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Mr. Fairfax is a Republican, and is affiliated with Geneva Lodge of Elks, Kiwanis Club, Isaac Walton League, Y. M. C. A., Geneva Rod and Gun Club, The Hydrant Hose Company since 1886 and the Tribe of Kashong. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been treasurer of the board of trustees for twenty years, and his wife is an active member of the First Baptist Church. They live at 137 Maxwell Avenue.
Geneva General Hospital .- The first formal step toward pro- viding a hospital for Geneva was taken on March 25, 1892, when the institution was incorporated under the name of the Medical & Surgical Hospital, of Geneva. In the same year the late John V. Ditmars bequeathed $12,000 to the institution. Hon. F. O. Mason and Arthur P. Rose gave the site. Many good people became interested and the town, so to speak, went to work to pro- vide itself with a hospital. Six years later the ambition was real- ized when the hospital was formally opened on June 7, 1898, the name having previously been changed to that of the Geneva City Hospital. In 1901 Mrs. Ella Soverhill McBlain provided $10,000 in
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her will for a building for the treatment of contagious diseases, and this was later used for a maternity department. In 1901 a new laundry and central heating plant were built. In 1903 the west wing of the present structure was constructed and paid for by J. I. Maxwell and the legacy from the estate of the Hon. F. O. Mason, the cost being $10,000. In 1911 the second floor of the east wing was added. In the same year Mrs. Andrew H. Smith, with- out solicitation offered enough money to build a nurses' home, large enough to accommodate over twenty nurses. This was a memorial to her father, James O. Sheldon. In 1915 a new laundry and central heating plant were constructed and the old one reno- vated to accommodate the Young Memorial and Ontario County Laboratory. In 1918 Mrs. Anna Hogarth Young gave $25,000 as an endowment for the pathological laboratory.
In 1923 Mr. Ieuan Harris presented the hospital with what is known as the "Harris Cottage." For a time this was used as a residence by the superintendent. In 1927 it was converted into a children's department in memory of Laura Houghton Harris and Madeline S. Chew, by Mr. Harris and Mr. Beverly Chew.
In October, 1929, the people of Geneva again took up the work so splendidly started in 1898 and a drive was put on to procure funds to enlarge the hospital. The hospital being in constant use, giving twenty-four hours service, was found too small and unable to keep up with the progress medical science had made. The splendid response of the people of Geneva and vicinity at that time will long be remembered. The new west wing of the institu- tion, which furnishes additional accommodations for fifty-eight beds and in case of emergency 100 patients may be cared for. The new wing has also added new operating rooms, delivery rooms, x-ray and laboratory rooms, as well as kitchens, and nurses' dining rooms. Today the city of Geneva has one of the finest and most up-to-date hospitals to be found in the entire State of New York.
There is a training school for nurses in connection with the hospital, with a very fine educational department for the student nurses.
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Fred Alexander Payne, who has successfully engaged in the insurance business at Geneva for the past 20 years, is recognized as one of the city's dependable citizens. He was born at Potter, Yates County, New York, March 31, 1863, the son of John Wes- ley and Maria (Sutherland) Payne.
John Wesley Payne was a prominent citizen of Yates County and a member of one of the first families of that section. He was born at Potter in 1824, the son of John Payne, who had come to Yates County from Connecticut in 1806. He made the trip by ox-cart and secured a tract of government land, which has con- tinued as the Payne homestead until the present time. The Paynes were prosperous farmers, and John Wesley Payne served as justice of the peace for twenty years. He was married in 1853 to Miss Maria Sutherland, whose ancestors were of Scotch descent. Mr. Payne died in 1900 and his wife died six months later. Both are buried at Ovid, New York. They were the par- ents of six children, among whom were Fred Alexander, subject, and John, twin brothers.
Fred A. Payne received his early education in the district schools and for three years was a student at Penn Yan High School. He also spent a year at Penn Yan Normal School and for one term taught school in Nettle Valley. During the follow- ing twenty-seven years Mr. Payne successfully engaged in general farming and was especially interested in the breeding of pure Guernsey cattle. He was recognized as an authority in cattle judging and served at numerous fairs throughout the state. Since 1911 Mr. Payne has conducted an insurance business in Geneva and in 1930 became associated with Philip L. Maples, as a mem- ber of the firm of Payne & Maples, with offices at 50 Seneca Street. They write all types of insurance with the exception of life insurance.
On March 12, 1884, Mr. Payne was united in marriage with Miss Grace Bates, daughter of Solomon P. Bates, a successful farmer of Benton, Yates County, now deceased. To them were born three children: 1. Edgar S., born September 28, 1886, a graduate of Penn Yan Academy, farms the old Payne homestead in Yates County. He has five children. 2. Frank B., born June
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21, 1891, a graduate of Penn Yan Academy, and Cazenovia Semi- nary and Barclay Business Institute. He is freight agent for the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Ithaca, New York. 3. Marjorie, born August 28, 1897, attended Geneva High School, married Leon S. Baker, of Geneva. She died in 1922 and is survived by two children. She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva.
Mr. Payne is a Republican and an ardent Prohibitionist. He is a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, on which he has served for twenty years, and he also belongs to the Maccabees and Kiwanis Club. While a resident of Potter, Mr. Payne served as a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a period of thirty-two years. He has always taken a keen interest in the civic life of his community and has a wide acquaintance.
Hammond Barker Tuttle .- A member of one of the oldest families of the city of Geneva, Hammond Barker Tuttle has been prominent here as a photographer for more than a quarter of a century. He was born in Geneva, August 16, 1868, the son of Francis Marion and Eunice Jenner (Barker) Tuttle.
Francis Marion Tuttle was born at Geneva, the son of Joseph Hammond Tuttle, who came to this city during the early part of the eighteenth century. He built a stone residence opposite the Lafayette Inn in 1835, and there the family lived for many years. He was a successful merchant. His son, Francis Marion Tuttle, was a portrait artist, and was widely known for his work in oil. He was a deaf mute, as was his wife, Eunice Jenner (Barker) Tuttle, whom he married in 1865. She was the daugh- ter of Benajah Barker, a farmer of Easton, New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle were born two sons: 1. Hammond B., the sub- ject of this sketch. 2. Percy Chase, who died at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Tuttle died in 1916 and his wife died in 1919. Both are buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva.
Hammond Barker Tuttle grew up in Geneva and in 1886 was graduated from the local high school. He then entered the employ
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of the Chase Nursery Company as cashier and bookkeeper, and remained in that capacity for a period of twenty years. In 1906 Mr. Tuttle opened a photographic studio, after having been inter- ested for many years in that profession in an amateur way. He does both portrait and commercial work and is located at 16 Seneca Street. He has maintained that location ever since he has been in business, although his studio has suffered serious loss and damage through fire on five different occasions. For ten years Mr. Tuttle has been official photographer for the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, and he himself has been interested in conservation work as pertains to fish and game.
On December 20, 1894, Mr. Tuttle was united in marriage with Miss Florence May Creque, daughter of Francis Creque, a native of New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle were born three children: 1. Percy Hammond, born September 18, 1895, a World War veteran, having served in France as a naval aviator. He is associated with the Associated Gas & Electric System. 2. Ken- neth Chase, born November 26, 1896, a World War veteran, hav- ing also served in France with a bombing squadron. He is asso- ciated with the Associated Gas & Electric System. He is unmar- ried and lives at home. 3. Eunice Marion, born July 12, 1898, married Elmer C. Lautenslager, who is publicity and advertising manager of the Associated Gas & Electric System. They have two sons, Richard Earl and Robert. They also live in Geneva.
Mr. Tuttle is a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, and he also belongs to the Isaac Walton League, Chamber of Com- merce, and Geneva Rod & Gun Club.
Redmond Anthony Toole .- Associated with Toole Brothers, shoe dealers, Redmond Anthony Toole ranks among Geneva's reliable and successful merchants. He was born in this city, January 1, 1880, the son of Richard and Mary (Welch) Toole.
Richard Toole was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1840 and his wife was also a native of Ireland. They were pioneer settlers of Geneva and Mr. Toole spent many years in the employ of the
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New York Central Railroad Company. Both died in 1922 and are buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Toole were the parents of eight children.
Redmond Anthony Toole received his education in the pa- rochial schools of Geneva and also is a graduate of Mackey's Business College. For eight years he was employed by Phillips & Clark, stove manufacturers, later known as the Andes Furnace Company. Mr. Toole also spent three years in the service of the State Highway Department and for two years was a surveyor with the Rochester-Syracuse & Eastern Electric Railroad. In 1910 he became interested in the retail shoe business in Geneva in partnership with his brother, Patrick D. Toole, their store being located at 508 Exchange Street. They are local dealers for the Florsheim and Wilbur Coon shoes.
Mr. Toole is a Democrat, a member of St. Stephen's Catholic Church, and belongs to the Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum and the Nester Hose Company. He is unmarried and lives with his brother and three unmarried sisters at 19 West Avenue.
Frederick Adelbert Fuller, who is station agent at Geneva for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, is well and favorably known in this city. He was born at Cuyler, Cortland County, New York, Febru- ary 16, 1873, the son of Adelbert and Sarah (Porter) Fuller.
Adelbert Fuller was a native of New York, born at Union Valley, Cortland County, about 1833. In early life he was a farmer, later a merchant at Cuyler, and subsequently became agent for the Elmira, Cortland & Northern Railroad Company at Cuyler. That road was later taken over by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mr. Fuller was married in 1866 to Miss Sarah Porter, of Union Valley. They had three children. Mr. Fuller died in 1895 and is buried at Cortland. His widow resides at Cortland with her daughter, Mrs. Dana Chaffee.
Frederick Adelbert Fuller grew up at Cuyler and received his education in the public schools there. He left school when sixteen years of age and entered the services of the Elmira, Cortland &
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Northern Railroad at Cuyler. He learned telegraphy and then was appointed station agent and operator at McConnellsville, New York. He was later transferred to Sylvan Junction, New York, for a time and then to South Bay on Oneida Lake. In 1902 he was made station agent and operator for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at Elmira, where he remained for a period of seventeen years. In 1918 Mr. Fuller was transferred to Geneva as station agent.
Mr. Fuller was married November 19, 1902, to Miss Catherine Bruder, the daughter of George Bruder, hotel owner at South Bay, New York. Their only child, Gertrude, was born Febru- ary 14, 1904. She is a graduate of Geneva High School and William Smith College, class of 1926. She lives at home. Cath- erine (Bruder) Fuller died in March, 1919, and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva. On June 2, 1932, he married Mrs. Florence White, of Seneca County, New York.
Mr. Fuller has always been a Republican. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge.
Foster Partridge Boswell, Ph. D .- Brilliant achievement in educational affairs has marked the career of Doctor Boswell, who is professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Hobart College. He is a native of New York, born at Rochester, February 14, 1879, the son of Charles P. and Harriet (Oliver) Boswell.
Charles P. Boswell, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Potsdam, New York, July 10, 1839, and for many years was president of the Rochester Machine Screw Com- pany. He died July 7, 1920, and is buried at Rochester. At the beginning of the Civil War he received the rank of first lieutenant of Company B, First New York Volunteer Infantry, and on January 11, 1862, was promoted to adjutant. He became captain of Company G, October 30, 1862, and was discharged from the service July 23, 1864. He participated in such important battles as Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Fort Anderson and Cold
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Harbor. In the latter he was severely wounded and never com- pletely recovered. Harriet (Oliver) Boswell died in January, 1912, and is buried in Rochester. She was the daughter of Wil- liam S. Oliver, of Penn Yan, who for many years ranked as the leading attorney of that city. He also served as Chancellor of State and County Judge. The youngest of three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Boswell was Foster P., the subject of this sketch.
Foster Partridge Boswell received his early education in the public schools of Rochester, later attended Bradstreet College Preparatory School, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Hobart College in 1901. In the following year he received the degree of Master of Arts at Harvard University, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1904. In the summers of 1905, 1906 and until the summer of 1907 he studied in Berlin, Leipzig and Freiburg, Germany. While a graduate student at Harvard University in 1903-4 Doctor Boswell was assistant instructor in philosophy and during 1904-5 was assistant instructor of psy- chology at the University of Wisconsin. While in Berlin during 1907 he was a voluntary assistant in the University, and during 1907-8 Doctor Boswell was assistant instructor in psychology at the University of Missouri. He came to Geneva as assistant pro- fessor of psychology and mathematics at Hobart College in 1908, from 1912 until 1923 was professor of psychology and education at the same institution, and since 1923 has been professor. He is the author of "Aims and Defects of College Education," pub- lished in 1915, as well as "A Primer of Greek Thought," published in 1923, and of a number of articles in American and foreign scientific and philosophical magazines.
On August 15, 1922, Doctor Boswell married Miss Elizabeth Clark Eaton, the daughter of Charles S. Eaton, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grand niece of the late Mr. Lawrence Clark a prominent citizen of Geneva. They live at 859 Main Street, their home being located on the west bank of Seneca Lake.
Doctor and Mrs. Boswell are prominent members of Trinity Episcopal Church, of which he has been vestryman since 1927, and he is a member of Ark Lodge, F. & A. M., Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa societies, Geneva Country Club, Rochester Coun-
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try Club, and University Club. He also holds membership in the American Psychological Association and the American Philoso- phical Association, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and belongs to the Society of May- flower Descendants, and the American Legion. Doctor Boswell travels extensively.
In 1916 Doctor Boswell became a member of the training camp at Plattsburg, New York, attached to the Second Officers Train- ing Class at Fort Niagara, New York, in 1917, and received the commission of first lieutenant in the Psychological Division of the Sanitary Corps, being on duty at Camp Greenleaf from March 19th until May 28, 1918. He was then detailed as psychological examiner at Camp Wadsworth from May 28th until December 20, 1918, being honorably discharged December 20th, 1918. He has held a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps for several years.
John Shea .- Holding high rank in legal circles in Ontario County, John Shea is recognized as a leading attorney of Canandaigua. He is a native of New York, born at Fabius, Onondaga County, April 9, 1876, the son of Edmond and Anne (Quinlan) Shea.
Edmond Shea was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, born November 1, 1834. Emigrating to the United States in September, 1852, he settled at Fabius, New York, where he was interested in dairying. He was married February 7, 1864, to Miss Anne Quinlan, also a native of Ireland. They were the par- ents of twelve children, of whom John, the subject of this sketch, was the eighth in order of birth. Mr. Shea died April 25, 1916, and his wife died August 3, 1912. Both are buried at Pompey, New York.
John Shea received his education in the district schools of Fabius and was graduated from Union School at McGraw, Cort- land County. From 1894 until 1901 he taught school in several village districts of Onondaga and Cortland counties. He subse-
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quently read law in the office of Judge Joseph E. Eggleston, of Cortland, and judge and surrogate of Cortland County. Mr. Shea was admitted to the bar, July 5, 1904, and immediately located in private practice at Syracuse. After a year he returned to Fabius and was located there for almost four years. Upon his return to Syracuse, Mr. Shea became associated in practice with his brother, E. F. Shea. In February, 1912, Mr. Shea was appointed transfer tax appraiser which office he successfully held for three years, and in February, 1915, he became identified with Hon. Clayton R. Lusk, a leading lawyer of Cortland, New York. In August, 1918, he came to Canandaigua and has since conducted a private prac- tice in this city, with offices at 107 South Main Street.
Mr. Shea has always been a Democrat and has been active and prominent in the affairs of the party. For two years he was local counsel for the Democratic State Committee. He is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and belongs to the Knights of Colum- bus, Canandaigua Council, No. 1445, being advocate of the local council during the past thirteen years. He is also interested in Boy Scout work in this section.
Mr. Shea is unmarried.
Andrew Mackenzie Johnston, D. D. S .- One of the recognized successful young dental surgeons of Ontario County is Doctor Johnston, of Canandaigua. He was born in this city, May 20, 1892, the son of Andrew and Margaret (Mackenzie) Johnston.
Andrew Johnston was a native of Gretna Green, Scotland. As a young man he came to this country and located at Canandaigua, where he was a successful clothing merchant as a member of the firm of Leighton & Johnston. Mr. Johnston was married in April, 1891, to Miss Margaret Mackenzie, also a native of Scotland and the daughter of Alexander Mackenzie. The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnston was Andrew Mackenzie, the subject of this sketch. Andrew Johnston's death occurred January 4, 1892. The mother died in February, 1916. Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua.
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After his graduation from the public schools of Canandaigua and Canadnaigua Academy in 1912, Andrew Mackenzie Johnston entered the employ of the Lisk Manufacturing Company for a period of three years. In 1915 he entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, but the following year became a student at the University of Buffalo, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1919. He became associated with Dr. I. L. Terry, a prominent dentist of Buffalo, and after a year located in Canandaigua in his present offices, 60 South Main Street.
Doctor Johnston is a Republican, a member of the First Pres- byterian Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Ameri- can Legion, Canandaigua Country Club, Canandaigua Sportsmen Club, and Exchange Club, of which he is a charter member and past president. During the World War Doctor Johnston served in the Students Army Training Corps at the University of Buffalo.
Doctor Johnston is unmarried.
Charles Willard Selover, M. D., of Canandaigua, has practiced medicine in Central New York since 1904, and he is superintend- ent of the Ontario County Tubercular Hospital and member of the staff of Thompson Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua. Doctor Selover was born at Elmira, Chemung County, New York, October 16, 1881, the son of Frank Eugene and Amelia J. (Hunt) Selover.
Frank Eugene Selover was a native of Steuben County, New York, born in 1859. He was the son of Dr. John R. Selover, who was born in 1824. The latter practiced dentistry for a number of years at Bath, New York, and when fifty years of age took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the University of Buf- falo in 1874. He practiced his profession at Bath until 1892, when he removed to Trumansburg, New York. He died in 1911 and is buried at Trumansburg, New York. Members of this family were among the first settlers of Tompkins County and descendants now live at Cortland and Trumansburg. Frank Eugene Selover was a jeweler and owned and operated numerous branch stores in Cen-
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tral New York. He died in 1910 and is buried at Trumansburg. He was married in 1880 to Miss Amelia J. Hunt, daughter of Charles D. Hunt, of Elmira, New York. Their only child was Charles Willard, subject of this sketch.
Charles Willard Selover attended the public schools of Tru- mansburg, from which he was graduated in 1899. He then en- tered the Medical School of the University of Buffalo, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1904. Doctor Sel- over served as interne in the German Deaconess Hospital, Buffalo, for one year and then opened a private office at Stanley, New York, where he was prominent as a physician and surgeon until June, 1917. At that time he volunteered for service in the World War and received the commission of first lieutenant in the United States Army, Medical Corps, and served at Fort Banjamin Harri- son and was commissioned a captain in August, 1917, and in Sep- tember, 1917, he was commissioned major. He served as camp surgeon at Camp Alexander, Newport News, Virginia, through- out the war period and was discharged March 12, 1919. He now holds the rank of major, Medical Reserve Corps, and is a member of the American Legion.
In April, 1919, Doctor Selover located at Canandaigua, where he has since specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis. He is identified with the Canandaigua City Medical Society, Ontario County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society, Ameri- can Medical Association, National Tuberculosis Association, and International Union Against Tuberculosis.
On August 16, 1905, Doctor Selover was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Carson Hill, the daughter of Charles D. Hill, deceased. They are the parents of two children: 1. Margaret Eugenia, born June 19, 1906, a graduate of Canandaigua Acad- emy, class of 1924, and Mt. Holyoke College, class of 1929, degree of Bachelor of Arts. She then studied nursing at the Presbyter- ian Hospital Nursing School, New York City, from which she was graduated in 1932. At the present time Miss Selover is a super- visor at the same institution. 2. Charles Willard, Jr., born August 6, 1907, attended Hargrave Military School at Chatham, Virginia, and Williston Academy, at East Hampton, Massachusetts, class of
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1929. He is now engaged in business at Canandaigua. He mar- ried Kathleen Marseilles of Toronto, Canada. His wife is private secretary to Doctor Selover.
Doctor Selover has always been a Republican. He holds mem- bership in St. John's Episcopal Church, of Canandaigua, and is affiliated with the Ark Lodge No. 33, F. & A. M., Geneva Chapter No. 36, R. A. M., Red Jacket Commandery, K. T., and Damascus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Rochester, New York, Rotary Club, Rochester Club, Canandaigua Country Club, and Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. The family lives at Canandaigua and also has a summer home on Canandaigua Lake.
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