he went with Asa Lyons to learn the mason's trade, giving his attention to fancy brick-laying, in which he became an acknowledged expert. On May 3, 1861, just after the out- break of the Rebellion, Mr. Dolan entered the ranks of the defenders of the Union, at Adams, New York, as a member of Company G, Thirty-fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in which he was made sergeant. and later quartermaster-sergeant. His term of service in this regiment expired at Elmira, New York, June 5. 1863. and he re-enlisted at Denmark, Lewis county. December 20, 1863, in Company H. Thirteenth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery. He was mustered into the United States service January 4. 1864. served until the close of the war. and was discharged July 18, 1865, at Nor- folk, Virginia, as quartermaster-sergeant in the latter named regiment. He was absent from company as guide on General French's staff at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, from December 12, 1862, until De- cember 16, same year, but was never absent at any other time for any purpose from either company during his two terms. During the greater part of the latter term of service he was aide on the staff of General Hancock, a position for which he was selected because of his courage and resourcefulness. He was never wounded, although he participated in every action and skirmish in which either army was engaged.
At the conclusion of the war Mr. Dolan was associated with Asa Lyons, then a prominent contractor of Adams, who built the chain of government light houses from New York to the Florida coast. Mr. Dolan was an exceptionally skillful workman and performed much of the finer work on these buildings, spending a number of winters in the south. After the completion of this work he took a course in East- man's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, from which he was graduated, and for some time afterward he remained in the insti- tution in the capacity of teacher of penmanship. Later he took up his
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residence in New York city. remaining several years, and during this period of time pursued one course of medical lectures in Bellevue Hos- pital, but an old wound in his head which he had received in boyhood from the kick of a horse, the iron shoe smashing the skull, so seriously menaced his sight that his physicians advised him to relinquish his studies for the profession of medicine, and to locate somewhere out- side of New York city. He removed to Watertown, New York, ac- cepted a position in the pension office of Edgar North, where he studied pension laws, and when Mr. North retired from the business, in 1886, he took it up and continued it with conspicuous success. He was well qualified by experience and ability to render valuable service in all matters, was familiar with the laws, rules and regulations necessary to be complied with in establishing claims against the government, and gave his personal attention to pensions, patents, and all business of this nature.
Mr. Dolan was prominent in the affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was elected president of the Thirty-fifth New York Vol- unteer Veteran Association, December 13. 1887, elected post com- mander of Joe Spratt Post, No. 323. at its organization, and served two terms as aide-de-camp on the staff of the commander-in-chief, Grand Army of the Republic. In his personal relations Mr. Dolan was noted for his absolute honesty, frankness, warm sympathies, generosity, and his tenacity of purpose and unflagging energy in the support of any cause of which he was a partisan.
In Adams, New York, Mr. Dolan was married to Mrs. Mary Rasay, who was the mother, by a former marriage, of four children : Rev. C. E. S. Rasay, of Little Falls; Mrs. E. S. Willard, of Water- town: Mr. G. F. Rasay, of Dayton, Ohio; and Mrs. F. Haskin, of Ful- ton. Mr. Doian died July 15, 1903, at the Albany Hospital, where he underwent a surgical operation. His wife and eldest stepson were with him at the time of his death. The remains were brought to Watertown for interment. Mr. Dolan had a host of friends in every walk of life in Watertown and throughout northern New York, by whom his de- mise was sincerely mourned.
CHESTER SANDERS LORD, whose youth was spent in Adams, New York. is a direct descendant of Thomas Lord, who landed in America in 1635, the succession being :
(1) Thomas Lord, born in 1585. He embarked from London,
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England, in the " Elizabeth and Anne." Captain Roger Cooper. on the 29th of April, 1635, with his wife Dorothy, and his children, except the eldest child. Richard Lord. who had preceded him about two years. Thomas Lord settled first in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and afterward removed to Hartford, Connecticut. He died in 1667. intestate. An extended account of him appears elsewhere in this work.
Richard Lord, son of Thomas, came over from England in 1633; was married in 1635. On March II, 1658, at a General Court in Hart- ford, a troop of thirty horsemen was established, and Richard Lord was made captain. This was the first troop raised in Connecticut. The name of Richard Lord appears as one of the body corporate to whom King Charles gave the charter of Connecticut. Richard was engaged with his brother William in extensive commercial enterprises. He died May 17. 1662, aged fifty-one years, and was buried in New London, Connecticut.
(II) William Lord, fourth child of Thomas Lord, was a mer- chant of Saybrook, Connecticut, engaged in commercial enterprises, and was a large landholder, as appears from the county records. He had children: William, born in 1643; Thomas, born in 1645; Rich- ard, born in 1647: Mary, born in 1649: Sarah; Robert, born in 1651; John, born in 1653; Joseph, born in 1656: Benjamin, born in 1661: Daniel, James, Samuel and Dorothy.
(III) Thomas Lord, son of William Lord, married Mary, daugh- ter of Thomas Lee, and lived in Lyme, Connecticut. He was twice mar- ried, his second wife being Mary DeWolfe of Lyme. He had ten chil- dren, of whom David was born in 1715. Another son. Joseph, is noticed elsewhere.
(IV) David Lord, son of Thomas Lord, born in 1715, lived in Salisbury, Connecticut, and eventually settled in the west. He had eleven children, of whom the fifth was Joel, born in March, 1754.
(V) Joel Lord, son of David Lord, gained distinction as a sol- dier in the war of the Revolution, as below narrated. He married Jerusha, daughter of Noah Webster, and (second) Mercy Steele: and died in 1824, aged seventy years. He had three children, of whom Ches- ter Webster was the eldest.
(VI) Chester Webster Lord, son of Joel Lord, moved from Salis- bury, Connecticut, to Danby, New York, in ISIS, and died March 12. 1864. He married Betsy, daughter of Jacob Kingsbury of Tyring- ham, Massachusetts. Dr. Kingsbury was the son of Stephen Kingsbury
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of Norfolk, Connecticut. Chester W. Lord was a merchant and farmer, and was commissioned as Captain of Volunteers in the war of 1812. He had two children. Charles Webster Lord and Edward Lord.
(VII) The Rev. Edward Lord, son of Chester Webster Lord, was born in Danby, New York. March 29. 1821, graduated in Williams Col- lege in 1843, and in Auburn Theological Seminary in 1846. He married Mary Jane Sanders of Williamstown, Massachusetts, daughter of An- thony and Selinda Sanders of Rhode Island. He was the pastor of churches in Romulus, New York, Fulton, New York, Adams, New York, and Metuchen, New Jersey, was chaplain of the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment New York State Volunteers in the war of the Re- bellion and was at the siege of Port Hudson. His son, Chester Sanders Lord (8), is the subject of this biographical notice.
The Lord family turned out to be good Revolutionary stock ; many of its members fought in the war of the Revolution. Captain Richard Lord (2), son of the original immigrant, was captain of a troop of horse- men in Connecticut ; and other members of the family were conspicuous later in the war of the Revolution, notably Joel Lord (5), who marched from Hartford to Boston with a military company which belonged part of the time to General Putnam's brigade. Joel Lord fought in the bat- tles of Lexington, Bunker Hill and White Plains. He distinguished himself by rowing Governor Trumbull across the bay close to the British fleet just after the battle of Lexington. The British fired and the balls skimmed the water around them, one ball striking the bow of the boat and shivering it. At another time he was sent with special sealed orders from the commander-in-chief to the officers' quarters on the other side of the town. He mistook the countersign and the sentinel refused to let him in. He knew the importance of his message, and as the sentinel presented his bayonet, Joel seized a crowbar and knocked the sentinel down and rushed in. The nature of the dispatches was considered so im- portant that he was not punished.
Chester S. Lord is also a direct descendant of Noah Webster, the lexicographer, through the line of the famous Bradford family of Massa- chusetts (see Bradford), the succession being: (1) William Bradford of Ansterfield. who died in 1575: (2) William; (3) William, the Pil- grim, chosen governor by the Pilgrims for thirty-six years; (4) Will- iam. born in 1624: (5) Mercy Bradford: (6) Eliphalet Steele: (7) Mercy, who married Noah Welster: (8) Noah Webster, the lexicog-
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rapher: (9) Jerusha, who married Joel Lord; (10) Chester Webster Lord; ( II) Edward Lord: ( 12) Chester S. Lord.
Chester S. Lord was born in Romulus, New York, March 18. 1850. his parents removing soon afterward to Fulton, New York, where he spent his early boyhood, and where he was a student in Falley Seminary, later moving to Adams, New York, where he partly fitted for college in the Adams Institute, then known as the Hungerford Collegiate Institute. When the Institute building burned down, Mr. Lord continued his prep- aration for college in Fairfield Academy. He entered Hamilton College in 1869. elass of '73, but did not graduate. In college he was a mem- ber of the Sigma Phi fraternity. In 1870 he hegan newspaper work as associate editor of the Oswego Advertiser, remaining there for a year and a half, when he went to New York, joining the staff of the New York Sun. This was in 1871. He occupied various places on the Sun, and in 1877 purchased the Syraeuse Standard, which paper he edited for six weeks and then sold out and returned to the Sun in New York. In 1880 he was made managing editor of the paper, which post he has held ever sinee.
Mr. Lord was elected a regent of the University of the State of New York in 1897, and continued in office until 1904. retiring from the board when the number of regents was reduced. He was secretary of the Lutos Club for eleven years, and is at present ( 1905) its vice presi- dent. He enjoys a membership also in the Union League Club of New York, the University Club, the New England Society, the Sigma Phi Club and other organizations.
Mr. Lord was married in 1871 to Katherine M. Bates of Adams, New York. Miss Bates is a daughter of Nahum and Mary Bates, who had been residents of Jefferson county all their lives. He has had four children, two of whom, boys, died in early infancy : the third, Kenneth, born in 1879, is at present a member of the staff of the Sun, and the fourth, Richard, who was born in 1882, is at present circulation man- ager of the same paper. The Lord home is at 57 South Portland ave- nue. Brooklyn, in which city he'has lived since leaving Jefferson county.
QUENCER. The family of Quencer was founded in America by Jacob Quencer, who came from Baden, Germany, in 1846, with his wife and five sons. He was a native of the province of Baden, as was his wife, Katharine Olinsmann, a daughter of Thomas Ohnsmann.
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They came direct to Jefferson county, and resided for a time in La- fargeville. in a log house.
In January. 1851. Mr. Quencer settled in Watertown, which city continued to be his home during the balance of his life. He died July 23. 1892, and his wife March 25. 1870. For many years he operated a bakery, in partnership with his sons, Jacob and Lewis, the latter of whom is now deceased. The third son. Charles F., is also deceased. as is Sebastian, the fourth. Jacob is now conducting a bakery in Water- town.
Julius August Quencer, youngest son of Jacob. was born Decem- ber 18. 1843. near Heidelberg, in Baden, Germany, and was in his third year when the family arrived here in July. 1846. He attended the public schools of Watertown until he was in his sixteenth year, and was apprenticed to a cigarmaker in the spring of 1859, becoming master of the trade before his entrance in the military service of his adopted country. Before completing his nineteenth year, young Quen- cer enlisted as a member of Company A. Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, and served three years with credit as a soldier. His regi- ment comprised part of the Eighteenth Army Corps at the first attack on Petersburg in June. 1864. and was held in reserve at the explosion of the mines in front of that beleaguered city. July 30 of the same year. It was also with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley at the time of his famous ride in October, 1864.
On his return to Watertown in 1865. Mr. Quencer continued at his trade as a journeyman until 1872, when he began manufacturing cigars upon his own account, and continued eight years. In 1880 he opened a café, and has since been catering to the custom of many old acquaintances and friends. He has achieved moderate success and is reckoned among the substantial citizens of the town. Mr. Quencer has borne his part in the upbuilding of Watertown, and has been honored with several positions of responsibility in the conduct of affairs. He is the only Democrat ever elected supervisor from the second ward of the city, and served in that capacity in 1880, having defeated the in- cumbent who had held the office ten years, from the first organization of the city. He was elected collector of the village of Watertown in 1869, but the incorporation of the city before the time for fulfilling the duties of the office prevented his serving. He served as treasurer of the city in 1871. Mr. Quencer was a member of the old volunteer fire department, and is now an exempt fireman.
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He was married in September, 1866, to Almira Benore, a daugh- ter of John and Angeline (Fext) Benore, of French extraction, the latter a native of Montreal, P. Q. Mrs. Quencer was born July 30, 1844, in Watertown. Three sons and a daughter were given to Mr. and Mrs. Quencer, namely: William J., Albert B., Jane I. and Clin- ton A. The sons reside in New York city, and the daughter is the wife of Dr. George B. Parker, a well known dentist of Watertown.
Mr. Quencer is a member of Joe Spratt Post, No. 323. Grand Army of the Republic, of Watertown, and holds high rank in the Ma- sonic order, being affiliated with Watertown Lodge, No. 49: Water- town Chapter. No. 59; Watertown Commandery, No. 11; Watertown Lodge of Perfection, and Media Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is esteemed and respected by a wide circle of friends and acquaint- ances.
William Julius, eldest son of Julius A. Quencer, was born Sep- tember 11, 1867. in Watertown, and attended the public schools of his native city until he was fifteen years old. He then entered the store of Paddock & Hermes, druggists, of Watertown, and served an ap- prenticeship of three and one-half years to the business. Subsequently he spent a year in the store of Homer A. Rice, in further perfecting himself in a knowledge of the business. In 1887 he went to New York city, and pursued a two years' course in the New York College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1889. For one year subsequent to this he was employed in the laboratory of Roosevelt Hospital, a position well calculated to make one proficient and exact in the handling of prescriptions. He now felt that he was competent to conduct a busi- ness of his own, and purchased a drug store at the corner of Ninth avenue and Fifty-seventh street, which he has conducted with great success since 1890. His store is a very complete one and is popular with the people of its vicinity. Since June, 1897, a branch of the New York postoffice has been maintained in the store, where money orders are sold and other government business transacted, under the direction of Mr. Quencer. In 1897 he organized a stock company for handling mineral waters, known as the Puritas Mineral Water Company, of which Mr. Quencer is president, and this concern is carrying on a flourishing and growing trade under his able management. A thor- ough business man, quick of decision and prompt in action, his suc- cess is due to his energy, tact and industry.
Mr. Quencer was made a Mason in Continental Lodge. No. 287.
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of New York, with which he is still affiliated. He is associated with the Scottish Rite bodies, has attained the thirty-second degree and is a member of Mecca Temple, Nol les of the Mystic Shrine. He is active in local political circles, and is a well known member of the Demo- cratic organization of his district. He is also a member of the Man- hattan Benevolent Association and the Jefferson County Society of New York.
Mr. Quencer was married in 1893 to Miss Mary A. Byrne, who is a native of New York city, daughter of James R. and Catherine A. Byrne, of Irish American descent.
Albert Benore Quencer, second son of Julius A. and Almira ( Be- nore) Quencer, 'was born November 17, 1869, in Watertown, where he grew up and received his primary education. He graduated from the high school in 1888. being salutatorian of his class, and immediately entered Cornell University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1892. On the first of March, 1893, he came to New York and entered the employ of the New York Central Railroad Company as stenographer in its legal department. While pursuing his labors by day he took up the course of the New York Law School by evening study, and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1896. He was immediately admitted to the bar, and has continued with the legal department of the railroad to the present time. Mr. Quencer's success has been earned by industry and application, and is well deserved. Fle has ever maintained a high re- gard for his native place, and was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Jefferson County Society in New York, of which he has been treasurer since its inception. He is an independent Demo- crat in political sentiment, and usually acts with Tammany Hall, though he is not affiliated with political movements or other organizations than the one above mentioned.
Mr. Quencer was married January 24, 1901, to Miss Rita Moore, t native of New York, a granddaughter of D. C. Moore and Margaret Bower, his wife, the former of Irish and the latter of English birth. Three children complete the family of Mr. Quencer, namely : Myra Moore, Edgar Benore and Arthur Bower.
Clinton August, youngest son of Julius A. Quencer, was born Oc- toler 12. 1873, in Watertown, and graduated from the high school of that city in 1892. He took up stenography in the Northern Business College of Watertown, and was employed in the office of the Water-
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town Spring Wagon Company one and one-half years. Subsequently he was one year with the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad company, and was, later, employed by Fred M. Kirby, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in his five-and-ten-cent stores at Baltimore, Maryland, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts, being manager of the latter. During the last three years he has been in the office of the chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad. He is a Tammany Hall Democrat, and member of the Jefferson County Society.
Sebastian, fourth son of Jacob and Katharine ( Ohnsmann ) Quen- cer, was born April 12, 1842, near Heidelberg, in Baden, Germany, and was four years of age when he accompanied his parents to this country. He grew up in Lafargeville and Watertown, receiving instruc- tion in the public schools of those places. When a young man he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was later employed in New York city. For twenty years he was a salesman in the dry goods house of Cook & Cadwell at Watertown, a connection which demonstrated his integ- rity, industry and ability. In 1886, he opened a clothing store in Water- town, in company with Charles La Barge, under the style of La Barge & Quencer, and continued the business four years. After the firm was dissolved Mr. Quencer was connected for a time with the store of A. Bushnell & Company, and was again engaged by his former employer, O. B. Cadwell, then alone in business, in his store. This was his occu- pation up to the time of his death, which occurred February 8, 1898. Mr. Quencer was a member of the Stone Street Presbyterian Church, and of Watertown Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M. His political allegiance was with the Democratic party. A quiet, industrious citizen, he was respected wherever known, and his demise was mourned by many friends.
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