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ALBERT L. OWENS.
Albert L. Owens, whose demise occurred in U'tica on the 13th of January, 190%. was long and successfully identified with business interests here. His birth occurred in Deerfield. Oneida county, New York, on the Isth of Decen- ber. 1:45. his parents being Owen D. and Achsah D. Ladd Owens. Ile re- moved to Clinton in early life and there attended the Clinton Liberal Institute. For a time he was identified with educational interests as an instructor. while subsequently be devoted his attention to the manufacture of cheese for a num- ber of years. About 1ss1 he came to Utica and opened the Utica Dairy in the Opera House block on Lafayette street. there remaining for ten years. On the expiration of that period he succeeded to the catering and confectionary business conducted for many years by Cordon Hackett at No. 200 Genesee street, directing the enterprise for a number of years with gratifying success. About 1sys he purchased the old Beardsley residence on Genesee street and converted it into a private hotel now known as the Albert. conducting it in connection with his other business interests until called to his final rest. The hostelry is now in charge of his widow. Mr. Owens was likewise the organizer of the A. L. Owens Ice Cream Company and was long numbered among the representative and prosperous business men of U'tica. He spent his entire life within the borders of Oneida county and enjoyed the high regard and esteem of all who knew him.
On the 20th of September. 1576. Mr. Owens was joined in wedlock to Miss Marion Shibley. of Bloomfield. New Jersey. Their union was blessed with three sons. namely: Albert S .. Harold V. and Wallace I. Mrs. Owens sur- vives her husband and is one of the well known and highly esteemed ladies of U'tica. The Albert. under her capable management. has remained as popular and well patronized as of old.
VINCENT DELALLA.
By many years of persistent application and by most rigid economy some persons gain a competence. others accomplish the same end in a few years and with apparent ease. Vincent DeLalla. pron inent as a druggist and mann- factoring pharmacist, whose place of business is at 674 Bleecker street, Utica,
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belongs to the latter class. He is a native of Italy, born May 10, 1883, a son of Emanuel DeLalla. The father has been for many years an Italian govern- ment official and is now serving as postmaster.
Vincent DeLalla received his preliminary education at the Victor Emanuel gymnasium of Naples, Italy. After leaving this institution he came to the United States and entered the pharmacy college of Columbia University of New York city. After pursuing the regular course in this college, which is one of the most important of the kind in the United States, he was graduated with the degree of Ph. G. in 1904. He remained for four years in New York city and was employed during this time by a manufacturing and retail drug house, where he made practical application of many lessons which he learned from his teachers and from the text-books. In 1908 he arrived in Utica and be- came manager of the Robertaccio drug store at 411 Bleecker street, continuing in this position to the entire satisfaction of his employer for two years. He then opened a first class pharmacy on his own account at the corner of Mohawk and Bleecker streets, which in stock, fixtures and appearance is second to none in Utica. IIe earries everything that belongs to a well equipped pharmacy and has from the start enjoyed a lucrative trade.
In 1903, at New York city, Mr. DeLalla was married to Miss Antoinette Perrillo, a native of New York city, and they are the parents of three chil- dren : Emanuel, who was born December 7, 1904; Theresa, born June 1, 1906; and Carmelita, born August 13, 1907. Mr. DeLalla is a man of attractive per- sonal appearance and good address and, as he received excellent advantages of education, he is thoroughly equipped to meet the most exacting requirements in business and social life. Ile is an active member of various organizations connected with his calling and is now well started on the road toward the head of the line among the business men of Utica. Ile is a member of one of the Masonic lodges of New York city and a Garibaldi lodge.
FRANKLIN INIGBY CHURCH, M. D.
Although one of the younger representatives of the medical fraternity in Utica, Dr. Franklin Higby Church has won recognition that many an older physician might well envy and what he has already aecomplished gives assur- ance of still greater success. He was born December 6, 1880, at Lyon Falls, Lewis county, New York. The family originally eame from Brattleboro, Ver- mont, but the father, Artemus Maynard Church, was also a native of Lyon Falls. He married Jessie Van Wie, of Cayuga county, New York, and about seventy-five years ago removed to Boonville, Oneida county, where he engaged in business as a taxidermist.
Dr. Church, spending the days of his youth in his parents' home, pursued his education in the public schools of Boonville until he had graduated from the high school, when he was given the benefit of more advanced instruction in Hamilton College, of which he is now numbered among the alumni of 1902. Ilis professional training was received in the Johns Hopkins University Med-
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ical School at Baltimore, Maryland, where he completed his course in 1906. Hle afterward spent a year as interne or resident physician in the Utica Gen- eral Ilospital and then opened an office in this city, in 1907, for general prac- tive. His work is constantly proving his worth. He is extremely careful in the diagnosis of a case and his judgment is seldom at fault. Ile continuously reads and studies to broaden his knowledge and keeps in touch with the ad- vanced thought of the profession, and thus he is promoting his own usefulness and rendering his services of greater value to mankind. At the present writ- ing he is deputy health officer of U'tica and belongs to the Oneida County Med- ical Society, the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
On the 27th of November, 1908, Dr. Church was married to Miss Grace Theresa McGuire, a daughter of the late Philip and Mary McGuire, of Forest- port, Oneida county. They are prominent socially, having made many warm friends in Utica.
JOIIN R. EDWARDS.
John R. Edwards, president of the Oneida County Savings Bank, belongs to that class of men whose names give stability to any enterprise with which they are connected and who by energy and persistence gain acknowledged leader- ship. Such men are a constantly growing influence in behalf of peace, industry and sobriety, and the value of their lives it would be difficult, indeed, to esti- mate. Mr. Edwards was born at Floyd, November 3. 1845. He comes of good Welsh ancestry and is a son of John Edwards, also known as Eos Glan Tyreh, a writer of Welsh poetry whose name became known among his countrymen throughout all parts of the United States and of the world as one of the most talented Welsh bards of the nineteenth century. The father was born in North Wales and came to America in 1828, arriving in Utica three years later. Subsequently he went to New York city but returned to Oneida county in 1842 and took up his residence at Floyd. Ile died in 1887.
Mr. Edwards of this review passed his boyhood under the favoring con- ditions of a happy home. lle possessed advantages of attendance at the Whites- town Seminary and after leaving school entered the dry-goods business at Rome and has ever since resided in this city. For a number of years he took an active interest in politics and was elected county treasurer of Oneida county in 1884. Ile was the only republican elected in eentral New York, the demo- crats under Cleveland sweeping almost the entire state. He served in the office to the general satisfaction of the people from 1884 to 1890. Ile was a director and one of the organizers of the Farmers National Bank and was trustee of the Oneida County Savings Bank for several years. Ile was elected treasurer of the latter in 1895 and has served as its president since 1905. His advance- ment was attributable entirely to his own labor and the institution over which he presides is today a splendidly equipped organization whereby the interests
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of depositors are conserved and the welfare and prosperity of the bank are assured.
On the 26th of October, 1871, Mr. Edwards was married to Miss Elizabeth Griffith, a daughter of Edward Griffith, who was born in North Wales. Of their children three are now living, Claudia, Donald J., and Gwendolyn. Mr. Edwards attends the First Baptist church and for many years served as presi- dent of its board of trustees. Ile is a member of the Rome Club and can elaim many friends in Rome and throughout the state, whom he has attracted by his genial qualities of mind and character. A native of Oneida county, his life has been an open book, and his character and standing are unquestioned. His success in his undertakings is an incentive to younger men of worthy aspira- tions, showing that there is no honorable position in life which it is not possible for the ambitious, deserving individual to attain,
LOTUS N. SOUTHWORTH.
The profession of law found a worthy representative in Lotus N. South- worth, who has practiced in Utica for twenty-five years and has clearly made a success of his calling. This he has accomplished through his energy, sound judgment and thorough knowledge of the principles of law.
He was born at West Exeter, Otsego county, New York, February 2, 1856, a son of Normandus II. and Emma Alida (Niles) Southworth. The mother was a native of Exeter, Otsego county, a daughter of Sands and Eunice (War- ren ) Niles, the family being of New England ancestry. The father of our subject was born at Bridgewater, Oneida county, and became a miller and farmer. He died April 5, 1905, at the age of eighty-three years. His grand- father, John Southworth, was a native of Burlington, Vermont. He came to New York very early in the nineteenth century and settled at what is now known as Mapledale, in Bridgewater township, Oneida county, becoming one of the successful farmers of that section. Rev. James Southworth, the great- grandfather, organized the first Congregational church at Rome, New York, in 1800, and became pastor of the church at Bridgewater in 1803. The family is descended from Lady Alice Southworth, who came to Plymouth, Massachmu- setts, in 1622 and was married to William Bradford, the first governor of the Massachusetts colony. Her wedding garments are now in the museum at Boston.
Lotus N. Southworth was the second in order of birth in a family of five children. He received his early education at West Winfield Academy and later matriculated at Hamilton College, graduating in. 1879 with the degree of A. B. IIe served as principal of Peterboro Academy for one year and, having decided to devote his attention to the legal profession, entered the law office of Judge Samuel A. Bowen, of Cooperstown, New York, in 1880 and was admitted to the bar in June, 1883. He began practice at West Winfield, but after three years removed to Utica, where he has since continued. He was associated in practice with Hon. John F. Gaffney from 1897 to September, Vol. II-16
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1902, but he has since practiced alone and has attracted a large and lucrative clientage. For the past ten years he has acted as agent and attorney for the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland. He served as civil service commissioner for the city of Utica under Mayor Richard W. Sherman, and also as attorney for the state comptroller in the transfer tax proceedings for Oneida county from January, 1909, to January, 1911.
On the 20th of July, 1886, at Utiea, New York, Mr. Southworth was mar- ried to Miss Julia A. Bouek, who was born at Willowvale, Oneida county. Mr. Southworth is not identified with any religious denomination, but his wife is a member of the Plymouth Congregational church. In polities he gives his adherence to the republican party. He is a member of the Oneida County Bar Association, and socially is connected with the Masonic order, the Royal Arcanum, the Foresters and the Masonie Club. Ile is also a member of the Republican Club. He is a genial, kind-hearted man, but a good fighter when necessary. In his legal practice he never takes undue advantage of an ad- versary, but asks only an open field and no favors, fully believing that in the end right will prevail. By many years of study and conscientious appli- eation he has won high standing as a lawyer and is known as one of the safest counselors and most effective pleaders at the bar of Oneida county.
WILLIAM S. NELSON, M. D.
Dr. William S. Nelson, whose demise occurred at Providence, Rhode Island, on the 12th of September, 1910, gained an enviable reputation as a successful physician and surgeon of the state of New York and spent the last four years of his life in Utica. ITis birth oceurred in Vienna. Oneida county, New York, on the 22d of April. 1863, his parents being Rev. Sybrant and Maria (Park- hurst, Nelson. Early in life he manifested a marked preference for the study of medicine and surgery. He obtained his education at Massena, New York, and when about sixteen years of age taught the first term of school in the present schoolhouse at Wampsville. At that time he was studying medicine under the direction of Dr. William Taylor of Canastota. When a youth of seventeen years he removed with his parents to Fowlerville and there studied medicine with Dr. Jones for one year. At the end of that time he entered the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, where he passed an exami- nation which entitled him to a free scholarship. After spending about two years in that institution he entered the medical department of the University of New York, graduating with the highest honors in medicine at the end of twenty-four months. He devoted seven years to study before accepting the degree of M. D. While in New York he also acted as "quiz" master, assist- ing young men to prepare for their examinations. His professional degree was conferred upon him in 1885 and he then spent about a year in Bellevue Hospital, subsequently acting as house physician in a Jewish institution of
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New York for a similiar period. He next opened an office in Seneca Falls, where a liberal and lucrative practice was accorded him.
On the 10th of October, 1889, at Seneca Falls he married Miss Rena C. Allen, a daughter of Martin Allen of that place. In the great fire at Seneca Falls Dr. Nelson lost all of his medieal books and appliances. Owing to the poor health of his wife he removed with her to Saranac Lake, where her demise occurred about two years later. Their three children all died in infancy. In September, 1904, at Saranac Lake, Dr. Nelson was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Isabel T. Worden of Brooklyn.
Dr. Nelson practiced medicine at Saranac Lake for about eight years and then devoted a year to study in Berlin, Germany. After returning to this country he spent one winter at Johns Hopkins University, fitting himself for his work in pathology and bacteriology and as a specialist in internal medicine. About 1906 he came to Utica, establishing his home at No. 280 Genesee street. Here he served as a member of the staff of Faxton Hospital. He was fre- quently called in consultation all over the state of New York, his opinions upon professional questions being largely regarded as conclusive.
At the polls Dr. Nelson supported the men and measures of the republican party, believing that its principles embodied the best elements of good govern- ment. In Seneca Falls he held the office of coroner and at Saranac Lake served as health officer. Fraternally he was identified with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while in religious faith he was a Presbyterian. His personal characteristics gained for him the warm regard and friendship of many, and in professional lines he attained that eminence which only comes in recognition of merit and ability.
CHARLES C. GREEN.
Charles C. Green, who passed away in Utica on the 1st of January, 1907, at the age of seventy-two years, was extensively engaged in business as a hop dealer here for many years. ITis birth occurred at Demorestville, Prince Ed- ward county, Canada, his parents being Jonathan and Lucinda (Candee ) Green. He remained at home until he completed his grammar school educa- tion and then went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he took up the study of law. Ile was admitted to the bar in St. Louis and there practiced his profession for some years. An unele, Charles Green, who was a hop dealer of Hubbardsville, New York, persuaded our subject to come east and engage in business as his partner. After leaving that place C. C. Green established himself in business as a hop dealer at Utica, conducting a very extensive enterprise of this char- acter for many years. On account of the unsteady market, however, he later met with reverses and was obliged to withdraw from the business. He was at all times upright and honorable, enjoying a reputation for business integrity that was unassailable.
In 1877 Mr. Green was united in marriage to Mrs. Martha Gruman Brainard. Her father was a native of Clinton, New York, of which town her grand-
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father was one of the earliest settlers. Both were agriculturists by occupation. To Mr. and Mrs. Green was born a son, byman J., who is a resident of Utica. Mr. Green also had a stepson, Louis D. Brainard.
Mr. Green was an active and consistent member of the Presbyterian church, exemplifying its teachings in his daily life. Ile commanded the regard and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, the circle of his friends being almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances. lle was a profound student and elever writer and made frequent contributions to the press. Ilis residence in Utica was at No. 164 Park avenue, where Mrs. Green still makes her home.
GEORGE CRANE MOREHOUSE.
One of the distinguished representatives of the legal profession in Utica is George Crane Morehouse, who was born in Fairfield, Herkimer county, New York, on the 14th of May, 1846. His parents were JJames L. and Emeline Crane : Morehouse, both of whom were teachers. The mother was a direct descendant of Benjamin Crane of Wethersfield, Connecticut, who was one of the founders of that colony. The name was originally spelled Crannes, the family having come from Crannes, France. In 1272 they migrated to England. locating in Suffolk county, where many of them attained distinction and were knighted by the crown. The father was also of English extraction.
The boyhood and youth of George Crane Morehouse were spent amid the refining environment of a good home, his early education being aequired in the public schools of Brooklyn, New York, after the completion of which he attended the State Normal at Oswego, New York. Later he matriculated at Cornell University, from which institution he was graduated. Having decided to adopt the legal profession for his vocation, he entered the law department of Hamilton College, being awarded the degree of LL. B. with the class of 1875. Hle was admitted to the bar in Utica the same year, and immediately after established an office here and has ever since been actively engaged in practice. His preparation for his profession was most excellent and this in con- nection with his scholarly instincts, fine intellect and well trained mind has enabled him to acquire a vast amount of legal knowledge. Ile has oftentimes evidenced rare skill in elucidating abstruse legal problems, as he possesses the faculty of discovering minor technicalities-the finer points-upon which the decision of a ease oftentimes depends. ITis cases are prepared and handled in a masterly and dignified manner, his command of English and fine logie being of inestimable value to him there. ITis personality, ability as an orator and keen mentality make him a foe to be dreaded in the courtroom, although his manner is never in the least objectionable. Ile has gained considerable distinction in municipal and corporation law. in the study of which he has been most painstaking, having very few equals in this field of practice.
Judge Morehouse has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Eugenia M. Miller. to whom he was united on the 25th of December, 1877.
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Their union was of short duration as she passed away on the 19th of Novem- ber, 1879. On the 2d of July, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Morehouse and Miss Mary Breen, of Trenton, New York, as was also his former wife. The order of birth of his five children is as follows: Florence, who died on the 7th of December, 1881; Lawrence, Merwin, Russell and George Crane, Jr.
Fraternally Judge Morehouse is affiliated with the Masonic order in which he has attained high rank. In political matters he is a republican, and has always taken a prominent part in all municipal affairs. He served as super- visor from 1884 to 1885, and in 1892 he was elected city judge, which office he filled most ereditably for over four years. In 1899 he was made corporation counsel, continuing to serve in that capacity until 1902, displaying marked ability in his methods of procedure. Besides his reputation as an attorney Judge Morehouse has gained considerable renown through a manual which he issued for supervisors and assessors, now in its tenth edition. Since the expira- tion of his period of service as corporation counsel, in 1902, Judge Morehouse has concentrated his entire attention upon his general practice in which he has met with gratifying success. He is one of the public-spirited citizens of Utica, whose support and cooperation are always accorded to every movement the adoption of which will be for the betterment of local conditions.
EDWARD BYRON STANLEY.
Edward Byron Stanley, who has been connected with the industrial ae- tivities of Clinton for twenty-two years, was born in Troy, New York, on the 26th of October, 1869, and is a son of John D. and Elizabeth (Wilkes) Stanley, natives of England.
The childhood of Edward Byron Stanley was spent in his native town in the public schools of which he acquired his early education, coming to Clin- ton to enter the schools here from which he was graduated in 1887. After the completion of his education he found employment in the office of the Long Island Railroad, remaining there until 1888 when he became private secretary to General Stewart L. Woodford, of New York city. He continued in the lat- ter position for one year, at the expiration of which period he returned to Clin- ton becoming identified with the Clinton Metallic Paint Company of which he is now secretary, treasurer and manager. Mr. Stanley has met with a fair degree of success in his ventures and in addition to his interest in the Clinton Metallic Paint Company, is president of the Clinton Knitting Company and secretary, treasurer and manager of the Franklin Springs Electric Light Com- pany, while he is also president of the Leavenworth Apartment Company of Syracuse, New York.
Mr. Stanley has been married twice, his first wife being Annie Louise Garl- inghouse of Clinton, the union taking place June 26, 1894. Mrs. Stanley passed away September 18, 1901, and there was no issue. On the 4th of November, 1902, the marriage of Mr. Stanley to Miss Annie Louise Wilkinson was sol- emnized at Kingston, Ontario. Mrs. Stanley was a daughter of George M. and
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Anne (Butterworth) Wilkinson, natives of Kingston of English extraction. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley : George Wilkinson and Edward Wilkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are communicants of St. James Episcopal church of which he is a warden. Ile is also a member of the Fort Schuyler Club of U'tica, Yahnundahsis Golf Club of f'tica, Kingston Yacht Club of Kingston, On- tario, and the Traffic Club of New York city. His political allegiance Mr. Stanley has always accorded the republican party. A public-spirited man he takes an active interest in all civic affairs and was secretary of the sewer board when the new sewerage system was installed; he was also secretary of the school board when the new Union school and academy was constructed and is now a trustee of the Clinton Cemetery Association. Mr. Stanley is progressive in his ideas and possesses those qualifications which enable him to take the initiative and carry to a successful issue anything which he undertakes.
JAMES A. SPARGO.
The reputation of America as a manufacturing country is not due alto- gether to its natural resources nor to the ingenuity and progressiveness of its native born people. Many of the countries of the old world have assisted through their promising sons, who under the favoring conditions of a republic found opportunity for the exercise of talents which have aided very greatly in the promotion of American manufacturers. In this number is James A. Spargo, a leading manufacturer of Rome, whose name in connection with any undertaking is accepted as evidence of its success. He was born at Birming- ham, England, June 25, 1866, and from his earliest childhood has been identi- fied with the manufacturing business, his father having been superintendent of a wire factory which employed fifteen hundred hands.
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