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Mr. Hall married, July 24, 1867, Tirzalı, daughter of Ebenezer Strong and Sabra Cobb (Clark) Snell, the
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former a professor in Amherst College, and of the four children born to them three are now living: Martha S., wife of Prof. William L. Cowles, of Amherst Col- lege, Amherst, Mass .; E. Snell, a sketch of whom follows; and Tirzah H .; the latter two are of James- town, N. Y.
It is not often that a man's nature is as fully re- flected in his countenance as was that of Mr. Hall. A high order of intellect and a kindness and benignity of disposition rarely equalled imparted to his aspect a distinction which would have marked him out in any assembly. The portrait which accompanies this biog- raphy abundantly proves the truth of this statement. Length of days was among the blessings granted to this eminently good and useful man, and on April 27, 1917, he breathed his last, almost on the seventy-ninth anni- versary of his birth. Members of every class in the community vied with each other in offering tributes to his memory. The board of directors of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Jamestown, in a memorial notice placed upon the records, said, in part:
Having lived and labored beyond the allotted span of life, having won a place in the hearts of the people of this community, our friend and associate goes to his rest and reward, leaving a heritage not to his family alone but to this entire community, in a life spent in "going about doing good."
The board of trustees of the James Prendergast Library Association of Jamestown adopted the follow- ing resolution :
Rev. Elliot C. Hall died April 27, 1917. At the time of his death he was the president of this board, which position he had held since the death of the Hon. Rob- ert N. Marvin. Rev. Mr. Hall was an influential and valued member of this board; a man of the highest character and universally revered. His death is a severe loss to the Prendergast Library Association and to the community-at-large.
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Small, of Washington, D. C., former pastor of the First Congregational Church of Jamestown, who conducted Mr. Hall's funeral serv- ices, said, in part :
It is not possible to flatter such a one, for he is one of whom the best can be said. * * * He was simple, modest, earnest and kind. He lived the simple life in this community and he still lives, not only in immor- tality in which we believe, but in the influence of this community. * * * Any pastor is fortunate who has such a man for his parishioner, helpful in prayer, loyal in attendance and a wise counsellor. He was known not only here, but throughout our denomination.
He has heen missed the last few years in councils of the church. * * * Not only were his benefactions large, but few knew of the many gifts he made. I have scarcely met an official but who spoke of this man of God. He did not let the left hand know what the right hand did; he was not narrow, but broad; not bigoted, but liberal. He was a student who kept abreast of the best thought. He knew what men were thinking about and trusted in God.
The following editorial, which appeared in the James- town "Journal," felicitously expresses the feeling which prevailed throughout the community :
A good man has gone to his reward, and this com- munity is the richer in many things for his having passed this way. Rev. Elliot C. Hall died at his home on Forest avenue this morning at eleven o'clock, just two days hefore reaching his seventy-ninth year. Born in Chautauqua county, Elliot C. Hall spent his entire life in this community and few men have done so much for the moral and material welfare of the city of Jamestown as he. A minister of the gospel from his youth, he gave freely of his time and talents to the
church-not alone the Congregational church, with which he was personally identified, but to the church at large as representing God's cause on earth. His time was ever at the command of those whom he could serve; his money was used freely for the good of the community and for the purpose of making men and women better and happier.
For many years Mr. Hall was identified with the business interests of Jamestown, particularly with the Hall Worsted Mills, of which he was for a long time president. He was for some years a director and for a short time president of the Chautauqua County Na- tional Bank, now the National Chautauqua County Bank. Later he was a member of the board of direc- tors of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, but he has heen retired from all business activity for some time, owing to the infirmities of advancing age.
He was deeply interested in the work for young men and women and was a moving spirit in the organiza- tion of the Young Men's Christian Association of Jamestown, New York, and in the erection of the splendid building devoted to the work of the associa- tion. For a great many years he was the actvie presi- dent of the local Young Men's Christian Association and up to the time of his death he held a position in the association of honorary president. He gave freely in money and personal thought and advice in the development of both the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Association organizations in James- town.
In the passing of the Rev. Elliot C. Hall, even at an age when his life's work is naturally done, this com- munity suffers a real loss. His kindly presence on the streets and in gatherings intended to advance the best interests of the entire community was an inspiration to the younger men and women who came in contact with him.
His entire life was like a benediction to those asso- ciated with him; with an evenness of temper that was never ruffled with disappointments that come to all men, he moved serenely along the even tenor of life, despite the annoyances that came to him as they come to all of us, without deviating from the course that he was pursuing and without any show of a feeling of distrust of his fellowmen. Many hearts have been touched by his kind and thoughtful words in time of trouhle and these will be saddened by the announce- ment of his death, while rejoicing that his sufferings are past and that he goes to a Home that in faith he has looked forward to with longing anticipation.
What can be added to words like these?
ELLIOT SNELL HALL-While many of our countrymen owe their success to intense concentration - upon one line of effort, and while, indeed, concentra- tion is a quality of the highest value, yet among the 1 real men of American enterprise there often appears a man so endowed by nature with a genius for organi- zation and management as to be able to carry on with ease and success a variety of important undertakings. Elliot Snell Hall is one of these men, and no list of the important men of Chautauqua county would be complete without at least a mention of his life and / career.
E. Snell Hall was born at Kiantone, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1873, a son of Rev. Elliot C. and Tirzah (Snell) Hall (q. v.). He prepared for Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., at the Jamestown High School and with pri- vate tutors, receiving the degree of A. B. from Am- herst in 1896. Mr. Hall's rise in his chosen profession as an educator was largely due to his industry and con- scientious efforts. His ability along these lines was recognized, and in 1900 he was appointed Assistant in Chemistry at Cornell University. In 1904 he received the degree of Ph. D. from the Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, and that year he was appointed Research As- sistant in Chemistry at the University of Chicago, and remained with the institution until 1906, when he
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accepted the position of Acting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. He retained this position until 1907, when he became Associate Professor of Chemistry at Amherst College, retaining this position until 1912, when his father's failing health made his presence at home neces- sary. For this reason he resigned and returned to Jamestown to take charge of his father's numerous business interests.
Mr. Hall belongs to that class of distinctively Ameri- can men who aim to promote public progress while advancing individual prosperity, and thus he has be- come interested and part owner in many useful and profitable enterprises which have and are contribut- ing largely to the industrial growth of Jamestown and Chautauqua county. He is a director of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Jamestown, director of the Gurney Ball Bearing Company, a trustee of the Chau- tauqua Institution, trustee of the James Prendergast Free Library Association, trustee of the Lakeview Cemetery Association, a member of the Jamestown Board of Education, and a director of the Young Men's Christian Association. During the period of the World War he took a very prominent part in many of the home activities. He served as chairman of the Home Service Section of the Chautauqua County Red Cross, and still retains that office. Mr. Hall is a mem- ber of the Chi Phi fraternity of Amherst College, and of the University Club. He is also a member of the First Congregational Church of Jamestown, of which he is a trustee. Mr. Hall is editor-in-chief of the chap- ter in this work pertaining to Chautauqua county in the great World War.
In concluding this article, it may be said that it is impossible to estimate the value of such men to a city or county. Their influence is felt throughout the com- mercial, industrial, financial and educational life. Every man, from the toiling laborer to the merchant prince, receives either direct or indirect benefit from the enterprises with which these men are associated; they need no eulogy, for the simple record of their lives suffices.
ELEAZER GREEN-The long and honorable rec- tord achieved in the law by Eleazer Green, father of Judge Edward J. Green, includes service as prose- cuting attorney of Chautauqua county from 1896 to 1 1904. when he discharged the duties of his office at fifty-four terms of court, and was in charge of twenty- seven grand juries. He was a terror to the criminal class, allowing nothing to swerve him from the full performance of his duty, yet kindly-hearted and sym- pathetic where mercy was a virtue, so that in the case of young and first offenders they were dealt with gently and in many cases saved to become honorable, useful citizens. Now in life's evening he is more inter- jested in agriculture than in the practice of law, although he spends much time in his law office.
Eleazer Green was born at Remsen, Oneida county, N. Y., March 16, 1846, but since 1868 has been a resi- dent of Jamestown. He was educated in the public schools, Westfield Academy and Albany Law School, receiving his degree of LL. B. from the last-named institution at graduation, class of 1868. He came to
Jamestown, N. Y., in 1868, and for two years was clerk in the law office of Cook & Lockwood. In 1870, he began practice under his own name, and during his half century at the Chautauqua bar has won many of the honors of his profession. During those years he has been a partner in several of the important law firms of Jamestown, viz .: Barlow & Green, Green & Prendergast, Green, Prendergast & Benedict, Sheldon, Green, Stevens & Benedict, Green & Woodward, and Green & Woodbury. He was clerk of the village of Jamestown, 1875-76; mayor of the city of Jamestown, 1894-96; and district attorney of Chautauqua county, 1896-1904. His record as prosecuting attorney, which he held three terms of three years each, is one of tire- less, conscientious, impartial, successful work of which he may justly be proud. As a part of the large amount of work done as district attorney it should be noted that he prosecuted five murder cases, and a conviction was secured in every case, three for murder in the first degree and two for murder in the second degree, and although appeals were taken in several of his cases no conviction secured by Mr. Green as prosecutor was ever reversed.
In addition to a life of professional honor and suc- cess, Mr. Green has engaged in several business enter- prises which were approved by his judgment and fore- sight. One of these was the reclamation of swampy lands on the northern shore of Lake Chautauqua, at what is now Greenhurst-on-Chautauqua, a favorite sum- mer resort. This promotion led him to become inter- ested in the artificial propagation of fish and the estab- lishment of a hatchery for muskallonge. In the spring of 1888, the first muskallonge ever hatched by artificial means were placed in the lake at the mouth of South- land brook at what is now Clement Park. Later a permanent hatchery was established and a supply of muskallonge for Lake Chautauqua assured. He is a trustee of the James Prendergast Library Association of Jamestown, N. Y., which holds in trust and conducts the James Prendergast Free Library of Jamestown, and he holds other positions of trust.
Mr. Green married, Nov. 5, 1873, Mary E. Brown, of Jamestown, who died March 11, 1900, leaving a son and two daughters: Edward J., of further mention; Ella W., a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1899; and Clara L., a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1904.
EDWARD JAMES GREEN-A practitioner of law in Jamestown since the year 1900, and son of Eleazer Green, one of the eminent lawyers of the Chautauqua county bar, and Mary E. (Brown) Green, Edward J. Green is closely identified with the legal history of the city he himself serves as city judge.
He was born at Jamestown, N. Y., April 6, 1875, completed public school courses of study with gradua- tion from Jamestown High School in 1893, and entered Leland Stanford Junior University in the fall of the same year. He completed the freshman and sopho- more years at Leland Stanford, then entered Harvard University, completing his University course there and receiving his A. B., at graduation with the class of 1897. Choosing the law as his profession, he prepared at Harvard Law School, LL. B., 1900, but previous to
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graduation he passed the examination for admission to the bar of the State and was duly admitted to prac- tice at that bar, March 30, 1900, three months prior to graduation.
He began the practice of his profession in James- town, in July, 1900, opening an office at No. 301 Main street, and from that time has steadily pursued his pro- fessional calling. While he has devoted himself largely to the interests of a private clientele, he has also given much time to the public service in professional ways, serving Chautauqua county as assistant district attor- ney for three and one-half years, and as district attor- ney for a term of three years. In 1918, and upon the organization of the City Court of Jamestown, he was appointed city judge, and in March, 1919, was duly elected to succeed himself for the term of three years.
Judge Green is a director of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Jamestown, and has other interests of importance. He is a Republican in politics, and in addition to his years of public professional service in county and city served for nine years as a member of Jamestown's Board of Education, active for a long time as clerk of the board, and chairman of the finance committee. He is a member of the First Congrega- tional Church; member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; is an ex-commodore of the Chadakoin Club: and a member of the Jamestown Club. From college days he dates a deep interest and prominence in athletic sports. At Harvard he made the track team for two years, and represented the Uni- versity in the one hundred and two hundred yard dashes in the Intercollegiate games, and in the annual contests with Yale. He was a member of the Chada- koin four-oared crew during two seasons, that crew winning the annual Chadakoin-Chautauqua race, both seasons. Such strenuous activity has become a thing of the past, but he retains his love for the out-of- doors and its healthful sports, and at his beautiful sum- mer home on Lake Chautauqua reverts to the recrea- tions of younger years.
On June 10, 1913, Judge Green married Augusta E. Penfield, of Jamestown. They are the parents of a son, Edward James, Jr., born Ang. 8, 1914, and of a daughter, Ann Augusta, born Sept. 3, 1917.
CHARLES ELLSWORTH GOODELL, M. D .- The Goodell family has for a number of generations been a splendid example of what can be accomplished by enterprise, strict honesty, ambition, and steadfast ap- plication toward a fixed purpose. The American ances- tor, Robert Goodell, came to this country in 1634. He sailed from England. April 30, 1634. with his wife Kath- erinc, aged twenty-eight, his son Abraham, aged two, and his infant son Isaac, aged six months, in the ship "Eliz- abeth." and settled in Salem, Mass. He was a farmer and planter, and as early as 1636 he became proprietor of the town. He decded land in 1668 to his daughter Hannah, and with wife sold the land adjoining. His will, dated Oct. 12, 1682, was proved in 1683. The chil- dren of this union were: I. Mary, born 1629, married John Pease. 2. Abraham, born 1631, died young. 3. Isaac, born 1633, married. 1668, Patience Cook; died at Salem, left one son John. 4. Zachariah, born 1639,
married Elizabeth Beaucamps. 5. Infant, baptized 1640. 6. Jacob, baptized 1642, died 1676, unmarried. 7. Hannah, baptized 1645, married Lot Killum. 8. Eliz- abeth, married (first) John Smith, (second) William Bennett.
Dr. Charles Ellsworth Goodell, a direct descendant of Robert Goodell, was born in Springfield, town of Concord, Erie county, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1886, a son of John William and Elizabeth Jane (Ellsworth) Goodell. John W. Goodell, with his family, resided in Buffalo, N. Y., from 1888 until 1903, where he engaged in busi- ness. In the fall of 1903 he moved with his family to Springville, to the old homestead farm that has been in the family since 1830. Here he engages in general farming, but specializes in poultry and live stock. His sister, Mildred Mary, is a teacher of Domestic Science in the public schools of Jamestown.
Dr. Charles E. Goodell received his early education in the public schools of Buffalo, N. Y., subsequently entering the Masten Park High School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903. For three years following he devoted his time to working on his father's farm, but he had made up his mind to adopt the profession of medicine. Accordingly, in 1906, he entered the University of Buffalo, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1910. For a year and a half afterwards he filled the position of interne at the Buffalo General Hospital. On July 1, 1910, he passed the Board of Medical Examiners at Buffalo, N. Y., and on Feb. 28, 1912, he came to Jamestown and opened an office at No. 105 Allen street, where he began a general practice. He met with success, and on Feb. 1, 1914, he built a commodious home and office at No. 63 Allen street, and here he has continued his practice ever since. In 1918 he received appointment as a member of the advisory committee of the Jones Hospital, in which capacity he continues to serve. Dr. Goodell has not confined himself to general prac- tice, but is a specialist, not only of the digestive organs, but he is a bacteriologist, being an instructor in the Jones and W. C. A. hospitals. Dr. Goodell is classed among the expert surgeons of Western New York. In 1917, he was elected chairman of the Jamestown Board of Health.
In politics, Dr. Goodell is a Republican, but has never cared to hold office. He is a member of the 1 Masonic order, affiliating with Concord Lodge, No. 351, of Springville, Western Sun Chapter, Jamestown Commandery, and Ismalia Temple, Order of the Mys -. tic Shrine. Dr. Goodell has attained to both the York. and Scottish Rite degrees in Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masonry. He is a life member of Eagle Tem- ple, a member of the Jamestown, Jamestown Rotary, Chadakoin and Sportsmen's clubs. He is also a member of the Board of Commerce, Jamestown Medi- cal Society, Chautauqua County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society, American Medical Association, and American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Goodell is a man whose character embodies that mysterious magnetic charm, which, although intangible as the spirit of life itself, yet manifests itself, with dynamic force, in all human relation, to deferentiate! its possessor from the commonplace. As a specialist,
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he is noted for his aptitude in grappling with details of medical science, especially those of germ life and the digestive organs, and for his accurate and keen perceptions and diagnosis of diseases. His position as a citizen and in professional, fraternal and social relations is a most enviable one, personal worth and acquired ability having gained for him well merited honor and esteem in Chautauqua county and Western New York.
At Springville, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1911, Dr. Goodell was united in marriage with Francesca Bartlett, a daughter of James and Evalena (Kennedy) Bartlett. To this union the following children have been born: Francesca Elizabeth, born Nov. 29, 1912; James P., born May 13, 1914; George William, born Sept. 3, 1915; and June Evelena, born June 2, 1917.
DANIEL GRISWOLD, of Jamestown, N. Y., was one of the earlier residents of this section, and lived in Chautauqua county practically all his life. He was the son of a Wyoming county farmer, and early devel- oped business ability. While still a young man he became a well known riverman, trading on the Alle- gheny, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, as far south as Memphis. Tenn. He won his way to business success and prominence, and from 1873 was a resident of Jamestown, well known and highly esteemed.
(I) Daniel Griswold was a descendant of Edward Griswold, born in Warwickshire, England, about 1607, a man of education and property, who came to New England with his brother, Matthew Griswold, became prominent in the affairs of the Connecticut Colony, and died at Kentworth, Conn., in 1691. Edward Gris- wold was deputy from Windsor and Kentworth for more than twenty years, was frequently a commis- sioner, was the first deacon of the Kentworth (now Clinton) church, and in 1678 was a member of the com- mittee appointed to establish a Latin school in New London, Conn. By his first wife Margaret, whom he married in England, in 1630, he had eleven children, the mother dying Oct. 27, 1679. He married (second) Sarah Bemis, widow of James Bemis. In this branch of the Griswolds descent is traced through John, the eleventh child of Edward and Margaret Griswold.
(II) John Griswold, son of Edward Griswold, bap- tized Aug. 1, 1652, died in Kentworth, Conn., Aug. 7, 1717, a man of intelligence, property, and influence. i He was active in town and church, holding in Kent- worth church the office of deacon. His first wife Mary died Oct. 27, 1679, and he married a second wife, Bath- - : sheba, who died March 19, 1736, surviving her husband I nineteen years.
(III) Daniel Griswold, fourteenth and next to the youngest child of John Griswold, was born in Kent- : worth, Conn., Oct. 25, 1696. He married, March 19, 1721, Jerusha Stevens, and they were the parents of three children, this branch descending through Daniel B., their eldest.
(IV) Daniel B. Griswold, head of the fourth Amer- ! ican generation, son of Daniel Griswold, was born in ¿1722. He married, Oct. 22, 1750, Mary Bushnell, who bore him twelve children, this branch again tracing descent from the eldest child, a son, Daniel, the third
in direct line to bear that name, and grandfather of Daniel (5) Griswold, to whose memory this review is dedicated.
(V) Daniel (2) Griswold, son of Daniel B. Gris- wold, was born Jan. 17, 1756, and died about 1795. He left his native Connecticut, was for a time a resident of Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y., and later owned land upon which a part of the city of Utica, N. Y., is built. His wife, a Miss Horton, or Hough- ton, bore him a son, Daniel, during the period of their residence in Northeastern New York.
(VI) Daniel (3) Griswold, son of Daniel (2) Gris- wold, was born in Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1788, and died in the town of Poland, Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1854. He was a corder by trade, and during the second war with Great Bri- tain set up the first cording machine in his town. Later, when the British became active in that region, he removed it to a point in Vermont, where it was safe from capture. About 1820, he moved to Oneida county, N. Y., inheriting from his father lands there now included within the limits of the city of Utica. About 1832 he moved to Western New York, settling in the town of Poland, Chautauqua county, which was his home until his death, twenty-two years later. He engaged in lumbering in connection with farming, was a Whig in politics, and the holder of several town offices. He married (first) in Burlington, Vt., May 25, 1815, Mary Hills, born at Upton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1795, died at the home farm in Poland, Chautauqua county, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1844, daughter of Moses Hills, a native of Massachusetts. He married (second) Mary Bentley. Children, all by first wife: Mary L., Hiram H., Sarah, Fannie, Elvira, and Daniel.
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