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Walker, Dr. D. E., German Flats, was born in Dolgeville, November 17, 1855. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1879, and then studied medicine in Buffalo. He came to Ilion in 1865, and is now taking a special course in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. Since 1889 he has been conducting the leading drug busi- ness of llion. He is a member of the Herkimer County Medical Society, and of the Summum Bonum Club. In 1888 he married Lizzie Heacock, and they have oue daughter.
Waters, S. J., jr., Little Falls, was born in the village of Little Falls, and received his education in the schools here, graduating from the academy. He is a son of S. J. Waters, who was for over thirty years an express agent here, but who has for some time been retired by the company with a substantial pension for faithful services. S. J. Waters, jr., after leaving school was associated for some time with his father in the express office, which position he left to enter the National Herkimer County Bank. Commencing at the bottom, he has gradually worked up to the position of teller, which office he now most acceptably fills. He was elected county treasurer for three years, upon the Democratic ticket, and is the only Democrat ever elected for this position in Herkimer county. He is at present also trustee of the village, and a member of the Masons, Elks, Red Men, Knights Templar, and other social and benevolent institutions His father has served as supervisor, deputy sheriff, etc.
Wilcox, Charles, farmer, near Little Falls, is a son of Benjamin Wilcox, one of the largest farmers of the township. He owns a magnificent farm of 250 acres, used for dairy purposes and has a herd of fifty-five cows. In 1878 Mr. Charles Wilcox married Alice Ecker, and they have two sons, Arthur and George. Mr. Wilcox has devoted all his life to farming, and is a member of the Grange, and a Republican in politics.
Whiting, A. L., Little Falls, was born in Middleville. He received his education in the schools of Ilion and Middlefield. After leaving school he was identified with mercantile transactions for some time, and in 1874 commenced with Victor Adams with whom he now holds the important position of general superintendent of the factory, Mr. Adams being also postmaster of the town, which requires considerable attention. Mr. Whiting is an Odd Fellow, K. of P., and a member of other social organizations. He married Miss Waldruff and they have three children.
Wilcox, Herbert H., Winfield, was born in Winfield, November 23, 1853. He mar- ried Florence O. Babcock ; they have one son, Felmer. Herbert H. Wilcox is a drug- gist. He was twelve years justice and has been town clerk two terms. W. Wilcox, of this town, who was a son of Hezekiah, native of Connecticut, was one of the first settlers of this town.
Ward, William E., farmer, Eatonville, is a native of this town - Little Falls - and, excepting for a space of ten years, from 1875 to 1884. he has been engaged in farming here. During these ten years he was on the Pacific coast mining, road building, etc. He owns sixty-six acres of land, utilized for grass, hay and dairy purposes. In 1888 Mr. Ward married Harriet P. Van Buren. He is a Democrat in politics, and is popular and much respected by all.
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Wright, George A., Little Falls, was born upon the old Wright homestead, which has descended into his possession. It contains 116 acres of dairy land, upon which he keeps about twenty-five head of stock. His family are of Revolutionary antecedents. and have lived for many generations in this town, and have been identified with its best interests, both political and social, ever since settling here. Mr. Wright has served as commissioner of highways, inspector of elections, etc. He married Julia Vedder, of Stark. They have one child, Dayton Wright.
Wood, John, Schuyler, is a native of Schuyler and one of its best known citizens. He was born March 14, 1845. His father was Calvin Wood, also a native of Schuyler. His grandfather, Thomas Wood, came from New England. In 1867 Mr. Wood married Gnssie Horton, and they have three daughters. Fanny, Mary and Mrs. Lawren Rose. Mr. Wood is engaged in dairy farming, but is widely known as one of the leading horsemen of the State.
Farmer, Woolcott G., a native of Newport, was born June 1, 1861, a son of James D. and Abbie (Wait) Farmer. He started as a clerk about 1885 for V. S. Kenyon, grocer, in which business he continued until 1890, when he entered the employ of C. W. Palmer & Company, of Herkimer. January 1, 1892, he rented the grist and flour- ing-mill at Middleville. Ile was one of three children, the other two being Grace A. and Minnie, the latter deceased. James Farmer was a son of James and Lydia (Robin- son) Farmer, and he and his wife are active members of the Universalist church.
Wallace, Peter, was born in Ohio May 19, 1843, a son of Patrick Wallace, who was a native of Ireland. The latter about 1828 came to Troy and married Ellen Riley, also of Ireland, and they had seven sons and four daughters, About 1842 Mr. Wallace moved to Ohio and settled on a farm, where he lived until his death in 1876. His wife is now living at Gray at the age of eighty-one years. Peter Wallace is a farmer. llis first marriage occurred August 4, 1867, to Emma Colwell, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Atwood) Colwell, and they had two children, Annie and Maggie. In 1873 Mrs. Wallace died, and in 1874 he married second Jennie Bly, of Norway, daughter of Horace and Harriet Bly. They had four children, Emma, Hattie, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Wallace is a Republican and has been assessor four years in Ohio. He is now serving his second term as justice of the peace of Wilmurt. He is a member of the G. A. R. of Poland, Johnson Post, No. 532, and a member of North Star Grange, No. 686. In 1864 he enlisted in the 186th N. Y. Vols., Company K, and was discharged June 6, 1865. He was at the siege of Petersburg the assault on Petersburg, and was in the pursuit of Lee until his surrender. At the close of the war he returned to Ohio, where he resided until 1883, when he moved to Wilmurt. William, a brother of Peter, enlisted in 1861 in the Thirty-fourth N. Y. Vols., in which regiment he was lieutenant. At the expiration of his term of office in this regiment he re-enlisted in the Second Vet- eran Cavalry. He was then transferred to the 186th N. Y. Vols. and promoted to cap- tain. lle was mortally wounded at Petersburg April 2, 1865. Thomas, another brother of Peter, enlisted in 1861 in the Eighty-first N. Y. Vols., and was killed at Fair Oaks May 31, 1862.
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Western, Samuel J., Norway, was born in Norway November 8, 1830. Ile was a son of Joseph Western, a son of Samuel Western, one of the first settlers of Norway. Joseph Western spent most of his life in Norway as a carpenter and lumberman. His wife was Hannah Hall, of Norway, by whom he had seven children. Mr. Western was a Democrat. He held the offices of assessor and justice of the peace. He and his wife both died in Norway. Samuel J. Western married Ann Comstock, of Ohio, a daughter of Samuel and Sybil (Cummings) Comstock. Their children are Ella, William, Lillie and Frank. Mr. Western has always been a farmer and lumberman.
Williamson, Norman J., was born on the farm adjoining the one which he now lives in Warren April 5, 1856, a son of Cyrus and Eliza C. (Dewey) Williamson. His grand- father was Garrett and his father Samuel Williamson. Cyrus Williamson was born where the subject now resides September 27, 1815. He died October 1, 1881. His widow survives. She is a daughter of Hubbard and Clarissa (Tanner) Dewey, of St. Lawrence county. N. J. Williamson received a seminary education, is a Republican and has been assessor. He owns the homestead of eighty-five acres. He married Jan- uary 16, 1879, Louisa E., daughter of Stephen and Mary (Lombard) Edgett. They have two children, Mabel E. and Bessie H.
Wall, William R., Warren, was born in Utica, March 16, 1838, and is a son of Ed- ward and Caroline (Duell) Wall. His grandfather Wall came from England and set- tled in New Bedford, Mass. When a young man he came to Utica. Ile married Car- oline Duell and had one child, William R., the subject. After his death his wife married William Acers and had one son, Frank B. Her third husband was Levi Gray. She died at the age of sixty-eight. William R. Wall began business life by working on a farm by the month. In 1867 he settled on the farm, where he now lives, of twelve acres on which was a saw-mill. He now owns sixty acies, and is engaged in cattle dealing and butchering and hires several large farms. During the civil war he served as captain of Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-second New York Volunteers. He married, in January 1866, Cornelia, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Bloomfield) Loomis, and they have two children, Edwin H. and S. Louise.
Walker Brothers, Little Falls; this firm consists of Elon and Charles Walker, and was established in 1888 Charles Walker was born in 1860, and he married Nellie Blay. They have no children. Elon Walker was born in 1863 and is unmarried. The firm does a retail liquor business and enjoys a large trade, both members are very popular with the general public, and are enterprising and public spirited men.
Zoller, Frederick, Stark, was born in Fairfield. His father was a pioneer of Herki- mer county, and died in German Flats, aged seventy-seven. The latter married Nancy Staring, by whom he had nine children : Benjamin, Solomon, Elizabeth, Jonas, Sallie, Isaac, William, Mary and Dolly. Solomon was in the war of 1812, captain of a com- pany. William Zoller was born August 2, 1818, in Little Falls. At seventeen be be- gan the trade of blacksmith. He married, August 2, 1840, Barbara, daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Sobles) Everson of Herkimer county. Her father served in the war of 1812 and had six children : Katie, Jacob, Polly. Viancy, Phoebe and Barbara. He died at Fort Herkimer aged eighty. two. Frederick Zoller had seven children : Norman,
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Harvey, Mary, wife of John IIall ; Charlie, Rollin, Elma, wife of O. Slivemaker, and Alva. Rollin Zoller was born May I, 1856, received a district school education, and has always lived where he now resides. He married in 1880 Katie Lepper, daughter of John and Mary Lepper, farmers near Amsterdam. Subject and wife have one child, Marcia. He served three years as poormaster of Stark on the Democratic ticket.
Zoller, James, Little Falls, was born of German parentage in Herkimer county. After receiving an excellent education in the public schools, he started when eighteen years of age in farming operations. Some time afterwards he engaged in the produce business in New York city, then in the hotel business in Utica, N. Y., conducting the Dudley House and the St. James Hotel four years. After severing his connection with the St. James Hotel of Utica, he was engaged in stock-raising in Montana for some time. In 1890 he took charge of the Garvin House of Little Falls, wbich hotel he has made a successful establishment, with all modern improvements. Mr. Zoller owns 450 acres of land near Richfield Springs, Herkimer county. Mr. Zoller's wife was Emily Casler, of Little Falls. They have one daughter.
Rankins, J. M., is a native of Little Falls. He was educated in the Utica Commer- cial College, from which he graduated in 1885. Five years ago he entered the M'Kin- non Mills as bookkeeper, and recently changed to the Saxony Mills, filling a similar position. He comes of an old and honorable family, his ancestors having lived in this State for many generations. Ilis great-grandfather participated in the Revolutionary war. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum.
Clemens, Michael, East Schuyler, is one of the old and honored residents of Schuyler. He was born February 14, 1814, and has been a farmer all his life. His father was Michael Clemens, was in the war of 1812, and his grandfather, Jacob Clemens. The latter participated in the Revolutionary war, and came from Germary over a century ago. Mr. Clemens married Rachael Oyer, a most estimable lady, who died July 26, 1889. They had one daughter, now the wife of George Storms, who was in the last rebellion.
Conklin, Silas II., Warren, was born near Little Lakes, March 10, 1863, a son of Hicks and Hannah (Weeks) Conklin. The grandfather, Harry W., was a son of Silas, who was a son of Jacob, who came from Wales, and settled at East Hampton, L. I. After the Revolution he came to Stark, Herkimer county. His wife was a Miss Skellinger. He died in Monroe county. Silas was born on Long Island, September 15, 1872. After the war he came to Springfield, Otsego county, where he died. His wife was Emmiliza Hicks, born in 1776, by whom he had four sons and four daugh- ters. He died, aged eighty-three, and his wife died in 1857, aged eighty-two. Henry Conklin married Phoebe Cook, and their children were: Richard, Silas, Hicks, Cath- arine and Eliza. Hicks Conklin was born in Warren. He began life as a farmer. Later he kept a meat market at Little Lakes. He was two years in a hotel at Spring- field Centre, and died in 1882, his widow survives him, and was born in Warren, a daughter of James and Martha (McChesney) Weeks. Our subject was the only child. He received a district school education, also attended a seminary. At nineteen he
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began life as a clerk at Springfield Centre. February 15, 1886. he opened a general store at Little Lakes, which he has operated successfully since. Ilas been twice elected clerk of Warren, as a Democrat. He has been deputy postmaster since 1886. Sep- tember 7, 1884, he married Edith, daughter of David and Anna (Dunn) Baird, and they have three children : Anna E., Silas II. and Thomas Ellis Conklin.
Hall, John, Stark, was born in Stark, June 13, 1838, a son of Alex. and Jane (Mount) Hall. The grandfather, Thomas, was born in Ireland and came to the United States after the Revolution, and settled in Stark with a brother, Robert. Later he moved to Onondaga county, and thence to California in 1859, where he died, over eighty years of age. He served as justice many years and was a Mason. His wife was Louise Sprague. They raised four children : Alexander, John T., Nancy and Martha. His wife died in Onondaga county. Alexander was born in Springfield, Otsego county. About 1830 he moved to Stark, and engaged in mercantile business with his brother. In 1839 be moved where his son now resides, and bought and operated a grist and saw-mill, also growing hops largely. He served as supervisor, and died in the fall of 1885, aged seventy-eight. His wife survives him. They had three children : Martha, John and Elizabeth. She was a daughter of John Mount, who came from New Jersey, and was an aid and captain under General Washington. At twenty-one John began farming where he now resides, also engaging in hop business until 1890. He is a Democrat and a leader, a member of Fort Plain lodge, No. 433, Hiram Union Chapter, No. 53, Royal Arch Masons, and Utica Commandery, No. 30. He married August 7, 1861, Marietta Springer, born in Columbia, daughter of Martin L. and Charlotte (Kinter) Springer, of Stark. Martin L. Springer was in the 142d N. Y. Volunteers, as a lieutenant. He was twice married, first wife had two children : Martha and Marietta. Martin L was a son of Lodawiek, who came from Rensselaer county. Subject has had four children, two living : Oliver and Jennie L. Cora died aged thirteen, and one died in infancy. They attend the Universalist church.
Eckler, Jeremiah, Warren, was born in Little Lakes, April 2, 1824, a son of Henry and Lydia (Conklin) Eckler. The grandfather was Peter, who came from Germany prior to the Revolution, and settled on Otsquago Creek, in Warren, and served in the war as captain. He had many an interesting experience with the Indians, onee having a wrestle with one of their chiefs. Ile also served in the war of 1812. He has twice married and has a large family. One son, Henry, was born in Warren and served in the war of 1812. He died February 28, 1862, aged sixty- five, during the Rebellion. She was born in August, 1803, and is still living, aged ninety-three, in excellent health. They had ten children, nine of whom survived: William, of Iowa; Hannah, deceased; Jerry, Henry, of Stark; Jacob, of Otsego county ; Lydia, Nancy, deceased ; Thomas, Mary, deceased, Mahlon. Jeremiah was reared on a farm and received a district school education. At the age of twelve he began for himself on a farm and at the same time assisted his family. In 1851 be located where he now resides, and rented 250 acres. In 186] he bought the place. to which he has added many improvements and fine buildings, and he now owns 280 acres. In 1872 he built a cheese factory, which burned in 1882, which he rebuilt, and now makes about 2,500 pounds per week,
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He is a Democrat in politics ITis wife was Delia Osterhout, born in Warren, a daughter of Jacob and Polly M. (Devoe) Osterhout, who were early pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Eckler have had six children, five of whom survive: Isaiah, of Mohawk ; Delilah, wife of Horatio Mayer; Irvin, of Little Lakes; William, of Springfield; Esther, who died young, and Harvey.
Lints, Simon, Schuyler, was born in Schuyler, April 9, 1832. He conducts the hut- ter and dairy farm. His father was Jacob Lints, and his grandfather, Peter Lints, who took part in the Revolutionary war. The family is descended from the old Mohawk Dutch. June 20, 1855, he married Mary Young. Mr. Lints is a Democrat, and a representative of one of the oldest and most honorable names in the county.
Woodard Brother, blacksmiths and wagon makers. This firm is composed of Oscar B. and Alonzo B. Woodard, the business having been under this name since 1861, at which time they succeeded their father, Lyman Woodard, who had conducted a shop here since 1841, when he came here from Angusta, The business has been run by this family over half a century. Lyman Woodard married Rachel Smith and they had nine children, of whom four are living, as follows: Oscar B, Alonzo B., Charles O. and John N. Oscar married Clara Eckler, who died November 28, 1882. She left no children. Alonzo B. married Aurrilla A. Brockway, and they have no children. Rachel Smith Woodard was born May 3, 1809. Lyman Woodard was born April 16, 1811, and died July 18, 1869. Rachel Woodard, his wife, died February 18, 1890.
Mason, Amos T., Warren, was born in Warren, May 27, 1870, a son of Joseph W. and Harriet R. (Tisdale) Mason. Amos T. received a district and academic education at Ilion and Mohawk. He married May 21, 1889, Florence E .. danghter of William and Lydia (McDonald) Hardy, and they had three children : Mira L. and Josie H., one boy (not named). Mr. Mason is a Democrat in politics. He lived a year in Rich- field Springs, running a livery, and has been also a dealer in cattle and sheep. After farming for a year in Mohawk he located on a farm near Jordanville, in the spring of 1891, a farm owned by his father, Joseph W. After farming two years he moved to the old homestead, where he now lives. His farm is composed of 216 acres.
ITamlin, Dr. C. W., Fairfield, is a native of Holland Patent, Oneida county, where in youth he attended the district school, after which he attended school at Whitestown Seminary and at the State Normal School at Albany, where he graduated in the spring of 1861. After teaching one term he took up the study of medicine under the instruc- tion of Dr. D. A. Crane, of Holland Patent. In October of the same year he enlisted in Captain Throop's company of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers, and was soon promoted to hospital steward of his regiment, and served three years, the last year in the First Division, Second Corps Hospital, Army of the Potomac. After the war he resumed his medical studies under the instruction of Dr. S. G. Wol- cott, of Utica, and graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in the class of 1866. In 1868 he married Dora A. Varney, and they have two children, a son and a daughter. Dr. Hamlin is a member of the Herkimer County Medical Society. the New York State Medical Society, the Pan-American Medical Congress, and of several other societies, including the Masonic, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite.
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Harter, Charles, German Flats, is a native of Herkimer, and was born March 20, 1844. He was engaged in the banking business for seven years, and then embarked in the lumber business for about thirty years, which he has recently disposed of. He is also interested in western real estate, particularly in Colorado. Mr. Ilarter is president of the Ilion National Bank, and his life has been entirely devoted to business, in which he has been eminently successful. His father, Benjamin Harter, was a native of Her- kimer county. Mr. Charles Harter married Miss Ellen Brand in 1868.
Helmer, Hannibal, Dolgeville, was born on the old farm in Manheim, near Dolge- ville, May 30, 1847. His father, Samuel Helmer. is still living at the old homestead. Mr. Helmer, after leaving the farm in 1879, established a meat market in Dolgeville, where he has conducted a most successful business for a number of years. In 1879 he married Alice Sullivan, who left him two sons and one daughter. He married second Sophia Englehardt, and they have one son. Mr. Helmer is one of Dolgeville's most esteemed citizens.
Hicks, Robert H., Salisbury, was born in Norway July 14, 1858. He received an excellent education at the Fairfield Academy, from which he graduated in 1882. After this he taught school for seven years. He was also associated with his father, Robert Hicks, at Salisbury Corners in a general store. In 1889 he bought his present estab- lishment at Salisbury Center, where he does a thriving business in general merchandise. He is also postmaster of the village. Mr. Hicks married Ina Bliss, of Salisbury, and is identified with the Odd Fellows.
Hawkins, Keith, Newport, was born in Newport June 30. 1825, a son of Thadius K., one of nine children of Uriah and Mary (Keith) Hawkins. Uriah was a native of Rhode Island and one of the first settlers of Newport. coming thence in 1802. He set- tled and cleared the farm which Keithi now owns. He served seven years in the Rev- olutionary war and drew a pension until his death, February 19, 1840. Ilis wife died October 17, 1837. Thadius K. Hawkins was born in Rhode Island February 12, 1800. He was a mason and a farmer. He married Sophrona, a daughter of David and Lydia Foster, natives of Connecticut, and early settlers of Norway, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins had three sons and two daughters. He was a Republican and died in June, 1875, and his wife March 9. 1872. In 1849 Keith Hawkins married Lucy Marcy, a native of Newport ; they had one child, Ellen, born November 15, 1849. Mrs. Hawkins died March 15, 1850. In 1852 Mr. Hawkins married Hannah Upright, of Newport, by whom he had four children, Frank M , Frederick U., Millard J. and George K. He is a mason by trade but for many years has followed farming. Ile is a Republican and has been highway commissioner and is also a member of Newport Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M.
Hines, Charles F., Norway, was born in Newport in 1867. His father is Benjamin Hines, a son of Charles Hines. Charles Hines was an early settler of Newport, where he resided many years. He settled the farm of 222 acres now owned by subject. Mrs. Hines died about 1873. Benjamin Hines was born in Newport in 1843. IT's wife is Harriet Holliday, by whom he has three sons and two daughters. In 1891 Mr. Hines
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moved on a farm in Oneida county, where he now resides. Charles F. Hines was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1890 he married Clara Hafer, of Newport, and they have one child, Grant. Mrs. Ilines is one of thirteen children of John and Johannah Hafer, natives of Germany, now residents of Newport. The subject is a farmer and a Republican, and he and wife are Methodists.
Henderson, John Dryden, Herkimer, was born in Norway, N. Y., July 13, 1846. He received his early education in Fairfield Seminary, and graduated from Hamilton Col- lege in 1868. He commenced the study of law with Benjamin Franklin, of Penn Yan, N. Y., and continued it, in the office of Robert and Samuel Earl, being admitted to the bar in 1869, and has, since March, 1872, practiced his profession at Ilerkimer. He was elected president of the village in 1876, re-elected in 1883, was corporation counsel six years, and was a member of the State Assembly in 1890, and Democratic candidate for State Senator in 1891 for the district embracing Herkimer, Otsego and Madison counties. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and treasurer of the Herkimer Fire De- partment, president of the D. K. E. chapter of Hamilton College, president of Philo. Society of Fairfield Seminary, and author of the " Village Charter," a work which ran through three editions. He was the poet at the Centennial Celebration of Norway, 1887, and poet at the P'hilo. reunion at Fairfield, 1884. He married Miss Fannie Du- Bois, of Norway, Angust 20, 1874. They have two children. Mr. Henderson's ances- tors have been prominent in New York State for over two centuries. They have been legislators, soldiers, and men of affairs; and the name stands high in the annals of the county and State.
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