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AIKEN, EUGENE CLARENCE. Born in the town of Scipio, Cayuga County, May 6, 1856 ; a graduate of the Auburn High School and of the University of Rochester; read law in the office of Honorable Sereno E. Payne in Auburn; admitted to the bar of the Supreme
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Court, at Rochester, N. Y., in October, 1879, and later to practice in the United States District and Circuit courts. Mr. Aiken com- menced, and has since continuously practised his profession in the City of Auburn ; his practice is general; he has served as a director of the New York, Auburn & Lansing Railroad Company; president of the Auburn Telephone Company, which was organized by Judge Rich and himself; member of the Board of Education for six years during one year of which he was its president ; president of the Com- mon Council in 1905 and mayor of the city in 1906-7. He is a member of the City Club and of Auburn Lodge No. 474, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Offices 209-212 in the Metcalf Building, No. 141-143 Genesee street.
ALDRICH, CALVIN R. Born in the town of Conquest, county of Cayuga, November 15, 1837 ; education, common school; read law in the office of Horace V. Howland, Esq., in Port Byron, N. Y., admitted to the bar in Rochester, N. Y., in 1867 and commenced practice in Port Byron where he is yet located. His practice is general. He has filled the office of loan commissioner and repre- sented his town in the Board of Supervisors.
ALLEN, LOUIS EDWARD. Born in the City of Auburn, Cayuga County, December 16, 1877; graduated from the High School in 1896 and from the law department of Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1901, during which year he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court at Rochester and commenced practice in Auburn ; admitted to practice in the Federal courts in 1902. Mr. Allen has served as president of the Civil Service Commission-Municipal- and is a member of the City Club and Auburn Lodge No. 474, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in which lodge he served as Esteemed Lecturing Knight. He is a member of the law firm of Van Sickle & Allen with offices over No. 140 Genesee street. Practice general.
ANDERSON, JAMES J. Born in the City of Auburn, Cayuga County, March 27, 1879; educated in the public schools of the city
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and at Hamilton College from which he graduated in 1900; read law in the office of Greenfield & Aiken in Auburn, was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., in October, 1892, and commenced practice in Auburn which he has since continued. Mr. Anderson has represented his ward in the Board of Supervisors and from1 1901 to 1904 was a member of the general and executive committees of the county Republican committee; he is a member of Auburn Lodge No. 474, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Auburn Cycle Club and the City Club and the junior member of the law firm of Treat & Anderson with offices at No. I Temple Court. Practice general.
AUSTIN, MORTIMER V., JR. Born at the village of Moravia, Cayuga County, N. Y., September 14, 1875 ; educated in the public schools of the City of Auburn ; graduated from the law department of Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1898, was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., in 1900 in both the Supreme and Federal courts, and commenced practice in Auburn which he yet continues ; practice general; a member of Auburn Lodge No. 431, Free and Accepted Masons. Offices over No. 79 Genesee street.
AVERY, JAMES CARRINGTON. Born in the City of Auburn, County of Cayuga, on March 10, 1859 ; educated in the public schools of the city and at Cornell University, in Ithaca, N. Y. ; read law in the office of Charles M. Baker, Esq., in Auburn, and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., on October 9, 1885, since which time he has practised his profession in the cities of Buffalo and Auburn. Practice general; offices over No. 124 Genesee street.
BACON, IRVING. Born in the town of Victory, Cayuga County, April 7, 1873; educated in the public schools of that town and at Colgate University, from which he graduated in 1898; read law in the offices of Underwood, Storke & Seward in Auburn, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court at Rochester, N. Y , in May, 1901, and to practice in the United States District Court in October, 1902 ; commenced and has continued the general practice of his
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profession in the City of Auburn. Offices in the Auburn Savings Bank Building, corner of Genesee and South streets.
BLAUVELT, ARTHUR E. Born in the town of Aurelius, Cayuga County, N. Y., December 9, 1873; common school education : read law in the office of John Van Sickle, Esq., and later with Payne & Van Sickle, in Auburn and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., November 22, 1898, during which year he commenced and has since continued the practice of his profession at Port Byron, this county. Mr. Blauvelt served as clerk of the committee on merchant, marine and fisheries of the House of Representatives, from January 1, 1898 to December 19, 1899, at which time he was made assistant clerk of the committee on ways and means which position he is yet filling ; he is also private secretary to Honorable Sereno E. Payne, representative in Congress of the Thirty-First Congressional District, which position he has held since January I, 1898.
BEARDSLEY, PORTER. Born in the City of Auburn, county of Cayuga, March 16, 1863; educated in the public schools of that city, at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., from which he graduated in 1882, and at Yale College, from which he graduated in 1886. Read law in the offices of W. E. & F. E. Hughitt in Auburn, was admitted to the bar in Rochester, N. Y., October 5, 1888, and immediately commenced the practice of his profession in his native city, which he yet continues. Practice general; Mr. Beardsley served his city as park commissioner in the years 1904-7; he is a member of Psi Upsilon college fraternity. Offices over No. 41 Genesee street.
BRYAN, JAMES STANISLAUS. Born in the City of Auburn, county of Cayuga, September 2, 1875 ; educated in the public schools of that city and at Union College; read law in the offices respect- ively of Honorable Adelbert P. Rich and Honorable James W. Hart and completed a course of study in the Albany Law School; ad- mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, April 15, 1903 ; and to the
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Federal courts later in the same year. Commenced and has since continued the general practice of his profession in the City of Auburn. Offices in the Smith Building, corner Genesee and Exchange streets.
BERRY, CHARLES R. Born in the town of Fayette, Seneca County, N. Y., July 23, 1825, and received his education in the public schools of Aurora, Erie County, N. Y., supplemented by a course of instruction in the Aurora Academy in this county. Read law in the offices of Honorable Horace V. Howland, in Port Byron, Cayuga County, and was admitted to the bar in Rochester, N. Y., in September, 1858. He commenced, and has since continued, practice in Port Byron.
Mr. Berry has served his village as a trustee for several terms and as a member of its Board of Education. He is a member of Port Byron Lodge No. 130, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master; Morris Chapter No. 156, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is a Past High Priest and Salem Town Commandery No. 16, Knights Templars of Auburn.
CADY, FRANK E. Born in the town of Sempronius, Cayuga County, N. Y., October 26, 1856; attended the public schools, receiving a common law education; read law with Oliver Wood, Esq., in the City of Auburn, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1883, during which year he commenced, and has since continued, the practice of his profession in our city. In March, 1883, Mr. Cady was elected city judge, and served until March, 1891. Practice general; offices over No. 8 South street.
CASE, WILLARD E. Born in the City of Auburn and educated in its public schools by private tuition, and is a graduate of the law department of Hamilton College; read law in the offices of Avery & Paine in Auburn and was admitted to the bar upon the completion of his studies and commenced practice in the city but later abandoned his profession for a business and scientific life. He is a member of the New York Electrical Society-of which he
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is vice-president-American Society of Electrical Engineers ; Electro Chemical Society of America; Metropolitan Club of New York City, and the City Club and Country Club of Auburn. Mr. Case is a scientific writer of note and several of his papers have been read before the Royal Society of London, England.
CLARK, PAUL R. Born in Waverly, Tioga County, N. Y., October 1, 1868; educated in the public schools of the City of Auburn and at Yale College, from which he graduated in 1892; read law in the offices of Payne & O'Brien in that city; in 1893-4 he was the private secretary of Congressman Payne and while in Wash- ington completed his legal studies in the Columbian Law School; admitted to the bar in 1894, in which year he commenced practice in Auburn and was appointed assistant district-attorney and served until March 1895, when he was elected recorder and filled that office until January 1, 1899, when he resigned and was appointed postmaster of the city, which office he yet holds. He is a member . of the law firm of Payne, Payne & Clark, with offices over No. 131 Genesee street.
COBURN, FRANK S. Born in Clayville, Oneida County, N. Y., and educated in the public schools of the City of Auburn, from the High School of which he graduated in 1879; read law in the office of E. A. Woodin, Esq., in our city and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in March, 1883, and later to practice in the Federal courts. He commenced and since his admission has con- tinuously practised his profession in Auburn. He served as a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1884-5 and has held the office of county attorney for several years. Practice general. Mr. Coburn is a member of Auburn Lodge No. 474, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Offices over No. 55 Genesee street.
Cox, JAMES R. Born in the city of New York, January 15, 1821; educated in the public schools of that city, Canaan, Conn., Pittsfield, Mass, and Whitesboro, N. Y. Read law with Honorable William H. Seward in Auburn, commencing in 1842, finishing his
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studies in 1845 in which year he was admitted to the bar and com- menced practice in Auburn. He was admitted to practice in the Federal courts in 1860; to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1875; to the courts of Louisiana and Texas in 1872 and to the courts of Mexico, in which he practised for several years, in 1873. Mr. Cox was an active practitioner until about the year 1894, when the infirmities of age and impaired hearing compelled his retire- ment from the active practice of his profession. During his long years of active life he was associated in practice at different times, with Parliment Bronson for a year and a half; George Underwood, Sr., until his death in 1859, and Edwin H. Avery until 1874.
CURTIS, FRANK S. Born in the town of Moravia, Cayuga County, on June 12, 1855; educated in the public schools of that village and at Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1880, with the degree of B. S. He read law first in the office of Sylvester Brown in Ithaca and later with Honorable S. Edwin Day in Moravia, completing his studies in the Albany Law School from which he graduated and was admitted to the bar, at Rochester, N. Y. in 1883. He commenced practice in Moravia and for years enjoyed a large business in the Surrogate's Court of our county which he made a specialty; he served as president of the village Board of Health and as justice of the peace for many years; as special surro- gate in 1885-9. He was a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Consistory, Free and Accepted Masons; the first Noble Grand of Moravia Lodge No. 510, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; district deputy of that fraternity; a Knight of Pythias and member of the Improved Order of Red Men. A few years ago Mr. Curtis became insane and is now an inmate of one of the state hospitals.
CUSHING, FRANK C. Born in Goshen, Orange County, N. Y., February 23, 1852; educated in the Hammondsport public schools supplemented by private tuition; read law with Judge Bradley in Corning, Steuben County, and was there admitted to the bar in
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1876, and commenced practice, later removing to Auburn where he has since remained in the active practice of his profession. He was the junior member of the firm of Wright & Cushing for several years and of the firm of Howland, Wright & Cushing. Practice general. Office over No. 61 Genesee street.
DAY, HON. SAMUEL EDWIN. Born in the village of Moravia; Cayuga County, January 20, 1840, and educated in the public schools of that village and in the Moravia Institute; read law in the office of Leonard O. Aiken in Moravia, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in Auburn, June 6, 1861 and to practice in the District Court of the United States, November 22, 1872, and to the United States Supreme Court, November 13, 1876. He com- menced, and has since continued, practice in the village of Moravia ; he served as president of his village and a member of the Board of Supervisors of the county for several years. In November, 1877, he was elected county judge upon the Democratic ticket although the county was a Republican stronghold, and at the expiration of his term was re-elected, serving twelve years with great honor to himself and satisfaction to the bar. An upright, conscientious, Christian gentleman, an able lawyer and jurist and a respected and honored citizen-more cannot be said of any man.
Judge Day is a Past Master and member of Sylvan Lodge No. 41, Free and Accepted Masons of Moravia and president of the Bar Association of the county. The writer does not believe that there is a member of our bar who is held in higher esteem by his profes- sional brethren (among whom he has not an enemy) than Judge Day.
DAYTON, HARRY T. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. on June 26, 1869; educated in the public schools of that city and at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., from which he graduated in 1892; read law in the office of Honorable George B. Turner in Auburn, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court at Rochester, N. Y., in 1894, and to practice in the Federal courts in 1898. He com-
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menced, and has since continued, practice in the City of Auburn; served as clerk of the Surrogate's Court in 1892-1895, and as dis- trict-attorney, 1900-1906. Practice general. Mr. Dayton is a member of the Chi Psi fraternity and senior member of the law firm of Dayton & Clark with offices over No. 133 Genesee street.
DRUMMOND, ROBERT LOUDON. Born in the City of New York, August 21, 1842 ; brought up on a farm in the town of Victory, this county, attending the neighborhood school during winter sessions until he was sixteen years old, and working on the farm in the sum- mer seasons. He then attended the Union Academy at Red Creek, for several terms where he prepared himself for a teacher with the intention of later completing his education by a collegiate course; taught school for several years, holding among other positions that of principal of School No. 4, in the City of Auburn. Upon the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, New York Volunteers, with which he served in Barlow's Division, Hancock's Corps, Ariny of the Potomac. Just after the battle of Hatcher's Run, on October 30, 1864, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates and confined in prison at Petersburg and later in Libby Prison and at Salisbury, from which place he was released on March 2, 1865. His long imprisonment had so undermined his health that upon returning from the war, he found himself unable to carry into execution his long-cherished hope of a collegiate education, his physicians for- bidding his entering upon a course of preparation. Upon a partial recovery of his health he took up the study of law, which he completed by a course in the law department of the University of Albany from which he graduated in 1871, and was admitted to the bar in May of that year, and shortly thereafter commenced practice in the City of Auburn which he since continued. In November, 1878, he was elected district-attorney and was twice thereafter re-elected, serving continuously for nine years during which time he holds the enviable record of not having a single conviction reversed
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on appeal. He served as school commissioner for the first district of Cayuga County from January 1, 1866 to January 1, 1869; was for many years a trustee of Calvary Presbyterian Church, its treasurer and one of its ruling elders. He is a trustee of the Auburn Theological Seminary and of the Auburn Home for the Friendless; some of the best years of his life have been given to its Sunday- school and its temperance society. Mr. Drummond is the senior member of the firm of Drummond, Drummond & Drummond-his partners both being his children-with offices over No. 59 Genesee street. For several years he has made a specialty of the criminal law, but the practice of the firm is general.
DRUMMOND, NELSON L. Born in the City of Auburn, County of Cayuga, December 21, 1880; educated in the public schools of the city and at Hamilton College from which he graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1902; graduated from the Albany Law School in 1904 with the degree of LL. B. and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Auburn. He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (college) fraternity; a Knight of Pythias; member of Auburn Lodge No. 474, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and of the Cayuga County Bar Association. Mr. Drummond is the junior member of the firm of Drummond, Drum- mond & Drummond.
ELDER, WILLIAM SEWARD. Born in the City of Auburn, Cayuga County, July 12, 1872; educated in its public schools, Williams College and Harvard Law School. Read law in the offices of Underwood, Storke & Seward in Auburn and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, February 1, 1898, and later to practice in the Federal courts. He commenced, and has continued, practice in the City of Auburn; he served as justice of the peace 1898-1902 and as city attorney 1906-7; is a member of Auburn Lodge No. 431, Free and Accepted Masons, the Bar Association of the county and the City Club. Practice general. Offices over No. 124 Genesee street.
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FAY, FRED HOLLISTER. Born in Elbridge, Onondaga County, N. Y., February 6, 1857; educated in the public schools and at Hamilton College from which he graduated in 1877; read law in the office of Honorable William E. Hughitt, in Auburn and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., in 1879 and commenced practice in Auburn. Mr. Fay has not been a practitioner for several years and is engaged in the banking business, being a member of the firm of Edwin R. Fay & Sons at No. 72 Genesee street. The only public office he has filled was as a member of the Board of Education.
HARTER, RALPH AMENZO. Born in the village of Moravia, Cayuga County, N. Y., March 8, 1876; educated in the public schools of that village, graduating from its High School in 1895, and at Hobart College from which he graduated in 1901 ; read law in the office of Honorable S. Edwin Day in Moravia, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court at Rochester, N. Y., July 31, 1905, and to practice in the United States District and Circuit courts November 17, 1905. He commenced and has continued practice in Moravia; appointed justice of the peace to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Wright, Esq., and was later elected to the office for a full term which he is now serving; a member of Sylvan Lodge No. 41, Free and Accepted Masons of Moravia; of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, being its youngest member of the vestry, and vice-president of the Business Men's Association of his village. He has twice served as president of the Alumni Association of the Moravia High School. Practice general.
HART, HON. JAMES W. Born at Malden-on-the-Hudson, Ulster County, N. Y., July 21, 1866; educated in the public schools of the City of Auburn, graduating from its High School in 1887; read law with Honorable William E. Hughitt and in the offices of Underwood & Storke, in Auburn and was admitted to the bar in Rochester, N. Y., October 9, 1891, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Auburn. In 1892-3
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he served as assistant district-attorney of the county and in 1900 was elected city judge, which office he discharged the duties of until 1904. Judge Hart is a member of the New York Commandery, Military Order of Loyal Legion; Auburn Lodge No. 431, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master; City Club; Past District Deputy of the Thirtieth Masonic District, State of New York; vice-president Cayuga County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; secretary of the Cayuga County Historical Society and treasurer of the Auburn Business Men's Association. Practice general. Offices, Auburn Savings Bank Building.
HOPKINS, WOOLSEY R. Born in the City of Auburn, Cayuga County, December 9, 1850, and educated in its public schools, and at Hamilton College from which he graduated in 1871, with the degree of B. A. For two years after his graduation he travelled abroad and on his return read law in the office of A. E. Patterson, Esq, in Buffalo, N. Y., and attended the Albany Law School, from which he graduated in 1874, with the degree of LL. B., and was admitted to the bar the same year, commencing practice in Buffalo. In 1884, Mr. Hopkins came to Auburn and formed a law partnership with Honorable Peter A. Hendrick, which con- tinued until the removal of the latter to New York City. In 1891 he was elected city judge on the Democratic ticket and served one term of four years on the termination of which Judge Hopkins abandoned active practice and has since resided on the shores of Owasco Lake enjoying himself in the pleasures of rural life in close contact with nature.
HUNT, THOMAS MERRICK. Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, June 92, 1864; educated in the public schools and at Williams College, from which he graduated in 1887; read law in the office of Honorable John D. Teller in the City of Auburn and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., in October, 1889. He commenced practice in Auburn which he has since continued; clerk of the Surrogate's Court in 1890. Mr. Hunt is the junior member of the
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law firm of Teller & Hunt, with offices over No. 43 Genesee street, and makes a specialty of corporation law.
HUGHITT, FREDERIC EUGENE. A son of Judge William E. Hughitt, born in the City of Auburn, Cayuga County ; educated in its public schools and at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., from which he graduated in 1877, and at Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1881. Read law with his father in Auburn and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. Y., in 1883. Practice general. Offices over No. 41 Genesee street.
HUNTER, JOHN L. Born at St. Joseph, Missouri, January 25, 1860; read law in the office of Honorable Sereno E. Payne, in Auburn, was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1884 and to the District and Circuit courts of the United States in April, 1905. Commenced, and has since continued, practice in the City of Auburn. Mr. Hunter has served in the Common Council, representing the second ward, as a member of the Board of Supervisors from that ward and as deputy county treasurer. He is a member of Auburn Lodge No. 474, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Practice general. Offices, Metcalf Building, No. 141-143 Genesee street.
JENNINGS, JOEL BRADFORD. Born in the town of Venice, Cayuga County, October 10, 1843; educated in the public schools of that town and the town of Moravia; studied law in the Uni- versity of Michigan from the law department of which he was graduated on March 4, 1875, with the degree of LL. B., and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Michigan at Ann Arbor in that state on March 20, 1875; admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the State of New York at Rochester, October 6, 1876, and commenced, and has since continued, the practice of his profession at Moravia, which village he has served as its president. Practice general.
KEELER, LYNN H. Born in the village of Moravia, Cayuga County, in 1878; educated in its public schools, the High School
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in Auburn, from which he graduated in 1897, and Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1901; read law in the offices of Underwood, Storke & Seward in Auburn and graduated with the degree of LL. B. from the law department of Harvard University in 1904; admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court at Rochester, N. Y., in March, 1905, and to practice in the United States District and Circuit courts later in the same year. He com- menced practice in the City of Auburn, which he has continued. He is a member of the City Club and of the Owasco Country Club. Practice general. Offices over No. 91 Genesee street.
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