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William W. Royce was a native of Oswego County, born in 1858. He had extensive lumber and milling interests throughout his life and died at Watkins Glen. He was married in 1880 to Miss Ida A. Rhodes, daughter of Charles and Phileda (Milliken)
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Rhodes, of Red Mills, New York. She was of Scotch descent and was born at Red Mills, March 22, 1860. She died October 17, 1930, and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Watkins Glen. To Mr. and Mrs. Royce were born two sons, of whom Elmo M., subject of this sketch, was the elder.
The boyhood of Elmo M. Royce was spent at Savannah, New York, and he attended the public schools. He also is a graduate of Rochester Business Institute. Before completing his school- ing, however, he was forced to earn his own living and subse- quently attended business college. At the age of twenty-two years he was employed in the store of Earl Brown, furniture dealer and undertaker, at Fulton. The following year he studied at the Syracuse College of Embalming and became licensed in the State of New York in 1906. Mr. Royce then located at Watkins Glen in 1908 and in partnership with his brother, Gail Royce, purchased the business of Henry Haas, an enterprise which had been established there seventy-five years before. The partnership of the two brothers continued for seven years, and at the end of that time Elmo M. Royce purchased his brother's interests. Dur- ing 1928-29 he was a member of the New York State Board of Embalmers, and he has also been secretary and president of the New York State Embalmers Association.
Politically, Mr. Royce is a Republican. He holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, of which he is trustee, and he is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Red Men, B. P. O. Elks, Rotary Club (president in 1932), Seneca Yacht Club, and Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Royce lives at 128 Seneca Street.
Harry Courtney Durland .- For a number of years Harry C. Durland has been identified with the business and financial inter- ests of Watkins Glen, being owner and manager of the Jefferson Hotel and director of the Watkins State Bank. He was born at Elmira, New York, April 10, 1875, the son of Daniel T. and Susan (Lovejoy) Durland.
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Daniel T. Durland, deceased, was a representative citizen of Elmira, where he engaged in the dry goods business for more than thirty-five years. He was born in Orange County, New York, March 10, 1834, and died at Elmira in 1907. He was mar- ried in 1866 to Miss Susan Lovejoy, the daughter of Robert H. Lovejoy, of Elmira. They were the parents of four children.
The early life of Harry Courtney Durland was spent in El- mira. He is a graduate of the public schools and was a member of the class of 1894 of Elmira Business College. He then spent three years in the employ of the Adams Express Company, after which he was associated with his father as a member of the firm of D. T. Durland & Son, wholesale harness and saddlery. Later, he became treasurer of the Bundy Lamp Company, manufactur- ers of bicycle lamps, and continued with that concern for sev- eral years. In 1902 he became a partner of Harry A. Decker, and the firm of Durland & Decker became extensive packers and wholesale dealers of leaf tobacco. After a number of years Mr. Durland continued the business alone and subsequently operated warehouses at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Wellsburg, New York. After a destructive fire in the Wellsburg warehouse in 1911 the business was dissolved. Mr. Durland had become asso- ciated with a cousin, C. M. Durland, in 1903 as owners and man- agers of the Jefferson Hotel, at Watkins Glen, and they contin- ued as proprietors until the death of C. M. Durland in 1929. Mr. Durland has since continued the operation of the hostelry. It had been completely remodeled during 1920 and 1921, and is thor- oughly first class and modern in all respects. The building con- tains fifty guest rooms and has an attractive lobby and restaurant.
Mr. Durland has been identified with the Watkins State Bank for a number of years and in July, 1929, was elected president of the institution. He resigned, however, in January, 1931, but has continued as a director.
On January 1, 1902, Mr. Durland was united in marriage with Miss Kittiebel Chapman, the daughter of William P. Chapman, of Elmira, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Durland have a daugh- ter, Gretchen, born in 1907. She is a graduate of Shipley School at Bryn Mawr, near Philadelphia, and was a member of the 1930
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class at Smith College. She married John C. Morley, attorney, of Cleveland, who is associated with the law offices of Newton D. Baker.
Mr. Durland is a Democrat and has been trustee of the Pres- byterian Church at Elmira for more than twenty years. He belongs to the Elmira Country Club, Rotary Club of Watkins Glen, Chamber of Commerce, and Finger Lakes Association.
William Henry Ferrier, M. D., a physician and surgeon suc- cessfully established in his profession at Watkins Glen, is a vet- eran of the World War. He was born at Drayton, Ontario, Can- ada, May 1, 1881, the son of Robert and Anna Magdalene (Schmitt) Ferrier.
Robert Ferrier was a native of Canada, born at Bridgeport, Ontario, December 1, 1855. He was a school teacher in early life and came to the United States in 1884. He died at Rochester, New York, February 19, 1891. Mr. Ferrier was married June 22, 1880, to Miss Anna M. Schmitt, the daughter of Conrad Schmitt, a native of Germany. They had two children: 1. William Henry, the subject of this sketch. 2. Alice, married George Lawson, poul- tryman, lives at Glenora, New York, and they have three children: Anne Christine, Martha Harriet, and William. Anna M. (Schmitt) Ferrier died in 1917 and is buried at Rochester, New York.
William Henry Ferrier acquired his early education in the public schools of Rochester, New York, and in 1905 he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. He then served as an interne in the Park Avenue Hospital, at Rochester, and in the following year estab- lished a private practice at Burnside, Michigan, where he re- mained for a period of five years. From 1911 until 1917 he was located in practice at Rochester, New York, and in the latter year enlisted for service in the World War. He immediately received the commission of first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, United States Army, and was stationed at Newport News, Virginia.
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While in the line of duty there Doctor Ferrier met with an acci- dent in which he suffered the loss of his left leg, and he was dis- charged from Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., on March 30, 1920, with the rank of captain. Doctor Ferrier then located at Glenora, New York, where he convalesced for almost eight years. He then resumed the practice of medicine in November, 1929, with offices at Watkins Glen. He specializes in physical therapy and all types of electrical massage and treatment. Doctor Ferrier is president of the Schuyler County Medical Society, and holds mem- bership in the New York State Medical Society and American Medical Association.
On June 29, 1918, Doctor Ferrier was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Alice Elizabeth Ferrier, the daughter of Ephraim Ferrier, a brother of Robert Ferrier, father of the subject of this sketch. They have no children.
Doctor Ferrier is an independent Republican. He holds mem- bership in the Dewey Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Rochester. He is a life member of Genesee Falls Lodge, No. 507, F. and A. M., Rochester, New York; Auld Consistory, A. A. S. R., 32nd de- gree, and Khedive Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Norfolk, Virginia. He also belongs to the Rotary Club and Disabled Emergency Offi- cers of the World War.
Charles Hebron Robinson .- Prominently identified with the civic interests of Yates and Schuyler counties is Charles Hebron Robinson, who lives retired at Watkins Glen. He was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1873, the son of Thomas R. and Elizabeth (Atwell) Robinson.
Thomas R. Robinson was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He spent many years as treasurer of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company and later was auditor of the Fidelity Trust Company of Pittsburgh. He died in 1927 and is buried in Home- wood Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Mr. Robinson was married in 1871 to Miss Elizabeth Atwell, the daughter of John Atwell, banker, of Pittsburgh and Alliance, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were born two children, of whom Charles H. was the elder.
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Charles H. Robinson received his education in the public schools of Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated in 1893. He then spent three years at Shadyside Academy, and attended a military school at Bordentown, New Jersey, for one year. Mr. Robinson began his business career as assistant paymaster on the Allegheny Valley Railroad. After five years in that capacity he entered the National Bank of Western Pennsylvania at Pitts- burgh, as bookkeeper and teller. Later he was identified with the coal fields of western Pennsylvania in an engineering capacity. In 1913 Mr. Robinson came to Yates County and purchased a farm on the west shore of Seneca Lake. He remained there for a period of fifteen years and since 1928 has lived retired at 108 Monroe Street, Watkins Glen. During the past twenty years Mr. Robin- son has been an active promoter of the good roads movement in the Finger Lakes district, especially in the Lake Seneca region.
On June 4, 1914, Mr. Robinson married Miss Anna M. Ander- son, the daughter of Julius and Dorothea Anderson, of Yates County. They are the parents of four children: 1. Mary H., born in October, 1915. 2. Thomas S., born in January, 1917. 3. Mar- garet D., born in December, 1921. 4. Anne E., born in September, 1924.
Mr. Robinson has always been a Republican. He and his fam- ily are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, Watkins Yacht Club, Finger Lakes Association, and the American Radio Relay League.
Hon. Olin Tracy Nye .- Among the outstanding professional men of Schuyler County is Olin Tracy Nye, attorney, of Watkins Glen. He was born at Dix, Schuyler County, March 13, 1872, the son of Ebenezer M. W. and Margaret (Sharp) Nye.
Ebenezer M. W. Nye was born in Dutchess County, New York, in 1824. As a young man he was interested in farming and later studied law, although he never was admitted to the bar. He served as justice of the peace for many years. He died at Buffalo in 1916 and is buried at Watkins Glen. His wife was the daugh-
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ter of Orin and Sarah Sharp. Mr. and Mrs. Nye were the parents of nine children, of whom Olin Tracy, the subject of this sketch, was the eighth in order of birth.
Olin Tracy Nye acquired his early education in the public schools of Dix and Dundee. He is a graduate of Syracuse Uni- versity and received the degree of LL. B. at Albany Law School in 1896. After a short time in private practice at Watkins Glen he became associated with Waldo Bishop. In 1896 Mr. Nye was elected district attorney and filled that office for three years, being elected as a member of the New York General Assembly in No- vember, 1900. After a term of four years he was elected county judge and surrogate of Schuyler County and resigned from the latter office in 1916 to become a member of the firm of Norton, Penny & Nye, of Buffalo. They were corporation lawyers and specialized in railroad and insurance work. Mr. Nye, however, retained his residence at Watkins Glen. Mr. Porter Norton died in 1916 and was succeeded in the firm by Henry W. Killeen, the firm continuing as Penny, Killeen & Nye until 1922, at which time Mr. Killeen retired. James Parsons and Charles Blair then en- tered the firm. In 1925 Mr. Nye retired and has since engaged in private practice at Watkins Glen. He has offices in the Glen Na- tional Bank Building.
Mr. Nye married (first) in 1912 Miss Caroline E. Rallinson, the daughter of John Rallinson, of St. Catherines, Ontario. She died at Toronto, Canada, in 1921, and is buried in Glenwood Cem- etery, Watkins Glen. Their daughter was Caroline Duffrin. In 1922 Mr. Nye married Miss Ethel Pierce Rallinson, a sister of his first wife. They have a son, John Ebenezer.
Mr. Nye is a Republican, a member of St. James Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Masonic and Elk lodges, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Order of Red Men. He also holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce and Farm Bureau. Throughout his life Mr. Nye has been interested in agri- culture and at the present time owns three fine farms in Schuyler County. They contain approximately 600 acres. The family res- idence is located at 104 Seneca Street, Watkins Glen. He is a member of Schuyler County, Erie County, New York State and American Bar associations.
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Elmer Sherwood, nurseryman, has engaged in business at Odessa, Schuyler County, for a number of years, and is highly esteemed in the community. He was born at Cayutaville, Schuyler County, June 9, 1866, the son of Dr. Orlando B. and Alene E. (Brown) Sherwood.
Dr. Orlando B. Sherwood was a veteran of the Civil War, hav- ing served with the medical department. He was born at Enfield Center, Tompkins County, in 1840, and was the third generation of the Sherwood family to practice medicine in this section of New York. His father had practiced at Enfield and Dryden, Tompkins County, and the grandfather was located in Tompkins County. Orlando B. Sherwood was graduated from Buffalo Med- ical College in 1868 and then established a private practice at Cayutaville. He died in 1908 and is buried at Laurel Hill Ceme- tery. In 1863 Doctor Sherwood married Miss Alene E. Brown, the daughter of Tillinghart Brown, a farmer, of Catherine. They had three sons, of whom Elmer, the subject of this sketch, was the oldest.
Elmer Sherwood attended the schools of Hector, but at the age of fourteen years left school to work in a store which was owned by his father. About 1887 he became interested in the nursery business and purchased stock on a large scale. He later, in 1895, purchased large tracts of timberland in various sections of the United States and Canada and extended his operations into New- foundland and British Columbia. He still maintains several of these pieces of land in the West. Since 1892 Mr. Sherwood has been identified with the nursery business at Odessa, and he has established an extensive wholesale trade in nursery stocks of all types. He holds membership in the New York State and National Nurserymen's Associations.
On February 26, 1890, Mr. Sherwood was united in marriage with Miss Myrtle V. Selover, the daughter of Ashur and Adeline (Carley) Selover, of Catherine, Schuyler County. They have no children.
Mr. Sherwood is a Republican and throughout his life has taken an active interest in local public affairs, being supervisor of Catherine for twelve years. He also was a delegate from 1898
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until 1912 to every state convention and in the latter year was a delegate to the national convention which nominated William H. Taft for the second term.
Mrs. Sherwood is a member of the Episcopal Church.
Sanford Jefferson Forbes, retired, is a substantial citizen of Watkins Glen, where he successfully engaged in business for al- most thirty years as a retail clothing merchant. He was born at Oneida Castle, Oneida County, January 14, 1854, the son of Friend W. and Anne (Sweeney) Forbes.
Friend W. Forbes was born in New Jersey in 1810. He was a glass maker by trade and as a young man located in Oneida County. He later returned, however, to New Jersey for a time. In 1835 he was seriously injured in a railroad wreck on the New York Central Railroad and after his recovery he engaged in gen- eral farming in Oneida County. Mr. Forbes died in 1885. He was married in 1831 to Miss Anne Sweeney and they were the parents of ten children, of whom Francis J., the subject of this sketch, was the youngest.
Sanford J. Forbes grew up at Oneida and received his educa- tion in the public schools. As a young man he was employed un- der his father in a glass factory, and after a few years he entered the employ of a local clothing store. Later, he spent four years in a store at Utica, New York, as a salesman and he then went to Syracuse in the same capacity for a clothing establishment. He subsequently traveled throughout Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, as a representative of W. S. Peck & Company, clothing manufacturers, and in 1893 he purchased one of the company's stores at Watkins Glen, and successfully continued as its owner until his retirement in 1922.
In 1878 Mr. Forbes married Miss Nettie M. Lindsey, the daugh- ter of David and Mary (Hagerman) Lindsey, of Syracuse. David Lindsey was killed in service during the Civil War. To Mr. and Mrs. Forbes were born three children: 1. Leila, born at Syracuse in 1881, married Dr. Frederick Bond, lives at Burdette, New York,
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and they have a daughter, Dorothy Bond. 2. Albert Friend, born at Syracuse in 1888, lives at Watkins Glen. 3. Gladys May, born at Watkins Glen, in 1895, married Donald Haman, of New York City. They have a son, Lindsey.
Mr. Forbes has always been a Republican.
John Alanson Beers .- Identified with the public schools of Watkins Glen for a period of thirty-one years, John A. Beers, principal, is recognized as one of the able educators of Central New York. He was born at Jenningsville, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1876, the son of Rev. George Osborne and Clara (Taylor) Beers.
Rev. George Osborne Beers spent more than half a century as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. He was born at Watertown, Connecticut, November 7, 1846, and died in April, 1931. He was a graduate of Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, Pennsylvania. Reverend Beers was married July 4, 1871, to Miss Clara Taylor, the daughter of Alanson and Osee Taylor, of Rummerfield, Penn- sylvania. She died in 1910 and is buried at Berkshire, New York.
John Alanson Beers is a graduate of the public schools of Can- dor, Tioga County, and after his graduation from high school in 1895 he entered the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, at Towanda, Pennsylvania. After his graduation there in 1897 he became a student at Syracuse University, from which he received the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1901. In that year Mr. Beers came to Watkins Glen as vice principal of the schools, and eight years later he assumed the duties of principal. During his administra- tion the school system has enjoyed a phenomenal growth. Its teaching force has been increased from ten to thirty-eight teach- ers, and the departments of agriculture, home economics, com- mercial administration, and physical education have been inaug- urated. When the old building was destroyed by fire in January, 1929, the present new school was immediately erected. Its out- standing features include an auditorium which has a seating capacity of 900, an attractive cafeteria, library, etc.
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Mr. Beers was married (first) in December, 1905, to Miss Alice Skilton, of Watertown, Connecticut. She died in January, 1907. He married (second) on July 12, 1910, Miss Eleanor Young, the daughter of Elias and Eleanor (Brougham) Young, of Bingham- ton, New York. They have a son, John Taylor Beers, born May 14, 1914. He is a graduate of Watkins Glen High School, 1931, and now attends the New York State Teachers College at Albany.
Mr. Beers is a Republican, a member and past president of the Rotary Club, and is affiliated with Jefferson Lodge, No. 332, F. and A. M., Past Master, and Watkins Glen Chapter, R. A. M. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He also belongs to the National Educational Association, and annually attends its conventions throughout the United States. He is an active mem- ber of the New York State Academic Principals Association.
Hon. John Taber .- One of the most influential figures in pro- fessional circles in Cayuga County is John Taber, lawyer, who has served as a member of Congress from the Thirty-sixth District of New York since 1923. He is a native of Auburn, born May 5, 1880, the son of Franklin P. and Mary (Parker) Taber.
Franklin P. Taber, who died in Auburn on May 27, 1914, had successfully engaged in the practice of law in that city for almost forty years, having been admitted to the New York bar in 1875. Mr. Taber was born at Moravia, New York. He became a mem- ber of the firm of Taber & Brainard, being associated in practice with John M. Brainard and later his son, John Taber. Mr. Taber was also a director of the Auburn Trust Company. His widow was born at Moravia and resides in Auburn. To Mr. and Mrs. Taber were born four children: 1. Silas, lives at Auburn. 2. Mary T. Thacher, lives at Garden City, New York. 3. Emily, lives at Auburn. 4. John, the subject of this sketch.
After his graduation from Auburn High School in 1898, John Taber entered Yale College, from which he received a degree in 1902. He subsequently attended the New York Law School and was admitted to the New York bar November 15, 1904. From 1906
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until 1914 he was a member of the firm of Taber & Brainard, as mentioned above. During the following three years he was iden- tified with Brainard, Taber & Noble, being associated with H. Dutton Noble, Jr. From 1918 until 1925 Mr. Taber engaged in private practice and in the latter year established his present partnership with Sherman Parker, with offices at 123 Genesee Street, which continues to this date.
On April 13, 1929, Mr. Taber was united in marriage with Miss Gertrude Johnson, of Auburn, the daughter of Charles and Lois (O'Hara) Johnson. The former died in 1922 and the latter lives at 18 James Street, Auburn. Mr. and Mrs. Taber have an adopted son, Charles Taber.
Politically, Mr. Taber has always been a leader in Republican affairs. During 1906-7 he was supervisor of the Second Ward in Auburn, and from 1911 until 1919 was special judge of Cayuga County. During his service in Congress he has been continuously a member of the Appropriations Committee of the House.
Mr. Taber is a member of St. Peter's Church, of Auburn, and has the following lodge and club affiliations: Masonic Lodge (St. Paul's) ; B. P. O. Elks; Loyal Order of Moose; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Owasco Country Club; Auburn Country Club; University Club of Washington, D. C .; Yale Club; and Republican Club of New York. He is also a director and vice president of the Auburn Trust Company, the Panama Railroad Company, and sev- eral business corporations of Auburn and vicinity.
Lyman Ormsbee Bond .- As agricultural agent of Schuyler County, Lyman O. Bond has taken an active and important part in the farm life and interests of the community with which he is identified. He was born at Port Henry, New York, November 4, 1894, the son of James H. and Mary Jane (Ormsbee) Bond.
James H. Bond was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, in 1858, and located at Port Henry, New York, with his parents in 1868. He remained there during the remainder of his life and for twenty years he was secretary of the Port Henry Y. M. C. A. He died in
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April, 1928, and is buried at Port Henry. Mr. Bond was married in 1887 to Miss Mary Jane Ormsbee, the daughter of Maj. Lyman Ormsbee, who served throughout the Civil War as a member of the 121st New York Volunteer Infantry.
Lyman Ormsbee Bond was reared and educated at Port Henry and following his graduation from high school in 1912 he taught school near Port Henry, New York, and attended the business department of Port Henry High School. He entered Cornell Uni- versity in 1916 and received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1920. During the World War he served in the Student Army Training Corps at Cornell University. He then entered extension work in agriculture at Belmont, New York. Two years later he located at Watkins Glen and since 1923 has been agricultural agent for Schuyler County. Mr. Bond has met with unusual suc- cess in his organization work in the community and has recently succeeded in establishing a co-operative bull club among the dairy- men of Schuyler County, and the organization already owns three pure bred champions. He has also organized a bureau of young farmers which is of an educational type, with a membership of 100 boys. He has strongly advocated the testing of dairy cattle for tuberculosis and during the past five years has succeeded in examining every cow in Schuyler County. He also has attempted a program for the elimination of contagious abortion among dairy herds in this section. Another worthy project has been the organ- ization of a marketing project among grape growers in his dis- trict. In short, Mr. Bond's theory is that the present situation in agriculuture can be corrected through the intelligent individual efforts of the farmer himself.
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