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Walter J. McCormick, who is vice-president of the Robinson- Carpenter Coal & Lumber Company, Inc., of 915 West State Street, has taken an active and prominent part in the business life of Ithaca for a number of years. He was born in this city, September 26, 1880, the son of Walter and Ellen (Dugan) McCormick.
Walter McCormick, deceased, was a prominent business man of Ithaca during his lifetime. He was born here and received his education at Ithaca Academy and as a young man was employed as a clerk in the dry goods store of Hawkins-Finch. He later con- ducted a retail meat business for three years on West State Street, and also was interested in the grocery business. He spent twenty years as the successful owner and manager of St. John's Hotel, now the Hotel Commercial, in Ithaca, and for seven years was manager of the Ithaca Ice Company and a director. He died in 1918 and his wife, born at Friendsville, Pennsylvania, died in 1920. Both are buried in Calvary Cemetery, Ithaca. Mr. McCor-
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mick was a Democrat and served as alderman of the First Ward for three terms, also being mayor pro tem. in 1893 under Mayor C. D. Boughton. He was affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. To Mr. and Mrs. McCormick were born the following children: 1. Walter J., the subject of this sketch. 2. Mary G., a graduate of Ithaca High School and Nazareth Preparatory School, at Roches- ter, New York. She is an artist. 3. Frank J., M. D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Ithaca.
The boyhood of Walter J. McCormick was spent in Ithaca and he attended the public schools. In 1902 he began his business career as superintendent of the Ithaca Ice & Coal Company, and remained in that capacity until 1907. He then established a retail coal business at Seneca and Meadow streets and devoted a number of years to the building up of that business enterprise. In 1917 he purchased the interests of Mr. Carpenter in the Robinson-Car- penter Lumber & Coal Company and when the business was incor- porated Mr. McCormick became vice-president.
Mr. McCormick married (first) on October 20, 1904, Miss Ellen C. Carroll, who was born at Ovid, New York, October 8, 1881, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Donnelly) Carroll. The former was born in Ireland and died in 1924. His wife was a native of Ovid, where she still lives. Ellen C. (Carroll) McCormick died May 31, 1918, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Ithaca. To Mr. and Mrs. McCormick were born the following children: 1. Clara M., born September 25, 1905, a graduate of Ithaca High School, and Cornell University, Bachelor of Arts, class of 1926. She is a teacher at Ovid High School. 2. Mary E., born December 26, 1906, a graduate of Ithaca High School, and Cornell University, Bach- elor of Arts, class of 1927. She is a member of the faculty of Hobart College, at Geneva, New York. 3. Frances M., born July 23, 1909, a graduate of Ithaca High School, and Cornell Univer- sity, Bachelor of Arts, class of 1931, now a student nurse at Yale University. 4. John T., who died in 1924. 5. Walter, who died in 1914. 6. Robert J., born July 24, 1917, attends Ithaca High School.
Mr. McCormick married (second) on October 7, 1925, at Ith- aca, Miss Margaret L. Maloney, born in this city, February 27,
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1879, the daughter of Dennis and Margaret (McMahan) Maloney, natives of Ireland. Mr. Maloney died in 1910 and his wife died in 1912. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Ithaca. Mr. Maloney was a landscape gardener and was identified with Wil- liams Bros. in Ithaca for many years. He was a Democrat and held membership in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
Politically, Mr. McCormick is a Democrat. He and his family are members of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, B. P. O. Elks, Eagles Lodge, and Chamber of Commerce. He also belongs to the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Department No. 6, and Ithaca Veteran Firemen's Association.
Mr. McCormick is interested in racing and has always owned several fine horses. He lives at 414 West Seneca Street.
Earl A. Rorapaugh .- Among Ithaca's most enterprising busi- ness men is Earl A. Rorapaugh, who is vice-president and man- ager of the Ithaca Ice Cream Company and Marshall Dairy Com- pany, of 701 West State Street. He was born at Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1885, the son of Clarence B. and Emma (Lawrence) Rorapaugh.
Clarence B. Rorapaugh was born at Chenango Forks, Broome County, New York, and now resides at Ithaca, R. F. D. No. 3. He was reared and educated in that section and as a young man was interested for a number of years in general farming in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. During the past thirty years he has suc- cessfully operated a farm near Ithaca. Mr. Rorapaugh is a Re- publican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belongs to B. P. O. Elks, No. 636. His wife is a native of Lawrence Corners, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rorapaugh: 1. Earl A., the subject of this sketch. 2. Eva E., lives at Rochester, New York, where she is a buyer for Marks & Fuller Company.
Earl A. Rorapaugh grew up on his father's farm in Tioga County, attended the public schools of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania,
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and is a graduate of Mansfield (Pennsylvania) Normal School. In his early business career he was interested in the breeding of pure bred cattle with his father and at the same time also owned and operated a merchant tailoring establishment on Eddy Street, Ithaca. He then became head field man for the Hires Condensed Milk Company at Ithaca, and served in that capacity for almost two years. After his promotion to the position of assistant super- intendent he later became superintendent of the plant. In 1924 Mr. Rorapaugh became vice-president and general manager of the Ithaca Ice Cream Company and Marshall Dairy Company.
On May 16, 1908, Mr. Rorapaugh was united in marriage with Miss Lena H. Hoffman, of Ithaca, the daughter of Fred and Frances Hoffman, natives of Tompkins County. Mr. Hoffman died in 1898 and his wife died in 1928. They are buried in Ithaca. Mr. and Mrs. Rorapaugh have a son, Arthur C., born October 2, 1910. He is a graduate of Ithaca High School and now attends the College of Dentistry, University of Buffalo.
Politically, Mr. Rorapaugh is a Republican. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic and Elk lodges, Rotary Club, and Chamber of Commerce. He also belongs to the International Milk Dealers Association and the International Ice Cream Manufacturers Association.
Harold Flack .- A prominent citizen of Ithaca, widely known throughout Central New York, is Harold Flack, who is executive secretary of the Cornellian Council of Cornell University. He is a native of New York, born at Claverack, Columbia County, Jan- uary 8, 1889, the son of Arthur Harold and Roberta E. (Andrews) Flack.
Arthur Harold Flack obtained his early education in the schools of Claverack, where he was born. He is a graduate of Hudson River Institute and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Boston University in 1879. He also was awarded an hon- orary degree at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He began his professional career as a teacher at Claverack Col-
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lege and Hudson River Institute, and in 1885 became president of the latter institution, in which capacity he served until 1901. He then spent five years as an officer of the New York State Reformatory at Elmira, and in 1906 was appointed general man- ager of the May Manton Pattern Company in New York City. Mr. Flack has lived retired at East Orange since 1916. He is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Roberta E. (Andrews) Flack was born at Livingston, New York, in 1859, and died April 9, 1930, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is buried at Claverack.
Rev. Alonzo Flack, paternal grandfather of Harold Flack, was a graduate of Union College, and was a teacher of theology at Concord, New Hampshire. Later he became principal of a co- educational institute at Charlottesville, New York, and in 1854 assumed the duties of president of Claverack College and Hudson River Institute, in which capacity he served until 1885.
Robert Emmett Andrews, maternal grandfather of Harold Flack, was for more than twenty years prior to his retirement in 1897 recognized as a leading member of the Columbia County bar. He was a successful criminal lawyer, and also served for thirty years as an attorney for the New York Central Railroad, being admitted to the bar in 1843. He was a prominent Democrat and was a delegate to national conventions in 1864, 1872, and 1876.
Harold Flack is a direct descendant of Col. Nathaniel Scudder, who was a member of the Continental Congress. He was a grad- uate and trustee of Princeton University and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury. Another ancestor was John Scudder, founder of the Scudder Missionary family in India. Mr. Flack is a relative of Mrs. Benjamin Pelton, one of the early residents of Ithaca.
Harold Flack attended the public schools of Claverack, Hudson and Elmira, and is a graduate of the New Rochelle High School. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Cornell University in 1912, and during the following three years was assistant to the treasurer and general manager of Henry Holt & Company, New York City. He came to Ithaca in 1915 in his present capacity as executive secretary of the Cornellian Council. During the World
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War he served as one of the associate directors of the first Red Cross War Fund Campaign, and also was identified with cam- paigns for the securing of funds for soldiers and sailors' libraries for the American Library Association. In November, 1917, he enrolled in the ground officers' training school at Kelly Field, Texas, where he received the commission of second lieutenant. In May, 1918, he went overseas and took an active part in the development of the American aviation camp at Orly-Sur-Seine, France. He also was actively identified with the development of the Cornell Bureau of the American University Union in Paris, and was one of 130 men to attend Oxford University for one term before his return to the United States. Upon his return to Ithaca Mr. Flack resumed his former duties with the Cornellian Council.
Mr. Flack was president of the Ithaca Community Chest for the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, and at the present time is president of the American Red Cross Chapter in Tompkins County. He is also an active member of the Citizens Committee on Unemploy- ment in Ithaca. When the Cornell University semi-centennial endowment campaign was launched in 1919, Mr. Flack became the campaign director. This campaign resulted in raising a fund of nearly six and one-half millions. He is vice-president of the American Alumni Council, which is composed of Alumni secre- taries, Fund secretaries, and Editors of Alumni magazines, and at the present time is chairman of a committee appointed by that body to conduct a comprehensive survey of Fund raising in Amer- ican colleges and universities.
On April 9, 1921, Mr. Flack married Miss Evelyn M. Alspach, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born April 9, 1891, in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Rev. Charles B. and Elizabeth (Varwig) Alspach, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. Doctor Alspach is a graduate of Heidelburg Uni- versity at Tiffin, Ohio, and has an honorary degree from Ursinus College, at Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Prior to his retirement in 1930 he was a minister in the Reformed Church of Philadelphia for twenty-five years. He and his wife are residents of Phila- delphia.
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Mrs. Flack is a graduate of Cornell University, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, 1917, and is a member of the Delta Gam- ma Sorority, and the honorary fraternities of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. and Mrs. Flack have three children: 1. Robert Harold, born June 9, 1922. 2. Helen Patricia, born September 13, 1925. 3. Evelyn Scudder, born January 29, 1929.
Mr. Flack is a Republican, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Cornell Clubs of Ithaca and New York City, the Ithaca Country Club, Chamber of Commerce, and Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Charles Hazen Blood, who is one of the leading members of the Tompkins County Bar, has engaged in practice at Ithaca con- tinuously since 1890, and is recognized as one of the city's out- standing men. He was born at Ithaca, April 7, 1866, the son of Brigadier General Charles Farrar and Estella (Hazen) Blood.
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Blood served throughout the Civil War as a member of the Fiftieth Regiment N. Y. V. Inf., and was dis- charged with the rank of Brigadier General. He was born in Bath, New York, removed to Ithaca in his early boyhood, and died in 1898. He engaged in the mercantile business at Ithaca for a number of years, served as treasurer and director of the Ithaca Glass Company, director of the Ithaca Trust Company, and trus- tee of the Ithaca Savings Bank. He was a member of the board of trustees and an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca and belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife was born at Ithaca and is deceased. Their only child was Charles Hazen, the subject of this sketch.
Charles Hazen Blood was reared and educated at Ithaca and received the degrees of Ph. B. and LL. B. at Cornell University in 1888 and 1890, respectively. His entire professional career has been spent at Ithaca, and he served as district attorney of Tomp- kins County from 1894 until 1903, and as county judge and surro- gate of Tompkins County from 1904 until 1910. He is also a direc- tor of the Ithaca Trust Company, and Tompkins County National
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Bank, and is trustee and chairman of the finance committee of the Ithaca Savings Bank. During 1901-24, he was a trustee of Cornell University, and at the present time is trustee of Ithaca College. He is especially interested in the development of real estate and with his former law partner acquired a tract of 1,000 acres on Cayuga Heights, which they have developed as a strictly residen- tial section overlooking Cayuga Lake and the valley below.
October 25, 1905, Mr. Blood married Miss Louise McBeth, of Greenville, South Carolina, the daughter of Alexander and Eliza- beth (Trenholm) McBeth, natives of Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. McBeth served during the Civil War as an officer in the Con- federate Army. He now lives retired at Greenville, South Caro- lina. His wife died in 1931. She was the daughter of George Trenholm, who was secretary of the treasury for the Confeder- acy. Mr. and Mrs. Blood have a daughter, Emily Louise. She is a graduate of Ithaca High School, Westover School, in Connecti- cut, and Cornell University. She married John M. Clark, and lives at Ithaca. He is also a graduate of Cornell University, hav- ing received the degree of Master of Science in 1931. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Fraternity.
Mr. Blood belongs to the Cornell Club of New York City, Ro- tary Club, Ithaca Country Club, Town and Gown Club, and Coun- try Club, Masonic Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Elks Lodge. He is a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Cornell Athletic Council.
Frederick C. Barnard .- As proprietor of the Palace Laundry, 323-5 Eddy Street, Mr. Barnard ranks among Ithaca's dependable business men. He was born in this city, July 24, 1878, the son of David and Josephine (Bradbury) Barnard.
David Barnard, deceased, is a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Oswego County, where he was reared and educated. Throughout the Civil War he served as a member of Company G, 109th New York Volunteer Infantry, being wounded at the Battle of Bull Run. For two years after the close of the war Mr. Bar-
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nard was a member of the firm of Benjamin & Barnard, cigar manufacturers of Ithaca. He then conducted a transfer business in this city for thirty years and was living retired at the time of his death. His wife was born in Ithaca and died in 1892. Mr. Barnard was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnard the following children were born. 1. Grace, de- ceased. 2. Mabel, who died in 1924. 3. Edna, married Charles Christiance, lives at Ithaca. 4. Frederick C., the subject of this sketch. 5. Harry W., deceased. 6. Edith, deceased, was the wife of Arthur VanOrder, of Ithaca.
After his graduation from the public schools of Ithaca, Fred- erick C. Barnard became associated with the New York Hand Laundry in a clerical capacity. After four years he purchased the business in 1894 and operated it successfully until 1896. He then sold his interest to the Modern Method Laundry but continued with the new organization until 1900, at which time he purchased the East Hill Laundry from Peter Troy, which was reorganized by him as the Palace Laundry.
On July 1, 1905, Mr. Barnard was married at Groton, New York, to Miss Lucy Robinson, of Dryden, New York, born October 12, 1880. She is the daughter of James and Sarah (Haylett) Rob- inson, of Ithaca. The former lives retired at Groton, and the lat- ter is deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnard have four children: 1. David Robinson, born April 10, 1905, a graduate of Ithaca High School, attended Cornell University. He is associated in business with his father. 2. Sarah Josephine, a graduate of Ithaca High School, attended Cornell University for two years. She is employed in the offices of the Morse Chain Company, Ithaca. 3. Robert Charles, born May 22, 1910, a graduate of Ithaca High School and the American Institute of Laundering at Joliet, Illinois. He is identified with the Palace Laundry. 4. Lewis Bradbury, born February 25, 1915. He attends Ithaca High School.
Mr. Barnard is a member of the Baptist Church and is Past Chancellor of Cascadilla Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Past Camp Commander of D. W. Burdick Camp No. 40, Sons of Veterans. He
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is Past Department Commander of New York State Sons of Veterans.
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Frank A. Begent .- One of Tompkins County's prominent men is Frank A. Begent, who lives retired at Groton. He is a native of New York, born at Holland Patent, Oneida County, May 17, 1857, the son of William Alfred and Mary Anne (Iverson) Begent.
William Alfred Begent and his wife were natives of England. He came to the United States in 1840 and located on a farm near South Trenton, New York. Later he lived at Holland Patent and also owned land in Herkimer County. Mr. Begent died April 17, 1893, and his wife died July 29, 1895. They were members of the Episcopal Church and Mr. Begent was a Democrat. There were three children in the Begent family: 1. Frank A., the subject of this sketch. 2. Anna, twin sister of Frank A. She died in 1901. 3. Fred W., who died in 1925.
Frank A. Begent was reared and educated at Holland Patent and for several years was interested in the manufacture of cheese at that place. He then engaged in the same business at Lafayette, New York, for thirteen years, after which he located at Groton, as a partner in the Mclaughlin Lumber Company. Subsequently he established a lumber business of his own and became the owner of large tracts of timber land throughout Central New York. Mr. Begent was thus engaged from 1901 until 1921, and during that time was also the owner of eight fine farms in this section. He now owns and manages four large dairy farms in Cayuga and Chenango counties.
On March 26, 1880, Mr. Begent married Miss Helen Crittenden, who was born at Groton, December 6, 1856, the daughter of Sam- uel and Mary (Fish) Crittenden. They were natives of Groton. Mr. Crittenden died in July, 1902, and his wife died in 1900. They are buried at McLean, New York. He was a Republican and be- longed to the Universalist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Begent have three children: 1. Anna Mary, born March 6, 1885, a graduate of Groton High School and Elmira College. She married Ernest
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Reniff, and lives at McLean. They have two children, Roger and Helen. 2. Alton, born September 25, 1888, a graduate of Groton High School. He is a traveling representative of the Dold Pack- ing Company, of Buffalo, New York. He married (first) Miss Mabel Bennett, and had two children, Frank and Sherwood. He married (second) Miss Ruth Sweetland, and they have a daugh- ter, Virginia. 3. Gordon Crittenden, born July 28, 1897, a gradu- ate of Groton High School. He married Miss Dorothy Dickerson, of Fayettsville, New York, and they have a son, Gordon C., Jr. He is secretary and treasurer of the Finger Lakes Garage Com- pany at Ithaca.
Mr. Begent is a Democrat and has held numerous public offices. He has been president of the village of Groton, and served as a member of the Board of Supervisors, village trustees, school director, and served as supervisor of the town of Groton for sev- enteen years. He is an active member of the Congregational Church and belongs to Groton Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 496.
Edward J. Keller, who is production manager of L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Company, Inc., is one of the progressive citizens of Groton. He is a native of Onondaga County, born at Baldwinsville, June 10, 1887, the son of Edward J. and Mary (McNamara) Keller.
Edward J. Keller, Sr., was born at Phoenix, Oswego County. He received his education in the Academy there and as a young man engaged in farming. Later he owned and operated a cigar manufacturing business at Baldwinsville. He was the owner of racing horses and a breeder of horses. He died in 1920 and is buried at Baldwinsville. His wife was born there and died in 1892. Their children were: 1. May, married Edward W. Bentley, lives at Mt. Kisco, New York. 2. Anne, a teacher at Mt. Kisco. She is a graduate of Oswego Normal School. 3. Edward J., the subject of this sketch.
After his graduation from Baldwinsville High School, Edward J. Keller attended Alexander Hamilton Business Institute. He
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was a shipping clerk from 1902 until 1905, in the employ of the C. A. Wiley Paint Company at Long Island City, and during the following five years was identified with the Neptune Meter Com- pany at Long Island in the production department. He spent two years in the office of E. C. Stearns, of Syracuse, and in September, 1912, came to Groton with the Corona Typewriter Company. He was made planning engineer in 1914 and was promoted to produc- tion manager in 1925 when the business was merged with the L. C. Smith Typewriter Company.
On July 8, 1916, Mr. Keller was united in marriage with Miss Fern Lester, who was born at Groton, February 3, 1890. She is a graduate of Groton High School and Auburn Business College, and is the daughter of Frank and Emma Lester. Both were born in Tompkins County. Mr. Lester spent many years with the Gro- ton Bridge Company and later was connected with the Corona Typewriter Company. He died in 1927 and is buried in Groton. Mr. Lester was a Republican, a member of the Congregational Church and belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His widow resides here. Mr. and Mrs. Keller have a son, Ralph Elder, born June 9, 1919.
Mr. Keller is a Republican and is secretary of the Groton Board of Education. He also is a village trustee acting as police and fire commissioner. He is a member of Groton Lodge, F. and A. M., Cortland Country Club, Groton Rod and Gun Club, and Corona Athletic Club.
Lyman H. Gallagher .- One of Tompkins County's outstanding lawyers, Lyman H. Gallagher, is also widely known as an author- ity on local history, and is the official local historian for the town of Caroline. He is the author of numerous articles and historical sketches pertaining to this section of Central New York. Mr. Gal- lagher is engaged in the practice of law at Slaterville Springs, where he was born September 23, 1874, the son of Dr. William C. and Samantha Slosson Thurston (Lyman) Gallagher.
Dr. William C. Gallagher was a native of Cortland, New York, and died in 1921. His wife was born in Cortland County and died
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in 1928. Both are buried in Mulks Cemetery, Slaterville. Doctor Gallagher was a graduate of the district schools and studied medi- cine at Geneva Medical College (now Hobart College), at Geneva, New York, being a member of the graduating class of 1863. He began his professional career at Harford, Cortland County, where he remained until 1865. He then located at Slaterville Springs and continued his practice there during the remainder of his life. Doctor Gallagher performed a valuable service for the botany department of Cornell University by making a catalogue system of the commercial, Latin, and scientific name of over 400 plants, trees and shrubs native to the town of Caroline, Tompkins County. Doctor Gallagher was a Republican and for seventeen years was supervisor of the town of Caroline and chairman of the board of supervisors of Tompkins County for six years. He also served as coroner of the county and as local health officer and welfare director. He was a member of the Tompkins County, New York State and American Medical Associations, and was also popular as a health resort physician. Mrs. Gallagher was a mem- ber of the Methodist Church and Doctor Gallagher's mother, Ma- tilda Hickok, belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. He was affiliated with Caroline Lodge No. 681, F. & A. M., and St. Augus- tine Commandery, K. T. To Doctor and Mrs. Gallagher were born five children: 1. Fannie, who died in 1878. 2. Mattie, who died in infancy. 3. William C., lives at Caroline, Tompkins County. 4. Lyman H., the subject of this sketch. 5. Charles Henry, M. D., who died August 28, 1918. He died in France while in service during the World War as a captain in the U. S. Army, Medical Corps. He was a graduate of Ithaca High School, and the College of Medicine, Syracuse University, and was the young- est medical graduate ever to receive a degree at Syracuse at the age of twenty-one years. He was an interne at Rochester Mem- orial Hospital, and practiced medicine at Waverly and Slaterville Springs, New York, before his enlistment for service. He mar- ried Miss Estella Lyons, of Ithaca, and to them were born two children, Thurston Lyons and Frances Gallagher.
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