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The institution was chartered under the laws of the State of New York, April 19, 1899, with Mr. Johnson as president and John A. Underwood as cashier. Mr. Johnson continued in that capacity until the time of his death. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan.
On May 29, 1889, Mr. Johnson married Miss Laura Leach Par- mele, the daughter of Hiram Taft Parmele, of Canandaigua. Laura L. (Parmele) Johnson died October 11, 1911, and is buried in Lake View Cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were born two children: 1. Parmele, born May 19, 1893. He is a graduate of Penn Yan Academy and attended Williams College. He entered the services of the Citizens Bank in 1914 and is now secretary of the board of directors and cashier and director of the bank. He was married June 21, 1917, to Miss Mabel E. MacGinness, the daughter of Franklin P. and Hanna D. MacGinness, of Lancaster County, Virginia. They have two daughters, Laura Parmele, and Catherine Dix. He served during the World War, being stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland, and Camp Sheridan, Alabama. He was in Camp Headquarters Detachment, Personnel Division. He was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant, February 25, 1919. 2. Elizabeth Westcott, born August 28, 1895, a graduate of Penn Yan Academy and Miss Madiera's School for Girls, in Washington, D. C., class of 1915. She received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Vassar College in 1919 and is the wife of Wil- liam N. Page, who is identified with the Boston (Massachusetts) offices of the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. They live at Lin- coln, Massachusetts, and have a son, William N., Jr.
Mr. Johnson was a prominent member of the First Presbyter- ian Church, being secretary of the board of trustees for thirty years. He was also a trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors Memor- ial Hospital of Yates County at Penn Yan, and trustee of Keuka College for many years. He served as a member of the board of education of Penn Yan and also was village trustee. His son, Parmele Johnson, also holds membership in the First Presby- terian Church, and has been clerk of the session during the past six years. He is secretary of the Yates County Geneological and Historical Society, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Guertha Pratt Home for Aged Women at Penn Yan.
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Edward A. Frank .- One of Cayuga County's most dependable citizens and best known business men is Edward A. Frank, fu- neral director, of Union Springs. He was born at Newark Valley, Tioga County, New York, February 28, 1887, the son of Charles and Clara (Seymour) Frank.
Charles Frank was born at Albany, New York. He was a jeweler by trade and as a young man he conducted a business at Greene, New York, and later at Newark Valley. On account of ill health, however, he was obliged to dispose of his interests, and after a time he became a traveling representative of a spe- cialty branch of the International Harvester Company. He was retired at the time of his death in December, 1931. He is buried at Newark Valley. His widow resides at Seneca Falls, New York. Mr. Frank was a lifelong Republican and held the offices of mayor, fire chief, and school director. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and belonged to Newark Valley Lodge F. & A. M., and Salem Town Chapter, R. A. M. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank were born four children: 1. Fannie Elizabeth, married C. D. Place, lives at Houston, Texas. 2. Helena Kinney, married Dr. Harold E. Foster, lives at Boise, Idaho. 3. Ethel Seymour, mar- ried Harry V. Parker, lives at Seneca Falls, New York. 4. Ed- ward A., the subject of this sketch.
Edward A. Frank grew up at Newark Valley and was gradu- ated from the public schools there in 1905. The following year he was graduated from Albany Business College. He became an accountant with the American Locomotive Company, at Schenec- tady, New York, later was identified with the Gould Pump Com- pany, at Seneca Falls, and the Wescott Rule Company, of Seneca Falls. In September, 1917, Mr. Frank enlisted in the Ordnance Corps, U. S. Army, and was sent to Erie, Pennsylvania, in charge of government contracts at the American Brakeshoe Company. Later, he was located in the same capacity at Dayton, Ohio, with the Maxwell Motor Car Company, and subsequently at Detroit, Michigan. He was discharged as chief field accountant on No- vember 28, 1919. Mr. Frank then returned to Seneca Falls and assisted H. P. Wescott in the organization of the Wescott Valve Company, of which he became secretary and treasurer. He later
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attended the Syracuse School of Embalming and was graduated from that institution in September, 1925. He became a registered practitioner in the same year and at that time purchased the un- dertaking business of Oliver S. Brown, at Union Springs. This pioneer funeral home has been in existence for more than a cen- tury. It has been modernly equipped by Mr. Frank and has a chapel in connection with the establishment.
In September, 1908, Mr. Frank married Miss Mary Elizabeth Mead, a native of England, the daughter of John and Rebecca (Barnacoe) Mead. Both were born in England and are now resi- dents of Rome, New York, where he is identified with the Rome Brass & Copper Company. Mr. and Mrs. Frank are the parents of two children: 1. Elizabeth Germaine, a graduate of Union Springs High School, now a student nurse in the Rochester Gen- eral Hospital. 2. Ralph Edward, a student.
Mr. Frank is a Republican and has held the office of mayor as well as school director. His lodge affiliations are: Warren Lodge No. 147, F. & A. M., Master; Union Springs Chapter No. 179, R. A. M., Past High Priest; Salem Town Commandery, K. T., No. 16; Damascus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; Frontenac Lodge No. 52, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Grange. He has also been a director of the Board of Trade.
Matthew William Black .- Active and progressive in the busi- ness affairs of Geneva, where he is manager of the Geneva Refrig- erating Corporation, Mr. Black takes a prominent part in the fra- ternal and civic life of the community. He was born at Rochester, New York, May 29, 1887, the son of Matthew William and Amelia M. (Lederman) Black.
Matthew William Black, deceased, was born in 1824 and died in October, 1887. He was a native of Warsaw, New York. His first wife died in early life and Mr. Black was married (second) in 1885 to Miss Amelia M. Lederman, who was the daughter of a prominent custom tailor at Rochester, New York. To this union only one child was born, Matthew William, the subject of this
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sketch. Amelia M. (Lederman) Black died in 1916 and is buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Rochester.
The boyhood of Matthew William Black was spent in Roches- ter and Chili, New York, where he attended the public schools. He also was graduated in 1904 from the A. M. Chesborough Semi- nary, and in 1907 he engaged in business at Chili Station as the manager of a wholesale produce business. He continued there for two years and then was employed as field representative for the R. H. Pennington & Company, of Evansville, Indiana, wholesale fruit and produce dealers. This business extended throughout the entire country east of the Mississippi River, and Mr. Black was identified with that concern for six years. He then organ- ized the Pennington-Black Company at Geneva in 1915. They are car lot shippers of fruits and produce and operate from Seneca Castle, New York, at the present time. Mr. Black was one of the founders of the Geneva Refrigerating Corporation in 1923 and since 1926 has been manager of the business.
Mr. Black was married August 3, 1908, to Miss Nettie Eva Meyer, the daughter of Phillip Meyer, of Rochester, New York. They have a daughter, Jeannette Louise, born January 31, 1916. She attends Geneva High School.
Politically, Mr. Black is a Republican. He is an active mem- ber of the Leesburg Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., Leesburg, Florida; B. P. O. Elks, Rotary Club, Geneva Country Club, and Geneva Rod and Gun Club. He also has been president of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce for four years. Mrs. Black is a prominent member of the German Lutheran Church.
Thomas Warner Windnagle, who is vice president of Guile & Windnagle, Inc., is among Penn Yan's most representative busi- ness men. He was born at Prattsburg, Steuben County, March 21, 1872, the son of Jonas Early and Mildred Jane (Smith) Wind- nagle.
Jonas Early Windnagle was a native of New York, born at Gorham, Ontario County, in 1827. Throughout his life he was
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interested in general farming in Central New York. He died in 1917 and is buried at Prattsburg. Mr. Windnagle was married March 20, 1863, to Miss Millie Jane Smith of Ontario County. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the youngest was Thomas Warner, the subject of this sketch. After the death of his first wife in 1872, Jonas Early Windnagle was married November 4, 1874, to Miss Adelaide Andrus, of Yates County. They had one son.
Thomas W. Windnagle received his early education in the pub- lic schools of Prattsburg and attended Franklin Academy. He was a teacher in the district schools for one term, and at the same time also assisted his father in farming. As a young man he became interested in the growing of grapes on Keuka Lake in Yates County, and in 1896 he became associated in business with his brother-in-law, Charles E. Guile, as owners of the basket man- ufacturing business. The business was incorporated in 1921 with C. E. Guile as president, Thomas Warner Windnagle, vice presi- dent and Miss Ella B. Hunt, secretary and treasurer.
On December 26, 1894, Mr. Windnagle was united in marriage with Miss Martha B. Fenton, the daughter of George W. and Martha Ann Fenton, of Barrington, New York. Their son, Dewey Fenton Windnagle was born June 18, 1898. He was graduated from Penn Yan Academy in 1916, attended Cornell University for three years, and is now a radio and electrical engineer. He mar- ried Miss Alice Bailey and has a daughter, Shirley Martha Wind- nagle. During the World War Mr. Windnagle served with the rank of first lieutenant. In 1916 Mr. and Mrs. Windnagle adopted a ten year old girl, Paula. She is a graduate of Penn Yan Acad- emy and Mansfield (Pennsylvania) State Teachers College, and is now a teacher in the Corning, New York, public schools.
Mr. Windnagle is a Republican and during the past six years has held the office of mayor of Penn Yan. He had previously served as village trustee for three years and had been a member of the Board of Education for twelve years. He has been deacon of the Baptist Church since 1912, and is affiliated with the Ma- sonic Lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife
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is identified with the Daughters of the American Revolution, and is treasurer of Gu-Ya-No-Ga Chapter at Penn Yan.
Mr. Windnagle is a member of the American Veneer Package Association, and president of the New York State Basket Makers Association. He is also a member of the Rotary Club.
George Washington (Finton) Fenton, deceased, was a leading citizen of Penn Yan and founder of the business which is now nationally known as Guile & Windnagle, Inc., of Penn Yan. He was born in the town of Barrington, Yates County, New York, December 3, 1835, the son of Joseph Swegal and Emerancy (Glea- son) Fenton.
Joseph Swegal Fenton was born in Seneca County, September 19, 1800. His father was Joseph Fenton, who was born in Dutch- ess County, New York, in 1760. The latter was a soldier during the Revolutionary War and served as a member of General Wash- ington's staff. He participated in the battles of Stony Point and Bergen Point, and was present at the execution of Major Andrè, a spy, who was found guilty in connection with the treason plot of Benedict Arnold. Joseph Fenton died October 23, 1851, and is buried in the Fenton burial grounds at Barrington, Yates County. He was married first in 1781 to Miss Margaret Swegal, and to them were born eleven children, of whom Joseph S., father of the subject, was the seventh in order of birth. Joseph Fenton was married the second time to Thankful Gillett, born 1774. She died March 26, 1850. Joseph S. Fenton married first October 7, 1821, to Miss Mary Porter of Tompkins County, New York. She was born January 10, 1801, and died July 16, 1825. They were the parents of two children. Joseph S. Fenton was married, sec- ond, on November 14, 1832, to Miss Emerancy Gleason, a native of Seneca County, and to them were born eight children, George Washington, the subject of this sketch, being the second.
George Washington Fenton attended the district schools of the town of Barrington, Yates County, New York, and in 1867 he purchased a farm of Stephen Egelston on the east shore of Keuka
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Lake, near Barrington, where he planted an extensive vineyard. In connection with his grape business he also established a box factory to manufacture containers in order to properly market his grapes. Mr. Fenton was active in business until his death. He resided in Penn Yan until the time of his death, May 19, 1913. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan.
On October 16, 1859, Mr. Fenton married Miss Martha Ann Bailey, of Barrington, the daughter of Samuel F. and Martha Ann (Wright) Bailey. To Mr. and Mrs. Fenton were born three daughters: 1. Mary, born February 17, 1861, married Fred Crosby, hotel proprietor, at Penn Yan. 2. Hattie, born August 10, 1862, married Charles E. Guile, of Guile & Windnagle. 3. Martha Bailey, born August 1, 1876, married T. Warner Wind- nagle, of Guile & Windnagle, Inc. Mrs. Guile and Mrs. Wind- nagle are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Charles George Hetherington .- As superintendent of city schools in Penn Yan, Charles George Hetherington occupies a position of prominence in the educational affairs of Central New York. He is a native of New York, born at Alpine, March 9, 1894, the son of Miles Rumsey and Grace (Denmark) Hetherington.
Miles Rumsey Hetherington was born at Enfield, Tompkins County, March 19, 1867. During his early life he engaged in farm- ing but since 1900 has been a rural mail carrier. He was married in 1892 to Miss Grace Denmark, the daughter of Nathan S. and Eunice Denmark, of Alpine. Nathan Denmark has had extensive flour and lumber interests for many years. To Mr. and Mrs. Hetherington were born two children, of whom Charles G., the subject, was the oldest.
Charles George Hetherington acquired his early education in the public schools of Alpine and Cazenovia Seminary. He is also a graduate of Cook Academy at Montour Falls, and in 1911 en- tered Colgate University from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1915. During the following two years he was an instructor in chemistry at Pennsylvania State College, and
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retired from the teaching profession in March, 1917, to enlist in the regular army. He went to France in August, 1917 as sergeant of the First Gas Regiment, and remained in service until after the close of the war, also being in Germany with the Army of Occu- pation. He also was an instructor in the army corps schools. In May, 1919, Mr. Hetherington became interested in Harstrom School, a private school for boys at Norwalk, Connecticut. He remained there until January 1, 1926, at which time he located in Elmira as assistant superintendent of schools. He has been super- intendent of city schools at Penn Yan since 1928. After graduate work at Pennsylvania State College he received the degree of Master of Science in 1917, and is taking a course for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at New York University.
On September 24, 1919, Mr. Hetherington was united in mar- riage with Miss Anna Couch, the daughter of Charles and Mary Couch, of Odessa, New York. They are the parents of three chil- dren: 1. Virginia, born April 9, 1921. 2. Mary Grace, born March 20, 1923. 3. Harvey Couch, born June 11, 1926.
Mr. Hetherington is a member of the Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, American Legion, Rotary Club, American Chemical Society, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Kappa, and Pi Delta Epsilon fraternities. He also is identified with the National Department of School Superintendents, New York De- partment of School Superintendents, and Finger Lakes Council of School Men. He was president of the latter organization dur- ing 1931.
Charles Elbert Guile .- A leading citizen of Penn Yan, widely known throughout Central New York, is Charles Elbert Guile, who is president of Guile & Windnagle, Inc. He was born at Milo, Yates County, April 7, 1862, the son of Perry Allen and Celicia (Lawrence) Guile.
Perry Allen Guile was born near Ithaca, August 7, 1828. He was a farmer throughout his life and died April 29, 1922. He is buried at Milo Cemetery. Mr. Guile was married January 22, 1851, to Celicia Lawrence, born May 15, 1827, and died June 27,
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1906. She was a daughter of William and Polly (Mackey) Law- rence. They were natives of Dutchess County, New York.
Charles Elbert Guile attended Penn Yan Academy. At an early age he purchased a vineyard at Crosby, New York. In 1883 he acquired an interest in a basket manufacturing business, which had been owned by George W. Fenton, and in 1896 Mr. Guile be- came associated with Thomas Warner Windnagle in the enter- prise. Ten years later they purchased the basket manufacturing plant of S. L. Pratt, at Penn Yan, and they operated it in connec- tion with their original factory. The business was incorporated in 1921 with Mr. Guile as president, Mr. Windnagle as vice-presi- dent, and Miss Ella B. Hunt, secretary and treasurer. The com- pany employs approximately fifty people, and operates through- out the year. In 1912 they built a factory at Gaines, Pennsylvania, which was operated until 1932, when it was moved to Penn Yan. Their products are sold in New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
On December 1, 1881, Mr. Guile was united in marriage with Miss Hattie Fenton, the daughter of George W. and Martha Ann (Bailey) Fenton, of Barrington, New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Guile were born two daughters: 1. Ruth E., born August 1, 1895. She attended Penn Yan Academy and Monticello Seminary for Girls, at Godfrey, Illinois, and was graduated at Syracuse Uni- versity, class of 1920. She has taken graduate work in Fine Arts at Mechanics Institute, Rochester, New York. She lives at home. 2. Esther Alene, born June 13, 1898, a graduate of Penn Yan Acad- emy. She attended Syracuse University for two years, New Eng- land Conservatory of Music, and Columbia University. She mar- ried David Bruce Ayers, and lives at Geneva. They have two sons, David Bruce, Jr., and Charles Fenton.
Mr. Guile is an independent Republican. He is an active mem- ber of the Baptist Church, of which he has served as trustee for twenty-two years and president of the board for eighteen years. He is also chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees of Keuka College, of which he has been trustee since its reorganization in 1921. He had previously served as trustee for four years. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Independent
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Order of Odd Fellows, Grange, and Farm Bureau. His wife is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, her great- grandfather, Joseph Fenton, having served throughout the Revo- lution. He is buried at Barrington, New York. Miss Ruth Guile holds membership in the American Association of University Women, there being a local chapter at Penn Yan. She is organ- izing president of the Children of the American Revolution, and both daughters are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Harry Montgomery Putnam .- Numbered among the most rep- resentative business men of Penn Yan is Harry M. Putnam, who is president of the Citizens Bank. He was born at Starkey, Yates County, October 14, 1886, the son of Dennis H. and Estella M. (McCloud) Putnam.
Dennis H. Putnam, who died February 12, 1932, was a highly esteemed citizen of Yates County. He was born at Starkey, De- cember 25, 1862, the son of Peter G. Putnam, who was a native of Wayne, Steuben County. The latter came to the Finger Lakes region with his parents more than a century ago. Estella M. (McCloud) Putnam, who resides at Penn Yan, is the daughter of Montgomery McCloud, a pioneer farmer of Yates County. The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis H. Putnam was Harry Montgomery, the subject of this sketch.
Harry M. Putnam attended the public schools of Starkey and is a graduate of Starkey Seminary and Rochester Business Insti- tute. On June 15, 1908, he returned to his father's farm in Yates County, but after a short time entered the services of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company, at Starkey, as a clerk in the freight offices. He then came to Penn Yan in July, 1909, and at that time entered the Citizens Bank in a clerical capacity. Through steady advancement he was bookkeeper, teller, and cashier of the institu- tion, and was elected president of the bank in July, 1931, to suc- ceed the late John H. Johnson, who died June 28, 1931.
Mr. Putnam is a Democrat. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Penn Yan, and is affiliated with
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the Masonic and Elk Lodges. He also holds membership in the Rotary Club, Lakeside Country Club and Isaac Walton League.
Mr. Putnam is unmarried and lives with his mother at 303 Main Street, Penn Yan.
Fred Crosby .- As proprietor of the Pennsylvania Hotel, at Penn Yan, Fred Crosby is numbered among the dependable citi- zens and progressive business men of Yates County. He was born at Barrington, Yates County, September 6, 1860, the son of Joseph F. and Lois (Swarthout) Crosby.
Joseph F. Crosby, who died in 1903, was a native of Yates County. He was born December 15, 1825, the son of Peter H. Crosby, who was born in Putnam County, New York, in 1800. The latter was a farmer and died at Barrington, New York, in 1870. To Joseph F. and Lois (Swarthout) Crosby were born two sons, Edmond and Fred. Joseph F. Crosby owned some of the finest vineyards on Lake Keuka, and was interested in the growing of grapes throughout his life. He was a prominent Republican and served as sheriff of Yates County during 1864-65-66, as well as county clerk for six years. He was also village supervisor. He was affiliated with the Masonic Lodge.
The earliest settlement in America by the Crosby family was made by Simeon Crosby, who came to this country from England in 1634 and settled at Boston, Massachusetts.
Fred Crosby attended the public schools of Barrington, and for many years he spent his career as a grape grower, being the owner of seventy-five acres in vineyard at one time or the largest indi- vidual grower of grapes on Keuka Lake. For forty-three years Mr. Crosby was thus engaged, and in 1925 he sold his interests and located at Dundee, where he was interested in business for a time. In October, 1926, he came to Penn Yan and purchased the Pennsylvania Hotel, with which he has since been connected.
On December 22, 1880, Mr. Crosby was united in marriage with Miss Mary Fenton, the eldest daughter of George W. Fen- ton, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this history. To Mr.
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and Mrs. Crosby were born two sons. 1. George W., born Novem- ber 6, 1891, a graduate of Penn Yan Academy, attended Cornell University, and is now identified with the Delco lighting system of Penn Yan. He is also city mail carrier. He married Alice Pulver and has three children: Edgar J., Margaret E., and Cal- vin George. The family lives at 213 East Elm Street. 2. Joseph F., born September 19, 1893, a graduate of Penn Yan Academy and Cornell University, class of 1915, degree of Doctor of Veter- inary Medicine. He later took graduate work at Carlisle, Penn- sylvania, and Washington, D. C., and in July, 1917, enlisted in the regular United States Army for service in the World War. After the armistice he continued in the service and now holds the rank of major in the Regular Army, being stationed at Tientsin, China.
Mr. Crosby is a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church of Penn Yan, and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Maccabees and Grange.
George Remsen Kinne, D. D. S .- One of the able young pro- fessional men of Yates County is Dr. George R. Kinne, of Penn Yan. He was born here June 13, 1899, the son of Remsen and Frances Elizabeth (Cornwell) Kinne.
Remsen Kinne was born at Ovid, New York, January 26, 1860, and spent practically all of his life at Penn Yan, where he was interested in the insurance and retail coal business. He died April 10, 1932, and is buried in Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan. He was married in 1880 to Frances Elizabeth Cornwell, the daughter of George R. Cornwell, of Penn Yan, who was for a number of years a member of the New York General Assembly. He also was post- master of Penn Yan. Frances E. (Cornwell) Kinne died August 11, 1923. To Mr. and Mrs. Kinne were born six children, of whom George R., the subject of this sketch, was the fourth in order of birth.
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