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Leslie Warnick Brown entered school at the usual age and completed his education in the Utiea Advanced School and the Utiea Free Academy. After laying aside his text-books in 1884 he entered the business owned by his father, being thus associated until the latter's death, at which time he became sole owner of the establishment. Ile has since continued in the manufacture of tobacco and his enterprise, which has reached large proportions, is one of the most substantial and prosperous concerns in this section of the county. It is true that he became interested in a business already established, but in controlling and enlarging such an enterprise he has manifested resolute pur- pose, keen perception and business ability of a high order, and has demon- strated the truth of the saying that success is not the result of genius but the
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outeome of elear judgment and experience. He is known in financial circles as a director of the First National Bank of Utica and occupies a foremost posi- tion in business eireles of this city.
It was in 1891 that Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Anne Hunt- ington, and unto them have been born five children, as follows: Jean, a stu- dent of Miss Bennett's Finishing School for Girls; Randolph, pursuing his education in Middlesex Academy, at Concord, Massachusetts; Huntington, Frances and Anne, attending the Utica schools.
With his family Mr. Brown attends the Calvary Episcopal church, and he is a member of the Fort Schuyler Club and the Oneida County Historical So- ciety, while in politics he is an independent republican. The Brown mansion at No. 255 Genesee street, is one of the hnest residenees in the city and its hos- pitality is enjoyed by the best families of the community, the Brown family ocenpying a foremost position in social circles here.
SANDS CARR MAXSON, M. D.
For twenty-five years Dr. Sands Carr Maxson has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Utiea, devoting his entire attention to the treatment of the eye and ear as a specialist. Ile was born in Preston, Chenango county, New York, on the 6th of August, 1848, and is a son of John C. and Ilarriet (Rogers) Maxson.
The preliminary education of Dr. Maxson was acquired in Oxford, Che- nango county, and after its completion he matriculated in the medical de- partment of the University of New York, from which institution he was awarded the degree of doctor of medicine with the class of 1871. He subsequently opened an office in Leonardsville, Madison county, this state, where he sue- cessfully engaged in general practice for fourteen years. At the expiration of that period he pursued a post-graduate course for the special purpose of studying the diseases and ailments of the eye and ear. While fitting himself for an aurist and oculist, he served one year as an instructor in the school where he was studying. In 1886, Dr. Maxson came to Utica and established an office and has ever sinee been engaged in practice here. For more than twenty years he has been oeulist and aurist at St. Elizabeth's and the General Ilos- pital, and he is also dean of the nurses training-school for St. Elizabeth 's, which was organized five years ago. Dr. Maxson has met with success in his profession, for which he is admirably adapted, and has given most efficient service.
In Oxford, New York, Dr. Maxson was married on the 2d of January, 1872 to Miss Fannie Estella Munger. Three children were born of this union, of whom a daughter, Ethel Eola, is living.
Dr. Maxson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the American Geo- graphie Society of Washington, D. C., and Oneida Historieal Society, while he maintains relations with the members of his profession through the Ameri- can Ophthalmological Society, Oneida County Medical Society, New York
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State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. During the long period of his residence in Utica Dr. Maxson has built up a very gratify- ing practice, having become recognized as one of the foremost representatives of his branch of the medical profession.
PROFESSOR WALTER L. CURTIS.
Professor Walter L. Curtis, head of the Curtis Daneing School of Utiea, was born at Ballston Spa, Saratoga county, New York, on the 10th of September, 1869, being a son of Sanford II. and Cornelia (Fox) Curtis, also natives of Saratoga county.
Reared in the county of his nativity, Walter L. Curtis was educated in the public and high schools, being graduated from the latter institution. After the completion of his education he entered the editorial offices of the Daily Saratogian. Under the guidance and supervision of the different members of the staff, he soon became quite proficient in newspaper work. The training he received there Professor Curtis deems to have been of inestimable value to him in the later experiences of life, and while he liked the work, it did not appeal to him strongly enough to make him feel that he cared to devote his life to it. Going to New York city he placed himself under the instruction of Professor William B. DeGarmo, unquestionably the greatest master of dancing in America, whose studio is located on Fifth avenue. There he remained for five years, striving to master every phase of the art he had elected to follow. A wonderful sense of rythm, with an artistic appreciation of the harmony and symmetry of motion readily enabled him to perfect the technique of dane- ing, with a full realization of its emotional development and temperamental sig- nificance. A finely developed artistic and musical nature with a keen instinct for the estimation of dramatic values has enabled Professor Curtis to originate some very unusual features in rythmie expression. At the earnest solicitation of some of the leading society people of Saratoga he returned to that eity after the expiration of his period of study and organized a dancing club. During the first season the assemblies were held in the ball rooms of the various mem- bers of the elub, the year after, however, they had a hall of their own. Ile re- mained there for seven years, when he came to Utiea where he has ever sinee resided. During the first ten years of his residence here he eondneted his classes in Oneida square. then removed to Oneida Hall, where he remained for four years. Subsequently he purchased the Kingsley property at the corner of Cornelia and Aiken streets. In 1910 he there erected one of the most beau- tiful buildings in Utica. It is a three-story brick structure, built in accord- ance with his design at an expense of sixty thousand dollars. It contains two ball rooms, with conveniently arranged dressing, rest and smoking rooms. The main ball room is fifty-two by ninety feet with a ceiling thirty feet high, and a balcony running around three sides of the room. It is so arranged that it ean be decorated elaborately without any suggestion of stuffiness or a sense of being too compact. It is a favorite place for banquets and publie funetions
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of various kinds, being so much in demand that during the social season it is engaged for many weeks ahead. There has not been a kermiss or carnival held in eentral New York for the past sixteen years, either a charity or social func- tion, which Professor Curtis has not managed. For five years he had charge of the Floral Fetes Balls in Saratoga, originating for these as well as balls held at Utiea, Herkimer, Amsterdam and other cities features which were after- wards copied at prominent functions of a similar nature in New York and other cities. He also had entire charge of the Faxton Hospital Daneing Ker- miss held for one week in May, 1899, one of the most widely discussed affairs of the section for years. His beautiful halls are entirely devoted to club dances and his private classes, which are composed of the most exclusive repre- sentatives of society in the city, memberships being maintained from year to year.
Amsterdam, New York, was the scene of the marriage of Professor Curtis and Miss Anna E. Becker, a daughter of N. Clark Beeker, a wholesale druggist. By this union there have been born four children: Walter L., Jr .; Margaret Becker, Clark Sanford and Helen Louise.
The family affiliate with the Westminster Presbyterian church and take a prominent place in the social life of the eity. He is a member of the Amer- ican Society of Professors of Daneing, of which he was secretary for seven years, thus keeping in touch with the other members of his profession. Pro- fessor Curtis has made a financial as well as artistic success of his work and in addition to his property here owns a very pleasant summer home at Ballston Spa.
WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHUYLER, M. D.
One of the successful representatives of the medieal profession of Utica is Dr. William Joseph Schuyler, who has been practicing in this city sinee 1889. He was born in Westmoreland, New York, on the 9th of July, 1861, being a son of Joseph K. and Anne (Williams) Schuyler. In the paternal line Dr. Schuyler is a direct descendant of Johannes Schuyler, who removed to West- moreland from Albany and there his grandfather, Barent Ten Eyck, and father were also born.
The early education of Dr. William Joseph Schuyler was obtained in the schools of Westmoreland, the course he there pursued being supplemented by further study in the public schools of Utica and private schools. Having de- cided to become a physician he became a student under the direction of Dr. Willis E. Ford, of Utica, and subsequently entered the medieal department of the University of the City of New York, being awarded his degree in April, 1885. Immediately following his graduation he became a member of the staff of the Charity Hospital at Blackwell's Island where he remained for eighteen months. At the expiration of that period he spent one year on the staff of the Bloomingdale Asylum, going from there to the Butler Hospital for the Insane at Providence, Rhode Island, where he remained a year. Feeling that
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theoretically and practically he was fully qualified to begin a private practice le came to Utica in 1889 and established an office as a general practitioner. Ile was house surgeon at St. Luke's for several years, and still continues on the staff of that institution as well as on that of the General Hospital, while he is visiting physician to the House of the Good Shepherd, and from 1892 to 1894 he was health officer of the city.
Dr. Schuyler was married on the 31st of October, 1894, to Miss Emeline Watson Bowne of Westchester, New York, and they have beeome the parents of the following children: Philip Van Rensselaer; Barent Ten Eyek; Kath- arine; and William Joseph.
Dr. Schuyler is a member of the Fort Sehuyler Club and the Utiea Medi- cal Club, and he is also a member of the Oneida County Medical Society, New York State and American Medical Associations, and the Utiea Medical Library Association. For more than twenty years Dr. Sehuyler has been identified with the professional circles of this city, during which time he has become recognized as a physician of more than average ability.
DAVID EDWARD POWERS.
David Edward Powers, who for over thirty years has been engaged in the practice of law, is one of Oneida county's native sons, his birth having oe- curred in Annsville, on the 25th of November, 1856. His parents, James and Catherine Powers, were well known in the vicinity of Annsville, where for many years the father was engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Reared on the old homestead, the boyhood and youth of David Edward Powers were very similar to those of other farmer lads of the same period and in like circumstances. In the acquirement of his preliminary education he attended the common schools and was tutored by John FitzGerald, the father of l'. II. FitzGerald. an educator of note. Ilaving selected the legal profession for his vocation, he entered the office of Walter Ballou, of Boonville, New York, where he read law until 1880, at which time he was admitted to the bar. In 1890 Mr. Powers removed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he established an office and engaged in the practice of his profession for eight years. During that time he twice served as eity attorney and aeted as eoun- sel in the celebrated case of l'nited States vs. Plenty Horses, which resulted in an acquittal by direction of the court. Plenty Horses was the Carlisle In- dian who shot Lieutenant Casey during the Sioux uprising of 1891. Mr. Powers came to Utica in 1905 and, although he has been in this eity only six years, the period has been sufficiently long for him to become recognized as a capable representative of bis profession and he has been appointed loeal attorney of the agricultural department of the state of New York.
On the 11th of January, 1891. Mr. Powers was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Searle, a daughter of James and Maria Searle, the wedding being celebrated at the home of the bride in Rome, New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Powers have been born four sons, all of whom are living.
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Mr. Powers' fraternal relations are confined to his membership in the Knights of Pythias. Possessing a well endowed mind and fine intellectual attainments, he has become recognized as a lawyer of ability and is today at the head of a large and growing practice in Utica.
FREDERICK SHEFFIELD KELLOGG.
The business interests of the country have grown with immense and un- precedented strides during the last quarter of a century and today the United States leads the world in wealth, as it undoubtedly does in natural resources. The greatest of resources, however, is the progressive spirit of a free people and for this we thank the schools and colleges that are yearly sending out thousands of capable young men and women, thoroughly trained to take up the responsi- bilities of life and to carry them forward under direction of an intelligent will. Among the number here indicated as having possessed especial advantages for large responsibility may be named Frederick Sheffield Kellogg, president of Charles C. Kellogg & Sons Company, lumber dealers of Utica. His eyes opened to the light of day in this city, January 5, 1866, his parents being Charles Cushman and Anna (Van Eps) Kellogg, the former of whom was born in Utica, September 2, 1828, and the latter at Vernon, New York, May 14, 1831. She was a daughter of Abraham Van Eps, a prominent citizen of Vernon.
The father of our subject was a son of Spencer Kellogg, who was one of the early settlers of Oneida county. Charles Cushman Kellogg engaged in the lumber business under the firm name of Downer & Kellogg. The firm having been dissolved, he continued in business under the title of Charles C. Kellogg, later taking in as partner Norman J. Pegg, at which time the name of the firm was changed to Charles C. Kellogg & Company.
Mr. Kellogg of this review received his early education in the public schools and prepared for college at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He matriculated at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University and after pursuing a thorough course in that celebrated institution was graduated in 1887. Returning to Utica, he joined his father in the lumber business and later became a mem- ber of the firm, the title being changed to Charles C. Kellogg & Sons. In 1894 the firm was incorporated as Charles C. Kellogg & Sons Company, of which Frederick Sheffield Kellogg became president and Spencer Kellogg treasurer. The company carries a large stock of lumber and affords to buyers the very best facilities. Its success is due to integrity and fair dealing, nothing being left undone to give the fullest satisfaction to patrons. Aside from his lum- ber business Mr. Kellogg has made other Incrative investments and is a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Oneida National Bank and of the Walcott & Campbell Spinning Company, of New York Mills.
On the 7th of October, 1896, Mr. Kellogg was happily married to Miss Elisabeth Welch Walcott, a daughter of William Stuart Walcott, of New York Mills. Four children came to bless this union, Stuart Walcott, Lois Walcott, Emeline Walcott and Frederick Sheffield, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg are prom-
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inent socially and their home is a center for many happy gatherings of friends and acquaintances. Ile is a lover of golf and is a member of the Sadaquada Golf Club, also being connected with the Fort Schuyler Club of Utica and the University Club of New York city. Earnest, energetic and progressive, he is a fair type of the twentieth-century business man-one who recognizes his re- sponsibilities and faithfully attempts to the extent of his ability to discharge them.
WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROEMER, M. D.
Dr. William Benjamin Roemer, well known to the profession through his contributions to medical literature and the general publie in Utica because of his successful practice among the residents of this city, was born in New Ifartford, New York, December 30, 1873, a son of Conrad and Rose (Pfeiffer) Roemer. The father was a native of IIessen-Cassel, Germany, and when a young man became a resident of New Hartford, where he remained until his death, engaged in farming and gardening. His wife was a daughter of John Pfeiffer, who became a resident of Utiea in 1853 and passed away in this city.
William B. Roemer pursued his education in the schools of New Hartford and the Utiea Free Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1894. Ile then entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York city, where he won his professional degree in 1899. Ile afterward pursued a hospital course in New York city and thus greatly broadened his knowledge, opening an office in Utiea, where he entered upon the general practice of medicine but also specialized in surgery, in which connection he has gained more than local reputation. His hospital practice has been of an important character. He served as surgeon for St. Luke's Hospital and was gynecologist at the Utica General Hospital. He was also first chief medical officer for the Utica schools and for one term served on the board of health. Ilis high standing in his profession is indicated by the fact that for years he has been annually reelected to the office of secretary of the Oneida County Medical Society and he is also an ex-president of the Utiea Medieal Club. He belongs likewise to the Medical Library Club and to the New York State Medical Society. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance among lead- ing surgeons of the country and his name is a familiar one in professional eir- cles because of his frequent and valuable contributions to the leading medical journals. Deeply interested in the profession from both the scientific and humanitarian standpoints, he has utilized every opportunity to promote his knowledge and increase his efficiency and is today regarded as the peer of the ablest practitioners of western New York. In addition to his professional interests Dr. Roemer is connected with business affairs as one of the directors and the vice president of the Brunner Manufacturing Company of Utiea.
In 1905 Dr. Roemer was married to Miss Jessie Maude IIerriek, a native of U'tica, and a daughter of Henry and Caroline II. Herriek, of White Lake, Oneida county. The father was born in Germany and in 1856 eame to Oneida
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county, where for a long period he was engaged in the lumber business. Dr. and Mrs. Roemer have two children: Avis, born August 30, 1907; and Lois, born April 16, 1910. The parents are members of the First Presbyterian church and are active in the various departments of the church work. Dr. Roemer is a popular and valued member of the Yahnundahsis Golf Club and belongs also to the Arcanum Club, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and to the Masonie fraternity, his membership being in Oriental Lodge, No. 224, A. F. & A. M., and Oneida Chapter, R. A. M. His wife is a member and officer of the Eastern Star. Both have an extensive cirele of friends in Utica and the position which Dr. Roemer holds in public regard by reason of his personal qualities, his ability and his professional attainments, is a most en- viable one.
PETER CROWE.
It is forty years sinee Peter Crowe first established in Utica the florist shop shop in which he still continues to be interested. He was born in Ireland on the 9th of July, 1841, and at the age of twelve years went to Scotland where he became thoroughly familiar with floriculture, spending twelve years on the estate of Lord Kenrode, at Dundee. At the age of twenty-four he decided to try his fortune on this side of the Atlantic and took passage for the United States. Upon his arrival here he worked for a time in a truck garden in Newark, New Jersey, but in 1865 obtained a position with a florist in Orange. In 1871 he came to Utica and established the business in which he is still engaged. He is now the oldest florist in the city and has a large tract on Genesee street, which contains, besides a beautiful home, twenty-four greenhouses, some of which he now leases to other parties. He has always made a specialty of rose culture and has for many years been recognized as the leading rose grower of this con- tinent. For four consecutive years, from 1900 to 1904, he was awarded the majority of first prizes for roses at the annual exhibitions of the American Rose Society, held at New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Mr. Crowe was married in 1869 to Miss Jane Hulmes, a daughter of John J. and Franees (Chamberlain) Huhmes of Orange, New Jersey. In the maternal line Mrs. Crowe is descended from the Puritans, the first Chamberlain being supposed to have come over in the Mayflower. The family has long resided in this country, however, and several of them participated in the Revolutionary war. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Crowe was born one son, William James, who passed away in 1902, leaving two daughters: Miklred Jane and Anna Louise.
Fraternally Mr. Crowe is identified with but one organization and that is the Independent Order of Odd Fellows with which he affiliated while residing in Orange where he has always continued his membership. He has always been very much interested in orphan asylums and contributes toward their sup- port regardless of the denomination. Ever since his naturalization Mr. Crowe has given his political support to those candidates whom he considered best adapted to discharge the responsibilities of the offices to which they aspired,
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regardless of party affiliation. During the long period of his residence in the United States Mr. Crowe has never had occasion to regret the transference of his allegiance from his native land, as his efforts having been rewarded with substantial returns.
GEORGE W. CROWELL, D. D. S.
Dr. George W. Crowell, one of New York's native sons, was born in Sher- burne, Chenango county, on the 27th of June, 1877, his parents being L. B. and Cornelia (Hall) Crowell, the former a general contractor by occupation. The Doctor acquired his early education in the public schools of Hamilton. passing through consecutive grades until his graduation from the high school in 1891. Ile later attended Colgate Academy, where he was graduated in 1895, and subsequently pursued a professional course in the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from that institution in 1902 with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Returning to New York, he opened an office in Utica and has here engaged in practice up to the present time, eover- ing a period of nine years. His offices are located at Nos. 24 and 25 Winston building.
In June, 1905, Dr. Crowell was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Miller, a danghter of Henry F. and Engenia (Peckam) Miller, of Utica, her parents be- ing members of an old Massachusetts family which dates its existence in America back to the time of the coming of the Mayflower. To Dr. and Mrs. Crowell have been born two children : HIelen Elizabeth, who died June 7, 1908, at the age of sixteen months; and llenry LaMott, whose birth occurred on the 23d of February, 1909.
Fraternally the Doctor belongs to llamilton Lodge. F. & A. M., and is a mem- ber of the Alumni Association of the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania and of the Xi Phi Psi, a college fraternity. His more strictly professional relations are with the Fifth District New York Dental Society and the Utica Dental Society.
JOHN IIENRY JONES.
For more than thirty years John Henry Jones, who is familiarly known as "Jones of Utica," has been a factor in the business life of this city. Being endowed with a laudable ambition to gain an honorable position among his fel- lowmen, he has steadily advanced and by the application of sound judgment and untiring energy is now at the head of one of the most important storage and trucking concerns in central New York. IIe is of Welsh descent. His father crossed the ocean to the new world and settled in Oneida county, New York, in 1830. Ilere he spent the remainder of his life.
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