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"The home of the Rhineharts in Ripley is a fine one, and Fat ever been open to their friends. In carlier years Mr Rhin hart took much part in social and community mow ment, in the town, and has very many friends. ITis record of more than sixty years is an enviable one, his bie having been given to meful, public service, and to cor.sequential production in his native county.
NEWTON LINCOLN-Filling more than one minor public office with credit, Mr. Lincoln is, perhaps, more thoroughly identified with that of county librarian than with any other. In each one, however, his name is synonymous with talent and fidelity, and his fellow-citi- zens of Mayville congratulate themselves on having se- cured his services. Newton Lincoln was born Nov. 21, 1866, on his father's farm at Summerdale, N. Y., a son of Harrison and Adeline ( Dickerson) Lincoln.
Newton Lincoln received his education in district schools and at the Mayville High School, being then for a time employed in a hotel. For four years thereafter he was engaged in farming, going then to Michigan and spending five years on his grandparents' farm. Return- ing to his home in Mayville, he was quietly employed for thirteen years in hotels there and in Jamestown, N. Y., and in 1904 obtained a position in the surrogate's office. He is now deputy clerk to the Surrogate's Court of the county. In 1910 he was appointed librarian and still re- tains the office, being devoted to its duties, which he finds thoroughly congenial. He has charge of between five and six thousand volumes. Cataloguing and similar duties he attends to personally. So highly is his work appreciated that he is frequently complimented on its ex- cellence. From 1887 to 1900, Mr. Lincoln was a Demo- crat, but has since been allied with the Republicans. His favorite recreation, in the few leisure hours which atten- tion to duty permits, is gardening, the cultivation of flow- ers and vegetables alike affording him enjoyment.
Mr. Lincoln married, Oct. 30, 1892, in Mayville, Annie, daughter of John and Elizabeth Lundquist, and they are the parents of the following children: 1. Edna, graduate of the Mayville grammar and high schools, and the Nor- mal School, Fredonia, N. Y., class of 1913. 2. Margaret, graduate of the Mayville grammar and high schools, and Fredonia Normal, class of 1913; married Floyd A. Baker, of Erie, Pa. 3. Ruth, also a graduate of the Mayville grammar and high schools, and of Jamestown Business College; now a legal stenographer in Buffalo. 4. Robert B., in school. 5. Molly, also in school.
The people of Mayville have reason to wish that Mr. Lincoln may long continue to retain the office of librarian, in which he has for so many years given them an exam- ple of exceptional efficiency.
A. MORELLE CHENEY-The Cheneys are of an ancient English family and in Chautauqua county date from early settlement days. The family in New Eng- land trace to either John or William Cheney, both of whom came from England in 1635, and lived in Roxbury, Mass. The Cheneys of Chautauqua county are descend- ants of William Cheney. The first of the Cheneys in Chautauqua county was Ebenezer, a soldier of the French and Indian, and Revolutionary wars. He came first in June, 1808, stopping overnight at the Cross Roads (Westfield) while journeying elsewhere. He was so taken with lands on Lake Chautauqua that he made a selection and in the carly summer of 1810 located perma- nently, taking land at what is now the village of Kian- tone, and there died, Aug. 12, 1828, aged sixty-seven years.
A. Morelle Cheney, a son of Joshua and Mary (Gif- ford) Cheney, grandson of Calvin, and great-grandson of Jonathan Cheney, was born in the township of Ellery,
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Chautauqua county, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1857, and the farm upon which he was born, at now Bemus Point, he owns and upon it makes his home. He has developed the farm to a high state of productiveness, causing it to yield bountifully. He was educated in the public schools, Jamestown Union School, and Collegiate Institute, class of 1879. He has developed strong ability as a man of affairs, and has important business interests in Jamestown, He was one of the incorporators of the bank of James- town and since its organization has been a director and member of the executive committee of the board.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Cheney was continuously in county office from 1905, when he was elected super- visor of his own county, until the expiration of his term in 1917. He has served on many important committees of the board of supervisors. During the building of the court house at Mayville, he was chairman of the com- mittee on public buildings and to him is largely due the credit of a county court house, completed with the amount appropriated therefor. In 1904 Mr. Cheney was elected to the State Assembly and served on the follow- ing committees : Revision, Taxation and Retrenchment, and Affairs of Villages. In 1913 he was again elected to the Assembly, polling 3,612 votes against his opponent's 3,537. He was again elected in 1915, receiving 4,753 votes against 1,728 for his opponent. He was appointed in that session a member of the following committees : Electricity, Gas and Water Supply, Taxation and Re- trenchment, and Revision. He is a member of Union Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and of Bemus Point Lodge, No. 585, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Mr. Cheney married, in Falconer, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1892, E. Maude Tracy, daughter of Oscar and Jemima (Lent) Tracy. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are the parents of three children : M. Allene, born Feb. 2, 1893; Lucile M., born May 22, 1896; and A. Morelle, Jr., born July 4, 1902.
FRANK W. BULLOCK-Among the class of citi- zens who have helped to add to the development and im- portance of Jamestown and Chautauqua county, none have become more prominent by the force of their own individual efforts than Frank W. Bullock. He was born in Busti, Chautauqua county, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1874, a son of DeForest and Nettie (Blackmar) Bullock. Mr. Bul- lock, Sr., was a farmer and occupied the old homestead of ninety acres at Busti, which was formerly owned by Grandmother Marietta Shattuck, who came here in an ox-cart and located on this farm, in April, 1819, more than a century ago. Mr. Bullock's grandfather, Alvin, was a well known farmer and cattle buyer, and also dealt in agricultural implements, mowing machines, reapers. etc. This farm is now in the possession of Mr. Bul- lock, the subject of this review, who has improved and is making a fruit farm of it.
The early education of Frank W. Bullock was secured in the schools at Busti and the Sugar Grove Seminary at Sugar Grove, Pa. Later he took up a course in elec- trical engineering with the International Correspondence School, of Scranton, Pa. At the age of seventeen he accepted a position with the electric light plant at Lake- wood, and during this time he received practical experi- ence in power plant operations and the repairs of genera- tors and other electrical apparatus. He worked in all
branches of the trade and in this he received the practical knowledge which served him so well in the years that followed. He was with this company three years when, Oct. 11, 1894, he accepted a position with the Jamestown Electric Lighting and Power Company. For four months he did the inside wiring for the company and then was promoted to operating engineer in the power house, continuing thus until 1000, when he was made superin- tendent, a position which he still holds, as well as being the superintendent for the Western New York Electric Company. He is a stockholder and director of both the Jamestown Lighting and Power Company and the West- ern New York Electric Company.
Mr. Bullock takes great interest in his work, as he has been much engaged in machinery and the science of elec- tricity since his childhood. He is a member of the Ma- sonic order, having attained the Knight Templar degree, of which he is past commander, having filled the office of commander in 1912. He is also a member of the Buffalo Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He attends the Methodist church, of which he is a member of the offi- cial board. He belongs to the Board of Commerce of Jamestown, and the National Electric Light Association of New York City.
At Jamestown, April 7, 1900, Mr. Bullock was united in marriage with Cassie, daughter of Alvero and Alice (Foster) Mathews, of Jamestown. Mr. and Mrs. Bul- lock are the parents of a son, Frederick, who is attend- ing the public schools of Jamestown.
Mr. Bullock's thorough business qualifications, his knowledge of electricity and motive power, as well as his energy and strict integrity in business relations, have won for him the warm personal regard he merits.
THE JAMESTOWN LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY-In 1886, the old Jamestown Electric Light and Power Company was incorporated, and in 1902 the present company was incorporated, under the name of the Jamestown Lighting and Power Company and the former company was merged into the new one. The purpose of the company was to supply electric light and power to citizens, manufacturing plants, and other insti- tutions in Jamestown, Ellicott and Celoron. The old plant was situated at Nos. 9 to II Race street, on the west side of Brooklyn Square of Jamestown, N. Y.
In 1909, Messrs. A. N. and S. B. Broadhead, bought out the Jamestown Lighting and Power Company, and a new sub-station was built during the years 1910 and 1911 at No. 101 Washington street, and power was also ob- tained from the Jamestown Street Railway Company. The current is generated at the Jamestown Street Railway Power Company's power plant, located at the boat land- ing in Jamestown. This current from the power house is delivered to the sub-station at No. 101 Washington street and is transformed to the proper voltage for direct and alternating current. The general offices of the com- pany are situated at No. 316 North Main street. The company is incorporated under the New York State laws with the following officers : President, A. N. Broadhead ; vice-president, S. B. Broadhead; treasurer and secretary, Eric Sundholm; superintendent, F. W. Bullock. In 1916, this company purchased the Falconer Electric Light plant,
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and current is now furnished to Falconer and town of Poland.
In 1011, the Western New York Electric Company, which is relatively close to the Jamestown Lighting and Power Company, was organized and incorporated with the following officers: President, A. N. Broadhead ; vice-president, S. B. Broadhead ; secretary, W. R. Rey- nolds: treasurer, Eric Sundholm; superintendent, F. W. Bullock. Power and light is now furnished by this com- pany at Jamestown to both sides of Chautauqua Lake which includes the towns of Lakewood, Bemus Point, Busti, Harmony, Chautauqua, Ellery and Ellicott.
CLARENCE DAVID JACKWAY, although now living at Huron, Ohio, is a native of Chautauqua county, N. Y .. and is part owner of a substantial fishery enter- prise centering at Barcelona, Chautauqua county, which business for the last decade or so has found steady em- ployment for about thirty men.
He was born in Barcelona, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1875, the son of John and Adeline ( Fisher) Jackway. The Jackway family is of British origin, both parents of Clarence D. having been born in England, where his father followed the precarious and perilous occupation of fishing. To better his condition John Jackway came to America, and settled at Barcelona, and upon Lake Erie followed his original occupation, fisherman. He was the father of a large family, Clarence D. being one of eleven children born to his parents, and they were all young when his father died. The elder boys had to work for a living, and to provide sustenance for the mother and the younger children as soon as that great calamity came to the family.
Clarence D. Jackway was adopted by an uncle soon after his father's death, the uncle becoming responsible for the boy's wellbeing until he attained his majority. But a. Clarence D. grew into manhood, he was drawn into the alluring and adventurous occupation followed by his father, and although, until 1908, he did not confine him- seli to fishing. most of his years of labor since he reached man's estate have been passed in undertakings perilous and otherwise, profitable and otherwise, upon Lake Erie. In 1908, he formed business partnership with a man of his native place, and he and his partner, Her- man Lart, then established the Barcelona Fish Company, whi h soon became a flourishing business. It developed steadily until at the present time the partners own and keep in constant use during the season eight fishing shooter, and other boats, finding employment for thirty men. Mr. Jackway undertakes the commercial phase of the company's affairs, and his partner, Herman Lart, : pervive, the operation of the boats. Both are sub- Frantial men of industry, who have succeeded by the adoption of good and logical business methods, but mails by applying themselves industriously to that
M- Jackway married, April 14, 1898, Arras Wilson, of Fred mia !; Y. They have three children : Floyd Wil- lam, Ethel Irene, Ruth Margaret. The children are all bring educated in Huron, Ohio, which is now the home of the family.
Clarece D). Jackway is a member of a Hluron, Ohio, loølge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and
politically he is a Republican, but of independent mind. He has fixed convictions upon certain national subjects, and does not hesitate to follow those convictions even though they might temporarily draw him from his gen- eral allegiance to the Republican party. In general char- acteristics, Mr. Jackway is a man of outspoken frank- ness, but of pleasing disposition. His success in life is noteworthy, especially when one considers the handicaps of his early days.
ROBERT LIVINGSTON NEWTON-One of the leading representatives of Irving, N. Y., is Robert Liv- ingston Newton, who has been a resident of this com- munity for nearly fifty years and to-day is the owner of extensive farm lands which cover 250 acres.
Henry Newton, father of Robert Livingston Newton, was a farmer and mill owner during his lifetime. He married Harriett Lothridge, and they became the parents of six children: Sarah, wife of George H. Potter ; Henry; Frances, wife of Albert Avery, of Battle Creek. Mich .; Melinda: Robert L., the subject of this review; and Lora, all now deceased, except Robert L.
Robert Livingston Newton was born June 26, 1844, at Irving, N. Y. After attending the district schools and graduating from the academy at Fredonia, N. Y., he learned the trade of miller with his father who ran the Irving Mill. This mill was burned in 1858 and was re- built and destroyed again by fire in 1861. After a year his father bought the Laona Mill, and a little later Rob- ert L. bought it from his father, selling it in 1869 and buying a farm of 100 acres at Laona, where he built a large brick house. This he sold in 1874, and then moved to Irving, N. Y., where he bought a large grist and saw mill which later was destroyed by flood. Mr. Newton has resided in Irving, N. Y., since 1874, and to-day is the owner of a farin consisting of 250 acres on which are grown all kinds of vegetables together with fruits and grapes. By means of this occupation Mr. Newton has become very prosperous, and is a well known figure in the community. Politically Mr. Newton is a Republican, giving to public affairs the interest and attention de- manded of every good citizen. He is a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. The best proof of his cap- able management is furnished by the history of his busi- ness career, but his countenance and personality seem to make this record appear quite a matter of course.
Mr. Newton married, Dec. 19, 1866, Harriett Moore, daughter of William and Flora ( Rood) Moore, and they are the parents of three children : Melinda, wife of George P. Newton, of Cleveland, Ohio; Carrie, widow of W. F. Nash; Katherine, wife of A. C. Barbeau, of Silver Creek, and mother of two children, Katherine and A. C., Jr.
Throughout his career Mr. Newton has been animated by the spirit of progress, and he has furnished a true pic- ture of the man who creates and adds to the wealth of nations while advancing his own interests.
FRANK GUSTAVE NORDSTRUM-The domi- nant characteristics in the life of Frank Gustave Nord- strum have been ambition and determination to progress ; progression, advancement, onward and upward being
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words that unconsciously filled his thoughts from early boyhood until years after he had attained his majority.
Born in Sweden, Sept. 17, 1861, Mr. Nordstrum was thirteen years old when he came to America, coming to join his father who was a worker in Antrim, Pa. The elder Nordstrum had come to this country some time before, sending for his family, a wife and ten children, after he became located in his new environment. The boy found ready employment in the coal mines in An- trim during the working hours, and at night he studied constantly to make up for the forced neglect of an early education. This strenuous form of living was continued until the lad reached the age of twenty-one, when he left the mines and hired out to a farmer for the sum of ten dollars a month and board, with the privilege of attend- ing the local school. This only continued for six months, when he went into the blacksmithing business, continuing in that for several years, when he had an opportunity to work for a railroad as foreman of a construction gang. At the end of six months, Mr. Nordstrum went West, settling in De Moines, Iowa, where for five years he was salesman and later assistant manager of the store of F. L. Harbeck, a furniture dealer of that city, continuing his studies as before.
After leaving the employ of Mr. Harbeck, Mr. Nord- strum returned East, going to Mansfield, Pa., where he entered the State Normal School, remaining for one term; then he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and remained for a year as salesman for D. E. Morgan & Son, dealers in furniture and carpets. He then found an opening in the Iroquois Hotel to act as timekeeper, having the oppor- tunity of devoting his spare time to the study of the jewelry trade, which he determined to settle upon as his future method of earning a living. For a year he re- mained at the Iroquois Hotel, then in 1891 went to Wal- tham, Mass., where the Howard and Waltham watch companies conduct their large factories for the manufac- turing of watches. Here he paid Zalg Brothers fifty dollars to allow him to learn more of the details of the jewelry business, working there for a time and else- where, wherever an opportunity in that line occurred. In 1896 he was in Oswego, N. Y., and rode from that city on a bicycle to Jamestown, where he intended going into business for himself. Taking a little store at No. 12 East Second street, Mr. Nordstrum entered upon the career of which he had dreamed for years; he under- stood every smallest detail of the work and he gave his customers such satisfaction that in three years the busi- ness grew to such a flourishing condition that it was necessary to enlarge his facilities, so he moved to Main street into larger quarters. This store soon proved too small for his constantly growing trade, so he bought out the jewelry business of Fred Fuller at No. 213 Main street, enlarged the store to accommodate his large stock and furnishings, and entered upon the most successful era of his long and patient preparation. Mr. Nordstrum has the largest jewelry store in Jamestown, and one of the finest in the western part of New York State. His advancement is well deserved, for the best years of his life were spent in overcoming the paucity of advantages in his youth and in fitting himself by constant application for his later occupation.
True to the inborn love of everything connected with the country of his birth, Mr. Nordstrum finds his pleas-
ure in associating with others of his nationality, being a member of the Norden Club, and of the Swedish Brother- hood. He is also connected with the Order of Eagles, and with the local lodge, No. 248, Knights of Pythias. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church.
In 1893 Frank Gustave Nordstrum married May Fran- ces Bacon, a resident of Wellsboro, who died in April, 1916. Of this marriage two children were born: I. Frances Albertine, who married Raymond Bates Bush, of Kennedy, N. Y., a chemist, at present connected with the Nestle Food Company of New York City; Mr. Bush is a graduate of Cornell University. 2. Chester, now a student in the medical school of the University of Buf- falo. Mr. Nordstrum enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow-townsmen, and he is devoted to the inter- ests of Jamestown and its inhabitants.
SAMUEL P. KIDDER-Upon the farm which he now owns in the town of Kiantone, Chautauqua county, N. Y., Samuel P. Kidder was born, April 18, 1868. Upon the same farm, which was then included in the town of Carroll, his father, Samuel (2) Kidder, was born Oct. 12, 1825, and in 1816 his grandfather, Ezbai Kidder, first settled on the same farm, one hundred five years having since elapsed, and during those years the farm has not been out of the possession of the family. The farm was originally 300 acres in extent, bought from the Holland Land Company. The Kidders were originally from Dud- ley, Mass., and there Samuel (1) Kidder was born. Later he moved to the State of Vermont, where he en- gaged in farming until his death in January, 1805. He married Zilpah Bacon, and they were the parents of four sons and three daughters. One of these sons, Ezbai Kid- der, was the founder of the branch of the family of which Samuel P. Kidder is representative.
Ezbai Kidder was born in Dudley, Mass., in 1787, and died at his farm in Kiantone, Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1879, a nonagenarian. In early childhood he was taken by his parents to their new home in Wardsboro, Vt., and there he spent the years until 1813, coming to Chautau- qua county in that year. He did not remain, however, but returned to Vermont, coming again to Chautauqua county in 1816, and settling on the farm in Carroll, now Kiantone, upon which his grandson, Samuel P. Kidder, resides. He was a carpenter by trade, and in addition to clearing, cultivating and improving his own acres he did a great deal of carpenter work in Kiantone and Car- roll, erecting many of the frame houses and barns in his section. At the first town meeting held in Carroll, March 6, 1826, he was elected commissioner of highways. In 1838 he was supervisor of Carroll, and when Kiantone was set off he was elected supervisor of that town at the first election held Feb. 21, 1854. He was a member of the Congregational church at Jamestown, and in politics a Whig, later a Republican. Ezbai Kidder married, in 1824, Louisa Sherman, who died Nov. 14, 1867, daugh- ter of Noah and Laura (Hubbard) Sherman, her father born in Wardsboro, Vt., her mother in Brimfield, Mass. The children of Noah and Laura Sherman all came in after years to the "Holland Purchase." Ezbai and Louisa (Sherman) Kidder were the parents of a son Samuel, of further mention, and three daughters.
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Samuel (2) Kidder was born at the Kidder homestead, then in the town of Carroll, Oct. 12, 1825, and died there, Oct. 18, 1808. He was his father's helper from youth, and in the winter months attended the district school. Later he was a pupil at Jamestown Academy, and devoted himself to additional reading and self-improvement, be- coming a well-informed man. He was the owner of a farm leit to him by his father. which is well adapted to general and dairy farming. He was also the owner of considerable land in Jamestown. He was originally a Whig in politics, but later became a Democrat. He served the town of Kiantone three terms as assessor and three terms as supervisor, 1886-8; and 1890. His father, Ezbai Kidder, was the first supervisor of the town, and his son, George C. Kidder, held the same office, 1910-17, eight terms. Samuel Kidder was a member of the James- town Congregational Church. He married, Oct. 17, 1854, Elnora Partridge, daughter of Joel Partridge, of James- town. Samuel and Elnora ( Partridge) Kidder were the parents of ten children : 1. Ida, married W. C. Parker. 2. Willard, a farmer of Kiantone, married Anna Miller. 3. J. Edward, died aged eighteen years. 4. Henry E., married Grace Sherrod, and removed to Knoxville, Tenn. 5. George C., a farmer of Kiantone, married Lillian Van Duzee. 6. Dora. 7. Samuel P., of further mention. 8. Mary L. o. Fanny E. 10. Jay H.
Samuel P. Kidder, son of Samuel and Elnora ( Par- tridge) Kidder, was born at the homestead in Kiantone, Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 18, 1868, and yet resides upon the old farm. He was educated in the public schools, finishing at Jamestown High School, and when school days were over he became his father's farm as- sistant. He later took the burden of management upon his shoulders and now owns the old farm. He conducts general farming in connection with dairy farming, and is one of the prosperous and substantial men of his town. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Congregational church. In politics he is a Democrat.
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