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The boyhood of Richard C. Robinson was spent in Walton and he attended the public schools. After his graduation from high school he spent two years at Ithaca College. He was then a mem-
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ber of a theater orchestra at Geneva, New York, during 1923, and until 1925 played with the Majestic Theater orchestra at Hornell, New York. He began his career in business at Bingham- ton, New York, with Miller & Company, and in May, 1932, came to Ithaca to engage in business for himself as a broker. He has offices in the Carey Building.
On September 3, 1924, Mr. Robinson was united in marriage with Miss Catherine T. Burrell, of Chicago, Illinois, born August 26, 1904. She is the daughter of Judge Almon W. and Luella (Townsend) Burrell, natives of Steuben and Wayne counties, re- spectively. Judge Burrell was associated in the practice of law with his father, Alonzo Burrell, until 1912, and at present is en- gaged in private practice at Canisteo, New York. He is a Repub- lican, and has served as assistant attorney general from 1924 until 1930. He also was county judge and district attorney of Stepben County, and at the present time is the attorney for the receiver for the First National and Citizens Trust Company at Hornell. He is a Republican, a member of the First Methodist Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge. He is a prominent member of the Steuben County, New York State, and American Bar Associa- tions. Mr. Robinson is a graduate of Ithaca High School and Ithaca College. To Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have been born two children: 1. Kathryn, born June 27, 1925. 2. Richard C., Jr., born August 26, 1927.
Politically, Mr. Robinson is independent. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and is affiliated with Walton Lodge, No. 559, F. & A. M., Walton Chapter, No. 559, R. A. M., Balbec Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R., Ithaca, B. P. O. Elks, and Chamber of Commerce.
Robert F. Price is prominent in the city of Ithaca as a Podia- trist and Chiropodist, and has offices in the Ithaca Savings Bank Building. He was born in this city, August 3, 1904, the son of Ben- jamin F. and Elizabeth (Farrell) Price.
Benjamin F. Price was a resident of Ithaca throughout his life. He was educated in the public schools and for a number of
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years was interested in the trucking and transfer business. Later he was identified with the Ithaca Laundries Company, Inc., and in 1924 became owner and manager of the Aurora Hotel, with which he was identified at the time of his death in October, 1931. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Ithaca. His widow is a native of this city and still lives here. To Mr. and Mrs. Price were born two children: 1. Robert F., the subject of this sketch. 2. Jean Eliza- beth, born January 4, 1919, a student.
After his graduation from the parochial schools, Robert F. Price attended Ithaca High School and was graduated in 1925. In 1929 he was a member of the graduating class of the Institute of Podiatry in New York City. He has since been located in prac- tice in Ithaca.
Doctor Price is a Democrat, a member of the Immaculate Con- ception Church, and belongs to the Eagles Lodge. He is un- married.
Glenn O. Lanning .- Among the dependable merchants of Tru- mansburg may be mentioned Glenn O. Lanning, grocer. He is a native of Tompkins County, born at Enfield, September 7, 1888, the son of Charles Vincent and Addie (Rolfe) Lanning.
Charles Vincent Lanning is a native of Enfield. He attended Enfield Academy and as a young man engaged in farming with his father. During the past twenty years Mr. Lanning has been a resident of Trumansburg. He is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with Trumansburg Lodge, No. 157, F. & A. M., and the Grange. Addie (Rolfe) Lanning was born at Enfield and died in April, 1931. She is buried at Tru- mansburg. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lanning: 1. Raymond C., lives at Enfield. 2. Glenn O., the subject of this sketch.
Glenn O. Lanning grew up on his father's farm near Enfield and received his education in the public schools. He was inter- ested in farming until 1916, at which time he entered the grocery business as a clerk in the store of Davies & King, at Trumans-
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burg. Later, he conducted a transfer business here, and subse- quently purchased the grocery business of Arthur Bell. In the meantime Mr. Lanning also was employed by the Champaign Bros. Machine Shop, at Ithaca for three years.
On December 22, 1910, Mr. Lanning married Miss Lena C. Jones, who was born at Enfield, July 14, 1886, the daughter of Jason J. and Alice (Stringer) Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are residents of Enfield. He is a Democrat and for a number of years was town assessor. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and belongs to Newfield Lodge, F. and A. M. Mrs. Lan- ning is a graduate of Ithaca High School, and was a teacher in the Enfield public schools for eight years before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Lanning have a son, Donald Ward, born Decem- ber 30, 1922.
Mr. Lanning is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and president and charter member of the Rotary Club. He also is a member of Trumansburg Lodge, No. 157, F. & A. M. He is a member of Trumansburg Fire Department.
Major Robert E. Treman springs from a stock which originally settled Tompkins County and which has served it well through many generations. He, himself, was born in Ithaca, April 21, 1888, the son of Robert H. and Laura (Hosie) Treman. (A biog- raphy of his father, Robert H. Treman, appears elsewhere in this history.) He has lived in Ithaca all his life and was educated there, being graduated from the Ithaca High School in 1905 and from Cornell University, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1909. After graduation he returned to the University for gradu- ate work in American history writing a thesis on the Sullivan Expedition. He has always been active and useful in the affairs of the community and is now president of Treman, King and Com- pany, vice-president and director of the Tompkins County Na- tional Bank, president of the Ithaca Community Chest, and a trustee of Cornell University, the Utica Normal and Industrial
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School and the Ithaca Memorial Hospital. He is widely known as a public speaker.
As an undergraduate at Cornell, Treman's extra curricular in- terests, though varied, centered in music and sport. He won the varsity "C" as a low hurdler on the track team and was president of the Musical Clubs. He was a member of Kappa Alpha, Quill and Dagger, Nalanda, Savage Club, Book and Bowl and other student organizations. Since graduation his chief recreation has been found in his big game hunting and his collection of heads- big horn sheep, mountain goats, moose, mule deer and caribou- taken in the Canadian Rockies, Quebec, New Brunswick and New- foundland, contain some widely known specimens. He has con- tributed to various magazines and has lectured on this hobby.
In 1917 Mr. Treman entered the First Officers Training Camp at Madison Barracks, from which he was commissioned as a first lieutenant of infantry. He served successively with the 310th Machine Gun Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, and the 368th In- fantry (colored). After being promoted to a captaincy, he was placed in command of a battalion of colored troops with which he went to France. After the cessation of hostilities, he was retired to the Officers Reserve Corps with the rank of Major of Field Artillery.
Mr. Treman has long been active in the affairs of his native city. He is a former director of the Ithaca Chamber of Commerce, and served as chairman of many of its important committees. He followed the tradition of his family in active participation in the affairs of Ithaca's volunteer fire department, serving for two years as Captain of Tornado Hook and Ladder Company Number 3, which office his father and grandfather, Elias Treman had held before him. He is now Captain of Protective Police Company Number 8 of the department.
He was one of the organizers of the Serv-us League, an organ- ization formed to promote the welfare of the Negroes of Ithaca, and is now president of this organization.
In addition to his services to the community, Major Treman has found his chief interest of the last twenty years in his active service to Cornell University. Elected secretary of his class as
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an undergraduate, he later became president of the Association of Class Secretaries and led the effort to vitalize class reunions which culminated in the record established by his own class at its fifteenth reunion in 1924. He has been for years a member of the Cornellian Council, and is now on its executive committee. He is chairman of its committee charged with the task of raising funds for completing the Cornell dormitory system. But Major Tre- man's most striking service to the University is recorded in Cor- nell's beautiful War Memorial. He was put in charge of raising funds for this memorial in 1926. He immediately so organized and stimulated the effort that in less than a year the entire cost had been oversubscribed by 6,251 Cornell men and women, and the Towers and Cloisters which now perpetuate the names of the University's dead have become a permanent reality. In recogni- tion of his service Major Treman was in June, 1931, elected a trus- tee of Cornell University by the vote of the alumni.
He is a member and past president of the Ithaca Rotary Club, belongs to the Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Grange, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He is a member of the University Club, the Cornell Club and the Coffee House, all of New York.
Politically, Major Treman is a Democrat. He is unmarried, and lives at 411 University Avenue, Ithaca.
Edward M. Rumsey .- One of the progressive and well known business men of Tompkins County is Edward M. Rumsey, who is connected with E. M. Rumsey & Sons, sand and gravel contrac- tors, at Ithaca, R. F. D. No. 5. He was born at Ithaca, December 8, 1865, the son of Alonzo and Eliza (Farmer) Rumsey.
Alonzo Rumsey was born at Enfield, Tompkins County, and died at Newfield in 1926. His wife was a native of England and died in 1924. Both are buried at Newfield. He was interested in farming throughout his life. Politically, he was a Democrat. To Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey were born the following children: 1. Ed- ward M., the subject of this sketch. 2. Donald, lives at Angola, New York. 3. Julia, married Robert Morris, lives at Lakemont,
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New York. 4. Frank, lives at Van Etten, New York. 5. Alice, married John Dailey, lives at Watkins Glen, New York. 6. Charles, lives at Enfield Falls, New York. 7. Elmer, lives at Ithaca.
The boyhood of Edward M. Rumsey was spent on his father's farm and he attended the public schools of Enfield. At the age of twenty-three years he purchased a farm near Ithaca, where he continued his extensive farming interests until 1922. At that time he became interested in the sand and gravel business, and is now associated with his sons. They operate a sand and gravel pit at the entrance to Buttermilk Falls, where they have a large tract of land under lease.
Mr. Rumsey was married on June 4, 1889, to Miss Ora Burtt, who was born at Ithaca, December 16, 1864, the daughter of Fla- vius and Ellen (Lewis) Burtt, natives of Thompkins and Sullivan counties, respectively. Mr. Burtt died in 1887 and his wife died in 1928. They are buried in Inlet Valley Cemetery, at Inlet, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey have two sons: 1. Hugh E., born March 13, 1893, lives at Ithaca. He is a graduate of Ithaca High School and since 1921 has been associated with his father's busi- ness. He married Miss Gladys M. Van De Mark, of Brookton- dale, New York, and they have three children: Bernard Hugh, born June 9, 1923; Edward Louis, born October 27, 1927; and Jane Anne, born January 29, 1930. Gladys M. (VanDeMark) Rumsey is a graduate of Ithaca High School and Ithaca Memorial Hospi- tal. 2. Leland S., born February 25, 1899, lives at Ithaca. He is a graduate of Ithaca High School and is also associated with his father in business. He married Miss Ellen Jones, of Rome, New York.
Mr. Rumsey is a Democrat and is affiliated with B. P. O. Elks, No. 636.
Floyd N. Potter .- One of the popular restaurant owners of Central New York is Floyd N. Potter, who is proprietor of Pot- ter's Restaurant at Trumansburg, Tompkins County. He was born there, January 28, 1889, the son of Coleman G. and Mary (McKean) Potter.
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Coleman G. Potter is a native of Poughkeepsie, New York. He lived there during his early life and was educated in the public schools. He then was associated in the retail meat business at Trumansburg in partnership with his father, John Potter. Since 1905 Coleman G. Potter has been identified with his son's res- taurant business in Trumansburg. He is a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife was born at Otsego and died in 1895. She is buried in Trumansburg. There were four children in the Potter family: 1. Adelbert, lives at Ithaca. 2. Florence, married George Durling, lives at Ithaca. 3. Mary E., married Albert Durling, lives at Trumansburg. 4. Floyd N., the subject of this sketch.
Floyd N. Potter is a graduate of the public schools of Tru- mansburg. He has always been interested in the restaurant busi- ness with the exception of two years, which were spent in the insurance business at Erie, Pa., as superintendent of the Western & Southern Life Insurance Company, and three years with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Corry, Pennsylvania. His restaurant is among the attractive eating places in this section of the State and is noted for its splendid food.
Mr. Potter was married (first) September 12, 1908, to Miss Leatha Boutwell, of Corry, Pennsylvania. Their son, Moreland Nelson, was born March 14, 1910, and attends Ithaca College. Mr. Potter married (second) May 2, 1932, Miss Hattie Smith, of Cata- wissa, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Luther and Catherine (Hinderlighter) Smith. The former is deceased and the latter lives at Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Potter is a Republican and has served as deputy sheriff of Tompkins County since 1922. He is an honorary member of Trumansburg Fire Department.
Claude T. Yates, who is connected with the L. C. Smith and Corona Typewriters, Inc. as works manager, is among the widely known citizens of Groton. He was born at Slaterville Springs, Tompkins County, December 20, 1887, the son of Morris E. and Jennie (Thomas) Yates.
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Morris E. Yates died at Groton in 1924. He was a native of Slaterville Springs, received his education there, and for a num- ber of years was interested in the feed business in partnership with his brother, Warren A. Yates. Later he located at Groton, where he was employed for ten years by J. G. Beach, miller. At the time of his death Mr. Yates was in charge of the Groton Municipal Lighting plant. He was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belonged to Groton Lodge, F. & A. M. No. 496, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His widow, who lives at Groton, was born at Tarrytown, New York. They were the parents of two children: 1. Edna B., married Raymond A. LaBarre, lives at Detroit, Mich. 2. Claude T., the subject of this sketch.
Claude T. Yates is a graduate of Groton High School and Eastman's Commercial College at Poughkeepsie. During 1905-6 he was freight agent for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at Groton, spent the following two years as a clerk in the hardware store of Buck & Gobel, and later served for one year as telegraph operator at Groton for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He then became identified with the Standard Typewriter Company in 1909 as an accountant, subsequently served as purchasing agent, and in 1912 when the name of the business was changed to Corona Typewriter Company, Mr. Yates continued his duties as purchas- ing agent. He became works manager when the business was merged with the L. C. Smith Typewriter Company in 1926.
On October 6, 1909, Mr. Yates married Miss Cornelia Harris, of Newark, New York. She was born August 20, 1887, and is a graduate of Groton High School. Mr. and Mrs. Yates have three sons: 1. Stanley H., born October 30, 1913. 2. Philip D., born October 20, 1915. 3. Morris E., born September 17, 1919.
Politically Mr. Yates is a Republican. He has held the office of village clerk and since 1925 has been a member of the Board of Education. He and his family are members of the Congrega- tional Church, and he belongs to Groton Lodge, F. & A. M. No. 496; Moravia Chapter, R. A. M. No. 30; Cortland Commandery, K. T .; Central City Consistory, A. A. S. R. 32°; Kalurah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Binghamton; Groton Rod & Gun Club; Cort-
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land Country Club; and Chamber of Commerce He is an hono- rary member of the Purchasing Agents of Central New York, and served as its president during 1921. Mr. Yates has been very active in "Boy Scout" work since 1925 and is president of Louis Agassiz Fuertes Council of Boy Scouts of America.
Robert J. Booth .- Active in the business affairs of Groton is Robert J. Booth, funeral director, who is also a member of one of Tompkins County's prominent pioneer families. He was born at Groton, October 13, 1890, the son of Alvin and Fannie May (Perrigo) Booth.
Alvin Booth was born at Groton and spent his entire life in this community. He was a graduate of Groton Academy and as a young man learned cabinet making in the shops of his father, John Isaac Booth. The latter settled at Groton in 1860 and was one of the founders of the furniture and undertaking business which was conducted for many years under the firm name of Wil- liams & Booth. In 1868 Smith Booth purchased the interest of Mr. Williams and was identified with the enterprise until 1880. The firm of J. I. Booth & Son continued until 1902 when the elder Mr. Booth died. The business was originally confined to cabinet making, later undertaking was introduced, and in 1900 the busi- ness was reorganized as a furniture and undertaking establish- ment. Alvin Booth died November 14, 1913, and is buried at Groton. His wife, a native of this place, died December 6, 1925. Their children were: 1. Russell C., a graduate of Cornell Uni- versity, class of 1911, civil engineering. He is now stationed in the Canal Zone as a hydro-electric engineer. 2. Robert J., the subject of this sketch. 3. Eloise, married Robert Hesse, lives at Glenside, Pennsylvania. Mr. Booth was a Republican and served as village trustee. He was a member of the Congregational Church and belonged to the Masonic Lodge and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Robert J. Booth has always lived at Groton. After his gradu- ation from high school he became associated with his father's
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business and upon the latter's death in 1913, Mr. Booth assumed entire management. He became a licensed funeral director and embalmer in the State of New York in 1914.
On March 31, 1917, Mr. Booth was united in marriage with Miss Ethel M. Shaffer, who was born at Gloversville, New York, May 28, 1892, the daughter of Leslie L. and Elizabeth Julia (Boyle) Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer, a native of Schoharie County, died in 1924. His wife was born at Lowville, New York, and died in 1913. They are buried at Gloversville. Mrs. Booth is a graduate of Syracuse High School and the University of Syracuse, class of 1915. At the time of her marriage she was a teacher of physi- cal education and public speaking at Groton High School. She also was graduated from the Syracuse School of Embalming in Syracuse in 1921, and is a licensed embalmer. She belongs to Delta Delta Delta sorority. To Mr. and Mrs. Booth have been born two children: 1. Raymond Alvin, born June 5, 1925. 2. Elizabeth Anne, born July 21, 1928.
Mr. Booth is a Republican and for several years held the office of justice of the peace. He is now a member of the Board of Education. He is a deacon of the Congregational Church, and belongs to Groton Lodge, No. 497, F. & A. M., Past Master; Groton Gun & Rod Club; Cortland Country Club; and Chamber of Commerce. He is identified with the New York State Em- balmer's Association and New York State Undertakers Associa- tion. He is also a director of the First National Bank of Groton, which was founded in 1865 by his grandfather, Charles Perrigo. The latter came to Groton from Canajoharie, New York, in 1849, and at that time organized the Groton Bridge Company. He served as president of the First National Bank from the date of its organization in 1865 until 1890.
Herbert W. Gleason .- Active and progressive in business affairs, Herbert W. Gleason is prominent throughout Tompkins County as secretary and treasurer of M. E. Moran & Company, Inc., road contractors, of Groton. He was born at Hammonds-
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port, Steuben County, April 21, 1897, the son of Ezra C. and Stella (Robinson) Gleason.
Ezra C. Gleason was a native of Thurston, Steuben County. He was a graduate of Haverling Academy of Bath, New York, and conducted a retail lumber business at Hammondsport from 1908 until 1914. During the following seven years he was asso- ciated with the firm of Webster & Gleason, lumber dealers, at Groton, until his retirement. Mr. Gleason died in 1922. He was a Democrat, a member of the Methodist Church, and belonged to the Grange. His widow was born at Springwater, New York, and resides at Groton. To Mr. and Mrs. Gleason were born four children: 1. Carl, hardware dealer, lives at Groton. 2. Edmund H., who is vice president of M. E. Moran & Co., Inc. 3. Mildred V., married F. R. Gibson, lives at Dansville, New York. 4. Her- bert W, the subject of this sketch.
After his graduation from Groton High School in 1914, Her- bert W. Gleason was identified with the Webster & Gleason Lum- ber Company for one year. He then became a bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Groton, and left that institution Febru- ary 11, 1918, at which time he enlisted for service in the World War. He was stationed at Fort Slocum and Ellington Field, Texas, later being transferred to the Wilbur Wright Air Depot at Dayton, Ohio, where he served as sergeant of the 674th Air Corps, U. S. Air Service. He was honorably discharged March 31, 1919, and returned to Groton as bookkeeper in the employ of the First National Bank. Two years later he became a member of the firm of M. E. Moran & Company, and has since served as secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Gleason was married October 24, 1923, to Miss Hazel Jen- nison, of Marathon, New York, born February 22, 1900, the daughter of Bert and Ada (Brown) Jennison. Mr. Jennison is a farmer and lives near Marathon, in Cortland County. His wife is a native of Tompkins County. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason have no children.
Politically Mr. Gleason is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church and he is affiliated with the
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Knights of Pythias, American Legion and Chamber of Commerce.
Ezra Gleason, grandfather of Herbert W. Gleason, served throughout the Civil War with the rank of lieutenant.
John Joseph Hare, an attorney with law offices in the First National Bank Building, at Groton, Tompkins County, New York, was born here, February 20, 1875, the son of William W. and Mary E. (Conley) Hare.
William W. Hare, deceased, was a citizen of Groton, where he engaged in the practice of law for many years. He was born at Dryden, Tompkins County, in 1838, and died May 5, 1907. After his graduation from Dryden Academy he attended Cortland Normal School for two years and received the degree of LL. B. from Albany Law School in 1866, being admitted to the bar in 1867. Throughout his professional career Mr. Hare was located at Groton, and for a short time was associated with the firm of Myers & Hare, of Auburn, New York, later practicing alone at Groton, New York. He was a Prohibitionist and served as a member of the board of village trustees and school board. He also held membership in the Tompkins County Bar Association and was made a Mason in Dryden Lodge F. & A. M., and later became a member of Groton Lodge 496 F. & A. M. He was attor- ney for Perrigo Machine Company, of Groton. Mary E. (Conley) Hare was born at Locke, New York, April 30, 1849, and died May 20, 1924. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hare are buried in Rural Cemetery, at Groton. They had two children: 1. John Joseph the subject of this sketch. 2. Georgia, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this history.
John Joseph Hare is a graduate of Cayuga Lake Military Academy at Aurora, New York, and received a degree at Hobart College in 1897. He was graduated from the Law School of Col- umbia University in the City of New York, and was a member of the class of 1902. Thereafter he was a law clerk in the law offices of Fordham, Beatty and Halsted in New York city, and was admitted to the practice of law in the First Department of the
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