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Robert Olcott Hayt .- Connected with both the business and industrial interests of Corning, Robert Olcott Hayt, who is presi- dent of the Hayt Engineering Corp., has aided greatly in the development of the business life of his native city, as did his father before him. He was born at Corning, October 25, 1877, a son of Hon. Stephen T. and Margaret (Townsend) Hayt.
Hon. Stephen T. Hayt, third son and fifth child of Dr. John C., and Martha Hayt, was born at Patterson, Putnam County, New York, June 5, 1822. His father was a physician by profession, but was principally engaged in the lumber and milling business. On May 1, 1833, his parents and family settled in Corning. Stephen attended the common schools and afterward received an academic education. From 1840 until 1843 he was a clerk in an Elmira store, and from that date until his death he was a resident of Corning. From 1843 until 1850 he was engaged in the mercantile business; from 1851 until 1869 he was interested in the lumber business, with a yard at Albany; and from 1869 until his death in 1907, he was engaged in the manufacture of flour and feed at Corning. His wife was born at Palmyra and died in 1882. Both are buried at Corning. In politics Mr. Hayt was a Republican, and held nearly all the important offices in his town, as well as county and
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state positions. He was elected supervisor in 1856, and reelected several times, being chairman of the board of supervisors for two terms. He was elected to the state senate in 1863, and reelected in 1865. In 1866 he was elected canal commissioner and served three years. He also was a member of the Board of Education and took a deep interest in all that pertained to the intellectual and moral interests of the young people of Corning.
The Hayt family came to this country from England. Simeon Haite (as the name was originally spelled) emigrated from Eng- land in 1629 and settled at Charlestown, Massachusetts. Later he located at Stamford, Connecticut. He died in 1657, leaving three sons: Nicholas, Walter, and Benjamin. Walter removed from Stamford, Connecticut, to Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1650, and died in 1699, leaving two sons, John and Zerubbabel, the latter dying in 1738. He was survived by three sons: Daniel, Caleb, and Jos- eph. The last named died in 1730 leaving four sons: Zerubbabel, James, Moses and Joseph. Zerubbabel, eldest son of Joseph, left Newark in 1749 and settled at Bedford, Westchester County, New York, where he died in 1794, leaving four sons: Stephen, Moses, Justis, and Zephaniah. Stephen served during the French wars. He married Miss Martha Els, of New Canaan, Connecticut, and died in 1770. They had four sons: Stephen, John, Samuel, and Zephaniah. Stephen, the oldest son, was born in 1760, served in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Second Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged in 1783 after six years of faithful service. He received a personal badge of merit from General Washington. Stephen married Hanna Delevan, of North Salem, New York. He died in 1834 leaving five sons: John C., Charles, Harry, David, and William. John C. removed from Paterson to Ithaca, Tompkins County, in 1826, and came to Corning in 1833. He died in 1854 leaving five sons: Samuel T., James A., Stephen T., William W., and Daniel M.
Robert Olcott Hayt was graduated from Corning Free Acad- emy in 1895. He then entered Columbia University and received the degree of Civil Engineering at that institution in 1900. Upon his return to Corning he followed his profession as an engineer until 1903, and then became identified with the U. S. Geological
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Survey and Reclamation Service, with which he continued until 1914. During that period he was stationed in Wyoming, North and South Dakota, the latter five years being located at Helena, Montana. Mr. Hayt then returned to Corning in 1914 and prac- ticed as a consulting engineer and in 1928 organized the Hayt Engineering Corporation, of which he is president. He was also active in the promotion and organization of the Lamoka power project, now in operation on Lake Keuka. During the past two years he has been interested in the natural gas situation in this section of the state, and has completed the mapping of the district in preparation of township maps.
Mr. Hayt is a Republican, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Columbia University Club of New York, and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He is a professional engineer and sur- veyor, under license of the State of New York. September 4, 1917, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Engineer Section Officers Reserve Corps. He is a member of the Society of Amer- ican Military Engineers and the American Legion.
Charles Chester Wickwire .- One of Cortland's most prom- inent men is Charles Chester Wickwire, who is president of Wick- wire Brothers, Inc., and vice-president of the National Bank of Cortland. He was born in this city, June 23, 1879, the son of Chester F. and Ardell L. (Rouse) Wickwire.
Chester F. Wickwire was of English descent, sixth in genera- tion from John Wickwire who settled at New London, Connec- ticut in 1675. The family traces its lineage back to the time of William the Conqueror. Chester F. Wickwire grew up on a farm near McGrawville, New York, where his parents, Raymond and Elmira (Greenman) Wickwire, had moved from New England during the early part of the nineteenth century. In 1857 the fam- ily removed to a farm near Cortlandville. Chester F. Wickwire attended the district schools and as a young man engaged in the grocery business at Cortland, on the west side of Main Street. In 1866 he sold the business and engaged in the hardware busi- ness on the same location, in partnership with his father under
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the firm name of C. F. Wickwire & Company. During the follow- ing year the father died and a brother of C. F. Wickwire became associated with him, Chauncey J. Wickwire. At the latter's death, another brother, Theodore H. Wickwire, was admitted to partnership, and the business was thereafter known as Wickwire Bros. They later located in the Rose building, which they pur- chased. The brothers were of an inventive and mechanical mind, and conceived the plan of weaving wire into cloth for screens and other purposes. In 1873 they began the manufacture of wire cloth and three years later the hardware business was discontin- ued to devote their entire time and interests to the manufactur- ing business. It was in 1881 that they became manufacturers of wire, and three years later the various plants of the company were concentrated in buildings on South Main Street. The busi- ness was incorporated in 1892 with C. F. Wickwire as president, and Theodore H. Wickwire as treasurer. The former was the inventor of most of the machinery used in weaving, spooling, painting and finishing wire cloth, and he was recognized through- out the country as an inventive genius. C. F. Wickwire died Sep- tember 14, 1910, and is buried at Cortland. He had served as a director of the First National Bank of Cortland for many years, and was also identified with other financial institutions in the county. On June 6, 1892, he was appointed one of five commis- sioners in charge of construction of the sewer system in Cortland, and in 1900 the same board became the Board of Public Works. The slag with which the city streets of Cortland are paved was given to the community by Wickwire Brothers. Mr. Wickwire was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church, and among his gen- erous gifts to the community was its first hospital, of which he served as trustee for many years. He was also closely identified with the Cortland County Agricultural Society. He was widely known as a breeder of fine horses. His wife was born at Cort- land and died December 30, 1915. To Mr. and Mrs. Wickwire were born three sons: 1. Raymond Chester, who died January 15, 1878. 2. Frederic Rouse, deceased. 3. Charles Chester, the subject of this sketch.
Ardell L. (Rouse) Wickwire, mother of the subject of this sketch, was descended from Simeon Rouse, who was born at Ston-
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ington, Connecticut, about 1710. He was a blacksmith by trade and died at the age of ninety-six years. His son, Simeon Rouse, was born at Stonington, Connecticut, February 11, 1757, and served in Washington's army during the American Revolution. He took part in the battle of Valley Forge, and is said to have saved the life of General Green in battle. He was discharged in 1784. He was a miller by trade and farmed at Castleton, Ver- mont, until 1790, at which time he located in Delaware County, New York. He later came to Cayuga County, and died there December 21, 1832. Simeon Rouse, III, his son, was born at Schoharie, New York, July 21, 1792. The latter came to Cortland in 1809 and was well known in this section as a carpenter con- tractor. He became a prominent citizen and was highly esteemed. Among his grandchildren was Ardell L. (Rouse) Wickwire.
After his graduation from the public schools of Cortland, Charles Chester Wickwire attended Phillips Academy, at And- over, Massachusetts. His entire business career has been identi- fied with the interests of the Wickwire Brothers. After steady advancement from minor positions in the company in 1914 Mr. Wickwire became president of the concern. He is also vice-pres- ident and director of the National Bank of Cortland.
On October 9, 1902, Mr. Wickwire married Miss Mabel Louise Fitzgerald, of Cortland, a graduate of Smith College, class of 1901. She is the daughter of Hon. Lawrence J. and Joan (Shay) Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Ireland, August 5, 1840, and died July 15, 1918. He was an early settler of Cortland and became interested in the manufacture of spring wagons in part- nership with Charles W. Kinney. They organized the Cortland Wagon Works and subsequently purchased the interests of the Oliver Hitchcock Company. Mr. Fitzgerald was vice-president of the Cortland National Bank for twenty-eight years, and had banking interests in New York City. He was a Democrat and was elected treasurer of the State of New York in 1885, and again in 1887. He was president of the village of Cortland and for thirty years was a director of Cortland Normal School. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society. Joan (Shay) Fitzgerald was born at Cortland and died April 10, 1903.
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To Charles Chester and Mabel Louise (Fitzgerald) Wickwire were born three children: 1. Helen Ardell, born September 18, 1904, a graduate of Smith College. 2. Charlotte Rouse, born March 20, 1909. She attended Smith College. 3. Charles C., Jr., a student at Yale University.
Mr. Wickwire has always been a Republican and was a presi- dential elector at the Republican convention which nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president. During the World War he was also county food director, and he has served as alderman of Cort- land, and member of the Board of Public Works. He has been president of the Cortland Free Library, and holds membership in the Rotary Club. Mr. Wickwire is a trustee of Auburn Theo- logical Seminary.
Mr. Wickwire is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of Cortland, and is trustee. They live at 29 Tompkins Street.
Mr. Wickwire has always been interested in all kinds of sports, and especially interested in horses.
John H. Greenman, who is president of the Little York Ice Company, Inc., ranks among Cortland's progressive and well known business men. He was born in this city, June 1, 1886, the son of William J. and Mary (White) Greenman.
William J. Greenman, deceased, was a representative citizen of Cortland. He was born at Cortlandville, New York, and was a graduate of Cortland Academy, and as a young man was em- ployed by the L. G. Garrison Confectionery Manufacturing Com- pany. Later, he was identified with the Harrington Clothing Company, and he also served as assistant postmaster of Cortland for four years. In 1888 Mr. Greenman organized the Cortland Door & Window Screen Company, of which he served as treas- urer from its organization until 1907. In the latter year the busi- ness was merged with the Continental Window Screen Company with Mr. Greenman retiring from the organization. He was man- ager of the Cortland Water Works for four years, and in 1911 purchased a controlling interest in the Little York Ice Company,
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of which he was president at the time of his death, March 10, 1926. He is buried at Cortland. Mr. Greenman was a prominent Democrat and for several years was chairman of the Cortland County Democratic Committee. He was secretary of the Cort- land County Agricultural Society from 1897 until 1923. He also held membership in the Presbyterian Church, and belonged to the Elks Lodge. Mary (White) Greenman was born at Jersey City, New Jersey, and now resides at Syracuse, New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Greenman were born three children: 1. Elizabeth C., mar- ried William Jones, lives at Syracuse. 2. John H., the subject of this sketch. 3. Marion H., married Ward Hartranft, lives at Syracuse, New York.
After his graduation from the Cortland public schools, John H. Greenman entered Cortland Normal School. He was gradu- ated from Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn, New York., in 1907, and during the following year was identified with the Wickwire Bros., of Cortland, as an electrician. From 1908 until 1918 he was pay- master of the company. During 1918-22 he served as accountant for the Brewer-Titchenor Corporation, at Cortland, and in the latter year he became associated with the Little York Ice Com- pany as treasurer. He was elected president of the company in 1926, and he has also served as secretary of the Cortland County Agricultural Society since 1927.
On April 12, 1909, Mr. Greenman was united in marriage with Miss Theodora Aber, of Bath, New York, born June 4, 1889, the daughter of Roy and Julia (Longwell) Aber. The former, who died in 1894, was a native of Bath. His widow later married George L. Dale, and lives at Elmira, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Greenman have two children: 1. Theodora A., born March 17, 1924. 2. John Harvey, Jr., born March 26, 1928.
Mr. Greenman is a Democrat and is chairman of the Cortland County Democratic Committee. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is affiliated with the Elks Lodge, Exchange Club, Chamber of Commerce, Cortland Country Club, and Cortland County Sportsmen's Association. He also is a member of the Central New York Ice Dealers Association.
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Randolph Van Iderstine Miller .- Active and progressive in the business affairs of Cortland County is Randolph Van I. Miller, who is president of the R. H. Miller Company, soap manufactur- ers, of Homer. He was born in New York City, March 13, 1905, the son of Randolph Horton and Alice (Van Iderstine) Miller.
Randolph Horton Miller, deceased, was a representative citi- zen and successful business man of Homer. He was born at Trux- ton, New York, September 28, 1873, and died November 17, 1929. He is buried at Homer. His widow is a native of Brooklyn, New York. After his graduation from the Cortland public schools, R. H. Miller became interested in business at Brooklyn. After vari- ous connections there and at Asbury Park, New Jersey, Mr. Miller located at Homer in 1917, and at that time was elected president of the Homer National Bank. He held that office at the time of his death. In 1918 he had organized the R. H. Miller Company, manufacturers of a special lubricant soap, for drawing wire, and this product has since gained a world market. Mr. Miller was a trustee of Cortland County Hospital, trustee of Phillips Free Library, treasurer of Cortland County Home for Aged Women, trustee of Cortland County Tuberculosis Society, and director and trustee of the Cortland County Red Cross. He also was chairman of Group No. 4, New York State Bankers Associa- tion. He was senior warden of Calvary Episcopal Church, a 32nd degree Mason, and belonged to the Rotary Club, and Chamber of Commerce. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born two children: 1. Adeline H., a graduate of Smith College, at Northampton, Mas- sachusetts, married E. T. Colton, lives at Homer. 2. Randolph Van I., the subject of this sketch.
Randolph V. I. Miller acquired his early education at Asbury Park, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Deerfield Academy in Mas- sachusetts. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Am- herst College in 1928, and began his business career as a sales rep- resentative of the Brockway Motor Truck Company at Albany, New York. Upon the death of his father in 1929, Mr. Miller suc- ceeded to the presidency of the R. H. Miller Company at Homer.
Mr. Miller is a Democrat, a member of the Episcopal Church,
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and belongs to Psi Upsilon fraternity, Rotary Club, Cortland Country Club, and Chamber of Commerce. He is unmarried.
During his college career Mr. Miller was active in athletics and was captain of the Amherst Varsity football team during 1928. He is an active member of the Amherst Club of New York City.
Frederick R. Thompson .- As president of the Homer National Bank, Frederick R. Thompson has long been recognized as one of the outstanding business leaders of Cortland County. He was born at Trumansburg, Tompkins County, September 9, 1867, the son of Henry McLallen and Mary S. (Bower) Thompson.
Henry McLallen Thompson was born at Trumansburg, New York, June 22, 1826, and died July 5, 1905. During the gold rush in 1849 he went to California via the Isthmus of Panama route. After five years he returned to Trumansburg, New York, where he spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. Henry McLallen Thompson was a grandson of John McLallen, on his maternal side, who with Abner and Philip Tremaine who settled at Goodwin's Point, on Cayuga Lake, in the town of Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York, in 1792. John McLallen married in 1799 Miss Mary King, this being the first marriage there. Henry McLallen Thompson was a Democrat and held numerous town offices. Both he and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church. She was born at Hector, Schuyler County, April 23, 1834, and died August 28, 1908. Both are buried at Trumansburg. Mary S. Bower was a daughter of William and Matilda (Weyburn) Bower. Matilda (Weyburn) Bower was a grand-daughter of Samuel Weyburn, who was the first settler of the town of Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York. He was a grandson of Capt. William Thompson, a native of Connecticut. To Henry McLallen and Mary S. (Bower) Thompson were born the following children: 1. Charles E., who died in 1925, was postmaster of Trumansburg for eight years. 2. William P., who died in 1923, buried at Cleveland, Ohio. 3. Ellen M., who died in 1920, was the wife of John C. Wheeler. 4. Fred- erick R., the subject of this sketch. 5. Anna M., who died in 1919. 6. Harry B., retired, lives at Trumansburg and Florida.
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Frederick R. Thompson grew up at Trumansburg and attended the grade and high schools there. He received the degree of Doc- tor of Dental Surgery at the Philadelphia Dental College (now Temple University) in 1889, and during the following fifteen years was engaged in practice at Homer. He then located in New York City in the real estate business as a member of the firm of G. S. and F. R. Thompson, and this business was continued until 1912, at which time Mr. Thompson returned to Homer to assist in the organization of the Brockway Motor Truck Company, which was later incorporated as the Brockway Motor Truck Corporation. He continued as secretary and treasurer of the company until 1929, and in that year resigned, although he has remained as a director.
Since 1903 Mr. Thompson has been a director of the Homer National Bank, and in 1929 he was elected to his present office as president of the institution. He also is president of the board of trustees of Cortland County Hospital, director of the Chil- dren's Home of Cortland County, trustee of the Cortland Home for Aged Women, and trustee of the Y. W. C. A. at Homer. He is president of Far View Camp, Inc., and president of the Brock- way Foundation. For twenty years he served on the Board of Education of the Homer Academy and Union School.
Mr. Thompson was married on September 19, 1894, to Miss Fanny May Brockway, of Homer, New York, the daughter of William N. and Edith (Hine) Brockway. A sketch of Mr. Brock- way appears elsewhere in this history. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have no children.
Politically, Mr. Thompson has always been a Democrat. He was one of the organizers of the County Health Unit and served as president for three years. He also served as president of the village of Homer in 1905-06. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the Congregational Church. He is affiliated with Homer Lodge, No. 352, F. and A. M., Rotary Club, Cortland Country Club, Cortland County Sportsmen's Association, and Chamber of Commerce.
During the World War he was chairman of the four "Liberty Loan Drives" of Homer, New York. He served fifteen years as a member of the Cortland County Chapter of Red Cross and was its president for ten years.
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Lawrence Fredrick Brown .- Identified with the Billings- Brown Studio, who are specialists in commercial, portrait and aerial photography, with studios at Cortland and Oneonta, Law- rence Fred Brown is recognized as one of the most successful young business men of this section of Central New York. He was born at Utica, New York, May 6, 1907, the son of Hon. Wendall P. and Jessie Maude (Burdick) Brown.
Hon. Wendall P. Brown is serving as assistant Attorney Gen- eral of the State of New York, and resides at Albany. He was born at Brookfield, New York, received his education in the public schools and is a graduate of Utica Free Academy. As a young man he read law in the offices of Brown & Saunders, of Leonards- ville, New York, and after his admission to the bar he became associated in practice with his brother, A. P. Brown, a partnership which continued successfully for fifteen years. Mr. Brown re- signed from private practice to assume his present duties as as- sistant Attorney General in 1924. He is a Republican, attends the Methodist Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge. He also is a member of the Madison County, New York State, and American Bar Associations. His wife is a native of West Edminston, New York. Their children are: Lawrence Fred, the subject of this sketch. 2. Katherine Elizabeth, married Weller Beardsley Embler, lives at Syracuse, New York.
Lawrence Fredrick Brown is a graduate of the public schools of Leonardsville, New York. He studied at the General Electric School, at Schenectady, for two years, and is also a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, class of 1927. His first position was with the General Electric Company in Schenectady, where he remained for three years, and he then went with the Whelan Studios of New York City, being located in their studios at Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He then was con- nected with the Clark Commercial & Aerial Photography Com- pany, of Springfield, Massachusetts, for a short time, and again returned to the General Electric Company. In 1929 Mr. Brown came to Cortland as a partner of a private studio in association with a Mr. Billings. He purchased his partner's interest in Au- gust, 1932. A branch studio is maintained at Oneonta.
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On September 21, 1932, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Mar- garet Richards Smith, of Cortland, the daughter of Raymond F. and Mabel (Richards) Smith. She is a graduate of Cortland High School and Knox School, at Cooperstown, New York.
Mr. Brown is a Republican. He attends the Methodist Church, and his wife belongs to the Episcopal Church.
Robert John Wyatt .- One of Geneva's best known citizens and successful business men is Robert John Wyatt, of Wyatt Bros., nurseryman, located at 321 Hamilton Street. Mr. Wyatt was born in this city, June 24, 1865, the son of Josiah and Ann (Mahoney) Wyatt.
Josiah Wyatt was a native of Scarning, County Norfolk, Eng- land, born November 6, 1831. He came to this country in 1853 and located at Geneva in July of that year. He entered the employ of a glass manufacturer and remained in this city during the re- mainder of his life. He died December 12, 1905, and is buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Mr. Wyatt was married January 17, 1859, to Miss Ann Mahoney, of Geneva, the daughter of Daniel Ma- honey, a native of Ireland, who was a prominent contractor in Rathkerin, County Kilkenny, Ireland, for many years.
Robert John Wyatt grew up in Geneva and attended the public schools and St. Francis de Sales High School. At the age of six- teen years, however, he left school and entered the employ of Graves, Selover & Willard, at that time prominent nurserymen of this city. Mr. Wyatt remained with that firm for four years and then went with Willard & Hammond, nurserymen, for five years. In 1889 he established a business with his brother, Samuel J. Wyatt, now deceased, and the nursery of Wyatt Brothers soon ranked among the leading enterprises of its kind in Central New York. In 1895 they purchased a farm three miles southwest of the city and acquired a tract of fifty-four acres for the development of their business. Later they purchased more land and now they own and operate 167 acres. Since the death of her husband, Sam- uel J. Wyatt, his widow, Mrs. Sarah K. Wyatt, has continued as a
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