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Charles D. Gaylord was the son of Dr. Levi Gaylord, a pioneer physician and surgeon of Wayne County. He was born in 1794 and settled in Onondaga County, New York, about 1816. He suc- cessfully followed his profession there until the time of his death in 1859.
Frank DeForest Gaylord left school at the age of sixteen years to enter his father's hardware store. As mentioned above, he be- came proprietor of the business in 1881. In 1900 he sold the store and at that time purchased a department store at Sodus, with which he was identified until 1906, when the business was com- pletely destroyed by fire. During the following year a store was reopened in the Masonic building, and the business was continued by Mr. Gaylord until 1915. In the meantime he had organized the Sodus Canning Company in 1906, and he is now president of the concern. They are leading canners of fruits and vegetables and also conduct a wholesale fruit and produce business. At the death of his father in 1907 the Gaylord banking interests were managed by another son, Charles W. Gaylord, who died in 1926. The bank was incorporated in 1924 as The Gaylord State Bank, and Charles W. Gaylord served as president until his death. He was succeeded by Frank D. Gaylord. The institution has a capital stock of $100,000 and surplus of $40,000.
On June 13, 1883, Mr. Gaylord was united in marriage with Miss Augusta E. Flint, the daughter of Dwight B. and Mary A. (Catchpole) Flint, of Huron, Wayne County. They are the par- ents of two children: 1. Elizabeth, born in 1886, a graduate of Sodus Academy, later studied kindergarten work at Rochester. She married Irving C. Beal, who is cashier of the Gaylord State Bank, and they have three children: Lawrence Gaylord, Mar- garet Amy, and Mary Elizabeth. 2. Dwight Flint, born in 1889, a graduate of Sodus Academy, is associated with his father in the Sodus Canning Company. He married Miss Amy J. Beal, and they have two children, Eleanor and Charles Dwight Gaylord.
Mr. Gaylord has always been a Republican and has taken an active interest in local affairs. In 1889 he was elected one of the first "No License Excise Commissioners" of Sodus and later served thirteen years as town clerk. In 1916 he was elected a
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member of the New York State Assembly and served for three years. He and his family are members of the Sodus Presbyterian Church, in which he has been trustee for ten years, elder for twenty-five years, and in his early life was teacher of the Young Men's Group for many years. He is a member of the Sodus Cham- ber of Commerce and belongs to the New York State Canners Association.
George F. Weber, M. D., has been actively engaged in the prac- tice of medicine at Ira, New York, for a great many years and is numbered among the leading physicians of Cayuga County. He was born here, October 15, 1865, the son of Frederick and Susan H. (Lang) Weber.
Frederick Weber, deceased, was an honored pioneer citizen of Cayuga County and spent many years as a dairy farmer at Ira. He was born at Maynce, Germany, and his wife was also a native of that place. After their marriage they emigrated to the United States in 1857 and settled on a farm near Ira. Mr. Weber died in 1907 and his wife died in 1906. Both are buried at Cato. He was a Republican and an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Weber: 1. Catherine, married James R. Harris, both deceased. 2. George F., the sub- ject of this sketch.
George F. Weber grew up on his father's farm and was edu- cated in the district schools. In 1883 he was graduated from Jor- dan Academy, and four years later received the degree of Bache- lor of Arts at Cornell University. From September, 1887, until June, 1888, he was a teacher at the New Paltz Normal School. He subsequently took up the study of medicine and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Maryland. He also took graduate work at the College of Physicians and Sur- geons in Baltimore and served as interne in Bayview Hospital, Baltimore. The entire professional career of Doctor Weber has been spent at Ira, with the exception of six months in Syracuse. He was coroner of Cayuga County for six years and for many years has continued as coroner's physician. He is local health
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officer of the towns of Ira and Victory and for many years has been active in the affairs of the Cayuga County Medical Society, New York State Medical Association, and American Medical Asso- ciation. He is a director of the First National Bank of Cato.
On January 25, 1930, Doctor Weber married Miss Vera E. Smith, the daughter of Frank and Hattie (Monroe) Smith, of Vic- tory. They have a daughter, Helen Elizabeth Weber.
Doctor Weber is a Republican and for twenty years was a member of the Republican County Committee. He is president of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Church, and is affili- ated with Cato Lodge No. 141, F. & A. M., and Independent Order of Odd Fellows No. 728.
Elmer Mason Adams, of Williamson, is the owner of a well improved farm in Wayne County. He was born at Williamson, January 6, 1892, the son of Jay M. and Adella F. (Trimble) Adams.
Jay M. Adams was born on the Adams homestead near Wil- liamson in 1860 and died in 1897. He was the son of John Adams, one of the earliest farmers of Wayne County. The latter was born in 1827 and died in 1897. John Adams was the son of Jona- than M. Adams, born in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massa- chusetts, January 17, 1782, and died September 12, 1873. He was an early settler of Wayne County. Land, which was settled by the Adams family during the early history of the county, is now operated by Elmer Mason Adams, the subject of this sketch. It was originally a dairy farm and is now devoted to the raising of such crops as celery, potatoes, onions and carrots. It is among the most extensive muck land farms in this section. Jay M. Adams was married in 1890 to Adella F. Trimble, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Mason) Trimble of Williamson. Their only child was Elmer M., the subject of this sketch.
Elmer Mason Adams received his education in the district schools and attended Williamson High School and Rochester Busi- ness Institute. He has also taken short course work in agricul- ture at Cornell University. Since the age of twenty-one years he
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has had complete management of the Adams farm which is located two miles west of Williamson.
On March 10, 1915, Mr. Adams married Miss Mabel Mertz, the daughter of William and Sophia (Winkler) Mertz, of Ontario, Canada. They have a daughter, Ruth Marie, born July 28, 1930.
Mr. Adams is a Republican, a member of the First Presbyter- ian Church, of which he has been elder for seven years, trustee for thirteen years, and Sunday School superintendent. He belongs to Pultneyville Lodge, F. and A. M .; Rochestear Consistory, thirty-second degree, A. A. S. R .; and a member of Damascus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Rochester. He also belongs to the New York State Horticultural Society, and Williamson Coopera- tive Vegetable Growers Association, having been director of the latter organization for twenty years.
Abram John Kussie, hardware dealer, is among the enterpris- ing merchants and substantial citizens of Williamson, Wayne County. He was born there, December 6, 1884, the son of William and Frances (Freeler) Kussie.
William Kussie was a native of Holland, born in 1862. He came to this country in 1883 and settled in Wayne County, New York, where he successfully engaged in farming. In 1897 he pur- chased a small farm near the village of Williamson, where he has continued to live to the present time. He was married in 1873 to Miss Frances Freeler, the daughter of John Freeler, also natives of Holland. To them were born eight children, only two of whom survive: 1. Abram John, the subject of this sketch. 2. Elsie, born in 1904, married John Dietz, lives at Williamson, and they have a daughter, Beulah.
Abram John Kussie is a graduate of the public schools of Wil- liamson and began his business career in the employ of O. C. Fish & Company, hardware dealers of Williamson. Four years later he went with Tassel & Fairbanks, plumbing contractors, and re- mained with that concern for three years. He then located at On- tario, New York, with a milling company and in 1920 returned to
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Williamson as a partner with Arthur DeRight, and they organ- ized the Williamson Hardware Company, with which Mr. Kussie was identified for six years. In 1926 the firm of Kussie & Perry was organized and after a short time the company purchased the hardware interests of the Locksley estate, the pioneer hardware firm of Wayne County, founded seventy-five years before. The business is located at 8 West Main Street.
On April 30, 1912, Mr. Kussie was united in marriage with Miss Alice DeMay, the daughter of John and Alice (Fisher) DeMay, of Williamson. They have two daughters: May Blossom, born in May, 1914, a graduate of Williamson Central School, class of 1932. 2. Ruth Alice, born in June, 1917, a student.
Mr. Kussie is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is an enthusiastic sportsman and makes frequent trips into the Adirondack Mountains. He holds membership in the Williamson Revolver and Rifle Club.
George Frederick Hendricks, who is well and favorably known throughout Wayne County, has served as postmaster of Sodus since 1923. He was born at Lyons, New York, September 2, 1858, the son of Frederick and Dorothy (Puls) Hendricks.
Frederick Hendricks was born at Mechlenberg, Germany, and emigrated to the United States during the early '50s. He was a shoemaker by trade and was thus engaged at Lyons, New York, for a number of years. He later went to Galesburg, Illinois, and continued in business there until 1868, at which time he returned to Lyons and purchased a small farm near the village. He died there April 27, 1894. Mr. Hendricks married (first) Miss Dorothy Puls, a native of Germany. She died in September, 1858, and is buried in Lyons Cemetery. He married (second) in 1860, Miss Minnie Smith, of Lyons. They had two children. She died in 1865 and is buried at Galesburg, Illinois. He married (third) in 1867 Mrs. Augusta Ames, of Lyons, who died in 1928.
George F. Hendricks grew up at Lyons and Galesburg where he attended the public schools. At the age of sixteen years he
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became an apprentice carriage and wagon maker at Sodus Center, and remained there for five years. He spent the following three years in various sections of the state and in 1883 returned to Wayne County and established himself in business at Sodus as a carriage and wagon manufacturer. He successfully conducted a business there for forty years and retired in 1923 to assume the duties of postmaster. He has also been justice of the peace for sixteen years.
Mr. Hendricks married (first) December 27, 1882, Miss Eliza- beth Klumpp, the daughter of Daniel and Magdalene (Yeackle) Klumpp, of Sodus Center. She died December 13, 1909, and is buried at Sodus Center. To this union were born two children: 1. Seward Daniel, born January 21, 1884, a graduate of Union Col- lege, class of 1910, civil engineer. He is now identified with the Union Carbide Company, Niagara Falls, New York. as a metal- lurgist. 2. Marian, born February 9, 1892, married Bert Peters, who is superintendent of the waterworks and street system of Sodus.
Mr. Hendricks married (second) Miss Mary LaMount, the daughter of Dr. John LaMount, of Sodus.
Mr. Hendricks is a Republican and has served as county com- mitteeman. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to B. P. O. Elks, Sodus Board of Trade, and National Association of Postmasters. He also was affiliated with and served as secretary of Sodus Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows for more than thirty years.
Charles Warner Mills .- Few men are more prominent in Cen- tral New York than Charles Warner Mills, who is editor and pub- lisher of "The Sodus Record," of Sodus, and vice president of the Lamoka Power Corporation in Wayne County. He was born at Sodus, New York, November 21, 1874, the son of Charles and Laura (Tryon) Mills.
Charles Mills, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Granville, Vermont, in 1843, and died near Elmira,
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August 21, 1917. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted and served as a private in the One Hundred and Eleventh Vermont Volunteer Infantry, taking part in many important battles and engagements of the war, including Antietam and Gettysburg. After his discharge in 1865 he came to Sodus, where he became interested in the manufacture of wagons and carriages. He also made other types of vehicles and operated a factory there for more than thirty years. In the early '90s he was elected to the office of Grand Counselor of the Royal Templars of Temperance of the State of New York, which was a mutual life insurance organiza- tion. At that time Mr. Mills discontinued his manufacturing in- terests to devote his entire attention to the duties of his new office. After a short period he was elected Supreme Counselor of the United States, with headquarters at Buffalo, New York. He re- signed from the latter office in 1910 and at that time removed to Manatee, Florida. Mr. Mills was married in 1866 to Miss Laura Tryon, of Sodus. To them were born four children.
Charles Warner Mills is a graduate of the grade and high schools of Sodus and spent three years at Syracuse University, being a member of the class of 1898. He left college, however, in his junior year to enter the newspaper field with his brother, George Raymond Mills, and they were founders of "The Sodus Record," in April, 1897. They have since been identified with that publication, which has proven one of the outstanding newspapers in this section of the state, both from an editorial and advertising standpoint. Charles W. Mills has continued as editor-in-chief to the present time. The paper has always been independent Repub- lican in its views.
In 1899 Mr. Mills and his brother leased a local theater, which they successfully operated for six years. On account of inade- quate lighting facilities in the community, the brothers decided to build an electric lighting system for the village, and with its installation a new theater building was opened in 1906. Their power plant was enlarged within a year and current distribution was extended as far as the city limits of Rochester and northeast to Sodus Point. It extended as far south as Marion and north to Pultneyville, New York. After the absorption of a number of
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smaller power plants, the business was incorporated as the Lake Ontario Power Corporation, with C. Warner Mills as president, and G. Raymond Mills as vice president. In 1928 the property was sold to E. L. Phillips & Company, of New York City, and at the present time it is owned by the Associated Gas & Electric Cor- poration.
In 1915 the Mills brothers also became interested in the devel- opment of a power system on the east shore of Keuka Lake in Steuben County, and including Little and Lamoka lakes. These two small lakes are just east of Keuka Lake and are at an eleva- tion of 389 feet. They are also owners of a series of natural gas wells, which produce from 1,000,000 to 13,000,000 cubic feet of gas per day. With these natural facilities they have produced a pumped storage hydro-electric power system. There is only one other similar system in the United States. This vast enterprise is incorporated as the Lamoka Power Corporation.
Mr. Mills has also been interested in the construction of the Wayne Power Company system in the territory between Wayland and Hornell, New York, which was sold to the New York Central Electric Corporation.
On July 28, 1908, Mr. Mills was united in marriage with Miss Anna M. Rogers, the daughter of Franklin and Estelle G. Rogers, of Sodus. To them were born six children: 1. Estelle Laura, born June 15, 1910, died January 5, 1916. 2. Charles Warner, Jr., born December 12, 1911, died November 20, 1915. 3. Marian Monta, born April 10, 1913, died August 23, 1930. 4. Ruth Gay- lord, born November 22, 1914, attends Arlington Hall, at Washing- ton, D. C. 5. Edward Raymond, born August 28, 1916, attends Staunton Military Academy, at Staunton, Virginia. 6. Rogers Gardiner, born August 6, 1919.
Politically, Mr. Mills has always been a Republican. He holds membership in the Episcopal Church, and Phi Delta Theta frater- nity.
Mr. Mills finds his chief recreation in fishing, and is a recog- nized authority on tarpon fishing, having been awarded numerous trophies for his skill in this particular sport. He is president of the International Tarpon Tournament, and spends his leisure time at his winter home at Sarasota, Florida.
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Mathew M. Farrell .- Among the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Wayne County is Mathew M. Farrell, station agent at Sodus Point, who has remained in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a continuous period of more than half a century. He was born at Newark, New York, Decem- ber 29, 1864, the son of Thomas and Mary (Bolger) Farrell.
Thomas Farrell, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born near Dublin, Ireland, and at the age of eighteen years came to the United States and settled at Newark, New York. He followed his trade of a stonemason and later served as street com- missioner of the village of Newark. He died at the age of seventy- three years. Mr. Farrell had served throughout the Civil War and was severely wounded at the Battle of Dinwoodie. His wife was a native of New York City and is deceased.
Mathew M. Farrell attended the public schools of Newark and at the age of fifteen years entered the employ of the Sodus Point & Southern Railroad Company, which was afterward absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad system. He learned telegraphy and came to Sodus Point as operator in 1881. He later became assist- ant station agent and in 1914, after thirty-three years of continu- ous service with the company, was promoted to the position of station agent. He still serves in that capacity. In 1929 Mr. Far- rell received an honor medal from the company in recognition of his fifty years of service.
Since 1899 Mr. Farrell has also been interested in the insurance business as a representative of the Continental Fire Insurance Company of New York, as agent for this company at Sodus Point. Sodus Point.
Mr. Farrell was married in January, 1887, to Miss Emma DeVille, the daughter of Capt. Henry and Catherine (Buys) DeVille. Captain DeVille was one of the early lake captains on the Great Lakes. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Far- rell: 1. George, born in 1888, died at the age of twenty-two months. 2. Harold, born in 1890, assistant ticket agent for a time at Sodus Point, later located at Elmira, and Rochester, New York. He died in 1920, 3. Catherine, born in 1892, a graduate of St. Elizabeth's College, at Morristown, New Jersey, was a teacher
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there for two years, and then spent six years as an investigator of Catholic charities at Rochester. She married Michael Hogan, attorney, of Rochester.
Mr. Farrell is a Democrat, and has served as postmaster of Sodus Point. He also has been school trustee for fifteen years. He and his family are members of St. Rose's Catholic Church.
Caleb Charles Scutt .- As president and manager of the Red Creek Canning Company, Inc., Caleb Charles Scutt is recognized as one of the most successful business men and representative citizens of Wayne County. He was born at Elborn, Iowa, July 22, 1885, the son of Schuyler W. and Edna (Mason) Scutt.
Schuyler W. Scutt was a native of Marion, New York, born in 1858. He spent his entire life in the milling business and lived at Marion. He died there in 1930 and is buried at that place. In 1882 Mr. Scutt married Miss Edna Mason, the daughter of Charles and Mary Mason, of Toledo, Iowa. To them were born four chil- dren, of whom Caleb Charles, subject of this sketch, was the second.
Caleb Charles Scutt attended the Marion public schools and is a graduate of Marion Collegiate Institute. As a young man he entered the factory of a Marion canning concern. He also spent some time in his father's flour mills and then went with the Wayne Canning Company for four years. Mr. Scutt came to Red Creek in 1912 and became associated with Myron Shirtz, as owners of a canning business. The partnership continued until 1925, at which time Mr. Shirtz died, and Mr. Scutt continued the enterprise alone, it being incorporated on January 1, 1926, as the Red Creek Can- ning Company, with Mr. Scutt as president and manager. Prod- ucts of the concern are handled through jobbers and the field of distribution is operated by chain stores throughout the entire United States. Goods canned by the firm include: apples, cher- ries, raspberries, pears, peas, and beans. It operates six months of the year and has a maximum employment of 225 people.
On April 22, 1907, Mr. Scutt married Miss Mary White, the daughter of James and Margaret White, of Marion, New York.
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They are the parents of four children: 1. Margaret Edna, born August 8, 1909, a graduate of Red Creek High School and Skid- more College, class of 1930. 2. Jane Elizabeth, born February 14, 1913, a graduate of Red Creek High School, attends St. Anthony's Convent at Syracuse. 3. Schuyler James, born May 19, 1914, at- tended Red Creek High School and now a student at Manlius Mil- itary Academy. 4. Barbara Mary, born December 16, 1920.
Mr. Scutt is a Republican and is affiliated with Wolcott Lodge, No. 560, F. and A. M .; Clyde Chapter, No. 201, R. A. M .; Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, K. T., and Damascus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; B. P. O. Elks, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, Newark Country Club, Lakeside Golf Club, Citizens Club of Red Creek, and New York State and National Canners associations. He is a director of the Red Creek National Bank. He has served for a number of years as a member of the Red Creek Board of Education, and as its president for one term.
Roe Lovell Hendrick .- One of the most widely known newspa- per men of Central New York is Roe Lovell Hendrick, who is edi- tor and publisher of the "Lake Shore News," at Wolcott, Wayne County. He was born at Wolcott, April 4, 1867, the son of Horace W. and Emily B. (Roe) Hendrick.
Horace W. Hendrick was a native of Wolcott, born in 1838. In early life he was a farmer, and in 1880 went to southern Cali- fornia where he engaged in the laundry business for a number of years, first at San Diego and later in Los Angeles. He died in 1918 and is buried in the latter city. On December 24, 1859, Mr. Hendrick was united in marriage with Miss Emily B. Roe, of Wolcott, who died in 1921. She is buried in Wolcott Cemetery. Their children were: 1. Roe Lovell, the subject of this sketch. 2. Ralph Horace, who died in 1900.
The boyhood of Roe L. Hendrick was spent at Wolcott and he attended the public schools there and at Wichita, Kansas. After his graduation from high school in 1884 he became associated with
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his uncle, William H. Thomas, editor and publisher of the "Lake Shore News," at Wolcott, which had also been founded by him in 1874. Mr. Hendrick continued with the publication for a period of four years, and in 1888 located at Rochester, New York, as a reporter on the Democrat & Chronicle. After two years he went to Buffalo, New York, and worked on the Buffalo Courier, later becoming associated with the Buffalo News. In 1891 Mr. Hen- drick located in New York City where he spent five years as a "free lance" writer, being identified with numerous newspapers and periodicals there. At that time he also became a writer on the Youth's Companion, for which he contracted to write twenty- five stories of a fictional nature annually. Mr. Hendricks contin- ued in that capacity for a period of twenty-five years, his services ending only when the publication was absorbed by the American Boy. He returned to Wolcott in 1896 and in 1903 became manag- ing editor of the Ithaca Daily News, having succeeded Frank E. Gannett. After five years on that paper he served as editor for one year of the Titusville (Pennsylvania) Tribune, and from 1911 until 1918 was managing superintendent of the Ridpath Chau- tauqua. In this capacity his work ranged from that of advance agent to lecturer on the platform. Mr. Hendrick again returned to Wolcott in 1918, and became assistant publisher and editor of the Lake Shore News, with which he had been identified finan- cially for many years. He succeeded Charles H. Thomas, son of its founder, as editor upon the latter's death in 1920, and at that time incorporated the business as The Lake Shore News Publish- ing Company, Inc.
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