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Hon. Harvey D. Ferris, deceased, was for many years a lead- ing figure in local Republican politics and during 1879-80 was a member of the General Assembly as a representative of Cayuga County. He was born at Ira, and was a prosperous farmer. His wife was born at Cato. Both are deceased and are buried at Meri- dian. Mr. Ferris also served as supervisor of the town of Ira for
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three terms and was a member of the local board of education. He was a trustee of the Baptist Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Ferris were born four children: 1. Betty, married Allan Terpening, lived at Ira. She died in June, 1932. 2. Gertrude, married William Leland, lives at Cato. 3. Edgar E., lives at Cato. 4. Jesse E., the subject of this sketch.
Harvey D. Ferris was the son of Hon. Thatcher I. and Betsy (Elwell) Ferris. The former was born at Galway, Saratoga County, New York, and the latter was a native of New England, the daughter of Jesse Elwell, one of Cato's first settlers and a hotel owner. Thatcher I. Ferris and his wife are buried in the Ferris family cemetery at Ira. He was a prominent Whig and served as a member of the Assembly from this district. He held membership in the Baptist Church and was one of the founders of the Baptist Church at Meridian.
Thatcher I. Ferris was the son of Henry Ferris, a native of Galway, Saratoga County, who settled at Cato in 1804. The fol- lowing year he brought his family here and took up a tract of 450 acres, where he built a log cabin. His death occurred in 1808.
As a boy, Jesse E. Ferris attended the public schools of Meri- dian, and he is a graduate of Auburn High School. He continued his farming interests for several years, after which he went to Dickson, California, to work on a ranch. Upon his return to Meri- dian, however, he resumed his former occupation as a farmer. He is still the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres and is successful as a breeder of pure bred cattle.
Mr. Ferris served as supervisor of Ira during 1887-88 and also has been a member of the local board of education. He has been a member of the Republican County Committee for many years, and in November, 1907, was elected sheriff of Cayuga County, in which capacity he served for three years. Mr. Ferris also was postmaster of the New York State Assembly at Albany for five years.
In 1889 Mr. Ferris was united in marriage with Miss Mary Colton, who died in May, 1929. She was the daughter of Loren A. and Angeline (Dudley) Colton, both natives of Cato. They are buried at Meridian. Mr. Colton was a farmer and also served as
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sheriff and superintendent of the poor in Cayuga County. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferris: 1. James C., who is secretary of the Cayuga County Savings Bank, Auburn. He mar- ried Miss Lucille Bothwell, and they have four children, Mary, Barbara, Nancy, and James C., Jr. 2. Bessie, who is a graduate of Bellevue Hospital, New York City, is a registered nurse.
Mr. Ferris is a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church, and belongs to Cato Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 141, and B. P. O. Elks, No. 474, Auburn.
James Edgar Crossman, M. D .- Numbered among the out- standing physicians and surgeons of Central New York is Dr. James E. Crossman, of Canisteo, Steuben County, who is a veteran of the World War. He was born at Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York, July 22, 1881, the son of Marcus and Clemensa (Couch) Crossman.
Marcus Crossman, who died in 1910, was a Civil War veteran. He was born at Pierrepont, New York, and his wife was a native of Martinsburg, Lewis County. She died in 1920. Both are buried at Pierrepont. At the age of nineteen years Mr. Crossman en- listed as a private in Company I, 142nd New York Volunteer In- fantry. He saw active service throughout the war period and was wounded at the battle of Chapins Farm, Virginia. During his early life, Mr. Crossman was a farmer and he later became inter- ested in the general insurance business as a representative of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. He conducted a general store at Pierrepont from 1895 until 1907, and in the latter year retired. At his death he was a resident of Canton, New York. Mr. Crossman was a Republican and had served as town supervisor. He also was a member of the excise board and through his efforts the town of Pierrepont never issued a license to sell liquor. He held membership in the Grand Army of the Re- public and was commander of Hartwell T. Martin Post, at Canton, New York, and president of the St. Lawrence County Veterans Association. He was one of the founders of the Union Church at
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Pierrepont. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Crossman: 1. Merton L., who died in 1872. 2. Gertrude, who died in 1872. 3. Orra W., retired farmer, lives at Pierrepont. 4. Gil- fred A., who died in 1893. 5. James Edgar, the subject of this sketch. 6. Maude A., adopted daughter, married Barton Rogers, lives at Unadilla Forks, New York.
James Edgar Crossman is a graduate of the public schools of Pierrepont and Colton, New York. He received the degree of Bachelor of Science at St. Lawrence University in 1904 and was graduated from the Medical School of Syracuse University in 1910. Doctor Crossman has taken graduate work in general med- icine and pediatrics at the Post Graduate Hospital in New York City, and served his interneship at Auburn City Hospital. He began his professional career at East Randolph, New York, and remained there until June, 1926, with the exception of his service in the United States Army during the World War. He enlisted on June 8, 1917, and received the commission of first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. After service at Camp Greenleaf and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, Doctor Crossman was transferred to the 56th Infantry, Seventh Division, and was sent to Waco, Texas. On March 21, 1918, he was severely injured in an automobile acci- dent while on volunteer extra duty and until May 31st was a pa- tient at the army hospital at Camp McArthur. He was then trans- ferred to the Walter Reed Hospital, at Washington, D. C., and discharged from that institution on December 14, 1918. Doctor Crossman then resumed his private practice at East Randolph, as mentioned above, located at Canisteo in 1926. He is identified with the Hornell City, Steuben County, New York State and American Medical associations.
On November 19, 1913, Doctor Crossman was united in mar- riage with Mrs. Carrie Wilcox Waite, of Little Valley, New York, born December 1, 1886, the daughter of Hosmer and Ella S. (Burt) Wilcox. Both were born at Napoli. Mr. Wilcox died in 1911 and is buried at Little Valley, New York. His widow resides at Olean. Mrs. Crossman is a graduate of Rochester General Hospital. She is a member of the Eastern Star Lodge and Fern Leaf Rebekahs Lodge of East Randolph; past matron of Fidelity Chapter, at
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Randolph, and past district deputy of the Cattaraugus District of Rebekah Lodge. Doctor and Mrs. Crossman have no children.
Politically, Dr. Crossman is a Republican. He and his wife are attendants of the First Presbyterian Church of Canisteo, and he is affiliated with Morning Star Lodge, No. 65, F. and A. M .; James- town Consistory, 32nd degree; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 543; B. P. O. Elks, No. 1025; and Alpha Kappa Kappa fratern- ity. He is a charter member of Randolph Post, No. 181, American Legion, of which he served as commander for three years, and he now holds membership in Canisteo Post, No. 546. He was county chairman of the Americanism Committee (1931) and past vice commander of Steuben County (1931), and county commander (1932).
Walter Eugene Baird, funeral director, of Wayland, is recog- nized as one of the dependable business men and highly esteemed citizens of Steuben County. He was born at Springwater, Liv- ingston County, New York, the son of Walter E. and Anna May (Jacobs) Baird.
Walter E. Baird was born at Sparta, Livingston County, New York, and died at Wayland in 1930. He was reared and educated in Livingston County and during his business career was a funeral director, for a time being associated in business with John R. Starke of Springwater, New York. He removed to Wayland in 1913 and conducted a business there alone until his death. He is buried at Wayland. His widow resides in Michigan. Mr. Baird was a Republican and served for several terms as town clerk at Springwater. He was affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and belonged to the Rotary Club. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Baird: 1. Walter Eu- gene, the subject of this sketch. 2. Mrs. Homer Bennett, lives at Wayland.
The Baird family is directly descended from Willis Clark, who was among the first settlers of Sparta, Livingston County. He became the owner of a tract of 500 acres in that section and the
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original Clark homestead still stands at Clark's Corners. He died at the age of 101 years.
Following his graduation from the public schools of Spring- water, Walter Eugene Baird located at Wayland. For a time he was associated with his father's undertaking business and upon the latter's death he disposed of the enterprise. In July, 1931, he opened a new, up-to-date funeral home at Wayland, which is numbered among the fine funeral establishments of Steuben County. Mr. Baird is a graduate of the Syracuse School of Em- balming, and is a member of the National Funeral Directors Asso- ciation.
In 1917 Mr. Baird was united in marriage with Miss Cora Rei- glesperger, of Wayland, the daughter of George and Flora (Tuck- er) Reiglesperger. They have three children: 1. Theodore E., born in 1919. 2. Nita, born in 1928. 3. Marian, born in 1929.
Mr. Baird has always been a Republican. He is a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Church, and belongs to the Rotary Club and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Hon. Clayton R. Lusk .- The profession of law has engaged the attention of Hon. Clayton R. Lusk for the past thirty years, and he has held the offices of city judge of Cortland for two terms, and state senator for three terms. He is now associated with the firm of Lusk, Buck & Ames, with offices in the National Bank of Cort- land Building. Mr. Lusk was born at Lisle, Broome County, New York, December 21, 1872, the son of Samuel R. and Clara M. (Root) Lusk.
Samuel R. Lusk was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Broome County, August 27, 1835, and died September 6, 1896. He enlisted in 1862 as a member of Company E. 137th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war period. He participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, and Lookout Mountain, being seriously wounded in the lat- ter engagement. For a number of years Mr. Lusk engaged in the grocery business at Center Lisle, New York. He was married in
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1866 to Clara M. Root, who was born at Lisle, September 7, 1847. She died November 13, 1886. She was the daughter of William and Anna (Burghardt) Root.
Samuel R. Lusk was the son of Simon J. and Rebecca (Mercer- eau) Lusk. He was born August 19, 1807, and died July 21, 1894. He was a pioneer settler of Broome County and was a native of Connecticut. His wife was born in Broome County, April 12, 1811, and died November 11, 1893. Simon J. Lusk was the son of James Lusk, who was born in 1770. He died April 24, 1808. James Lusk was the son of William and Elizabeth (Gibbe) Lusk. Wil- liam Lusk was born September 12, 1744, and was married March 30, 1769. He was the son of John Lusk, who was born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States in 1740, locating at Plainfield, Connecticut. He died July 24, 1788, at the age of eighty-six years, and is buried in Newington Cemetery, near Framington, Connec- ticut.
Clayton R. Lusk attended Cortland State Normal School and Cornell University, being graduated from the latter institution in 1902 with the degree of LL. B. Mr. Lusk immediately established himself in the practice of law at Cortland as a member of the firm of Davis & Lusk, and this well known law firm continued in suc- cessful practice until 1915, at which time Rowland Lucius Davis was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department. In 1918 Mr. Lusk was active in the founding of the firm of Lusk, Buck & Ames. He is prominent throughout the State as a trial lawyer and has also been active in politics, having held the office of city judge of Cortland. During his three terms in the Senate, Mr. Lusk was majority leader in one session and minority leader in another. He also served as act- ing Lieutenant Governor and as acting Governor of the State. His service began January 1, 1919, and his ability won him immediate recognition, being appointed to numerous important committees.
Mr. Lusk was married in June, 1904, at Chenango Forks, New York, to Miss Anna M. Mix, of New York City. They have a daughter, Eleanor M. Lusk. The family lives at 38 West Court Street, Cortland.
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Politically, Mr. Lusk has always been a Republican. He is past president of the Cortland County Bar Association, and holds mem- bership in the New York State Bar Association, National Bar As- sociation, National Republican and Union League Clubs, of New York City, Elks Lodge, Masonic Lodge, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Herbert Bartholomew .- As president of the Bartholomew & Hall Company, Inc., roofing and sheet metal contractors, Mr. Bar- tholomew is recognized as one of the substantial business men of Elmira, and is a member of one of the city's best known pioneer families. He was born at Elmira, December 7, 1883, the son of John and Elizabeth (Andrews) Bartholomew.
Josiah Bartholomew came to Elmira from Dryden, New York, in 1839, and engaged in the contracting and building business. He was active in the upbuilding of the city and erected numerous im- portant business houses of that day, many of which are standing at the present time. Merritt Andrews, maternal grandfather of Herbert Bartholomew, came to Elmira from Rome, New York, about 1870, and he spent many years in this city as a dry goods merchant.
John Bartholomew was the son of Josiah Bartholomew. He was born at Elmira in 1849 and received his education in the pub- lic schools. In 1870 he became interested in the drug business and for a number of years owned and operated a pharmacy at Bald- win and Market streets. At the time of his retirement in 1918 he was associated with the Van Ort Pharmacy in Elmira. Mr. Bar- tholomew died in January, 1932, and his wife, born at Rome, New York, died in 1918. They both are buried in Elmira. He was a Republican, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and be- longed to numerous lodges and clubs in the city. He also was a member of the Elmira Volunteer Fire Department.
The boyhood of Herbert Bartholomew was spent in Elmira and following his graduation from Elmira Free Academy in 1903, he entered Colgate University, from which he received the degree
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of Bachelor of Science in 1909. During the following six years he was identified with U. S. government work in Panama, and re- signed as junior engineer in July, 1916. He then became engineer of maintenance for the Willys Morrow Company, and served in that capacity until 1921. He then was interested in the retail gas and oil business in this city, and in 1924 purchased the sheet metal business of Barker, Rose & Clinton. The business was incor- porated in 1927 as the Bartholomew & Hall Company, with Mr. Bartholomew as president. They are recognized as the city's lead- ing roofing and sheet metal contractors, and heating engineers.
Mr. Bartholomew was married March 3, 1917, to Miss Eliza- beth Munro, the daughter of John T. and Mary (Cotton) Munro, who are natives and residents of Elmira. At the time of his re- tirement Mr. Munro was superintendent of the car shops of the Erie Railroad Company at North Paterson, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew have no children. Mr. Bartholomew is a Re- publican, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and belongs to B. P. O. Elks No. 62; Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; and Asso- ciation of Commerce. He and his wife live at 355 Riverside Ave- nue, Elmira.
Louis P. Smith .- The name of Louis P. Smith is connected with much of constructive value in the business and civic life of Ithaca, where he is identified with the Ithaca Gun Company as vice presi- dent. He was born in Center Lisle, Broome County, New York, May 14, 1871, the son of Leroy Henry and Eunice (Howland) Smith.
Leroy Henry Smith was born in 1845 at Fond du Lac, Wiscon- sin, but with his parents came to Center Lisle when a child. He was in the lumber manufacturing business there until 1881, at which time he came to Ithaca as one of the founders of the Ithaca Gun Company. He served as president of the institution until his death in 1902. He is buried in Ithaca. His widow was also born in Broome County and lives in this city. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born three children: 1. Louis P., the subject of this sketch.
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2. Lena S., married Charles Rinehart, lives at Maplewood, New Jersey. 3. Claude Howland, who died in 1929.
At the age of eighteen years "Lou" Smith came to Ithaca from Center Lisle. He began working in the plant of the Ithaca Gun Company for the modest sum of seven and one-half cents per hour. He worked all over the plant for four years and at the end of that time was getting twelve and one-half cents an hour. He then left the Ithaca Gun Company and returned to Center Lisle, where he established a creamery business. After a year he sold the plant for a profit of $1,500 and returned to Ithaca as a salesman for the Ithaca Gun Company, with the whole United States as his terri- tory. He is now vice president, sales and advertising manager of the company. He is also sales and advertising manager for the Lefever Arms Company and Western Arms Corporation.
In 1907 Mr. Smith married Miss Harriet Pratt of New Milford, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Col. Charles and Lily B. (Goff) Pratt. Colonel Pratt served as a member of Congress and also had numerous banking interests. He was also identified with the cement and lumber business for many years. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born two sons: 1. Charles LeRoy, born at Bingham- ton, New York, in 1908, a graduate of The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts degree. He is now taking graduate work at Cornell University, and is sec- ond lieutenant in the United States Officers Reserve Corps. 2. Sheldon Monroe, born at Ithaca, in 1911, a graduate of The Hill School, attends Princeton University, class of 1933.
Mr. Smith has served as mayor of Ithaca, being nominated by the Republican party and endorsed by the Democratic party. He is a charter member of Ithaca Lodge No. 636, B. P. O. Elks; mem- ber of the Pan-American Commercial Conference representing New York, by appointment of the Governor; was the first Boy Scout commissioner for the City of Ithaca. He is a member of Ithaca's Volunteer Fire and Police Departments, is past president of the Rotary Club, was for three terms president of the Ithaca Chamber of Commerce, and past president of the New York State Sportsmen's Association. He is a Mason and a Shriner, a past potentate of Kalurah Temple, Binghamton, New York. His activ-
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ities as an Odd Fellow include telling the State Committee of Odd Fellows it might have any site it chose for the Odd Fellows Home and Orphanage, which now overlooks Ithaca and Cornell Uni- versity.
When mayor of Ithaca he called the citizens' meeting at which Ithaca's Community Chest was organized, when only a few cities in this country had Community Chests. He was chairman of the Ithaca committee that raised an annual endowment of $43,000 for Cornell University at Ithaca, and chairman of Ithaca's committee which successfully put over each of the four war loans in Ithaca during the World war. As a money raiser in community and civic projects, Mr. Smith has few equals. No one calls him "Mister." He is "Lou" to everybody. He is "Everybody's Friend."
Clifton Springs Sanitarium and Clinic, of Clifton Springs, New York, was founded in 1850 by Dr. Henry Foster, who was graduated from the medical department of Western Reserve Uni- versity, at Cleveland, Ohio, in February, 1848, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For a time following his graduation from the university he had charge of the new Graefenburg Water Cure, located five miles south of Utica, New York, a system for the treatment of disease, and known as hydrotherapy, a system ac- cepted with a great deal of favor from 1840 until 1860.
In the fall of 1849 Doctor Foster came to Clifton Springs, hav- ing heard of the fame of the Clifton Springs sulphur water. As early as 1825 there had been erected a bath house just north of the main spring where now stands the Pierce Pavilion. This had been patronized not only by the whites but by the Seneca Indians, who were fond of visiting the spot. The water here resembles closely that of White Sulphur Springs, in West Virginia, which has been since 1778 one of the popular resorts of the South. Clif- ton Springs have been abundant in supply-in fact, exhaustless, and if uninfluenced by piping their temperature at all seasons is fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit, another consideration that made Clifton Springs attractive aside from the mineral springs. An-
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other attraction is that there is an abundant supply of fresh water from not far distant springs, and the value of these waters for hydropathic purposes was greatly appreciated by Doctor Foster. He determined to secure possession of the property, although at the time he had only $1,000 in capital. He quietly negotiated for a purchase and eventually secured the deed from Mr. Phelps, one of the grantees of the tract, called the Phelps and Gorham Pur- chase. Seeing the need of a joint stock company to finance the enterprise, such a company was organized February 24, 1850, with twenty-one shares of stock at $500 per share. There were ten original stockholders, Doctor Foster taking two shares. The chosen site originally consisted of ten acres containing these wild sulphur springs and brook, as well as much marshland, and it was purchased for $750. The first building was completed and formally opened on September 13, 1850, a large three-story double frame building with a wide veranda extending along the entire front. When completed and furnished it cost $23,000. The capital stock amounted to only $10,500, leaving a floating indebtedness of nearly $13,000. For the first eighteen months Doctor Foster was the only physician connected with the institution, known at that time as the Clifton Springs Water Cure. On April 5, 1854, it was incor- porated under Chapter 153 of the Laws of New York State, and at a meeting of stockholders it was voted to increase the capital from $10,500 to $21,000, the original stockholders absorbing the new stock. In 1855 the capital was again increased fifty per cent, making the capital $31,500. Its patronage, as a rule, exceeded its accommodations, and after the old frame building had been en- larged in a dozen minor ways it became necessary to do something more radical. A new east wing of brick, four stories high, was completed in July, 1856, and in 1865 the old frame building was replaced by a massive brick structure fronting 235 feet over all the central part, five stories high, and the east and west wings four stories. In the rear was the chapel.
At the beginning the medical equipment was simple. Hydro- pathic treatment in all its forms was practiced, accompanied by the moderate use of drugs. Doctor Foster was a deeply religious man and the Divine Spirit permeated the institution under his
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management, and his belief as frequently expressed was that water, drugs, massage, electricity, heat or cold, never cured a dis- ease, but the spirit of God used them as instruments to accomplish the divine purpose.
A brother of Dr. Henry Foster, William Foster, built and owned the Annex Block, a three and four-story brick structure with 220 feet frontage across the street and west of the sanitarium proper. It was designed for a hotel with stores on the ground floor, and it is today a part of the sanitarium equipment. In 1856 a cash dividend of seven per cent was paid on the stock and an annual cash dividend of eight per cent thereafter was paid on the stock until 1881, when the stock company ceased. Gradually, and especially after the completion of the new brick building, Doctor Foster increased the medical equipment, introducing hand mas- sage, dry electricity (Falvanic Faradic and Static), tub baths, known as electro-chemical, and electro-thermal. He installed salt baths and Turkish baths. The use of the old sulphur baths was retained and much of the early hydropathic treatment.
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