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Mr. Hamilton is a Republican, a member of the First Presby- terian Church, and belongs to the Y. M. C. A., Huntington Liter- ary Society, and Houston Club, being president of the latter or- ganization during 1931.
The Garlock Packing Company with home office and principal factories at Palmyra, New York, is one of the more important corporations in western New York. This concern like so many others in the United States is the outgrowth of small and modest beginnings.
The company, which is now the largest in the world devoted exclusively to the manufacture and sale of mechanical packings and immediately allied products for every known type of mechani- cal equipment, had its inception in the year of 1883. Mr. Olin J. Garlock, whose name the company carries, was at that time a young steam engineer working in Palmyra. He demonstrated the outstanding serviceability of a cut and fitted packing ring, for
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use on the piston rod of a steam engine in his charge as against the makeshift provisions for this usage then commonly employed.
Further experimentation by young Garlock developed the fact that the packing ring could be improved by impregnation with a proper lubrication. He obtained a patent on the method of lubri- cation. Immediately thereafter in association with his father, the late Mr. John Garlock, known and beloved as Uncle John by all Palmyrans of his generation, he entered into business in a small way by introducing his product and soliciting orders person- ally in the central and western part of the state and then return- ing to his little shop for the purpose of making and shipping the rings.
The product met with great favor on the part of the engineer- ing fraternity. To permit better introduction, greater facilities and a larger organization were needed. With this objective in view Mr. Garlock in 1885 admitted two partners into the business, Messrs. Eugene Nichols and George Crandall. Each of these two men invested $300.00 for a third interest each in the concern. Two years later Mr. Crandall disposed of his holdings to the late Mr. Frederick W. Griffith and on September 9, 1887, Messrs. Garlock, Nichols and Griffith formed a copartnership under the name of The Garlock Packing Company to carry on the manufacture and sale of engine packings.
A small factory employing two or three men was established on the property at the rear of the site now occupied by the com- pany's executive offices. Under the close personal attention of the three partners the business gradually grew from year to year. Salesmen were added to the staff one at a time. Extra equipment was placed in the factory and the number of employes was in- creased as the original Garlock products met with favor in a slowly widening market.
By 1896 Garlock packings, which by this time had been greatly augmented in number to meet all the various conditions then ex- isting in power plant operation, were nationally known and used. In this year the partnership was broken by the untimely death on September 3, 1896, of Mr. Eugene Nichols. His widow, Mrs. Edna R. Nichols, continued in ownership with the surviving partners,
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being personally represented in the active management of the con- cern successively by the late Frank Brown, the late James P. Bal- lou, who resigned to form The Dealers' Steam Packing Co., Mr. C. E. Platt and Mr. James H. L. Gallagher.
This arrangement continued for a period of several years when due to the continued growth and expansion of the business, it was decided to incorporate. A New York State charter was granted on March 27, 1905, the three partners accepting equal participa- tion in the ownership of the corporation. The first officers of the reorganized company were: Olin J. Garlock, president; F. W. Griffith, vice president and treasurer; James H. L. Gallagher, sec- retary. These officers continued in charge of the business in their respective positions until 1921 when Mr. Garlock retired from active participation in the affairs of the company. He was suc- ceeded on the directorate by his personal nominee, Mr. Ward K. Angevine, who became secretary of the company. Mr. Griffith took Mr. Garlock's place as president and Mr. Gallagher became vice president, to which office was added the responsibilities of general managership.
In November, 1921, Mrs. Edna R. Nichols died. Mr. J. H. L. Gallagher, the then vice-president of the company and now presi- dent of the Wayne County Trust Company at Palmyra, repre- sented the estate of Mrs. Nichols in the affairs of the company until August, 1923, when he resigned to be succeeded by Mr. Geo. L. Abbott.
Upon the death of Mr. Griffith in July, 1928, Mr. Abbott, who was then vice president of the company was named president, Mr. Ward K. Angevine became vice president and secretary and Mr. Henry W. Griffith, representing the estate of his father became treasurer.
On April 1, 1929, an arrangement was consummated whereby the three owners, namely, Mr. Olin J. Garlock and the estates of Mrs. Nichols and Mr. Griffith, sold their entire interests in the company to a group of investment bankers. Immediately there- after the officership of the company was revised to the following personnel, all of whom are actively in office at this time: George L. Abbott, president and treasurer; Phil Arnold, vice president in
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charge of sales; Cecil R. Hubbard, vice president in charge of production; Robert M. Waples, secretary; Hart B. Pierce, assist- ant secretary; Bernard W. Possee, assistant treasurer.
The directors of the company are: George L. Abbott, president, The Garlock Packing Co., Palmyra, New York; J. H. Anderson of Niagara Share Corp., Buffalo, New York; Charles C. Congdon, attorney, Palmyra, New York; Rudolph B. Flershem, vice presi- dent, The Marine Trust Co., Buffalo, New York; S. Rae Hickok, president, The Hickok Manufacturing Co., Rochester, New York; W. G. Lasher of White, Weld & Co., New York, New York; Ray- mond V. V. Miller of White, Weld & Co., New York, New York; J. C. Nelson, vice president, Syracuse Washing Machine Corp., Syracuse, New York; George F. Rand, president The Marine Trust Co., Buffalo, New York; David S. Rutty of Sage, Wolcott & Steele, Rochester, New York.
Throughout the years aside from the fluctuations due to per- iodical recurrences of economic disturbances the company has steadily expanded its operations along conservative lines. The products manufactured are now several hundred in number. The manufacturing plant at Palmyra is housed in a group of twelve factory buildings located directly upon the West Shore Railroad of the New York Central Lines. Many hundred persons are regu- larly employed in the manufacturing department. In the United States small branch factories are maintained at San Francisco, Denver and Birmingham. Manufacturing operations in Canada are carried on in a factory located at Hamilton, Ontario.
Products are distributed by a specialized sales force with dis- trict headquarters in twenty-one cities in the United States. The Garlock Packing Co. of Canada, Ltd., with headquarters at Mon- treal has offices in six Canadian cities. Active sales agencies have been established in all the principal countries of the world.
The uses of the products of The Garlock Packing Company are many and varied. Chiefly they are employed in one way and another with the different kinds and types of power making and power using machinery and equipment. Steel mills, automotive manufacturers, railroads and waterway transport companies comprise but a few of the many groups of users.
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Many parts of the world contribute raw materials for the fin- ished products manufactured in the Garlock factories. The East Indies supply rubber, Canada sends crude asbestos, the southern United States and Peru furnish cotton, from many parts of the world come various metals, Belgium furnishes flax, India supplies jute and the oil fields of America produce the lubricating ingre- dients. Other countries including far Japan are represented among the numerous sources of supply.
The steadfast insistence of Mr. Garlock and the company's early management on the maintenance of high quality in its prod- ucts and prompt, dependable service for its customers has prob- ably contributed more than any other single item to the success of its operations and the establishment of its materials as stan- dards throughout the world. In later years as the scope of busi- ness has broadened and new lines have been added one after the other, the judgment of the originators of this policy has been duly recognized by the later managements of the company through adherence to their basic principles of operation in this regard.
A. Eugene Bolles .- A widely known newspaper man of Central New York is A. Eugene Bolles, who is editor of the Newark Cour- ier and The Commercial in Wayne County. He was born in Wau- shara County, Wisconsin, February 20, 1872, the son of Nelson R. and Melvina (Whitford) Bolles.
Nelson R. Bolles was a native of Erie County, New York, born in 1826. He spent many years as a merchant and farmer, and for a number of years lived in Springboro, Crawford County, Penn- sylvania. He died in 1912. Mr. Bolles was married in 1863 to Miss Melvina Whitford, the daughter of Stephen Whitford, of Crawford County. They were the parents of four children, of whom A. Eugene, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest.
The education of A. Eugene Bolles was received in the public schools of Springboro, Crawford County, and in 1887 he was grad- uated from Albion High School. As a youth he learned the printer's trade and in 1892 became a teacher in the district schools
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of Crawford County. He began his newspaper career on the Erie Dispatch at Erie, Pennsylvania, in January, 1895, and during the following year he became business manager. He located at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897, as a member of the advertising staff of the Cleveland Press, and in the following year became advertising manager of the Marine Review at Cleveland. Mr. Bolles went to New York City in 1900 as manager of "Hardware," and remained with that publication for a period of six years. In 1907 he organ- ized the Advertising and Selling Magazine, which is still published in New York City, and of which he served as general manager for two years. During his newspaper career in New York he reor- ganized more than ten different publications. He then became associated with Doubleday, Page & Company, as manager of their Spanish department, being in charge of the magazine "La Revista Del Mundo" (Review of the World). He spent some time in South America for the company in connection with their Spanish publi- cations, and during 1916-20 also was advertising manager of the Red Cross Magazine, being a member of the publication board of the American Red Cross. Due to ill health Mr. Bolles retired from his profession in 1923 and after a year of convalescence in the White Mountains of Vermont, he located at Newark, Wayne County, in April, 1924, as owner and publisher of the Newark Courier and Commercial.
Mr. Bolles was married (first) December 29, 1897, to Miss Jane Dickenson, of Erie, Pennsylvania. She died July 10, 1909, being survived by two daughters: 1. Martha, born October 20, 1900, a graduate of Boston School of Physical Education, class of 1922. She married Charles B. Shaver, of Minoa, New York, and they have three daughters, Jane, Patricia and Ruth Anne. 2. Cecilia, born September 25, 1905, a graduate of Montclair Business Insti- tute, and later a student at Oberlin (Ohio) College. She married Herbert G. Jackson, of Newark, New York, and they have two children, Herbert G., Jr., and Sally.
Mr. Bolles married (second) January 8, 1913, Miss Harriet Lockwood, of Montclair, New Jersey. They have two children: 1. Eugene, Jr., born October 26, 1914. 2. Frances, born December 7, 1916. Both attend Newark High School.
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Mr. Bolles is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, and has the following lodge and club affiliations: Newark Lodge, No. 83, F. & A. M .; B. P. O. Elks; Lions Club; Chamber of Commerce; Advertising Club of New York; National Editorial Association, the Automobile Club of Rochester and the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. He is vice chairman of the Wayne District Council Boy Scouts of America, and was the first to be awarded the silver Beaver by the national organization for "Distinguished Service to Boyhood." He is a director of the Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross, director of the Arcadia Community Chest, and vice president of the Newark Chamber of Commerce and Wayne County chairman of the Lake Ontario Country Association. He is a member of the Wayne County Farm Bureau, and a promoter of the good roads move- ment in this section, having advanced these interests greatly in the community through the influence of the Newark Courier.
Capt. Clarence C. Nesbitt, M. D .- A veteran of the World War, Dr. Clarence C. Nesbitt has successfully engaged in practice at Palmyra for a number of years and is among the outstanding professional men of Wayne County. He was born near Albion, New York, May 23, 1884, the son of Samuel and Jane (Head) Nes- bitt.
Samuel Nesbitt was born in Ireland in 1832. He emigrated to this country with his parents in 1844 and settled near Hamlin, New York. Later, about 1883, he removed to Albion. He died in 1918 and is buried at Mount Albion Cemetery. In 1863 Mr. Nes- bitt was united in marriage with Miss Jane Head, the daughter of Henry Head, a native of Colburne, Ontario. To this union were born eleven children, of whom Clarence C., the subject of this sketch, was the youngest.
Clarence C. Nesbitt grew up at Albion, New York, where he received his early education. After his graduation from high school in 1903 he taught school for two years before entering the University of Buffalo, from which he received the degree of Doc-
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tor of Medicine in 1910. He then served as interne for one year in the Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, at Buffalo, and established an office at Holley, New York, in 1911. Doctor Nesbitt remained there until 1917, at which time he enlisted in the Medical Corps and received the commission of first lieutenant. He served with the Twenty-seventh Division, and was assigned to the One Hun- dred and Sixth Ambulance Company, serving in France with the latter organization. He remained in France from May 17, 1918, until January 26, 1919, and was stationed at eight different bat- tle fronts, being severely gassed on October 18, 1918. He was discharged with the rank of captain on January 26, 1919, as a casual officer, and received a citation and received the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross, the Silver Star Medal and the Order of the Purple Heart "for successful evacuation of wounded men under fire during the Hindenburg engagement."
After his discharge from the service Doctor Nesbitt estab- lished his present practice at Palmyra. During the past twelve years he has been surgeon for the Garlock Packing Company and surgeon for the New York Central Railroad Company. He is also physician for the Palmyra public schools and is identified with the Wayne County, New York State Medical societies, and Ameri- can Medical Association.
On June 10, 1910, Doctor Nesbitt was united in marriage with Miss Arloa McCanne, of Denver, Colorado, who died June 23, 1913. They were the parents of two children: 1. Anne Elizabeth, born March 26, 1911, a graduate of Albany State Teachers College, class of 1932, is an English teacher at Springfield (New York) High School. 2. John David, born May 30, 1912, attends Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York.
Doctor Nesbitt married (second) January 23, 1916, Miss Doris M. Smith, the daughter of Eugene and Adella (Benedict) Smith, of Palmyra. They have a son, Henry Benedict, born February 3, 1921.
Doctor Nesbitt is a Republican and has served as village presi- dent and trustee. He holds membership in the Episcopal Church and is a member of Palmyra Lodge, F. and A. M., Albion Chapter, R. A. M., and Zenobia Commandery No. 41, K. T., and Damascus
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Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He also belongs to B. P. O. Elks, and Lions Club. Doctor Nesbitt was one of the organizers of the American Legion in Wayne County and was vice chairman of the eighth district.
Doctor Nesbitt and his family reside at 133 Cuyler Street, Palmyra.
Sanford Monroe Young, who is secretary and treasurer of the Wayne Coal & Lumber Corporation, at Palmyra, is a leader in the business and civic life of that community. He was born at Palmyra, May 2, 1884, the son of Hiram O. and Emma (DeBoofer) Young.
Hiram O. Young was born at Ontario, Wayne County, August 24, 1860, the son of Oscar Monroe Young, who was a native of Jefferson County, New York, born there in 1825. The latter died in the late '90s at the age of seventy-two years and is buried at Sandy Creek, New York. He was a carpenter and builder as was his son, Hiram O. Young, who became successful at Palmyra. Hiram O. Young also conducted a hardware business for a num- ber of years in connection with his building interests. He now lives retired at St. Petersburg, Florida. He was married in 1882 to Miss Emma DeBoofer, of Sodus, New York, and to them were born three sons, of whom Sanford Monroe, subject of this sketch, was the first.
Sanford Monroe Young grew up at Palmyra, where he attend- ed the public schools. In 1905 he was graduated from the Roches- ter Business Institute, and he immediately became identified with the First National Bank, at Palmyra as a bookkeeper. Six years later he left the bank to become associated with his father's hard- ware interests at Palmyra, under the firm name of H. O. Young & Son. The firm added an extensive line of farm implements and machinery in 1908 and in that year Rufus N. Backus purchased an interest in the enterprise, which was reorganized as Young & Backus. Two years later H. O. Young retired and the business was thereafter operated as R. N. Backus & Son. Again, in 1912,
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H. O. Young and his two sons became proprietors of the company and it was carried on during the following three years as H. O. Young & Sons. At the end of that time Harry E. Young became sole owner of the business. For a time then Sanford M. Young was identified with A. B. Chaffee & Company, Inc., of Newark, New York, as auditor. From 1920 until 1922 he was connected with the cost department of the Garlock Packing Company, of Palmyra, and in August of the latter year he was active in the organization of the State Bank of Palmyra, of which he served as director and assistant cashier. In October, 1929, the State Bank of Palmyra was consolidated with the First National Bank of Palmyra, and thereafter was known as the Wayne County Trust Company. Mr. Young became secretary of the new institu- tion and served in that capacity until May 1, 1930. On that date he resigned and spent more than a year following in travel and rest. Since 1931 he has devoted his interests to the Wayne Coal & Lumber Corporation.
Mr. Young was married June 2, 1908, to Miss Genevieve Cath- erine Belty, the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Hall) Belty, of Palmyra. They have three daughters: 1. Leontine R., born March 29, 1910, attends the University of Denver, class of 1933. 2. Meda E., born June 3, 1913, attends Cornell University, class of 1935. 3. Winifred B., born January 8, 1915, attends Pal- myra High School, class of 1933.
Mr. Young is a Republican and has served as village treasurer, village clerk, and supervisor, having held the latter office from 1913 until 1919 and being reelected in 1931. He has also been audi- tor of Palmyra for many years. He and his family hold member- ship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is active in all church work. He is a member of Palmyra Lodge No. 248, F. & A. M., Palmyra Eagle Chapter, No. 79, R. A. M., Palmyra Council, R. & S. M., Zenobia Commandery No. 41, K. T., and Damascus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and belongs to the Lions Club, and Palmyra Business and Civic Club. During the World War he was in charge of registration for the draft in the city of Palmyra and was also a member of the state board of registration.
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William Adams Cady, of Palmyra, is a representative business man of Wayne County, and has engaged in the furniture and un- dertaking business here since 1908. He was born at Williamson, New York, September 1, 1870, the son of Herbert E. and Saman- tha (Lyon) Cady.
Herbert E. Cady was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Williamson, New York, in 1846, and died there in 1887. Throughout his life he had extensive farming interests. He was married in 1868 to Miss Samantha Lyon, the daughter of William A. Lyon, of Marion, New York. They were the parents of three children.
The early life of William A. Cady was spent on his father's farm near Williamson and after his graduation from high school in 1886 he continued in that work. He located at Palmyra in 1892 as manager of the wall paper business of David E. Lyon, his uncle, and continued in that store for fourteen years. He then located at Savannah, New York, in 1906, being identified with an under- taking establishment at that place. He also studied at the Myers School of Embalming at Syracuse, and returned to Palmyra in 1908 to establish a business of his own. Four years later he be- came associated with O. C. Silver, and they purchased the furni- ture business of Guiles B. Crandall, which was combined with the undertaking establishment. The firm of Silver & Cady continued successfully until the death of Mr. Silver in January, 1932. The widow of Mr. Silver has retained her husband's interest in the bus- iness.
On October 25, 1892, Mr. Cady married Miss Nellie Verbridge, the daughter of Cornelius and Lena Verbridge, of Williamson, New York. They have a daughter, Marjorie Eleanor, born Feb- ruary 9, 1900. She is a graduate of Palmyra High School and Sargeant's School of Physical Education at Boston, Massachu- setts. After three years as an instructor of physical training at Palmyra High School, she was a member of the faculty of Mount Morris High School. She was married October 25, 1932, to Sher- wood Mate, of Mount Morris, New York.
Mr. Cady is a Republican and has always taken a prominent and active part in local affairs. He served as Republican county
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committeeman for sixteen years, and his wife now serves in that capacity. He has also been village assessor for eighteen years, town assessor for seven years, and collector for four years. He has been a trustee of the First Baptist Church during the past twenty years, is a thirty-second degree Mason, and Past Patron for seventeen years of the Order of Eastern Star. He also belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose, and has held membership in the Palmyra Grange for more than a quarter of a century.
Thomas James McGuire .- Identified with the firm of McGuire & Hargrave, funeral directors, Thomas James McGuire has long been recognized as one of the dependable business men of Pal- myra. He was born here June 30, 1888, the son of Patrick P. and Ellen (Hickey) McGuire.
Patrick P. McGuire was born in Ireland in 1847 and emigrated to this country at the age of twenty years. He spent the remain- der of his life at Palmyra where he was employed by the New York Central Railroad Company. He died in December, 1931, and is buried in St. Ann's Cemetery, Palmyra. In 1880 Mr. McGuire married Miss Ellen Hickey, a native of Canada. They were the parents of seven children.
At the age of fourteen years Thomas James McGuire left school and at that time entered the employ of Guiles B. Crandall, undertaker and furniture dealer. He continued with the company for a period of twenty-one years, the first nine years of which he was associated with Guiles B. Crandall. Upon the latter's death in 1911 his son, Clifford G. Crandall succeeded to the busi- ness and for twelve years continued as manager. He died in 1923, being succeeded by his son, Harold B. Crandall. In 1923 Mr. Mc- Guire purchased an interest in the business which was organized at that time as Crandall & McGuire. The new partnership con- tinued until 1931. In that year Edward L. Hargrave assumed con- trol of Mr. Crandall's interest in the enterprise.
In 1914 Mr. McGuire married (first) Miss Bertha E. Hennesey, who died November 11, 1918. She is buried in St. Ann's Cemetery,
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Palmyra. He was married (second) on October 26, 1926, to Miss Theresa M. Maloney, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Maloney, of Macedon, New York.
Mr. McGuire is a Democrat, a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church and belongs to the Knights of Columbus, fourth degree. He also belongs to the Order of Alhambra, Rochester; Palmyra Business and Civic Organization; and New York State Associa- tion of Funeral Directors.
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