History of Central New York : embracing Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, Tompkins, Cortland, Schuyler, Yates, Chemung, Steuben, and Tioga Counties, Volume II, Part 2

Author: Melone, Harry R. (Harry Roberts), 1893-
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 538


USA > New York > Seneca County > History of Central New York : embracing Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, Tompkins, Cortland, Schuyler, Yates, Chemung, Steuben, and Tioga Counties, Volume II > Part 2
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Scouts of America. From 1921 to 1922 he was Council President and in 1923 he was National Representative of this Council.


Mr. Button lives with his family at 449 North Aurora Street, Ithaca, and they have an attractive summer home, "Sycamore", on Lake Cayuga.


G. Louis Cook .- Prominently identified with the financial interests of Ithaca and Tompkins County is G. Louis Cook, who is vice president and treasurer of the Ithaca Savings Bank. He was born at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1877, the son of Reverend Orrin W. and Kate E. (Chamberlain) Cook.


Reverend Orrin W. Cook was born in Delaware County, Penn- sylvania, and now lives retired at Interlaken, New York. He lived on a farm during his boyhood and attended the district schools. As a young man he was interested in the mercantile business at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and he subsequently entered the Crozer Theological Seminary, at Chester, Pennsyl- vania, from which he was graduated in 1889. He then received his first pastorate in the Baptist Church at Union, New York. His charges were: Ithaca Tabernacle at Ithaca from 1890 until 1898; pastor at Van Etten, New York, from 1898 until 1900; pastor at Blodgett Mills, New York, from 1900 until 1902; pastor at Truxton, New York, from 1902 until 1903; pastor at Jermyn, Pennsylvania, from 1903 until 1907; pastor at Wyoming, Penn- sylvania, from 1907 until 1913; and pastor at Mecklenburg, New York, from 1913 until his retirement. Reverend Orrin W. Cook is a Republican. His wife died in 1895 and is buried at Susque- hanna, Pennsylvania. To Reverend and Mrs. Orrin W. Cook only one child was born, G. Louis, the subject of this sketch.


G. Louis Cook attended the public schools, being a graduate of Ithaca High School in 1895. His entire banking career has been spent in the Ithaca Savings Bank. He began as assistant bookkeeper in November, 1896, and in 1913 became treasurer. After serving for 17 years in various capacities he became vice


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president also and is recognized as one of the most able executives of the institution.


On September 26, 1898, Mr. Cook was united in marriage with Miss Eva L. Smith, of Ithaca, born June 15, 1879, the daugh- ter of Henry and Sarah J. (Jackson) Smith. Mr. Smith, who was born in Tompkins County, was a farmer throughout his life and served during the Civil War as a member of the 137th New York Volunteer Infantry. He was a Democrat and a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife was also a native of Tompkins County, born at Danby. Both are deceased and are buried in Ithaca. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have an only son, Louis E., born at Ithaca, December 2, 1901. He is a graduate of Ithaca High School and attended Cornell University for two years. He is identified with the Ithaca Savings Bank as teller. He married Miss Mary MacDonald, of Hartford, Connecticut, and they are the parents of a daughter, Barbara Ann, born October 26, 1931.


Since 1921 Mr. Cook has served as a member of the Ithaca Board of Education and he was elected president of the board in November, 1931. Politically, Mr. Cook is a Democrat. He is treasurer of the Rotary Club, director of the Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Ithaca Mechanics Society, and president and treasurer of Lake View Cemetery Association. He is an active member of the Baptist Church, of which he is treas- urer and trustee.


Mr. Cook and his family reside at 112 West Marshall Street, Ithaca, and also have an attractive summer home at "Maplewood", on Lake Cayuga.


Lewis E. Dofflemyer .- A substantial citizen of Ithaca is Lewis E. Dofflemyer, who is serving as city assessor and building com- missioner. He was born at Kansas City, Missouri, April 1, 1867, the son of Daniel and Virginia (Ellington) Dofflemyer.


Daniel Dofflemyer was born at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. After completing his early schooling he attended a Methodist Ministry


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Preparatory School at Harpers Ferry, and as a young man went to Westport Landing, Missouri, now Kansas City, and was one of the pioneer settlers. He preached to the Indians at Shawnee Mission, Kansas, for more than 20 years, and also was interested in a general mercantile business. He was one of two white men to organize a Masonic Lodge at Wyandot, Kansas, about 1870, the balance of the membership being composed of Indians. Reverend Dofflemyer died in 1887 and is buried at Kansas City, Missouri. He was a Democrat and also belonged to the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife was born in Greenup County, Kentucky, and died in 1890. Their children were: 1. John T., retired, lives at Warrensburg, Missouri. 2. Alice E., who died in 1930, was the wife of W. A. Lynn, of Liberty, Mis- souri. 3. Thomas J., who died at Los Angeles, California, in 1931. 4. Lewis E., the subject of this sketch. 5. Virginia L., married L. D. Neill, lives at Ithaca. 6. Charles E., lives at Braw- ley, California.


Lewis E. Dofflemyer is a graduate of the Kansas City public schools and in 1891 received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture at Cornell University. He spent two years as a draftsman in the offices of Knox & Guinnotte, architects, of Kansas City. Upon his return to Ithaca he conducted a drug business at 214 East State Street, in partnership with his brother- in-law, DeForest F. Christiance, the business being known as the Platt Drug Company. Mr. Dofflemyer retired from the firm in 1899 and during the following twenty-six years served as secretary of the Jamieson-McKinney Company of Ithaca. During 1925-28 he was interested in the real estate business at Cocoanut Grove, Florida, and in the latter year was appointed by Mayor Fred B. Howe as city assessor and building commissioner.


On October 25, 1892, Mr. Dofflemyer married Miss Alice M. Christiance of Ithaca, New York. She was born January 7, 1869, the daughter of George and Mary E. (DeBell) Christiance. Mr. Christiance died in 1924 and his wife died in 1928. They are buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca. He was the founder of the city's leading retail shoe business and was associated with his brother, Ralph Christiance. The business was located


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on East State Street. Mr. Christiance was a Democrat and held membership in the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dofflemyer have no children.


Mr. Dofflemyer is a prominent member of the Congregational Church in Ithaca and is affiliated with Hobosco Lodge, No. 716, F. and A. M .; Eagle Chapter, No. 51, R. A. M .; Lodge of Per- fection, 14th degree; St. Augustine Commandery, No. 38, K. T., and is present advisor of Cayuga Chapter of DeMolay. He also belongs to the Cornell Club. Politically Mr. Dofflemyer is a Republican.


Hon. James Richards Robinson .- One of the most prominent figures in public affairs in Central New York is James Richards Robinson, attorney, who has served as a member of the New York State Legislature continuously since 1923, and he is also associ- ated in the practice of law with Judge Edwin S. Banks at Ithaca. He was born at Elmira, Chemung County, New York, June 27, 1885, the son of Rev. James Richard and Mary Lydia (Forbes) Robinson.


Rev. James Richards Robinson was born at Richland, Oswego County, New York, June 10, 1846. He received his early educa- tion in Mexico (New York) Academy and attended Falley Sem- inary at Fulton, New York. He was graduated from Hamilton College in 1871 and received a degree also at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1885. From 1871 until 1881 he was teacher and prin- cipal of Southold Academy, at Southold, New York, and after his graduation from the Auburn Theological Seminary he located at Elmira in 1885, where he was pastor of McGee Chapel until 1888. He spent the following four years as pastor of the Presby- terian Church at Southport and from 1892 until 1896 was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Painted Post, New York. He served for four years as pastor at Knoxville, Pennsylvania, and in 1900 came to Ithaca to educate his children. Rev. James R. Rob- inson died in 1914 and is buried in Eastlawn Cemetery, Ithaca. His widow was born at Ellisburg, New York, September 20, 1846,


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and lives at Baldwinsville, New York. Rev. James R. Robinson was a Democrat, and was affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. To Rev. and Mrs. James R. Robinson were born eleven children, as follows: 1. Jay Forbes, retired minister of the Presbyterian Church, lives at Red Creek, New York. 2. Elizabeth Forbes, died in 1914, was the wife of Walter A. Smith, of Woodhull, New York. 3. Mary H., married Henry Lechtercker, lives at Rockville Center, New York. 4. Dr. John Alden, who died in 1907. 5. Edward N., who died in infancy. 6. Ruth Richards, married Rev. H. B. Reddick, lives at Baldwins- ville, New York. 7. Ralph, M. D., lives at Cleveland, Ohio. 8. Dean G., who died in 1903. 9. Edward Weeks, minister of the Congre- gational Church at Baldwinsville. 10. James Richards, lives at Ithaca. 11. J. Theodore, a public accountant, lives at Buffalo, New York.


James Richards Robinson acquired his early education in the public schools of Ithaca, and was graduated from Ithaca High School in 1905. He then entered Cornell University, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1910, being admitted to the bar in the same year. He immediately established his practice in Ithaca with Judge S. Edwin Banks. Mr. Robinson served for three terms as supervisor of Tompkins County and for twenty-one years has been a member of the Republican County Committee, two years of which he was secretary. During his career in the Legislature he has been a member of the committees on Ways and Means, Codes, and chairman of the Committee on Labor and In- dustries, and the joint committee on Banking Legislature. He has also been a member of the State Commission on Prison Ad- ministration. He was a member of the joint legislative commit- tee on state reorganization, and during the 1932 session of the Legislature he secured the passage of legislation amending the Bauman Laws. Mr. Robinson was also instrumental in the estab- lishment of the College of Home Economics at Cornell University.


In July, 1906, Mr. Robinson was united in marriage with Miss Elsie L. Williams, who was born at Ithaca, September 12, 1886, the daughter of George R. and Ellen (Boardman) Williams, na- tives of Ithaca. Mr. Williams, president of the First National


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Bank of Ithaca, died in 1906 and his widow lives at Ithaca. She is the daughter of the late Judge Douglas Boardman, of Ithaca. To Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were born the following children: 1. Ruth, married Jason Seabury Pettingill, in 1932. She is a graduate of Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, class of 1928, and was engaged in social welfare work in New York City for four years. Now resides in Los Angeles, California. 2. Robert W., attended Cornell University and Hamilton College. He is now connected with the Chase National Bank, New York City. 3. Elsie Louise, attends Cornell University. 4. John Alden, attends Ithaca High School. 5. Emily Boardman, attends Ithaca High School. 6. Janet Mary, attends Ithaca High School. 7. James Richards, Jr., attends junior high school.


Mr. Robinson is a Republican, a member of the First Presby- terian Church, and has the following lodge and club affiliations: Fidelity Lodge, No. 51, F. and A. M., Past Master; Eagle Chapter, No. 58, R. A. M .; St. Augustine Commandery, No. 38, K. T., Past Commander; Ithaca Lodge of Perfection, Past Master; Past Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master of the Cayuga-Tompkins Masonic District Otsego Consistory, 32nd degree; Kalurah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; B. P. O. Elks, No. 636; Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, No. 71; Ithaca Country Club; Tompkins County Fish and Game Club; Cornell Club of Ithaca; Rotary Club; Chamber of Commerce; and Y. M. C. A., of which he is chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was treasurer of the Tompkins County War Chest Association during the World War and also treasurer of the county Liberty Loan committee during the second, third, fourth and fifth drives. Mr. Robinson was a former trustee of Ithaca City Hospital, director and treasurer of the Ithaca Ma- sonic Corporation; trustee of the Social Service League; and member of the Tompkins County and New York State Bar asso- ciations.


Mr. Robinson is a director of the Ithaca Realty Company, director of the Lang Engine & Garage Company and director of the First National Bank of Ithaca. In 1908 Mr. Robinson joined the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Department, Tornado Hook and Ladder


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Company No. 3, and from 1914 to 1922 he served as First Assistant Chief of the Ithaca Fire Department, and is still a member of the department.


George Schuyler Tarbell .- Representative of the prominent and influential men of Ithaca is George Schuyler Tarbell, who has engaged in the practice of law in this city continuously since 1894. He was born at Groton, Tompkins County, July 15, 1868, the son of Doctor and Mary L. (Conant) Tarbell.


Major Doctor Tarbell, named Doctor because he was the sev- enth son of a seventh son, was a veteran of the Civil War. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, while attending Ithaca High School, he promptly volunteered as a private in Company A, Thirty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, the first military organization to leave Tompkins County. Later, as a first lieutenant he successfully led a volunteer "forlorn hope" of 100 men across the Chickahominy River to drive back the rebel sharp shooters in front of Richmond, Virginia. For this he was promoted to captain and became staff officer under Generals New- ton, Russell, and Whipple. At the Battle of Gettysburg he served on General Sickles staff, and a year later while carrying messages was captured by Mosby's gorillas and taken prisoner. Early in 1865 he was exchanged and became a member of General Sheri- dan's staff and was promoted to the rank of major. After the close of the war he attended Cornell University, being a member of its first entering class in 1868. He served for two terms as county clerk; then for many years was agent of the Remington Typewriter Company, and later became general agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Company until the time of his death in 1895. He was a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church and belonged to the Masonic Lodge and Grand Army of the Republic.


Mary L. (Conant) Tarbell, deceased, was a native of Massa- chusetts and a direct lineal descendant of Roger Conant who came to Cape Ann in 1623 and was Governor of the Cape Ann


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Station, and later founded Salem, Massachusetts, and upon her mother's side descended from Captain Henry King, an American Revolution officer.


To Mr. and Mrs. D. Tarbell were born three children: 1. George Schuyler, the subject of this sketch. 2. Clarence D., who lives at Ithaca. 3. Bertha M., married Benjamin S. Hubbell, lives at Cleveland, Ohio.


George Schuyler Tarbell is a graduate of Ithaca High School and received the degrees of Ph. B. and LL. B. at Cornell Uni- versity in 1891 and 1894 respectively. During his undergraduate days he took a prominent part in campus affairs, being one of the organizers and a director of the League of University Repub- lican Clubs, vice commodore of the C. U. Navy during 1889-90, and senior major of C. U. Regiment in 1890-91. He was a member of the "Tug-of-War" team at Cornell and still holds the world's record for rope climbing hand over hand.


Upon his admission to the Bar in 1894, Mr. Tarbell established his practice in the City of Ithaca; and since 1896 has maintained offices in the Ithaca Trust Company Building, being the building's earliest tenant. He served as U. S. Referee in Bankruptcy from 1898 until 1924, in the district including Tompkins, Tioga and Cortland counties. He also was city attorney of Ithaca from 1901 to 1903, and was treasurer of the Ithaca Industrial Com- mission throughout its entire existence, and as such was active in securing for Ithaca the present flying field and Stewart Park. He has extensive real estate interests and is chairman of the Ithaca city planning commission (1930-33), member of the Stew- art Park Commission, president of the Cayuga Lake Cottage Owners' Association, member of Taughannock Boulevard Com- mittee, member of the Board of Directors of the Finger Lakes Association, Director of Ithaca Masonic Club, Chairman of the Highway Committee and active on the Civic Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and served as police commissioner from 1919 until 1924. Mr. Tarbell also has been treasurer of the Cornell University Alumni Association, president and graduate director of the Cornell University Daily Sun, Inc., from 1905 until 1916,


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director of Roger Conant Association and president of the Cornell Delta Phi Association from 1900 to 1933.


On June 15, 1893, Mr. Tarbell married Miss Grace Louise Jones, of Owego, the daughter of John and Emma Eagle (Cooper) Jones, of Owego, New York. Mrs. Tarbell is a gradu- ate of Owego Academy and attended Wellesley College. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tarbell: 1. Dorothy, a gradu- ate of Cornell University, class of 1916, who also attended Sweet- brier College. She married Ernest E. Jenks, and lives at Great Neck, Long Island. They have three children: Geraldine W., James M. and G. Schuyler Tarbell Jenks. 2. Louise, a graduate of Cathedral School, Washington, District of Columbia, and Cornell University, class of 1921. She married Major Ralph Hospital, U. S. Army. They have a daughter, Louise. 3. George Schuyler, Jr., assistant U. S. attorney, sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this history.


George Schuyler Tarbell originally organized and led the annual clean-up in Ithaca until it became an institution. During the World War Mr. Tarbell was active as a four-minute man in Liberty Loan and patriotic drives. As Police Commissioner after the World War he reorganized, reequipped and made more efficient the Ithaca Police Department.


For many years he has been active in moves for purer city water, cleaner Cayuga Lake, stabilization of lake level, and has materially aided in the promotion of farsighted plans for city improvement, both material and artistic, including acquiring of added park lands, vistas, overlooks, and parkways in and about Ithaca.


He has always been a Republican, and was secretary of its county committee for fifteen years.


His lodge and club affiliations are: Masonic Lodge, 32nd degree, Knights Templar; B. P. O. E .; Rotary Club; Chamber of Commerce; formerly Commodore of the Ithaca Motor Boat Club, and President of the Ithaca Automobile Club; and member of the Tompkins County, New York State, and American Bar associations.


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Mr. Tarbell and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. They live at 110 North Geneva Street, Ithaca, and also have a summer home at Engleside, on Lake Cayuga.


George Schuyler Tarbell, Jr .- Among the younger generation of prominent lawyers in Central New York is George Schuyler Tarbell, Jr., who is assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, with offices in New York City. He was born at Ithaca, January 6, 1905, the son of George Schuy- ler and Grace Louise (Jones) Tarbell.


A complete sketch of George Schuyler Tarbell, Sr., is found elsewhere in this history.


G. S. Tarbell, Jr., acquired his early education in the public schools of Ithaca. As a boy scout he was active, and during the World War won the distinction of selling more War Savings Stamps than any other boy scout in the United States, for which he received high praise from President Woodrow Wilson. He received a New York State scholarship at Cornell University, from which he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1926. While a student at Cornell he was inter-college crew manager, assistant leader and leader of the Cornell Glee Club for three years, and served on various student committees, also being a member of Delta Phi fraternity, Red Key, and senior honorary society of Quill and Dagger.


He received his legal education at Yale University Law School, taking the degree of LL. B. in 1929. He was a member of the Yale Law Journal Board, and served as one of its managers; and while an undergraduate student for two years was a member of the staff of the New Haven Municipal Legal Aid Bureau, which, with the approval of Bench and Bar and Law faculty, furnishes free legal advice to the poor of New Haven. He also was a mem- ber of Phi Delta Phi Legal fraternity and of Corby Court at Yale.


In college and since Mr. Tarbell has enjoyed an enviable record as a fast and long distance swimmer.


Mr. Tarbell was admitted to the Bar in 1929.


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Six months before graduation he engaged to become associated upon graduation with the law firm of Chadbourne, Hunt, Jaeckel & Brown, 165 Broadway, New York City, with whom he remained eighteen months until he was appointed June 1, 1931, assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, at which post he is actively practicing law.


Mr. Tarbell is a member of the New York County Lawyers, New York State Bar Association, and American Bar Association; also holds membership in the Presbyterian Church Association, St. Bartholomew's Club, and is an active member of Squadron A, One Hundred and First Cavalry, New York National Guard.


Hon. Fred B. Howe, D. D. S .- Highly successful in his chosen profession in the City of Ithaca for more than forty years, Dr. Fred B. Howe, dental surgeon, and president of the Dental Society of the State of New York, is also one of the leading citizens of Tompkins County. He was born at Dryden, Tompkins County, August 4, 1869, the son of Dr. Freeman S. and Caroline Amanda (Baker) Howe.


Dr. Freeman S. Howe, deceased, was prominent in Central New York for many years as a Doctor of Dental Surgery. He was born at Dryden, attended the Academy there, and as a young man studied dentistry. He followed his profession at Dryden from 1856 until 1872, was then located in practice at Ithaca until 1892, and in the latter year resumed his well estab- lished practice at Dryden. He died there in 1912. His wife, also born at Dryden, died in 1925. Both are buried there. Doctor Howe was a prominent member of the Aurora Street Methodist Church for many years and a member of its choir, being widely known as a fine singer. He also was leader of the Fiftieth Regi- mental Band of Ithaca and was a cornet player. He was a Republican in politics and was affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and Knights of Pythias. He was also a member of the Sixth District Dental Society of New York. To Freeman S. and Caro- line Amanda (Baker) Howe were born two children: 1. Dr.


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John B., mention of whom is made below. 2. Fred B., the subject of this sketch.


John B. Howe was born at Dryden, New York, August 15, 1863, and died at Ithaca May 15, 1930. He is buried in this city. He was educated in the public schools of Ithaca and received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Penn- sylvania in 1887. He then became associated in practice with his father in Ithaca and when the latter returned to Dryden in 1892, Dr. John B. and Dr. Fred B. Howe carried on the extensive practice together. They continued as professional partners until the death of Dr. John B. Howe in 1930. He had been president of the Sixth District New York State Dental Society, and was a member of the Tompkins County Dental Association. He was also a charter member of the Rotary Club, and held membership in the Town & Gown Club, Ithaca Country Club, Masonic Lodge and Shrine, Volunteer Protective Police and Fire Departments No. 3, and served on the City Zoning Board. He was a life long Republican. Doctor Howe possessed a fine tenor voice and was active in many local glee and choral clubs, also being a member of the Cornell Savage Club. He married on October 25, 1888, Miss Fannie Wood, of Warwick, New York, who survives him. Their children are: 1. Carl, D. D. S., who is associated in practice with his uncle in Ithaca. 2. Mrs. Herbert Putnam, who lives at Cleveland, Ohio.


Fred B. Howe grew up in Ithaca and is a graduate of the public schools in this city. He received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in 1891, and in the following year became associated in practice with his brother, as mentioned above. Since the death of his brother Dr. John B. Howe in 1930, Drs. Cross, Crowley and Carl Howe have been associated with Dr. Fred B. Howe. The firm has gained a State wide reputation and has established an excellent clientele. They have offices in the Ithaca Savings Bank Building.


On November 13, 1891, Doctor Howe was united in marriage with Miss Mabel E. George, born in Redwood, Jefferson County, New York, the daughter of Japhus and Martha George, both deceased. To them has been born a daughter, Gertrude Nola,




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